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At the Moscow conference on EU ETS, opponents threaten strong retaliation
In spite of strong words and threats to retaliate, the dispute between the "coalition of the unwilling" and the European Union regarding emissions trading could still be resolved. But to reach that state, both sides would have to agree to painful compromises.
Representatives of 23 countries, all members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), agreed on which countermeasures should be used to stop—or at least impede—the European Union's inclusion of aviation in its emissions trading system. But the group stopped short of endorsing any concrete action. "Today's failure to reach agreement on a coordinated attack indicates cooler heads may have prevailed," says Annie Petsonk, the international counsel for the Environment Defense Fund.
"Every state will choose the most effective and reliable measures that will help to cancel or postpone the implementation of the EU ETS," Russia's Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov says. Russia intends to "get the EU's carbon-trading measures either canceled or postponed."
The Moscow declaration cites a range of retaliatory options. These include "reviewing bilateral air service agreements, including open skies with individual EU members; suspending current and future discussions to enhance operating rights for EU airlines and aircraft operators; imposing additional charges on EU airlines; filing an application under Article 84 of the Chicago Convention for resolution of the dispute in accordance with ICAO rules; and any other measures."
Members of the signing countries emphasize that the EU ETS should not be applied to airlines registered in third countries (non-European entities).
Article 84 allows members to challenge others in the group for violating the principles of agreements. The prospect of invoking Article 84 has been raised before, but because it is a highly controversial step ICAO members try to avoid it. The mechanism has been called on only five times, but the situations have all been resolved in process. According to a discussion paper for the Moscow meeting, the last case in which Article 84 was triggered was the controversy between Europe and the U.S. over hushkits, more than a decade ago. The case was settled before a ruling was passed down, because Europe withdrew its proposal.
The EU stands ready to defend its ETS position. "We are completely sure . . . our legislation does not bridge any principle of international law, including ICAO principles," an official says. He adds, "We are confident the ICAO dispute procedure will side with us."
ICAO has stated that a formal protest under Article 84 may distract the organization from forging a global agreement on a system that would include EU ETS.
Russia, like China and the U.S., is preparing legislation that forbids its airlines to participate in the ETS. And although it was forced to ease its limits on Siberian overflights as part of its World Trade Organization accession, Russia is again considering imposing this limit on European airlines. Okulov even hinted that European airlines could be banned from using radio frequencies over Siberia, which would effectively bar the carriers from overflying the country to get to North Asian destinations from Europe.
The increase in flight length and fuel costs that would ensue would ultimately lead to the need for more carbon allowances.
"The situation is totally unacceptable," says Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, secretary general of the Association of European Airlines (AEA). "Airlines must not be taken hostage by politicians or be forced to compete within serious market distortions." In Schulte-Strathaus's opinion, "It is not right to attempt to force the EU to change their law. Nor is it right to impose European standards on the rest of the world."
An industry source is concerned that "We will see complete chaos in early 2013." In his view, some third-country airlines will fully pay for their certificates; others will only pay a portion of what they owe; some will not participate at all; and a few will submit certificates that other governments have given them.
Schulte-Strathaus believes "ICAO is, without a doubt, the way forward. Countries must move away from retaliation and counter-retaliation and instead come up with concrete, short-term action toward a resolution."
He is not referring to possible Article 84 proceedings, but something equivalent to a global emissions trading system, a solution that the International Air Transport Association (IATA)—whose membership extends beyond a regionally limited base—has been pursuing.
But such a compromise could only take shape if both sides are flexible. For the EU, that would probably mean a one-year pause to ETS implementation to allow an ICAO system to be prepared, a senior industry executive notes. For the coalition of the unwilling, it would mean that they would actually have to commit to a global ETS, and it is far from certain that this could happen. Countries like China and India are concerned about their economic growth being curtailed by too many environmental restrictions.
No clear-cut way to transition exists. One executive proposes a high-level intergovernmental conference that would explore: how to move forward; what the much-cited ICAO solution should contain; and which specifics for transitioning from a European to a global ETS system should be stressed. He says a fund would have to be set up for third-country airlines' contributions to the EU ETS in the transition period, and that the money would have to be allocated to a global system once it is firmly established. If there is no global ETS, the funds would go back to the original European contributors. Another alternative would be easier acceptance of equivalent measures—environmental projects that non-EU countries can present in return for additional carbon allowances.
