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I have come across this particular ingredient when I was looking at what the French call “cocotte” recipes. The Tonquin bean was an ingredient used in a dessert made with pears and apples.
As usual, when I don’t know an ingredient or I know it is something I cannot find locally, I try to look up replacements.
So I did with the Tonquin Bean. Here is what I found on botanical.com:
Botanical: Dipteryx odorata (WILLD.)
Family: N.O. Leguminosae
Synonyms: Tonka Bean. Coumarouna odorata.
Part Used: Seeds.
Habitat: A forest tree native to Brazil and British Guiana and called there ‘Rumara’.
Description: The odor of coumarin, which distinguishes the Tonka Bean, is found in many plants, especially in Melilotus, sweet vernal grass, and related grasses.
One pound of the beans has yielded 108 grains of coumarin, which is the anhydride of coumaric acid. In addition to its use in perfumery as a fixative, coumarin is used to flavor castor-oil and to disguise the odor of iodoform.
The fatty substance of the beans is sold in Holland as Tonquin butter.
Medicinal Action and Uses: Aromatic, cardiac, tonic, narcotic. The fluid extract has been used with advantage in whooping cough, but it paralyses the heart if used in large doses.
Dosage: For children of five years’ old, 5 to 8 grains.”
On a French site (stephkup.nexenservices.com) I found more info I am translating here:
“Originated from South America, the Tonquin bean has the taste of sweet almonds or hay.
The main producers today, are Venezuela and Nigeria.
This plant is suspected to be toxic (carcinogen) so it is not often used. It is used with dessert and its taste suits vanilla or coconut well.”
According to French Wikipedia, if used in small doses Tonquin bean has beneficial effects: it is a medicinal plant that can be used as a mild anticoagulant. If used in big amounts the effect is harmful for health.
It has also been used to aromatize tobacco, although the Encyclopedia mentions that this use and in food is forbidden now in France and USA.
There is an article in English on Wikipedia for those who want to read it.
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President Obama on Tuesday will for the first time exercise his broad land conservation authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act by naming a Civil War-era military fort in Virginia a national monument.
The designation of Fort Monroe will make history in several ways: honoring the location of a Civil War landmark that served as a haven for African Americans, as well as the Union general who sheltered them; creating the first national monument in Virginia; and making President Obama the latest in a long line of presidents from both parties who have embraced the Antiquities Act as a means to protect treasured American landscapes and historical places for future generations to enjoy. As Stephanie Meeks, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, said:
The action taken by President Obama will ensure that this important event in American history will get the recognition it deserves. Fort Monroe stands as a testament to the personal courage of thousands of Americans, including the enslaved people who bravely took control of their destinies there during the Civil War, as well as the courage of the Union general who ensured their safety. Together, their heroic actions heralded the beginning of the end of slavery in America.
The president is expected to make the formal announcement on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the White House, capping an effort that drew broad support among Virginia officials and local residents in the Hampton Roads area at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The designation will protect several hundreds of acres which will be managed by the National Park Service.
Established in the early 19th Century, Fort Monroe was a strategic military base, serving most recently as a training center for the U.S. Army. But it earned its place in American history more broadly during the Civil War, when three African American slaves escaped the Confederate Army and fled to Fort Monroe. They were seized as “contraband of war” by the Union Army commander, which kept them from being returned to their owners. More than a half million African Americans later followed the lead of the three slaves, finding freedom in the contraband camp near Hampton Roads and becoming a self-contained African American city.
The recognition of this little known but vital piece of American history comes as House Republicans are pushing several pieces of legislation that would limit or end the presidential authority to designate national monuments. Almost every president has used the authority since Theodore Roosevelt, including President George W. Bush.
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ARLINGTON, Va.--(Voice-to-Text and Text-to-Voice, Voice Control and Video Chat – each take an in-depth look at consumer awareness, interest, ownership, satisfaction, future usage expectations, adoption trends and desired improvements in mobile device features and operation.)--The recent rise of mobile devices has increased consumer demand for voice-to-text, text-to-voice, voice control and video chat capabilities, according to the latest series of studies released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. Three Eye on Emerging Technology studies –
“Mobile devices, such as powerful smartphones and tablet computers, are increasingly coming to market with these features already built in and have, in turn, catapulted these technologies into the realm of consumer desires”
The first step for adoption of any new product or technology is awareness, and the CEA studies show consumer awareness of all three technologies is high. Awareness is comparable for voice-to-text and text-to-voice technologies, with nearly 50 percent of the online U.S. adult population having seen or heard something about the technology in the past 12 months. Awareness of voice control and video chat technologies also are high, with 62 percent and 65 percent, respectively, of online U.S. adults having some familiarity with the specific feature.
Consumer interest in owning a device capable of these technologies also is considerable; voice-to-text ranks slightly higher than text-to-voice, with one-third (34 percent) of those surveyed interested in ownership, compared to 29 percent for text-to-voice. One-third (34 percent) of consumers express interest in future ownership of devices with voice control capabilities, and 23 percent express interest in video chat abilities.
“Mobile devices, such as powerful smartphones and tablet computers, are increasingly coming to market with these features already built in and have, in turn, catapulted these technologies into the realm of consumer desires,” said Kevin Tillmann, senior research analyst, CEA. “These technologies are quickly becoming an integral part of Americans’ lives and are significantly changing the way in which consumers interact with their tech devices.”
The studies also identified areas of desired improvements. More than three quarters (77 percent) of voice-to-text users would like to have better speech recognition technology, and nearly two thirds (63 percent) of text-to-voice users expressed the same desire. Nearly half (49 percent) of consumers would like to see improved reliability of voice control technology and over half (55 percent) of video chat users would like to see improved video quality.
The series of studies, Eye on Emerging Tech: Voice-to-Text and Text-to-Voice, Voice Control and Video Chat, were conducted in August 2012. The studies were designed and formulated by CEA Market Research, the most comprehensive source of sales data, forecasts, consumer research and historical trends for the consumer electronics industry. Please cite any information to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. The complete studies are available free to CEA member companies at members.CE.org. Non-members may purchase the studies at the CEA Store.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $209 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also owns and produces the International CES – The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA’s industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org, www.DeclareInnovation.com and through social media: https://www.facebook.com/#!/CEAfeed, http://twitter.com/ceafeed, http://blog.ce.org/.
CES on the Hill
April 16, 2013, Washington, DC
Digital Patriots Dinner
April 17, 2013, Washington, DC
Technology & Standards Spring Forum
May 20-24, 2013, Denver, CO
June 24-28, 2013, New York, NY
2013 CEA Industry Forum
October 20-23, 2013, Los Angeles, CA
17th Annual CEO Summit
October 23-25, 2013, Rancho Palo Verdes, CA
2014 International CES New York Press Preview
November 12, 2013, New York, NY
2014 International CES
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A vacation to any kind of national park is really an adventure suitable for the whole family. These types of lands have been protected and often filled with flora and fauna therefore the attractiveness of the ecosystem and ecology could be preserved. A national park containing a volcano is far more magnificent.
It’s just about 100000 acres in size featuring the planet’s biggest dome volcano, Lassen Peak. It’s on the list of few locations on earth where all 4 forms of volcanoes is found. The park is situated 200 miles out of San Francisco, in a hilly place located in the northern part of the Sierra Nevada. It’s area of the Cascade Range in which stretches up to British Columbia in the north.
The last volcanic eruption at Lassen Peak took place on May 22, 1915. This particular mountain is found in the Cascade Range and it is probably the most southern from the active volcanoes in this region. Ash out of this eruption poured down on areas as far as 200 miles to the eastern side. There are many intriguing facets of this park to discover, such as bubbling mud pots, loud fumaroles (openings in the volcanic structure which allow steam and gas to leave) and soil which steams. The truth that Lassen is an active volcano provides not just intrigue to the experience but also a feeling of immediacy with the indications of possible upcoming eruption all over the area.
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"Clifford is anxious for his loose tooth to fall out because he is hoping for a treat from the Tooth Fairy."
Enhances vocabulary and comprehension of this book from Norman Bridwell's popular "Clifford" series.
Start the year with this bulletin board and chart the number of lost teeth among your students all year. Pages for recording lost teeth every month, certificates for lost teeth, class survey of results, and monthly graph included.
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2 entries found for ladder
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Main Entry: ladĚder
a structure for climbing that consists of two long pieces (as of wood, rope, or metal) joined at short distances by crosspieces on which one may step2 :
something that suggests a ladder in form or use3 :
a series of steps or stages : SCALE
<the corporate ladder
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Elevating the Teaching Profession
ARRA Outreach (Assessment)
ARRA Outreach (Reporting)
Terrel Bell Awards
Odds and Ends
Quote to Note
Elevating the Teaching Profession
At Columbia University's Teachers College on October 22, capping a month of events focused on the teaching profession on October 9, speaking to prospective teachers in the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, and, on October 20, hosting a virtual town hall meeting with current teachers Secretary Duncan called for America's colleges of education to dramatically change how they prepare the next generation of teachers, so they are ready to prepare their future students for success in college and careers. "By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st century classroom," he said. "America's university-based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking. However, I am optimistic that, despite the obstacles to reform, the seeds of real change have been planted." More than half of the nation's new teachers (220,000 annually) graduate from a school of education. High-quality alternative certification and teacher residency programs have emerged, but those programs produce fewer than 10,000 new teachers annually. Therefore, the task of "recruiting and preparing an army of great new teachers depends heavily on our nation's colleges of education." What needs to change? "I don't think the ingredients of a good teacher preparation are much of a mystery anymore," the Secretary explained. "Our best programs are coherent, up-to-date, research-based, and provide students with subject mastery. They boast a strong and substantial field-based program, in local public schools, that drives much of the course work in classroom management and student learning and prepares students to teach diverse pupils in high-needs settings. And, they have a shared vision of what constitutes good teaching and best practices including a single-minded focus on improving student learning and using data to inform instruction." The Secretary used the remainder of his address to highlight rising efforts to improve teacher education. "I cite all these examples to point out that, with courage and commitment, our teacher preparation programs absolutely can provide dynamic and effective teacher preparation for the 21st century.... In place of the uncertain profession, I want to see teacher preparation programs one day rival those of other professions."
Also: First Lady Michelle Obama recently penned an op-ed on the importance of high-quality teachers for a successful economy.
ARRA Outreach (Assessment)
The Department has announced public meetings in Boston, Atlanta, and Denver to listen and learn from assessment experts and practitioners. The goals of these meetings are two-fold: to gather technical input to inform development of a Race to the Top Assessment Competition and to enable states who will be the grant applicants and the public to participate in and learn from these events. Secretary Duncan has pledged to reserve up to $350 million (of the $4.35 billion Race to the Top Fund) to support consortia of states that are working to create new assessments tied to a common set of standards. The grants would be distributed through a competitive process next year.
Over six days of meetings in the three cities throughout November and December, Department staff will solicit a range of input about effective and innovative approaches to the development of the next generation of assessments. In each city, there will be a full-day focused on general assessment issues and half-days concentrating on specific topics, such as technology, high school assessment, assessment of students with disabilities, and assessment of English language learners.
All the meetings are open to the public. The official notice, along with information on how to RSVP for the meetings, can be found online. The Department also encourages the submission of written input (see instructions on the submission process online), and plans to post transcripts of every meeting session and all written input submitted to the agency.
ARRA Outreach (Reporting)
Final state reports on education jobs created or saved under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will be published on Recovery.gov later today, but, according to a preliminary report issued on October 19, at least 250,000 education positions across the nation were directly credited to the ARRA. ARRA funding has enabled states to restore nearly all of their projected education shortfalls for both Fiscal Year 2009 and Fiscal Year 2010. Filling these budget gaps has allowed states to avert layoffs of educators in school districts and colleges and universities while helping districts make progress on reforms that will improve teaching and learning in classrooms.
For example, in 2008, the St. Louis Public Schools faced a significant budget deficit due to the economy. Using ARRA funding, the district was able to address critical needs, including saving the jobs of 85 teaching and learning facilitators. A new Department video tells the story of three of those facilitators.
Looking forward, to assist grantees and subgrantees in managing ARRA grants, the Department will hold web conferences on Cost Allocations/Indirect Costs (November 2, 2-3:30 p.m. ET) and Internal Controls (November 16, 2-3:30 p.m. ET).
Terrel Bell Awards
Next week, the Department will honor 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. (Note: This week, the Secretary visited a Blue Ribbon School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.) This ceremony will include recognition of eight Blue Ribbon principals as Terrel H. Bell Award recipients:
- Sheila Holas (Oakwood Elementary School, Norfolk, VA);
- Eleanor Matthews (Western High School, Baltimore, MD);
- Raymond Myrtle (Highland Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD);
- Donna Newman (Garner Middle School, San Antonio, TX);
- Kimm O'Connor (Cedar Springs Elementary School, House Springs, MO);
- Lenora Roundy (Enoch Elementary School, Enoch, UT);
- Wayne Ryan (Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus, Washington, D.C.); and
- Wesley Sever (John W. Wash Elementary School, Fresno, CA).
The awards named for a former U.S. Secretary of Education and presented by the Department in partnership with the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the National Middle School Association formally recognize outstanding school leaders and the vital role they play in overcoming challenging circumstances to foster successful teaching and learning at their schools. (Note: Each school's Blue Ribbon application is available online.)
On October 23, Secretary Duncan discussed Department activities and plans concerning science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in a live webcast from the National Academy of Sciences. "Our Administration is committed to raising standards, upgrading curriculum, and forging partnerships to improve the use and understanding of science and technology in our classrooms," he said. "We are calling on states to enhance teacher preparation and training and to attract qualified math and science teachers to better engage students and reinvigorate those subjects in our schools. We support initiatives to pay more teachers in high-need subjects like math and science and rewarding excellence by paying teachers and principals who do a great job in the classroom." The event was being sponsored by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), in response to the President's agenda to focus on general science and technology literacy to help the U.S. workforce become more competitive internationally and to grow the number of Americans who are interested in pursuing science and engineering careers. (Note: An archive of the video webcast is available online, while the White House posted an event blog entry.)
Odds and Ends
According to a report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences, states vary widely in where they set their student proficiency standards for fourth- and eighth-grade reading and mathematics. Specifically, using National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) achievement levels as a reference point for understanding the stringency of state standards, most were in the NAEP basic achievement level range, except in fourth-grade reading, where most fell below NAEP's basic level. Overall, only two states set standards within NAEP's proficient achievement level. "This study confirms what we've known for a long time: states are setting the bar too low," the Secretary said. "We're lying to our children when we tell them they're proficient, but they're not achieving at a level that will prepare them for success once they graduate." (Note: The Secretary's statement is available online.)
"Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data," another NCES study, presents the number of high school graduates, the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR), and dropout data for grades 9-12 for public schools during the 2006-07 school year. Among the findings: 2,892,351 public school students received a high school diploma in 2006-07, resulting in an AFGR of 73.9%; 16 states had an AFGR above 80%, while 12 states had an AFGR below 70%; and there were nearly 618,000 dropouts from high school among 48 states, resulting in a dropout rate of 4.4%.
In an October 21 letter to Chief State School Officers and State Directors of Special Education, the Secretary urged states to maintain high standards and not compromise the Section 616 determination process under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
In an October 26 letter to college presidents, the Secretary urged institutions of higher education to become Direct Loan-ready for the 2010-11 school year. While a majority of institutions continued to use the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program delivery process last year, over 500 others responded to the fiscal uncertainty by switching to the Direct Loan Program. These colleges' move to direct lending happened in an effective and efficient manner, without interruption of service to students, and the number of Direct Loans increased by nearly two-thirds compared to the previous year. The President has proposed lawmakers make the loan system more reliable by moving to a 100% Direct Loan delivery system.
The College Board has released its annual studies on trends in college pricing and trends in student aid, as well as the benefits of postsecondary education.
The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, is accepting applications from non-profit organizations to conduct month-long, community-wide reads between September 2010 and June 2011. Roughly 75 organizations will be selected to participate, receiving a grant ranging from $2,500 to $20,000, educational and promotional materials, and access to online training resources. Organizations will select from 31 reading choices. (Note: The deadline for all applications is February 2, 2010.)
Through December 18, elementary and secondary students, teachers, administrators, and parents from across the nation have the opportunity to share their ideas and opinions on how technology should be used in the education process, through Project Tomorrow's latest annual Speak Up survey. Results are shared with participating schools, so that they can use the data for planning and community discussions. Results are also used by government agencies and other organizations to inform programs and policies.
DASH+, a hands-on contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, challenges teams to design, describe, and pitch the "next generation" of automotive dashboards that support behavioral change to help drivers maximize fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impact. The winning team will make their mark in the industry by inventing a new way to think about transportation and eco-driving, by collaborating with fellow students and putting their STEM skills to the test. The team will have the chance to travel to Detroit for a VIP experience, where they can share their ideas with representatives from the industry and obtain feedback. (Note: Team registration closes February 1, 2010.)
Quote to Note
"From the moment humans first walked on this Earth, we've been endlessly fascinated by the stars. As long as we've been around, we've been trying to unlock the mysteries of the universe and figure out our proper place in the cosmos and somehow make sense of it all.... There are a lot of mysteries left, and there are a lot of problems for you students to solve. I want to be a President who makes sure you have the teachers and the tools you need to solve them. That's why we're working to reinvigorate math and science in your schools and attract new and qualified math and science teachers into your classrooms, some with lifetimes of experience. That's why we've launched a Race to the Top to raise standards and upgrade your curricula and improve teaching and learning in math and science. That's why we're making a college education more affordable, so that by the time many of you graduate in 2020, America will again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. And, that's how we'll move American students to the top of the pack in math and science over the next decade, and guarantee that America will lead the world in discovery in this new century."
|||President Barack Obama (10/7/09), at Astronomy Night at the White House|
Don't forget! Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development Carmel Martin and Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Thelma Melendez are hosting a series of events at the Department's headquarters (400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.) where stakeholders can offer input on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). (Note: Stakeholders are also invited to send comments to ESEA.Comments@ed.gov.)
National Veterans Awareness Week (November 8-14) reminds schools to invite veterans into their classrooms in the days leading up to and following Veterans Day (November 11). Veterans are asked to share their experiences and teach short lessons about the history and significance of Veterans Day, helping students reflect upon the ideals of liberty, freedom, and democracy. (Note: A school kit, with sections for students and teachers, may be downloaded.)
Next week, the Department will exhibit at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities' Annual Conference in Orlando (October 31-November 2) and the National Middle School Association's Annual Conference in Indianapolis (November 5-7). If you are attending either of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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The Megachurches Today 2005 survey, recently released by Leadership Network and Hartford Seminary's Hartford Institute for Religion Research, is the most thoroughly researched study of the Protestant megachurch movement in the United States.
Doubling in number in just five years, there are now over 1,200 megachurches (defined as a church with an average weekly attendance of over 2,000) in the United States. As Dave Travis, Executive Vice President of Leadership Network noted in the study's press release, megachurch pastors are featured prominently in national news stories related to religion and public life, their books can be found on The New York Times bestseller lists, and their names dominate the lists of the most influential religious leaders in the country.
Yet the megachurch has been a favorite target of those who fear the church abandoning orthodoxy for the sake of warm bodies. Common critiques including a capitulation to cultural values, an unthinking embrace of cultural forms, the presentation of pop psychology over doctrine, and...well, you get the picture.
While instances of such concerns no doubt can be found, it turns out that many of the most widely held beliefs about megachurches could not be father from the truth - at least of the majority.
I know that as the pastor of a megachurch, I would read critiques of the megachurch and wonder, "Which church, exactly, are they talking about?" The critiques certainly were not applicable to mine.
Apparently they weren't applicable to many of the others, either.
For example, consider the contention that megachurches exist for spectator worship and are not serious about Christianity. In reality, the Leadership Network/Hartford study found that megachurches generally have very high spiritual expectations of their attenders and maintain seriously orthodox beliefs. As the Christian Science Monitor reported on the findings, the research has made it abundantly clear that it is "a myth that megachurches grow by offering 'theology lite.' The churches generally held strong beliefs; have a clear mission and purpose; and have high expectations for scriptural study, prayer, and tithing."
Another myth exploded by the survey is that all megachurches are homogenous congregations with little diversity. In truth, a large and growing number are multi-ethnic and intentionally so.
A final myth worth noting is that megachurches grow primarily because of great programming, manifesting an "entertainment" ethos. The fact is that megachurches grow because excited attendees tell their friends.
As I read the report, I couldn't help but have my thoughts turn to another megachurch study - one that held many parallels to these more recent findings. In the account, a single church had grown to over 3,000 through one service. While some may have instantly suspected a watered-down, compromised message (why else would so many attend and respond?), the report outlined the message and revealed it's tough stance on sin, repentance, and the absolute necessity of coming to Christ as Leader and Forgiver. There was innovative methodology, to be sure (the service was actually held outdoors instead of indoors, and seemed fairly free of traditional forms of worship), but the results were unmistakable.
If you are interested in reading that report, it's titled Acts, was authored by a man named Luke, and the section in question is the second chapter.
It is easy to forget that the church was birthed by the Holy Spirit as a megachurch. There were assimilation struggles, and who can begin to fathom the challenge so many new converts brought to the discipleship task. Yet it continued to experience explosive growth at the pleasure of the Holy Spirit, as Michael Green has noted, as people talked about it with their friends as if it was gossip over the backyard fence.
I'm under few illusions about the strengths and weaknesses of megachurches. But it is undeniable that the megachurch is one of the most important and influential phenomena of our day.
All the more reason for my agreement with the press release for the report, which maintained that while tremendously significant as a cultural study, the survey also is instructive for churches that are anything but "mega." Scott Thumma, Professor of Sociology of Religion at Hartford Seminary and primary architect of the survey, said, "I am absolutely convinced that megachurches have blossomed, at least in part, because they have responded creatively to the new needs and interests of people in a new cultural reality. There is much to learn from megachurches - and it isn't all about being big."
Or about abandoning orthodoxy.
James Emery White
Downloadable copies of the complete Megachurches 2005 Today survey (in both html and PDF versions) are available at either www.leadnet.org or http://hirr.hartsem.edu. A 15-minute podcast discussion of key survey findings is archived on both sites.
*The direct link to the Hartford materials: http://hirr.hartsem.edu/org/faith_megachurches_research.html.
The press release from Hartford Institute for Religion Research can be found at http://hirr.hartsem.edu/org/megastoday2005_pressrelease.html.
"Megachurches Growing in Number and Size," Abe Levy, Associated Press, Yahoo! News, Friday, February 3, 2006 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060204/ap_on_re_us/mega_churches).
"Megachurches way of worship is on the rise," Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor, February 6, 2006 (http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0206/p13s01-lire.html).
Michael Green, Evangelism in the Early Church.
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About Dr. James Emery White
James Emery White is the founding and senior pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, North Carolina; President of Serious Times, a ministry which explores the intersection of faith and culture (www.serioustimes.org); and ranked adjunctive professor of theology and culture on the Charlotte campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Dr. White holds the B.S., M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees, along with additional work at Vanderbilt University and Oxford University. He is the author of over a dozen books.
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Money is not what it used to be. It doesn't seem to go nearly as far, for one thing. Perhaps even more worryingly, credit and debit cards allow what money we do have to be spent without us feeling the immediate consequences. Thankfully, scientists at the MIT Media Lab have created a set of wallets to help us keep our spending in check.
"We make the same swiping motion whether we're buying a cup of coffee or a large-screen TV -- or even worse, automatic transactions go on without our knowledge at all. Our actions are divorced from the consequences," John Kestner, one of the wallets' creators, explained to me in an e-mail.
"So the wallets bring back some of that physical sensation of money, which gives us a more immediate, visceral sense when we're making purchasing decisions, than remembering to check your bank statement each time."
The team has developed three prototypes of the so-called Proverbial Wallets. Each communicates with your bank account via a Bluetooth connection with your cell phone. "There's an app on the phone which does this as securely as any online transaction," Kestner said.
The Bumblebee wallet buzzes through a vibrating motor whenever your bank processes a transaction. This establishes a connection between handing over a credit card for a purchase and your virtual cash. A buzz in your pocket when you're not actually at the register could be a sign of fraud -- or it could mean an automatic deduction is being taken out.
The Mother Bear model helps keep budget-conscious folks on task. A hinge inside makes it harder and harder to open as money gets tighter and tighter.
For those lucky enough to have a puffed up bank account -- and are proud of it -- the Peacock model may be the best option. "The wallet shrinks and swells to reflect the balance in your accounts. Your assets will be on display to attract potential mates," the team explains on its project Web site.
Of course, as with any gadget designed to save us from ourselves, you've got to spend money to save money. When the technology hits store shelves, expect about a $60 ding to your bank account. If that seems like a lot, be thankful that Kestner feels a bit out of touch with his creative side.
"If I were more of an artist," he said, "I'd enjoy the irony of charging a lot for these."
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The End Of Several Eras
Ordinarily, Fridays are where I commemorate unsung heroes of the movies; this week, however, it’s impossible to ignore the communal hymn in praise of several hugely talented filmmakers and performers who all, sadly, died this week.
- Gloria Stuart, the veteran actress who became the oldest Oscar nominee in history after playing the old Rose in Titanic, died on Sunday aged 100;
- In the most unexpected and tragic development Sally Menke – editor on all of Quentin Tarantino’s movies – died suddenly on Monday after walking her dog in L.A.’s extreme heat. She was only 56.
Arthur Penn, the director who brought New Wave fizzle and violence to Hollywood with Bonnie and Clyde, died on Tuesday – the day after his 88th birthday;
- The biggest star to fall, a bona-fide Golden Age legend, was Tony Curtis, “Josephine” himself, who passed away on Wednesday, aged 85;
- Last but not least, Joe Mantell, the reliable character actor who delivered one of the 1970s’ defining lines of dialogue (“Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown”), died the same day, aged 94.
In my life as a movie buff, there was only two occasions when I’ve felt such loss. First, in July 1997, when Robert Mitchum and James Stewart died a day apart; more recently, in 2007, when the same fate befell Ingmar Bergman and Michaelangelo Antonioni. In both cases, it was the devastating double-blow of rivals and peers. Mitchum and Stewart exemplified the best of the old studio star system; Bergman and Antonioni represented the end of the Golden Age of the European art-house tradition.
But this week shocks for the sheer scale and variety of the cull. We’re talking about people who collectively contributed to defining films across many, many decades. Tony Curtis was arguably the bravest star of the 1950s, subverting his matinee looks to play cruel and dark in Sweet Smell of Success, before the joyful dragging up of Some Like It Hot. Penn was a key plank of the generation of TV directors who brought new style and purpose to Hollywood in th 1960s, before inspiring the Movie Brats of the 1970s to push boundaries further. Mantell, of course, bridged that gap, Oscar-nominated for TV-to-film adaptation Marty before his iconic support to Jack Nicholson in Chinatown.
The loss of Menke brings things right up to date – she’s arguably one of the most influential editors of the past two decades, for her ability to make sense of Tarantino’s time-hopping, genre-straddling storytelling. (Check out Ben Walters’ great appreciation in The Guardian.) Being able to cut a film Pulp Fiction-style, once considered experimental and indulgent, is now part of the common repertoire of editing techniques. And Gloria Stuart, who lived through the vast majority of movie history and proved that you’re never too old to make a splash (if you’ll excuse the pun).
That’s a big chunk of cinema history gone, sweeping aside work from some of the best and boldest movies ever made. Years of experience, hundreds of stories – and that’s just Curtis, raconteur extraordinaire!
It always feels weird to mourn the deaths of people I never met, but these were people whose work changed my life and inspired my passion. Check out my list of favourite films, over on the right of this page. Penn (Bonnie and Clyde), Menke (Pulp Fiction) and Curtis (Sweet Smell of Success) are all represented and, since I rediscovered Chinatown over the summer, Mantell really ought to be as well. I even have a sneaking fondness for Titanic.
The irony, of course, is that they’ll always stay young, since cinema is the medium of physical memory. That applies most to Curtis, quite the presence in his 20s and 30s, but similar arguments could be made for the panache of Penn’s prime period or the rule-breaking bravado of Menke’s editing. It’s a shock to think of them being in their 80s, 90s or even over 100… and 56 is too soon for anybody. The bittersweet melancholy of this week is that we can put on Some Like It Hot, or Reservoir Dogs, and they’ll still be with us through those ageless artistic choices.
[I think this is partly why I've been so despondent about George Lucas' tinkering with Star Wars this week. Any film is a document of the period it was made in, a celebration of the work that was done by those involved. When we live in a world where Lucas can unilaterally 'improve' pioneering FX work that defined people's careers, or consign Sebastian Shaw's performance as Anakin Skywalker to the deleted scenes of history, just to ret-con Haydn Christiansen into his place, it's an insult to their memories. God forbid we should ever live in a world where, for artistic or cultural reasons, Curtis' amazing work in Some Like It Hot gets covered up in the same way.]
So it’s important to keep these amazing talents in our minds and avoid the situation, described by David Thomson yesterday
, where a generation is growing up not knowing who Arthur Penn is. Cinema would be vastly inferior without the contributions of the men and women who died this week, so stick on a film featuring one of these amazing talents and celebrate their achievements. Let’s face it, if you can’t find one film you like from this bunch, you probably shouldn’t be reading a blog about cinema.
Oh, and Mr Reaper, let’s agree never to have a week like this again, eh?
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After Sandy, solidarity
Excellent point from Oxfam’s excellent Tim Gore, in a blog post called From superstorm Sandy to climate solidarity: How extreme weather can unlock climate action. To wit, climate disruption creates opportunities for solidarity, and we had better seize them.
Here’s a bit more:
“This increased confidence in attributing climate change to specific impacts on people’s lives, and on the bottom lines of businesses and entire countries, means weather extremes like Sandy should now be treated as major opportunities to leverage political action on climate change. It’s an idea that has gained increasing attention in recent years, from Alex Evans to David Attenborough (and in Oxfam, Duncan Green’s been haranguing us about getting better at seizing “windows of opportunity” for years).
In the context in which an abrupt change of course is needed to address the climate crisis – one some have compared only to mobilisation for war – crisis moments can create unique windows of opportunity for non-linear political change. That is precisely what we need. They can catalyse clear shifts in the values and priorities of citizens, business and political leaders around the world. Climate disasters in the global North and South alike are reminders of the common threat we face, and of the need to act collectively and urgently to avert yet greater harm.” | <urn:uuid:90d15adf-28b4-4da1-b2c9-9b39fdb06286> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ecoequity.org/2012/11/after-sandy-global-solidarity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935662 | 279 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Walmart and the Department of Homeland Security have joined forces to encourage – profiling?
Hi, I’m Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland security begins with hometown security and that is why I’m pleased that Walmart is helping to make our communities more safe and secure. If you SEE something suspicious in the parking lot or in the store, SAY something immediately. Report suspicious activity to your local police or sheriff. If you need help, ask a Walmart manager for assistance. Thank you for doing your part to help keep our hometowns safe.
So Big Sis does not mind if shoppers at a retail store profile fellow shoppers to their little hearts’ content. Yet, she and Eric Holder have sued states for just this kind of un-politically correct behavior.
Napolitano conveniently leaves the definition of “suspicious activity” up to granny reaching for the frozen pie crust. And the kicker is if someone at Walmart reports a frustrated mother buying groceries on aisle 9, her name will be entered into a permanent “suspect file” regardless of the fact that her only crime might be total exhaustion.
In case anyone thinks this is strictly a right vs. left argument, the so-called liberals aren’t too happy with the Soviet-style tactics either.
John W. Whitehead, a constitutional lawyer and regular contributor to HuffPo wrote a testy critique of the Walmart-Big Sis relationship. He cites a 2009 DHS report, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.”
The multimillion dollar “if you see something, say something” taxpayer-funded campaign has been co-opted by Napolitano. Originally begun by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 2002, Big Sis liked the slogan so much she announced a partnership with Amtrak in July, 2010. Whitehead bluntly states that we are now officially living in a “corporate police state:”
In addition to Walmart, DHS is partnering with federal, state,local and private sector entities, as well as the Mall of America, the American Hotel and Lodging Association, Amtrak, the Washington Metropolitan Area and Transit Authority, sports and general aviation industries.
Walmart, the global retail giant, welcomes ordinary consumers shopping for everything from motor oil to lobsters. What is the current administration after in encouraging shoppers to be extra vigilant while picking up a loaf of bread?
As Whitehead says about the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) collaboration with Walmart and other entities:
This kind of program will sow seeds of fear, paranoia and distrust, and in the process, keep us divided and powerless. The one thing those in power fear is ‘the unity of the people.’
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Like HIV, feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a highly contagious disease that eventually results in the development of an AIDS-like syndrome. The prevalence of FIV in North America hovers around 2.5 per cent, although the virus may be much more prevalent in other countries (up to 44 per cent in some locations). It is generally believed that there are five strains of FIV that each causes an AIDS-like syndrome in cats. In fact, FIV is the only non-primate variation of immunodeficiency viruses that are associated with AIDS. While not usually fatal in cats, the effect of FIV on the immune system of house cats has justified the development of a vaccine.
In March of 2002, researchers announced that they had discovered a vaccine for FIV which was subsequently approved by the FDA. The discovery of this vaccine was not only of great importance in the veterinary world but was also heralded as a breakthrough in the search for a vaccine for HIV. The excitement about the vaccine notwithstanding, subsequent researchers and veterinarians have questioned its efficacy. Indeed, since its introduction to the medical community, the FIV vaccine has been criticized for many reasons.
First of all, all cats treated with the FIV vaccine test positive for the virus. For many cat owners, this has sparked justifiable fears that if their cat runs away and is found by animal control, it will likely be destroyed because it is FIV-positive. In addition, the vaccine does not provide full protection against the virus. At the moment, researchers are aware of 5 subtypes of FIV but the vaccine only protects against two of those strains. Finally, the FIV vaccine has been shown to possibly cause sarcomas which are equally dangerous to FIV.
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Happy birthday, Big Oil! A group gathered in Washington D.C. this week to celebrate 100 years of tax subsidies for the oil industry – but attendees certainly weren’t oil-industry insiders – quite the opposite, in fact. The party consisted of more than 50 members of the American Coalition of Ethanol (ACE) and the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA), who were in town to meet with members of Congress during the ACE fly-in meeting.
