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The stoat is a small sized mammal, closely related to weasels and ferrets. Stoats are also closely related to otters, badgers and wolverines and stoats share similar characteristics with all of these animals.
Stoats are found inhabiting a variety of habitats including moorland, woodlands, farms, coastal areas and even mountainous regions across the Northern Hemisphere. Stoats are found across Europe, Asia and North America and stoats are even spotted inside the colder Arctic Circle.
Stoats are relatively small in size ranging from 18cm to 32cm in height and weighing an average of 200 grams. The stoat has an average lifespan of between 4 and 5 years, although some stoat individuals can be much older and others can die at a much younger age.
Stoats are solitary animals and are not generally not territorial. The only exceptions for both of these lifestyles are during the breeding season when stoats come together to mate and the female stoats are known to become territorial during this time, probably so that the female stoat is able to protect her young.
The stoat is a carnivorous animal meaning that the diet of the stoat consists only of other animals. Some stoat individuals however, have been known to eat fruit but these cases have all been observed using stoats that are in captivity. Stoats prey on a number of animals including rodents, fish, eggs, insects, small reptiles and amphibians. The stoats favourite meal however is the rabbit despite the fact that the stoat is generally much smaller than a rabbit. It is for this reason that stoats are often introduced to places in order to control rabbit pest problems.
As the stoat is small in size, it is preyed up by a number of larger animals in the wild including foxes, dogs, wild cats and large snakes. The stoat is often able to defend itself against smaller sized predators as the stoat has extremely sharp teeth which can issue a nasty and painful bite.
A female stoat rarely has more than one litter of babies in her short lifetime. Stoats breed in the warmer months of May and June but there is a delayed reaction in the uterus of the female stoat meaning that the embryos don't begin to develop for a number of months. After this time, the baby stoats (known as kits) are born within a month, and the female stoat gives birth to a litter of between 5 and 15 stoat kits.
The stoat kits are nursed by the mother stoat until they are just over a month old and the baby stoats then begin to learn to hunt. The stoat kits are independent when they are much bigger by the time they are 3 months of age.
Despite the fact that the stoat is today considered to be a species that is not threatened with extinction, there are concerns regarding the decline in stoat populations due to habitat loss. The stoat has also been hunted by humans over the years mainly for it's fur but also for it's meat.
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In December of 1995, the authors found themselves wanting a development environment in which to build educational software that could be usedand even programmedby non-technical people, and by children. We wanted our software to be effective in mass-access media such as PDAs and the Internet, where download times and power considerations make compactness essential, and where hardware is diverse, and operating systems may change or be completely absent. Therefore our ideal system would be a small, portable kernel of simple and uniform design that could be adapted rapidly to new delivery vehicles. We considered using Java but, despite its promise, Java was not yet mature: its libraries were in a state of flux, few commercial implementations were available, and those that were available lacked the hooks required to create the kind of dynamic change that we envisioned.
While Smalltalk met the technical desiderata, none of the available implementations gave us the kind of control we wanted over graphics, sound, and the Smalltalk engine itself, nor the freedom to port and distribute the resulting work, including its host environment, freely over the Internet. Moreover, we felt that we were not alone, that many others in the research community shared our desire for an open, portable, malleable, and yet practical object-oriented programming environment. It became clear that the best way to get what we all wanted was to build a new Smalltalk with these goals and to share it with this wider community.
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Today at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, high-level representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, African Development Bank, Microsoft, Nokia, infoDev, DEMO, and the World Economic Forum launched a new partnership to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa. The Liberalizing Innovation Opportunity Nations (LIONS@FRICA) partnership seeks to mobilize the knowledge, expertise and resources of leading public and private institutions to encourage and enhance Africa’s innovation ecosystem and to spur entrepreneurship across the continent.
You can read live updates all day at the DEMOAfrica Twitter account, @DEMOAfrica. The State Department press release is here.
All the information at DEMO can be found here: DEMOAfrica announcement.
If you would like to contact people regarding the DEMOAfrica launch, you can reach those people here: DEMOAfrica contacts and info.
Children Planning Homework on Mobile Phones
Photo courtesy of mLearning Africa, on Flickr. Creative Commons
Africa in October
When October rolls around, we're going to be heading to Kenya to see this kind of ingenuity firsthand, and to take part in the first ever DEMO Africa, an initiative that is being put together by Microsoft, DEMO, IDG, Nokia, several NGOs, Startup Weekend, and Lions@frica, a coalition created by the State Department that is working in the continent of just over 1 billion people to team up budding entrepreneurs with powerful global players. LIONS@FRICA and DEMO will leverage the Microsoft Innovation Centers, as well the company’s signature BizSpark program, which supports over 600 African startups and has 188 Network Partners.
It's of course not just mobile phone apps, but the cloud apps ecosytem, in general. Nowhere is there more sudden innovation and extrapolation. Developers building cloud apps and web apps make the world easier for anyone doing their business on the go, or in areas of the world where broadband and other telco infrastructure is fragmented. The DEMO Africa and State Department partnership is a way to encourage young entrepreneurs to excel at solving development problems using the kind of technology that many of us use for the sole purpose of checking in on Foursquare.
I found this story the other day when I was reading about Africa and its cell phone / smart phone habits.
My survey underlined a simple fact: Africa has experienced an incredible boom in mobile phone use over the past decade. In 1998, there were fewer than four million mobiles on the continent. Today, there are more than 500 million. In Uganda alone, 10 million people, or about 30% of the population, own a mobile phone, and that number is growing rapidly every year. For Ugandans, these ubiquitous devices are more than just a handy way of communicating on the fly: they are a way of life.
It may seem unlikely, given its track record in technological development, but Africa is at the centre of a mobile revolution. In the west, we have been adapting mobile phones to be more like our computers: the smartphone could be described as a PC for your pocket. In Africa, where a billion people use only 4% of the world's electricity, many cannot afford to charge a computer, let alone buy one. This has led phone users and developers to be more resourceful, and African mobiles are being used to do things that the developed world is only now beginning to pick up on.
Microsoft will be in Africa to support this generation with our partners.
What You Should Know
Q: What is Microsoft’s role in the Lions@frica partnership?
A: LIONS@FRICA will leverage Microsoft’s state of the art technology facilities on the continent (Microsoft Innovation Centers or ‘MICs’), as well the company’s signature BizSpark program, which supports over 600 African startups has 188 Network Partners.
Q: How does it differ from/build on the work you’re already doing in Africa to support start-ups/entrepreneurs?
A: Microsoft’s investment in LIONS@FRICA is a natural extension of our work to help accelerate the success of entrepreneurs and early stage start-ups on the continent, and to provide promising young African developers and innovators access technology tools, skills and resources they need to realise their full potential. Investing in helping others innovate and compete is an important motivation for Microsoft. And we’re focused on helping to create the right infrastructure, provide the right opportunities and build the right partnerships that will give start-ups in Africa a chance to thrive. We’re involved in a number of programs and projects to achieve this end. For example, we’re connecting Microsoft partners and customers with qualified students for entry-level and internship through our Student2Business (S2B) program; and we recently launched our Build Your Business program - an engaging, accessible multimedia MSE training toolkit aimed at providing African micro and small Scale entrepreneurs the skills to lead and grow their businesses, through improved business knowledge and technology know-how.
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Australia's Great Barrier reef under threat from floods
Sydney (AFP) Jan 5, 2011
Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is under threat from massive floods swamping the country's northeast which are pouring harmful debris and sediment into the sea, an expert said Wednesday.
The full impact of the floods, which are rushing huge volumes of water into the pristine surrounds of the world's largest coral reef, is not yet known, but the influx will stress the colourful corals, said Michelle Devlin.
"This does impact on the reef. It just impacts on the reef's resilience so you get very stressed corals, you get stressed sea grass," Devlin, a researcher at James Cook University in northern Queensland, told AFP.
"So let's just say that a big cyclone came along, knocked them all out. They might not recover so well because they are already very stressed."
Devlin said while the rivers have always poured into the reef, the floods were no longer bringing just rainwater but also sediment, nutrients and pesticides.
"Top soil will run straight off into the water and that will come straight out into the Great Barrier Reef," said the researcher, who chased the flood plumes by boat to take samples and track the extent of the damage.
"There's a lot of water around and already it would be influencing the reef," she said, describing the mixture of fresh, warm water, nutrient-heavy soil and pesticide run-offs as a harmful "cocktail" for the corals.
"There is just going to be this cocktail of water containing a lot of things that they (the corals) wouldn't necessarily have seen before. It is fresh, warm water and that will stress corals out as well."
Devlin said flood plumes were visible near the coastal city of Rockhampton, where floods have virtually cut off the town of 75,000, and already stretched to up to 40 kilometres (25 miles) offshore.
As more floodwaters brought by weeks of torrential rains make their way to the coast, the dirty river water will pour into the reef for weeks, enabling the plume to extend for hundreds of kilometres, she said.
And although the worst of the flooding is at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, experts expect the floodwaters to drift towards the Whitsunday Islands, a tourist hotspot at centre of the colourful attraction.
Already the plume is at the scenic Keppel islands north of Rockhampton and Devlin said these would likely bear the brunt of the flood impact.
"I think the Keppels reefs... they will have quite high mortality," she said.
Delvin said the floods were some of the biggest in decades and it was too early to know what impact they would have overall on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which stretches some 2,300 kilometres up the northeast coast.
But she said it was possible that sea grass beds -- a key feeding ground for marine creatures such as dugongs -- could be wiped out in some areas while the additional nutrients in the water could allow the crown of thorns starfish -- a pest on the reef -- to flourish.
"This is a really massive event," Devlin said. "It has the potential to shift the food web, it has the potential to shift how the reef operates."
"But it is a really robust ecosystem," she said of the reef which teems with marine life and boasts hundreds of coral species.
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Queensland's cabinet meets in emergency session Wednesday with the floods in the town of Rockhampton expected to peak and fresh thunderstorm warnings issued in the state. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said that the Fitzroy river was expected to reach a height of 9.4 metres (almost 31 feet) at Rockhampton on Wednesday and would remain above the major flood level for a week after the peak. ... read more
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Fri June 29, 2012
How Health Law's Taxes, Penalties Will Be Enforced
Originally published on Fri June 29, 2012 9:26 pm
MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
We're going to try to break down now just what those penalties will be for those who don't buy health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office projects in the year 2016 four million people will pay the penalty. I'm joined now by Timothy Jost. He's law professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and he's been looking into these numbers. We should say, Professor Jost, first off, you are also a supporter of the Affordable Care Act, right?
TIMOTHY JOST: That's correct, yes.
BLOCK: Well, let's talk about these penalties. They're phasing in; they're going to be fully in place by 2016. So in that year, what's the penalty for an individual who does not but health insurance?
JOST: Well, it will be the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent of that person's income above the tax filing limit, which in that year will probably be something like $10,000 for an individual. Now, if the penalty is for a family, it will be twice that for a couple - or rather, twice the $695 amount - and then, again, half as much for each child, up to a total of three times that amount so that the largest penalty you could face would be three times $695 or 2.5 percent of income.
BLOCK: So there is a cap? There's an upper limit?
JOST: There's a cap, and actually beyond that there's another cap. You can never be charged more than a health insurance policy would cost you, so you always have the option of just buying a health insurance policy.
BLOCK: And that would be about how much? What are they figuring there?
JOST: You know, we're talking about several years hence, but I think that the family policy would probably be about $15,000. We're talking about a very basic, what's called a bronze level policy, a very basic, high deductible policy.
BLOCK: The penalties are going to be administered through the IRS. How is that going to work?
JOST: Well, you'll just file your return at the end of the year and there'll be a box saying, did you have qualifying health insurance? And, if you did, then you'll just breeze on from there. If you didn't, then you'll be asked to add the penalty onto your taxes.
BLOCK: And, if you were to say, I'm not going to pay the penalty, what happens? What's the enforcement mechanism?
JOST: Well, if you were expecting a refund, they will deduct it from your refund. If you were not expecting a refund, then there's not much they can do to you. The statute prohibits them from imposing criminal penalties. It prohibits them from levying against your property. It prohibits them from putting a lien on your property. It would just remain an outstanding obligation to the IRS.
BLOCK: But they could automatically take that money out of a refund if somebody were getting a refund?
JOST: There are no rules on this yet, but that's the expectation. It's an obligation that you owe to the IRS and, in that sense, it's treated like any other obligation.
BLOCK: We should say that there are a number of people who will not be buying health insurance who also will not be subjected to this penalty. Right?
JOST: That's correct. Basically, the most important exemption is that if you can not find a basic health insurance policy for less than eight percent of your income, you won't owe the penalty. And so, unless you're getting help from the government or unless you're getting help from your employer, if you're buying health insurance with your own money, you're going to have to have a significant income before you're going to owe the penalty and it's estimated that only one or two percent of the population is going to be subject to the penalty in that way.
BLOCK: Professor Jost, thanks so much for talking with us.
JOST: Thank you very much.
BLOCK: That's Timothy Jost, law professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
There's a lot to digest about the health care law, confusing numbers, confusing regulations, questions like what goes into effect when? How will the health insurance exchanges work? Will costs go up? Down?
BLOCK: Well, we want to hear your specific questions about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and how it could affect your life going forward. To write to us, please go to NPR.org and click on Contact Us and put Health Care Question in the subject line. We'll get you some answers on the air next week. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.
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The sport of Adventure Racing is sweeping the nation at a phenomenal rate. The new challenges presented to adventure racers have caused the sport to grow by leaps and bounds daily in popularity. Adventure Racing is one of the few sports where just completing a race is often considered a victory. Another driving factor in Adventure racing is the emphasis that is placed on teamwork, rather than individual achievement.
Adventure Racing offers an easy crossover for cyclist, runners and water sport enthusiasts just to mention a few. Adventure races can vary anywhere from 2-5 person teams, with some events now offering solo categories. The disciplines can also vary from race to race. Adventure racing can include shredding through tight single track on a mountain bike or orienteering and hiking through a dense forest. Adventure racers may find themselves ripping down rapids in a canoe and then rappelling off a 100 foot rock face. The races can last a few hours or several days and can cover 10 - 100 miles or more!
The USARA membership entitles you to all of this and a whole lot more! Joining the USARA gives you a one year license that allows you to race in any USARA Sanctioned event in the nation. USARA members will also receive Adventure World Magazine. Adventure World Magazine is jam packed with exciting race news and training tips. So climb on board, get your USARA racing license, and dive into the exciting new challenges of Adventure Racing.
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Astro April Fools
April 2013: Some pranks were deliberate, some accidental.
February 25, 2013
|Imagine a giant saucer hovering above Earth. Over every TV, aliens announce they’ll destroy our planet in one hour. When the time is up, they say, “Just kidding!” And then they fly off to mess with everyone’s head on some other world.|
It does seem that one of nature’s traits is playfulness. Look at kittens or dolphins or some of your friends. They just want to fool around.
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I mention this because there are reports Tom is in favor of changing the nickname of his NBA Hornets to New Orleans Pelicans.
My advice to Tom: Please don’t do it.
Do not tamper with history.
As nicknames go, ‘"New Orleans Pelicans’’ will forever represent an almost sacred kind of history. BASEBALL history.
A brief look at history.
When the Pelicans were founded in 1887, their right fielder was Abner Powell, who managed the team, on and off, from 1888 to 1903, and became one of baseball’s classic pioneers. Powell invented the rain check. He came up with the idea of covering the field with tarpaulin to prevent flooding. He oversaw baseball’s first “Ladies Day’’ in New Orleans, remembering, ‘’they came in carriages, buggies, street cars and on trains, making the cozy grandstand a bower of beauty.’’
The Pelicans became part of the minor league Southern Association in 1901. Until 1915, they played at Pelican Park, then located near Jesuit High School on Carrollton Avenue. From 1915 to 1957, they played home games at Heinemann Park, later known as Pelican Stadium. Their last home was City Park Stadium in 1958-59.
The name Pelicans would not go away. It resurfaced in 1977 when the minor league Tulsa Oilers moved to New Orleans for a year with a shortstop by the name of Tony LaRussa.
"Many people forget the fascinating part of Pelican history has to do with winning championships, winning pennants,’’ said local sports historian Bob Remy. "From 1887 to 1943, the Pelicans won 14 pennants, becoming as close to a dynasty as you could imagine.’’
In those days, Larry Gilbert, a native New Orleanian, was the Casey Stengel of his time. After managing the Pelicans to five pennants in the 1920s and '30s, he won four as manager of the Nashville Vols in the '40s after being lured away with a huge salary and given a piece of the team. Over the years, the Pelican roster would include such future Hall of Famers as Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon and Earl Weaver.
In 1910, one of the game’s greats, Shoeless Joe Jackson, played his only season with the Pelicans and led the Southern Association in hitting before going on to 13 years in the majors where he hit for a .356 average, a career that ended sadly when he was banned from baseball for his involvement in the Black Sox scandal.
While 1887 is generally accepted as the year a team called Pelicans began playing in a regularly scheduled league, historian Arthur Schott tells us the first team to bear the Pelican label in public print came in 1870 when the Pelicans lost by a score of 51-1 to the major-league Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were making New Orleans one of their stops during a nationwide tour.
Said the Daily Picayune of that 51-1 rout: "The famed Red Stockings played their finest game with the Pelicans of this city. Several of the Pelicans made some beautiful fly-ball catches.’’
History tells us, in a way, it took the Pelicans 75 years to make up for their worst loss in history.
In 1945, they scored their biggest victory, beating Nashville 32-0 thanks to a 16-run fourth inning.
History also tells us Pelican right fielder Juan Sanchez made history. The previous night against Nashville he had chased a fly ball that fell into an area surrounded by a wire fence at the base of a light tower. The ball fell in, Sanchez did not. He was carried off the field. The same thing happened to Sanchez the following night. Chases a fly ball. Carried away.
Noted a member of the media: "Juan is not so good hitting, but he’s a real knockout in the field.’’
In their time, the Pelicans came up with more than a few knockouts.
In 1916, you had second-baseman "Cotton’’ Knaupp coming up with an unassisted triple play. With the bases loaded, Knaupp grabbed a line drive and nailed two shocked base runners for the second and third outs.
In 1927, you had the Pelicans defeating the Birmingham Barons 25-16 before an overflow crowd of 20,000 at Heinemann Park. The game went on for more than four hours. There were intermissions to shove back the crowd that crashed through the center field fence. A Birmingham player KO'd a New Orleans police captain, who was in plain clothes, and had come out of the stands to stop the fight. The player was arrested and taken to jail.
Whereupon, chief umpire, Harry "Steamboat’’ Johnson, declared he would not allow the game to resume until the Birmingham player was released, creating a delay of more than an hour. The box score tells us winning pitcher, "Oyster Joe’’ Martina, came up with maybe the weirdest knockout ever. "Oyster Joe’’ went the distance for the Pelicans, saying, "that was the first win I ever had giving up 16 runs and 19 hits.’’
As Pelican knockouts go, there was none better than the one an outfielder came up with in a 1935 road game against the Birmingham Barons.
A flock of pigeons was flying low over the infield. Eddie Rose hit a pop up, striking one of the pigeons. The ball and the pigeon fell together near second base.
Eddie Rose was credited with a single.
The pigeon was pronounced dead.
That’s how stories go.
A pigeon and a baseball always will be part of the New Orleans Pelicans.
So will names like Larry Gilbert and Abner Powell.
So will pennants won.
So will all those memories.
My plea to Tom Benson: Please keep that nickname where it belongs.
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Hospitals: can't live without 'em . . .
. . . but maybe can't live with 'em.
If costly hospital stays, inconvenience, and potentially serious health problems aren't enough to turn you into a more conscientious (and paranoid) patient, consider this: Hospital-acquired infections kill 31,000 patients every year.
A new generation of doctors has been developing fair and simple ways to measure how well patients do at individual hospitals. In hospital-speak, we call the information “sensitive data”—data that would tell you which hospitals have much worse outcomes than others.
It’s the kind of data that, if you had access to it, would help you know just where to find the best care. But you don’t. And that is precisely the problem with the entire system: because a hospital’s outcomes are hidden from the public, neither consumers nor payers have any way of measuring whether the medicine they provide is good, adequate, or even safe. Much as the financial crisis was incubated when bank executives turned a blind eye to the ugly details about their mortgage-backed securities, so too does medicine’s lack of accountability create an institutional culture that results in overtreatment, increased risk, and runaway costs.
The unexpectedly high frequency of deadly misdiagnosis in hospital intensive care units or ICUs was "surprising and alarming," said Dr. Bradford Winters, the lead author of the study. After a systemic analysis of 31 different studies in the medical literature from 1966 to 2011 involving autopsy-confirmed diagnostic errors in adult ICU patients, the Hopkins researchers calculated that more than one in four patients -- 28 percent -- had a missed diagnosis at the time of their death. In about 8 percent of patients, the misdiagnosis was serious enough to have caused or contributed to the patients' deaths, Winters said in an interview yesterday.
The Hopkins study found that misdiagnosis in ICU patients was as much as 50 percent more common than that in general hospital patients.
There are, however, some apparently simple actions than can help matters: "Simple measures cut infections caught in hospitals" and "Curbing killer bacteria isn't rocket science".
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Japan Cabinet OKs bill to cap nuke reactor life
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet approved bills Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year's Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors.
The approval came as International Atomic Energy Agency experts generally endorsed "stress test" results at two idled reactors in western Japan, bolstering the Tokyo government's efforts to restart the facility, though the IAEA team said some safety measures needed clarification.
Japan currently has no legal limit on the operational lifespan of its 54 reactors, many of which will reach the 40-year mark in coming years. One reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant had been in use 40 years when the tsunami struck last March.
The legislation, which still needs parliamentary approval to take effect, does allow for an extension of up to 20 years. Critics have blasted that exception as a loophole, but officials have said extensions will be rare and require strict safety standards.
Also Tuesday, the chief of Kawauchi village, which straddles the exclusion zone around the Fukushima plant, told more than 2,500 residents that returning to the town areas outside the no-go zone was safe, following extensive decontamination of radiation fallout.
Most residents whose homes were outside the exclusion zone chose to leave when the Kawauchi town hall moved to Koriyama City, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) away.
Mayor Yuko Endo said offices, schools and other public facilities will restart in April. Kawauchi is the first of nine townships whose administrative functions shifted elsewhere to make such an announcement.
"I encourage you to go home," Endo told a televised news conference from the Fukushima government office. "Those of you who can return now, please do so. If you are still worried, you can wait a little until you feel comfortable."
About one-third of Kawauchi village lies within the 12-mile (20-kilometer) exclusion zone and remains off-limits.
Since the government announced in December that the Fukushima plant was stable, guidelines have been made for affected towns that would allow residents to return to areas with contamination levels below 20 millisieverts per year, which it says is safe, though further reduction is recommended.
Another bill approved by the Cabinet would create a new nuclear regulatory agency under the Environment Ministry that would unify nuclear safety and regulatory bodies. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is currently under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry — which also promotes nuclear energy. Critics say that placement has contributed to lax supervision of the industry.
After the Fukushima accident, Japan reversed its nuclear energy policy and now aims to reduce its dependency on atomic power. Officials say capping the lives of reactors at 40 years is consistent with that policy.
Still, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has said Japan must rely on nuclear energy during the transition and idled reactors deemed safe after inspections need to be restarted.
The government has ordered reactors shut down since the meltdowns at Fukushima to undergo "stress tests" before they can be restarted. But passing the tests may not lead to a quick startup because of deep safety concerns in local communities hosting the reactors.
With only three of the country's 54 reactors online, officials are desperately trying to avoid a power crunch. One of the three operating reactors will go offline for regular checks next month, and Japan will have no operating reactors by the end of April.
Last week, a 10-member IAEA delegation inspected the Ohi No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at a nuclear plant in Fukui prefecture — a rural area where 13 reactors are clustered around a bay. The reactors have undergone stress tests, which are supposed to assess whether they can withstand earthquakes, tsunamis, loss of power or other emergencies, and to suggest changes to improve safety.
The IAEA team was invited by Tokyo to visit the plant in a step seen as an attempt to drum up support for the government's safety campaign.
In a preliminary assessment Tuesday, the team said that Japanese nuclear safety officials' instructions to their operator, Kansai Electric Power Co., and the review process for the tests were "generally consistent" with IAEA safety standards.
However, the team said authorities should clarify the stress tests' goals and better define what constitutes the safety margins within which plants would be able to tolerate disasters. It also said the nuclear safety agency, or NISA, still needs to confirm certain improvements to safety before allowing the facility to resume operation.
Mission leader James Lyons said that the team was "satisfied with the work they had done as part of their primary assessment" but that there was room for improvement.
NISA chief Hiroyuki Fukano welcomed the IAEA review, saying authorities were "encouraged" that stress tests were deemed valid.
Critics, however, say the tests are meaningless because they have no clear criteria, and view the IAEA as biased toward the nuclear industry.
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At Delft University of Technology, we're busy with a huge RGB LED cube. The complete cube will consists of multiple 8x8x8 RGB LED cubes, each controlled by a raspberry pi. Here are the first videos of a working single 8x8x8 cube.
Hi there, and welcome to my first AVR tutorial on this site. We'll be doing something basic today, namely controlling a servo. There are a lot of tutorials on how to control it with an Arduino, but less tutorials using only a bare AVR chip. In this tutorial we'll be using the ATTiny44, a small and cheap microprocessor, which also contains a 16 bit timer, which will make our life a bit easier.
Servos are often used to move robot arms and things alike, because they can rotate a specific amount of degrees very precisely, depending on the pulsewidth you feed it with the microcontroller. They can also be used as a motor (you'll need special 'continuous rotation' servos for that), you'll often find them in RC cars.
So lets get started, and see how you actually control a servo!
It took a little bit longer than expected, but we're back! Welcome to this second part in a series of articles about multithreading with C++11. In the previous part, I briefly explained what a thread is, and how to create one with the new C++ thread library. This time, we will be writing a lot more code, so open up your favourite IDE if you want to try the examples while you're reading. ;)
In the previous article we also saw that sometimes, the output wasn't completely right when running multiple threads simultaneously. Today, we'll see that there are some other problems with sharing a resource between threads, and of course, provide some solutions to these problems.
The free lunch is over. The time that our complex algorithm was running extremely slow on a computer, but ran extremely fast a few years later, because the processor speeds exploded, is gone. The trend with current processors is to add more cores, rather than increasing the clock frequency.
As programmer, you should be aware of this. Of course, processors will always perform better with each year, but less fast than before. Currently, a lot of programs can benefit the most by using multiple threads, because of today's multicore processors.
In this article I'll briefly explain what a thread is, and how you can create them with the new threading library in C++11. I'm planning to write multiple articles about this topic, each going a little bit more in depth.
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Category: Professional, Culture
Entry Description: The Horn of Africa is suffering the worst drought in decades. Most of the Turkana’s population in northern Kenya lives below the poverty line, and they do not have enough water to drink. The main water sources are simple wells dug into dry, often contaminated, riverbeds. Their pastoralist way of life is under threat and people here are trying to find new ways to feed their families, like fishing and gardening.
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It is developed by an American firearm manufacturer by the name of Knight’s Armament Company. The creation of this rifle was meant to replace the popular M24 Snipe Weapons System. This weapon system is commonly used by squad advanced marksmen, snipers, designated marksman and spotters in the US Military. Understanding the rifle’s design and mechanism is the only way person can know what it can accomplish.
The M110 sniper rifle has some characteristics that are listed below:-Years in use: M110 sniper rifle has been in use since 2008 to the current date.Weight: the gun has different weights depending on the accessories attached to it. In most cases, it has a 20 round box magazine that is detachable (loaded), a scope and bipod. In this case, the sniper rifle weighs about 15.3 pounds (6.94 kg).Gun length: 40.5 inches (1,029 mm) when buttstock is fully compressed and 46.5 inches (1,181 mm) in the same situation and an attached suppressor.Barrel length: 20 inches (509 mm)Action: rotating bolt, gas operatedFeed system: 10 / 20 round box magazine (detachable)Rate of fire: semi-automaticEffective range: 875 yards (800 meters). Please note this is when dealing with point targets. Other targets will have a difference of several meters depending on the conditions. However, in extreme cases, the range can reduce with a difference of about 200 yards.Muzzle velocity: 2,570 feet per second (783 meters per second). This will be affected with direction and strength of wind.
If you are familiar with rifles, you will find it same as the SR – 25 / Mk 11 Mod 0. Though this is the case, there are significant system differences in the designs of the buttstock and rail. However, both of these guns are based on the original design of a rifle known as AR – 10 which Eugene Stoner developed. Designs of these similar guns have additional features which are absent in the AR – 10. Additional features enable the guns to have a higher commonality of parts and also the improvement of accuracy and weapon reliability. Some people tend to confuse the M110 sniper rifle and the Mk 11.
The differences in these guns are some improvements that were suggested when USA, NAVSOC and USASOC met for a group meeting. The differences are categorized and explained as follows: The Mk 11 has rails system that floated RAS which are KAC free. The M110 uses a modular rail system known as URX. The system has an additional folding front that is integral.The M110 has an improved buttstock when compared to the Mk 11. The buttplate is fixed, though it is adjustable such that it can be made to fit the length of pull which the user prefers. When adjustments are required, they can be done easily by hand without using any tools. Such a scenario is possible through the use of a notched hand tightened knob (it can be found on the right of the stock). The feature came as an addition when the gun was changed from being the XM110 to M110. Apart from these features, the buttstock has an integral fast-detachable sling swivel sockets. On the lower receiver, on each stock side, is their location. A flash hider is an addition of the M110. This particular addition creates a QD suppressor (modified) unit which is close to the one on the Mk 11.In the M110, there is use of KAC’s singular scope mount of 30 mm. This replaces the dual scope rings which are separate. Other changes were: – a button being placed on the foldable front sight made it possible to lock it into position and bolt catch that is double sided.This information is all about the gun. However, there are some interesting facts about the gun. For starters, the M110 has been having its own share of fame. For example, it was rated as the second in the best inventions of 2007 by the US Army. In 2009, the rifle and all of its equivalents that were commercial were added to NRA – legalUSservice rifles’ list. This was done by an organization, by the name of NRA, under rule 3.1.6.
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Throughout much of the world, women’s equality is undermined by historical imbalances in decision-making power and access to resources, rights, and entitlements for women. Either by law or by custom, women in many countries still lack rights to:
Moreover, women are still widely under-represented in decision-making at all levels, in the household and in the public sphere.
Addressing these inequities through laws and public policy is a way of formalizing the goal of gender equality. Legal changes, which most countries have now implemented, are often a necessary step to institute gender equality, but not necessarily sufficient to create lasting changes. Addressing the gaps between what the law proscribes and what actually occurs often requires broad, integrated campaigns.
Effective advocacy requires partnership and coalition building. UNFPA alone is a relatively small agency, but when it works together with other international agencies and non-governmental organizations to address gender biases in laws and policies at the national level, it can be very effective. Formal international agreements, such as the ICPD Programme of Action and the Millennium Development Goals, provide key areas for policy changes.
With its development partners, UNFPA advocates widely for legislation to advance gender equality, to eliminate all forms of discrimination based on sex, and to prevent gender-based violence and increase penalties for those who inflict it.
The Fund has established partnerships with parliamentarians in developing countries for political and legislative support for population and development challenges, of which the empowerment of women is central. Affecting changes in laws can require considerable patience and a deep understanding of the cultural context.
In most countries, serious gaps still exist in available data on women’s economic and political activity and decision-making ability. The Fund works to fill gaps in collecting sex-disaggregated data that is needed to put benchmarks on or monitor policy or programme effectiveness.
In many countries, UNFPA supports capacity-building for women’s NGOs and for government to use the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, because it provides a legally-binding basis for the realization of women’s rights – political, economic, social and cultural in the 179 countries which have ratified it (as of October, 2004)
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Almost a century after she was first left sitting on a rock out to sea on Copenhagen’s Langelinie, Denmark’s best-known icon, the bronze statue of The Little Mermaid, has been presented with her male counterpart.
Over the years she’s fallen victim to the whims of both political activists and artists’ happenings. In 2010, she was shipped to China to promote her nation. Now, she has finally found her prince – perhaps.
Built in 1913 by Edvard Eriksen, after the story by HC Andersen and modeled on the artist’s wife, the bronze, passive mermaid both complements and contrasts the modern, stainless steel figure of ‘HAN’ (Danish for ‘him’). The new statue has been placed outside Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, some 25 miles north of the Little Mermaid, and has been created by Elmgreen & Dragset. And though they might sound like an intrepid pair of fictional superheroes, they are in fact an artistic duo made up of Danish Michael Elmgreen and Norwegian Ingar Dragset, who have been working together since 1995.
In February 2012, Elmgreen & Dragset added a typically outrageous artist’s touch to the fourth plinth of London’s Trafalgar Square. Their golden statue of a boy on a rocking horse will sit alongside Nelson’s Column throughout the London Olympics. Also on the duo’s CV is ‘Prada Marfa’, a full scale replica of a Prada store that has been on permanent display in the middle of the Texan desert since 2005.
HAN is a much more dynamic and contemporary icon than his older sister, and is cast in ultra-shiny stainless steel. Unveiled on June 2 this year, he will be a permanent fixture on the waterfront next to the castle believed to be the setting for Shakespeare’s best-known tragedy, Hamlet. Identical in size to The Little Mermaid and placed in a similar posture, his rather sad gaze seems to hint at loneliness.