One industry observer notes that in spite of the strong language, the opposing coalition is not as united as they appear to be. There is a hard-liner faction, including Russia and India, that is pushing for immediate retaliation. But some supporting countries such as the United Arab Emirates, did not even participate with their own delegation at the Moscow event. Those countries argue that pressure should continue to be applied to the European Commission, while still aiming for a solution via ICAO.
Such an outcome would also limit the danger of other regions imposing their own EU ETS-like systems. Airlines are concerned that this could lead to being double-charged for emissions.
IATA members and other countries opposing the EU have been calling for a global approach to dealing with aviation's CO2 production via ICAO rather than a unilateral approach. But the EC has not given any indication it is willing to change its mind. Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard stated that the EU was willing to accept the so-called equivalent measures. She also stated that "nobody would be happier than the European Union if we could have such a [global] regime." An EU spokesman adds that: "The EU will review its legislation the day there is a global agreement in force."
In response to the Moscow meeting, an EC official says that they have not received a full account of the outcome and the possible countermeasures.
Hedegaard challenged the participants and critics to propose a credible alternative. "What are your concrete and constructive alternatives for a global meeting at ICAO?"
The Moscow meeting was the second such gathering. The initial conference was staged in New Delhi last fall, and a third is scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia this summer. The 26-member group includes the U.S., the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India, China and Russia. India has previously said it is considering a bilateral air service agreement with European countries with the aim of limiting EU carriers' access to India. Already, the country has barred Airbus A380 operations, citing a lack of infrastructure. China put a Hong Kong airline's A380 order on hold for some time, although the restriction was recently lifted.
The EU ETS took effect in 2012, but airlines are not due to submit carbon certificates until early 2013. Airlines that cannot provide allowances to cover their CO2 emissions will face financial penalties.


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I know we won't know for a bit about how Coulson survived Loki, but can the writers of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at least promise us that they do have an answer in mind, and they won't make it up at the 11th hour? –Joel T
Spoiler anzeigenIt is on the record that Joss Whedon, in asking Clark Gregg to do S.H.I.E.L.D., sketched out for the actor some of the Level 7 details about Coulson's après-Avengers existence. So at least some of the story is living in Whedon's noggin. But, he has said, "It will be something of a drawn-out explanation… drawn out over several episodes."
Kein schlechter Auftakt, mal sehen wie das so weiter geht mit den Damen und Herren von SHIELD."A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.LLAP""Don't you dare think there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you."
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Agents of SHIELD - Largest L+3 Ratings of any show this season
Based on Nielsen's Live + 3 Day TV playback data released this morning, ABC's Tuesday debut of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. saw its Adult 18-49 number spike by +1.78 rating points from a 4.70 L+SD to a 6.48 L+3 rating, making it the biggest absolute gainer for any show this season and solidifying its standing as theseason's #1 new series. The ABC drama debut also saw its Total Viewer count surge by 3.7 million, building from 12.1 million viewers in Live + Same Day to 15.8 million in Live + 3 Days.
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Spoiler anzeigen"Girl in the Flower Dress" - An elusive girl in a flower dress may hold the key to the mystery that brings Coulson and team to Asia to rescue a young man with an unusual and dangerous power; and Skye has a secret that jeopardizes her relationship with the team right when they need her most.
