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The public holidays always bring with them their share of tragedies as people do whatever they have to for fun. In this case, a Polish tourist appears to have been having a photo taken by friends. A witness reported that he was on, or very near to the cliff edge and holding on to a tuft of grass for support as the photo was being taken. The grass was uprooted by the tourist's weight and he fell 300 feet (90m) to his death. The time given is approximately the time that the emergency services were called. The man was already dead when the call was placed as is shown in the chart. The chart speaks clearly enough, but readers might also like to note the similarities with previous charts of cliff falls on this web log. You can see the Ascendant and the Moon in late degrees as well as Venus, to whom the Moon applies. The Sun rules the Ascendant and is exalted, high up, but not this time because he would be rescued by the Coastguard. The general significator, the Moon, is in its fall and in the 4th house of ground level afflicting the rising degree. The late degrees again describing a position 'between', in this case, between land and sea, between life and death.

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The Economist's View quoted Bloomberg's John Berry that China's Booming Economy Will Never Surpass U.S.. There are a lot of assumption going into how fast the GDP growth in both countries in the next 30-40 years, and other factors such as population and exchange rate. What I am going to do is look at the historical benchmarking. I feel this is a more accurate measure, as it models the narrowing of gap and increasing difficulty of playing catch up. Below is the chart of OECD nations GDP/cap from 1960 to 2003 (source: demographia), measured in real 2003 PPP converted US$ (PPP so that exchange rate aberration is sort of removed, real so that nominal inflation is adjusted). China's GDP/cap (in PPP) is about 16% of USA today ($6400 vs $40000), similar to the relative ratio of Korea/US in 1970. It took Korea about 15 years to reach 1/4, and 20 years to reach 1/3 of US level. It is likely to take China the same or longer time given its huge size. Therefore, total GDP of China (in PPP) could be comparable to that of US in 15-20 years, in an optimistic scenario. (There was 9 years of 9-11% growth for Korea from 1960-1990, average CAGR was between 7-8%) If we assume another big "if", that China will follow Japan's path afterward, i.e. after 15-20 years, China will be at where Japan was at in 1960 relative to US, there will be another 30 years when China joins the developed country pack (70% of US). So the optimistic scenario is that it will around 2055-2065 then. Once China joins the developed country pack, it could follow the path of any of these 14 countries. Whichever path it takes, it will at best reach around 80% of US' GDP/cap. However, no one large/medium country (except small banking havean such as Luxemberg or BVI) has surpassed US at any point of time (*) since 1950 in terms of GDP/cap, and the runners-up are resource rich countries Norway and Canada. It is likely that China will then remain at around 75%-80% of the US level of GDP/cap, like what Japan has been at for the past 20 years. This is assuming the PPP conversion for Korea/Japan historically and for China today are correct. Alternatively, similar adjustment in exchange rate to converge the PPP gap is assumed during the next 30-50 years. This is also assuming no major political or economic disruption in the world (not just China, as world recession or war means disruption to China's trading) from now till around 2060. That is why "peaceful development" is the correct, and the only sensible strategy for China. This is also why China cares about a peaceful world environment, and why it has taken great pain in settling border disputes with its neighbors, and is willing to give up its 1.5M sq km claim in dispute with Russian and 90k sq km with India. Update: (via New Economist) EIU has this forecast, showing China overtake US in PPP terms in total GDP by 2026 already (equality around 2020) Note (*) Japan did overtake US in the late 1980s briefly in exchange rate GDP per cap, but that was due to a short-lived exchange rate abberation

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There's a portentous news article on Page 8 of this week's SN. It cites the prediction that in the next five years or so, as much as 15% of all grocery product sold in conventional supermarkets will be natural and organic product. That would represent quite an increase, given that less than a decade ago such product constituted just 1.2% of product sold. Today, it's about 6.4%. Connect the dots, and you'll see a line that's pointing straight up. Predictions such as that were backed by a large-scale consumer study commissioned earlier this year by SN. Results of the study, published in the March 1, 2004, issue, show that 61% of food shoppers say they purchase natural and organic product in supermarkets. The reverse side of that is that nearly 40% of shoppers remain to patronize such product, if they're given a chance. It was with thoughts such as these in mind that SN's editors have been working in recent weeks on the inaugural issue of the new publication you'll find bagged with this week's SN. It's SN Whole Health, which will publish four times a year starting in 2005. Let's take a look at WH, and at the intent behind it, starting with its mission statement: "SN Whole Health is first in supermarket retail for comprehensive business coverage of the categories devoted to health and wellness." (See the WH table of contents on its Page 3.) So that's it in a nutshell. WH is intended to examine the supermarket-business side of product that's variously called natural or organic, or product that has a health and wellness dimension. How that intent is addressed in the current issue of WH, and will be in those to follow, can be seen by taking a look at the type of information it contains. Let's look closer: News pages come first and include articles like increased competition faced by organic farmers, new labels being launched, and the growth of organic pet food. Trends pages come next, with articles about fair trade coffee, health claims for omega-3, and a gluten-free bakery. A consumer focus follows, which offers findings about what directions consumers are going with regard to relevant product. Next is the cover story about the fastest-growing element of the natural and organic category: beef. That feature profiles what's happening at Marsh Supermarkets. Farther back in the publication is another store feature based on King Soopers and its response to vertical natural and organic stores. Following the Marsh feature is a category report about the growth of healthy grab-and-go items, then a feature about supermarket pharmacies. Finally, the publication is rounded off with articles about supply, logistics and technology considerations, together with a products review, a guest column and quite a bit more. SN editors hope you'll find much of value in WH, and look forward to bringing it to you again next year. We welcome your comments about the publication, which can be directed to me or the editor identified on WH's Page 3.

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Mac OS X: How to verify a SHA-1 digest Learn how to verify a SHA-1 digest (also known as a checksum). Important: Verifying the SHA-1 of a software update is optional; it is provided on Apple software updates for those individuals who want to verify the authenticity of an update. Mac OS X 10.0, Mac OS X 10.1, Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6, Product Security Note: For updates delivered by Automatic Software Update, SHA-1 digest verification is performed automatically for you. To verify a manually-downloaded software update from Apple Downloads, which contains a SHA-1 digest, perform the following steps: - 1. Open Terminal (located in /Applications/Utilities). 2. Type the following at the Terminal prompt: openssl sha1 [full path to file] openssl sha1 /Users/myaccount/Documents/1024SecUpd2003-03-03.dmg SHA-1 is essentially a secure checksum for a data file. The SHA-1 checksum is based on a cryptographic standard. For a given file, SHA-1 produces a 160 bit encrypted output known as a "message digest." It is highly improbable that a modified data set would produce the same message digest. If a file is changed during transit, its message digest also changes. SHA-1 and Apple Downloads You can download manually-installable updates from Apple Downloads. Apple uses SHA-1 digests on certain Apple Downloads so you can verify (with a high degree of probability) that the software you downloaded is the same software you intended to download (see Related documents below). When the SHA-1 digest for the file you downloaded matches the digest for the file as displayed on Apple Downloads, you can be sure that the file is authentic. For best security, you can use the secure https download page for a manual update. For example, the Mac OS X v10.6.6 Update Combo's manual download URL is: Change the http to https, then download from:

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Monitor drivers vs. video adapter drivers: How are they different and which do I need? Monitor drivers are specific to the monitor. They are usually text files that tell the operating system what the monitor is and what it is capable of. They are not required for the monitor to function. Video adapter drivers Your video adapter lets your computer communicate with a monitor by sending images, text, graphics, and other information. Better video adapters provide higher-quality images on your screen, but the quality of your monitor plays a large role as well. For example, a monochrome monitor cannot display colors no matter how powerful the video adapter is. A video driver is a file that allows your operating system to work with your video adapter. Each video adapter requires a specific video driver. When you update your video adapter, your operating system will provide a list and let you pick the appropriate video driver for it. If you do not see the video driver for your adapter in the list, contact the manufacturer of your video adapter to get the necessary video driver.

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Alabama v. King & Boozer - 314 U.S. 1 (1941) U.S. Supreme Court Alabama v. King & Boozer, 314 U.S. 1 (1941) Alabama v. King & Boozer Argued October 23, 24, 1941 Decided November 10, 1941 314 U.S. 1 1. No constitutional immunity of the United States from state taxation prevents a State from applying its sales tax to a purchase of building materials by one who buys them for use, and uses them, in performing a "cost-plus" building contract for the Government, although the contract provides that the title to such materials shall vest in the United States upon their delivery, inspection, and acceptance by a Government officer at the building site, and that the contractor shall be reimbursed by the Government for the cost of the materials, including the tax. P. 314 U. S. 8. (1) The fact that the economic burden of the tax is passed on to the United States does not make it a tax upon the United States. Panhandle Oil Co. v. Knox, 277 U. S. 218, and Graves v. Texas Co., 298 U. S. 393, overruled. P. 314 U. S. 9. (2) In this case, the legal incidence of the tax was on the contractor, not on the United States; the contractor, in buying the materials, was not the agent or representative of the Government, and the transaction was not such as to place the Government in the role of purchaser. P. 314 U. S. 9. No question was here raised of the power of Congress to free from state taxation transactions of individuals where the economic burden of the tax is passed on to the United States. P. 314 U. S. 8. 2. Under the Alabama statute here involved (it is conceded and assumed for the purposes of this case), the purchaser of tangible goods, who is subjected to the tax measured by the sales price, is the person who orders and pays for them. when the sale is for cash or who is legally obligated to pay for them if the sale is on credit, and under the contract here involved, the contractors were to purchase in their own name and on their own credit all the materials required, unless the Government should elect to furnish them, and the Government was not bound by their purchase contracts, but was obligated only to reimburse the contractors when the materials purchased should be delivered, inspected, and accepted at the site. P. 314 U. S. 10. 241 Ala. 557, 3 So.2d 572, reversed. Certiorari, post, p. 599, to review a decree of the Supreme Court of Alabama which reversed a decision of a state circuit court sustaining a sales tax. The decision of the circuit court was rendered upon an appeal from the assessment. The United States was permitted to intervene.

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Richards v. Wisconsin - 520 U.S. 385 (1997) OCTOBER TERM, 1996 RICHARDS v. WISCONSIN CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN No. 96-5955. Argued March 24, 1997-Decided April 28, 1997 In Wilson v. Arkansas, 514 U. S. 927, this Court held that the Fourth Amendment incorporates the common-law requirement that police knock on a dwelling's door and announce their identity and purpose before attempting forcible entry, recognized that the flexible reasonableness requirement should not be read to mandate a rigid announcement rule that ignores countervailing law enforcement interests, id., at 934, and left it to the lower courts to determine the circumstances under which an unannounced entry is reasonable. Id., at 936. Officers in Madison, Wisconsin, obtained a warrant to search petitioner Richards' motel room for drugs and related paraphernalia, but the Magistrate refused to give advance authorization for a "no-knock" entry. The officer who knocked on Richards' door was dressed, and identified himself, as a maintenance man. Upon opening the door, Richards also saw a uniformed officer and quickly closed the door. The officers kicked down the door, caught Richards trying to escape, and found cash and cocaine in the bathroom. In denying Richards' motion to suppress the evidence on the ground that the officers did not knock and announce their presence before forcing entry, the trial court found that they could gather from Richards' strange behavior that he might try to destroy evidence or escape and that the drugs' disposable nature further justified their decision not to knock and announce. The State Supreme Court affirmed, concluding that Wilson did not preclude the court's pre-Wilson per se rule that police officers are never required to knock and announce when executing a search warrant in a felony drug investigation because of the special circumstances of today's drug culture. 1. The Fourth Amendment does not permit a blanket exception to the knock-and-announce requirement for felony drug investigations. While the requirement can give way under circumstances presenting a threat of physical violence or where officers believe that evidence would be destroyed if advance notice were given, 514 U. S., at 936, the fact that felony drug investigations may frequently present such circumstances cannot remove from the neutral scrutiny of a reviewing court the reasonableness of the police decision not to knock and announce in a particular case. Creating exceptions to the requirement based on the culture surrounding a general category of criminal behavior presents at least two serious concerns. First, the exception contains considerable overgeneralization that would impermissibly insulate from judicial review cases in which a drug investigation does not pose special risks. Second, creating an exception in one category can, relatively easily, be applied to others. If a per se exception were allowed for each criminal activity category that included a considerable risk of danger to officers or destruction of evidence, the knock-and-announce requirement would be meaningless. The court confronted with the question in each case has a duty to determine whether the facts and circumstances of the particular entry justified dispensing with the requirement. A "noknock" entry is justified when the police have a reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing their presence, under the particular circumstances, would be dangerous or futile, or that it would inhibit the effective investigation of the crime. This standard strikes the appropriate balance between the legitimate law enforcement concerns at issue in the execution of search warrants and the individual privacy interests affected by no-knock entries. Cf. Maryland v. Buie, 494 U. S. 325, 337. Pp.391-395. 2. Because the evidence in this case establishes that the decision not to knock and announce was a reasonable one under the circumstances, the officers' entry into the motel room did not violate the Fourth Amendment. That the Magistrate had originally refused to issue a noknock warrant means only that at the time the warrant was requested there was insufficient evidence for a no-knock entry. However, the officers' decision to enter the room must be evaluated as of the time of entry. Pp. 395-396. 201 Wis. 2d 845, 549 N. W. 2d 218, affirmed. STEVENS, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. David R. Karpe, by appointment of the Court, 519 U. S. 1106, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were John Wesley Hall, Jr., Henry R. Schultz, and Jack E. Schairer. James E. Doyle, Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Stephen W Kleinmaier, Assistant Attorney General. Miguel A. Estrada argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger, Acting Assistant Attorney

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TQO: What advice do you have for new writers? DS: Don’t be afraid of how you actually think, and write how you actually think. If you have a chance to be an interesting writer, then you will try to find a form that releases your best intelligence. Don’t just add more driftwood to this already established pile of wood. You can write another memoir, and of course your memoir will have its own stamp because yours will be set in Omaha instead of Lincoln. You’ll have your own story to tell. But it’s really just one more relatively formulaic work that’s not advancing the art. If you have a chance to produce interesting work, it will be the direct result of your willingness to face the unusual nature of your own intelligence. Find a form that embodies that. Tags: Creative Nonfiction

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Pariṇāma tāpa saṁskāra duḥkaiḥ guṇavṛtti virodhṛāt ca duḥkham eva sarvaḥṁ vivekinaḥ (II.15). The happiness that we pursue should be unmixed, if it is genuine. It should not be contaminated by other features, as that would go to prove that there is some defect in the way in which happiness is being pursued. It will be observed that every passing phase of pleasure or joy in life is accompanied by another character altogether which precedes it, comes with it, and also follows it – namely, a kind of sorrow. An immediate consequence that follows the experience of contacting a pleasure is a feeling of having lost it, because it has not continuously become a part of one’s experience. There is no such thing as a continuous, unbroken experience of happiness, because the happiness was caused by certain efforts and certain conditions. When the efforts cease or the conditions disperse, the effect also must vanish; therefore, there is the consequence of an unhappiness of having lost the happiness that was once there. This peculiar character of unhappiness following a temporary experience of happiness will continue in spite of our pursuing it again and again. Moreover, the repetition of an enjoyment increases the thirst for it due to a memory which is retained on account of that pleasure. Memory of unhappiness becomes an urge, a goad to drive the mind onward once again towards continuing the same process which it followed earlier. The fact that there was no satiation in an earlier experience of a similar character should show that there was some defect in the procedure adopted. Nevertheless, the same procedure is adopted again, and there is no improvement whatsoever in the modus operandi. The result is, once again, a recurring feature: there is unhappiness; there is thirst. The quenching of a thirst does not end the matter – it creates further thirst – so the attempt at quenching the thirst is only a new effort that we are putting forth at creating a new thirst and a greater longing for the experience that passed away. How is it possible that a quenching of a thirst can create more thirst? The attempt is for one thing, and what happens is something else. A desire, when it is fulfilled, should not create a greater desire. If that is the case, the very purpose of the fulfilment of the desire is defeated. What is the intention of our efforts at fulfilling desires? It is so that they do not, once again, come and trouble us. The satisfaction should be there. That is the purpose of the attempt of the mind to gain pleasure of any kind. But, the satisfaction does not come. What comes is a greater desire. How is it possible that the flames of desire get fanned more and more rather than extinguished in a large measure, in spite of hard effort? Whatever be the effort, whatever be the manner adopted, whatever be the kind of object one contacts – we may move earth and heaven – yet, the result is the same. There is a parinama, or a consequence of unhappiness, that follows happiness. This is something very strange. How can unhappiness follow happiness? How is it possible that something contrary to the nature of the cause can follow as the effect? If the cause is happiness, how can the effect be unhappiness? But, the effect is unhappiness. This shows that the cause was not happiness. There was something very mysterious about that experience which appeared as happiness. It was really unhappiness. It was not happiness – otherwise, how could it produce unhappiness? There was a mix-up of values and a confusion of mind, on account of which a peculiar passing phase of tension called unhappiness looked like happiness, for different reasons altogether. In the sutra we are told that the consequence of happiness is unhappiness. Therefore, it should be concluded that the happiness was unhappiness only. There was no happiness. Also, there is an anxiety that follows the experience of pleasure – that having lost it, it should be pursued and attempted once again. There is an anguish in the heart on account of having been dispossessed of the enjoyment, and this anguish will continue for any length of time. The attempt at happiness is repeated. Whatever be the number of times we attempt to contact the mind with objects for pleasure, so many times we will be unhappy. Hence, this anguish of the heart cannot subside. There is anxiety even at the time of the enjoyment of a pleasure. It is very strange that even at the time of enjoying the pleasure, there is an anxiety that it is going to be lost and there is unhappiness. Further, the imagination that it will end in itself becomes an eviscerating factor, even at the current moment. This is the tapa that follows, the agony that is inherent in the very process of enjoyment of the pleasure. Earlier there was anguish because it was not there, and now when it comes, there is anguish that it is going to be lost. And when it is actually lost – well, the heart burns with great sorrow. Thus, in the beginning, in the middle and in the end it is all a kind of tension, though it looks as if a great satisfaction has come. This is the thing for which one is working. A third difficulty is that this experience of pleasure produces an impression in the mind; it creates a groove. A vasana is produced, and these vasanas, these grooves formed in the mind, will remain there latent for all time to come. They are permanent copperplates produced in the mind, and we can manufacture any number of gramophone records so that there is an urge for repetition of these experiences, manifest or unmanifest. If the conditions are favourable, they will manifest immediately. If conditions are not favourable, they will keep quiet, and when conditions become favourable – even after years, even after births – they will again motivate the mind towards that enjoyment. Thus, the samskaras produced by a particular experience of pleasure are going to be sorrows in the future. There is another danger about this: if the samskaras are very strong, if the impressions or grooves formed are very marked, then what will happen is that they may take effect even in future lives. And, when these impressions take effect in a future life and direct the mind towards the very same type of objects with which they are connected, as it happened in an earlier life at the originating time, the desire of the mind might have changed. So, when we come in contact with a particular condition on account of the motivation of these impressions, we do not want that experience any more. Then it comes as a pain, and we wonder why we experience pain. What has happened to us? Why is nature punishing us? Nature is not punishing us; it is only giving what we asked for. But, unfortunately, time has elapsed to such an extent that we have completely forgotten that we wanted those things, and now when those things are given to us, they are not the wanted ones. The needs of the mind change according to the vehicle which it enlivens – the body-mind complex. The body which the mind enters in a new birth is constituted in a fashion which conforms to the type of desires which are going to be fulfilled in that particular life according to the prarabdha karma. So, naturally, it does not mean that the desires of this life will be the same as the desires of the next life. They will be changing in their form and shape. The impressions formed by experiences in this life will produce effects of a similar character at a time when they come as pain rather than as pleasure. Thus, pains and pleasures are both things which we have asked for. They have not been thrust upon us by anybody. When our individual constitution is in harmony with those external conditions, objects, etc. which come in contact with us or with which we come in contact, we call that experience a pleasure. But if that relationship between ourselves and the external circumstances is disharmonious for any reason whatsoever, then that experience becomes unhappiness. Well, this is a very strange thing which the mind at the present moment cannot understand. It is sowing the seeds of its future sorrow now, by pursuing pleasures of sense which it thinks are desirable at present, but later on they will come like pricking thorns. This is the sorrow of samskaras. Also, the gunas of prakriti are the cause of all experience:guṇavṛtti virodhāt ca duḥkham eva sarvaṁ vivekinaḥ (II.15). These gunas are called sattva, rajas and tamas. It is the rajas that is present in the mind which creates desire. The purpose or function of rajas is distraction, externalisation, or driving the mind towards objects; so as long as rajas functions, there must be unhappiness. The reason is that when the mind is urged against its own self and towards the objects of sense, it is in a state of tension. Therefore, there is unhappiness until the moment of the enjoyment of pleasure, which is all caused by rajas. The cessation of this function of rajas at the time of the contact one has with an object is the cause of pleasure. Sattva is the cause of pleasure; rajas is the cause of pain. The temporary manifestation of sattva at the time of the cessation of the activity of rajas, on account of the contact of the senses with objects, is what we call pleasure. But, inasmuch as the gunas of prakriti oppose each other and react upon one another, there is no stability of the three gunas. They always rotate like a wheel that is moving, and we cannot say that we can be in any given particular experience of one quality or property of prakriti. One may predominate at this point in time; at another time, another may be predominant, and according to the predominance of the intensity of the manifestation of a particular property of prakriti, there is a particular corresponding experience. Therefore, on account of the movement of the gunas, it is not possible that we can choose only one quality. On account of the opposition among the gunas, or the rotation of the wheel of the gunas of prakriti, it is not possible to have permanent happiness. For all these reasons, it is all duḥkham eva sarvaṁ vivekinaḥ. This is the meaning of this sutra: pariṇāma tāpa saṁskāra duḥkaiḥ guṇavṛtti virodhāt ca duḥkham eva sarvaḥṁ vivekinaḥ (II.15). Thus, it has been pointed out that the klesas – avidya, asmita, raga, dvesa, abhinivesa – are sources of unending trouble. They are made up of trouble itself. There is nothing else of which they are made; and, unfortunately, everyone and everything is made up of these complexes called the klesas. They have also motivated another peculiar law, which is called the law of karma – all of which is a different way of describing the manner in which desires function and the reactions that are produced by the desires. The one mistake that has been committed in the form of error of perception – namely, affirmation of the individuality, asmita – has caused us so much trouble. These conditions cannot be overcome merely by an action in an ordinary sense. There should be an overall transformation brought about for the purpose of dealing with these vrittis, because any one-sided approach to it will not succeed. If we touch any one aspect of these vrittis, other aspects will revolt. They will support, in affiliation, the particular vritti that has been encountered for the purpose of control. When we attack the vrittis or try to control them, they have to be taken in a group and not individually, because they are connected, one with the other. What we call these kleshas, or vrittis of the mind, are a group. They are intertwined in a bundle, one inside the other; and so when any aspect of it is faced and suppressed with the force of will, the other aspects gain strength – the very same strength which we have withdrawn from the particular aspect which we have suppressed. Thus, it is not wisdom on the part of any seeker to look at only a single side of this issue, or even at a few aspects of this issue. We should take the total issue in one stroke. This means to say that we have to have a proper understanding of the nature of our mind in its comprehensiveness. We should not study ourselves only as we appear to ourselves today. “What am I today? This is not what I am really, because what I look like today is only one phase of my real nature, and what I am is much more than what I appear today. Every day my mood changes, the desires change, the way of the thinking of my mind changes, and so on and so forth, on account of a certain predominance of the vrittis in the mind.” If we take an average, for instance, of the various experiences that we passed through for the last one year, we will have a fair idea of what we are made of. We may take an average of even three years, if we like. What sort of attitudes did we develop continuously, for days and days, for the last three years, for instance? This is a difficult thing to remember, but a cautious student will keep a note of all these things. Many of the things can be remembered; we cannot forget them. What are the moods through which we passed? What are the desires that appeared in our mind? What are the things that attracted our attention? What are those things that repelled us? What are the things that annoyed us? What are the things that distressed us? – and so on. Taking an average of all these conditions through which we passed during the last few years will give a fair idea, though not a complete idea, of the stuff of which we are made. Now, this is an indication of what is to be done. We have suffered from various diseases for the last ten years. What are the kinds of disease that attacked us? We can find out the predominance of these illnesses and the peculiar characters of the diseases to which we are susceptible – the major problems of our life as illness. Likewise, the major or predominant character of the vrittis of the mind can be discovered by a careful analysis of an average taken in this manner. Everyone has desires; everyone has vrittis; everyone has distresses, anguishes, etc., but they vary in tones of expression. The way in which one reacts to the external conditions of life, normally speaking, is the nature of one’s person – and it is this that has to be subdued. This is the essence of yogaḥ cittavṛtti nirodhaḥ (I.2). It is not one vritti that we are subduing; it is the entire tendency of the mind to manifest as vrittis. It may manifest itself as many vrittis, many types of vrittis, but whatever be the types or the ways in which it manifests itself, it has a general character. The general character is the indication of the difficulties that are likely to be faced by us in the future. The past will give an indication of the kind of future that we have to face. Though details may vary, the general features may be the same. We have lived for so many years in this world and we can understand what sort of experiences we had. Similar types of experience are likely to be repeated. This general feature of the mind, the total character of the vrittis, should be taken into consideration at one stroke at the time of the practice of meditation in yoga. This cannot easily be done by a casual look at the mind or a desultory analysis of the ways in which our mind manifests itself. Many a time we forget various aspects of the mind and take into consideration only certain aspects. Also, it is unlikely that we may agree that the vrittis of the mind are all defects of the mind. Many of us will be under the impression that they are certain justifiable moods that the mind manifests for certain benefits. But it is not so. Every vritti is a defect. It cannot be regarded as a benefit in any manner whatsoever because a vritti – whatever be the nature of that vritti – is an urge within to drive us away from ourselves to a condition which is external. What is yoga except the prevention of this tendency of the mind and an attempt of a counteracting nature, enabling it to rest in its own self? The vrittis of the mind, to which reference has been made in the sutra, yogaḥ cittavṛtti nirodhaḥ (I.2), are summed up in the single word ‘citta’. What is to be suppressed or eliminated is not any one vritti, but the citta-stuff. Citta is not merely the conscious mind or the mentation process, but the stuff of the mind. “The modification of the mind-stuff” are the words used. The stuff of the mind is the substance out of which the entire internal organ is constituted – what we call thinking, feeling, willing, memory or remembrance, etc. Various functions are there, including even ego. These functions all put together are the citta, the stuff of the mind. This stuff it is that reveals itself as various functions, though it is true that the stuff itself cannot be discovered and we can know its nature only from the functions that it performs. Nevertheless, we can know something about this stuff by the nature of this function. As I mentioned, we should take an average of the types of functions which the citta has been performing for the last several years, and we can know what stuff it is made of and what is it that is in store, inside it. When the task on hand is taken up, as it was mentioned, we have to strike the iron while it is hot, as they say. The total mind has to rise up to the occasion in a comprehensiveness that would be necessary to deal with the problem, just as when there is a national war, the whole nation girds up its loins. It is not only a few people that start thinking about it; the forces constituting the entire nation get stirred up into a single energy of action for the purpose that is on hand. Likewise, the energy of the total system is to be harnessed for the purpose of encountering this total situation that is called the citta. When we get into trouble, we will find that we get trouble from every side; it will not be only from one side. When people start disliking us, everyone will start disliking us, and not one will like us afterwards. So is the nature of the mind. When it likes a particular thing, the whole of the mind will pounce upon that object which it likes and the entire resources of the mind will be there to back it up in the execution of this deed; and when it dislikes a thing, there will be a wholesale dislike. This is the peculiar way in which the mind works. In yoga we have to note this feature of the mind and act on it in the manner in which it acts in respect of objects. A wholesale view has to be taken. It is the total man that rises to the occasion for the purpose of subduing the total mind. It is not a partial aspect of ours that is functioning in yoga. It is a movement of the whole, towards the whole. So, we have to keep a cautious eye on every direction – externally, as well as internally. The circumstances which may aggravate the desires of the mind should be avoided, though the aggravation has not taken place. It is not that the mind is always thinking of an object of sense, but it is likely that it can fix itself upon an object when conditions become favourable for it. Therefore, knowing that such and such conditions may aggravate a particular desire of the mind in respect of a particular object, it should be wisdom on the part of a seeker not to place oneself under those circumstances which are likely to aggravate the desires of the mind even in the future. This is because even a single desire, when it takes action, will be difficult to control since other desires which are there will also back it up. Wisdom consists in knowing what can happen in the future, though it has not taken place. We should not try to understand a situation only when it has taken place, because then it has gone out of hand. We should try to read the indications of the future by the present conditions, using a process of logical deduction. Therefore, conditions which are likely to stir up the activity of desire should be avoided now itself. Anyone with a little bit of understanding will know what are those conditions, inasmuch as we know what are the predominant desires in our mind. So, avoid the conditions – external first, and internal afterwards. This is called vairagya, really speaking: an avoidance of all those factors and conditions which are likely to stimulate the mind towards enjoyment of sense. And, simultaneously, there should be practice; this is abhyasa, which we mentioned earlier. Together with this withdrawal of the mind from conditions which are likely to aggravate it in respect of fulfilment of desire, there should be practice of meditation on the ideal that has been chosen – namely, salvation of the soul. The practice of yoga is an attempt of the mind to direct itself to the salvation of the soul, ultimately – the moksha, or the ultimate freedom which it is aiming at – so that it is doubly guarded in the practice. On one side, it has wrenched itself away from all those aggravating conditions, and on the other side, it has fortified itself further by an intensified concentration of itself on the great, glorious, magnificent goal which is going to be its destination.

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Research Interests:Development and identification of early life history stages of eastern Pacific and Indo-Pacific fishes. La Jolla Fisheries Resources Division coastal pelagic fish, squid, and groundfish fisheries research, CalCOFI surveys, and anchovy/sardine egg staging activities. Production of planktonic shorefish eggs and larvae from coastal waters. Distributional ecology of early life history stages of coastal fishes and squids. - M.S., Oceanography, University of Hawaii, 1974 - B.S., Oceanography, University of Washington, 1970 - B.S., Zoology, University of Washington, 1970 Curriculum Vitae File

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University Centre recruiting Chairs to lead world-changing research 21 November 2012 The University of Sydney has launched an international recruitment campaign for 10 new chair and professorial positions to spearhead its unique cross disciplinary research into obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These new positions will all be based in the Charles Perkins Centre, named after a visionary Australian and University of Sydney graduate, Dr Charles Perkins, the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander man to graduate from an Australian university in 1966. The generosity of donors to the University of Sydney has made it possible to appoint this record number of chairs. Over the last three years, the Charles Perkins Centre has received a total of $27 million in gifts to develop innovative solutions to the complex issues arising from obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which account for half the deaths in this country. Four of these chairs have been funded by the proceeds of the sale of the 1935 painting by Pablo Picasso, Jeune fille endormie, which fetched $19.8 million last year at Christie's in London. An anonymous donor gave the painting to the University on the understanding these new chair positions will be named in honour of the late Leonard Paul Ullmann who was an award-winning teacher, master clinician, advocate for evidence-based practices in social and behavioural sciences and lover of art. Three Leonard P Ullmann Chairs are being advertised and a fourth is currently under negotiation. Another chair position has been funded by the Australian Diabetes Council and will be named the Australian Diabetes Council Chair in Diabetes. The positions span a wide number of research disciplines, namely: - Leonard P Ullmann Chair in Metabolic Systems Biology - Leonard P Ullmann Chair in Obesity Science - Leonard P Ullmann Chair in Psychology - Janet Dora Hine Chair in Politics, Governance and Ethics - Australian Diabetes Council Chair in Diabetes - Professor of Nursing - Professor of Medicines Use and Health Outcomes - Professor of Health Economics - Professor of Physiotherapy - Professor of Health, Exercise and Physical Activity Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre, Professor Steve Simpson said the centre is searching for outstanding, collaborative and visionary researchers to help drive its mission of easing the burden of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, not just in Australia, but worldwide. "These metabolic diseases are among the leading causes of mortality, disability and reduced quality of life in Australia and are an increasing problem worldwide," he said. "At the Charles Perkins Centre, we are building a new understanding of these metabolic conditions. Our work is linked to research themes which range from nutrition to physical activity, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and the politics, governance and ethics of health. "We are not the first to attempt to solve these problems - by a long way - so why have others not succeeded, and why should we expect to do any better? The vast majority of other initiatives worldwide have focused on obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease as medical conditions, concentrating on their complex biology at the levels of genes, cells and organs. These remain important subjects for research - and there is still a great deal to be learned - but the causes and consequences of these diseases are much more complicated than can be explained by biology alone. "We need to understand how our biology interacts with our environment - how our risks of disease are affected by our psychological makeup, social factors, education, cultural norms, economic pressures, the built environment, agricultural practices, the food industry, information technology, the media, history, and the prevailing political climate. "How, then, can we succeed? The answer is by bringing together the best minds to work across disciplines - not just from the medical sciences, but also from the arts and social sciences, architecture, business studies, education and social work, engineering and information technology, the health professions, and the physical, life and environmental sciences. "More than this, we will engage and work closely with communities, government agencies, the health and education systems, urban planners, legislators and policy makers, charities and non-governmental organisations, agriculture, and the private sector," Professor Simpson said. At the heart of the centre will be a state-of-the-art $385 million building - its Village Green. The new building has been designed to encourage and support collaborations, support "wet", "dry" and clinical research and enable education to adapt and flourish through fostering new ways of thinking and challenging the way the University thinks about the provision of infrastructure and services. "This will be the largest research building in New South Wales and one of the largest in Australia," Professor Simpson said. The new building is scheduled for occupancy in early 2014 and will integrate researchers across the University with Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH). By virtue of its location at the boundary between the University and the RPAH, the new building is well placed to facilitate collaboration between groups from the Faculties of Medicine, Science, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Sciences, Veterinary Science, Agriculture, and groups from Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) including RPAH. Since July 2008, the University has seen an increase in philanthropic gifts, raising over $220 million from nearly 21,000 individual donations. In 2011 the University of Sydney raised $79.4 million in philanthropy, a new national record in higher education, with a 33 percent increase in the number of annual donors from the previous year. For more information about philanthropy visit sydney.edu.au/supportsydney For further information about the available positions and details on how to apply, visit sydney.edu.au/perkins-careers |Follow University of Sydney Media on Twitter| Media enquiries: Andrew Potter, 02 9351 4138, 0414 998 521, firstname.lastname@example.org

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||Joseph and David Henriques, Esquires of the U.S.A. Abraham and David Quixano Henriques, Merchants of London. Alexander Roper of London, chemist. Witnesses Solomon Boneto and Benjamin Alberga Sr. and J.A. Delapenha. In a codicil he mentions his ‘apprentice Betsy her mulatto sons (see notes) . ||Samuel Mendes, Joseph and David Henriques, Abraham and David Quixano Henriques. ||The names of the “apprentices” are difficult to read but seem to include: Betsey and her Mulatto sons William and George Cesar?. Edwin, Eliza, ??? Figelia? William, Yuell? Peter, Evelina, Sarah Ann Green, Mary Muras? and her daughter Rachel? alias Matilda Fuller, and Betsey…. of Slave records on Ancestry give: Slaves return 1820 owner David Pereira Mendes William ‘mulatto’ 1year (or 17 years?)birth of Betsy’ (Betsy was mother) Slaves return 1823 owner David Pereira Mendes George ‘Mulatto’ 22 mths ‘by birth of Betsy’ (Betsy was mother) Slaves – Return of Kingston 1826 owner David Pereira Mendes: Adam 13yrs son of Princess Princess 52yrs mther of Adam Jane 18 daughter of Juliet Sarah ‘mulatto’ 2yrs daughter of Betsy Nancy alias Eliza Grant 30yrs Slaves Return of 1817 owner Jacob Pereira Murmus 4yrs son of Betsy Francis son 12yrs son of Betsy Clara 7yrs dau of Betsy |NA Cat Ref

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In this essay, Frederick examines the question of whether computer-mediated communication is truly a democratic utopia where feminist values can flourish. By studying data from 2 newsgroups, alt.feminism and soc.feminism, she demonstrates that discrimination and exclusion/hostility can continue to occur, even in a supposedly inclusive and politically feminist context. She concentrates on the ethos of the newsgroups as the basis for constructing either a welcoming or distancing communication arena. My interest in this article stems from this notion of ethos because I think that it a highly influencing factor which combines with inherent linguistic features of women's speech to produce a speech community. I believe that any future discussions of the social structure of online communication must address ethos as well as linguistic differences in order to prevent factionalization or balkanization of men and women online, much as one might approach a dialog about multiculturalism and the internet.

