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It was not that long ago that people interested in Syriac studies who did not have the good fortune of living in ancient centers of learning in Europe or close to a handful of great university libraries or research institutions in North America were hamstrung by not having access to important and fundamental works of Syriac scholarship.
Institutions interested in developing new programs in Syriac studies were at a distinct disadvantage, too: while they might be able to purchase new materials in the field of Syriac and Eastern Christianity, older, rarer works were either extremely expensive to purchase or simply not available. A person, for instance, looking to buy Paul Bedjan's editions of Jacob of Sarugh's poetry might look long and hard for them and yet still not locate copies available for purchase, no matter how deep his or her pockets.
The advent of digitization initiatives by Google, Microsoft, the Bibliothéque Nationale de France, Brigham Young University, ULB Halle, Beth Mardutho (eBeth Arke), the Goussen Library, and others, have, however, completely revolutionized this situation and had a radically democratizing effect on the study of Syriac. The world, so to speak, is now flat. So long as he or she has access to the internet, a student can now be anywhere in the world and read, enjoy, and make use of the riches of centuries of Syriac scholarship. The efforts of Sergey Minov and his team at Hebrew University have furthermore greatly facilitated this task by combining the standard bibliographies of Moss and Brock (and others) and putting them into a searchable database, online.
At the same time, the amazing efforts of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, led by the learned and indefatigable Columba Stewart and his remarkable lead cataloger, Adam McCollum, are both preserving manuscript collections throughout the Middle East and making them accessible to scholars and diaspora communities in ways both unprecedented and previously unimaginable. Things that were impossible to see only a few years ago, or known only through descriptions in articles written by Arthur Vööbus, are now readily available to anyone who contacts the good people at HMML. When HMML’s preservation work is complete in the Middle East and their digitized manuscripts have been inventoried, we will have an even richer and more complete understanding of the history of Syriac literature; indeed, their efforts hold the promise of making many fundamental Syriac instrumenta out-of-date.
These initiatives and a host of other similar ones are radically changing the nature of Syriac studies and doing so in an exponential manner. George Kiraz and Gorgias Press have, at great effort, scanned and put back into print a high percentage of the important books from the golden era of Syriac studies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
More information, better resources, and a richer breadth of literature are now readily available to more people, everywhere. One of the happiest results of these developments is that people living in the Middle East and India, the homes of the Syriac Christian tradition, are now able to access texts and study aids which have previously only been found in libraries outside the two regions. The internet has made it possible for these texts to, as it were, return home.
Our goal for these pages is to collect, organize, and annotate as many of the fundamental works of Syriac scholarship that are to be found freely available online. We believe firmly that the free and open access of scholarly materials should be encouraged and will be a fundamental, non-negotiable cornerstone of future scholarship. All of the books linked herein are (to our best knowledge) out of copyright and hosted by digital storehouses like Google, Archive.org, and Hathi Trust. We hope to expand the number of items we link to as more resources become freely available.
Our ultimate aim is to make as much information and as many resources pertaining to Syriac studies freely and easily available to as many people as possible. We would be thrilled if this site would also serve to promote the grander cause of open access scholarship. Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have suggestions, comments, or questions about the site.
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|The programming was received in the beginning, when the designer(s) implemented the design. I am just not sure exactly where it resides in the cell.|
Venter synthesized DNA and the cell worked, so I infer the programming/ software is not in the DNA. So the next step would to be keep synthesizing parts and see if the cell is still viable.
How is it downloaded into the cell? Well to know that would be to know the design and that is what science is for.
"I'm just not sure exactly where it resides in the cell". Such humility! I'm sure Joe has a pretty good idea where it resides, he just doesn't want to brag until he finishes his synthesizer.
No surprise. This guy thought that a genetic algorithm resides inside a cell.
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Linux and E-Commerce
Through the use of Linux, open tools, and a few commercial components, my company built a reliable e-commerce solution that through its flexibility has enabled us to make our business more effective and explore opportunities that would otherwise have been unreachable.
The capabilities required to implement such a system used to be solely in the domain of larger organizations that could afford large cash outlays and dedicated personnel. Linux has changed this by making a top-quality, open platform available at virtually no cost.
In the beginning, we were selling our Windows shareware stock-tracking software, Personal Stock Monitor, through a third party. It soon became clear this service didn't offer the flexibility we needed. When looking at other options, we realized no third party would be able to do what we wanted. For starters, we wanted to be able to do the following:
Make the purchase process as easy and quick as possible.
Get to know our customers better and take the opportunity to get more feedback from them.
Experiment with various business ideas, change our pricing, provide upgrade incentives, provide discounts, etc.
Track sales through multiple distribution channels and get a much better understanding of how and why people were buying our software and, more importantly, why people weren't.
Clearly, we needed a better solution that could be changed quickly as the need arose without a great deal of effort or expense. Being a small company, we were constrained by limited resources. However, we were convinced that doing e-commerce ourselves was a business necessity.
After looking at a number of options, we chose to build our own solution and base it on Linux for reasons both technical and business-related, including:
We could use inexpensive hardware and share it between a number of tasks. This meant we didn't need to buy an extra box and didn't need to upgrade the one we had.
We could administer the server remotely as easily as from the local keyboard. For a small company like ours, this was one of the many reasons we didn't even entertain using Windows NT.
Linux is rock-solid reliable. As eight months of operational experience would show, Linux never seems to crash. It just runs, and as a result, we have more time to focus on business.
All development tools and applications we needed are available for Linux and most of them are either Open Source or carry the GPL. All are of high quality.
The “openness” of Linux provides a significant business benefit. We can always get the answers we need when we need them at no cost. We've never been slowed down due to lack of information when using Linux.
All critical applications we needed were available for Linux.
We could have chosen other options that would have worked equally well, but they would have cost significantly more money and required much more expensive hardware. For our particular needs, we couldn't find anything we believed could do the job better at any price.
Once we decided on Linux, the rest of the system fell into place.
The first thing we needed was a way to authorize transactions. We looked at a number of e-commerce tool providers with varying levels of sophistication. It turns out these e-commerce companies provide the equivalent of the credit card machine you see at convenience stores. This means all order tracking, accounting features, reconciling, demographic reporting, feedback gathering and interactions with the customer along with most of the administrative features you need are left for you to provide.
For technical reasons, we ended up choosing the Cybercash service. This provides a library of C routines and Perl modules supported under Linux. Cybercash calls this software development kit (SDK) their Merchant Connection Kit. It's essentially a credit card transaction SDK and makes no assumptions about the rest of your business. It provides the kind of flexibility we need.
The Cybercash account didn't cost any money upfront, but it did have a transaction fee. More information is available on their web site at http://www.cybercash.com/.
We especially liked the fact that it wasn't tied to a web interface. It's just an SDK with which you can build your own e-commerce desktop applications, CGI scripts or server modules. It's a very flexible toolkit and was exactly what we were looking for.
The second component we needed was a Merchant Account that supported the transaction service we chose. In order to process credit card transactions, you need to have a merchant account that acts as an intermediary between your bank account and your customer's credit card company. Getting a merchant account involves a large amount of paperwork, a credit check and a setup fee.
Other than finding a merchant account that supported Cybercash, we didn't see much difference in the offerings aside from cost. There's typically a setup fee and fixed transaction fees. Then the credit card companies take their cut. However, when all transaction fees are totaled, you're still usually under 4%. Compared to the fees typically charged by third-party e-commerce companies, the difference can add up to non-trivial sums. In our case, we earned back the money we spent setting up our Linux based e-commerce solution in a couple of months based on this percentage difference. Typically, on-line software stores for shareware will charge between 15% and 40%.
The next component we needed was an SSL (secure sockets layer) server that encrypts traffic to and from the web server. It increases your customer's confidence and improves the security of on-line transactions. We were comfortable with the Apache web server, so we wanted to find an SSL server based on Apache. We looked at a couple of vendors and ended up making our decision based on price. We chose the Raven SSL web server, and it has worked well for us. Their tech support has been very helpful. Today, a number of other options are available.
In order to set up an SSL server, you need a “certificate” from a third party known as a Certificate Authority. The SSL vendor will give you a temporary invalid key to use for testing purposes.
The certificate is designed to verify the identity of you and your company. It provides assurance to the customer that they are actually dealing with your company. Unfortunately, getting a certificate can be paperwork-intensive, as you must verify your identity to the Certificate Authority. This usually means giving them your incorporation paperwork. In our case, it took slightly over two weeks to go through the certificate process. The Certificate Authority then issues you a certificate key via mail. It's just an encrypted block of text that you cut and paste into your SSL server setup.
We ended up choosing Thawte for our certificates because they were less expensive. The only problem we've had has been with older browsers that no longer recognize the certificate authority. This generates some spurious errors. However, since fewer people are using the 3.x versions of Netscape and MS Internet Explorer each day, we don't see this as a major problem.
We wanted to be able to do more with our e-commerce solution than just process fixed transactions. We wanted to have a system that could easily be extended as the need arose. Additionally, we wanted to keep track of all kinds of variables so we could answer a number of questions, such as:
Is the purchase process easy enough?
Where do customers hear about us?
What versions sell better?
Is our pricing effective?
Are there any trends in our sales that might shed some light on our customers?
As a result, we needed a robust and flexible database back end to store and organize all of this data. We needed to balance the speed and scalability of the database back end with reliability and ease of programming. Additionally, we needed easy access to the data and the ability to alter the structure on the fly. Beyond that, we didn't want to spend much money.
We decided on MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/). It's extremely fast, multi-threaded, flexible and supports a large subset of the SQL standard. It's a very popular database for web applications, and a good Perl interface is available for it. In addition, the licensing is flexible, and in many cases you are allowed to use it at no cost. An active mailing list and a tremendous amount of information is available on their web site.
Unlike the SSL server or the merchant account, our choice of database ended up being a critical one, as it was one of the components that made a difference when it came time to go after new business ideas.
We talked about implementing a “commercial grade” e-commerce solution in C or C++. This implied a major development effort and a lot of work if we decided to modify it later.
Being afraid to lock ourselves into a solution we couldn't change easily, we opted to develop in Perl, which saved us a great deal of time at the expense of some runtime speed. We figured since we were running under Linux that the overhead added by using Perl would be negligible, and by the time it became an issue we would be making so much money we could buy a faster machine.
Another key advantage of developing in Perl is that the code is quickly and easily changed. On-line business changes so fast it's hard to keep up. Anything we could do to make it easier on ourselves was in our business interest.
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In May 1812 Wordsworth came to London, and Crabb Robinson acted as a friendly mediator. The difficulty was that, although Wordsworth could deny that he had sent any message or used the words repeated by Coleridge, who had probably exaggerated Montagu's exaggerated version, he could not deny that he had said something which would be painful to Coleridge. He might have used the word ‘nuisance’ in regard to some of Coleridge's habits, which undoubtedly deserved the name; but he denied that he had applied it to Coleridge himself. Wordsworth was both delicate and straightforward, and Coleridge ended by accepting his statements. At the end of the year he wrote a very warm letter of condolence upon the death of Wordsworth's son. It included a reference (Coleridge, Letters, p. 601) to his feeling for Sarah Hutchinson, of which Wordsworth would naturally disapprove. At any rate, he delayed answering, but he then wrote inviting Coleridge to Grasmere, where his company would be the greatest comfort to his friend. Coleridge went off to the seaside and made no reply. Intercourse was renewed by some letters in 1815 upon poetical points; but in 1816 Wordsworth was annoyed at the criticisms in the ‘Biographia Literaria,’ and the friendship was not re-established till 1817, and never regained the old warmth. The quarrel which suspended one of the most remarkable of literary friendships was regarded by Coleridge as one of the ‘four griping sorrows of his life’ (Allsop, Coleridge, ii. 140). Though known to so many people at the time, the facts have only recently been made public (Knight, ii. 168−7 ; J. D. Campbell, Coleridge, pp. 179−85, 193−7; Coleridge, Letters, pp. 578, 586−612. A full account given in Crabb Robinson's Diary was suppressed by the editor. Mrs. Clarkson wrote to him that Wordsworth's conduct had been affectionate and ‘forbearing throughout’).
In the summer of 1810 the Wordsworths had moved from Allan Bank to the parsonage at Grasmere. Two of the children were ailing, and both died in 1812 — Catherine on 4 June and Thomas on 1 Dec. They were buried in the churchyard, and the painful association made Wordsworth anxious to leave the house. Early in 1813 he moved accordingly to Rydal Mount, the house which he occupied for the rest of his life. In 1812 he had applied to Lord Lonsdale to obtain some situation for him, stating that his actual literary pursuits brought in little money, and that he could not turn to less exalted and more profitable work. Lord Lonsdale, after applying fruitlessly to Lord Liverpool, offered an allowance (apparently of 100l. a year) from himself (Knight, ii. 209). Wordsworth accepted this, after some hesitation, but soon afterwards Lonsdale obtained for him the office of distributor of stamps for the county of Westmoreland. [The statement that Lonsdale acted upon a hint from Rogers, who had said that the Wordsworths had often to abstain from meat (Rogers and his Contemporaries, i. 103), cannot be accurate.] The office brought him in about 400l. a year. A good deal of the work was done by a clerk, John Carter, who served him for his life, and edited the ‘Prelude’ after his death. It involved, however, some careful superintendence, and Wordsworth says that for seven years he or ‘one of his nearest connections’ had been daily on the spot (Knight, ii. 211).
In 1814 Wordsworth made another tour in Scotland, when he saw Hogg and Gillies, who published several of his letters in ‘Memoirs of a Literary Veteran.’ In July appeared the ‘Excursion.’ When finishing the ‘Prelude’ he says that the task ‘of his life’ will be over if he can finish the ‘Recluse’ and ‘a narrative poem of the epic kind’ (to Beaumont, 3 June 1805). The epic was never begun, and the ‘Excursion’ (with a fragment published in 1888), on which he worked at intervals from 1795 till its publication, represents the ‘Recluse.’ It marks the culmination of Wordsworth's poetical career. Jeffrey's famous phrase, ‘This will never do!’ (Edinburgh, November 1814) was really the protest of literary orthodoxy against a heresy the more offensive because it was growing in strength. Southey (Life, iv. 91), Keats, and Crabb Robinson now put Wordsworth by the side of Milton. Lamb was allowed by his old enemy Gifford (perhaps in remorse for a previous attack, see Southey's Life, v. 151) to review the poem in the ‘Quarterly,’ where, however, the article was cruelly mangled. Coleridge objected that the ‘Excursion’ did not fulfil his anticipations that the ‘Recluse’ was to be the ‘first and only true philosophical poem in existence’ (Letters, pp. 643−50); whereas the philosophy was still subordinate to the exposition of commonplace truths. The poem took its place as Wordsworth's masterpiece among the younger generation now growing up. Wordsworth gradually abandoned any thought of carrying out any larger design. The ‘White Doe of Rylstone’ (published in 1815) had been written in 1807−8, ‘Peter Bell’ and the ‘Waggoner’ (both published in 1819) in 1798 and 1805 respectively. ‘Peter Bell’ is said to have been his ‘most successful’ | <urn:uuid:cc9c5d0f-43b3-4f9d-9352-e7acebc35535> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_63.djvu/45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00023-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983833 | 1,271 | 2.828125 | 3 |
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Common Name: Cardinal Flower, Indian Pink
Botanical Name: Lobelia cardinalis (lo-BEE-li-a or the more common lo-BEEL-ya kar-di-NA-lis)
Decorative Life: From 8-16 days.
Post Harvest Care
- Recut stems under water and place in a flower food solution.
- More flowers per spike open when treated with STS and presumably MCP, although no MCP data has been located to date.
- Was formally in its own family (Lobeliaceae) but now has been reclassified as a member of the Campanulaceae (bellflower family). Common relatives besides bellflower include ballon-flower and throatwort.
- Native to North America.
- Considered a short-lived perennial. Grows to about 3 feet, stems often tinted purple bronze, with spike flowers.
Flower Color: Mostly bright scarlet with white ('Alba') and pink ('Rosa') forms.
Storage Specifics: Based on its origin and relatives, it can be assumed that it should store well in the 35F area. However, research results to confirm this have not yet been located.
- The genus Lobelia includes a very diverse range of plants from trees to herbaceous perennials to small annuals.
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Dance Instruction and Documentaries
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The Video Dictionary of Classical Ballet - Kevin McKenzie and Georgina Parkinson - The essential video dictionary of all classical ballet movements. 4 1/2 hours on two DVDs shows over 800 variations in Russian, French, and Cecchetti styles, many in slow motion with multiple camera angles and voice-over narrative description. The complete language of ballet positions—Barre, Linking Steps, Center Practice, Pirouettes, Adage, Allegro, Batterie, Pointe, and Musical Enchainements.
New York City Ballet: The Complete Workout, Vol. 1 and 2 - Fitness videos from the New York City Ballet Workout Volumes 1 and 2 designed to help develop the strength, grace and poise of a dancer. The videos try to strike a balance between art and fitness in creating a workout for any age or fitness level. Good luck....
Ballet Class for Beginners - David Howard and Lee Kraft - introduces the beginning dance student to the technique and vocabulary of classical ballet with the emphasis on posture, placement, and movement potential.
Ballet 101 - A Beginner's Class - Jennifer Nunes and Angela Russ - a simple beginners video that challenges both adults and children who wish an introduction to ballet. Dancers are taken on a step-by-step journey that begins with preparation and warm-up, and paces them through easy ballet moves that focus on the barre.
Baby Ballet - Rosemary Boross - for ages four through six. The video contains all aspects of a formal ballet class including a barre warm-up, stretches, center practice and across the floor combinations. The movements are explained step-by-step, followed by a performance of the steps by Rosemary Boross and her beginning pre-school students.
Simply Ballet: A Master Ballet Class For Beginners - American Ballet Theatre ballerina Michelle Benash instructs young students in this easy to follow along master class. Progresses from barre, chasse` to center combinations and a variety of leaps and turns. For those who already know the basics.
The Ballet Workout - Melissa Lowe - Floor work, barre work and center work to help condition the body. Level I is designed for those with little or no previous ballet experience. Previous ballet experience is helpful but not necessary for level II.
Element: Ballet Conditioning - Elise Gulan - Ballet Dancers always have slender bodies that are both strong and lean with lovely proportion and gorgeous body lines. In this unique program your muscles will work smoothly in unison to create a long streamlined silhouette with flat abs a lean lower body and beautifully defined curves.
Pure Barre: Ballet, Dance & Pilates Fusion - Carrie Rezabek - The Pure Barre Technique (PBT) is the fastest, yet safest way to change your body. PBT fuses dance, Pilates and Lotte Berk exercises while utilizing the ballet barre to create the most intense and effective 55-minute workout that exists.
Suzanne Farrell - Elusive Muse - Jacques d’Amboise, Jorge Dunn, Paul Mejia and George Balanchine - the life of Suzanne Farrell as told by those who know her. Lengthy film excerpts of her in many ballets created for her by Balanchine.
Balanchine - Through rare archival audio and video footage, interviews, film, and photographs, this program traces Balanchine's life from his youth at the Maryinsky Theater, through his work for Hollywood and Broadway, to his ultimate creation of the New York City Ballet. Interviews with the choreographer himself and selections from many of his ballets such as Chaconne, Agon, Symphony in C, Serenade, Apollo, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Prima Ballerina - directed by Laurent Gentot is one of the best ballet documentaries ever. It consists of two portraits—one of Svetlana Zakharova and one of Ulyana Lopatkina. The videos are as perfect as the ballerinas themselves. Long dance sequences, beautiful photography and brilliant quotes from the dancers. Really a must have. Very highly recommended.
The Dancer - Erland Josephson, Katja Bjorner, and Anneli Alhanko. A brilliant documentary about the Royal Swedish Ballet which focuses in on one young dancer, Katja Bjoerner. It is an intimate look at a ballet company that is very well done. Some of it is with subtitles; some of it is in English. It's good!
Ballets Russes - By following the history of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the early 1930s, this brilliant documentary reveals the roots of every modern dance company in the world. Film clips and interviews with dancers from the original company. Includes an interview with Dame Alicia Markova, who was a prima ballerina with the original Ballet Russe under impresario Sergei Diaghilev. Definitely worth watching.
Ballerina - directed by Frenchman Bertrand Normand follows the careers of five Russian prima ballerinas—Alina Somova, Svetlana Zakharova, Diana Vishneva, Ulyana Lopatkina, Evgenia Obraztsova. In the documentary, we see what a young girl must do to become a top ballet dancer and thus the video is not just a portrait of the dancers but of the Russian ballet tradition. It is brilliantly photographed with great dance sequences and great quotes from the dancers. Ballet documentaries often disappoint. This one won’t. Very highly recommended.
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet - Another well-done European documentary, this one about the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. In the interviews, the dancers really talk straight. It's definitely worth seeing.
Paul Taylor: Dancemaker - Excellent documentary about modern dancer and choreographer, Paul Taylor. Great camera work on the dances and the dancers and informative interviews. If you like modern dance, this is a must-see.
The Children of Theatre Street - The Story of the Kirov Ballet School - This academy award-nominated documentary about the Kirov Ballet and its school, the Vaganova Choreographic Institute, is narrated by the late Princess Grace of Monaco. There are no subtitles--all translations are done by voice-over. Theatre Street is the popular name for Rossi Street, on which the entrance to the Kirov's school is located. Entrance exams are held annually. Thousands of children, aged 10-12, apply; only 20 are selected.
Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake - The fairy ballerina, Prima Princessa, transports a group of pre-school girls to see the ballet, Swan Lake, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet. Prima Princessa narrates the story of Swan Lake to the girls. In between each act, the children return home and learn a simple ballet step. The young dancers are from the School of American Ballet.
Amazon's Best Selling Ballet and Dance DVDsClicking here brings you to Amazon's best selling DVDs in ballet and dance. Browse through. The DVDs cover a wide range of dance subjects and are suitable for a variety of ages but there's usually something interesting. The list is updated hourly.
New York City Ballet: Bringing Back Balanchine - New York City Ballet - 'New York City Ballet: Bringing Ballachine Back' follows the New York City Ballet, lead by Master in Chief Peter Martins to the Mariinsky theater in St. Petersburg, where ballet legend and NYC Ballet co-founder George Ballachine, along with other greats, took their first ballet steps. The eagerly anticipated trip is the first for the company since 1972 and is gracefully illustrated with both behind-the-scenes and performance footage. | <urn:uuid:39ba8711-e623-4b07-97d9-2ec7bf601daa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.balletconnections.com/danceinstructionvideos | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00004-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920213 | 1,648 | 2.1875 | 2 |
If you learn these few braided fishing line knots you won't suffer from braid line's tendency to let go at the connections.
The advantages of braid fishing line are well-known - primarily its small diameter, high strength and almost total lack of stretch - but it does have a reputation for being 'difficult' when it comes to tying knots in it.
This isn't really deserved. Ok, some knots that are fine in nylon monofilament line just won't hold in braid, so they should be avoided - so it's just a matter of knowing the correct knots to use for braid and learning to tie them properly.
The normal use for braided line is as your main reel line, with your leader or terminal rig being made up with either nylon monofilament or fluorocarbon line. So the two places where you'll have to tie knots in your braid line are:~
It's always worth using a fairly long mono leader with braid line even if you're jigging, trolling or downtiding and not casting with it, owing to its zero stretch.
With the fish almost beaten and close to the boat, a last ditch attempt to to shake itself free of the hook might well be successful if you haven't got a length of stretchy mono to absorb the shock.
The mono leader will be much thicker than the braid reel line, so a special knot is needed for this connection.
Here's how to tie it...
First, double back the end of the mono leader and thread the braid through the eye produced.
Next, start whipping back the braid over itself and the mono leader.
Then, make about ten turns before tucking the tag end of the braid through the loop such that it emerges on the same side as it entered.
Finally, lubricate with saliva before smoothly pulling the knot up tight.
Trim both braid and mono ends, and you've tied the first of the two braided fishing line knots you need to know.
If you're not using a leader at the end of your braided reel line, then you'll want to connect a swivel or some other connector to attach your terminal tackle. Here's the knot to use for that - the rather unimaginatively named 'Braid Knot'.
First, double the line and pass the resulting loop through the eye of the hook.
Then, from a point a few centimeters from the eye, take about 8-10 turns back toward the hook, finally threading the doubled line through the gap between the turns and the eye.
Finally, lubricate it with saliva and then cinch it up tight with a steady, continuous pull.
Artwork by Andrew Simpson
If you like the idea of having the most popular sea fishing knots all together in one place for easy reference, this handy little pocket guide is just the thing.
It sets out in step-by-step instructions and nicely drawn sketches how to tie all the knots you'll ever be likely to need - 18 of them in all, including knots for mono line and braided fishing line knots.
Being spiral bound it opens flat, leaving both hands free to tie the knot - and it's waterproof!
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Downrigger ~ The cranelike device incorporating a line-counter reel often seen on the sterns of sport-fishing boats, which lowers a trolling weight on a wire line to a pre-determined depth. The trolling line is attached just above the weight, which gets the lure down to depths that would otherwise be unachievable. | <urn:uuid:e26db9fc-f911-4405-9116-5724152beefa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.go-saltwater-fishing.com/braided-fishing-line-knots.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944682 | 743 | 1.859375 | 2 |
In January 2010, Heatherwick Studio joined the team commissioned by London’s mayor to develop the design of a new bus for London. Once production of the Routemaster ceased in 1968, London’s buses were ordered from catalogues of existing designs. Apart from being red, the design of these vehicles became increasingly compromised and uncoordinated.
This would be the first bus to be designed specifically for the capital in more than fifty years, but the brief was not to replicate the Routemaster, which was inaccessible to wheelchair-users and difficult for people with prams. As well as being three metres longer than a Routemaster, this bus would have two staircases and three doors. It would have a conductor to look after passengers and an open platform, which would give Londoners their freedom once more to get on and off the bus at will, but this would be enclosed outside peak hours. Having set the environmental target of using 40% less fossil fuel than existing buses, the team developed a hybrid vehicle, powered by both electricity and diesel, seeking to make it as lightweight as possible.
The geometry of the vehicle developed from a series of pragmatic decisions. It was in order to minimise the perceived size of the vehicle that its corners and edges were rounded. It was to allow the driver to see small children standing next to the bus that its front window was angled down towards the pavement. And, with its three doors on one side and two staircases on the other, it was the functional asymmetry of the bus’s internal circulation that led to its asymmetrical geometry. The windows form two ribbons of glass that wrap around the bus, corresponding to the two staircases, which transform the stairs from a dark constricted tunnel to a different kind of space.
In recent years, bus interiors had grown increasingly chaotic, with their peculiar seating arrangements, flourescent yellow handrails, over-bright strip lighting and protruding lumps of machinery encased in mysterious fibre-glass housings. The aim was to recalibrate the countless compromises that had accumulated over the years to create an interior that felt as calm and coordinated as possible. Using a simple palette of colours and materials, a family of details was developed that included new stairs, lighting, hand poles and stop buttons. We argued for a return to bench-type seats that two people could share and designed a new pattern of moquette, the tough woollen fabric that is used in transport upholstery.
The design for the new bus were unveiled in May 2010 and a prototype, developed and manufactured by Wrightbus, was launched in December 2011 by the Mayor of London. The first bus entered public service in February 2012 and a further 600 buses were ordered by Transport for London in September 2012. This fleet are the largest order of hybrid buses ever placed in Europe and will be delivered in its entirety by 2016. | <urn:uuid:2091cff1-ef0a-49bb-8a5f-eb737dac8e7d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.heatherwick.com/london-bus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982748 | 587 | 2.296875 | 2 |
- SKIN CANCER CENTER
Acne occurs when the pores of your skin become clogged, most often on the face, neck, back, and chest. No one knows exactly why this happens, but we do know that testosterone plays a part, as does heredity.
Once a pore becomes clogged, it traps skin oil inside. Bacteria grows in this oil and can cause an inflammatory response in the skin. Acne lesions can be small and hardly noticeable, have a small white or black head, or can appear red with a white/yellow center. Sometimes a clogged pore will become so inflamed that it can lead to larger, more painful lesions called nodules or cysts, which can ultimately scar. Almost no one escapes some clogged pores and pimples, especially during adolescence–a fragile time when self-esteem and confidence is just emerging. Acne afflicts people of all ethnicities and is treated the same regardless.