And what better way to celebrate a birthday than with a custom cake crafted by the infamous Charm City Cakes – it modeled the U.S. Capitol building with an oil rig affixed to its roof, spewing hundred-dollar bills. Though the cake seemed to represent a critical picture, Rick Schwarck, president of IRFA, said that isn’t necessarily so; it’s more of a witty reminder to Congress.
“Big Oil has benefited from taxpayer support for 100 years – and not just with tax subsidies, but mandates and loan guarantees and other policies,” said Schwarck in a statement. “So when the debate heats up over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and other renewable fuels policy, the debate should be a full, fair and factual discussion that takes an honest, hard look at how federal policy has been tilted in favor of Big Oil for a century.”
According to IRFA, the list of current oil specific tax subsidies includes the following:
The birthday party was held after recent heavy criticism of the Renewable Fuel Standard that was established in 2007, and requires refiners to purchase 16.55 billion gallons of renewable fuels this year. According to Bloomberg, the American Petroleum Institute (API) claims that the mandate will cause huge disruptions in fuel supply due to a steadily decreasing consumer demand. API also has concerns over ethanol blends higher than 10 percent, stating that they have not been cleared by the government and may damage vehicles.
There is strong opposition to the RFS in Congress, with many calls for reform. Several groups have stood against the mandate for several reasons including the possibilities of food scarcity and rising food prices, which recent studies claim to have disproven. According to the Hill, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) most recently voiced a call for RFS reform: “Let’s have the ability to pull back and say, ‘Maybe this one just didn’t work the way that we had hoped it would.’ Let’s not be afraid to admit that we might need to reform it.”
Despite these claims, biofuel supporters suspect that most pushback stems from refiners losing money as biofuels increasingly creep into the energy landscape. Said Brian Jennings, ACE executive vice president, in a release, “If oil companies cannot stand on their own two feet after 100 years of clinging to certain taxpayer subsidies, Congress shouldn’t hurt American consumers by repealing the RFS, a policy that helps level the playing field with oil a little bit by giving people affordable and renewable fuel choices.”
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Focus on extraterrestrial materials through laboratory studies of meteorites and lunar samples, spectroscopic observations of asteroids and Mars, participation in spacecraft missions, and field studies of terrestrial analogs. Some examples of current research by our faculty in Planetary Geoscience are shown below. Visit the faculty members’ pages through the above links to get more information about research in Planetary Geoscience at UT.
MER Gusev Crater Landing Site Analysis:
Dr. McSween and graduate student Keith Milam used TES and THEMIS data to map the geology of Gusev Crater on Mars. Gusev Crater is a landing sites for one of the MER rover missions. The crater is thought to have been a depositional basin for outflow from Ma' adim Vallis, even holding a lake during part of Martian geologic history. This is a prime site in the search for evidence of past water (and potentially life) on Mars.
Diamonds: Dr. Taylor, in collaboration with Dr. Bill Carlson at the University of Texas, Austin, has been studying the origin of diamondiferous eclogite from Udachnaya, Siberia. They have been able to determine the positions of the minerals in eclogites with the use of high-resolution computerized tomography (CT scan). In the figure on the right, four successive slices show the presence of diamonds (black). Note their positions relative to the garnets (lt. gray), pyroxene (dk. gray), and sulfides (white). This is the most diamond-rich eclogite that they have ever examined and is the subject of a “pull-apart” study of this eclogite, its diamonds, and their mineral inclusions. | <urn:uuid:18fd9f2f-84ea-4381-b9a7-2712e059df77> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://web.utk.edu/~pgi/research.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00057-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914826 | 362 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Chennai, Jan 12: Activists of the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), protested here on Saturday against cruelty towards bulls through the ancient sport of ‘Jallikattu’.
Organised as part of the Jan ary harvest festival of Pongal, Jallikattu is India’s version of the running of the bulls which takes place every year in the Spanish city of Pamplona.
Fighters and muscular wild bulls-often pepped up with large amounts of homemade liquor-dash after each other on the streets of Tamil Nadu.
Unlike the Spanish version of the sport, the aim is not to kill the bulls but to dominate and tame them, and pluck away bundles of money or other treats tied to their specially sharpened horns.
The organiser of the protest, PETA India, Bhuvaneshwari Gupta, urged the provincial government to immediately stop the cruel game.
“Tamilians are themselves against Jallikattu. We do not want Jallikattu to take place because it is a black spot in our culture. It is a very very cruel game, which has already been banned by the Ministry of Environment and Forest in 2011. Inspite of that the Tamil Nadu Government is allowing Jallikattu to take place. So, we as Tamilians are doing the protest here today to urge to the Tamil Nadu Government that the game should be immediately stopped as we do not want Jallikattu to take place any more,” said Gupta.
Gupta said that despite being banned by the Ministry of Environment and Forest in 2011, the government has allowed the game to take place.
The Animal Welfare Board has also criticised the festival, saying men beat the animals and throw burning chilli powder in their eyes, ears and mouth to enrage them.
The Supreme Court banned Jallikattu in 2007, saying it was cruel and not in keeping with what it described as the country’s non-violent traditions.
But that ban was watered down, and the court said the popular sport could be held under strict government vigil.
Fighters and spectators have been gored or trampled to death, and the number of injured fighters has often run into the hundreds. The festival has been marketed as a tourist attraction in recent years. (ANI) | <urn:uuid:360852b5-290a-4b88-a720-5dced5df130c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.indiatalkies.com/2013/01/peta-activists-protest-chennai-jallikattu.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00052-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963261 | 492 | 2.0625 | 2 |
The first time I stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon I couldn’t stop thinking what it must have been like for the very first person who saw it. I imagined an American Indian emerging from the dense pine forest that surrounds the canyon and stopping in his tracks, overwhelmed by the vista that spread before him. His first reaction must have been astonishment. Once recovered from the shock, his second thought must have been about how he would get across.
That same scenario plays out in my mind each time I see another geological wonder of the world. What did indigenous Africans think when they first encountered the roar of Victoria Falls in present-day Zimbabwe? How did Australian Aborigines explain Uluru, a behemoth red rock protruding from a flat, featureless plain in the center of the Australian outback? So strong are these images and questions that I’ve often joked that I must have lived a previous life as an explorer. I’ve always yearned to feel the sense of wonderment that accompanies the discovery of a place so beautiful and spiritual that it takes the breath away. Last month my wish was granted.
During my recent press trip to Iberostar Resorts in Mexico’s Riviera Maya, the resort arranged for our small group of travel bloggers to tour Rio Secreto, an underground river and cave complex deep beneath the surface of the Yucatan Peninsula. Following an extensive orientation and briefing to ensure we understood how important it was not to touch any surface within the cave, we descended through a cenote, a sinkhole whose roof had collapsed, revealing the maze of underground passages and caverns below the surface. Eons ago, the entire Yucatan was covered by a shallow sea. Year after year, sea creatures died and fell to the sea floor. Slowly, pressure and heat condensed these calcium sediments into a thick layer of limestone. As colliding plates of the earth’s mantle gradually forced the limestone plateau up the seas receded, exposing the limestone to weather and the elements. Over time, acidic rains percolated through the limestone, dissolving the sediments until they resembled one giant chunk of Swiss cheese. It was into this Swiss cheese, rife with tunnels, passages, stalactites, stalagmites, and an underground river, that we descended.
At first we walked on uneven dry ground, trying our best to keep our balance so as not to touch any of the formations, which stop growing the moment they are contaminated by oil from a human touch. At times we inched along in single file, each of us holding onto the life vest of the person in front of us. About half-way through, our path was blocked by water; we had no choice but to swim the rest of the distance. I crept into the chilly water, suddenly grateful for the cumbersome wetsuit that had me sweating just moments before. Soon, the water was so deep I couldn’t touch bottom. Continue reading | <urn:uuid:60923152-3b86-4e20-b88b-9037aa57573f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://holeinthedonut.com/tag/quintana-roo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00023-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961568 | 608 | 2.453125 | 2 |
BEIJING - The German journalist and best-selling author, Frank Sieren, is one of the Wests leading China experts. His latest book Angst vor China (Fear of China) was published last September in Germany.
Much like his earlier works, this book has a striking and provocative title and covers a large range of topics: nuclear development in China, how the Chinese challenge is affecting the American manufacturing industry, global competition for petroleum resources, Chinas aeronautic projects, Tibet, Chinas water pollution and the Sino-US economic relations in the broadest sense. The author uses straightforward language, and a writing style that is strong on storytelling.
Sierens viewpoint is both consistent and surprising to Chinese readers when compared to the common attitudes toward China we hear throughout the mainstream voices in the West. Utterly absent are the usual suspicion, fear, prejudice and preconceptions. The book argues that the West being forced to face an increasingly powerful country so different in its value system, culture and ideology is actually a good thing for the West.
He describes a China already so strong economically that is now also busy trying to establish its corresponding political position of strength. This is bound to create conflict with the West as it seeks to secure strategic resource supplies to assert its economic development.
Nevertheless, China is not an enemy. At most, its a competitor; and as such, the right strategy for the West is not to demonize or isolate China, but to cooperate with it, and recognize the reality of China being part of the multipolar world. Furthermore, the West should regard the competitive pressure from Chinas rise as a way to reinforce its scientific and technological innovation and its economic edge so as to maintain its leading economic and political status.
Sierens book winds up actually exaggerating the success China has achieved up to now. He is also overly optimistic about the future prospects of Chinas economy. However, his purpose is very clear. He is not judging the Chinese economy and politics as a Western expert or giving suggestions in policy-making, but is telling the West, and in particular the Germans, that Chinas development is both a challenge and opportunity for the West.
Sieren has lived in China for 17 years. He first worked as the correspondent of Germanys business weekly, the Wirtschafts Woche, specializing in economics. He later became a presenter for the talk show, Asiatalk on Deutsche Welle-TV.
But unlike other European experts on China who mostly come from the sinology departments in academia, Sieren graduated from the Department of Politics of the Free University Berlin. This perspective helps forge his strategic thinking, while his precise Western-oriented values enable him to offer a relatively objective and calm analysis of Chinas complex reality. He isnt just introducing or interpreting China, but rather speaking directly to the West about how it should face China. And Sierens driving message is clear: approach this major new world power as a challenge, not a threat.
Read the original article in Chinese
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The RULER Approach is now a part of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, formerly Yale's Health, Emotion, and Behavior Laboratory. Check back within the coming months for a brand new website.
In an era of academic accountability, receptivity for integrating social and emotional learning programming into the curriculum is dependent upon empirical evidence demonstrating improvements in academic performance and social and emotional competence. Over the last two decades, numerous programs have been developed to promote social and emotional learning. A recent meta-analysis of 200 studies examining the effects of social emotional learning programs revealed that students enrolled in such programs perform significantly better in school and on standardized tests compared to non-participating students.
The RULER Approach is one such program. Research suggests that developing RULER skills fosters a range of behaviors and attitudes essential to positive development and academic achievement.
Incorporating The RULER Approach leads to:
- Enhanced motivation and study skills
- Higher academic scores in core content areas
- Decreased hyperactivity in the classroom
- Decreased anxiety and depression
- Increased empathy, social competence, and leadership skills
- Reductions in student referrals for inappropriate behavior, school suspensions, aggression and bullying
- Enhanced classroom climate, including greater respect between teachers and students, more positive relationships among students, and enhanced prosocial behavior
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Sokhina married young and raised her son as a single mom when her husband left the family. She is proud to now raise her voice on social and political issues through her work as a BRAC Popular Theater actress. Popular Theater groups do community based performances focused on raising awareness on a variety of issues that affect the rural poor, especially women, in Bangladesh. The plays are based on local incidents and take into account local culture and social norms. BRAC uses local actors who deliver their performances in the local dialect. In recent years she has observed significant changes regarding the treatment and perception of women in communities where the theater is being performed. Through the stipend BRAC pays her, Sokhina is able to support herself. She enjoys living with her son's family and dreams that her granddaughter will grow up in a more gender-sensitive Bangladesh. | <urn:uuid:3257fcb8-9526-48b5-b09f-a83bc0a448fb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://brac.net/courageintheheart/sokhina | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00047-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973998 | 170 | 1.671875 | 2 |
“Women prefer white wine. Men only drink red. Women like sweet wine. Men purchase less wine.” These are just a few of the common myths that arise around wine and gender, but are they really true? One statistic on which we can rely is that the make-up of US wine consumers is approximately 55% female and 45% male, according to Nielson, but there has been an increase of men adopting wine in the past decade.
So what is really happening around the topic of wine and gender in the US? In order to answer this question, a research study was developed to explore differences in wine drinking occasion and motivation between men and women. The study included in-depth interviews with 30 men and women who drink wine as well as an online survey with 305 wine consumers (155 men and 150 women) residing in California. The results show strong similarities between men and women in many categories, but also some surprising differences.
Similarities Between Male and Female Wine Consumers
In terms of preferred wine varietals, the study shows that cabernet sauvignon and merlot are the top favorites of both men and women; however, women also identify white zinfandel as a strong preference. The favored white for both genders is chardonnay (see Table 1). These data are consistent with previous research showing that American men and women both prefer red wine slightly more than white.
Table 1: Preferred Wine Varietals of California Men and Women
In terms of occasions to drink wine, the survey analyzed responses of men and women in 22 different wine drinking occasions. Of these, both genders reported they drink wine at similar frequency in 16 of these occasions. The top four highest scoring occasions on which men and women agreed are:
1) With Meals at Fine Dining Restaurants
2) Non-Meal: Special Occasions/Celebrations
3) With Meals at a Friend’s House
4) Non-Meal: To Socialize with Friends
In terms of their motivations to drink wine, both California men and women concurred that their top three motivations were: 1) because wine enhances food, 2) they like the taste, and 3) it helps with relaxation.
Differences Between Male and Female Wine Consumers
For the six occasions in which there is a statistical difference in how California men and women consume wine, women reported lower frequency of consumption than men:
1) Alone at Home to Relax After Work
2) Alone While Cooking
3) Alone at a Bar
4) With Meals at Home Alone
5) With Meals at Home
6) With Meals for Business
The fact that four of these occasions are “alone” situations is most likely a primary reason for the difference. This is because women identify the social benefits of consuming wine more often than men. This could also be true for drinking wine with meals at home, if others are not in attendance, or during a business meal that may not be perceived as being a relaxed social setting.
In terms of motivation, the study shows that women identify social and relaxation reasons to drink wine in more occasions than men. Men, on the other hand, identify more pragmatic reasons to drink wine, even in social settings where they focus on technical aspects and exhibiting knowledge. Some quotes to illustrate this are:
(Women) “It is fun to be with friends and talk about the wine.” “It is a social thing.” “I like the whole culture around wine of conversation, friends and laughter.”
(Men): “I like considering the historical nature of wine.” “I like to collect wine.” “I think women like to enjoy wine with friends. Men use wine as a “show off factor. They often like to brag about it. “
Regarding which sex purchases and pays more for wine, this study supports current statistics showing that women consume more wine, selecting it over other alcoholic beverages more than men, by at least 10%. However, men will usually spend more on a bottle of wine than women. In this study, the difference was an average of $4.04 more per bottle for men.
Implications for Wine Marketing
The results of this study suggest implications and potential opportunities for wine marketing.
Gender Neutral Wine Promotions Still Very Relevant - this research shows that, overall, there is much in common between California men and women in terms of wine-drinking occasions, motivations to drink and preferred wine style. This suggests that gender-neutral wine promotions will most likely be more successful in reaching a larger demographic and thus market-share.
Opportunity to Focus Wine Marketing on Men - this study illustrates that men are drinking wine in more new occasions and will spend more money on wine than women. This suggests an opportunity for more focus on men in wine marketing. Though there have been several successful wine brands targeted at women, such as Little Black Dress and Mad Housewife, it is not clear that any popular wine brands have specifically targeted men, except in subtle ways with masculine labels/names such as Gnarly Head and True Grit. The advantage of creating a new wine brand targeted at men, is that women will be curious about the wine and will most likely purchase a bottle to taste. However, the reverse cannot be said about men and wine brands targeted at women, because advertising research shows that most men are not willing to purchase a product that is designed for women, unless it is a gift for a woman.
About the Author: Dr. Liz Thach, MW is the Korbel Professor of Wine Business & Management at Sonoma State University (Liz@lizthach.com). This research study is based on her MW dissertation with the Institute of Masters of Wine in London. A version of the study was published in the 2012 Journal of Wine Research, Vol. 23, No. 2 under the title: Time for Wine? Identifying Differences in Wine-Drinking Occasions for Male and Female Wine Consumers. The article is available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09571264.2012.676542, as well as in the collections of Sonoma State University Library and Healdsburg Wine Library of Sonoma County. | <urn:uuid:baaa3bd4-bcb8-474d-9ded-8045444e5779> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataid=108156 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966959 | 1,295 | 1.773438 | 2 |
The potential uses of a pair of smart glasses are easy to fixate on: simply glance to one side at the tiny screen and check your e-mail, make sure you’re walking in the right direction according to your maps app, see what the weather will be like later in the afternoon. But some realities about the glasses have yet to be addressed—for one, what we all might look like using these things.
We know generally what a human wearing these glasses (or at least the first generation of them) will look like thanks to Google and other emerging smart glasses companies. We know what the glasses can do. But we've neglected to consider how different we might look to people around us while we’re watching those little screens, seeing them do what they do.
During the week of CES, I visited the booth of Vuzix, a company that plans to release smart glasses that interface with your smartphone to let you view the display via a tiny screen clipped to your head. Eventually, the company hopes to run Android apps directly from the headset itself.
The design isn’t as sleek and minimal as that of Google Glass, which still isn’t due to reach customers’ hands for another year. But Vuzix plans to price its version at less than one third of the only price point Google has put forward ($1,500).
While at the booth, I asked a representative to put the M100 smart glasses on for me. I asked him to focus on me, like we were having a conversation.
Then I asked him to focus on the screen inside the glasses. The result:
After this initial minute, he went back to looking as if he were looking straight ahead, but there was a moment when he attempted to focus on the screen on one side of his face with both eyes. The look in the second picture above is due to “convergence,” where our eyes attempt to keep an object in focus by working together to maintain single binocular vision. A user probably wouldn’t always look like this while glancing over at the tiny screen, but at best it would take some practice to shift focus without apparently going cross-eyed.
When I tried out the headset, the screen was a bit difficult to see (for some reason, the demo units weren’t attached to a headband or any other structure for affixing it to my head, so I had to hold up the earpiece to my ear and pretend). The display seemed to float out in space several inches beyond where there actual glass was—appropriate, since it’s designed to look like a 4-inch screen held at 14 inches.
The screen is noticeably low-resolution (WQVGA) and the colors were not great. Besides gazing into the virtual abyss of the handset, I also couldn’t do much with the screen. As it is now, the headset has to interface with an Android handset and will display whatever is happening on the handset on the headset’s tiny screen. There are two navigation buttons and a power button embedded in the top of the earpiece, but to get any real navigation or selection done, I’d have to look down at the connected smartphone, which all but negates the value of having a screen set right in front of my eye.
Ultimately, a screen with which you can’t interact will be better suited to monitoring than management—for instance, keeping an e-mail app open to flick your eyes over and see if that message you’re waiting for has arrived, or, as we mentioned, mapping app directions. But the battery life will cut this short: currently, Vuzix’s smart glasses are pegged for 2 hours of a continuous "on" state from their batteries, or 8 hours with “typical” off-and-on use.
Smart glasses are still an interesting concept, but we have our doubts that they will ever fit into the lifestyle of mainstream consumers. Certainly, at this early stage, a short battery life and clunkier look won’t help these glasses. We have even more doubts about the way they look on a person. As we understand it, smart glasses are an item to be worn all the time, not unlike how Bluetooth headsets are never removed from the ears of the habitual businessperson.
But Bluetooth headsets worn in that capacity have presented a near-insurmountable social hurdle: it’s not always possible for bystanders or conversation partners to definitively determine who the wearer is talking to without explicitly asking. Smart glasses may present the same problem once we all learn to focus on them: are you talking to me or reading your Twitter feed? But if your conversation partner’s eyes try to converge on the screen, it’s going to make for an awkward moment during your chat when their eyes, ever so briefly, cross while trying to check the status of their e-mail or social networks. It’s the equivalent of glancing down at your smartphone in your lap, but so much more visually jarring.
We may be worrying about these issues too early: at around $500, these glasses will be hard to justify even for the most dogged of early adopters, so we’re hardly in for an unfocused-gaze-during-conversation pandemic. But it’s funny to think that we may be on the horizon of developing a new technological response twitch: the flick of the wrong eye to a tiny head-mounted display. | <urn:uuid:d74ab419-0c45-4623-8256-9a0c0fd34254> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/heres-what-you-will-look-like-while-using-smart-glasses/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00074-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958772 | 1,138 | 1.65625 | 2 |
As Syria crisis continues, UNHCR urges EU states to uphold Common Asylum System principles
|Publisher||UN High Commissioner for Refugees|
|Publication Date||16 October 2012|
|Cite as||UN High Commissioner for Refugees, As Syria crisis continues, UNHCR urges EU states to uphold Common Asylum System principles, 16 October 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5087d5cc2.html [accessed 19 May 2013]|
With a small but growing number of Syrian asylum seekers arriving in countries of the European Union, UNHCR is reminding EU member states of the importance of adhering to the principles of the Common European Asylum System. These include ensuring access to territory, access to asylum procedures, harmonized approaches to the adjudication of asylum claims and mutual support between member states. There is an opportunity for the EU to put its commitment to solidarity into practice.
According to Eurostat, between January 2011 and August 2012, the European Union together with Norway and Switzerland received 16,474 asylum applications from Syrians. The figures across European countries vary; Germany received 5,515, Sweden 2,506, followed by the Switzerland (1,405), Austria (972), UK (912), Denmark (908) and Belgium (796). The numbers in other member states are considerably lower.
While most Member States are processing claims and granting protection to Syrians, currently approaches to interpreting protection criteria and the type of status and entitlements granted vary considerably. In Greece for example, the asylum-system fails to meet the protection needs of many refugees. In some countries on the Eastern border of the EU rejection rates are more than 50 per cent. In addition, some countries are more likely to give Syrians a tolerated stay rather than actual protection. There is therefore a risk that people in need of protection will be denied the rights to which they are entitled under EU or international law and will be compelled to move on (usually to other EU states).
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey continue to host the overwhelming majority of Syrian refugees – now numbering 343,871 Syrians who have either formally registered as refugees or are being assisted. Arrivals of asylum-seekers from Syria in the EU have been relatively small, with less than 20,000 Syrian asylum-claims filed by Syrians in the past 18 months.
With the crisis continuing, contingency planning at national level for new arrivals should take place. At EU level, there must also be readiness to consider applying the Temporary Protection Directive and other appropriate responses, if the conditions demand it. As always, it is important that the right to seek asylum is upheld at all times.
The European Union and the Member States are among the largest contributors to the Syria Regional Response Plan – which represents the combined planning of 52 UN Agencies and NGOs who are supporting Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey. This plan was recently updated with an appeal figure of US$487.9 million. It is currently 29 per cent funded. The EU has provided over 8 million euro to the RRP to date, and is considering further contributions. Individual EU Member States have also offered welcome financial support. However, further funding is and will be required to meet the pressing humanitarian needs of displaced people. | <urn:uuid:4fe61c94-e925-4f18-92a6-7f654204663f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=country&category=&publisher=&type=&coi=AUT&rid=4562d8b62&docid=5087d5cc2&skip=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00005-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946516 | 659 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Bruker vi oss språk eller språket?
Last språktprat, after Eli Anne and Laila’s presentations on constructions, we ended up talking about benefactive constructions of the kind “jeg tar meg en tur” or “jeg spiser meg en brødskive”.
Spanish is quite productive in the use of this structure, but some dialects have proven to have expanded the distribution of this construction: El Pais of Spain today has a fantastic example of this. Obama is quoted saying: “Tenemos que gastarnos dinero para sortear la recesion”, lit.: “We have to spend us money to overcome recession”. This is the suggested translation for “…we’re gonna have to spend money now to stimulate the economy.” The meaning of the benefactive construction is never clearer than here and not predictable from the syntactic composition VERB+REFL.
For me, as a native speaker of Spanish with a rather different dialect, it was hard to get the meaning of the construction at once. I think that what bothered me was the undetermined object “dinero” (money). If the construction would have been “Tenemos que gastarnos EL dinero… (def)” it would have sounded more acceptable. But I understand that this would have been a wrong translation since we are talking about spending money in general and not any particular amount. So, is determination essential to the benefactive generally and Spain is innovative in this use?
How does this work in the Norwegian examples? Is it possible to use this construction in Norwegian in other cases than the named above?
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ZineA zine is a small circulation, non commercial publication of original and /or appropriated texts and images. Zines are distibuted through trade, at zine symposia, record stores, at concerts, independent media outlets, by mail, or through zine "distros." Many zines are distributed for free or cost less than $1.00 and rarely more than $3.00-5.00. The time and materials necessary to create a zine are seldom matched by the sale of zines. Zines are seldom copyrighted and there is a strong belief among many zinesters that the material within zines should be freely distributed.
Topics covered in zines are broad, and continue to include political, social, or sexual content sufficiently far outside the mainstream to be published in more traditional media. However, zines did enjoy a brief period of attention from conventional media in the 1990s, when a number of zines were collected and published in book form.Some believe that the widespread adoption of web browsers starting in 1996 marked the end of the classic period for print zines.
While 'zine is obviously a contraction of the word magazine, The exact origins of the zine and the moment when the word was first used are controversial. It appears likely that zine was invented independently by several subcultures, among them political groups, science-fiction enthusiasts, poets, and literary writers. Zines created and distributed today are most closely associated with the zines that emerged as part of the punk rock movement in the late 1970s.
Zines continue to be popular. Currently zines are important to the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) movement. Recently galvanizing social issues such as globalization, environmentalism, media conglomeration, American imperialism and consumerism have been addressed by zinesters.
Zine Guide is a contact list available at some news stands that lists titles and publishers of 'zines. Factsheet Five was one such contact list but has been on hiatus since 199a8.
See also fanzine, samizdat.
Zine (zeen) listing: http://www.undergroundpress.org/infoshops.html
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The E-zine Webring
A Webring for all forms of e-zines.
A database of ezines, newsletters, and journals, pushed to your e-mailbox.
Find poetry and other e-zines using their online publication search.
A list of e-zines, organized by a rating system.
Nerd World Media
Poetry and short story e-zines are listed in this section of Nerd World Media.
Ezines on a variety of topics hosted by Suite101.
An email newsletter search engine.
The Ezine Directory
Offering electronic magazines listings sorted into categories.
John Labovitz's e-zine-list
This list of ezines has been on the net since 1993 and has been described as one of the best resources for ezines around. No longer updated.
Web Del Sol
A collaboration that has produced several poetry and literature ezines. All of them can be found from this main site.
A categorized list of e-zines.
Inkpot's Zine Scene
Collection of online newspapers, newsletters, periodicals, zines, magazines and publications.
Suite101 guide to literary e-zines, includes articles and discussions.
E-mail publications listed by category and alphabetically, with features including ratings, subscriber reviews, and detailed listings including publisher, subscriber and advertiser information.
E-zines directory with categories of free ezines, newsletters, email magazines and online publications.
AJR NewsLink: Literary Magazines
American Journalism Review magazine online's selection of links to literary e-zines and magazines.
An email newsletter directory that includes HTML versions.
Contains a lot of information about each ezine.
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5. Kathævatthu Pæ¹i
Kathævatthu, like Puggalapaññatti, falls outside the regular system of the Abhidhamma . It does not directly deal with the abstruse nature of the Dhamma. It is mainly concerned with wrong views such as "Person exists; Self exists; Jøva exists" which were prevalent even in the Buddhas time, or wrong views such as "Arahat falls away from Arahatship" which arose after the Parinibbæna of the Buddha.
About two hundred and eighteen years after the Parinibbæna of the Buddha there were altogether Eighteen Sects, all claiming to be followers of the Buddhas Teaching. Of these only the Theravædins were truly orthodox, while the rest were all schismatic. The Emperor Asoka set about removing the impure elements from the Order with the guidance and assistance of the Elder Moggaliputtatissa who was an accomplished Arahat. Under his direction, the Order held in concord the Uposatha ceremony which had not been held for seven years because of dissensions and the presence of false bhikkhus in the Order.
At that assembly, the Venerable Moggaliputtatissa expounded on points of views, made up of five hundred orthodox statements and five hundred statements of other views, in order to refute the wrong views that had crept into the Saµgha and that might in the future arise. He followed the heads of discourses, Mætikæ, outlined by the Buddha himself and analysed them in detail into one thousand statements of views. This collection of statements of views was recited by one thousand selected theras who formed the Third Great Synod, to be incorporated into the Abhidhamma Pi¥aka.
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View Full Version : contrast views of juicing fruits
02-16-2005, 08:29 AM
I have read Juice fasting for Detoxification, and I am getting ready to start my juice fast, but I have noticed from several recipes and different boards that they contradict each other. The author from that book said there are some fruits that are not juicable, but so many other places I see the combinations. So what are we to do? Take it all in and make our own judgements or just experiment? Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
02-16-2005, 02:29 PM
I have not read that juicing some fruits is bad for you - to the contrary, I have read and own many books that suggest the opposite and the benefits I have received have been numerous. I would suggest you use your judgement to decide and see what your body likes the best.
02-16-2005, 07:50 PM
Hi Brenda! I read at www.living-foods.com some tips on juicing. I remember it saying that there were fruits that came out more like nectar than juice which is just basically a thicker juice. examples would be nectarines, papaya, etc. Check out the website and it would probably answer your questions. RAchel
03-02-2005, 01:05 PM
I could be wrong, but what I have heard is the purpose of a juice fast, is to allow your body to help detox even more, and let your digestive system rest a little from constantly moving out the fiber, not that fiber is bad or anything, but if we were living naturally in the wild, we would be grazing, and eating so much differently than we actually do.
So, the purpose is to have the nutrients without the pulp, so if you juice nectarines, it is a thicker juice, some pulp is gonna get in there, but I don't see this as a problem, same with other fruits, like peaches, papaya, banana, cherimoya, all the thicker fruits, so if you like them, and are drawn to them, I see no reason why you can't drink them
Like Todd said above, also soups, veggies which have gone through the juicer, to make a tomatoey even slightly warm yummy soup.
or anything you want, as long as it is without the pulp.
Good luck on your juice fast, I haven't done one in a long time, and then it was a water fast for several days, I came off it with a juice fast, and I had such a headache. Yikes, it has made me NOT want to do it again, it was that bad.
Sharon in Colorado
03-02-2005, 02:14 PM
Hard fruits are the best to juice. Most people will juice apples along with their veggies and greens mainly for the flavor and how much juice apples make. Firm pears are good too. Also citrus fruits are excellent juiced. Softer fruits are really not good for that purpose (bananas, mangoes, papayas, etc) and are much better blended whole into smoothies.
There are those who believe that juicing isn't good for you at all and any fasting should be a water fast. Then there are those who believe "juice fasting" is the way to go.
In actuality you aren't really fasting, but juice dieting because you are taking in some nutrients and a fast is either water or dry. Water fasting is best handled by people who have a fairly clean body in the first place, or are experienced fasters. Dry fasting is never recommended but there are a handful of those who've dry fasted who were led by the Holy Spirit to do so. Dry fasting for more than a day can be very dangerous. Any kind of fasting needs to be accompanied by mostly rest and relaxation.
That said if you are only taking in juices and liquids you don't have to rest all the time, but it's recommended to rest often.
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Tesla Motor's plans to build a 500-worker auto assembly plant in San Jose appear to be dead.
The company failed to secure $100 million in venture financing for the factory in the fall, and now realizes that the $450 million it hopes to get from government loan programs favor retrofitting existing buildings rather than constructing new ones in green fields, company spokeswoman Rachel Konrad said Thursday.
"I'm disappointed somebody else is going to get a chance at the manufacturing facility for the sedan," said San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who had hoped the plant would be a cornerstone of his plan to make the city the capital of green technology.
Tesla could still relocate its headquarters, research-and-development
"We continue to work with them," Reed said.
City staffers are scurrying to find sites for the other Tesla facilities, said Michelle McGurk, a senior policy adviser for Reed.
The loss of the factory represents a major blow to San Jose, which has been touting itself as the epicenter of clean-technology companies and innovation. In announcing the deal last year, Reed said the company's 1,025 potential jobs would be crucial in meeting his goal of creating 25,000 clean-tech jobs within 2015.
Tesla has "not abandoned San Jose," Konrad said. But she said Tesla is now
Tesla continues to wait for government loans from programs promoting alternative-vehicle technologies to help defray the cost of building its factory and second electric car, the Model S. Those programs, Konrad said, favor companies with plans to retool existing buildings, or so-called "brown-field" sites.
Konrad said it remains unclear when the government will award those loans but added that Tesla still plans to have its Model S on the market by 2012. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, and 18 other members of Congress sent a letter to new Energy Secretary Steven Chu urging "swift action" in approving Tesla's loan application.
The global financial crisis, which Konrad characterized as "economic Armageddon," has hit clean-tech companies hard, especially those that need financing to build factories or power plants.
Tesla's first car, the two-seat, $109,000 Roadster, went into production in 2008. The company has delivered 160 of them and has 1,100 people waiting for them.
That car is built at a Lotus factory in England. But Tesla sees itself as eventually emerging as a mainstream automaker, and that means having a factory of its own.
But this is the second time Tesla has backtracked on plans to build a factory.
In February 2007, Tesla and the state of New Mexico announced a deal to bring a 400-job factory to Albuquerque. The plant, which would have made 10,000 cars a year, was to be in operation by 2009.
But shovels never met soil, and in June 2008, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he and state Treasurer Bill Lockyer had persuaded Tesla to build its factory in the Golden State. They offered training incentives plus a waiver of state sales tax on $100 million worth of equipment.