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Baseball Prospectus Postseason Odds says the Giants have about a 56% of making the playoffs. About a 43% chance of winning the West, and about a 13% chance of being the Wild Card. Sounds reasonable. In this irrational and unreasonable time, it's nice to have a little reason. Yeah, the Giants have a damn good shot, assuming they keep playing the way they are playing. If they lose 10 in a row, the odds change a bit for the worse. If they win 10 in a row, they get a damn sight better. Funny, we've had a team in the West do each of those things this month, and Colorado's win streak is still going! Anything can happen, as we know, we've seen it all. We're Giants fans. We've watched every kind of gut-wrenching loss you can imagine. The Giants are The Greatest 2nd Place Team of All-Time. We know what's it's like to lose at every level the game offers: the Series, the playoffs, the tie-breakers, the season, the season series, the home series, the away series, Spring Training, winter ball, rookie league, and the off-season. So this mad rush to the playoffs is a rush to madness. It's a crack high, it can't last, and you know it can't last, but you want it anyway, want it so bad you'll sell your soul (or at least a few of your less important organs, I mean, do you really need a spleen?). And if you get into the Devil's Bingo Game, and you get on a roll, you just might win the 11 games you need to get the Big Prize. So the crash from the crack high will be worth it, you see. After an insane month of playoff baseball, after all the MOST IMPORTANT GAMES OF THE YEAR have been played, you'll come tumbling down like Yosemite Falls. If the Big Prize is there, you can always rub aloe into the "SF" brand you had seared on your left breast in a moment of drunken revelry. If it ain't, if you come agonizingly close and lose, then at least you won't have a seriously ugly scar.
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- Brother Bob said...
The keys will be the performances we get from Zito and Rowand... gag no, just kidding, let's pray to the baseball gods it doesn't come down to that.
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the Giants have the best overall staff in the west, The Rockies won't win on the road and the Padres have finally come back down to earth. These will be the keys to a successful September. Well that and the Giants offense realizing that they can bat higher than .205. Food news though. Pablo is Batting .330+ in SF!
- Mon Sep 13, 09:48:00 PM PDT
I suppose that Greg Wurz meant GOOD NEWS about Pablo's high home BA, but, given P's pudge problems, I like the typo "Food news," esp. from someone whose last name means "spice" (in German).
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- M.C. O'Connor said...
Padres beat the Rockies in Denver last night. Colorado leads the season series 11-5. They play two more with SD, have an off day, then go to LA. SD goes to St. Louis for four (Thu-Sun), then have an of day.
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Not mentioned in the story is that he now has super-human jumping ability.
Ever since after the procedure, he eats a lot.
Some say he eats like a pig.
He can also walk on the ceiling, just like spider-pig can.
Not mentioned in the story is that he now has super-human jumping ability.
But only in one leg.
Great, so the crap that should be in Idle makes it to one of the main sections, and this important story ends up in Idle. Great work guys, great work.
Just write it off as a cover-up.
Decades of B-rate Sci-fi and comics tell us that by this time next month he's going to transform into a humanoid horn lizard wanting to take over the world, but will be stopped by the Amazing Daddy-Long-Legs. The "idle" is just the gov being genre savy to pre-emptively begin disavowing all knowledge.
AFAIK the article is probably inaccurate and the pig bladder stuff is not a hormone.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/cells-tissues/extracellular-matrix.htm [howstuffworks.com]
Extracellular matrix is a component of body tissue that functions outside of the body's cells (thus the "extracellular" designation). It's made up mostly of collagen, a type of protein. So extracellular matrix extracted from the bladder of a pig does not actually have any of the pig's cells in it.
On one hand, the subject of the article is worthy of the front page. On the other hand, the only source covering it is the Daily Mail, whose reporting is usually about as accurate as hair salon gossip. I can't blame samzenpus for sticking it in Idle.
Why should nerds be concerned with regrowing muscles?
House already tried this. Next comes the tumors!
House used an imaginary drug which he injected himself with - not an implant.
an implantable extracellular matrix that can re-grow tissue.
The matrix is a biological scaffold, enriched with proteins and growth factors, which recruits stem cells and other cell precursors to the site of the injury, according to the McGowan Instituteâ(TM)s website.
The therapy stimulates further tissue regeneration, essentially rebuilding the lost muscle.
Something here doesn't sound kosher to me...
Wouldn't be a slashdot article without a couple guys hamming it up.
Something here doesn't sound kosher to me...
That's the best part, though -- it's the proteins in the ECM that make it work, apparently by attracting native stem cells, so the ECM is species-neutral. Got a problem with using a pig? Get it from a cow, or a human donor.
true enough. The real hidden reason why jews don't eat pigs is because some ancient Jew discovered a horrendous hidden fact that is only known to cannibals. Humans taste like pig. So the next time you see a large person think mmm Bacon, smile and move on.
Fark also sources it to the Daily Fail, and I suspect that's where the submitter got it. The Daily Fail (and others) got it from the Associated Press.