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So you think being a rock star is all about the freedom to break every rule in music, and just let your creative side do its thing? Sure, that might be part of it. But in order to do this, you need to actually learn the rules before you can break them – and yes, that means scales and other “boring” exercises. Read on for advice from New York teacher Brett D… A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was just like you; a budding musician daydreaming of rock stardom. Instead of sitting at the piano, or grabbing my guitar and practicing; I would daydream of ripping out soaring solos that would send Jimmy Page back to California. When any teacher would say to me, “Brett, practice your scales, learn your etudes,” I would respectfully respond, “We must have a misunderstanding, I WANNA ROCK!” So how come every time I tried to sing with passion and grit like Freddy Mercury, slam those keys with the ferocity of the Piano Man himself, or shred faster than a cheese grater like Slash, it just wasn’t working? I went to my teacher and I said, “Excuse me, sir, I don’t understand. I’ve grown my hair down to my mid-back, I’ve ripped my jeans, and I scrunch my face real tight when I play. Why aren’t I rocking?” As he scanned my head for new species of insects, he said, “My boy, you have to learn the rules first before you can break them.” So let’s go back to seventh grade band class. Things were going great, until my band teacher said to me, “Brett, you are playing an 8 bar solo on Jingle Bell Rock at the Christmas concert tonight.” My developing Adam’s apple fell to my stomach. I wept, I cried, I begged God to send Freddy Mercury to take my place. But alas, my prayers went unanswered. My band teacher detected my insurmountable panic, and quickly came to my rescue, as he often did. He showed me a simple seven-note progressions. He said, “Brett, play these notes up and down and then pick and choose a few, you will get through unscathed.” Seven notes huh? Well, that’s not so bad. I don’t want to toot my own horn, but let’s just say those jingle bells had never rocked so hard in the history of Fredericksburg Middle School jazz band concerts. So often we artists are so ready to blow down the walls of the Bastille with our revolutionary ideas, while we look at structure as creativity’s nemesis. Oh how I pity those poor fools. They will end up like middle school Brett could have; working a desk job with a head full of lice. You see, structure opens us up to a world of creativity that we could never reach on our own. All the great innovators of rock ‘n roll learned the rules first, and then broke them in such creative ways that it earned them a seat in the Olympus of Rock. Put Billy Joel and Mozart in the same room with a piano and a book of etudes, and I’d put my money on the Piano Man. Freddy Mercury didn’t name his magnum opus “Bohemian Rhapsody” for nothing; it is a rock ‘n roll homage to Liszt! These guys knew the rules of the game better than anyone else, and it allowed them to become the rock stars we admire today. I’m not saying we need to look at music as sets of boring, mathematical exercises. Music is romantic, it’s poetic, and it’s art. However, it is also a game, and with every game comes rules. Learn them first, and only then can you break them. Brett D. teaches guitar, piano, singing, Broadway singing, music performance, music theory, songwriting, and acting lessons in New York, NY. Brett joined the TakeLessons team in September 2012, after receiving his Bachelor’s in Theater/Voice from New York University. Find out more about Brett, or search for a teacher near you! Photo by blikeng.

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Aaron Schmidt’s new column at Library Journal offers a twist on convening the “Web Site Redesign Committee” I chaired for 3 years at SJCPL: Website redesign projects take a long time, often more than a year. During that time, a lack of visible progress can lower staff morale and leave users with a stagnant, unimproved site for months at a time. Likewise, maintaining a current site and building a new one divides efforts. By contrast, small iterative changes can boost staff morale with frequent, demonstrable (if small) victories. Think of it this way: if you make a dozen modest changes—one a month for a year—you could easily end up with a site that’s better by leaps and bounds than what you’d be able to design from scratch in the same interval. Now think of it from the user’s perspective: imagine getting in your car and finding the steering wheel has been moved to the back seat and over to the opposite side of the car. Moreover, the accelerator and brake pedals have been reversed. You’d certainly be confused, and the car would be difficult to operate, to say the least. Website redesign projects, even if they result in a technically improved website, are likely to affect adversely the heaviest users of your site. Consider the inevitable outcry that follows any change to the Facebook interface. Momentum plays a big part in usability, and people adapt to designs even if they’re less than ideal. Forcing them into an entirely new environment is jarring no matter how friendly the result. Fortunately, small iterative change spreads out the cognitive load required to learn new things on a site.

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In 1962 President John F. Kennedy’s administration narrowly averted possible nuclear war with the USSR, when CIA operatives spotted Soviet surface-to-surface missiles in Cuba, after a six-week gap in intelligence-gathering flights. In their forthcoming book Blind over Cuba: The Photo Gap and the Missile Crisis, co-authors David Barrett and Max Holland make the case that the affair was a close call stemming directly from a decision made in a climate of deep distrust between key administration officials and the intelligence community. Using recently declassified documents, secondary materials, and interviews with several key participants, the authors weave a story of intra-agency conflict, suspicion, and discord that undermined intelligence-gathering, adversely affected internal postmortems conducted after the crisis peaked, and resulted in keeping Congress and the public in the dark about what really happened. We asked Barrett, a professor of political science at Villanova University, to discuss the actual series of events and what might have happened had the CIA not detected Soviet missiles on Cuba. The Actual Sequence of Events . . . “Some months after the Cuban Missile Crisis, an angry member of the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives criticized leaders of the Kennedy administration for having let weeks go by in September and early October 1962, without detecting Soviet construction of missile sites in Cuba. It was an intelligence failure as serious as the U.S. ignorance that preceded the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, he said. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara aggressively denied that there had been an American intelligence failure or ineptitude with regard to Cuba in late summer 1962. McNamara and others persuaded most observers the administration’s performance in the lead-up to the Crisis had been almost flawless, but the legislator was right: The CIA had not sent a U-2 spy aircraft over western Cuba for about a six week period. There were varying reasons for this, but the most important was that the Kennedy administration did not wish to have a U-2 “incident.” Sending that aircraft over Cuba raised the possibility that Soviet surface-to-air missiles might shoot one down. Since it was arguably against international law for the U.S. to send spy aircrafts over another country, should one be shot down, there would probably be the same sort of uproar as happened in May 1960, when the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 flying over its territory. Furthermore, most State Department and CIA authorities did not believe that the USSR would put nuclear-armed missiles into Cuba that could strike the U.S. Therefore, the CIA was told, in effect, not even to request permission to send U-2s over western Cuba. This, at a time when there were growing numbers of reports from Cuban exiles and other sources about suspicious Soviet equipment being brought into the country.As we now know, the Soviets WERE constructing missile sites on what CIA deputy director Richard Helms would call “the business end of Cuba,” i.e., the western end, in the summer/autumn of 1962. Fortunately, by mid-October, the CIA’s director, John McCone, succeeded in persuading President John F. Kennedy to authorize one U-2 flight over that part of Cuba and so it was that Agency representatives could authoritatively inform JFK on October 16th that the construction was underway.The CIA had faced White House and State Department resistance for many weeks about this U-2 matter." What Could Have Happened . . . “What if McCone had not succeeded in persuading the President that the U.S. needed to step up aerial surveillance of Cuba in mid-October? What if a few more weeks had passed without that crucial October 14 U-2 flight and its definitive photography of Soviet missile site construction? Remember to check out Blind over Cuba: The Photo Gap and the Missile Crisis, which is being published this fall!If McCone had been told “no” in the second week of October, perhaps it would have taken more human intelligence, trickling in from Cuba, about such Soviet activity before the President would have approved a risky U-2 flight.The problem JFK would have faced then is that there would have been a significant number of operational medium-range missile launch sites. Those nuclear-equipped missiles could have hit the southern part of the U.S. Meanwhile, the Soviets would also have progressed further in construction of intermediate missile sites; such missiles could have hit most of the continental United States.If JFK had not learned about Soviet nuclear-armed missiles until, say, November 1st, what would the U.S. have done?There is no definitive answer to that question, but I think it’s fair to say that the President would have been under enormous pressure to authorize—quickly--a huge U.S. air strike against Cuba, followed by an American invasion. One thing which discovery of the missile sites in mid-October gave JFK was some time to negotiate effectively with the Soviet Union during the “Thirteen Days” of the crisis. I don’t think there would have been such a luxury if numerous operational missiles were discovered a couple weeks later.No wonder President Kennedy felt great admiration and gratitude toward those at the CIA (with its photo interpreters) and the Air Force (which piloted the key U-2 flight). The intelligence he received on October 16th was invaluable. I think he knew that if that intelligence had not come until some weeks later, there would have been a much greater chance of nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.”

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Taking responsibility for ourselves includes, in large part, what we put into our selves. Growing up in Southern Louisiana, I was exposed to many delicious cultural dishes that, as it turns out, were not necessarily all that healthy [bummer]. I mean, who knew that spinach could be eaten in ways other than in a casserole smothered with cheese and topped with bread crumbs? Go figure. The further I got from my roots the more aware I became of how important it is to include fresh raw foods [hello carrots, greens, sprouts and fruit] into our daily diets. Once I got on track with how to eat, the re-parenting and re-culturing of my taste buds began! I was on a mission at that time to learn as much as possible about the truth behind what our bodies need daily for optimal health. I became certified and started working one-on-one as a fitness coach, and soon after became certified in nutrition. One thing I learned during this time was that it’s important to give our bodies the vitamins and minerals it needs daily. When we don’t, our bodies take the these vitamins and nutrients from it’s reserves inside us, if we have any. If we don’t, and the longer this goes on, we run the risk of developing vitamin or mineral deficiencies. Not getting daily fruits and veggies also under serves our digestive system, which relies heavily on the enzymes in veggies and fruits to move things along and out of us on a consistent basis. One of the absolute most important parts of our bodies to keep ‘in shape’ is our digestion, specifically our large intestine. In a country as rich as the United States, so many people are walking around malnourished and with tons of low nutrient food blocking up their colons. Because of my awareness of the body-food connection, I can literally see when someone has a dysfunctional digestive system. I believe this is based purely on a lack of education about How-To eat. We are first exposed to food as children at home, and more often than not, the food we are taught to eat or are given is not going to be what we’ll need to be thriving healthy adults. That is a big conversation, and one that I will address here, but for today I wanted to reach out to you with a few great ideas on How-To get your fruits & veggies into your day: IN THE MORNING Before we eat anything in the morning, we need to go about re-hydrating our digestive system, which has been without water for anywhere from 6-9 hours. The best way to do this is to squeeze the juice from 1/2 a lemon into a cup of warm water. After this, another round of warm water is a great idea, especially in the form of a Detox or Decaf Green tea. Finally, the morning is an excellent time to have as many fruits as you like, so you’ll have an opportunity to use the fruit sugar for fuel. Adding fruit to a smoothie, bowl of low carb high fiber cereal, or simply as a plate of fresh local in season fruit is ideal in the morning. My favorite Smoothie goes like this: coconut juice or filtered water, un-sweetened acai berry pure, 1/2 bananna, shredded coconut, frozen organic berries, spirulina, goji berries, and sprouted almonds or raw almond butter, cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract and a tablespoon of flax seed oil. Delish! Lunch time is a great opportunity to have a huge raw veggie juice with your meal. Here’s my personal favorite mix of veggies that I came up with that tastes great to me and is also full of vitamins and minerals. My Veggie Juice: Cucumber, celery, a large carrot, a small piece of red beet, ginger, lemon, and a handful of kale. If you want to hang with the Queen of the juice & smoothie conversation – check out my friend, and someone I deeply admire, Kris Carr and her blog post all about juicing and smoothies. She recommends the best ingredients to use to keep your drink low sugar: cucumber, celery, leafy greens like kale or collard greens, carrot, green apples, pears. low sugar fruits, like berries [ I keep frozen organic berry medley in house. let defrost and mix in a bowl with trail mix for a snack ] green apples with all natural almond nut butter sprouted almonds [ another dear girlfriend of mine will tell you How-To create fantastic raw almond snacks here ] raw veggie bowl: cut up carrots, celery, radish are super tasty rubbed in a little extra virgin olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt to taste I follow the same rule for Lunch and Dinner as far as how much color I like to have on my plate. By color I mean veggies that are still in their natural state, either raw or lightly steamed or cooked [ remember to lightly cook veggies, don't kill them by cooking them till they change color]. If you commit to having raw veggies or lightly cooked veggies for at least 50% of your meal, the rest of your meal can be dictated by your own dietary needs or preferences. Since I know that the darker the green the healthier the bite I use kale, arugula and spinach for my salads. While I do enjoy food and eating savory things, I also see food as something that’s main purpose is to serve the cells of my body. So with that, I often create salads that will get straight to work in my system rather than slowing them down with all the popular things we find in salads today. Here’s an example of my current ‘no frills’ favorite healthy salad: Diced celery /and or any other raw veggies you have and love Extra Virgin Olive Oil Dashes of Cayenne Pepper and Sea Salt to taste Delish! Trust me it is – TRY IT – and even if you suffer through it the first time, your body will actually begin to crave this exact recipe since everything in it is so easily absorbed by your body. Hope you’ve found some ideas and inspiration here to keep on track with the fruits and veggies. What we put into our systems has so much to do with our energy levels, emotional levels and mental focus. That’s why eating with awareness is a key part of being fully responsible for your self. I’d love to hear from you. Comment below to lemme know what you do to keep getting those fruits and veggies into YOU on a daily basis. Also, stay tuned to the programs that will be launching in 2011 – as nutrition will be incorporated into all my teachings and conversations!

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Rice porridge or puddings are common in almost all the cuisines.Normally we say porridge when it has oats and when rice is cooked in milk we say its pudding .Or simply payasam in South India or kheer in North India. You can even check out the cinnamony porridge that I made Portuguese style here.When I checked out the beautiful blog AmericanWomenDon't get Fat (Interesting Name ) that I am paired with in this months Taste & Create by Nicole,Swedish Rice Porridge was the first thing that I tried out. Being used to payasam/kheer I knew this was almost same and it turned out as hearty as it can be. Only change I made was the use of demerara sugar instead of brown sugar.The entire porridge can be tried in the microwave as well. Butter: 2 tsp Rice: 1/4 cup Water: 3/4 -1 cup (as needed to cook the rice) Cinnamon Stick: 2 inch Milk: 1/2 -1 cup Demerara Sugar: 2 tbsp + a per taste Apple : chopped : 1 small Vanilla: 1/2 tsp Melt butter in a heavy pan and add water,rice and cinnamon to it.I added rice first and let the grains coat with butter.The butter will also prevent the rice from burning.Cook till rice is done and most of the liquid has evaporated. Add milk,apples,brown sugar/demerara sugar and raisins and bring to a boil.Reduce and then let it simmer till it thickens and reaches a porridge state. Remove from heat and remove the cinnamon stick and then stir in vanilla. Serve hot/warm as a breakfast or even a dessert.

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***PERMISSION TO FORWARD*** Yellow Rose Romance Writers is proud to launch online workshops for the first time! All workshops are $15 for Yellow Rose members and $25 for non-Yellow Rose members. In March, Eliza Knight will present A Noble's Life In Medieval Times. This is a 4 week course. To register, go http://yellowroserwa.com/workshops.php and fill in the form. We accept PayPal and check/money order. Registration deadline is February 28, 2009. Life in medieval times was so much different than the way we live today. When readers sit down with their favorite medieval historical romance, they are taken away to another time and place. For most readers, this is where they learn about medieval times, and it is the duty of the author to be as authentic as possible. That being said, you don't want your book to be a history lecture either, but to just flavor it enough. This workshop will teach you how people, particularly nobles, lived in medieval times, in order for you to be truer to the era you write about. This is an open discussion workshop, questions and comments are welcome and encouraged. The lessons will be presented as follows: Lesson One: The Medieval Castle Lesson Two: Medieval Entertainments Lesson Three: Day in the Life of a Medieval Lord and Lady Lesson Four: Medieval Medicine Lesson Five: Medieval Clothes Eliza Knight is the author of multiple steamy Regency and erotic Highlander time travel romance novellas published by The Wild Rose Press. She is a freelance copy editor, Newsletter Editor for Hearts Through History Romance Writers, and President of the Celtic Hearts Romance Writers signature chapter of the RWA. She also volunteers her time as moderator of a critique group and contest coordinator. Eliza is the author of the award-winning blog, History Undressed and has published numerous articles in various newsletters. She presents workshops on history, researching techniques and writing craft, to writing groups online. While not writing, reading or researching, she is chasing after her two--soon to be three--children and living with her own knight in shining armor. For more information on Eliza, please visit her website at, www.elizaknight.com, and www.historyundressed.blogspot.com.

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New submitter h2okies writes "CNET's News.com reports that the IEEE will start today to form the new standards for Ethernet and data transfer. 'The standard, to be produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, will likely reach data-transfer speeds between 400 gigabits per second and 1 terabit per second. For comparison, that latter speed would be enough to copy 20 full-length Blu-ray movies in a second.' The IEEE also reports on how the speed needs of the internet continue to double every year. Of what consequence will this new standard be if the last mile is still stuck on beep & creep?"

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Updated 18 May, 2013, 11:32 am IST When Microsoft Corp In the early days of the Apple iPad, argument raged about whether the device could succeed without a traditional keyboard--a question the gadget's subsequent popularity seemingly settled. But the iPad's "virtual" keyboard, which senses the heat of a finger on the glass screen, is considered by most users to be unsuitable for extensive typing. Before the iPad, the debate centered on whether the free-form stylus was the best tool for telling a computer what to do. Apple's Newton, the original personal digital device, used a stylus, as did previous Microsoft entries in the tablet arena. But stylus solutions have since fallen out of favor. Recently, the conversation has shifted to contact-less interfaces, including voice-commands, a concept that Apple's own Siri brought to the fore, and gesture-recognition, as demonstrated in gaming by Microsoft's own Kinect. Researchers are now even experimenting with computers that respond directly to electrical signals from the brain. Eventually one might only need to think of what the computer should do to make it happen. Does more than just protect the screen In the meantime, though, Microsoft is betting that an improved version of the tried-and-true will be enough to make a difference. The Touch Cover technology was developed at Microsoft by a researcher named Stevie Bathiche, according to Panos Panay, leader of the team that created the Microsoft Surface. Executives showed off two keyboard models on Monday. The Touch Cover features an ultrathin design of 3 millimeters, without mechanical keys. A second, called the Type Cover, is 2 millimeters thicker and includes mechanical keys. Both operate using the same multi-touch digitizer, which Microsoft said is 10 times faster than any keyboard in use today. The Touch Cover uses pressure-sensitivity to detect when a user is trying to input keystrokes, as opposed to simply resting fingertips on the home row. "It knows the grams of force coming off my fingertips," Panay said as he demonstrated the product. The keyboard clings magnetically to the Surface and can remain attached as a cover. It can be folded back while still connected, and its internal accelerometer turns it off while in the closed or folded-back position. Rick Sherlund, an analyst with Nomura Securities, said the keyboard could be a critical feature for people who use the tablet not just for reading or viewing or browsing the Web, but for creating spreadsheets or documents or other types of written content. "Is Microsoft going to beat Apple with a sexier tablet? I don't think so," Sherlund said. But he added: "You're going to want a keyboard with anything related to Windows." Tags: Microsoft Surface , Surface tablet , Surface announced , Surface , Microsoft Surface details , Microsoft Surface features , Microsoft Surface specs , Microsoft surface specifications , Microsoft Surface tablets announced , Microsoft Surface tablet announced , Microsoft Surface Windows RT , Microsoft Surface Windows 8 , Microsoft Surface cover , Microsoft Surface price , Micorsoft Surface price in India , Steve Ballmer , Stephen Sinofsky , Surface tablet Keyboard , Surface Tablet Touch Cover.Touch Cover Keys 17 May, 2013, 02:04 PM 15 May, 2013, 05:23 PM 15 May, 2013, 03:19 PM Some of the more notable tablet launches in the month of April are what... By Shayne Rana After having launched the Google Nexus 7 tablet in India, Asus has now... By Shayne Rana Today you will find several large screen tablets – ranging from 8 to 10... Sat May 18, 12:30:04 Sat May 18, 12:14:23 Sat May 18, 12:00:39

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Oracle is buying Nimbula, the cloud OS startup started by some of the original creators of Amazon Web Services (AWS). But contrary to the reactionary hype, the purchase is for the team and the company’s technology and not as a means to join OpenStack, the open cloud organization that Nimbula participates in as a member. It does make good headlines or tweets for that matter, to say that the eye of Sauron is upon OpenStack with the news today of Oracle’e acquisition. The Eye of Sauron Turns Upon OpenStack. Oracle responds by acquiring Nimbula monk.ly/ZIzt8n — monkchips (@monkchips) March 13, 2013 Update: James Governor followed up: “Many failed to understand the Sauron tweet, Oracle is responding to the Unblinking IBM. not a value judgement on evil but focus” Anyway, it still makes for a timely tweet. By proxy, Oracle will have a place set for it at the OpenStack table. They’ll look across at other enterprise giants, such as VMware, which also by proxy joined OpenStack when it acquired Nicira. HP, Dell and IBM are members of OpenStack, as well. More so, Oracle really could use the Nimbula technology and the people who created it. Nimbula was founded by the developers of Amazon EC2. With people like that on your team it makes more sense that Oracle has thoughts about changing its strategy to focus om building something in the likeness of AWS. Oracle cares more about building its own infrastructure. I am sure Larry and his gang will use OpenStack when it makes sense. But as a secret ploy to join the foundation and take over Middle Earth? Nimbula, the cloud OS company, delivers a new class of cloud infrastructure software enabling enterprises and service providers to build private, public or hybrid clouds. Nimbula Director, Nimbula’s flagship product, is scalable, highly automated, easy to use and provides complete control over your cloud. Nimbula is a software company founded by Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon, the team that developed the industry-leading Amazon EC2, and is backed by a solid team of leading investors, including Accel Partners and... Oracle is an enterprise IT company with a specialty in database management systems. Amazon Web Services, LLC offers Web services that allow users to build businesses. Its Web services are self-contained functions that can be published and invoked across the Web using XML-based protocols. It offers functions for directly accessing Amazon’s technology platform and product data ranging from retrieving information on set of products to adding an item to a shopping cart. It offers Amazon Associates Web Service that exposes Amazon’s product data and e-commerce functionality; Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, a Web...

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Till now you used to go to Mozilla website and download latest Firefox version according to your system configuration you’re using which can be installed even offline without any problems. Now Mozilla wants to offer web-based installer from the time when they offer 64-bit version because these stub installers eliminate user decision to choose x86 or x64 version before the download. Web installer for Firefox is a small setup file that downloads requires components from Mozilla servers and installs Firefox onto your computer. Web based installer requires internet connection and they always install latest version. Check the screenshots below which shows Firefox install process with web/stub installer. This is how Firefox install happens with stub installer when user clicks download button on Mozilla website. User clicks the download button, small Firefox setup. exe file will be downloaded and saved to users’ Computer. Which on running shows dialog window to install Firefox button with options and install, cancel buttons. Once you click on install button download starts it can’t be stopped or cancelled meanwhile Firefox download or install progress shown on the window. Web installer installs only required components and eliminates unneeded ones and also checks whether you’re using 32-bit 0r 64-bit & installs right version for your computer. With full offline installers you may end up installing older version with vulnerabilities where stub installer always installs latest safe & secured version with new features. Chrome too offers web installer Yes Chrome is offering web-installer too which installs Google update process which periodically checks and installs updates, and let me tell you one disadvantage with Chrome offline installer it doesn’t install Google update process so you won’t be protected with latest updates. What’s your take on Firefox web installer? share with us in comments.

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I’ve spent a lot of time here deconstructing and criticizing the proposals set forth by the Free Press, the radical media “reformista” group founded by the prolific Marxist media theorist Robert McChesney. I have been trying to shine more light on their proposals and activities because I believe they are antithetical to freedom of speech and a free society. That’s because, as media scholar Ben Compaine has noted, “What the hard core reformistas really want, it seems, is not diversity or an open debate but a media that promotes their own vision of society and the world.” That’s exactly right and, more specifically, as I argued in my 2005 Media Myths book, the media reformistas want to impose this control by taking the fantasy that “the public owns the [broadcast] airwaves” and extending it to ALL media platforms and outlets. In other words, McChesney and the Free Press want an UnFree Press. To cast things in neo-Marxist terms that they could appreciate, they want to take control of the information means of production. And it begins, McChesney argues, by all of us having to give up this “sort of religious attachment to the idea of a ‘free-press’” from which we all suffer. Some people accuse me of “red-baiting” or “McCarthyite” tactics when I use the “M-word” (Marxism) or the “S-Word” (socialism) to describe McChesney, the Free Press, and the movement they have spawned. But these are labels with real meaning and ones that McChesney himself embraces in his work. In his 1999 book Rich Media, Poor Media, he says that “Media reform cannot win without widespread support and such support needs to be organized as part of a broad anti-corporate, pro-democracy movement.” He casts everything in “social justice” terms and speaks of the need “to rip the veil off [corporate] power, and to work so that social decision making and power may be made as enlightened and as egalitarian as possible.” What exactly would all that mean in practice for media? In his 2002 book Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle against Corporate Media with John Nichols of The Nation, McChesney argues that media reform efforts must begin with “the need to promote an understanding of the urgency to assert public control over the media.” They go on to state that, “Our claim is simply that the media system produces vastly less of quality than it would if corporate and commercial pressures were lessened.” If you want additional proof of his intentions, then I encourage you to read this lengthy interview with McChesney that appears in the new edition of The Bullet, an online newsletter produced by the Canada-based “Socialist Project.” (If you ask me, there’s something strangely appropriate about a socialist newsletter named “The Bullet” in light of the millions of people who died while living under socialist tyranny!) Anyway, let’s ignore that and focus on what neo-Marxist media reform entails according to McChesney. Because never before has he laid his cards on the table as clearly as he does in this interview. The “Struggle” for “Media Democracy” In the interview, as in all his work, McChesney speaks repeatedly about the Marxist concept of “struggles,” which usually refers to class struggles and worker struggles. But McChesney’s work focuses on “media democracy struggles” as part of an overall struggle for “social justice.” He says: Instead of waiting for the revolution to happen, we learned that unless you make significant changes in the media, it will be vastly more difficult to have a revolution. While the media is not the single most important issue in the world, it is one of the core issues that any successful Left project needs to integrate into its strategic program. In other words, media reform is part of The Big Struggle. The Big Struggle is the effort to overthrow free-market capitalism. And the struggle for “media democracy” is crucial to that, you see, because we are all just pawns whose minds are being manipulated by some far-off corporate puppet-masters in New York and L.A., who are, of course, just feeding us nothing but pro-capitalist propaganda 24/7. Thus, we have to burn the village to save it, McChesney says: Many say that corporate journalism, based on profit maximization, best serves a free and democratic society. The position is incorrect. The connection of capitalism to journalism, which has always been fraught with problems, has always been unstable. The relationship between capitalism, journalism, and democracy has never been a sure thing. In the U.S, the notion that capitalism is the natural steward of journalism and should be left alone to provide for a free and self-governing society refers to a period that began during the 19th century. This period ended when owners realized they could make a lot of money by turning journalism into big business. Corporations are not in a position to generate and pay for quality journalism. The news is not a commercial product. It is a public good, necessary for a self-governing society. In other words, down with private media! McChesney basically declares that the entire history of private media in America to be one gigantic case of market failure and must be abandoned. Subsidies to “Save Journalism” But what’s going to replace private media once McChesney and his media reformistas have moved the regulatory wrecking ball in? In a nutshell, he wants massive state subsidization of the media: Once we accept this [the supposed "public goods" nature of all media], we can talk about the kind of media policies and subsidies we want. What are the best ones? How should they be implemented? We are now trying to answer those questions and organize around them. Herein lies one of the great ironies of McChesney’s work: He spends a great deal of time arguing that the entire history of American media has basically been one big government-created construct (monopolies, entry barriers, subsidies, etc), only to turn around and advocate massive state intervention and subsidies as a solution! McChesney plays revisionist historian and even tries to paint Jefferson and Madison as media socialists because postal rates from the founding period on down have been reduced for print media mailings. Somehow, McChesney reads this to mean that “the U.S. state has always played a direct and indirect role in facilitating and legitimizing the corporate media system.” Which is rubbish. The idea that postal subsidies have created “the corporate media system” is preposterous. McChesney is on stronger ground in arguing the state has occasionally helped foster and then protect monopolies, but that is a function of the very “public utility” regulatory regime that McChesney favors! [More on this point down below.] Meanwhile, in true Rahm Emanual-ian “you-never-want-a-crisis-to-go-to-waste” fashion, the Free Press has started a new project to “Save the News” and move America “Toward a National Journalism Strategy” by endorsing a lot of the same regulations, subsidies, and tax credits that McChesney and John Nichols recently advocated in their Nation magazine essay, “The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers.” As I noted in my City Journal response to that essay back in March, you can file this all under “socializing media in order to save it,” complete with Soviet-style 5-year plans dictated by some faceless elite inside a Beltway bureaucracy. Oh, and there’s the little matter of $60 billion price tag that taxpayers will be left footing. (But hey, what’s another $60 billion these days?) Even Free Press favorite Dan Rather is on board with his plan to have President Obama give us “The News America Needs” by “form[ing] a commission to address the perilous state of America’s news media.” Perhaps once the car commission folks get done driving the U.S. auto industry into the ground they can shift gears, so to speak, and see what they can do to steer journalism onto a supposedly better path. Down with Advertising If McChesney and Free Press don’t succeed in destroying private media with their regulatory plans, there’s always Plan B… bleed free market media operators and Internet companies dry by taking away their mother’s milk, advertising. McChesney argues that “the Internet is increasingly hyper-commercialized” and it is “open[ing] our entire lives to 24/7 injections of advertising messages.” Thus, wouldn’t you know it, yet another “struggle” is in order! We need to organize against hyper-commercialism. This is an easy-sell for the Left. We understand that advertising is not something done by all people equally, but rather, done by a very small group of people working on behalf of multinational corporations. Advertising is commercial propaganda… Advertising is the voice of capital. We need to do whatever we can to limit capitalist propaganda, regulate it, minimize it, and perhaps even eliminate it. The fight against hyper-commercialism becomes especially pronounced in the era of digital communications. [...] There is a fundamental crisis when you are in a world that is entirely commercial, in terms of the integrity of speech and thought. We are at the tipping point and we need to struggle directly against it. Struggle, struggle, struggle! Of course, McChesney will have plenty of allies in this particular struggle as Washington continues to wage a war against advertising of all sorts. Of course, there really is no free lunch in this world and something will have to pay for serious news-gathering (and entertainment, for that matter). Of course, McChesney and his Free Press allies will, no doubt, respond that still more subsidies are in order! There is, apparently, always someone else in their world to whom the buck can be passed. [But I wonder: Who would be left to pay all the taxes needed to support public media if McChesney's "struggle" to overthrow The Man succeeds??] Net neutrality & Infrastructure Nationalization And don’t for one minute think that McChesney and Free Press are only out for the old media operators. They’re out for private broadband and Internet players as well. When speaking about the centrality of Net neutrality regulation to this “struggle” and coming “revolution,” McChesney does a nice job reminding some of us why we have been so concerned about politicizing a debate over network engineering when he says: “What we want to have in the U.S. and in every society is an Internet that is not private property, but a public utility.” Ah yes, because public utilities have been soooo efficient and innovative in other contexts! Please. In advocating increased regulation or state-ownership of communications networks or broadband companies and connections, McChesney seems utterly oblivious to the fact that the very state power he advocates on one hand is the same state power that private parties can corrupt on the other. He says, for example, that “Our struggle to make the Internet into a public utility conflicts with the interests of telephone and cable firms,” because “Their power rests upon their ability to successfully buy off politicians.” How does he not see the contradiction? He’s certainly right to fear that public officials can be co-opted by private interests. (Read up on your public choice theory, buddy!) But I suppose McChesney believes that his perfect socialist state will be immune to these pressures because it will be run by enlightened, public-minded philosopher kings… you know… like himself. But that’s nonsense. See my old essay on the fantasy of “Building a Better Bureaucrat” or Tim Lee’s old essay on “Real Regulators” for more details on why it never works out that way in practice. Or, better yet, since I know he would never read anything I penned on the subject, I encourage McChesney to take a hard look at the definitive 2-volume Economics of Regulation by a far more experienced progressive Democrat, Professor Alfred E. Kahn. In Kahn’s masterwork, you will find the following words of wisdom (and caution) from someone who spent a lifetime studying these issues: When a commission is responsible for the performance of an industry, it is under never completely escapable pressure to protect the health of the companies it regulates, to assure a desirable performance by relying on those monopolistic chosen instruments and its own controls rather than on the unplanned and unplannable forces of competition. [...] Responsible for the continued provision and improvement of service, [the regulatory commission] comes increasingly and understandably to identify the interest of the public with that of the existing companies on whom it must rely to deliver goods. McChesney makes one final point about Net neutrality that is worth highlighting. When asked whether he had any reservations about making short-term alliances with new media companies or Internet operators such as Google, eBay, Amazon, and Microsoft in the push for Net neutrality regulations, McChesney says: “Absolutely.. But I’ve learned, by participating in over a decade of specific media struggles, that when you are in the short-term and you are fighting to win, sometimes you make tactical alliances.” Nonetheless, he notes, “the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control.” And, so, the ends justify the means in terms of striking short-term alliances with those evil, blood-sucking capitalists. I hope the folks at Google, eBay, Amazon, and Microsoft are reading McChesney’s radical thinking on communications policy and realize that he and his Free Press reformistas will eventually turn their sights on them just as soon as they are finished socializing the infrastructure layer of the Internet. Conclusion: Against Media Tyranny In a very strange sense, I admire Robert McChesney. He is a man of principle. And he isn’t ashamed to advocate his principles publicly (whereas some of his Free Press disciples do a very nice job disguising their true intentions). That being said, McChesney’s principles are dangerous ones. Very dangerous. They are antithetical to a free society, freedom of speech, and technological progress. At its core, as I noted in my old essay, “Your Soapbox is My Soapbox,” the repugnant morality behind this “media access” movement is that nothing is truly yours. “Media democracy” means everything is up for grabs. Here’s how I put it in that old “soapbox” essay: Imagine you built a platform in your backyard for the purpose of informing or entertaining your friends of neighbors. Now further imagine that you are actually fairly good at what you do and manage to attract and retain a large audience. Then one day, a few hecklers come to hear you speak on your platform. They shout about how it’s unfair that you have attracted so many people to hear you speak on your soapbox and they demand access to your platform for a certain amount of time each day. They rationalize this by arguing that it is THEIR rights as listeners that are really important, not YOUR rights as a speaker or the owner of the soapbox. That sort of scenario could never happen in America, right? Sadly, it’s been the way media law has operated for several decades in this country. This twisted “media access” philosophy has been employed by federal lawmakers and numerous special interest groups to justify extensive and massively unjust regime of media regulation and speech redistributionism. And it’s still at work today. Indeed, McChesney has taken this old “media access” movement that Jerome Barron, Owen Fiss, Cass Sunstein and others pioneered long ago, and advanced it to a whole new level, and to its logical conclusion. The aim is not just to co-opt someone else’s soapbox; it is to smash their soapbox into pieces. It is to tear the very fabric of the First Amendment into shreds and rebuild “media democracy” around the principles not of true freedom, but of state servitude. You only have as much freedom to engage in speech, reporting, or entertaining as your media overlords will allow. And God help you if any of it proves popular because then they will really want to crush you like an ant! I’ll close this rant the same way I concluded my earlier “soapbox” rant: This arrogant, elitist, anti-property, anti-freedom ethic is what drives the media access movement and makes it so morally repugnant. Freedom doesn’t begin by fettering the press with more chains, it begins by removing those that already exist and then erecting a firm wall between State and Press. The media access crowd has succeeded in breaching that wall with seven decades of misguided and unjust regulation of the press. The movement back toward a truly free press begins by understanding the error in their thinking, rejecting that reasoning, and then embracing, once again, the original vision of the First Amendment as a bulwark against government control of speech and the press.