Those passing the statue on their way into Kronborg who claim to see the statue blink are not losing their marbles. With the aid of a hydraulic mechanism, Elmgreen & Dragset have engineered their robotic statue to close its eyes for a split second once every hour.
Image of ‘Han’ courtesy of the artists.
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PARIS (AP) -- France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.
Hollande's office said he signed the bill Saturday morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law and ruled it in line with France's constitution.
Hollande, a Socialist, had made legalizing gay marriage one of his campaign pledges last year. While polls for years have shown majority support for gay marriage in France, adoption by same-sex couples is more controversial.
The parliamentary debate exposed a deep conservatism and attachment to traditional families in France's rural core that is often eclipsed by and at odds with libertine Paris.
But mostly, it tapped into deep discontent with the Socialist government, largely over Hollande's handling of the economy. Months of anti-gay marriage protests became a flashpoint for frustrations with Hollande, and occasionally degenerated into violence.
In addition, gay rights groups reported a rise in attacks on homosexuals as the parliamentary debate was under way. Protest organizers distanced themselves from the trouble-makers.
The opposition isn't ready to give up. It plans a protest May 26 that aims to parlay the success of the anti-gay marriage movement into a broader anti-Hollande one. Among those expected to attend is Jean-Francois Cope, the leader of the opposition UMP party, riven by divisions and struggling for direction since Nicolas Sarkozy lost the presidency last year.
Hollande warned that he wouldn't accept any disruption of France's first gay marriages.
One couple signed up Saturday to tie the knot on May 29 in the gay-friendly southern French city of Montpellier.
"We're very happy that today we can finally talk of love after all the talk of legislation and political battles," one of the future newlyweds, Vincent Autin, said on France-Info radio.
According to French law, couples must register to marry in city hall and wait at least 10 days before holding a ceremony so that anyone objecting to the union - such as an existing spouse - has time to intervene.
Marketing whizzes are already preparing lesbian and gay cake toppers, his-and-his wedding bands, and other services for France's gay weddings.
Despite the protests, the law passed easily in both houses of parliament, which are dominated by Hollande's Socialists. And the Constitutional Council said, "Marriage as a union between a man and a woman cannot be considered a fundamental principle."
France is the most populous country to have legal gay marriages, and the 14th country worldwide. In the United States, Minnesota became the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex unions on Tuesday.
In neighboring Belgium, thousands of people took to the confetti-covered streets of Brussels to take part in an annual gay pride march on Saturday. Trucks blasting music and carrying dance floors made their way through cheering crowds. Belgium legalized gay marriage 10 years ago and permitted adoption for same-sex couples seven years ago.
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Here is what Lincoln did not do and Musharraf did. He did not suspend the Constitution, remove the Chief Justice, impose martial law upon the entire country, incarcerate dozens of lawyers, arrest leaders of the opposition party and human rights advocates or ban political demonstrations.Did he not suspend provisions of the Constitution? Ignore the Chief Justice? Suspend habeas corpus throughout the north? Arrest leaders of the opposition party and place them in prison incommunicado? To the Republican in the street, opposition to the war was treason and opposition to the incumbent's war policies were treason; hence 1861's Summer of Rage in which mobs were unleashed against the Republican Party's political opponents. To the man in the street, Musharraf included, Foner is splitting ridiculously fine hairs.
It's one thing to argue steps were necessary another to say they never happened.
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SIFRE ZUṬA ("The Small Sifre"):
A peculiar midrash to Numbers, of especial interest for the study of the Halakah. Its authenticity is wrongly questioned by Weiss ("Zur Gesch. der Jüdischen Tradition," ii. 238). Medieval authors mention it under the titles "Sifre shel Panim Aḥerim" and "Wi-Yeshalleḥu Ẓuta"; and to distinguish from it the well-known Sifre, "Or Zarua'" (ii. 22) calls the latter "Sifre Rabbati." The Sifre Zuṭa has not been preserved; and, as appears from a remark of Abraham Bakrat, it was no longer extant at the time in which he wrote his supercommentary on Rashi (comp. Brüll, "Der Kleine Sifre," in "Grätz Jubelschrift," p. 184). Earlier authors, however, knew and occasionally quoted it, as, e.g., R. Samson of Sens in his commentary on the mishnaic orders Zera'im and Ṭohorot. Numerous fragments are found in Yalḳuṭ Shim'oni to Numbers, which Brüll (l.c.) has collated (corrections and additions by Hoffmann, "Zur Einleitung in die Halachischen Midraschim," p. 60). Quotations are found also in Num. R. to Naso, as Epstein ("Mi-Ḳadmoniyyot ha-Yehudim," p. 71) has pointed out. The "Mekilta to Numbers" frequently quoted by Maimonides in his "Sefer ha-Miẓwot" is nothing else than the Sifre Zuṭa; for all his quotations may be identified among the fragments of the Sifre contained in the Yalḳuṭ Shim'oni, with the exception of a passage in Shoresh 11 referring to a Biblical section, for which, as Hoffmann shows (l.c. p. 59) by a comparison with the "'Aruk," Yalḳuṭ Shim'oni has not quoted the Sifre.
Maimonides frequently drew upon the Sifre Zuṭa in his "Yad ha-Ḥazaḳah" also; and other medieval authors who occasionally quoted it are mentioned by Brüll (l.c. pp. 180 et seq.). The Midrash ha-Gadol to Numbers quotes the larger part of the Sifre Zuṭa, and has recently become a source of information concerning the latter. Königsberger has begun to edit the Sifre Zuṭa on the basis of the extracts in the Midrash ha-Gadol and Yalḳuṭ Shim'oni, though he has not as yet proceeded further than the first sections. A small fragment of the Sifre has been published by Schechter in "J. Q. R." vi. 656-663.From the School of R. Akiba.
The Sifre Zuṭa belongs to R. Akiba's school, as is indicated by the method of exposition; e.g., that of the double expressions in Num. xxxv. 21; of the partitive , ib. xv. 19; and of the ו, ib. v. 2; the phrase is explained as in Sifra, Ẓaw, ii. 1, and the term as in Sifra, Emor, vii. 8 (i.e. = ). There are also other points of similarity with the Sifra (Hoffmann, l.c. p. 69); e.g., the terminology in part, as ; although there are some unusual expressions, as (= ), (= ), (= ).
Furthermore, some of the views expressed in the Sifre Zuṭa correspond with views known to be R. Akiba's, as in v. 14, with which comp. Soṭah 3a; and in v. 15, with which comp. Sifre, Num. 8. The midrash may be assigned to R. Simeon rather than to R. Judah, as is done in the case of the Sifra, although perhaps some of the anonymous halakot, as v. 15 (comp. Ned. 35b) and xv. 4 (comp. Men. 104b), express the views of the latter. R. Simeon's authorship is indicated by the fact that he is mentioned least often in the midrash, and that of the later tannaim R. Eleazar b. Simeon is mentioned a few times.
There are still other indications pointing to Simeon's authorship, as, for example, the enumeration of the positive and negative commandments, which is said to be a characteristic of the Sifre to Deuteronomy, this midrash also being ascribed to Simeon. Further evidence is presented by the correspondence of various halakot with R. Simeon's views. Aside from the passages quoted by Hoffmann (l.c. p. 65), some of which represent Simeon's views more exactly than others—the parallel between v. 7 and Mek., Mishpaṭim, 15 is doubtful, on account of the different readings in the Mekilta—still others must be taken into account; e.g., Sifre Zuṭa v. 21 compared with Tosef., Sheb. iii. 7; vi. 20, with Nazir 46a (comp. Königsberger, "Der Kleine Sifre," p. 14b, note 63, and p. 24, note 128); and, what is especially characteristic, the reason for the law under consideration () is inquired into, as in v. 15 and xix. 16 (comp. Tosef., Sheb. i. 7; Yer. Nazir 56b). The well-known reference of the Talmud, (Sanh. 86a), may therefore apply to Sifre Zuṭa, in which, furthermore, there are several exegetical notes on passages of Numbers mentioned in the Talmud, but which are not found in the larger Sifre (comp. Hoffmann, l.c. pp. 56 et seq.). The fact that the Sifre Zuṭa to v. 27 contradicts R. Simeon's view in Soṭah 19a shows merely that the editor drew also upon other midrashim, including, perhaps, that of R. Eliezer b. Jacob and that of R. Ishmael (comp. Sifre Zuṭa to Num. xxxv. 21 with Yer. Mak. 31d). Noteworthy are the terms and , which are known to have been used by Eliezer b. Jacob (Zeb. 91b, according to the correct reading; Sifre, Deut. 195; comp. Hoffmann, l.c. p. 65, note 1; Königsberger, l.c. p. 5, note 7). The fact that Rabbi is not mentioned leads Hoffmann to the conclusion that the Sifre Zuṭa was not edited by a pupil of Rabbi. Some tannaim are mentioned therein whose names are not found elsewhere; e.g., Simeon ben Neḥunyon and Papyas of Ono.
The Sifre Zuṭa has not yet been thoroughly studied.
- Besides the authorities quoted in the text, Bacher, in J. Q. R. 1896, viii. 329-333;
- Epstein, in R. E. J. xxix. 316 et seq.: idem, in Allg. Zeit. des Jud. 1894, No. 34;
- Zunz, G. V. p. 51.
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Here’s an interesting factoid when it comes to video games:
There were no gamers before 1985.
In the late 1970s there was the Atari 2600, which had a lot of games ported over from popular coin-operated arcade machines of the time. In the 1980s there was the Nintendo Entertainment System which also had a lot of games ported over from arcades – but what made that console different is that it was the first system that had long-play titles specifically designed to be home-only, such as The Legend of Zelda role-playing game. It was in fact the NES that brought about the first real true home gamers. This means for all intents and purposes that what we know now as a gamer didn’t exist before 1985.
You could say PC gamers existed before the NES in ’85, but I don’t subscribe to that because DOS games didn’t get anything beyond bleeps and bloops until the Ad Lib sound card, which didn’t have wide sales until 1990. That sound card and the CD-ROM is what arguably brought about the best DOS games ever, but that was all well after NES was firmly in the market.
Okay, so you have a whole ton of people from 1985 today that are now the age of early 30s to mid-40s who are avid gamers, but there’s a problem:
The gaming market has absolutely no clue what to do with that demographic.
Unofficially, anyone who still plays video games after age 22 is considered an old fart. The reason for that is because it is assumed that a kid will graduate high school at 18, attend 4 years of college, graduate at 22, enter the workforce and stop playing games at that point. Well, you know as well as I do that once someone hits 23 years old, they don’t stop gaming for a good long while.
In old-school sales demographics, the magic target market are people age 18 to 27; this is because that demographic supposedly wastes the most money on absolutely worthless junk, i.e. they will buy anything even if it’s crap. For the most part, that assumption is absolutely correct because most people don’t grow a brain and stop spending money on crap until they hit their 30s.
Now you’re left with this demographic of gamers age 30 to 45. Definitely not young and definitely not old either, but totally willing to spend gobs of cash on games…
…and the gaming industry doesn’t give them a second thought. In fact, they’re pretty much completely ignored even though they are very strong in number.
The only thing the gaming industry discovered completely by accident is that re-releasing old titles on modern consoles is something the "over-30′ers" really, really wanted. Every modern console has a ‘retro’ area where you can purchase older 8, 16, 32 and 64-bit games, and many people buy these titles. They’re not only cheap, but good sellers because of the intended audience’s familiarity with the games.
Where the problem lies however is that there are no new (keyword there) games made to specifically accommodate the 30-45 crowd. Retro only goes so far, after all.
What do 30-45 gamers actually like?
Tastes vary, but this is what that demographic is looking for:
1. Good long-play single player campaigns
The trend right now in new games is that online multi-player should be the #1 feature, and that’s absolutely not what the 30-45 demographic wants. They grew up with games that were designed first as immersive long-play single player campaigns. A good example of this is Dungeon Keeper; that game is very entertaining, can be played at your own pace and takes a very long time to complete without frustrating you. Another good example is the original Starcraft. Good single player campaigns, great strategy, easy to understand and has truly enjoyable gameplay.
2. Plays like a game and not like a movie
The 30-45 demographic likes games that act like games. What this means is that they typically do champion gameplay over storyline, or put another way, "Give me something to play and not to watch".
There are far too many titles that put needless effort into storylines the over-30′ers don’t care about whatsoever when all they want to do is find the bad guy and shoot him in the face.
Truly great games let you paint the picture of what the story is in your mind rather than having the game tell you through needless exposition. A fantastic example of that is Portal; what that game masterfully does is only gives you what you need to know so you can continue solving puzzles and enjoy the gameplay. The game even pokes fun at itself concerning exposition when at a certain point it explains a puzzle as "Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out".
3. Does not require ridiculous add-on requirements to get the full game experience
This is a short list of things that will instantly piss off a 30-45 gamer:
- The computer (if a PC game) he or she has isn’t fast enough to run the game – even though the box said what they had was good enough.
- The console (if a console game) needs a specific piece of hardware bought just to play the stupid thing.
- Their internet connection isn’t fast enough to run the game smoothly (bad programming on the game dev’s part there if the bandwidth req’s are too chunky).
- The entirety of the game isn’t unlocked unless you specifically buy something, even though the game was just bought for full retail price.
Summed up in a phrase, this is what a over-30′er wants in a game:
"When I buy this game, my PC or console will run it smoothly. I will not be required to buy any other worthless plastic sh*t just to run this thing. I will not be required to sign up for anything online to unlock features. I will not be required to pay any additional money to use any game feature."
Sounds simple enough, but you’d be amazed how many games fail that checklist.
Will the gaming industry ever wake up and start making good games for the older crowd?
That’s indeterminate at this point, but the industry still firmly believes that kids are the only people worth going for.
They should rethink that as there are plenty of folks over 30 that were able to regain control over their finances and have a few bucks to burn on games, but there’s nothing there for them to buy that would suit them. For their kids, sure, there’s plenty of stuff, but as for themselves, ‘retro’ is all they have – and that, pardon then pun, gets old.
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A prescription for diaper rash cream?
A provision in the health care overhaul encourages people with flexible spending accounts to seek a doctor's OK before buying over-the-counter medications.
Sandy Chung is grappling with a new kind of request at her pediatrics office in Fairfax, Va.: prescriptions for aspirin and diaper rash cream.
Patients are demanding doctors' orders for over-the-counter products because of a provision in the health care overhaul that slipped past nearly everyone's radar. It says people who want a tax break to buy such items with what's known as a flexible spending account need to get a prescription first.
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The result is that Americans are visiting their doctors before making a trip to the drugstore, hoping their physician will help them out by writing the prescription. The new requirements create not only an added burden for doctors, but also new complications for retailers and pharmacies.
"It drives up the cost of health care as opposed to reducing it," says Chung, who rejected much of a 10-item request from a mother of four that included pain relievers and children's cold medicine.
Unintended side effects
Though the new rules on over-the-counter drugs amount to a small part of the massive overhaul of the health care system, the unintended side effects show how difficult it can be to predict how such game-changing legislation will play out in the real world.
Some doctors, irked by the paperwork and worried about lawsuits, are balking at writing the new prescriptions. Pharmacists and retailers say the changes mean they have to apply a personalized label on 15,000 different everyday products for customers paying with certain debit cards.
The over-the-counter provision isn't the only part of the health care law that has defied expectations:
- Health policy experts predicted that new insurance pools for high-risk patients would attract so many expensive enrollees that funding would be quickly exhausted. In fact, enrollment is running at just 6% of expectations, partly because of high premiums.
- A provision preventing insurers from denying coverage to children with pre-existing health conditions prompted insurers in dozens of states to stop selling child-only policies.
- And a piece of the law designed to centralize patient care by encouraging health care providers to collaborate is running into antitrust concerns from regulators.
To the handful of congressional aides who came up with the idea to limit tax breaks on over-the-counter drugs, it was supposed to be a minor tweak to raise revenue and to discourage wasteful spending on health products.
Squeezing out tax savings
About 33 million Americans are in families that have flexible spending accounts, which are funded through payroll deductions and allow consumers to pay for health expenses with tax-free dollars.
The change also applies to health savings accounts designed for consumers in insurance plans with high deductibles. If fewer people use these accounts to buy drugs, the government gets more tax revenue. Retail sales of over-the-counter medicines amounted to about $17 billion in 2010, not counting sales at Wal-Mart, according to Nielsen Co.
What the law's writers didn't anticipate was the determination of some people to squeeze every last drop of tax savings from their accounts.
When Dianna Greer of San Diego and her son came down with a cold, she wanted a $13 bottle of NyQuil and daytime cold medicine -- and she wanted to pay for it by tapping the $5,000 in her flexible spending account.
Greer says her doctor wouldn't write prescriptions without an office visit, so she went without the drugs. Later, she got the prescriptions from a doctor at the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia.
"It feels like you're begging for something when it's your money," she says.
Much of the health law, which passed last year despite overwhelming opposition by Republicans, doesn't take effect until 2014. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has projected that an additional 32 million Americans will get insurance, and the law has already extended tax credits to small businesses for buying insurance and allowed many parents to keep their children on their health plan until their 26th birthday.
But opponents say it costs too much and gives the federal government too much control over health care. Republicans in the House voted this year to repeal the law, though the measure died in the Senate. Opponents are trying to get it struck down in the courts, a fight that is likely to last until at least next year.
Target for change
As that larger battle plays out, the over-the-counter provision is emerging as a top target for change. Republicans in both the House and Senate have introduced legislation to repeal it and return to the old system. The largest chain-drugstore lobbying group is backing the effort, arguing that the new rules are inefficient and limit access to the medicines. Asked whether she would support such legislation, Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, said: "I'd take a look at it."
A spokeswoman for the Treasury Department, which oversees tax policy, says the provision "enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress, but, as the president said, anything can be improved, and we are always willing to listen to ideas about how to make health care better and more affordable."
Tax breaks for over-the-counter drugs date to 2003, as popular drugs like the allergy medicine Claritin began switching to over-the-counter status. The Internal Revenue Service loosened the rules on flexible spending accounts so consumers could use them to buy thousands of nonprescription medications. The tax-free dollars can also go for insurance co-payments, eyeglasses and other out-of-pocket health costs.
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You know there is this group of doctors that group together and limit the number of people that can go into medicine? I forget their name, but it's for real - straight from a doctor's mouth.
If you ask me half the medical system could be replaced by online questionnaire flowchart logic. If you want to abuse it and O.D. on something go right ahead, that will be one less car on the highway when I go to work. The best info I ever got for my skin problem came from a logical flowchart I found on the internet, not from my doctor's assembly line approach to making money and rushing patients out the door.
We have a f.s.a. and i would never buy over the counter meds with it. I like that we have a plan to set aside our money for that reason. I have a son with aspengers and he goes to the doctor every three months for an evaluation and meds. With out that we would not be able to afford his meds and visits. I do not like the health care insurance that we have but it is better than paying what was ahead if his company stayed with the insurance provider that went up 30% in cost. And we have till 2013 for them to have a lock on how much the can raise rates. Each state is different in how much they can raise rates. We do not get to decide. Bty we have a $4000.00 deductable to meet and by my caculations we will not meet that in a year.(And i praying we dont) I am only hoping that there will be a change in the system. Its a no win situation that has the goverments hand in how we pay,how our doctor treats and diagnoses. Obamas health care plan was to see that everyone would have healthcare insurance and that it be more affordable. This plan has made us pay more for the total package and not helped us. Thank you obama for putting us in this crisis. But im glad to have my f.s.a. to use.
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The following discourse is attributed to the Chinese Zen master Ch'ing yuan Wei-hsin of the T'ang Dynasty and provides a window into the understanding of Zen:
Thirty years ago, before I began the study of Zen, I said, 'Mountains are mountains, waters are waters.' After I got insight into the truth of Zen through the instructions of a good master, I said, 'Mountains are not mountains, waters are not waters.' But now, having attained the abode of final rest,(that is, Enlightenment) I say, 'Mountains are really mountains, waters are really waters.'
He then asks:
'Are the three understandings the same or different?'
Over and over in Zen and Buddhism something like 'All is illusion' or 'The world is delusion' is presented. The problem with such understandings if presented as being true or otherwise representitive of reality, absolute or otherwise in the final sense, is that any and all persons presenting the statement and any and all persons recieving the statement would be themselves immersed products in that self-same illusion or delusion. Offering or making decisions on anything at all from that illusional or delusional position would be questionable, inturn totally undermining any credibility on such a statement, understanding, or belief.
Saying 'All is delusion' or 'The world is delusion' is by implication saying illusion/delusion IS, that is, that it exists, that it has it's own independent existence, existing independently without need. Dependent Origination on the other hand, implies there can be absolutely nothing whatsoever that is real or eternal behind this actual world and beyond the interdependence of everything. Because of that interdependence all that exists is inherently empty. It can be argued on the conventional level there is causation that could or would back up illusion/delusion, but because causation has no inherent existence either, neither then could or would illusion/delusion. To perceive that causation DOES have inherent existence is what is called ignorance. Perceiving that LACK of causation in inherent existence is wisdom.
Almost everybody that reads a little about Zen starts thinking that NOTHING exists because everything is inherently empty, so what we perceive as reality must be delusion. But emptiness is the absence of independent existence. What that means is SOMETHING must exist and one of the qualifications of that existence is emptiness...the absence of independent existence is only possible because there is SOMETHING that exists...otherwise there would be no 'need' for the absence of independent existence, and if there was no absence of independent existence, then everything would not be empty.
Wei-hsin's the mountains are mountains, waters are waters discourse, to the uninitiated and many others perhaps, seems to outline a definitive lineral progression, step-by-step process or series of stages approach toward the enlightenment/awakening experience. However it is more of a presentation of language problem than a Zen problem. The discourse is simply layed out in such a fashion that it is comprehensible in the written or spoken word. The 'steps' or 'stages' are presented in such a fashion that linguistically through the way words are used, that steps seem to be indicated, when in reality the steps do not exist as steps per se'. The 'third step' may transpire simutananeously with the 'second step' and the third and final step includes the first and second step, for example. It is extremely rare in Zen that such a step-by-step discourse is layed out so clearly for both the Zen adept and the novice to experience. That said, for our purposes here the term 'steps' will be used......
The 'first step' then, is before Wei-hsin studied or practiced Zen. The 'second step' after he studied and came to a certain insight. The 'third step' equals Satori.
In the first 'mountains are mountains, waters are waters' step Wei-hsin and the mountains are two, he is separtating himself from the mountains, the mountains are over there, he is over here. He is differentiating between himself and the mountains, setting up the classical subject (him) / object (the mountains) split, typical dualism of the everyday, conventional Samsara world.
In the second 'mountains are not mountains, waters are not waters' step there is a 'not this, not that" negation from the understanding of the first step. The conceptual distinction, or differentiation, of the mountains, waters, self, and others disappears. However, in the process, a higher level differentation is implied. In other words there becomes a differentation between the type of differentation of the first step and the 'disappeared differentation' or 'no differentation' of the second step. Just as the first step differentation was negated, the implied higher level differentation of the second step must also be negated in order to realize ultimate reality. When that happens there is a break through to the third step...the classic Zen bottom of the bucket break through, known in Zen lore as Smashing the Black Lacquer Barrel in an AN UNIMPEDED INTERDIFFUSION OF ALL PARTICULARS. Here 'mountains are really mountains', no more, no less; 'waters are really waters,' no more, no less. What happens is a negation of negation which is nothing less than an affirmation, albeit not in the relative sense but in the absolute sense. There is NO illusion/delusion, and although all remains truly unnamed in the greater realm of undifferentiated reality, the mountains are REALLY mountains, the waters are REALLY waters. That is why a Zen adept needs to breath air, drink when thirsty, eat when hungry, rest when tired, and put on extra flannel when cold (source).
- ALL IS ILLUSION? A Chinese-Indian Dichotomy In Advaita and Zen
- Stop the Distant Rowboat Using Just Your Mind
- No Ducks
- Nagarjuna I
- Nagarjuna II
In Zen lore Pai-chang Huae-hai (724-814) was a great Zen master. Prior to his awakening experience he was a student of the also great Zen master Ma-tsu Ta-chi (709-788). One day while Pai-chang was still his student the two were out walking together and saw in the sky a formation of wild ducks. Ma-tsu asked, "What is that?" Pai-chang said, "Wild ducks." Ma-tsu said, "Where have they gone?" Pai-chang replied, "They have flown away." Ma-tsu then twisted Pai-chang's nose, of from which Pai-chang cried out in pain. Ma-tsu said, "When have they ever flown away, they have been here since the beginning."
JIJIMUGE: AN UNIMPEDED INTERDIFFUSION OF ALL PARTICULARS
Any diligent student of Eastern spirituality will have penetrated beyond the populist conception of the mystic's 'union with the world' as a hazy dissolution of all oppositions and distinctions; rather, it entails a positive affirmation of differences within the holistic process of the world. The unity of the Taoist yin-yang symbol does not dissolve the complementary difference between these two entwining energies. Buddhism, too, recognizes the reality of division. Here is the JIJIMUGE doctrine of the Kegon School of Japanese Buddhism:
"All things are one and have no life apart from it; the One is all things and is incomplete without the least of them. Yet the parts are parts within the whole, not merged in it; they are interfused with Reality while retaining the full identity of the part, and the One is no less One for the fact that it is a million-million parts."
Dualism is not overcome by its abolition, but through its acceptance and transcendence. The paradox is that all 'things' are at the same time themselves and part of an indivisible continuum. Likewise, different as they may be, dark and light, pain and pleasure, may not be separated. If we wish to experience more of one, we must embrace more of the other.(source)
Zen adept Te Shan burnt all his commentaries and books on Zen within hours of his awakening to the truth. Zen master Mu-nan gave Shoju his sacred book on Zen that had been passed down through seven generations of masters. Shoju threw it into burning coals. Why would either do such a thing? See:
It is often said that when you truly need a teacher --- or that which will function in lieu of a teacher --- one (or it) will appear. This may due to some inexplicable serendipity. It may be due to the fact that the seeker has searched deeply within himself or herself and determined what sort of instruction seems to be required. It could be swept over him or her like the First Death Experience of the Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, or the Bhagavan's little known Second Death Experience. Or it could be a spiritual desperation on the part of the seeker, or maybe no more than a successful sales pitch by a teacher (sincere or not). It may be a combination of the previous factors, or some intuitive awareness beyond expression. For whatever the reason, the saying often applies and the coming together of the results of inner and outside forces, some within one's control, some without, can be found most eloquently as they all come together in the following:
SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI: THE LAST AMERICAN DARSHAN
RECOUNTING A YOUNG BOY'S NEARLY INSTANT TRANSFORMATION INTO THE ABSOLUTE DURING HIS ONLY DARSHAN WITH THE MAHARSHI
It should be noted that Adam Osborne, who, as a young boy grew up at the Ramana ashram and the son of one of the foremost Ramana biographers Arthur Osborne, played a prominent role in the Last American Darshan as linked above.
Fundamentally, our experience as experienced is not different from the Zen master's. Where
we differ is that we place a fog, a particular kind of conceptual overlay onto that experience
and then make an emotional investment in that overlay, taking it to be "real" in and of itself.
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This article presents the results of a research project on the phenomenon of out-of-field teaching in American high schools - teachers teaching subjects for which they have little education or training. Over the past couple of years, the problem of out-of-field teaching has become a prominent topic in the realm of educational policy and reform, and the results of this research have been widely reported and commented on both by education policymakers and the national media. But unfortunately, out-of-field teaching is a problem that remains largely misunderstood. My research utilizes nationally representative data from the Schools and Staffing Survey, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. The purpose of this article is to summarize what my research has revealed about out-of-field teaching: how much of it goes on; to what extent it varies across different subjects, across different kinds of schools, and across different kinds of classrooms; and finally, the reasons for its prevalence in American schools. The data show that even using a minimal standard for qualified teachers - those holding a college minor in the fields in which they teach - the numbers of out-of-field teachers are striking. For example, a third of all secondary school teachers of mathematics have neither a major nor a minor in mathematics. My analyses have also shown that out-of-field teaching greatly varies across schools, teachers, and classrooms. The crucial question, however, and the source of great misunderstanding is why so many teachers are teaching subjects for which they have little background. I examine three widely believed explanations of out-of-field teaching - that out-of-field teaching is a result of either inadequate training on the part of teachers, inflexible teacher unions, or shortages of qualified teachers. My analysis shows that each of these views is seriously flawed. The article closes by offering an alternative explanation for out-of-field teaching - one focused on the organizational structure of schools and the occupational conditions and characteristics of teaching.
Date Posted: 23 October 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
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Paul Iselin Wellman, newspaperman, writer of popular history, novelist and screenwriter, is best known for his books set in the Great Plains and Kansas. His two best-selling novels, The Walls of Jericho (1947) and The Chain (1949), both Literary Guild selections, are set in Kansas towns which closely resemble Dodge City and Wichita, respectively. Both novels received mixed reviews from the critics. But on one thing, all who wrote about Wellman’s books agreed: the Kansas setting is a totally authentic ingredient.
Paul Wellman came to Kansas via Oklahoma and Africa. He was born in Enid on October 15, 1895, the son of Frederick Creighton Wellman and Lydia Jeanette Isely. At six months, his parents went to Angola to become medical missionaries. There, Paul mastered the language of the Bantu of the Umbundu tribe, helping his father translate songs and sermons.
In 1903, Paul and his brother Frederick were sent to live with their maternal grandparents in Brown County, Kansas. Six years later, his parents returned to the United States and were divorced. Lydia Wellman took the children and went to Cimarron, where she worked for her brother, C.C. Isely, who owned a chain of lumber yards. Of this time his brother Frederick remembers: “Soon he began talking with Old Timers around Cimarron and Dodge City…and then is when he really started his interest in writing and story telling.”
A young boy raised in Africa might be able to see closely into and appreciate what must have been for him a whole new culture, one that included cowboys and Indians, sodbusters and ranchers, one as romantic as the African culture he knew. He met the people of western Kansas on their own ground. Feeling responsibility as the eldest son in a fatherless household, he landed a job as a ranch hand at the early age of 14, and worked summers thereafter to help support his family. To both his brothers, Frederick and Manley, and his sister Alice, he was the best big brother possible. All three write of him with the greatest respect and admiration.
At 16, in 1911, Wellman went to Wichita to live with his grandparents and finish high school. In 1913 he attended Fairmount College (now Wichita State University), then quit for a year of work as a ranch hand. He finished his degree in 1918. While at Fairmount, he edited the college newspaper and yearbook and acted in plays. Upon graduation, he married Florence Tobias. He served in World War I for one year, 1918-1919.
After the war, Wellman returned to Wichita and took a job as a reporter for the Beacon. His wife died around 1921, and, according to his brother, Paul went through a very difficult time: "At night, he and I would put on the gloves and box. He was a good boxer and a lethal puncher. He was the only one who every knocked me down in a boxing match, and he did not hesitate to do it. Afterwards, we might walk for miles in the dark, speaking hardly a word. Back home, worn out, he could sleep. He was fortunate in his second marriage, to Laura Bruner."
By the 1920s, Wellman was a tall, dark-haired, burly man whose permanent features included a ubiquitous pipe, a fondness for poker, story-telling and whiskey, and a good sense of humor. He moved over to the Wichita Eagle and began writing accounts of the Great Plains Indian wars. He published these in the Town Crier, the Sunday supplement to the paper. Later, he collected, expanded and edited these stories and finally had them accepted by Macmillan in book form. Death of the Prairie was published in 1934; a sequel, Death in the Desert, in 1935.
On the strength of these books, Wellman was hired by the Kansas City Star, where he worked on the telegraph desk and wrote editorials and headlines. In the meantime, he kept at his writing with a passion that never left him, and which resulted in an output of 31 books in the period 1934-1966—almost one published book per year. After the publication of his first novel, he wrote:
To write a book you must practically drop all interests in life outside your job…You begrudge every minute of your so-called leisure which is devoted to anything else. At home you write with a sort of furious intentness. Between whiles you become discourteous to your friends, cross with your family, a Scrooge in your home, and you live the life of an anchorite.
In the end the book is published. As for your family—they breathe a sigh of relief. They have been Ishmaelites, outcasts from the world, monastic dwellers. They have been patient long-sufferers under the irritability of mental creative work. They have fended for you, excused for you, babied you, and in every way possible made things easy for you. And they are darned glad its over.
But they regard you with some apprehension in their eyes. It’s like the drink habit, this writing, and they have the well-founded fear that before long you’ll be doing it again.
Paul Wellman did do it again, and again, working late into the night after putting in his eight-hour day at the Star. By the time of his sixth book, The Bowl of Brass (his first Kansas novel), the pace had gotten to be too much. His stomach ulcers were increasingly a health problem and his doctor forced him to decide between journalism and book writing. He chose the latter, and in 1944 he went to Hollywood to become a screen writer. After two and a half years, he quit, saying that, “Writing for Hollywood consists of trying to figure out some lunatic’s idea and then putting it into words for him.”
On his own, Wellman was a hard and successful taskmaster. His next two books, The Walls of Jericho and The Chain, both Kansas-based, became best sellers. The Walls of Jericho sold over 700,000 copies in two years, and the movie rights to it sold for $100,000.
Paul Wellman became successful and wealthy. Over the next 17 years, he wrote 23 books. In total his books sold 5,500,000 copies in his lifetime and grossed over $20 million, of which about $2 million was profit for the author.