By September, Tesla had picked a location for the factory adjacent to the water-treatment plant at the intersection of Zanker Road and Highway 237 in North San Jose. The city offered a 40-year lease, with the first 10 years rent-free, for the vacant parcel.
Construction would mean 600 jobs and $40 million in wages, according to an analysis by city staff, and the facility ultimately would employ 525 people with an annual payroll exceeding $100 million.
In addition to assembling Tesla's Model S, a four-door mid-size electric sedan, the location was to serve as the home for the company's headquarters, its research staff and the drivetrain assembly operation.
Reed said he still considers his wooing of Tesla a good decision. "Very much so," he said. "But when we do this with whatever company, we try to minimize the risk."
In this case, he said, San Jose didn't put any money into the deal, and it offered land that was vacant.
Tesla's news Thursday came as the state's auto dealers announced the worst car sales in California since 1993.
Less than 1.5 million new cars and trucks were sold in California in 2008, down 23 percent from 2007. The decline has resulted in layoffs and the closing of dozens of dealerships statewide.
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The Ten Commandments of Architecture
By Jim Childress, FAIA
January 21, 2011
It was time to dust off the Ten Commandments of Architecture and hold them over my head like Charlton Heston (blessedly they were etched in Microsoft Word rather than stone). They have been passed down to me, in part, by Bill Grover, partner emeritus, and my current partners at Centerbrook Architects. I have done a bit of editing and updating through the years.
The occasion was the annual visit of Professor Elizabeth Petry and her University of Hartford architecture students. Several of their initial questions touched on the fabled issue of architects’ comet-sized egos. The word is apparently on the street.
After telling them to sit down, shut up, and listen in awe, I reassured them that such was not the case at Centerbrook.
I’m just kidding.
Their questions were astute and concise, including: What makes a good architect? How do I go about getting hired? I went straight to the yellowing Word document:
1. Thou Shalt Not Compartmentalize: In addition to learning to design, thou should write well, spell correctly, figure out how to get jobs and keep clients happy, take out the trash, make a good cup of Joe, be able to build models, master sustainability as well as the latest technological tools. Do all this and more, EXCEPT ... hire a really good professional to photograph your work. It will pay off in awards and in landing new jobs.
2. Don’t Be Disappointed When a Client Rejects Your Design: It only means another opportunity to design. In architecture there are many solutions to the same question and designing is what you do.
3. Always Exceed Your Client’s Expectations: The corollary is: Establish attainable expectations.
4. Cost Counts: No matter what clients may say, or how deep their pockets, cost is foremost in the minds of all clients great and small. Make sure there is a clear, written understanding of the expected project cost and have a plan in case the budget gets out of whack.
5. Problems are Opportunities: Show them how good you are in a pinch.
6. Bad News Travels Fast: An unhappy client is your worst nightmare. The corollary is: Satisfied clients become good friends and good references.
7. Art First, Mammon Second: Make every project an artistic success, and you will thrive. If your first priority is making money, you will go broke.
8. Go Forth and Collaborate: Architecture is a team sport. Surround yourself with talented and enjoyable people, in the office and outside. Share the credit with colleagues and consultants. Run an open office. The fewer doors the better; and just one coffee pot where the designing herd can gather and ruminate.
9. Listen: Believe it or not, people besides you have good ideas and insights. This applies to clients, staff, builders, consultants, building users, even your spouse. In the end it will be your client’s building, not yours. If you want to be a star, move to Hollywood.
10. Do Right, Have Fun: Clients are spending a lot of money; they expect something special. There also should be some fun in the mix, for your client and for you as well.
If there were an 11th Commandment, it would be: Have a sense of humor.
Jim Childress, FAIA , is one of four partners at Centerbrook Architects and Planners in Connecticut. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1977 and 1978 respectively. Selected as one of the decade’s “40 National Architects under 40” by the Architectural League of New York, he has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and at Eidgenossiche –Techniche Hochschule in Switzerland.
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Struggling organizations managing historical attractions in Jackson County hope voters will approve a levy in 2014 that would create a Rogue Valley Heritage District and raise more than $800,000 a year.
McKee Bridge, the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society and the Jacksonville Courthouse are some of the local sites seeking additional funding from the levy, which would add a maximum of 5 cents for each $1,000 in assessed valuation if voters approve.
On a house with $200,000 assessed value, the extra annual tax would be $10.
Tam Moore, with the Our Heritage Political Action Committee, said local cities have received letters recently describing how important the levy would be for the 17 historical districts in Jackson County.
"The need is there, and the draft economic impact statement shows the tremendous boost to the local economy by having a bunch of local museums," Moore said.
According to data compiled by the Southern Oregon Visitors Association in 2010, 42 percent of the region's 3.4 million annual visitors cited historical sites as one of their most popular activities.
Because many museums and historical buildings offer limited hours, visitors don't stay in Southern Oregon as long as they might, resulting in fewer tourist dollars, historic district supporters say.
Moore said organizers will take their case to cities, which will get a chance to weigh in on the levy proposal. Some may want to opt out of the heritage district, Moore said.
Once local cities make a decision, a map will be drawn up describing the boundaries of the district.
Supporters then will collect signatures from 15 percent of the registered voters living within the boundaries of the district to qualify for the May 2014 ballot.
In 2008, supporters of the Rogue Valley Historic District failed to get enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.
In 1948, Jackson County voters approved a permanent levy of 25 cents per $1,000 to support historical preservation. That money is still being collected, but it became part of the county general fund when voters approved ballot measures 47 and 50 a decade ago, and the money no longer goes to historical societies.
If voters approve the levy in 2014, $843,588 would be collected in the 2015-16 fiscal year, and about $200,000 of that would be set aside each year for a restoration and preservation fund. The restoration account would be retained for at least two years to build up enough money for investment in a significant project.
Most of the historical societies would receive between $13,000 and $28,000 a year. The Southern Oregon Historical Society would receive the largest share at $225,000 annually. The Jacksonville historic buildings would receive the second largest share at $47,450.
Anne Billeter, director of the genealogical society's library, said its $22,000 share of the proposed levy would help defray some of the organization's $44,125 operating costs and allow for more genealogical research.
She said the society is staffed by volunteers, but lights, heating and utilities are some of the main costs that make up the annual operating budget. The society also subscribes to expensive database websites, and it has an extensive library of information about genealogy.
The genealogical society purchased a larger building at 3405 S. Pacific Highway for $320,000 last year and remodeled it for a September 2012 grand opening.
Billeter said volunteers tried to do the lion's share of remodeling work on the building to keep the costs down.
Fundraising is ongoing to help pay for the new building, which was necessary to provide enough space for all the materials and to offer classes, Billeter said.
The more visible location has helped attract new members, Billeter said. In January, the society had 31 new members, a monthly record, she said, boosting total membership to 600.
Dick Thierolf, the immediate past president of the Southern Oregon Historical Society board, said the additional dollars would help his organization, which closed most of its operations at one point to restructure. Since then, the historical society has added programs and created more events at Hanley Farm.
"The existential crisis seems to have abated," he said. "It's nice to have a plan instead of always being forced to react."
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The California Coastal Commission unveiled a new specialty "whale tail" license plate on Tuesday designed in part by a Bay Area resident.
Whale tail "ecoplates" were first introduced by the commission in 1997, and since then nearly 200,000 have been sold, raising more than $60 million for environmental conservation, commission spokeswoman Chris Parry said.
The original featured artwork by famed marine life artist Robert Wyland. Parry said the commission decided to use a new design when Wyland asked for a 20 percent royalty on sales of the license plates in 2008.
"We really appreciate the donation of the original whale tail," Parry said. "It has served us really well. We're nothing but appreciative at this point."
The commission held a contest to find new artists to design the new ecoplate. More than 300 artists submitted entries, and the commission on Tuesday revealed the winning design by Elizabeth Robinette Tyndall, a painter from Bethel Island in Contra Costa County, and Bill Atkins, a digital artist from Laguna Beach.
Each artist received $1,000 as a prize. And this time around, the artists were required to sign releases, Parry said.
The two artists worked together to create the new image using aspects from each of their designs. The final design was then refined by a graphic design team.
The new plate is similar to the original, with a large humpback whale tail splashing in the ocean, although the new design features a bright, sunny sky with puffy white clouds in the background as opposed to Wyland's foggy sky.
"It's been extremely successful and popular. We wanted to build on that rather than go in new direction," Parry said.
The original design was discontinued on July 1 and the new plates went on sale this morning.
Both designs can be seen on the commission's website at www.ecoplates.com.
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Many of you are winding down for the school year , well in the northern hemisphere anyway. What is in your future? Where will I spend my time? What will my students be doing during an 8 week break?
We live in a tourist community and many high school students work throughout the summer, so I know what some of them will be doing. As for me, I have visions of running a virtual summer apps camp. If I call it camp it may make learning more palatable, maybe I can run it through my classroom Facebook page. Like I said I have lots of ideas and I think if I build it they will come! My goal will be to choose an app that interests me has a purpose and is easy to share. The only requirement to participate will be that all who stop by the Facebook page will need to share an app with purpose. Some categories could be FUN, organization apps , time management apps, photos, research, vocabulary practice and math practice, for SATs for example.
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The champagne itself is named after Dom Pérignon, a Benedictine monk who was an important pioneer for Champagne wine. Dom Pérignon (1638–1715) was a monk and cellar master at the Benedictine abbey in Hautvillers. He was the first to blend grapes in such a way as to improve the quality of wines and deal with a number of their imperfections.
Produced by the Champagne house Moët & Chandon, the first vintage of Dom Pérignon was made in 1921 but didn't become available for sale until 1936. To this day, Dom Pérignon serves as its house's prestige champagne and continues to deliver with its high quality. | <urn:uuid:146ad518-ffb1-4efd-a31d-501ee0a2aefe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cheesestorebh.com/Store/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=1152 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00058-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979868 | 147 | 2.03125 | 2 |
JeeLab’s Jean-Claude Wippler has been “rethinking the Arduino interface” since 2008, when he first attached an ISM band radio to a Modern Device Real Bare Bones Board. Three and a half years later he has built quite a library of sensors and breakout “plugs” for the JeeLabs Platform. The heart of the platform is the JeeNode (see below), which adds an inexpensive radio to an RBBB-style development board.
All of the pins of the Atmega328 are reorganized into four ports that have the same pinout: IRQ, Analog In, Regulated Power, GND, Digital In, Power In.
Sensor plugs can be small and all have the same interface; most communicate with the microcontroller using I2C (a common on-board option in a lot of sensor ICs). A set of Arduino libraries provides a consistent interface to the sensor plugs and the wireless module.
Jean Claude’s blog is worth setting aside some time to dig into. The latest posts are about analyzing supercap discharge rates, but some of the previous 1000 odd posts include an Oscilloscope buyer’s guide, the design process behind the various products, and lots of analysis of power usage of Atmega-based microcontroller projects.
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Electromagnetic focusing was part of the transporter operating process of Starfleet transporters in the
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The photo above is quite a striking one, and we recently featured it on our Facebook wall. It was shot by Mike Finn, a photo enthusiast who loves to create awesome scenes. After closely inspecting the photo, we thought it would be great to ask him how it was created.
Can you take a guess? We talked to Mike about how he created it. Here's how.
BHInsights blogger David Wells has been a busy man! He was recently on an assignment that tasked him to photograph the historically-significant Islamic architecture in Bijapur, in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka, for Saudi Aramco World Magazine. They were quite tedious to get to, since there is no commercial airport in Bijapur, and during the short window of time that he had for the shoot, no trains could be found from Mumbai, to get him to and from that city with enough time to do the kind of photography he was expected to do.
Capturing the photo above was not only quite a physical task, but also required lots of knowledge and understanding of exposures and metering. Here's David Wells, explaining how he got the shot:
Every now and then, we will give the spotlight to select photos from our awesome fans posted on our Facebook. Troy Shinn's photo above was recently selected, and it received an outpouring of love from amongst our other followers.
We were so awe-struck by it, that we asked Troy to share with us how he shot it. Here's Troy's story.
Kelby Training's Education Director Matt Kloskowski photographed the stunning sunrise in his photo above. Capturing all of the details in one image like this can be a bit tough to do, but it is totally possible through various methods. How do you think Matt shot it? After being captivated by it, we talked to Matt about how he photographed it.
Take a guess, then read on, to see if you got it right.
Take a look at the super-cool landscape photo above. How do you think it was shot? The scene was photographed by photographer Adam Taylor, and we were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to pick his brain on how he achieved the final result.
For even more education, you can check out the rest of our "How I Got the Shot" series of blog posts.
The Fourth of July is coming, and we all love to watch the fireworks. We’ve already talked a little about the basics of shooting them, but we recently had the opportunity to sit down with John Cornicello, an absolute master of the art, who blogs about it fairly often.
Specifically, we chose the photo above, and asked John to break it down for us. How do you think he shot it?
The Golden Hour is one of the most wonderful times to shoot photos using only natural light. But there is quite a bit that goes into photos than just lighting: there is composition, exposure, and having an overall vision that you want for your end result.
The photo above was shot during the Blue Hour: the period of time right after the Golden Hour, and also known as, "Dusk." Peter Tellone shot this photo. Here's how:
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Once you have sharpened your kitchen knives, keeping them sharp is as important as the sharpening itself. The normal wear and tear of just using your knives will dull them over time but a few simple tips can keep those edges sharp longer.
Use the right cutting board.
The choice of cutting boards can dramatically improve your knife’s ability to hold an edge. The best choice for keeping your knives sharp is a wooden cutting board. The wood is soft enough that it does less damage to your cutting edge. The best cutting boards have the end grain facing up in a butcher block style. This style is durable but allows the knife to slide between the vertical wood fibers.
The next best cutting board surface is the plastic cutting boards. These cutting boards are relatively easy on knife edges and are practical to use. Unlike a wooden cutting board, the plastic boards can be tossed into a dishwasher to sanitize it. These cutting boards are also available in many sizes and are priced economically.
The last choice in cutting boards would be the glass or marble cutting boards or cutting directly on ceramic plates. These cutting surfaces are just too hard for knives. Constant chopping and slicing on these boards will dull even the highest quality kitchen knives.
Properly Clean Your Knife
The process of cleaning your kitchen knives often results in unnecessary dulling. The biggest culprit is the dishwasher. In a dishwasher, the knife edges are much more likely to come in contact with other silverware or ceramic dishes. This banging around will cause small imperfections in your knife edge and dull it over time. The solution is to wash your knives by hand. Washing knives by hand also saves the handle material from the soaking and the high heat of a dishwasher. When washing knives by hand, avoid the temptation of soaking your knives in your cleaning water, in addition to possibly damaging the wooden handles, sharp knives are not something you want lurking in your cloudy dishwater. In addition, after your knife is properly washed, it’s important to dry your knife thoroughly before putting it away.
Storing Your Knives
Storage is another unnecessary culprit in dulling knives. A knife block or other knife holders are a last, but important step in maintaining sharp knives. Without proper storage, your knives can end up in a drawer where they can get banged around and dulled. Sharp knives can also expose you to unnecessary risk of cutting yourself while rummaging through your drawers.
Proper Knife Usage
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Peter Dinklage asks fans to join him in making kind choices by not hurting animals or asking others to hurt animals for them.
"NY Ink" star and tattoo artist Ami James says that people should "never be silent" for animals in a new ad for PETA.
Animals and the planet depend on us, and actor Maggie Q wants us to know what we can do to help.
Animals are forced to endure the pain of having chemicals applied to their sensitive eyes and skin. Join Dave in buying only cruelty-free products.
Actor Taraji P. Henson wants us to show dogs the unconditional love that they so graciously give us. Make animals a part of your family.
Company Removes Fur Items and Implements Fur-Free Policy After PETA Appeal
"Papaya saves its customers from becoming fashion victims, and now the company's anti-fur policy extends the same courtesy to animals," says PETA Senior Vice President Dan Mathews.
On American and European fur farms, animals spend their entire lives confined to tiny, filthy cages, where they suffer physical and psychological distress before they are killed by poisoning, gassing, anal electrocution, or neck-breaking. In China—now the world's leading producer of fur—there are no penalties for abusing animals on fur farms. Animals on fur farms in China (including cats and dogs) are yanked from their cages and slammed to the ground before they are skinned for their fur—often while they are still alive. Fur from China is often deliberately mislabeled as fur from other species.
Stella McCartney, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Marc Bouwer, Betsey Johnson, Vivienne Westwood, Polo Ralph Lauren, J.Crew, Eddie Bauer, and Ann Taylor are among the numerous other designers and fashion companies that have fur-free policies.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.
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New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach
life are more likely to retire early than are people who do not experience a serious illness at that age (Smith, 1999), which reduces their lifetime earnings. Adolescents who are diagnosed with depression are less likely to get a college degree than are those not so diagnosed (Berndt et al., 2000) and thus are likley to earn less over their lifetime. Advances in interventions that alleviate these health burdens could substantially reduce the public-sector financial burden. In any case, a central economic challenge facing the public sector is how to prepare for an aging society.
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
The medical system is an important part of health. Indeed, public discussion about health focuses to an overwhelming degree on access to medical care. Understanding how the system operates and how well it works is therefore a central issue for behavioral and social research. We address three issues of concern in current and future evaluations of the health care system: (1) the effects of medical care on improving health, (2) the managed care debate, and (3) growing public interest in alternative medicine.
Effectiveness of Medical Care
Research shows mixed results regarding the value of the medical system. We illustrate these issues with medical care for the elderly, but the same issues apply to those who are not elderly, for example, asthma in children or disease transmission in teens and young adults. Some research highlights the positive effect of medical care on improving health. As noted above, one of the leading theories for reduced disability among the elderly is that such advances result from medical technology improvements. This view is widespread among biomedical researchers: medical advances, they believe, embodied in new technologies lead to significant health gains. Other research, however, highlights the apparently low return from additional medical spending. For example, Medicare spending varies by a factor of two among areas of the country, with no apparent differences in health outcomes (CECS, 1998). Research on heart attack patients shows that intensive procedures are used up to five times more frequently in the United States than in Canada, but mortality rates are the same in the two countries (Rouleau et al., 1993; Mark et al., 1994; Tu et al., 1997). Indeed, within the United States, people who live close to high-tech hospitals receive intensive services more frequently than people who live farther away from such hospitals, but again health outcomes are essentially the same (McClellan et al., 1994). The value of additional medical spending is therefore unclear and is a needed avenue for future research. | <urn:uuid:cd196148-8dbd-4a8b-bd8c-c4763c89baf4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10002&page=137 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00054-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944588 | 555 | 2.6875 | 3 |
History and Production
From Greek word beryllos, meaning "beryl". Beryllium was discovered as the oxide by L.-N. Vauquelinin in beryl and in emaralds in 1798. The metal was isolated in 1828 by F. Woehler and independantly by A.A.B. Bussy by the reaction of potassium on beryllium chloride. Beryllium can be extracted by roasting beryl with Na2SiF6 at 700°C.
It is, however, more commonly produced by reduction of beryllium fluoride with magnesium at 1300°C. The metal is used as an alloying agent and as a structural material for aircraft, spacecraft and satellites. For example, about 2% of Be will increase the strength of copper by sixfold. The alloy is used for springs and electrical connections.
Beryllium is also used in nuclear reactors as a moderator due to its low thermal neutron adsorption cross section.
It is nonmagnetic and steel grey in color and has one of the highest melting points of the light metals. Its elasticity modulus is about a third greater than that of steel and with good thermal conductivity. Beryllium and its salts are toxic although they are sweetish in nature. Attempt must NOT be made to taste Be or its compounds!
Interatomic distance: 222.6 pm
Melting point: 1287°C
Boiling point: 2471°C
Thermal conductivity/Wm-1K-1: 200 (27°C)
Density/kgm-3: 1847.7 (20°C), 1690 (m.p.)
Standard Thermodynamic Data (atomic gas)
Enthalpy of formation: 324 kJ/mol
Gibbs free energy of formation: 286.6 kJ/mol
Entropy: 136.3 J/mol K
Heat capacity: 20.8 J/mol K
Electronic configuration: [He] 2s2
Term symbol: 1S0
Electron affinity: (not stable) Electronegativity (Pauline): 1.57
Ionization energy (first, second, third): 899.4, 1757.1, 14848 kJ/mol
The metal is relatively unreactive compared with the other alkaline earth metals, due to its small size and the valence electrons are more tightly bound to the atom. Beryllium does not react with water and does not oxidized in air below 600°C.
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Research Day Winners 2011
April 29, 2011 —
Research, Innovation Scholarship and Creativity were celebrated on April 8th when over 400 members of the Drexel Community presented projects at Research Day 2011. We are proud that over 40 Westphal students shared their projects during the daylong presentation in the Daskalakis Center.
Kristy Jost, Fashion Design student, won a University Award and a 2nd Prize Westphal Dean’s Award for Fashionable Technology. Jost, advised by Fashion Design professor Genevieve Dion, is working to create garments embedded with technology, a growing field requiring individuals with multidisciplinary skills and knowledge to create advanced textile technology for “smart” fashions of the future. As a fashion designer, Jost focuses on the seamless integration of electronics into textiles, combining technologically and advanced fashion design techniques such as ultrasonic seam welding and 3D computerized machine knitting, as well as employing techniques from materials science and electrical engineering to embed advanced nanomaterials into fabric structures. The Fashion Program is currently working with the College of Engineering and the College of Nursing and Health Professions on projects including: fabric supercapacitors as flexible energy storage devices, textile antennas for communication, seamless housing of electronics in garments, conductive yarns for integrated knitted circuitry, and connectorization methods between components.
Graduate student Evan Boucher working with Dr. Kenneth J. Lacovara, Biology Professor, and advised by Digital Media Professor Theo A. Artz, won a University Award and a 1st Prize Westphal Dean’s Award for the presentation Digital Paleoart: Reconstruction and Restoration from Laser-Scanned Fossils. For over two centuries, the science of paleontology has used imagery in order to help convey its ideas. This “paleoart” struggled at first to be accepted as a legitimate tool in science due to fears over scientific accuracy of reconstructions and restorations. Digital technologies, including three-dimensional digitizers and computer animation, can now be used to create more accurate restorations than ever before, based directly on extremely detailed three-dimensional digitized fossils. In order to capitalize on this technology and push the limits of what is possible in 21st Century paleoart, a restoration of the extinct crocodylian, Thoracosaurus neocesariensis, was created, by starting with a relatively complete digitized fossil source. The rest of the animal’s skeleton, its muscles, and outer skin were then restored, using techniques of computer animation, guided by the scientific literature and principles of comparative anatomy. Motion was then used to depict the behavior and habits of the animal, influenced by the biology of the restoration and observations of the animal’s closest living relatives. The goal was to restore an animal with an unprecedented amount of scientific accuracy by blending the techniques of rigorous scientific research with state-of-the-art computer generated imagery.
Eric Sanderson, Stephen Davi, Jake Hager, Connor Przybyszewski, Tyler Mack, and Tim Ehrlich from the Music Industry program also won a University Award for their presentation Improving with Words: Interacting with the Audience to Create Spontaneous Music. Dr. Myron Moss, Music Professor, advised the team. The project is an experiment in musical expression, looking to explore interaction with an audience in improvisation. The group takes a word at random as suggested by the audience and uses that as a basis from which to spontaneously generate music across multiple levels. The group uses their instruments to investigate the melodies, harmonies, tone colors, and rhythms, that they feel express the meanings and feelings of the selected word, while simultaneously creating a new and unique piece of music that is both dynamic and cohesive. The players manage developing ideas of their own as well as interacting with the musical ideas of their fellow players, managing the texture, orchestration, and form of the piece while it is being simultaneously performed and composed.
Grace Gamble, Business Administration student in the Lebow College of Business won a 3rd Prize Westphal Dean’s award for her dance piece Beware of the sirens: An exploration of the fear of powerful women of the past and present. Westphal Dean’s Awards of merit went to Erika Pike, Performing Arts student for Pasta Salad, Aisle 3: A Movement and Dance Investigation Inspired by Pasta; Curtis Carr, Entertainment & Arts Management student, for Canvas and Marley: Synthesizing 20th Century Cubism and Ballet; Eric Sanderson, Music Industry student, for Improvising with Words: Interacting with the Audience to Create Spontaneous Music; Thomas Anthony, Music Industry student, for Quartal Prelude and Paige Francis, Performing Arts student, for “Laws of reflection: A collaboration of science and dance.” | <urn:uuid:0aaa0194-0bdb-4acc-8189-983f6189bee5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/news/archive/2011/2011-04-29_Research_Day_Winners_2011/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00031-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934709 | 992 | 1.867188 | 2 |
London Olympic Buildings Designed to Disappear Afterward
Whatever legacy the Olympic Games leave with London, at least they won't leave a lot of huge, useless buildings behind. London's Olympic buildings are designed to be dismantled after everyone has gone home, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The aftermath of the Olympics can be mixed for cities. Preparing to host the Games can leave cities with important lasting infrastructure. Barcelona built much-needed housing and public transportation for the 1992 games. Other cities end up saddled with debt and enormous, useless buildings. Athens is an example: The Greek city has abandoned 21 of the 22 buildings it constructed especially for the Games in 2004, the U.K.'s Independent reported in 2008.
London officials wanted to be sure to avoid Athens' fate. As a result, they've commissioned many buildings that will undergo clever conversions or disappearances after the Games are over.
London's Olympic Stadium now has seats for 80,000 people, but after the Games, about two-thirds of the structure — everything above ground — can be dismantled, leaving behind a more manageable 25,000-seat arena.
The aquatics center has temporary wings for extra seating, made of fabric stretched over a steel frame. The wings are actually good for acoustics in the building, the Wall Street Journal reports. They'll come down after the Olympics, however, revealing a smaller building inside. The outside of the inner building will get glazed for a new look.
Several other buildings will disappear entirely after the Olympics leave London. The water-polo arena will disappear. The basketball arena, which seats 12,000, will be taken down. It can be reused elsewhere, though the Wall Street Journal suggests London hasn't found any takers yet.
In spite of all this recycling, the London Games are set to become the most over-budgeted Games since 1996 and the most expensive Games yet, costing $14.8 billion, Time reported. No matter what austerity measures officials claim they'll take, Time and the Atlantic argue that hosting the Games is generally a bad bet for cities, financially. That probably matters little, however, as it seems to be a bet that cities find difficult to turn down. | <urn:uuid:520f144b-dc3d-474b-a69d-e39dd1972515> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.technewsdaily.com/6047-london-olympic-buildings-designed-disappear-afterward.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957979 | 449 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Dr. Eric W. Davis, formerly a contract research physicist at NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Project which ran from 1996 through to 2002, gave a lecture in 2010 where he responded to the question of UFOs as they pertain to potential physics for traversable wormholes, warp drives, and anti-gravity. Sponsored by the Society For Scientific Exploration, the lecture was about a then recently published book, Frontiers of Propulsion Science, regarding discoveries from the NASA project.
After the lecture, during a question and answer session, one questioner asked whether, "...properties of UFOs had guided the thinking and research of that initiative." In responding to the question, Dr. Davis said, "Secretly yes and overtly no." (Jump to 38 min into video to see comment.)
In giving a reason for the secrecy, he stated that, "UFOs don't have credibility with mainstream academic researchers," and that, "... policy makers and decision-makers in charge of funding and programatics ... don't want to hear the topic of UFOs. So, for the purpose of doing this officially, [we didn't bring in UFOs], but we did consider it under the table."
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April 22, 2012 |
PUNE: The Mahabaleshwar Hill Station Municipal Council has called for a ban on use of plastic bags in its jurisdiction from Tuesday. The council is also taking measures to prevent littering of plastic items (bags, drinking water bottles and packets of food items) which lead to the generation of large quantities of waste. Located 120 km from Pune, Mahabaleshwar was developed by the British as a hill station, attracting a large number of tourists, especially during the summers.
March 28, 2012 |
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party's poster campaign for the MCD elections has green agencies seeing red. The party's latest posters asking for power to be generated from waste has drawn the ire of NGO Chintan, which says BJP's agenda is anti-public. "The party has not yet understood the basic scientific concept of waste incineration. There is no standard for dioxins and no mechanism to measure them. Even in the one existing plant, this has been the biggest bone of contention. Dioxins are produced when waste is burnt at 300-350 degrees Celsius.
December 26, 2011 |
AHMEDABAD: After rummaging through heaps of garbage in the morning, Kapila Rathod, a 24-year-old waste-picker from Gomtipur in Ahmedabad, does a nine-to-six job for World Bank. If all goes well, she may also work for global retail giants Walmart and IKEA. Kapila is one of 200 women, who have spent most of their lives below the poverty line. But today, they can call themselves stationery suppliers to World Bank and global stationery major Staples. The women run Gitanjali Mahila Sewa Industrial Stationery Producers Cooperative Mandli Limited, a cooperative of 48,000 waste-pickers associated with the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
December 26, 2011 |
AHMEDABAD: After rummaging through heaps of garbage in the morning, Kapila Rathod, a 24-year-old waste-picker from Gomtipur in Ahmedabad, does a nine-to-six job for World Bank! If all goes well, she may also work for global retail giants Walmart and IKEA. Kapila is one of 200 women, who have spent most of their lives below the poverty line, barely managing two square meals. But today, they can call themselves stationery suppliers to World Bank and global stationery major Staples.
October 27, 2011 |
PUNE: Thirty-two-year-old Satvashila Potekar from Pimpri, who left her alcoholic husband of 15 years, took up waste picking like her mother to support a family of four. However, a strong desire to improve her lot made her enrol for a driving class which helped her get a decent job. Today, she drives a garbage clearing vehicle in Rahatni, Pimple Saudagar and other areas of Pimpri Chinchwad. The project was started by SWaCH Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Ltd, a collective of waste pickers, in association with Tata Motors.
October 19, 2011 |
PUNE: Two hundred and eighty-nine children of waste pickers were felicitated for scoring good grades at the school-level, clearing the Board exams and for graduating, by activist Baba Adhav at a programme organised by Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) on Tuesday. The annual gathering organised by KKPKP for its members, began with a short film, 'Chanda Ke Joote' meant to provide inspiration to children from socially and economically backward backgrounds to pursue their education.
October 1, 2011 |
PUNE: The Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) SWaCH waste pickers on Friday felicitated activist Baba Adhav for being selected for The Times of India Social Impact Award for lifetime contribution and gifted him a painting of waste pickers done by Shirin Rehman, an artist from Singapore . "Baba has always been a pillar of support and strength for us, whether it was while dealing with the police or other issues related to our...
September 13, 2011 |
PUNE: One hundred and nineteen waste-pickers from SWaCH, and around 400 volunteers stationed at 15 immersion ghats in the city collected 26,000 kg of nirmalya and ensured that the it was not disposed of in the river during Ganesh immersion on September 6 and 11. The nirmalya collection and recycling project was jointly planned and implemented by the SWaCH cooperative and eCoexist, a social enterprise. The waste-pickers collected 23 tonne of nirmalya (flowers, fruit, coconuts) and 3.5 tonnes of dry waste (plastic, thermocol, paper)
August 31, 2011 |
PUNE: A waste recycling van will now be driven by two young daughters of Usha Phadke, a waste-picker. The van is a part of the mobile waste recycling unit started by the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat and SWaCH Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha. The unit was inaugurated by activist Baba Adhav at a programme in Bhavani Peth ward office on Wednesday. Also present were corporator Abhay Chhajed and deputy commissioner of slum improvement department Dnyaneshwar Molak. The van will start collecting metalised plastic, plastic bags, rags, flex banners, tetrapak and the other non-recyclable waste from Hadapsar and Sahakarnagar in a couple of days.
August 20, 2011 |
PUNE: Shirin Rehman, an artist from Singapore , who volunteered for over two months with SWaCH - a collective of waste pickers, will display her paintings, that depicts the conditions of work of waste pickers, their daily routine as well as the changes in conditions of work after the formation of SWaCH in the city. The first of these series of exhibitions will be held at Malaka Spice, Lane 5, Koregaon Park, Pune between the August 21 and 24, 2011. The exhibition will be inaugurated by Rajendra Vagaskar, corporator, Koregaon Park, Dhole Patil Road Ward at noon. | <urn:uuid:eb21439b-dca1-485d-a15d-88df4354eeab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/waste-pickers/recent/3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00071-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957251 | 1,352 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Shaped in the form of a flattened melon, this lidded box is set on the interior with a large central flower bud from which issue three branches each with furled leaves and buds interspersed with three small rounded containers presumably for cosmetics. Boxes such as this, as well as seal-ink and multifunctional lidded boxes, were produced in great quantity at Ying-ching kilns during Southern Sung and Yuan periods. The most refined of these utilitarian wares would have appealed to the educated elite and aristocratic women of China, but a great quantity were made for burial as well as exported to Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
The dense white body and glossy glaze seen here are characteristics of Ching-te-chen ware and it is most likely that this box comes from that center in Kiangsi province. The sunken base is molded with a reverse maker's mark reading: Tuan chia ho chi, "Box made by the Tuan family." More than a dozen different makers are recorded on ceramic boxes suggesting that numerous small family kilns, specializing in certain types of ware operated at Ching-te-chen. | <urn:uuid:a05ba80f-3159-4144-bc6b-28590fe5f543> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=1&id=60516 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975294 | 236 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.
American newsreel item. Title reads: "The Cuban Crisis - US Answers Offensive Challenge"
Washington DC and New York City, United States of America / USA and Cuba.
Aerial shot, looking down on American...
The 'Last Boat of Summer' leaves Herne Bay in Kent.
Troop ships leave Naples, and Italian forces prepare to move forwards in Eritrea, Africa.
Shipwreck in Botany Bay, Australia.
A great new harbour is built in South Africa - Saldanah Bay.
Men work with bulldozers to clear land for the building of a new seaport.
Footage of lifeboat being towed through the streets of Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear.
At Camogli Bay, statue of Christ is lowered into the sea as a memorial to those lost at sea.