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SA wrote:If they are large enough that they are taking a noticeable amount of time, then I am certain that you will find a way to parallelize them Dude, when you say things like that we have to wonder if you even understand what the word "parallelize" means. Not every problem is parallelizable. The classic analogy is that bearing a child takes 9 months, no matter how many women you have. It is not impossible, or even all that unlikely, to have a bunch of dependent calculations. Thus not every problem can be split up and run concurrently. SA wrote:Google Chromium is an excellent example of this, where putting each page into its own separate process parallelized webpages rendering in a tabbed web browser, which was slow with the single renderer thread approach Firefox took. That's a "problem" that's obviously parallelizable because it is composed of indepedent tasks. Each webpage doesn't have any dependency on any other webpage. That's not finding concurrency within a problem, that's just having a bunch of different problems to begin with. And if it was strictly a performance question they would have just threaded it, the primary reason behind the process per window/tab concept was the security model that comes with processes. SA wrote: I doubt that everything you run is one massive problem that cannot be broken into separate threads and if it can, you can likely put it into a SIMD programming model. the one speaking in absurd absolutes here, not us. NO ONE has claimed that everything isn't parallelizable. They are just claiming that some things aren't, and they can't handwave that away. SA wrote:Regardless, everyone, everywhere agrees that the single threaded programming model is a dead-end in terms of performance. The performance increases have slowed down, this is true, but single-thread performance still matters and will continue to matter. If it DIDN'T matter, you'd see ICs with 16 in-order cores taking the world by storm. I don't see that, do you? This ridiculous faith you have in the notion that every problem can be parallelized is just, well, absurd. It plainly isn't true. It's also more complicated than that, because even if most of your problem is parallelizable, there is still a hard limit to how much performance you can gain by throwing parallel execution at it. Guess what the limit is? Oh, right, the amount of time your program takes in the parts that aren't parallelizable. You are only asymptotically approaching it by adding more and more parallel execution! In other words, even in a world with "free" parallelization hardware(instantaneously fast Tesla's for everyone!), singlethreaded performance will always matter. In fact, such a world would make single-threaded performance the DETERMINING factor! It will still matter! It will always matter! What I am referring to is known as Amdahl's law. Ubergerbil wrote a great post about this some years back.viewtopic.php?f=2&t=44090&hilit=amdahl SA wrote: Any business that cannot parallelize its critical software applications will be killed by those that can, in which case, the strength of a single processing unit does not matter so long as you have a sufficiently large number of them. That maybe true if performance is extremely important to your product and you're leaving possible concurrency on the table that your competitors are picking up, but it's not true if you product is designed to deal with problems that inherently cannot be parallelized well. And, again, if the strength of a single "processing unit" didn't matter, why don't we see ICs with umpteen in-order cores dominating the market? SA wrote:I think you are ignoring the point being that if I can make a decent argument for them being unnecessary, then their actual performance is not really something that should be a concern for people. If anyone is "ignoring" your point, that's because your "point" is a fantasy. You're not making a decent argument that they're unnecessary, you're just waving your hand and saying It's like starting a mathematical proof with a priori definition for the division of zero and then "proving" a whole host of mathematical concepts. Yes, you can do some pretty groundbreaking things once you do that (1 can now equal 2, AWESOME!). It's just that, well, you know, we're not really impressed. Saying we should just ignore your first statemnt and concentrate on your later work because it's so incredible is missing the point. SA wrote:In computer hardware, floating point units are logical units that take data inputs and a input and produce a data output according to those inputs, with a mapping from inputs to outputs that corresponds to the IEEE754 standard. Not that I fully understand what the heck you even mean, but the IEEE754 is a bit more than just "how do I perform operations on floats of like precision." There are subtle, but incredibly important matters like "how do I do operations between floats of differing precisions" and "how do I handle exceptions." There are rounding modes, FMAs, subnormals, lions, tigers and bears! Not-so-incidentally, those kinds of things are actually the complex parts of the standard that take up the majority of its text. SA wrote:If your statements are correct in saying that GPUs are floating point units, then block diagrams of GPUs contradict your statements by failing to adhere to the definition of a floating point unit. Here is a block diagram for a recent GPU: Here's what Scott prefaced that diagram with: Scott Wasson wrote: Images like the one below may not mean much divorced from context He's only more right when they are used in the WRONG context. SA wrote:Since what you say contradicts the definition of a floating point unit, what do you consider a floating point unit to be? Logic that is intended to deal with Floats? SA wrote:By the way, as a side note, page 106 of Nvidia's CUDA programming guide states that integer types are supported, which means that you can do integer operations on Nvidia's GPUs: Do all of them handle them natively through, or just Fermi? Because the fact that a programming framework can use them doesn't exactly mean a whole lot by itself, you know? And, in respect to Fermi, it's perhaps more of a vector processor than a straight FPU, which JBI covered by saying "specialized" and "highly parallel." So, what do you think you are showing? SA wrote:Emulation is usually used in reference to simulating a full machine. News to me. When people are talking about FPUs and embedded processors, they're usually talking about software emulation, kernel emulation or how the processor can emulate having a FPU through microcode that just uses its ALU. In all cases, you're not simulating the "full machine" and in software emulation, you're not even simulating instructions at all. SA wrote:When I realized your misuse of terminology, I edited my post to compensate for it. Just because he uses a word in a context you're unfamiliar with doesn't mean he's wrong. It's just your raging absolutism leading you into silliness again. Just because you think you have really cool, nicely defined and easily understood box doesn't mean you can suddenly stuff the entire world into it. And your box sucks anyway. Stop telling us what you *think* you've learned in class and actually pay more attention. This isn't just real world versus the academy because you regularly get the theory wrong too.

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Mononono is an advised solution to prevent Mono from cropping up in a system. If you are using Gentoo, just add the line dev-lang/mono to the file /etc/portage/package.mask and add " -mono" to your USE flags in For Arch Linux, add libgdiplus to the IgnorePkg section of /etc/pacman.conf. You will get the following message when installing the group gnome-extra: "Do you want to skip the above package(s) for this upgrade?" Just say yes and anything depending on Mono won't be installed. The following are vectors of Mono infection, according to Wikipedia, which attempt to replace legitimate applications and need to be removed: Finding and Removing Mono-based Software The following are programs that use the Mono application programming interface|API and C# instead of Java, Python or other open architectures. |Task||Recommended application or solution||Mono intrusion vector||Criticism| |Development||Anjuta, KDevelop, Eclipse, Java, QtCreator, Parrot, PHP, etc.||aped in mono by MonoDevelop| |Multimedia||Rhythmbox (GTK/GNOME), Amarok (Qt/KDE), Exaile (GTK/GNOME), XMMS2, etc.||aped in mono by Muine| |Multimedia||Rhythmbox (GTK/GNOME), Amarok (Qt/KDE), Clementine, Totem (GTK/GNOME), Exaile (GTK/GNOME), Songbird (XUL), VLC, etc.|| aped in mono by Banshee It is the default player in Ubuntu, with a bad interface, it is sponsored by Novell and because this Banshee uses a very permissive licence -- not sufficient to protect multimedia contents and not good to protect the project against patents. |Torrent||Transmission (GTK/GNOME), Deluge (GTK/GNOME), KTorrent (Qt/KDE), etc.||aped in mono by Monsoon|| Monsoon is a bittorrent client which uses monotorrent library. Mono people can try to include Monsoon as part of a default GNOME installation. Mono promoter; OpenSUSE already includes monsoon and Banshee in its GNOME installations. Monsoon and monotorrent use the MIT/X11 licence. It's not good for GNU/Linux to promote licences with weak copyleft; instead use GNU GPLv3 or copyleft licenses. And MIT/X11 is not good for protecting projects against software patents. |Rendering||(Panda3D)||aped in mono by Unity| |Note-taking||Gnote (GTK/GNOME), zim, knotes (Qt/KDE), Basket, Getting Things GNOME, etc.||aped in mono by Tomboy|| The sad thing is that Tomboy included by default in a lot of GNU/Linux distributions. Gtk-sharp has a lot of packages, while other bindings have nothing. This causes API Domination controlled mainly by an abusive monopolist, Microsoft. |Virtual worlds||Cobalt||aped in mono by libsecondlife| |Passwords||Password Gorilla.||aped in mono by KeePass 2| |Photo management||gThumb (GTK/GNOME), jBrout, digiKam (Qt/KDE), Solang,Gwenview, kornelix Fotoxx, Shotwell, etc.||aped in mono by F-Spot| |Launcher||Avant Window Navigator , Launchy, Katapult (Qt/KDE), Deskbar, etc.||aped in mono by GNOME Do, Docky| |Video||Avidemux, Kino, LiVES.||aped in mono by Diva| |Feeds/RSS||Liferea (GTK/GNOME), Akregator (Qt/KDE), Thunderbird, RSSOwl, etc.||aped in mono by Blam!| |Search||Strigi, Tracker, Recoll,Pinot, etc.||aped in mono by Beagle| |IM||Pidgin, Kopete||aped in mono by Galaxium| |IRC||Konversation, Quassel IRC (Qt/KDE), XChat (GTK/GNOME)||aped in mono by Smuxi|| Although it's free GNU software, it promotes C# development instead of Java. |Docks||Cairo-Dock||aped in mono by Docky|

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By Lindsay McCormack, Editorial Intern Photo by credit: Edwin Martinez Did you catch Roland Legiardi-Laura’s documentary, To Be Heard,last weekend? It aired on local PBS stations several times throughout the weekend and was well worth watching. It tells a story that is both grim and hopeful. It follows three teens who hope to escape their poverty-stricken lives in the Bronx. They want to go to college and see more of the world. They want to stay out of prison and away from harm. The teenagers in this film are stunningly talented poets. Anthony, Karina, and Pearl are high school juniors, all facing complex issues at school and at home. In poetry class, the three expose their innermost thoughts and emotions to their classmates on a daily basis. Pearl, who struggles with obesity and body image, dreams both to overcome these societal pressures and to go to Sarah Lawrence College in New York. In the film, we watch her find confidence and see herself in a new light. One particularly striking scene takes place at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. In the same woods where Henry Thoreau lived and wrote, Pearl stands among the trees and stretches her arms in all directions. She makes way for the sun, allowing herself to take up space and feel free in her own skin. Anthony, who struggles to stay out of jail, is perhaps the most talented and volatile of this group. Though his mouth is quick to get him in trouble with school authorities, he becomes someone else when he recites poetry. His words aren’t necessarily cleaner when he’s speaking poetry, but there’s meaning behind them—he is a rapper without the bass or the kick-drum. Performing on stage before a screaming audience, words pour from him effortlessly, his arms pulsing and pumping before him like a conductor. His nervous energy practically leaps from through the screen. Karina, Anthony’s girlfriend during part of the film, struggles with realities that many young girls can relate to: a painful relationship with her mother and pressure to act as a parent to her younger siblings. She not only takes on this challenge at home—we see her loving and gentle nature with her little siblings—but she transforms these difficulties into a fiery poetic energy. She makes art out of her teenage exhaustion. She has the teachers, friends, and talent that allow her to channel something very rare and compelling. Though the relationship between Karina and Anthony is not the main focus of the film—nothing can overshadow the poetry that the rest of the story revolves around—it is refreshing to see a genuine, loving relationship between two young people. With all of the Ronnie-and-Sam-esque crap thrown at us every day, here is a young romance that is beautiful and genuinely dramatic. This is not just another documentary about poverty and suffering. This film is about being young and trying to find your own voice. It is about what great teachers can do, and the talent we must recognize in each other and ourselves. For this movie-goer, Legiardi-Laura’s 2011 documentary To Be Heard is pure poetry. For more information about the film, see www.tobeheard.org; Click here to find local listings for upcoming broadcasts. To arrange for a screening, or learn more about the launch of the world’s first mobile/online poetry community for youth, email: email@example.com or visit: http://www.facebook.com/powerpoetry.

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They also keep you healthy inside... Especially when it comes to cholesterol levels. They actually increase or decrease your risk for heart disease. Dr. Jeff swanson with united regional says there are three different choleserol levels you need to know and discuss with your doctor. H-d-l's are good.... they keep cholesterol out of your circulation and keep your blood vessels free of plaque.... So you want this level to be higher. L-d-l's on the other hand -- raise your risk of heart attack and stroke You want to have a low l-d-l level. And finally -- triglycerides increase your risk for heart disease. They're raised if you have problems with obesity, blood sugar, if you eat proccessed foods that will increase your triglyceride levels. Dr. Swanson says knowing your levels and working with your doctor is important... A healthy adult should have an l-d-l level of less than 160... If you have high blood pressure -- doctor's typically want those levels less than 130... And if you're diabetic -- dr. Swanson tells his patients to aim for less than 100. So how do you achieve your goals? Dr. Swanson says the first steps are eating right and exercise. They work hand in hand. If you exercise more you'll increase hdl and lower ldl levels. But if you can't reach your goals that way... Your doctor may consider medication. A lot of times you're fighting genetics. If mom and dad had bad hdls and high ldls and heart attacks in their 40's and 50's diet and exercise may not give you the best recovery from your risks. In that case we may to add medicines in those groups. And dr. Swanson says smokers need to quit. That's probably the worse thing that we've invented as humans is smoking. It damages your blood vessels directly and changes your cholesterol and triglycerides to where it raises your risks. So know your numbers and set goals with your doctors to keep your cholesterol where it needs to be.

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This is an astonishing book. It is astonishing on several levels: as a worm’s-eye view of the “undercity” of one of the world’s largest metropolises; as an intensely reported, deeply felt account of the lives, hopes and fears of people traditionally excluded from literate narratives; as a story that truly hasn’t been told before, at least not about India and not by a foreigner. But most of all, it is astonishing that it exists at all. Katherine Boo, a New Yorker staff writer who won a Pulitzer Prize while working at The Washington Post, spent three years and four months (from November 2007 to March 2011) following the lives of some of Mumbai’s most deprived citizens, the dirt-poor residents of a squatter slum on the periphery of its international airport. Annawadi, in the shadow of luxury hotels, is “a bitty slum popped up in the biggest city of a country that holds one third of the planet’s poor.” Built on swampy land abutting a sewage lake, it is home to a motley collection of marginal Indians desperate to make a living out of the detritus of the city’s economic boom. These are the footnotes to the success story of what was briefly called “Shining India,” the poor people who are usually, in other accounts, treated as a collectivity, the object of economists’ analyses, politicians’ promises and ideologues’ outrage. In “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” Boo humanizes them as individuals with their own stories to tell. Overcoming the obstacles to effective reporting posed by her class, gender, ethnicity and language, Boo follows their lives and experiences in an effort to understand the problems of poverty from the bottom up. The result is a searing account, in effective and racy prose, that reads like a thrilling novel but packs a punch Sinclair Lewis might have envied. The narrative teems with larger-than-life figures to whom Boo instantly draws you: Abdul, a Muslim teen with a single-minded talent for scavenging recyclable garbage, which “had bestowed on his family an income few residents of Annawadi had ever known”; Asha, who uses political and police connections to climb out of poverty while raising her beautiful daughter, Manju, the slum’s “only college-going girl,” to escape the life of compromises she has led; Fatima, a one-legged neighbor of Abdul’s family, prone to violent rages; Kalu, a boy with the spunk to steal the scrap he then sells to Abdul; and Sunil, a smelly and nerveless ragamuffin with a head for heights. Their stories unfold as Annawadi comes to vivid life, accompanied by a host of lesser but equally indelible characters — the dying man trying to raise money for the operation that might save him, the policewoman seeking to extort money in return for tailoring her case files, the passionate teacher at a juvenile detention center, the young woman who swallows rat poison because “this was one decision about her life she got to make.” And then there’s Abdul’s father, who “had developed an irritating habit of talking about the future as if it were a bus” that one could run after, even if one kept missing it. The raw pathos to the stories of the characters in “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” is of the kind usually found in great fiction, except that, as Boo confirms, they are all real, down to their names. So is Annawadi, with its noxious sights and smells, its mounds of refuse and lean-to hovels, its fetid garbage that is almost a living presence in this book. Boo, who has an Indian husband, has not just lived with its people and gotten to know them; she has penetrated the dynamics of their relationships, acquired insights into their psyches, breathed the polluted air that suffuses their fears. Her empathy for the slum-dwellers, striving against impossible odds to earn enough for “the full enjoy” they can only dream about, is total. She reports their hopes, their diversions, their vices and their shocking deaths with the matter-of-factness that comes to those inured to suffering. Boo keeps herself entirely out of the narrative until an author’s note at the end, which gives her account an intimacy and immediacy that are unchallengeable. Her research is meticulous and worthy of the most demanding sociologist; her understanding of “India, a land of few safe assumptions,” is impossible to quarrel with, since the book is devoid of the commonplace errors about the country that litter most Western attempts to understand its complexities.So when Boo writes in graphic detail about corruption and police abuse, she does so through the eyes of the poor people who are so often reduced to statistics in well-meaning human rights documents and development paradigms. She writes movingly of “a system in which the most wretched tried to punish the slightly less wretched by turning to a justice system so malign it sank them all.” Sometimes her justified indignation, coupled with her talent for the telling metaphor, can lead her to stylistic excess: “The Indian criminal justice system was a market like garbage,” she writes. “Innocence and guilt could be bought and sold like a kilo of polyurethane bags.” But indeed, as Boo points out, the corruption that elite Indians see as an obstacle to India’s progress appears to the slum-dwellers as an aspect of “the distribution of opportunity in a fast-changing country that they loved.” Otherwise, they are assailed by the arbitrariness of life: “In Annawadi, fortunes derived not just from what people did, or how well they did it, but from the accidents and catastrophes they avoided. A decent life was the train that hadn’t hit you, the slumlord you hadn’t offended, the malaria you hadn’t caught.” In this sordid drama, the poor are too busy fighting each other for the scraps: “The poor took down one another, and the world’s great, unequal cities soldiered on in relative peace.” This is not a reassuring message for those of us in India striving to change the country. Boo’s last sentence asks a haunting question: “If the house is crooked and crumbling, and the land on which it sits uneven, is it possible to make anything lie straight?” It is a question that Indians try to answer every day as we build our country, and Boo has earned the right to ask it, too. Name of Source: Wall Street Journal

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The loss of her hands hasn’t slowed Brandy Duhon’s determination to succeed Brandy Duhon is accustomed to stares. She’s received them for more than half of her life. Children are uninhibited about it, gazing long and hard and trying to understand. Adults may be more careful, looking if they think Duhon won’t notice, averting their eyes if they think she might. Either way, she takes no offense. “It’s who I am,” Duhon said. “I guess I’ve accepted that.” Even at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, where, as a fourth-year student, Duhon, 30, is a familiar face, people can’t help themselves. Erika Fauth, also in her fourth year of vet school, teamed with Duhon last year in performing surgery on a dog in heat, a condition that complicated the procedure. “All the professors would kind of walk by, like, ‘She’s actually doing this,’” Fauth said. “People you could tell were kind of skeptical beforehand could see her do all the stuff — placing catheters and doing anesthesia. I think that’s when it hit home for most people that she’s going to be just fine when they saw her do surgery.” She did the operation without using hands. Duhon wasn’t showing off. She has none. With arms that end a few inches below the elbow — not her only physical limitations, but the most significant — Duhon has not only survived as a veterinary student, but has thrived. She won the Outstanding Student Award for the Class of 2013 in the spring. Her grades are among the best in her class. She performs her tasks mostly without prosthetics, mostly without assistance and entirely without self-pity. “I don’t want to make it seem that I didn’t have a down day, because some days are down, and some days I get aggravated,” Duhon said. “But those days are very few and far between. I think I’m just very thankful.” ‘I’m going to show him’ Growing up in Duson, Duhon was 13 when, in 1995, she thought she had the flu. Her throat was sore, her neck and back were stiff. Her mother, Melandia Langley, brought her Gatorade to keep her hydrated. “She noticed that I started to have bruising on my wrist and asked if me and my sister had been wrestling,” Duhon said. “No, I didn’t do that. She also noticed that I had another bruise on my upper thigh. She just couldn’t understand where that was coming from.” Duhon continued to feel worse, and the unexplained bruises kept appearing, so her mother and stepfather, Bobby Langley, took her to American Legion Hospital in Crowley. On the way, Duhon couldn’t hold her head up, so her mother held it for her. When they arrived at the hospital, she couldn’t pick up her feet to walk, and she was black and blue all over. “The doctor asked my mom if I was allergic to penicillin,” Duhon said. “She said she didn’t know, and he said either she’s going to die from the penicillin or she’s going to die from this. It was rough. “I can still remember laying on the table and the smell of my mother’s shirt from her grabbing me to turn me on my side for him to do a spinal tap, and my whole back turning black from where her hands were. That’s something you don’t forget.” Doctors were perplexed. Her spinal fluid was clear. They sent her to Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, where it took two days to discover that Duhon had meningococcal meningitis, which stayed in her bloodstream instead of her spinal fluid. The disease cut off blood flow to Duhon’s extremities, leading to gangrene in her hands and one of her feet. It required the amputation of both hands and her right heel. Langley later told Duhon that doctors wanted to amputate the leg, but she convinced them to hold off. She underwent more operations in New Orleans before being released in October. Along the way, the medical staff began to see glimpses of the determination that would reward Duhon as an adult. Because meningitis can attack the brain, a psychiatrist was brought in to check Duhon. Dealing with post-operative pain, she was in no mood for it. “When he came in I said, ‘Can I ask you a question before you start?’” Duhon said. “He said, ‘Sure.’ I asked him, ‘Do pigs sweat?’ “He kind of looked at me. I said, ‘Do they? Do pigs sweat?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ I said, ‘No, they don’t. That’s why they lay in mud. So, I’m fine. You can go.’ “He walked out of the room and said, ‘She’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with her brain.’” Duhon determined to reject all accommodations to her situation. “They wanted her to do therapy for the legs and she said, ‘I don’t need therapy,’” Melandia Langley said. “She got up out of the wheelchair and walked. ‘I’m going to be just fine. I do my therapy at home, but I don’t need a wheelchair.’” The next step was braces, but they chafed her leg. A doctor told her she could not walk barefoot in the grass. Duhon didn’t like being told what she couldn’t do. “She said, ‘I’m going to show him,’” Langley said. “On one of our appointments … she took her shoes off. She walked into the doctor’s office and said, ‘I guess I am going to walk in the grass again.’” “There were a bunch of things I was never supposed to do,” Duhon said. “To this day, I don’t wear braces. I constantly walk barefooted. I wear flip-flops.” This resolve exacts a price. The interruption in blood flow destroyed the cartilage in her left ankle, so bone meets bone. To walk, she must canter her hips, which causes other aches and pains. She is undeterred. “I just take some Advil and keep on truckin’,” Duhon said. No Plan B Duhon graduated from North Vermilion High School in 2000, then enrolled at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to pursue a science degree. She took a job at a local health club, where she met Dr. Renee Poirrier of Acadiana Veterinary Clinic. Duhon initially thought she wanted to pursue anesthesiology or forensics, but was now thinking about being a veterinarian. She mentioned that to Poirrier. “She never blinked an eye,” Duhon said. “She said, ‘My clinic is right down the street. Why don’t you come on in? We can see what you want to do and go from there.’” Duhon started by coming in and observing, then was hired as a receptionist, then became a veterinary technician. One of the few concessions to her condition is that she needed help removing cats from kennels. Because her arms are so short, she wasn’t comfortable sticking her face into a kennel to retrieve a frightened cat. “We just let Brandy figure out how she was going to do things,” Poirrier said. “She does things differently than the rest of us, and she figures out her own way. We said, ‘OK, these are the tasks we want you to do, and you just figure out how you’re going to do them.’ That’s what she did. “There wasn’t anything that I can think of that she tried to do that she didn’t eventually tackle. She was able to pull up injections, give injections, she monitored surgery. She did everything a regular tech would do. She does it a little bit differently, but does it very efficiently and works well. And super intelligent.” After getting her degree from ULL, Duhon applied to enroll at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. She was turned down. She applied again the next two years. Same result. “I remember when she interviewed for a position here in the school, and I can remember faculty saying at that time, ‘Why are we even admitting her because there’s no way she would ever be able to do what a veterinarian needs to do?’” said Dr. Joe Taboada, the school’s associate dean of students. “I think in each year of the curriculum there have been people who taught in that year that had that exact same response. They looked at her and because they couldn’t see how what they did could be done without using hands, they assumed that it couldn’t be done.” At Poirrier’s suggestion, Duhon had a video made of her doing the work of a veterinary technician and sent it to LSU. She was finally admitted. If LSU had said no again? “There was no Plan B,” Duhon said. “I’d have applied until I’d gotten in.” ‘Nothing stopped her’ Fauth first saw Duhon at student orientation. It included a leadership and team-building exercise, building boats out of cardboard boxes and sailing them across a pool. “She fit right in,” Fauth said. “She was doing everything. Nothing stopped her. I was impressed by that.” Fauth was not the last at the vet school to be amazed not only by how Duhon overcomes her physical limitations, but her spirit and personality. In her first year, she told everyone to ask her any question they had about her condition. Asked by the administration what accommodations she needed, her primary request was to change some doorknobs from round to levers — not because she couldn’t open them, but it was difficult to do so while carrying a load of books. “All my classmates were, like, ‘Thank God you’ve got those changed,’” she said. “So, I wasn’t the only one having fits with the doorknobs. “I could have been left with less than what I have. I have my elbows, and I can drive a car. I can peel crawfish. I can do surgery. I can put in a catheter. I can give vaccinations. There’s not one thing I can’t do.” “I can’t put my hair in a ponytail, so my friends do,” she said. “I could be so worse. “I don’t see myself as having a disability. I really don’t. A lot of times I forget. When I see a home video, I’m, like, ‘Oh, my God, I look so weird.’ But it’s because I forget. I don’t realize that a lot of my friends forget it, too. They say, ‘Once we hang around you for a while we forget.’” Except when Duhon reminds them. “When we go to a restaurant and we have a big group of people and somebody orders chicken fingers, she will be, like, ‘Why does it always have to be about the fingers?’ and make everybody laugh,” Fauth said. “The waitress is, like, ‘Oh, my God,’ and gets really bashful, but that’s how she is. It’s always a joke. She’s really good-spirited about it. She just likes to have fun.” Her attitude, Taboada said, will continue to serve her well when she moves into full-time practice. Acadiana Veterinary Clinic clients who met Duhon as a technician continue to ask about her and when she will graduate, Poirrier said. Duhon credits the support of her family — including father David Duhon and stepmother Chris Duhon — and her longtime boyfriend, Joe Del Diaz, for instilling that attitude and helping make her career dream close to a reality. The diploma she plans to receive next May will indicate what she has learned. Others testify to what she has taught. “Whenever I complain about things, I think twice,” Fauth said. “Really, I have nothing to complain about. I should be very grateful for what I have. … She is doing what she wants to do in life, and with her disability, and it does not matter. She’s going to get there.”

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New Orleans — Major national companies setting up shop in the metro New Orleans area is hardly news. Major national companies setting up shop in New Orleans proper? That’s a different story. It’s also what happened several times in 2012. With the city luring organizations such as GE Capital and Costco and the expansion of several existing businesses in the past year, local business leaders believe New Orleans is laying the groundwork for a new wave of economic development — something they hope will diversify the economy and provide a brighter future for the cash-strapped city. Aimee Quirk, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s economic adviser, said the city has several things going for it now that it hasn’t previously: a young, entrepreneurial workforce that came here after Hurricane Katrina, better collaboration between the public and private sectors and a more aggressive attitude toward attracting and retaining business. “We are on a path. We’ve got great alignment with the public-private sector,” Quirk said. “We are all on a course with a shared vision that makes us very powerful.” Rod Miller, president and CEO of the New Orleans Business Alliance, the city’s official economic development organization, said a shift in the city’s business climate came in after Katrina. “Katrina was an eye opener,” he said. “It put us in a spotlight and highlighted our flaws.” A desire among business leaders to reinvigorate a somewhat stagnant economy based largely on the tourism industry helped spur change, Miller said. Meanwhile, young people who came to town after the August 2005 storm brought with them an entrepreneurial spirit. That, Miller said, created a pool of potential talent for companies that began to look more seriously at the city as new economic incentives were launched in an effort to attract them. But is New Orleans just riding a post-Katrina wave of outsiders interested in the rebuilding, which in many cases is coming to an end? Quirk doesn’t think so. Noting that the city is nearly 10 years out from the storm, the trend seems to be that business here has changed, she said. Knowing that recent companies moving to the city provide a sense of momentum, the city and business alliance are now in the midst of preparing to launch a strategic plan that will focus on five specific areas that mix high-paying jobs with more plentiful modest jobs: - Advanced manufacturing. - BioInnovation and health services. - Creative digital media. - Sustainable, or environmental, industries. - Transportation, trade and logistics. Michael Hecht, president and CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., an economic development alliance that serves a 10-parish area in southeast Louisiana, said that the strategic plan sends a message to the country that New Orleans has gotten serious about its economy. “The new New Orleans is different in real and positive ways from the previous incarnation,” Hecht said. “Given that the No. 1 enemy of business is uncertainty, these measures create a structure and plan and framework ... for the community,” Hecht said. While there has been much work done behind the scenes to foster a new attitude toward business in New Orleans, a stigma of a corrupt city with a high crime rate, failing schools and little to offer as a return on investment might be a bit of a hindrance, according to one economist. “We still have a perception problem,” said Janet Speyrer, associate dean of research and professor of economics at UNO. The reality is simple, Speyrer said: to truly turn the corner, New Orleans will need to ensure that multiple new high-wage businesses continue to relocate here, showing that it is a new city. While New Orleans landing something such as Costco can create new jobs, they are lower wage, and the store isn’t an automatic boon to the local economy since, she said, it can often just make consumer shift spending from one business to another, rather than spending more money. And while companies such as GE are also great additions, its workforce of about 300 people can’t quite boost a city’s entire economy. Quirk said the city realizes that it needs to keep courting those types of enterprises to make a real difference, which is why it has developed the five-point strategic plan. She also pointed out that efforts to grow retail in the city and improve quality of life have been successful in 2012 with the construction of the Mid-City Market and Algiers Plaza, two shopping centers with various outlets in their respective namesake neighborhoods. In 2013, a proposed new shopping center in South Claiborne Avenue Central City will go before the City Council in hopes of allowing ground breaking in the not-too-distant future. Officials also hope to see some action taken on a proposed outlet mall at the site of the former Six Flags theme park in eastern New Orleans. In the meantime, Quirk said, growth often “begets more growth and wealth creation throughout the city.” Hecht said that ongoing discussions with businesses interested in the city could prove to be yet another nail in the coffin of the city’s past profile if new deals are finalized this year. “What I believe is we are two or three major companies away from New Orleans hitting critical mass in terms of being a tech hub,” Hecht said. “We have companies now like Gameloft and GE. Two or three more and I think we’ll turn the corner and be mentioned in the same sentences as Austin and Seattle.” While there have been recent victories in on the business front, Quirk admits it will take some time for residents to experience effects of the recent efforts to revive the economy. “It’s all incremental,” Miller said.