I'm not sure where the Associated Press got it; it likely came from one of their stringers.
Damnit, no! This is going to mean they'll wrap up House M.D.
That's okay, the show has fallen a long, long way, and spends more time creating drama plotlines than anything.
Going back to old episodes is so refreshing.
My typical house viewing...
1) watch the setup.
fast forward through the credits.
2) watch the crew- see which character lines i'm interested in.
3) fast forward through the first bad diagnosis and the characters I'm not interesting in following.
4) fast foward through the second failed diagnosis.
5) Watch the "diagnosis moment".
6) Skip to the end.
I still like House. I LIKED Masters, the honest ethical redhead. Especially because she wasn't a glamour queen and also because her struggles were "real". Do you lie
Still waiting for that ultrasonic tooth regrowth stuff they were successfully testing in the military years ago. Where is it?
This story is pretty awesome. I wish we had more of these and fewer smartphone OS dead-horse-beating marathons.
But the meat comes out so tender afterwards... and the horse-beaters do it all for free!
being a lab scientist, that was painful to read. the explanation of the treatment is borderline gibberish. i've read better biology research reports by high school kids.
Yes unfortunately that's par for the course with the Daily Mail, the UK's answer to Fox News.
If you search around their website in amongst the horseshit about celebrities and completely made-up articles about crazy new EU 'laws' you'd also find their ongoing effort to divide all inanimate objects in the world (especially foods) into those that either cause cancer or cure it.
I'll believe in miracle new treatments when there's a more credible source article.
Always make sure you are carrying a TV whenever you do repaid on your truck.
Sure it makes the work ever so slighly more difficult, but you never know when you'll need something to take the shrapnel.
For the sake of accuracy: Hernandez is a marine, not a soldier. Probably the summary-writer can be excused since the article calls him both as well, but they are different. Conflating them is like saying that a programmer and a DBA are the same because they both work in IT.
You are making a semantic argument that only makes sense to someone in the marines.
Soldier is a generic term that refers to someone in an army (army here is in the general meaning and not the US Army branch of the military). Marine would be a subset of that. Someone in the marines could be very accurately called a soldier. The only reason someone would object to conflating the terms would be if they were in the US marines and were overly sensitive to the rivalry with the US army.
To use your analogy it's mor
You are making a semantic argument that only makes sense to someone in the marines.
Soldier is a generic term that refers to someone in an army (army here is in the general meaning and not the US Army branch of the military). Marine would be a subset of that. Someone in the marines could be very accurately called a soldier. The only reason someone would object to conflating the terms would be if they were in the US marines and were overly sensitive to the rivalry with the US army.
That "semantic argument" makes perfect sense to this ex-soldier. It doesn't offend me when people conflate soldiers and marines; I just think, when reporting the news, it's important to get things right: I object to the conflation because it's inaccurate. Marines and soldiers do some of the same things, of course (as do sailors and airmen), but they also do some very different things.
Even granting for the sake of argument that "Soldier is a generic term," the article still should have made the distinction
I see your point and agree that either way it would have been more accurate.
It is possible that I may have been reacting to a perceived elitist attitude that it is obvious you don't have. I apologize.
An apology is not necessary, but thank you.
It is the attitude embodied in your comment that keeps me coming back to Slashdot despite its problems—while people of course disagree on things, most everyone—unlike (almost) everywhere else on the Internet—is willing to be convinced.
I know it's landlocked, because I saw it out the window when I flew in nine years ago[1] for some temporary duty. It's a beautiful country (at least, the area around Bagram is), though I hope they've gotten the landmines cleared out. The fact that he's in a land-locked country doing soldierly things doesn't make him less of a marine; it just means he's not doing marine-specific things right now. When a programmer goes over to the HR department and fills out a timesheet does that make him not a programmer
Soldier is a generic term that refers to someone in an army (army here is in the general meaning and not the US Army branch of the military).
So far so good...
Marine would be a subset of that.
Woops! Marines are a subset of a navy...not an army; They are the naval infantry.
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1. a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
It is not customary for a member of the U.S. Marine Corps to use the title "soldier."