In 1966, Wellman underwent surgery to his stomach, and a suspected malignancy there was confirmed. A few months later he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was a big booster of the athletic program and where he knew the chancellor, also formerly of Kansas, Franklin D. Murphy.
Paul Wellman died of stomach cancer within three weeks after that ceremony, on September 17, 1966. His papers are on deposit at the U.C.L.A. library.
Two threads run as constants through Wellman’s life and work. First, he was a plainsman. He lived on the Great Plains for 27 years and studied it all his life. In a Topeka Daily Capital article of March 4, 1949, Wellman is quoted as saying:
Someone once said that the Eastern part of Kansas is an extension of Missouri, the southern part an extension of Oklahoma, and the western part an extension of hell.
It was this hell, this country that made people larger than life, this land of cowboys, Indians, cattle, what and oil, that caught Wellman’s literary imagination.
Second, Wellman was tempered by his life in Kansas, which is something he examined in his four Kansas novels, The Bowl of Brass, The Walls of Jericho, The Chain, and Jericho’s Daughters. He made a sincere attempt to delve into the meaning of Kansas and its people. From the Daily Capital article:
The people of Kansas themselves are no more homogeneous than the terrain in which they live. The variegated habit of mind of Kansans on any subject whatsoever is a matter of amazement and sometimes amusement to others. Yet the appearance of divergency is more apparent than real. In the essentials which really count, Kansas is a highly competent unit. Perhaps the underlying reason for this is best expressed in the state motto: ‘Ad astra per aspera.’ Freely translated, that could be rendered: ‘To the stars the hard way.’
In each of his Kansas novels, Wellman is concerned with how people with ideals and dreams can reach for the stars and transcend the difficulties in their lives. Those difficulties include a harsh land with temperamental weather and a culture which stresses material over spiritual success because physical survival is so hard won. The ideals are love, justice (especially for the poor—including the farmers of Western Kansas) and religious faith.
This concern with Kansas land, politics, religion, with all of its Kansas culture, makes Wellman of interest to Kansans curious about their heritage. Some examples:
An explanation of Kansas liquor laws—
No Kansan likes to do anything easy. He raises his crops hard. He takes his religion hard. To be able to get licker easy would jest be contrary to nature for him. So he makes laws to keep him from getting’ it…which makes it harder, which gives mo’ of a point to drinkin’ it, an’ behold, yo’ Kansan thereby derives greater satisfaction of soul out’n it (page 29, The Bowl of Brass).
On the Western Kansas landscape—
The high plains at first gave him an overpowering impression of emptiness. Never before had he beheld such a sky—the cosmic vault of blue appeared to occupy a good three fourths of the world, making small and unimportant the scattered farmhouses with their meager clumps of ragged trees and inevitable windmills.
But though the vastness at first oppressed him, eventually it distilled in him a sensation of fetterless freedom which he grew to love almost jubilantly (page 20, The Walls of Jericho).
The townsite as a reflection of the people—
A town of false fronts. All the little, squalid, one-story building have false fronts to make them look like two-story structures; and the people have assumed false fronts, too. Never in my life have I encountered so many fourflushers (page 26, The Walls of Jericho).
…an ugly, dirty little story, of the kind that is always running through every rural community which is starved for something to vary the dull round of its existence (page 171, The Bowl of Brass).
The Kansas Seven were: dancing, cards, the theater, non-attendance at church, tobacco, drinking, and profanity. To the peculiar mental bent, the chief zest of which is the regulation of the lives of others, not even theft, murder, or adultery seemed somehow so important as these seven sins (page 68, The Walls of Jericho).
On how a politician can win the Kansas heart—
Kansas loved a man without blame and without blemish, of pure and spotless character—true. But—here came Aleria’s flash of genius—Kansas loved one thing even more; a sinner who has been saved, a brand from the burning (page 138, The Walls of Jericho).
On the differences between Eastern and Western Kansas—
Undulating river. Oak clad hills. Fat cattle in lush meadows. Stone farmhouses. Corn already tall. This was rich Kansas. The beautiful Kansas. The smug Kansas…
In this part of Kansas there was little in common with the hungry, strenuous, lean West (from The Chain).
Paul Wellman was not, of course, without his flaws as a writer. His characters are not psychologically deep; his dialogue seems somewhat stilted; his plots sometimes take unaccountable and awkward turns. He had great trouble portraying women, revealing himself as what one colleague on the [Star] called an “anti-feminist.” His overstated generalizations often get in his way, as in this passage about a woman lawyer pleading a case:
The appeal was intimately concerned with herself—but it was not for herself. It was for another she pleaded. The drama of sacrifice which is woman.
It was the notions counter at which Belle stood. Needles and pins, and spools of thread, and elastic, and shoelaces, and buttons, and hat pins, and emery cushions, and sewing baskets. The infinite minutiae of which woman’s lives are comprised.
Such passages appear page after page. Wellman admitted that he had difficulty with his women characters. He included them, even featured them, in many of his books, saying that no novel could be great without them.
Wellman’s books, with both their flaws and their strengths, are valuable in understanding the state of Kansas. Paul Wellman took the state as a subject for serious, thoughtful fiction. He was trying to make a true literature out of the West and out of Kansas. He made a literature, a large body of it. It is not great literature, but as a reflection of Kansas culture and history, as social documents, these books endure.
*Biography written by Thomas Fox Averill
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I’ve been following a controversy over a racially insensitive video, poster, and book cover put together by two white Christian men. The gist of the controversy is that the book’s art work and video content both exploit Asian culture and promote demeaning stereotypes.
Two Asian American leaders (Cho and Rah) asked for apologies. Edward Gilbreath also offers clarity and empathy. At first one of the makers of the book and video didn’t seem all that willing to hear out Professor Rah. Thankfully they later wrote an apology note and apparently a phone conversation took place at some point on November 4th between the concerned parties.
Things seem under control, but I wanted to share a few thoughts based on how we can use this situation to clarify our beliefs, correct misconceptions, and to make our communities stronger when dealing with racial insensitivity (not necessarily “racism” in every case).
It’s never comfortable to find out that you’ve offended someone, especially when it has to do with race, and ESPECIALLY when that offense is created by something as permanent as a book in print. I can see how one may initially become defensive. However, the only position for white Christians on this issue is to open ourselves up to critique, to admit we’ve been wrong when necessary, and to confess that even in our attempts to make things right we may make things worse. In fact, I fear that even in writing this post I may have some large elephants in my own room…
Case in point: I initially wrote at the start of this post that Asian Americans found the video and book cover offensive. That was partially true, but I missed the point right off the bat that all Christians should be offended when one part of the body of Christ feels wounded. So even in dealing with these matters, I can see I have a long way to go.
As I examine my own heart and what I’ve seen online over the past few days, here are a few of my observations about white Christians and matters of racial sensitivity:
- We don’t want to think of ourselves as racists.
- We generally aren’t openly or overtly racist. It’s far more subtle than we expect, taking the form of jokes, etc.
- When we mean well, it’s hard to admit we hurt feelings.
- Those in the majority should never ask victims of injustice to turn the other cheek.
- We don’t realize that racial insensitivity demeans the offender while also demeaning the offended.
- It’s embarrassing to be wrong and to admit failure publicly.
- It’s difficult and painful to right wrongs.
- Those in the ethnic majority have a non-binding vote on what’s offensive. The minority gets the binding vote.
If I was one of the guys who designed that book and video, I’d be feeling crushed right now. So crushed, that I probably would have a hard time understanding how it feels to be a mocked ethnic minority. If I learned that a book I’d invested significant time and resources into offended a significant part of the population with its central motif, I’d probably have a hard time entering into a dialogue about it at first. However, if I was an ethnic minority, I’d probably have a hard time sleeping until the matter was resolved.
I’m more concerned about the way we resolve future matters of racial insensitivity than in examining the minutiae of this current case. This convinces me that white Christian leaders, writers, and whoever else can start by doing a few things:
- Seek the counsel of diverse perspectives that will surprise, challenge, and even unsettle us. In writing Coffeehouse Theology I sought out readers from a variety of backgrounds, regions, and denominations who made it a better book. I am continually surprised by my own limitations and need for Christians who see the world differently.
- Ask those in the minority to identify the problem and to suggest a solution. That’s something one of the men involved in this did that I think is worth emulating: he asked Professor Rah to outline a way to make things right.
- Make “listening” our first response to critiques of racial insensitivity. Some white Christians whined about the way Asian Christians handled this is, and it borders on Pharisaic legalism that strains a gnat and swallows a camel. Saying that a critique of racial insensitivity fails to follow proper confrontational protocol and is therefore somehow invalid borders on the absurd. I think our critiques of one another have mixed results at times, but when someone says, “You’ve hurt me!” We need to listen, rather than picking apart exactly how they did it. We can discuss the details of “critique protocol” down the line, but in the grand scheme of things, racial injustice and insensitivity are far more destructive for Christian community than a blog post that strikes some as angry or critical. Of course he sounds angry and critical! He’s been deeply wounded! Failure to listen only creates a frustrating spiral of accusation and counter accusation that does no good for the body. The least those in the majority can do is listen.
- Insensitivity Can Crop up Elsewhere. The other elephant in the room here is the way Christians treat women, to say nothing of Asian women (which is something I’m only mentioning in passing because I don’t have the chops to address that one). If you now have some insight into the ways we can be offensive and patronizing toward Asians, then I don’t think it’s too far a stretch to apply these lessons to the ways that women are stereotyped, patronized, and mistreated in the Christian camp, especially by white males in leadership. The conversations we’re having here with our Asian brothers and sisters in Christ also need to happen with our sisters in Christ.
That’s all I’ve got for now. I’ve already written more than I ever intended. I hope we can prayerfully move forward in our dialogue with one another. If I’ve made some glaring errors in this post, I’ll begin my apology now and end it after you e-mail me at edcyzewski (a) gmail (dot) com.
However, whatever this post’s inadequacies, I hope it’s a useful stone in the road toward reconciliation.
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The line that separates invention from innovation is a fine one. Ideas like the importance of urban density or how to turn the circus into high art require unique minds to articulate them. At the same time, inventions like the telephone and basketball are inherently innovative—no one else had come up with them before.
With that in mind, we’re asking readers to elect the most innovative Canadian in history, whether that person changed the way we think (like Lester B. Pearson did by adding peacekeeping to the Canadian vernacular) or the way we live (like Alexander Graham Bell did with the telephone). We’ve picked our 16 favourites; now we’re asking you to vote for who you think is the greatest Canadian innovator.
With an overwhelming 85 per cent of the vote, Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best have been crowned Maclean’s greatest Canadian innovators, beating out Peter Robertson for the honour. Thanks to everyone who participated!
Peter Robertson vs. Banting and Best
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URI Providence Campus exhibit celebrates cultural differences
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- January 28, 2002 -- The University of Rhode Island Providence Campus is presenting a mixed media exhibit of 10 local artists representing African, African-American, Brazilian, Cambodian, Cape Verdean, Cuban, Indian, Native American, and Venezuelan cultures.
The exhibit, which is located on the first and second floor galleries, features works by Providence artists URI Art Professors Bob Dilworth and Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, and Matt Barros, Carla Goncalves, Victor Gonzalez, Pablo Mijares and Munir Muhammed. Also the works of Samnang Yong of Cranston, CCRI Art Professor Tom Morrissey of Lincoln, and Marisol Mijares of Venezuela will be on display.
The exhibit, filled with rich cultural diversity, also documents the study and travel abroad programs at URI.
The exhibit runs from February 1 to 28 and is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed Sundays).
A Gallery Night reception will be held on February 21, 5 to 9 p.m. A Brown Bag Gallery talk is scheduled for February 22 at noon.
For more information, call Stephen Pennell, artist-in-residence, at 277-5206 or Jan Wenzel, 874-2116
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Bill Clinton had a coach, Oprah Winfrey used one to help her get to the top of her career and, of course, top sports stars have them.
But the chances are you might have one, too, as according to a recent study by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), coaches in the office are becoming almost common place.
In the survey of 250 UK companies, 80% said they were using or had used coaching, and another 9% were planning to do so.
"We were surprised that it was so widespread," says David Pardey, of ILM, "particularly because we did the survey in the middle of a recession."
A 2009 study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development confirmed that even during the economic downturn coaching remained buoyant; 7 out 10 companies surveyed reported increasing or maintaining their commitment to coaching.
According to Pardey, coaching is a tool that enables people to perform to their full capability.
"It's the difference between knowing how to do something and actually doing it in practice," he says.
"So from an organizational point of view it can maximize your potential and take you from average to excellent. If everyone in the company were performing as the best person, the difference would be extraordinary."
For individuals like David Fitzgerald, executive vice president and partner at CB Richard Ellis New England, coaching elevates his game.
"I like to win, and coaching helps me to win even more," he says.
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5 Billionaires Behind Facebook
Think about what you'd really like to do on your vacation and create a list to narrow your choices - whether it's hitting the beach, going shopping, climbing a mountain or visiting a museum. Consider whether you can do this somewhere nearby, or whether you know anyone who has done your chosen activities before on a similar budget. Alternatively, travel agencies or even chat rooms on the topic can provide great advice on accommodations, places to dine, things to do and tourist traps to avoid. Internet sites such as Yahoo! Travel, Expedia and Priceline are often useful when seeking reasonable fares.
Billionaires Behind Facebook
Facebook has revolutionized social media. Founded in a Harvard dorm room in 2004, eight years later Facebook has around 901 million active users, 526 million daily users, is available in over 70 languages and about 300 million photos are uploaded to the site each day, according to Facebook.com. As a result, Facebook has transformed into an advertiser's dream and a real money-making machine. Facebook's SEC filings indicate, in 2011, Facebook's net income was roughly $1 billion on revenue of over $3.7 billion dollars. Yahoo!, which was founded in 1994, also had net income of just over $1 billion dollars in 2011 with revenues close to $5 billion. As a result of the social media giant's success, Facebook has turned many into some of the wealthiest individuals on earth. Here are a few of the billion-dollar faces behind Facebook.
Facebook cannot be mentioned without the words Mark Zuckerberg following closely behind. The founder, chair and CEO of Facebook has ownership estimated at $24 billion from his approximate 28% of the company, reported by whoownsfacebook.com. This places Zuckerberg at No. 35 on Forbes' rich list and ninth on Forbes' most powerful people list. This puts him at just slightly behind Pope Benedict XVI, but ahead of Warren Buffet who falls in at No. 20.
Dustin Moskovitz was Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate and one of the co-founders of Facebook. Moskovitz departed from Facebook in 2008 and holds over a 7% stake in the company valued around $6.5 billion. This makes Moskovitz the youngest billionaire being just eight days younger than Zuckerberg. Today Moskovitz runs Asana, a company that helps connect everyone in the workplace.
Also a previous Harvard student and co-founder of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin owns approximately 4% valued at well over $3 billion dollars. According to the Huffington Post, this Brazilian native was rumored to be on a list of potential kidnapping targets for Brazilian gangs so his family fled to the U.S. when he was a child. Today, he has been spreading his wealth into startups such as Qwiki and Jumio. He recently renounced his U.S. citizenship and plans to move to Singapore - a country where he will not have to pay capital gains tax on his Facebook investment.
Known as the wild party boy in the movie "The Social Network," Sean Parker is one of the founders of Napster. Napster is a file sharing program that un-officially revolutionized the music industry. Parker was also an influential piece in helping Facebook receive venture capital from Peter Thiel who was the first large investor in Facebook and still serves on the board of directors today. Parker's 4% stake is worth an estimated $3.4 billion today.
This angel investor is not new to investing in successful startups. Having founded YouTube and Paypal, Thiel was the first significant outside investor in Facebook. Today, his $500,000 investment is worth over $2 billion from his 2.5% ownership. Thiel is also a partner in the Founders Fund, a well-known venture capital firm, as well as global macro hedge fund Clarium Capital Management.
Facebook has made many people filthy rich over its short life. With the IPO set to take place on May 18, 2012, it may make many more very wealthy individuals. The IPO is expected to turn over 1,000 individuals into millionaires. In less than 10 short years, Facebook has gone from a few employees to over 3,500 today. With a whisper number floating around valuing the company around $100 billion dollars, May 18 will be a day for IPO history.
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Medical Plastics: Getting heavy with super-bugs
By Lou Reade
Posted 29 January 2013
The rise in hospital-acquired infections – including super bugs – has prompted materials developers to step up developments in anti-microbial technologies, which can help to kill germs on contact.
Microban International has carried out in-vitro testing to simulate planktonic and biofilm growth on high consistency rubber (HCR) silicone, which is often used to make urinary catheters. Urinary infections are an expensive source of hospital-acquired infections: existing technologies have had limited success in reducing infection rates.
But Microban’s silver antimicrobial technology, developed for HCR silicone, is engineered to meet stricter FDA guidelines that encourage manufacturers to adopt tougher measures in order to reduce patient infection.
Initial results with the antimicrobial technology exceed FDA guidelines, says the company, showing greater than 5 log reductions in Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli versus unprotected HCR silicone. It was also effective on biofilm formation.
“The ability of antimicrobial technologies to reduce biofilm formation is critical to reducing infection rates,” said Gina Sloan, director of microbiology at Microban.
Biofilms are communities of bacteria that can resist antibiotic treatment and are more likely to cause recurrent infections. The study shows that the technology prevents the formation of biofilm on HCR silicone.
Advanced additives have also been used to improve catheter design. One Chinese catheter manufacturer chose Mevopur masterbatches and compounds from Clariant in the development of catheter tubing that is exported to Europe and the US. Catheters are a USP Class VI regulated item, with potential for material migration.
Mevopur materials are available as single multiple additives in polymer-specific carriers, in a range of medically approved plastics including TPU, PEBA, and nylon 12. This overcomes the challenge of using different polymers to achieve a balance of softness and flexibility in one place and rigidity elsewhere in multi-layer thin-wall extrusions.
Clariant’s functional innovations and visualisation aids are designed to help manufacturers minimise the potential for extractables and leachables from catheter tubing.
These include: colour to identify the catheter, available as a pre-colour compound or masterbatch in the polymer required for the application; laser marking additives to eliminate inks and potential solvent residues when adding depth gradations, logos and identifications to catheters; MedX anti-microbial agents from Sanitized, which can be incorporated to support the development of catheters with surfaces that are active against bacteria; and surface lubrication, using non-fluorine based additives.
“Our strength lies in helping catheter tubing manufacturers to achieve their design and functionality desires using pre-evaluated materials,” said Steve Duckworth, head of the medical and pharmaceutical segment at Clariant.
Sanitised manufactures the active MedX anti-microbial ingredient – silver, on a glass carrier – according to strict quality control and impurity check requirements stipulated by Clariant. Clariant then carries out biological evaluation based on the ISO10993 test protocols developed for medical raw materials.
The active ingredients are then incorporated into a masterbatch, using a range of polymers for medical applications.
Because the anti-microbial agent is integrated into the polymer, it removes the need for device manufacturers to undertake a secondary antimicrobial coating operation on their medical device, with the associated cost and validation processes that are required.
And German plastics giant BASF showcased the latest additions to its antimicrobial HyGentic product portfolio at the Compamed trade show in Düsseldorf last November.
HyGentic SBC is a transparent, injection-mouldable styrene butadiene block co-polymer granulate material that contains antimicrobial silver ions. The granulate is used to make devices such as inhalers and ventilation filters.
HyGentic PA is an antimicrobial glass-fibre-reinforced, injection-mouldable polyamide granulate that is suited to the production of operating elements for medical devices.
“These materials are effective against a range of fungi and bacteria,” explained Edgar Eichholz, business development manager for medical device materials. “Medical devices produced with HyGentic can be disinfected by conventional procedures.”
In addition to its HyGentic materials, BASF is working on other materials that prevent microbial build-up on medical device and equipment surfaces.
Its medical devices team at its R&D centre in Tarrytown, New York in the US produces customised formulations and tests them for antimicrobial effectiveness against microorganisms – including ‘super bugs’ like MRSA – then incorporates them into a variety of materials.
“The selective combination of organic and inorganic antimicrobial ingredients produces synergy effects and boosts the efficiency of the individual components,” said Eichholz.
The company is also researching new generations of materials with novel surface effects that are of interest for medical devices and equipment.
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A Compact Colored Petri Net Model for Fault Diagnosis and Recovery in Embedded and Control Systems
Source: University of Malaya
In this paper, the authors describes the modeling and use of a reduced colored petri net for fault diagnosis and recovery in embedded and control systems. The reduced or compact colored petri net modeling approach can be extended to other classes of real time systems, real time hardware, etc. A reduced colored petri net is a compact form of a colored petri net having complex token types based on sets or complex sets containing the structured information for error handling. The approach presented here will reduce the size of the colored petri net because information is put in the token instead of having many additional places and transitions as is typically done.
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A stone's throw from the mansion was a neat and spacious carriage house. The late master of Castle Roscoe had been fond of driving, and kept three horses and two carriages. One of the latter was an old-fashioned coach; while there was, besides, a light buggy, which Hector was accustomed to consider his own. It was he, generally, who used this, for his father preferred to take a driver, and generally took an airing, either alone or with Hector, in the more stately carriage, drawn by two horses.
Hector walked across the lawn and entered the carriage house, where Edward, the coachman, was washing the carriage. As the former is to be our hero, we may pause to describe him.
He was fifteen, slenderly but strongly made, with a clear skin and dark eyes and a straightforward look. He had a winning smile, that attracted all who saw it, but his face could assume a different expression if need be. There were strong lines about his mouth that indicated calm resolution and strength of purpose. He was not a boy who would permit himself to be imposed upon, but was properly tenacious of his rights.
As he entered the carriage house, he looked about him in some surprise.
"Where is the buggy, Edward?" he asked.
"Master Guy is driving out in it."
"How is that?" said Hector. "Doesn't he know that it is mine? He might, at least, have asked whether I intended to use it."
"That is what I told him."
"And what did he say?"
"That it was just as much his as yours, and perhaps more so."
"What could he mean?"
"He said his father had promised to give it to him."
"Promised to give him my buggy!" exclaimed Hector, his eyes flashing.
"It's a shame, Master Hector, so it is," said Edward, sympathetically. He had known Hector since he was a boy of five, and liked him far better than Guy, who was a newcomer, and a boy disposed to domineer over those whom he considered his inferiors.
"I don't intend to submit to it," said Hector, trying, ineffectually, to curb his anger.
"I don't blame you, Master Hector, but I'm afraid you will have a hard time. As your uncle is your guardian, of course he has power over you, and he thinks everything of that boy of his, though, to my mind, he is an unmannerly cub."
"I don't know how much power he has over me, but he mustn't expect me to play second fiddle to his son. I am willing that Guy should enjoy as many privileges as I do, though the estate is mine; but he mustn't interfere with my rights."
"That's right, Master Hector. Why don't you speak to your uncle about it? I would, if I were you."
"So I will, if it is necessary. I will speak to Guy first, and that may be sufficient. I don't want to enter complaint against him if I can help it."
"You didn't see Master Guy ride out, did you?"
"'No; I was reading. If I had seen him, I would have stopped him."
"I am afraid it wouldn't have done any good."
"Do you mean that he would have taken the buggy in spite of me?" asked Hector, indignantly.
"I think he would have tried. To tell the truth, Master Hector, I refused to get the buggy ready for him, till he brought out a paper from his father commanding me to do it. Then, of course, I had no choice."
Hector was staggered by this.
"Have you got the paper?" he asked.
"Yes," answered Edward, fumbling in his vest pocket.
He drew out a small scrap of notepaper, on which was written, "My son, Guy, has my permission to ride out in the buggy. You will obey me rather than Hector."
This was signed, "Allan Roscoe."
"So it seems my uncle is the trespasser," said Hector. "It is he who takes the responsibility. I will go and speak to him at once."
"Wait a minute! There comes Master Guy, returning from his ride. You can have it out with him first."
In fact, Hector had only to look down the avenue to see the rapid approach of the buggy. Guy held the reins, and was seated in the driver's seat with all the air of a master. The sight aggravated Hector, and not without reason. He waited until Guy, flinging the reins to Edward, leaped from the buggy, then he thought it time to speak.
"Guy," he said, calmly, "it seems to me that you owe me an apology."
"Oh, I do, do I?" sneered Guy. "What for, let me ask?"
"You have driven out in my buggy, without asking my permission."
"Oh, it's your buggy, is it?" said Guy, with another sneer.
"Of course it is. You know that as well as I do."
"I don't know it at all."
"Then I inform you of it. I don't want to be selfish; I am willing that you should ride out in it occasionally; but I insist upon your asking my permission."
Guy listened to these words with a sneer upon his face. He was about the same age and size as Hector, but his features were mean and insignificant, and there was a shifty look in his eye that stamped him as unreliable. He did not look like the Roscoes, though in many respects he was in disposition and character similar to his father.
"It strikes me," he said, with an unpleasant smile, "that you're taking a little too much upon yourself, Hector Roscoe. The buggy is no more yours than mine."
"What do you say, Edward?" said Hector, appealing to the coachman.
"I say that the buggy is yours, and the horse is yours, and so I told Master Guy, but he wouldn't take no notice of it."
"Do you hear that, Guy?"
"Yes, I do; and that's what I think of it," answered Guy, snapping his fingers. "My father gave me permission to ride out in it, and I've got just as much right to it as you, and perhaps more."
"You know better, Guy," said Hector, indignantly; "and I warn you not to interfere with my rights hereafter."
"Suppose I do?" sneered Guy.
"Then I shall be under the necessity of giving you a lesson," said Hector, calmly.
"You will, will you? You'll give me a lesson?" repeated Guy, nodding vigorously. "Who are you, I'd like to know?"
"If you don't know, I can tell you."
"Tell me, then."
"I am Hector Roscoe, the owner of Roscoe Hall. Whether your father is to be my guardian or not, I don't know; but there are limits to the power of a guardian, and I hope he won't go too far."
"Hear the boy talk!" said Guy, contemptuously.
"I wish to treat my uncle with becoming respect; but he is a newcomer here—I never saw him till three months since—and he has no right to come here, and take from me all my privileges. We can all live at peace together, and I hope we shall; but he must treat me well."
"You are quite sure Roscoe Castle belongs to you, are you, Hector?"
"That's the law. Father left no will, and so the estate comes to me."
"Ho! ho!" laughed Guy, with malicious glee.
"If you only knew what I know, you wouldn't crow quite so loud. It's a splendid joke."
There was something in this that attracted Hector's attention, though he was not disposed to attach much importance to what Guy said.
"If I only knew what you know!" he repeated.
"Yes; that's what I said."
"What is it?"
"You'll know it soon enough, and I can tell you one thing, it'll surprise you. It'll take down your pride a peg or two."
Hector stared at his cousin in unaffected surprise. What could Guy possibly mean? Had his father perhaps made a will, and left the estate to some one else—his uncle, for example? Was this the meaning of Guy's malicious mirth?
"I don't know to what you refer," he said; "but if it's anything that is of importance to me, I ought to know it. What is it?"
"Go and ask father," said Guy, with a tantalizing grin.
"I will," answered Hector, "and without delay."
He turned to enter the house, but Guy had not exhausted his malice. He was in a hurry to triumph over Hector, whom he disliked heartily.
"I don't mind telling you myself," he said.
"You are not what you suppose. You're a lowborn beggar!"
He had no sooner uttered these words, than Hector resented the insult. Seizing the whip from Guy, he grasped him by the collar, flung him to the ground and lashed him with it.
"There," said he, with eyes aflame, "take that, Guy Roscoe, and look out how you insult me in future!"
Guy rose slowly from the ground, pale with fury, and, as he brushed the dust from his clothes, ejaculated:
"You'll pay dearly for this, Hector!"
"I'll take the consequences," said Hector, as coldly as his anger would allow. "Now, I shall go to your father and ask the meaning of this."
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DAWSON, John, a Delegate and a Representative from Virginia; born in that State in 1762; was
graduated from Harvard University in 1782; studied law; was admitted to the bar, and practiced;
member of the State house of delegates 1786-1789; Member of the Continental Congress in 1788;
delegate to the State convention in 1788 that ratified the Federal Constitution; elected privy councilor
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New York State Regents Math Flap. The first stories broke on June 19, 2003. Newsday reported that "The state Department of Education is ... speeding an analysis of Tuesday's standardized math tests because of initial reports of unusually low grades." In fact the failure rates on the June 17 Regents Math A exam turned out to be close to double those typical of the Regents Math I exam that it supercedes. The Math A exam, covering the first three terms of high school mathematics, is mostly taken by Sophomores. But many of those who failed were Seniors who needed a pass to graduate. Tears ensued ("Kim could not speak. She was crying too hard." - Michael Winerip, New York Times June 25; "the Math A test that sent students sobbing from their desks" - Newsday editorial, June 26), and anguished calls from parents to legislators. By June 21, Newsday's John Hildebrand, under the headine "Testy Reactions," was reporting that the Regents were under political pressure to "revoke scores and expunge them from students' records." An accompanying box ("Not Your Father's 'Rithmetic - The New Regents Math A exam contains some real tough questions") presented these two "stumpers:"
Question: The diagram shows a square with side y inside a square with side x. Which expression represents the area of the shaded region?
1. x2 3. y2 - x2 2. y2 4. x2 - y2
Question: A straw is placed in a rectangular box that is 3 inches by 4 inches by 8 inches. If the straw fits exactly in the box diagonally from the bottom left front corner to the top right back corner, how long is the straw, to the nearest tenth of an inch?
On June 25, the crisis broke: as the New York Times reported, "Citing Flaw, New York State Voids Math Scores"
The controversy gave many New Yorkers a chance to express their views on mathematics and math education. Letters to the Editor ran the gamut from "How many college-educated adults can solve that problem [the straw] accurately? Are such skills really necessary to be a productive member of our society?" (New York Times, June 30) to "I dropped out of school in 1948. Yet I can pass that test - barely. What does that say about the quality of the teachers and the methods used today?" (New York Post, June 23).
Try the test yourself on the Regents' website.
"Pure Math - Pure Joy" was a piece by Dennis Overbye in the New York Times' Week in Review, June 29, 2003. Overbye recounts a visit to the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley. The tone is ecstatic. "Consider it an embassy of another world, a Platonic realm of clarity and beauty," etc. Overbye remarks usefully on the relevance of higher mathematics ("ever since Archimedes leaped out of his bath shouting 'Eureka!' more than 2,000 years ago") and gives us a nice quote about string theory from Brian Greene: "Since our theories are so far ahead of experimental capabilities, we are forced to use mathematics as our eyes. That's why we follow it where it takes us even if we can't see where we're going." The article is illustrated by some samples from Ed Alcock's photo essay on MSRI; the entire collection is available on the MSRI website.
Gravitational caustics. In the May 2 2003 Science a 7-member team led by Chris Carilli (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) published "A Molecular Einstein Ring: Imaging a Starburst Disk Surrounding a Quasi-Stellar Object." The QSO in question is PSS J2322+1944; images both in the Infrared (CO emission) and at 1.4 GHz show the "Einstein ring" diagnostic of "strong gravitational lensing by an intervening galaxy." In the absence of information about that particular lens, the team worked from a better known one and experimented with "various source configurations" until they could get a close match to the observed pattern. The model they derive is illustrated here.
"A gravitational lens model for the CO emission in PSS J2322+1944. ... The left panel presents the source plane distribution, corresponding to the true (i.e., undistorted by lensing) morphology of the system. The image plane distribution is presented in the right panel, corresponding to the observed morphology after being distorted by the gravitational lens. The pointlike QSO is represented by a black asterisk in the left panel and by two black asterisks in the right panel. The green solid lines are the caustics and critical lines in the source and image planes, respectively ... . The CO emission is modeled as an inclined disk (i ~ 60°) around the QSO, and the north and south parts of the disk are color-coded red and blue, respectively, corresponding to different velocity regions on opposite sides of the QSO." (Image ©2003 Science, used with permission).
Where do we do math? The June 2003 Nature Reviews Neuroscience ran the survey "Neural foundations of logical and mathematical cognition" by Olivier Houdé and Nathalie Tzourio-Mazoyer (CNRS, Caen/Paris). The authors review what is known about where logical reasoning occurs in the brain, with special attention to the question of to what extent visual and/or linguistic circuits intervene. Among the studies cited was one of their own, which showed that "although there is a general arithmetic ability for small numbers that is shared by preverbal infants and monkeys, the ontogeny of this initial knowledge in humans follows different performance patterns, depending on what language the children speak." In fact they claim that for French-speaking 2-year-olds verbal arithmetic facility is hindered by the use of un both as a counting number and as the masculine singular indefinite article, in that language. In another study, they used Positron Emission Tomography to study the brain of a calculating prodigy (Rüdiger Gamm, "remarkable in that he has the ability to calculate, for example, the quotient of two primes to 60 decimal places with incredible accuracy.") They found that while Gamm also used the parts of the brain relied on by non-expert calculators, his "calculation processes recruited a system of brain areas that are implicated in episodic memory." Whereas "the rest of us rely on the limited span of working memory." They speculate "that experts might develop a way of exploiting the unlimited storage capacity of long-term memory to retain task-relevant information, such as the sequence of steps and intermediate results that are needed for complex arithmetic operations."
| Beyond Buckyballs. The chemist Achim Müller contributed "The Beauty of Symmetry" to the May 2 2003 Science. His piece was occasioned by the appearance, in that issue, of two papers treating "fullerene-like clusters." In one Bai et al reported the synthesis of a completely inorganic spherical molecule, based on a Phosphorus-Copper skeleton, with the same geometry as a Buckyball (but 3 times the size); in the other, Moses et al develop a molecule in which an icosahedron with 12 Nickel-atom vertices interpenetrates a dodecahedron with 20 Arsenic-atom vertices. Müller mentions and illustrates (see at left) the molecule nicknamed "Mo132" which exhibits "an unprecedented series of interpenetrating distorted Platonic and Archimedean solids (all of which are shown in the figure), with all atoms located in the surface."|
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The most northerly record is at 15° 20'N (Steinmetz and Simcharoen 2006). The record at 17° 54'N (Humphrey and Bain 1990) in northern-central Thailand is probably erroneous (Steinmetz and Simcharoen 2006). On the basis of portrayal in picture-guides alone, this species can be readily confused with spotted linsang.
Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Bornea, Java, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Biogeographic Regions: oriental (Native )
The body of the banded linsang is 40 cm long, and the tail is about 34 cm. Banded linsangs are very pale yellow with five large transverse dark bands on their backs. They have broad stripes on their necks with small elongate spots and stripes on their flanks. The tail has seven or eight dark bands and ends in a dark tip. Banded linsangs have retractile claws which are very sharp, and have specialized razor-sharp teeth for shearing their food. The soles of their feet have hair between the pads and their toes. (Cincinatti Zoo, 1997)
Average mass: 700 g.
Habitat and Ecology
It is nocturnal and generally arboreal, though it does come to the ground in search of food; its diet consists of birds, tree rats, snakes, and any other small animal it can catch (Lekagul and McNeely 1977; Van Rompaey pers. comm.). An analysis of stomach contents by Lim (1973) indicates that this species hunts mostly in disturbed forests and forest edge habitats (Lekagul and McNeely 1977). According to Lim (1973) it may respond favorably to secondary growth and ecotonal habitats. It is found in primary and secondary forest, plus fringe and occasionally human inhabitated areas (Van Rompaey pers. comm.). It breeds in February and August, with litters of two young (Nowak, 1999). It has lived up to ten years and eight months in captivity (Jones, 1982). This species was recorded from primary lowland rainforest in Mount Kinabulu National Park by Wells et al (2005). It was recorded in disturbed habitat in Malaysia by Ratnam et al (1995).
In northeastern Peninsular Malaysia and in Sarawak, it is found in secondary forest, including forest adjacent to palm plantations (Azlan pers. comm.).
Banded linsangs live in tropical rainforests. They spend a large portion of their time in the trees.
Terrestrial Biomes: rainforest
Banded linsangs are omnivorous. A main part of their diet consists of small vertebrates such as squirrels, rats, birds and lizards. (LA Natural History Museum, 1997)
Life History and Behavior
Status: captivity: 10.0 years.
Status: captivity: 10.7 years.
Lifespan, longevity, and ageing
Very little is known about these animals' reproduction behavior.
Average birth mass: 40 g.
Average number of offspring: 2.25.
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
- 1996Lower Risk/least concern
CITES Appendix II.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concern
In Myanmar, it is known from only two individuals recorded in 1878 by Blanford (Van Rompaey pers. comm.), also from 5 recent records in southern Myanmar (Than Zaw et al. in press); the records included presence at all surveyd sites within its historical range. It is considered rare and localized in Thailand (Chasen, 1940; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1961; Davis, 1962; Lim, 1973; Lekagul and McNeely 1977, Steinmetz and Simcharoen 2006). In Peninsular Malaysia it is widespread at all elevations but is nowhere common (Medway, 1969), two years of camera trapping revealed only a single photo in Taman Negara National Park (Kawanishi and Sunquist 2004), partly because it is small and semi-arboreal, making it difficult to capture on camera. Morphs may be confused with other species (Azlan 2006). On Java, this species is considered rare (or difficult to observe) by Bartels (1941). On Borneo, it is also infrequently recorded (Medway, 1965; Payne et al, 1985). In Sumatra (Holden 2006), it was photo trapped infrequently, but this is not indicative of rarity. In summary, throughout its range, it is widespread, but due to its small size and semi arboreal nature, it has been infrequently recorded, and thus its population status is difficult to assess.
Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Potentially important as an attraction to ecotourism. The Banded Linsang is found in many parks and reserves throughout Thailand, and they could be a draw for wildlife observers.
The banded linsang (Prionodon linsang) is a linsang found in South Asia. It is considered widespread throughout its range, but due to its small size and semi-arboreal nature, it has been infrequently recorded, and thus its population status is difficult to assess. It listed as Least Concern by IUCN.
The banded linsang has a long, slender body, short limbs, an elongated neck and head, and a long tail. The ground colour is dull, yellowish white. About four to six broad, irregular transverse brownish-black bands extend across the back, the last being narrow and broken, and tending to fuse with the first caudal ring. Two dark stripes extend from the forehead along the upper neck to the shoulders. Lesser striping and spots appear on the lower neck, flanks, and legs. The cylindrical tail has seven to nine complete, dark rings, separated by narrow white rings; the top of the tail is either light or dark coloured. Underparts and feet are uniformly pale coloured. The feet have five digits. The area across the pads is covered with hair. The claws are retractile. Measurements suggest that males are slightly larger than females. Females range in head-to-body-size from 37.9 to 45 cm (14.9 to 18 in) with a 33 to 36.5 cm (13 to 14.4 in) long tail, and weigh 608 to 798 g (1.34 to 1.76 lb). Males measure 41 to 43.2 cm (16 to 17.0 in) in head to body with a 34 to 37.5 cm (13 to 14.8 in) long tail, and weigh 590 to 653 g (1.3 to 1.44 lb).
Distribution and habitat
The distribution of banded linsang is limited to southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bangka and Belitung. Its habitats include both primary and secondary forest plus fringe and occasionally human inhabited areas.
Ecology and behaviour
Banded linsangs are excellent climbers and can descend head first. They are considered to be largely arboreal but food remains, and the fact that they are often trapped on the ground indicate that they hunt both in the canopy and on the ground, even in disturbed forests and forest fringe habitats. They are nocturnal but may be active in day time.
Banded linsangs nest in hollows of dead trees on the forest floor, under the roots of large trees, or in holes in living trees above ground level. Females were found to be lactating in April and October. At Wassenaar Zoo two young were born in December 1968 that weighed 40 g (0.088 lb) at birth and doubled their weight by day 18. Their eyes only opened at 18 and 21 days. At the age of four months, they equaled their parents' size.
- Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000369.
- Duckworth, J. W. and Azlan, M. J. (2008). "Prionodon linsang". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/41705.
- Van Rompaey, H. (1993). The Banded Linsang, Prionodon linsang. Small Carnivore Conservation 9: 10–13.
- Lim, B. L. (1973). The Banded linsang and the Banded musang of West Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 26(3/4):105–111.
- Louwman, J. W. (1970). Breeding the Banded palm civet and the Banded linsang at Wassenaar Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 10: 81–82.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scientists at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at The Rockefeller University, led by Paul Greengard, Ph.D., and Jennifer Warner-Schmidt, Ph.D., have shown that anti-inflammatory drugs, which include ibuprofen, aspirin and naproxen, reduce the effectiveness of the most widely used class of antidepressant medications, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, taken for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders. This surprising discovery, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may explain why so many depressed patients taking SSRIs do not respond to antidepressant treatment and suggests that this lack of effectiveness may be preventable. The study may be especially significant in the case of Alzheimer's disease. Such patients commonly suffer from depression and unless this can be treated successfully, the course of the illness is likely to be more severe. Depression in the elderly is also a risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease and researchers have suggested that treating depression in the elderly might reduce the risk of developing the disease.
In the recent study, investigators treated animal models with antidepressants in the presence or absence of anti-inflammatory drugs. They then examined how the models behaved in tasks that are sensitive to antidepressant treatment. The behavioral responses to antidepressants were inhibited by anti-inflammatory/analgesic treatments. They then confirmed these effects in a human population. Depressed individuals who reported anti-inflammatory drug use were much less likely to have their symptoms relieved by an antidepressant than depressed patients who reported no anti-inflammatory drug use. The effect was rather dramatic since, in the absence of any anti-inflammatory or analgesic use, 54% of patients responded to the antidepressant, whereas, success rates dropped to approximately 40% for those who reported using anti-inflammatory agents.
"The mechanism underlying these effects is not yet clear. Nevertheless, our results may have profound implications for patients, given the very high treatment resistance rates for depressed individuals taking SSRIs," noted Dr. Warner-Schmidt. Dr. Greengard added, "Many elderly individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease also have arthritic or related diseases and as a consequence are taking both antidepressant and anti-inflammatory medications. Our results suggest that physicians should carefully balance the advantages and disadvantages of continuing anti-inflammatory therapy in patients being treated with antidepressant medications."
This is the third significant finding in nine months by Fisher scientists. Previously, Fisher Center researchers headed by Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard in the Fisher laboratory at The Rockefeller University found two new ways to control beta-amyloid. In September of 2010 published in Nature, they discovered a previously unknown function for a protein in the brain that stimulates the production of beta-amyloid which is known to contribute to the cause of Alzheimer's. Controlling this protein, called GSAP, is a key and also has the advantage of not interfering with other life functions which caused the failure of many earlier drug trials. In another finding published in the FASEB Journal in March 2011, they also succeeded in accelerating the breakdown of accumulated beta-amyloid. They discovered that a process called autophagocytosis reduces the buildup of beta-amyloid in isolated cells and might be utilized to eliminate the buildup of beta-amyloid in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. They discovered that a compound called SMER28 lowers the level of beta-amyloid found in nerve cells. According to Dr. Greengard, "the combination of inhibition of formation and acceleration of breakdown of beta-amyloid represents a new and powerful strategy for treating Alzheimer's disease."
"This is the third major finding by the Fisher Center scientists at the Greengard lab in only nine months," says Kent L. Karosen, President of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation. "It's quite amazing that their novel techniques are proving to be so prolific. This latest finding shows their success in not only one day ending Alzheimer's, but in also having even broader implications for society."
The Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation is a leading source of funding for Alzheimer's research and education. They serve Alzheimer's patients and their families by seeking to understand the causes of, discover a cure for, and improve the lives of people with Alzheimer's disease. Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard directs the Foundation's team of internationally renowned scientists. Of the money raised by the Foundation, only 9 cents out of every dollar is used for overhead and administrative purposes. For more information about the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation, visit www.ALZinfo.org.
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The purpose of the Career Ladder program is to provide full time employees in units 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 the opportunity to further their education by taking college courses and/or obtaining a college degree in an area of study or discipline that could lead to career advancement within the District. Employees must be accepted in a District approved program leading to a degree.
A. Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree: Employees can receive up to 12 credit hours of paid tuition per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) at the current State University or New York or Community College tuition rates. The District covers only tuition. Any associated fees and text books are the employees’ responsibility.
The total cost to the district for Units 6, 9, 10, and 11 can not exceed $10,000 per unit, per year, under all tuition cost plans.
B. The District will pay tuition costs directly to the college/university as long as the employee maintains a B average for graduate courses or a C average for undergraduate courses.
If a B/C average is not maintained the employee must reimburse the District the amount the District paid the college for that course or pay for his/her next college course. If the employee maintains the appropriate B/C average on a subsequent course he/she must submit the transcript and receipt for the course to the Career Ladder Coordinator for reimbursement at the SUNY or community college rate. The employee will be eligible to have future tuition costs billed directly to the District upon completion of either process.
C. To remain eligible for the Career Ladder the employee must submit final grades for each course to the career Ladder program.
D. Procedure: Direct Pay: The Employee must complete the Application for Approval of Direct Pay and submit it to the Career Ladder Coordinator for approval. If approved, he/she will be given a letter to the Bursar (a voucher) that must be submitted to the college. The College/University will then bill the District directly
Reimbursement: The District will reimburse full time employees tuition cost at any accredited college or university up to the SUNY rate. The employee must submit an Application for Reimbursement, transcript with final grade of at least B for graduate or C for undergraduate courses, and proof of payment.
E. If you transfer into a bargaining unit not eligible for career ladder benefits or you are no longer employed by the SCSD before the class begins, the SCSD will not be responsible for tuition.
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Genre: Non-Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories
Florence Burrill Jacobs was born in East Madison, ME and began writing verse when she was only 6 years old. She graduated from East Madison High School then taught school for several years, attended Shaw's Business College (Portland), worked in the Skowhegan Farm Bureau office and at the family store. She married and remained in Madison, ME to raise her family.
She began submitting poems to various publications as a teenager and began making a career out of writing in the 1930's. Her poetry was included in many different publications, as well as Hallmark cards and gift books and her poems won several awards. She also published short stories, romances and books.
- Gentle Harvest: Poetic Moods and Memories of a Woman's Life (1970)
- Neighbors: Poems (1949)
- Stones and Other Poems (1932)
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Stevenson Cassatt was born on May 22, 1844 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania,
US, into a well-to-do family. Her father, Robert Cassatt, was a successful
stockbroker and financier. Her mother, Katherine Kelso Johnston, came from
a banking family, which had provided her with a good education. The Cassatt
family was of French Huguenot origin; they escaped persecutions and came
to New York in 1662.
During the childhood of the future artist, the family traveled in Europe, lived in France and Germany (1851-1855). During her 4-year stay in Europe Mary became fluent in French and German. Returning to Pennsylvania in 1855, the Cassatt family settled in Philadelphia. At the age of 15 Mary decided to become an artist and enrolled in 1861 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She took art classes for 4 years (1861-65) and continued to pursue studies on her own. Soon she got frustrated with the education in the US. She felt she needed to study in Europe, her choice was Paris. Her mother supported her daughter’s desire. Since the Ecole des Beaux-Arts did not admit women, she (in 1866) studied for a short period in the studio of Charles Chaplin, then took private lessons from Jean-Léon Gérôme. In addition, Cassatt registered among the copyists at the Louvre. In 1868 her painting was exhibited for the 1st time in the Salon. The most important influence on Cassatt in the years before 1875 was exercised by Edouard Manet, although he did not accept students, she saw his works and they were much discussed both by painters and art critics.
The Franco-Prussian war (1870) made Cassatt return to the US for the next year and a half. The US atmosphere was so discouraging that she almost gave up painting. Late in 1871 she was on her way back to Europe, setting in Parma, where she copied works by Correggio for the archbishop of Pittsburgh. In Parma she spent 8 happy months.
In late September of 1872 she went to Spain studying first the paintings of Velázquez, Murillo, Titian, and Rubens at the Prado, then continuing on to Seville, where she began to paint her first major body of works based on Spanish subjects: Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla, Toreador and others.
After a brief return to Paris in April of 1873, she visited Holland and Belgium, and then traveled back south to Rome. In 1874 Cassatt finally decided to settle in Paris. Aided by her elder sister, Lydia, who joined Mary in Europe, she took an apartment and studio.
Lydia was not only the elder sister, but also the closest friend and model of Mary. There are eleven known works with Lydia, among them are The Cup of Tea, Lydia Working at a Tapestry Loom, Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly, Woman and Child Driving. Lydia died at the end of 1882 of Bright’s disease, and it was a severe blow to Mary.
Cassatt became known as a portrait painter and was sought after by American visitors to France: Portrait of an Elderly Lady. As the sitters are often known, many of Cassatt’s works can be considered portraits: Mary Ellison Embroidering, Reading Le Figaro.. Her work differed from the stiff academic tradition of portrait painting as a mere likeness insofar as most of her subjects were either engaged in some kind of activity or caught in a casual pose.
In 1877 Cassatt met Degas, who advised her to join the Impressionists. “I accepted with joy. Now I could work with absolute independence without considering the opinion of a jury. I had already recognized who were my true masters. I admired Manet, Courbet, and Degas. I took leave of conventional art. I began to live.” A close friendship with Degas began, which lasted until Degas’ death in 1917. Degas and Renoir greatly influenced her style of painting. For a long time Cassatt was even thought of as a pupil of Degas. Though their relations were those of two friends, and the influence was mutual. Once, on seeing some of Mary’s work, Degas said that he would not have admitted that a woman could draw so well.
In 1877 her parents came to Paris to live with her permanently. Success of the IV Impressionist Exhibition, and Cassatt’s in particular, made her father believe at last that the daughter had chosen the right way in life. Between 1879 and 1882 The Independents, as the Impressionists used to call themselves, held their group exhibitions annually, thus providing Cassatt with the opportunity to show her work. In the US she was exhibiting regularly with the Society of American Artists in New York.
The two decades around the turn of the century proved to be a highly successful and productive period for Cassatt. She focused almost exclusively on the depiction of mothers and children, these works today are her best-known and most popular, e.g. The Child's Caress., The Bath. Almost all of Cassatt’s mother and child scenes do not depict actual mothers with their own children, since the artist preferred to select his models and match the appropriate physical types in order to achieve the desired results. From 1890 she also produced prints, e.g. The Letter, In the Omnibus, etc. Cassatt’s father died in 1891, and the mother in 1895.
In 1898 Mary returned to the US for the 1st time in over 25 years, visiting relatives, friends and collectors. In 1901 she visited Italy and Spain, in 1908 made the last trip to the USA. In 1910-12 she traveled extensively in Europe and in the Middle East. In 1904 she was accepted into the Legion of Honour and in 1910 became a member of the National Academy of Design in New York.
Cassatt’s last years were overshadowed with the loss of close people, relatives and friends. She suffered from many diseases, like diabetes and had cataracts on both eyes, which eventually reduced her to near blindness. She lived in solitude at the Château de Beaufresne, accompanied only by her longtime housekeeper, Mathilde Valet, or in the south of France. At the outbreak of WWI Cassatt had to give up painting entirely.
Mary Cassatt died at the Château de Beaufresne on June 14, 1926, and was buried in the family vault at nearby Mesnil-Théribus.
The majority of Cassatt’s works today are in American collections, while just a small number of paintings remain in France, where she worked. Her name is less familiar than those of her fellow Impressionist painters Degas, Monet or Renoir. However, Mary Cassatt is highly original and interesting painter and her talent does not yield to those with well-known names.
Art of the United States of America. 1675-1975. by A. Chegodayev.
Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1976.
Cassatt and Her Circle : Selected Letters. by Nancy M. Matthews. Abbeville Press, Inc. 1984
Mary Cassatt: Reflections of Women's Lives by Debra N. Mancoff, Mary Cassatt. Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1998.
Mary Cassatt: A Life by Nancy Mowll Mathews. Yale Univ Pr, 1998.
Art In A Mirror: The Counterproofs Of Mary Cassatt by Warren Adelson (Foreword), Jay E. Cantor, Pamela A. Ivinski, Mary Cassatt, Marc Rosen, Susan Pinsky. Adelson Galleries, 2004.
Mary Cassatt: Painter of Modern Women (World of Art) by Griselda Pollock, Mary Cassatt. Thames & Hudson, 1998.
Mary Cassatt by Judith Barter. Harry N Abrams, 1998.
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If you’ve been paying attention to any financial news this last week, you know that stocks have been nearing their five-year highs. Whenever the stock market reaches a new high, it always creates two different arguments:
- Bears: Stocks have reached their peaks – sell, sell, sell!
- Bulls: Stocks have room to grow – buy, buy, buy!
But, after years of reading the financial news, you know what is funny? Those two arguments are said no matter where the stock market is. If the market is crashing, the bears think it will go lower, while the bulls are planning the rebound.
The bottom line is that the stock market is as much a game of perception as it is reality. It doesn’t matter what a company does, but what investors think a company will do. With that being said, I want to lay out my argument for why I believe that the bull market we’ve seen is set to run for years to come – maybe even a decade or longer. I’m not saying there won’t be corrections or Black Swan events, but over the next few years, there will be a solid bull market.
It’s My Generation’s Turn – The College Investors
When I look at the next few years, I’m excited. I’m excited because it is time for The College Investors and other millennials to start getting into the “real world”. What am I talking about – the real world?
Well, the millennial, according to Wikipedia, is anyone born between 1981 and 2000. So, that makes them anywhere from 13 to 32. What has impacted the millennials more than any other generation? The Great Recession. So, now that we’re starting to recover from the financial collapse of 2007, there are a lot of factors lining up that are setting up a bull market led by my generation.
The first thing that inspires me to call a bull market is improving employment for millennials. But it’s not just that college graduates are going to have jobs – it’s everything that goes along with having a job. By having a good job, college graduates can now start to spend money. And they’re going to buy things: cars, houses, furniture, stuff, stuff, and more stuff. Since we’re a consumer spending driven economy, this bodes really well for growth.
The trouble is that the poor employment situation for the last several years has delayed this. And if we look back into history when the Baby Boomers were getting into the workplace, buying homes, and more – you can see that the bull market rallied a solid 19% average return from 1981 to 1999. Not too shabby! Plus, with prices down in the housing market, and low interest rates, now is the time when we will start to see a generational flip in the housing market, and the consumer spending market as a whole
A Changed Financial System
The other part of the equation that bodes well for a bull market is the changed financial system that college graduates and other millennials are walking into. This is a financial system that encourages individual investment and savings versus corporate investments and government hand-outs. This will be the first generation that has less reliance on pensions and company sponsored plans, and more self-reliance.
This is going to be the generation of the 401ks, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), and more. While previous generations have had some exposure to these products, it’s the millennial generation that is going to be using them to their full extent. And this means that more and more money is going to be invested in the stock market and other financial products.
Baby Boomers Aren’t Going to Crash the Stock Market
Another funny fear has been that, as the Baby Boomers retire, they’re going to be needing more and more of their investments to live off of, and as a result, they will sell their stocks and crash the market (or at least send it into a long, slow decline). While it is a given that Baby Boomers are going to need to access their money, their small investment moves are not going to tank the stock market for several reasons.
Millennials are a Bigger Generation
First, it should be noted that my generation, the millennials, is actually a bigger generation than the Baby Boomers – about 12% bigger. This has contributed to the employment problem in a way, because not enough jobs were being created to support both generations. However, as the Baby Boomers retire, there will still be a lot of workers that are going to be moving into the economy and contributing – both through economic output and by spending.
Boomers Don’t Sell Everything at Once
Second, if you’re going to retire, you’re not going to sell all of your assets and keep it in cash for years and years. No, most Baby Boomers are going to slowly sell their equities, and move into other financial products, which will still drive the economy. Only small amounts of cash (relatively) will be drawn down upon every month as Baby Boomers retire.
The Top 1% Still Own Most of It
Finally, the Top 1% still owns most of the wealth anyway (60%+), and these individuals definitely won’t be selling all of their assets any time soon. Instead, they will most likely continue to live off the earnings from their massive wealth and pass the bulk of it down to their heirs.
The World is in Play
What makes this bull market truly different than past ones is that it will be driven by globalization, not just by the United States. More and more countries are developing rapidly, and are growing a middle and solid upper class that will seek to invest – both in the United States, Europe, and abroad. This will see an influx of money, which will boost both the stock market and the potential revenue of many global conglomerates.
As more and more people get extra money world wide, they will spend it on products made by companies here in the United States, or they will start to invest it in their own countries. Either way, it bodes well for equities over the coming years.
This is a trend that isn’t likely to stop any time soon. While emerging markets are much riskier and more volatile, they will continue in an overall upward direction for years to come. Plus, they will inevitably rub off on the US Economy as a whole as well.
What are your long-term thoughts on the stock market and global economy? Are we going to stay flat, continue to grow, or fall backwards?
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Does your infant stop moving or crying when you call him/her, make noise or play music?
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The individual is the atom of humanity.That's a well-crafted way of saying it. RTWT. And it's a nearly universally violated maxim. The expanded version of this is:
There is no we. For any given situation...there is me, you, and him. Almost all discussions of social situations rely on glossing over the essential individual/atomic analysis in order to reach preferred conclusions. We is a shortening that means me, you, and harry.
There is another standard human moral intuition: Bullies are bad. Just because you don't like it, doesn't give you the moral right to stop me from doing it. I have to actively be hurting you before you stop me.
"We should do X (erect tariffs)" should be understood to mean: "Me, you, bob, and harry" should do X. Of course...me, you, bob, and Harry have NO moral authority to prevent Steve from trading with the Chinese. However, if we couch it in terms of "us" or "we" or "The USA", we can pretend that there is some sane justification for the 4 of us trying to prevent Steve from trading with the Chinese....or taking 10% of his $ if he does trade with the Chinese. I can recognize that Bob the Baker is better off if he can use force to prevent Steve (and me, you, and Harry) from trading with the baker in the next village. Heck, Bob's better off if he can use force to make the next village's baker's products more expensive. Without addressing how much worse (in total) all of us are from the choice...it's very clear that Bob doesn't have ANY moral right to do so.
The essential libertarian insight is that there is NO number of bakers (Bob, Betty, Bertha, Benny, and Blaine -- that makes a majority of our fictional population -- 5/9) that makes it moral for them to use force to prevent me from buying my bread one village over. Anyone claiming the right to prevent me from trading with Chin, the baker in China is fundamentally, and deeply opposed to the 2 core moral principles:
- The individual is the only reasonable unit of analysis
- Initiation of violence is unacceptable.
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Atlanta is Georgia’s capital and largest city. In the late 20th century, the city experience tremendous growth and became a major commercial center: It is home to Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, UPS and CNN, among other large companies. Atlanta was also one of the major centers of the American Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King was born in the city, and his boyhood home and his tomb at the center of the reflecting pool at The King Center are popular attractions for visitors interested in history.
Downtown Atlanta contains much of the commercial activity of the city. All the places to see here are within a 10-minute walk of each other. Highlights include Centennial Olympic Park, CNN Center, the Georgia Aquarium (the largest in the world) and Imagine It! Children’s Museum. You can also take a tour of the World of Coca-Cola and get a drink of various Coke products from around the world. Midtown Atlanta is the area immediately north of Downtown and is a major restaurant and arts quarter.
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Nashville (AP) -- A contentious US Senate race is a big reason Tennesseans are flocking to the polls and giving the state its highest early voter turnout ever.
Final figures show more than 867,000 people voted during October 18th through November second.
That's a 49% increase over the same period during the 2002 midterm elections.
State Election Coordinator Brook Thompson said Friday that this was the most early voters the state has had for a non-Presidential race.
Much of the attention this year is on Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's seat. Democratic Candidate Harold Ford Junior and Republican Bob Corker have run a neck-to-neck race since the fall.
The race has been closely watched because the outcome could determine whether Democrats take control of the Senate from Republicans.
Both parties are pleased with the increase in voter turnout.
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JACK (the name refers to audio/video plugs) was an initiative in which a connection was made between writers, musicians, artists, architects and graphic designers.
At every event, the participants were given a special assignment that should reveal something of their motives, working methods and artistic personality. The results were presented in front of an active audience, hosted by presentors form similar professional fields.
In view of it’s popularity amongst Amsterdam’s creative community, JACK, with it’s mixture of show and seriousness, at the time truly filled a need.
From Golden Masters: An excessive interest in printed matter
Text Ewan Lentjes in Items 5/2001
The JACK events, which Richard and Harmen have been organizing since 1998, follow a similar pattern. JACK (a name which refers to the familiar jack plug) aims to connect up writers, musicians and designers. In so doing it probes the roots of the creative process. The aim is foster the discussion among artists from different disciplines about the specific relation between mentality, method and the result.
‘JACK 01,’ Richard recalls, ‘was particularly exhilarating in that respect. Six authors wrote texts on the theme of ‘the start’; each of six bands interpreted a different text, and so did six graphic designers. But there wasn’t much discussion during the first presentation.’ So they made the formula more compact.
For JACK 02, three bands each wrote a song; then three authors and three image makers responded from their own specialist viewpoints. This, together with the possibility of audience interaction, set the conversation going at least. JACK 03 went a step further in the same direction: one musician, one author and one designer each received a capsule containing a given text and sound/image sample as the point of departure for their creative input – and so on for all the participants. ‘If nothing else, it was certainly an entertaining evening,’ was one dry comment on the outcome.
JACK 04 was by far the most ambitious production so far, an evening-filling event held in Amsterdam’s famous music venue Paradiso in May 2001. Over sixty bands, authors, architects, designers and artists were invited to create a remix of material which GM provided on a ‘Pop Kit’ CD. The latter consisted of a ‘music kit’ with 135 samples and fifteen songs composed by The Howtoplays (Richard’s amateur band); a ‘text kit’ of 360 words divided into nine grammatical categories; and a ‘graphic kit’ of seventeen basic shapes and ten basic colours.
‘With JACK 04’, Harmen recalls, ‘we satisfied our desire to produce a real shownight.’ Instead of adopting a static peep-show arrangement, with the audience in a darkened auditorium and the band or DJ/VJ on a brightly lit stage, they chose a completely different use of the Paradiso space. They used a podium in the middle of the hall, a balanced decor of graphic work and a robust structure of video projections, presentations and production. They tried out these arrangements in a pilot evening (Jack 04 beta) one month before the actual production. ‘Despite financial support from the Fonds BKVB, it cost us an arm and a leg,’ they readily admit.
As a laboratory for interdisciplinary research, they intend Jack to develop in greater depth in the future. As Harmen explains, ‘The ideal would be for JACK to have a location of its own, which would serve as a platform for international exchanges and permit a proper balance between the hectic, spontaneous presentations and control of the substantive research.’
All images are taken from a collection of (screen)prints made for the JACK events.
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The 100’s health and wellness goals are to raise awareness, provide access to
health care and health information that will ultimately promote behavior change
resulting in a healthier lifestyle. The organization’s Health & Wellness
Committee provides leadership to the chapters as they establish health &
wellness committees at the local level. Through civic and corporate
partnerships, the 100 delivers health education programs and free health
screenings in hundreds of communities annually. Current health & wellness
signature programs include:
Youth Movement is a youth development program of the 100 Black Men of America,
Inc., whose mission is to improve the overall health and well-being of youth
through structured physical fitness training, wholesome food choices, character
development, and mentoring. Through these activities, Youth Movement helps
students improve their health, develop long-term goals, and overcome obstacles
and achieve lifetime success. Click here to learn more
Aetna Health Power
Aetna has partnered with 100 Black Men of America, Inc. to provide
access to information and tools that will increase knowledge and health around
the following conditions: Prostate Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Cardiovascular
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Strengthening Dental Health
The Pew Center on the States is partnering with 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
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Community water fluoridation is a prime example of these strategies.
Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative
Harnessing the Strength of African American Organizations to Fight HIV
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CDC has launched a $10 million, five-year partnership with 14 of the nation’s
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the collective strength and reach of traditional, longstanding African American
institutions to increase HIV-related awareness, knowledge, and action within
black communities across the United States. Click here to read more.
View the ACT Against AIDS Webcast at White House Launch Video
Click below to view important resource links:
Nutrition and Physical Activity The 100 Way
Nutrition and Physical Activity the 100 Way is a comprehensive program, with an
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The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF)
100 Black Men of America is a partner of The Healthy Weight Commitment
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The Foundation promotes ways to help people achieve a healthy weight through
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HWCF provides free online curriculum, tools, videos and resources to schools,
parents and communities in partnership with Discovery Education through Energy
Balance 101 (www.energybalance101.com
). Both English and Spanish resources are available.
The Together Counts encourages families to take a pledge to eat more meals
together and engage in healthy physical activities as a family. Take the pledge
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Click here for the HWCF 2012 Annual
Below are samples of unique and innovative Health and Wellness programs being
delivered by 100 Black Men throughout the network.
100 BLACK MEN, INC.
One Hundred Black Men New York focuses on increasing the awareness of issues
affecting the community. Health fairs, screenings and educational materials
enable members to deliver programs that disproportionately impact the African
A few of the chapter’s programs include:
100 BLACK MEN OF SAN FRANCISCO, INC.
The American Cancer Society's Prostate Cancer Support Group Brother to Brother
& OHBM Prostate Cancer and Prostate Health Seminar at The National Black
The American Cancer Society's Access to Care Symposium: Addressing Cancer
Disparities at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Our B Down B Healthy Youth Symposium addressed topics such as Sexually
Transmitted Diseases: The Signs, Symptoms and Consequences and Teens Living and
Dating with HIV/AIDS.
The Ralph Lauren Cancer Center is a state of the art cancer diagnostic and
treatment facility located in central Harlem that Harlem residents are referred
to for scheduling prostate, colon, breast and cervical cancer screenings.
Residents are located through community outreach with local businesses,
restaurants, churches and housing facilities.
The chapter has worked with Columbia University New York Presbyterian Hospital
on a National Study to determine the natural causes of Chronic Obstructive Lung
Disease (COPD) and its genetic components.
A group of the Eagle Academy students recently completed their second
"MiniMeds" Program at NYU Medical Center. This program introduces students to
the field of medicine.
The chapter participated in Harlem Week with the Ralph Lauren Center and the
American Cancer Society.
The 100 Black Men of the Bay Area established a Health and Wellness initiative
named Youth Movement in 2002 that includes year-round track and field clinics
and track meets where participants are physically conditioned, athletically
trained and benefit from team dynamics. The purpose of Youth Movement is to
promote recreation and wellness under the mentorship of highly qualified
coaches, world class athletes and Olympians.
Tommie Smith Youth Track Program
The 100 Black Men of the Bay Area sponsors a year-round youth track & field
training program. The program is named in honor of 1968 Olympic 200m Champion,
Dr. Tommie Smith. Athletic training will lead to Bay Area, state and nationwide
competition with other schools and track clubs.