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On Tuesday nights at D4D, dogs and their potential handlers test the waters with one another. People are focused and hopeful as they learn how to handle a dog and what to expect in public when accompanied by a service dog. Meanwhile, staff members are on the lookout for a special connection. “Many people are eager to be partnered with one of our dogs,” says director Carol Edwards. “But we don’t make placements according to a waiting list; instead, we pair up dogs and people when we see a special chemistry at work.” Once a match has been made, the dog and his handler work as a leashed-together pair 24 hours a day for up to two months. During this “umbilical period,” the dog learns to connect his person’s hypoglycemic scent with a reward. Reynolds explains, “It’s almost as if they are saying, I smell the scent. I’m going to let you know that I smell the scent, and then I’ll get treats! At first, Harris didn’t believe that a dog could detect low blood sugar, but her skepticism vanished when she worked at a camp for diabetic children and accompanied a D4D dog on his midnight rounds. She became a believer when she watched the dog alert his handler to a sleeping child whose blood sugar reading was in the low 30s. Just three weeks before the momentous night—the night when she didn’t wake up freezing in sweat-soaked linens—Harris brought Destiny home. Instead of ravenously raiding the refrigerator and experiencing the disorientation and emotional rollercoaster that accompanies midnight hypoglycemia, she simply lay in bed and drank a glass of juice. “It’s the best low I’ve ever had,” she confesses with a smile. These days, Destiny accompanies Harris everywhere, wearing the blue vest that identifies her as a medical-alert service dog. Destiny’s presence in the car eliminates Harris’s concern about going low while driving, and in the classroom, Destiny sits by Harris’s side and gives her enough warning that she can grab a healthy snack without missing a moment of instruction. And at night, this faithful companion frees Harris to sleep soundly without the risks and fears of nighttime hypoglycemia. The work at D4D holds promise for hundreds of thousands of Type 1 diabetics. For Mark and the other tireless volunteers at D4D, the bottom line is that these dogs relieve people of the fear of hypoglycemia, and they save lives. Most rewarding are the phone calls from parents who say, “The dog woke me up last night, and my child’s blood glucose was 40.” Harris grew up with Lab mixes, and initially she looked forward to building a special relationship with her new dog; then she realized exactly how special that relationship would be: “When I first received Destiny, I was so excited to be able to care for a dog. This is really cool! I thought to myself. She depends on me for fun, for play, for food, for a good walk. But when she started to alert on me, it really struck home: I am the one who depends on her to literally save my life.” No glucose meter in the world can measure the depth of that bond. Originally published as “An Immeasurable Bond.”

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Cynthia is feeling crabby…I heard a rumor that many cosmetic products use crab shells as an ingredient. This sounds a little bit ridiculous to me but if it’s true I wonder why it’s so hush-hush. Is it because the cosmetic companies are worried that the animal-rights activists will find out? The Right Brain responds: Actually, Cynthia, crab shells are a legitimate ingredient in many cosmetics. What is Chitin? You’ll never see “crab shells” listed as an ingredient. Instead you’ll see some version of a chemical called “chitin.” Chitin is a polysaccharide which means it’s sort of like cellulose and it comes from the exoskeletons of crustaceans, insects and even arachnids. When you realize this stuff could come from scorpions suddenly crab shells don’t sound so bad. Chitin was “discovered” in 1811 by Professor Henri Braconnott. He found it, in all places, in the cell walls of mushrooms. I’m guessing that it’s too expensive to get significant amounts of high-quality chitin from mushrooms hence the use of crustacean shells. That’s much more cost effective since these shells are a by product of the animals we use for food (crabs as well as shrimp and lobsters.) One of earliest applications for chitin was in preparing wound dressings where its moisture retention properties speed the healing of burns. Today it’s found in a variety of products including diapers, feminine napkins, and tampons. (Since these aren’t cosmetics they don’t have to provide an ingredient list.) It’s also an additive in many dietary supplements and, of course, it’s used in cosmetics or else we wouldn’t be writing about it. What does Chitin do in cosmetics? It has been demonstrated that the addition of certain chitin derivatives significantly improves the skin hydrating properties of facial masks. In addition, chitin is used in hairsprays to increase combability, stiffness and curl retention. It can even help stabilize emulsions by reducing oil and water separation. Look for it on the ingredient list as either chitin or “chitosan.” While it’s no secret that many products may contain ingredients derived from crustations I don’t think it would be a particularly wise marketing move for products to exclaim “Hey, I’ve got crabs!” Maybe that’s why the animal rights groups haven’t made much of a fuss about this ingredient. Somehow marine-derived ingredients seem to get a pass from the animal rights folks (with shark liver oil being a notable exception.) Image credit: http://i.images.cdn.fotopedia.com/ Hey, it’s Cyber-Monday so don’t forget to help out the Beauty Brains by using our link when you shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com. Just click this link and then shop for anything you want.

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Now that the Age of Exploration is on hiatus, we turn inwards with fascination to both the triumphs and the failures of earlier years. One of the key focal points for exhibitions and the public are the polar expeditions of the Edwardian era, whose centenaries fall about now. The cult of anniversary has spawned a rash of new findings. Most bizarre of all is the uncovering of the Terra Nova expedition's last photos, taken by Captain Scott. Recognised by its leader, Captain Scott, and the untimely end of its members, uncovering a new record of their exploit is surprising. The disputes over copyright can often lead to the destruction of historical records: After two years of lectures, exhibitions, slide shows and film screenings, and a bitter clash over who owned the rights, thousands of photographs, along with Scott's images, were returned to the expedition photographer, Herbert Ponting. The nitrate film of the collection disintegrated, but a single set of positives printed by Ponting survived, stored loose in a cardboard box. Ponting died in 1935. The images were bought by a commercial picture agency but their true identity still went unrecognised. They resurfaced when part of the archive was sold at auction. Now they will be shown for us. If Scott's last photos can resurface, what other treasures lie hidden in the archival depths?

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We’ve been pretty engrossed with the fullblown C-Span coverage of the first day of the House debate on the resolution over the war in Iraq. Our colleague, Jeff Zeleny, is writing about the debate as it unfolds on the floor. The resolution expresses support for the troops in Iraq but disapproves of President Bush’s plan to deploy an additional 21,500 troops there. As the debate got underway, our peripheral vision caught the sleet falling outside, far short of the predictions of a big storm. But it seems like an ice floe is forming inside the House chamber. Congressman Rahm Emanuel issued a chilly press release, complaining about a call-to-arms letter (complete with a map of terrorist attacks by radical Islamists since 2002) that Republican Congressmen Jack Shadegg and Pete Hoekstra have issued to their members. How many Republicans they can keep from defecting remains to be seen. Key quotes from the G.O.P. letter: This debate should not be about the surge or its details. This debate should not even be about the Iraq war to date, mistakes that have been made, or whether we can or cannot win militarily. If we let Democrats force us into a debate on the surge or the current situation in Iraq, then we lose. Rather, the congressmen urge their fellow Republicans to broaden the debate to — what? — the president’s war on terrorism and the dangers America faces from terrorists. Now, Mr. Shadegg of Arizona just gave his floor speech, in which he urged his colleagues to oppose the resolution, H.R. 63. Contending that it was a mere three sentences long, Mr. Shaddegg argued that the resolution sent the message to “stay the course,” when in fact, President Bush’s strategy for a troop buildup offered a new strategy. He argued that the world was watching, that the resolution “will undoubtedly harm America and harm our troops.” In response to the Shadegg-Hoekstra letter, Mr. Emanuel, chairman of the House Democratic caucus issued this statement: We all lose when we avoid discussing the war in Iraq. For four years, Republicans failed to conduct any oversight of the war, choosing instead to turn a blind eye and hand the President a blank check on Iraq. Now, Republicans want to do anything but debate Iraq or this new policy of escalation. This is not about whether Democrats or Republicans win or lose. This is about the additional 21,500 American troops who will be sent to Iraq to implement a failed strategy and police a civil war. Representative Bill Shuster, Republican of Pennsylvania, followed Mr. Shadegg to the floor, and he, too, called the resolution “stay the course.” He challenged the House Democratic majority to spell out whether they want to cut funding for the troops, too. And just one more interesting aside: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, whose effort to bring only the Warner-Levin compromise resolution to the Senate floor last week was blocked by nearly all Republican senators, including Senator John Warner, announced today that he wants to proceed in his chamber with the simpler language of the House resolution.

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The Case for Spending a Little More Sometimes By CARL RICHARDS Carl Richards is a certified financial planner in Park City, Utah, and is the director of investor education at BAM Advisor Services. His book, “The Behavior Gap,” was published this year. His sketches are archived here on the Bucks blog. A number of years ago, it was time to buy a new road bike. There was one that I always wanted, but it was more expensive than I could afford. I remember thinking that I should just settle for a cheaper bike, one that I didn’t really want but told myself would be fine. But I decided that instead of settling for something I didn’t really want, I would wait until I could afford it. Later, I bought the bike I really wanted. And guess what? I still have that bike, and I still love it! I’ve watched other people go through three or four bikes in the time I have had this one. In the end, I suspect I spent less money by buying the one that cost more. We’re faced with these decisions all the time. It may not be a bike, but maybe a watch, clothes, a new car or even a house. It’s tempting to tell ourselves this little story about being frugal as we buy garbage from WalMart instead of the quality stuff that we want. Stuff that lasts. Stuff that we can own for a long time. Here is the issue: when we settle for stuff that we don’t really want, and instead buy stuff that will be fine for a while, it often costs more in the long run. How many shirts do you have in the closet that you never wear because you bought them on sale, despite feeling that they weren’t quite right? Those shirts you saved so much money on are now costing you in more ways than just money. We have to deal with storing them. We have to deal with the uncomfortable feeling we get each time we see them, knowing that we shouldn’t have bought them in the first place. Then, we have to figure out how to get rid of them. Next thing you know, you’re trying to sell that shirt you bought on sale for $10 for only a quarter at a yard sale. Why not just wait and buy the $20 shirt you will actually wear and then keep it? Too often I think we convince ourselves that buying for the long term doesn’t matter. We can always replace it, right? But how much simpler would life and our money decisions be if we bought with the goal of owning that item for a long time? Taking this approach puts a new spin on how we spend our money. Maybe it makes us think a little harder about what we’re buying. Maybe it makes us wait a little longer so we can afford exactly what we want. Maybe it makes us a little happier about what we have because we’re buying things we want around for a long time. When we start treating everything around us as disposable, it’s hard to not think of money as disposable, too. And it’s this line of thinking that gets us into trouble. Don’t be the person who ends up with a storage unit full of stuff you didn’t really want in the first place and an empty bank account. Do be the person who buys good things and then hangs on to them. Both you and your bank account will be happier.

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So many Electric Boat employees lost their jobs in the 1990s after the Defense Department canceled the Seawolf submarine program that layoffs only made the front page if more than 1,000 people went at once. The aftereffects of the Pentagon's decision to slash two dozen Seawolf submarines from the budget at the end of the Cold War still reverberate in the EB workforce 20 years later. Most of the nearly 12,000 employees - compared to 21,500 in 1991 - are either at the end or the beginning of their careers. "Across all of the different groups at Electric Boat, we lost a generation there as the workload declined and people went home, either by choice or because we didn't have work for them," said Robert Nardone, EB's vice president of human resources. "We have that gap, and you can't just rebuild that overnight. It takes time." Many senior employees are retiring or are at the age where they could. Hundreds of young people are joining the company each year. With no time to waste and no room for error in the sub business, EB is changing the way its employees share knowledge so none will be lost and so it is passed down in a way that makes sense for a new generation. "The way we deliver information has to change to the new hire, or the less-experienced people," Nardone said. "How we expose them to the product has to change." Someone new to the company a generation ago could learn about the stages of submarine construction by walking around the yard and seeing ships in different stages. Now that the Navy orders far fewer submarines, that's not the case. Today's designers would have to work at EB for 20 years to see the design of a submarine from start to finish. The company's manuals explain how to build a submarine, but not always why EB builds submarines the way it does. Today's new hires learn by questioning people who have been at the company longer, who have seen it and done it. It's a "people-intense business," Nardone said. At least 300 people have worked at EB for more than 40 years, 21 have celebrated their 50th anniversary and 10 more will reach that milestone if they stay at the company this year. EB is building one of the most - if not the most - complex products in the world, said Laura Smith, the director for combat and weapon systems. Lives are at risk if it's not done right. So too, is EB's reputation for delivering submarines on time and under budget. "We've lost that mid-level of leadership and we have to accelerate the learning of the younger engineers and designers coming in," Smith said. "That's really forcing us to think about the ways people do learn and become a better learning organization." Formal, informal training The engineering and design side of the business is where EB has hired the most in recent years because the Navy awarded the shipyard billions of dollars to design a new class of ballistic-missile submarines to replace the Ohio-class boats. EB will need to hire in the trades next to build the ballistic-missile submarines. The workforce will peak at about 16,000 in the 2020s when construction is under way. Now, 53 percent of the engineers and 30 percent of the designers have less than five years of experience. "Maybe 10 years ago I was the youngest guy in the group, and I was over 40," said Peter Larkin, an engineering supervisor who has been at EB for nearly 30 years. "The discussions among the staff were, 'This has got to change. At some point we've got to leave.'" Larkin said he tells the new engineers their job is to pick up the torch. Andrew Glazzard, 24, and Annie Daniel, 25, two of the new engineers at the company's New London campus, each were assigned a mentor on their first day. Other employees act as informal mentors and explain tasks that were under way when the newcomers were hired. "We're taking on a problem in the middle of solving it," said Glazzard, of Providence, who started work a year ago. "It's hard to understand the beginnings when we weren't there to witness it." Senior engineers hold special classes to teach their expertise and submariners visit to give talks on why EB's work is important. Retirees have been hired back temporarily to help. Managers bring junior employees to meetings to observe, then send them to the next meeting on their own. They put them in charge of presentations to the Navy. One department is uploading more documents to the internal website so new employees can find everything they need in one place. Formal training is still essential, but nothing compares to what a junior person can learn each day by sitting next to someone more senior, said Daniel Panosky, the director of naval architecture and structural engineering. "We have a workforce that takes a lot of pride in what they do and there's an incredible willingness to share what they know with someone else," he said, adding that at other companies, employees sometimes keep what they know to themselves to protect their standing. Daniel, of Potomac, Md., rotates among the departments to learn about all of the aspects of the business. In the past, junior employees knew far less about the inner workings of the company. Larkin said there's a recognition that even new employees need to have a broad perspective. And, he said, with the ballistic-missile submarine design - a large program with a broad base of work - there are more opportunities to bring in even the most junior designers and engineers and teach them. Email vs. open door People hired today learn differently, use technology differently and communicate differently than those hired even a decade ago, Nardone said. They text when they are going to be late to work. They're quick to email their supervisors with questions and use EB's internal instant messaging system. The average age of all employees is in the mid- to high 40s, with an average of 17 to 18 years of experience. The average age of people who were hired last year is 27. EB will need to hire 500 people per year through 2020 to replace workers who retire or leave. Glazzard said if he emails a manager, it could take a day or two to get an answer. If he emails a peer, the turnaround is much quicker. Daniel said when she has a question, it's convenient to send a message and keep on working. It could be that the managers are just busier, Glazzard and Daniel said, but they wondered whether any of them actually use instant messaging. "They're probably not used to using it," Glazzard said. Larkin, 52, said he logs off the instant messaging system because otherwise a green light shows up by his name. It implies, "Disturb me," he said. His door is open if he's free. Larkin's mentor, Al Malchiodi, used the Socratic method of teaching in the early 1980s, challenging him with a series of questions. Larkin's goal was to get through three of the questions without having to say, "I'll get back to you." You can't teach that way in small bursts, he said. Chris Hoddinott, another engineering supervisor, said he has noticed that the new employees sometimes get frustrated if they can't find something online quickly, or if they can't use a tool they had in college because EB doesn't have it or doesn't use it for security reasons. Despite any generational differences, knowledge will get from the people on the far right side of the bell curve to the far left to fill in the middle, Larkin and Hoddinott said. And, they said, new ideas and questions from the employees - on the left - are forcing those on the right to think about whether their methods are still the best way. "It's a very cautious industry," Hoddinott said. "We wait until things are tried and proven. They're coming out of college and they'll try anything." EB's efforts to train a new generation of designers and engineers can't afford to fail, Larkin said. Every day submariners are at sea in a small tube, with volatile chemicals, explosives and a nuclear reactor, he added. "We're not teaching anyone engineering," Larkin said. "But we are teaching them why we do things a certain way, why we check and double check. It's a culture. It's how we do it."

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Religious Leaders on Islam in America Flickr user nicholaslaughlin Organizers of a planned Islamic center near Ground Zero say they want to repair the breach caused by the nine-eleven terrorist attacks. Opponents consider the location insensitive. Leaders of different religions discuss attitudes toward Islam in America. chair of Islamic studies at American University, the first Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, and former Pakistani high commissioner to the U.K. His latest book is "Journey into America." Senior Rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington Former Bush Administration foreign policy advisor, based in Iraq (2003, 2004) Currently founding partner of Rosemont Capital, a global private equity firm; and Fox News Middle East Analyst executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and author of "Piety & Politics" (Harmony Books)

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Yesterday Disney revealed a giant World Record Setting canned food sculpture – titled “Celebrate Volunteers” – and then promptly dismantled it and shipped it off to regional food banks. Disney VoluntEARS shaped the sculpture with a larger-than-life Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto – all sculpted out of cans. Goofy’s trademark hat consisted of cans of bread crumbs, for instance. Mickey’s famous head was shaped from cans of black olives, and cans of sliced pineapple made up Pluto’s eyes. Here’s a timelapse video of the build:

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by Tina Sams Jan/Feb '11 issue, The Essential Herbal Magazine Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) is a member of the mustard ( Brassicaceae ) family, known for the sharp taste that immediately opens our sinuses when eaten. It has been cultivated for at least 2000 years, but the exact origin is not known. Delicious on meats, vegetables, potatoes, and seafood, it is rarely used as an everyday food. That may change a bit this year, as the Int’l Herb Association has chosen Horseradish to star as herb of the year in 2011. More than any herb they’ve chosen in the past, many of us have a lot to learn about Horseradish. We are so spoiled here! I wracked my brain trying to come up with a new way to approach this Herb of the Year, and literally smacked my forehead when it dawned on me that some of the best Horseradish in the world is grated and sold fresh right here at our amazing Central Market 3 days a week. Let me tell you a little about “our” market. One thing that almost all Lancaster Countians have in common is our immense pride in the Lancaster Central Market. In 1730, Alexander Hamilton included it in the original plan of the city, and conveyed personal property to the City of Lancaster in a deal that ensured that the market would always be there. It has run continuously from that time, with a building being constructed first around 1757, and then being remodeled into our outstandingly beautiful current market house in 1889. Central Market continues to be the jewel in the crown of the city. On market days (Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday), the city teems with shoppers. It is a real testament to the vision of Alexander Hamilton that this one vibrant part of our heritage has been the thing that kept our town from suffering the fate of so many similar towns. Michael J. Long is the 4th generation of Longs at the helm of Long’s Horseradish. The family has held a stand at Central Market since 1930, having started the business around 1906. It was originally started by the Goldbach family (Michael’s father’s maternal family), changing over to Long’s with Michael’s father. Throughout all those years, the Horseradish stand has been there (Tuesdays and Fridays only). They always have a fan blowing the pungent scent of the roots over the market house crowd as a utilitarian iron grinding machine is put to service throughout the day. That scent to me IS the smell of the market house, and I’m certain that the beams are infused with it. As the roots are ground, they are periodically added to a kettle, covered with vinegar, and the lid is replaced on the kettle immediately. The hood that covers the grinder must retain a lot of the scent, but Michael told me that many people have gotten teary eyed in front of the fan. H.J. Heinz is probably the oldest continually operating Horseradish processor in the country. Since Horseradish is a seasonal business, a second income was generally needed to tide families over during the off months. Heinz went with tomatoes while the Goldbach/Longs were tinsmiths in the early days, and as transportation and refrigeration improved it became a year-round occupation. While the Longs do grow Horseradish for personal use, what is used for production is mainly from the Mississippi River Valley states, and they are beautiful, fleshy white roots. As I asked that question, I already knew the answer. We were asked that all the time when we had an herb shop, but with success comes the inability to do both the growing and the business end, so it becomes necessary to rely on growers. I’ve only ever known good, fresh Horseradish – except the rare “off-brand” cocktail sauce that people unknowingly serve, or the even rarer sauce (if you can seriously call it that) served with a fast-food roast beef sandwich. We are so privileged to expect the best because it is the only thing we know here! The Horseradish will have been ground between 2 and 4 hours earlier if purchased at market, but Long’s is available at grocery outlets as well. They also make a superb cocktail sauce, full of zing, and spicy mustards. In fact, I only put it in my own garden this past summer when a good friend sent me a piece through the mail. It is so easily available I never considered growing it. Recently, Dr. Oz talked about the three herbs we should add more often to our diets. They are: Rosemary, Saffron, and Horseradish! He added that Horseradish is very effective at helping digestion and liver detoxification. The gall bladder is stimulated to release bile when we eat Horseradish, making it a great alternative for digestive problems. Ah, but the good doctor merely scratched the surface! The root contains a cornucopia of vitamins and minerals. Higher in vitamin C than oranges or lemons, it also contains lots of vitamin A. Add a healthy dose of chromium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, riboflavin, calcium, manganese, niacin, and zinc, and we have a nutritious condiment that deserves a more revered place on the table. The diuretic effects of Horseradish can be helpful in cases of bladder infections and kidney stones, and it also increases perspiration, which can lower fevers. It is antibiotic, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, and anti-inflammatory. It’s very hot taste comes from the glucocides sinigrin and 2-phenylethylglucosinolate. When cut, cells are crushed, enabling an enzyme called myrosinase to interact with these two substances, releasing the oil, explaining why a Horseradish root has no smell until it is cut, grated, or ground. It also contains glucosinolates thought to provide resistance to cancers. The root is considered beneficial in cases of lung infections, sinus problems, arthritis and gout. Although there is much written in reference to using Horseradish externally (think mustard plaster), the juice can cause blistering of the skin, so caution is advised. In fact, the essential oil is classed as hazardous. Horseradish root is a staple ingredient in the Fire Cider recipe popularized by Rosemary Gladstar, and that can be found easily on the internet. Some other simple remedies using Horseradish: Expectorant Syrup (also good for hoarseness) Boil ground Horseradish root with brown sugar and a small amount of water. Horseradish Juice is taken ¼ to ½ tsp between meals to improve sluggish digestion and decrease indigestion. 1 t freshly ground Horseradish mixed with 1 T honey and steeped in I c hot water, drunk like tea. One cannot be “the Horseradish man” at market without gleaning lots of great tips for uses of Horseradish – as if 4 generations of passed down information weren’t enough. Michael told me that no matter what the recipe says, ALWAYS add the horseradish to the dish last during cooking. This is backed up by my research, that emphasizes high heat kills some of the beneficial medicinal properties of the root. The only exception to this rule would be when coating a roast with Horseradish prior to putting it into the oven. In that case, the flavor will penetrate the meat and be even more delicious. A customer told him to try making gravy with the drippings from that same roast, and he assured me that it is heaven on earth. Another surprising tip he passed along is to cut the leaves before they get to 12” high, and take out the center vein. Sauté them, or simply add them to salads for a surprisingly delicious and different flavor. And now I am glad to have planted a bit in my own garden! CREAMY HORSERADISH SAUCE ---- 1 cup sour cream---1/4 cup prepared horseradish---1 tsp. pepper---2 tbsp. worcestershire sauce-(mix together and use with beef) PAULA'S DEVILED EGGS-------6 hard-boiled eggs,sliced in half lengthwise---2 tbsp. mayonnaise(light or regular)1 tbsp. prepared horseradish---1 tsp.chopped sweet pickles---1 tsp. parsley--salt to taste---1/4 tsp. dry mustard--dash of paprika. Put egg yolks in bowl and mash well with fork,combine all other ingredients and mix well,fill the white halves with the mixture and garnish with parsley, pimiento, or slices of olives. ADD HORSERADISH TO YOUR FAVORITE BBQ SAUCE or CREAMY SALAD DRESSING long's horseradish c/o michael long 2192 west ridge dr., lancaster, pa. 17603 (717)872-9343--coming in march 2011 www.longshorseradish.com My Mom's favorite at Thanksgiving was twice baked potatoes.. and then my Sis in Law kicked it up a 'notch' with horseradish. Twice Baked Potatoes w/ Horseradish - bake the potatoes - cut in half - scoop out the insides (don't rip the skins) - mash w/butter, milk, cheese, horseradish - salt pepper to taste - re stuff into potato shells - top with pat of butter - back in oven til golden brown (approx 30min) Roe at sunrosearomatics.com A goodly amount of freshly grated horseradish in a clear bottle of vodka makes a simple and most excellent "snow globe" holiday gift -- just add a big red bow. Bonus: the bloody marys get spicier with every shakeup! I add horseradish to my beef stroganoff. My mom knew there was a difference when I made it but couldn't figure it out. Beef( I like to cook mine with fresh garlic and Rosemary) Sour cream- full fat Horseradish- to taste Why do I love Horseradish? I first fell in love with it in my late 20s when I was rescued from a lonely, alone-in-NYC-Thanksgiving, by my friend's Mother-in-Law. I was whisked out of the city to Long Island, where I discovered I could see the sky on that crisp Autumn Day. My hostess lived near the Long Island Sound so we took a long pre-feast walk along the pebbly shoreline to the place where the Sound opens to the Atlantic. The winds whipped at my face and I was chilly yet at the same time flooded with the heat of all that thrilling expanse of ocean openness. Our walk ignited our appetites, so we nearly trotted the 1/2 mile back home. Enter Horseradish. I was offered first a glass of rich California Chardonnay, then presented with a huge platter of smoked, flaky, not too salty salmon and a bowl mounded with what looked like whipping cream??! My Hostess handed me a cracker, with a hunk of the salmon and an alarmingly large dollop of whipped cream. Thinking sweet pie whipped cream, I braced myself, praying I wouldn't gag. I was glad for the wine. With no desire to be rude, I took a bite and to my delight was consumed with a heated blaze which soared from my mouth into my chest, into to my nose, and I am sure out my ears. But the taste! Sublime! I sadly don't have the exact recipe for this (she doesn't have a recipe - one of those cooks who always cooks on the fly), but it is simply a gradual folding-in of whipped cream with freshly grated horseradish and a pinch of salt. She mentioned something about lemon juice "perhaps" but I've never used it. My devotion to horseradish was sealed about 6 years later when my son, 3 1/2 at the time experienced his first earache. It seemed to hit him out of nowhere, on a Sunday of course. His sudden wails of agony stripped me absolutely bare. I'd handled fevers, stuffy noses and coughs but this was sure to crumble the tower within. I tried onion poultice. No change. This happened at a time when we were fortunate enough to have a Homeopathic Pediatrician who was also of a certain age. I phoned his S.O.S. line and his first words were "Have Courage." Okay. Got it. Next he gave me instructions to grate some horseradish and put it in a cloth and massage it behind his ear. My dear husband drove to the gourmet market we knew would have one, while I continued to rock our son, and admittedly did some weeping myself as I sat there feeling helpless. As soon as my husband returned, I made up the warm poultice and within moments, moments of applying this poultice the wailing ceased. All over, done, fini. Whew. Process: Take one fresh horseradish, grate approx 1 tsp. finely, and warm this a little bit by pouring a tiny amount of very hot water over it. Scoop it up and place in a small soft piece of fabric, flannel is soothing, but anything you have on hand will work. Twist the fabric, making a small ball where the horseradish is (think little lollipop) and then right away gently massage the back of the ear, just where the ear meets the neck. You will want the horseradish poultice to be nicely warm, but not so hot that it hurts the delicate skin. You can also palpate the area and in older children and adults they will be able to indicate where the pain is. Massage the area gently until the skin turns pinkish. Adults can take a little more time than small children who's skin is so delicate. You'll need to keep close watch because you don't want it to burn the skin. Repeat in a little while if needed. Keep the entire ear warm afterward with a soft cap and my rule of thumb is not to go outside until a few days after pain has ceased. The horseradish gets the fluids moving, unblocking blocked Eustachian tubes. I've used this technique on both myself and my husband with the same rapid success. It did not work on an earache of mine once which turned out to be fungal rather than bacterial. Of course none of this is intended as medical advice!

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This is the second part of a guest post outlining ways writers can understand and respond to the rapid changes in the world of publishing. If you haven’t read Part 1, I suggest you start with that post, which immediately precedes this one. An Author’s Guide to Publishing in 2012 – Part Two, by Dr. Amy Rogers Part 2: Indie Publishing Take all of the above and add another, less glamorous tech advance: print-on-demand publishing. What you get is a slew of new publishing options. Traditional New York-based publishers (now consolidated into six major houses with many imprints) used to be the only game in town. What was once derisively called vanity publishing has become “indie”, and indie publishing encompasses a wide range of approaches. This is the buzzword on everyone’s lips, but what does it mean? I find that many people use the term “self-published” to broadly describe any book in any format that does not have the imprimatur of a Big Six publisher. This fails to account for the various degrees of self-publishing and also the new professional indie publishing options out there. 1. A truly self-published book is written, edited, designed, formatted, and distributed all by the author. The main advantages of this approach are total control and minimal financial expense (though the investment of time may be substantial). Some writers create their own publishing company to do this. However most self-pubbing authors hire out at least some the non-writing tasks. In fact, the majority of “self-published” titles were published by a subsidy publisher chosen and paid for by the author. 2. Subsidy publisher A subsidy publisher is a company hired by the author to turn his text file into a paper or digital book. In most cases, the subsidy publisher provides online distribution but NOT to bricks-and-mortar bookstores. With subsidy publishing, the author pays out of pocket for all expenses. The cost and services provided vary a lot, so it pays to shop around. Unlike old “vanity” publishing, print on demand technology frees the author from having to pay in advance for a print run of books that might never sell. This keeps the costs low relative to the old days. In this model, the author is the publisher’s customer. The next step closer to a traditional publishing arrangement is assisted self-publishing where the author does not pay the costs upfront but rather shares future royalties with the service provider. This means the book has to be good enough that somebody is willing to take a modest financial risk in publishing it. Several literary agencies are now offering this type of “consulting” service to their existing clients in exchange for a commission. 3. Not self-pub: Small presses A small press is any traditionally-structured publisher that is not owned by the Big Six. University presses, regional presses, niche publishers and others fit in this category. Such companies may only publish a few titles per year. The key distinction that makes this “not self-pub” is the publisher, not the author, pays the costs of getting the book out there. In this model, booksellers and readers are the publisher’s customers. Unlike self-publishing, the author must provide a manuscript that is deemed commercially viable on at least a small scale. 4. Digital-only full-service publishers This category didn’t exist until a few years ago. Digital-only publishers operate like small presses but release their titles only in e-book formats. This keeps their costs lower and allows them to take on riskier projects—such as first novels—that may not sell enough copies to catch the attention of a Big Six imprint. My own publisher, Diversion Books, is a leader in this category. With Diversion, the author retains the right to self-publish in paper. This creates an interesting situation: my science thriller Petroplague is currently on sale with two different covers and two different publishers. One cover is for the professional e-book with Diversion; the other cover is on the paper books I produced at my own expense with the help of a subsidy publisher. One size does not fit all in publishing these days. Indie authors can choose to learn a variety of non-writing skills and publish their books themselves, or they can hire others to do it for them. If the book is marketable and the author is willing to split royalties, a small press or a digital-only publisher may be an alternative to the Big 6. For the first time in the history of the book, barriers to entry are low and every writer has the power to bypass the gatekeepers and put his or her words in the hands of readers. Amy Rogers is a Harvard-educated scientist, educator, and critic who writes science-themed thrillers. Her debut novel Petroplague is about oil-eating bacteria contaminating the fuel supply of Los Angeles and paralyzing the city. She is a member of International Thrillers Writers Debut Class (2011-2012). At her website ScienceThrillers.com [there's a link on thefirstgates blogroll], Amy reviews books that combine real science with entertainment. You can follow Amy on Twitter @ScienceThriller or on her Facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Rogers/202428959777274

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Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women. Tune in to Mercy Medical Center’s live webinar on Thurs., Dec. 13 at noon to learn more about the importance of screenings for early detection. Dr. Vincent Reid, Director of Surgical Oncology, Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, will discuss colorectal symptoms, stages and types of surgery used to treat colon and rectal cancers. Submit your own questions live. For more information visit www.mercycare.org/live. To register go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/764670033

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View topic - The particle "to" Watashi wa eigo to nihongo o hanashimasu. I speak English and Japanese. However I have a question on its placement. If I want to say - I have english and Japanese class today. Watashi wa eigo no kurasu to nihongo no kurasu ga arimasu. Watashi wa eigo to nihongo no kurasu ga arimasu. I know that the first sentence is correct, but is the second? I'm not sure how to use the particle in conjunction with the particle "no" I guess. - Posts: 84 - Joined: Mon 02.14.2005 2:18 pm When you link adjectives together in sentences, you have a couple rules for those, and there's a site that explains it better than I can: Number of people that have: 13 - Posts: 482 - Joined: Tue 01.25.2005 7:04 pm watashi wa eigokurasu to nihongokurasu arimasu. I have a english class and a japanese class. FYI: nihongo (and like) are nouns, not adjectives. - Posts: 149 - Joined: Thu 04.07.2005 4:03 am Also, either of the sentences you've used are okay. 日本語 and 英語 in this context are not adjectives - this is why you have to use の to connect the two nouns in the first place. の always indicates a possessive, and in this case, it is "English's class" and "Japanese's class." Very odd in English, but perfectly okay in Japanese. So, don't worry about all the rules of adjectival connection in this sentence. are both fine just as they are. - Posts: 775 - Joined: Fri 02.18.2005 3:30 am - Location: Osaka - Native language: English - Gender: Male 日本語のクラス and 英語のクラス are correct. の always indicates a possessive, and in this case, it is "English's class" and "Japanese's class." Very odd in English, but perfectly okay in Japanese. Being Italian, this wouldn't have been a problem for me as in Italy we say exatcly as in Japan (e.g. "corso di Giapponese", where di is the italian equivalent for no particle). The real problem for us Italians is the inversion of the order, as we don't have a genitive form like 's in English (so we actually can only say something like "class of Japanese" which is radically different from "Japanese no class"). So, amusingly enough, the best way for me to remember the correct order of the words around no in Japanese is through English genitive 's, which I'm already used to... LOL! - Posts: 34 - Joined: Wed 04.13.2005 5:58 am Who is online Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 6 guests

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Professional Development | News Atlanta Public Schools Chooses Online ASCD Tools for Teacher Professional Development - By Dian Schaffhauser As part of a five-year strategic plan to increase student performance in the district, Atlanta Public Schools has adopted a new set of online professional development resources for its teachers. The district, which serves about 50,000 students, will be using ASCD's PD In Focus and PD Online. The nonprofit ASCD is a membership organization that promotes best practices and policies in education. It will be one of four organizations providing online professional development services to the district. PD In Focus is a Web-based resource for access to videos and related materials that can help teachers learn about the Common Core State Standards, formative assessments, literacy strategies, and other teaching topics. PD Online delivers multimedia and digital content to meet professional development needs of individual instructors and groups. "In order to meet our goal of providing students with a rigorous, high-quality education, Atlanta Public Schools must place highly effective teachers and leaders--supported by targeted, research-based instructional models--in classrooms," said Kristal Ayres, the district's director of professional development. "To develop those individuals, we sought professional development partners whose content would connect the work of great thought leaders in education to work being done by educators in the classroom. Through our new partnership with ASCD, we now have a flexible, scalable professional development resource that helps us meet that need." When the tools have been implemented, content will be linked to teachers' individual professional development plans for tracking by the district. Dian Schaffhauser is a writer who covers technology and business for a number of publications. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.org.