Some people may argue that "soldier" is a generic term that can be applied to any servicemember. However, in actual use, "soldier" specifically means a member of the Army. U.S. servicemembers are referred to as soldiers (USA), sailors (USN), airmen (USAF), or Marines (USMC). Calling a Marine a "soldier" is akin to calling a Senator a "Congressman" - using the term may be technically correct in a very narrow sense, but that'
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Stephen F. Badylak and J. Peter Rubin at Pitt are working with funding from the Defense Department to develop an implantable extracellular matrix that can re-grow tissue. The matrix is a biological scaffold, enriched with proteins and growth factors, which recruits stem cells and other cell precursors to the site of the injury, according to the McGowan Institute's website. The therapy stimulates further tissue regeneration, essentially rebuilding the lost muscle.
No kidding. I saw a Navy serviceman referred to as a "soldier" recently. They're sailors, damnit, even if they are on Seal Team Six.
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a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
an enlisted man or woman, as distinguished from a commissioned officer: the soldiers' mess and the officers' mess.
a person of military skill or experience: George Washington was a great soldier.
Just because you don't like it and use it as a way to disrespect your fellow servicemen doesn't mean we all have to follow your lead.
bunch of stuff about the Microsoft takeover of Skype
OK, someone needs to ask. How well would this technology work on airborne chair related injuries?
I am not well versed in regenerative biology, but my girlfriend happens to be getting her PhD in that field. I sent her this link for comment and here's what she said:
From article: "The wounded Marine's recovery is particularly exciting for scientists as it involves the regeneration of skeletal muscle which ordinarily does not grow back"
From any book in any regenerative scientist's library: "It has been known for more than a century that skeletal muscle, the most abundant tissue of the body, has the ability to regenerate new muscle fibers after it has been damaged by injury or as a consequence of diseases such as muscular dystrophy (1)"
(in this case the reference = Carlson BM. The regeneration of skeletal muscle. A review. Am J Anat. 1973;137(2):119–149. View this article via: PubMed CrossRef)
Annoying! Maybe he is on to something that really does help quicken the natural regeneration response or promotes better healing or something, but no one will ever know because there are no controls. He has no mouse controls... he obviously can't do human controls and people are just slapping this stuff on there because... "at least it doesn't hinder the response". (but he could be charging billions for a placebo!)
Oh well. Science is stupid. The media is even dumber.
In other words: Slashdot, please stop posting articles from the Daily Mail. Also, on background, I know the doctor mentioned in the article, Badylak, was kicked out of his group for poor research practices that included trial by media instead of peer review. This sort of publicity piece is his MO.
He has no mouse controls...
Touch pad?
This has amazing possibilities for healing the disabled with certain disabilities I am sure of that, this is medical science at it`s best, with the soldier who otherwise would have an artificial leg, but he can regenerate the muscles in the damaged limb with implantation. This is what we need to help our injured soldiers from Iraq & Afghanistan. We should be able to help these people regenerate tissue instead of just chopping off the limb.
Let's just hope he doesn't wind up in a bathtub trying to cut tumors out of his leg.
The article is just the tip of the iceberg... The military has used this material (ACell, made from pig bladders) successfully on multiple soldiers and recently on my retired Army spouse. The plastic surgery and wound care clinics at the NNMC in Bethesda are using this pixie dust with great results! It boosts the body's ability to heal and regenerate multiple tissue types, from skin to muscle, fat, etc. Good stuff. It'll become more widely available in civilian care as word gets out. The medical indust
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Ftoomsh of Aman'Thul is hopping mad that Shamans will be getting Hex in Wrath of the Lich King. Green with envy, she feels that Mages are already being rendered obsolete in PvE. Polymorph as a unique ability should not be added to a pool of skill for more classes to draw from. The original poster jumped to the conclusion that giving this ability to Shamans make Mages completely useless.
Baah, I say. Hex is similar to Polymorph, but is definitely not the same spell. You might even say it doesn't go the whole nine yards. Several of the responding post reminded Ftoomsh that the Hex ability in its current form only lasts ten seconds. On top of that it set to a one-minute cool down while Polymorph has no cooldown but diminishing returns. The frogged character will be in control of their movement, but ill not be able to cast with the debuff. I'd like to add that Hex does appear to lack the healing mechanic of polymorph.