An emphasis will be on strengthening aerobic capacity in the children. The 100
Black Men of the Bay Area will organize and sponsor a series of youth athletic
clinics in 2009. Several Olympians/world class athletes, including long jump
world record holder, Mike Powell, have agreed to conduct specialty clinics for
our students and coaches. The track & field season culminates annually with
the Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet.
All Youth Movement athletes and coaches are required to join the Amateur
Athletic Union (AAU). The parents of participating athletes must complete an
athletic pre-participation screening exam form. Completion of this form
includes an examination and signature by the athlete's physician.
100 Black Men Panthers
The goal of the 100 Black Men Panthers baseball program is to provide a
positive sports experience for all children while helping them develop
character, improve physical fitness and social skills so they can lead a
healthy and successful life. Panthers Stands for:
P = Power and Pride
A = Action
N = Now
T = is the Time
H = Heart and Health
E = Effect, Effort and Excellence
R = Respect and Responsibility
S = Strength and Support
Black Star Line All-Star Swim Team
The Black Star Line All-Star Swim Team village is an Oakland-based organization
established to encourage the participation of African-American youth in the
sport of swimming. Our goals are to encourage youth to utilize swimming as a
recreational activity, to maintain a healthy lifestyle and to develop
competitive drive and determination. The team consists of accomplished young
athletes that participate in either year-round or seasonal swim teams. During
Oakland Citywide Championships held in August 2005, several of our swimmers
established new citywide record times. The primary objective is to send young
swimmers of African Ancestry to compete in Black swim meets outside of the
borders of California.
100 BLACK MEN OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC .
One of the major initiatives of the 100 Black Men of South Florida is to
promote health and wellness in the African American community and change
behaviors of youth that negatively impact good health. One of the Health &
Wellness program’s biggest and successful campaigns is the annual Sickle Cell
Walk-a-Thon executed in conjunction with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of
America, which raised over $30,000 in 2009, benefiting research, financial aid
and education about sickle cell.
In Miami, fifty-seven (57%) percent of HIV cases are African Americans
and of that number fifty-five (55%) percent are African American men and
forty-three (43%) percent are Women of Color. HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of
death for women ages 25 to 44. HIV can be transmitted by unprotected vaginal,
oral and anal sex. To address the issues of HIV/AIDS, the 100, along with Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.’s Delta Cares provides Health and Wellness
Symposiums. These symposiums provide an environment that supports information
dissemination and discussion as to the realities of living in this society with
100 BLACK MEN OF LAS VEGAS
Partners in Prevention
The 100BMOLV initiated Partners in Prevention (PIP) program, a national 100
Black Men Health and Wellness initiative, at their 100 Academy of Excellence
campus. The focus of the PIP Program is for the 100BMOLV to team up with other
health care non-profit organizations, volunteer coalitions and clinical
partners. Our collaborative goal is to educate African Americans and other
minorities and promote preventative health strategies, deliver screenings, and
early detection and treatment. The PIP program is an intervention program that
focuses on increased awareness, education, and provides diagnostic examinations
and follow-ups. We have created a Health Care Module that supports PIP. The
Health Care Module is now part of the mentoring programs in all schools where
100BMOLV mentors, including the Saturday Community Mentoring Program.
PIP partnerships include: The Nevada Cancer Institute, Southern Nevada Health
District, State of Nevada Health Department, Department of Health and Human
Services, and Nathan Adelson Hospice. The program is teaching children about
the importance of health and creating healthy habits.
Slam Dunk for Men’s Health
100BMOLV, in collaboration with the Southern Nevada Black Nurses Association,
co-sponsors Slam Dunk for Men's Health, to promote a higher level of health
awareness among men and to encourage health screening for early detection of
prostate cancer, hypertension and diabetes.
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Overview for Rotor Dynamics
The third revised and enlarged edition of the book presents an in-depth study of the dynamic behaviour of rotating and reciprocating machinery. It evolved out of lectures delivered at different universities over the last two decades. The book deals with torsional and bending vibrations of rotors, stability aspects, balancing and condition monitoring. Closed-form solutions are given wherever possible and parametric studies presented to give a clear understanding of the subject. Transfer matrix methods is extensively used for general class of rotors for both bending and torsional vibrations. Special attention is given to transient analysis of the rotors, which is becoming an essential part of the design of high speed machinery. Systems with fluid film bearings, cracked rotors and two spool rotors are also presented. A first course of theory of vibration is a prerequisite to this study. Analysis used is fairly simple, but sufficiently advanced to the requisite level of predicting practical observations. As far as possible, practical examples are illustrated, so that the book is also useful to practicing engineers. A special feature of this book is diagnostics of rotating machinery using vibration signature analysis and application of expert systems to a field engineer in troubleshooting work.
J S Rao (Author)
Professor J S Rao, B.E. (Hons.), M.Tech., Ph.D., D.Sc., taught at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Delhi for over 30 years. He has also taught at the University of Surrey, as a Commonwealth fellow; at National Institute of Applied Sciences, Lyon; Concordia University, Montreal; Rochester Institute of Technology and Gesamthochschule in Kassel as visiting professor. Professor Rao started a new centre on Industrial Tribology, Machine Dynamics and Maintenance Engineering at IIT, Delhi in 1977. He also served as Science Counsellor at the Indian Embassy in Washington during 1984-88. Professor Rao has been the Chairman of IFToMM Rotor Dynamics Committee from 1983 to 90 and is a member of IFToMM Executive Council and Chairman of IFToMM Commission on Conferences. He has been the Founder President of Association of Machines and Mechanisms in India, and is the President of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He is a member of Indian National Academy of Engineering and american Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is also the Chairman of the Indian Aeronautical Research and Development Board Rotor Dynamics working group. He is a member of advisory committees in India of several R&D institutions. He is also a member of the Review Committee for C-12 Cryogenic Engine Turbine Pump for GSLV 3rd Stage of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center of Indian Space Research Organisation. Professor Rao produced 27 Ph.D.s and published 7 textbooks and 230 papers. He has been a consultant to various organisations in India such as BHEL, GTRE and abroad such as Washington Metro Authority, Stress Technology Inc, etc. His biographical sketch is reviewed by Marquis Who's who, Men of Achievement, Who's who is Commonwealth, Leaders in Education and Educationists Who's who International, and Reference Asia.
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Cool adverb (1951): in a casual and nonchalant manner
2a: marked by steady dispassionate calmness and self-control
2d: free from tensions or violence
7 slang: very good, excellent, nice, of superior quality; fresh.
You can’t really describe cool even when you try, mainly because it is a demeanor and demeanors, like love or music, go beyond words. One simply cannot convey the rationale and pleasures of the heart which are phenomenal in all respects … and there is something especially refreshing about love, music and truly cool people.
OK, so some haters may sound out that being ‘cool’ ain’t so fresh today, but somehow we can’t seem to escape the lure and hold of the term. It simply regenerates itself, because it’s so … ‘cool’.
So, what’s the G.O with “cool” – ness?
Being cool is not about your ability to convince others that you’re cool, or your propensity to purchase ‘cool’ by ordering the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, or slapping the latest Revolve Watch Bracelet by Podvaal on your wrist.
There’s more to being cool that that and here’s our 411 on what it’s all about:
Aside from the fact the term ‘cool’ was first popularized in the 1950s, more importantly it was the era which first recognized coolness as a legitimate demeanor which wasn’t yet acknowledged by the sciences. Moreover, the 1950s determined this demeanor should have fundamentals (tenets)… what was necessary in order to be ‘cool’. In short, rather than apply ‘cool’ (very good, excellent) to just objects and actions, it could be applied to deserving people who always did cool things. After all, the world needs at least one demeanor which exemplifies ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’.
Of course, as one ages their coolness begin to evaporate in varying degrees due to the environment within most workplaces and the sobering realities of life. This can largely be attributed to peer pressure but that, in turn, is affected by one’s circle of friends, habits and hangouts. It is a matter of which has the greater influence. However, because environments evolve as time passes and friends grow older; it becomes increasingly more difficult to find people of the same age group who still subscribe to this lighthearted, aloof, fair-minded and debonair-like lifestyle.
It should also be noted that within each version of coolness, specific to a generation, there are countless ways it can be expressed. Everybody does it differently. Personalities vary and so does the emphasis placed on the various aspects. Many have gotten the wrong idea however… believing cool is just about slang and dress. They are mistaken and if overdone… it becomes un-cool. A fool of today is not unlike the fools of yesteryear.
Yet, some people are cool and don’t know it… like perhaps cowboys.
Coolness isn’t so much about being current. When the time comes when people no longer try to stay current… that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re no longer cool. Perhaps it’s just that they don’t subscribe to the latest version of coolness where the ingredients of ‘hip’ are ever-changing. Most remain loyal to their generation’s version. Almost invariably though, the desire to be cool gradually fades away. Older folks might choose to be cool only part of the time while others may quit trying altogether.
On the other hand, cool people know they cannot fall victim to these bad habits to be considered ‘cool’. To the best of their ability they try to remain faithful. After all, there is nothing cool about exercising these human failings. Further, in order to be cool one must be ethical… they walk hand-in-hand. It is impossible to be cool and unethical at the same time. For example, there is nothing cool about a personable con man… it’s all a charade. A cool appearance and the latest slang do not automatically make someone cool. It goes much deeper.
Qualities of Cool
1. You don’t know if you’re cool. You just are.
2. Quick wit – great comebacks are a must. Lightheartedness, aloofness, coyness and bluntness are also fitting for someone cool. A smile might be broad, quick, tempered or nonexistent depending on one’s style. While the ability to keep your ‘cool’ (never get rattled) is necessary for great comebacks, it is also good training for awkward, tense or dangerous situations. A quick presence-of-mind often pays off.
3. The most important aspect of coolness however is fair-mindedness. One must be honest and ethical… although something you don’t broadcast otherwise you wouldn’t be cool (part of ‘the game’). Besides, being humble is cool. Yet, while honesty and ethics are the underpinning of coolness, its twin pillars and foundation, it needs little elaboration.
4. What cool isn’t is adhering to political correctness… nor is it cool to bring up the topics of weather, your mom’s apple pie or last night’s dream in a conversion. While the list is much longer, the idea is… avoid plain vanilla (boring) subjects and don’t get personal. The greater idea is to maintain an air of mystique to avoid appearing dull and lackluster. It makes life more fun and interesting. To avoid appearing humdrum (un-cool), teenagers will go so far as to steer clear of any topic adults talk about.
5. ‘Cool’ is not ageist – Even though trendiness rarely transcends the generation gaps, outsiders can still appear to be somewhat cool by their attitude. While it’s rarely equal to the pronounced coolness of a teenager, cool is still cool. The right attitude has a way of canceling out one’s ignorance of the latest sayings and trends.
Yes, a case can be made against cool… but only against acting cool, not for being cool. In some circumstances, acting cool is often taken as a sign of indifference or ignorance. Dignity and acting cool don’t mix either… that is, without finesse. Once someone has mastered the technique however, they become super-cool.
While one might be tempted to lambaste the dignified for being pretentious, it is no more pretentious than any other demeanor… which would include coolness. Yet, in order to express ourselves beyond words, demeanors are necessary. While a demeanor is how we wish our inner self to be reflected, accurate or not, it is also the manner in how we wish to experience life. For most everyone, that means enjoying it… but since enjoyment is a commodity otherwise elusive it must be manufactured. The fun part of coolness serves that purpose.
Cool people not only create pleasures out of the simplest things in life, they appreciate coolness. For example, when someone rich or famous who treats everyone as their equal has reached one of the heights of coolness. Leveling the playing field is seen as one of the coolest things ever. While we may not know the sincerity of such a person, it is nonetheless refreshing to see this aspect of coolness in action.
Moral of the story. Be yourself, forget trying to be cool and you might just end up being just that. Cool?
Try as we may (after we’ve stressed that being cool isn’t about what you wear!!), we couldn’t resist letting you know about this cool, new watch – The Horological Machine No. 2.
Maximilian Büsser and the team at MB&F have completed work on the final release of the Horological Machine No. 2, the MB&F HM2 SV Watch. This limited edition timepiece will be available for 18 lucky (and wealthy) customers in either black, shown above, or red, below. The “SV” in this watch’s name stands for “Sapphire Vision”, used to describe the unparalleled view of the machine’s inner workings below a clear sapphire case. Below that sapphire block is a collection of 349 pieces that drive this watch’s slow, steady movement. Usually, the design of MB&F’s timepieces focuses on a combination of internal and external components, but the HM2 SV watch makes the interior mechanics the central point of this design. As is common with MB&F, the result is striking, a never-before-seen take on luxury watch-making that has us absolutely spellbound. The HM2 SV will be produced at a pace of 3-4 a month until 18 are completed, thereby ending the line of watches produced from Büsser’s Horological Machine No. 2.
Cool or what??
FYI: The oh so cool looking threads on this page are from the Spring 2011 lookbook from menswear brand Van Laack.
The definition of cool people and their crucial role in society – (1st edition – April 2007) by A.O. Kime – The Matrix Bookstore
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With the strength of Bashar al-Assad's forces diminishing in Syria's civil war, global fears are mounting that Syria might unleash chemical weapons to quash the country's uprising.
The government insists it would never use chemical weapons on its own people. But world leaders say Syria's desperation could lead to even more tragedy in the war-torn country.
So what exactly are chemical weapons, and what could they do to the human body? A primer:
--What kinds of weapons are we talking about?
Military analysts believe Syria may have one of the largest stockpiles of chemical weapons in the world. Specifically, the supply could include sarin, mustard and VX gases.
U.S. intelligence indicates Syria has mixed chemical compounds needed to make sarin -- a deadly agent that can quickly kill thousands.
--How do these chemicals affect the body?
Sarin gas is an odorless nerve agent that can cause convulsions, paralysis and respiratory failure. Nerve agents are the most toxic and rapidly acting of the known chemical warfare agents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sarin quickly evaporates from liquid to vapor form and disperse into the environment. It also mixes easily with water and can poison a water supply.
VX is another nerve agent that can be lethal when inhaled. It can also be dispersed in a liquid form; even a few small drops on the skin can lead to the same effects as sarin gas.
"Compared with the nerve agent sarin (also known as GB), VX is considered to be much more toxic by entry through the skin and somewhat more toxic by inhalation," the CDC said.
Mustard gas -- also known as sulfur mustard -- leaves chemical burns on the skin, eyes and even the lungs when inhaled. It was commonly used in World War I.
While mustard gas can be fatal, it also can disable victims and can cause cancer or permanent blindness.
--How are chemical weapons deployed?
Syria could deliver chemical agents through a variety of ammunition, such as bombs dropped from aircraft, Scud surface-to-surface missiles, artillery shells or rockets, according to Jeffrey White of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
--How long do the dangers linger?
A person's clothing can emit sarin for about 30 minutes after exposure to sarin vapor, which can lead to exposure of other people, the CDC said. Sarin can also be ingested though contaminated food.
VX gas evaporates very slowly, at about the same rate as motor oil. As with sarin, it can also be emitted from clothing for up to half an hour after exposure.
Sulfur mustard, however, can stay in the environment for a few days under average weather conditions and up to months under very cold conditions, according to the CDC.
--How devastating can chemical attacks get?
One of the most horrific chemical attacks on a civilian area occurred 25 years ago, when Saddam Hussein unleashed chemical weapons in Iraq's Kurdish city of Halabja. The attack left thousands dead and thousands more wounded.
--What's the risk of Syria using chemical weapons on foreigners?
While Syria has vowed it would never use "unconventional weapons" or weapons of mass destruction against its citizens, it gave a stern warning to other countries who might try to intervene militarily in the Syrian conflict:
"All the stocks of these weapons that the Syrian Arab Republic possesses are monitored and guarded by the Syrian army. These weapons are meant to be used only and strictly in the event of external aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic," Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said in July.
But with no end in sight to Syria's 21-month conflict, some aren't so sure Syria will keep its promise.
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Jewish World Review July 29, 2011 27 Tamuz, 5771
We Are Stuck With the Present, but Responsible for the Future
By Roger Simon
This is one of my favorite quotations. It is by Adlai Stevenson II. Behind the quotation is an almost never-spoken truth. While we, in the media, constantly blame inadequate, hyper-partisan and often just plain moronic politicians for our woes, we overlook the obvious by never blaming the people who elected them.
If there is an Eleventh Commandment in journalism (though, actually, there is not even a previous Ten) it would be: Thou shalt never blame the people for anything, because in a democracy, the people are holy. Besides, they consume your product and pay your salaries.
Are you angry today with the political theater of the absurd (to call it kabuki is to insult kabuki) now playing on Capitol Hill over raising the debt limit before we reach a default on Tuesday?
But who are you angry with? Who elected these yahoos? They didn't just appear one day like mold in the basement after a rainstorm.
Members of the tea party caucus have argued there is no real debt crisis because the United States can always sell off the U.S. gold reserves or public lands.
Sure, why not? We could sell the contents of Fort Knox to China and the Grand Canyon to Saudi Arabia. I hope France doesn't buy Liberty Island, though. I have always liked the statue that stands on it, and I would hate to see it crated up and shipped back to Paris.
I am not suggesting that democracy does not work — these dimwits were legally elected, after all — it simply does not work as well as we sometimes would like, and our current national obsession is to whine about the results.
Nobody whines more than the pundit class, of which I am a member. A great, wet, oppressive blanket of air has settled over Washington and New York, where most of the pundits live, and this has helped transform their anger into weariness.
Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times, one of my favorite columnists, concluded a recent column by saying that if neither the Republicans nor Democrats can come to their senses, "then I'll hope for a third party that does get it and can take us where we need to go."
Oh, boy. Some hope. Third parties take their supporters not "where we need to go" but off a cliff. Everybody thinks Ross Perot gave hope to third parties because he got nearly 19 percent of the popular vote in 1992, second only to Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party vote of 27 percent in 1912.
But Perot won no states and got no electoral votes. Since World War II, the only third-party candidates to win states and get electoral votes were two ardent racists: Strom Thurmond and George Wallace.
So if you want to hope for a third party, hope that tea party members pull out of the Republican Party to form their own. That would marginalize them instantly.
Other pundits have formed their own Time Machine Caucus. They point out that the current crisis could have been averted if back in December the Democrats had agreed to extend the Bush tax cuts only if the debt ceiling were raised in exchange.
Eliot Spitzer — OK, OK, the guy likes hookers, but that doesn't mean he isn't a public policy expert — recently wrote in Slate: "Why didn't (Obama) make raising the debt ceiling part of the transaction that extended the Bush tax cuts? ... Recall, extension of the Bush tax cuts added about $2 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years, about the same amount that many of the debt-ceiling agreements would save over the next 10 years."
So, why didn't it happen? Because the deal that Obama brokered kept taxes from rising not just for the rich, but also for virtually every taxpayer in America. It also extended unemployment benefits and cut the Social Security payroll tax, putting money in workers' pockets.
Did liberals like it? They did not. But Obama described the compromise as "a package of tax relief that will protect the middle class, that will grow our economy and will create jobs for the American people."
He just didn't say when.
If he had a time machine, would he go back and do things differently? It doesn't matter. A Hong Kong scientist released a study a few days ago stating that time travel is highly unlikely, even in a souped-up DeLorean.
So we are stuck with the present, but still responsible for the future.
Which brings us to another group of pundits, the Cliffhangers, who believe we will dangle by our fingertips until Aug. 2 —- or maybe obtain a 30-day extension —- but everything will all turn out all right in the end.
Why? Because things always turn out all right in the end for America. Always have, always will. And I would like to believe this. I struggle to believe this.
Meanwhile, Congress has become a fantasy baseball camp where amateurs wander the halls pretending they are major leaguers, emboldened by the power they exert over the Republican conference. There are no more real leaders with real power.
So where is the power today? Where it always is in a democracy. With the people.
"Democracy is a device that ensures that we shall be governed no better than we deserve," Adlai Stevenson said.
I think this current crisis will become a major turning point in American history. People now realize that our political system is broken and needs dramatic repair, not through a third party, but through the active participation of sane, responsible Americans who have ignored politics in the past.
The real trick is to avoid despair. Good trick. Good luck.
Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in Washington and in the media consider "must reading." Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here.
© 2009, Creators Syndicate
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Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic’s first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, has died at the age of 75.
The former dissident playwright, who suffered from prolonged ill-health, died on Sunday morning, his secretary Sabina Tancecova said.
As president, he presided over Czechoslovakia’s transition to democracy and a free-market economy.
He oversaw its peaceful 1993 split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Havel first came to international fame as a dissident playwright in the 1970s through his involvement with the human rights manifesto Charter 77.
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App type: Browser plug-in, password manager
Price: Free (Premium version is $12 per year)
I've installed Windows 7 several hundred times in the past couple of years, I bet, and each time I follow the same simple process: Install the OS. Install the Windows Updates, rebooting as required. Install Windows Live Essentials. Install Office. Install Windows Updates again. And then I install the latest version of each of the major browsers: IE, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. And then I install LastPass.
LastPass is, perhaps, the single greatest piece of third party software I install on my PCs. I first recommended it via the Windows Weekly podcast back in 2008, and I've been using and recommending it ever since. And because it works with all major browsers, and is free, it's a no-brainer for any and all Windows users. If you're interested in remaining safe online, and in keeping your personal data personal, LastPass is the answer you've been looking for.
OK, but what is it? At its heart, LastPass is a password manager. But it's so much more than that. But even taken as a simple password manager, LastPass exceeds the password management solutions of the past by doing one simple thing: Keeping your master password listed store, in encrypted form, in a cloud-based vault, so that you can access it from anywhere. This way, when a PC is lost, stolen, or rendered unusable by a hardware glitch, you don't lose anything.
Getting your passwords into the cloud also allows you to very easily connect any modern web browser, via a sophisticated browser plug-in, to that database of passwords. So when you browse to your favorite eCommerce site, bank, or other password protected web site, the LastPass plug-in simply looks up your account information and supplies it, seamlessly passing you through to the protected content.
LastPass is implemented as a browser plug-in.
But LastPass isn't just about storing and retrieving passwords. It can also create complex passwords of any type on the fly, and you can use these passwords to ensure that each of the sites to which you logon have a unique password. This is something too few of us do, but since you'll be managing these passwords via a single interface with a single master password, now you can continue using a single password as before, but with the security of knowing that each site, in fact, does have a unique password. So if one of those sites is hacked someday, hackers won't have your logon information for other sites too.
And LastPass does more than just passwords. It can also fill out forms, using one or more profiles that you create. So when you hit a lengthy address form on an eCommerce site, you can tell LastPass to auto-fill it. These forms include a wide variety of data, and can include credit card information as well, if you'd like. Remember: The data in LastPass is encrypted, so this is as safe as your master password.
LastPass also offers a Premium version, which costs $12 per year. This offering provides additional features like mobile access (though the sophistication of iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Firefox Mobile, and other device-based browsers makes this a hit or miss proposition), Yubikey support (for multifactor authentication), and no ads.
Whichever you choose, LastPass is the right solution for a very serious problem, and combined with a logon on your PC or device, you can auto-start (and auto-logon with) LastPass in your browsers safely. This is a solution I use regularly and recommend highly. You cannot go wrong with LastPass.
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Physicians’ Responsibilities Regarding Terrorism & Torture
There’s one encouraging and one very disturbing report in today’s forwards from the ever-invaluable Ken Pope. Let’s start with the dark side.
Ken reports that an article in the new issue of British Medical Journal, indicates that an upcoming revision to the country’s “Prevent” program will call on physicians “to help identify people at risk of becoming terrorists.” According to the article’s author, Clare Dyer, the British Medical Association says it has not been consulted on the new policy, and that the move would put doctors “in an impossible position.”
The new policy, according to an article in The Guardian, will be released on Tuesday. BMJ says that the forthcoming document, “suggests that people with mental health problems or learning disabilities may be more easily drawn into terrorism.” (The article can be accessed online, but only by subscribers or by payment of a $30 one-time/one day fee. Universities and other institutions may also be able to provide access.) Alan Travis’s piece in The Guardian is more helpful. It indicates that the new policy is quite controversial within the UK government, which has, in fact, delayed publication of the revised program for five months. The “Prevent” program was first developed to combat home-grown terrorism following bombing incidents in 2005. It’s currently funded at £60 million per year (about $90 million.)
….. Travis writes that the revised document will ask doctors “to identify people who may be ‘vulnerable’ to recruitment by terrorist groups.” He quotes a BMA spokesperson as saying “Doctors cannot look into the future and say how someone might behave. This would threaten the trust of the doctor and…patient relationship. A doctor’s role is to treat the patient in front of them, not predict how the patient will behave in future.” (NOTE: “Prevent” has provoked controversy from the start. For a little background see the articles here and here.)
On a somewhat more hopeful note, Kevin B. O’Reilly writes on amednews.com that first-in-the-nation legislation proposed for New York would give the state’s Medical Board the power to discipline physicians and others “who take part in, or conceal evidence of, torture.” The bill (see full text here) “would give the state medical board and other health professional licensing boards the explicit authority to suspend or revoke practice rights.” It prohibits health professionals from “directly participating in torture, treating patients with the intent of determining when torture could continue, concealing medical evidence of torture or taking part in individual interrogations. Health professionals could generally advise interrogators on rapport building or other nonabusive techniques.”
….. “We want to clarify that this is, indeed, grounds for discipline and also to achieve a preventive effect” said Dr. Allen Keller, Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. Keller directs the Bellevue Hospital Center / New York University Program for Survivors of Torture, in New York City.
“It’s easier for individuals to torture than we’d like to think, because of hierarchies and environments that allow it. We believe this legislation would help physicians who are put in an untenable position to say, ‘I can’t do this; I’d lose my license.”
— Dr. Allen Keller
While the Medical Society of the State of New York has opposed physician participation in torture or direct participation in interrogations, it said the matter is best handled at the federal level. Keller responds that “health professionals — whether they practice in their state or in the Army or wherever — they do so because they have a license that is issued not by the federal government or the Army but by a state.”
(NOTE: Regarding the poster at top of this post. I would welcome any info. The one I’ve reproduced here is clearly a parody. For example, the text at lower right, next to the credit card, reads: “Terrorists often have dubious sources of income. Do you know any bankers?” However, I have not been able to determine whether “If you suspect it, report it” is a real government campaign, and whether it is related to the ”Prevent” initiative. Help!)Did Torture Lead to Osama?
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But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God's Son, cleanses us from every sin. If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:7-8 NCV)
In Christian fellowship people should experience authenticity.
Authentic fellowship is not superficial, surface-level chit-chat. It’s genuine, heart-to-heart, sometimes gut-level, sharing.
It happens when people get honest about who they are and what is happening in their lives. They share their hurts, reveal their feelings, confess their failures, disclose their doubts, admit their fears, acknowledge their weaknesses, and ask for help and prayer.
Authenticity is the exact opposite of what you find in many churches. Instead of an atmosphere of honesty and humility, there is pretending, role-playing, politicking and superficial politeness, but shallow conversation.
People wear masks, keep their guards up, and act as if everything is rosy in their lives. These attitudes are the death of real friendship.
It’s only as we become open about our lives that we experience authentic fellowship. The Bible says, “If we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other.… If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves” (1 John 1:7–8, NCV).
The world thinks intimacy occurs in the dark, but God says it happens in the light. We tend to use darkness to hide our hurts, faults, fears, failures and flaws. But in the light, we bring them all out into the open and admit who we really are.
Of course, being authentic requires both courage and humility. It means facing our fear of exposure, rejection and being hurt again.
Why would anyone take such a risk?
Because it’s the only way to grow spiritually and be emotionally healthy. The Bible says, “Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed” ( James 5:16a, Msg).
40 Days in the Word
This January, I will be delivering a new church wide campaign/small group study at Saddleback Church called 40 Days in the Word. My hope and prayer is that churches and individuals across the country will unite in a common desire to Learn the Word, Love the Word, and Live the Word of God like never before. This is our most significant campaign since 40 Days of Purpose, when more than 30,000 churches united nationwide. I encourage every church, pastor, or individual reading this to pray about participating. You can find more information about this at www.40DITW.com.
For church pastors or leaders, the campaign preview kits can be found here, or if you have a small group, you can get the teaching DVD and Workbooks here. James 1:22 says, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” I hope you come along with us as we seek to live the Word of God!
Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., one of America's largest and most influential churches. Rick is author of the New York Times Best Seller The Purpose Driven Life. His book, The Purpose Driven Church, was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th century. He is also founder of Pastors.com, a global Internet community for pastors. © Copyright 2011 Rick Warren.
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Addis Abeba is the capital of Ethiopia and calls itself the "diplomatic capital" of Africa, by virtue of the fact that the African Union is located here. Yet Ethiopia is still one of the most rural nations in both Africa and the world. Ethiopia also appears to be among the most tolerant. Various forms of Christianity claim account for approximately 65 percent of the population, with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (Coptic) holding the dominant share. At the same time there is a sizable Muslim minority, at more than 30 percent of the population. Ethiopia has been spared the interfaith violence that has occurred in some other countries where there are large religious minorities.
Growing Urban Area
Addis Abeba is among the fastest growing urban areas in the world. Since 1970, the population has increased by nearly three times (Figure 1). However, the spatial expansion of the urban area has been much greater. The earliest available Google Earth satellite photos (1973) indicate that the urban land area (continuous urban development) has expanded over 12 times. Thus, the urban spatial expansion has been at least four times that of the population over the since the early 1970s (Figures 2 and 3).
Since 1973, the urban population density of Addis Abeba has declined almost three quarters, from approximately 75,000 per square mile or 29,000 per square kilometer to 20,000 per square mile or 8,000 per square kilometer. Addis Abeba represents yet another example of the counter-intuitive reality of growing urban areas simultaneously becoming less dense, because population growth occurs the generally less dense periphery in an organic city. It is not unusual for urban analysts to (wrongly) assume the opposite.
One of the results of the spatial expansion is a significantly better lifestyle for residents of Addis Abeba, consistent with the view of Professor Shlomo Angel, who decries attempts to constrain cities within artificial boundaries (compact city policies) because they can deny people both a adequate housing and a decent standard of living.
Ethiopia is one of the poorest nations on earth, with a 2010 gross domestic product-purchasing power parity (GDP-PPP) per capita of just above $1,000. This places it 170th out of 183 geographical areas according to the International Monetary Fund. By comparison, the GDP-PPP of the United States was $47,000 and Singapore $57,000.
Ethiopia's low income reflects Ethiopia's relativey low rate of urbanization. With 17 percent of the population in rural areas (outside urban areas), urbanization is concentrated in Addis Abeba (3.1 million), which is the only urban area in the nation with more than 300,000 population. Ethiopia can expect to experience a strong rate of urbanization in the decades to come, as people flock to the cities to seek better standards of living. By 2030, the total number of urban residents is projected by the United Nations to rise to 28.4 million from 13.9 million in 2010.
Urbanization has its problems, but also economic advantages. The GDP-PPP in Addis Abeba, according to a Price-Waterhouse-Coopers estimate, is up to six times higher than that of the rest of the nation. Assuming that this ratio held to 2010, The GDP-PPP per capita of Addis Abeba would be $6,000 or more.
Moreover, Price-Waterhouse-Coopers predicted that Addis Abeba would experience the 5th greatest economic growth to 2025, out of 151 urban areas. This would result in growth greater than that of Shanghai and Beijing. The four predicted to grow faster are the two large Viet Nam urban areas (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh) and two in China (Guangzhou in the Pearl River Delta and Changchun in Manchuria).
The Urban Core
As would be expected in a developing world urban area, there is a large urban core with mixture of government and private buildings, literally surrounded by lower income, principally informal housing. With this predominant informal housing, the population density of the urban core is by far the highest in Addis Abeba (See Photo: Informal Housing in the Urban Core: Parliament and Holy Trinity Dome in the Distance).
Photo: Informal Housing in the Urban Core: Parliament and Holy Trinity Dome in Distance
Major government offices and cultural facilities are in this area, such as the Parliament, the prime minister's residence, museums, the residence of the primate of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (Coptic), the most important cathedral, Holy Trinity, in which former Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie is buried, as well as the Catholic Cathedral and the largest Mosques.
The New Addis Abeba
There’s been a huge expansion of the periphery around Addis Abeba. Extensive tours around the urban area provide evidence of relative prosperity. It appears that Addis Abeba is rebuilding itself around its urban core. There is major construction in three directions from the urban core.
The greatest activity is in the Bole District, which includes Bole International Airport, to the south of the urban core. There is a substantial amount of new commercial high-rise construction within a few kilometers to the north of the airport, along two major arterials and in between (Photo: Bole Corridor Development). There are also a large number of large, private condominium buildings. The Bole Corridor represents an edge city, in the sense defined by Joel Garreau in his seminal book Edge Cities two decades ago. This is also the location of the largest Ethiopian Orthodox Church (see top photo) in the country.
Photo: Bole Corridor Development
An eastern corridor stretches for 6 miles/10 kilometers from what is locally called the "Chinese Road," a ring road built largely with the support of the Chinese government. There are many new commercial buildings, government buildings, public and private condominiums, and at the edges, large new detached houses (See photo: Detached Housing in the Eastern Corridor).
Photo: Detached Housing in the Eastern Corridor
To the west, principally, the southwest, is a new residential neighborhood composed principally of condominiums, generally up to five floors (Photo: Southwest Residential Area).