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Ask yourself honestly, did you really expect to ever get ten hours of battery life in normal use from your (forthcoming) iPad? I thought not. Not one device that I have ever bought (Apple or not) has lived up to its battery life claim. That said, when Steve Jobs got in front of the tech world and claimed ten hours, I assumed seven would be a fair estimate. Jobs keeps using the ten-hour number, most recently in claiming that if the iPad could render flash, its battery life would collapse from ten hours, to 1.5 hours. Now he is stretching the truth (a polite way to say that he his deliberately misguiding), in both directions. But don’t just take my word for it, listen to the gadget gods over at Gizmodo. They say that “You’d lose battery life, sure, the same way you lose battery life watching any type of video on any system, but nothing near as dramatic as 85%.” Of course, 85% is the percentage drop from ten hours, to 1.5 hours. That about sums it up. Not only is Flash not something to be laughed at, as Steve has done repeatedly (both vocally and nonverbally by not including it), but it is something that at the moment is crucial to the way that the web works. HTML5 will be better, but it is not yet, and it will not be for some time. Really Mr. Jobs, hype is one thing, but this is just a bit much.

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43% of Brazilian Internet users browse the Web while watching TV, the research firm IBOPE Nielsen Online revealed in its Social TV report. In other words, the dual-screen viewing trend we note in other markets such as the US is also growing in Brazil. It is important to keep in mind that we are only referring to a sample of Internet-connected Brazilians, and not to the population as a whole; IBOPE Nielsen’s study was conducted among a limited number of Internet-connected homes in 13 metropolitan areas last February. Still, Internet users represent a sizable group – according to IBOPE, 82.6 million Brazilians had access to the Internet at work or at home during the first quarter of 2012, out of a total population of 192 million. More importantly, this represents a 5% year-on-year increase, which means that Internet access is becoming more and more common. In addition, fixed and mobile broadband are also expanding in the country, supported by public programs and by the rise of 3G. The proportion of smartphone owners is particularly noteworthy among Internet users; according to a recent Livra survey, 45% of them own a smartphone. All of these changes create favorable conditions for new habits to emerge, and social TV is one of them. This is not too surprising, considering that all things social perform very well in Brazil (see our previous story). Combined with the fact that almost half of the population watches TV for more than 3 hours a day, it’s easy to understand that a large number of users are now using two screens at the same time on a regular basis. Here’s a graph summarizing some of the study’s findings: According to IBOPE Nielsen, 29% of dual screen viewers also post online comments while watching TV. Young people between the ages of 20 and 24 are the most likely to browse the Internet and watch TV simultaneously, while teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 are the most likely to post comments. Among adults, this habit is most common among women and upper-class users. News, telenovelas, movies and sports are the most popular genres among dual-screen viewers. When it comes to commenting, however, the ranking is slightly different, with telenovelas taking the lead – a phenomenon that often generates national Twitter trending topics. Interestingly, this trend goes beyond smartphones, as users also use PCs and feature phones while watching TV. As we reported, feature phones in Brazil are often much more than ‘dumb phones,’ and provide their users with advanced functionalities, such as posting tweets or Facebook status updates (see our story ‘5 things you didn’t know you could do with a SMS in Brazil‘). As for TV broadcasters, they may be relieved to learn that most of the online browsing is actually related to on-screen programs – around 70% of the surveyed dual-screen users said they used the Internet to look for additional information about the programs they are watching. On the other hand, 80% acknowledge they already turned on their TV or changed the channel as a result of a message they saw online. For IBOPE Nielsen’s analyst José Calazans, there’s no reason to worry about this trend: “Simultaneous consumption of Internet and TV content shows that users aren’t abandoning one source for another. It confirms there’s an opportunity to explore the huge affinity that Brazilians have for these two supports.” This could certainly represent an interesting market for companion TV platforms and apps; while this segment is already fairly crowded in Europe and in the US, the offering is much more limited in Latin America, although regional players such as the Argentine startup Comenta.tv are also starting to emerge.

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By Jueseppi B. Beauty from Brokenness: The Nozomi Project Nozomi, translated ‘hope’ in Japanese, is a social enterprise bringing sustainable income, community, dignity and hope to the women in Ishinomaki, Japan by training women to craft unique jewelry products. One third of these women are single mothers and grandmothers; most of these women and their family members lost their livelihood when the tsunami crashed through half of their city in 2011. Nozomi women are creating one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry featuring broken pieces of pottery left in the wake of the tsunami (called the Shards of Hope product line), as well as other beautiful products such as kimono accessories and note cards Each of our product lines has been named by a Nozomi woman in honor of a loved one in her life. As broken shards are being transformed into beautiful treasures, so too lives are being filled with renewed dignity and hope. With a God-directed vision and calling, the Nozomi Project is lead and overseen by a team of missionaries who are part of Be One Tohoku Aid, serving in Ishinomaki since immediately following the tsunami. Part of this missionary team works under the leadership of Team Expansion, a non-profit Stateside mission-sending organization, through which we are able to accept donations in support of the Nozomi Project. Click here for profiles and photos highlighting this amazing group of women that God has gathered together for community and making jewelry. We will continue to add more! Learn more about the Nozomi Project and the people involved by watching our video. Nozomi Project – Beauty from Brokenness Published on Mar 11, 2013 Two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, a small group of ladies are finding hope in the remnants of the disaster.http://nozomiproject.com Nozomi Project Fall 2012 Published on Dec 7, 2012 Nozomi Project, a social enterprise community in Ishinomaki Japan, composed of women who are taking broken shards of pottery from the 2011 tsunami and making them into beautiful pieces of jewelry. Be One – Tohoku Aid Be One is a house church network that began in the greater Osaka area about eight years ago. After the tsunami hit last year on March 11th, several members of Be One quickly drove up to Tohoku with supplies. Several days later another van followed. Chad Huddleston, one of the three main leaders of Be One Osaka, and numerous other missionaries and staff associated with Be One, ended up spending most of last year bringing aid and assistance to the people in Ishinomaki. Over the next few months following the tsunami, churches across the greater Kansai (Osaka) region began working through Be One to help with these relief efforts. Over twelve different churches were a part of providing this needed relief, and in the first year over one thousand volunteers came up to Ishinomaki with Be One. Visit our web site here! Be One – Tohoku Aid Current Status & Vision: Through God’s clear calling and guidance, there are now three families and one single woman living in Ishinomaki. It has been a joy for all of us to participate in the exciting work that we see God doing here. It also continues to break our hearts to see the devastation caused by the tsunami and the many individuals and families in our communities who have lost loved ones, homes, and jobs. Our vision is to see disciples and communities of believers spread throughout Tohoku, and to see leaders emerge from the new harvest who will begin reproducing disciples. We also are committed to helping meet the practical needs of those in our community. Our four units have chosen a very incarnational life style in our approach to church planting; our children are all enrolled in the local schools and we are seeking to be part of the communities where we are living. We continue to host and coordinate many volunteers who come to help out, and by our daily presence in the communities we are involved in the lives of many individuals. We will continue over the coming weeks to share the stories, challenges, and hopes of our Nozomi staff, as well as their connection to the different names of the lines of jewelry. Please use these stories to pray for our staff who have gone through so much. Click on “Meet The Nozomi Staff” above to get acquainted with staff members: Nobuko Kimura (Necklace Artisan) Chieko N. (Jewelry Artisan) Kazuko E. (Necklace Artisan) Yumi E. (Shards Artisan; Photographer) Hiromi T. (Jewelry Artisan) Yuko M. (Computer & Sales) Yuko S. (Jewelry Artisan & Manager) Join this effort on Facebook….. Be One Tohoku Aid Filed under: Causes, Celebrity, Charity/Giving, Education, Fun & Games, Good News, Gun Control, Gun Violence, History, Jobs, News, Stories, Videos, Weather Emergency, Women's Causes, World News | Tagged: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Be One Tohoku Aid On Facebook, God, Ishinomaki, Ishinomaki Miyagi, Japan, Ms. Nozomi And "The Nozomi Project" - Beauty from Brokenness, Osaka, Team Expansion, Tsunami | 8 Comments »

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Thanksgiving as “System Justification” Posted by Jon Hanson on November 23, 2011 This post was first published on November 21, 2007. Thanksgiving has many associations — struggling Pilgrims, crowded airports, autumn leaves, heaping plates, drunken uncles, blowout sales, and so on. At its best, though, Thanksgiving is associated with, well, thanks giving. The holiday provides a moment when many otherwise harried individuals leading hectic lives decelerate just long enough to muster some gratitude for their harvest. Giving thanks — acknowledging that we, as individuals, are not the sole determinants of our own fortunes seems an admirable, humble, and even situationist practice, worthy of its own holiday. But I’m interested here in the potential downside to the particular way in which many people go about giving thanks. Situationist contributor John Jost and his collaborators have studied a process that they call “system justification” — loosely the motive to defend and bolster existing arrangements even when doing so seems to conflict with individual and group interests. Jost, together with Situationist contributor Aaron Kay and several other co-authors, recently summarized the basic tendency to justify the status quo this way (pdf): Whether because of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, social class, gender, or sexual orientation, or because of policies and programs that privilege some at the expense of others, or even because of historical accidents, genetic disparities, or the fickleness of fate, certain social systems serve the interests of some stakeholders better than others. Yet historical and social scientific evidence shows that most of the time the majority of people—regardless of their own social class or position—accept and even defend the legitimacy of their social and economic systems and manage to maintain a “belief in a just world” . . . . As Kinder and Sears (1985) put it, “the deepest puzzle here is not occasional protest but pervasive tranquility.” Knowing how easy it is for people to adapt to and rationalize the way things are makes it easer to understand why the apartheid system in South Africa lasted for 46 years, the institution of slavery survived for more than 400 years in Europe and the Americas, and the Indian Caste system has been maintained for 3000 years and counting. Manifestations of the system-justification motive pervade many of our cognitions, ideologies, and institutions. This post reflects my worry that the Thanksgiving holiday might also manifest that powerful implicit motive. No doubt, expressing gratitude is generally a healthy and appropriate practice. Indeed, my sense is that Americans too rarely acknowledge the debt they owe to other people and other influences. There ought to be more thanks giving. Nonetheless, the norm of Thanksgiving seems to be to encourage a particular kind of gratitude — a generic thankfulness for the status quo. Indeed, when one looks at what many describe as the true meaning of the holiday, the message is generally one of announcing that current arrangements — good and bad — are precisely as they should be. Consider the message behind the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation. In 1789, President George Washington wrote: “Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks—for His kind care and protection of the People of this Country . . . for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed . . . and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions . . . . To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us—and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.” More recently, President George W. Bush offered a similar message about the meaning of the holiday: “In the four centuries since the founders . . . first knelt on these grounds, our nation has changed in many ways. Our people have prospered, our nation has grown, our Thanksgiving traditions have evolved — after all, they didn’t have football back then. Yet the source of all our blessings remains the same: We give thanks to the Author of Life who granted our forefathers safe passage to this land, who gives every man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth the gift of freedom, and who watches over our nation every day.” The faith that we are being “watched over” and that our blessings and prosperity are the product of a gift-giving force is extraordinarily affirming. All that “is,” is as that “great and glorious Being” intended. Fom such a perspective, giving thanks begins to look like a means of assuring ourselves that our current situation was ordained by some higher, legitimating force. To doubt the legitimacy of existing arrangements is to be ungrateful. A cursory search of the internet for the “meaning of Thanksgiving” reveals many similar recent messages. For instance, one blogger writes, in a post entitled “Teaching Children the Meaning of Thanksgiving,” that: your goal should be to move the spirit of Thanksgiving from a one-day event to a basic life attitude. . . . This means being thankful no matter what our situation in life. Thankfulness means that we are aware of both our blessings and disappointments but that we focus on the blessings. . . . Are you thankful for your job even when you feel overworked and underpaid?” Another piece, entitled “The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving” includes this lesson regarding the main source of the Pilgrim’s success: “It was their devotion to God and His laws. And that’s what Thanksgiving is really all about. The Pilgrims recognized that everything we have is a gift from God – even our sorrows. Their Thanksgiving tradition was established to honor God and thank Him for His blessings and His grace.” If we are supposed to be thankful for our jobs even when we are “overworked and underpaid,” should we also be thankful for unfairness or injustice? And if we are to be grateful for our sorrows, should we then be indifferent toward their earthly causes? A third article, “The Productive Meaning of Thanksgiving” offers these “us”-affirming, guilt-reducing assurances: “The deeper meaning is that we have the capacity to produce such wealth and that we live in a country that affords us our right to exercise the virtue of productivity and to reap its rewards. So let’s celebrate wealth and the power in us to produce it; let’s welcome this most wonderful time of the year and partake without guilt of the bounty we each have earned.” That advice seems to mollify any sense of injustice by giving something to everyone. Those with bountiful harvests get to enjoy their riches guiltlessly. Those with meager harvests can be grateful for the fact that they live in a country where they might someday enjoy richer returns from their individual efforts. Yet another post, “The Meaning for Thanksgiving,” admonishes readers to be grateful, because they could, after all, be much worse off: [M]aybe you are unsatisfied with your home or job? Would you be willing to trade either with someone who has no hope of getting a job or is homeless? Could you consider going to Africa or the Middle East and trade places with someone that would desperately love to have even a meager home and a low wage paying job where they could send their children to school without the worry of being bombed, raped, kidnapped or killed on a daily basis? * * * No matter how bad you think you have it, there are people who would love to trade places with you in an instant. You can choose to be miserable and pine for something better. You could choose to trade places with someone else for all the money they could give you. You could waste your gift of life, but that would be the worst mistake to make. Or you can rethink about what makes your life great and at least be happy for what you have then be patient about what you want to come to you in the future. If your inclination on Thanksgiving is to give thanks, I do not mean to discourage you. My only suggestion is that you give thanks, not for the status quo, but for all of the ways in which your (our) own advantages and privileges are the consequence of situation, and not simply your individual (our national) disposition. Further, I’d encourage you to give thanks to all those who have gone before you who have doubted the status quo and who have identified injustice and impatiently fought against it. * * * Related Situationist posts: - A System-Justification Primer, - Rationalize or Rebel? - Barbara Ehrenreich on the Sources of and Problems with Dispositionism, - The Motivated Situation of Inequality and Discrimination, - John Jost on System Justification Theory, - John Jost’s “System Justification and the Law” – Video, - Independence Day: Celebrating Courage to Challenge the Situation, - Cheering for the Underdog, - Patriots Lose: Justice Restored! - Psychology of Inequality - Self-Fulfilling Doomsday Prophecies - The Cause of Rioting? That’s Easy: Rioters! - If It’s Evitable, I Don’t Like It! - Aaron Kay, “The Psychological Power of the Status Quo, and - System Justification Theory and Law. To review the full collection of Situationist posts related to system justification, click here.

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Soledad O'BrienLast night, CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien held a town hall-style show Beyond Trayvon: Race and Justice in America in which a wide-ranging group of people -- from professors to moms -- discussed the implications of the Trayvon Martin shooting and what it says about the state of racism in America. After the show, O'Brien talked to reporters about her on take on the Martin case. I actually get the sense that it's more like a Rosa Parks case [than other shootings have been]. There is this case that is so clearly defined in a lot of people's minds that it sets the bar for them ... people said, 'if this could happen to Rosa Parks, it could happen to anybody.' And she's right. Trayvon Martin did nothing wrong but walk down the street at night ... while black. George Zimmerman would like you to believe otherwise, but his claims of being in fear for his life and physically injured are become less credible by the second (that's if you ever believed him at all). Zimmerman has yet to be arrested and Martin's parents are still grieving their dead teenage son and hoping justice will be done. But even if Zimmerman is arrested and tried, we'll never be able to rectify what happened that night unless we get to the core of the problem. Racism still exists in America, and it's much more rampant than any of us want to believe. We've seen it rear its ugly head in the weeks since the shooting. Bloggers, the media, twitter-ers, have all been quick to jump on the "it's not racism" bandwagon. Spike Lee has been the recipient of oodles of racist tweets after his twitter snafu last week. Geraldo Rivera was lambasted for blaming Martin's hoodie. President Obama himself commented on the case. Here's the thing: George Zimmerman probably didn't see Trayvon Martin walking down the street at night and think to himself, "Ooh, there's a black kid. I hate black people. I'm going to kill him." If he did, we can all agree that's all kinds of messed up. But it's unlikely (so let's give him the benefit of the doubt). More likely: He was suspicious. And then he acted in a way that totally crossed the line -- and for which he should be held culpable. Let's get back to that suspicious part -- because it is very, very important. Why was he suspicious? By all accounts, Martin was doing absolutely nothing out of the ordinary (let's give him the benefit of the doubt too). So ask yourself this: If Trayvon Martin had been a white guy wearing a suit -- but otherwise behaving the same that evening -- would George Zimmerman still be walking around a free man? Even sadder, the 17-year-old would still be alive. Zimmerman was suspicious because Martin was black. And that's why he's now making up all these lies about what really happened. Because he realizes it. He had no good reason to shoot the teenager. But he didn't act alone. Movies tell him to be suspicious of black people, our country's history tells him to be suspicious of black people, institutional discrimination and prejudice tells him to be suspicious of black people. Racism is still very much a part of America's DNA. Rosa Parks was kicked out of her bus seat over 50 years ago and yes, America has made a lot of progress since then. But the Trayvon Martin case shows we've got a lot of work to do. Do you think the Trayvon Martin case is about race?

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Volume 78 - Number 35 / January 28 - February 3, 2009 West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933 Paying for Yankee Stadium is a major league error By Deborah Glick Tough financial times require tough choices. This is as true for the many New Yorkers who struggle to make ends meet at this time of record unemployment as it is for city and state government, each of which faces enormous budget gaps that must be closed. While each of us is tempted by luxuries, the more responsible individual prioritizes the use of scarce funding to first cover lifes necessities. Certainly, a family struggling to pay for care for an elderly parent would be wise to forgo purchasing a top-of-the-line, big-screen TV. Shockingly, when faced with a similar dilemma, the city did not make a responsible decision. After proposing a fiscal year 2009 budget that would entirely eliminate funding for social adult daycare programs for seniors with Alzheimers, slash the capital budget for schools, decrease police and fire service and close public libraries one additional day per week, the city chose to provide the Yankees with $370 million in additional funding. The Yankees have their own cable TV network, and the teams $207 million yearly payroll is, by far, the largest in Major League Baseball and will only be boosted by recent contracts, including an eight-year, $108 million contract. In considering this recently approved $370 million, it is important to note that the Yankees have already obtained nearly $1 billion in tax-free bonds. They have also directly received more than $575 million to build parking garages and stadium infrastructure, and they have saved nearly $350 million at the publics expense through interest-rate subsidies and by not paying sales tax and mortgage recording tax. While they will pay approximately $70 million for what should be property tax, the city will essentially hand over this entire amount to pay off the Yankees mortgage. The Yankees have maintained that the $370 million was a necessity. The necessities these funds will support include a top-of-the-line Jumbotron and audio-visual system, upgrades to Yankees administrative offices and luxury suites, and the replacement of concrete ramps with granite ones. In the words of Yankees President Randy Levine, upgrades of this type will make the stadium the most technologically advanced stadium ever built. Levine has also explained that such high-end details are necessary because everyone expects the best from the Yankees. If the Yankees are committed to making their stadium the most luxurious one ever built, they should find the resources outside of government to do so. In my testimony before the Industrial Development Agency board, the entity charged with approving the bond issuance, I urged that todays fiscal reality and the drastic cuts that the mayor proposes in response, be the backdrop against which the I.D.A. considered the Yankees funding request. Many of the cuts in the mayors proposed FY 09 budget are to core services for our community. For example, the Department for the Aging, whose total budget is just $300 million, is slated for cuts. These reductions would completely eliminate funding for social adult daycare, result in significant cuts to caregiver support services and eliminate other crucial supports, like escort and shopping assistance, which enable many seniors to remain in their homes. Had the city not provided the Yankees with more than $2 billion in benefits, the administration also might not have felt the need to propose a $1.6 billion cut to the Department of Educations capital budget. With $2 billion, the city could have created more than 26,000 new school seats which are even more desperately needed than before, given that class sizes increased at every grade level last year for the first time in 10 years. Or, with just a portion of that money, the city could have purchased 75 Morton St. and turned it into a desperately needed school. But instead of creating new school seats, the city has focused its efforts on creating stadium seats. Finally, the city could have channeled its zeal for economic development by instead contributing money to pay for needed infrastructure repairs at Pier 40, so that a community-friendly redevelopment of the pier would already be underway. It is an insult for the city to hand over taxpayer dollars to the Yankees for their field of dreams, when they cannot help us save ours. It is frustrating that the city and the Yankees have insisted contrary to numerous studies showing that stadiums net very little benefit for municipalities that the city will benefit greatly. The investment of $1.5 billion will result in a grand total of 59 full-time, year-round jobs. We will certainly lose far more than this amount if the mayors proposed cuts are approved. Further, while the new stadium has created constructions jobs, these jobs would have been created if the city was building new schools. Finally, while there have been claims that the stadium will produce millions of dollars in tax revenue from the sale of concessions and souvenirs, the old stadium was already generating similar revenue from these items. Elected leaders have an enormous responsibility to steward the city and state through this challenging time by prioritizing the use of scarce dollars. Unfortunately, the Bloomberg administration has failed average New Yorkers in this task by once again placing the needs of a wealthy interest above ours. I see no way that the city can justify its prioritization to a parent in my district whose child is in a classroom crowded with 35 other students, or to a constituent who no longer can access the social adult daycare program for her father that allowed her to work. The citys actions and the I.D.A.s approval are not just inexplicable, they are inexcusable and constitute a significant breach of the public trust. Glick is state assemblymember for the 66th District

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Perhaps you missed “planking” and thought “owling” was actually a joke, but now “horsemaning” is apparently here to prove that everything old is new again, especially when it comes to hipster photo memes. Supposedly a historical fad (what we called memes in the dark days before the internet) from the early 20th centrury inspired by Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” horsemaning is the act of taking a photo so that it looks like the subject has been beheaded. Although we at The Year of Halloween try to stay about the common fray when it comes to fads, horsemaning gets a big thumbs up for its blackly comedic depiction of decapitation, horror, and various levels of zombification. What’s more, a few framed shots would be a lovely low-budget finishing touch to your Halloween haunt decor. Read on for more photos and links.

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Conferences and Journals Journals for Scholarship on Teaching and Learning Journals on teaching and higher education --regularly updated by the Kennesaw State Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning -- can help you keep up to date on current scholarship on teaching and learning. Conferences on Teaching - St. Edward's Teaching Showcase Conference. Held each August, this on-campus teaching conference features concurrent sessions, roundtable sessions, and poster presentations on a wide range of teaching and learning topics. It also offers a book, product, and resource fair where faculty can share their work. The conference is refereed by a committee of faculty, and is open to all St. Edward's faculty. - St. Edward's Faculty Institute for Globalization and Society. Held each June, FIGS offers faculty an opportunity to engage deeply with questions about globalization and teaching. Over meals at the Inn, in walks around the historic town of Salado, and in five scheduled seminars, St. Edward’s contracted faculty spend three nights and days discussing how globalization informs social norms, values, and obligations. Reading materials, room, and board are provided by the Office of Academic Affairs. Attendance is limited to ten full-time faculty members. Applications are due March 4, 2011. - Wakonse South: Each spring, Texas A&M University hosts and subsidizes the Wakonse South Conference on College Teaching at Canyon of the Eagles Lodge & Nature Park, in Burnet, Texas. The program is a participatory one, built around the interests and expertise of the faculty attending. In many ways, this event is as much of a retreat and seminar as it is an academic conference. In the words of the organizers, "This will not be a weekend you spend listening to people read papers. Rather, you will hear from your own experienced colleagues. You will reflect on your own teaching experience and share successes and failures with your colleagues. When you return to your campus, you will take with you ideas that you can adapt to your own classrooms, as well as the names of new friends and colleagues." Thanks to underwriting from Texas A&M, it is unusually affordable, usually costing less than $400 for both registration and lodging. - American Association of Colleges and Universities sponsors a series of meetings and institutes. Their main, annual meeting is held in January. Other meetings are held throughout the year. - Association of General and Liberal Studies. This organization serves colleges and universities by supporting strong general educaton programs. Their annual meeting brings together faculty and administrators who work in general education across the nation. - Association for the Study of Higher Education. The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) promotes collaboration among its members and others engaged in the study of higher education through research, conferences, and publications, including its highly regarded journal, The Review of Higher Education. Thier annual conference includes panels on student learning and development; student access, success,and outcomes; higher ed organization, administration and leadership; teaching, learning, and assessment; faculty; contexts, foundations, and models, policy, finance, and economics; and also international issues. - Council on Undergraduate Research National Conference. UR holds a biannual National Conference in even years. This conference brings together faculty, administrators, policy makers, representatives of funding agencies and other stakeholders with an interest in doing and promoting undergraduate research. It features over 100 workshops, presentations by representatives of funding agencies, social interactions, and poster presentations. The 2012 National Conference will be held at The College of New Jersey, June 23-26, 2012. - EDUCAUSE. If you are interested in the intersection of teaching and technology, EDUCAUSE is the conference for you. Annually, there is a southwest regional conference--EDUCAUSE Southwest (often held in Austin or Houston) as well as a national conference. - International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. ISSOTL fosters inquiry and disseminates findings about what improves and articulates post-secondary learning and teaching. ISSOTL was organized to recognize and encourage scholarly work on teaching and learning; promote cross-disciplinary conversation; facilitate the collaboration of scholars in different countries; encourage the integration of discovery, learning and public engagement; and advocate for appropriate uses of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Its annual conference is held in locations around the world. - Lilly Conferences on College and University Teaching (held 4 times per year in 4 locations throughout the US): For over 30 years, Lilly Conferences have provided professional opportunities for the presentation of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This is an interdisciplinary national conference. The 2011 overarching theme "Evidence-Based Learning and Teaching" reflects the philosophy that our approaches to learning and teaching should be based on scholarly activity.

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The rocks around the base of Pilot Mountain have been worn smooth and almost look like ripples of water. Carolyn’s rear end as she checks out a cubby hole in Pilot Mountain. We just wanted to see if we could find some gold or other treasures. The sun rays just crest into the corner of Pilot Mountain. There is no climbing up these faces, so the lichen is free to grow. We decided Pilot Mountain looks like a big button that someone needs to push. A nice little day hike around the base of Pilot started off our morning. A small falls out at Hebron Rock Colony. This is a pleasant area during the summertime to go explore and find a nice rock to sunbathe on or find a small pool to swim in. Ant, the AMAZING tightrope walker, using his balancing skill to make it up this rather large and stable log. Rocks spread out to form whatever path you want to make for yourself up Hebron Rock Colony. Along the way you run into the water running down the rocks, another obstacle on your path. Carolyn doing some rock hopping out at Hebron Rock Colony, a summer time staple in Boone. Ant doing some extreme rock hopping out at Hebron Rock Colony. Look at him ‘whoosh’ through the air! A look down onto the boardwalk and an overlook from the Rough Ridge Trail off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. From an overlook off of Rough Ridge you can see the profile of the infamous Blue Ridge Parkway Viaducts. The Linn Cove Viaduct is a quarter mile long and is one of the most popular destinations on the Parkway. Daniel fly fishing during the morning hours in Winkler’s Creek. He abides by the catch and release program. the very famous and very photographed Linville Falls in the Linville Gorge. We hiked just under a mile from the Linville Falls parking area to our viewing post at Chimney Point. Traveling though the thick trees in the forest we come across a horizontal growing tree. This hold tree has been growing horizontal for some time. The trail on our hike cuts through the forest, providing a tunnel like affect with the trees.. A close up of the river water flowing over rocks at Upper Falls located in Graveyard Fields. A section of the trickling falls of Upper Falls at the Graveyard Fields trail of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Ant looks lonesome as he rests after our hike to the Upper Falls, but indeed he is not alone. Carolyn is hiding out behind the trees. The Second Falls at Graveyard Field is not too far from the parking lot. You can see the cool, clear, mountain water streaming down the rocks. A view of Looking Glass Rock from a Blue Ridge Parkway overlook. We saw many views similar to this as we cruised the Parkway. A cairn, the small stack of rocks, has been created on this beautiful trail to the waterfall in the Pisgah National Forest. A waterfall in the Pisgah National Forest had a large enough overhang were you could comfortably walk behind it. Ant provides some perspective about the height of this waterfall we were treated to during a hike through the Pisgah National Forest. Once we reached a clearing off the trail you came around the bend and WOW! You see this beautiful waterfall. We all had fun walking around and feeling the amazing force of wind and water that this falls generates at the bottom. Ant and Carolyn looking up at the beautiful waterfall we were taken to on a hike through the Pisgah National Forest. It felt at least ten degrees cooler right by bottom of the waterfall. A peak of Triple Falls Waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest. The hike to the falls was fairly easy, the paths being wide and covered in gravel. High Falls located in the Dupont State Forest was one of the few waterfalls we saw today. The trails to view the waterfalls were not bad and were very well marked. Carolyn out on one of the rocks you can navigate your way through in order to get a closer view of High Falls located in Dupont State Forest. We also noticed the crazy tree on the bank with an ‘N’ shaped trunk. Slowly but surely water can cut through rock. The power of water is amazing, over time it carve out huge banks and cut these holes in this rock. A helicopter flies overhead as we check out Triple Falls in Dupont State Forest. A local summer camp brought their campers out to enjoy the area, along with the many other outdoor enthusiasts.

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Time zone in Palembang |Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia| Palembang is the capital of state South Sumatra Time zone changes and daylight saving time start/end dates Time Zone Calculators for Palembang - Current local time in Palembang - Make a Personal World Clock and include Palembang - When can I call/have a meeting with someone in Palembang? - If it is e.g. 4 pm in Palembang, what time is it elsewhere? - Time difference between Palembang time and other time zones - Display a free clock for Palembang on your web site or blog - The World Clock – Current times around the world - Personal World Clock – Normal version - Site Configuration – Set country, language, time/date formats, time zone and more

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If you have ever used the Windows Copy (Ctrl+C) to copy objects to the clipboard and then the Windows Paste (Ctrl+V) to copy/paste AutoCAD object(s), then you know that those clipboard object(s) will have the lower left-hand corner of their extents as the base point (not very precise)... and this always reminds me of some of the graphic editing applets (e.g.: Paint or even the wonderful AutoCAD Button Editor!) that have you draw a circle like a rectangle. (annoying to say the least!) With AutoCAD you can use the keyboard shortcut of (Ctrl+Shft+C) to pick a base point for your clipboard object(s). COPYBASE is the actual command, and then you can paste to a precise point in the destination AutoCAD DWG file using the keyboard shortcut of (Ctrl+Shift+V). This is the PASTEBLOCK command or you can also use the PASTEORIG command if the COPYBASEd object(s) go in the same exact spot in the receiving DWG file. Also it is important to note: If you do use the Ctrl+Shift+V PASTEBLOCK method and want to leave it as a block, AutoCAD will assign a name for the block, which is something like "A$C11A06AFD" or "A$C1F7A5022" ... Either use the RENAME command, or use EXPLODE or XPLODE, also watch your layers, with regards to the object(s) original layers and where this new "block" is being INSERTed... or where they go if they are EXPLODEd vs. XPLODEd. (I will save that for a whole different post).

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NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of General Services Commissioner Steve Cates today announced that notices are being posted statewide to inform the public about a new law that prohibits camping on state-owned property, except for areas specifically designated by the appropriate department or agency, such as the Department of Environment and Conservation that oversees state parks. “These notices are designed to inform citizens and visitors to our state about the new law and its impact on state-owned facilities across Tennessee,” Cates said. “Although the legislation calls for an immediate prohibition of unauthorized camping on state property, we believe a seven day notification period, beginning today, is an appropriate time frame to make sure the word gets out. After that time, the state will be prepared to enforce the statute.” The law, HB2638/SB2508 sponsored by Rep. Eric Watson (R-Cleveland) and Sen. Delores Gresham (R-Somerville), makes unauthorized camping on state-owned property a Class A misdemeanor criminal offense, which calls for the maximum sentence of 11 months and 29 days in jail and/or a maximum fine of $2,500. It also subjects items associated with illegal camping to seizure and forfeiture. The General Assembly approved the measure by a vote of 67 to 21 in the House of Representatives and 21 to 9 in the Senate. The governor signed the bill into law today.