Our skin is healthiest and clearest when it is in balance. The more irritation your skin experiences, the more likely it is to break out. Conversely, the less irritation your skin experiences, the better it is able to remain clear. Sources of irritation include anything which rubs, scratches, or comes into prolonged contact with your skin, as well as anything which sends your skin out of balance such as overdryness, sunburns, shaving the face with irritating razors, and pore-clogging cosmetics. To best clear acne, try to keep your skin as untouched as possible. Acne is not caused by dirt, and washing your face, while it is fine to do up to twice per day, is going to do little to help with your acne.
Finally, popping pimples is not a no-no. None of us likes to walk around with puss filled pimples. Done correctly, properly popping can actually help hasten healing. However, whatever you do, absolutely, positively, do not pick at your skin.
Treatment therefore aims at killing bacteria, with benzoyl peroxide and antibiotic medications. In addition, Retinoids work against the small clogged pores and reduce inflammation. Dr. Longwill’s Miami Center for Dermatology has the latest effective treatments available today.
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‘Predictioneering The Future’ lecture Oct. 29
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Game theory is a complex term for the simple idea that people naturally think and act in their own best interest.
On Saturday one of the world’s top game theorists will be at the University of South Carolina to give a public talk as part of a National Science Foundation-sponsored conference.
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
In a talk titled “Predictioneering The Future,” Dr. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, the Julius Silver Professor of Politics at New York University, will discuss his latest book, “The Predictioneer’s Game,” at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 29, at Gambrell Hall, Room 153. His talk is free.
Bueno de Mesquita’s presentation, intended for a general audience, will deal with how game theory can help people develop reliable predictions for addressing complex world and national security problems as well as business and personal challenges. For instance, he says global climate change would be better addressed by having nations compete for technology rather than through regulations. He says game theory can offer the most effective solutions to everything from settling lawsuits to negotiating the price of a car. He also will share examples of how game theory has been applied to U.S. foreign policy problems.
For more information about the book, visit the website www.predictioneersgame.com
Bueno de Mesquita directs the Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy at NYU. A member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is a former president of the International Studies Association. Foreign Policy Magazine has named him among the top 100 global thinkers.
The lecture is part of an NSF-funded conference that will take place Oct. 28 – 30. The conference, titled “New Horizons in Conflict System Analysis: Applications to the Middle East,” will feature top scholars from political science, to geographic information systems and linguistics.
The conference, organized by USC professors Dr. Harvey Starr and Dr. Stanley Dubinsky, is co-sponsored by USC’s Office of Research and Graduate Education and the College of Arts and Sciences’ political science department, Jewish Studies Program, Linguistics Program and the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies.
For more information about the public talk or the conference, visit the website http://www.cas.sc.edu/Iis/NSF/ or contact Starr and Dubinsky via email at firstname.lastname@example.org and email@example.com.
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Gordon Yamada: Ordered to Dress Like a Japanese Soldier
Gordon Yamada served with the Military Intelligence Service during and after World War II and in Japan during the U.S. occupation. In this clip, he talks about his early days of training in which he and other Japanese American inductees were asked to dress in Japanese military uniforms to show fellow U.S. servicemen how to recognize Japanese soldiers. Gordon Yamada's full interview is available in the Densho Digital Archive.
This interview is one of a collection of interviews done by filmmaker gayle k. yamada for her 2003 documentary, Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties. She has given Densho permission to make the unedited interviews available in the Densho Digital Archive.
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Densho Encyclopedia Continues to Grow
In the last two months of 2012 Densho published 42 new articles to our public encyclopedia about the Japanese American experience during World War II, including:
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) contributed by Professor Cherstin M. Lyon, California State University, San Bernardino
Custodial detention / A-B-C list contributed by Professor Tetsuden Kashima, University of Washington
Funding for the encyclopedia is provided in part by the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, administered by the National Park Service. The encyclopedia will expand to over 1,000 articles when completed in 2014.
Densho Teacher Training at Central Washington University
Our next scheduled teacher training workshop is on March 24th on the campus of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. This workshop is already filled with over 60 teachers registered. However, online registration is open for our teacher training workshop on Saturday, April 20th, from 10am-3pm on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg. Participation in the workshop is free, with a $100 stipend if teachers report back on how they use workshop materials in the classroom. Funding for the workshop is supported, in part, by a grant from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, administered by the National Park Service. Contact firstname.lastname@example.org for more information about organizing a teacher workshop in your city, or questions about scheduled workshops.
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Welcome Karen Fujii to Densho
We are pleased to welcome Karen Fujii to the Densho team as our marketing and communications consultant. Karen will plan and implement Densho's educational and marketing outreach. Karen is the founder of Media Footprint and has worked in media, marketing, public relations and web development. If you have any questions or ideas for Karen, you can email her at email@example.com.
New Interns at Densho
This month we add three interns to help us digitize and catalogue a range of historic photographs, documents, and newspapers. Please welcome Jill Anderson, Emily Bolton, and Deirdre Coyle. Jill is finishing up her Master's in Archives and Records Management at Western Washington University, Emily is a student at the University of Washington Information School, and Deirdre is a recent graduate of the University of Washington Information School. Funding for the interns is supported, in part, by a grant from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, administered by the National Park Service, and a 2012 Heritage Projects award from 4Culture. | <urn:uuid:ba1e8de4-df80-40b5-867c-e541ea49bcd6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://densho.org/about/enews/enews-201303.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00028-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910691 | 721 | 2.34375 | 2 |
All college students have dealt with final exams. For one UC Davis class, however, the final can be even more daunting: there is an audience.
That’s the premise of Science and Society 42: Earth, Water, Science, Song, which fuses studies and song. The class is taught by Professor Wendy Silk and seeks to combine environmental issues and live performance. The official description sums it up.
“In this course students will fuse the intellectual power of environmental science with the emotional power of the performing arts.”
Darren Dinh, a first-year biochemistry major, simplified it.
“It’s an environmental class that focuses on water and soil systems,” Dinh said.
As part of the course, the students have to write and perform original environment-based songs, which they perform in a show, titled Earthtones. Ellen Davis, first-year mechanical engineering major, explained the reasoning behind the unique final.
“The professor wanted to have a class where the final was a performance. There was a fusion of science and music. Almost all of the songs are original. We split into groups, and the groups write the songs,” Davis said.
“The show is considered to be part of the class; it’s our final,” stated Margaret Huang, fourth-year biochemistry major.
Davis shared some advice for anyone considering taking the class.
“If you’re looking for class that changes up the format, this is definitely a class for you,” she said.
The performances take place during the final week of the quarter. The first show took place on Tuesday, in the Plant and Environmental Sciences building. The next show will be held on Friday, at 7 p.m. at the Natsoulas Gallery, located at 521 First St.
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|Ordered||20 Jul 1934|
|Laid down||8 Apr 1935||F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 543)|
|Launched||30 Jul 1935|
|Commissioned||21 Aug 1935||Kptlt. Hans-Günther Looff|
|Successes||7 ships sunk, total tonnage 16,669 GRT|
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 552 tons
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 412 tons
Sunk at 1030hrs on the 20 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea in position 44.12N, 28.41E, by bombs from Soviet aircraft.
In 1945 the Soviets raised the boat and brought it in the Russian harbour Nikolaev. She became in 1945 the USSR TS-16, but due to extensive damages she was broken up sometime after 12 Dec, 1946.
Attacks on this boat
27 Dec 1942
16.20 hrs, off Sochi in the Black Sea: a Soviet minesweeper dropped eight depth charges on the boat, causing minor damage. (Sources: Ritschel)
11 May 1944
Black Sea, south of Yalta: depth charges from a Soviet escort caused light damage.
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
20 Apr 1940. On 20 April, 1940 the boat fired torpedoes at the Polish destroyer ORP Blyskawica but missed.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-9 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
There was another U-9 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Feb 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 Apr 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 9 during WWI. | <urn:uuid:0c954b44-5daa-4507-9bb0-c07aaeb22b89> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://uboat.net/boats/u9.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00075-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919289 | 448 | 2.375 | 2 |
I'll never look at seafood the same way after chatting with legendary Alaskan king crab fisherman Edgar Hansen — engineer and deckhand of the acclaimed Northwestern fishing vessel and one of the stars of the documentary series Deadliest Catch, which is in the midst of its eighth season on the Discovery Channel.
In town for a special appearance at the West Marine boating store in Kemah over the weekend, Hansen and his wife Louise joined me for lunch at Goode Company Seafood off Kirby where I'd hear more about one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Not too surprisingly, he opted for shrimp gumbo and a grilled chicken salad rather than the stuffed crab platter.
"Knock on wood, seriously," Hansen said, as he discussed the accident-prone work day on the Northwestern. "We run one of the safest boats in the Bering Sea, but stuff happens on a regular basis for fishermen out there."
Rogue waves, especially during the opilio crab season in January and February, can strike a crew at any moment. A slip off an icy deck means certain death with waters just above freezing. According to the pilot episode of Deadliest Catch, the death rate during the crab season typically averages one fisherman a week.
"Knock on wood, seriously," Ha nsen said, when asked to discuss some of his jobs more danger aspects. "We run one of the safest boats in the Bering Sea, but stuff happens on a regular basis for fishermen out there."
On the plus side, regular season payouts often top $120,000 for a small crew, a financial reality that has made the Alaska fishing industry a modern day gold rush.
"By comparison, salmon fishing is almost like a vacation for us in the summer," Hansen said. "It's still hard work, but you'll see guys out there barbecuing in their shorts. It's a big difference to getting crab in the fall and winter."
Due to time constraints at Alaska canneries and the limited lifespan of the creatures once they're caught, king crab fishing is a fast-paced occupation as crews work almost around the clock with little sleep until boats are full. Traps (or "pots") weigh upwards of 850 pounds and can only be lifted by a hydraulic crane that dangles the steel cages above the fishermen, who, in turn, place the bait inside and move them into place at the edge of the ship.
On the plus side, regular seasonal payouts often top $ 1 20,000 for a small crew, a financial reality that has made the Alaska fishing industry a modern day gold rush.
Physically drained, getting a maximum of four hours of sleep a night, Hansen shares stories of crews that push themselves for days on end, only to drop off a big catch to a cannery and return straight to a new fishing area hundreds of miles away.
Back on the boat, Hansen discusses the non-lethal but occasionally painful work of handling angry crustaceans that measure up to two feet across.
"You can get about $50 for a nice king crab," he said. "When you get bit by one, you never want to kill it. You just sit there, cry like a little baby and put your hand back in the water tank on the boat until it lets go. If you rip off the claw when you're all mad, the muscle in the claw will contract even more and pitch down even harder.
"You try not to scream, because there are a bunch of guy staring and laughing . . . You know, real comradery, right?" Hansen laughed.
"After working on the boat for all these years now, I got nothing to prove anymore. I totally scream. Let me tell you, it totally helps too." | <urn:uuid:4dd6d3b6-bd81-45e2-9965-8f835b0d0a9c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://houston.culturemap.com/news/food/07-16-12-eating-seafood-with-the-deadliest-catch-star-how-to-dodge-angry-crabs-death-fish-jokes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959044 | 767 | 1.703125 | 2 |
On Wednesday, Apple announced a pretty mind-boggling stat: The 25 billionth song had been downloaded on iTunes.
That's billion. With a b.
Since launching the iPod in 2001, and iTunes in 2003, Apple has been a leader in digital music, virtually defining the space for competitors like Amazon and Google.
Here are five interesting facts about the milestone:
1. Who did it?
Phillip Lupke of Germany was the lucky downloader. For happening to click at the right nanosecond, he'll be getting a 10,000-Euro ($13,528) iTunes gift card.
And it was no easy task. According to Apple, users download an average of 15,000 songs every minute.
2. What was the tune?
You've probably never heard of it.
Sorry. Hipster moment over. We hadn't heard of it either.
"Monkey Drums (Goksel Vancin Remix)" was the jam in question. It's by Chase Buch, a British DJ and producer who's well known in the house-music scene. It's not so big on lyrics. Which is to say, it doesn't have any. And it probably comes across better when you're shaking it in a crowd of sweaty club kids than, say, sipping coffee and doing the New York Times crossword.
3. Other iTunes milestones
25 millionth song -- "Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Frank Sinatra, 2003
100 millionth -- "Somersault (Danger Mouse remix)," by English electronica band Zero 7, 2004
500 millionth -- "Mississippi Girl," Faith Hill, 2005
1 billionth -- "Speed of Sound," Coldplay, 2006
10 billionth -- "Guess Things Happen That Way," Johnny Cash, 2010
Alex Ostrovsky, from West Bloomfield, Michigan, was the luckiest of downloaders. For the billionth download, he scored a 20-inch iMac, 10 fifth-generation iPods and a $10,000 gift card, not to mention a scholarship set up by Apple at the Julliard School of Music in his name.
4. 25 billion is a lot
Obvious, right? But how much is it?
Well, it's roughly equal to three-and-a-half songs for every person on Earth.
By way of comparison, the Guiness Book of World Records lists "White Christmas" as the top-selling song of all time at around 100 million copies. Multiply that by 250 and you get 25 billion.
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is the No. 1 selling album of all time with more than 42 million certified sales. It would need to do that again almost 600 times to hit 25 billion.
For a little more tech industry-specific comparison, Google's Play Store hit 25 billion total downloads in September. But that includes music, movies, TV shows, books, and apps for its Android operating system.
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The enthralling popularity of collagraphy is taking textile artists to new heights. Learn this popular new technique from the best when you explore collagraphy with embroidery teacher, Val Holmes. In her new book, Print with Collage and Stitch, Holmes shares everything you need to know about the exciting effects of combining almost endless permutations of collage, stitch, and print and how to incorporate these effects into your own stitched-textile work.
Included is invaluable and beautifully illustrated information on embroidered collagraphy plate-making, choosing the right printing surface, combining paper and fabric, embroidering onto prints, and how to work in a series. In addition to innovative collagraphy techniques, you’ll discover an in-depth look into monoprinting and incorporating common textile art techniques into serial monoprints.
In Print with Collage and Stitch, you’ll explore a simple and most fundamental mixed-media technique, popular for producing highly-sophisticated and complex-looking surface effects. | <urn:uuid:ed7c7e45-5d59-4994-a89e-6f5b8bb84139> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.interweavestore.com/print-with-collage-and-stitch | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00035-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918679 | 214 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Re: Is sex safe during pregnancy? Do we need to take any precautions?
Sex during pregnancy (or, let's face it, anytime) is certainly a sensitive topic, but as long as everything is normal and everyone's healthy, sex is safe from that first positive HPT right up until your water breaks. Don't worry about sex harming baby -- the amniotic sac that surrounds the fetus and the thick mucus plug outside the cervix act as protective barriers.
If you're at particular risk of preterm labor or miscarriage or notice unusual pain, discharge or bleeding after sex, your doctor might recommend certain precautions or limits. And, even if your pregnancy is perfectly normal, warn your husband to never blow air directly into your vagina. In rare circumstances, this can lead to an air embolism fatal to both you and baby. And of course, make sure you know your partner's sexual history and that he's been tested for STDs and HIV. (Yes, we know, you learned this one in seventh grade... but it's just that important.) | <urn:uuid:edc08c8f-543c-4e4e-b42b-5eebc0aed267> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pregnant.thebump.com/pregnancy/first-trimester/qa/is-sex-safe-during-pregnancy.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00028-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95087 | 217 | 1.726563 | 2 |
The Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge: Key #3
Now that you've learned about Key #1: Right Thinking and Key #2: Healing Feelings, Dr. Phil shows you how to unlock the door to external control.
Take Dr. Phil's Personal Environment Audit
First, all of the challengers rid their pantries of junk food — because you can't eat what's not there. Then, to find out what foods should be in the house, Leslie goes grocery shopping with a nutritionist.
Find out what healthy foods to buy.
Creating a no-fail environment means more than cleaning out the junk in your pantry and adding healthy foods. You need to make changes in your closet, have plans for outside your home, and more.
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Milan, Italy, 27 April 2010 – Psychopaths are known to be characterized by callousness, diminished capacity for remorse, and lack of empathy. However, the exact cause of these personality traits is an area of scientific debate. The results of a new study, reported in the May 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cortex), show striking similarities between the mental impairments observed in psychopaths and those seen in patients with frontal lobe damage.
One previous explanation for psychopathic tendencies has been a reduced capacity to make inferences about the mental states of other people, an ability known as Theory of Mind (ToM). On the other hand, psychopaths are also known to be extremely good manipulators and deceivers, which would imply that they have good skills in inferring the knowledge, needs, intentions, and beliefs of other people. Therefore, it has been suggested recently that ToM is made up of different aspects: a cognitive part, which requires inferences about knowledge and beliefs, and another part which requires the understanding of emotions.
Dr Simone Shamay-Tsoory, from the University of Haifa in Israel, along with colleagues from The Shalvata Mental Health Care Center and the Rambam Medical Center, tested the hypothesis that impairment in the emotional aspects of these abilities may account for psychopathic behaviour. Earlier research from the same group had shown that patients with damage to the frontal lobes of the brain lack some of the emotional aspects of Theory of Mind, so they speculated that psychopathy may also be linked to frontal lobe dysfunction.
The emotional and cognitive aspects of Theory of Mind abilities were examined for participants in the new study, which consisted of a number of different groups: criminal offenders, who had been diagnosed as having antisocial personality disorder with highly psychopathic tendencies, patients with damage to the frontal lobes of the brain, patients with damage to other areas of the brain, and healthy control subjects. The pattern of impairments in the psychopathic participants showed a remarkable resemblance to those in the participants with frontal lobe damage, suggesting that an underlying cause of the behavioural disturbances observed in psychopathy may be dysfunction in the frontal lobes.
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The article is "The role of the orbitofrontal cortex in affective theory of mind deficits in criminal offenders with psychopathic tendencies" by Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory, Hagai Harari, Judith Aharon-Peretz and Yechiel Levkovitz and appears in Cortex, Volume 46, Issue 5 (May 2010), published by Elsevier in Italy. Full text of the article featured above is available to members of the media upon request. Please contact the Elsevier press office, firstname.lastname@example.org. To schedule an interview, contact Dr Simone Shamay-Tsoory, email@example.com.
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BRUSH FIRES MAR JULY 4.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer
PALMDALE - Firefighters throughout the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.
The Antelope Valley were recovering Saturday from one of the busiest holidays they have had in years, officials said.
Illegal fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics.
Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to were blamed for dozens of fires that kept firefighters busy well into the early-morning hours Saturday. One fire forced the evacuation of a Palmdale neighborhood.
``I went up onto the freeway, and, honestly, I have never seen a city light up like that,'' said Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Capt. Jerry Meehan. ``The whole city of Palmdale was just lit up with fireworks.''
Firefighters were called out to the neighborhood behind Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to:
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More than a half-dozen families had already been evacuated by the sheriff's deputies, but other residents stayed behind, using garden hoses to keep the fire from reaching their homes.
A bulldozer was used to cut a fire line behind the homes. This aided firefighters in the battle, and the five-acre blaze was contained within minutes.
In just over 30 minutes, the blaze was extinguished ex·tin·guish
tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es
1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench.
2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish.
3. , and residents were allowed to return to their homes. Nearly 100 personnel assisted in fighting the blaze, and firefighters say the only property damage was a burned wooden fence.
Minutes later, firefighters were called back to the same neighborhood when fires broke out in the Highland High School campus and in a field directly across from that field. Each of the fires was believed to have been caused by illegal fireworks.
``That whole area got peppered with fires,'' Meehan said. ``Most of the fires were caused by stuff going into the air, bottle rockets and such.''
People awaiting the start of Palmdale High School's fireworks display were holding their own display with illegal fireworks, and, as a result, a field at Avenue R, west of 25th Street East, directly across from the school caught fire.
Fire crews had the blaze out Verb 1. blaze out - move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space"
take off, start out, set forth, set off, set out, start, depart, part - leave; "The family took off for Florida" in just a few minutes, and no one was injured.
A fire earlier in the day scorched scorch
v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es
1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1.
2. about 20 acres near 47th Street East and Pearblossom Highway, where a bottle rocket ignited dry brush.
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The call came in to the fire station about 2 p.m., and more than 100 firefighters were needed to completely extinguish Extinguish
Retire or pay off debt. the blaze. Utility poles burned and fell, igniting a field just across the street. The fire was out in under an hour, and there were no injuries.
Other smaller incidents occurred throughout the night, officials said.
By Saturday, expectations of strong winds and residents with leftover illegal fireworks prompted officials to change the alert level to red. Additional units will be brought in as a precaution for the next few days.
(1 -- color) Residents with garden hoses fight a July 4 fire on the hillside behind their homes near Highland High School.
(2 -- color) The fire scorches four acres behind Highland High School. No homes were damaged.
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Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness (Glass Mountain Pamphlet)
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In this follow-up to Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, Barbara Ehrenrich and Deidre English look at the evolution of the medical view of the female sex and how it has been used to reinforce the social view of women. Beginning in the late 19th century, the fact of women's inferiority was "proven" through medical science. Today, the medical establishment still serves to give "scientific" justifications for the sexist values of our society. The point here is that medicine is not an objective, unbiased science; rather, it reflects and supports the prevailing social attitudes. In their quest for better healthcare, women need to address not only access to care, but also the prejudices which affect that care. -- From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by FGP
In this exciting sequel to their underground bestseller, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English document the tradition of American sexism in medicine before and after the turn of the century. Citing vivid examples, including numerous "treatments" and "rest cures" perpetrated on women through the decades, the authors analyze the biomedical rationale used to justify the wholesale sex discrimination throughout our culture-in education, in jobs, and in public life. Ever since Hippocrates, male medics have treated women as the "weaker" sex. By the late 19th century, when the authority of religious documents had waned, the ultimate rationale for sex discrimination became solely biomedical. In this intriguing pamphlet, the authors raise the diffuclt question: "How sick-or well-are women today?" They assert that feminists today want more than "more": "We want a new style, and we want a new substance of medical practice as it relates to women." | <urn:uuid:3b102e61-49e0-48ae-b6dd-f3df8bedd5f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.zcommunications.org/complaints-and-disorders-the-sexual-politics-of-sickness-glass-mountain-pamphlet-by-barbara-ehrenreich | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00060-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94131 | 397 | 2.140625 | 2 |
The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
England produced the major late 19th-century landscape masters: the visionary Turner and the poetic Constable. Constable, who greatly influenced the French Romantics, also served as an important inspiration to the Barbizon school in France, whose members returned to the serene pastoral mood. In Germany, C. D. Friedrich sustained the poetic tradition of landscape, as did the luminists of the American Hudson River school. Turner's exploration of the atmospheric effects of light interested Monet, whose plein-air works, forming the basis of impressionism, elevated landscape to the highest position in artists' esteem that it had yet held.
Landscape also became a principal source material of postimpressionism. The exponents of surrealism revealed the fearful power of imaginary landscape. In addition, many of the 20th-century artists working in the abstract idiom have employed both landscape and still life as basic sources for their widely differing work.
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David Frum, reviewing Mark Steyn's book, makes a great point that's been weirdly ignored during the contemporary fad over demographic fear-mongering: "Demographic trends have a surprising way of reversing themselves with amazing rapidity. ..."Of course, Yglesias likely knows the same thing is true regarding climate change. In the mid-seventies, after global temperatures had been cooling for more than three decades, global cooling was portrayed as an imminent danger of catastrophic proportions. Then global temperatures began rising and have continued to inch upwards over the last three decades, so cooling stopped being sensationalized (for the worst, since global cooling presents a far more threatening existential threat to humanity than warming does) and warming became the story. Just because something has been capricious in the past doesn't mean it's prudent to write-off thinking about it in the present as a waste of time.
Demographic trends, like climate trends, have in their histories plenty of unexpected pivoting. But global temperature tracks rigorously with solar activity (CO2 emissions do as well, but trail temperature changes by several hundred years). What to do about the sun? Ideas are out there, but the subject is more arcane than fecundity patterns. Most people have some firsthand experience to bring to the table with respect to the latter.
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RESPONSE TO G8 COMMUNIQUE
Make Poverty History has become an unprecedented movement of passion, energy and solidarity. Never before have so many people in the world come together, fully united in demanding action to end poverty, with a roar for justice that they felt was impossible to ignore.
Today the G8 have chosen not to do all that campaigners insist is necessary to free people trapped in the prison of poverty. Important steps have been taken - steps that will bring hope to millions.
But more action is urgently needed if they are to play their role in bringing about real change for the world's poorest people and consigning extreme poverty to the history books.
To secure a deserved place in history, the G8 must go a lot further and secure real change by working with other world leaders at the UN summit on the Millennium Development Goals and talks around the World Trade Organisation. The people of the world are already on the road to justice.
They expect their leaders to be with them. Today's announcement has shown that the G8 need to run much faster to catch up.
The G8 have not met the challenge of trade justice as clearly set out by Make Poverty History. There is language in the communiqué on letting African countries set their own trade policies. Yet at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) they continue to force open developing country markets. What we have asked for is action not words.
G8 leaders decided not to set a date for ending the export subsidies that destroy livelihoods of poor countries around the world. By forcing free trade on poor countries, dumping agricultural products and not regulating multinational companies they have chosen not to take the necessary decisions to make poverty history.
The challenge of trade justice remains. The governments of the G8 must now urgently take these steps at the WTO and in other trade negotiations as well as through the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Rich countries are the obstacles to trade justice. This must stop if trade is to benefit the poor rather than keep them in poverty.
The G8 has done no more than confirm the proposed deal by the G8 Finance Ministers, cancelling some of the debt owed by some countries. The principle of cancelling 100 per cent of the debt owed to multilateral institutions is a positive step, and a tribute to the unceasing efforts of Make Poverty History campaigners and campaigners worldwide; but this debt deal is a small step compared to the giant leap that was called for.
While an important contribution, the G8 debt deal will provide less than $1 billion this year - the equivalent of no more than one dollar per person in the countries that are due to benefit. It is an inadequate response to the global debt crisis, which needs an estimated $10 billion a year of debt cancellation to eradicate extreme poverty.
Major issues on debt remain unresolved - the damaging economic policy conditions attached to debt relief, the many indebted countries not on the list, debts not covered by the deal.
So there is much more work to be done - the deal is yet to be ratified and then it needs to be delivered. Our campaigners expect more and will be continuing to seek significant improvements and advances during the rest of the year.
While this aid increase is a step forward, it is far from the historic deal that millions around the world have been demanding.
There is no doubt that this aid increase will save lives and Make Poverty History campaigners can be really proud of the role they have played in securing it. But this aid will still arrive five years too late and falls far short of the scale of aid that is needed to end poverty in the world's poorest countries. In real terms, much of the pledged funds are a restatement of recent aid announcements.
For most of the 50 million children who will die of poverty over the next five years, the G8 leaders have offered too little, too late. By 2010, we will still see the awful inequity whereby a child dies every 3.5 seconds, just because they are poor.
The G8's promise of US$48 billion boost to aid in five years is mostly made up of money already pledged. MPH calculates that only around US$20 billion is new money. Some of this money is also likely to be raised through borrowing from future aid budgets, rather than new contributions.
Make Poverty History welcomes the G8's recognition that poor countries should be free to decide their own economic policies. These words must now be turned into actions by putting an end to the damaging conditions that the World Bank and IMF push on impoverished countries.
If the G8 are really serious about reducing poverty, they should be doing much more to improve the quality of their aid, including untying aid from donors' goods and services and ensuring that aid is focused on the poorest. On both areas, they have offered warm words, but little in terms of concrete commitments.
G8 leaders have produced one of the summit's successes by responding courageously to the scale of the AIDS emergency. In pledging AIDS treatment to everyone who requires it by 2010, the G8 have started to restore hope to the 40 million people currently living- and dying- with HIV.
However, insufficient new aid will undermine the target's delivery. The additional aid announced today is not sufficient or fast enough to truly make AIDS history.