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It’s never getting old for me even though I have heard of similar things before, but this story does remind me that my paranoid about computer security in general is a must. I’m talking about the man who used a neighbor’s router to fake his neighbor identity in a vengeance or vendetta of sort where he supposedly pretended to be his neighbor so he could send threaten emails to couple senators, transfer child pornographic materials over the web, and so on; the man is known as Barry Vincent Ardolf, a 45 years old Minn., wannabe hacker who had an “ethical hacker” bumper sticker on his bathroom mirror and used Aircrack to steal router’s password from his neighbor; he lied to the authorities that he couldn’t discern or had any understanding of WEP and WPA. Luckily for the neighbor who was helped by a security consultant and was able to log Mr. Ardolf’s intrusions and intrusive activities. Mr. Ardolf is facing 40 years prison term.
The moral of the story is that when you leave your network and yourself expose to the world, something as the case above could happen to you. Most of the times, hackers are the people who just want to make money the easy way and haven’t had a single vengeance against you — your lack of understanding on how to use a router or a computer properly is a perfect target for them. Heard of an easy mark? That phrase sums up the whole idea. By locking up your network with a strong encryption algorithm can deter most hackers since they don’t really have any vengeance or vendetta against you. In the case above, it’s unique since Mr. Ardolf had a vengeance against his neighbor, and the security experts usually refer to such a case as targeted attack. It’s a lot harder to deter a targeted attack since the hacker who’s targeting his victim clearly has the will to do harm. Nonetheless, you wouldn’t want to expose your network or computer to anyone, especially if you have a target on your back.
Cases such as people who noticed their credit cards were used by criminals in another country or across an ocean and had their bank accounts cleaned up are happening everyday. In fact, while you’re reading this blog post, someone out there is having his or her problem with an empty bank account or a huge debt which racked up by a stranger. The funny thing is that the evil doer has it easy, so easy that he or she could be in the undergarments, sit on a bed, sip on a hot cup of coffee, listen to a favorite song, and log into your bank account using a computer from another country to hide a real IP address. Nowadays robbers need not to be violent to hurt you even worse. After a major hack, the recovery for a victim is never easy. It could be legal matter or worse; it could be about calling up financial organizations to clear your name and put up security measures for your network and financial accounts.
It’s never getting old, really! This is why it’s always advisable for everyone of us to have a good router where the network can be protected with WPA2 encryption algorithm. Not WPA or WEP, because those algorithms belong to the routers of much older generation — free software that anyone could download such as Aircrack proves WPA and WEP encryption algorithms are useless. That is just only one software among hundred others where everyone can easily download at anytime to do some major harm in term of hacking. Albeit, it’s not always that easy for a person to hack another since specific knowledge is required, but software such as Aircrack isn’t hard to learn, especially nowadays these software are coming with graphical user interfaces.
From my very early days of learning about computer security is to be paranoid all the time. I think this very same idea may help deter hackers from making you an easy target. In fact, being paranoid may also help deter someone such as Mr. Ardolf. Still, I think targeted attack or hack is pretty dangerous, and even being paranoid may prove fruitless when someone who knows you enough (i.e., personal information) can still do great harm or hack to you. The more reason for you to pick up a book about computer security, right?
One does not need to know all things about computer security to be safe, but one just needs to know some basic knowledge and where to get help when things get out of hand. So be paranoid, read more about computer security, don’t just talk the talk but also walk the talk by applying security measures to your network and computer, and you might just do yourself a big favor such as prevent someone similar to Mr. Ardolf from hacking you. Lastly, don’t overdo it in securing your network where you sacrifice thousands of dollars and time and headaches if you’re only protecting a home network with one or two personal files; securing yourself only to a point that it’s making sense — I believe some people call that the balance between usability and security.
You can support Essayboard by buying the Cisco-Linksys E3000 High-Performance Wireless-N Router I recommend at Blogmyway Store. Source for this blog post is at http://www.computerworld.com.
- Wi-Fi – Hacking Neighbor From Hell Sentenced to 18 Years | Threat Level | Wired.com (mbcalyn.wordpress.com)
- Defending a Wi-Fi Network (pcworld.com)
- Minnesota Hacker Gets 18 Years Prison for “Vendetta of Cyber Terror” (inquisitr.com)
- Wi-Fi-Hacking Neighbor From Hell Sentenced to 18 Years (wired.com)
- Wi-Fi-hacking neighbor sentenced to 18 years (cnn.com)
- Minnesota Wi-Fi Hacker Barry Ardolf Gets 18 Years for Terrorizing Neighbors (blippitt.com)
- ‘Depraved’ Wi-Fi Hacker Gets 18 Years in Prison (pcworld.com)
- Minnesota Wi-Fi hacker gets 18 years in prison for terrorizing neighbors (digitaltrends.com)
- Why you should make sure your wireless network is secure (amanwithaphd.wordpress.com)
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Obama's Campaign Is Off to a Rocky Start
The record in May has been one mistake or disappointment after another.
May has been a bad month for President Obama's re-election campaign. Let's review some of the lowlights.
First, Team Obama politicized the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death on May 2 by releasing a video claiming that Mitt Romney would not have ordered the strike. The video didn't pay much tribute to the Navy SEALs who actually carried out the perilous mission. The whole thing came across as ungracious and egocentric.
On May 4, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that only 115,000 new jobs were created in April while 342,000 Americans became so discouraged that they dropped out of the workforce. When unemployment creeps down because people are leaving the labor force, it's evidence of a sick economy, not a robust recovery.
The next day, Mr. Obama formally kicked off his re-election campaign with a rally at Ohio State University. But "there were a lot of empty seats," according to the Toledo Blade. Vacant chairs and a nearly empty arena floor are not good optics for a political campaign. To add insult to injury, a New York Times reporter described it and a Virginia rally later that day as having at times "the feeling of a concert by an aging rock star."
On Sunday, May 6, Vice President Joe Biden said on "Meet the Press" that he was "absolutely comfortable with . . . men marrying men, women marrying women." The White House had to scramble, immediately reaffirming Mr. Obama's support for traditional marriage. But three days later, he told ABC's Robin Roberts, "I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."
Why the shift? Newsweek's Andrew Sullivan credits the need for campaign dollars from gay donors and votes from now apathetic young men and women under 30. New York Magazine's John Heilemann quotes unnamed White House aides who say that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signing of legislation legalizing same-sex marriage led Mr. Obama to shift privately early this year. According to Mr. Heilemann's reporting, Mr. Obama was going to wait a month or two to maximize the political payback from a public conversion, and the need for campaign cash and youthful voters was part of the equation.
While this kerfuffle played out, West Virginia and North Carolina Democrats held their presidential primaries on May 8. In West Virginia, 40% chose Keith Judd, a felon in a Texas federal correctional facility, over Mr. Obama. In battleground North Carolina, nearly 21% expressed "no preference" for president.
Then on May 11, Mr. Obama traveled to Nevada to tout the success of his "Hardest Hit Fund," launched two years ago, in staving off foreclosures. But a government report that morning revealed it had helped only 30,640 homeowners, not the three million to four million the administration originally promised.
On Wednesday, the news was that Mr. Obama's fundraising dropped to $43.6 million in April from $53 million in March. At this stage, he will be hard pressed to reach his 2008 total of $750 million, let alone the $1 billion goal his campaign set last year.
The president has trailed or been tied with Mr. Romney in 16 of the last 29 Gallup five- and seven-day tracking polls. This during a period when, with significant organizational and money advantages and no primary opponent, he should be pounding his Republican challenger in the polls.
In 2008, Team Obama ran a first-rate campaign. They made relatively few unforced errors and capitalized on openings. Things look very different this time. The re-election effort is off-key and off-balance, making the president's strategic weaknesses more apparent. His record is uninspiring. He has no explanation for his first term and no rationale for a second.
Mr. Obama may have difficulty leading and governing but has been considered an effective campaigner. Events in May are starting to call that into question.
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Date of Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
The need to separate living quarters, increase privacy and compartmentalize one's surroundings is a major characteristic of human nature. Walls and permanent architectural structures serve this purpose well, but lack flexibility. Office cubicles offer some flexibility thanks to their relative ease of assembly and grid-like layout, but they rarely address aesthetics. My research explores the flexibility of a unique surface that serves as a free-standing wall or partition. Relying on the purest of geometric shapes -circles, arcs and right angle polygons- I've composed a series of panels cut from a flat sheet of raw material that, when assembled, have a spring-like flexibility that can be extended, flattened, stacked and curved to create an upright surface that is vertically rigid. This research utilizes advanced design tools ranging from 3D computer modeling software to rapid prototyped miniature models to laser CNC machine fabrication. Along with the high technology used to create and test these units, a vast library of sustainable materials was referenced and appended in order to assure the cleanest and most sustainable avenues of production. And to further increase the sustainability of this design concept, I was able to configure the panel shapes to nest perfectly together reducing nearly all wasted cutting material.
Copyright 2011 Jared Van Williams
Williams, Jared Van. "The repetition of identical interlocking plastic panels to construct a collapsible and flexible mesh for interior and product design applications." thesis, University of Iowa, 2011. | <urn:uuid:eb3b22d6-81d7-4328-aa51-24c706f33460> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1278/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00013-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900522 | 299 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Yaz and Yasmin have a history of FDA Warning Letters dating back more than six years. The primary warnings were for overstating the benefits of the drugs and minimizing the risks of use.
The FDA termed Yaz and Yasmin advertising spots as "misleading" and "particularly troubling" because the ads served to "undermine the communication of important risk information, minimizing these risks and misleadingly suggesting that Yaz is safer than has been demonstrated by substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience."
The FDA sent three letters to the makers of Yasmin and Yaz regarding the potential for hyperkalemia in highrisk patients and their failure to clarify that risk.
2003 FDA Yasmin Warning
The first FDA warning letter regarding Yaz and Yasmin focused on a 60-second TV commercial for Yasmin that made "superiority claims to other combination oral contraceptives and minimizes the important risk information that distinguishes Yasmin from other combination oral contraceptives." The FDA went on to state that the Yasmin "TV ad raises significant public health and safety concerns."
2008 FDA Yaz Warning
In the 8-page FDA Warning Letter regarding Yaz dated October 3, 2008 two TV ads were cited as overstating the efficacy of the drug and minimizing the risks and side effects associated with using Yaz. Yaz related lawsuits allege that the warnings were inadequate in fully describing the potential side effects including heart attacks, strokes, gallbladder disease, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. The FDA sent three letters to the makers of Yasmin and Yaz regarding the potential for hyperkalemia in highrisk patients and their failure to clarify that risk.
2009 FDA Yaz Warning
The 2009 FDA Yaz Warning Letter regarded online advertising in sponsored search results, such as those found on Google, in which Bayer failed to disclose any risk associated with Yaz usage.. The FDA's letter stated "By omitting the most serious and frequently occurring risks associated with the drugs promoted in the links above, the sponsored links misleadingly suggest that Levitra, YAZ, and Mirena are safer than has been demonstrated. We note that these sponsored links contain a link to the products’ websites. However, this is insufficient to mitigate the misleading omission of risk information from these promotional materials." | <urn:uuid:7f1b9288-31b5-42b3-8cd1-ebf4bb60606d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yazbloodclots.com/new-orleans-yaz-attorneys/yaz-fda-warning.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00059-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947003 | 462 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Jesus loves children!
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In every town, children would come running from all over to gather around Him. Somehow, they could see that Jesus was very different from anyone they had ever met. People of all ages would come to hear His powerful words and see His awesome miracles. But the children wanted to be close to Jesus because of His gentle ways and His kindness. He made every single child feel important; like being the kid of a mighty King. He would pick up the little children in His arms, place His hands on the bigger kids and bless each one.
When the disciples saw all the mothers and children around Jesus they said to them, "Don't bother Him! Go away!" But when Jesus heard this, He was very upset. "Don't ever chase children away," He said, "for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these."
Jesus loves children! He likes them the way they are because they don't think of themselves as being the greatest, or imagine that they know everything like some adults do. Children believe things about God without trying to figure out everything first.
If at times, you feel that you don't really count for anything and that no one notices you, remember that you are very important to the greatest King of all: King Jesus! He cares so much about you that He even warned the grown-ups; “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven" Matthew 18:10.
And, talking about our Father in heaven and the angels who see His face; have you ever wondered what God looks like? Do you imagine Him looking like a person, just a whole lot bigger? Or maybe you think of Him as not having any shape at all! No one knows what God looks like because we cannot see Him with the eyes we have now. But one day, we will be able to see him in heaven.
Yet, even now, we can discover many things about God because He has told us about Himself in the Bible.
This powerful God of the universe is interested in you as a person. Even though He keeps the whole of creation going, listens to prayers from all over the world and takes care of all the problems, He still has plenty of time to care for you too!
In fact, God cares about you so much that He thinks about you all the time. David the shepherd wrote in one of his Psalms: “How precious to me are your thoughts O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand" Psalm 139:17-18.
To try and grasp how much and how often God thinks about you, scoop up a handful of sand and try to count every grain. If you had a grain of sand for every thought God has about you, how many thoughts do you suppose there would be? Lots and lots and lots!
Knowing how much God thinks about you should make you feel very loved and very special. Why not talk to the Lord right now. Tell Him that you love Him too! | <urn:uuid:cf217f0f-64d7-4e64-99e9-a2a8b73837e9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.truthforkids.com/jesus-loves-you/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00040-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984141 | 661 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Jones, Schechner, Bogart, Clurman
Jones talks about how everything that is happening on stage is a part of the play. Basically, lighting, form, the colors, costumes, movements, everything has a voice that sometimes speaks louder then what the actual actors are saying. It will be interesting to see how we can incorporate the elements of this into our play. The costumes will be extremely important for setting up the personality of each character.
Bogart's article put me in an interesting direction. If we need to emotionally dive into our play, I would say that it would have to be from a comedic level for sure. We want our play to be as humorous to the audience as possible, and I feel like we're making great progress towards that. When the play starts, it's going to start off with a funny sort of summary of what has been going on so far to get the audience up to date with the characters.
Schechner makes the point that during the making of a production, the interaction between the audience and the play can be fiddled with. For example, any play ever written can be changed to include the audience more or less. The script is only a guideline to follow. We are actually planning on adding our own scene at the beginning to set up the whole play for the audience since we are jumping right into the middle.
The theme, according to Churman, must bind everyone together. The comedic theme of our play will definitely bring us together. Also, along with all of the physical contact between most of the characters, it would be hard not for us to bind in some way or another. This is a very physical play and in order for us to be comfortable with that we must trust each other on stage. The physical nature of it and the comedy of it will definitely bring us together and closer to the audience. | <urn:uuid:4a0f7676-895e-490f-ac92-c5f5a80bad7b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://syzygyx.blogspot.jp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968003 | 381 | 1.71875 | 2 |
What you eat is as important as when you eat. When trying for fat loss, aim to eat carbs within 3 hours after your workout. This is a good time to replenish your glycogen stores. So what do you eat before a workout or in the evening? Try this high protein and fiber rich meal featuring chicken and chick peas (also known commonly as garbanzo beans). This meal is really quick, easy and great for you.
This meal takes about 20 minutes to from heat to eat and is one of the easiest dishes you will ever make. It tastes a bit like chili thanks to the cumin powder.
Meal Prep and Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Chicken with Chick Peas Health benefits by ingredient:
Chicken / Chicken is rated as a very good source of protein, providing 67.6% of the daily value for protein in 4 ounces. The structure of humans and animals is built on protein. We derive our amino acids from animal and plant sources of protein, then rearrange the nitrogen to make the pattern of amino acids we require..
Extra Virgin Olive Oil / It turns out that people who use olive oil regularly, especially in place of other fats, have much lower rates of heart disease, atherosclerosis, diabetes, colon cancer, and asthma.
Tomato (cooked) / contains Lycopene – antioxidant and cancer-preventing properties.
Chick Peas / Garbanzos (also called chickpeas) are a good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber, as are most other beans. In addition to lowering cholesterol, garbanzos’ high fiber content prevents blood sugar levels from rising too rapidly after a meal, making these beans an especially good choice for individuals with diabetes, insulin resistance or hypoglycemia..
Onion / Onions, like garlic, are members of the Allium family, and both are rich in powerful sulfur-containing compounds that are responsible for their pungent odors and for many of their health-promoting effects. .
STEP 1: Gather and prepare your ingredients and materials. The following makes enough for 2 adults.
- 8 oz. chicken breast (unfrozen), chopped
- 1 15.5oz can of Chick Peas (strain and rinse to get rid of excess salt)
- 1/2 Onion
- 1 large Tomato, chopped
- 2 teaspoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 teaspoons bottled minced or fresh Garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 small bunch chives, chopped
- Olive Oil cooking spray
- Deep Sided Skillet
Step 2:Pre-heat a large skillet to medium-high heat. Add extra virgin olive oil and garlic. Brown garlic which only takes 1-2 minutes.
Step 3:Add chopped onions to skillet and brown. This can take a few minutes and can add some fantastic flavor to the dish. Onions should be soft before proceeding to next step.
Step 4:Once the onions are browned and softened add in the chopped chicken breast. Stir fry onions, garlic, and chicken until chicken is cooked through roughly half way.
Step 5:Strain and wash your chick peas to rid them of excess sodium used in the canning process. Add to the mix along with your tomato’s.
Step 6: Sprinkle cumin and chopped chives in the stir fry and mix. Cook 5 – 6 minutes until the chick peas are relatively soft.
Step 7: Scoop out half and place in to a bowl, salt if desired.
I hope you enjoy this healthy and delicious meal. I recommend you eat this any time during the day or evening hours. Preferably, save this meal for a day off of the gym. Chick peas are loaded with fiber and have a low glycemic index (28). This is a fantastic meal to gather protein and quality carbohydrates. As you can read above, every single ingredient has massive health benefits you can enjoy.
Christian Henning, NASM-CPT
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It's a family affair for volunteers who helped clean up the Scantic River in Hampden
HAMPDEN — The Scantic River is nowhere as big as the Mighty Mississippi, the second-largest watershed in the world, but the little river was once home to mills that helped shape the town's early history.
The meandering Scantic, a tributary of the much larger Connecticut River, is still a natural feature worth protecting in this largely rural town outside Springfield, according to volunteers who participated in this year's Connecticut River Watershed Council Source to Sea Cleanup.
"I'm interested in wildlife habitat preservation," said Linda Paquette, proprietor of Scantic River Farm, who was among a handful of volunteers that removed rubbish and debris from the 41-mile-long tributary on Sept. 29.
Paquette cares about the Scantic River's health for a good reason: It forms the northern border of her Somers Road farm, where goats, chickens, a horse named Skittles and a castrated bull named Norman graze in a large riverside field. Keeping the river clean makes Hampden "a more beautiful place to live," she said.
Several sites along the Connecticut and Westfield rivers got a good fall scouring as part of the Greenfield-based Connecticut River Watershed Council's 16th annual cleanup effort. But the Hampden effort was unique in that it was largely a family affair. Paquette was joined by her boyfriend, Scott Southworth, her mother, Ann Paquette, and her daughter, Brittany Paquette. East Longmeadow attorney Mary Eaton, Linda's aunt and Ann's sister, also got her hands dirty, as did Southworth's son, Mike Southworth.
A handful of neighbors joined the cleanup crew as well, filling trash bags with beer cans, candy wrappers and assorted flotsam and jetsam.
Paquette's Hampden neighbor, Anthony Fantone, showed up as the team was finishing up for the day. But Fantone said he might do some cleaning on his own, sparking a conversation about how to make next year's Scantic cleanup a bigger affair.
Gray skies and intermittent drizzle kept some people at home, but the turnout at Pynchon Point in Agawam was excellent, according to Sheryl Becker, a Westfield River Watershed Association board member. "We had about 38 people. Considering the weather, this year was good," Becker said.
Cleanup sites included spots in Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties, including the city of Springfield, where around 30 volunteers fanned out along the bike path from roughly Clinton Street to the North End bridge. Springfield volunteer Mickey Nowak said "it's kind of rewarding when you clean (the river) and see that it stayed clean."
Back in Hampden, Eaton put down her garbage bag to take a quick cell phone call. "I'm at the Source to Sea Cleanup," she told the party on the other end of the line, taking a break along a wooded section of riverbank near the Village Food Mart.
Jacqueline Talbot, "River Steward" for the Connecticut portion of the watershed, said Source to Sea Cleanup volunteers "have worked hard to combat litter and illegally dumped trash" in the river and its many tributaries.
Collectively, the waterways form an 11,000-square-mile river system stretching more than 400 miles from the Connecticut Lakes in New Hampshire to Long Island Sound near Old Saybrook, Conn.
"In the past 15 years, our volunteers have prevented over 707 tons of trash from continuing to pollute the Connecticut River and its tributaries," Talbot said. | <urn:uuid:2cb3fada-fe62-48d0-b568-fe7b0ae4a9dc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/its_a_family_affair_for_volunt.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00002-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968295 | 758 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Telemedicine is not a separate medical specialty. Products and services related to telemedicine are often part of a larger investment by health care institutions in either information technology or the delivery of clinical care. Even in the reimbursement fee structure, there is usually no distinction made between services provided on site and those provided through telemedicine and often no separate coding required for billing of remote services.
Telemedicine encompasses different types of programs and services provided for the patient. Each component involves different providers and consumers.” | <urn:uuid:e54e1df8-1b39-4c81-93df-82ebb8914b54> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bobsdiabetes.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938688 | 107 | 1.664063 | 2 |
enderson's fancy imagined rows of faces looking in.
Inside a little papering and whitewashing had been done, but certainly the place looked remarkably unviting. A narrow passage ran from front to back, on one side of which was the living room with the two windows, while on the other were the kitchen and scullery. Upstairs there were two good-sized bedrooms with a small third room in a lean-to at the back, the lower part of which was occupied by a wash-house. Through the windows could be seen a neglected bit of garden, and an untidy orchard.
But when she had wandered about the rooms a little, Rachel Henderson's naturally buoyant temperament reasserted itself. She had brought some bright patterns of distemper with her which she gave to Hastings with precise instructions. She had visions of casement curtains to hide the nakedness of the big windows with warm serge curtains to draw over them in the winter. The floors must be stained. There should be a deep Indian-red drugget in the sitting-room, with pigeon | <urn:uuid:e8153e1e-24c9-4f80-bb0f-6d26c7006ada> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://manybooks.net/titles/wardhump13801380113801-8.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00070-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982588 | 224 | 1.867188 | 2 |
By Trish Hicks
No matter how many systems you may have in place for keeping things organized, children will go with the fastest, easiest solution. It’s much easier for them to walk in the door and leave a trail of jackets and gloves and hats behind them. It’s much easier to toss something across a chair then it is to hang it up. If you tell them to pick their things up off the living room floor, chances are they will pick it up, walk it straight into their rooms and dump it. It is a constant battle with children to keep things organized in a home. One thing you can do to at least ease the burden of having to constantly follow them around barking orders to “pick up” is to make the “system” as easy as possible. Here we’ll take a look at some common kids storage practices and issues and find some easier, faster solutions.
Children’s Storage Problem #1:
“Out of site, out of mind.” Toys stored in large plastic storage bins get buried and forgotten.
Trade out those bulky bins for something easier for children to handle. Baskets and fabric open-topped storage bins are lighter and smaller so they are easier for children to lift and carry. There are no lids to fuss with making it easy for even small children to clean up. If you must use closed-top containers, choose boxes that are small enough to be easily moved even when full of toys. Having handles on the lids is an additional plus.
Children’s Storage Problem #2:
The all too often heard “I didn’t know where it was supposed to go.”
Once again, open topped containers work best for this. No lids to fuss with. Clear containers also work well, but sometimes for young children the toys themselves, seen through the containers, are so “busy” and distracting that they can hurt more than help. Label everything. Label with words or pictures depending on the age of your child. Labeling things with their brand names and logos cut from the toy’s packaging (like “Lego” and “Barbie”) help immensely when it comes to kids identifying where their stuff goes. They spot their favorite brands from 60 paces at the store so use that talent at home! You can use double-stick tape, ribbon or special label sleeves to attach the labels to bins.
Children’s Storage Problem #3:
Jackets and the floor. I sometimes wonder if children’s jackets are magnetically attracted to the floor.
Storage Solution: Hooks mounted right inside the main entrance/exit door at a height appropriate for your children is a great help. This could be the door to the garage, a basement door, the front or back door. The key is to have them at the door your children use the most. If you have the available space by your entrance, purchase a bench with storage beneath it. Children can stow their shoes, boots or book bags under the bench seat.
Children’s Storage Problem #4:
Bookshelf disaster! You stack the books neatly on your child’s bookshelf only to find them later in heaping piles or all askew and shoved in every which way.
Storage Solution: There are two solutions to this problem depending on the age of your child. For younger children who have not yet learned to read or are just beginning to read, use a bookshelf that stores the books with their faces forward. Children can quickly see the book they want and it will always go back correctly (though sometimes it might wind up backwards). With older children, most of the mess on bookshelves comes from having too many books on a shelf. Move one book and they all start to topple over. Limit the number of books on their shelves and use plenty of bookends. Keep only your child’s favorite books of the month available on their shelf and organize them into smaller sections using bookends.
These are only some of the possible ways to help keep your children organized. Keep in mind that children naturally “aim to please” so make it easy and fun for them. You may also want to ask your children for input, too. They may surprise you with their answers!
Trish Hicks is a mother of three and a co-owner of Simply Housewares. As a mom, web designer, blogger, home-maker and business owner, she draws on her experiences to share practical tips and ideas for organizing and decorating your home and your life. You may visit her website at www.simplyhousewares.com. Be sure to follow her on Facebook and Twitter!
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Crash Course Chapter 5: Growth vs. Prosperity
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Now I’m going to introduce the second Key Concept, and it is far enough out of the mainstream that I’m going to get a little backup from a 19th-century philosopher.
Here’s the quote.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
This great quote comes from this happy guy down in the corner. (Arthur Schopenhauer)
At some point over the next 20 years, this next concept I’m about to introduce will be “self-evident.” But for now, I think it would be safe to say that a lot of people would consider it to be ridiculous.
And it centers around growth.
Growth is good, right? We all want a growing economy, I guess? Why? Well, because a growing economy means that we are becoming more prosperous. Growth offers opportunities, and we are all for opportunities. At least I am. And this is the dominant story of our day.
So, many people would say that growth equals prosperity.
But is this actually true? And what if it’s not?
Growth is actually a consequence of surplus, if we think about it. For example, our bodies only grow if it has a surplus of food. With an exact match between calories consumed and calories burned, a body neither gains nor loses weight. A pond will only grow deeper if more water is flowing in than is flowing out.
So, it can be said that growth is actually dependent on surplus.
Similarly, prosperity is dependent on surplus. Here’s another example. Imagine that you are a family of four, your yearly income is $40,000, and at the end of the year there is no money left – at the end of the year, there are zero extra dollars. But then a 10% raise comes along, which equals $4,000, and your family can EITHER afford to have one more child OR you can enjoy additional prosperity by spending a little bit more on each person. But you can’t do both. There is only enough surplus money in this example to do one thing, so you have to choose – will it be growth, or will it be additional prosperity? And what is true for a family of four is equally true for a town, a state, a country, and, yes, our entire world.
Through this example we can tease out a very simple and utterly profound concept, that growth does NOT equal prosperity. For the past few hundred years we have been lulled into linking the two concepts, because there was always sufficient surplus energy that we could have both growth AND prosperity.
That is, we didn’t have to make any hard choices between the two.
The economist Malcolm Slesser, of the Resource Use Institute of Edinburgh, Scotland, has calculated that over half of the world’s energy is now used to simply grow.
So here’s the question: What’s going to happen when 100% of our surplus money or energy is being used to simply grow? The result is going to be stagnant prosperity.
And what happens if there’s not enough surplus to even fund growth alone? Well, when that time comes, we will experience both negative growth and negative prosperity – not exactly the sort of future I am looking forward to.
This, then, is the greatest challenge of our times – properly recognizing where we want our remaining surplus to go and getting that story out. I, for one, want to see continued advances in energy efficiency, medical technology, and everything else that modern society can offer. This is what we place at risk if we allow ourselves to do what is easy – that is, take the path of least resistance and simply grow – instead of doing what is right, which is directing our surplus towards a more prosperous future.
So there it is: Key Concept #2: Growth does NOT equal prosperity.
Now that you have these two in hand, we are ready to explore this thing called “money.” | <urn:uuid:51879deb-74c4-426c-b230-4481ffdb9631> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.peakprosperity.com/crashcourse/chapter-5-growth-vs-prosperity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00020-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96011 | 893 | 2.859375 | 3 |
"The necessity is the mother of invention" this statement becomes an immortal truth when we see our current world and compare it with few decades back. According to the necessity of the human being, several advance technologies emerged day by day and Made people feel free from the ways that they follow earlier to do their tasks. Now a person need not to remember all important dates like business meetings dates or special dates as there are applications available that can manage various things. One of the applications that have gained enormous popularity after their launch is Microsoft Outlook. Microsoft Outlook which is now known as Microsoft Office Outlook is a personal information manager that was made and published by Microsoft Corporation. Basically it is an email application but also have a calendar, a contact manager, a Notes taking application, a Task Manager, a Journal and web browsing features.
Outlook uses the same phenomena of emails and has the inbox, outbox etc folders and people store thousands of emails and attachments in Microsoft outlook. All these files are stored in the Outlook PST files. For every single profile Outlook creates a single PST file and so the size of the PST files increases dramatically as the user saves the mail or other documents. Moreover if the PST file size goes up to 2GB then it corrupted and then it will be unusable.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033\
In Microsoft Office Outlook,
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
Microsoft provides Inbox Repair Tool which is known as SCAN PST. This tool is for correcting problems related to the damaged .PST files. Using the search option you can find it in your system. Its exe file named as Scanpst.exe. It scans the provided file name and tries to repair the specified .PST file. It checks the directory structure and checks mail item references and headers. After this it will show information regarding errors found and tries to repair the file.
There are several situations when the Scanpst.exe does not able to help you. Some of them are:
Tip: Before using the Scanpst.exe you must need to take a backup copy of the damaged PST file so that you have another chance to recover back the data.You can try professional third party software like outlook PST Repair for workaround this issue.
Install the software with quick installation wizard. Just follow the wizard to successfully install the Outlook PST Repair.
Launch the Outlook PST Repair from the desktop shortcut. And select the corrupted PST file.
Click Next and follow the on-screen instruction to finish it. No need to Worry! Your Outlook.pst is in Hand of Professional.
Once Scanning process is completed, Outlook PST repair will show the previews of all the recoverable components.
After viewing the lost folder in the recovered item list. Go for the Licence key to save the pst file.
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Dissatisfaction with what has happened to the study of economics is producing a rapidly growing revolt among economics students in France, Britain, the United States, and elsewhere. Within a matter of months, this new movement has made considerable inroads in exposing the meaninglessness of orthodox economics in contemporary capitalist societies. Students are eagerly looking for answers about the issues of the day, such as expanding globalization, growing dominance of international finance, increasing polarization between the rich and poor nations and between the rich and poor of each nation. But orthodox economics has no meaningful answers to any of these questions—a fact that has fed the widening rebellion among economics students in numerous countries. Before reporting on this new discontent, we need to provide some background on how economics has been transformed, since its classical period, into a study that is becoming more and more irrelevant.
Marx and Engels and their classical predecessors understood political economy to be the study of the production and distribution of what MR founding editor Leo Huberman called our “worldly goods.” To them, it was obvious that production and distribution are social activities; and that the nature of the social relations of production and distribution are of most interest to the political economist.
The political economy of Marx and Engels differed profoundly from that of the other classical theorists, but it would never have occurred to any of the classical economists to consider production and distribution in isolation from the social relationships people engaged in as they produced the output and contended for its distribution. Yet this is exactly what modern, “neoclassical” economists do. They presume an isolated, autonomous, and totally self-serving individual. This “homo economicus” has unlimited wants and is never satisfied. However, an unlimited supply of goods cannot be produced because resources are “scarce.” Therefore, each individual has to make choices, and economics is the “science” of the individual’s choice-making.
Economics, then, is reduced to the study of the relationship between individuals and things. Such a procedure lends itself nicely to the techniques of mathematics. Just assume that each one of our insatiable choice-makers is single-mindedly trying to maximize his or her well-being or “utility” (which is called profits when applied to the capitalists). Then economics becomes a problem of maximizing something subject to constraints (scarcity), and the tools of mathematics can be applied to find the conditions necessary for the achievement of the maximum.
Such an economics is capable of only the most trivial results. And since it takes the social relationships once central to the subject as given, it quickly becomes an ideology supportive of the status quo.
Economists increasingly gained fame not by helping to solve important social problems but by becoming masters of mathematical manipulation. Eventually the discipline was virtually taken over by abstract mathematical models and became almost completely divorced from reality, with its usefulness lying not in its practicality but simply in its scientism, which serves to disguise its ideological support of the status quo.
This conversion of economics into a sort of pseudo-physics has not gone unchallenged. In the 1930s, the Great Depression moved many economists to the left, and something similar occurred in the 1960s. Today, a new revolt is in the making. Centered in France, where over eight hundred students and 150 professors have signed petitions protesting the “excessive mathematical formalization” of economics, an anti-neoclassical movement has been spreading across Europe and even into the United States. French newspapers and magazines report that students now think of economics as a form of “autism,” divorced from reality and lost in “imaginary worlds.” But unlike autistic people, who cannot help their social isolation, neoclassical economists seem to revel in it and routinely deny entrance into the profession to anyone daring to profess unorthodox ideas. At a meeting in Cambridge, England, participants decried the “Stalinization” of their discipline. For some time now, schools have been removing History of Economic Thought courses from the curriculum, lest inquiring students “question or place in perspective orthodoxy.”
These are heartening developments and we applaud the rebellious students and teachers. While their goal now is simply to open up economics to other ideas, to create a “post-autistic” economics, we are confident that as they succeed, they will move inevitably to the one theory of capitalism that yields the most profound insights, namely Marxism. To subscribe to the postautistic economics newsletter (pae_news [at] btinternet.com)., send an email with the message “subscribe” to pae_news [at] btinternet.com.
For some years, university and college libraries have purchased books based on approval plans, usually arranged through a single vendor (for example, Academic Book Center http://www.acbc.com/dir.htm). Often, in the case of major universities, this has meant little more than automatically purchasing every book released by all university presses. But recently, in the interest of efficiency, university and college libraries have been extending their approval plans to cover a select group of nonuniversity publishers.