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About the Telethon The Chabad "To Life" Telethon has become famous worldwide as a joyful celebration of life and a reminder of the power of good deeds. Telethon donations range from a single dollar to tens of thousands. Last year's broadcast raised more than $5 million for Chabad, supporting the largest network of educational and nonsectarian social services under Jewish auspices on the West Coast. Countless people of all backgrounds and beliefs benefit from these community services -- whether it's a child who needs an education, a senior citizen who needs a friend, or an addict who needs a second chance. Funds generated by the Telethon support a range of Chabad's efforts, which include: Education, Summer Camps, Youth Programs, children with special needs, Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation, Community Outreach, Crisis Intervention, AskMoses.com and many others. Over the last 30 years, the Telethon has helped Chabad forge a unique partnership with actors, musicians, athletes, civic leaders and corporate executives. Featuring star-studded lineups and the endearing "dancing rabbis," the Telethons are special events that have proven consistently popular with audiences. Click here for the Top Ten Celebrity Moments » Past participants include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob Dylan, Dennis Franz, Whoopi Goldberg, Anthony Hopkins, Magic Johnson, Jimmy Kimmel, Bernie Mac, Howie Mandel, Matisyahu, Edward James Olmos, Mike Piazza, Adam Sandler and Martin Sheen. The casts of numerous television shows, including 'Friends' and 'Everyone Loves Raymond,' have also made appearances. “Whether it’s a child who needs a nurturing education, a senior citizen who needs some companionship, or an addict who needs a second chance, there are so many members of our community who are in desperate need,” said Rabbi Cunin. “Chabad has always been blessed by caring and compassionate supporters, and we want the Telethon to inspire them to come together to dance, to sing, and to reach out to those less fortunate.” The Telethon: In 2 Minutes Flashback: Chabad Telethon 1980 30 Years of Chabad Telethon Classic Moments How Do You Pronounce Chabad? Larry King introduces a clip on the annual Chabad Telethon featuring some of the world’s most famous celebrities as they try their best to pronounce "Chabad". Some of those featured in the clip are: Steve Allen, Levar Burton, President George Bush, Dom Deluise, Craig Ferguson, Brad Garrett, Al Gore, Bob Hope, Jack Klugman, David Letterman, Jan Murray, Leonard Nimoy, Conan Obrien, Betsy Palmer, Regis Philbin, Ray Romano, Dick Shawn, Judy Norton Taylor, Dick Van Patten, Jon Voight, Gene Wilder and Robin Williams. However you pronounce it, thank you for your kind support. "Le'Chaim!"

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Reed-Solomon CodecJune 08, 2012 I'm working on an image processing project for the university, whose purpose is to embed (an extract) a print-scan resilient watermark into an image. This project has (sadly) gotten me acquainted with Matlab, from which I quickly ran way into the friendlier realms of Scipy and friends (Skimage rocks, by the way). I must say I really learned to appreciate the Scipy/Numpy gang in the last two weeks :) If it wasn't already obvious, it's time to admit I'm a n00b when it comes to signal processing and applied math in general. I know the Fourier transform in broad terms, and have heard of discrete cosine transform and wavelets some time ago... but it's not my cup of tea, to say the least. Luckily for clueless people like me, Matlab (and its kin) enables us to summon the dark powers of mathematics, without ever having to know what we're doing. Hurrah! So I'm DFT'ing, DCT'ing and DWT'ing like a pro, embedding my watermark using CDMA/spread-spectrum techniques in the frequency domain, and then inverting the process... and all I know is I'm supposed to keep myself in the mid-frequency range, i.e., in a certain region of the matrix. Math for n00bs. My original idea was to take a string, encode it as a QR code, and then embed this QR image into the host image. I thought it would be a nice shortcut, as it provided me with a synchronization pattern and error correction out of the box, but it quickly turned out QR codes generate a payload that's too big for unobservable embedding. So I set out to find some error correcting code (ECC) library for python, but it proved to be a really difficult task. I found some packages, most of them are haven't been maintained in over 7 years nows, and all of them make use of extension modules that failed to compile. Then there's zfec, but for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to use it as a simple encoder/decoder. I almost gave up and resorted to triplicating my payload (at the bit level), and using majority-selection for each bit, when I came across an amazing python tutorial (with runnable code) that covers Reed Solomon codes and QR in depth. I simply extracted the code, added a usable API, wrote some examples and quickly uploaded it to PyPI, so now there's a pure-python pip install reedsolo. The library should support python 2.4-3.2, using strings or bytes. I really can't verify the correctness of the algorithm (it's beyond me), but it seems to work so I'm fine with it. Here's a short demo: >>> from reedsolo import RSCodec >>> rs = RSCodec(10) # 10 bytes of ECC will be added to the output, ... # which allows us to correct up to 5 byte-level errors >>> rs.encode([1,2,3,4]) '\x01\x02\x03\x04,\x9d\x1c+=\xf8h\xfa\x98M' >>> rs.encode("hello world") 'hello world\xed%T\xc4\xfd\xfd\x89\xf3\xa8\xaa' >>> rs.decode('hello world\xed%T\xc4\xfd\xfd\x89\xf3\xa8\xaa') 'hello world' Now let's add some errors: >>> rs.decode('hXXlo worXd\xed%T\xc4\xfdX\x89\xf3\xa8\xaa') # 4 errors - ok 'hello world' >>> rs.decode('hXXXo worXd\xed%T\xc4\xfdXX\xf3\xa8\xaa') # 6 errors - fail Traceback (most recent call last): ... reedsolo.ReedSolomonError: Could not locate error It's pure python and highly unoptimized... I think someone acquainted with Numpy a little more than I am could improve it blindfolded by a factor 10, but even now, on my dinosaur machine, it encodes a 400kB message in 2.9 seconds and decodes it in 1.9 seconds. I'll drink to that. By the way, it seems that the library can only handle messages that are less than 255 bytes long... but then you can simply encode/decode in chunks. I'll include it in later versions. I think a good ECC library for python is very useful... if anyone wants to join in on it, feel free to drop me a line at the comments or just fork the repo.

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Polar Meltdown Quiz | Real Science Global sea ice area is above normal. This is because :Are Electric-Car Enthusiasts a Little Too Enthusiastic? | TIME.com Global warming and polar amplification is really kicking in The missing heat is forcing cold water to the surface CO2 is raising the freezing point of water It is all rotten ice PIOMAS predicted this Bette Midler warned that this would happen Manhattan is underwater It is really cold at the poles Fossil fuel divestment on college campuses Australia’s carbon tax It’s wonderful that plug-in owners love their cars so much. Good for them. But that shouldn’t stop them from being honest about how expensive the vehicles are, and how they’re more limited than gas-powered cars in terms of driving range.Blizzard Clobbers Amarillo, Wichita, Kansas City "This blizzard is following a storm which just dumped a whopping 14.2 inches of snow on Wichita and 11.0 inches on Kansas City," stated AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Brian Edwards. The snow from Monday's blizzard will likely cause this February to become Wichita's all-time snowiest month, a record currently held by February 1913 and its 20.5 inches.

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The automotive parts industry is diverse with high production volumes in addition to tight deadlines. Tier one and tier two suppliers often have tight deadlines specified by the OEM (automobile company) who are typically more focused on assembly of the final parts than they are on manufacturing each part. As a result, tier one and tier two suppliers often need a production scheduling solution that is linked to data coming from a separate ERP system, integrated with the design requirements, can do what-if planning, can trace component parts, can plan for inspection stages and assist with regulatory compliance requirements. Invariably the manufacturing process for automotive parts manufacturers is unique and requires a production scheduling software solution to be "tailored" to their specific needs. This is one key reason automotive parts manufacturers are using Taylor Scheduler. As one customer said "If you can describe your process, Taylor can model it." - model and schedule complex manufacturing processes. - increase the efficiency of your plant while still ensuring orders are delivered on schedule. - integrate with ERP/MRP/MES systems. We specialize in developing custom interfaces between our software and other systems. - schedule machine change-overs, machine maintenance, large volumes, inspection stages and compliance. Automotive Parts manufacturers have turned to Taylor products to help them solve these intricate, mission-critical planning and scheduling problems.

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Posted on 16 August 2010. Some banks are trustworthy while others exist just to confuse you and make money off you. The following are reliable and have great credibility. Citibank came into being during the 1800s in New York City. It is undoubtedly the best bank in the world and has a lot of financial clout as well. A country is not completely developed if this bank cannot be found almost at every corner! It has recently opened branches in Philadelphia, Washington and Boston. 2. JP Morgan Chase JP Morgan Chase is even older than Citibank and has assets that amount to about 2 trillion dollars. The bank is a favorite amongst clients from different walks of life, be it government officials, business tycoons or the common man. They are widely celebrated for their credit card services as well as their reliability as far as commercial banking is concerned. HSBC was established about 20 years back and has had its headquarters in England ever since. Forbes declared it to be among the largest banks and companies in the world last year. HSBC is popular in Asia wherein its investments activities are particularly impressive. 4. Bank of America As far as market capitalization is concerned; this bank is among the largest in the world. It can be found in over 120 countries and thanks to Merrill Lynch, it has also started getting recognized for its investment services. Its rivals include Wells Fargo and Citigroup. 5. Credit Agricole Group Credit Agricole Group is based in France and is known for its retail banking services. Europe considers it to be among the largest in this financial filed and because it focuses on the importance of keeping the planet clean and green, it has managed to create a loyal customer base for itself.

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Each day, 400 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) are escaping free to air from the Total Elgin gas leak in the North Sea. There’s no carbon tax to be paid on Total’s gas leak, no charge for adding to the UK’s carbon emissions, or reduction in the company’s overall “carbon allowance”. Total claims that the leakage rate is 200,000 cubic metres a day. A cubic meter of natural gas generates 1.9 kilos of carbon dioxide, so the daily rate is just under 400 tonnes CO2. Total is reported that it did not yet know the capacity of the leaking reservoir, but in a “dream” scenario it could simply “run itself out”. Just like leaving your engine running, then. Last week George Osborne told MPs in his Budget speech that: “Gas is cheap, has much less carbon than coal and will be the largest single source of our electricity in the coming years.” But escapes from gas fields – or oil pipelines – don’t carry a carbon tax penalty. The EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) regulates the combustion and processing of fossil fuels, not leakages on any scale. The leak could run for six months, by which time some 70,000 tonnes of CO2 will have been emitted to air. Consumers are already pay a price. DECC says production from Elgin and the connected Franklin site, which has also been shut, account for about 3% of the UK’s gas supply. So far, the leakage has prompted a 1.5% rise in wholesale gas prices. It’s the most serious incident in the North Sea since Piper Alpha. RMT offshore organiser Jake Molloy commented that Total had acted very swiftly in getting everyone off but the potential still exists for catastrophic devastation if the gas cloud ignites. The chancellor prompted a new “dash for gas” in the Budget. The energy secretary will set out a new gas generation strategy in the autumn. Meanwhile, there’s the matter of good environmental stewardship of increasingly scarce resources. A sheen on the water is present near the platform, estimated to extend over 1.85 square miles and measure between two and 20 tonnes in volume. There’s a commercial penalty for mismanagement. On Tuesday, Total’s shares fell 6pc in Paris, wiping more than €5.5bn (£4.6bn) off the company’s value and analysts said a worst-case scenario could see costs for Total running to billions of dollars. An Investec analysis says a relief well could cost $50m, but in a worst-case scenario, multi-billions of dollars”. Climate change is driven by the accumulation in the atmosphere of greenhouse gases that trap the sun’s heat. In February 2005, the Exeter international conference on climate change learnt from one leading scientist that developed countries were using the atmosphere as an “unpriced waste dump.” Time to tax carbon leakage.

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You do have something of a point. If you look at the earliest setup there were 26 senators and 69 representatives, a ratio of 2.5:1. Now (assuming we count DC as 2 senators and 1 rep) we have 102 to 436, a ratio of 4.3:1. So the relative weighting given to small states is much less than originally. CDs have been gerrymandered so very few are competitive. Would have to check how often presidential vote differs from representative vote but I suspect it isn't that often. Wouldn't we still be looking at a few "swing" CDs controlling presidential election?

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Tab Pro was developed by guitarists and for guitarists. We carefully studied each step of the song learning process and created the ultimate tool for that. — Tab Pro Team Learn from the best Tab Pro is famous for its simple, yet effective approach to song learning. Pick your favorite track from our huge catalog, switch to fullscreen and hit play to hear the sound of real instruments. Follow chord progression on a virtual fretboard. Practice with style and comfort Get down to practicing right away: choose which instrument part you'd like to master and put that track on solo. Loop a certain segment of the song to practice it over and over again until you're satisfied with the result. Use tempo control to build up your speed - start from half speed and then go all the way up to the original track tempo. Play it like a pro Now that you've mastered your part, it's time to play it using Tab Pro as a backing track. Once you've done with easier songs, try something more challenging. Pretty soon you'll realize that your guitar skill has improved and you can play songs off your favorite records as close to original as possible. Don't be afraid to improvise once you've nailed the basics! Get the most realistic sound possible. Use mp3 audio via goplayalong.com →

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On January 16, 1863, Walt Whitman wrote a pained letter to his brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman, in which he bemoaned the Union’s recent defeat at Fredericksburg as the most “complete piece of mismanagement perhaps ever yet known in the earth's wars.” While Whitman today is celebrated as one of America’s greatest poets, works like Leaves of Grass, penned in the 1850s, were seen as scandalous by an American reading public unready for Whitman’s unconventional lifestyle. An opponent of slavery, Whitman supported the Union with the poem Beat! Beat! Drums and volunteered as a nurse in army hospitals. After Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, Whitman penned Oh Captain, My Captain, eulogizing the President for having navigated the ship of state through the storm of war, only to meet a violent end.

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The Neighbor Squirrel These busy fluffballs have lost their fear of most predators - and they help plant pecan trees. By Sheryl Smith-Rodgers Have you ever watched an eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) bury an acorn or pecan? A nuzzle here, another there, then he hurriedly pushes the leaves and grass over the site before scampering up the closest tree. Minutes later, he's back with another nut. Over the course of three months, that industrious squirrel can bury several thousand pecans. Come winter, when food's scarce, he'll find them again with his excellent sense of smell. Some will escape his appetite, though, and sprout into saplings, which is how many native nut trees get planted. Eastern fox squirrels - the state's most common and wide-ranging squirrel and a popular game animal, too - occur in forests and riparian habitats. They also easily adapt to cities and neighborhoods, where they've lost most of their fear of natural predators. "Playing the call of a red-tailed hawk didn't phase squirrels on campus," reports Bob McCleery, a wildlife lecturer at Texas A&M University, who has studied urban squirrels in College Station. "When we played a coyote call in the Navasota river bottom, a squirrel immediately flattened itself in the crotch of a tree for a good five minutes." When agitated, fox squirrels - whose fur closely resembles that of a gray fox - bark and jerk their long, bushy tails, which they use for balance when scampering on utility lines and other high places. Tails provide warmth and protection, too. "In the summer, I've seen them lying down with their tails over their heads to block the sun," McCleery says.

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Secwepemc Museum and Native Heritage Park : Nearby tourist sites Secwepemc Museum and Native Heritage Park Secwepemc Museum and Native Heritage Park : Michelin's recommendations This heritage park has a small museum that describes how the native Shuswap people lived in a sometimes harsh environment. Nearby, an extensive reconstruction of a traditional pit village holds several kekulis, the earth-roofed pit houses that sheltered the Shuswap in winter. - Address : 355 Yellowhead Hwy. CDN - Kamloops BC V2H 1H1V2H1H1Kamloops - Phone : 2508289801 - Website : http://www.secwepemc.org/museum - Prices : $6 Opening hours : - Open Jun-Aug Mon-Fri 8:30am-8pm, weekends 10am-8pm. Rest of the year Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm; Closed major holidays.

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Holland America says the vessel, the 1,916-passenger Westerdam, received a mild indentation during the Tuesday incident, which occurred in Yakutat Bay -- the waterway leading to the famed Hubbard Glacier. The line says winds were high at the time. "The hull was not breached, and the ship continued on its published itinerary as planned," Holland America says in a statement sent to USA TODAY. ALSO ONLINE: Cunard's Queen Mary 2 used to smuggle illegal immigrants ALSO ONLINE: Disney says new ship selling fast The line says upcoming cruises will sail as scheduled. The U.S. Coast Guard says it is investigating the incident. In a press release issued Wednesday, the agency said the damage to the ship is approximately 15 feet below the waterline. Both the agency and Holland America say there were no injuries during the incident and no release of oil or other pollutants. The Coast Guard says it met the Westerdam on Wednesday in Sitka, Alaska. The ship is scheduled to stop today in Ketchikan, Alaska. Hubbard Glacier is the longest tidewater glacier in North America and a common stop for cruise ships sailing in Alaska. Cruise Loggers, share your thoughts below.

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Lillian's List begins 2012 campaign push To view our videos, you need to install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. RALEIGH -- The state's current top Democratic woman in office is stepping aside at the end of 2012, but one group said they are working to make sure there are new female faces to fill her shoes. “The representation for women is woefully low,” said Laura Edwards with Lillian's List. This year, Lillian's List has 27 Democratic, pro-choice candidates it's endorsing for every elected office from the state house to the Council of State. Political observers said that is still lower than many would hope it would be. “Only 7 percent of the candidates for the North Carolina Senate are women,” said political analyst David McLennan, “and it is slightly better on the House side. But again nowhere near equality in terms of candidates.” About 54 percent of North Carolina voters are women, but less than 25 percent of those who represent them are females. This year, the General Assembly completed the once-in-a-decade process of redistricting. This is where new legislative district lines are drawn to match new census numbers. Democratic women said they believe they were targeted for defeat through these maps. “There were a lot of women who were double-bunked,” said Rep. Martha Alexander, a Mecklenburg County Democrat. "That is, they were placed in the same district to have to run against each other. And it just seemed to be an unusual number. Republicans who helped penned the redistricting maps have said there was no intention to target Democratic female lawmakers. On Wednesday, Lillian's List handed more than $100,000 dollars to female primary candidates and said it will continue to support them through the November election. “To have women at the table, to have women in the dialogue, changes the dialogue," said Edwards. Political experts said they anticipate there will be less women in the General Assembly, on both sides of the aisle, after the November election.

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Ragtime and blues fused ‘All That Jazz’ By Laura Szepesi Published: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 7:09 p.m. Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013 EDITOR'S NOTE: Thursday marks the 85th birthday of well-known Connellsville jazz trombonist Harold Betters. We salute him with this four-part series, starting today with a brief history of jazz music. In 1979, actor Roy Scheider brought the life of Broadway dancer / director Bob Fosse to the big screen in the film “All That Jazz.” “All” is the perfect way to describe jazz music. Jazz was born around 1900 in New Orleans — about the same time as the earliest music recordings became available to the public. It grew out of ragtime, which many sources claim is the first true American music. Like jazz, ragtime has Southern roots, but was also flavored by the southern Midwest. It was popular from the late 1800s to around 1920. It developed in African American communities, a mix of march music (from composers such as John Philip Sousa), black songs and dances including the cakewalk. Ragtime: Dance on Eventually, ragtime spread across the United States via printed sheet music, but its roots were as live dance music in the red light districts of large cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans. Ernest Hogan is considered ragtime's father. He named it ragtime because of the music's lively ragged syncopation. Ragtime faded as jazz's following grew. However, composers enjoyed major success in ragtime's early years. Scott Joplin's 1899 “Maple Leaf Rag” was a hit, as was his “The Entertainer,” which was resurrected as a Top 5 hit when it was featured in the 1974 movie “The Sting” starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman. Born of ragtime, jazz was also heavily influenced by the blues. Blues originated in the late 1800s, but in the deep South. It is an amalgam of Negro spirituals, work songs, shouts, chants and narrative lyrics. Fused with blues Like jazz, the blues comes in many forms: delta, piedmont, jump and Chicago blues. Its popularity grew after World War II when electric guitars — rather than acoustic guitars — became popular. By the early 1970s, blues had formed another hybrid: blues rock. While ragtime is jangly and spirited, the blues takes after its name: blue, or melancholy. Its name is traced to 1912 when Hart Ward copyrighted the first blues song, “Dallas Blues.” Jazz — as a mix of ragtime and blues — has fused into many styles since its emergence. In the 1910s, New Orleans jazz was the first to take off. In the 1930s and 1940s, Big Band swing, Kansas City jazz and bebop prevailed. Other forms include cool jazz and jazz rock; today, there's even cyber jazz. Jazz: Always changing The late jazz trombone player J.J. Johnson summed jazz up as restless. “It won't stay put ... and never will,” he was quoted as saying, according to various sources. Johnson's sentiment is heartily endorsed by Connellsville jazz trombonist Harold Betters. Betters turns 85 years old this week. He will share decades of his memories about music and growing up in Connellsville as his March 21 birthday approaches. Laura Szepesi is a freelance writer. Tuesday: Just how did Harold Betters decide to play the trombone? - Uniontown police investigate shooting injury - Upper Tyrone family helps pet overcome paralysis - Several Fayette boroughs have contested races - Recap of the death of Connellsville police officer McCray Robb in 1882 - Connellsville police officer recognized 131 years after death - Fayette County man accused of receiving stolen property, multiple drug offenses - Connellsville set to debut model-railroad train in 2014 - Connellsville airport will remain open - Connellsville mayoral candidate Joshua DeWitt held for trial in chop shop case - South Connellsville man charged in pedestrian accident - Connellsville council to make appointments, reappointments You must be signed in to add comments To comment, click the Sign in or sign up at the very top of this page. Subscribe today! Click here for our subscription offers.

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India has offered to build a pipeline from its territory to the Wagah border for export of oil to meet all needs of Pakistan if Delhi is assured purchases in large quantities over the long run, a move that will deprive energy-rich Gulf countries of a lucrative market. Pakistan believes that it can get oil supplies from neighbouring India at 30% cheaper prices because of low transportation cost, say officials. A government official told The Express Tribune that Pakistan and India were likely to strike a deal with the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the concluding day of two-day talks on Tuesday relating to import of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Delhi. “India has told us that it has a surplus capacity of 50 million tons of oil,” he said. During the first day of technical-level talks between the two countries in Islamabad, the Pakistani team expressed the desire that it could import all petroleum products including high-speed diesel, furnace oil, petrol and jet fuel from India to meet domestic requirements. In a unique proposal, Pakistan offered export of naphtha – a surplus product – to India, which Delhi would convert into petrol and then re-export it to Pakistan. “India also needs naphtha for its industries,” the official said. “The two sides will finalise the prices of petroleum products and transportation charges today (Tuesday),” a participant of the meeting said. Besides laying an oil pipeline to Wagah, “we can also ship oil through sea route to meet the demand of southern parts while tankers may also be used in this regard,” the official quoted the Indian side as saying. However, Pakistani officials looked not interested in oil supplies through tankers, believing it would prove expensive. However, import of oil through ships was considered cheaper, but the pipeline was described as the cheapest option. Pakistan consumes 6.9 million tons of diesel per year, of which domestic oil refineries produce 3.2 to 3.4 million tons and the rest is imported. Furnace oil demand stands at about nine million tons, of which domestic refineries produce about 2.5 million tons and the remaining is imported. The country is working on some new power plants, which will increase demand of furnace oil in coming years. Pakistani and Indian officials would also discuss import of 200 million cubic feet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per day from Delhi, which would be able to swiftly start deliveries. Pakistani authorities believe that import of LNG from Qatar and other countries like Malaysia would take three years, while India may start supply in six to eight months, the official said, adding the import plan would be finalised during the two-day talks. The Indian delegation was headed by P Kalyanasundaram, Director (International Cooperation and Corporate Affairs), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and comprised representatives of leading Indian companies. The Pakistani team was headed by Shabbir Ahmed, Joint Secretary (International and Joint Ventures), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, representatives of ministries of commerce, foreign affairs, finance and others. Earlier Petroleum Secretary Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry said this dialogue would provide an opportunity for Indian businessmen to explore potential areas of trade with Pakistan. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain said there was potential for trade in petroleum products between India and Pakistan. “Pakistan is interested in importing furnace oil and diesel,” he said while talking to the visiting Indian delegation. Published in The Express Tribune, May 29th, 2012.

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Welcome to BSA Troop 51 based out of Waterford, MI. Please take a look around and have a great day. How Scouting Started in the United States One day in 1909 in London, England, an American visitor, William D. Boyce, lost his way in a dense fog. He stopped under a street lamp and tried to figure out where he was. A boy approached him and asked if he could be of help. You certainly can, said Boyce. He told the boy that he wanted to find a certain business office in the center of the city. I’ll take you there, said the boy. When they got to the destination, Mr. Boyce reached into his pocket for a tip. But the boy stopped him. No thank you, sir. I am a Scout. I won’t take anything for helping. A Scout? And what might that be? asked Boyce. The boy told the American about himself and about his brother scouts. Boyce became very interested. After finishing his errand, he had the boy take him to the British Scouting office. At the office, Boyce met Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the famous British general who had founded the Scouting movement in Great Britain. Boyce was so impressed with what he learned that he decided to bring Scouting home with him. On February 8, 1910, Boyce and a group of outstanding leaders founded the Boy Scouts of America. From that day forth, Scouts have celebrated February 8, as the birthday of Scouting in the United States. What happened to the boy who helped Mr. Boyce find his way in the fog? No one knows. He had neither asked for money nor given his name, but he will never be forgotten. His good turn helped bring the scouting movement to our country. In the British Scout Training Center at Gilwell Park, England, Scouts from the United States erected a statue of an American Buffalo in honor of this unknown scout. One good turn to one man became a good turn to millions of American Boys. Such is the power of a good turn. Hence the Scout Slogan: DO A GOOD TURN DAILY

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Jazz chord melody may very well be the most challenging of all guitar styles to truly master. Players must develop right-hand thumb and finger independence, a robust vocabulary of jazz voicings, a strong sense of melody and an arranger's feel for composition. And these are just the fundamentals. Once you have the "easy" stuff down, it's all about groove, arrangement, performance and improvisation in real time, often as a soloist. << Click player below for a sample video from the course >> You probably wouldn't need more than ten fingers to count out the bonafide masters of this form. Pass, Montgomery, Farlow, Ellis and Breau would likely make everybody's list. Save one of those fingers for John Stowell, the guitarists' guitarist and one of the modern masters of jazz chord melody guitar. Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn't use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator," says Larry Coryell. Herb Ellis agrees saying that, "More guitarists would play like John Stowell if they only knew how." John Stowell's Modern Chord Melody reveals Stowell's original approach and raises the bar for lucid, insightful instruction for jazz chord melody and improvisation. Chord Melody takes the student beyond conventional harmony and chords by introducing a broader, more contemporary palette of voicings, shapes and single note ideas. Stowell beckons students to think out of the box, to create and visualize new shapes and sounds on the instrument. John also demonstrates a series of new inversions, which can be readily employed in accompaniments and compositions, and may also serve as templates on the neck to generate unusual and original sounding melodies and motifs. Students will play their way through Modern Chord Melody using Stowell's original tunes as a workbook for demonstrating the new techniques and sounds presented in the course. Each arrangement showcases key techniques and approaches in context, after which Stowell explains how to extract and apply the moves in your own playing, arrangements and Modern Chord Melody is not for the feint of heart. Much of the material in this course presents new approaches, voicings and techniques that will take serious practice time to absorb and master. Modern Chord Melody will reward the student's diligence with an impressive faculty for chord melody. can be applied! Join for Full Access Become a Pro or Master Student to get access to all videos, tab, jam tracks, and other assets on TrueFire TV. Learn more » WHAT YOU GET Video software (Windows and Mac) with TrueFire's Lesson Player, PIP, full-screen, looping, slow motion, keyboard shortcuts, plus... - 40 Video Guitar Lessons - Practice Rhythm Tracks - Text Commentary - Tab and Notation - Power Tab