Positive people will now be looking to donors to deliver full AIDS funding at the Global Fund Replenishment conference this September. Without adequate financing, this bold and visionary target could become another of the broken promises that litter the history of the pandemic.
In the last 20 years the G8 has repeatedly failed to take the action it could to eradicate poverty. This has been an unprecedented year in which millions of people have campaigned to make poverty history and the UK government have responded by placing Africa on the agenda as a priority for the G8.
They have worked hard with European Union and G8 colleagues to deliver significant steps towards debt cancellation and more and better aid. Throughout this summit, the UK government have demonstrated leadership on these vital issues.
The G8 choosing not to deliver all that campaigners feel is necessary will disappoint the millions of campaigners in the UK but we will judge the UK government by its contribution to the delivery of all our campaign demands for trade justice not free trade, more and better aid and debt cancellation for all developing countries.
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Carlo P. Mallo
THE Kadayawan festivities in the city kicked off last week, and just as in previous celebrations, one of its highlight is the much coveted — and controversial — Hiyas ng Kadayawan.
In the previous years, each time the Hiyas was staged, various groups would clamor for its abolition as it allegedly violates the women’s code of the city.
Thus, in last year’s Kadayawan celebration, just before the Hiyas was scrapped, males were included in the contest. A bigger howl followed, and then the scrapping.
This year, the Hiyas is back, making some of the very few who know little about Kadayawan’s history agape because while there are no more males in the pageant, one requirement is that the contestant is to be the official representative of one of the ten major tribes that reside in the city.
Rewind almost two decades ago, when what was then Apo Duwaling Festival initiated by OIC Mayor Zafiro L. Respicio in 1986 was renamed Kadayawan sa Dabaw in 1988. There was no such pageant called Hiyas ng Kadayawan, rather, there was the Bya’neng Kadayawan.
The Bya’neng was a pageant of beauty, talent and brains of those who has Davao lumad roots.
The Bya’neng contestants donned lumad costumes although not necessarily according to their tribes. Bya’neng was thus distinguished from the Mutya ng Dabaw. It was not just a beauty pageant, it has cultural roots.
Then came the Hiyas, which was supposed to be different from Bya’neng. It was a fashion show pitting the creations of local designers using ethnic materials, but soon became a beauty pageant of sorts. In the race between a regular beauty pageant complete with contoured gowns and long-legged models, the Bya’neng lost.
The Bya’neng was scrapped and became a hyped-up fashion show cum regular beauty pageant that saw girls sashaying in almost carnival-type gowns fit for a mardi gras with ethnic highlights, like a walis tambo on the head. That was until City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte raised a howl, a very loud howl that saw the booting out of his tourism officer as well.
This year, Hiyas is back, but in the form of what Bya’neng was before. No more long legs peeking out from strategically cut gowns. Just necessary space to stomp out a lumad dance, with those from Muslim tribes properly covered. No more heavy trains made of woven abaca, just abaca skirts like how lumads wear skirts, wrapped around their waist, at just above the knee length.
Contrary to other beauty tilts in the country, the Hiyas ng Kadayawan 2007 boasted of eight truly indigenous blooded participants representing their respective tribes instead of the mestizas clad in ethnic wear. The eight tribes that were aptly represented were the tribes of Tagabawa, Obu-Manuvu, Kalagan, Tausug, Sama, Maguindanao, Maranaw, and Ata.
With ethnic Mindanao music and tropical flora, the stage of the Cap auditorium was reminiscent of a tribal paradise. Bamboo, giant ferns, wild bush, and Davao’s best blooms were strategically utilized on stage. There was nothing overpowering about the stage set-up, it was, simply put, complimentary to the pageant.
The contestants donned their best tribal wear with utmost flair and grace. The finest silks, tinalak, and the most intricate brass, silver, and gold jewelries adorned the tribal beauties.
Besting the other eight contestants, 21-year-old Samrah Nuh of the Kalagan tribe was crowned as Hiyas ng Kadayawan 2007. Being able to truly represent her tribe is one of her traits that made her capture the much coveted crown.
This year’s first runner-up, or the Hiyas sa Kalambuan, is Maranaw beauty Nihaya Polao, an 18-year-old student. Coming in as second runner-up with the title Hiyas sa Timusbawan is Ata representative Madilyn Dalag, a 26-year-old social worker.
The other contestants have the Hiyas sa Kaliwatan as their title. The Tagabawa tribe was represented by Ryalim Boston, 19; Marryjoy Wayan represented the Obu-Manuvu, 22; Hamis Sherjalyn of the Tausug tribe, 18; Hadzmina Saraka of the Sama tribe, 22; and Jockra Ebus of the Maguindanao tribe, 19.
Samrah graduated from the Ateneo de Davao University in March 2006 with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Education Major in General Science. Currently, Samrah is an elementary teacher in a private institution.
One of her visions as the newly-crowned Hiyas ng Kadayawan is to organize the women from the different tribes in the city and to put up a project that would be beneficial to all of them.
Davao City vice Mayor Inday Sara Zimmerman-Duterte said that this year’s Hiyas was the best among all others. “It truly captured the meaning of being a Hiyas and that is to represent the tribes of Davao,” Inday Sara said.
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Meaning: to persuade someone to do something in order to cheat them
- When I was travelling I'd sometimes meet people who'd try to con me into a game of cards, but I never fell for it. I'd heard too many stories about people being cheated.
- He was jailed for conning a lonely old lady out of $200,000.
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The Best of Intentions
The goal of adding extra classes was to meet the unprecedented demand for additional classes just when the state was drastically cutting back on our budgets. Given that it is not believable that the state will be putting in extra funding for classes in the next 3-5 years, we are faced with a choice: (a) figure out a way to fund the classes ourselves, or (b) reduce our classes to the amount funded by the state (and SMC has offered more classes than we were state funded the last few years).
In either case, we will continue to press for more state funding, but in the present economic and political climate, we can’t afford to roll the dice with our present students’ futures while we wait for California’s budget crisis to right itself.
So, the administration – guided by the Board and working with various campus constituencies (although not everyone was fully included, it now seems obvious) – put together a plan to charge the actual costs for these extra classes. The plan entailed no reduction in state-subsidized classes (i.e., no classes at the state credit rate would be eliminated). Rather, there would be more choice for students; if you didn’t get a seat in class at the state-subsidized rate, it was purely an extra option for a seat at the actual cost-rate. Better to have a seat at a higher rate than no seat at all. (And, our “at-cost” rate is cheaper than for-profit colleges and universities, so we felt that this was offering a better alternative to students we would normally simply lose to the for-profit institutions.)
Because we were worried about the fairness issues, the Board was not satisfied with this plan. Many of us felt it simply didn’t feel “like Santa Monica” to us. We directed the administration to build in scholarship opportunities, financial aid, and waivers (like BOG waivers) in order to make the plan one that would be open to all students, not just ones who could afford to pay the “at-cost” rate. We were intending that those students who could afford the higher rate would pay it and those that could not would pay a lower rate, through a combination of scholarships, waivers and financial aid. And, our belief was that the students who could afford the “at-cost” rate would end up subsidizing the students who couldn’t. Thus, the program was intended to be a “Robin Hood” program.
The foremost issue for the Board was to create a program that matched the progressive ideals of the institution we all care about, while not abandoning a generation of students just when they need us most. Rather than privatization, we felt this was fighting the privatization of education because without our plan, students could only turn to the for-profit schools.
We want to work with all groups to make sure we address students’ needs, so we are eager to engage in the dialogue with all campus constituencies to find a solution to the crisis in education we face. But, simply hoping for more money from the state is not a solution; it is wishful thinking. Moreover, it’s not fair to the thousands of students we have turned away to merely say we aren’t funded enough by the state (or to say we are going to lobby for more money we know the state won’t appropriate) when we could do something right now to give these students the classroom opportunities they crave.
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The story of Winky, a feral cat, illustrates the problem of over population of cats. A cat rescue organization & veterinarian explain how the process of trap-neuter-return or "TNR" is an effective technique to humanely reduce the population of homeless cats and improve the lives of stray and feral felines. DVD also includes a second short film, "Film for Cats," which is designed specifically to entertain cats with images and sounds that cats find intriguing.
Peter Schlotterer loved nature, especially trees. A quiet, polite man- he worked diligently for many years to preserve the rural character of his community- even assuming great financial risks to preserve the landscape he loved. Peter's story as told by his friends and associates illustrates what a single individual can achieve when motivated by compassion and respect for nature and their community. This 30-minute documentary originally broadcast on MiND TV's series, Philadelphia Stories, chronicles the efforts of a grassroots conservationist with compassion, humor and hauntingly beautiful cinematography by filmmaker John N. Campbell.
A group of Tibetan Buddhist Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in South India builds a Sand Mandala- a type of ritual artwork- at a Dreamcatcher workshop in Skippack, Pennsylvania in this 30-minute documentary. They explain the purpose of the sand mandala's construction and ritual dismantling. The intricate details of this beautiful piece of visual art's construction are shown over the course of several days, concluding with the dismantling puja- a ceremony in which the mandala is destroyed and its sand scattered in a local body of water to disperse the blessings of the Medicine Buddha. Background of Tibetan culture, and the environmental and human rights impact of the Chinese government's invasion of Tibet are explained in an interview with Geshe Lharampa Lobzang Samdup.
DVD also features a short 5-minute documentary titled "Zen Pond" revealing the microscopic life forms living in a pond with evocative Koto music performed by Masayo Ishigure.
“Hidden World: Cymatics” presents the work of acclaimed German photographer Alexander Lauterwasser. Lauterwasser’s experiments in the field of Cymatics utilize resonant sound frequencies to produce compelling symmetrical images in ordinary materials such as sand and water. This 5-minute mini-documentary is the only English language film currently documenting the Cymatic imaging techniques developed by Alexander Lauterwasser. A brief history of Cymatic research is presented starting with the sound-figure experiments of Ernst Chladni in the 18th century and continuing with the research of Hans Jenny in the 1960s. Alexander is shown continuing the research that Chladni and Jenny began with his custom-built equipment that enables him to produce beautiful geometric patterns in substances ranging from sand to water.The connection of sound to organic patterns in nature and the philosophical implications are also addressed.
"John's dedication to the filmmaking craft, his lust for experimentation and innovation, his boundless visual imagination, puts the viewer in touch with a pulsing, earthy environment that is at once familiar, but also alien" - John Graves, composer
A collection of visionary short films by the acclaimed experimental filmmaker. DVD includes 7 films.
"Li: The Patterns of Nature" Employs time-lapse, microscopy, animation and cymatic imagery to explore the Chinese concept of "Li"- organic patterning, and the underlying inherent order of the physical world as revealed in its natural patterns and rhythms.
"Form and Void" An abstract experimental animation composed of thousands of rapidly strobing inkblot patterns- a trance film.
"Rites of Passage" A poetic examination of spiritual death and rebirth.
"Kirlian Experiment No. 3" Employs Kirlian or electromagnetic discharge photography, named for the Russian Parapsychology researchers who popularized its use.
"Hidden World" Explores the macro and microscopic life in and around a pond.
"Dance of the Phosphenes" Inspired by the neuro-optical phenomenon known as phosphenes- those luminous patterns that we see when our eyes are closed- this silent animated film journeys through universes large and small in just 90 seconds.
Special Feature: "The Making of "Li" with director's commentary. The unusual cinematic techniques that were used in "Li: The Patterns of Nature" are explained by the director who won the Best Cinematography Award at the 46th Ann Arbor Film Festival.
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Several people ask me how to improve ranking of their Websites. Often I tend to send them to this Google 101 article. That is what you should have in mind if you are developing a site and want to understand how Google crawls it.
However, when developing it is important that you understand what you should and should not do in order to respect the organic results. Here they are, The Webmaster Guidelines. By following these guidelines, you will help Google to find, index and Rank your Site and avoid unnecessary problems.
I hope these light articles will help you to understand more about Google WebSearch in particular and SEO.
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Welcome to the Diocese of Willemstad
What and Where Are We ...
The Diocese of Willemstad comprises the Dutch Caribbean territories of Aruba and The Netherlands Antilles (West Indies). The islands are: Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, these ABC islands are on the southern part of the Caribbean and the SSS islands of St. Maartin, St. Eustatius, and Saba are part of the Leeward Islands on the north. On the bigger island of Curaçao, considered the capital of the Netherlands Antilles, is where the Bishop resides and consequently the Seat (Cathedral) of the Diocese. Curacensis was the latin name of the Prefecture Apostolic of Curaçao as it was erected in 1752. It became a Vicariate on 20 September 1842. This Diocese status was granted on 28 April 1958. The Metropolitan is the Archdiocese of Port of Spain (Trinidad).
Visit our papiamentu version: Diosesis Willemstad
Our Vision and Mission ...
"We, who form the (Roman) Catholic Church of Antilles and Aruba, are a community of believers who want to make visible in our world and time, Jesus Christ, Who proclaimed the Good News to the poor, the oppressed and the afflicted, and brought joy and hope to a world that has lost its course. We want to live a life: that is dedicated to the construction of a civilization of love, in justice and solidarity; that is open to the involvement of all peoples within our community to work in mutual cooperation and communion; that allows growth of the knowledge of Christ and his message; and invites us to total conversion; and with the power of the Holy Spirit, makes us worthy to commit ourselves to a life of service, reflected in the FAITH we proclaim and celebrate. May Mother Mary, our intercessor and model, continue to guide us on the road leading us to accomplish our goal".
THE DIOCESE OF WILLEMSTAD, HER FIFTIETH; 1958-2008 "Six Islands One in Christ"
On the 28th of April 1958, Pope Pius XII elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of Curaçao to a diocese. It was those years; 1957 and 1958, when all the vicariates in the Caribbean became dioceses.
Monsignor Johannes Michael Holterman O.P. wrote in his statement of 28 June 1958: " Our Vicariate has become autonomous. The bishop, as a successor of the Apostles, who continue the task instituted by Christ himself, will do the same to accomplish his work with due authority under the primacy of the Pope of Rome. During those 116 years of existence, the Vicariate has developed in such a manner that it now possesses what is needed and worthy to be elevated as a Diocese".
On a saturday, 18th of October, the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, Monsignor Holterman was installed as the first Bishop of Willemstad. It was noted that Mons. Holterman asked the permission from Rome to take the Church of Pietermaai (Punda) as the new Cathedral church instead of the pro-cathedral Sta. Ana. This Sta. Ana Church (Otrobanda) however, became a Basilica in 1975.
Sunday, 19th of October, Monsignor Holterman celebrated his first Pontifical Mass at the new Catherdral of Pietermaai. On this same date at the Ref Stadium, with the presence of the catholic populace of Curaçao, was celebrated the Consecration of the new Diocese of Willemstad to MARY:"The Immaculate Conception"
Therefore, on the year of Our Lord 2008, the Diocese of Willemstad celebrated her fiftieth.
Last October (16,17&18) 2008 was held the Diocesan Conference in Curacao. It was the next necessary step that must be taken to pursue the "Vision" of unity in Christ among the six-sister islands of the Diocese. After going through the process of inquiry, consultations, pre-conferences and lots of meetings, finally we came up with a working paper for the Conference which would become the final draft of the Diocesan Plan. The document after thorough examination and careful text-editing (so as not to change the essence of what was discussed and agreed upon) came out to be valuable guide for all pastors and pastoral cooperators in the parishes. It is our ardent hope and prayer that this paper: "Mission 2008-2011" will be the direction we as a diocese will pursue, with the "Wind" of the Holy Spirit pushing the sails of our effort in the mission of taking care of the least of Christ's brothers and sisters, and in doing so we too will become real disciples and missionaries of Him.
On the Feast of Christ the King: The document was presented to all people during the Solemn Celebration of the closing of the Jubilee Year. The paper came out in Papiamentu, Dutch and in English.
SEIS ISLA, UN DEN KRISTU SIX ISLANDS, ONE IN CHRIST ZES EILANDEN, ÉÉN IN CHRISTUS. The Mission 2008-2011
The diocese took the opportunity of the celebration of the Golden Jubilee to reflect on her faith and participation in the life of the Church and to work on the Diocesan Mission 2008-2011, according to the guidelines of the Aparecida Document and the Continental Mission therein.
Points for reflection and in-depth exploration are, i.a.:
1. how to strengthen our faith and our responsibility to fulfill the mission;
2. how to help our Catholic believers to realize a personal encounter with Jesus Christ, through the Word of God, the Eucharist, with the preferential option for the poor and those excluded from society;
3. how about building up of a community at the parish level, with apostolic groups and the family, each one promoting a great sense of belonging;
4. On how to implement the pastoral methodology for greater communion and stronger missionary character.
Objective of Mission 2008-2011
In their message to the V General Episcopal Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, to all the people of their region, the bishops have called upon all of us to realize with enthusiasm the Continental Mission. The goal of the continental mission is to achieve a new evangelization;
to profit from the current moment of grace;
by invoking the Holy Spirit to inspire anew our Christian communities;
by awakening the vocation and missionary action of those baptized in Christ;
and to go out and encounter Him in all persons, families, communities and peoples, and as we communicate and share the presence of the encounter with Christ, this gives meaning to our lives.
To reach concrete results, the Continental Mission has to be translated into a Diocesan Mission, that is a pastoral plan for more years in a diocese.
In our diocese we have chosen a period of three years to start with, under the name of Diocesan Plan MISSION 2008 – 2011.
The Diocese of Willemstad
wishes to convey
its message of sincerest gratitude and appreciation
specially to all our faithful and the persons, groups and companies that responded to our urgent appeal for help with such an immense generosity.
Rest assured that your constant financial contribution will enable us to continue realizing our various projects like the necessary maintenance of our parish churches and rectories.
God bless and reward your generosity!
Wishing you all a New Year filled with hope, health and happiness.
Most Reverend Luis Antonio Secco
Bishop - Diocese Willemstad
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"The red and black ‘Iʻiwi was once one of the most common endemic forest birds in Hawaiʻi, but this spectacular honeycreeper has disappeared from most of its former range. Their long, decurved (downward-curving) bills are specialized for sipping nectar from tubular flowers; they also feed on moths, spiders, and other insects.
As is the case with other Hawaiian forest birds, ‘Iʻiwis have declined because of habitat loss, avian disease, and the introduction of alien plants and animals. The ʻIʻiwi is extremely susceptible to avian malaria and avian pox, both transmitted by non-native mosquitoes.The 'I'iwi follows the flowering of nectar-producing plants, and so is often attracted into low elevation areas where mosquitoes are more prevalent. Research has shown that 90% of ʻIʻiwis bitten by a single malaria-infected mosquito will perish from the disease.
The ‘Iʻiwi has benefited from efforts to restore native forest and control the spread of alien plant and animal species.
ABC is working with the state Division of Forestry and Wildlife and other partners on forest restoration projects on Mauna Kea on the Big Island, and on leeward east Maui that will ultimately improve habitat conditions for 'I'iwi and other threatened forest birds such as Palila and Maui Parrotbill. "
Read more about ABC’s efforts to save the ‘Iʻiwi and other native Hawaiian birds!
Why Conserve Birds?
Safeguarding the Rarest
Jocotoco Antpitta by Franco Morocho
"We value them intrinsically.
Our affection for birds dates to the dawn of our species. Eagles, doves, and ravens permeate our history, cultures, and religions. Cranes, falcons, geese, and parrots adorn the walls of Neolithic caves, Egyptian pyramids, Mayan temples, and most American homes today. Storks deliver us at birth and owls mourn our deaths.
Each new generation marvels at the beauty and variety of birds, their value to our species, and their ability to fly away, leaving us simply to wonder.
Birds are indicators of environmental hazards
Because they are sensitive to habitat change and because they are easy to census, birds are the ecologist's favorite tool. Changes in bird populations are often the first indication of environmental problems. Whether ecosystems are managed for agricultural production, wildlife, water, or tourism, success can be measured by the health of birds.
Protecting birds promotes good land stewardship
Birds have been a driving force behind the American conservation movement since its early day when unregulated hunting, the use of toxic pesticides, and the destruction of wetlands threatened our wildlife and wild places. The environmental problems we face today are more complex than in the past, and we need a new generation of committed conservationists to help counter them.
Birds are a tremendous economic resource
Forty six million Americans watch birds. Birders are the market for a burgeoning industry, spending hundreds of millions of dollars per year feeding birds, purchasing equipment, and traveling in pursuit of birds. This economic force - and the benefits birds provide in insect and rodent control, plant pollination, and seed dispersal - add value to sustaining birds and their habitats.
We have a moral obligation
Yet, even if birds were not beautiful, even if they were of no economic value, our cultures have deemed them the right to exist."
by Ralph Wright
"As stewards of our planet, we have an absolute ethical obligation to maintain all other species regardless of their functional values. We should no more allow the loss of natural life than destroy a masterpiece of art.
Each species represents a measure of natural wealth for us to use and enjoy; thus it is the very least our generation can do to ensure our children inherit as much as we have now. It is this ethical commitment to the future on which American Bird Conservancy is founded. "
"The Golden-winged Warbler is one of the most threatened, non-federally listed species in eastern North America. Its decline is primarily due to habitat loss, particularly from suburban sprawl and changes to our eastern forests.
It also suffers from competition and hybridization with Blue-winged Warblers, cowbird parasitism, and potentially loss of wintering habitat. ABC is working in the U.S. and Latin America to help this species."
Birds of a Different Feather, Walmartians:
WALMART TONGUE IN CHEEK THEME SONG. Yes - This is a safe link: http://www.youtube.com/v/6RzcvFLPg1A?ve ... 3E%3Cparam
My main goal was to get some cat hair vacuumed up. Misty, being a Poodle, doesn't shed, but the cats do.
Especially Bobbiecat, who likes to spend most of her time at my bathroom window watching the traffic going along the road behind the house.
I don't know why she sheds more than the others, but she makes dust-
Dirtiest Inch in Your Kitchen:
While on the subject of cleaning, have you looked at your can opener lately? Mine is one of those 'uncrimping', 'no sharp edges' can openers, so the food isn't touched by a blade.
"The bladeless design opens any size or shape
can without cutting the lid. By uncrimping
the lid, this eliminates sharp, jagged edges and prevents any
metal shavings from falling into food. Since the uncrimping mechanism never comes in contact with food, it is completely safe and sanitary."
The lid doesn't fall down into the food: http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/003305.php.
But every now and then, I come across a can that it won't open, so I have to use the one on the wall. Then I have to take the pin out at the rear, and take it to the sink to clean it, like most conventional can openers.
The one in my motor home is a 'no sharp edges' one also.
They are so much more sanitary, even though I wash the top of all cans before opening.
So next time you have an upset tummy, your can opener might been to blame.
Please read article at: http://www.cookbookpeople.com/blog/2009/03/23/the-dirtiest-inch-in-your-kitchen/#awp::2009/03/23/the-dirtiest-inch-in-your-kitchen/
One day, Jay left half a can of soda in the utility room sink. When he went to empty it the next day, four large Tree Bugs were in it. http://www.ehow.com/about_4799092_tree-roaches.html. He learned to abide by my house rules to empty and rinse soda cans, from that day on. Tree bugs live in the trees, but they will get in the house if they sense water or sugary things. As long as there is nothing to attract them, they won't come in.
The kittens are quite at home in the big cage in the dining area, and don't rush to get out when I open the door.
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Scout promise overhall for athiests and republicans
REFERENCES to God and the Queen could be removed from the Scout Promise, the organisation’s Scottish leader has revealed.
Graham Haddock, who is the Scout’s chief commissioner in Scotland, said the group was taking a “hard look” at the oath in order to make them more inclusive.
Atheists and republicans could be given their own version of the pledge, which currently urges members to “do [their] duty to God and to the Queen”.
Robert Baden-Powell started the scouts in 1907
Mr Haddock, who works as a paediatrician at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children, admitted that a “significant minority” felt the movement was not inclusive enough.
He said: “As an organisation, we could do better at being inclusive.
“It is important that we have the maturity and courage to look at these things.
“If the conclusion is to maintain the status quo then we have at least reflected on the debate. If we maintain God and the Queen bits of the promise, that will upset some people, and if we decide to remove them from the promise, which would clearly be a fundamental step, then we’ll upset a whole pile of other people. It’s not exactly a win-win situation but never the less we do have a responsibility to reflect.
“If 90% of members say we should extend the option of an alternative promise that expresses statehood in a different way, then fine, but we have to bear in mind that the Queen is our patron.”
Mr Haddock also revealed that Tricia Marwick, the MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, had raised the issue of the promise with him following a complaint from a constituent.
But Scout bosses in London insisted there was “no plans” to change the oath, which is taken by the organisations 525,000 members, and would not say wheter it was under review.
But Mr Haddock said the pledge was being looked at on a national level, and a result was expected next summer.
He said: “We are currently in the throes of a review. The first stage is complete, and the issue for next summer is pretty much the oath, what we call the promise. It’s being considered at the current time.”
Currently all members swear “On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to God and to the Queen to help other people and to keep the Scout Law.”
However foreign nationals are allowed to swear allegiance to “the county in which I am now living” and non-Christians can change “God” to be appropriate for their religion.
The revelation will raise hopes of a more adaptable oath, with an opt-out for those who disagree with monarchism or who have no religious feeling.
Last week the National Secular Society wrote to the UK’s chief Scout, adventurer Bear Grylls, to ask him to back a more inclusive version of the oath.
They said many children form atheist families are discriminated against.
The Scout movement started in 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell and had more than 41,000 members in Scotland and a worldwide membership of 31 million.
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Question: "Does the Bible really say that parents should have their rebellious children stoned?"
Answer: This is one of those "Yes, but…" questions that require serious explaining. Leviticus 20:9 says, “If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.”
First, a note on the last part of the verse. “His bloodguiltiness is upon him” basically means that he brought this punishment on himself. He knew what he was supposed to do, and he didn't do it. Also, it is important to remember that the Mosaic Law was for God’s covenant people, Israel, living in a theocracy. The Old Testament Law is not in force today (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:23-25; Ephesians 2:15).
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 expands on the law:
If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them, then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his home town. And they shall say to the elders of his city, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey us, he is a glutton and a drunkard." Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear of it and fear.
The context of a passage is crucial to understanding what it means. Taking these two verses by themselves, one could come away with a negative attitude toward God and His Word. In the Leviticus passage, this law is part of a section dealing with egregious sins, sins that would tear a nation and family apart. The trespass in question was not a casual, slip-of-the-tongue curse, but a deep-seated rebellion, an ongoing attitude of hatred that had to be dealt with severely. In other words, the punishment was not for minor infractions but for determined defiance.
There are several things to keep in mind about this particular sin and about the law:
The sin was ongoing and continuous. Deuteronomy 21:18 indicates that the punishment was only meted out after a persistent refusal to heed both father and mother and after all discipline had failed. The parents have tried to deal with their son in a loving, firm way, but nothing worked.
It was deep-seated sin. Verse 20 specifies that the son is stubborn in his rebellion. Not only is he recalcitrant, “he is a glutton and a drunkard.” This is not a case of a child who misses curfew or plays ball in the house. This a true menace, a child who is causing trouble in society and grieving his parents, possibly to the point of endangering them physically and financially.
The punishment was not an impulsive act of anger or vengeance. Verse 19 says that the city elders had to oversee the case and determine the guilt of the child. It is only after the elders pronounced a sentence of death that the execution could take place. The law did not allow an angry parent to arbitrarily stone a child. A modern equivalent of this is when a parent sees news footage of his child committing a crime and subsequently turns the child in to the police. If parents know their child is acting in a way that endangers society, they are responsible to obey the civil authorities and report the crime.
The punishment was designed to preserve the nation. As verse 21 explains, the reason for this law was to purge evil from society and act as a deterrent to further rebellion. Israel was a nation chosen by God to be holy (Exodus 20:6). God gave the Israelites three types of laws: judicial, moral, and ceremonial. This is a judicial law. A child who was actively and deliberately rejecting the laws of the land needed to be punished judicially.