In one case with which we are familiar, major academic departments, around which the budgets for books are organized, are each given a “profile,” which consists of the nonuniversity publishers that are considered important for that particular field. All books from the publishers included in that profile are then purchased, on top of university press titles. In this particular case, the libraries’ area specialist constructed a profile for a social science department. In examining this profile, this department’s own faculty library representative discovered that it excluded four of the most important radical/independent publishers in the United States and Britain, including Monthly Review Press. A subsequent appeal by the department to the library to change the department’s profile to include these publishers was eventually successful.
For those versed in political economy, it is clear as day that what is happening is an economic rationalization of university and college library purchases, creating monopolies for certain well-established publishers in the name of market efficiency. The result is likely to be a further squeeze on small, struggling publishers outside the mainstream. We encourage our readers who are associated with colleges and universities to take an active role in making sure that the profiles for their departments, and the approval plan for the fulfillment of university library purchases through vendors at their institutions, accurately represent the needs of the university or college in which they are engaged, and are not designed so that they shut out those radical publishers that best represent the spirit of critical social inquiry.
The Greek daily Imerissa recently featured a special 23-page supplement on Paul Sweezy, which included a reprint of Paul’s essay Cars and Cities and photographs of Paul and comrades over the years. It sold sixty thousand copies in the Athens metropolitan area. Many thanks to Yanis Varoufakis for bringing this project to fruition. Some comments from readers of the supplement: Vassilis Droukopoulos, Economics Professor at Athens University, wrote “…it reminded me of the good old times when we used to think about things that mattered.” And Vassilis Goulandris (an advertiser!) remarked, “How did they let you publish this supplement? Sweezy’s thought is so subversive (because it is so logical) that one would have thought a financial rag would rather commit suicide than publish….”
We are happy to welcome Andrew Nash as the Editorial Director for Monthly Review Press. Andrew was an anti-apartheid activist and taught at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa for twelve years. His most recent MR article was Mandela’s Democracy in vol. 50, no. 11 (April 1999). Andrew was a tremendous help in organizing our trip to South Africa last February and a gracious host during the tour’s visit to Cape Town. He is joined in New York by his wife, Tana, and son, James. Andrew can be reached by calling the office.
We would also like to welcome Claude Misukiewicz to MR. Claude will be here three days a week, sharing the Assistant Editor position with Vicki Larson, and comes to us from The Nation. Claude can be reached by calling the office or or using our contact form.
October 28 was Al Ruben’s seventy-fifth birthday. The staff and extended family of Monthly Review salute our friend and comrade and wish him the very best for the future.
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On October 31, a panel of U administrators and faculty members explored the connection between public engagement and the U's aspirations to become one of the world's top 3 public research universities.
Engaging in public engagement
By Pauline Oo
Published on November 1, 2005;
updated November 9, 2005
For the past five years, "public engagement" has been the catchphrase at the University of Minnesota. It's the 21st century buzzword for outreach. Whereas outreach is generally thought of as a one-way street--for example, the U going into communities to share what it has learned--public engagement means the sharing goes both ways.
"Public engagement is a symbiotic relationship," says Arlene Carney, vice provost for faculty and academic affairs. "We need [the public] as much as they need us. We should not look at [people in our communities] as research subjects but as partners in the work we do. Unfortunately, we're not quite there yet, and that's precisely why we need to make public engagement a priority."
Carney was one of eight University of Minnesota administrators and faculty members invited to share insight on how public engagement could help the U attain its goal of becoming one of the top three public research universities in the world within 10 years. The two-and-a-half-hour public forum October 31, "Collaboration on a Vision: How Public Engagement can Build a Better University," drew more than 100 people to the McNamara Alumni Center.
"Public engagement is a symbiotic relationship," says Carney. "We need [the public] as much as they need us. We should not look at [people in our communities] as research subjects but as partners in the work we do."
In addition to Carney, the panel included Graduate School dean Gail Dubrow, provost Tom Sullivan, family social science professor Bill Doherty, Chicano studies department chair Louis Mendoza, Academic Health Center assistant vice president Barbara Brandt, Bioethics Center director Jeffrey Kahn, and Carlson School of Management professor Paul Johnson. The speakers addressed the topics of promotion and tenure, diversity, and disciplinary culture with personal anecdotes and examples from their departments.
In keynote remarks, Dubrow named several potential problems and perceptions about public engagement that should be addressed: pressure to focus on work that is likely to get national or international rather than local attention, the possibility that time demanded by research and public engagement will short-change teaching, and limitations of existing university ranking systems.
"Public engagement is part of a growing national movement--[among both public and private universities]--recognizing that to be distinguished you have to be a publicly engaged university," said Tom Sullivan. While the number and variety of current University-community connections are remarkable, he said, the University is regularly faulted for alleged inaccessibility and unresponsiveness to community concerns. In part, the problem lies in public perception and understanding the ways in which the different kinds of work at the University contribute positively to the well-being of people locally, in the state and nation, and globally.
In 2000, the University formed a U-wide Civic Engagement Task Force to strengthen its public mission across the full range of activities and to make practical proposals for institutionalizing public engagement as a continuing priority. Two years later, the task force evolved into the Council on Public Engagement. U president Bob Bruininks has made public engagement a part of all eight of his President's Interdisciplinary Academic Initiatives.
Public engagement can build a better University, said Doherty, "but it won't happen overnight" and it can happen only if scholarship at the U is redefined. Currently, too many faculty members think of public engagement or service within the community as "something to do if you have time for it" or "do-gooding," he said. One reason for this train of thought is that they think service or public engagement is not intrinsic to their work or interests.
"Somebody shouldn't get tenure in a Tier-1 institution just because they sit on a lot of boards or give really good talks," he quipped. "We have to define teaching, research, and service as all wrapped together, and we [as faculty] have to renew our own culture. It cannot be just up to the administration."
Mendoza, who chairs the Chicano studies department, agreed with Doherty that faculty members have a large role to play if the U is to achieve its top-three aspirations.
"Oftentimes, universities have a history of hostility with the community. For example, we take over lands or have curriculum that is not relevant to the community," said Mendoza. "The community has expectations of their university, and one of the ways we can meet that expectation is if we change our curriculum. But that change can't happen if faculty don't change." In other words, said Mendoza, the U has to listen to its community--be it internal or external--and then adapt.
"We have to look like the world and be sensitive to that," he said. "If we want to be a global leader in education, we cannot only look at our peer institutions [and measure ourselves against them], we have to see what others are doing around the world. In the last 20 years, the demographic changes going on [in the United States] are mirrored around the world."
Bioethics Center director Kahn, the last speaker, said public engagement doesn't start where the U ends. Like Carney, Kahn said the public engagement is a two-way street.
"We have to look at the community as teachers and not just learners," he said.
A question-and-answer session followed the panel discussion. Numerous hands went up, with audience members--a mix of faculty, staff, and students--expressing favor for the U's desire to infuse public engagement across its campuses, curriculum, and research agenda, as well as concern for how the U would measure its success or the public contributions of its faculty. | <urn:uuid:e77a1aaa-15a2-4654-b03b-ab3b47d3a893> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www1.umn.edu/news/features/2005/UR_72156_REGION1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00060-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967982 | 1,235 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Several lines of evidence indicate that G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) may exist in a state that allows a tonic level of stimulation in vivo (constitutive activity). Several native forms of GPCR, when expressed in recombinant cell lines, display significant signal transduction stimulation in the absence of activating ligand. Many GPCR, including three serotonin receptors, display robust constitutive activation upon the mutation of a single amino acid, indicating mutations producing inappropriate constitutive activation may be etiological factors in diseases. If constitutive activity of GPCR is as common a phenomenon as some researchers suspect, this would suggest significant alterations in the classical model of ligand-receptor interactions. One of the most significant implications of constitutive activity for pharmacologists and medicinal chemists, is the possibility of developing drugs that lower the level of constitutive activity. Such compounds have been termed “inverse agonists”. These drugs, in theory, would have different physiological effects, and therefore possibly different therapeutic potential, than classical competitive receptor antagonists (“neutral antagonists”). Theoretical issues concerning constitutive activity in the GPCR family and some of the evidence supporting the existence of constitutive activity in the GPCR family is reviewed. Studies are presented demonstrating the procedures for producing and characterizing constitutive activated forms of serotonin receptors, including the demonstration of inverse agonist activity of drugs on these receptors.
G-Protein, Coupled Receptors, Serotonin Receptors, Antipsychotic Drugs
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All Tech Considered
Do These Pants Make Me Look ... ? Body Scans For A Better Fit
Originally published on Mon June 4, 2012 6:44 pm
Would you get nearly naked before your computer in search of a better-fitting dress or the perfect pair of jeans? A British company is hoping to convince millions of us to do just that — scan our bodies for commerce.
The next time you walk into a dressing room at a department store, there is a very slim chance you could hear a British woman's voice issuing from a gleaming white pod telling you to be still, "Your scan is about to start."
Tania Fauvel works for Bodymetrics, a company that scans people's bodies in the name of fashion. "From their body scans we create a 3-D model, and from that we can actually try on clothing to see how it fits online," she said.
Bodymetrics installs those gleaming white pods in dressing rooms. They're equipped with lasers or special cameras. The pods create detailed digital 3-D models of your body. The company has plans to put a pod in the U.S. this month. Right now there's one in Selfridges, a department store in London.
"The customers would come here. They would get undressed to their underwear," explained Suran Goonatilake, CEO of Bodymetrics. "And it takes about five seconds and we get hundreds of measurements."
Right now, the pod just delivers suggestions of jeans that are likely to fit you. Eventually, Bodymetrics wants to be able to display what those jeans would look like on you — digitally.
"This isn't the first time that we've seen technology where the idea is to match clothes to some 3-D rendering of an image," said Sucharita Mulpuru, a retail analyst at Forrester.
She says pods like this have been around for at least a decade, and often they are little more than a marketing gimmick. What makes this moment special is that this technology may be on the verge of leaping out of high-tech pods in department store dressing rooms into our living rooms.
The same cameras Bodymetrics uses in its high-tech scanning pod are also built into the Kinect — Microsoft's hands-free video game controller. These sensors are already in more than 20 million homes worldwide.
Mulpuru says the real holy grail for companies like Bodymetrics is to let you scan your body at home. After all, in a store, you can actually try on the jeans and see if they fit, but when you are shopping online at home, that's not possible.
"Return rates in online retail have between a 20- and 30-percent rate," Mulpuru said. "If they could cut that in half, that would be very lucrative and it would be less frustrating for the customer."
But teaching computers to see and model the real world in three dimensions won't just change fitting rooms or online retail. It could transform everything from surgery to architecture. It could create computers that watch us and model the world or even help us navigate it.
David Kim, a Microsoft researcher in Cambridge, U.K., wants to use the Microsoft Kinect to build computers that observe us — watch us, maybe without us even realizing. "The computer will just pick up my context — it will know what I am intending to do," he said.
Right now, he's using the Kinect to model humans and their environment.
A few months ago, Kim showed me a project Microsoft calls KinectFusion. He picked up a regular Kinect sensor. And as a colleague of his explained what he was doing, Kim walked around holding the Kinect.
On a television screen, I could see the device building a detailed 3-D model of the room — and everything in it, including me. It captured everything down to the shape of my ears and the wrinkles on my shirt.
Then David pressed a button, and suddenly thousands of virtual balls shot at my 3-D image on the screen. The balls were not real — they were just pixels on the screen programmed to behave like balls. And they did. They bounced off my head, rolled off the surface of the table, collected in the bottom of a coffee mug.
Dozens of companies, including Bodymetrics, want to use the same technology to drape your body — not with balls in a video game, but with virtual clothes online.
Tania Fauvel of Bodymetrics is convinced this will soon transform how millions of us shop. But I can't help wondering if people are really ready to stand in front of their computers or a Kinect naked.
Fauvel said it isn't necessary to bare it all. "So long as you are wearing tight-fitting clothing, that's fine," she said.
But capturing embarrassingly accurate images of your body — as awkward as it may be — is just the first step in creating a digital dressing room that really works.
The second may be more complicated: creating digital models of clothes.
"It is very difficult to model cloth in three dimensions," says Susan Ashdown, a professor at Cornell University who studies body mapping and the clothing industry. She says a silk blouse and cotton blouse with the exact same cut will behave differently when you try them on. A digital dressing room will have to account for that.
"When you take the whole range of human sizes, shapes and postures and the whole wide variety of types of cloth and how they interact on the body, it's mind-boggling," she says.
But computer-aided design is beginning to get there.
Julia Shaw at OptiTex creates digital models of clothes for department stores like Target and Kohl's. These computer designs let stores create or tweak new styles without actually stitching prototype garments.
OptiTex can model these digital garments on images of human bodies to illustrate what the clothes would look like.
"You can type in and customize the models to meet anybody's personal body specifications," Shaw said.
But doing this live online — with real people — would require a huge amount of computing power.
"It's cutting edge," Shaw said. "We are still on the cusp of having enough computing power to make this work online live."
Shaw believes all the pieces are coming together, but to make it really work would it require server farms in the cloud powered by the same graphics chips that are now used to run some of the world's fastest supercomputers.
And that's a pretty big investment for any clothing company to make just to help you find the perfect pair of jeans.
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:
Now, the intersection of technology and fashion. For those of us always on the hunt for a better fitting pair of pants or a more flattering dress, a British company thinks it has the answer: body scanning in the privacy of your own home. NPR's Steve Henn explains.
STEVE HENN, BYLINE: The next time you walk into a dressing room at a department store, there is a very slim chance you could hear this.
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UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Your scan is about to start. Please be still.
HENN: One of really fun things about living in Silicon Valley is occasionally you just run into people who have kind of crazy ideas about how they want to change the world and are determined to try to make them work.
Last month, I was at the Stanford Mall with a mic and completely by accident bumped into woman named Tania Fauvel.
TANIA FAUVEL: I came from a company called Bodymetrics where we scan people's bodies. And from their body scans, we create a 3D model. And from that, we can actually try on clothing to see how it fits online.
HENN: Bodymetrics installs these pods in dressing rooms. They're equipped with lasers or special cameras. The pods create detailed digital 3D models of your body. The company has plans to put a pod in the U.S. this month. Right now, one is in Selfridges, a department store in London.
SURAN GOONATILAKE: The customers would come here. They would get undressed to their underwear. They would go into the scanner here - obviously, everything is closed.
HENN: Suran Goonatilake is the CEO.
GOONATILAKE: It takes about five seconds and we get about hundreds of measurements and hopefully we'll find a jean that fits you perfectly.
HENN: Right now, the pod just delivers suggestions of jeans that are likely to fit you. Eventually, though, Bodymetrics wants to be able to display what those jeans would look like on you digitally. Sucharita Mulpuru is a retail analyst at Forrester.
SUCHARITA MULPURU: This isn't the first time that we have seen technology that, you know, the idea is to try to match clothes to some 3D rendering of an image.
HENN: She says the real Holy Grail for companies like Bodymetrics is to let you scan your body at home. After all, in a store, you can actually try on the jeans and see if they fit. But when you're shopping online at home, that's not possible.
MULPURU: Return rates in online retail have between a 20 and 30 percent rate. And if they could, you know, cut that in half, that would be very lucrative for the retailer, and it would be less frustrating for the customer.
HENN: But teaching computers to see and model the real world in three dimensions won't just change fitting rooms or online retail. It could transform everything from surgery to architecture. It could create computers that watch us and model the world. David Kim is a Microsoft researcher in Cambridge.
DAVID KIM: I'm interested in interfaces which are hidden away.
HENN: He wants to use the Microsoft Kinect, the company's videogame controller that uses 3D cameras, to build computers that observe us, watch us maybe without us even realizing.
KIM: The computer will just pick up my context. It will know what I'm intending to do.
HENN: Right now, he's using the Kinect to model humans and their environment. David shows off a project Microsoft calls Kinect Fusions.
STEVE CLAYTON: So what we're seeing right now is David is holding up just a regular Kinect sensor. We're studying...
HENN: Steve Clayton is at Microsoft. And as Steve talks, David walks around the room holding the Kinect. On a television screen, I can see the machine building a detailed 3D model of the room and everything in it, including me. It captures everything down to the shape of my ears and the wrinkles on my shirt.
CLAYTON: And then we can also do some different things. We can start to introduce other objects into the scene.
HENN: These objects aren't real. They're purely digital. David presses a button, and suddenly, thousands of virtual balls shoot at my 3D image on the screen.
CLAYTON: And you'll see that those balls literally drip across our surfaces. So it recognizes that this isn't just a static video of 2D images. It literally is a 3D model.
HENN: And Kinect's cameras are the very same cameras that are built into Bodymetrics scanning pod. You could use this kind of modeling in hundreds, maybe thousands of ways. But back at the Stanford Mall, Tania Fauvel from Bodymetrics wants to use it to drape your body not with balls in a videogame, but with virtual clothes online.
OK. So when people hear about your technology, I think the crucial consumer question is: Do you have to stand in front of your Kinect naked?
FAUVEL: You - so long as you're wearing tight-fitting clothing, that's fine. We do a lot of demonstrations with just like gym gear.
HENN: Fauvel is convinced this could transform how millions of us shop. But capturing painfully accurate images of your body, turns out, that may be the easy part.
SUSAN ASHDOWN: It is very difficult to model a cloth in three dimensions.
HENN: Susan Ashdown studies body mapping and the clothing industry at Cornell University.
ASHDOWN: When you take the whole range of human sizes, shapes, postures and the whole wide variety of types of cloth and how they interact on the body...
HENN: It's mindboggling how complicated a digital dressing room actually is to create. So Ashdown says this vision of an all-seeing computer that helps you find the perfect pair of jeans may have to wait a few more years. Steve Henn, NPR News, Silicon Valley. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio. | <urn:uuid:85511826-4295-4a5e-9837-2d72c91af161> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kacu.org/post/do-these-pants-make-me-look-body-scans-better-fit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960387 | 2,688 | 1.507813 | 2 |
It’s normally the depressed construction sector and the debts left behind that dominate the headlines as regards Spain, but several Spanish start-ups are contributing in a more positive way to the world’s economy. They’ve also been setting on new employees in Spain, which in the current economic climate is especially welcome. Here are a few examples, that show the entrepreneurial instinct is alive and kicking in Spain:
Two constraints that people often give for not learning a language are money and time. Yes, there are cd and video based materials you can use at your own leisure, but these lack the feedback you’d get in a class, yet for the reasons previously given, many cannot attend regular classes. Busuu, a Madrid based start-up, offers a great chance to learn foreign languages in a social network setting, that gives feedback from native language speakers. It’s run on a freemium basis, which means you can take the basic package for free, and they now have millions of users worldwide who are using Busuu to learn languages and to communicate with others in different countries. No wonder the company was a recent winner (Best Education and Media start-up) at the Europas ceremony in London Busuu wins category at Europas
Imagine being able to call all your contacts for free, from your smart phone. An impossible dream? Not so, it’s what Yuilop, the Barcelona based start-up is offering. We’re talking Skype for mobiles here, and it looks set to revolutionise the world of communications. As its founder Jochen Doppelhammer explained in a recent interview with EU-startups, ‘ yuilop makes communication free with ALL your contacts. It will enable users to call any phone number in the world, and talk not just with other Smartphone (or app) users, but everybody. It connects the “old world” (with traditional telecommunication based on phone numbers) with the “new world” (internet communication based on IP and digital identities). While there are some apps in the market that allow free communication from app to app, there is still no service that allows to talk for free with ALL your contacts just via their telephone number, if they have an app (or smartphone for that matter) or not.’ It’s based on monetizing via advertising, social goods and the like. Their initial roll-out is in Germany and they plan to launch in Spain after that. In the meantime they are often on the lookout for good technical talent who fancy working in Barcelona.
A recent start-up that helps employers in the search for good developers is Masterbranch. They do this by putting open-source code contributions at the centre of a job seeker’s cv, and these are profiled on the site itself. It’s a great way for a developer to showcase their projects, hacks and programming skills. Such a good idea could not be contained just within Spain, and the company has now moved to San Francisco. If you are a great employer of software developers, or a software developer looking for a job, this can be the place to meet up.
Lastly, another Madrid based company that has a large presence world-wide, is Fon – indeed it has the largest WiFi community in the world with over 7 million registered users. Started by the serial entrepreneur, Martin Varsavsky, it allows anyone with a broadband connection to join the network. Fon has spread its wings across many countries by partnering with telecoms providers, so for instance in the UK the WiFi routers used by British Telecom are connected to the Fon network. A list of their partners can be found here: Fon Business partners and as a consequence their customers can enjoy the benefits of free WiFi access world-wide. Again, they often have vacancies for appropriate skilled staff, so if you fit the requirements and fancy working in sunny Madrid they may well be a good place to approach.
The above examples show that with the aid of web technology and social interaction tools, Spanish companies can compete at a world level and succeed. It’s also interesting to note that the examples I gave either had a foreigner as a founder, or are launching their enterprise abroad almost from the start. It shows that collaboration, as well as competitiveness, is often a key to success on the world stage. I’m sure we will see many more successful Spanish start-ups in the months and years to come, based on this model. | <urn:uuid:75b689dd-59f7-49f0-a5f0-c1d32efb29ac> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.eu-startups.com/2011/11/how-spanish-startups-are-using-web-technology-to-change-the-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00056-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96143 | 926 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Twitter overhauls the Twitter bird
Today, Twitter unveiled1 their new logo, an updated bird that is less whimsical than the playful bird with a tuft of feathers on its head, and with the new icon, the company shows a more upwardly facing bird. Since its launch six years ago, their blue bird logo has been synonymous with the social media giant, and the company says “From now on, this bird will be the universally recognizable symbol of Twitter,” adding that ” There’s no longer a need for text, bubbled typefaces, or a lowercase “t” to represent Twitter.”
The new logo was inspired by the company’s “love for ornithology, design within creative constraints, and simple geometry,” and is created by using three sets of overlapping circles, “similar to how your networks, interests and ideas connect and intersect with peers and friends.”
Guidelines for using the new bird
While most will simply look at the bird and move on, it is important for businesses with websites to note that any Twitter bird or icon featured on the website has instantly been rendered outdated.
The company offers guidelines for using the new logo (read: how to use their copyrighted logo, which is not negotiable despite what liberties designers take):
- DO Use our official, unmodified Twitter bird to represent our brand.
- DO Make sure the bird faces right.
- DO Allow for at least 150% buffer space around the bird.
- DON’T Use speech bubbles or words around the bird.
- DON’T Rotate or change the direction of the bird.
- DON’T Animate the bird.
- DON’T Duplicate the bird.
- DON’T Change the color of the bird.
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Tumescent Liposuction Surgery What is the Difference?
Reviewed by Julius Few, MD
Liposuction is a cosmetic surgery procedure that removes fat deposits from specific areas of the body, including the stomach, hips, thighs, buttocks, face and neck. Liposuction techniques have evolved over time, and today there are many choices including the tumescent liposuction technique.
The basic steps are the same with all liposuction procedures. Incisions are made in the skin, and fat is suctioned out from beneath the skin using a thin tube known as a cannula. Liposuction techniques differ in two main ways the amount of wetting solution used to dilute the fat and the method used to break up the fat cells, such a laser or sound waves. What distinguishes tumescent liposuction from other forms of the procedure is that it uses the largest amount of wetting solution.
The Tumescent Solution (Wetting Solution)
Wetting solutions are infused into the fatty layer of your skin before the fat is vacuumed out. Before wetting solutions came along, surgeons went in dry, and the result was bleeding and bruising.
The tumescent solution contains salt water, adrenaline and a local anesthetic. The adrenaline shrinks blood vessels to minimize blood loss in the fat to be extracted. This infusion causes the skin to become swollen and firm. The tumescent technique uses more fluid than other available liposuction methods, infusing two to six times as much fluid as the volume of the fat to be removed.
The Tumescent Liposuction Procedure
During tumescent liposuction, your surgeon first marks the area on your body where he or she will remove fat. Next, the agreed-upon method of anesthesia is administered: local, IV sedation or general anesthesia. Tumescent liposuction usually involves a local anesthesia injection, which eliminates some of the risks and aftereffects associated with general anesthesia. The anesthetic contained in the tumescent solution helps numb the treated area before and after the procedure.
Next, your surgeon administers the solution directly into the fatty deposits under your skin, in preparation for the procedure. He or she then threads a thin cannula into the fatty layer of your skin through a small opening in the skin. The cannula is attached to a vacuum-like device. Your surgeon guides the cannula back and forth and vacuums out the fat into a sterile collection tube. Depending on the surgeon's preference, laser or ultrasound can be used to make the fat removal easier and potentially more effective. Check with your surgeon to find out what is best for you.
You will be instructed to wear a support garment on the treated area for several days to several weeks, depending on your surgeon's preference. Your surgeon will go over any recovery information with you. Following his or her advice can help minimize any complications.
Tumescent Liposuction Cost
Tumescent liposuction cost varies based on the area of the body being treated, and how many areas are being treated. The cost is higher for large areas of the body such as the abdomen, and lower for body parts such as the outer thighs or neck. The cost is comprised of the surgeon's fees, anesthesia fees and facility fees. Other factors that affect the cost include the type of liposuction. For example, laser liposuction is more costly than traditional liposuction. Discuss the cost with your plastic surgeon during your initial consultation. If cost is prohibitive, financing plans may be available.
Tumescent liposuction is not for everyone. Many liposuction techniques are available, including laser liposuction, ultrasound-assisted liposuction and water-assisted liposuction. Each has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Your surgeon may recommend a certain technique depending on whether you are undergoing facial liposuction or body liposuction.
The best way to determine which liposuction technique is right for you is a thorough consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon. After a frank discussion of your goals, along with a physical examination, the surgeon will assess your liposuction candidacy. Your surgeon will then discuss the various options, steps involved, results, risks, recovery and expected liposuction cost with you.
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About the Reviewer of This Article
Julius Few, MD, is the founder of the Few Institute For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Chicago. Board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, he is also a clinical associate professor in the division of plastic surgery at the University of Chicago and the current president of the Illinois Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Dr. Few received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, followed by plastic surgery training at Northwestern University in Chicago. He has also received special facial and eye cosmetic training in Honolulu, New York and Atlanta.
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The key to success here is recognizing all the coughing behavior you actually do. Many patients are unaware of exactly how much coughing and throat clearing they do, especially when they have been coughing so much, for so long. The SLP staff will assist in helping you to identify these behaviors. Learning to pay attention in this regard will be critical to your overall success in overcoming the cough.
Swallowing as a means of preventing a cough event: Coughing is a traumatic event where the vocal cords clap together forcefully. Think about clapping you hands together, frequently, all day long. Your palms would be sore and irritated. Now imagine how your vocal cords must “feel” after a day of coughing!
When we swallow, the vocal cords come together, as they do during a cough, but in a much more gentle manner. In this sense, swallowing can act similar to “rubbing an itch” instead of harshly scratching an itch. In many cases then, swallowing can help to lessen the itch or tickle, enough to where you feel you can manage without coughing or throat clearing. This saves your vocal cords the trauma of the cough. The more often you are able to do this, and avoid a cough, the more your vocal cords are able to recovery, becoming less and less sensitive.
The first two weeks are particularly difficult, but the more success you have in reducing your coughing behavior, you will notice you no longer feel the urge to cough as often. As this continues, the cough cycle reverses and in a few weeks you are coughing significantly less. Success!!
Here are the general guidelines in reducing your coughing behavior:
DON’T SMOKE!!! And avoid smoky environments
Sleep with a humidifier
STOP THROAT CLEARING! o This is non-reflexive behavior that you have control over. o Recognize when you are doing this. o Swallow or take sips of water instead of throat clearing o BE VERY DISCIPLINED
When you feel a “tickle” or a coughing coming: o TRY VERY HARD TO KEEP FROM COUGHING o Swallow “HARD” o “Hold” your swallow o Drink, drink, drink water!
Of course, there will be times when you simple can’t keep from coughing. In those cases, always try to cough as little as possible, trying to gain control over the cough instead of the cough taking control of you.
When you can’t seem to stop coughing: o Try VERY HARD to take a long, deep breath through your nose (trying to keep the inhale going, even if very slow and shaky) o Try to swallow HARD o Try drinking water o “Hold” your swallow
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In this paper, we investigate fairness properties of MAC protocols in multi-hop ad-hoc networks that have identical ranges of communication, interference and carrier sensing. We propose a new MAC protocol-hybrid asynchronous time division multiple access (HATDMA). The proposed protocol contains two schemes: SI-RI hybrid scheme and ATDMA scheme. The hybrid scheme employs both sender-initiated (SI) and receiver-initiated (RI) collision avoidance mechanisms and adoptively chooses one of them to use based on the observed performance. The ATDMA scheme requires a flow just getting a successful transmission to suspend the next transmission for a period of time that is derived from the traffic load observed around the flow. Comprehensive simulations show that HATDMA can yield high aggregate throughput and at the same time achieve very good fairness.
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This paper will attempt to get a sense of how difficult it is to write computer program in various languages. We develop a model of a computer programmer and estimate the likelihood of the programmer developing a syntactically correct program.
Experience in industry suggests that the likelihood of a programmer coming up with a working program is vanishingly small. For most computer languages, such as C or Lisp, this intuition is correct. However, Perl is unlike most other languages in this regard.
Suppose for concreteness that programs are written in the ASCII character set, which has 128 characters. Let S(n) be the number of ASCII strings of length n, and let P(n) be the number of syntactically correct programs of length n. Then the likelihood of the programmer developing a syntactically correct program of length n at random (which is well-known to be the most common method of software development) is:
At first glance, you would expect that this limit would be zero. For most languages, such as Lisp, this is the case. This is because in Lisp, a syntactically correct program must have balanced parentheses, and the probability that a string that contains n pairs of parentheses is well-formed is proportional to 1/n. (There are some complications, of course; for example, parentheses that occur inside of Lisp comments or literal strings need not be balanced. But these turn out not to affect the result, and this is a paper about Perl, so I will leave the details as an exercise for the reader.) A similar argument applies to C programs.
In Perl, however, this limit is not zero. This can be seen as follows: If the first eight characters of the program are __END__\n, then the program will always be syntactically correct, regardless of what the following n-8 characters are. Therefore, among strings of length n, at least 2-56 of these are syntactically correct Perl programs, for any n whatsoever. This demonstrates that the limit above, if it exists, is no smaller than 2-56.
Substantial improvements to this lower bound are possible. Noting that Perl programs can also include the sequence __DATA__\n, we can increase the lower bound to 2-56 + 2-63. Another example: If w is any sequence of whitespace characters (space, tab, carriage return, newline, and form feed), and s is any string, then w__END__\ns is a syntactically correct program of length |w| + 8 + |s|. There are 5|w|128|s| such strings out of 128|w|+8+|s|. The total likelihood of selecting one of these at random is therefore:
Which is equal to 5/(123×256), or approximately 2-60.62.
Obviously, a more nearly complete enumeration of syntactically correct programs would raise the lower bound still further.
It is tempting to try to apply this argument to other languages. One might want to say that any C program that begins with /* and ends with */ will be syntactically correct, but this is not the case, because there is an additional restriction: The intervening characters must not contain another occurrence of the */ sequence. But as n becomes arbitrarily large, nearly all random strings do contain an extra */ in the middle, and so the likelihood of getting a C program that is one huge comment approaches zero.
Conclusion: Strings selected at random are much more likely to be syntactically correct Perl programs than they are to be C or Lisp programs, and in fact have positive probability of being correct. This should give comfort to beginning programmers struggling with Perl syntax; it really is easier to write a syntactically correct program in Perl than in most other languages.
(2001-03-21) Stephen Turnbull pointed out that my assertion about Lisp misses an important point about Lisp. A Lisp programmer who wanted to generate code at random would never generate a random string. Instead, they would generate a random list structure; questions of syntax would then become moot.
This does throw light on an important difference between Perl and Lisp. Perl programmers are concerned with strings and with string data; Lisp programmers use structured data wherever possible. This is a much more robust and powerful approach, and nobody should discount it. The rest of the world is only beginning to discover the benefits of the Lisp way of doing things---this approach is precisely what XML is about.
Nevertheless, I think it isn't germane to my paper. The paper is about the likelihood of a beginning programmer generating a syntactically correct program by doing what beginner programmers always do---that is, by pounding on the keyboard. Beginning Lisp programmers do not write clever Lisp programs to generate code at random; they pound on they keyboard just like everyone else. So I think my conclusion still stands.
My thanks to Mr. Turnbull for his thought-provoking remarks.
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Last week I called the Automobile Association of America to ask for the best route for driving through the San Francisco Bay Area. There was a long pause on the other end of the line. Finally a woman’s voice said, “Do you have GPS?”
Now there was a long pause on my end of the phone. “Well, yes, I do have GPS on my smart phone. But I was actually looking for a TripTik.”
(For those of you under the age of 30, a TripTik was a map that AAA provided members that contained a hand-drawn route that took into account the weather, traffic and road construction. You requested it by phone and it was mailed to you several weeks later.)
Another long pause on the AAA end of the call. “We not longer provide TripTiks. We do have a free Smart Phone app.”
Ah. Technology. Sure. Even from CBS and AAA.
What do these two events have in common? Both show how two rather conservative organizations have made some remarkable use of technology. Ten years ago it was the exception not the rule when technology was driving big corporate innovation. Now the rule seems to be that you adopt and innovate or die.
And while we used to think that companies were “using” technology, it now appears that technology is driving companies. If you aren’t on Facebook, don’t have positive reviews on Yelp, can’t video stream your content on an iPad and can’t be followed on Twitter, you’re headed for the backwaters.
Which brings me to education and particularly K-12 education. We have a tendency to want to, maybe even need to, twist and bend technology to fit our existing model of instruction. Jam it in there until it seems to fit so I can still stand in front of the class as I teach. There seems to be a general fear that if I give sway to technology, all that I hold near and dear about educational structures and paradigms will disappear.
It is as if the whole world has decided to commute by bicycle and some of us are trying to drive our SUVs on the bike paths.