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Johannsen: In a 2005, you discussed the corporatizing of education in a televised interview with Allan Gregg, and at the beginning of that talk he mentioned that you left the U.S. you began to discuss how the University was taking on a more managerial style. Moreover, you mentioned Penn State, and its shift to a corporate model. For instance, there were more part-time faculty positions being added eliminating tenure-track openings. You were witnessing this at Penn State, and suggested a pattern was being set that is now widespread in universities and colleges across the U.S. I am, curious about your departure from the U.S.. It seems clear that you left the U.S. for professional reasons, but did you also leave the U.S. for political reasons? Henry A. Giroux: Yes, it was for political and academic reasons. I was particularly upset over Bush being elected in 2004, and especially under circumstances that suggested that the election was stolen from Al Gore. Both the election and the growing suppression of dissent in the university, not to mention the attack on public education by corporate interests, suggested that democracy in the United States, however fragile, was being radically undermined. It was also a period of galloping anti-intellectualism, and that anti-intellectualism was coming from various levels—in the popular media, among elements of the dominant press, the increasing commodification of everyday life, the rise of celebrity culture, and the widespread emergence of the ethos of privatization. Moreover, the press and other elements of the dominant media by 2004 had become even more complicitous with the forces of political conformity and were reinforcing a form of intellectual banality, commodification, and privatization that both undermined political culture and reinforced a market driven embrace of selfishness and materialism that was sabotaging every vestige of public life. Education as it was deployed by the larger culture was becoming a powerful force for both political illiteracy and for exercising a depoliticizing influence on young people and the larger polity. Cynicism, disillusionment, and a dispiriting sense of purposeless has cast a shadow over American society seriously draining it of any language or vision that might imagine a different sort of society from the dysfunctional, militarizing, and deeply unequal social order that marked the current historical period. The propensity to avoid moral considerations was producing not simply a politically illiterate and authoritarian society, but one that was increasingly saturated in violence and a culture of cruelty. Needless to say, all of these forces intensified the increasing militarization and corporatization of higher education, along with the privatizing of everyday life. I was also disturbed by the increasing political insularity of the academy and the growing refusal of many faculty to connect their work with larger social issues. Many faculty retreated into academic specializations and an arcane language that made them irrelevant to the task of defending the university as a public good, except for in some cases a very small audience. This has become more and more clear in the last few years as academics have become so insular, often unwilling or unable to defend the university as a public good, in spite of the widespread attacks on academic freedom, the role of the university as a democratic public sphere, and the increasing reduction of knowledge to a saleable commodity, and students to customers. Of course, there are also faculty who are discouraged from speaking critically about social issues because of the increasing assumption in American society that any form of critique which calls official power into question is somehow un-American. This absurd attempt to define any critique of official power as unpatriotic has a chilling effect on faculty, especially when such views and the names of the people to whom they are ascribed are widely disseminated in right-wing and dominant media outlets. Witness the shameless firing of scholars such as Ward Churchill and Norman Finkelstein, among others in the last few years. In all fairness, there are faculty who speak out against injustices, but there are too few, and when they do they often pay a price for it. One recent example centers around conservative groups in Wisconsin and Michigan using the Freedom of Information Act to request e-mails by a number of professors who have written about and are sympathetic to organized labor. All of these academics, including the renowned historian, Professor William Cronon--who wrote critically on his blog Scholar as Citizen about a conservative organization that was drafting radical bills for right-wing Republican politicians such as Scott Walker--were asked to provide any emails mentioning words such as “Scott Walker,” “Rachel Madow,” “Madison,” and "Wisconsin". This is more than a cheap and transparent act of intimidation, it is also a strategy to shut down, constrain and neutralize any notion of dissent that emerges in the university. Clearly, this is symptomatic of a long historical tradition in the United States to undermine the university as a place to think, speak, and act critically, one that has been highly intensified since the events of 9/11. I also left the U.S. in 2004 because of the dean I worked under at Penn State University could not imagine schooling as having anything to do with the public good. He did not support my work on this matter [that the university is there for the public good], and he was entirely delighted to see me leave. He was fully immersed in an instrumental culture and had no wider vision of either the role of education or the public role of the university. His world was largely one dominated by mathematical utility and a narrow instrumentalist vision. My wife was also a professor at Penn State and was highly dissatisfied with her position. All of this was resolved after we received wonderful job offers from McMaster University in Canada and so we decided to relocate. Our experience at Penn State reinforced our present conviction that too many administrators in higher education in the United States have assumed the values and politics of a business culture that ironically produced the recession of 2008 with its labyrinth of corruption, greed, unbridled power, and indifference to either the public good or human life. Johannsen: How is it teaching in Canada for the two of you? Giroux: My work is supported and honored, whereas at Penn State, my work wasn't appreciated at all. And the same is true for Susan’s work at McMaster. I have an endowed chair professorship and Susan has tenure and is strongly supported by the department and the university. We have terrific colleagues in the Department of English and Cultural Studies almost all of whom are rigorous scholars doing important work connecting the university to broader social issues. The environment in Canada is much more conducive to doing critical work, though Canada has its own set of problems, but nothing like those emerging in the United States. Unlike Penn State which was a huge recipient of Pentagon funds, and was hostile to any criticism of its connection to the military and intelligence services, McMaster is a very open university that takes its commitment to a quality education and function as a democratic sphere very seriously. We have a wonderful Provost and President who live in the world of ideas, are rigorous scholars, and are heavily invested in connecting the university to major social considerations and important intellectual traditions. What is distinctive about the U.S. is that higher education is under attack not because it is failing but because it is public. It is now considered dangerous because it has the potential to function as a site where a culture of questioning can operate, the imagination can blossom, and difficult questions can be openly debated and critically engaged. Hence, many conservatives see higher education as a threat to their reactionary and corporate oriented interests and would like to defund higher education, privatize it, eliminate tenure, and define the working conditions of faculty to something resembling the labor practices of Walmart workers. While the universities are increasingly corporatized and militarized, their governing structures are becoming more authoritarian, faculty are being devalued as public intellectuals, students are viewed as clients, academic fields are treated as economic domains for providing credentials, and work place skills, and academic freedom is under assault. Johannsen: I recently wrote a piece about the privatization of public universities in the U.S., particularly UW-Madison. That flagship school is moving to privatize, and it seems the president of the Madison campus has been able to justify such a move because of what happened with Governor Walker recently and his budget cuts. I realize that this move to privatize public universities is nothing new. Giroux: Yes, you're right. It isn't new, but it is more expansive, and it's happening everywhere. With the corporatization and privatization of higher education, it is increasingly more difficult for colleges and universities to expand and deepen democratic public life, produce engaged critical citizens, and operate as democratic public spheres. Moreover, higher educating is defaulting on its obligations to offer young people a quality and broad-based education. This is true in part because the liberal arts and humanities have fallen out of favor in a culture that equates education with training. But the demise of higher education as a public good is also evident in light of the election of a number of right-wing politicians who are cutting funds for state universities and doing everything they can to turn them in training centers to fill the needs of corporations. This new and intense attack on both the social state and higher education completely undermines the public nature of what education is all about. Many university presidents now assume the language and behavior of CEOs and in doing so they are completely reneging on the public mission of the universities. The state is radically defunding public universities and university presidents, for the most part, rather than defending higher education as a public good, are trying to privatize their institutions in order to remove them from the political control of state governments. This is not a worthy or productive strategy. They should be loud and forceful in defending the university as a social good, essential to the democratic culture and economy of a nation. They should be criticizing the prioritizing of funds for military and prison expenditures over funds for higher education. And this argument should be made as a defense of education, as a crucial public good, and it should be taken seriously. But they aren't making these arguments. You have a situation in which the U.S. is fighting three unjust wars and wasting trillions of dollars in public funds, all the while draining money from important social services and public and higher education. If the government were to invest that money in higher education and public services, these would be far better investments. But administrators and academics in the U.S. for the most part don't make these arguments; instead they have retreated from defending the university as a citadel of public values and in doing so have abdicated any sense of social responsibility to the idea of the university as a site of inspired by the search for truth, justice, freedom, and dignity. Of course, there are a few courageous university presidents who refuse to reduce higher education to an adjunct of corporate power and needs. Harvard university president Drew Gilpin Faust has both criticized the growing economic justification for higher education and the reduction of pedagogy to producing knowledge and social relations whose value ultimately resides in how closely they are aligned with measurable skills. More recently, Biddy Martin, the university chancellor at the University of Wisconsin in response to the conservative demand for the e-mails of dissenting professors not only bravely defended her faculty’s right to privacy but insisted that they Continue to ask difficult questions, explore unpopular lines of thought and exercise your academic freedom, regardless of your point of view. As always, we will take our cue from the bronze plaque on the walls of Bascom Hall. It calls for the ‘continual and fearless sifting and winnowing’ of ideas. It is our tradition, our defining value, and the way to a better society. These are the kind of administrators who both provide a sense of hope for higher education and simultaneously reveal how disengaged ethically and politically so many administrators have become as they define themselves within the gated and closed boundaries of a corporate managerial culture. Johannsen: I am an advocate for student loan debtors. The fact that students are saddled with so much debt is another part of the problem. Giroux: You are making an important point. War at home is matched by a war on youth. I wrote about this recently. Young people graduate with an average of $23,000 in student loan debt, and they are the ones saddled with it. Youth have become indentured servants and that turns them away from public service. The loan crisis and the increasing slashing of funds for students, coupled with the astronomical rise in tuition, represent an unparalleled attack on the social state. The hidden agenda here is that when students graduate with such high debts, they rarely choose a career in public service; instead, they are forced to go into the corporate sector, and I see these conditions, in some ways, as being very calculated and as part of a larger political strategy to disempower students. Johannsen: I have written about the fact that many young people are unable to take part in public service. Moreover, I call us the indentured educated class. Did you know that by June of 2012, outstanding student loan debt will reach $1 trillion in the U.S.? Giroux: That's unbelievable! And it does not bode well for future generations of young people. But what must be stated is that this financial crisis has to be understood within a broader set of political and economic concerns. The current right-wing of the Republican Party will do anything to dismantle any social protections provided by the social state, and students are the most powerless when it comes to protecting themselves from such legislation. They are bearing the brunt of these attacks. Of course, we also see evidence of such attacks in many states that are abrogating the bargaining rights of unions, cutting back on student grants and loans, eliminating child labor laws (Maine), and cutting back on taxes for the rich and corporations. Of course, in the Middle East and Europe, young people are protesting in massive numbers against this form of economic Darwinism, but rather than simply protesting against high tuition rates, they see the current attack on education as part of an attack on the public good. Moreover, faculty and students are protesting somewhat in the U.S. in the same way but on a much smaller scale. This looming gigantic debt that students are forced to carry is also indicative of the degree to which young people are no longer viewed as a positive symbol of the future and how society has defaulted on both its social, political, and economic obligations to youth and the conditions that would enable they to enter into a future that is better than they ones to which previous generations had access. All that young people are promised today are the rewards of a shallow materialism and a degree that is defined primarily as a job credential, one that ironically does not even live up to its own claims of guaranteeing either decent employment or a better way of life. Johannsen: Absolutely. That is why the humanities are so important. They train people to think critically about things, and they allow us to be engaged citizens. That, however, as you have argued, is being eviscerated in this country. That sounds quite grim. Your work is clearly post-structuralist, and I see the influence of the Frankfurt School. I see the traditions upon which you rely, and it is clear that you want to demonstrate the way historical conditions inform the outcome of things. History does not 'repeat itself.' That assertion, allows people to marginalize the discipline. There are obviously historical conditions that have allowed for this new and frightening form of neoliberalism to emerge at this particular moment. I think, however, it is wrong to assume that your work is negative. I think the sense that there is hope and agency is clearest in an article you recently wrote entitled, "Left Behind? American Youth and the Global Fight for Democracy." Giroux: I am certainly influenced by certain post-structuralist traditions but also a number of other theoretical archives as well–including the brilliant work of Paulo Freire, Zygmunt Bauman, Loic Wacquant, Nancy Fraser, Tony Judt, and others. I am glad you have raised the question about critique and how it is often dismissed as negative. First, critique is far from negative. In fact, at its root is an affirmation of the noble democratic principle that people can hold ideas, social relations, institutions, and values accountable, and that individuals have distinct obligations to connect criticism with the ability to both think otherwise and act otherwise in a democracy that is never finished or complete. As John Dewey and many others have pointed out in a democracy, our first obligation is to question and our second obligation is our willingness to care for others. These obligations are not disconnected and mutually inform the other. Critique is a powerful resource against what Zygmunt Bauman calls “ethical tranquillization,” which now provides “a relief from responsibility.” Like C. Wright Mills, I believe in modes of analysis that are historical, biographical, and political. But I also believe that a discourse of critique demands more than criticism, it also needs to employ a discourse of possibility, one rooted in real opportunities to see that change is possible on an individual and collective level. Hence, my strong belief in the power of education as the practice of freedom and pedagogy as a crucial practice for the melding of reason and freedom. For instance, people are constantly struggling in the Middle East and Europe, and there is a new understanding among young people who want to be heard and given the power and rights they deserve. Critique is a resource that enables them to narrate their dismay, fears, and hopes for the future. Critique is a way of translating hope into a pressing reality. Young people in many parts of the world want to be treated differently from how they have been treated in the past. Similar modes of protests exist in the U. S. but on a much smaller scale. The nature of the issues facing U.S. students is a bit more complicated in the U.S. because the assault on the social state, until recently, has been more incremental [i.e. the stripping of public services and so forth], whereas in Britain with the rise of the conservative-liberal government, it was immediate and bold in its assault on the social state and higher education. It has been difficult for [young people in the U.S.] to connect the dots between rising tuition costs and other assaults on their dignity with the ongoing assault on public life and its myriad democratic institutions. Today’s generation faces an enormous battle in turning back the current assaults on the social state, higher education, and the social good. That generation really has to fight for a new political language, social movements, and alliances with students from other countries. They have to convince labor, parents, and the general public that the fight over higher education is a fight that benefits everyone in a sustainable democracy and not just faculty and students. The future doesn't have to mimic the worst parts of the present. There are new ways of sharing information, and as long as they don't give up on the importance of politics, the future is certainly open. Johannsen: I am glad you mentioned that a discourse of critique must include a discourse of possibility. It reminds me of your work on Benjamin's Angel of History. The Angel of History illustrates that alternative pasts means there is the potential for alternative futures. You've already hinted at agency, but I think that this understanding of possibility is critical. Please expand more on your idea of agency and how it fits into your comments about a discourse of critique/discourse of possibility. Giroux: All too often the worst thing that can happen to the young is to depoliticize them. When that happens, not only are young people told that they do not count – your agency is worthless, your experiences are worthless, and your voice should remain silent – but they are also told that there is no alternative to current state of affairs. Hence, problems become privatized and removed from larger social issues. This is one task, connecting the personal problems to larger social issues that progressive leftist intellectuals have failed to take on as a major political and educational project. That is why conversations like this, with you, are so important. It is hard to witness how irrelevant academics have become in fending off the current assaults on higher education and democracy. Clearly, one does not have to give up being an academic, retreat from rigorous research, or renounce the importance of specialization in order to address major social issues. I don't think you give up theoretical rigor by writing in a way that addresses major social concerns and is at the same time accessible to wider informed general audiences. Academics such as Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Stanley Aronowitz, etc. have done that. The academic world needs to be more responsible in communicating with a larger society. Journalists such as Chris Hedges, Bill Moyers, Laura Flanders, Amy Goodman, Dean Baker, Glenn Greenwald and others should be interacting with academics in order to form alliances and social movements dedicated to creating new public spheres, rebuking the conservative assaults on some of our most precious institutions and policies. Journalists, educators, labor, students, and various social movements need to find new ways to expose the individuals, power relations, ideologies, and modes of politics and economics that are gutting the welfare system, generating massive levels of poverty and inequality, promoting a poisonous cult of privatization, and generating a new and more powerful military-industrial complex that looks more and more like a punishing state. We need to communicate with one another more, and imagine a world in which it becomes possible to think and act otherwise. Johannsen: What are your greatest concerns about higher education being under attack? How can we fight back? Giroux: First, we need to figure how to defend higher education as a public good. If we can't do that, we're in trouble. Secondly, we need to address what the optimum conditions are for educators to perform their work in an autonomous and critical fashion. In other words, we need to think through the conditions that make academic labor fruitful, engaging, and relevant. Third, we need to get rid of the growing army of temporary workers now filling the ranks of academy. This is scandalous; it weakens both the power of the faculty and exploits these workers. Fourth, we need to educate students to be critical agents, to learn how to take risks, engage in thoughtful dialogue, and taking on the crucial issue what it means to be socially responsible. Pedagogy is not about training, it is about critically educating people to be self reflective, capable of critically address their relationship with others and with the larger world. Pedagogy in this sense provides not only important critical and intellectual competencies; it also enables people to intervene critically in the world. Fifth, we need to educate young people to deal with new modes of education that are emerging with the new electronic technologies and we need to educate them to not only learn how to critically read this ubiquitous screen culture but also how to be cultural producers. With the rise of new technologies, media, and other cultural apparatuses as powerful forms of public pedagogy, students need to understand and address how these pedagogical cultural apparatuses work to diffuse learning from any vestige of critical thought. This is a form of public pedagogy that needs to be addressed both for how it deforms and for how it can create important new spaces for emancipatory forms of pedagogy. Students need to learn how to unlearn those elements of a market driven society that deform their sense of agency, reducing them to simply consumers or even worse to elements of a disposable population. So we need to understand who controls the means of public education and the larger forms of what Raymond Williams called the cultural apparatuses of permanent education both in terms of the dangers they pose and the possibilities they harbor. We need to take on the new media, and in terms of power and public pedagogy, we need to organize a whole range of people outside of the academy. Finally, but far from conclusive, is that we need a new political language with broader narratives. Such a language has to unravel the pervasive ideological, pedagogical, and economic dynamics of a form of economic Darwinism that now governs much of the world. This system must be demystified, politicized, and recognized for the ways in which it has come to pose a dire threat to democracy. We also need to find a language capable of defending government as an element of the common good, one that does not define itself as both a punishing and corporate state. This is not merely a matter of redefining sovereignty, but also rethinking what is distinctive about the social state, social responsibility, and the common good. But we need more than a broader understanding of what is a good society or a moral and political critique of the existing market fundamentalism engulfing American society, we also need to create new forms of solidarity, new and broad based social movements that move beyond the isolated and fractured politics of the current historical moment. I am not against identity politics or single based issues; at the same time, we need to find ways to connect these singular modes of politics to broader political narratives about democracy so we can recognize their strengths and limitations in building broad-based social movements. In short, we need to find new ways to connect education to the struggle for democracy that is under assault in ways that were unimaginable forty years ago. Cited in Anthony Grafton, "Academic Freedom After the Cronon Controversy," The New York Review of Books, (April 4, 2011).

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Posted by Yorkshire on 2012/12/26 Not News: Food Stamp Participation Jumped by Over 600,000 in September; Last Pre-Election Number Revised Up By Tom Blumer | December 07, 2012 | 23:57 The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its latest report on food stamp program participation through September today. I received the email alerting me to the release at 5:17 p.m., so it seems reasonable to believe that USDA and the Barack Obama administration wanted the new data to get as little attention as possible (as will be seen later, it’s currently getting none). If so, they have two probable reasons for wishing to minimize its impact. The first and more obvious of the two is that the food stamp rolls increased by over 607,000 in September to 47.71 million, yet another all-time record. That’s awful enough, but here’s the real kicker: the participation figure for July, the last month of data available before Election Day, was revised up by over 150,000, changing that month’s reported increase from 11,600 to just under 166,000. As will be seen after the jump, no other month’s data was revised except August, where the changes were infinitesimal This entry was posted on 2012/12/26 at 14:31 and is filed under economics, Photography, Politically Incorrect, Socialists. Tagged: deficit spending, Democrat leadership, Food Stamps, hypocrisy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.

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The diagnosis of Trichotillomania (TM) is synonymous with the act of recurrently pulling one’s own body hair resulting in noticeable thinning or baldness. (American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 2000, p. 674) Sites of hair pulling can include any area of the body in which hair is found, but the most common sites are the scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows, and the pubis area. (Kraemer, 1999, p. 298) The disorder itself is categorized in the DSM-IV-TR as an “Impulse Control Disorder Not Elsewhere Classified” along with disorders like Pathological Gambling, Pyromania, Kleptomania, and Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Although TM was previously considered to be a rare disorder, more recent research indicates that prevalence rates of TM may be as high as 2% of the general population. (Kraemer, 1999, p. 298) This prevalence rate is significantly higher than the lifetime prevalence rate of .6% that is cited as a potential baseline among college students the DSM-IV-TR. (4th ed., text rev.; DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p. 676) The condition appears to be more common among women and the period of onset is typically in childhood or adolescence. (Kraemer, 1999, p. 298) As is customary with most DSM-IV-TR diagnoses, the act of hair pulling cannot be better accounted for by another mental disorder (like delusions, for example) or a general medical condition. Like every disorder in the DSM-IV-TR, the disturbance must cause significant distress or impairment in functioning. (4th ed., text rev.; DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p. 675) Alopecia is a key concept that must be understood in order to complete the differential diagnosis of TM. Alopecia is a condition of baldness in the most general sense. (Shiel, Jr. & Stoppler, 2008, p. 14) Other medically related causes of alopecia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of TM, especially when working with an individual who deny pulling their hair. The common suspects include male-pattern baldness, Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE), Lichen Planopilaris (also known as Acuminatus), Folliculitis Decalvans, Pseudopelade of Brocq, and Alopecia Mucinosa (Follicular Mucinosis). (4th ed., text rev.; DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p. 676) Comprehensive coverage of these medical conditions is beyond the scope of this article – all of the aforementioned confounding variables can be eliminated by a general practitioner. There are a number of idiosyncratic features associated with TM that bear mentioning. Although the constellation of features covered here is not sufficient to warrant a diagnosis in isolation, they can aid in the differential diagnosis process. Alopecia, regardless of the cause, has been known to lead sufferers to tremendous feats of avoidance so that the hair loss remains undetected. Simply avoiding social functions or other events where the individual (and their attendant hair loss) might be uncovered is a common occurrence. In cases where individual’s focus of attention is on the head or scalp, it is not uncommon for affected individuals to attempt to hide hair loss by adopting complimentary hair styles or wearing other headwear (e.g., hats, wigs, etc). These avoidance behaviors will be the target of exposure and response prevention later in this article. In addition to avoidant behavior and elaborate attempts to “cover it up,” individuals with TM frequently present with clinically significant difficulty in areas such as self-esteem and mood. Comorbidity, or the presence of one or more disorders in the addition to a primary diagnosis, is the rule not the exception in the stereotypical presentation of TM. Mood disorders (like depression) are the most common (65%) – anxiety (57%), chemical use (22%), and eating disorders (20%) round out the top four mostly likely candidates for comorbidity. (Kraemer, 1999, p. 298) These comorbidity rates are not overly surprising since they parallel prevalence rates across the wider population – perhaps with the notable exception of the high rate of comorbid eating disorders. We can speculate about the source of comorbidity – one possible hypothesis is that a few people who suffer TM also suffer from a persistent cognitive dissonance associated with having happy-go-lucky personality trait which leads them “let the chips fall where they may.” They are individuals prone to impulsivity, but they are subdued and controlled the shame, guilt, frustration, fear, rage, and helplessness associated with the social limitations placed on them by the disorder. (Ingram, 2012, p. 269) On the topic of personality, surprisingly enough, research suggests that personality disorders do not share significant overlap with TM. This includes Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) despite the fact that BPD is often associated with self-harming behavior. (Kraemer, 1999, p. 299) Differentiating TM from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be challenging in some cases. TM is similar to OCD because there is a “sense of gratification” or “relief” when pulling the hair out. Unlike individuals with OCD, individuals with TM do not perform their compulsions in direct response to an obsession and/or according to rules that must be rigidly adhered to. (4th ed., text rev.; DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p. 676) There are, however, observed similarities between OCD and TM regarding phenomenology, neurological test performance, response to SSRI’s, and contributing elements of familial and/or genetic factors. (Kraemer, 1999, p. 299) Due to the large genetic component contributions of both disorders, obtaining a family history (vis-à-vis a detailed genogram) is highly recommended. The comprehensive genogram covering all mental illness can be helpful in the discovery the comorbid conditions identified above as well. There is some suggestion that knowledge of events associated with onset is “intriguing, but unnecessary for successful treatment.” (Kraemer, 1999, p. 299) I call shenanigans. There is a significant connection between the onset of TM and the patient enduring loss, perceived loss, and/or trauma. Time is well spent exploring the specific environmental stressors that precipitated the disorder. Although ignoring circumstances surrounding onset might be prudent when employing strict behavioral treatment paradigms, it seems like a terrible waste of time to endure suffering without identifying some underlying meaning or purpose that would otherwise be missed if we overlook onset specifics. “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” (Frankl, 1997, p. 86) If we acknowledge that all behavior is purposeful, then we must know and understand the circumstances around onset if we will ever understand the purpose of said behavior. I liken this to a difference in professional opinion and personal preference because either position can be reasonably justified, but in the end the patient should make the ultimate decision about whether or not to explore onset contributions vis-à-vis “imagery dialogue” or a similar technique. (Young, Klosko, & Weishaar, 2003, p. 123) If such imagery techniques are unsuccessful or undesired by the client, a psychodynamic conversation between “internal parts of oneself” can add clarity to the persistent inability of the client to delay gratification. (Ingram, 2012, p. 292) Such explorations are likely to be time consuming, comparatively speaking, and should not be explored with patients who are bound by strict EAP requirements or managed care restrictions on the type and length of treatment. Comorbid developmental disabilities and cognitive deficits may preclude this existential exploration. I employ the exploration of existential issues of origin in the interest of increasing treatment motivation, promoting adherence, enhancing the therapeutic milieu, and thwarting subsequent lapses by anchoring cognitive dissonance to a concrete event. TM represents a behavioral manifestation of a fixed action patterns (FAPs) that is rigid, consistent, and predicable. FAPs are generally thought to have evolved from our most primal instincts as animals – they are believed to contain fundamental behavioral ‘switches’ that enhance the survivability of the human species. (Lambert & Kinsley, 2011, p. 232) The nature of FAPs that leads some researchers to draw parallels to TM is that FAPs appear to be qualitatively “ballistic.” It’s an “all or nothing” reaction that is comparable to an action potential traveling down the axon of a neuron. Once they are triggered they are very difficult to suppress and may have a tendency to “kindle” other effects. (Lambert & Kinsley, 2011, p. 233) There are some unique considerations when it comes to assessing a new patient with TM. Because chewing on or ingesting the hair is reported in nearly half of TM cases, the attending clinician should always inquire about oral manipulation and associated gastrointestinal pain associated with a connected hair mass in the stomach or bowel (trichobezoar). Motivation for change should be assessed and measured because behavioral interventions inherently require a great deal of effort. Family and social systems should not be ignored since family dynamics can exacerbate symptomatlogy vis-à-vis pressure to change (negative reinforcement), excessive attention (positive reinforcement), or both. (Kraemer, 1999, p. 299) What remains to be seen is the role of stress in the process of “triggering” a TM episode. Some individuals experience an “itch like” sensation as a physical antecedent that remits once the hair is pulled. This “itch like” sensation is far from universal. Some clinicians and researchers believe that the abnormal grooming behavior found in TM is “elicited in response to stress” with the necessary but not sufficient condition of “limited options for motoric behavior and tension release.” (Kraemer, 1999, p. 299) Although this stress hypothesis may materialize as a tenable hypothesis in some cases, it’s by no means typical. Most people diagnosed with TM report that the act of pulling typically occurs during affective states of relaxation and distraction. Most individuals whom suffer from TM do not report clinically significant levels of anxiety as the “trigger” of bouts of hair pulling. We could attribute this to an absence of insight regarding anxiety related triggers or, perhaps anxiety simply does not play a significant role in the onset and maintenance of hair pulling episodes. Regardless of the factors that trigger episodes, a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment that includes environmental stressors (past, present and anticipated) should be explored. The options for treatment of TM are limited at best. SSRIs have demonstrated some potential in the treatment of TM, but more research is needed before we can consider SSRIs as a legitimate first-line treatment. SSRIs are worth a shot as an adjunct treatment in cases of chronic, refractory, or treatment resistant TM. I would consider recommending a referral to a psychiatrist (not a general practitioner) for a medication review due in part to the favorable risk profile of the most recent round of SSRIs. Given the high rate of comorbidity with mood and anxiety disorders – if either is anxiety or depression are comorbid, SSRIs will likely be recommended regardless. Killing two birds with one stone is the order of the day, but be mindful that some medication can interfere with certain treatment techniques like imaginal or in vivo exposure. (Ledley, Marx, & Heimberg, 2010, p. 141) Additional research is needed before anxiolytic medications can be recommended in the absence of comorbid anxiety disorders (especially with children). Hypnosis and hypnotic suggestion in combination with other behavioral interventions may be helpful for some individuals, but I don’t know enough about it at this time to recommend it. Call me skeptical, or ignorant, but I prefer to save the parlor tricks for the circus… Habit reversal is no parlor trick. My goal isn’t to heal the patient; that would create a level of dependence I am not comfortable with… my goal is to teach clients how to heal themselves. Okay, but how? The combination of Competing Response Training, Awareness/Mindfulness Training, Relaxation Training, Contingency Management, Cognitive Restructuring, and Generalization Training is the best hope for someone who seeks some relief from TM. Collectively I will refer to this collection of techniques as Habit Reversal. Competing Response Training is employed in direct response to hair pulling or in situations where hair pulling might be likely. In the absence of “internal restraints to impulsive behavior,” artificial circumstances are created by identifying substitute behaviors that are totally incompatible with pulling hair. (Ingram, 2012, p. 292) Just like a compulsive gambling addict isn’t in any danger if spends all his money on rent, someone with TM is much less likely to pull hair if they are doing something else with their hands. Antecedents, or triggers, are sometimes referred to as discriminative stimuli. (Ingram, 2012, p. 230) “We sense objects in a certain way because of our application of priori intuitions…” (Pirsig, 1999, p. 133) Altering the underlying assumptions entrenched in maladaptive priori intuitions is the core purpose of Awareness and Mindfulness Training. “There is a lack of constructive self-talk mediating between the trigger event and the behavior. The therapist helps the client build intervening self-messages: Slow down and think it over; think about the consequences.” (Ingram, 2012, p. 221) The connection to contingency management should be self evident. Utilizing a customized self-monitoring record, the patient begins to acquire the necessary insight to “spot” maladaptive self talk. “Spotting” is not a new or novel concept – it is central component of Abraham Low’s revolutionary self help system Recovery International. (Abraham Low Self-Help Systems, n.d.) The customized self-monitoring record should invariably include various data elements such as precursors, length of episode, number of hairs pulled, and a subjective unit of distress representing the level of “urge” or desire to pull hair. (Kraemer, 1999) The act of recording behavior (even in the absence of other techniques) is likely to produce significant reductions in TM symptomatlogy. (Persons, 2008, p. 182-201) Perhaps more importantly, associated activities, thoughts, and emotions that may be contributing to the urge to pull should be codified. (Kraemer, 1999, p. 300) In session, this record can be reviewed and subsequently tied to “high risk circumstances” and “priori intuitions” involving constructs such as anger, frustration, depression, and boredom. Relaxation training is a critical component if we subscribe to the “kindling” hypothesis explained previously. Relaxation is intended to reduce the urges that inevitably trigger the habit. Examples abound, but diaphragmatic breathing, progressive relaxation, and visualization are all techniques that can be employed in isolation or in conjunction with each other. Contingency Management is inexorably tied to the existential anchor of cognitive dissonance described above. My emphasis on this element is where my approach might differ from some other clinicians. “You are free to do whatever you want, but you are responsible for the consequences of everything that you do.” (Ingram, 2012, p. 270) This might include the client writing down sources of embarrassment, advantages of controlling the symptomatlogy of TM, etc. (Kraemer, 1999) The moment someone with pyromania decides that no fire worth being imprisoned, they will stop starting fires. The same holds true with someone who acknowledges the consequences of pulling their hair. How do we define success? Once habit reversal is successfully accomplished in one setting or situation, the client needs to be taught how to generalize that skill to other contexts. A hierarchical ranking of anxiety provoking situations can be helpful in this process since self-paced graduated exposure is likely to increase tolerability for the anxious client. (Ingram, 2012, p. 240) If skills are acquired, and generalization occurs, we can reasonably expect a significant reduction in TM symptomatlogy. The challenges are significant, cognitive behavioral therapy is much easier said than done. High levels of treatment motivation are required for the behavioral elements, and moderate to high levels of insight are exceptionally helpful for the cognitive elements. In addition, this is an impulse control disorder… impulsivity leads to treatment noncompliance and termination. The combination of all the above, in addition to the fact that TM is generally acknowledged as one of the more persistent and difficult to treat disorders, prevents me from providing any prognosis other than “this treatment will work as well as the client allows it to work.” Abraham Low Self-Help Systems. (n.d.). Recovery international terms and definitions. 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(2008). The case formulation approach to cognitive-behavior therapy. New York, NY: Guilford Press. Pirsig, R. M. (1999). Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: An inquiry into values (25th Anniversary ed.). New York: Quill. Shiel, W. C., Jr., & Stoppler, M. C. (Eds.). (2008). Webster’s new world medical dictionary (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing. Young, J. E., Klosko, J. S., & Weishaar, M. E. (2003). Schema therapy: A practitioner’s guide. New York: Guilford Press.

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Instrument cleanliness is important to any wind instrument, and critical to the proper operation of any brasswind instrument. I would estimate that 60% of trombone slide problems that I encounter involve cleanliness, and dents and alignment are only 40% of the problem. Also, I have witnessed the mangling of too many valve springs on piston and rotary instruments where the player wanted faster action, and all that was needed was a good cleaning. Instrument cleaning is central to my repair operations, and I strive to render each instrument as clean as when it left the factory… or better. To this end, I treat each brasswind instrument I work on to a chemical cleaning of the appropriate level. First, each instrument is disassembled and washed thoroughly with warm (not hot) water, a good degreasing detergent, and appropriate scrub brushes. Once the parts have been thoroughly degreased, then they are immersed for 20-30 seconds in a de-limer/de-scaler solution, to remove calcification. This calcium buildup is the culprit that makes your valves still feel rough and gritty after you’ve washed them at home. Home-cleaning of instruments is good and recommended, but occasionally the instrument should still be professionally cleaned. After immersion in the de-limer/de-scaler, the parts are thoroughly rinsed, then immersed for about 5 seconds in bright dip solution. This acid essentially turns the brass bright yellow again, so that it essentially looks like new. The solution does not react with lacquer, but does make silver-plate turn hazy, so a silver-plated instrument must be completely hand-ragged and silver polished after being chemically-cleaned. This treatment removes any buildup from Monel pistons, making them perform like new or better, and the chemical reaction with the brass not only makes it look better, but gives long-term protection from corrosion. After being bright-dipped, the parts are carefully rinsed and then thoroughly washed yet again in warm water and detergent, then rinsed again, dried, and inspected. If any green/white deposits remain, these parts are given extra attention and re-cleaned, until the instrument is flawlessly clean. I like to completely dry the inside of the instrument as well as the inside and outside of all parts, so that the lubricants will adhere to the metal better and not be diluted. All slides are checked for proper fit, and alignment adjustments are made as necessary. Valves are precision-aligned with the appropriate felts, corks or rotor bumpers, then the instrument is assembled using the appropriate Hetman lubricants. They are non-toxic, and provide the highest level of performance from your instrument and highest level of protection for the slides and valves. On trombones, I will either lubricate the handslide with Trombotine cream and Hetman HydroSlide, with Slide-O-Mix, or leave the slide dry and let the customer treat it himself. On valved instruments, the springs are evaluated and replaced if necessary, to ensure quiet, fast operation. I carry valve guides for every major make of instrument, and replace them if needed during this operation. The result is an instrument you can play with confidence. This instrument cleaning service is my basic, professional play-condition servicing, which includes removal of minor dents, replacing the water key cork(s) if necessary, and polishing the silver or lacquer.

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Today is the annual holiday in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, civil rights leader who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Being as that tragic event was over 43 years ago, there are many young people now who do not remember Dr. King, who was born on January 15, 1929. I came across one of his famous quotes recently: “Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.” Today let us reflect about Dr. King’s legacy about what is right to do in political issues, especially this year as we embark upon another Presidential election, redistricting of current maps, civility in public discourse. And FREE today at the Loft Cinema (3233 E. Speedway) at 5 pm.: “Do the Right Thing” 1989 movie directed by Spike Lee: “DO THE RIGHT THING, Spike Lee’s incendiary (and controversial) look at race relations in America, circa New York City in 1989, is a joyful, tumultuous masterpiece – perhaps one of the best films ever made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, the movie showcases the whole spectrum of ethnically-diverse life in this neighborhood, raises the heat to a high boil, and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does the “right thing.” Featuring a stellar cast including Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza parlor owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal’s sons; Lee’s sister Joie as Mookie’s sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie’s girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie’s hot-headed friend Buggin’ Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L. Jackson as deejay Mister Señor Love Daddy. Brash, bold and highly entertaining, DO THE RIGHT THING is a rich and nuanced film to watch, treasure, and learn from–over and over again.” Let us remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today and what he stood (and marched) for. UPDATE: My comments on the MLK events in Tucson below in comment section.

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January is Adopt-A-Rescued-Bird Month. Bird ownership requires dedication. Some birds can live to be 60 – 80 years old while smaller birds have shorter life spans. Owners are still encouraged to research the bird they hope to provide a home for in order to make certain that they are prepared for the special needs of their new feathered friend. Here are three doves who really need a great home. Pearl, Lacey and Rex have been socialized their entire lives and never flinch at being handled. Their little dove laughs are always a hoot! If you could give these docile darlings a lifetime of proper care, please ask to meet these feathered friends at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Pearl – #743472 – 8 Years Old – Female Lacey – #743585 – 8 Years Old – Female Rex – #743586 – 8 Years Old – Male Check out this dove page to learn about what doves need for care.

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New Federal Income Tax Laws Both federal and state income tax laws change every year. Some tax programs are initiated with planned expirations, and other items like the income tax rates are changed every year to ostensibly adjust to the national economic climate. The new federal income tax lawscan be quite confusing to keep up with because many of them are created for many different reasons. One of the most basic things you can check is the amount of the standard deduction for tax payers for the current tax year. For 2011 married couples filing jointly can take $11,900. Single people and those filing separately can take $5,950, and $ 8,700 for qualified head of the household. Lets take a look at some of the anticipated new federal income tax laws and tax credits and deductions. The federal estate tax will move on with its new five million dollar exemption with a maximum rate of 35%. It was not always five million dollars mind you, and these rates are set to expire after 2012. Also continuing into 2012 will be the lowered tax rates on long term capital gains. The child tax credit is still doing it what it does. Higher contributions are allowed for your 401k and IRA. The student loan interest deduction is still in play. The mileage deduction has actually decreased by 2.5 cents. The gift tax exclusion has increased by $1,000. The American opportunity tax credit is still rolling strong. A temporary increase in the earned income tax credit for those with three children or more. 2011 is the last tax year for the special itemized deduction of mortgage insurance premiums. The piss-poor 30% energy tax credit is gone after 2011. Beginning in 2013, debt forgiven in connection with the foreclosure of a principal will once again be recognized as taxable income. There are many more new federal income tax laws that are still fair play for the tax year of 2011. If you use an online tax service like TurboTax then you’ll actually have a hard time missing anything. The software works on the basis of asking you multiple series of questions that insure it knows what you do and don’t qualify for. In fact, their “biggest refund guarantee” has never been contested. If you’re not planning on actually using them as a filing service, you can still browse their website for general information about tax law changes for the current and future years.