Which brings us to the last and most important factor:
Rebellion against one’s parents is direct rebellion against God. The 5th Command is to honor one’s father and mother (Exodus 20:12). Parents are a God-ordained authority. Disobedience to parents is disobedience to God (Ephesians 6:1-3). Throughout the Bible, there are only a handful of things we are told to fear: God (Proverbs 1:7) and parents (Leviticus 19:3) are among them.
The law requiring rebellious children to be stoned to death was meant for extreme cases to protect God’s people. It would have been heartbreaking for parents to bear the responsibility of initiating such severe measures. However, the Bible never records this law being enforced.
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You've written that "evolution is not a long undeviated slog." If it's not that, what is it?
What makes humans so different from our closest animal relatives?
There was a dramatic shift in human development about 100,000 years ago. This occurred well after the appearance of human fossils similar to our own. Can you elaborate?
In your book The Human Odyssey you've written that "the shared possession of DNA is the clearest proof of the common descent of all life forms on Earth." Can you elaborate?
As you know, in the United States a large segment of the population doesn't accept evolution. How do we reach these people?
You've talked about the future evolution of humans, you've said we're not evolving anymore. Can you elaborate?
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The large, windswept island of Delft sits twenty miles off the mainland; about as far away from a city as you can get in densely-packed Sri Lanka. After an 80-minute bus ride to Kurikadduwan, we took a ferry to the island, and almost immediately upon disembarking from the ship, Jürgen realized with a cry that his camera battery was out of juice. I instinctively started backing away from him. A Jürgen who can’t take pictures at a wild, remote island is a dangerous, unpredictable Jürgen.
“Oooh… retro filter makes anything cool!”
What could we do, but push forward with our day?! The next ferry home didn’t leave for four hours, so we hired a tuk-tuk to take us on a tour of the island’s highlights. Jürgen was forced to make peace with the only backup camera we had: a four-year-old iPhone. The rest of the day, I’d be listening to sarcastic gripes like, “I’m going to win Photographer of the Year with this photo! National Geographic, here I come!”
Anyway. Delft was gorgeous despite our inability to properly photograph it. The dry, windswept landscape is home to a group of wild ponies, a strong military presence, and a human population of about 5000. Our tour started at the Old Portuguese Fort, built entirely from corals fished out of the ocean. To get there, we followed our driver into the back yard of the island’s hospital, and were free to climb to the top of the ancient ruins.
Next up was an old, ruined stupa. Not too exciting, but the long drive required to reach it impressed upon us the size of the island. Then, we visited the Pigeon House which… was a pigeon house, built by the Portuguese; pigeons were apparently the main method of communication back then. Luckily, the next stop on our tour was more interesting. An immense baobab tree in the middle of the island. Delft is the only spot in Sri Lanka where you can find these trees, which the Portuguese brought over from Africa. Amazing, and probably the highlight of our tour.
No, the highlight was the beach. We spent about an hour on a lonely patch of sand, taking in the sun and bathing in the lukewarm water of the Indian Ocean. It was so relaxing that Jürgen even forgot about the empty battery. Refreshed, we headed back to the ferry (which was free, by the way) and made our way home. Delft Island is one of the more difficult spots in Sri Lanka to reach, but there are plenty of reasons to make the trip. Just please, charge your camera battery.
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The countries of the Persian (or Arab) Gulf produce about thirty percent of the planet's oil and keep around fifty-five percent of its reserves underground. The stability of the region's autocratic regimes, therefore, is crucial for those who wish to anchor the world's economic and political future. Yet despite its reputation as a region trapped by tradition, the Persian Gulf has taken slow steps toward political liberalization. The question now is whether this trend is part of an inexorable drive toward democratization or simply a means for autocratic regimes to consolidate and legitimize their rule. The essays in this volume address the push toward political liberalization in the Persian Gulf and its implications for the future, tracking eight states as they respond to the challenges of increased wealth and education, a developing middle class, external pressures from international actors, and competing social and political groups. | <urn:uuid:dfefaa2e-beee-4239-9500-8c2307802f79> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pesd.stanford.edu/publications/political_liberalization_in_the_persian_gulf/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00049-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956482 | 171 | 2.34375 | 2 |
I am confident that we as Americans make no mistake when we think that the American experiment is a very major presence in Centesimus Annus. After all, the Western democracies, and the United States most particularly, are the historically available alternatives to the socialism that so miserably failed. I think it true to say that in this pontificate, for the first time, magisterial teaching about modernity, democracy, and human freedom has a stronger reference to the Revolution of 1776 than to the French Revolution of 1789. It is, then, neither chauvinistic nor parochial to read Centesimus Annus with particular reference to the American experiment. On the contrary, it is the course of fidelity, made imperative by the duty to appropriate magisterial teaching to our own circumstance, and by the powerful awareness of the American experiment in the mind of the encyclicals author. There is no more common criticism of the liberal tradition than that it is premised upon unbridled "individualism." CA speaks of the "individual" and even of the "autonomous subject" (13), but most typically refers to the "person." Citing the earlier encyclical Redemptor Hominis, John Paul writes that "this human person is the primary route that the Church must travel in fulfilling her mission . . . the way traced out by Christ himself, the way that leads invariably through the mystery of the Incarnation and Redemption." He then adds the remarkable statement, "This, and this alone, is the principle which inspires the Church'ss social doctrine." (53) This, and this alone. He writes, "The Church has gradually developed that doctrine in a systematic way," above all in the past century. Very gradually, we might add without disrespect. In the later encyclical Veritatis Splendor, John Paul pays fulsome tribute to modernity and its development of the understanding of the dignity of the individual and of individual freedom. Individualism is one of the signal achievements of modernity or, if you will, of the liberal tradition. Nor should we deny that this achievement was effected in frequent tension with, and even conflict with, the Catholic Church. One important reason for such conflict, of course, was that the cause of freedom was perceived as marching under the radically anticlerical and anti-Christian banners of 1789. It is a signal achievement of this pontificate that it has so clearly replanted the idea of the individual and of freedom in the rich soil of Christian truth from which, in its convoluted and conflicted development, it had been uprooted. Only as it is deeply rooted in the truth about the human person will the flower of freedom flourish in the future. It is a mistake to pit, as some do pit, modern individualism against a more organic Catholic understanding of community. Rather should we enter into a sympathetic liaison with the modern achievement of the idea of the individual, grounding it more firmly and richly in the understanding of the person destined from eternity to eternity for communion with God. The danger of rejecting individualism is that the real-world alternative is not a Catholic understanding of communio but a falling back into the collectivisms that are the great enemy of the freedom to which we are called. As CA reminds us, "We are not dealing here with humanity in the abstract, but with the real, concrete, historical person." The problem with the contemporary distortion of the individual as the autonomous, unencumbered, sovereign Self is not that it is wrong about the awesome dignity of the individual, but that it cuts the self off from the source of that dignity.Earlier in that article Neuhaus admits that:
In the 1960s I was very much a man of the left. Not the left of countercultural drug-tripping and generalized hedonism, but the left exemplified by, for instance, the civil rights movement under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the latter half of the 1960s this began to change with the advent of the debate over what was then called "liberalized" abortion law. By 1967 I was writing about the "two liberalisms" one, like that earlier civil rights movement, inclusive of the vulnerable and driven by a transcendent order of justice, the other exclusive and recognizing no law higher than individual willfulness. My argument was that, by embracing the cause of abortion, liberals were abandoning the first liberalism that has sustained all that is hopeful in the American experiment.Definitely an interesting man. | <urn:uuid:aef34efa-345a-4f34-be28-3b395e5114c2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://northwesternwinds.blogspot.com/2005/04/reconcilable-differences.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95687 | 913 | 2.34375 | 2 |
I have taken a stab at converting ilpizzaiolo's recipe as you have adapted it to include use of a starter. Using a starter complicates the conversion process for three reasons that immediately come to mind: I don't know how much your starter weighs, I don't know its leavening power, and the amounts of flour and water have to be adjusted to compensate for the flour and water in the amount of starter used. Consequently, to do the conversion, I assumed that your starter is similar to mine and is about 50% flour and 50% water. I weighed a tablespoon of my starter and it was about 0.50 oz. I then adjusted the amounts of flour and water so that, together with the other ingredients (salt, IDY, and the starter), the total dough ball weight was around 14 oz.
Since the recipe calls for the use of cake yeast and you plan to use IDY and refrigeration of the dough, I converted from cake yeast to IDY by dividing by 3, which is the typical conversion number used. So, 0.75% cake yeast in the recipe became 0.25% IDY (by weight of flour). I did not attempt to reduce the amount of water in the recipe to compensate for the liquid in cake yeast. I suspect it is minimal in any event. Since your starter has leavening power, you may be able to reduce the amount of IDY somewhat, but I have no way to tell you by how much.
I realize that you are planning to make two pizzas, each using a dough ball of around 14 oz., but I have listed the ingredients and quantities below for a single dough ball, along with volume measurements for those who do not have scales or want to make just a single pizza. To make more dough balls, all that is necessary is to multiply the weights (or volumes) by the number of dough balls desired.
You may also be interested in knowing that the thickness factor (TF) for your pizza is on the low side. I know that you favor your pizza crusts on the thin side (to keep carb levels down), but yours is extra thin. You indicated that you wanted a roughly 14-oz. dough ball for a 15-in. pizza. Using the expression 3.14 x 7.5 x 7.5 x TF = 14 oz., I solved for TF and got 0.0793, or roughly 0.08. A typical NY style dough has a thickness factor of around 0.10. In any event, I have presented below the list of ingredients and quantities I came up with for a single dough ball weight of 14 oz. When I added together the weights of all the ingredients, they did indeed come to 14 oz., which suggests that my math is correct. For those who may want to use the original recipe, i.e., without the use of a starter but using IDY and refrigeration, I will do another conversion and post the results in another posting sometime today. I welcome anyone to double check my figures (and methodology) if they are so inclined, to be sure that I have correctly stated everything.
High-gluten flour (100%, KASL), 8.40 oz. (1 3/4 c. plus 2 1/2 T.)
Water (60%), 4.95 oz. (about 2/3 c.)
Salt (2%), 0.173 oz. (about 7/8 t.)
IDY (0.25%), 0.022 oz. (about 1/5 t.)
Starter, 0.55 oz. (about 1 T.)
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How Much Do You Waste? Try This Out!
I happened upon this idea accidentally. It's raining lightly outside and I was too lazy to take out the trash. So I tied it up as a reminder to take it out later. I left the tied bag in the bin. God knows what is in there and no one likes garbage juices leaking everywhere. Eww! Since leaving it there, I've walked over to it five times in the past fifteen to throw something away, always forgetting I had tied it up! This was eye-opening. I realized I'm not consciously aware of just how much I throw away. I decided to challenge myself.
Every time I walk over and am reminded that I'm throwing something away, I look at what's in my hand and ask myself if I really need to throw it away. Can I recycle it? Can I throw it in the garbage disposal? Can I reuse it? Can I use it for compost? I'd say around 80% of what I throw away is some type of paper product. Not only could I be recycling and helping our Earth, I could be saving money on trash bags by using less! Try it out and see just how much you are wasting.
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When it comes to critical elements of the sequester timeline, not much is known -- because federal agencies have been tight lipped.
Asked when specific effects will be felt, officials at three federal departments declined to discuss the timing of sequester cuts and their consequences. Some departments were waiting for President Obama's Friday night sequester order and subsequent guidance they expected to receive from the Office of Management and Budget before talking about what would and wouldn't happen and when.
Read more: 57 Terrible Consequences of the Sequester
"There's no calendar of dates for specific actions or cuts on specific dates," Department of Health and Human Services public affairs officer Bill Hall told ABC News. "Again, these cuts need to be applied equally across all agency programs, activities and projects. There will be wide variation on when impacts will occur depending on a given program."
Some cuts won't be felt for a while because they have to do with government layoffs, which require 30 days notice, in most cases.
For instance, the Federal Aviation Administration won't begin layoffs until at least April 7, one FAA official estimated.
But some cuts don't involve furloughs, and could conceivably be felt immediately.
The Department of Homeland Security declined to comment on the timeline of layoffs to cybersecurity contractors and first responders funded through states, as well as limited Coast Guard operations and cuts to FEMA disaster relief.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development said it could not comment on cuts to housing vouchers, rent assistance for AIDS patients, maintenance for housing projects.
The Department of Health and Human Services declined to discuss the specific timing of cuts to Head Start services, low-income mental-health services, AIDS/HIV testing, and inpatient substance-abuse treatment.
Read More: Automatic Cuts Could Hurt on Local Level
So even as the sequester hits, we still don't know when some of its worst effects will be felt.
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What Will Happen Saturday
Air Force Training. At a briefing Friday, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned that "effective immediately, Air Force flying hours will be cut back."
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Closed Doors at the Capitol. ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports that Capitol Police issued a memo announcing it would have to close some entrances to the Capitol, writing: "At this time it is anticipated that the U.S. Capitol Police will be required to close some entrance doors and exterior checkpoints, and either suspend or modify the hours of operation for some of the U.S. Capitol Complex posts located inside and outside of the CVC and Office Buildings."
Capitol Janitor Furloughs. After President Obama warned that janitors at the Capitol will be furloughed, ABC News' Sunlen Miller reported that was not entirely true: The Senate sergeant at arms, Terrance Gainer, told ABC News that no full-time salaried Capitol Police officers would face furloughs or layoffs at this time. They will, however, see a "substantial reduction in overtime," Gainer told ABC News.
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Artist takes the floor with cosmic artwork
11:10am Saturday 28th July 2012 in Oxford
YOU don’t often get the chance to look down at the stars, but a new mural allows you to do just that.
Artist Mark Bridger, pictured, painted The Eternal and Infinite Universe on the floor of the Ark-T youth centre in East Oxford.
The painting was inspired by the astronomical theory that the universe is continuously expanding.
Mr Bridger, from Barton, said: “The general idea was to put a painting on the floor, not just floor artwork.
“It explores the cosmos and the possibility of the existence of a greater universe outside it.”
Mr Bridger offered to do the work when he found out that the centre was replacing its floors.
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Classroom Technology | News
Smart Notebook 11 Adds Browser Embedding, Adaptive Toolbar
Smart Technologies has released version 11 of its collaborative learning tool, Smart Notebook. The company has also released an update to Smart Response and 3D Tools for Mac OS X.
Smart Notebook is a standards-aligned collaborative learning tool that operates in conjunction with Smart interactive whiteboards. It provides access to curricular resources--Flash objects, videos, images, and other elements--and tools like an object animator, shape recognizer, and recorder.
The new version, Smart Notebook 11, gains a new browser that allows users to embed live Web pages directly within a Smart Notebook page. It also includes tools that let users annotate over those embedded pages and open the embedded page from within a lesson.
In addition, the new version includes a contextual toolbar that changes with each tool that's selected. And it adds a new activity builder that allows objects to "react to actions by accepting or rejecting other objects or by triggering animations or sound."
Other new features include:
- A crayon-like drawing tool;
- Customizable, image-based pens;
- Audio recording directly into a Smart Notebook lesson;
- Revert page;
- Improved text formatting; and
- Support for a new gesture that allows users to shake objects to create or release groups.
Smart has also updated Smart Response assessment software, which works with Smart's student response systems. Smart Response 2012 (version 18.104.22.168) offers "improved tagging and reporting based on education standards and cognitive levels," according to Smart. "It also enhances image handling and language support for Smart Response VE, which supports students who use Internet-enabled mobile devices."
Other new features include support for Mac OS X Lion, support for multiple receivers to connect more devices in a single class, and the ability to manage multiple device types.
Smart has also made 3D Tools for Smart Notebook available for Mac OS X.
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What’s up with Insurance Costs?
This is the biggest question today market place from Homeowners, Contractors, and the Professional Industry. How could two buildings that were insured cause this type of financial damage to the insurance market?
Like any product it starts with the company offering materials to a manufacture. The reinsurance company’s have a large investment fund available for insurance company’s to purchase from. The reinsurance company will dictate the type of liability risks unable to obtain their reinsurance and what price their reinsurance will cost the insurance company. The insurance company in turn must make a profit and decides what type of business they are willing to offer coverage to and at what price. The terms and pricing is offered to wholesale agents and/or retail agent which is then sold to the public.
With the twin towers, the damage did not stop with just the buildings going down. The damage to the building, the buildings around the towers, damage for injury, damage to each business which leased from the towers, investigation costs, clean up costs and so more. This cost was transferred to the insurance company and the reinsurance companies. This amount of devastation could not have been predicted. The stock market was having issues prior to 9-11 and continued to be felt by all insurance stocks.
In order for any company to stay in business, the cost of their products will be adjusted to ensure a profit and the stockholders are happy. Selecting a specific product or client which is likely to ensure profit will strengthen the performance of a business. Liability, Professional and Umbrella policies have had their product cost increased to ensure limits are available to pay a claim and keep the stockholders happy.
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Gemini men. My favorite cousins — David Browne and Russell Williams — celebrate their birthdays this week. My ex-husband and fellow co-parent is a June Gemini. My late Uncle James, who stood in in the absence of my father in so may ways, would celebrate his birthday June 10.
And then there is my father himself, who would celebrate his 114th birthday on Tuesday, May 24. (No, that is not a typo!)
The column below, which he published just after his 36th birthday in 1933, is part birthday lamentation and part history lesson. I had no idea that every territory of the British Empire celebrated Queen Victoria’s birthday. Back then it was called Empire Day. (And we thought declaring Kate and Will’s wedding day a bank holiday in Britain was a little much.) My dad apparently didn’t think much of “present horseman and apparently future bachelor king” Edward VIII — even before he abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson.
Ebenezer also recalls a birthday party he’d had two years before. He notes that the revelers included nine couples with “a mother and linotypist thrown in.” His brother, Noel, was a printer in Barbados. I am guessing Noel and their mother, Malvina, came to New York for a visit. (This calls for a search of passenger ship records.)
He also notes that since that party he had dropped “Henry and Ster” after they began to worship “Sayville’s gawd.” I didn’t know what to make of that at first, until I found a reference to Father Divine, another person my father had little use for, on a webpage about the history of Sayville, Long Island:
“Father Devine aka George Baker was a black cult leader that set up his headquarters in Sayville. He commanded his followers to worship him as God incarnate. Their first communal dwelling, which they called heaven, was in Sayville.”‘
And back to the genealogy aspect of this endeavor, I found a 1939 column my father wrote shortly after he married his first wife, Lucille I. Manning. Don’t know much about her yet, except, as he notes, she also was “Gemini born.” “We have much in common,” he wrote. “Difficulties too.”
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Hitler Tours Paris, 1940
Germany's invasion of France culminated in France's
surrender in a formal ceremony held in a railroad
car in Compiegne Forest on June 22, 1940 (see France
Surrenders, 1940). The terms of the surrender called for all hostilities to cease
on June 25. Shortly after this ceremony, Hitler summoned Albert Speer – his favorite
architect – to join him at his headquarters in a small village in northern France.
The village had been cleared of its inhabitants and many of its homes commandeered
as living quarters for Hitler and his staff.
Upon arrival, Speer was informed by Hitler that he intended to take a tour of Paris in a few days and wanted the architect to accompany him. Speer remained in the village and joined Hitler and his entourage in a peasant’s cottage on the evening of the formal end of hostilities between France and Germany. As the time of the armistice approached, 1:35 AM June 25, Hitler ordered the lights in the home turned out and the windows opened. Sitting silently in the darkness, Hitler and his entourage listened to a thunderstorm in the distance and to a bugler blowing the traditional signal for the end of fighting. Hitler then ordered the light turned back on.
Three days later, Speer accompanied Hitler as he flew in the early morning hours to an airfield near Paris.
"I often considered whether we would not have to destroy Paris."
We join Speer’s narrative as he and the rest of Hitler's entourage arrive at an airport near Paris on June 28, 1940:
"Three days after the beginning of the armistice we landed at Le Bourget airfield. It was early in the morning, about five-thirty. Three large Mercedes sedans stood waiting. Hitler as usual sat in the front seat beside the chauffeur, Breker [a sculptor] and I on the jump seats behind him, while Giessler [an architect] and the adjutants occupied the rear seats. Field-gray uniforms had been provided for us artists, so that we might fit into the military framework. We drove through the extensive suburbs directly to the Opera, Charles Garnier's great neobaroque building. . . . It was Hitler's favorite and the first thing he wanted to see. Colonel Speidel, assigned by the German Occupation Authority, was waiting at the entrance for us.
The great stairway, famous for its spaciousness, notorious for its excessive ornamentation, the resplendent foyer, the elegant, gilded parterre, were carefully inspected. All the lights glowed as they would on a gala night. Hitler had undertaken to lead the party. A white-haired attendant accompanied our small group through the deserted building. Hitler had actually studied the plans of the Paris opera house with great care. Near the proscenium box he found a salon missing, remarked on it, and turned out to be right. The attendant said that this room had been eliminated in the course of renovations many years ago. 'There, you see how well I know my way about,' Hitler commented complacently.
He seemed fascinated by the Opera, went into ecstasies about its beauty, his eyes glittering with an excitement that struck me as uncanny. The attendant, of course, had immediately recognized the person he was guiding through the building. In a businesslike but distinctly aloof manner, he showed us through the rooms. When we were at last getting ready.to leave the building, Hitler whispered something to his adjutant, Briickner, who took a fifty-mark note from his wallet and went over to the attendant standing some distance away. Pleasantly, but firmly, the man refused to take the money. Hitler tried a second time, sending Breker over to him; but the man persisted in his refusal. He had only been doing his duty, he told Breker.
Afterward, we drove past the Madeleine, down the Champs Elysees, on to the Trocadero, and then to the Eiffel Tower, where Hitler ordered another stop. From the Arc de Triomphe with its tomb of the Unknown Soldier we drove on to the Invalides, where Hitler stood for a long time at the tomb of Napoleon. Finally, Hitler inspected the Pantheon, whose proportions greatly impressed him. On the other hand he showed no special interest in some of the most beautiful architectural works in Paris: the Place des Vosges, the Louvre, the Palace of Justice, and SainteChapelle. He became animated again only when he saw the unitary row of houses on the Rue de Rivoli.
The end of our tour was the romantic, insipid imitation of early medieval domed churches, the church of Sacre Coeur on Montmartre-a surprising choice, even given Hitler's taste. Here he stood for a long time surrounded by several powerful men of his escort squad, while many churchgoers recognized him but ignored him. After a last look at Paris we drove swiftly back to the airport. By nine o'clock in the morning the sightseeing tour was over. 'It was the dream of my life to be permitted to see Paris. I cannot say how happy I am to have that dream fulfilled today.' For a moment I felt something like pity for him: three hours in Paris, the one and only time he was to see it, made him happy when he stood at the height of his triumphs.
In the course of the tour Hitler raised the question of a victory parade in Paris. But after discussing the matter with his adjutants and Colonel Speidel, he decided against it after all. His official reason for calling off the parade was the danger of its being harassed by English air raids. But later he said: 'I am not in the mood for a victory parade. We aren't at the end yet.'
That same evening he received me once more in the small room in the peasant house. He was sitting alone at table. Without more ado he declared: 'Draw up a decree in my name ordering full-scale resumption of work on the Berlin buildings. . . . Wasn't Paris beautiful? But Berlin must be made far more beautiful. In the past I often considered whether we would not have to destroy Paris,' he continued with great calm, as if he were talking about the most natural thing in the world. 'But when we are finished in Berlin, Paris will only be a shadow. So why should we destroy it?' With that, I was dismissed."
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A Journey Down River: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Great River Road
June 30, 2013 - October 27, 2013
The Mississippi River has always served as a muse for artists, songwriters and authors. “Old Man” River has been described as mighty, muddy and wicked, but the word spectacular describes both the river itself and the Muscatine Art Center’s collection of works depicting the river. The collection includes paintings, drawings, prints and maps which historically and aesthetically document the river and the communities built along its banks.
The Great River Road, which travels the length of both sides of the Mississippi River, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. In 1938, the Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) was established for the purpose of collectively preserving, promoting and enhancing the scenic, historic and recreational resources of the Mississippi River.
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My formal education in computing ended at the age of 14, about six weeks into a GCSE (The UK equivalent of the US's High School Diploma) course in ICT. I've had a lifelong passion for computers, but despite this, I opted instead to study Design and Technology and never looked back.
For anyone who has studied computing or ICT in a UK school, this will probably come as little surprise. My classmates and I (like many others) were taught by a teacher with little specialist knowledge of the subject (she taught French the majority of the time), following a curriculum that predominantly consisted of instruction in the correct use of the Microsoft Office suite.
Ten years later, not much has changed. Glancing at the National Curriculum for ICT, a great deal of it still revolves around the correct use of packages such as MS Word and Excel, with the notable addition of modules on the internet and (mostly deprecated) networking technologies. It is a great shame indeed, that while computer technology has revolutionised society to such an extent in recent years, education is still struggling to keep up.
The most pressing problem here is that pupils are taught computing as a means to an end, rather than as an end in itself. By teaching students to use specific software packages to complete specific tasks, computing classes become little more than an exercise in memorising processes by repetition. No analytical or inquisitive thinking is required, and no knowledge is gained about what the computer actually is, or is capable of. Word Processing is a particular culprit - teaching students the correct way to input and format text in Word teaches them nothing about computing, but neither does it teach them about typography, or indeed about writing. What exactly is being taught, in this instance, except the ability to push buttons in a prescribed order?
The other aspect of computing tuition in UK schools that should be cause for concern is that the curriculum revolves predominantly around the use of proprietary, non-free software. This is propounded by the fact that BECTA, the organisation that oversees ICT procurement for all UK schools, has a list of 'preferred suppliers' for IT infrastructure, none of whom provide free or open source software. Whilst schools are certainly free to purchase equipment and software elsewhere, in practice, this can work out to be difficult and costly. This may well have something to do with the fact that the Chairman of BECTA is one Andrew Pinder, previously the government's 'e-Envoy', responsible for the less-than-stellar Government Gateway project (a rather large contract for Microsoft). On the subject of teachers who advocate the use of FOSS in schools, Mr Pinder has this to say:
"Typically they [ICT Teachers] would be people who have a real passion about Open Source -- as if open source is any different to any other software -- it's just the pricing structure is different, that's all. But they have a passion. It's a religion, it's a real belief, and again they have a belief about bits of technology that are going to change things. What they don't do, however, is organize things properly..."
Overlooking for a second, the spurious allegation that FOSS supporters are somehow inherently disorganised, Mr Pinder's remarks that the difference between free/open source and proprietary software is solely a matter of 'pricing structure' betrays his ignorance of technology, but also as a result, his ignorance of the purpose of ICT education. I would assume that a man who appears to have difficulty understanding what 'open source' means has an insufficient grasp of computer technology to be put in charge of millions of children's ICT education, whether or not he supports the free software ideal.
In ICT more than in any other subject, the type of equipment used to teach is fundamentally important. While a blackboard, set of football goals or a bunsen burner will function more or less the same no matter from whom it was purchased, the choice of platform used to teach ICT has a direct effect on the effectiveness of the teaching provided, and for this reason, I believe that the use of free software in schools is of fundamental importance. The use of free software would prevent a generation growing up thinking that Windows is the computer (as, sadly, a not-insignificant number of my generation appear to do), and would help foster an inquisitive 'hacker mentality' which would be of benefit to their education as a whole. By shifting the emphasis of ICT education from button-pushing-in-a-certain-order to fostering an attitude of inquisitiveness and creativity, children would be not only provided with a more thorough computing education, but also with an understanding of the technology that would better enable them to apply the skills learnt to other subjects.
Free software is of vital importance to this mode of learning as the openness of the systems fosters and encourages this inquisitiveness. Closed, proprietary software is a 'black box' whose processes can not easily be taught or understood, and therefore the emphasis of an education using a proprietary platform must deal with the 'how to put stuff in and get other stuff out' paradigm that currently dominates ICT education.
Thankfully, this issue is beginning to be more widely recognised—the Open Schools Alliance have been actively campaigning for greater use of free software in education, and John Pugh MP is due to submit an early day motion to parliament, expressing concern over BECTA's "outdated purchasing frameworks", If you are a British citizen, I strongly urge you to write to your MP, requesting for them to support the motion—this can be done very easily at WriteToThem.