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National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health Hosts Trauma Symposium
This November, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) held its annual roundtable meeting in Seattle. In conjunction with this event, the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (NCDVTMH) led a two-day Trauma Symposium to mark the beginning of an initiative to support state and territory domestic violence coalitions as they assist their member programs in developing the capacity to provide trauma-informed services.
Marylouise Kelley, Director of the Family Violence Prevention & Services Program (FVPSP), kicked off the symposium by emphasizing the importance of developing a trauma-informed approach to advocacy. Presenters gave an overview of the process of developing domestic violence programs that are fully accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma informed, including addressing the complex needs of survivors and their children, such as mental health and substance abuse-related challenges.
Participants also worked together to identify ways in which a trauma-informed approach is consistent with empowerment-based domestic violence advocacy. According to Terri Pease, PhD, Director of the Training Institute at NCDVTMH, both trauma-informed and empowerment-based approaches involve “forming a partnership with each survivor to accomplish goals and outcomes that are important to her and her children, rather than imposing our own goals and expectations.” Pease also stressed the fact that the process of becoming trauma-informed is ongoing, not something that we can simply do “start to finish.” Integral to this process is for advocates to recognize how their own responses to trauma can impact survivors and children. As Dr. Carole Warshaw, Director of NCDVTMH explains, an important part of providing trauma-informed services is reflecting on our own responses and experiences, so that we can work to “embody the kind of world that we want to create.”
Although the central focus of the symposium was on developing trauma-informed approaches to advocacy, presenters and participants emphasized the need for a more holistic framework. “Without a trauma lens, services can be re-traumatizing, but without a domestic violence lens services may be endangering; [and] without a culture lens, services may not be relevant or helpful, and without a social justice lens programs may be not be inclusive or accessible.” said Dr. Warshaw. Many survivors experience intimate partner violence in the context of a lifetime of trauma, including childhood abuse or prior sexual assault, as well as experiences of oppression and trauma related to poverty, discrimination, colonization and immigration. Explaining the importance of tailoring services to the cultural communities they serve, Gwen Packard of the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) shared that most Native women experience multiple traumas over the course of their lives, and virtually all experience the effects of historical trauma. NIWRC and other programs serving Native women, therefore, have always appreciated the significance of trauma-informed advocacy, guided by an awareness of interrelated trauma experiences that incorporates a collective approach to healing.
The symposium featured several other aspects of trauma–informed advocacy, including the incorporation of a family-based perspective to better serve survivors with children. Susan Blumenfeld, Director of Child Trauma and Training for NCDVTMH, discussed how parental and child well-being are interconnected, calling for the implementation of support services that aim to strengthen the parent-child relationship.
Representatives from several state domestic violence coalitions addressed this and other topics related to developing the capacity of member programs to provide trauma-informed care. Coalition members from Kansas, West Virginia, Alabama, Idaho, Delaware, Alaska and Ohio facilitated discussions on strategies to collaborate with mental health and substance abuse agencies at the state and local levels, how to integrate trauma-informed principles into accreditation standards, and the safe use of technology to connect survivors in rural communities with mental health counselors.
After a productive two days, symposium participants took away the importance of building an evidence base for doing trauma-informed as well as trauma-specific work with survivors of domestic violence. They also acknowledged the challenges of developing approaches to trauma treatment that are multi-dimensional and account for the impact of multiple traumas, as well as ongoing abuse. Over the next year, NCDVTMH looks forward to working with state and territory coalitions to identify outcome measures for doing trauma-informed work, in collaboration with the domestic violence field.
To learn more about how the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program (FVPSP) supports projects like this through its national resource centers and culturally specific institutes, visit the FVPSP webpage.
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The New Colt Gallery: The Return of the Gatling Gun
Updated October 21 – Among the rarest pieces in the Greg Martin Colt Gallery at the Autry, which features guns made by Samuel Colt’s company and opened on July 23, 2011, is a Colt-manufactured Gatling gun, the predecessor to the machine gun that originally was patented in 1861 by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling.
On display is an 1893 model Colt Bulldog Gatling gun, .45-70 caliber, that was presented to the Hartford, Connecticut, Police Department in 1892 to help promote the new model. The ammunition magazines held 104 cartridges.
“It’s the rarest of all the Gatling guns,” said Jeffrey Richardson, the Autry’s associate curator of Western history and popular culture. “They only made about ten of them. And we have Serial Number One.”
A popular image of Gatling shows him standing next to the gun, with his hand on the crank.
“That is that exact gun that we have,” Richardson said.”When you see images of Dr. Gatling, you see him with that gun. Not just that model, that exact gun.”
Gatling hoped his invention would help diminish the slaughter he witnessed during the Civil War.
“He made the Gatling gun because he thought, if you had a gun like that, it would decrease the amount of people needed for war, therefore decrease casualties of war,” Richardson said. “So if you had a gun that could do the work of a hundred people, you would only need one person on the battlefield, therefore you’re less likely to have a hundred people injured.”
Dr. Gatling had a medical degree, but never practiced. Instead, he put his energies into perfecting weapons and weapons systems, and that gave him the opportunity to see up close what happened on the battlefield. He didn’t like what he saw.
“He saw the carnage of the Civil War and said too many people are coming back injured from the war,” Richardson said. “And it wasn’t just being injured from actual fighting, but it was the disease. the lack of food, it was the terrible conditions of fighting in the Civil War which caused so many of the injuries.”
Gatling’s solution was to send fewer young men to war.
“He looked at that and said, well, if you have less people on the battlefield, there will be less people that will come back in that particular condition,” Richardson said. “What if there was a gun that could do a lot of that type of work?”
Of course, there’s a flip side to that kind of logic.
“If you have a gun that can do the work of a hundred people, it can kill a lot more people a lot quicker,” Richardson said. “So there’s two sides to that particular logic. You’re thinking about your troops; you’re not thinking about the enemy’s troops.”
Richardson said the Gatling gun was very popular in the second half of the 19th century. But its heft and operation requirements — it had to be hand-cranked and the cartridges were manually fed into the chamber — made it more of a defensive weapon, used in the ramparts of forts and during the Indian wars, rather than an attack gun. Richardson said General George Custer had Gatling guns, but the difficulty of moving them in the field made him decide against using them, so he did not have them for the battle on the Little Big Horn River that was his end.
“When people think of the Gatling gun they think of Western movies,” Richardson said. “I think of Sam Peckinpah movies where people have these Gatling guns. . . . The connection between the Gatling gun and the American West exists in fact, but popular culture and fiction has really created this idea that Gatling guns were used all the time in the West, and that’s just not true.”
So the John Wayne movies that featured cavalry detachments cranking away at a Gatling gun were, shall we say, embellishing a bit.
“It’s not necessarily like you see it in the movies,” Richardson said. “Not surprising that it’s not accurate what you see in the movies.”
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Did you know that 3 in 5 U.S. public school teachers say students regularly come to school hungry? This week Share Our Strength released its’ 2012 survey of America’s teachers reporting on their experiences with hunger in the classroom and the findings show that hunger is a huge problem in this country. Children are not getting the healthy, nutritious meals they need to grow, learn and thrive. This is an issue every one can support and help combat.
Help Share our Strength® continue to spread its’ No Kid Hungry® message by sharing their informative infographic from facebook.com/nokidhungry on Facebook, Twitter and across the web.
- Spread the message about childhood hunger in U.S. classrooms and how everyone can do something to connect hungry children with the food they need through a blog post, Facebook post and/or Twitter post.
- Share the findings from the 2012 Teacher’s Report with your readership to gather support for an increase in funding for school breakfast programs, the answer to childhood hunger in school.
- Direct your readership to support No Kid Hungry® by visitinghttp://www.strength.org/teachers/ to take the No Kid Hungry® pledge, take action and share the report.
About the Teachers Report
The annual teachers report is a survey of public school teachers from around the nation about the hunger they see in their classrooms as well as their thoughts on solutions. Just a few of the findings:
– A majority of teachers say “most” or “a lot” of their students rely on school meals as their primary source of nutrition.
– More than 75% of teachers say that the U.S. should make childhood hunger a “top” or “high” priority
– A majority of teachers say they have kids in their classes who regularly come to school hungry. 80% of those who see hungry kids say these children are coming to school hungry at least once a week.
– More than 8 in 10 teachers say breakfast helps students concentrate, contributes to better academic performance and leads to healthier students with fewer headaches and fewer stomach aches.
Bottom Line: Teachers say kids are hungry and breakfast works.
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have gone by the name the Red Tornado
Both were published by DC Comics
The first appeared in All-American Comics as a
supporting character. The main character, Scribbly
Jibbet, had a friend named Huey. Huey's mother was
one Mathilda "Ma" Hunkle. When a criminal protection
racket threatened the neighborhood where Ma Hunkle
had her grocery store, she took inspiration from
Scribbly and Huey's hero the Green Lantern and created
her own costumed identity to fight crime. Donning a
pair of red underwear, a cape, and using a sauce
pan for a helmet, Ma Hunkle became the Red Tornado.
The Red Tornado had a distinguished career as a hero.
She was joined by her daughter Sisty and her daughter's
friend Dinky in the identities as the Cyclone Kids in
her battle against crime. She was even given membership
in the Justice Society of America.
The second character to use the name Red Tornado was
an intelligent tornado from the planet Rann. Known
then as the Tornado Tyrant, this creature learned
heroism from the Earth man, Adam Strange. The Tornado
Tyrant was eventually put into an android body by
the scientist T.O. Morrow and the process took its
memory from it. Sent to attack the Justice League of
America, the android relented, becoming the hero the
The second Red Tornado adopted a human identity as
John Smith and eventually married and adopted a child.
Over the past years, the Red Tornado has been destroyed
on a number of occasions, to be return later. It has
been revealed that the Red Tornado is the Earth's air
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Emergency services have ordered more than 8,000 people to evacuate a New South Wales town, in southeast Australia, threatened by rising floodwaters. New South Wales emergency officials and police ordered thousands to evacuate the centre of the town of Wagga Wagga on Tuesday as the Murrumbidgee river threatened to breach the town's levee barriers.
People had already been ordered to evacuate homes in the surrounding area after the river burst its banks in places.
On Sunday, about 13,000 people around New South Wales were also asked to leave their homes due to the flooding.
Floods hit three eastern states this week, sweeping two men to their deaths after they attempted to cross waterways in cars.
The rising rain waters inundated more than 250 properties and isolated a number of rural communities causing millions of dollars in damage.
Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minister, said earlier that the military had been deployed to several areas and was on standby to help other stricken towns if the crisis deepened.
"We've got floodwaters across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria," she told reporters.
"For the people of Wagga particularly, this is a very anxious time."
"There is a significant risk that the levee will overtop or potentially breach," said Andrew Richards, the New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) spokesperson.
Meanwhile, however, SES issued an "all clear" for Jugiong township, east of Wagga Wagga. SES said on their website that it was safe for residents and business owners to return and re-enter their properties.
SES also announced on Tuesday the reopening of the Yarramundi Bridge and the Webbs Creek, Wisemans Ferry, Lower Portland Ferries, but said that the Sackville Ferry would remain closed.
Richards said while the levee was so far working to protect the commercial centre of Wagga Wagga, across the river in North Wagga Wagga many of the homes from which 600 people have been evacuated had likely been swamped.
"The reports we are getting from Wagga are that a significant number of homes in that area have been affected," Richards told the AFP news agency as the river rushed towards a level not seen since 1844.
Wagga Wagga has been hit by several significant floods since the earliest European settlement in the 1840s, and officials said residents had responded well to the latest evacuation order.
"I knew where my house lies, if the levee were to overflow my street, it was pretty quickly going to go, so I went," Melina Skidmore told state broadcaster ABC.
Flooding has also hit rural regions in Victoria and Queensland states.
The National Farmers' Federation said while it was too early to put a cost on the disaster, cotton crops had been damaged, as well as grain silos, while many livestock had been swept away.
Eastern Australia was hit by devastating floods in early 2011 which claimed more than 30 lives, flooded thousands of homes and left vast swathes of the country swamped, including the Queensland capital Brisbane. | <urn:uuid:5bf837c6-e0a4-44fc-996f-064fc6a8a67b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.cysend.com/australia/1125-thousands-flee-australia-flooding.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9819 | 635 | 2.046875 | 2 |
How do you get a job in..?
Double Negative staff have worked on special effects on the Harry Potter and Batman films and are part of the UK's fast-growing visual effects industry.
To work in visual effects or designing computer games Next Gen Skills , a campaign backed by some big employers, says you need to have a combination of creative and technological skills. They suggest maths, physics, art and computer science qualifications.
Nicola Hoyle, who is a Visual Effects Supervisor at Double Negative, says you need to be creative and "enjoy messing around on a computer" if you are considering a career in this industry.
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For those of you who are new to self-care, here’s a step-by-step guide:
Step One. Identify your current feelings. Here are some possibilities:
Step Two. Identify what you would like to do with your current feelings:
- Increase feelings
- Decrease feelings
- Explore feelings
- Share feelings with someone else
Step Three. Pick an activity (or think of a different one) that might help you to achieve that goal. Make sure to honor your energy level.
If you don’t know where to start, think about what you might do with a small child who is feeling like you are. That can give you clues as to what you might need to feel nurtured. If the child were sad, would you give her a hug or pick her up? This might mean that something physically comforting would be helpful to you. Ask for a hug; get a massage; go to an animal shelter to pet the animals; cuddle up in cozy blankets, etc. Would you try to make her smile? This might mean that you like to be distracted from painful emotions at first. Watch a movie; read a book or magazine; go to a comedy show, etc. Would you tell her that everything is going to be okay? This might mean that verbal reassurance is helpful for you. Call or make plans with someone caring; journal back and forth with yourself; make an appointment with a therapist; read a self-help book, etc.
- Take a bubble bath or a hot shower.
- Listen to music that you enjoy. Experiment with using different kinds of music to influence your moods.
- Go for a walk.
- Work out.
- Call or make plans with a friend or family member.
- Go to a comedy show.
- Go to the beach.
- Sit outside.
- Watch a movie or TV.
- Read a book.
- Journal. (See Journal Exercises.)
- Make a collage.
- Read a magazine or tabloid.
- Practice yoga – at a class, with a DVD, or on your own.
- Open up the curtains and let in some light.
- Buy a plant for your room.
- Take up a new hobby.
- Make yourself comfortable- cuddle up on the couch or in your bed.
- Make yourself a cup of hot tea or cocoa.
- Make or buy your favorite foods.
- Get a professional massage or trade massages with a friend.
- Ask a friend for a hug.
- Give yourself a spa day – homemade facial, manicure, and pedicure.
- Play a game with a friend or on the internet.
- Clean your room/house.
- Go shopping.
- Visit an animal shelter.
- Do some deep breathing. Breathe in deeply to the count of 4, hold for the count of 2, breathe out for the count of 4, and hold for the count of 2. Repeat until you are feeling more relaxed.
Step Four. Keep track of what works for you on these worksheets. Keep them handy, so they’re easy to refer to when you want to do some self-care. | <urn:uuid:1909deec-e7ca-42ad-82fc-ca30d19cfc2e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.callutheran.edu/counseling_services/services/Self-Careguide.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00052-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922889 | 673 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Tue March 6, 2012
How Many U.S. Jobs Does Apple Really Create?
Apple has about 47,000 workers in the U.S. That's not a huge amount for such a profitable and influential company. Now the tech giant is saying it has actually created about 10 times that many jobs indirectly.
Some economists are skeptical of the claim. And the move comes as Apple is facing increased criticism and scrutiny over labor practices at factories it outsources to in China.
For a long time, Apple has enjoyed one of the best public images imaginable. But more recently, those images are being challenged by something much less fun — reports of dangerous working conditions at the Chinese factories where iPads and iPhones are made.
Now, amid growing concern about its outsourcing practices, Apple has posted a study showing that it has created or supported more than 514,000 jobs in the United States. That includes glass manufacturers, FedEx, UPS and a whole new mini-industry of people developing apps for the iPhone and iPad. But some economists are skeptical.
University of California, Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti has written a book about this kind of indirect job creation. He says Apple's total job creation estimate is too high — the real total is somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000.
"My own research suggests that for each additional job in the average high-tech firm, five additional jobs are created outside that firm in the local community," Moretti says.
And when well-paid tech employees spend a lot of money, that also creates jobs. According to Moretti, "That would suggest that at the local level, Apple generates about 300,000 jobs all together in the U.S."
Peter Cappelli, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, says the entire exercise of guessing indirect job creation is inherently misleading. Cappelli says big companies are always coming up with these projections, sometimes in an effort to get tax breaks from local governments.
"I think one of the ways to think about this is the economy is a little like, say, a forest, and a big company is sort of like a big tree in a forest," he says. "If you're the big tree and you're looking around, you say, 'Look at all the shade I'm providing here, this is really impressive.' That's certainly true. The question is if the tree goes away, what happens?"
Well if the big tree wasn't there, other trees would grow up to take its place, and younger trees would come up in the middle. In other words, there wouldn't just be a big hole in the forest. By that same token, if you don't spend $500 on an iPad, you might spend that money on another computer or maybe a down payment on a car that was actually built in the U.S.
"It's a pretty squishy process to try to figure out," Cappelli says.
Apple isn't talking about why it came out with this jobs study when it did, but the company has said it is committed to improving working conditions at the factories it outsources production to in China.
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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
And I'm Melissa Block. Apple employs about 47,000 workers in the U.S., not a huge amount for such a profitable and influential company, but now Apple is saying it has created about 10 times that many jobs in the U.S. indirectly.
Some economists are skeptical of that claim and, as NPR's Chris Arnold reports, the Apple study comes as the company is facing increased scrutiny for labor practices in China.
CHRIS ARNOLD, BYLINE: For a long time, Apple has enjoyed one of the best public images imaginable. In ads like this one, smiling grandparents are watching family videos on their iPad.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: It's so simple to use and it's just ridiculously fun.
ARNOLD: But, more recently, such images are being challenged by something much less fun: reports of dangerous working conditions at factories in China, where those iPads and iPhones are made.
HEATHER WHITE: Some of the most extreme labor conditions that I've ever seen in China in, you know, over 20 years of working there off and on.
ARNOLD: Heather White is a research fellow with Harvard University and a former international labor monitor with the National Academy of Sciences.
WHITE: You know, approximately 16 or more suicides in their factories over the last couple of years. They've had two explosions.
ARNOLD: Now, with growing concern about its outsourcing practices, Apple has put up on its website a study showing that it's created 514,000 jobs here in the U.S. That's at glass manufacturers, delivery companies like FedEx and UPS. There's a whole new mini-industry of people developing apps for the iPhone and the iPad.
Enrico Moretti is a UC Berkeley labor economist who's written a book about this kind of indirect job creation.
ENRICO MORETTI: My own research suggests that, for each additional job in the average high tech firm, five additional jobs are created outside that firm in the local community in the long run.
ARNOLD: Moretti says well paid tech employees spend a lot of money on everything from haircuts to fancy cars to eating at restaurants and he says all that creates jobs.
MORETTI: That would suggest that, at the local level, Apple generates about 300,000 jobs.
ARNOLD: So he says the Apple number is not too unreasonable an estimate. Still, this whole exercise is thought of by many experts to be inherently misleading and mushy.
Peter Cappelli is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. He says big companies all the time come up with these projections. Sometimes, they're trying to get tax breaks from local governments.
PETER CAPELLI: I think one of the ways to think about this though is the economy is a little like, say, a forest and a big company is sort of like a big tree in the forest.
ARNOLD: And he says you could think of the indirect job creation as the shadow or the shade cast by that big company or big tree.
CAPELLI: Well, if the big tree wasn't there, what you'd find is other big trees would grow in its place. Younger trees might come up in the middle, so it's not the case there'd just be a big hole in the forest if the company wasn't there.
ARNOLD: And, likewise, if you didn't go out and spent $500 on an iPad, you might spend that $500 on a different kind of computer or a down payment on a car that might actually have been built here in the U.S. So all this is very hard to be precise about.
CAPELLI: It's a pretty squishy process to try to figure out.
ARNOLD: For its part, Apple is not talking about why it came out with this job study right now, but the company has said it is committed to improving working conditions at the factories that it outsources production to in China.
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In 1842, James Shields challenged Abraham Lincoln to a duel over defamatory anonymous letters that Lincoln had written to a local newspaper. Lincoln accepted the challenge, and as he had the choice of weapons, selected cavalry broadswords at arm's length. As Lincoln was extraordinarily tall and strong for the time and place, and Shields was a small man, he backed down. But Shields was feisty, and that same year he challenged a man named Butler. Butler chose rifles at a hundred yards, and Shields backed down again. As far as is known, Shields never challenged anyone else, and went on to fame as the only man to be senator from three states, and a Civil War general. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shields
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Remember that when you upload content, you are essentially publishing it - even if you think it’s just for your eyes. For any cloud service to work as designed, you give the service permission to store and make copies of the content you upload - this is how your stuff ends up everywhere you want it. The cloud copy is the master. Google, for instance, clearly states in its terms of service that apply to all things Google: “You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.” But where the Google policy may read a bit murky is what you entitle Google to do with it: “When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.” That permission continues even if you stop using the services, the contract says. Google issued a statement, explaining why it, or for that matter others such as SkyDrive or SugarSync, would need to spell out its rights with your content. “Our Terms of Service enable us to give you the services you want - so if you decide to share a document with someone, or open it on a different device, you can.”
Competing cloud service Dropbox makes no claims to user content. “You retain full ownership to your stuff,” the terms of service reads. “We don’t claim any ownership to any of it. These Terms do not grant us any rights to your stuff or intellectual property except for the limited rights that are needed to run the Services.” I’ve read and reread terms and privacy policies from SugarSync and another service called Box, and they don’t seem to make mention of ownership of your content. And what about someone else, such as law enforcement, trying to access your information? With your own server, you’d have to be served a warrant for legal access to your hard drives. But with remote storage, you may not know whether a subpoena or warrant has been served on the cloud service provider, depending on what the company says it will do in the terms of service.
One thing is certain - as these services become more and more integral in how we store and access our information, the companies will need to prove themselves trustworthy as we bank our bits and bytes with them. “All of this comes back down to trust,” said Frank Gillette, an analyst at Forrester Research. “These organizations, like banks, have to convince people they are trustworthy.” Unlike banks, however, there is no insurance for the security - and replacement - of our information stored online. Although nearly every provider’s terms read differently, one thing remains the same. They all tell you explicitly they are not responsible for any loss you experience.
So before jumping on the cloud bandwagon, you might want to figure out how to back yourself up if your stuff should dissipate like an actual cloud in the sky. | <urn:uuid:31d001f8-1d2f-417c-b848-5968dfa6227d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.fpamanagedservices.com/blogs/?m=201205 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00059-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95266 | 669 | 1.75 | 2 |
Anderson University Student Employment [PDF] offers students part-time jobs that are often related to their skills, academic or career fields, experiences, or interests. Job duties range from those requiring specialized skills to those only requiring a willingness to work. Working part-time allows a student to earn money for college expenses, establish a work record, develop skills that will be useful in a career, and provide an opportunity for interaction with faculty, staff and fellow students.
In general to be eligible for student employment, students must:
- Be registered for at least 6 hours of classes or registered for at least 6 hours for the next semester during periods of non-enrollment. New incoming students admitted to the university and who have paid the enrollment deposit for fall semester are eligible for student employment the preceding summer.
- Maintain a satisfactory academic progress.
- Complete Student Employment Application, Federal and State Tax forms, and I-9 form.
- Provide banking information for electronic transfer (direct deposit) of bi-weekly payroll.
- Support the university’s mission to provide quality education in a Christian environment.
Anderson University is an equal opportunity employer.
Students are authorized to work an average of 15 hours per week (20 hours for International Students) during periods of enrollment, and up to 40 hours per week during periods of non-enrollment (Christmas, Spring Break, and Summer Break). This can be a combination of jobs for an average total of 15/40 hours for all jobs. Hours worked through the INvision AU Internship program are included in this required maximum hours for student workers per week. Therefore, students applying for internships through the AU Student Employment Program and INvision AU should take into consideration the total numbers of hours to be worked for all student jobs and the internship in order to stay within the maximum hours allowed per week.
Majority of student positions pay an hourly wage. There are a limited number of stipend positions available, such as Resident Assistant. Stipend positions pay a salary. Because students are part-time temporary employees, they do not receive benefits such as paid holidays, health insurance, etc., but are covered under Worker’s Compensation.
FICA taxes are not withheld from student payroll during the September to May academic year, which means student positions on-campus that pay $7.25 is equal to a position in the community that pays $7.65. FICA is withheld from student payroll during summer employment. International students are exempt from FICA.
Students are paid on a regular bi-weekly schedule by means of direct deposit/electronic transfer of payroll funds to a banking institution designated by the student. Payroll can be deposited in either a checking or a savings account. | <urn:uuid:2a20c691-cc81-4d57-abf9-1b8e916a317d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mailto:laquashie@anderson.edu/humres/student/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00032-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945442 | 553 | 1.546875 | 2 |
OpenCourseWare; distance education; access; new technologies
The role of distance education is shifting. Traditionally distance education was limited in the number of people served because of production, reproduction, and distribution costs. Today, while it still costs the university time and money to produce a course, technology has made it such that reproduction costs are almost non-existent. This shift has significant implications, and allows distance educators to play an important role in the fulfillment of the promise of the right to universal education. At little or no cost, universities can make their content available to millions. This content has the potential to substantially improve the quality of life of learners around the world. New distance education technologies, such as OpenCourseWares, act as enablers to achieving the universal right to education. These technologies, and the associated changes in the cost of providing access to education, change distance education's role from one of classroom alternative to one of social transformer. | <urn:uuid:7a94e536-cb49-46cc-9bfe-5c0ea1b10cef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/IR/id/162/rec/11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00006-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938204 | 190 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The student world of creative and performing arts is swamped. Dance, drama, photography, design and technology and music are now considered core senior subjects in the company of English, maths and science.
And while Sydney's main performing and creative arts schools are turning away applicants, other secondary schools are taking up the challenge to use a
focus on arts as a way of motiving students in all other areas of their school lives.
The Illawarra Grammar School, long considered to focus on academia, is gaining a reputation for students with a flair for photography.
Here, there are no half-hearted attempts at capturing images on a dusty old SLR or students tripping over each other in a badly ventilated darkroom to develop a wet, smudged print.
Over the past two years, the west Wollongong school's picture lab has undergone a $500,000 upgrade to a professional photographic studio.
Parents now report that students who have trouble settling down in more "traditional" subjects enjoy focusing on art or photography because of the hands-on aspect - and their
enthusiasm tends to flow on to other subjects.
"A lot of students might have the creative tendencies but lack confidence to put pen, paintbrush or pencil to paper," said Diane Epoff, the school's photographic co-ordinator.
"They can do amazing things with a camera once they are shown how to use it and once they realise that the camera viewfinder can actually become a portal to the world around them."
The upgrade, funded entirely by parents through the school's building fund, means students now have access to a traditional darkroom with 20 enlargers, a film processing lab, negative and flat bed scanners. There is also a digital photography lab with 12 iMac computers to run Photoshop, Powerpoint and iMovie applications and a multimedia lab used for video editing, imaging and photo
The school decided to enlarge the photography department largely due to student demand. More and more junior students were opting to take the subject as an elective in years 9 and 10 with the majority continuing through senior school.
The revamped facilities have revolutionised the way the
photography elective is taught, says Mrs Epoff, with students often learning wet and digital photography in the same module.
When electing to study photography, students are first given a solid grounding in traditional black and white methods and darkroom techniques. Later, they are taught digital imaging and how to use digital video in senior years.
Last year, photography students from Illawarra Grammar won the Ilford Award for digital photography and the Jens Madsen Photographic Competition.
Their photographs were selected for the Headspace Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra with one picture also chosen for 2001 advertising image.
Rebecca Tory, a year 11 photography and visual arts student, spends all her free periods in the studio, which can sometimes be up to three times a day. "I just love it, and like a lot of us here, I would really like to work in this area in the future," she says.
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Louis Henkin (1917-2010): The Power of His Ideas Live On
[Anne-Marie Slaughter is the Director, Secretary’s Policy Planning Office, U.S. Department of State; Former Dean and (on leave) Professor, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs. Catherine Powell is Staff Member, Secretary’s Policy Planning Office, U.S. Department of State; (on leave) Professor, Fordham Law School; Former Clinical Professor and Founding Director, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School.]
With Louis Henkin’s death, we marvel at how the power of his ideas live on. As a Jewish immigrant whose family fled communism in what is now Belarus, Lou came of age as part of the greatest generation — during the Great Depression, New Deal, and World War II. He went on to become one of the leading international lawyers of his time and a primary founder of the contemporary idea and study of human rights.
Four of Lou’s ideas – embodied in his memorable pithy expressions – frame important challenges with which we must continue to grapple:
1. From Constitutional Rights to Human Rights: “[I]n the cathedral of human rights, the United States is more like a flying buttress than a pillar[.]”
In the past, Lou had said that “in the cathedral of human rights, the United States is more like a flying buttress than a pillar—choosing to stand outside the international structure supporting the international human rights system, but without being willing to subject its own conduct to the scrutiny of that system.” On the one hand, Lou reminded us that America helped invent the idea of human rights, in declaring in the U.S. Declaration of Independence that we all have certain “inalienable rights” simply by virtue of our humanity. On the other hand, the United States has never accepted the full spectrum of rights that exist in otherwise widely-ratified international human rights treaties.
The term “human rights” itself didn’t actually exist in international law or U.S. law, except colloquially, until the abolitionist Frederick Douglass called slavery a violation of human rights. Then Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech called for a New Deal for the world – insisting on a broad scope of rights, including freedom of expression, freedom from religious persecution, freedom from fear, and freedom from want. While FDR’s vision moved beyond the negative rights paradigm of the State, to embrace a positive role for the State in affirmatively providing social safety nets and economic security (i.e., freedom from want), the United States never fully accepted economic and social rights as being on par with civil and political rights. Even with civil and political rights, the United States attached numerous reservations, understandings, and declarations. Lou claimed:
[There’s] that nasty joke [that] say[s that] it was Hitler who made us an international nation…. The last major effort by the United States to involve itself in international human rights was essentially a mood. After World War [II] — when the [U.N.] Charter was adopted, Eleanor Roosevelt … was all in favor of promoting and participating [in the U.N.] When the United States finally climbed off its isolationism [following the collapse of the League of Nations] and began to participate in the U.N., it was prepared to do so only on its own terms…. We therefore supported the breaking up of the Universal Declaration [of Human Rights] into two covenants and we were not prepared to adopt obligations under the covenant of economic and social rights [International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.]
Further, in his article, “The Ghost of Senator Bricker,” Lou describes how even though the defeat of the Senator Bricker proposal in the 1950s staved off a constitutional amendment that would have made treaties non-self-executing, we essentially live with the ghost of Senator Bricker today in that when the U.S. ratifies treaties, it attaches numerous reservations, understandings and declarations ( RUDs) such as declaring treaties non-self-executing.
2. From the State to International Cooperation: “Away with the ‘S’ word.”
Lou’s “Away with the ‘S’ word” captured his skepticism toward states that hide behind the banner of “sovereignty” to shield against international scrutiny. Along with other early internationalists of his generation, Lou believed that international institutions and international law offered a “New Deal” vision for the world, with the potential to provide political security, economic security, and human security. As historian Elizabeth Borgwardt notes, “The designers of the Bretton Woods, U.N., and Nuremberg charters actively struggled to redefine the idea of “security” in the international sphere to include economic and political security, much as New Deal programs had redefined security domestically for individual American citizens.” FDR’s recognition that a new world order must secure economic and human security along with political security at home and abroad was deeply informed by his twin experiences with the scourge of the Great Depression and Nazi occupation of Western Europe.
Acknowledging the debt we owe to those, such as Lou, who helped build our existing international system, even while we must build on this to create “a new global architecture,” Secretary of State Clinton has said:
After the Second World War, the nation that had built the transcontinental railroad, the assembly line, the skyscraper, turned its attention to constructing the pillars of global cooperation…. But this architecture served a different time and a different world. As President Obama has said, today it is buckling under the weight of new threats. The major powers are at peace, but new actors, good and bad, are increasingly shaping international affairs. The challenges we face are more complex than ever, and so are the responses needed to meet them.
3. From International Cooperation to International Compliance: “[A]lmost all nations observe almost all principles of international law and almost all of their obligations almost all the time.”
U.S. State Department Legal Counsel Harold Koh describes this famous line from Lou’s How Nations Behave foundational text as “the sentence that launched a thousand articles[.]” Countless scholars have struggled with this puzzle Lou drew our attention to regarding why nations obey international law.
Even in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq without U.N. Security Council approval, Lou believed his adage was still true. After all, in invading Iraq, President George W. Bush’s Administration tried to justify its actions in terms of international law, claiming, for example, that a previous U.N. Security Council authorized the U.S. invasion.
4. From War to Peace: “Perhaps, a small measure of success in the battle against the ‘S’ word has encouraged me to ‘take on’ two other words: the ‘W’ word, ‘war,’ and the ‘T’ word, ‘terrorism’.”
In fact, in between Henkin’s two clerkships, he spent four years in the army after being drafted in 1940, as the U.S. was about to enter World War II. With his expertise in both law and mathematics, he was assigned to serve in an artillery observation unit. While near Toulon during the invasion of France in 1944, Henkin came upon three German officers. Following a standoff with arms drawn, Henkin spoke Yiddish to the German soldiers, which initiated negotiations, ultimately convincing the Germans to surrender a force of 78 men to Lou’s 13-man unit. His skills as a negotiator earned him a Silver Star, a recognition of his daring and persuasiveness.