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May 5, 2008
"Each episode is a text of inescapable complexity . . . Our received notions of what constitutes a ride are constantly subverted and undermined."
Rago rags on Priya Venkatesan — who is supposedly going to sue somebody she's holding responsible for the "hostile working environment" she encountered as an English teacher at Dartmouth College.
"The remarkable thing about the Venkatesan affair, to me, is that her students cared enough to argue," Rago says. Why bother? It's so much easier — and more deviously useful — to figure out what the teacher wants and give it to her — keeping any contempt that you have to yourself.
Now, there's arguing and there's arguing. It's so easy to laugh at Venkatesan — especially when she threatens to sue. But there is a kind of disrespect that can be very wrong in the classroom and that is not about arguing with the ideas. And it can come from race or sex-based hostility to a teacher. So I'd like to hear how the students argued with her. A good teacher should want debate, and it's disrespectful to the students to squelch it.
Rago rests heavily on the notion that lit-crit analysis is stupid and pointless. Why take the course then? If your school offers it and you take it, you can't appropriate the classroom for your destructive antics. I don't know exactly what the students did. Venkatesan seems like an unsympathetic, litigious whiner who's been demanding that students hold still while she indoctrinates them. Because she's suing, she makes it very hard for us to want to try to see it from her point of view.
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- vbspurs said...
This bit is, to use a counterculture phrase, right on:
professors who share ideologies like Ms. Venkatesan's. The main result is to make coursework pathetically easy. Like filling in a Mad Libs, just patch something together about "interrogating heteronormativity," or whatever, and wait for the returns to start rolling in.
Figuring out certain professors is not hard. Almost all of us has pandered to the world view of one or another professor, because we want that A.
Of course, this is pure cynicism.
But when you meet up with a trenchant educator like this Priya Venkatesan, who countenances no sass from her audience, you either play the game, or in the case of the young man who dared to challenge her about her eco-patriarchy notions, you get sued (well, usually flunk out).
Ann wrote:
I don't know exactly what the students did.
Basically, they clapped when the guy challenged her. This caused her to decamp to the campus shrink's office and cancel classes for a week, citing deep mental stress.
Clearly this lady should immediately leave her new post at Northwestern, and go to the Collège de France. There students (and the visiting public) are barred from returning to the classroom if they dare to speak up during a lecture.
Intellectual stimulus obviously means different things to different people.
- Richard Fagin said...
Yes there are forms of argument with a professor that are disrespectful and disruptive. No doubt some of these are motivated by sexual and other forms of prejudice. Presumably the school has disciplinary procedures for dealing with those forms of misconduct.
If the school failed to enforce its own disciplinary rules, or didn't have adequate ones, the professor would perhaps have a claim against the school for enabling a hostile environment.
I'm having a hard time finding any basis for a professor to sue her students for creating a hostile environment, though. Doesn't she have the authority to kick em out of class and give em a failing grade? What could the students have done that causes the above reasoning to fail?
- George said...
Thanks to this show the word "pimp" has lost its vulgarity, at least among high school students.
Thanks, MTV!
- Richard Fagin said...
I forgot to mention that I got a D in Interrogating Heteronormativity 305.
- Revenant said...
Eh, this is no more ridiculous than any other "hostile working environment" lawsuit. Once the courts threw out the old standard (roughly translated from the legalese: "quit being such a pussy and find a new job") we were already on the slippery slope to cases like this.
- Spread Eagle ® said...
I'm having a hard time finding any basis for a professor to sue her students for creating a hostile environment, though. Doesn't she have the authority to kick em out of class and give em a failing grade?
Eggzactly. In the student-professor relationship the professor has by far most of the power and holds all the trump cards. If the professor nevertheless still manages to get themselves into the position of hapless underling, harassed by their students, they probably earned that status.
- Ron said...
It's when they start drawing comparisons between Remembrance of Things Past and Beavis and Butthead, that I feel they all should be sued!
"ummmm....what?", sez Beavis.
- dbp said...
The WSJ article indicated that it was a freshman composition course--so it may well have been a GUR.