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Action call over Olympics UK legacy
A think-tank said London should draw on lessons from previous host cities to achieve its full Olympic legacy
A think tank has called for action to make sure the Olympics leaves a lasting legacy which boosts the UK economy.
Centre for Cities said London should draw on lessons from previous host cities such as Sydney and Barcelona, otherwise the legacy could fall short.
The group drew up a five point plan, including continued financial support for projects, a "clear vision" for future use of the Olympic Park, and help for people in east London to find jobs.
Alexandra Jones, chief executive at Centre for Cities, said: "The Olympics and Paralympics have been a great success. Now the work begins to make that success last not just for one generation, but for many.
"There are many lessons we can learn from previous Olympic cities. What unites those that had a successful legacy is a robust and consistent strategy to make the best of the opportunities that the Games can bring to the whole city.
"A long-term commitment to the Olympic Park is also vital to attract private investment and build on the Olympic regeneration effort.
"However an understanding of the limits of Olympic legacy is essential too. Continued investment in physical regeneration is only part of the story.
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Large Class Teaching
- What are some of the differences between teaching large classes and teaching small classes?
- When teaching large classes, everything needs to be bigger. That includes your voice (you'll probably want to use a microphone), your gestures, your movements (use the aisles to get closer to your students), and your visuals.
- When teaching large classes, you probably won't be able to learn your students' names. Try to establish a connection with them by asking rhetorical questions, or having them use clickers to answer your questions.
- When teaching large classes, you'll probably need to give multiple choice exams that can be computer scored rather than short answer or essay exams.
- When teaching large lectures, to get students to participate, stop your lecture occasionally, pose a question on what you've just covered, and have students discuss their answer with their neighbor for a minute. Then, pull the class back together and discuss the right and wrong answers.
- The opportunity to cheat is greater in large classes. What should I know about giving exams in large classes?
The following are some suggestions for giving mass exams:
- Announce ahead of time that students may not bring backpacks, drinks, books, hats, cellphones, or calculators to the test. They are to have nothing on their desks during the exam.
- Check student IDs at the door to prevent "ringers" from taking the test for their friends.
- If possible, seat students every other seat.
- Have a seating chart. In case you observe a case of cheating, you'll be able to identify which student(s) it is.
- Have different sections of the course sit together so T.A.s will know who's in their class.
- Make different versions of the exam and put them on different colored paper.
- Have plenty of proctors standing/walking around. It's usually a good idea to have 1 proctor for every 50 students.
- Leave some empty chairs in the front of the room. If you see someone looking around at another person's paper, you can ask the student to please move to the seat in the front of the class.
- Tell your students to turn their tests over when they're finished. Or, let them know that if there's a line to turn their test in, there should be no talking.
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Only one planet shines throughout the evening hours this month: Saturn, the second-largest planet in the solar system. It's halfway up the southwestern sky as night falls, and looks like a bright golden star. It sets after midnight.
The feature that sets Saturn apart from the other planets is its system of bright, beautiful rings. It consists of thousands of individual rings that are made of small bits of dust and ice. The whole system spans a quarter-million miles -- the distance from Earth to the Moon -- but is generally no more than a few dozen feet thick.
Close-up observations show that the rings are constantly changing. Material clumps together and breaks apart. Electric fields levitate small dust grains above the rings, creating dark "spokes." One of Saturn's large moons, Enceladus, squirts out geysers of water and ice that add fresh material to one of the outer rings. And collisions between moons and smaller chunks of material can blast out ice and rock that add to the other rings.
Small moons create gravitational ripples that look like the wake of a boat. And some of the smallest moons -- up to about a half-mile across -- create twisted wakes that look like spinning propellers. The Cassini spacecraft has photographed many of these, and some of them have lasted for more than a year -- twisting their way across Saturn's constantly changing rings.
We'll talk about a partial ring that may be brand new tomorrow.
Script by Damond Benningfield, Copyright 2011
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Portland, Oregon is getting a little help from computer giant IBM to help see how it can reach various city goals, including reducing its carbon emissions over the next several decades. The City of Portland and IBM have collaborated to develop a computer model that simulates how city systems work together. That knowledge will then be used to make a road map for the city for the next 25 years.
Coined the System Dynamics for Smarter Cities model, the model give mayors and other city officials ways to measure positive and negative consequences of various actions. The model can be used to look at a variety of factors from the city’s core sectors, including, the economy, housing, education, public saftey, healthcare, transportation and utilities.
One example that was put to the model is the city’s objective of reducing carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and by 80 percent by the year 2050. Using the model, it was discovered that in addition to reducing levels of emissions by providing more public transportation options and options for walking and biking to work, that obesity levels in the general population also might decline. And if obesity levels go down, the use of walking, biking and public transportation go up. The tool highlights the feedback loop used to jump start a continued cycle of improvement. So if shifting to walking and biking reduces driving trips, the obesity/active trasport loop could be a self reinforcing policy lever to address carbon goals.
The project began in 2010 and included sessions with more than 75 Portland-area experts in a variety of fields. That research, along with 10 years of historical data, was used to support the model. The work on the model is assisting the city in identifying drivers of change to be incorporated into the city’s 25-year strategic plan. | <urn:uuid:0a2f4fe8-26b6-4bce-a8ea-b792cdcb7c00> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/08/portland-ibm-team-up-to-solve-carbon-issues/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953083 | 359 | 3.125 | 3 |
2007 Mercedes-Benz E320 BlueTec
Here's a number for you: With 400 pound-feet on tap, the Mercedes-Benz E320 BlueTec diesel has 17 more pound-feet of torque than a BMW M5. That's something of a wild-ass comparison, though, because the diesel E320 produces only 208 horsepower-292 fewer than the BMW and 60 fewer than a gasoline E350. The more relevant numbers for a diesel are its fuel mileage, where the E320 BlueTec is rated higher than its gas counterpart by 7 mpg in the city and 11 mpg on the highway, according to the EPA.
Even though the fuel savings are significant, it's hard to ignore the E320's torque, especially since it peaks at 1600 rpm. The source of this power is an all-new DOHC 3.0-liter aluminum V-6 that's fed by an intercooled Garrett turbocharger nestled between the cylinder banks that produces a maximum boost of 29 psi. The seven-speed automatic in the E320 BlueTec is the same as the one found in all other two-wheel-drive E-class models, but the diesel gets the low 2.65:1 final-drive ratio found on the E550 and E63 AMG.
Before we go any further, we should mention that the 2007 E320 BlueTec is on sale in only 45 states. Residents of California, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont will have to wait until next year, when the BlueTec receives a 50-state-compliant upgrade to its emissions system. Furthermore, new passenger diesels from any manufacturer must run on ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD), which has at most 15 parts per million of sulfur content and is identified by a sticker at the pump. Unfortunately, EPA regulations only require refiners to produce ULSD as 80 percent of their total diesel output; in December 2010, retailers will be required to sell only ULSD. California has already made the switch. In the rest of the country, finding the right kind of diesel can be a guessing game.
To see how well the E320-which costs $1000 more than a comparable E350-matches up against its gasoline counterpart, we drove one and an E350 Sport from New York City to our offices in Ann Arbor. Apart from the engine, the only differences on the diesel car are smaller front brakes, 16-inch wheels, and a softer suspension; 17-inch wheels are standard on the E350, and Sport models ride on 18s.
The E320 BlueTec is perfectly at home on the highway. It wafts over bumps, and gentle pressure on the pedal easily adds 10 mph to the cruising speed. The E350, in contrast, is livelier and feels lighter than the 136-pound difference between the two cars suggests. But even though throttle response on the E350 is sharp, it takes more pedal pressure for passing acceleration. The E320 lacks the soundtrack of the gas V-6 but makes up for it with torque you can feel every time you hit the throttle. In short, the diesel feels faster.The verdict and more... Next Page >> | <urn:uuid:95129d77-3188-4eee-9e04-1fc88d2babe6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.askmen.com/cars/car_reviews/19_car_review.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00031-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934503 | 659 | 1.75 | 2 |
Jerry Seinfeld on How to Write a Joke
Just what is the deal with Pop Tarts? Jerry Seinfeld lets us in on his private joke-writing technique.
In a video spot for the New York Times Magazine, the legendary comedian reveals his process for writing funny material. It may seem both tiresome and meticulous, but it’s gotten him this far! As an example he decided to unleash information on a joke he’s been working on for two years… a bit about Pop Tarts.
So if you want to write like Seinfeld, now you can finally get started. All you need is that Bic pen, a yellow legal pad, and two years to focus on one subject. | <urn:uuid:f3c6f611-3253-4fb0-8dd8-4e38e86de192> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://965kvki.com/jerry-seinfeld-writes-a-joke/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954277 | 147 | 1.632813 | 2 |
The last year has seen the Palestinian struggle enter the global consciousness at a new level.
Whereas the United States has put a strangle hold on the United Nation’s recognition of Palestinian statehood, the world community has moved to recognize the rights of Palestinians through organizations such as UNESCO. One additional step is that of Palestinian athletes joining the rest of the world community at the forthcoming Olympics.
It is significant that one of the most important sports periodicals in the country, Sports Illustrated, recently featured the first Palestinian athlete to become an Olympian on his own merit: The Palestinian Judo champion, Maher Abu Rmeileh.
The piece at SI.com by Jon Wertheim is worth reading, and has brought Abu Rmeileh to the attention of the world community.
The article by the leading Turkish newspaper, Today’s Zaman, on Abu Rmeileh, on the other hand, made explicit the political context of why the Olypian champion has not worked out against Israeli Judo athletes:
“Abu Rmeileh’s coach, Hani Halabi, who is also the head of the Palestinian judo union, said that as long as there was no peace agreement with Israel there could be no cooperation. “The Israeli union tried many times to arrange joint events but we have refused ... I cannot ask a Palestinian boy to compete against an Israeli while his father is in jail, or his house has been demolished and he can’t go through checkpoints,” Halabi said.”
You can see a brief interview with the champion here. Abu Rmeileh is a devout Muslim, and even in the brief interview it is easy to sense how his faith inspires him to acheive his best.
Abu Rmeileh will carry the hopes and the flag of his people, even as Palestinians continue to hold out hope for independence from occupation.
May the lofty ideals of the Olympics soon be reflected in the Palestinian people, and their champion, being liberated after 60 years of occupation and second-class citizenship. | <urn:uuid:bcc5e9eb-1d18-412f-bee6-ec19f60fe4d7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://archives.religionnews.com/blogs/omid-safi/the-palestinian-olympian | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00034-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97095 | 427 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Adult Fiction BOSTWIC
Summary: In ON WINGS OF THE MORNING, Marie Bostwick picks up the story from FIELDS OF GOLD, returning to the fictional town of Dillon, Oklahoma. Morgan Glennon, illegitimate son of Eva Glennon and Charles Lindbergh, is unaware of his famous father's identity as he un wiiingly follows his footsteps to a career in aviation. Handsome and intelligent, he effortlessly draws others to him, in particular georgia Carter, a beautiful divorcee. Their relationship forces her to confront her fears about love, as well as the more immediate dangers they face during the war. Through this remarkable couple, Marie Bostwick explores a tumultuous, challenging time in abeautiful written, uniquely American novel.
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One that I wish we asked the subjects in our studies is: When do you normally go to sleep each evening and when do you normally wake up? This can get more detailed, but these 2 basic questions can allow segregation into morning or evening types (or both).
Deep phenotyping is critical to a better understanding of the genetic influence on disease risk phenotypes, and so one should collect lifestyle data - like diet, sleep, exercise - which all influence the genotype-phenotype association (these are called gene-environment interactions). If you can come up with phenotypes that distinguish different paths to the "same" disease outcome, that would be relevant to ask. In other words, there are often many paths to a very similar disease outcome, but as those paths are different, the disease may be slightly different. This requires sub-classification of disease - think of the different types of breast cancer. So, collecting these phenotypes, if you know them, in conjunction with diet, exercise, etc, will give you some very interesting possibilities. | <urn:uuid:be3ce8f1-d228-4909-aa9b-9c59c981efa2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/1126/questions-to-ask-to-a-panel-of-people-that-will-be-sequenced?answertab=oldest | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00067-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953219 | 212 | 2.34375 | 2 |
David N. Bossie President of Citizens United :
What is happening in Minnesota is an ideological battle between conservatives and liberals. Mark Dayton, Minnesota’s ultra liberal governor supports a state budget larger than $34 billion. Conservatives in the Minnesota state legislature argue that the state must live within its means, and cannot afford a budget over $34 billion. While the two sides are talking billions not trillions like the debate that is going on in Washington, the Minnesota battle is a showcase of the larger debate that is facing America.
Conservatives want less government in the lives of citizens and liberals want more. Liberals support the failed status quo, and conservatives support the difficult changes that are necessary to make life better for our children and grandchildren. The problem with the liberal argument is that they need money to fund those governmental programs that is no longer available.]
Gov. Dayton’s solution, following President Obama’s lead, is to tax the rich to make up the difference. Raising taxes on anyone during an economic downturn is bad policy. Taxing the rich is just class warfare that liberals do all too well. Thankfully, as the 2010 elections showed, Americans believe that we need to cut the size of government. | <urn:uuid:2bfcaa21-001f-4ab5-87b0-c06656d76bad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/David_N__Bossie_F02D7B38-85BD-4715-9D1D-1AC4A8DC7198.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958383 | 245 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Q. A year after Israel's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, how would you assess the ramifications and consequences?
A. Given the limited military, geographic and political nature of last January's Gaza war, the ramifications are surprisingly far-reaching. They cover the extent of deterrence achieved, consequences for future strategies of war-fighting by Israel and others, and of course the international reaction in the realms of war-prevention and diplomacy as well as human rights. And they are a decidedly mixed bag.
Q. Let's begin with deterrence: did Israel's military operation succeed in deterring Hamas from firing its rockets at Israeli civilians?
A. Judging by the situation during the past year, some deterrent effect was undoubtedly achieved. Rocket and mortar fire dropped to around one incident a day, with rockets and mortar rounds almost always landing in empty areas. Just recently we experienced the first flare-up of rocket firing, apparently in "protest" against the wall Egypt is building, but it too died down. Moreover, Hamas itself has not been involved in these attacks, though it has not always made an effort to prevent organizations like Islamic Jihad from perpetrating them.
This reality has led Israeli intelligence officials to opine that Hamas learned a lesson last January about not overstepping its military limits. Indeed, Israeli readiness to crown Cast Lead a military success now extends to a revisionist approach to the Second Lebanon War of the summer of 2006, as well. The latter campaign was generally considered a failed operation at the time; now, after three and a half years of Hezbollah avoiding attacking Israel, it is understood that the damage Israel inflicted back then hurt Hezbollah badly enough to warrant a positive reassessment of the deterrent effect of that war, too.
Undoubtedly, these revised assessments of the two wars' deterrent effect ignore a wide range of external contributing factors. In the case of Cast Lead, Hamas' decision to exercise restraint has also been influenced by considerations regarding a prisoner exchange and the movement's worsening relations with Egypt. Iran's entry into nuclear negotiations with the United States may have caused Tehran to ask its ally in Gaza to avoid renewed violence that could destabilize the region. Moreover, Israel has no guarantee whatsoever that Hamas will not renew hostilities at any time, for example in an effort to torpedo renewed Israeli-PLO peace talks or in response to Egypt's construction of an underground barrier designed to prevent further arms smuggling below ground.
Nevertheless, it does appear that Cast Lead achieved, however tenuously, the objective of deterrence. Whether the operation can be said to have achieved the Olmert government's official war objective at the time--"to bring about an improved and more stable security situation for residents of southern Israel over the long term"--we can only know in the long term.
Q. Moving to lessons for fighting future wars . . .
A. On January 6, Israel announced that it had successfully tested "Iron Dome", a defensive weapons system designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range (4-70 km.) rockets of the types used by Hamas and Hezbollah. The first battery will be deployed on the Gaza border by mid-2010. As Iron Dome and "Magic Wand" (which will intercept longer-range rockets and be operational in 2012) take their place in the IDF's arsenal, Israel enters a new military era in its efforts to deal with militant Islamist non-state actors like Hamas deployed on its borders.
The impetus for these defensive anti-rocket missile systems was the 2006 Lebanon war; Cast Lead merely reinforced conclusions already drawn then. Israel now aspires to neutralize, to the greatest degree possible, Hamas' and Hezbollah's terrorist rocket threat by demonstrating a capacity to intercept incoming rockets without recourse to a ground invasion like Cast Lead that--because these Islamist movements fight from within their own civilian concentrations--inevitably generates heavy civilian casualties.
Here it is helpful to recall that Israel launched the Gaza war in late 2008 only after it became clear that Hamas was expanding the range of its rockets to threaten growing numbers of Israelis in Ashkelon and beyond. Neutralize the rockets, whatever their range, and the need for an offensive war is radically reduced.
In parallel, Cast Lead also demonstrated the value of enhanced civilian defenses. Improved early warning loudspeaker systems and the dispersal of thousands of easily accessible shelters radically reduced Israeli civilian casualties in Cast Lead, thereby enabling the government and IDF to prosecute the war without undue pressure from the Israeli public.
(Parenthetically, the credit for initiating the Iron Dome and Magic Wand projects goes to Amir Peretz, an otherwise much maligned defense minister back in 2006. And the credit for producing Iron Dome in record time--considering the R&D effort required for this kind of cutting-edge technology--goes to Rafael, Israel's primary weapons development arm. Sometimes things go right. . . )
How successful the new rocket-interception strategy will prove is impossible to say. Skeptics abound within the security establishment, not to mention the Finance Ministry: intercepting a single Hamas rocket that costs $100 to produce will cost many thousands of dollars.
But another war like Cast Lead or the Second Lebanon War with their heavy reliance on air power and armored and infantry units would be even costlier--and not only in financial terms; we have yet to deal with the cost of Cast Lead in terms of Israel's international status (see below). Hence, alongside development of this purely defensive measure, a lot of thinking is also going into alternative military means that take a lower toll in Palestinian civilian lives and infrastructure.
Here it is important to note that the IDF saw in Cast Lead an opportunity to test the lessons it had drawn from its failure in Lebanon in 2006. Indeed, Israeli military and civilian casualties were radically reduced in Gaza last January, rendering the war far more tolerable for the Israeli public. But if anything, enemy civilian casualties increased--if only because, unlike in Lebanon, Gazans had virtually nowhere to flee to in response to Israeli urgings.
Thus one alternative strategy being looked at for the next round, if and when it comes, is greater deployment of Israeli commando units behind Hamas lines to target military and leadership objectives without recourse to heavy civilian damage. IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi also recently announced an even greater reliance than previously on battlefield legal counsel in future ground wars.
Then, too, there is still a minority viewpoint that the most humane thing Israel could do in another Gaza war is to reoccupy the entire Strip. The cost in human lives would be high, but it would be a one-time cost rather than Israel being castigated by the international community every few years. As noted, this is definitely a minority point of view; most Israelis do not want to reoccupy Arab territory and Arab populations under any circumstances.
Q. Can you comment on what Israel learned from the Gaza war regarding additional Gaza-related issues like the Gilad Shalit affair and the economic boycott of the Strip?
A. In a word, nothing. There are strong indications that Hamas would not have provoked the war and would have maintained a ceasefire had Israel opened the Gaza passages to normal commerce in non-strategic goods. That is probably still the case today. The Shalit affair is one reason Defense Minister Ehud Barak claims the passages remain closed, ending up in a war. Yet in that war, the IDF was unable to locate and free Shalit. Further, Israel's hang-up about losing additional soldiers to Hamas captivity helped determine some of its harsher war tactics. Israel has allowed the fate of a single soldier to dictate too much of its strategic thinking regarding Gaza.
Q. This brings us to the international response. . .
A. Let's start with the good news. Under the ceasefire agreement that ended Cast Lead, the international community undertook to intercept arms shipments destined for Gaza and sent by Iran directly or via Sudan and Hezbollah. In the course of the past year, US, Israeli and other naval units have intercepted a number of such shipments at sea. Perhaps most spectacularly, Egypt has begun building an underground steel barrier along the Sinai-Gaza border in an effort to stop the tunnel smuggling once and for all. Hamas' panicked reaction along that border appears to reflect its own awareness that Egypt has finally gotten serious about cutting off Hamas' access to Egyptian territory.
There are many additional factors at work here that could affect the ultimate outcome of the arms interception effort. Egypt will be cutting off civilian as well as military smuggling, thereby potentially seriously exacerbating the economic situation inside the Strip. Hamas could react by adopting a more flexible diplomatic approach to Israel in order to ensure adequate supplies through the Israel-Gaza crossings. Or it could lash out with force. The prisoner exchange and peace process issues could affect its calculations. But in the long term, successful interdiction of arms smuggling into Gaza would make Israel's military task far easier. This, too, could be credited to Iron Dome.
Q. And the bad news?
A. Here we turn to the negative international reaction to the civilian and infrastructure casualties inflicted by Israel in Gaza a year ago. The most obvious manifestations of that reaction focus on Turkey and Goldstone.
Turkey's cold shoulder to Israel might have been forthcoming in any case. The government in Ankara is run by an Islamist party and Turkey's population has always been extremely pro-Palestinian. For several years now, Turkey has been developing a revolutionary and remarkably successful foreign policy initiative designed to position it as perhaps the major regional power, with highly developed diplomatic and economic interests and even alliances surrounding it in every direction.
Nevertheless, the timing picked for a major downgrading of relations with Israel by Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the Gaza war. While Turkish-Israeli economic, military and even diplomatic links continue to exist, Turkey can no longer be considered an ally. Its relations with Iran and Syria are rapidly outdistancing those with Israel.
The Goldstone report and the international reaction to the carnage in Gaza that it represents would not have been forthcoming without the war. Nevertheless, they too represent a cumulative phenomenon with regard to Israel's perceived legitimacy and standing that was radically exacerbated by Gaza. And if Israel has made some progress in developing ways to deal militarily with the threats posed by Hamas and Hezbollah, at the global diplomatic level it appears far less skillful in countering the drive to delegitimize it--a drive that the Goldstone report, probably unintentionally, played into.
In the Israeli view, Goldstone wanted to hold the IDF to Geneva Convention standards of symmetrical inter-state war-fighting in an age where wars are increasingly asymmetrical and are fought against terrorist/guerilla enemies that use civilian populations as human shields. Moreover, Goldstone singled out Israel at a time when far worse civilian casualties were being inflicted by the United States and its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan and by Sri Lanka in Jaffna, with few if any international questions asked.
But nobody wants to hear these Israeli responses. Nobody wanted to hear that very true and courageous statement by British Colonel Richard Kemp, veteran of the Afghan war, that "the IDF did more to safeguard civilians than any other army." Israeli "hasbara" (public diplomacy) has simply not internalized the fact that until the occupation ends and wars with nasty neighbors like Hamas no longer happen, Israel will be increasingly demonized.
Under these circumstances, for FM Avigdor Lieberman to tell Israeli diplomats that the best counter-measure is to get out there and defend Israel's pride and dignity appears ludicrous. Instead, the best--indeed the only--effective measure Israel can take vis-a-vis the international arena is to find a way to get out of the West Bank and East Jerusalem as soon as possible and to adopt a strategy regarding Hamas in Gaza that is not based on systematically depriving 1.5 million civilians of sustenance.
This Q and A is a special edition of APN's weekly publication, Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher.
Alpher is an independent security analyst, co-founder and co-editor of the Israeli-Palestinian internet dialogue bitterlemons.org and Middle East roundtable bitterlemons-international.org. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, and a former senior official with the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency. His views do not necessarily reflect those of Americans for Peace Now or Peace Now. | <urn:uuid:8a7259e0-b22a-4580-b93f-909beed34479> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://peacenow.org/entries/the_gaza_war_one_year_later_strategic_lessons_learned | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00016-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955064 | 2,525 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Ever since its foundation in 1999, the SYP’s elections have been conducted in collaboration with local authorities. Until 2011 the procedures for choosing MSYPs had largely been left to the discretion of individual local authorities, with the SYP only offering advice. In 2011 a more unified process was introduced. Each local authority was asked to conduct elections in accordance with seven ‘National Election Outcomes’.
To that end, in September 2010, local authorities were asked to nominate an Election Co-ordinator (almost all were a relatively senior Community Learning & Development employee) who would run the election in their area. The SYP issued rules and procedures for the election together with an elections information pack, and thereafter provided ongoing support. As many as 29 of Scotland’s 32 local authorities participated in this process.
Between December 2010 and February 2011, young people were invited to put themselves forward as candidates. A central location where young people were able to express an interest in standing for election was provided on the SYP website, with the content tailored to the registration process for each local authority. The registration process required candidates to demonstrate their commitment to becoming a MSYP by making a submission about an issue they cared about and reading about and answering a few questions about the role of an MSYP. Those whose nomination was accepted were supported in the organisation of their campaign by their local authority together with the SYP. All candidates stood as individuals without officially designated party labels.
To be eligible to stand candidates had to be aged between 14 and 25 and currently resident in the constituency that they sought to represent, though some local authorities permitted candidates to represent the area where they studied. The constituencies mirrored the 73 constituencies used in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, with each constituency electing two members. Where a Scottish Parliament constituency crossed a local authority boundary, subject to population, the constituency was divided in two along that boundary with each part electing one member.
All elections took place during the two-week period, between 14th March and 25th March 2011. All those aged 14 to 25 currently resident in Scotland were eligible to vote, though where voting took place in schools (as commonly it did) it was sometimes agreed that 12 and 13 year olds could also vote. No register of those eligible to vote was available. Fourteen local authorities used paper ballots, eight used online voting, two used a mix of online and offline voting, two elected their MSYPs through their local youth structures and while in three local authorities the elections were uncontested. Most areas used the simple majority voting system – each voter had two votes and the two candidates with the highest votes were elected. The remainder used the Single Transferable Vote (STV). In total, after 84,940 votes had been cast over the two-week period, representing an estimated turnout of 11% of those aged 14-25,135 MSYPs were elected to serve for a two year term from 2011 to 2013.
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Academic standards correlations on Teachers' Domain use the Achievement Standards Network (ASN) database of state and national standards, provided to NSDL projects courtesy of JES & Co.
We assign reference terms to each statement within a standards document and to each media resource, and correlations are based upon matches of these terms for a given grade band. If a particular standards document of interest to you is not displayed yet, it most likely has not yet been processed by ASN or by Teachers' Domain. We will be adding social studies and arts correlations over the coming year, and also will be increasing the specificity of alignment.
In this lesson, students gather evidence to understand features that enable them to meet their needs. In particular, they examine the mouth structures of different animals to help them understand how animals are adapted to obtain food in their environment.
1. Animals have specialized mouth structures that help them capture, handle, and eat the food available to them in their environment. Have students examine the Bird Food stills, which show different types of birds eating different types of food. Ask:
2. In pairs, have students look at the Bird Beak Gallery stills and guess what type of food each bird eats. Have them draw each bird beak and record their predictions on a piece of paper, then share them with the class.
3. Show students the Unhinged! video, which compares the mouth structures of humans and snakes. Discuss how the mouths of these organisms are specialized for eating certain types of food.
4. Have students look at the Animal Mouths stills and consider how the mouths of these animals are specialized to catch, chew, and swallow particular foods. As students look at each picture, have them imagine what kind of food that animal eats. Tell them to look at the shape, for example, of the mouth, tongue, jaw, and teeth for clues. | <urn:uuid:adee7207-9708-48f3-a559-97659a2dd201> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.colt.lp_mouths/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953496 | 383 | 3.828125 | 4 |
THORPE, TEXAS. Thorpe was eighteen miles northwest of Eldorado in northwestern Schleicher County. A post office operated there from 1907 to 1915 with William H. Williams as postmaster. Cattle raising was the primary occupation of area residents. No evidence of the community appeared on county highway maps of the 1940s.
Schleicher County Historical Society, A History of Schleicher County (San Angelo: Anchor, 1979).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "THORPE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrtpz), accessed May 24, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. | <urn:uuid:e55d00ea-8b79-4850-a41e-af3f0e675f03> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrtpz | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00073-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907847 | 174 | 2.09375 | 2 |
MONDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The most highly experienced doctors spend less money treating patients than those with fewer years of experience, according to a new study.