However, following World War II, Lou had a deep skepticism about the continuing vitality of war as a concept in international law and an unease with the “War on Terror” concept. As a war for democracy to stop the Nazis, World War II shaped the way he thought about the world. “[I]t stopped me from being an isolationist,” he said. But, Lou noted that war is not a word in international law. He asserted that war “has no significance in international law…. War stands in the way of international law…. [T]he Constitution accepts the word “war” and uses it colloquially[.]” But, squaring the Constitution with the U.N. Charter, Lou acknowledged that while “the word ‘war’ is in the U.S. Constitution, and therefore it binds us… the most important [provision] in the U.N. Charter is Article 2, Section 4 [, which] says, ‘Nations shall not use force.’” As far as Lou was concerned, the U.N. Charter’s exception for self-defense under Article 51 did not justify the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. Among other things, the Bush Administration had asserted that Article 51permitted a “preemptive attack” in light of its claimed evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In talking with Lou about this in his office, he’d pull the U.N. Charter off his shelf, and note that it says that use of force is not allowed if an armed attack “might occur” or “is on the verge of occurring,” but rather “if an armed attack occurs.” Lou was adamant:
I haven’t changed my mind. The four years into the Iraq war means we have no business in Iraq[. W]e have agreed in the U.N. Charter not to use force except if you combine Article 2(4) with Article 51; those are the limits on our use of force that we accepted, and we should live with it.
Lou had begun thinking about the use of force years earlier, for example, in his book, Foreign Affairs and the Constitution, which he wrote long before anyone noticed that U.S. Presidents were enjoying certain unanticipated powers as commander in chief. When asked about the “War on Terror” concept and whether an age of terror is replacing what Lou had called the age of rights, Lou defended the premise of his classic book, The Age of Rights:
I don’t think the age of terrorism has replaced the age of rights. We are an age of rights but we’re subject to the consequences of terrorism. And I think those of us that care about rights have to keep the idea of rights alive and kicking, and to keep whatever is done in opposition to terrorism limited to what is necessary and not as an excuse for getting rid of the U.N. etc. …. [W]e expect the age of rights to take account of terrorism, but not to bow to it.
For many of us, Lou was a role model – moving effortlessly, it seemed, from government to the academy to a stint as a UN expert. He was a skilled diplomat and negotiator at the U.S. State Department in the 1950s; a brilliant teacher and scholar at Penn and Columbia; and a member of the UN Human Rights Committee.
But what made Lou Henkin particularly special was his willingness to say many things that many international lawyers would not say. He was willing to challenge fundamental premises of the international legal system and to dispense with the normal political cautions that counsel incrementalism even when human lives and dignity are at stake. That is in part simply the kind of man he was, the measure of his character. But it may also have been due to the power and strength that flowed from having been a Frankfurter clerk and a constitutional law professor – the fastest track in the legal academy. He had the intellect to see the truth and the confidence to say it. And in denying the differences between constitutional law and international law, in insisting that civil rights are human rights, he did not deny the distinctiveness and power of the American constitutional tradition, but like the Obama Administration today, he saw that tradition as a part of a much larger culture of universal human rights. From his birth in Belarus to his death in Manhattan, he was a staunch defender of the American constitution and a citizen of the world.
[The views herein expressed are our personal views and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Department of State or the United States. Full citations for all the sources cited here can be found in Catherine Powell, Louis Henkin and Human Rights: A New Deal at Home and Abroad (Oral History of Louis Henkin’s life), chapter in BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS HOME (Catherine Albisa, Martha Davis, Cynthia Soohoo, eds.) Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, January 2008). The tapes for the full oral history are housed at the Columbia Oral History Project.] | <urn:uuid:3c9320eb-2481-4350-81bd-b6882421dee4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://opiniojuris.org/2010/10/22/louis-henkin-1917-2010-the-power-of-his-ideas-live-on/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961299 | 2,713 | 3.25 | 3 |
Father Stewart is a Benedictine monk at a small Catholic university in Minnesota. For the past several years he has also been the director of a project to find and digitize manuscripts held in monastic communities in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.
Since 2003 he has overseen the imaging of some 17,500 manuscripts. Over the decades, the museum has made a photographic record of more than 110,000 manuscripts — an estimated 35 million pages’ worth — shifting from microfilm to digital imaging as the technology has evolved. Lately it has run 15 to 20 projects a year. | <urn:uuid:8c40aa78-bc5f-4b56-86e1-9f2deb1bfd59> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lisnews.org/saving_manuscripts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950324 | 118 | 2.03125 | 2 |
DIY kits, PCBs, and special parts:
There are a lot of resources for DIY information and bits-n-pieces. Here are some of my favorites:
Music From Outer Space:
Ray Wilson's site. Excellent resource for information as well as PCBs and parts.
Wow, what do you say about JH? His designs are wonderful, complex, and great fun to build and play with. Modules you won't see anywhere else.
Scott Deyo's site. Parts, parts and PCB kits, panels, etc. Scott sells PCBs for several different designers and offers parts kits for many of the PCBs.
John Blacet has a full line of his own designs as kits or pre-built modules. These are well designed, solid modules.
Synthesis Technology or MOTM:
Paul Schreiber's site. Very well designed modules. You can buy PCBs for many of the modules as well as some "small parts kits" which have some hard to find parts in them.
Yves Usson makes some of my favorite modules. See Bridechamber for PCBs.
Tellun - Darmok
Scott Juskiw has some good information and also some circuits. See Bridechamber
Oakley and Krisp1:
PCBs from Oakley and built modules from Paul Darlow at Krisp1. These are excellent designs.
Ken Stone's site. PCBs, schematics, and some explanations.
Great pre-built modules based on CGS designs.
Some parts, PCBs, and information.
Another, "wow, what can you say" spot. Ian has some excellent designs (see Bridchamber for PCBs) and some great electronics information.
Rest in Peace Larry Hendry... The pages are still there with some good information and resources.
Nice filter based on the SSM2044 chip. Also a TB 303 module
Papareil Synth Labs
Marc Bareille offers some very unique and well thought out modules
While there are some pre-built module sellers above, this list is for those who don't offer any kits, bard PCBs, etc. at least as a general rule. There are a lot out there, but these are ones from whom I've purchased modules and can recommend them.
Great online store and Shawn is good to work with.
Gur has some amazing modules. I've got the Z-DSP and Z5000
Misc. ie: hardware, racks, components, etc.
While there are some pre-built module sellers above, this list is for those who don't offer any kits, bard PCBs, etc. at least as a general rule.
Dave T makes high quality 19 inch racks. The standard wood is a pine, but he made mine out of mahogony. They are beautiful, see here for a photo or two.
Aaron's General Store
Do you need machine screws, nuts, washers, etc.? This is the place.
Rack Release Systems
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It was spring of 1996 when Beth Bye says she returned from the dead. The Wisconsin woman hadn't actually died, but with her body ravaged in the late stages of AIDS infection, she had run out of options, and death was, indeed, near. AIDS-related dementia and blindness had crept in -- signs that her doctor told her meant time was short. She made funeral arrangements and considered moving to a hospice for her remaining days.
Then, as if to say "not so fast," medical science handed her another option. New drugs called protease inhibitors, first approved in 1995, were about to revolutionize the treatment of patients infected with the AIDS virus. These drugs usually are taken with two other drugs called reverse transcriptase inhibitors. The combined drug "cocktail" has helped change AIDS in the last three years from being an automatic death sentence to what is now often a chronic, but manageable, disease.
Within two months of beginning the triple cocktail treatment, also known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), Bye's viral load -- a measure of new AIDS virus produced in the body -- dropped to undetectable levels. Her red and white blood cell counts normalized, an important sign that the immune system was starting to work again. Suddenly she could do simple things she had long given up, such as walk the dog for 2 miles. Bye, now 40, was even able to return to her teaching job and currently works 30 hours a week.
"My recovery was like being on death row and getting that last minute pardon from the governor," she says.
This so-called "Lazarus Effect," named for the biblical figure who was raised from the dead, has occurred with many AIDS patients who take the triple therapy. "It returns many who were debilitated and dying to relatively healthy and productive life," says Richard Klein, HIV/AIDS coordinator for the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Special Health Issues.
Many health experts, in fact, credit the powerful HAART therapy with helping the domestic AIDS death rate to drop by 47 percent in 1997, the last year for which figures are available. Other factors have contributed as well, says Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "It is also likely that increased access to care, our growing expertise and experience in caring for HIV-infected people, and the decrease in new HIV infections in the late 1980s due to prevention efforts are partly responsible for the reduction in HIV-related deaths we are seeing today."
In 1997, for the first time since 1990, AIDS fell out of the top 10 causes of death in the United States, dropping from 8th to 14th place, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By 1998, about 16,000 people were still alive who would have died the previous year if AIDS mortality had continued at its former rate. Still, about 40,000 new infections occur yearly.
So far, the combination HAART treatment is the closest thing medical science has to an effective therapy. The key to its success in some patients lies in the drug combination's ability to disrupt HIV at different stages in its replication. Reverse transcriptase inhibitors, which usually make up two drugs in the HAART regimen, restrain an enzyme crucial to an early stage of HIV duplication. Protease inhibitors hold back another enzyme that functions near the end of the HIV replication process. The combination can be prescribed to those newly infected with the virus, as well as AIDS patients. (See illustration.)
FDA approved the first drug specifically to combat HIV and AIDS in 1987. Commonly known as AZT (zidovudine), it is in the family of reverse transcriptase inhibitors called nucleoside analogs. Others in this class include ddi (didanosine), ddc (zalcitabine), D4T (stavudine), 3TC (lamivudine), and most recently Ziagen (abacavir). In 1997, FDA approved Combivir, a mixture of AZT and 3TC that allows patients to reduce the number of pills needed, which can be upwards of 20 a day for certain drug combinations.
Viramune (nevirapine), the first reverse transcriptase inhibitor in a class called non-nucleoside analogs, was approved in 1996. The following year, FDA approved a related drug, Rescriptor (delavirdine). In 1998, a third drug in this class, Sustiva (efavirenz) was approved.
Protease inhibitors, the last part of the triple cocktail, have only been on the market about three years. FDA approved the first one, Invirase (saquinavir), in late 1995.
Others approved since include Norvir (ritonavir), Crixivan (indinavir), Viracept (nelfinavir), and Agenerase (amprenivir). Viracept was the first of its class to be labeled for use in children and adults. Norvir and Agenerase are now approved for children as well. FDA also has approved Fortovase, a new formulation of saquinavir that comes in a soft gelatin capsule that allows more drug to be absorbed into the body than the earlier version.
Though the use of protease inhibitors with other AIDS drugs has had a drastic impact on the health of HIV and AIDS patients, there are drawbacks. For example, the HAART treatment is not an AIDS cure, says FDA's Klein. Though HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, may not be detectable in the blood following successful HAART treatment, experts generally feel that the virus is still present, lurking in hiding spots such as the lymph nodes, the brain, testes, and the retina.
"The improved sense of well-being, and the belief that lower viral load means they will not transmit the virus, has translated, in some communities, to a lapse in certain prevention practices," Klein says. He adds that this is dangerous because infected people, even with diminished viral counts, can spread the virus.
Another concern is that the combination therapy, besides being very expensive, requires a much more complicated treatment regimen. "Patients need to stay aware of and adhere to their dosing schedule," says Klein. "If not taken on a strict regimen, protease inhibitors can result in the emergence of HIV strains that are resistant to treatment." Numerous studies also have shown that viral load can rapidly "rebound" to high levels if patients discontinue part or all of the triple therapy regimen.
AIDS treatments may interact with many commonly prescribed drugs. For example, Pfizer Inc. plans to label its impotence drug Viagra to warn of possible interactions with certain protease inhibitors, which appear to raise levels of Viagra in the blood.
AIDS drugs also may prompt onset of diabetes or a worsening of existing diabetes and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), along with increased bleeding in people with hemophilia types A or B.
Some patients on triple therapy have experienced a type of weight redistribution where face and limbs become thin while breasts, stomach or neck enlarges. Some have nicknamed the appearance of fat deposits at the back of the shoulders "buffalo hump." Fat deposits in the midsection are sometimes called "Crix belly," after the drug Crixivan, "although it has been seen in people taking all approved protease inhibitors," says Klein.
Research is currently under way to determine if protease inhibitors cause a permanent change in fat metabolism. "There is considerable concern over the long-term effects for patients," says Klein, including the possibility that the cholesterol increases in some patients who experience fat redistribution could increase the risk for cardiovascular complications such as strokes or heart attacks. FDA has asked each of the makers of protease inhibitors to study these abnormalities.
Because AIDS patients have suppressed immune systems, they can fall prey to certain illnesses that people with healthy immune responses don't get, or get only very rarely. One common such illness is Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), which can be life-threatening. Treatments to prevent PCP are NebuPent (aerosolized pentamidine), a fine mist inhaler, and drugs such as Bactrim and Septra that contain both trimethoprim and sulfa. Mepron (atovaquone) is approved for treating mild-to-moderate PCP in pregnant women and patients who cannot tolerate standard treatment. Neutrexin (trimexetrate glucoronate) also is approved for pregnant women and for moderate-to-severe PCP when given with Leucovorin (folinic acid).
Cytomegalovirus retinitis is a potentially severe AIDS-related eye infection that can lead to blindness. Approved treatments include ganciclovir, marketed as Cytovene in oral dosage and as Vitrosert as an implant, Foscavir (foscarnet), and Vistide (cidovir).
For mycobacterium avium, an infection that before AIDS was almost always confined to patients with severe chronic lung diseases such as emphysema, FDA has approved Biaxin (clarithromycin), Mycobutin (rifabutin), and Zithromax (azithromycin).
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a type of AIDS-related cancer that causes characteristic purple or pink skin tumors that are flat or slightly raised. Intron A (human interferon-alpha), doxorubicin liposome injection, or daunorubicin citrate liposome injection can be used to treat KS. Panretin, a topical gel, also is approved for treating certain types of KS lesions.
AIDS wasting syndrome involves major weight loss, chronic diarrhea or weakness, and constant or intermittent fever for at least 30 days. Approved treatments include Marinol (dronabinol), Megace (megestrol), and Serostim (somatropin rDNA for injection).
In 1998 recommendations, the Public Health Service Task Force stated that the decision to take anti-HIV drugs during pregnancy should be made by the pregnant woman after her health care-provider has explained benefits and risks. There are some compelling reasons to take the drugs. For example, an HIV-positive pregnant woman who takes AZT after the first trimester decreases the chance of the baby being born with HIV. Studies show that AZT taken according to a strict regimen decreases by nearly 66 percent the odds of infecting the newborn.
The task force says women should consider delaying therapy until after the 10th to 12th week of pregnancy, after the fetus' organs have gone through their most rapid development. This delay may minimize any adverse effects of AZT on fetal development, but it needs to be balanced with the health of the mother and possible transmission of HIV to the fetus.
Most children with HIV became infected from their mothers near the time of birth. This means that for many babies, treatment can be started soon after birth. Federal guidelines recommend that all HIV-infected children younger than 1 year and all HIV-infected children of any age with symptoms of HIV infection or evidence of immune suppression be treated with anti-HIV drugs. For HIV-infected children with no symptoms, therapy can be deferred if risk of disease is considered low based on viral load and immune status.
Triple combination therapy can be used for all HIV-infected infants, children and adolescents treated with HIV drugs. Infants during the first six weeks of life who have been exposed to HIV but whose HIV status is unknown can be treated with AZT as sole therapy. Infants diagnosed with HIV while receiving AZT alone should be switched to combination therapy.
Though the AIDS death rate has dropped drastically, and educational efforts aimed at curbing the number of new HIV infections have had a small impact, experts say the next hurdles are to develop an AIDS-preventive vaccine and to create new therapies, such as ones that would effectively treat AIDS patients when drug-resistant strains of HIV develop. On both fronts, promising efforts are in progress.
For example, NIAID is conducting trials of three novel HIV vaccine approaches. One trial is testing a vaccine applied to spots such as the moist tissues lining the urinary and reproductive tracts. This is because most HIV infections, such as those acquired through sexual exposure, are transmitted across these "mucosal" sites. Researchers theorize that a vaccine that prompts the body to produce antibodies at these sites may have a protective effect against the AIDS virus.
Another vaccine approach is using common Salmonella bacteria to deliver HIV proteins in a way that may trigger the body to produce a better immune response. A third study is examining a cancer drug, GM-CSF, to determine its effect on stimulating immunity. NIAID also is experimenting with a vaccine approach that "neutralizes" antibodies to HIV, which then bind to the virus in a way that may prevent it from infecting cells.
A new class of drugs called fusion inhibitors has been shown in early trials to block HIV's entry into cells, which may keep the virus from reproducing. These drugs hold particular promise for patients whose HIV viral loads have rebounded to elevated levels because the virus strains they carry have become resistant to triple combination therapy. Researchers reported at the 6th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in February 1999 that one fusion inhibitor, T-20, significantly lowered virus amounts in a group of patients with drug-resistant viral strains.
Other therapies aimed at eradicating the virus that remains after successful combination treatment include drugs targeted at bolstering the immune system such as IL-2 (Interleukin-2) and G-CSF (Neupogen).
Though these and other potential treatments may individually or in combination help wipe out AIDS sometime in the future, what's really needed, says NIAID's Fauci, are types of drugs that don't yet exist. "These agents would ideally be potent, inexpensive, relatively nontoxic even after prolonged periods, active against viral strains resistant to currently available agents, and easy to administer."
John Henkel is a staff writer for FDA Consumer.
Speeding AIDS Drug Approvals
With the emergence of AIDS, FDA put into place a program in the late 1980s that allows promising therapies for life-threatening illnesses to be approved conditionally before all necessary studies are completed. A key goal is to make treatments available to desperately ill patients who might have to wait years under the formal clinical trial and drug approval system for the same drug to be marketed.
Under the agency's accelerated approval regulations, a drug can be marketed without studies that show direct effects on clinical disease progression or death. Instead, FDA relies on "surrogate markers," such as viral load, which are laboratory measurements intended to reliably predict a drug's ultimate clinical benefits.
FDA has three requirements for accelerated approval:
What Is AIDS?
AIDS is a chronic disease that damages, and ultimately destroys, the immune system. Though HIV causes AIDS, many patients who test positive for the virus have not progressed to AIDS. According to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an AIDS diagnosis requires a positive confirmed blood test for HIV antibodies and at least one of the following:
HIV depends on the cells it infects to make new copies of itself. The copies then infect other cells, spreading the virus. HIV destroys CD4 cells, and when the level of these white blood cells drops, the immune system weakens, allowing microorganisms that don't harm people with normal immune responses to cause serious infections in those with HIV.
HIV is transmitted primarily by sex (anal, vaginal or oral sex with an infected partner), by injections (sharing contaminated needles for drug use or accidental piercing with a contaminated needle), or from infected mother to child through pregnancy or breast-feeding.
Some HIV-infected patients progress to AIDS quickly while others can remain healthy for 10 years or more. Between initial infection and full-blown disease, a middle phase called symptomatic HIV infection, or AIDS-related complex (ARC), occurs, prompting symptoms such as weight loss, diarrhea, and swollen lymph glands.
Scientists have recently discovered clues to why some patients develop AIDS quickly. In a study published last March in the journal Science, National Cancer Institute researchers found that inherited genes may set the clock for AIDS progression. Certain gene patterns tend to stave off AIDS, while others promote it. The researchers say the study may help lead to an AIDS-preventive vaccine or improved therapies against the virus.
AIDS on Its Own Terms
Understanding AIDS and its treatment requires knowledge of a specialized vocabulary. Here are some commonly used AIDS terms:
These organizations have more information on AIDS, clinical trials of treatments, and support groups:
FDA Office of Special Health Issues
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS)
AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)
CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 6003
Rockville, MD 20849-6003
CDC National AIDS Hotline
CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention Homepage
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service
P.O. Box 6303
Rockville, MD 20849-6303
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
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What I didn't have time to look at were the bodywork and exhaust placement implications for the 2014 Season:
Exhausts have become somewhat of a go to area in the last few decades in order to extract additional downforce and so the FIA are always keen to limit the scope available to the designers. The newest set of 2014 regulations are extreme in their application of exhaust positioning in order to reduce it's aerodynamic effects.
In the basic mock up above I've highlighted the representative area's for comparison. For 2012/13 the teams were/are allowed to locate the exhausts last 100mm of tailpipe within the Red zone:
c) Be located between 200mm and 500mm from the car centre line.
d) Be positioned in order that the entire circumference of the exit of the tailpipe lies between two vertical planes normal to the car centre line and which lie 500mm and 1200mm forward of the rear wheel centre line.)
The very small yellow zone at the rear of the car however is the area for which the exhaust outlet(s) latter 150mm of tailpipe can be placed in 2014.
c) Be located no more than 250mm from the car centre line.
d) Be positioned in order that the entire circumference of the exit of the tailpipe lies between two vertical planes normal to the car centre line and which lie between 30mm and 50mm forward of the rear wheel centre line.
The height at which the outlet is allowed has also changed, narrowing the window for placement by a further 150mm:
2012/13 - b) Be located between 250mm and 600mm above the reference plane.
2014 - b) Be located between 350mm and 550mm above the reference plane.
The original 2014 regulations called for a singular exhaust outlet but the 2014 regulations now permit 2:
5.8.2 Engine exhaust systems may incorporate no more than two exits, both of which must be rearward facing tailpipes, through which all exhaust gases must pass.
The premise behind a singular outlet was driven by the use of a single stage compressor:
5.1.6 Pressure charging may only be effected by the use of a sole single stage compressor linked to a sole single stage exhaust turbine by a shaft assembly parallel to the engine crankshaft and within 25mm of the car centre line. The shaft must be designed so as to ensure that the shaft assembly, the compressor and the turbine always rotate about a common axis and at the same angular velocity, an electrical motor generator (MGU-H) may be directly coupled to it.
It seems that the Engine manufacturer's believe otherwise with the re-inclusion of two exits, this of course will have a bearing not only on the Engine's performance but also the utilisation of exhaust gasses to drive aerodynamics.
The size of the exhaust outlet(s) has also been defined by an area measurement:
5.8.3 The total cross-sectional area of the exhaust exits at the rearmost point of the tailpipes must lie between 7500mm2 and 14000mm2.
Rather than the regulations current regulations defining 75mm as the maximum outlet size.
The +/- 10o axis from the centre line remains, however the angle of the outlets when viewed from the side of the car is presently between +10o and +30o (tail-up) but this has been removed from the 2014 regulations indicating that the exhaust plume can be expelled at any angle vertically (When viewed from the side)
Low Noses / Narrower Front Wings
F1 has become a place synonymous with high noses a trend that all the team pushed to the limits in 2012 and was the result of the 'Step Noses'. For 2014 the Formula returns to a lower nose with the regulations requiring the cars nose pylons be a maximum height of 135mm, whereas the current regulations permit a maximum height of 200mm.
The Front Wing has also been narrowed from 1800mm to 1650mm in an effort to change the aerodynamic influence attained by the element. The footplates width has been narrowed from 60mm to 50mm and is still required to be represented by a continuous piece of bodywork no more than 100mm above the reference plane.
Rear Wing & Lower Beam Wing
The Rear Wings characteristics will be adjusted with the Mainplane's lowest position being raised to 750mm from the current 730mm. Furthermore DRS is currently allowed to move the top flap from a gap of 10mm to 50mm from the mainplane, the 2014 regulations adjust this to between 10mm and 65mm.
The lower beam wing has been a method by which the teams have been able to extract additional downforce for a number of seasons now. Currently the rules permit bodywork between the rear wheels up until a point 400mm above the reference plane. However the 2014 rules stipulate that no bodywork is allowed in the region above 150mm from the reference plane (with the exception as always being the 150mm central zone shown roughly in green on the image below, allowing the teams to still utilise Monkey Seats)
The Beam Wing itself offered a means of structural integrity to the Rear Wing and so we may see a return to the Rear Wing stabilizers inside the 150mm central portion to alleviate this.
Above: The Renault R30 and Force India VJM03 of 2010 both feature central rear wing pillars
The loss of the Beam Wing was inevitable with the exhaust exit location directly in line with that area, as the combination of both could have proved a massive downforce coup.
On the face of it the changes don't seem monumental but they will inherently change the design aspect of the cars. The lower nose and narrowed front wing will change the design philosophy of the whole car as the designers discover ways in which to turn the airflow presented to and produced by the wheels/tyres. The centralisation of the exhaust(s) limits how the designers can utilise the exhaust to stop tyre squirt impinging on the diffuser. This combined with the net downforce loss of the beam wing will result in a much more rear end happy car. | <urn:uuid:87415408-b329-48d2-9730-373d23c51d4d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://somersf1.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/2014-bodywork-regulation-changes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00012-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956836 | 1,252 | 1.890625 | 2 |
When it comes to eating right and exercising most people have a pretty good idea about what to do (move more) and eat (lots of veggies). The issue comes with finding the motivation to get out of bed and hit the gym, or pick up an apple instead of a candy bar. This week I will be sharing some insight on the psychology of motivation, as well as some great tips and resources, pertaining particularly to exercise. Next week I will cover how to find the motivation to eat healthy (similar for sure but worthy of it’s own post!) My tips here come from my education and experience as a Psychology Instructor and my own ability to find enough motivation to do this:
Here is a video going over the highlights of what I’ll be discussing today. I apologize for the blurry quality. It took me 4 hours and many trials and for some reason my camera was not cooperating with me!
10 Tips for finding motivation to exercise:
1. Realize this is for the rest of your life – not a temporary solution! It’s always surprising to me when I find people starting to exercise and treating it as though it will be a temporary state. Being fit is a way of life! Don’t start exercising under the assumption you can do it for a few months, get the results you want, and then stop. Enter into this new phase of your life with the understanding that it is a permanent life change.
2. Embrace the positive psychology movement: Focus on the benefits of working out, how great you feel and the energy you have. Don’t ever use exercise as punishment or you will start to avoid it! Make a list of all the things you love about working out: how you feel, the confidence you get, the energy you have, the results you see from weight loss and muscle gain. Keep that list posted somewhere and pull it out often!
3. Set SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-Based. Don’t just say “I want to work out more.” You need to pick a specific goal (like a 5k) and create a plan to get there (like this great training plan from Hal Higdon!)
4. Keep an exercise journal/calendar. Having a visual record of my workouts has helped me in the past when I thought about skipping a workout and seeing the poor empty box on the calendar! Plus, it’s amazing to look at and see all the hard work you’ve done.
5. Use operant conditioning to reward yourself. The theory of operant conditioning is so simple: If you reward behavior it is far more likely to keep occurring. Don’t use food as a reward, ever. If your goal is a 5k, plan on buying a new outfit to run in the week of the race. If you just want to exercise 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week consider paying yourself to exercise. Keep an exercise jar at home and put $2 into it every time you complete a workout. Have a specific treat in mind you’d like to reward yourself with once you have enough money (like a heart rate monitor!)
6. Try new workouts! You need to keep things fresh or you will get bored. You also need to make sure your working out new muscle groups and don’t do the same routines over and over. Some of my favorite free workouts:
- Hulu’s Health/Wellness channels (hundreds of free workouts!)
7. Join an online community like SparkPeople, my next DietBet, or my Plank Challenge! One of the most difficult things for me when I first started to lose weight was not having someone to share it with. Most of my friends weren’t interested in exercising or eating right so I had no one to talk to about what I was going through. Joining sparkpeople helped connect me with people who were actually interested in sharing new healthy recipes or crazy challenging workouts.
8. Understand the incredible things exercise does for your mind and body. I’d say 50% of the reason why I exercise is mental. It’s one of the best anti-anxiety, anti-depressant and anti-stress medications.
9. Identify your excuses and create a plan of attack.
- No time? Wake up at 5 a.m.
- No money? Do a free workout online
- Too tired to work out? Get over it! A moderate amount of caffeine pre-workout is fine and imagine the rush you’ll get after releasing those endorphins!
10. AVOID ‘Fitspiration.’ Research is finding that it actually hurts weight loss efforts. It’s too easy to get caught up in the social comparison trap (more on that topic soon.) I tried to go on Pinterest to find motivational quotes to use here and all I found were pictures of supermodels with 8 packs that made me feel like the 6 miles I ran this morning wasn’t adequate enough. Bump that. Inspire to be the best you that you can be. You are beautiful.
Want even more tips? I came across so many great articles researching this post:
- Lifehacker: How to motivate yourself into an exercise routine you’ll actually stick to
- Girls Gone Sporty: 41 ways to motivate you to exercise
- Mental Health Foundation: Benefits of exercise on mental health
- American Psychological Association: The exercise effect
If you have any tips to staying motivated please share them! I promise once you make exercise a habit (give it about one month) it will become something you look forward to and you will start to see the most incredible positive changes in your life. | <urn:uuid:ba46d692-dec7-4b6b-9745-09b166d6f20d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ericadhouse.com/the-psychology-of-motivation-exercise-edition/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00031-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949812 | 1,194 | 2.171875 | 2 |
PlantFiles: Japanese Painted Fern Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
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Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Partial to Full Shade
Bloom Color: Inconspicuous/none
Bloom Time: N/A
Foliage: Grown for foliage Silver/Gray
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From spores
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Oct 12, 2011, RFriend4 from Gaithersburg, MD wrote:
Had 2 of these for 3 years lanquishing under a Bradford Pear in a raised bed. Was certain they had died at the end of each year but was surprised to see them return the following year. Finally gave them the attention they deserved and moved them to a bed at the edge of some White Pines where they received much more water and unfortunately more attention from rabbits and whitetail deer. However they survived and at least tripled in size. Not sure if the extra acid in the soil or moisture is the reason for success. Probably both. Am anxious to see next years performance.
On Oct 11, 2011, AresDraco from San Francisco, CA (Zone 10a) wrote:
LOVE this fern! It does well for me in my cool, damp, half-shade San Francisco garden.
Has anyone propagated this fern? Is it by crown division, or does it spread by rhizomes? I want to plant a rather long bed of these, but the cost to purchase several dozen plants is a bit out of reach right now.
On Oct 11, 2011, prickersnall from Madison, WI wrote:
I love my Japanese Painted Fern, and hope soon to add some other varieties of it. (I've had a change to a new garden and house). Their delicacy and pattern are a great enrichment to a usually-plain, though textured, green background.
Mine is not robust, but it has had to compete with a lot, plus over-hanging lilac boughs. It's future should be literally brighter !
I think one of the maroon-ish ones is called "Ursulla's Red", and there's also something more light-green that's different from the most silvery one, with a similar pattern in it. Being a pattern-lover, of course I'm really ga-ga about this plant !
Incidentally...isn't Texas "full-sun" a lot hotter than mine, here in Wisconsin, due to it's closer proximity to the equator ?
On Oct 10, 2011, pastapicker from Columbus, OH wrote:
I have mine growing under a large maple and they are doing fine in this dry shade for at least 4 years, although I do give some supplemental water if it hasn't rained for about a week. They get some late afternoon sun. The deer which have ravaged most of the yard this year have left these ferns alone.
On Oct 10, 2011, pmcfern from Gig Harbor, WA wrote:
Japanese painted fern is a perfectly beautiful plant for the Puget Sound area. I grow it in full shade with Maidenhair fern, Vancouveria, Hostas and Astilbe. However, the Vancouveria is overtaking it and I am going to try to move it to a new garden this fall. Hope it 'takes' transplanting!
On Jun 10, 2010, John_in_Garland from Garland, TX wrote:
Beautiful small fern. I haven't seen the sun tolerance described by others. First year, mine were sunburning badly with 2 hrs. midday Texas sun. Had to shield them. For next season, moved them into full shade where they are doing well, so don't know if established plants are more sun tolerant.
On Oct 5, 2009, mslehv from Columbus, OH (Zone 5b) wrote:
This plant is extremely easy to tranplant by division and will survive under light conditions ranging from full sun to fairly dense shade. However, it's size and appearance is best in partial shade. It is an excellent plant for tough areas such as under a large mature tree. On the downside, it is definitely invasive and forms a dense mat of roots that makes later eradication difficult. You can feel and hear the roots crackle as you dig in with your spade.
Mine came as a bonus plant with my Var. Solomon's seal, so I planted them together in a protected bed off the deck. They both died back in the winter, and the fern was first to immerge last Spring, followed by the Solomon Seal.
Here in Arlington, Texas, in our generally rather dry, shady garden, this is one of the few ferns that survives and thrives. (Others include wood ferns and holly ferns.) Absolutely pest-free and much more tolerant of our summer heat and sun than other ferns. And even when I occasionally neglect to water them enough in late summer and they wilt into the ground, next spring up they come again, lush as ever! I unconditionally endorse them to friends here who want to try growing ferns. The silvery foliage makes a bright note in dark, shady areas. Japanese Painted Ferns seem limited only by being decidedly deciduous, which leaves bare spots during winter.
On Dec 30, 2008, ronaldv517 from Hillsdale, MI wrote:
I have had incredible luck with this fern,quite by accident.I have planted about 6 under Japanese Maples and an old Suger Maple.The companion plant with the fern is Sweet Woodruff and Irish moss,about 3yrs ago in the moss I started finding tiny silver ferns as I was weeding in the moss and every year now there are more.I am going to transplant some this spring and hope they can be happy all around my other shaded areas.It has truely been the most exciteing gardening excperience I've had.
On Dec 29, 2008, sunnyCA from Livermore, CA (Zone 9a) wrote:
I like this plant. I like the look that it provides. I have it planted under my redwood trees. I think the roots of the redwood have hampered the growth of the fern as they barely survive all summer long. They are sluggish and don't do well if I don't give them plenty of water. I will transplant the ferns when spring comes and I can find them. Given the slow growth I still love the color and will keep them in my garden, just not under my redwood trees.
On Dec 29, 2008, jachurch from Apple Valley, MN (Zone 4a) wrote:
This fern does very well in my zone 4 Apple Valley, MN, shade garden. The soil here is clay aggregate, but I have been adding mulch for many years. The in-ground sprinkler system gives it regular moisture, but the nearby trees keep it from getting too wet. The plant really brightens the dark area of the garden. It behaves much nicer than my other ferns - doesn't run as widely and doesn't get tall and brackish.
On Jul 14, 2007, DebinSC from Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) wrote:
I had these ferns for 3 years. The one in the pic I posted grows nicely, with no special attention in full shade, damp soil with alot of clay in it. I've let them overwinter, in pots the 1st year, and in ground last winter, and they come back nicely (zone 8). Very nice light color for a shady spot.