The style of criticism is important to what side to come down on:
"Ms. Venkatesan was lecturing on "ecofeminism," which holds, in part, that scientific advancements benefit the patriarchy but leave women out. "
If the student just shouted, "what a bunch of BS"! It would be true (is is a bunch of B.S.), but not respectful. Now if the student had said something like, "Professor Venkatesan, how then do you account for the fact that life expectancy for women has gone up even more for women than men in the last couple of hundred years"? "Isn't living longer a benefit of scientific advancement"?
Perhaps the same level of logic that allows her to believe such tripe also makes her see reasoned debate as impermissible attack.
- rhhardin said...
I'd like to ask her why she thought women are not interested in science and guys are.
Not counting pre-med, which always has had huge female participation.
Then ask when the courts became the course that what was traditionally nagging took.
- Trooper York said...
Obviously he didn't bring the teacher the right gift. No wonder she sued.
- Seven Machos said...
I would suggest that virtually all Dartmouth students figured out a long time ago how to game the system for A's. Obviously, a large part of that can be saying and writing what the teacher wants.
The fact that at least several of them debated the professor in class like that, rudely or not, suggests that she must have been saying things that were simply untenable.
Furthermore, the fact that she is litigating this does suggest a kind of craziness. This is career suicide.
- sean said...
As I understand from this and other stories, the course in question is remedial freshman English. On the one hand, if they put you in this course, you don't have a choice about taking it, which kind of defeats Prof. Althouse's point. On the other hand, the course may be pass/fail, which would explain why the students were arguing.
Also, in fairness, it's hard for people our age to remember how idealistic people are when they are freshmen. As Prof. Althouse noted some time ago, she would never make a political statement that would offend her colleagues, nor would I, but some freshmen do want to speak their minds.
- Seven Machos said...
Sean -- That would surprise me. I can't imagine that Dartmouth has remedial anything.
- An Edjamikated Redneck said...
I had a "Business Ethics" class a few years ago and it was taught by a full time proffessor, as opposed to most of our classes in this adult ed course work, who were part timers, and he and I argued for 5 weeks. It was a 5 week, 4 hours per week class schedule.
The interesting part of this is the gu who sat next to me, who was in my same study cohort and shared a first initial with me, got flunked by this alleged educator, while I got my usual 'A'. All I can guess is that he confused teh two of us in his grade book, as the other gentleman was just that- a complete gentleman bordering on suck up.
Since our course work was identical, as it was supposed to be based on the cohort system, the only difference was our in class participation, and this professor's ignorance cost my friend; he had to retake the course, lucily with a different instructor.
- PatCA said...
Academics everywhere are now thinking, "Pimp my Ride"? Awesome! Why didn't I think of that?
- Pogo said...
It's always been considered hostile to point out that the emperor has no clothes.
My son is currently "playing the game" in a high school freshman American history class. There they are told that all democrats are good, and all Republicans are bad. JFK was murdered in a CIA-Mafia-LBJ-Cuba conspiracy. FDR was the greatest President in history. Then JFK. American Indians were the victim of US genocide. Etc Etc.
But I have quit staying quiet, and now I argue the point. Every time.
From "Good Will Hunting":
"WILL: He used to just put a belt, a stick and a wrench on the kitchen table and say "choose."
SEAN: Gotta go with the belt there...
WILL: I used to go with the wrench.
SEAN: The wrench, why?
WILL: Cause fuck him, that's why."
I figure you can go along and collect the A and shut the hell up. or you can take a stand. Me? I'm damn tired of shutting up because these folks never ever give up. They're everywhere: in business, church, schools. It never ends, the PC multi-culti foucauldian socialist crap never stops.
They have infected the whole planet with this crap.
Time to say 'no more'.
- Paul Snively said...
The willingness to make the effort to see things from someone else's point of view is earned, not required.
- Zach said...
Freshmen who got into Dartmouth, but are enrolled in remedial English suggests natural science majors.
As a physicist, there are a few topics that are just intrinsically infuriating. Auras. Mystic powers of crystals. Comparing quantum mechanics to Eastern religion. Mostly, those views are held by nice people who don't mean any harm, and you can keep quiet. But arguing that science is socially constructed is like being a 9-11 Truther. It isn't just asinine and ignorant with undertones of paranoia; there are also undertones of hostility and anger that don't really flow from the topics under discussion.