Researchers used private insurance plan claims for more than 1 million Massachusetts residents in 2004 and 2005 to create health care cost profiles for more than 12,000 doctors in the state, according to the study, published in the November issue of the journal Health Affairs.
Overall costs were about 13 percent higher for doctors with less than 10 years of experience compared to those with 40 or more years of experience. Costs were 10 percent higher for those with 10 to 19 years of experience, 6.5 percent higher for those with 20 to 29 years of experience and 2.5 percent higher for those with 30 to 39 years of experience.
There was no association between costs and other physician characteristics, such as having had a malpractice claim or disciplinary action, whether a doctor was board-certified or the size of the medical practice where a doctor worked, said the researchers from the Rand Corp., a nonprofit research organization.
They noted that the study did not examine the quality of care provided and the cost differences found in the study do not suggest that less experienced doctors provide better care.
The findings could have significant implications for less-experienced doctors, who might be excluded from contracting networks or receive lower payments as private insurers and government programs seek to reward doctors who deliver quality care at a lower cost, the researchers suggested.
"These findings are provocative, but they warrant further examination and need to be affirmed by additional studies," study lead author Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a researcher at Rand, said in a corporation news release. "However, it is possible that one driver of health care costs is that newly trained physicians practice a more costly style of medicine."
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has more about health care costs.
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The Chief Information Officer (CIO) has become as important as the CEO. It’s a pivotal position that often can make or break the success of a corporation. As criminal hackers have launched various campaigns against numerous organizations, the CIO has become much more than an information officer. They are the guardian of corporate secrets, instrument of progress and the pulse of all communications and connectivity.
Securitymanagement.com recently reported the global cybersecurity market is expected to reach $120.1 billion by 2017. This is nearly twice its current size of $63.7 billion, according to a report by MarketsandMarkets, a Dallas-based research and consulting firm. The increase would represent an annual compound growth rate of 11.3 percent from 2012 to 2017.
Cyberspace is becoming an ever-important part of people’s lives. It’s also powered by a gamut of devices and applications that have made it vulnerable to threats from people and groups including students, spies, hackers, propagandists, and terrorists. Cybersecurity is also becoming an important aspect of the military realm. This has helped make battles “fought in cyberspace as imperative as battles occurring on the ground.”
As a result, as reported by CIO magazine,“the IT leader will still be the nucleus of any company, working closely with business executives and strategizing about future technology directions, leading a staff of highly trained professionals and championing streamlined technical operations. The position will still require a mix of analytical foresight and management prowess over the next decade.”
Going forward the role of the CIO will be critical not only to the organization, but to the public who does business with it and the governments who rely on it.
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The original 1997 theatrical poster
|Directed by||Jean-Pierre Jeunet|
|Produced by||Bill Badalato
J. E. Freeman
|Music by||John Frizzel|
|Distributed by||20th Century Fox|
|Release date(s)||November 26, 1997|
|Running time||109 min.|
|Preceded by||Alien 3|
|Followed by||Alien vs. Predator|
Alien Resurrection is a science fiction film released in 1997 by 20th Century Fox. Directed by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the film is based on a screenplay by Joss Whedon. With a budget of $70 million, Alien Resurrection was the first film in the Alien series to be filmed outside of England at Fox studios in Los Angeles, California.
Set 200 years after the preceding installment, Alien 3, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is cloned and an Alien queen is surgically removed from her body. The United Systems Military hopes to breed Aliens to study and research on the spaceship USM Auriga, using human hosts kidnapped and delivered to them by a group of mercenaries. The Aliens escape their enclosures, while Ripley and the mercenaries attempt to escape and destroy the Auriga before it reaches its destination, Earth.
Alien Resurrection was released on November 26, 1997 and received mixed reviews from film critics. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt "there is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder", while Desson Thomson of The Washington Post said the film "satisfactorily recycles the great surprises that made the first movie so powerful".[2 ]
Alien Resurrection takes place 200 years after Alien 3. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) has been cloned on the outer space military science vessel USM Auriga using "blood samples from Fury 16, on ice." The United Systems Military wants to extract the Alien queen embryo that was implanted in her before her death in Alien 3. After successful extraction of the embryo, the scientists decide to keep the Ripley clone alive for further study. They raise the Alien queen and collect her eggs for further use. As a result of the cloning process, during which Ripley's DNA was mixed with the Alien's, she develops various abilities, including enhanced strength and reflexes, acidic blood, and an empathic link with Aliens.
The Betty, a ship full of mercenaries, arrives delivering several kidnapped humans in hypersleep. The military scientists use them as hosts for the Alien facehuggers, raising several adult Aliens for study. The mercenaries encounter Ripley, and their youngest member Call (Winona Ryder) recognizes her name. She attempts to kill Ripley, believing she may be used to create more Aliens, but Call is too late; by then the adult Aliens are created and quickly escape their confinement, damaging the ship and killing most of its crew. Dr. Wren (J. E. Freeman), one of the ship's scientists, reveals that the Auriga's default command in an emergency situation is to return to Earth. Realizing that this will unleash the Aliens on Earth, Ripley, the mercenaries, Wren, a marine named DiStephano (Raymond Cruz), and a surviving Alien host, Purvis (Leland Orser), attempt to escape on the Betty and destroy the Auriga.
As the group makes their way through the damaged ship, several of them are killed by the Aliens. Call is revealed to be an android after Wren betrays the group. Using her abilities to interface with the damaged ship's systems, they set it on a collision course with Earth, hoping that the Aliens will be destroyed in the crash. Ripley learns that the Alien queen has gained a human ability from her DNA as well: now possessing a womb, it can give birth to live offspring without the need for eggs and human hosts. The resulting offspring, which bears a mixture of human and Alien traits, recognizes Ripley as its "mother" and kills the Alien queen.
Ripley and the surviving mercenaries arrive at the Betty. As they launch, the human/Alien hybrid attacks Ripley and Call. Ripley kills it by using her own acidic blood to burn a hole through a viewing pane, causing the creature to be drawn violently through the small hole and into the vacuum of space. The survivors escape in the Betty as the Auriga collides into Earth.
Impressed with his work as a screenwriter, 20th Century Fox hired Joss Whedon to write the film's script. The studio initially imagined that the film would center around a clone of the character Newt from Aliens, as the Ellen Ripley character had died at the end of Alien 3. Whedon composed a thirty-page treatment surrounding this idea before being informed that the studio, though impressed with his script, now intended to base the story on a clone of Ripley who they saw as the anchor of the series. Whedon had to rewrite the script in a way that would bring back the Ripley character, a task he found difficult. The idea of cloning was suggested by producers David Giler and Walter Hill, who opposed the production of Alien Resurrection as they thought it would ruin the franchise.
Sigourney Weaver, who had played Ripley throughout the series, wanted to liberate the character in Alien 3 as she did not want Ripley to become "a figure of fun" who would continuously "wake up with monsters running around". The possibility of an Alien vs. Predator film was another reason for the character's death, as she thought the concept "sounded awful". However, Weaver was impressed with Whedon's script. She thought that the error during Ripley's cloning process would allow her to further explore the character, since Ripley becoming part human and part alien would create uncertainty about where her loyalties lay. This was an interesting concept to Weaver, who thought the film brought back the spirit of Alien and Aliens. Weaver received a co-producer's credit and was reportedly paid $11 million.
Trainspotting director Danny Boyle was intended to direct the film. Boyle and his producer met with effects supervisors to discuss the film, although he was not interested in pursuing the project. Peter Jackson was also approached, but declined as he could not get excited about an Alien film. In 1995, after the release of The Usual Suspects, 20th Century Fox approached Bryan Singer to direct. Jean-Pierre Jeunet was asked to direct, as the film's producers believed he had a unique visual style. Jeunet had just completed the script to Amélie and was surprised he was offered the job for Alien Resurrection, as he thought the franchise had finished with Alien 3 and believed that making a sequel was a bad idea. Jeunet, however, accepted the project with a budget of $70 million.[9 ] He required a translator as he did not speak much English when filming began.
Jeunet hired French special effects supervisor Pitof and cinematographer Daruis Khondji, both of whom he had worked with on The City of Lost Children. Jeunet and his crew watched the latest science fiction and Alien films as reference material, and obtained production reports from the Alien films to study the camera setups. Jeunet was given creative control, contributing several elements to the script including five different endings, although the expensive ones were dismissed. He also opted to make the film a dark comedy and was encouraged to include more violence. In June 1996, conceptual artist Marc Caro had drawn rough sketches of characters' costumes, which were shown to character designer Bob Ringwood. Ringwood made several modifications for the final design, although he was not credited in the Making of Alien Resurrection book.
Special effects company Amalgamated Dynamics Incorporated (ADI) was hired for the film, having previously worked on Alien 3. ADI founders Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis also had experience working with Stan Winston on Aliens. ADI based their designs and modifications of the Alien creatures on the film's script, which included the creatures having pointed tails for swimming, making their head domes and chins more pointed, and establishing them to appear more vicious using techniques of camera angles and shot duration. After receiving the director's approval, ADI began to create small sculptures, sketches, paintings, and life-size models.
Jeunet asked ADI to lean towards making the human/Alien hybrid creature more human than Alien. An early concept was to replicate Sigourney Weaver's features, although the crew felt this design would be similar to the design of the creature Sil from the 1995 film Species. Eyes and a nose were added to the hybrid to allow it to have more expressions and communicate more emotion than the Aliens, so that it would have more depth as a character rather than "just a killing machine". Jeunet was adamant about the hybrid having a genitalia which resembled a mix of both male and female sexes. 20th Century Fox was uncomfortable with this, however, and even Jeunet eventually felt that "even for a Frenchman, it's too much". The genitalia was removed during post-production using digital effects techniques. The animatronic hybrid required nine puppeteers and was the most complex animatronic in the film.
Alien Resurrection was filmed at Fox studios in Los Angeles, California, from October 1996 to February 1997. Jeunet had difficulty securing a studio, as the filming of Hollywood blockbusters such as Titanic, Starship Troopers, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park were taking place at the same time. Alien Resurrection was the first installment in the Alien series to be filmed outside of England, a decision made by Weaver, who believed that the previous films' travel schedules exhausted the crew.
The underwater scene was the first to be shot, and for its filming Stage 16 at Fox Studios was reconstructed into a 36 by 45 meter tank, 4.5 meters deep, containing 548,000 gallons of water. The decision was made to convert the stage rather than film the scene elsewhere, since moving the film crew to the nearest adequate facility in San Diego would have been too costly for a single scene, and by converting Stage 16 20th Century Fox would be able to use the tank for future films. Because of the aquatic filming, the ability to swim was a prerequisite for cast and crew when signing onto the film. The cast trained in swimming pools in Los Angeles with professional divers to learn how to use the equipment. An additional two and a half weeks of training took place at the studio with stunt coordinator Ernie Orsatti and underwater cinematographer Peter Romano. Weaver, however, was unable to participate in most of the training due to commitments on Broadway. Winona Ryder faced a challenge with the scene, as she had nearly drowned at age 12 and had not been in the water since. She suggested using a body double, but knew that it would be too obvious to audiences due to the difference in hair length. She filmed the scene, but suffered from anxiety on the first day of filming.
Director Jeunet wanted to display Ripley's new powers, including a scene in which Ripley throws a basketball through a hoop while facing the opposite direction. Weaver trained for ten days and averaged one out of six baskets, although the distance required for filming was further than she had practiced. Jeunet was concerned about the time being spent on the shot and wanted to either use a machine to throw the ball or to insert it later using computer-generated imagery (CGI). Weaver, however, was determined to make the shot authentic, and got the ball in perfectly on the sixth take. The ball was out of frame for a moment during the shot, and Pitof offered to edit it so that the ball was on-screen for the entire scene, but Weaver refused. Ron Perlman broke character when she made the basket, and turned to the camera to say "Oh my god!" There was enough of a pause between Weaver's basket and Perlman's statement for the film's editors to cut the scene accordingly during post-production.
The film's script was laid out similar to a comic book, with pictures on the left and dialog and descriptions on the right. Jeunet planned every shot, which made it easier for visual effects artists to do their work. Blue Sky Studios was hired to create the first CGI Aliens to appear on film. Impressed with the company's work on Joe's Apartment creating CGI cockroaches, Jeunet and Pitof opted to hire the company to create 30 to 40 shots of CGI Aliens. The decision was made to use CGI Aliens rather than puppets or suited actors whenever the creatures' legs were in frame, as Jeunet felt that a man in a suit is easy to distinguish when the full body is seen.
All of the spaceships in the film were miniatures, as visual effects supervisors believed CGI was not effective enough to create realistic spaceships. The USM Auriga was originally designed by artist Nigel Phelps and resembled a medical instrument. This design proved to be too vertical for the film's opening shot, in which the camera pans out to show the ship, and did not appear satisfactory in the film's 2:35 aspect ratio. Three days before the design had to be finalized, Jeunet rejected it. Phelps, production illustrator Jim Martin, and concept artist Sylvain Despretz were tasked to redesign the ship. Jeunet felt Martin's design was too much like a space station, while he accepted Despretz's design due to its streamlined and horizontal appearance.
Composer John Frizzel was encouraged by a friend to audition to compose Alien Resurrection's film score. Frizzel sent in four cassettes and received a call from 20th Century Fox about the fourth, which contained music from The Empty Mirror. Impressed with his work, Fox representative Robert Kraft had a short meeting with Frizzel and hired him. Frizzel spent seven months writing and recording the score, which Jeunet requested to be very different and unique from the previous films in the series. This included themes of romance and eroticism, incorporating sound effects such as a gong and rub rod. The cue "They Swim" took one month to complete as Jeunet was not pleased with Frizzel's original version, although the final result was a mix between the first and third versions he had composed.
A pre-screening of Alien Resurrection was held in Camarillo, California, and the film was released in North America on November 26, 1997. Debuting at number two at the box office behind Flubber, Alien Resurrection grossed $25 million in its first five days–$16 million over the weekend, for an average of $6,821 per 2,415 theaters. The film grossed $47.7 million in North America, the least successful of the Alien series on that continent. It was well received internationally, however, with a gross of $113.5 million, bringing its total gross to $161.2 million.[18 ] It was the 43rd highest grossing film in North America in 1997.
Alien Resurrection received mixed reviews from film critics. The film scored 63% on Metacritic based on 21 reviews, and 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, higher than Alien 3, Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, although less than its predecessors Alien and Aliens. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a negative review, stating "There is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder." Jeffery Overstreet of Looking Closer commented "It's time they quit killing the aliens, and just killed the Alien series altogether. ... How the mighty have fallen." Joe Baltake of the Sacramento Bee stated that "This 'Alien' should never have been resurrected", while Tom Meek of Film Threat wrote "Weaver and Jeunet's efforts are shortchanged by the ineptness of Joss Whedon's script, that seems to find a way to make action sequences unexciting."
Not all reviews were negative, however. Mary Brennan of Film thought that the movie was "A lot of fun to watch, and easy to surrender to in the moment." Houston Chronicle editor Louis B. Parks said "The film is a marvel, a well-photographed feast of visual imagery",[23 ] while Richard Schickel of Time wrote that it was "Less frightening, but as much fun as ever." Washington Post contributor Desson Thomson felt it "satisfactorily recycles the great surprises that made the first movie so powerful. And most significantly, it makes a big hoot of the whole business."[2 ]
Screenwriter Joss Whedon was unhappy with the final product. When asked in 2005 how the film differed from the script he had written, Whedon responded:
"It wasn't a question of doing everything differently, although they changed the ending; it was mostly a matter of doing everything wrong. They said the lines...mostly...but they said them all wrong. And they cast it wrong. And they designed it wrong. And they scored it wrong. They did everything wrong that they could possibly do. There's actually a fascinating lesson in filmmaking, because everything that they did reflects back to the script or looks like something from the script, and people assume that, if I hated it, then they’d changed the script...but it wasn’t so much that they’d changed the script; it’s that they just executed it in such a ghastly fashion as to render it almost unwatchable."
Alien Resurrection was released on VHS on June 1, 1998, with the novelization and the book titled Making of Alien Resurrection released on December 1.[26 ] Dark Horse Comics also published a two-issue comic book adaptation. In 2003, Jeunet included an alternate version of the film on the Alien Quadrilogy DVD box set with different opening and closing credits, which were originally cut due to budget restrictions. The deleted scenes included references to the character Newt from Aliens, Vriess making a joke to Call, Ripley's clone waking up in the middle of her operation, an extended dialogue between Call and Ripley's clone in the chapel and scenes of the Betty landing on Earth and the planet's landscape during the final dialogue between Ripley and Call.
Alien Resurrection: Collector's Edition was released on January 6, 2004, containing the two discs contained in the Quadrilogy set. The second disc, called One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection, features over two hours of footage relating to pre-production, production, post-production, screen tests, concept art, and audio commentary by the cast and crew.
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Alien Resurrection is a 3D first-person shooter based on the film of the same name. Versions were planned for the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, but were cancelled during its long development. Originally conceived as a third person action game (firstly top-down isometric shooter before switching to a Tomb Raider style), the game eventually emerged as a first-person shooter after a prolonged development period. | <urn:uuid:3d469a68-4fa1-49c6-800a-020056559645> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thefullwiki.org/Alien_Resurrection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00028-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972095 | 3,931 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Where Has The Dialogue Been?
Michael Kuo, Municipal Art Society
I brought a written statement to talk about the memorial visions of the Imagine New York process, but I find myself compelled to talk about participation. Imagine New York was a public participation project among others. There was Listening To The City in July, and the New York New Visions/Alan Gerson workshops in November, and now here we are today. We've seen good participation and bad participation, and that shouldn't be measured really in good ideas or bad ideas, but really in the productivity of the discussion. And I don't feel that waiting for three hours -- I've been here since before six o'clock - is a good form of participation. The public process isn't over now, so we have a chance to fix it, but I'm wondering where Listening To The City went, and where the lessons of Imagine New York and New York New Visions went.
Just to talk a little bit about what I brought here today, Imagine New York occurred in the spring, before the Port Authority was a loud player, before the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation had a staff, really. Before, we had six plans, and now nine plans. We asked the public to come in and talk about three things: what have we lost, how have we changed, and imagine the future. We asked people to re-experience their lives after the World Trade Center and in New York City since. And what came out were beautiful statements crafted by the public themselves. I have eight here, and I'll just read one, but I'll go through the topics, and I don't think the topics have changed. This document has existed since June. Where has the dialogue been?
The first is remember and honor the victims of September 11 at the World Trade Center site, and it reads, "an inclusive, international memorial should be designed at the World Trade Center site that memorializes all the victims of September 11, including Washington and Pennsylvania as well as New York, not the violence. The memorial should capture the magnitude of collective loss, but should also honor the individual victims and their lives in an egalitarian, in an equal way, with a physical symbol or representation of each individual." I don't know why it took a special committee to come up with that.
The other comments were create a living memorial, erect a memorial monument, incorporate a memorial museum telling the individual stories of the victims, bring back the Tribute in Light and respect the site as hallowed ground. All this has been around for a while, and I think it's time to exchange in a really fruitful discussion about it at this time. | <urn:uuid:15e8c201-53b8-40ae-9065-c58e76811cb5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gothamgazette.com/rebuilding_nyc/features/public_hearings_2003/kuo.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00004-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975841 | 541 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Solving the Mystery of Puberty
Girls are showing signs of puberty as early as 7 years old, according to a recent report by the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, and many aren’t prepared for the changes. Read on to learn what to expect when entering this stage of life.
What is puberty?
When girls begin the transition from childhood to adulthood, they start puberty. During puberty, your hormone levels fluctuate. You develop breasts and hair around your pubic area (around your vagina) and under your arms. You experience growth spurts. And you start your menstrual periods.
Your period: Not the start of a sentence
A girl is born with two small ovaries inside her abdomen on either side of her uterus (where a baby develops). Ovaries are filled with thousands of eggs, which allow women to have children. When you reach puberty, your ovaries release an egg each month. The tiny egg breaks down as it travels down towards the uterus and, along with the thick, bloody lining that builds up in the uterus between periods, passes out of the body through the vagina.
Girls generally begin menstruating as early as 9 years old and as late as 16. Athletic or very thin girls might not develop until a later age. Obese or inactive girls may develop earlier. Losing weight while in a growth spurt also can delay a girl’s periods.
Your menstrual cycle should run about 28 days, but between 21 and 35 is normal. Your menstrual period should last between 3 and 7 days. Your blood flow can vary from heavy to light during each period and from one period to the next.
Although many women complain about menstruation, having your first period means you can now one day bear children. That’s cause for celebration — not apprehension.
Am I normal?
Some girls develop faster than others, so you shouldn’t necessarily compare your body to your best friend’s. You should, however, talk to your doctor if you haven’t experienced any changes or growth by age 13.
Your sweat glands may go into overdrive and your skin might get oilier as you progress through puberty. To help keep your skin clear, gently wash your face at least once daily with soap and warm water. Scrubbing harshly might irritate your skin and cause more acne. Begin using deodorant/antiperspirant too.
It’s normal for many women to experience cramps or mild nausea during their periods. Taking an over-the-counter painkiller specially formulated to ease period symptoms can help, but if they become unbearable, your doctor might be able to prescribe something stronger. Using a heating pad also eases cramps.
A year or so after girls begin experiencing a yellow or white vaginal discharge, which helps to clean and moisten the vagina, most get their first period. But if you have itching, odor or irritation around your vagina, you might have an infection. Your best bet is to visit your doctor regularly during puberty.
If you haven’t gotten your first period about three years after your breasts begin taking shape, you should check in with your doctor. Most girls experience irregular periods during the first couple of years, so don’t worry if they’re difficult to predict, but carry spare pads or tampons with you, just in case.
Stress, vigorous exercise, weight loss or diet can effect the regularity of your periods, but you could also have a mild hormone imbalance, called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, if you also suffer from excessive acne, hair growth and weight problems. You could be at risk for anemia (iron deficiency) if you’re periods occur too close together, so it’s important for you to keep track of your periods on a calendar.
This time in life can prove psychologically and physically draining. Try to maintain a regular sleep schedule. Gaining about 10 pounds a year is normal during puberty, and eating right is essential. Girls need iron, calcium and protein.
When their bodies start changing and they realize they’re growing up, some girls find it difficult to bear and begin binge eating (over-eating) and purging or starving their bodies of the nutrients they need to grow and keep adequate hormone levels. If you begin to excessively watch your weight, overly scrutinize and limit what you eat (as in, “I’ll just have 15 lettuce leaves and a half an apple”) or let exercise interfere with your life, you might have an eating disorder. You should talk to a guidance counselor or health care provider.
Some girls are surprised by how quickly their view of boys changes from “Heck no” to “Hello!” Kids are realizing they’re gay younger and younger, too. When you begin having feelings for boys or girls remember to use common sense about making sure you’re with the right person before you do something you might regret. As far as sex goes, the key word is protection. Be advised that you can get sexually transmitted diseases from oral (yes, it does count!) and vaginal sex.
Only the beginning
During this tumultuous period, it might be hard for teens to think of the future, but they must remember that puberty only lasts a few years. By your late teens, your menstrual cycle and sleep schedule will become more regular, your height will catch up to your weight, and your skin will clear up. Puberty prepares you for being a woman. Don’t forget you’ll be one soon enough!
Your Puberty Survival Kit
When life is unpredictable, it helps to be prepared. Carry this stuff in your backpack so you’ll be ready for anything – and feel more in control:
- A plastic or nylon case with a few maxi pads or tampons and spare change so you can buy more from a dispenser if you run out.
- A travel-size deodorant/antiperspirant.
- Astringent pads to sop sweat from your face and neck.
- Breath mints and travel-size toothbrush and toothpaste.
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Looks like Nate Silver’s predictions were spot on again:
In the end, big data won.
Not the presidential election — although there’s no doubt that President Obama’s victory tonight was aided by a sophisticated understanding of the American electorate born of years of analysis of voting trends and demographic shifts.
No, big data — and its patron saint, Nate Silver — won the battle to predict the outcome of the contest between Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Where breathless pundits brandishing equivocating polls shouted from the rooftops over the last few weeks that the race for the White House was a “tossup,” or “too close to call,” Silver and other poll aggregators sat back and calmly told anyone who would listen that the math told another story: Obama’s re-election was never in danger.
To be sure, after the president’s dismal performance in last month’s first debate against Romney, his prospects dimmed somewhat. But those who regularly visited Silver’s New York Times-hosted FiveThirtyEight blog — and there’s no getting around it: many Democrats lived on the site throughout the fall — knew that Silver never pegged Obama’s chances of victory at less than 61.1 percent.
To those unfamiliar with the notion of poll aggregation and more accustomed to gleaning their perceptions of the trajectory of presidential elections by following venerable polling organizations like Gallup, Silver’s numbers never made any sense. With a wide variety of polls showing Obama struggling, and often trailing Romney nationally, how could someone who’d never even run a poll credibly tell the world that the president was actually comfortably ahead? | <urn:uuid:dbc1fa58-3681-4695-acf2-8c2e74e5974e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cynical-c.com/2012/11/07/math-has-a-liberal-bias/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00062-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963891 | 353 | 1.65625 | 2 |
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East view of the Helendale Farm house, Power, N.D.
Farmhouses; Vines; Porches; Dormers; Houses;
A copy photographic print of a two-story frame house, with a large main level porch covered in ivy, and a second story porch extending on half of the left side of the building. There is a dormer window...
Lutheran Church, Northwood, N.D.
Lutheran churches; Wooden buildings; Steeples;
Wood framed church building with corner steeple.
Building Fargo & Southern Railroad between Wheaton, MN & White Rock, DT, June or July 1884
Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Railroad construction workers;
Men laying railroad ties on a railroad bed. Visible is railroad construction equipment being pulled by a steam locomotive. The locomotive is not visible, but the smoke it is emitting is.
People; Women; Children; Carts & wagons; Dogs;
Group consisting mostly of women and children standing in front of a combination wood, tar paper and sod building. There are two men standing in the back row. A child is seated in a small wagon in front...
J. A. Johnson Co. Store, Amenia, N.D.
Business enterprises; General stores; Commercial facilities;
Two story, wood frame, general store building. The rear of a wagon and two men are visible out front of the store.
Man flushing a well
Wells; Pumping stations; Men; Geese; Pipes (Conduits); Water; Buildings;
Man standing along side a pipe coming from the ground. There is a stream of water shooting from the pipe into a puddle. There are geese watering themselves at the puddle. The well is next to a one and...
Tar paper shack, with people out front
Houses; Frontier & pioneer life; People; Children; Older people; Horses; Dogs; Cowboy hats;
Tar paper shack with a wooden lean-to addition. Image contains three women, four men, and four children. There are two horses. The horse on the left has a woman and a child on it. The horse on the right...
Threshing crew at work
Threshing; Threshing machines; Horses; Agricultural laborers; Croplands; Carts & wagons; Tractors; Pitchforks;
View of a threshing crew at work with machinery in operation. There is chaff and straw blowing out of the thresher. There is a steam tractor, and some horses pulling wagons filled with grain bundles. Five...
Ferry on unidentified river
Ferries; Flatboats; Men; Horses; Rivers;
Five men and a horse standing on a flat boat with ropes leading from the boat to an off camera location. Trees are visible on the far bank of the river.
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According to the recently-released NPD DisplaySearch OLED Technology Report, organic light emitting diodes (OLED) technology advanced rapidly in 2011, a trend that NPD DisplaySearch forecasts will continue through this decade. OLED
technology has progressed in areas including organic materials, color patterning, electronic driving methods, and encapsulation. However, the ability to scale OLED display manufacturing to fabs larger than the current Gen 5.5 has yet to be demonstrated, and the cost of larger panels is not yet clear.
OLED emerged in the 1980s from laboratories at Eastman Kodak in the US and Cambridge University in the UK, and was first commercialized in the late 1990s. Enthusiasm has increased recently as Samsung Mobile Displays has started manufacturing active matrix OLED (AMOLED) displays in a Gen 5.5 fab and announced plans to build a Gen 8 fab (as did LG Display), and several other suppliers entered or re-entered OLED display manufacturing, including AUO, CMI, IRICO, Tianma, and BOE.