Photo: Southwest Residential Area
China in Africa
Chinese financial assistance is not limited to the ring road. Much of the funding for the impressive new African Union headquarters (photo) was provided by the Chinese government. Further, a new light rail line will be largely financed by China. At the same time, the massive construction evident in the newer, outlying districts of Addis Abeba resemble (at least in a modest way) the urban development that has occurred in China over the past few decades.
Photo: African Union Headquarters
The economic progress evident in Addis Abeba is encouraging. The government policies are allowing the city to expand naturally as it grows, which facilitates better lives for its citizens. It can only be hoped that the day will come that people in developing world urban areas, such as Addis Abeba, will enjoy the high standards of living that have been achieved in the developed world.
Photo: Holy of Holies, Bole Mehani Alem Church (Ethiopian Orthodox Churches all have a replica of the "Ark of the Covenant," behind a screen, which is referred to as the "holy of holies"). According to the Ethiopian Coptic tradition, the Ark of the Covenant, which tradition indicates, contained the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. The Ark was maintained in the holy of holies in the Jewish temple. The Ethiopian tradition holds that the Ark was taken to Ethiopia and is now kept at a chapel at a church in Axum, which is 600 miles/1,000 kilometers north of Addis Abeba.
Wendell Cox is a Visiting Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris and the author of “War on the Dream: How Anti-Sprawl Policy Threatens the Quality of Life.”
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- adj. philosophy Of an object, blue when first observed before a specified time or green when first observed after that time.
- Blend of blue and green; coined by Nelson Goodman to illustrate concepts in the philosophy of science (Wiktionary)
“True english speakers would combine blog with ween and come up with "bleen" or, as it is spoken in the west; "BLING!”
“February 4, 2008 at 1:02 pm see, DIS is wut “bleen” meenz.”
“However, grue-bleen speakers would agree that the aim of reliably settling on a correct generalization requires the natural projection rule rather than the gruesome one, even if they would want to express the conjectures of the natural rule in their grue-bleen language rather than the blue-green language that we have used so far.”
“It will continue to be green, though it will also be true that it ceases to be grue and comes to be bleen.”
“For example, we can imagine a group that projects the concepts grue and bleen rather than our green and blue.”
“It is both normatively incorrect for us to project such concepts (it violates our standards for good inductive inferences), and it would in fact be very difficult to bring ourselves to do so, to believe viscerally that grass is grue and the sky is bleen.”
“Only a madman would project grue or its partner in crime, bleen.”
“ Where, as you expect, x is bleen if either it is examined before”
“Who are You going to believe, anyway -- Me, or some pathetic mortal who wouldn't know logic if logic painted itself grue with bleen stripes and sang "New Math" at the top of its lungs at twilight while wearing nothing but a net and riding a goat?”
“˜grue-bleen™ (where x is grue iff x is green and examined before time t, and is blue otherwise, and vice versa for bleen.)”
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bleen’.
Mix and match the phonemes in colors!
Is my red the same as your red?
Neologisms ala Wordnik.com. Directly below are links to some other New Word lists... pease suggest yours to add!
Ne(word)er by whichbe
fake words by sionnach
Words philosophical writers use to give the illusion of technical competence, including up-trippingly specialised senses of words that have other jobs during daylight hours.
Blasted binaries, background pattern inversions, and subtlety awareness.
interesting colours mostly out of spectrum
Looking for tweets for bleen.
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Marriage and Family Therapy
The student population of the MFT Program is diverse, comprising students of different ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities. At present, most students are from the Northeastern US, but there are several students from abroad. With notable exceptions, students in the Program tend generally to be graduates from psychology, social science, or sociology undergraduate programs.
Religious leaders also participate in the MFT Program. Several deacons, rabbis, nuns and priests are among our graduates. Other professionals who have attended include attorneys, dentists, social workers, psychologists, mental health counselors, educators, and creative arts therapists. Additional prominent contributors to the Program are students who are re-training for new careers, possibly after extended periods spent away from the world of work.
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The blast of cold air that has engulfed the Pittsburgh region over the past few days will linger a little longer and is now bringing snow showers.
The National Weather Service is forecasting snow in the Pittsburgh area late Wednesday night and Thursday morning. There is also a chance of snow Friday afternoon. All the showers could bring 1 to 3 inches before the weekend.
The temperatures will remain bitterly cold with lows in the single digits on Thursday and wind chill values below 0. The temperatures will remain frigid Friday and Saturday.
Thursday: A chance of snow showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 19. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Low around 9. Wind chill values as low as -1.
Friday: Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 23. Low around 12.
Saturday: A chance of snow showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Low around 9.
Allegheny County is offering numerous tips for how to prepare for severe weather, what to do to protect yourself from frigid temperatures, how to prevent home heating fires and assisting elderly neighbors or the homeless. Click this link to read more about what you can do to protect yourself and others during severe winter weather.
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Wellbeing: Adelaide High School values the achievement of individual and collective excellence and encourages the social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of all members of our community.
Learning: We build upon our linguistic and cultural diversity by offering a wide range of active lear ning opportunities connecting our school with local, national and international communities.
Culture: We value teamwork, reflection and sharing good practice.
We are committed to challenging our students to use their abilities and interests to maximise their individual potential by striving to further develop:
- Wellbeing: A safe and welcoming environment based on respect.
- Learning: Student learning outcomes through:
- explicit teaching and learning using a range of resources and methodologies, including ICT.
- varied curriculum and co-curricular programs.
- a range of learning opportunities, local, national and international connections and communities.
- Culture: A school community that sets future directions, honours its traditions and acknowledges and celebrates its diversity.
The aims of Adelaide High School are:
- to address the varied academic, social, emotional, cultural and physical needs of the wide range of students in an increasingly complex and changing world.
- to provide a stimulating, interesting and valued environment which fosters a positive attitude towards study, work and leisure-time activities, and encourages students to want to learn.
- to promote and facilitate the study of languages and the cultivation in students of an awareness and appreciation of the cultural and linguistic diversity of today's society.
- to establish an environment that provides equity of opportunity and of access to learning for all students in the school.
- to develop in students qualities of self-control, courtesy, consideration, tolerance and regard for the rights, feelings and sensibili ties of others.
- to develop students' skills and attributes that prepare them for life-long learning and achievement.
- to assist students develop a personal set of values.
- to provide encouragement for individuals to develop a sense of responsibility.
- to involve parents in working with the school towards achieving its aims.
- to keep parents aware of their child's development, progress and attitudes.
- to encourage students to make their contribution to school and through personal involvement in study, sport and school programs.
- to foster a sense of school identity.
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Computer systems developed
at Children’s and Harvard Medical School helped Erilus (left)
recover from tuberculosis in 2001. He lives with his wife
(above) in rural Haiti. Enlarge
Photo: David Walton
electricity and tenuous Internet connections are not problems a
typical Children’s specialist must plan for. But those are some
of the considerations Children’s Informatics
Fraser, MD, faces in developing high-tech tools to manage deadly
infectious diseases in impoverished countries.
Fraser and his team from Harvard’s Infectious Disease and Social
Change program are using a Web-based information system to improve
treatment for over 1,500 tuberculosis
(TB) patients in Peru and Haiti. The system helps local health workers
develop complex management plans for individual patients, accurately
and efficiently maintain drug supplies, receive results from international
labs and monitor the spread and prevalence of the disease.
“Some people say that before you address these kinds of issues
in a poor area, you have to have clean water, better nutrition and
other basics,” says Fraser. “But really you have to have both. Medical
care is a necessity.”
|A clinician working with the international
health organization Partners
in Health takes patient histories at a shantytown clinic
outside of Lima, Peru. The data is later entered via the Web
and stored on a server at Harvard Medical School.
Fraser’s computer-based approach solves several problems in treating
TB. Interruptions to the long and cumbersome treatment process—whether
because a patient stops taking medications when he begins to feel
better or because of poor access to physicians and medicine—can
give rise to multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB).
This form of the disease is even more difficult to treat, requiring
physicians to try different combinations of several drugs at a time
over many months or years. Managing the disease in a single patient,
tracking it across a population and predicting what medications
must be ordered requires managing a vast amount of data.
In 2000, Fraser’s team began working with the Boston nonprofit
Partners in Health to implement the first community-based, individualized
treatment program for MDR-TB in an impoverished setting. They created
a Web-based electronic medical record (EMR) to provide clinicians
with up-to-date data on all drug regimens and lab results, developed
processes to ensure accurate data entry, and built the system so
that it would even work over slow, often unreliable Internet connections.
To protect the security of the equipment, the system’s database
server is located at Harvard Medical School. The servers communicate
with local sites in Lima, Peru, which in turn administer the work
of neighborhood clinics.
Conscious that the technology employed in Peru could be valuable
in many other settings, Fraser and his team have been careful to
give the technology the flexibility to adapt and grow. They are
now using a similar system to support the treatment of HIV
patients in rural Haiti who, like MDR-TB patients, require daily
administration of multiple medications and careful clinical monitoring.
Fraser expects the system to monitor the treatment of several thousand
Haitian HIV patients within the next five years, and hopes to share
the software with other health care programs once it is complete.—CM
Children's Hospital Informatics
Partners in Health
is multi-drug resistant TB?
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The strengths and weaknesses of the proposed fund: the new European Aid Fund for the Most Deprived, although broader in scope, is no replacement for full-fledged policies on food and nutrition poverty.
On 25 October 2012, the European Commission released its proposal for a new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) welcomes the Commission’s renewed efforts to broaden the scope of the programme beyond emergency food provision to also include clothing and essentials to Europe’s homeless and most-deprived children. Yet, EPHA calls for the proposal to include objectives like improved nutritional profile of foods, fight against non-communicable diseases (1) and health inequalities reduction. EPHA is also concerned that this scheme could displace other overarching solutions to poverty that address the underlying causes of poverty in a more sustainable fashion, and that the funds earmarked fall short of the urgency of the current situation.
Europe has 80 million people at risk of poverty and social exclusion (according to the Commission’s estimates - NGOs put the figure at 115 million). What’s more, 27 percent of all EU children are already at risk of poverty and 43 million people suffer from food poverty.
A successor to the DG Agriculture’s governed "Food Aid to the Most Deprived", this newly proposed fund will fall under the responsibility of DG Employment - a step that EPHA believes would help boost the fund’s supply of higher nutritional value, and less processed cheap agricultural foodstuff provided so far. From a social justice and poverty reduction perspective, good health of all Europeans - supported by healthy and nutritious diets - is to contribute to Europe’s so much needed recovery.
Unlike the previous 100% funded food aid, Member States have now to cover 15% of the programme’s costs, what might be problematic for many countries currently facing severe cuts to essential social and public health services. A welcome step towards overcoming this obstacle is certainly a proposal to cover for 100% expenses of specific, recession-driven EU MS.
However, the funds food-focus should be taken a closer look at. Soaring prices of healthy food like fruits and vegetables, coupled with rising inequalities in access to food, are pushing more people in the EU into food and nutrition insecurity. Increasing numbers of people cross the poverty line everyday for the very first time in their lives – including in high-income countries like Sweden, the Netherlands or Denmark. Such a situation puts the onus on governments’ ability to provide for people in need of essentials like healthy and nutritious food.
Although the previous scheme made a difference for millions of children, disadvantage families, elderly and unemployed across the EU, emergency food aid is not a sustainable answer to food and nutrition poverty and insecurity. What we need in the first place is solutions that improve access to healthy foods for Europe’s poor while addressing long-term shortcomings. Improving this scheme will require building bridges between social, agriculture and health policies. Obviously, the poor, homeless and materially-deprived children also need support with clothing - a move wholeheartedly supported by EPHA, but now we see that suddenly the fund will have to provide for more with less, and the health-dimension of the food element of it did not significantly change although organisations like EPHA have been asking for that for years.
Although the 2008 revision of the previous scheme (3) included some improvements of nutritional profile, the eligible products were still of a low health-promoting value (like preserved fruit and tinned tuna). EPHA believes that the new FEAD scheme should include agricultural products of proven health benefits such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes – products currently missing from the scheme’s proposal.
The most vulnerable in our societies already eat less well. As the prices of processed foodstuffs are noticeably lower that nutritious food, disadvantaged communities have no choice but to opt for the less healthy of the options - it does not add up. The health outcomes of the deprived – especially those related to diets – have reached rock bottom. People of low socio-economic status need better, more accessible and affordable food available to them in a sustainable way – not just emergency food of high energy and fat value, as the reviewed FEAD is set to provide - if accepted in this form according to the proposal.
(1) Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), overweight and obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and mental health disorders pose the greatest threat to health and are a major barrier to sustainable economic and inclusive growth in Europe. Diet, along with physical activity, alcohol and tobacco consumption is one of the leading modifiable risk factors for NCDs.
(2) Food Aid Programme to the Most Deprived Persons Scheme in the Union (MDP Scheme), set up in 1987 under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), currently provides food aid to 18 million people suffering from food poverty in 23 EU Member States and has distribution chains involving some 240 food banks and charities. Originally, the scheme was to rely on the EU agricultural intervention stocks but in the recent years, the programme became to depend on market purchases as a consequence of the reform of the CAP and depleted surpluses. On 13 April 2011, the European Court of Justice ruled that the programme can only use food from intervention stocks and may not spend EU money to buy food supplies on the open market. As a result, the provision of food aid through such purchases cannot be used as a legal basis for food distribution to EU citizens in need. Following the court ruling, the Commission proposal for 2012 entailed a sudden reduction in funding from 500 million in 2011 to 113 million in 2012. For 2013 – the last year of the scheme funded from the CAP funds – an amount of 500 million was secured. Post-2013 scheme is to see some 2.5 billion to spend over 7 years
(3) In 2008, the Commission revised the MDP Scheme and proposed to include wider variety of products for distribution. Food products would be chosen by Member State authorities in the frame of national food distribution programmes setting out objectives and priorities for food distribution to the most deprived and that would include nutritional concerns.
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In Cub Scout packs, Akela is a symbol of wisdom, authority, and leadership. Akela is anyone who acts as a leader to the Scout. Akela can be a Cubmaster, Den Leader, parent or teacher depending on where the guidance takes place. In den meetings, it is the Den Leader who is Akela. During pack meetings it is the Cubmaster. At home, the parents fill this role.
Baden-Powell chose Kipling's Jungle Book as a source of symbolism and allegorical framework for the youngest members of the Scouting movement. Many references are made to this story in the Cub Scout section, including the "Council Rock" for discussions and planning, and the "Grand Howl" to express a sense of belonging and team spirit.
Cub scout packs use an oath called the "Law of the Pack" to show allegiance and demonstrate their relationship to Akela and the pack:
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The Cub Scout helps the pack go
The pack helps the Cub Scout grow
The Cub Scout gives goodwill
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This gold medallion formed part of a great treasure of Roman medallions, coins and jewellery found at Beaurains, near Arras, in September 1922. The medallion is now in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and is a good example of the quality of medallic art of the period.
It is the equivalent of a gold ten-aureus piece and the solid gold weighs 52.88g. It bears a mint-mark PTR, that of Trier in Germany, and would have been minted as a commemorative piece for special occasions. It would never have been in everyday circulation.
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In this story set in East Texas, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for five orphans who are not only captivated by a storyteller’s tale of vengeance but by the long black box he sets before them. As midnight approaches, the box is opened, a fateful dare is made, and the children as well as Chintana come face to face with the consequences of a malice retold and now foretold.
About the Author
Mark Z. Danielewski was born in New York City and lives in Los Angeles. He is the author of House of Leaves, Only Revolutions and The Whalestoe Letters.
Praise for The Fifty Year Sword…
“The Fifty Year Sword is a clever experiment in voice and structure, a prose poem consisting of cascading waves of dialogue spoken by five different narrators looking back on a single frightening night. . . . The joy of the book comes mostly from the physical act of turning the pages and scanning the layout, but the language deserves mention as well. In fact, some of the diction and words echo Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” or James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, as separate words and phrases collide to make one and bits of words rearrange to form new ones. . . . A rare treat for devoted book lovers.”
—The Boston Globe
“This gorgeous trade edition . . . gives further evidence that Danielewski is one of the most gifted and versatile writers of our time.”
—The Washington Post
“[A] captivating atmospheric journey, one that defies the norm of just reading a book. Danielewski, like his undeniably creepy and possibly ethereal antagonist, isn’t merely a storyteller. He creates experiences, multi-dimensional pieces of art that don’t conform to one genre, and that beg for physical engagement from the audience. The Fifty Year Sword follows in the tradition of Henry James’ ‘The Turn Of The Screw’ and the work of Washington Irving, but in a distinctly postmodern context. It’s a beautifully haunting, resonant multimedia adventure.”
—The A.V. Club
“A seriously experimental confection of modern horror literature. . . . Composed mostly of dialogue, some attributed to various speakers, some not, some near-abstract drawings of needlework constructions, and a lot of white space—all wrapped in the pages of a very classy piece of book production—The Fifty Year Sword might be the oddest book of the year. In certain ways, it might be the most interesting and enjoyable. . . . I imagine people getting together late at night and, as they read the book aloud, conjuring up this East Texas night, in which immediate danger and antique fairy-tale horror come together, joined by the slender threads of this one-of-a-kind narrative genius, a writer a lot closer to Edgar Allan Poe than he is to most of his contemporaries.”
—Alan Cheuse, Dallas Morning News
“Danielewski echoes the oral tradition of ghost stories by employing the voices of five orphans to take turns narrating. . . . The writing itself occasionally hits on a detail disturbing enough to fall like freezing water down the reader’s spine.”
—Time Out New York
“I entered The Fifty Year Sword prepared to be bewildered, but . . . we’re drawn into the narrative. . . . A goth hero’s quest . . . a fairy tale narrated by a Greek chorus. . . . Mark Z. Danielewski might be America’s most successful experimental fiction writer.”
—Daniel Handler, The New York Times Book Review
“A swift, old-style ghost story with crisp, eerie illustrations. The text itself becomes blade cuts. The tale’s momentum and dark tone take over, speeding the story to its surprise end. . . . The Fifty Year Sword is a pleasure to read.”
“This strange novella is a new spin on Poe-esque ghost stories, and is being delivered in its new form full of beautiful (and sometimes beautifully grotesque) stitched illustrations, the colors of Halloween's season, and typography that actively follows what happens within the story. And so The Fifty Year Sword continues with Mark Z. Danielewski’s explorations of the art of visual storytelling, and what's on the line when it comes time to tell (or re-tell) a story.”
“Absorbing, spooky, and playful.”
“A sometimes arid, sometimes entertaining ghost story for grown-ups by pomo laureate Danielewski. . . .
Likely destined to become a cult favorite.”
“This first American edition of Danielewski’s novella, published in a different form in the Netherlands in 2005, has the theatrical quality of a children’s ghost story, complete with stitched-art illustrations (designed by the author), sweeping themes, and fairy-tale tropes . . . This would be well-suited to an oral reading and may be best thought of as an objet d’art that chillingly holds us accountable for our worst thoughts.”
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Renewal Processes with uniform and exponential distributions
Suppose the lifetime of a component Ti in hours is uniformly distributed on [100, 200]. Components are replaced as soon as one fails and assume that this process has been going on long enough to reach equilibrium.
(a) What is the probability that the current component has been in operation for at least 50 hours?
(b) What is the probability that the current component will last for at least 50 hours more?
(c) What is the probability that the total lifetime of the current component will be at least 150 hours?
(d) Suppose that it is known that the current component has been in operation for exactly 90 hours. What is the probability that it will last at least 50 more hours?
Is this as simple as .75 for a), .75 for b), .50 for c), and .60 for d)?
Also, how would you do this for an exponential distribution with mean of 150?
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The only thing more durable than these Junkers Ju 52s are the mountains over which they now fly sightseers.
- By Linda Shiner
- Air & Space magazine, May 2004
REMEMBER THE SCRAMBLE AT THE END OF 1999 to find a New Year’s celebration of millennial significance? With very little expense, a Swiss friend of mine outdid all the extravaganzas staged from Times Square to the Great Pyramids at Giza. She—and 67 fellow citizens—watched Zurich’s midnight fireworks from the air, as passengers aboard one of the passing century’s most significant airplanes, the Junkers Ju 52/3m. Four of the 17-passenger, 1930s-vintage airliners flew over Zurich that night (the only aircraft to do so), thanks to an operation launched 15 years earlier by Kurt Waldmeier, the director of the Swiss air force museum in Dübendorf, who believes life is not worth living unless you accomplish the extraordinary.
In 1981, Waldmeier was presented with an extraordinary opportunity: The Swiss air force retired its three Ju 52s, which for 42 years had hauled equipment, supplies, and Swiss paratroopers-in-training, but in the process had accumulated very few hours; one of them, less than 2,500. “It was like new,” says Waldmeier, “and [we] thought we should keep it in the air.”
The BMW 132 Hornet engines (so called because they were built under license from Pratt & Whitney) were “unserviceable,” according to Waldmeier, and the military hadn’t wanted to pay for an overhaul. The air force museum couldn’t afford it either, so Waldmeier announced on Swiss national radio in September 1982 that a Junkers Ju 52 could once again fly passengers if the museum raised enough money to restore it. He gave a call-in telephone number. In a single day, radio listeners pledged 600,000 Swiss francs (about $450,000). BMW threw in another 500,000. The phone number has since become the reservation line for JU-AIR, a little museum-run airline offering sightseeing flights over the Alps as well as charters. Fundraising and ticket sales were so successful that the museum was able to restore all three aircraft; a fourth—license-built in 1949 by the Spanish manufacturer Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A. (CASA)—was donated in 1991 by the Dübendorf airport. In 2002, on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, JU-AIR flew 12,000 passengers.
Why such an outpouring of enthusiasm for an old Junkers built by Switzerland’s big and not always friendly neighbor to the north? Not because of its beauty; look at that snout. Its German crews called it “Tante Ju” partly because its sturdy construction and squat, stocky fuselage suggest an unlovely Teutonic maiden aunt. The nickname, however, also conveyed fondness. According to historians, crews loved the 52 because it was a simple, straightforward aircraft they could count on.
The aircraft was to Europe what the more modern Douglas DC-3 was to the United States in the 1930s and ’40s: Anyone who flew commercially in Europe before World War II probably did so on the Junkers. The children of those travelers, having heard their stories of first airplane flights, are the ones lining up for JU-AIR. Almost 5,000 of the transports were built, and they flew in 30 countries. The 52 carried troops in World War II and was vital in supplying them, a role so well remembered by the Russian government that it refused JU-AIR’s request for overflight during an around-the-world attempt in 2000.
One Saturday I toured the JU-AIR maintenance hangar at the Air Force Flight Center in Dübendorf, which is as clean as an operating room. Chief technician Hanspeter Sennhauser showed me through one of the airplanes while he waited for another to return from its sightseeing tour. Sennhauser, who previously had done maintenance with SwissAir, working mainly on Douglas DC-6s to -10s, said that every engine in the JU-AIR fleet is checked after 105 hours of flight and pulled off for inspection after 1,500 hours. “Some people think Oh, these are very old aircraft. They could fall down from the sky,” he said. “But nothing breaks on these old aircraft. The paint will fade first.” Judging from the way the airplanes gleamed, in bright blue and polished aluminum, I very much doubt that the chief technician will let the paint fade either.
Sennhauser and a small crew performed extensive work on the engines—the JU-AIR maintenance shop is now licensed by the Swiss aviation authority to overhaul the BMW 132—including plating the cylinders with channeled chromium that holds oil in the channels, resists corrosion, and adds hundreds of hours to the engine life. The team also replaced fuel tanks, updated cockpit instruments, and refurbished the cabins, using seats donated by SwissAir, in one case from the first DC-9 Douglas manufactured.
The cabins are small but inviting. With a row of seats on either side of the aisle and large rectangular windows, they have the atmosphere, if not the arrangement, of European train compartments. Ear protectors hang at each seat to dim the noise of the BMWs and allow passengers to enjoy the mountain views in relative peace.
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Saint-Amour, Paul K. The Copywrights: Intellectual Property and the Literary Imagination. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 2003.
Paul Saint-Amour's study is primarily concerned with British copyright discourse from the late Victorian period through the beginning of modernism. His eponymous pun seeks to capture the extralegal dimension of copyright law - namely, the interests and prejudices of those who set and implement the law, for instance, in favor of certain forms of creativity at the expense of others. The goal of the book is to argue that literature began thinking about copyright when terms began extending in the nineteenth century, and that for the sake of future literature, copyright protection must be significantly "thinned." Originality, Saint-Amour argues, is "only ever meaningfully a dialogical cultural phenomenon - a complexly intersubjective, intertextual product of social processes of consensus, contestation, distortion, and occlusion." The chapter pertinent to my study involves what Saint-Amour calls the "hauntology" of copyright, the process by which an author "lives" beyond death in the form of a continued monopoly over her works, even though she herself no longer exists to control the privacy of that intellectual property.
The 1998 Sunny Bono Copyright Act led a veiled assault on the public domain in the name of the artists' memory, effectively turning intellectual property into "a memento mori." This skews the public perception so that the public views copyright as the province of artists rather than as the province of copyright holders. Since Wordsworth believed that poets create the taste by which they are to be enjoyed, he expected that the greatest remuneration for his poetry would come posthumously. As a result, he thought that copyright should be perpetual, so that an artist's heirs can enjoy the benefits that ought to have occurred to the artist in her lifetime. Wordsworth grew more conservative with age, but what about Moore, and the avant-garde more generally? Given that an avant-garde presents itself as a force for change in society, are its views on intellectual property necessarily in favor of an expanded public domain? Unlike some of the other modernists, Moore made a living off of her writing, so these are questions that touch on her use of quotation and her attitude to copyright more generally.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PN212 .C47 1990
In the chapter A New Kind of Film Adaptation, Chatman counters the critique often aimed at film adaptations based on literature: that film adaptations take away from the audience's use of imagination by displaying everything on screen. Noted scholar Wolfgang Iser is quoted by Chatman saying that, "The point here is that the reader is able to visualize the hero virtually for himself. The moment these possibilities are narrowed down to one complete and immutable picture, the imagination is put out of action." Chatman argues that the imagination is not excluded by the visual medium of film and much can be left for the audience to imagine. In particular, dialogue and narration do not always present what the characters are thinking or feeling in film. For example, body language and expression often go unexplained by direct conversation or even diegetic context in the film.
Chatman mentions Rashomon as an excellent adaptation that invokes the audience's imagination. Although Kurosawa directly translates the dialogue and storyline from which the film is based onto the screen, the film still leaves it to the audience's imagination to try and resolve incongruities and figure out what actually happened. Each of the stories in Rashomon represents what the characters think and believe, however, imagination is not limited by this straightforward presentation of the characters' perspective. In fact, it turns out that these presentations are not straightforward after all. Although everything is presented to the audience visually, there is room to play with and entice the imagination of the audience.
In many ways, the term he uses, imagination, may be inadequate. What he is referring to is the workings of the human mind in its entirety. Rashomon inspires thoughts that do not fall under the scope of imagination, namely critical-thinking, rationalism and emotion. These thought processes make the audience active participants in the film.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PN603 .F8 1969
Inidividualism as a creed, its effects on form and the relationship to nature, of the Romantic hero. Role of imagination, its 'esemplastic,' mediating, modifying powers, at work. Relative importance of feeling, its expression, 'overflow,' 'spontaneous.'
worthwhile choronological chart of publications
2nd edition (1979) pp. 119-209 cited by mark evan bonds
Call#: Van Pelt Library Rosengarten Reserve PN1912 .B7 1995
cited by Mary Ann Smart
Call#: Van Pelt Library B105.M4 J64 1987
pp. 139-72 cited by mark evan bonds
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Published 19th April, 2012 by Ambrose McNevin
Data center operational efficiency best practices: Enabling increased new project spending by improving data center efficiency is an IBM study that developed a data center operational efficiency model for assessing the capability levels of today’s data center and describes the ways IT organizations can progress along the path of data center transformation. The report was written by IDC, which also executed the survey and interviews on behalf of IBM.
Today’s data center is changing rapidly. Many enterprises are integrating new technology solutions to modernize and evolve their organizations. Most are pursuing a path to ensure appropriate levels of IT service delivery and cost efficiency and alignment to business goals. For some data centers this means providing state of the art levels of availability, flexibility, and scalability, while for others the goal may be to provide “sufficient” levels of services while keeping new capital
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Voters also rejected the chance to require food companies to label genetically-modified products.
The votes marked rare victories for conservatives on a night that saw Barack Obama handily win re-election and liberal ballot initiatives succeed in other states.
The most populous US state voted against Proposition 34 – which would have replaced the death penalty with life in prison without parole – according to figures on the California Secretary of State's website.
The website said 53.6 per cent had opposed the measure, with 46.4 per cent in favour.
California also rejected Proposition 37 – which would have made it the first US state to require food companies to identify genetically modified (GM) ingredients – by 54 per cent to 46 per cent, the website said.
Other US states backed legalising marijuana for recreational use, allowing gay marriage and rejected a call to ban public funding for abortions, in a swathe of statewide ballots Tuesday.
The generally liberal moves were decided among more than 170 ballot initiatives and referendums held across the country.
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Discover The Wild Side
Explore Georgia's true nature on a Private tour arranged to accommodate your interests and itinerary. WiSE Nature Tours can provide a few hours or a whole day of wildlife discovery from birding to beachcombing and beyond. Visitors to Historic Savannah choose to explore by walking, paddling, or boating and by the wildlife and habitat you want observe. Our expert naturalist guides help you investigate the natural history of coastal Georgia. Enjoy wildlife observation on your choice of excursions to beach, rivers, swamps, marshes, estuary, and maritime forests – all accompanied by friendly and expert naturalist guides.
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We design custom Field Trips for schools, meetings, conventions. Also scheduled Nature Tours are available for you to join. A variable and seasonally appropriate selection of Savannah nature tours are listed on our Schedule Page and available for you to book online. Begun for Savannah's residents so they could learn about their own backyards, these weekend programs are increasingly popular with Savannah visitors as well. Share one of our expert naturalist guides with others as you enjoy the natural habitat, native wildlife, and the economy of a group tour.
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Explore the natural habitats of Coastal Georgia to discover the lush, dynamic worlds and wildlife of Savannah's subtropical shores. Observe beaches, birds, and alligators. Wander lush forets, river swamps, or salt marsh. Experience the natural and cultural elements which have shaped the Golden Isles and undeveloped coast of Georgia.
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Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The B-
William Inge's “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs,” transferred to the screen from his Broadway play, depicts a family torn by problems. Like other plays by Inge, it's set in the 1920s, in a small Oklahoma town. The text's locale and historical time are not stated explicitly, though hinted through a mention of Valentino's silent The Sheik (1921).
Each member of the Floods carries his own baggage of problems. Rubin Flood (Robert Preston), the father, is a harness salesman whose livelihood is threatened by the automobile. His nagging wife Cora (Dorothy McGuire) is sexually unresponsive. But Rubin is a gentleman, stating with pride: “I never cheated on Cora once since I've been married.” Old-fashioned, he also believes that a man should not burden his wife with his problems (even those related to his job). Reenie (Shirley Knight), their shy daughter, is introverted, and Sonny (Robert Eyer), a fearful mother-fixated boy, is unable to protect himself at school.
The catalyst of events is Cora's malicious sister, Lottie (Eve Arden), called from the City for a family conference. Her arrival makes things worse by setting up new problems. Like Cora, Lottie is miserable, suffering from a bad marriage; she provides advice she herself should, but doesn't, follow.
The film lacks subtlety, making every point that was understated in the play too obvious and explicit. And there are additions as well as omissions from the play. The son's sexual awakening, the play's focus, is just one, rather unexplored, element in the film. A new character, the “other woman,” Mavis the widow (Angela Lansbury), who did not exist in the play, is introduced in the film. Most scenes are confrontational, as when Rubin tells his wife: “I'm going to see Mavis, I'm going to drink booze, and I'm going to raise any hell I can think of.” But his attraction to Mavis is also problematic since she will not go to bed with him.
Lottie is prejudiced against Jews and Catholics, but hers and the town's prejudices are only superficially examined. Reenie is in a state of shock when a Jewish boy she befriends commits suicide because of anti-Semitism. And there is, of course, gossip about Rubin's relationship with Mavis.
Like all of Inge's works, the movie is about repression, both sexual and emotional, and the urgency to come to terms with these problems.
The film also deals with the interplay between establishing self worth and gaining social approval. For instance, fearing the dark at the top of the stairs, Sonny, the Mama boy, learns to defend himself and, at the end, chases the school's bullies. Dark at the Top of the Stairs is one of the first movies to deal with male menopause (though not seen as such at the time). Clearly, it's Rubin's last job: With the increasing use of automobiles, there is no demand for harness.
Shirley Knight received her first Supporting Actress nomination for this picture, but the winner was Shirley Jones for “Elmer Gantry.” Knight's second nomination, also in the supporting league, was for “Sweet Bird of Youth,” in 1962.
related article 1: Oscar Actors: Jones, Shirley.
related article 2: Picnic (1955) Turns Fifty.
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Poems featured on The Gladdest Thing
Listen! I will be honest with you.
I do not offer the old smooth prizes, but offer rough new prizes.
These are the days that must happen to you:
You shall not heap up what is called riches,
You shall scatter with lavish hand all that you earn or achieve.
However sweet the laid-up stores,
However convenient the dwellings,
You shall not remain there.
However sheltered the port,
And however calm the waters,
You shall not anchor there.
However welcome the hospitality that welcomes you
You are permitted to receive it but a little while.