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Why Tutofig ? You can find here answers & tutorials to all the questions miniature painters and sculptors could have. How to blend colors, how to do a NMM, an OSL, how to sculpt a face, build a diorama... for your 28-54mm miniatures. Tutofig compiles more than 2000 "how to" or step by step, made by impassioned people, in various languages. Being Games workshop addict, who wants to paint armies, or contest painters searching for the last missing tips, you can find here everything you could wish... Learn, rhapsodize on other's work and share your own tutorials ! |Author :||Massive voodoo| |Categories :||1- Language, 2- Painting, EN, Preparing the mini, Priming| This time i want to talk about light. As you know Miniature painting lives from Light that you paint on your miniature. Highlighting here and there to give areas a more clear order. Light works only with shadow and shadow only works with light – the so called Dark/Bright Colour Contrast. This article shows my personal view on the topic – additional comments always welcome…

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SCIENCE announced that it is taking viewers further inside NASA's latest mission to Mars with the exclusive world premiere of i.am.mars: REACH FOR THE STARS tonight, September 19, 2012, at 10 PM ET/PT. The special documents the artistic and technical process behind "Reach for the Stars," will.i.am's newest single that became the first song ever to be broadcast from another planet to Earth. In what is being hailed as "the most complex Mars mission to date," NASA's Curiosity spacecraft successfully landed on the red planet on August 6, 2012. Since then the Curiosity rover has returned stunning photographs and valuable information about the Martian surface that is helping scientists determine if it has the ability to support life. Recently, Curiosity also returned will.i.am's new song "Reach for the Stars" as - for the first time in history - recorded music was broadcast from a planet to Earth. i.am.mars: REACH FOR THE STARS profiles will.i.am's passion for science and his belief in inspiring the next generation of scientists through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. i.am.mars: REACH FOR THE STARS also gives viewers a window into his creative process, as well as the recording of the song with a full children's choir and orchestra. In addition, viewers also go inside the engineering challenges NASA faced in uploading the song to Curiosity, and the hard work required to make the historic 700 million mile interplanetary broadcast a reality. "Between MARS LANDING 2012: THE NEW SEARCH FOR LIFE and i.am.mars: REACH FOR THE STARS, SCIENCE is consumed with the bold exploration of the red planet," said Debbie Myers, general manager and executive vice president of SCIENCE. "We hope our viewers are as inspired as we are by the creativity, imagination and daring of both will.i.am and NASA." i.am.mars will be distributed to schools nationwide through Discovery Education's digital streaming services. SCIENCE and Discovery Education will also work with Affiliates to promote i.am.mars' educational resources for use in schools and with community organizations, brining the magic of Mars to life.

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[url=http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070212_high_time_for_voting_reform/]High Time for Voting Reform By Marie Cocco WASHINGTON—For those who despair that it’s way too early to start thinking about the 2008 presidential election—and who doesn’t?—there is a more productive way to spend political effort: Start working to ensure that the vote goes better in 2008 than it has in any election since the catastrophe of 2000. Save for a single Florida congressional district—the one previously held, fittingly enough, by Katherine Harris—the 2006 congressional elections produced clear winners and losers, with relatively few allegations that machine malfunctions or partisan malfeasance changed the outcome. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t machine malfunctions, partisan malfeasance—and a certain chaotic quality to whole affair. Touch-screen machines mysterious flipped voters’ choices or failed to record them at all, cards to activate the computers went missing, poll workers sometimes didn’t even know how to turn machines on. New identification requirements, and poll workers’ confused interpretations of them, vexed hundreds of would-be voters—including Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, who was turned away from the polls until he returned with identification bearing his home address. “Around the country, the individual voting experience didn’t go well,’’ says Doug Chapin, director of electionline.org, a nonpartisan organization that tracks the performance of the voting system. Help is on the way—from Florida, of all places. "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime." Honore de Balzac "Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it." ~Harry S. Truman

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Forecast Texas Fire Danger (TFD) The Texas Fire Danger(TFD) map is produced by the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS). Weather information is provided by remote, automated weather stations and then used as an input to the Weather Information Management System (WIMS). The NFDRS processor in WIMS produces a fire danger rating based on fuels, weather, and topography. Fire danger maps are produced daily. In addition, the Texas A&M Forest Service, along with the SSL, has developed a five day running average fire danger rating map. Daily RAWS information is derived from an experimental project - DO NOT DISTRIBUTE

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Bangladesh, Land of the Bengalis, should theoretically be a country we Singaporeans are familiar with, given the proximity and the many historical links as former parts of the British Empire in Asia. However, few of us have any notion of what this country is like except for the many massive famines, natural disasters or seemingly endless political instability that plague this country. In a perverse way, many Bangladeshis, whose relatives work in the construction grounds and clean the streets of Singapore, know so much more about Singapore than we know about their country. The first meaningful conversation I had with a local was with Bashar, who is the "Canteen Manager" of a café I stepped into on my first morning in Dhaka. Upon learning I was from Singapore, he exclaimed using the most classic Singaporean Hokkien expletives that expressed the speaker's desire to do something nasty to the addressee's mother, "Kan Ni Na Chao Ji Bai, Welcome to Dhaka!" Bashar said he missed Singapore where he worked for 4 years in the 1990s he liked the orderliness, the law and order, safe environment, clean air and the opportunity to make good money. He would love to return to Singapore if he could. He asked if my company needed any staff, be it a foreman, a clerk, a cleaner, or in his words, anything. Thrusting into my palm his name card, he asked me to contact him once I return to Singapore. since independence after a bloody war against oppressive Pakistan in 1971, the country has remained poverty stricken. Indeed, everytime I told a Bangladeshi that theirs was a beautiful land, the response was inevitably, "but we are a poor country." More than 10 million Bangladeshis work overseas, and millions of rural people are underemployed. Poverty drives more and more people into the cities. Dhaka, a city of merely 1 million in 1971, is today a crowded, polluted metropolis of at least 12 million, perhaps 15 million. Motor vehicles drove wildly as if there was no tomorrow, loud relentless horning, countless rickshaws and screaming street vendors all the madness of this city almost drove me crazy on my first day here. I visited the Liberation War Museum, a fascinating place about the long forgotten conflict that led to the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan, the latter an unnatural state with two distinct and separate parts formed from the Muslim regions of the British Indian Empire. Driven by the desire for equal recognition of Bengali, which was also the language of choice of Tagore, the great 19th century Bengali poet and novelist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Bangladeshi people struggled against their West Pakistani rulers. Despite accounting for more than 50% of the then Pakistani population, the Bangladeshis never quite commanded their own destiny. In fact, whenever a Bangladeshi party won the elections, the Pakistani Army staged a coup to set aside the electoral result. It was 1971's electoral victory by Sheikh Mujib, Father of the Bangladesh, which sparked off a massive genocidal crackdown by the Pakistani Army. Intellectuals and the academia were arrested and murdered in cold blood, while whole massacres were committed at the halls and dorms of Dhaka University. Sheikh Mujib was arrested by the Pakistanis while Ziaur Rahman, an officer in the East Pakistan Rifles, declared the independence of the People's Republic of Bangladesh from a radio station in Chittagong. A guerilla war began and before long, the Indian Army and the Bangladeshi guerillas drove Pakistani forces into surrender, but not before many some said as high as 3 million people - died in this bloody conflict. It was amazing how the thirst for power and greed drives people to commit atrocities. It was also mind-boggling how the generals of Pakistanis could ever imagine they could lord over what was not a small minority group but the largest ethnic group of their country. Dhaka had just celebrated the Durja Puja when I arrived. This is a colorful festival that celebrated Goddess Durja's victory over Mahishasura, the green skin buffalo demon. Legend says Mahishasura had conquered the heavens with his army of demons and so the Great Hindu Gods created Durja to battle him. Eventually, Mahishasura was defeated after an epic battle during which the demon changed his form between human, buffalo and the elephant. Just before his demise, the demon agreed to be slaughtered by the goddess provided that he was to be worshipped together with her. The goddess agreed, and so all images of Durja showed her spearing gruesome-looking Mahishasura which was beneath her feet. I walked through dilapidated Old Dhaka adorned with bright coloured bulbs and banners celebrating Durja Puja; the smell of rotting rubbish in the air together with the aroma of burning incense; the deafening horning of the rickshaws, and mosque imams calling the faithful for afternoon prayers alternating with the loud beating drums from the Hindu temples. Welcome to Dhaka. You may love it, hate it but never indifferent. This is an intense city, whether in terms of smell, noise and sights. Independent Bangladesh's first decade was one of chaos and disillusionment; and of coups and counter-coups. After the euphoria of victory over Pakistan, Sheikh Mujib soon followed the footsteps of many Third World strongmen, that of self-glorification, elimination of political opposition and one party rule. In 1975, In 1975, Sheikh Mujib was murdered at home by a group of dissenting army officers, together with his wife, three sons and other family retainers. Two daughters were spared only because they were overseas including Sheikh Hasina who later served as Prime Minister. After a series of coups and counter-coups, Ziaur Rahman came to power in 1976, only to be assassinated in an attempted coup in 1981. What a blood-stained history! I got onto Mahsud, a wheel steamer constructed in 1928 in the shipyards of Calcutta, through the waterways of Bangladesh. This was a different world away from the madness that was Dhaka. This was the land of peaceful farmers and fishermen, green paddy fields, serene villages and the timelessness that had long disappeared in many parts of the world. There was even the occasional pink Ganges dolphin leaping out of the river, which to me was all the more remarkable as I recalled recent reports confirming the extinction of the Yangtze Dolphin of China, the victim of overfishing, poaching and pollution. However, one should not forget, that it was the lack of economic prosperity that had preserved this land in a time wrap. Corruption, economic mismanagement and misrule meant that the country continues to rely on a fleet of 1920's steamers to connect its many towns and villages scattered across the delta land, in an era where many Asian countries have built modern airports, multiple lane motorways and huge bridges to bring together disparate parts. In the last one year, the military had intervened in this country to steer the country away from the political stalemate caused by the country's top two rival political parties - the Awami League, run by Sheikh Hasina, surviving daughter of Sheikh Mujib, and Bangladesh Nationalist Party, run by Begum Khaleda, widow of Ziaur Rahman. Both politicians and their supporters, all seen as outrageously corrupt during the years they were in power, are now in jail awaiting trial, whilst a technocrat caretaker government, headed by a "Chief Advisor", is in power. It remains to be seen if they would be successful but I wish them luck. Bangladesh obviously deserves better. The Grameen Bank and its founder, Muhammad Yunus, are the pride of Bangladesh. They were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, for their success in pioneering microcredit in Bangladesh and elsewhere. By lending small sums of money to desperately poor people and encouraging repayment through innovative loan structures, such as lending to women who are members of a small group that forms a social support as well as behavior pressure group, Grameen Bank has succeeded in improving the standards of living of social groups once deemed unbankable. The Bank also draws up social codes of bahaviour and principles designed to be pro-growth. Here are some of them: We shall follow and advance the four principles of Grameen Bank: Discipline, Unity, Courage and Hard work in all walks of our lives. Prosperity we shall bring to our families. We shall not live in dilapidated houses. We shall repair our houses and work towards constructing new houses at the earliest. We shall grow vegetables all the year round. We shall eat plenty of them and sell the surplus. During the plantation seasons, we shall plant as many seedlings as possible. We shall plan to keep our families small. We shall minimize our expenditures. We shall look after our health. We shall educate our children and ensure that they can earn to pay for their education. We shall always keep our children and the environment clean. We shall build and use pit-latrines. We shall drink water from tubewells. If it is not available, we shall boil water or use alum. We shall not take any dowry at our sons' weddings, neither shall we give any dowry at our daughter's wedding. We shall keep our centre free from the curse of dowry. We shall not practice child marriage. We shall not inflict any injustice on anyone, neither shall we allow anyone to do so. We shall collectively undertake bigger investments for higher incomes. We shall always be ready to help each other. If anyone is in difficulty, we shall all help him or her. If we come to know of any breach of discipline in any centre, we shall all go there and help restore discipline. We shall take part in all social activities collectively. From Khulna in the southwest, I visited Bagerhat, an UNESCO World Heritage City. In the 15th century, Khan Jahan Ali, a Turkic warlord cum Sufi mystic, set up a mini state in this region, where he built monumental mosques and madrasahs. Today, some of these remain and have been declared world heritage. I walked through the dilapidated, almost deserted halls of the sixty-domed mosque and scanned the lake outside the pilgrimage shrine of Khan Jahan Ali for the legendary crocodiles (they say the crocodiles would come if summoned by the caretaker of the Khan Jahan Ali's shrine). Bangladesh is a country of some pleasant though not spectacular sights. However, it attracts few tourists and many who come here are greeted by mounds of rubbish, endless roads of potholes, and quite simply, the appalling lack of basic tourism infrastructure. The country continues to rely on inward remittances from its citizens who work overseas and earnings from sale of garment to the West, which now comes under threat from more efficient Chinese producers. I took the late night bus to Chittagong, the nation's second largest city and most important seaport. This was perhaps the dirtiest city I have ever seen. Piles of rotting rubbish were everywhere, even in the city centre, with huge scavenger birds and crows making further mess of the refuse in the unhealthy humid tropical heat. Chittagong's citizens appeared nonchalant to the dirt and firth around them. Child beggars pulled the sleeves of passersby, and their older, legless colleagues, for lack of a better term, dragged themselves on the pedestrian walks, loudly chiding others for the lack of sympathy. I sought refuge at the Commonwealth War Cemetery, the cleanest place in the city. Over 700 Commonwealth soldiers killed in the WWII Burma war theatre were buried here. Among the largest contingents were British and Indian forces but there were also large number of West and East African soldiers. In a month's time, I would be in Nagaland in India, on the border with Myanmar, which also play host to a Commonwealth war cemetery. 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Google Might Improve Your Relationships Google’s mission has always been to provide the best possible search results for their users, they recognise that that is how they established market dominance and to their credit they have not gotten lazy about maintaining that dominance. But how do you provide relevant, useful, and personalised results for everyone based on their individual and unique preferences? Well in the last quarter of last year Google announced an experiment on Google Labs called Social Search. Google has now unveiled their newest offering, which they’re calling “Search, plus Your World”. This is basically the result of their Social Search experiment with some new features. The nuts and bolts of the idea is that by offering “social” search results as well as the regular results, it will give the search results a more personal and more effect layer of information. So what is Social Search? Let’s say you got hit on the head and suddenly found Death Metal appealing, but you didn’t really know where you could go in Dublin to see a good Death Metal band playing. In days gone by chances are you would go to Google and type a search query along the lines of: death metal gigs Dublin January 10th. In all likelihood you would then need to browse through numerous forums and possibly the odd Death Metal enthusiast’s blog or venue website. It is possible you will find the information because it is out there if you are persistent enough, however it will be time consuming and you will most likely end up taking a recommendation of a gig from someone you don’t know if you can trust on a forum you’ve never visited before. With Social Search you will now also get some results which display information from your Social Circles. “Social Circle” is the term Google use to describe the people you know, are connected to on various publicly accessible social networks, your Gmail chat contacts, and through your Google+ Profile. People that are friends with your friends (2nd degree connection) are also part of your extended social circles. So in this new world of Social Search, let’s say you have a friend who has a friend who is a hard-core Death Metal head, and they have posted an update on their Twitter page about a gig they are really looking forward to. This tweet will show up in Social Search, along with information about how you are connected to the person, so you now have a recommendation from someone that you can somewhat gauge the quality of the recommendation. What this means for your business? As I hope you can see from the example above Google have made a huge first step in search to not only understand content but also how people interact and their relationships to each other. A case might even be made that because of easier access to the information you are looking for, from your friends and connections, that your existing relationships will be strengthened online. To my mind this development in search technology means that your customers will have quicker, easier access to the opinions of people they trust about your products and services. This can only place even more importance in monitoring what is being said about your brand on social networks like Google+ and Twitter. To take it one step farther, the value of these “publicly accessible” social networks has increased with this development because the more active you are on them as a business now, the more likely you will be to show up in a connections social search results. I’d love to hear how you think this development will change things for you in the comments below. Will it have a positive or negative affect on your business? Will you be doing anything differently now?

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[Twisted-Python] Twisted server is 5 times SLOWER on Solaris than Linux? jarrod at vertigrated.com Wed Jan 17 20:59:19 EST 2007 On 1/17/07, glyph at divmod.com <glyph at divmod.com> wrote: > On 11:35 pm, jarrod at vertigrated.com wrote: > >There is a "backend" C module that our Twisted server front ends, and it > >highly multi-threaded. > >So the T1000 is PERFECT for our application, except that now Twisted is > >bottleneck. :-( > This seems odd to me. > If all the CPUs are going to be busy doing a multi-threaded back-end's > work, and Twisted is just doing the I/O, then it seems the T1000 would still > be a benefit. The benchmark you mentioned was completely static; there was > no backend library, no multithreaded CPU load. Is the performance disparity > similar when you're running actual workloads? snipped a lot of good information :-) Again, it seems weird to me that this is necessary if the back-end library > is really utilizing all the CPUs already and you are not I/O bound. Here is what we are doing basically. Twisted takes in data and in a C extension we send the data to multiple backends in parallel to do processing on it. Then we aggregate the results and send information back to the client. This is basically a fancy proxy that parallelizes and distributes work to other machines on the network. All the clients run in "keep-alive" mode, so they don't create new connections for each piece of work they send to the system, so once they are all connected, they stay connected for their lifetime ( long On the Dell 2850's without any backend code, we see 600ms latency with a test suite of 400 clients. With the Solaris SPARC machines T1000 and V210 we see 4000 - 5000 ms latency with the same no-op code and the same 400 clients. With the backend code we see about an additional 250ms latency on both platforms, since the "backend" code is just taking the data and sending it out across the network to process, it just sits waiting on responses. The backend code is just not doing enough work to stress the machine basically. We have LOTS and LOTS of test harness code and profiling code to pinpoint where bottlenecks are. We are going to have process a couple of terabytes a day thru this system. Latency thru the system is a high priority because of what kind of system it is. We can get up to about 1400 clients on the Dell 2850 hardware before latency starts climbing out of control. The SPARC hardware is falling over at 400 clients :-( Thanks to everyone for all the ideas and help. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... More information about the Twisted-Python

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Above:Solved - Yellow body Click a thumbnail to see its larger version and description. A star-shaped build-up on the Dino Cube mechanism. - Inventor: Unknown - Mechanism: Dino/Rainbow Cube - Patents: Unknown - Producer: Unknown - Year: Unknown - Original Price: $0.00 USD - Current Price: $683.33 USD This puzzle has the shape of a stellated octahedron. As the name suggests it is equivalent to a Dino Cube. It was produced with a wide variety of colors. The leaflet shown here translates to: I hope you will have enough patience for this puzzle! What you hold in your hand is a twisty puzzle witch can be rotate to 8 direction (?), holds more than 1 million combinations in itself. With the rotation of the tips, the sides color will change. The aim is to make the same circles in the sides. Good Luck! Have Fun! If you're looking to buy, eBay is the one place you can find almost anything... if you're willing to wait for it, then pay the price! Thank you to the following people for their assistance in helping collect the information on this page: Carter, Geert Hellings. If you have any information or images that you would like to contribute to this entry, please click the apropriate add () or edit () icon above, or use the following links to modify this item, add a recent sale price or to add a new link.

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August, 2009The North Texas Food Bank has announced that the 2009 Food4Kids Campaign has resulted in a record number of donations totaling $291,331. At the same time, the 2010 campaign has kicked off strongly with $60,000 in lead donation commitments. The letter writing campaign, begun three years ago by long time NTFB supporter Pam Beckert, relies on a Host Committee of community members, who open their address books and write letters of solicitation to their friends. This years campaign was chaired by Joanne & Charles Teichman and Sallie & Brown Plummer. Lead donors (Super Backpackers) in 2009 who donated $10,000 include: Pam & John Beckert, Jenny Birge, Diane Buchanan & Rick Andrews, Lauren Embrey, Galleria Dallas, Lisa & Peter Kraus, Carol Marvin, Vicki & Hicks Morgan, Joanne & Charles Teichman and Frito Lay. Included in the results are 100% of proceeds of the sale of an exclusive charm ('Chip for Charity') designed by Catherine Michiels for Ylang 23. The charm can be purchased online at ylang23.com. The 2010 Food4Kids Campaign was kicked off at a reception at the Goss-Michaels Foundation, and incoming chairs Joyce & Tim Goss and Joanne & Charles Teichman announced that they have already received commitments for $60,000 in lead gifts and are anticipating another record campaign. About the North Texas Food Bank The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is a nonprofit hunger relief organization that distributes donated, purchased and prepared foods through a network of feeding programs in 13 North Texas counties. The NTFB supports the nutritional needs of children, families and seniors through education, advocacy and strategic partnerships. Founded in 1982, the NTFB is a certified member of Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network). Last year, 26 million meals were distributed. Each month, agency pantries distribute food to more than 50,000 families and on-site meal programs serve 435,000 meals/snacks. Every dollar donated to the NTFB provides four meals for the hungry. Out of every dollar donated, 97 cents goes directly to hunger relief programs. Quotes Jan Pruitt, Director of the North Texas Food Bank, in referencing the economy and need: "There is an urgent need for funds and food right now." About the Food4Kids Back Pack Program The Food4Kids Back Pack Program was created because of concerns about children not having enough to eat at home. According to a report by Feeding America, Texas has the highest rate of child hunger in the nation, as one of every four children does not have consistent access to food. North Texas Food Bank officials have received reports from schools of children eating food off the cafeteria floors and out of the garbage. The North Texas Food Bank trains teachers to look for other signs of chronic hunger including short attention spans or behavioral problems. The Food4Kids packs are loaded with easy-to-fix snacks including peanut butter and jelly, pudding and fruit cups, because some kids spend time at home alone while their parents work. Thank you notes from recipients are numerous, including Abigail: "You are so kind to help my family with extra food", and a Carrolton, Texas mom: "If it weren't for this place, I wouldn't know what to do." How You Can Help To join the 2010 Food4Kids campaign to make a difference by meeting the increased need of feeding hungry children, please refer to the contact information below.

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Lindale Independent School District students collectively exceeded the new state testing averages for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) standardized test. Lindale student averages in third through eighth grade were higher than the state averages in each of the testing categories of reading, math, writing, science and social studies, the release states. “I am proud to say that our students performed at a very high level,” Superintendent Stan Surratt said in the release. “Lindale ISD has the reputation of having an exemplary academic standard and the performance level of our students certainly supports this reputation. In reading, 89 percent of Lindale third-graders passed the test compared to 76 percent for the state, the release states. Ninety percent of the district’s fourth-graders passed compared to 77 percent for the state. Eighty-seven percent of fifth-graders passed versus the state’s 77 percent. The school’s sixth-graders had a passing percentage of 91, higher than the state’s 75 percent. Seventh-graders passed at a rate of 90 percent and eighth-graders at a rate of 92 percent. Only Texas fourth and seventh grade students took the writing test, according to release states. Seventy-four percent of Lindale fourth-graders passed compared to the state’s 71 percent and 88 percent of seventh-graders passed versus the state’s 71 percent. Seventy-nine percent of Lindale fifth-graders passed as well as 87 percent of eighth-graders. Eighth-graders were the only students to take the social studies test and the state passing average was 59 percent, the release states. Lindale’s eighth-grade passing percentage was 79 percent. In math, the district’s students passed at a percentage of 83 up to 98 percent. The states averages were between 68 and 77 percent. The eighth-graders had the highest passing percentage at 98 percent. “Our teachers and students had a great deal of anxiety over this new state assessment,” the superintendent said. “It was a tougher test and passing percentages were lower across the state. I am very pleased with Lindale’s results. Our teachers go the extra mile to help ensure that every student finds success.”

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Agronomy and Range - General Publications See also: Rangeland Management Series, Rangeland Monitoring Series and Small Grains Production Manual Full Title: Rangeland Monitoring Series: Guidelines for Residual Dry Matter (RDM) Management on Coastal and Foothill Rangelands in California. Properly managed RDM can be expected to provide a high degree of protection from soil erosion and nutrient loss. Applications of specific RDM standards based on research and experience have shown the effectiveness of this approach to grazing management. Full Title: Rangeland Monitoring Series: Sediment Delivery Inventory and Monitoring: A Method for Water Quality Management in Rangeland Watersheds. This easy-to-use worksheet and photographic record method gives any landowner a simple, straightforward way to monitor streamside erosion and waterway sediment data for use in land management decisions or to demonstrate compliance with water quality standards. Guide to a standardized method for assessing the condition of riparian areas, for landowners, managers, and resource professionals. Color photos. Available in two free downloadable versions: Low-resolution (quicker download, but lower-quality photo images: 782K) High-resolution (higher-quality photo images, but slower download: 3.1Mb) This publication requires the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. You can download a free copy of the Acrobat Reader from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

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|UFDC Home||| Help || The Florida Geological Survey Digital Collection includes historic resources from the Florida Geological Survey (FGS). FGS is an Office which reports directly to the Deputy Secretary for Land & Recreation in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The mission of the FGS is to collect, interpret, disseminate, store and maintain geologic data, thereby contributing to the responsible use and understanding of Florida’s natural resources, and to conserve the State of Florida’s oil and gas resources and minimize environmental impacts from exploration and production operations. Historic resources from the Florida Geological Survey Digital Collection includes historic FGS: For a list of all publications, historic through current, see the FGS website. Florida Geological Survey Fossil Collection in the Florida Museum of Natural History The Florida Geological Survey fossil vertebrate collection (FGS) was started during the 1910s and was originally housed in Tallahassee. Under the direction of E. H. Sellards, Herman Gunter, and S. J. Olsen, the FGS collection was the primary source of fossil vertebrate descriptions from Florida until the early 1960s. World-renown paleontologists such as George G. Simpson, Edwin H. Colbert, and Henry F. Osborn wrote scientific papers about specimens in the FGS collection in addition to Sellards and Olsen. In 1976 the entire FGS fossil vertebrate collection was transferred to the Florida Museum of Natural History with support from a National Science Foundation grant. The UF/FGS collection is composed of about 22,000 specimens assigned to about 10,000 catalogue numbers, and almost all of them were collected in Florida. The majority of specimens in the UF/FGS collection are mammals, followed by reptiles, birds, and a relatively small number of amphibians and fish. Although there are some sites that are unique to the UF/FGS collection, many of the sites overlap with holdings in the main UF and UF/PB collections. The major strengths of the UF/FGS collection are historically important samples from the early Miocene Thomas Farm locality, the middle Miocene and early Pliocene deposits of the Bone Valley Region, Polk County, and from the late Pleistocene Vero locality, Indian River County. Researchers using the UF/FGS database should be aware that when the catalogue data for the FGS collection was first transferred from the original file cards to a computerized database in the late 1980s, relatively little effort was made to correct or improve entries. The nature of specimen was not indicated on many of the cards, locality information was sometimes vague, and many employed taxonomic names that are no longer in use. While some corrections have subsequently been made to this database, limitations of time and resources have prevented an exhaustive clean-up. Also, when Sellards left Florida for Texas in the 1920s, he transferred some, but not all, of the holotypes in the FGS collection that he had named to the USNM collection, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. United States Geological Survey Water Management Districts of Florida For information about the Florida Geological Survey: Dr. Jon Arthur Florida Geological Survey 903 West Tennessee Street Tallahassee, FL 32304-7000 Phone: (850) 488-4191 Fax: (850) 488-8086 Acknowledging or Crediting the Florida Geological Survey As Creative Entity or Information Source The Florida Geological Survey is providing many of its publications (State documents) for the purpose of digitization and Internet distribution. If you cite or use portions of these electronic documents, which the Florida Geological Survey (an office of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection) is making available to the public with the kind assistance of the University of Florida’s Digital Library Center, we ask that you acknowledge or credit the Florida Geological Survey as the information source: i.e. “Courtesy of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Geological Survey” Further, since Florida Geological Survey publications were developed using public funds, no proprietary rights may be attached to FGS publications wholly or in part, nor may FGS publications be sold to the U.S. Government or the Florida State Government as part of any procurement of products or services. Our publications are disseminated to citizens “as is" for general public information purposes; many of them reflect the state of knowledge at the time of their publication and they may or may not have been updated by more recent publications. Our electronic documents should not be altered or manipulated (largely or in part) and then republished or reposted on websites for commercial resale. FGS Publications Committee

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Welcome to Jane Addams Hull-House museum The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and her colleagues whose work changed the lives of their immigrant neighbors as well as national and international public policy. The Museum preserves and develops the original Hull-House site for the interpretation and continuation of the historic settlement house vision, linking research, education, and social engagement The Museum is located in two of the original settlement house buildings- the Hull Home, a National Historic Landmark, and the Residents' Dining Hall, a beautiful Arts and Crafts building that has welcomed some of the world's most important thinkers, artists and activists. The Museum and its many vibrant programs make connections between the work of Hull-House residents and important contemporary social issues. Founded in 1889 as a social settlement, Hull-House played a vital role in redefining American democracy in the modern age. Addams and the residents of Hull-House helped pass critical legislation and influenced public policy on public health and education, free speech, fair labor practices, immigrants’ rights, recreation and public space, arts, and philanthropy. Hull-House has long been a center of Chicago’s political and cultural life, establishing Chicago’s first public playground and public art gallery, helping to desegregate the Chicago Public Schools, and influencing philanthropy and culture.

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- Can't Miss: The ancient cities and pyramids. - To Avoid: Watch the dodgy taxi drivers, fraud, kidnappers and thieves. - Tipping: Waiters: 10-15%; porters: 7 MXP; hotel maids: 3 MXP/night. 71 The AskMen Take Let’s start with the most important thing: liquor. Corona and tequila were born here, and are both cheap and plentiful. Mexico City is the third largest metropolitan area in the world, with some 20 million residents. With a very violent and interesting history -- Aztecs, ancient cities, Spanish invasions, French dictators, U.S. wars -- Mexico City has been put through its paces. Mexico City has been described as the meeting of the first and third worlds -- the earthy beauty and rhythm of Latin America, alongside the decay and poverty. Mexico City is a very complex, historical city that's well worth a visit.

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Rich nations have once again been accused of failing to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change, as the UN conference wraps up in Doha. The two-week long conference was due to end last night but continued after midnight. Negotiators have also been trying to scramble together a last minute agreement to extend the Kyoto Protocol which runs out at the end of this year. But firm commitments over new emissions targets remain illusive. “One thing must change,” said Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action. “We cannot continue where a small group of countries, Europe and a few more who make commitments, while others voluntarily decide whether they want to do anything or not.” 2015 is the target date for the agreement of a wider UN deal that includes developing and developed nations. If successful, it would come into force five years later. “What we hope to see is a sense that the machinery is there and that we focus for the next four years – to the 2015 global deadline – on ramping up ambition,” said Liz Gallagher from the NGO CAN-I. The extra time relieves some of the pressure from the Doha talks, where rare protests have taken place outside and within the conference centre.

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Obama orders 60-day cybersecurity review WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday ordered an immediate 60-day review of federal cyber security efforts and named Melissa Hathaway, a top U.S. intelligence official, to oversee the effort, according to a White House statement. Hathaway, who served as a top cyber security adviser to Mike McConnell, the former director of national intelligence, will conduct the review for the White House National Security and Homeland Security Councils. The review, which will examine what the federal government already is doing to protect vital U.S. computer networks, underscores mounting concerns about the risks of cyber attacks, and points to a growing market for U.S. contractors. Northrop Grumman Corp, Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, the Pentagon's biggest contractors, already are working on a variety of cyber security projects for the U.S. government, many of which are classified. Industry executives say the sector will be one of their fastest-growing markets in coming years, and analysts say it could generate over $10 billion in contracts by 2013. Hathaway, who had been coordinating cyber security efforts for the intelligence community, will serve as acting senior director for cyber space during the review period, according to the White House statement, which was released late on Monday. Obama highlighted the importance of safeguarding the nation's vital computer networks against enemy attacks during his campaign, and has promised to appoint a national cyber adviser to coordinate federal agency efforts and develop a national cyber policy. Just before he left office last month, McConnell told reporters that the Internet had introduced an unprecedented level of vulnerability. "If you get in our systems and you're trying to destroy banking records or electric power distribution or transportation, it could have a debilitating effect on the country," he said. The Senate last month confirmed Adm. Dennis Blair to be the new director of national intelligence, replacing McConnell. Immediately upon taking office, the Obama administration underscored the importance of protecting U.S. information networks in a posting on the White House website. It pledged to work with industry, researchers, and citizens to "build a trustworthy and accountable cyber infrastructure that is resilient, protects America's competitive advantage, and advances our national and homeland security." The White House also said it would initiate a drive to develop next-generation secure computers and networking for national security applications; establish tough new standards for cyber security and physical resilience; battle corporate cyber espionage and target criminal activity on the Internet. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; editing by Carol Bishopric) - Tweet this - Share this - Digg this

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University of Limpopo Institutional Repository > Faculty of Health Sciences > School of Public Health > Theses and Dissertations (Health System Management & Policy) > Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: |Title: ||Knowledge attitude and practice of breast cancer examination among women attending Extension 2 Clinic Gaborone, Botswana| |Authors: ||Tiengo, Jane Gillead| |Keywords: ||Breast cancer| |Issue Date: ||2010| |Publisher: ||University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus)| |Abstract: ||Background: Screening for early detection and diagnosis of diseases and health conditions is an important public health principle. Breast cancer examination is whereby a woman will examine the breast by Breast Self Examination (BSE), Clinical Breast Examination (CBE), and Mammogram. The main aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast cancer examination among women attending Extension 2 clinic in Gaborone, Botswana. Method: The cross-sectional quantitative study design to examine knowledge, attitude and practice of women attending Extension 2 clinic in Gaborone was carried out between August and September 2009 using an interviewer administered questionnaire designed by the researcher. Results: The study was conducted among 375 women attended at extension 2 clinic. Study participants had low knowledge of breast cancer examination. The overall mean knowledge score was 49.7%. The commonest presentation of breast cancer which is a painless breast lump only a third 128(34.1%) of the respondents knew about it. The participants had a positive attitude towards breast cancer examination. Practice of breast cancer examination was unacceptable. Out of 238 Of those who practiced breast self examination (63.5% ) (BSE), only 88(23.5%) of the respondents practiced monthly as required. Similarly only 85(22.7%) of the respondents had visited a doctor for clinical breast examination (CBE) in the past year. Mammogram practice was also unacceptable only 6 (1.6%) of the respondents had done mammogram in the past 2 years. There was no association between socio-demographic characteristics with the knowledge attitude and practice of breast cancer examination. Conclusion: The results of this study suggested that women attending at extension 2 clinic had low knowledge of breast cancer examination. Despite having positive attitude towards breast cancer examination, minority practiced breast self examination, clinical breast examination and mammogram. There was no association between socio-demographic characteristics with the knowledge of breast cancer. Therefore the Government should develop a policy on breast cancer screening. Awareness and advocacy campaign on breast cancer screening should be increased in the country.| |Description: ||Thesis (MPH)--University of Limpopo, 2010.| |Appears in Collections:||Theses and Dissertations (Health System Management & Policy)| Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

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