The NPD DisplaySearch OLED Technology Report details how OLEDs offer a solid-state solution for displays, lighting, and organic electronics. OLED displays can provide high contrast ratio, fast response time, wide color gamut, and wide viewing angle, while operating in a broad temperature range at low power consumption. In addition, OLED technology enables thin devices that can be both flexible and transparent.
OLED display revenues are estimated to exceed $4 billion in 2011 (approximately 4% of flat panel display revenues), and are forecast to reach more than $20 billion (approximately 16% of the total display industry by 2018. In addition, OLED lighting gained momentum in 2011, and is forecast to reach revenues of approximately $6 billion by 2018.
"OLED displays operate through direct emission, as opposed to transmissive LCD or reflective displays, which enables area lighting," said Jennifer Colegrove, PhD, Vice President of Emerging Display Technologies for NPD DisplaySearch. "The technology has made good progress and is ready to enter large-size applications, but low cost manufacturing for large sizes is still a challenge."
OLED is now a mass-market technology in small/medium displays, particularly in smart phone applications. Investments in Gen 8 (2200 × 2500 mm) fabs indicate that AMOLED will compete in larger size applications, such as in TV and mobile PCs, within two years. Samsung released a 7.7" AMOLED tablet PC in December 2011, and more tablet and other mobile PCs are expected in 2012. LG is expected to enter the market in 2012 with a 55" AMOLED TV. With technology improvements, NPD DisplaySearch forecasts AMOLED will enter other applications as well.
While nearly all AMOLEDs on the market are currently based on LTPS, several companies are developing AMOLEDs using oxide or a-Si TFT backplanes, and are likely to start production in 2012.
The NPD DisplaySearch OLED Technology Report includes some other key findings:
-- Organic materials of all types have efficacies ranging from less than 10 to nearly 100 cd/A. Large increases in efficiency have been obtained with phosphorescent materials, especially in red and green.
-- Nearly all AMOLED displays are made using thermal evaporation through a fine metal mask (FMM) for color patterning. However, this method has low material utilization and is limited to small substrate sizes. Manufacturing processes with higher material utilization and better uniformity, such as linear and area sources, are likely to be adopted.
-- Other color patterning methods, such as white with color filter and solution-processed materials, are also evolving and ready to be adopted for mass production in larger generation fabs.
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The ninth day of our trip involved farm tours in Belgium, near Antwerp and Brussels. We were escorted by a former president of the farmer’s union to a large diversified farm first. This farmer had a dairy, raised hogs and grew potatoes as his main forms of income. In addition, they also raised corn, wheat, sugar beets and other row crops.
The unique factor to this farm was how close it was to town. Belgium is a quarter of the size of Missouri, but is home to 10 million people. To stay viable they have to take their town neighbors into consideration and do management practices on the farm to reduce odor and noise. For instance they have exhaust fans in the barns that turn slower to reduce noise.
From that farm we went to Aveve, a feed mill that the first farmer sold crops to and purchased feed from. This mill is owned by the farmer’s union and produces custom meals for each of their customers. They create feed for poultry, swine and ruminants. In Belgium farmers must have a prescription from a vet to mix medication into feed and Aveve is capable of making these specialty feeds as well.
After touring the plant and a lunch at Aveve we headed to another farm, this one all crops and orchards. The farm is owned by two brothers who in the past five years have drastically changed their operation to be able to continue to grow. They planted orchards of both pears and apples in 2005 because fruit trees are taxed for the first seven years of production. All of the production is by hand and very labor intensive. Most of the fruit is sent to Holland to be sold at grocery stores and distributed by Holland merchants.
In addition to the fruit, the brothers also built a potato barn and they grow potatoes for chips. These potatoes are different varieties than the baking potatoes grown on the first farm. They have a contract with the chip company that allows them to have a price not set by the government. The contract also sets up a competitive program. Each farmer is promised the contract price, then if they have a good crop that can store longer, they’ll get additional premiums that increase each month past Februrary. For example if they have a bad year and the potatoes are heavily bruised the chip company will use those first because they won’t last in storage as long. In that case the farmer only gets what they contracted for. On the other hand, if they have a great year and the chip company comes to them in April, the farmer gets a higher price. If they come to the farmer in May they get an even higher price and this will continue into June, at that point the price premium will increase every two weeks until the crop is gone.
These brothers show how farmers can remain inventive and business- minded, even in a system that doesn’t seem to support innovation and capitalism.
Our final day of sessions will be tomorrow when we set off for London to visit with the U.S. Embassy.
Day #10: My final post!
International Ag Trip Final Day- London
The final day of sessions involved a morning train ride from Brussels to London and a metro ride into London to our hotel off of Hyde Park. After briefly dropping off our things we set off through the park to the U.S. Embassy to meet with members of USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) and two other speakers.
Steve Knight with FAS gave us an overview of the history of the embassy in England, our longest standing and one of the more prominent embassy roles. Five presidents and 10 secretaries of state have held this role.
From there we heard from Professor Allan Buckwell, the Policy Director of the Country Land & Business Association. The group is a member organization 38,000 strong that lobbies and works for land owners to secure property rights and to protect the interests of land owners. He brought up a point that I think most of us in the group thought of as very odd and that is the concept of “cultural landscapes.”
Because citizens in the EU pay taxes for the CAP program they feel entitled to participate in farm or rural life. In the UK there are few, if any national parks or green recreation places, so farmers make trails through their land and people will go on holiday to the countryside and use these walks. According to Buckwell, many farms are worth more in terms of the tourism economic value they bring than in the actual production of food. To the people in the UK farms are seen as a public good or service. The implications this has on bio-security measures was shocking to our group, especially after the issues they had with hoof and mouth disease in the not so distant past.
Our second speaker was Dr. John Alliston with the Royal Agriculture College. Dr. Alliston works with farmers to enroll them in Continual Professional Development (CPD) classes. These are certification courses on things like fertilizer application as well as courses on public speaking and working with the public.
In addition to CPD courses the college has an ag leadership program too. Their program only has 12 members and while being a two year program, it only meets for three one-week sessions.
It’s been quite the trip and we’ve seen a lot of diverse agriculture and spoken to a variety of farmers and ag industry members. In addition we’ve absorbed a lot of culture and seen some truly beautiful sights. Thank you to all of our supporters, from the board, alumni and donors to our companies and loved ones who allowed us this opportunity. We’ll be home soon, but I believe all of us will be coming back a little better and a little wiser from our experience. | <urn:uuid:0c6a2d66-f6b5-4f80-bfc5-af33abcbcdc8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.adfarmonline.com/blog/aroundthefarm/tag/orchards | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00055-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969602 | 1,175 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Charter schools backers claim victory in proposal's fifth attempt
Saturday, November 10, 2012
SEATTLE (AP) -- There are ballots left to be counted, but backers of Washington's charter school initiative have claimed victory.
With about 90 percent of ballots expected counted Saturday, Initiative 1240 was passing with 51 percent of the vote -- a 41,689-vote gap. There are about 315,000 ballots received statewide that have not been tallied. The initiative was losing in King County, the state's largest.
Washington voters have rejected the proposal four times since 1995.
If results hold, Washington would become the 42nd state to allow the public independent schools.
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These are critical times in an increasingly global world where war has become a permanent condition and the global economic crisis has impacted all arenas of civil society in profound ways. As cultural workers, artists and educators continue to engage in human rights discourses that open new ways of thinking about human rights as a cultural practice, and as a site of knowledge and action. This special issue of JCRAE will focus on how art, media, technology, and education are responding to a range of human rights issues in terms of representation, witnessing, performance, and memorialization of atrocities/injustices. The issue of human rights encompasses all injustices — such as trafficking of humans or organs, terrorism, environmental racism, incarceration, immigration and border issues, economic injustices, labor, gender and sexuality, etc.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Performing human rights
- Memory and human rights
- The ways in which the media “disciplines” and/or challenges the discourses of human rights.
- The pedagogy of human rights
- Human rights as spectacle
- Projects that address human rights issues through the arts in schools, community organizations, public spaces, etc.
- The politics of representation in relation to documenting and presenting atrocities
The Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education is an annual publication of the United States Society for Education through Art.
Deadline for submission of papers for the 2011 issue on Human Rights in Art and Education is September 1, 2010.
JCRAE focuses on social/cultural research relevant for art education, including cultural foundations of art education, cross-cultural and multicultural research in art education, and cultural aspects of art in education. These areas should be interpreted in a broad sense and can include arts administration, art therapy, community arts organizations, and other disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches that are relevant to art education. Theoretical research and studies in which qualitative and/or quantitative methods as well as other strategies are used will be considered for publication.
Papers should be in APA style and may be submitted either through the mail or electronically. Hard copies should be sent in triplicate to:
Dipti Desai, Senior Editor
Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education
New York University, Department of Art and Art Professions
34 Stuyvesant Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A.
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Here: have at it with a Swedish nuclear power plant simulator. Raise and lower the control rods, turn pumps on and off, open and close valves, just make sure you don’t blowup anything.
Go look at the Chernobyl tour to see what happens when you mess up.
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The control-room operators of the Kärnobyl nuclear power plant are telecommuting and are running the plant through the Web. However, the mean time between failure for the components of Kärnobyl is not great. Try to keep the reactor stable when component failures occur!
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Appraising the state of digital news media
The transformation of the media world is well underway, facilitated by the spread of digital tools. A myriad of innovative new media organizations have sprung up to take advantage of the opportunities that stem from low-cost distribution networks. Meanwhile the economic base of many of the large media companies continues to erode. Despite the demonstrated success of many new media enterprises, the euphoria over the rise of participatory media has been tempered by concerns over the quality and credibility of online media, the possible fragmentation of audiences, a decline in editorial standards and the persistent challenge of effectively reporting the news. Over the past year, researchers at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society have reached out to a broad range of media experts to help in this assessment of the changes in new media over the past several years and to take a sober look at the successes and ongoing challenges.
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Whether the Tsarnaev brothers were self-radicalized or influenced by the direct efforts of others, one thing is for certain. The process was a victory for dichotomous thinking. Thoughts like “America is bad” or “America has to be punished” replaced thought like “There is a problem and here is what we should do to address it”. If we want to make it more difficult for this to happen in the future, we need to teach children at as early an age as possible how the brain can be divided into 2 parts. One part is the lower level reptilian (dichotomous) brain and the other is the higher level (goal oriented) thinking brain. There are times when we need the reptilian brain. “Yes that is a tiger and you’d better run.” And there are times when things are not so black and white and we need to really think about what we are trying to achieve and how to achieve it.
Had the Tsarnaev brothers been taught this idea at an early age, their radicalization would have been more of an uphill battle. One or both of them would have been more likely to ask “Will killing a bunch of innocent people do anything to reverse the effects of modernization and globalization on our beloved Islam?” “Will killing a bunch of innocent people do anything to discourage the U.S. from invading other Muslim countries in the future?”
People constantly ask, why do tragedies like the ones in Aurora and Newton happen? What can be done to prevent them in the future? While the solution may not be simple, the nature of the problem is obvious. The problem lies in the way these individuals think and reason. We may refer to them as delusional or deranged, but they do function at a level that allows them to carry out these heinous acts. It may not be possible to really know what is in the mind of an individual who can do what these men have done, but consider the possibility that the noise in their heads went something like… “They hurt me and I am going to hurt them back.” “They say I am bad, but I’ll show them.”
Tragedies such as these are blatant examples of how dangerous overly dichotomous thinking can be. What if these individuals had been taught at an early age about the potential dangers of dichotomous thinking? What if they had been shown at an early age to question the utility of dichotomous thinking? What if they had been taught to value goal-directed thinking and been shown how easily dichotomous thinking can derail goal directed thinking? What if the people around them were more aware of this problem? Even the strictest gun control will not prevent individuals like them from acting out. It’s time to address the real problem. It’s time to start thinking more critically about the way we think.
It is true that the US government would never tolerate a significant portion of the US population vulnerable to rocket attacks. It is also true that it would never tolerate 100% of the population living under occupation and subject to control by a foreign power. No one can deny that people have a right to “defend” themselves.
Targeted airstrikes may decrease the total number of terrorist leaders and the total amount of munitions, but does it really bring us closer to the day when Palestinians become serious about peace? Will Palestinian rockets ever bring us closer to the day the Israelis become serious about peace?
Will the innocent victims in Gaza blame Hamas or the Israelis? Does blame do any good? I think it can if it is aimed correctly. The group that deserves the “blame” is the small minded. There are small minded individuals on both sides of the border. They conspire together to promote their way of thinking. Every Palestinian rocket and every Israeli airstrike has the same effect. They support the small minded and undermine the problem solvers. Until more people start to question the way we think, to question the fundamental way we use information, there is no hope of solving problem like this.
The economy and social policies are certainly important, but when choosing a president, the two areas that the president shapes almost exclusively by him or herself is the Supreme Court and foreign policy. In no aspect of government is small-mindedness more dangerous than when it comes to foreign policy. In no area is there more of a tendency to take complex situations and reduce them to simple dichotomies.
From the transcript of Governor Romney’s 10/08/12 speech: “[The] struggle that is now shaking the entire Middle East to its foundation … is a struggle between liberty and tyranny, justice and oppression, hope and despair.” Good vs evil. Do people really get up in the morning and root for tyranny, oppression and despair. Are these causes that people rally around? To me, of course, it is a struggle between the goals of most people vs mental laziness and small mindedness. Tyranny and oppression flourish when there is a lack of will to ask the hard questions. What is the nature of our problems and how do we address them? Tyranny and oppression flourish most among people who can not get past the us vs them mentality.
“There is a longing for American leadership in the Middle East” “I believe that if America does not lead, others will—others who do not share our interests and our values—and the world will grow darker, for our friends and for us.” If they are not with us they are against us. We need to help our friends (the good guys) and defeat our enemies (the bad guys). I suggest that the problem is not the number of good people vs the number of bad people. The enemy (or problem) is the small-mindedness. The real “value” he is talking about is the belief that all people yearn for a similar set of common goals (peace, justice freedom prosperity, etc). The greatest barrier (that humans have any control over) to achieving these goals is small mindedness, dichotomous thinking.
“[It] is the responsibility of our President to use America’s great power to shape history—not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events.” “[T]ens of thousands of Libyans, most of them young people, held a massive protest in Benghazi against the very extremists who murdered our people. They waved signs that read, ‘The Ambassador was Libya’s friend’ and ‘Libya is sorry.’ They chanted ‘No to militias.’” This in a country where the US lead from behind. Do we still see such pro-America demonstrations in Iraq or Afghanistan, where we sacrificed so many lives?
I agree that America should take a leadership role in the world. It should be an intellectual leadership. We should be promoting evolution and intellectual development. There will always be small-minded people who want to subjugate others. The goal is not to try to kill them all. The goal is to make their task harder by promoting goal-oriented thinking infavor of dichotomous thinking. An America that acts as if it can use its military might to “shape history” i.e. control rather than influence the world only increases dichotomous thinking and makes the task of the small-minded easier.
There is a general belief that, private profit-driven organizations are more efficient than government. There is also a belief that private profit-driven organizations are inherently evil because they are based on greed. While I can not claim to have a simple answer to such a fundamental question, I’d like to propose a systematic way to think about it?
Step one: what are the goals? What are the goals of the individuals? What are the goals of the organizations? Individuals in the private sector act to please their bosses and earn their pay checks. The goals of private organizations are to make money for their owners. The goals of politicians are to get elected and to promote their individual careers. Finally, the goals of government are to promote the general good, to facilitate life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As President Obama said at the debate last night, to create ladders and frameworks.
Step two: How do their goals square with the task at hand? Can the problem be solved in a profitable way? Is government really best suited to address this problem? Do the individuals share my values? Whether its voting for a particular politician or patronizing a particular businesses, a good choice depends on an understanding of the goals of the people and organizations involved.
Step three: Are the actions or proposed actions consistent with the stated goals? Is dichotomous thinking derailing a goal-oriented approach to the problem? Is there a lot of noise? Finger pointing? The blame game?
It has been about a year since I started this site. I had hoped it would stimulate dialogue. It looks like there are return visitors, but almost all the replies so far have been spam. If there is something here that resonates with you, I would love to hear from you, either as a reply to the site or a direct email to me at DichotomousThink@aol.com.
This is still an idea in evolution. With time, I become more and more convinced that there is something fundamental here. Unfortunately my training is in science. I have no formal training in philosophy, political science, sociology or journalism. I am open to help and feedback (positive or negative) from anyone. Thanks.
Paul Ryan recently criticized president Obama for deferring our foreign policy leadership to the UN security council. “Why should we give Russia and China a veto?” There is no doubt that by blocking action in Syria, Russia and China have blood on their hands. Of course what many people do not realized is that their reason for blocking action is the betrayal they felt after going along with resolutions regarding Libya. To them, NATO used this as a green light to get involved on behalf of one side against the other.
It appears that the president is using his community organizing skills on a global scale. Brining together diverse groups with differing values and agendas is an inherently difficult task. It requires overcoming a great deal of entropy (the natural tendency of the universe to become more disordered). It is much more difficult, from an intellectual point of view, than simply dictating what will be and making it happen with overwhelming military action.
It is unfortunate that this approach is costing lives in Syria and no one likes to be perceived as weak. I support this approach, however, because it goes beyond the simple weakness vs. strength dichotomy. It treats the world’s problems as problems. It is path to long term development of mutual trust among nations. It may be slower, but any progress that is made is more likely to be sustainable. At this point, any trust that may have developed will be gone if the U.S. were to go back to the days of “cowboy diplomacy” and throwing our weight around.
It seems that you can not watch an interview these days without the journalist asking the guest “Who is to blame?” The answers tend to range from the equally small-minded “Blame the people I don’t like” to the obvious “What good does blame do?” or “There is enough blame to go around.”
Instead of blaming ‘people’ how about we blame ‘processes’? Why can’t congress get anything done? Dichotomous thinking. Why can’t there be peace in the middle east? Dichotomous thinking. We can shovel facts around supporting the argument that this group is bad or that group is good, but at the end of the day, the barrier to progress is always in the thought process. Dichotomous thinking replacing goal-directed problem-based thinking.
I was involved for several months with various OWS working groups. I started with Education and later moved to Demands. Given my near obsession with the importance of goal-directed thinking, I finally gravitated to the Vision and Goals group. I met a wonderful and diverse group of individuals. There was a real dedication to the goal of drafting a document that would represent the entire OWS movement. Unfortunately this never happened during the time I was part of the group. It was hard enough for us, as a working group, to come up with something and whenever we did present to the General Assembly, there were always enough detractors to prevent anything from be ratified.
It is wrong to say that OWS has failed or fizzled, and it certainly has had an effect on the debate in the US. That said, it never blossomed into the American Spring and it is clearly not where we all hoped it would be 1 year later. Was OWS a victim of dichotomous thinking? In part. There was a certain amount of “me, me, me” replacing “us, us, us” along the way. The real problem was entropy, that natural tendency for things to become more disordered. People did not appreciate the amount of work it takes to create order among such a diverse group. Inclusivity is great, and I am glad OWS was never co-opted by lager interests like the Tea Party was. It is an unfortunate example of how important goals are to human activity.
OWS needs to go beyond the simple dichotomous “Wall Street is bad.” Until there is a clear Vision and well formed set of Goals, I am afraid that OWS will remain largely ineffective in the future.
A film is made apparently with sole intention of criticizing,
insulting and upsetting the Muslim world. In response, a mob murders a group of innocent individuals. The goal of the mob is presumably to discourage such films. “They insulted our prophet, we have to respond.” Now the American
right-wing (as expressed on Fox News) is upset that there is not a greater “outrage” on the part of the Obama administration, claiming all they have done is apologize to the Muslims. Reporting by Al Jazeera English suggests that all the
administration has done is to condemn the killings without condemning the film.
While condemnation of both an inflammatory and hurtful film
as well as the murder of innocent people may each be appropriate, what does condemnation really accomplish? What is the goal for which condemnation is a solution? The real problem is the small-mindedness. Will such a film bring
about any positive changes among Muslims? Of course not, it will only encourage small-minded Muslims and make it harder for others to move their community forward. Will the murder of the US ambassador, in anyway, discourage the making of subsequent anti-Muslim films? Of course not. The notoriety will only increase backing by other small-minded individuals. Will strong anti-Muslim rhetoric called for by the US right-wing discourage further violence? No, it will just lend more support to
the wrong people.
In all aspects of this situation, there is a disconnect
between the presumed goal and the dichotomous actions taken or called for. Ultimately, these events clearly demonstrate how dichotomous thinking leads to more dichotomous thinking. The first step must be to shift the focus from dichotomous thinking to problem-solving. The fist question should always be “What is the goal?”
Asking “What is the problem and how do we solve it?” should
never be characterized as an apology or appeasement or weakness. It is this way of thinking that is the greatest barrier to our moving forward as a species. Clearly this is not going to happen over night, but it is still worth working for. | <urn:uuid:78c18a4b-2b63-481c-bd16-558b4864255e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dichotomousthinking.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00044-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969926 | 3,271 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Compassionate, charitable Fish want to go where they're needed the most. Third-world countries are a natural for these folks, as is anywhere else where their love and understanding will come in handy.
Being a roving ambassador for the Red Cross or World Health Organization would suit these folks to a T! Travel with a purpose, such as feeding the hungry in Sudan, is what the Fish are all about.
While making a political statement on the road is okay, too, the Fish are really about being sympathetic to others and helping them in any way they can. It's always a Piscean who will pick up a hitchhiker, perhaps a kindred spirit who sees the world like they do.
Any destination with interesting culture, arts and crafts is also bound to attract the attention of the artistic Fish. Lastly, traveling Fish need to be mindful of their feet, the part of the body ruled by Pisces. Sensible shoes are a must when hitting the road.
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2. A son of Erechtheus, king of Athens, and father of Phalerus the Argonaut. (Apollon. 1.97
; Hyg. Fab. 14
.) Valerius Flaccus (1.399, &c.) represents him as such a skilful archer, that once, when a serpent had entwined his son, he shot the serpent without hurtinn his chlid. Virgil (Eclog.
5.11) mentions an Alcon, whom Servius calls a Cretan, and of whom he relates almost the same story as that which Valerius Flaccus ascribes to Alcon, the son of Erechtheus.
Two other personages of the same name occur in Cicero (de Nat. Deor.
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I have a live oak, approx. 12" diameter, that has started to
drop it's leaves in the past few days. I has been hot (in
the 90s). The leaves looked scorched and some are curling
(and some are not curling...just looked burned).
Approx. 3 weeks ago I applied a herbicide to my lawn (2-4-d,
dicamba). In hindsight I believe I sprayed in the dripline.
However I have another live oak about 30 feet away that
doesn't appear to have any damage (no leaves dropping).
My neighbor also applied some about 1 week ago.
I also fertilized last week (15-5-10). If the roots got
damaged, how long does it take to show? 1 week, 2 , 3???
I know this is alot of data, but the tree is really dropping leaves
like crazy. I fear it will be leaf-less in another day or two.
Question: if it is herbicide damage, what can I do? I started
watering heavily last night, in hopes of diluting anything in the
soil and providing some water to the tree (it will be 90s for the
next two days).
Do live oaks usually pull through this type of damage? I know
this is a relative question (dependent on the extent of damage).
I have pictures of the leaves, if someone would care to comment
Any comments would be appreciated.
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The American Law Institute (ALI) is a private organization of establishment lawyers and law professors that seeks to influence the law by publishing “restatements” of the law. In its noblest work, it seeks to make the law of the 50 united states more uniform by “restating” the law in a cogent organized work. While it generally focuses on what the state of the law is now, it occasionally identifies areas where the law is trending to meet a developing or future need. One might make some inferences about the true loyalty of the ALI by examining where it chooses to venture from what is the law to what the law ought to be.
ALI is now engaged in restating employment law. Last year, ALI declined to see the trend away from employment-at-will and “restated” that employers are free to fire workers anytime, for any reason, or no reason, as long as they do not act for an illegal reason. It ignored the increasing number of laws that prohibit more and more of the most common and pernicious reasons for discharging workers. It ignored the emergence of some jurisdictions, such as Montana and New Jersey, that have effectively banned employment-at-will. ALI stuck its flag firmly in the past, choosing to use its influence to reject modern human resources standards that require documentation of grounds for discipline, and the use of progressive discipline.
This year, on the issue of loyalty, ALI has chosen to deviate from the law as it is and give employers new grounds to sue their employees when they reveal company documents. Last month the ALI approved a new chapter of its Restatement of Employment Law with a controversial section on loyalty left intact.
This section would, for the first time, create a duty of loyalty for all employees, not just those in management. While confidentiality agreements today are creatures of contract, ALI proposes to create a duty of loyalty for which employers could sue in tort when documents are disclosed. This change would ease that terrible burden employers have of proving their damages precisely when their documents are disclosed. It would also allow employers to sue even when they had no policy or contract that required the documents to be kept confidential. It broadly defines confidential information to include “all types of information,” “all forms of information,” and “all manner of information.” Prof. Charles Sullivan notes that ALI is exempting undefined “general” knowledge from the duty of confidentiality. He is concerned that what knowledge is “general” will vary under circumstances that will be hard to predict. I am concerned that ALI has not created an exemption for documents that evidence violations of law or dangers to safety, health or the environment.
The ALI's draft Restatement of Employment Law is bad news for whistleblowers. If states adopt the Restatement's duty of loyalty, then any whistleblower who uses the company's documents to show a violation would be subject to a lawsuit by the employer. Every whistleblower who sues for retaliation could face a counterclaim for breach of the duty of loyalty. This outcome turns existing law on its head. Judges of the Department of Labor have long recognized that calling whistleblowers disloyal is itself evidence of animus against protected activity. Haney v. North American Car Corp., 81-SWD-1 (ALJ Aug. 10, 1981). As Judge Campbell noted in Blake v. Hatfield Electric Co., 87-ERA-4 (ALJ Aug. 13, 1987), p. 24, “what may have seemed to constitute disloyalty from a corporate standpoint in this case was protected activity under the law.”
It remains to be seen what remedies ALI will recommend for violations of the new duty of loyalty. Tort remedies can include a broader scope of remedies than breach of contract would normally allow. In some egregious cases, courts have order workers to return their wages or profits. Would ALI recommend this for the garden variety cases of turning over documents to government investigators? These questions will remain unanswered until ALI completes the restatement of employment law in years to come.
The ALI draft restatement deviates from existing law to create this duty of loyalty that employees owe to companies, but it does not create any similar duty that companies owe to their employees. Companies remain free to discharge workers for any reason, or for no reason at all, as long as the employee cannot prove that the real reason was illegal. ALI's choice of where and how to deviate from existing law reveals something of its own loyalty. I observe that it is closer to the corporate interests that make the endowments to the university towers where professors work, rather than to those who toil in the universities' grounds.
Just because ALI adopts a rule in its restatement does not mean that states have to follow that rule. Still, this move by ALI underscores the need for a comprehensive federal whistleblower law. If federal law makes clear that companies have no right to conceal their wrongdoing, and that employee disclosures proving misconduct are protected, then companies will not be able to use state tort laws as a sword to punish whistleblowers. In NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886, 918-19 (1982), the Supreme Court reviewed a decision by the Mississippi Supreme Court to make the national NAACP liable in tort for a local branch's boycott. “The First Amendment ... restricts the ability of the State to impose liability on an individual solely because of his association with another.” If federal law can make clear what whistleblower activities are protected, then whistleblowers will be protected from employers who seek to use state tort law as a sword. | <urn:uuid:ede20322-67b9-4058-ae69-e31241db86fb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.whistleblowersblog.org/tags/restatement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00016-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954341 | 1,166 | 1.703125 | 2 |
The recent Chanel window displays show female manikins in elegant gowns wearing large, feature-hiding, white-feather-covered, Venetian masks. One of these women is also sitting in a large, human-sized, golden birdcage.