On Aug 30, 2005, sanity101 from Dublin, OH (Zone 5b) wrote:
Pretty, low, spreading foliage. Unlike many other varegated plants, they do not tend to 'green out' in shady locations, but keep their color. Needs plenty of water in order to thrive. They won't wilt if they are dry, they simply don't grow much.
On Jul 15, 2005, ineedacupoftea from Denver, CO wrote:
I have these in several areas of my garden. Absolutely no one in this hot and dry valley seems to grow ferns at all, as the wind and sun will dry , the Alkalinity (7.5-8) and extreme clay prevent most folks from enjoying gardening at all. However, I have found the Athyriums to be the most robust, especially A niponicum v. pictum. When established, it has taken some insane drought, and it actually survived and grew larger in East sun with some minor sunburn to old fronds. (Until I moved it to a better place) . With a little organic matter, a bit of water, and shade, I think this is the toughest fern I know of!
On Jun 24, 2005, PurplePansies from Deal, NJ (Zone 7a) wrote:
This plant grows easily for me.... but it isn't all that "painted" it was when I bought it so I know its the right plant but it isn't now. Maybe it needs more sun? Perhaps its only "painted" certain times (like the fall?) As such it doesn't thrill me so much and I prefer native ferns.
On Jun 2, 2004, Gayle0000 from Bloomington, IL wrote:
Central IL, Zone 5b: I have 2 growing in moist soil (it's a poor drainage area). Soil is moist all the time...even during drought times. One gets morning sun for about 3 hours, then full shade all day. One gets morning sun for 2 hours, then full shade all day. Both are about the same size & growing at the same rate. Coloring is the same despite the sun exposure. They get noticeably bigger every year. These are not delicate plants...more sturdy than they look. Rabbits like to nibble if you're not careful.
On May 28, 2004, angelap from Weatherford, TX (Zone 7b) wrote:
This is one of my favorite ferns. It's a little difficult to keep growing here - zone 8, central texas, very hot and dry. I have it planted in full shade on the north side of my house and I have to be diligent about watering.
Even when it seems to have died completely away, the following spring there will be the tiniest silver leaves coming back! I have to tend them carefully, but by mid summer the plant is large and full again.
On Apr 23, 2004, TeaLeaves from mecosta, MI (Zone 5a) wrote:
My painted ferns are very robust in zone 5 although I admit to having an irrigation system and mulching. They aren't concerned about crowding in my bed and after one was so gorgeous I had to get another and I'll probably keep right on!
On Apr 22, 2004, KDePetrillo from North Scituate, RI (Zone 6a) wrote:
Probably my FAVORITE fern, but it's delicate -- I lose one or two a year here in Zone 5/6. It requires additional water during drought, and doesn't like encroaching plants. But it's certainly worth the extra work: it's really beautiful when it's happy!
On Jul 30, 2002, darius from So.App.Mtns. United States (Zone 5b) wrote:
This is only the second year for this fern in my garden but it's doing well. It does need frequent feeding with a general purpose fertilizer for best growth. I hope to see it spread to form clumps bordering my woodland shade garden.
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, (2 reports) Auburn, Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Scottsdale, Arizona Shannon Hills, Arkansas Camarillo, California Livermore, California Martinez, California San Francisco, California Thousand Oaks, California Clifton, Colorado Denver, Colorado Hamden, Connecticut Fruitland Park, Florida Lake Lorraine, Florida Alpharetta, Georgia Athens, Georgia Cordele, Georgia Marietta, Georgia (2 reports) Bloomington, Illinois Caseyville, Illinois Cherry Valley, Illinois Chicago, Illinois (2 reports) Geneva, Illinois Hampton, Illinois Homewood, Illinois Mount Prospect, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Tuscola, Illinois Washington, Illinois Galena, Indiana Keomah Village, Iowa Shelby, Iowa Shawnee, Kansas Wichita, Kansas Hebron, Kentucky Bordelonville, Louisiana Arundel, Maine Sandy River, Maine Darnestown, Maryland Easton, Maryland Millersville, Maryland Beverly, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts Dracut, Massachusetts Middleborough, Massachusetts Saugus, Massachusetts West Bridgewater, Massachusetts Wrentham, Massachusetts Bloomfield Township, Michigan Cedar Springs, Michigan Hillsdale, Michigan Ludington, Michigan Owosso, Michigan Pinconning, Michigan Royal Oak, Michigan South Lyon, Michigan Rochester, Minnesota Young America, Minnesota Marietta, Mississippi Kansas City, Missouri Pleasant Valley, Missouri Salem, Missouri Pinardville, New Hampshire Hamilton, New Jersey Baxter Estates, New York Bellmore, New York Coram, New York Hannibal, New York Jefferson, New York Montauk, New York Ronkonkoma, New York Raleigh, North Carolina (3 reports) Belfield, North Dakota Bucyrus, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Clyde, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Coshocton, Ohio Dayton, Ohio Fruit Hill, Ohio Glouster, Ohio Haviland, Ohio Hilliard, Ohio Huber Heights, Ohio Lorain, Ohio North Ridgeville, Ohio Riverlea, Ohio Saint Marys, Ohio Williamsburg, Ohio Enid, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Gold Hill, Oregon Oregon City, Oregon Albion, Pennsylvania East Norriton, Pennsylvania Lebanon, Pennsylvania Mercer, Pennsylvania Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania West Goshen, Pennsylvania South Kingstown, Rhode Island Conway, South Carolina Hampton, South Carolina India Hook, South Carolina North Augusta, South Carolina Summerville, South Carolina (2 reports) Sioux Falls, South Dakota Clarksville, Tennessee Lafayette, Tennessee Middle Valley, Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tennessee Alvin, Texas Arlington, Texas Austin, Texas Center, Texas Eagle Mountain, Texas Elgin, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Garland, Texas Hickory Creek, Texas Houston, Texas Hudson Oaks, Texas Huffman, Texas Mckinney, Texas Missouri City, Texas Rowlett, Texas San Antonio, Texas Scenic Oaks, Texas Sunset Valley, Texas Wells, Texas Provo, Utah Henrico, Virginia Leesburg, Virginia Lexington, Virginia Newport News, Virginia West Springfield, Virginia Ames Lake, Washington Artondale, Washington Edgewood, Washington Inglewood-finn Hill, Washington Kalama, Washington Olympia, Washington Poulsbo, Washington Walnut Grove, Washington Woodland, Washington Cross Lanes, West Virginia Parkersburg, West Virginia Appleton, Wisconsin Ellsworth, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Menasha, Wisconsin | <urn:uuid:47a05569-ad9c-4d71-8043-b3ba6df8b78e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/365/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942018 | 3,441 | 1.804688 | 2 |
FI510A,B,C,D: INTEGRATION FORMATION GROUP. MFT Faculty. 2 units.
The Department of Marriage and Family is committed to the formation of its students, to know themselves, to grow as Christians and professionals, and to develop their sense of spiritual vocation as peacemakers. Toward that end, students will meet in small groups with faculty to tell their own narratives and listen to the narratives of others, as a means to begin exploring vocation, gifts, and identity. The group process will span four quarters, culminating in a final reflective review in the spring quarter of the studentŐs final year of the program.
cOURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the process, students will be able to articulate a personal sense of vocation as Christian professionals and peacemakers.
RELATIONSHIP TO SCHOOL AND SEMINARY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
This course fulfills the departmental learning outcome that graduates of the program will demonstrate a personal commitment and rationale for serving families as an expression of their Christian vocation, as well as the SOP outcome that graduates will be equipped to apply the insights of Christian theology along with the knowledge and techniques of the social and behavioral sciences. In addition, the course fulfills the seminary learning outcomes that graduates will (a) demonstrate an understanding of Christian theology, ministry, and spirituality, and (b) be able to pursue careers consistent with their education.
In the fall and winter quarters of the first year, students will meet in groups of 10 with a designated faculty member on Wednesdays from 4:45 to 5:45. The first quarter will focus mainly on student narratives and a beginning exploration of vocation; the second will be used to explore vocational identity in greater depth. In each of these quarters, there will be two faculty-led community meetings which include all the faculty and students together, to explore and develop the virtues discussed in FI500. Students will also participate in two one-day community retreats, held in the spring quarter of the first year, and the spring of the studentŐs final year in the program.
Fryling, A. (2009). Seeking God together: An introduction to group spiritual direction. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0830835249, $15.00.
This course will be graded on a pass-fail basis only, based mostly on attendance and participation. Although students are encouraged to journal throughout the process, the only required written assignments will be two personal reflection papers, one each to be submitted at the end of the two spring quarters.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
Fulfills 2 units of Integration for students in the MFT program.
Catalog Copy for FI510A,B,C,D
FI510A,B,C,D Integration Formation Group. Students meet in small groups with faculty to tell their own narratives and listen to the narratives of others, as a means to begin exploring vocation, gifts, and identity. The group process will span four quarters, culminating in a final reflective review in the spring quarter of the studentŐs final year of the program. 2 units, pass/fail, MF Faculty, Pasadena, Phoenix. | <urn:uuid:1f790100-4659-475a-96fa-c040dffc83aa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://schedule.fuller.edu/registrar/schedule/ecdtemp.asp?ECD=/cll/fsw/ecds/131/FI510B_Gabler131.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00018-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93121 | 674 | 1.734375 | 2 |
|Username||Post: MAS TECH - ROTORY JULY 03|
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RE-PRINTED FROM ROTORY MAY / JUNE 03
It was back in the mid ‘70s when I realized that if I was going to push the envelope of model helicopters from their present state of an occasional loop or roll, that I would first need to develop a totally new setup that would be linear in action. The standard set-up then of -2/+6/+9, only moved 3 degrees from half stick, to full stick. From half stick down, it moved 8 degrees. Therefore, it was traveling over twice the distance one way, than the other.
To fly inverted, I would need a minimum of 7 degrees negative (thick wood blades). This would worsen the standard setup even further. In order to fly inverted with the standard setup, the range from half stick up would be 3 degrees, but from half stick down, it would be a whopping 13 degrees. There was little doubt in my mind, if I were to fly inverted some day, I would have to address this problem.
Coming from an extensive background of model airplane flying, where inverted flight was a common occurrence, I knew one day it would be my next goal with model helicopters. After almost a year of thought and planning, I pioneered a new linear setup for model helicopters. I called it, “The Mas Technique Setup.” It was a completely new style of flying.
After 18 months of preparation, in 1977, my setup enabled me to become the first person in the world to fly a helicopter inverted. In addition to inverted flight, the Mas Tech Setup enabled me the ability to perform the first real aerobatics (3D) with a stock model helicopter. After my first public demonstration-arranged by Walt Schoonard of Miniature Aircraft on Thanksgiving Day 1979, and getting over the initial excitement of flips, tumbles, and numerous other maneuvers, I soon learned that the Mas Tech Setup would start a whole new era in competition flying as well. For example, in the past, when executing a roll, as the machine went knife-edge two times during the maneuver, you could only wonder where the needed 0 degrees of pitch was. With the Mas Tech Setup, I simply move the stick to center and 0 degrees pitch is right where it can easily be found.
After I introduced the Mas Technique Setup in 1977, it was not until some 10 years later that other top pilots began to use it. In fact, not until 1987, would another pilot fly a model helicopter switchless inverted. The term, “switchless inverted” came about when radio manufacturers began installing electronic switching in the radios that reversed some functions. This enabled you to fly inverted, yet move the controls in a normal manner.
Today, regardless of the style of flying, FAI, aerobatics, 3D, stunting, switchless, or whatever you choose to call it, the Mas Technique Setup has been adopted worldwide and is currently in use by almost every sport and aerobatic pilot including World Champion caliber FAI and 3D flyers.
The beauty of the Mas Tech Setup is that it does not require the mythical two-stage setup, one set of parameters for hover and another for aerobatics. Why fly a helicopter with two setups, when you can use the same setup for both. It makes no sense to have one setup when the helicopter is at 6 feet and another when it’s at 15 feet. With the Mas Tech Setup, and the use of fully symmetrical blades, the same set-up you use for your groundwork may also be used for aerobatics or FAI competition.
Another phase of development for the Mas Tech Setup was the need for a new mechanical setup on the helicopter as well. I wanted a setup that was both repeatable and linear. The Mas Tech Setup allows the servo arms, bellcranks, mixing arms, etc. to be in their center of rotation at mid-stick, thus allowing total linear movement from positive to negative pitch. This enables us to have the same deflection at 5 degrees negative as we do at 5 degrees positive. Another plus about this setup is, it will work on any radio system regardless of features. I’m using the same setup today on my 1024Z / PCM-10 transmitters that I used on my 5-channel Futaba in 1978. Keep in mind, there were no helicopter radios back then. If you needed a curve, you created it by drilling a hole off center and offsetting the servo wheel.
There were no idle-ups at that time either. I created the first idle-up on R/C helicopters using a stock 5-channel airplane radio. The collective and throttle were run from a “Y” connector, so they both moved at the same time. I engaged the idle-up by using the fifth channel switch to essentially disconnect the power to the throttle servo using a micro switch mounted on the 5th channel servo. As I climbed out from hover, I would position the throttle at approximately 80-90% open, then I would flip the 5th channel switch, cutting the power to the throttle servo, thereby locking the throttle in an open position. I was then free to operate the collective and maintain reasonable power. As crude as it was, it was a beginning and a way to fly inverted.
Needless to say, over-speeding was indeed something to deal with. I essentially used the engine’s high-speed needle as a form of governor. Prior to takeoff, I would lock the throttle at 70-90% open and de-pitch the machine to zero-degrees. The needle would then be set to prevent over-speeding with no load. Let me tell ya, this was without a gyro. And for you guys who do aerobatics, I don’t have to tell you what it’s like to keep the tail in check when a machine is falling inverted from the sky screaming with the tail going wild.
Looking at the way it works!
Using the Mas Tech setup, needless to say, a helicopter is not going to hover at the half-stick position with 0 degrees of pitch. When the machine lifts off, the throttle will be just below the 3/4 open position. This puts the engine throttle barrel exactly where we need it, 60-70% open at hover keeping the engine ahead of the collective loads. All this and we never had to touch the collective, throttle curves, or linkage to obtain the setting.
As we compare Chart #l and #2, we can see the evolution of pitch setups. On Chart #1, at the half stick position, we have approximately 5 degrees at hover, -9 degrees at low stick and, +9 degrees at full throttle. As we move the stick from half to full stick position, we move the collective a range of 4 degrees. However, as we move the stick from hover to low position, we now move the collective a range of 14 degrees. This means the typical setup has three times the collective movement from half stick to low throttle, than it does from half stick to high throttle, or a “3 to 1” non-linear collective control. With this standard setup, the collective is somewhat smooth and predictable from half stick to full stick, but very erratic and non-repeatable from half stick down. This is the exact area that is most critical for autorotations, FAI, and aerobatic flying!
I called it then, my “Seven & Seven” setup, –7/0/+7 (9 degree composite blades). Looking at Chart #2, you can see that it’s a total linear design. From half stick (zero degrees), it’s 7-9 degrees up and 7-9 degrees down. Movement from half stick up is identical to half stick down. The result is a helicopter that responds the same no matter where the collective stick is. Just as the transmitter stick is designed linear in its movement from center, now so is the control of the helicopter.
The real beauty of the Mas Tech Setup is, it uses total linear (straight) curves on both the throttle and collective. As we look at Chart #2, you will notice the linear pitch curve also provides a linear throttle curve. The distinct advantage of the Mas Tech Setup is you can physically and mentally feel and “find” a zero degree pitch setting any time you desire. This is a common natural point where the machine and rotor disk are unloaded, producing what I call, “zero lift.” Notice I said, the machine and the rotor disk, because they each can exhibit “zero lift” individually of each other. It is the combination of these two points that practically every maneuver, regardless of type, is dependent upon to occur at the same time.
Let’s demonstrate how linear the Mas Tech Setup is. A maneuver such as a roll is performed using exact 1/4-stick movements. Let’s look at a slow 6-8 second roll as an example. Let’s say you’re at 3/4-throttle when you initiate the roll command, as the machine reaches knife-edge, you simply move the stick to half position, which is 0 degrees pitch. As you reach inverted, you’re at 1/4-stick position. As you reach knife-edge again, you’re back to half stick, when the machine is up right you’re at the 3/4-stick position again.
Try moving your throttle stick linear with a conventional standard setup. Better yet, try finding exactly zero degrees pitch during a roll, it’s hidden somewhere around the 3/8 throttle position. This is the reason that a good roll was one of the most difficult maneuvers in FAI competition. Using the standard setup, it was almost potluck to find the needed zero degrees. This is the exact reason that semi-symmetrical blades were ever considered for F.A.I., because they essentially de-pitched themselves while inverted. When a pilot performed a roll, he would hold almost the same pitch, since the blades had less lift inverted. Well, bottom line-they didn’t work.
With the Mas Tech Setup, anytime you want zero lift, you simply move the stick to center position-it’s that simple. Let’s take autorotations for example, as you perform an auto, you’ll instantly know where 0 degrees is. Move the stick to center, then lower it to 1/4 stick. Next, you’ll add or subtract pitch to lengthen or shorten the auto. Inverted autos-same thing-during the “roll out” back to upright flight, you simply move the stick to the center position, do the roll, and back to normal position again. Performing tumbles or flips are a breeze, because you physically know where the machine is unloaded-collective wise. You’ll find, just as I did back in the ‘70s, that regardless of the maneuver you’re performing–it’s more predictable, since you’re moving the collective control in a linear fashion.
I have also included a “Phase 2” Mas Tech Setup. It is intended to help transition pilots from their standard setup to the Mas Tech Setup without a drastic change in performance and/or transmitter stick orientation.
The Phase 2 setup (Chart #3) will work fine for practically all model helicopters regardless of manufacturer and/or blade design. As we examine Chart #3, we find 7-9 degrees (9 degrees for 30 machines) positive top-end pitch. At the other end of the chart, in the low pitch setting, we find only 6-7 degrees of negative pitch. While this setting might seem minimal, I assure you that you’ll have plenty of inverted pitch for hovering and climb out. In addition, it narrows the negative range for autorotations.
I know how much you guys love that top-end pitch; however, it’s your enemy. In forward flight, it will cause “pitch up” and/or loss of control, as well as blade stall during aerobatic maneuvers. Remember, the less pitch travel we have, the more overall control we have of our helicopter. This is especially important with 30-size helicopters, since their control system design has less overall control of the rotor disk. Under no circumstances should you have over 20 degrees of pitch range. Let’s deviate a little, so we understand this a bit better. Unlike 60-size helicopters, most of our 30-size helis use non-precision type plastic mixers for collective and steering control. It’s not that the 30-size control system is inadequate; it’s the fact that the rotor span has increased to the point that the control system is at its maximum operational design limits.
You might not think of a 30-50-size machine as having a large rotor span; but keep in mind the 60-size Schluter Heli-Boy, the helicopter that standardized the 60-size helicopter market, had a 52-inch rotor span. A raptor 50 has a 53 1/2” span. Combine this with the fact that a 50 engine far exceeds the power of previous 60 engines, and you can see that plastic control parts have reached their design limits. This is the prime reason why, as new machines are released, metal parts become more standard. Most mods such as a metal swashplate, ball bearing mixers, washout, etc. all provide additional control for the main rotor system that the original equipment lacks.
Getting back to our Phase 2 chart, instead of using zero degrees at half stick, as in the original Mas Tech Setup, you will find the revised chart has 2 degrees positive pitch at half stick. As in the standard Mas Tech Setup, the helicopter is not going to hover at the half stick position with 0 degrees or 2 degrees of pitch. When the machine lifts off, the throttle position will be somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 stick. Again, this puts the engine throttle barrel where we need it.
Regardless of which Mas Tech Setup you choose, make sure you start with a “fresh” transmitter model. Double check to make sure that your throttle and collective servo curves are linear in control. The Mas Tech Setup works perfect with only one point on your curve, even in idle up. The throttle “U” curve should be set up at 100%/60%/100%. Yep, just one point set at approximately 60% barrel opening at half stick for the idle-ups. If your transmitter has an expo setting for throttle, use it. It will round the point from a “V” curve to a “U” curve.
Make sure the servo wheels on the throttle and collective servos are at their half travel positions at half stick. Double-check your program to make sure both the throttle and collective curves are totally linear and the ATV (travel volume) is set to 100%. If you cannot achieve the 9-degrees of travel each way, don’t mess with the radio; replace the servo wheel with the correct size to achieve all the travels without the aid of the radio.
Make sure that the engine carburetor barrel is at the half open position when you have the throttle/collective stick at half. As you move the throttle from full open to full-closed position (throttle trim full low) make sure there is no binding or any under or over travel. In addition, it’s very important to make sure that the throttle trim shuts the engine off at full low trim position only. If the engine shuts off as you begin to lower the trim, re-adjust the rod. Just the trim position alone can make a difference on the barrel opening at half stick.
Next, we will adjust the collective. Again, you should have a linear curves ( / ) and the ATVs set to 100%. Move the throttle/collective stick to the half position. You should now obtain 0 or +2 degrees pitch on the main rotors (regardless of blade design). Next, find the proper position on the servo wheel so you can obtain 9-degrees of positive pitch at full throttle and 9-degrees negative at low throttle.
If you’re using the Mas Tech Setup-Phase 2, once you have the collective mechanically set, move the throttle to the full-low stick position and adjust the pitch ATV to reduce the travel at low stick to obtain 6-7 degrees of negative. Do not adjust the pitch curve. Using this method keeps the curve linear. In a few weeks or months, once you’re used to the setup-you’ll want to increase the ATVs to 100% again and get used to –9 degrees at low stick.
When it comes to flying with the Mas Tech Setup, no one will have to tell you it flies different or better. The machine will become predictable and linear in a whole new way. You will feel exactly what I felt back in the early ‘70s when I, for the first time, experienced a world of difference and unlimited abilities with model helicopters. RM [/B] | <urn:uuid:451e0417-6932-4daf-9818-dcc84c3db9d6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rotory.com/fusionbb/printpost.php?tid/23049/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00073-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946439 | 3,624 | 1.554688 | 2 |
The Coeur d’Alene Education Partnership was founded in 2012 by a group of parents, business leaders, and community members committed to ensuring the continuation and furtherance of excellent public schools in their district and state. Recognizing the need for an entity to unite the community around quality public education, keep citizens informed about opportunities and issues in local and state educational policy, and bring human and monetary resources to schools, local residents formed CEP to be a pillar for student success and excellence in the Coeur d’Alene district.
The Coeur d’Alene Education Partnership is an independent, nonprofit partnership driven by the belief that every student in our district deserves a public education of the highest quality. We work to unite individuals, businesses, and organizations in support of excellence in public education, to keep the community informed about educational developments, and to advocate on a local and state level for superior public schools.
The Coeur d’Alene Education Partnership envisions a school district that is a state and national model for excellence. Students of all ability levels will receive the tools necessary to maximize their potential in college, career, or other post-secondary pursuits. Programs will succeed in developing the whole child as a life-long learner, and students will become citizens who productively contribute to the nation and the world. Educators will be drawn to the district for a superior work environment that nurtures their talents and values their contributions. The district will be financially robust and fiscally responsible, efficiently managed, abreast of the latest research, and constantly seeking to improve. The Coeur d’Alene School District will become a flagship in the community that spurs economic growth and development.
Excellence. We are driven by the core belief that every student in the Coeur d’Alene School District deserves a public education of the highest quality.
Economic Interdependence. We recognize the compelling connection between exemplary public schools and a strong local economy. A vibrant local school system will allow Coeur d’Alene to attract and maintain quality jobs, local business, and talent by enhancing quality of life for all in the community.
Collaboration. We believe that the highest quality education will be achieved for our students when all parties in our community—parents, educators, local and state government, businesses, nonprofits, community members, and others—work together toward this goal. We seek to find common ground and shared values whenever possible.
Dialogue. We believe in the value of open and vigorous public dialogue over key decisions affecting public education in our district and state, and we strive to ensure that the community is well informed about the issues, challenges, and choices that our state and our district face.
Research-Based. We believe in utilizing solid research from high-quality, verifiable sources to shape and inform ideas about how to best achieve an excellent and well-rounded education for our district’s students.
Student-Focused. At a foundational level, we strive to represent the students. We endeavor to support educators in the quest for inspired, child-centered teaching that develops the whole child as a lifelong learner and productive citizen.
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Carolina Raptor Center lands two new residents
by Staff Writer
Crested Caracaras are part of the falcon family and are native to the southwestern United States, Florida, and Central and South America. Unlike other falcons, they are carrion feeders and spend much of their time on the ground, according to a press release from the Raptor Center.
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Editor's Note: The following letter was emailed to news media by Saucon Valley School District superintendent Sandra Fellin on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.
Over the last several weeks and months, members of the Saucon Valley School District community have expressed their concern regarding the district’s decision to move a school district bus stop from its previous location at Moravia and Benner streets to its current location at the corner of Sioux and Finady streets.
The district’s decision to move the stop from its previous location was based on the administration's summer review of the location and ongoing concerns we have about the danger presented with keeping a stop on such hilly terrain for our vehicles. Frankly, based on the size of the road, the condition of the roads in bad weather, and the immediate proximity of parked cars further reducing sight lines, the administration correctly determined the old stop was no longer feasible.
In changing the location, the administration has immediately reduced the potential hazards the old stop presented for our students, the district’s buses, and other motorists and pedestrians.
The district’s decision to change the location of the stop was the result of due consideration of all of the necessary factors that are required when establishing a new school bus stop. Moreover, the administration has contacted local law enforcement about concerns regarding violence near the new stop out of concern expressed by parents.
As many of you may know, the district had originally decided to move the stop to Sioux and Clewell streets, approximately 600 feet from the original stop and two times further from the person of concern. In changing the location to Sioux and Finady streets, the district responded to additional concerns from parents regarding the location of the stop in relationship to the home of an individual named on the Pennsylvania Megan’s Law website. The current stop is not in sight line of this individual’s home and parents have two possible routes to get to the stop that do not pass the offender's home.
With regard to use of a van, for a number of reasons this option is unfeasible. Use of vans on Moravia Street presents even greater challenges in bad weather. Moreover, the district simply does not have the necessary fleet of vehicles to duplicate runs to the same stop.
Over the last several weeks a number of board members have become involved in the review of this stop. Based on the information shared by all parties, the board will not be taking any action to change the stop for the remainder of the 2011-2012 school year. We expect the administration to review the stop next summer, as it does for all stops in the district.
We will continue to be here for those members of the community who have questions about these and other issues.
The Board of Directors, Lachlan P. Peeke, President
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By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON New claims for unemployment benefits reached their highest level in 26 years last week, as companies cut workers at a rapid pace.
The Labor Department said Thursday that initial applications for jobless benefits in the week ended Dec. 6 rose to a seasonally adjusted 573,000 from an upwardly revised figure of 515,000 the previous week. That was far more than the 525,000 claims economists expected.
It is also the most since November 1982, although the labor force has grown by about half since then.
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The jump is partly due to a rebound in claims from the previous week, which included the Thanksgiving holiday, a Labor Department analyst said. Government offices were open for fewer days that week.
Still, the four-week average, which smooths out fluctuations, was a seasonally adjusted 540,500, highest since December 1982, when the economy was emerging from a steep recession.
The number of people continuing to claim jobless benefits also jumped much more than expected, increasing 338,000 to 4.4 million. Economists expected a small increase to 4.1 million. The figure for continuing claims lags the initial claims figure by one week.
As a proportion of the work force, the number of people continuing to receive benefits is the highest since August 1992, when the U.S. was recovering from a relatively mild recession.
The increase in continuing claims was the largest jump since November 1974, the department said.
Economists consider jobless claims a timely, if volatile, indicator of the health of the labor markets and broader economy. A year ago, weekly initial claims were 337,000.
The economy has been hit hard by the housing slump and financial crisis, which have sharply reduced household wealth as stock prices and home values decline. Consumers and businesses have dramatically cut spending. The National Bureau of Economic Research said this month that the economy fell into a recession in December 2007.
The Labor Department said last week that employers cut 533,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate reached 6.7%, a 15-year high.
A number of large U.S. employers announced layoffs this week, including Dow Chemical, 3M, Anheuser-Busch InBev, National Public Radio and the National Football League.
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Like Fire Season, West Nile Virus Season Also Starts Early
West Nile Virus has been found in trapped Culex mosquitoes in Delta, Larimer, and Weld counties.
Typically, infected mosquitoes don’t emerge in Colorado until at least mid July, says Jane Viste of the Larimer County Health Department.
“It’s time to start using repellant and be careful, and try to prevent yourself from being bit, because they are here,” says Viste.
Current dry conditions can minimize the amount of standing water for mosquitoes to breed in, limiting the spread of the virus. But Viste says that’s no guarantee that it won’t be a difficult season.
“There have been outbreaks of West Nile Virus infection during drought times… it can show up no matter what the weather conditions.”
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In his first adult book, The Lover’s Dictionary, author and editor David Levithan wrote “the story of a relationship told in the form of dictionary entries.”
Levithan (pictured next to an espresso book machine) read at McNally Jackson Books earlier this week. He explained that he used The New York Times’ Book of Words You Need to Know to pick out words for the book. While writing, he followed the dictionary format, telling the story in a non-linear way.
After the reading, the author fielded audience questions. When asked to pick his favorite word, Levithan said “wonder.” He concluded the night with an encore reading of one of his favorite entries in the book, ”elegy.” What is your favorite word?
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Measuring the Shimmer; Sparkle of 21st Century Cosmetics for Measurable Returns
By: X-Rite, Incorporated
Posted: July 13, 2010
In a bid to boost profit margins and improve quality, cosmetic companies are now borrowing quality control methods from other industries that have made a science out of knowing how to replicate formulas for color, gloss and textures. For instance, cosmetic companies are beginning to use the same optical instruments employed by paint and coating manufacturers to take objective, numerical measurements of the colors of makeup foundations, lip glosses, nail polishes and eye shadows. By doing so, brand owners can match their colors precisely with manufacturing standards, new lines of apparel, or even the color of any inspirational item such as an exotic orchid.
X-Rite Incorporated and its subsidiaries Pantone and Munsell Color Services have raised the bar in providing practical and accurate solutions that help cosmetics manufacturers bring new products to market quickly.
The selection of colors for cosmetics often starts with Pantone—which publishes its PANTONE VIEW Color Planner based on the PANTONE FASHION + HOME Color System, the most widely used and recognized standard in the world that predicts the use of colors. The system forecasts as far as two years in advance what colors will be popular for men’s and women’s apparel, cosmetics and beauty products, and for other industries. Established as a manufacturer of cosmetic color cards in the early 1960s, Pantone continues to lead the industry with fashion forward color forecasts. X-Rite, the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of color measurement systems, offers a complete assortment of optical instruments and software packages that provide relatively inexpensive, quick and easy ways to accurately measure hues of subtle colors, shimmer and sparkle of 21st century cosmetics.
Instruments such as the VS450 spectrophotometer can inexpensively and accurately measure the color of nondrying, oil-based products such as foundations and lip glosses.
The VS450 can replace "some pretty elaborate and expensive tests" that cosmetic companies use to measure colors of these non-drying products, says Kenneth Phillips, product manager for Non Contact Industrial Markets for X-Rite. For their quality control other cosmetic companies still rely on the centuries-old method of a person simply dabbing a sample of a test cosmetic on the forearm, next to a standard formula of the cosmetic.This method of testing depends on the skill and experience of the individual, and it doesn't provide much data other than whether a cosmetic passes or fails the test.
"Our new instrument provides for much quicker and straightforward tests that can be used anywhere along a formulation process," says Phillips. "Because the tests are quick and easy, companies are able to catch and correct mistakes much sooner than before."
Unlike other spectrophotometers that require a test surface to make physical contact against a viewing port, the VS450 measures samples from a distance of about 38mm. In addition, the VS450 makes it possible for companies to link objective numerical data—for instance, the degree of hue, chroma and saturation of a particular cosmetic sample—with shop floor variables during the manufacturing process—such as the recipe of a particular formula, temperature or mixing time. The VS450 is portable and can load its measurements directly into a computer via a cable to analyze the data, Phillips says.
As a new product introduction, the VS450 is X-Rite's response to customers in the cosmetics industry that are looking for a lab-to-production solutions, Phillips says. "The VS450 is about twice as accurate as comparable instruments in terms of repeatability. That means manufacturers can have good confidence in the data they use for monitoring their operations.”
Another newly introduced measurement technology, xDNA, tackles the problem of accurately measuring the color of shimmery foundations or sparkling eye shadows. Prior technology was confounded by the fact that sparkling colors and iridescence look different under various illuminations and observation angles.
“With twice as many sensors and illuminators as other handheld multi-angle spectrophotometers on the market, the MA98 instrument can detect characteristics of effect (sparkling) color that the other instruments miss entirely,” says Brian Teunis, X-Rite product manager whose division developed xDNA. “It’s truly amazing technology.”
Quality control personnel on a cosmetic production line may observe that two batches don't match properly, but prior instruments could not give measurements to help explain why the mismatch was occurring. Consequently, companies can spend an inordinate amount of time and resources trying to determine the root cause of problems through trial and error.
Teunis says the MA98 instrument collects data that other instruments don't detect, and a software package called X-ColorQC® manipulates the data with proprietary xDNA algorithms to generate easy-to-understand graphs that show unique characteristics of an effect color.
Munsell Color Services rounds out the toolbox for cosmetics manufacturers by offering a line of tests to identify whether quality control personnel and lab technicians have deficient color vision and lighting booths that provide exact illumination to view cosmetic samples against standards.
To show how unreliable the human eye can be, Teunis invites people to take a free online Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test used by companies for more than 60 years to distinguish between individuals who have poor, normal or exceptional color vision.
"While the online version isn’t exact enough to be used for business purposes, it shows how really wide the variation is in how people perceive color," says Teunis. "Studies show that nearly one in every 12 males and one in every 255 females has some form of color vision defect."
Regardless of the application, X-Rite has the tools for cosmetic manufacturers to react quickly to new opportunities and improve the quality of their products. For more information on X-Rite, visit the company's Web site. Find new solutions to assist in managing and controlling the color and formulating the color and appearance of cosmetics products, along with helping you identify which instrument is right for you and your applications.
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