Afoot and lighthearted, take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before you,
The long brown path before you, leading wherever
Say only to one another:
Camerado, I give you my hand!
I give you my love, more precious than money,
I give you myself before preaching or law:
Will you give me yourself?
Will you come travel with me?
Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?
— Walt Whitmanend
I am the poet of reality
I say the earth is not an echo
Nor man an apparition;
But that all things seen are real,
The witness and albic dawn of things equally real
I have split the earth and the hard coal and rocks and the solid bed of the sea
And went down to reconnoitre there a long time,
And bring back a report,
And I understand that those are positive and dense every one
And that what they seem to the child they are
[And that the world is not a joke,
Nor any part of it a sham].
– Walt Whitmanend
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Water Monitors - Currently Unavailable
The City of Boulder is not distributing water monitors at this time.
For a fee, the Utility Billing Office can provide you with a water monitor that will allow you to read your own water meter and help you stay within your water budget. You can purchase a water monitor for $75, affix it to your refrigerator with a magnet, and view updated meter readings.
Click on the water meter that you own for tips, reminders, frequently asked questions and more information.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Old Water Monitors
A water monitor is a small box, about the size of a wallet, with a remote receiver that gets information directly from your water meter. It contains a magnet so that you can affix it to your refrigerator for easy meter reading from inside your home. Water customers can use the monitor to track water use for specific time periods and get updated cumulative meter reads.
Water monitors cost $75. This price includes programming the monitor to read your meter and instructions on how to use the monitor. Please note: it could take up to 30 days to receive your meter upgrade and water monitor.
How can I get a water monitor?
Each customer is allowed one extra, complimentary water meter reading every six months. Meter technicians will read your meter and leave a door hanger with the information.
If you would like an additional meter reading within that six-month time frame, you will be charged an extra fee for each additional meter reading you request. To request a meter reading, call Utility Billing at 303-441-3260.
The water monitor has two lettered buttons: "A" and "B." Youcan set these buttons to track water use for any interval that you are interested in tracking.
For example, if you want to track your water use for two weeks, first set the beginning of the interval by pressing and holding the "A" button until the monitor screen displays "dE 10." The monitor will then return to its last reading. Two weeks later, when you are ready to find out how much water you have used since setting the beginning of the interval, press the "A" button again (just once, do not hold it down). The amount of water you used in-between the beginning and end of that interval will show on your display. Pressing the "A" button will not start a new tracking period. To start a different tracking period, press and hold the "A" button until the monitor screen displays "dE 10."
It is recommended that the "A" button be used for longer intervals, and the "B" button be used for shorter intervals, such as the amount of water you use to run the dishwasher or the sprinklers.
The "=" button gives you the total number of gallons used since your water monitor was first installed. This number will grow over time. It will not be zeroed out at the end of each month. If you press and hold down the "=" button, your water monitor tracking number will appear.
• First, check to make sure you are within the range of the meter.
The light on your monitor is a leak detector. If you have a leak (not including a constantly-flowing toilet or a leaky faucet) and water has been leaking consistently for 24 hours, the blinking light will appear until the water stops leaking.
The range is anywhere from 50 to 250 feet. The available range will decrease as the batteries get low.
The monitor holds 9 volt batteries and can be changed by the homeowner. Information is stored within the monitor so no reconfigurations will be necessary.
The water monitor belongs to the service address and is programmed to communication only with that address's water meter. If you move, you must leave the monitor behind with the property like you would a garage door opener.
No. Water monitors are not weather resistant. If left outside, the monitor could fail and it will be up to the homeowner to buy a replacement monitor. Replacement monitors cost $75.
For more information, contact the city's Utility Billing Office at 303-441-3260.
Last Updated on Friday, 03 May 2013 10:19
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The Chron recommends a Yes vote on another Constitutional amendment.
If there were ever a summer to remind us of Texas’ water problems, this was it. During months of drought and earth-cracking heat, our reservoirs dipped, cities restricted water usage and elderly water mains burst, gushing precious water uselessly down storm drains.
All that could be only a small taste of thirsty years to come. According to a recent draft of Texas’ state water plan, without improvements to our current system, by 2060, more than 80 percent of Texas’ population will lack water during a drought. To deal with a population that’s expected to double by then, Texas’ water infrastructure will need $231 billion in upgrades.
Proposition 2 offers a way to help finance at least some of those water, sewer, flood-control and conservation projects.
The bottom line? With Prop 2, Texans could spend more money on infrastructure and less on interest. No state tax dollars would be needed. And the local savings would show up in lower water bills.
The measure is endorsed by unusual allies, ranging from The Environmental Defense Fund to The Texas Association of Business and the Texas Oil and Gas Association.
We endorse it too. Vote for Proposition 2. Texas needs water.
They gave their full list of endorsements so far, saying they “may be making more endorsements between now and Election Day”. Other than the HCC Trustee race in District IX, they got to all of the contested elections before today, so kudos to them for that. I hope that’s a trend that continues in future elections.
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Here’s some laboratory evidence that workplace democracy raises productivity:
We report evidence from a real-effort experiment confirming that worker performance is sensitive to the process used to select the compensation contract. Groups of workers that voted to determine their compensation scheme provided significantly more effort than groups that had no say in how they would be compensated. This effect is robust to controls for the compensation scheme implemented and worker characteristics.
This is especially impressive because it focuses upon only one channel through which democracy raises productivity, and ignores others - for example that workplace democracy increases workers’ monitoring of co-workers, or increases motivation over longer periods than can be measured in laboratory experiments.
One message I take from this is that a government that was serious about wanting to increase the efficiency of the public sector would consider ways of empowering workers.
At this stage, glibertarians ask: if worker democracy is so productive, why is there so little of it? Why don’t efficient worker-owned firms expand and put inefficient capitalist ones out of business?
In one sense, the premise of the question is false. Only about one firm in 1000 separates ownership from control by being listed on the stock market; co-ops and partnerships are much more common. And they are almost ubiquitous in businesses where worker effort is the key to performance, such as law firms.
In another sense, the question ascribes too much efficiency to market forces. These don’t grind as finely as you might think. In his classic survey of firm growth, Alex Coad writes:
While there is ample evidence suggesting that low productivity helps to predict exit…productivity levels are not very helpful in predicting growth rates. Put differently, it appears that selection only operates via elimination of the least productive firms or establishments, while the mechanism of selection via differential growth does not appear to be functioning well. As a result, the mechanism of selection appears to be rather ‘suboptimal’ in the sense that its effectiveness is lower than it could conceivably be.
A second question is: why am I so keen on worker democracy but sceptical about political democracy?
Simple. The best forms of democracy don’t ask; “what do you think?” This just invites speak-your-branes drivel. Instead, it asks: what do you know? Workplace democracy does this.
In this sense, workplace democracy does what Hayek attributed to markets: it mobilizes dispersed, fragmented knowledge (this is a separate virtue from maximizing efficiency). My enthusiasm for worker democracy probably owes less to Marx’s influence than it does to Hayek’s.
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Static functions may be defined within the context of a type, but the static function can be called without having an instance of the type.
Static fields may be defined within the context of a type, but the storage location for that field is not part of memory allocated to each instance of that type. The static field is allocated from a global storage area.
In C# and C++, a static constructor executes initialization code before the first use of the type and is only executed once for the lifetime of the process. This is different from a normal constructor which initializes a new instance of the class and executes for every new instance of the type.
The word "static" means "unchanging" in other contexts but not in this one: the contents of static fields can usually be modified at runtime. In this context it means "standing still", from the compiler/linker term meaning that the storage location (memory address) of a static field is calculated at link time and never changes at runtime, so it appears in the object code as a constant. This is different from an instance field whose address is relative to the start of each object instance's memory block, which will be different for each object instance.
Other usage of the term static might refer to any relatively constant data. For example: in information retrieval, the output of PageRank may be referred to as the static score of a page, which will provide a boost to the dynamic score the page will get from a different algorithm.
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What is the story behind the famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue?
Was it staged? Was it doctored in the darkroom? Does anyone know how Einstein liked the picture?
- R.Y., Elkton, Md.
The photograph is the most popular of all the pictures ever taken of Einstein; it is not a fake. Story goes that in Princeton, N.J., on March 14, 1951 - Einstein's 72nd birthday - he was barraged by photo requests. At the end of the evening, after leaving a celebratory event, he got into the back seat of a car between two friends.
The photographers and journalists kept making requests, but Einstein had had enough and stuck out his tongue. Photographer Arthur Sasse pressed the button on his camera at just the right moment. I read several stories that claim Einstein liked the picture.
He had his friends cropped from the photo so only he could be seen. He had several copies made and sent the prints to friends. By the way, an original signed print of this photo sold for $74,324 at auction in 2009.
My grandfather once told me that you could tell the distance of a thunderstorm by counting the seconds between the lightning flash and the sound of thunder. Is this factual?
- F.T., New Iberia, La.
This is indeed factual.
I took the following from the Federal Emergency Management Agency website: "You can estimate how many miles away a storm is by counting the number of seconds between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder. Divide the number of seconds by five to get the distance in miles. The lightning is seen before the thunder is heard because light travels faster than sound."
Of course, find safe shelter first, before you count the seconds.
• Send your questions to Mr. Know-It-All at AskMrKIA@gmail.com or c/o UFS, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016.
Athens Banner-Herald ©2013. All Rights Reserved.
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Vladimir Putin’s efforts aside, it’s probably fair to say that judo lacks the popular glamour of other martial arts. You won’t find plank chopping, roundhouse kicking or flailing nunchucks here. But it does have one of the largest grassroots participations, with around 950 clubs affiliated to the British Judo Association (the national governing body).
Judo developed in Japan in the late 19th century from ju jitsu. Its name means “gentle way”, although this belies the rough and tumble of a fast-paced sport.
The action takes place inside a 14m x 14m fighting area known as a tatami, with red mats demarcating the border. Bouts between players (judoka) last five minutes, and are initiated by a call of ‘Hajime!’ by the referee.
There are three ways to win by throwing your opponent:
- Flat on the back scores ippon, and wins the match there and then.
- Almost flat on the back scores waza-ari. Two of these equal an ippon, giving you the match.
- Landing on the side scores yuko. No amount of these can equal ippon, but their number will be taken into account at the end of the match, if no one has an ippon.
You can also win with so-called ‘groundwork’, in the following ways.
- Pin your opponent to the mat for 25 seconds. Lesser times can score waza-ari (20 seconds) or yuko (15 seconds).
- Place your opponent in a strangle hold, forcing them to submit.
- Place your opponent in an armlock, forcing them to submit.
A series of penalties can also be issued. Make one transgression (including stepping outside the area) and you get a warning. A second gives your opponent a yuko, a third yields a waza-ari, and a fourth gets you disqualified (the dreaded hansoku make). You can also be immediately disqualified for a dangerous move or serious transgression.
That should be enough info to follow the action, but the complete set of rules can be found on the International Judo Association’s web site.
Fourteen medal events are up for grabs, comprising seven weight categories for men and seven for women. All the rounds take place in the ExCel centre in Docklands between Saturday 28 July and Friday 3 August.
As you might expect, the sport is dominated by central and east Asian countries. In the Beijing Games, Japan and China took seven of the 14 golds between them, with South Korea also faring strongly. Team GB has fielded a number of silver medalists over recent decades, including Neil Adams (1980, 1984), Raymond Stevens (1992), Nicola Fairbrother (1992) and Kate Howey (silver, 2000), but medals have been elusive at the past two Games. This time round, Team GB will field 14 competitors, seven men and seven women, representing all weight categories. The athletes are bullish about gaining at least one medal, and recent success at the British Open European Cup has helped lift the squad from its recent doldrums. Gemma Howell, Euan Burton and Sophie Cox are our most widely tipped competitors.
The Paralympics includes judo events for the visually impaired, the only martial arts at the Games. Competitors fight on textured mats and receive warnings from the referee when they stray close to the edge. Otherwise, the rules are similar to Olympic judo. Ben Quilter and Sam Ingram, who won a Bronze in Beijing, are the main hopefuls for Team GB in London. Events take place at ExCel between 30 August and 1 September.
Want to give it a go? Judo dojos can be found throughout London. This map will help you find the nearest club to you.
We’re bringing you the Londonist lowdown on all Olympic and Paralympic sports in the run up to London 2012.
Image from the London 2012 website.
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URI Health Services provides caring and well-respected health care resources for our diverse student population.
The URI Counseling Center provides services to enhance the personal, academic, emotional, social, and life planning effectiveness of students.
The URI Chaplains Association is a body of religious professionals at the University of Rhode Island, who work together to foster dialogue, understanding and respect among peoples of different faiths and traditions.
The URI Recreation Services is composed of a variety of facilities designed to provide students places to exercise and enjoy recreational activities.
Find information on substance abuse and learn how to prevent it.
The URI Police Department website provides information about all aspects of URI safety and security.
This student operated emergency medical and ambulance service attends to the emergency medical response needs of the University.
The University of Rhode Island seeks to maintain a safe, secure environment which supports the mission of the University and is free from coercion and exploitation. Learn more about violence prevention at URI.
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Clinical trials are key in the advancement of spine care. Patients who qualify may benefit by receiving expert care at leading medical facilities. These same patients are paving the way for new technologies to help future patients, as well.
The identification of genetic markers linked to Scoliosis and Degenerative Disc Disease. By understanding the molecular causes for these conditions, Axial Biotech hopes to be able to develop diagnostic/prognostic tests and potentially improved treatment options. Individuals who will be considered for eligibility include: Men, women, and children who have a diagnosis of Scoliosis or Degenerative Disc Disease.
The coflex medical device is in the new generation of dynamic stabilization implants designed to reduce nerve compression and create spinal stability while working to return the spine to a state that more closely resembles its normal physiology. A clinical research study is currently enrolling patients to determine the safety and effectiveness of the coflex dynamic stabilization implant as compared to pedicle screw fixation and spinal fusion.
The purpose of this study is to determine if the ACADIA™ Facet Replacement System is effective in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the overall success rate of the ACADIA™ Facet Replacement System in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis when compared to a posterior spinal fusion control.
The Crosstrees™ System uses a fabric Pod to control the delivery of bone cement to fractured vertebral bodies. This study is being performed to evaluate the Crosstrees System performance in reducing pain and decreasing the risk of cement leakage associated with vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.
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Fields' Letter setting out his proposals
It is proposed to found two gold medals to be awarded at successive International Mathematical Congress for outstanding achievements in mathematics. Because of the multiplicity of the branches of mathematics and taking into account the fact that the interval between such congresses is four years it is felt that at least two medals should be available. The awards would be open to the whole world and would be made by an International Committee.
The fund for the founding of the medals is constituted by balance left over after financing the Toronto congress held in 1924. This must be held in trust by the Government or by some body authorized by government to hold and invest such funds. It would seem that a dignified method for handling the matter and one which in this changing world should most nearly secure permanency would be for the Canadian Government to take over the fund and appoint as his custodian say the Prime Minister of the Dominion or the Prime Minister in association with the Minister of Finance. The medals would be struck at the Mint in Ottawa and the duty of the custodian would be simply to hand over the medals at the proper time to the accredited International Committee.
As things are at present a practical course of procedure would seem to be for the Executive Committee of a Congress to appoint a small international committee authorized to add to its number and call into consultation other mathematicians as it might deem expedient. The Committee would be expected to decide on the ones to whom the awards should be made thirty months in advance of the following Congress. Its decisions would be communicated to the President and Secretary of the Organizing Committee of the Congress, this Committee having the duty of communicating to the Prime Minister of Canada the names of the recipients in order that the medal might be prepared in time and forwarded to the president of the Organizing Committee. Immediately on the appointment of the Executive Committee of the Congress the medals would be handed over to its President. The presentation of the medals would constitute a special feature at some general meeting of the Congress.
In the above arrangements the role of the Organizing Committee might be taken over by the Executive of the International Mathematical Union at some time in the future when that organization has been generally accepted.
In coming to its decision the hands of the IC should be left as free as possible. It would be understood, however, that in making the awards while it was in recognition of work already done it was at the same time intended to be an encouragement for further achievement on the part of the recipients and a stimulus to renewed effort on the part of others.
In commenting on the work of the medalists it might be well to be conservative in one's statements to avoid invidious comparisons explicit or implied. The Committee might ease matters by saying they have decided to make the awards along certain lines not alone because of the outstanding character of the achievement but also with a view to encouraging further development along these lines. In this connection the Committee might say that they had elected to select subjects in Analysis, in Geometry, in the Theory of Groups, in the Theory of Numbers etc. as the case might be. When the Committee had come to an agreement in this sense the claims for recognition of work done along the special lines in question could be considered in detail by two smaller groups or subcommittees with specialized qualifications who would have authority to take into consultation or add to the subcommittees other mathematicians of specialized knowledge.
With regard to the medals themselves, I might say that they should each contain at least 200 dollars worth of gold and be of a fair size, probably 7.5 centimetres in diameter. Because of the international character the language to be employed it would seem should be Latin or Greek? The design has still to be definitely determined. It will have to be decided on by artists in consultation with mathematicians. The suggestions made in the preceding are tentative and open to consideration on the part of mathematicians.
It is not contemplated to make an award until 1936 at the Congress following that at Zurich during which an international Medal Committee should be named.
The above programme means a new departure in the matter of international scientific cooperation and is likely to be the precursor of moves along like lines in other sciences than mathematics.
One would hear again emphasized the fact that the medals should be of a character as purely international and impersonal as possible. There should not be attached to them in any way the name of any country, institution or person.
Perhaps provision could be made as soon as possible after the appointment of the Executive of the Zurich Congress for the consideration by it of the subject of the medals, and the appointment without undue delay of a Committee and the awards of the medals to be made in connection with the Congress of 1936.
Suggestions with regard to the design of the medals will be welcome.
(signed) J C Fields Research Professor of Mathematics University of Toronto.
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This document profiles five major tourism businesses in Latin America that are working towards sustainability. Four hotels and one tour operator that have participated in the Rainforest Alliance’s sustainable tourism program present their main challenges and achievements, including their relationships with indigenous cultures, participation in community development activities, efforts to conserve biodiversity and their inclusion of local women in tourism initiatives.
An initiative of the Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Agriculture division, Sustainable Landscapes was designed to help farmers and producer groups adopt environmentally and socially responsible farming practices and guide them toward sustainability.
Sustainability in the Office provides readers with practical information on how and why to source Rainforest Alliance and Forest Stewardship Council certified products for their workplace. For more information and to request hard copies of the brochure, please email firstname.lastname@example.org.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday a small number of its computers, including some in its Mac software business unit, were infected with malware, but there was no evidence of customer data being affected and it is continuing its investigation.
The world's largest software company said the security intrusion was "similar" to recent ones reported by Apple Inc and Facebook Inc.
The incident, reported on one of the company's public blogs happened "recently", but Microsoft said it chose not to make any statement publicly while it gathered information about the attack.
"This type of cyberattack is no surprise to Microsoft and other companies that must grapple with determined and persistent adversaries," said Matt Thomlinson, general manager of Trustworthy Computing Security at Microsoft, in the company's blog post.
Over the past week or so, both Apple and Facebook said computers used by employees were attacked after visiting a software developer website infected with malicious software.
The attacks come at a time of broader concern about computer security.
Newspaper websites, including those of The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, have been infiltrated recently. Earlier this month U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order seeking better protection of the country's critical infrastructure from cyber attacks.
(Reporting By Bill Rigby; Editing by Gary Hill and Andrew Hay)
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568 FACTS WORTH KNOWING.
from the respiration of those eating or sleeping in the apartment. Very few realize how important such purification is for the health of the family, or, indeed, understand or realize that there can be any impurity in the rooms; yet in a few hours a pitcher or pail of cold water the colder the more effective will make the air of a room pure, but the water will be entirely unfit for use.
To Fill Cracks in Plaster: Use vinegar instead of water to mix your piaster of Paris. The resultant mass will be like putty, and will not "set" for twenty or thirty minutes; whereas, if you use water the plaster will become hard almost immediately, before you have time to use it. Push it into the cracks and smooth it off nicely with a table knife.
To Take Spots from Wash Goods: Rub them with the yolk of egg before washing.
To Take White Spots from Varnished Furniture: Hold a hot stove lid or plate over them and they will soon disappear.
To Prevent Oil from Becoming Rancid: Drop a few drops of ether into the bottle containing it.
Troublesome Ants: A heavy chalk mark laid a finger's distance from your sugar box and all around (there must be no space not cov- ered) will surely prevent ants from troubling.
To Make Tough Meat Tender: "Lay it a few minutes in a strong vinegar water.
To Remove Discoloration from Bruises: Apply a cloth wrung out in very hot water, and renew frequently until the pain ceases. Or apply raw beefsteak.
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To Remove Finger-Marks: Sweet oil will remove finger-marks from varnished furniture, and kerosene from oiled furniture.
To Remove Paint from Black Silk: Patient rubbing with chlo- roform will remove paint from black silk or any other goods, and will not hurt the most delicate color or fabric.
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Canada Post has officially launched the next generation of its digital mail service, epost, it said today.
epost was originally launched back in the year 2000 and has since become the largest bill consolidation service in Canada with around 7.7m residents registered.
But Canada Post is now transforming it into a full digital mailbox service, which will offer more all-round functionality including the sending and receiving of other important documents securely and digitally.
With the aim of creating a single place – with a single log-in – for consumers to pay all their bills and manage their lifestyles, Canada Post sees epost as a cornerstone for its digital future.
Launching the new platform in the twin cites of Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario, a hotbed of technology innovation, Canada Post said “epost 2.0″ offers better tools for consumers to manage their bills and an upgraded security system in which an authentication process links the user’s digital identity to their physical address.
The latest enhancements will be followed by a series of epost innovations coming in 2013.
Kerry Munro, the Group President of the Digital Delivery Network at Canada Post, said today that the company believed epost could play a “key role” in the country’s digital economy.
“We understand what Canadians want: fast, easy, safe and secure consolidation of their bills, and other essential documents, that they can manage in one place and pay through their online banking,” said Munro.
“Canada Post has been delivering to Canadians’ physical doorstep for more than a century and now we are well positioned to enhance delivery to Canadians’ digital mailbox.”
Loss-making Canada Post said last month that the decline in its physical mail volumes is accelerating as more and more people switch to Internat communications in Canada.
But despite fears of cannibalising the company’s own physical mail volumes further with improvements to the epost service, Canada Post president Deepak Chopra said his firm must respond to demand for digital transactional mail.
Security and trust is an important part of the digital mailbox when compared to existing email services available to Canadians, and Canada Post has been keen to flaunt the authentication of its enhanced epost platform.
The Corporation said today that with privacy and identity issues increasingly contentious online, epost will help government and businesses provide e-service “safely and securely, while protecting Canadians’ personal information.
Through authentication, it will also mean Canadians can share more sensitive information with government and business, it said.
Munro said: “With authentication, epost extends beyond bills and can deliver more sensitive, evidentiary documents that require user and address validation while providing a more secure and efficient e-delivery solution for consumers to communicate with business and government.”
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View alphabetical lists of all artists currently featured on the site.
Select the initial of the artist's name that you are looking for. Scroll down the list until you find the name, and select it for more information about the artist and his or her work.
Artists are organised by their most commonly-used names. This is usually but not always their surname e.g. Leonardo da Vinci is under L, Van Gogh is under V and Raphael is under R.
David Eustace (Scottish, born 1961)
Born in Glasgow, internationally-renowned photographer, David Eustace, did not pick up a camera until he was twenty-eight. Prior to embarking on a photography career, Eustace served with the Royal Navy before spending seven years working as a prison guard at Barlinnie. Whilst working at the notorious prison he joined a local camera club and discovered he had a creative eye. Since teaching himself how to print and process his photographs, Eustace has gone on to photograph an impressive range of sitters and his work has featured in many major magazines.
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Modern Hebrew Sayings
Are you interested in updating your Hebrew conversational skills? Do you want to keep up with the times and learn the latest Hebrew slang? The Hebrew lexicon is constantly growing, but some of the most common Hebrew sayings and popular Hebrew expressions and Hebrew phrases have not yet made their way into the average Hebrew dictionary, let alone into Hebrew-English or English-Hebrew translation dictionaries. But have no fear … help with modern-day Hebrew is here!
Traditional Hebrew Sayings vs. Contemporary Hebrew Sayings
Below are some of the most traditional Hebrew greetings, Hebrew expressions, Hebrew sayings, and Hebrew words that have been around for decades, as well as their modern-day Hebrew counterparts. On your next trip to Israel or the next time you speak with your Israeli friends, surprise everybody with your grasp of the most common Hebrew terms and Hebrew idioms, the most popular Hebrew phrases, and your ability to converse in Hebrew street talk.
Hebrew Sayings: Out with the Old, In with the New
Next time you come to greet someone in Hebrew, replace the traditional Hebrew greetings of Shalom, Shalom Aleichem, Baruch Ha'bah and Ma Shlomcha? (Hello, Peace be upon you, Welcome, and How are you) with the following modern Hebrew phrases:
Ahlan (meaning "hello" in Arabic)
Ma Nishmah? (What's new?)
Ma Koreh? (What's happening?)
Ma HaInyanim? (What's going on?)
Eich Holech? (How's it going?)
Ma HaMatsav? (What's the situation? What's up?)
If you want to reply in kind, replace the standard Hebrew reply of BeSeder (okay) and Tov, todah (fine, thank you) with the following popular Hebrew expressions:
Achlah (Great, Cool)
Sababa (Great, Fantastic)
Al HaKefak (Wonderful, Fantastic, Great)
When someone tells you Todah or Todah Rabba (thank you or thank you very much), impress them with your contemporary Hebrew conversational skills by replacing the common reply of BeVakasha, (you're welcome) or the more formal HaTa'a'nug kulo sheli (the pleasure is all mine) with these popular Hebrew expressions and sayings:
Al Lo Davar (It's nothing; don't mention it)
Ein Be'ad Ma (There isn't for what; for nothing; don't mention it)
BeSimcha (Happily; glad to do it)
More Common Hebrew Sayings
As you expand your Hebrew vocabulary, you might find that these next most common Hebrew expressions come in handy:
- When someone does a good job or is successful at their endeavors, replace the more ancient Hebrew acknowledgement of Yish'ar Ko'ach (congratulations; continued strength) with Kol HaKavod (literally, "all the honor" but used as congratulations, well done!)
- If you've had a good time somewhere and are asked: Eich Ha'yah? (How was it?), respond with one of the most popular words in the modern-day Hebrew language: Keif or Ha'yah Keif (Great, fun, it was fun).
- If you've had an absolute blast or an amazing time, you can reply to Eich Ha'yah with Hebrew slang expressions: Shiga'on (crazy/wild); Magniv (fantastic/a show stealer); Me'toraf (wild; fun).
- On the other hand, when something is lousy, you can tell it like it is with the following Hebrew saying: Al Ha'pa'nim (lousy, messed-up, highly unfavorable).
- To describe something that really disgusts you, use the Hebrew term: Go'al Nefesh (literally, "revulsion of the soul").
- When something is merely chaotic or disorderly, however, or a literal mess (such as your children's bedroom), the proper Hebrew saying is Balagan.
- If you want to make fun of your friend and tell him "You're screwed," say: Achalta Ota (Not to be mistaken with its literal meaning of "you ate it"...).
- To call someone an idiot, you can use the Anglicized Hebrew word Id'yot,, its Hebrew equivalent Metumtam, or you can call them Tipesh (fool), or Tembel (fool, loser, idiot).
- If you hear someone being called a shvitzer, you'll know that it means he has a negative reputation of being a bragger.
- If you want to admire someone, however, the following Hebrew phrases can help you out: Eyn Alecha/Alayich (You're the best; there's no one better than you); Met Alayich / Meta Alecha (Love you; crazy about you; I adore you); Ata HaGadol MiKulam (You're the greatest).
- Want to do something to spite somebody, on purpose, or with intention? Then you will be doing it Davka! (Just to spite; exactly!) – one of the most commonly used words in the Hebrew vocabulary.
- Finally, when you hear a relieved voice saying Sof Sof! you will know that they are using the Hebrew saying that means…. FINALLY!
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BAPTISM - WAY BACK THEN, THEN, AND NOW
THEN. . .
Much of what follows is from the excellent historical work by Edith Gibson in 1961. Additions by the present commentator are in italics.
The Baptist movement was a frontier movement, often preceding rather than following territorial expansion. Near a little town now known as Camp Verde, before a congregation of Indians, cowboys, soldiers, a few ranchers, under a cottonwood tree, James Bristow, on October 9, 1875, preached the first Baptist sermon in Arizona. Since Camp Verde (still there, just off I-19 on the way to Flagstaff ) is located on the banks of the Verde River (which gives the whole area the name of Verde Valley), it is probable that one or more baptisms was held thereafter in the Verde River. Around 1880 churches were organized in various communities, including Phoenix, Prescott, and Tucson. The words of the two baptismal questions, "Do you believe" and "Have you invited", thus began to echo across the territory of Arizona.
About 1900 a small group of Christian people living in the village of Scottsdale organized and conducted a community Sunday school. There were approximately twenty-five of these people, including five Methodists and two Presbyterians. The rest were Baptist. During several of these years, V. A. Vanderhoof, then a Methodist, superintended this school.
As stated before, First Baptist Church of Scottsdale was organized on June 12, 1912 in âthe Little Red Schoolhouse." Rev. Limon Trumbull was selected as the first pastor of FBCS. Pastor Trumbull was crippled and otherwise apparently not in good health, dying early in 1911.
Before Trumbull's death, however, William J. Gordon, a Colporteur missionary who had been transferred from New Mexico to Arizona conducted the first evangelistic meeting for the Scottsdale group. The date of this evangelistic meeting is not known. He was entertained in the Vanderhoof home, and on the last night of the meetings, V. A. Vanderhoof presented himself as a candidate for membership. The following Easter Sunday, which would have been Easter, 1911, the first baptismal services for the new church group were held. Those baptized were Verner A. Vanderhoof, his wife Jane, their daughter May, and a man named Whitney. Very likely, this was the first time the two questions resounded in Scottsdale.
The baptism took place in an irrigation ditch located at the corner of Scottsdale and Indian School Roads, near the present site of the Valley Bank. Incidentally, this place continued to be used for baptismal purposes for many years. The gate could be raised to let in water and closed at the corner, thus regulated to suit the purpose. "A History of First Baptist Church of Scottsdale", Arizona by Edith L. Gibson, 1961.
On the Wednesday morning following this Easter Sunday, Rose Trumbull, the daughter, found Rev. Limon Trumbull dead in his bed.
The irrigation box on the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Indian School continued to be used by the church until sometime in the 1930's. About 1916, in addition to the previous photo of the Fred Mathis 1920 baptism, we are blessed with this photo of Rev. R.P.Pope baptizing Manuel Wellington, a Pima Indian. Without a doubt, the questions "Do you believe Jesus Christ died to take away our sins?", and: "Have you invited Christ into your heart as your personal Savior?", were heard by those standing by as witnesses.
The River Jordan as it leaves the Sea of Galilee.
Neither the date nor year is known, but at some point, probably in the late 1920's, and certainly before 1934, the church determined that "The Old Swimming Hole" would be a better place to hold baptisms. Fed by a county owned well (which we have not be able to locate), this was located on McDowell Road near either Miller Road or Hayden Road. Apparently this location earlier became The Old Swimming Hole because it was known to contain very cool water which would have been a luxury in Arizona in the summer in the 1930's, or actually, any summer since then!
Here, on October 7, 1934, Rev. Fred Mathis asked the two questions at least three times. First was to his daughter Edna, whose mother, May Vanderhoof Mathis, was one of the children in the foreground of the earlier photo of "The Little Red Schoolhouse"
Next, Rev. Mathis asked the questions of Mary Jane Zimmerman, whose mother was a founding member of the church. Mary Jane later married Charles Lewis, and both were long time members of FBCS.
And finally, so far as the photos of that day inform us, the questions were asked of Alvin Brown who was also probably shown at a far younger age as a student of "The Little Red Schoolhouse." He may also have been the Alvin Brown who was a founding member of the church.
During the pastorate of Ed Lester who succeeded Fred Mathis, the south end of the building was extended, a baptistery installed, and a parsonage built at 53 West First Avenue. This was probably in the 1940's. At the time, Scottsdale used a different street numbering system than at the present time, so the parsonage address then is not a present day "53 West First Avenue." Since the installation of the baptistery in the original church, each sanctuary since has an indoor baptistery.
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To help you get the most out of Shakespeare, the narrator offers historical insights and background information, so you can enjoy the jokes, appreciate the references, and get a real sense of Shakespeare's world. This unabridged drama is also presented without commentary.
If school turned you off Shakespeare, find out what you've been missing all these years with this beautifully crafted audio presentation.
From the creators of SmartPass audio education study guides, voted third in a national poll to find the UK's favourite audiobook (2008). Winners of 3 Spoken Word Awards for Best Drama (2004), Best Original Audio and Best Publishing Initiative (2005).
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10 Providers for Teens with Asperger’s – Recommendations from Parents Who Have Been There
Over 700 parents of teenagers with Asperger’s Disorder have registered on MyAutismTeam.com – a site where parents of children on the autism spectrum connect, share recommendations of local providers, and share tips with each other. That’s about 20% of all parents on the site. These parents have spent years building up their “autism teams” – all of the providers needed to help their children develop and thrive. They have endured a lot of “trial and error” to find what therapies (and which providers) work best for their teens. We looked at all the parents of children with Asperger’s Disorder on MyAutismTeam, narrowed it down to those with teens on the spectrum, and read through their stories and teams. Summarized below are five of the more common, and five more unique, types of providers on these parents’ teams.