Chanel’s design, while intended to capture a woman’s attention and draw her into the store, is extremely derogatory toward women. The masks objectify women, turning the manikins into body parts for passersby to look at anonymously. The manikin positioned happily in the birdcage suggests she is submissive and passive.
Chanel, a high quality brand that sells to wealthy, influential women, has determined that showcasing stereotypical attributes of women will sell their products. Their marketing strategy shows how much America is influenced by traditional views of women as obedient, passive, simple beings. | <urn:uuid:e8115260-5d24-4ebe-9b32-61c719b02232> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://criticsandbuilders.typepad.com/amlitblog/2012/04/anti-feminist-designers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00053-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945323 | 178 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Unemployment up in Capital Region from a year ago
This blog was updated to to reflect that the Capital Region unemployment rate is up, not down, from a year ago.
New York's unemployment rate is down in the upstate area for September compared to September 2011.
In the Capital Region, the rate rose from 7.1 percent to 7.5 percent over this period, according to statistics released today by the state Department of Labor. A complete breakdown of counties can be found below.
The unemployment rates in Montgomery and Fulton counties remain near the worst in the state, at 9.9 percent and 10.6 percent respectively. A view of where unemployment is the worst can be seen below. | <urn:uuid:8b1d9393-0a84-400c-bdca-8d16eba69796> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/your-business/2012/oct/23/unemployment-up-capital-region-year-ago/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00013-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952927 | 142 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Over 21 million kids eat free or reduced-price breakfast or lunch at school. But what about dinner? And weekends and holidays when there is no school? Well, the answer is the newly-expanded At-Risk Afterschool Meals in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). At-Risk Afterschool Meals are now available in all States, and USDA needs your help to open more feeding sites. More places that serve meals means that more kids are getting the meals and nutrition they need.
In Baltimore, over 6,000 kids eat supper in afterschool programs every day. The Family League of Baltimore City has more than 100 afterschool meals sites. The Family League also feeds children during the summer when school is out, and it has served afterschool snacks and suppers to kids for two years. Read more »
While federal food safety agencies work hard every day to keep food safe before it gets to the consumer, the risk of foodborne illness has not been eliminated. One in six Americans will get food poisoning this year—that’s 48 million people. The USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline feels that it is important to give you information that can help prevent food poisoning when preparing meals at home.
Four simple behaviors—Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill—are the focus of the new Food Safe Families campaign and can help you keep your family safe when preparing, serving and storing food. Have you seen our ad with a pig in a sauna, reminding Americans of the need to cook meat to the right temperature? We want consumers to understand that food poisoning can happen, and that there are ways to help prevent it. Read more »
Since the early twentieth century, 4-H (head-heart-hands-health) has been an avenue for American boys and girls to develop leadership skills, receive vocational training, participate in community service and much more.
Today, 4-H, which is USDA’s premier youth development program, has clubs in 81 different countries including Iraq, thanks to the hard work and perseverance of one USDA employee—Mary Kerstetter. Read more »
Farmer and ranchers applying for assistance for 2009 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program have until July 29 to submit an application.
SURE provides crop disaster assistance to eligible producers that have suffered crop production or quality losses. Producers must have suffered at least a 10 percent loss on a crop of economic significance and obtained a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. Read more »
Cross posted from the White House blog:
Last week, I met with 20 business leaders from all over Colorado at a White House Business Council roundtable in Denver. It was an opportunity for me and my Colorado staff to get feedback on government programs, policies, and innovative ideas that are working to help create jobs – as well as ones that could be improved. Other Cabinet officials and top White House staffers have hosted more than 100 of these sorts roundtables of around the country. And over the coming weeks we will be holding these conversations in rural areas.
In Denver, I heard from business leaders who discussed the value of President Obama’s tax policies for businesses of all sizes, and appreciated the administrations is work to better partner with the business community. We had a productive dialogue about how the pending trade agreements with South Korea, Columbia and Panama will benefit local agricultural producers, with the potential to create hundreds of jobs in Greeley, Colorado and other towns. And we discussed how resorts might form partnerships on recreation to make better use of forests and other natural environments to help create jobs in communities throughout the Rocky Mountains. Read more »
“It’s not just about farmers and ranchers for the State Departments of Agriculture. And it’s not just about rural communities for USDA Rural Development,” said Missouri Rural Development State Director Janie Dunning. Dunning and three other State Directors joined together to introduce Rural Development programs to the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture (MASDA) in St. Louis recently.
USDA Rural Development State Directors Janie Dunning, Colleen Landkamer, Colleen Callahan and Patty Clark make a presentation to the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture
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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 0
For purposes of looking into word histories, surely the Oxford English Dictionary is the World's Greatest Dictionary, and it contains citations for forms of be friends with that date back as far as Shakespeare: "I am good Friends with my Father" is in Henry IV. The revised edition of the OED, now in progress, will have a lot more on this issue; unfortunately, the new scholarship about friend that Oxford's lexicographers have been amassing won't be publicly available for quite a while.
Starting next month the first sliver of the OED's updated text, consisting of about 800 revised entries and 200 new ones, will be published online (at www.oed.com), together with all the 298,000 other entries in the current edition. From then on, four times a year another sliver of updated text will appear, until the revised edition is complete, supposedly in 2010.
I asked the dictionary's principal philologist, Edmund Weiner, if he had anything to share in advance about the quirky be friends with idiom. Usage, he explained, seems in the sixteenth century to have slipped from make [someone] a friend to such less logical constructions as hold friends with, make friends to, and be friends with. By now most of these except make friends with and be friends with have dropped out of use. The revised edition will demonstrate the progression in some detail, Weiner avers, though the OED has yet to array all the evidence, because the deadline for communicating it to the OED's readership isn't exactly pressing.
Everywhere I go, I hear people saying "I wish I would have done x ... " instead of "I wish I had," or "If I would have done x ... " instead of "If I had." It strikes me as grammatically wrong, but I am at a loss for a technical explanation of why it is -- or isn't -- a mistake. I wish I had taken an English grammar course more recently than eighth grade!
An assertion that contains would have is contingent on something. For instance, "I would have washed it if ..." something else had or hadn't happened -- "if I had known you were going to eat it," let's say. But how can the event on which our contingency rests be contingent as well -- "if I would have known you were going to eat it"? (In your mind, strip away the if from that and consider what "I would have known ... " by itself means, and the problem will be obvious.) Similarly, contingency is bound up in the very idea of a wish, as in your first example, so following wish with would have is in effect redundant: good grammar calls for "I wish I had known you were going to eat it."
I suspect that when would have appears in an if clause and the if clause precedes the main clause, as in your second example, the speaker or writer has made the mistake by thinking ahead to the contingent part. I've heard at least two other explanations, though, for why this mistake is as common as it is. Possibly some people who have heard such contractions as "If I'd seen you in time, I'd have stopped you" have gotten the first 'd, which stands for had, garbled in their minds with the second one, which stands for would. Or possibly people are extrapolating from could have, which (because its underlying verb, can, behaves differently from would's underlying will) isn't necessarily wrong in similar constructions -- say, "If I could have washed it, I would have."
Whenever I hear a news report about some allegation having been made, I wonder whether the person making it should be referred to as an alleger or as an allegator. A person who drives is a driver, but one who conserves is a conservator, so there does not seem to be a clear rule. If allegator is chosen, the question of pronunciation will of course arise: should it be "allege-ator," as the origin of the word suggests, or "alle-gator," which defendants and lawyers would probably prefer?
Charles M. Selby
Both words exist, though alleger is more common and allegator doesn't seem to be gaining on it. Allegator joined the language together with allegation, as conservator did with conservation. The problem with it is exactly that it is pronounced like the fellow with the jaws and the sharp teeth. May I render a snap judgment? Go with alleger.
Illustrations by Michael Klein.
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I’m doing a unit on writing a story with my Beginning English Language Learners, and, since I’m taking them to the computer lab tomorrow, I wanted to see if I could pull together some useful online interactives for them.
I’m sure I’ll be adding to this list, and I welcome your suggestions.
You might also be interested in The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers ; The Best Resources For Learning How To Write Response To Literature Essays and A Beginning List Of The Best Folklore & Myth Sites.
Here are my choices for The Best Sites For Learning About Writing A Story:
Elements Of A Story comes from Annenberg.
Brainpop, Jr. has some nice accessible movies, though, of course, you have to pay for them or get a free trial:
The Oswego City School District has a series of nice free interactives:
Folk and Fairy Tales comes from River Deep.
Test Tutor comes from Harcourt.
Short Story Unit comes from the Calgary Academy.
Additional suggestions are encouraged, please.
If you found this post useful, you might want to consider subscribing to this blog for free.
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Animal attendants provide food, water and care for animals.
Animal attendants may perform the following tasks:
- prepare food (including special diets) and deliver food and water to animals
- clean and prepare comfortable sleeping quarters for animals
- clear away animal waste; clean, disinfect and look after animal enclosures and cages; and check locks
- bathe and groom animals, and treat them with insecticide to control insect pests
- treat minor injuries and report serious health problems to veterinarians
- transfer animals between enclosures
- rescue injured and neglected animals
- assist with humane killing of animals and handling of animals that have died
- maintain animal records
- talk with the public and other staff.
A kennel hand receives dogs and cats from their owners, tags them for identification, then exercises, feeds and grooms them.
A pet groomer washes, dries, brushes, combs, cuts and styles pets' coats, and cares for their nails, ears, eyes and skin. They may specialise in creative special dye work and imaginative themes to enter competitions, or prepare purebred dogs and cats for shows.
Pet Shop Attendant
A pet shop attendant sells pet food and accessories as well as animals to customers.
Working conditions vary depending on the place of work. Some attendants have to work on weekends and public holidays. Many work outdoors. Considerable contact with the public is involved when accepting donations and lost or unwanted animals, and when selling animals.
- enjoy practical and manual activities
- free from allergies aggravated by animal hair, fur, feathers and dust
- able to undertake manual and sometimes heavy work
- able to handle animals with confidence and patience
- interested in animals and their welfare
- observant and methodical.
Education and Training, Employment Opportunities and Additional Information
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To keep a monthly expenses spreadsheet, most people find it easiest to use a computer spreadsheet program, because it makes it simpler to make quick changes and update the spreadsheet as needed. Of course, it is also possible to use paper spreadsheets to track monthly expenses. You may choose to set up a template for monthly expenses; you can create the template yourself, or find one online for free. Then, it will be necessary to determine what you want to include on your monthly expenses spreadsheet.
Some people use a monthly expenses spreadsheet as a type of general budget guide for expenditures. They will determine the approximate amount of money they expect to spend in certain categories each month; for example, rent or mortgage payments, car payments, savings, miscellaneous expenses such as going out to eat or purchasing new clothes, or medical expenses, just to name a few. Then, they will attempt to stick to the allotted amount of money in each category, but may not keep detailed records of the amount actually spent. For people who are already fairly well versed in managing money, this type of monthly expenses spreadsheet can be very effective, and can help keep expenses within budgeted amounts.
For people who are having trouble managing money, however, a more complex monthly expenses spreadsheet might be necessary. The spreadsheet template might be set up similarly to the first example, with a number of different categories and projected expenses for each, as compared to monthly income. However, instead of just trying to stick to these categories, it may be helpful to write down every expense each month to see where the money is going. This will present a clear picture of how money is being spent, and can make it clear where you need to make changes in order to stick to your monthly budget.
You may even choose to create two monthly expenses spreadsheets; one to track your budget categories, and one in which you'll track the actual purchases you make. This is why some people find it helpful to find free templates online, because they make it easier to organize and update expenses. Some people will update their spreadsheets daily, while others will save receipts to the end of the week and then update it; it is best to find the method that works most easily for you, so you will stick with it. You will then be able to go back through the spreadsheets, and see how your expenses have changed over time. | <urn:uuid:754d7889-0576-4da4-8089-4f97d9ec3df6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-keep-a-monthly-expenses-spreadsheet.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00016-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949719 | 488 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Improve Veterans’ Access to Mental Health Services
Issue: Congress should prod the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) to improve access to mental health services provided by licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) at VA facilities by eliminating specific bureaucratic obstacles.
Background: In 2006, Congress enacted Public Law 109-461 establishing 38 USC § 7401(3) to permit VA to hire MFTs to help serve the increasing number of veterans with mental-health needs. On September 28 2010, VA finally issued MFT Job Specifications (VA Handbook 5005/41), required in order for VA to hire MFTs.
VA employs 21,000 mental-health professionals, of which approximately 150 (0.7%) are now MFTs. Yet MFTs comprise about 13% of all U.S. mental-health professionals. (Similarly, only about 0.001% of VA mental-health professionals are Licensed Professional Counselors, who comprise about 26% of all U.S. mental-health professionals). While MFTs’ underrepresentation in VA mental-health staff is partly due to MFTs’ relative newness within VA, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) believes it also is due to three unnecessarily bureaucratic VA obstacles:
-Half of all licensed MFTs are barred from eligibility for VA jobs because they do not hold advanced MFT degrees from academic programs that were specialty-accredited (by COAMFTE) at the time those degrees were granted, with no alternative deemed acceptable by VA. This is despite the following:
-Speciality accreditor COAMFTE was not established until 1978, so paradoxically MFTs with the most clinical experience are ineligible for VA.
-Some states (e.g. California) condition licensure on a “deemed status” for MFTs’ educational requirements in lieu of COAMFTE, so about 95% of California MFTs are ineligible for VA jobs.
-Other states (e.g. New York) set MFT licensure eligibility to include persons with degrees in related fields (e.g. psychology), so about 90% of New York MFTs are ineligible because they lack COAMFTE degrees.
-All advanced MFT students are barred from VA internship stipends, despite Psychology and Social Work students being eligible. After mental-health students complete their academic training, in order to be licensed they must successfully complete clinical internships of at least one year. Many of these students depend on financial stipends in order to live during their internships. But VA bars MFT students – even those in COAMFTE degree programs – from receiving stipends, while Psychology and Social Work students in corresponding APA and CSWE degree programs are stipend-eligible. Because many VA healthcare professionals start their careers through VA clinical internships, barring all MFT interns from stipends reduces the number of newly-licensed MFTs working at VA.
-VA’s MFT jobs to date are concentrated in Vet Centers, despite major mental-health needs in VA Medical Centers and Clinics. VA operates about 150 Readjustment Counseling Centers (“Vet Centers”) for recently-returned veterans, the sites of most MFT jobs to date. Vet Centers generally are reported to be working well. In contrast, most of the widespread reports of VA mental-health service problems are at Medical Centers (VAMCs, i.e. hospitals) and clinics. Unfortunately, some VA Medical Centers falsely believe MFTs are ineligible for jobs in those facilities. Although AAMFT is pleased that VA recognizes MFTs’ familial and other relationship-based clinical skills in its Vet Centers, we believe MFTs can be part of the solution in VAMCs and clinics. Like other mental-health professionals, MFTs are licensed in all states to diagnose and treat behavioral disorders.
Recommendation: Improve access to VA mental health services by urging VA to: 1) establish an alternative to its COAMFTE degree requirement (such as licensure for three or more years); 2) make MFT interns in COAMFTE degree programs eligible for VA stipends; and 3) urge its Regional Networks (VISNs) to include MFTs as eligible for positiions in VA hospitals and clinics.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact:
Brian Rasmussen, PhD
AAMFT Government Affairs Manager
112 S. Alfred St.
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“Our dreams are a second life.” ~Gerard de Nerval
By Botgirl Questi.
The United States Federal Trade Commission today determined that Second Life’s “Become Your Avatar” campaign was intentionally deceptive. Linden Lab is now required to use depictions of humans and their avatars in a manner that is consistent with typical users, rather than the five people they were able to find who are actually as attractive as their virtual counterparts.
This ruling comes in the wake of the Manti Te’o imaginary girlfriend scandal. “If a college-educated man can be fooled by a falsetto voice on the telephone, how much more confusing would an encounter with a nubile young avatar be?”queried Myles Standish, FTC Special Agent in Charge.
Linden Lab has not yet commented on the decision, but has already replaced their original ads with new versions that meet FTC standards.
Botgirl Questi, in her blog, January 24, 2013
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A third of the American workforce is comprised of freelancers, according to Sara Horowitz, founder of the Freelancers Union.
Many of those are entrepreneurs. “Entrepreneurs are innovators who use a process of shattering the status quo of the existing products and services to set up new products, new services,” said Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Austrian-American economist and political scientist, back in 1934.
That definitionseems more pertinent than ever.
Plumas County high school seniors are continuing to learn about entrepreneurship in their business and finance classes.
Seniors attended a college and career fair in September and an idea creation workshop in November.
Now they have the chance to present their business plans to a panel of “judges,” who will select finalists for the first-ever Plumas County and California business plan competition.
Laurie Wann, marketing and outreach coordinator for Feather River College’s Business and Entrepreneurship Center, is hoping that community members will step up and volunteer to observe student presentations and give feedback and encouragement regarding the business plans.
These “judges” will evaluate student business plans and determine which students have the best, most innovative and feasible plans.
Winners will work with a coach, and will utilize Live Plan software to develop their business plan to present in a countywide competition at the Plumas Business Summit.
This year, the summit will be held March 22 at the Nakoma Lodge in Clio. Finalists will present their plans at the summit and the winners of the three categories — 14 – 17 years of age, 18 – 27 and 28 and older — will win $500 and a chance to compete in the state competition for $5,000 in seed money.
Pools of approximately 10 – 20 judges in the Chester, Greenville and Quincy communities are needed to evaluate the five-minute presentations that seniors will give near the end of January in their respective school classrooms. Portola High is not participating in the competition.
For more information about the competition, or to volunteer, contact Wann at 258-9405 or email@example.com.
Greenville loses to American Christian
Greenville’s James Martinez rounds third and gives his coach Mike Chelotti a high five after hitting a homer during the Indians’ game against American Christian...Read More...
175 mile Sierra Nevada Relay to run through Plumas County
This gorgeous view of mountains towering over a valley is one of many that runners in the upcoming Sierra Nevada Relay will encounter. The relay starts at Donner...Read More...
Fishing Report for the week of 5/16/2013
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“In American literature, African American male writers justifiably write books about their oppression,” she says. “Confronting the oppressor who is white male or white woman. It’s race. And the person who defines you under those circumstances is a white mind—tells you whether you’re worthy or what have you. And as long as that’s your preoccupation, you’re defending yourself against that. Reacting to it. Reacting to the definition—saying it’s not true. African American women never do that. They never write about white men. I couldn’t care less—I didn’t want to spend my energy refuting that gaze.”
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Drupalcon 2008: Dev, Stage, Build!
This morning I attended a session titled Best practices in development environments, staging, build management, and production environments. In terms of practical importance, this may have been the most valuable session for me. Here are a few highlights of the panel discussion (by topic).
Development, Staging and Production Environments - Source Code ControlMost large-scale shops use quite an array of systems utilities to manage (a) their Drupal/PHP code, (b) databases and (c) uploaded/user-contributed files. All shops represented on the panel made use of Subversion for source control.
One panel member (Neil Giarratana of Lucidus) actually lives down the street from a lead engineer at Subversion and has had dinner with him a couple of times to chat about potential "best practices" for a Drupal shop. The result of these conversations was a pretty straight-forward Subversion folder setup: httpdocs, docs (project documentation) and dbdumps (MySQL db dumps) - all three of these folders being replicated on a per-project basis. What is interesting about this practice (to me) is that they avoid using the conventional the conventional branch, trunk, tree setup. The Subversion developer made the case that these conventions are used primarily when you need to collaborate with a large community of people and that they don't make a heck of a lot of sense for internal projects. Neil's gang push out all updates via checkout to there prod, staging and dev environments.
Another Drupal shop, Advomatic (a very, very compitent bunch) check out Drupal core from CVS and then check that into subversion. They then have separate "sites' folders for each project. In Drupal, virtually 100% of unique coding happens in the sites folder, so this makes a lot of sense to me.
The OSU Open Source Labs (where Drupal.org is hosted), have adopted the Cfengine configuration engine to automate their deployment process. Cfengine basically provides systems administrators with an Object-Oriented language that allows the to set constraints on pretty much any kind of server configuration. These can be pushed out to multiple machines and can also do things like allow for single command deployment of complex server environments. It sounds really great, but apparently Cfengine is a major pain to get up and running and has a fairly high learning curve. Narayan Newton (OSUOSL) said "We would not be able to administer our systems with our staffing numbers without Cfengine."
Code vs Content Migrations
Content Migration: basically, it's ugly (for now). There have been various efforts to clean this process up in Drupal, but it's still not quite there yet. The key is to backup and have a very clearly articulated rollback policy/practice. If Dries has his way, Drupal 7 will be RDF compliant and this issue will more or less go away. Not only will you be able to easily migrate content, external content will (theoretically) be easy to feature in real-time in any Drupal installation.
Most shops either use rsync and/or straight-up tarbals to deploy code from staging to production. Some also deploy directly from svn checkouts.
QA Best Practices
Neil Giarratana started with an interesting point: automated load testing is of limited interest to his shop. They are pretty familiar with Drupal performance issues, for the most part. Lucidus has a full time QA person that does a great deal of manual functional testing (clicking through the UI), and that is their chief method of finding issues. Neil said the most important thing that they have learned is to have clear and standardized communication processes set up for their customers: indicate (a) when upgrades will happen, (b) when they are actually happening, (c) your fallback plan (in detail), (d) when you are done with the upgrade...for example. He mentioned a Cisco paper on this topic (no reference yet...I need to Call the Science and Engineering Library and have them help me dig it up!).
Other shops do take advantage of automated tools such as Watir + firewatir (Ruby-based) and Firewater for functional testing. The good news, IMHO, is that unit tests AND functional tests will become standard practice in Drupal core; Dries proposed this change in his keynote yesterday. This announcement brought cheers from some core developers, particularly as Dries indicated that unit testing would allow for a much more compressed code freeze period, which would leave more time for active development, new features, etc.
Eliminating (uh, Reducing) Unscheduled Down-Time
One of the more interesting comments concerned *testing* backups. Advomatic apparently had, at one point, made backups of a site that had an exceedingly large sessions table (implementation issue). It was in the millions of records and caused the recovery process to go quite slowly when they did need to recover from a system failure. If they had tested their backups occasionally, they would have caught this problem and corrected it ahead of time. | <urn:uuid:6c9a9378-b710-437d-8f78-1214ca6cd299> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fenne035/academe2.0/2008/03/drupalcon_2008_dev_stage_build.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957562 | 1,049 | 1.679688 | 2 |
One of the most basic human needs is to feel accepted. In London, where diversity is abundant and individualism embraced, we are blessed to be able to express ourselves, should we choose to.
So why, even in this liberal society, do we continually strive to adhere to perceptions of normality and shy away from revealing our own differences for fear of being judged? Society’s expectations of what how we ‘should’ be, or what we ‘should’ be doing, or what we ‘should’ have achieved by a certain age is still rife. Perhaps we are not as modern as we like to think.
We’re bombarded by depressing media reports of horrific hate crimes from every corner of the globe. Their motivations may be as menial as a difference in skin colour or faith, a different sexual orientation or political view, disability, the ‘daring’ act of dressing as one pleases, for refusing to conform and for chosing a spouse from a difference branch of the same religion. Genocide, honour killings, random attacks; all point to the refusal to accept or embrace difference. There are alarming levels of intolerance in this ‘modern’ era.
I was in Istanbul when I found a very idealistic concept of acceptance and tolerance in the most ancient of thoughts, mounted on my sister in law’s wall on our first meeting.
Dilek, the eldest of Murat’s five sisters, lives in an apartment block amongst the extended family of her husband. I immediately identified her as she waited for us outside her doorway; she has the same wavy raven coloured hair and deep brown eyes as her brother.
“Welcome! Hoşgeldiniz!” She led us inside, past a huge evil eye charm, up a crumbling staircase and into her modest home.
“Please.” She motioned to sit down and disappeared momentarily to prepare Turkish coffee.
“What is that?” I asked, pointing to a stone plaque on the muted pink wall.
“Ah…That’s a Mevlana quote. You may know him as Rumi.”
Amid delicate strokes of calligraphy twirled a Dervish, turning blissfully with his eyes closed. He was utterly content.
“I’m not sure how to translate what is written…Look,” Murat searched on his iPhone and showed me a translation.
‘Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair.
come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times.
Come, yet again , come , come.’
I looked at Murat. “Acceptance?”
“Exactly.” We both smiled.
Jelal ad-Din Rumi was a Persian philosopher, born in the 13th Century. After his death, his followers founded the Mevlevi Sufi order which uses his poetic prose as inspiration for its teachings.
It seems we can look to the not-so-modern wisdom from the heart of the Middle East for ideas of acceptance, tolerance and contentment.
In the final weeks of my pregnancy, I couldn’t help but notice another of Rumi’s poems in which he addresses the unborn, whether it be the physically unborn or spiritually is a matter of interpretation.
‘The world outside is vast and intricate.
There are wheat fields and mountain passes,
and orchards in bloom
At night there are millions of galaxies, and in sunlight
the beauty of friends dancing at a wedding.’
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Heart Disease Prevention - Risks of Physical Inactivity
Lack of physical activity has clearly been shown to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and other conditions:
- Less active, less fit persons have a greater risk of developing high blood pressure.
- Studies indicate that physically active people are less likely to develop coronary heart disease than those who are inactive--even after the researchers accounted for smoking, alcohol use, and diet.
- Lack of physical activity can contribute to feelings of anxiety and depression.
- Physical inactivity may increase the risk of certain cancers.
- Physically active overweight or obese people significantly reduced their risk for disease with physical activity.
Thousands and thousands of deaths result each year due to a lack of regular physical activity. In addition:
- Inactivity tends to increase with age.
- Women are more likely to lead sedentary lifestyles than men.
- Non-Hispanic white adults are more likely to engage in physical activity than Hispanic and non-Hispanic black adults.
Click here to view the
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Welcome to Country and Acknowledgment of Country
Why do we do it?
The process of Welcome to Country and Acknowledgment of Country recognises the unique position of Aboriginal people in the Australian culture and history.
Aboriginal people are the Original Custodians of the land. It is important this unique position is recognised and incorporated as part of official protocol and events to enable the wider community to share in Aboriginal culture and heritage. Facilitating better relationships between Aboriginal people and the wider community.
Incorporating Aboriginal Acknowledgements and ceremonies into official events and daily proceedings, provide opportunities to recognise and pay respect to Aboriginal peoples' culture and heritage. It also communicates to the broader community the cultural heritage of Aboriginal people and promoting mutual respect and understanding.
How do we do it?
The type of ceremony performed at an event should be appropriate to the nature and size. When planning an event you should consult with Aboriginal staff within your school or workplace or SEA Office Support staff to provide advice on:
- the appropriate level of Aboriginal recognition;
- the appropriate ceremonies and performances; and
- a community representative who should be contacted.
Two ceremonies can be performed:
- Welcome to Country by local Aboriginal people of that land
- Acknowledgment of Country by Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal people, both children and adults.
Welcome to Country
The Traditional Custodians of the land, usually a senior representative of the local Aboriginal community, should undertake the Welcome to Country Ceremony. However, this is dependent upon the location of the event and the practice of the community. Steps should be taken to ensure that the appropriate Aboriginal representative is invited to undertake the ceremony. It is very important that the Aboriginal representative has been involved in and is comfortable with the arrangements.
Acknowledgment of Country
An Acknowledgment of Country is a way that all people can show respect to Aboriginal culture and heritage, and the ongoing relationship of the Traditional Custodians of the land.
At the beginning of a meeting or function, a Chair or Speaker begins by acknowledging that the meeting is taking place in the country of the Traditional Custodians. Where the name of the Traditional Custodians is known, it is specifically used. Where it is not known, a general acknowledgement is given.
Local Aboriginal organisations such as the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG), NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Elders Council, etc, can provide advice as to who are the Traditional Custodians of the specific lands.
|An example of 'Acknowledgment of Country' could be:|
* I would like to show my respect and acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, on which this meeting takes place.
* I would like to respectfully acknowledge the _______________ people who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we stand.
On behalf of NSW Teachers Federation, Aboriginal Members Committee (AMC) & Aboriginal Education Restricted Committee (AERC) 2003
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