5 Common Team Members for Teens with Asperger’s
5. Pediatrician – Every child needs one, but finding one with some understanding of autism and sensitivity to the needs of a child on the spectrum is important. Autism was not nearly as recognized 10 years ago (when many of these parents were first seeking answers) as it is now, so some parents have had to “break in” their pediatricians over the years – sticking to their guns and insisting on a referral for a diagnosis when the pediatrician has told them something like, “Speech delays are normal for a boy of his age”. You may not find a pediatrician with formal training in autism, but it’s helpful to find those that regularly see kids on the spectrum. If you need help, there are over 670 pediatricians marked “Autism-Yes” on MyAutismTeam (meaning another parent or our partner, Autism Speaks, has indicated that the pediatrician is experienced working with children on the spectrum.) If you can recommend a fabulous pediatrician, please find them on MyAutismTeam and add them to your team. A word from you can save another parent months of “trial and error.”
4. Psychiatrist / Psychologist – For initial and ongoing evaluations that not only help guide the types of therapies you pursue for your child, but also help in securing necessary services from schools and insurance companies. A psychiatrist has a medical degree and can prescribe medications. A psychologist has a doctoral-level degree in psychology. (Note: Many parents report seeing a Neurologist as well.)
3. Dentists – It’s hard enough to bring a neurotypical child to the dentist every six months, but to a child with Asperger’s and sensory sensitivity, a trip to the dentist can be daunting (even for a teen). That’s probably why so many parents list a dentist as part of their Autism Teams. Finding a dentist that is sensitive to those needs and skilled at working around them is a big deal. Some parents seek out dentists that put their patients under anesthesia to make the process go more smoothly. Check out Autism Speak’s Dental Tool Kit for more tips on making visits to the dentist office less stressful and more productive.
2. Early Intervention Therapists – When asked “What therapies worked best for your child” more parents respond that ABA, occupational, social integration and speech therapy were the most effective in helping their children make progress. They seek these therapies out through their IEPs at school, privately if they can afford them, and through other local resources where they exist. One of the most common challenges parents discuss on the site is helping their teens build social skills and relationships with other kids their age. BethComptonMathie ofMorristown,Tennessee explains, “My son used to have friends but the older he gets, the harder it gets. [He] is focused on video games.” She has tried social classes over the summer and her son now works with a psychologist who visits the school each week from the same summer program. Other parents have reported that occupational therapists have vastly improved their child’s handwriting.
1. Respite Care - Every parent needs a break of some sort. A time to run an errand , do something for themselves, or just recuperate. Many parents list the local chapters of Easter Seals as an invaluable resource for finding respite care and preserving their personal sanity. As one veteran mom responded on lessons she’s learned, “I wish I knew how important it was that I make myself a priority. It’s the little things that I carve out in MY life to self-nurture that give me the strength to live, laugh and love more deeply today and be the best parent I can be.”
5 More Unique Providers You May Not Have Considered
5. Martial Arts Instructors – Martial arts from an understanding instructor can promote focus, discipline, self-confidence, and physical stamina. Numerous parents on MyAutismTeam start their child in martial arts classes at age 5 or 6. In some instances it’s an activity that dads do with their children.
4. Horseback Riding Therapy – Occupational therapy through horseback riding can be a wonderful experience for kids with special needs. CaddysLady of Vancouver Washington lists two such providers on her autism team.
3. Attorneys – Sometimes attorneys specializing in special education law have been helpful for parents struggling to get the appropriate services from their school district or in securing coverage of key therapies from insurance companies. One New Jersey mother of a 20 year old with Asperger’s has an attorney to help secure the things the services that come after the teenage years. “After 2 years of fighting for Transitional Education, and winning in Court, my son has almost completed his first 30 days in a specialized school.”
2. Piano Lessons – Quite a few parents have piano teachers on their autism teams. I think a mother of 5 year-old (not a teenager) with Asperger’s, Sharon Esch ofAlbuquerque,New Mexico, sums it up perfectly. “Music seems to be a great therapy for [my son], giving him an opportunity to work on fine motor skills in a way that doesn’t seem like work. Also, I think he enjoys the immediate response of hearing music when he plays, something he controls himself.”
1. Barbers – Like the dentists, every child needs a barber, and every child on the spectrum needs a barber who “gets it.” For a particularly inspired and touching account of the bond between one teen turned adult on the spectrum and his barber read Laura Shumaker’s brilliant piece, “Mentor, Helper Friend.”
Who’s On Your Team?
You can see all of the parents of children with Asperger’s Disorder on MyAutismTeam and read through their stories and see their teams. You can also post on their walls and ask them questions. If you have fabulous local providers you can recommend to other parents just starting out on this journey, we hope you’ll join MyAutismTeam and share your wisdom!
Posted byEric Peacock, GM of MyAutismTeam
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Many Liberian Women See the Ballot Box as a Step Up
By LYDIA POLGREEN
Published: October 19, 2005
Clutching her voter registration card in one hand and leaning on a second-story balcony railing with the other, Mabel Tobee waited to vote.
It was almost 6 p.m. on Oct. 11, and Ms. Tobee had been waiting since about 5 a.m., when she lined up with about a million others across the country to cast her ballot in Liberia's first election since it emerged two years ago from 14 years of brutal civil war. But her patience did not wane.
''It would be good for a woman to rule this country,'' Ms. Tobee said, tired from standing for so long with no food. ''Men have done nothing for us. They just fool us.''
She said she planned to cast her vote for Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated economist once jailed for seven months by the authoritarian government of Samuel Doe. Ms. Johnson-Sirleaf, 66, hopes to become Africa's first woman to be elected head of state.
Ms. Johnson-Sirleaf, who finished second in the vote for president, will be in a runoff on Nov. 8 against the top vote-getter, George Weah, a former soccer star and hugely popular with the country's impoverished youth.
Women turned out in huge numbers here on election day, from young mothers with babies strapped to their backs to the well-heeled daughters of the tiny Liberian elite.
''I don't know about statistics, but from my view many more women came than men,'' said Kollie Mulrah, presiding officer at a polling station in Monrovia's impoverished Paynesville neighborhood. ''They are very zealous about this election.''
Women were victims and commodities in the long civil war -- some combatants were effectively paid by being given the right to rape, to brutalize women and girls in captured towns and villages. But as the nation emerges from war and joins the growing family of African democracies, women have emerged as a key voting bloc in what may be this nation's first truly free and fair elections.
Women's groups were also a major force in forging the peace accord that led to the departure of Charles Taylor, the warlord who became Liberia's president in 1997 and presided over the civil war that had begun in 1989 and wreaked havoc throughout the region. The head of the election commission, Frances Johnson-Morris, is a former Supreme Court justice, and three other commission members are women.
As democracy takes hold on the continent, African women have taken to the ballot, often registering to vote in numbers equal to men and heading to the polls despite social and economic tasks -- child care, housekeeping and poorly paying work in the informal economy -- that could keep them from the voting booth.
While there is a woman at the top of the ballot, and many women voted, few women in Liberia can be found in positions of political power in between.
''So far, women's role has been using their numbers to get someone else elected,'' said Sidi M. Diawara, director of the Liberia office of the National Democratic Institute, a nonpartisan group that has been helping parties get ready for elections. ''Many women simply don't have the means or the support to mount successful campaigns.''
Indeed, while Ms. Johnson-Sirleaf has made a splash as a presidential candidate, just 14 percent of legislative candidates are women, despite an effort by the National Election Commission to institute a quota of 30 percent.
The barriers can be high. One woman, a would-be candidate, tried to mount a campaign for the House of Representatives for the All Liberian Coalition Party and came to Mr. Diawara for advice, he said. She could not afford the $750 fee and asked the party president for help. The party chairman offered her $500, and said she should find the rest. But with little financial support, she had little choice but to abandon the race. A man took her place.
Leadership of political parties remains the preserve of men. Ashley Barr, director of the local office of the Carter Center, which helps monitor elections, said that at meetings with political parties, the only woman in the room was often the leader of the women's wing of the party. ''More often there were no women there at all,'' Ms. Barr said.
Women have made substantial gains elsewhere on the continent. Rwanda's National Assembly is 45 percent women, the highest percentage of any such body in the world. In South Africa and other nations, quotas have ensured that women are well represented in cabinet posts.
''We have some catching up to do,'' said Marayah Fyneah, chairwoman of the Coalition of Political Party Women in Liberia. ''The main obstacle is tradition. We are raised to believe that politics are for men and that women should remain in the background. We have just begun to realize that we cannot leave our future just to men. We must have our role, too.''
Anxious to fill that role, on election day Hawa Kenneh tied her 1-month-old son, Borkor, to her back with a ragged piece of purple cloth and headed to the polls.
''I want all my children to go to school and learn,'' said Ms. Kenneh, as she stood in line to vote at a camp for internally displaced people in Kakata, northeast of Monrovia. ''I want a better future. Maybe a woman can bring it.''
Photo: Residents waited to vote in Bopolu, Liberia, on Oct. 11, the first election since the country's civil war ended. (Photo by Michael Kamber for The New York Times)
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|Portrait Gallery of Canada
||Ottawa, Ontario (as part of Library and Archives Canada)
Gatineau, Quebec (collection storage)
The former American Embassy building, previously proposed for the collection
The Portrait Gallery of Canada (French: Le Musée du portrait du Canada) is a Canadian art collection specialising in portraiture. It was established on 23 January 2001 by the Government of Canada as a program of Library and Archives Canada.
Since the nineteenth century the Library has gathered an extensive collection of paintings and portraits, almost all of which are in storage in its archives in Gatineau, Quebec.
A plan to permanently house the collection in gallery in Ottawa, Ontario, across the street from the Parliament Buildings, was announced in 2001, and initial plans called for its opening in 2004/2005, but this plan is now defunct. Library and Archives Canada is instead partnering with museums, galleries and other institutions across the country to showcase the collection. The new gallery in Ottawa would have created a public location to display this collection. In the meantime, the Portrait Gallery of Canada is displaying its collection to the public in travelling exhibitions. Its "Portraits in the Streets" series brings portrait reproductions to urban areas of Canadian cities, including Ottawa, Quebec City, and, in 2010, Vancouver.
Renovations and additions were underway until 2006 at the former location of the American Embassy, at 100 Wellington Street. It was intended that this building would house the gallery's collection upon its completion, projected for 2007, however in 2006, the project was put on hold by the Conservative government, who considered locating the museum in Calgary and for it to be partially funded by the energy company EnCana.
In particular, there were discussions with EnCana about including the museum in the company's office tower currently under construction in Calgary. As of June 2007, construction of additional gallery space had not started, and two weeks later, EnCana announced that the gallery wouldn't be moving into their new office tower in Calgary.
A competition for private sector corporations to house the collection attracted bids from Edmonton, Calgary, and Ottawa, but that competition was cancelled in November 2008. The idea of locating a gallery outside of Ottawa resulted in a motion before the Senate that would have made it illegal to move the gallery outside of Ottawa.
External links
Coordinates: 45°25′23″N 75°41′55″W / 45.422921°N 75.698655°W
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9. Mission: Understand Iran—Friday: Let us Pray
Esfahan, Iran’s “second city” with over 3 million people, is a showcase of ancient Persian splendor. One of the finest cities in Islam, and famous for its dazzling blue-tiled domes and romantic bridges, the city is also just plain enjoyable. I’m not surprised that in Iran, this is the number-one honeymoon destination.
Everything in Esfahan seems to radiate from the grand Imam Square, dominated by the Imam Mosque—one of holiest in Iran. Dating from the early 1600s, its towering facade is as striking as the grandest cathedrals of Europe.
We were in Iran for just one Friday, the Muslim “Sabbath.” Fortunately, we were in Esfahan, so we could attend (and film) a prayer service at this colossal house of worship.
Filming in a mosque filled with thousands of worshippers required permission. Explaining our needs to administrators there, it hit me that the Islamic Revolution employs strategies similar to a communist takeover: Both maintain power by installing partisans in key positions. But the ideology Iran is enforcing is not economic (as it was in the USSR), but religious.
President Ahmadinejad has inspired a fashion trend in Iran: simple dark suit, white shirt, no tie, light black beard. Reminiscent of apparatchiks in Soviet times, it seemed to me that all the mosque administrators dressed the part and looked like the president.
To film the service—which was already well underway—we were escorted in front of 5,000 people praying. When we had visited this huge mosque the day before, all I had seen was a lifeless shell with fine tiles for tourists to photograph. An old man had stood in the center of the floor and demonstrated the haunting echoes created by the perfect construction. Old carpets had been rolled up and were strewn about like dusty cars in a haphazard parking lot. Today the carpets were rolled out, cozy, orderly, and lined with worshippers.
I felt self-conscious—a tall, pale American tiptoeing gingerly over the little tablets Shia Muslim men place their heads on when they bend down to pray. Planting our tripod in the corner, we observed.
As my brain wandered (just like it sometimes does at home when listening to a sermon), I felt many of those worshippers were looking at me rather than listening to their cleric speaking. Soldiers were posted throughout the mosque, standing like statues in their desert-colored fatigues. When the congregation stood, I didn’t notice them, but when all bowed, the soldiers remained standing—a reminder of the tension within the Islamic world. I asked Seyed to translate a brightly painted banner above the worshippers. He answered, “Death to Israel.”
Despite this disturbing detail, I closed my eyes and let the smell of socks remind me of mosques I’d visited in other Muslim countries. I pulled out my little Mecca compass, the only souvenir I’ve purchased so far. Sure enough, everyone was facing exactly the right way.
Watching all the worshippers bow and stand, and pray in unison, at first seemed threatening to me. Then I caught the eye of a worshipper having a tough time focusing. He winked. Another man’s cell phone rang. He struggled with it as if thinking, “Dang, I should have turned that thing off.” The mosaics above—Turkish blue and darker Persian blue—added a harmony and calmness to the atmosphere.
I made a point to view the service as if it were my own church, back in Seattle. I was struck by the similarities: the too-long sermon, responsive readings, lots of getting up and getting down, the “passing of the peace” (when everyone greets the people around them), the convivial atmosphere as people line up to shake the hand of the cleric after the service, and the fellowship afterwards as everyone hangs out in the courtyard. On our way out, I shook the hand of the young cleric—he had a short, slight build, a tight white turban, a trim Ahmadinejad-style beard, big teeth, and a playful smile. He reminded me of Rafsanjani, Iran’s moderate former president. In the courtyard, a man hit the branches of a mulberry tree with a pole as kids scrambled for the treasured little berries.
Esfahan TV, which had televised the prayer service, saw us and wanted an interview. It was exciting to be on local TV. They asked why we were here, how I saw Iranian people, and why I thought there was a problem between the US and Iran. (I pointed out the “Death to Israel” banner, for starters.) They fixated on whether our show would actually air...and if we’d spin our report to make Iran look evil.
Leaving the mosque, our crew pondered how easily the footage we’d just shot could be cut and edited to appear either menacing or heartwarming, depending on our agenda. Our mosque shots could be juxtaposed with guerillas leaping over barbed wire and accompanied by jihadist music to be frightening. Instead, we planned to edit it to match our actual experience: showing the guards and “Death to Israel” banner, but focusing on the men with warm faces praying with their sons at their sides, and the children outside scrambling for mulberries.
It occurred to me that the segregation of the sexes—men in the center and women behind a giant hanging carpet at the side—contributes to the negative image many Western Christians have of Islam. Then, playing the old anthropologist’s game of changing my perspective, I considered how the predominantly male-led Christian services that I’m so comfortable with could also be edited to look ominous to those unfamiliar with the rituals. At important Roman Catholic Masses, you’ll see a dozen priests—all male—in robes before a bowing audience. The leader of a billion Catholics is chosen by a secretive, ritual-filled gathering of old men in strange hats and robes with chanting, incense, and the ceremonial drinking of human blood. It could be filled with majesty, or with menace...depending on what you show and how you show it.
We set up to film across the vast square from the mosque. My lines were memorized and I was ready to go. Then, suddenly, the cleric with the beaming smile came toward us with a platter of desserts—the local ice cream specialty, like frozen shredded wheat sprinkled with coconut. I felt like Rafsanjani himself was serving us ice cream. We had a lively conversation, joking about how it might help if his president went to my town for a prayer service, and my president came here.
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Easy to share short audio recordings. Record sounds and then access and share your recordings via their unique URL. Paste into blogs, use with QR codes or share links to give instructions for homework, share talk between home and school, make stories or communication cards. A fantastic resource for all those who learn best by listening.
Dropbox is an online filing cabinet where documents can be stored, and then accessed on computers which have the app installed. This threatens to make USB drives redundant. A free 2Mb account is available.
This lesson explores the concept of homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings such as "their" and "there". As these words are phonetically identical, selecting the correct spelling within the context of a sentence can be challenging. This series of interactive activities will ensure that pupils are familiar with a range of these tricky words.
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With Hurricane Sandy expected to bring extreme weather to Long Island early Tuesday morning, local officials are preparing for the storm.
North Hempstead’s Highway Department spent Friday morning “prepping equipment—trucks, chain saws, sweepers, pay loaders, and pumps—and coordinating standby crews in the event the storm hits,” a North Hempstead spokesman said.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are predicting that the storm will bring heavy rain, flooding, high winds, tornadoes, coastal surges, downed trees and widespread power outages.
“We are monitoring meteorological reports on Hurricane Sandy and working with both our county, state and local villages to make sure we can respond promptly to any incident that may arise due to the storm,” said Supervisor Jon Kaiman.
“In the event of an emergency during the storm, I urge residents to contact 911,” he added. “For all post-storm related matters, such as fallen trees, branches or power outages, residents can contact the North Hempstead Call Center by dialing 311.”
The Long Island Rail Road says it has begun storm preparations to ensure safe travel across the region. Check local media for the latest reports, and sign up for email or text message alerts at www.mta.info.
In additin, NICE bus will be monitoring the severe weather forecast for Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, especially for the potential of roadway flooding. Weather and road conditions may cause delays and service interruptions. Service on routes that include areas susceptible to flooding, and which could become impassable, may be impacted. Visit www.nicebus.com for the most updated route information.
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Dr. Ali Shariati
By this I am referring to the special human belief, based upon the expediencies of one's school in regard to human society and one's attitude towards it. The sociology of a school of thought first defines what it recognizes as the reality of society and secondly, how it has come to know it from the intellectual and ideological point of view. This is because the social view in a school of thought holds commitment to society as a doctrine for its ideology. It is not just a question of analysis of society without an aim or constraints.
In a school of thought, the sociology is in harmony with the inclinations, ideals and special views of that school. Based upon this, it judges, criticizes and evaluates. It is oriented and has commitment like the views of Durkheim and Gurwitsch as opposed to the sociologies most often offered at universities where the aim is only to analyze and come to know relationships and phenomena, to study exactly what exists as it is and as one sees it, to simply study effects, as it were, without any attention being given to causes.
The sociology of the 19th century was mainly an ideological one or as Europeans say: a committed social view. Today, on the other hand, along with the general attitude in other sciences, the emphasis is on distancing science from ideology and even removing any sense of commitment, holding back from any determination of good or bad. In regard to value judgments, it is deemed that the sociology should only judge the realities instead of turning to good or evil, offering solutions and guidance and accepting responsibility or social, ethical or even human commitment. In general, it refuses to accept an idea or adopt a determined direction or goal in either theory or practice. Instead of evaluation and guidance, it turns to fact-finding and analyses.
It has also announced the thesis: Having commitment, an ideology or a goal will harm science and will limit it to the frame-work of determined or particular ideologies, to particular beliefs. It will automatically take the issue in hand. It will direct it towards the goal in which it has faith. As a result, science, instead of objectively searching for the truth, whatever it may be, will be obliged to seek pre-determined results which serve and confirm the belief system.
This is because, in this view, a 'committed researcher' (someone committed to religion or atheism, spirituality or materiality, socialism or capitalism, freedom or dictatorship, etc.) can naturally not be free. One cannot be a researcher who has unlimited or unbounded opinions so that nothing will influence one's research and taint any result one may attain.
For instance, a committed sociologist cannot be an objective and free scholar of history. Why? Because in the study of history, one just looks for class struggle. Whenever one finds it, it confirms one's view and whenever one does not find it, he/she justifies it.
Wherever one finds something that opposes this view, one ignores it. Sometimes one does not even see it and cannot see it because one is wearing glasses colored with one's particular ideological views.
The same is true, in this view, of a religious physicist who continuously searches for God in one's scientific research. In contrast to this person, a materialistic physicist sees everywhere to be empty of God. Thus, only that researcher can objectively understand the physical world as it really is who is free of both of these bonds.
We see how firm these arguments are and, from one point of view, they are sound in the sense that we saw in the Middle Ages, because of religious commitment, science and research were obliged to only prove those truths which had previously been suggested by the religious scholars. They attained results which Christianity had predetermined.
In the 19th century, the sciences, in particular, the social sciences like history and sociology, so strongly opposed the scientist having a belief system and predetermined ideas fixed by various parties involving the laws of ideological class or anti-class, racism or nationalism to the extent that a kind of neo-scholasticism appeared. Science, which had been freed from serving religion in the Middle Ages, in the new century, was now employed by a school of thought.
The necessity for releasing science from the narrow constraints of ideologies, its commitment to proving a party's position and justifying the racial, national, class, political and economic desires of the ideologists and philosophers created a most suitable situation so that because of one skillful error, those who supported this view were able to separate science from its mission and essential responsibility to serve humanity and to bring consciousness and guidance to the people.
In their study of realities in the search for truth, they isolated and separated science from the people with arguments like 'objective truth', 'free research', 'pure science', 'the non-commitment of the scientist', 'avoiding prejudgments', 'pre-fabricated ideas', which were all attractive and logical. This was particularly true with the social sciences such as history, sociology and literature which, more than other fields, could being consciousness to the intellectuals and guidance to the masses throughout the whole world.
What happened was that, using these arguments, modern science could no longer propose solutions, make judgment values, determine directions, explain aims, prove or deny ideas, give methods for procedure, show the way, criticize existing realities, suggest proposals for improvement or foresee suitable situations. It basically studied and analyzed problems, made unknown scientific matters clear and, discovered logical causes and effects in phenomena. There was no longer the mission of prophetic-like guidance.
Science has been separated from the fabric of society. It has lost touch with people's thoughts. Not being able to criticize the present situation, it could no longer help solve life's problems. It could no longer guide society in the direction it should, making the essential elements clear, causing public ignorance to decline and helping human beings realize the causes of their past and present miseries. It no longer concerned itself with the fate of society and its ability to control its own destiny and achieve its ideals.
Just like the pious and devoted people who are isolated by their piety, thereby making them easy prey for plunderers, impious and deceiving people, proponents of 'objectivity', in the name of 'objectivity', separated science from its commitment and responsibility to bring consciousness, illumination, guidance and help to human beings so that science could better achieve their goals and targets.
Sociology and history developed from this. Neither do objective historians nor mission-less sociologists describe what has passed or is passing for human beings nor what they must do nor in what lies their salvation. They were negligent of the fact that when they put aside their commitment to humanity and they became unrestricted by and indifferent to an aim or goal, they were then used as tools by those who play with history and the powerful elements of society in order to help them reach their aims!
By separating science from its service to people and its responsibility to bring perfection, consciousness and salvation to society, it automatically was used to serve the enemies of the people. It became a tool to further the decline, ignorance, intellectual and social servitude of the human being. As we see today, the natural sciences have been released from their commitment to search out the truth of the universe or to prove or deny the existence of God, but for all practical purposes, it has become the slave of capitalism.
Sociology is no longer disturbed by faith as it was in the Middle Ages nor by an ideology as it has been in recent centuries. It has become a science which proposes research and teaching behind closed doors. It is used to saturate the egos of the professors, to amuse the students or to show secret, imperialist oriented institutions how to humiliate, deviate and plunder the Western masses and/or deprived Eastern nations. It serves capitalist or anti-popular organizations by developing ways and means whereby they can dilute, pollute and essentially destroy the human spirit, resulting in man's stagnation and deterioration.
I accept the argument that prejudgment and ideological dogmatism hurts scientific research and that the scientist who already believes that he knows what the truth is cannot be a good scientist because research means exploring, analyzing, explaining and measuring the problems in order to find the truth. The physiologist who previous to making any study believes that the 'soul' exists or does not exist, certainly cannot find the real truth. A believing capitalist or communist when he begins to study history in order to find the truth and understand the intellectual movement of history, will finally discover those very truths that he already believed in.
The Tradition which clearly states; "Anyone who interprets the Quran with his own 'opinion' will be burnt in a fire," explains the said scientific principle.
'Opinion' here is the same as pre-judgment. It is a pre-judgment which either consciously or unconsciously makes the scientist change the meaning of the Quran so that it agrees with his own pre-determined opinion, instead of interpreting its meaning. It is for this reason that we see when Sunnis, Shi'ites, Sufis, philosophers, etc. study the Quran, they achieve the same results as they had before they began . The Quran has become a means for proving their ideas not that they obtain their ideas from it.
It is both amusing and tragic that someone interpreted the word 'opinion' in the Tradition as 'intellect', concluding that no one has the right to interpret the Quran with his own intellect! as if there were something other than the intellect by which means one understand something!
They have purposefully done this so that people will not understand the Quran. The same was true in the Middle Ages where the reading and understanding of the Bible and the Pentateuch belonged exclusively to the priests and clergymen. They prevented the translation, interpretation and distribution so that people would not be able to refer to them. In this way, the books of salvation remained in the possession of the official religious clergy.
This same thing has been done with the Quran. By preventing people from studying the Quran and thinking about it, religious scholars made it into a book so that only its form remained for the people. Its spirit, purpose and aim remain unknown. They turned it into phrases and verses of secret words without their meaning being understood. As has been pointed out and as the Quran warned, they interpreted the Quran with their own pre-conceived ideas and not with their minds or the use of logic.
Thus, there are two basic theories. The first science at, the service of a belief system makes science the means for justifying pre-conceived notions. The second science free of any belief system and for the sake of science alone makes science ineffective and valueless. In the name of objectivity, it lacks purpose. As a result, the scientist no longer serves the people and society and for all practical purposes, science is either rendered sterile or is made use of to serve the powerful, wealthy and/or deceivers.
I propose a third way: Scientists, prior to undertaking any research, must be free of any particular beliefs and after achieving results, be bound by them.
Before undertaking any study, scientists must not be committed to the extent that through the studies they are about to under-take, they will, of necessity, prove their own pre-conceived notions. Rather, the results of the research itself, not researchers, should show the truth to them and then this proven truth become a belief for researchers. After realizing the truth, they should be committed to it and realize their responsibility to it as well as their responsibility towards people and their times for their own scientific consciousness. That it, the belief or idea which their research proved to them.
This way, then, neither enslaves science nor confirms pre-conceived ideas. It does not prevent science from performing its function of guidance and showing the way of salvation to the people. It does not remove it from seeing to the needs of the human being, service to human society, criticizing, offering solutions and showing truth and falsehood. It does not isolate science in the university nor is it to be used exclusively by the powerful opportunists or those who wish to deceive.
Sociologists, historians or anthropologists should not allow their knowledge to be used to justify and confirm their pre-conceived and unscientific notions. They should not allow those who believe to use science as a means to their goals. Neither should they stop with this knowledge, that is, be satisfied with a logical and scientific analysis and explanation of the causes of history, society and present day human beings.
Rather, after discovering the truth, after an objective and unprejudiced search, they should present both the negative and positive causes and effects. They should guide the people in a prophetic-like way. They should recall the causes for the back-wardness and degeneration of society or class or human kind, in general
attained through objective research and then show the way to progress
and salvation. They should endeavor upon this way and become committed
to it, neither 'science for ideology' nor 'science for science's sake'.
Rather: A guiding science committed to truth. Commitment to a belief
before research harms science and deceives people but commitment to a
belief after research is the prophetic-like mission of the scientist.
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Annual Fees for Credit Cards0December 11th, 2008Credit Cards
An annual fee is a fee which a borrower must pay to a lender for the privilege of continuing the borrowing arrangement. The amount of the annual fee is often declared as an absolute amount at the beginning of the loan agreement. Sometimes, rather than an absolute amount, it may be declared as a percentage of the total amount of the original loan capital. Many financial institutions which charge an annual fee on their loans agree to waive that fee during the first year only.
Annual fees are fairly uncommon in the realm of personal loans and are more commonly associated with credit cards. Many credit card providers charge annual fees for the use of the card, every credit card provider charges different fees so its advisable to compare credit cards scheme before you opt in cashback credit card. In some cases, these fees are only payable if the loan has not been extensively used during the annual period. It is often not clearly defined how extensively the credit card has to be used in order to avoid the annual fee.
In relation to loans, it is very common for a borrower to have to pay arrangement fees initially, as the loan is being taken out. It is also quite common for the borrower to have to pay some fees at the end of the loan arrangement, as everything is being wound up. Annual fees are less common but not unknown.Tags: Annual charges for credit card, Annual charges on credit card, Annual fees on credit card, borrow, borrower, compare credit card, credit, credit card, credit card charges, credit card yearly charges, Credit Cards, finance, financial, fine, lender, loan, Loans, personal loan, yearly charges for credit card, yearly charges on credit card
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|Choosing the Litter Box
This article written by Glenda Moore
|Choosing the right
litter box is an important consideration for both you and your cat.
There are many styles, sizes, and features.
Features to Consider
Remember that ideally, you should provide one litter box for each cat in your household. A shallow box is appropriate for kittens (about 3 inches), and a deeper variety for adult cats (about 6 inches). We've found that the deeper the better, for male cats. Note that it's important to clean the boxes thoroughly with soap and water.
Basic flat box – This is the least expensive variety, comes in an assortment of sizes and depths. Simple to clean, and preferred by many cats.
Basic flat box with rim - This is the basic rectangular box, with a "lip" which helps prevent litter from being kicked out.
Covered box - This is our preference, a traditional rectangular shape with a "hood" that covers the box. The opening at one end allows the cat to enter and exit. Some litter boxes have a swinging door - we always remove it, as our cats don't like being totally confined. These boxes offer more privacy for cats (though some skittish cats may feel trapped). Ensure that the box is large enough for your biggest cat to be able to turn around and fully stand erect. This box is recommended if you have male cats who spray. Note that it's important to have some sort of ventilation in the top to help with odor control.
|Self-cleaning box – Several
companies have come out with motion-activated “self-cleaning” litter
boxes. A timed sensor is activated a few minutes after your cat leaves
the box, and a rake scoops the matter into a receptable, which is then
manually emptied every couple of days. You may need to experiment
(a lot) with the scoopable litter that works best for these litter
boxes. Some cats don't like the mechanical action. Be sure
to check into the guarantee.
Sifting boxes – The basic model consists of two rectangular pans and a “sifter tray”. The two boxes stack on each other, with the sifting tray inside the top pan. To clean the box, the two litter boxes are separated and the sifting tray is lifted out which removes the wastes but leaves the litter. The sifter is then put into the empty box and the litter is pour on top. After the waste is dumped, the empty litter box on the bottom of the unit.
You may need to experiment with litter box styles. Before giving up on any litter box, however, realize that it might not be the box itself that is the problem. Try a variety of fillers, and at various depths. And, of course always keep it clean, using soap and water or a very weak (10 to 1) solution of bleach and water. Never use Lysol or Pine-Sol or the like, as it can be harmful to cats. Where you place the litter box is critical. It must be in a quiet area, away from the cat's food and water.
Whatever style litter box you choose, be sure your cat has privacy. If you use a pan-style rather than a covered box, hide it with a privacy screen. You can also "hide the litter box in plain site" - in a vinyl wicker look box, table, etc., but it is imperative that it must be out of traffic.
See related articles titled Choosing the Litter Box Filler and Why Has My Cat Stopped Using the Litterbox?? for information concerning location and other issues.
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We mark the 60th birthday of John Zorn, the all-round musician from New York and classic of musical counterculture. Zorn is one of the rare creative minds who have succeeded in bridging the chasm between various musical genres. For Your Eyes Only is a frenzied and sarcastic collage piece, in which snippets from all kinds of music - be it classical, klezmer, hardcore punk, cartoon or avantgarde - clash against each other at a maniac speed such as particles do in an atom smasher. But Zorn is also a composer of meditation and mystery as Angelus novus reveals.
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On Monday, the anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met with Iyad Allawi, who is vying to become Iraq's next prime minister after his coalition narrowly won parliamentary elections in March.
It might seem like a minor development in the endless political jockeying over forming a stable government in Iraq. But, in fact, this meeting was a victory for Iran and another setback for the United States.
As the Iranian regime suppressed internal dissent over the tainted reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it also worked to maintain its influence over Iraq's Shiite factions. By surviving an internal challenge, the so-called Green Revolution, the Iranian regime has become stronger and more emboldened to engage in adventurism abroad.
Sadr, who is most popular among young, impoverished Shiites, has helped Iran extend its influence over Iraq. He is positioning himself as the kingmaker who may well determine the political fates of Allawi and the current prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who is fighting to keep his job. Sadr's meeting with Allawi took place in Damascus and was arranged by Syrian President Bashar Assad, another ally of Iran.
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