Obviously, I don't have any evidence that that kind of thing was going on here. But there are more causes for deep-rooted hostility than race and geneder. If you make a habit of arguing that science is socially constructed around people who know better, you run a real risk of being told exactly what your audience thinks of you, your precious subject, the required reading, and the horse you rode in on.
- Simon Kenton said...
I believe what I am about to do - depart Rago's text for the complement of externality, or in this case, aspects of contextualized 'fact' - is impermissible in the world of litcrit. But this woman's initial threats, at least, were to sue the students for their ineluctably and inescapably crypto-vituperative class evaluations. She's practically ... British ... in her SLAPP-happy attempt to stifle speech; instead of the libel laws, she has loosed the fateful lightning of the harassment avengers.
- chuckR said...
"It isn't just asinine and ignorant with undertones of paranoia; there are also undertones of hostility and anger that don't really flow from the topics under discussion."
But it is organized. One of its goals is a Title IX for science/technology/engineering and math(STEM). If you don't meet your quotas, you'll need to change courses, faculty and research until you do comply. And then the hysterical (and I don't mean that in a good way) Ms. Venkatesan will have been shown to be prescient with her 'science studies'.
Maybe the study of law does require a high level of respect. Scientific investigations require a high level of politely calling bullshit and then duking it out. A lot of scientific research does turn out to be bullshit. If it weren't, we'd call it development, not research. Ms. V. should hie herself to the modern academic equivalent of a nunnery. Or butch up, or something.
- Ralph said...
I can't imagine that Dartmouth has remedial anything.
Do they have a football team?
Channeling Cedarford: What about the affirmative action students?
A few years ago, I found out my alma mater, Davidson, had a several-day pre-orientation for incoming black freshman.
- Seven Machos said...
Ralph -- It's funny you should mention that. Somehow, I have a few friends who played sports at Ivy League schools. All are highly successful professionals now.
I asked one of them once if the jocks at Ivy League schools are considered "dumb jocks" like they are everywhere else. The answer, basically, was, yes, but it's all very, very relative. Playing the sport helped get them admitted but they certainly would have gotten into an utterly fabulous school with their non-sports credentials.
- Ralph said...
SM, I was (partly) joking.
Our quarterback was my freshman hall RA, president of his fraternity, a non-drinker, and became an MD (his father taught at Wake Forest Med School). Some of the linemen--not so swift.
- John Lynch said...
Sometimes you have to take courses because they are the only ones offered that semester. Sure, you are agreeing to take the class. Yes, you should know what you are in for. But practically, you're stuck.
I got through a lot of classes with this mantra: I'm being graded on my understanding, not my agreement.
If I repeat back what they want, I pass. So I did. Grades have nothing to to with the truth. The truth is for me, and I don't have to tell anyone.
- John Lynch said...
I'll add that if there is a discipline problem, a professor ought to be able to deal with it without suing the students...
Every prof has problems with students. Every single one. Why does this one require legal action?
I guess next time there is a classroom walkout or protest someone should sue! It's a hostile environment for someone!
- Balfegor said...
Rago rests heavily on the notion that lit-crit analysis is stupid and pointless. Why take the course then? If your school offers it and you take it, you can't appropriate the classroom for your destructive antics.
Sometimes there's a certain amount of bait and switch, though. I took a class on Japanese Women Writers once, because I happened to have read a lot of Japanese female authors -- including almost all of the authors covered by the course -- and had generally enjoyed their work. It turned out I was the only person taking the course who took the course because he/she was actually interested in Japanese women writers and their work. About half the people taking it were taking it for some kind of feminist program of study, and the course itself turned out to be about half about post-structuralism and feminist discourse and the like. The remainder were mostly taking it for their distribution requirements for graduation. I had a fun time in the course anyhow, but not as much fun as I think I would have had, had we spent more time with the authors and the works and less time on theory.
- Katie said...
Pogo wrote:
I figure you can go along and collect the A and shut the hell up. or you can take a stand.
...and isn't that the common critique of this (my) generation? That we defer to authority to get ahead at the expense of taking that stand?
Well, it would be David Brooks' critique, at any rate.
- Roger Sweeny said...
Both Volokh and Above the Law have had comment threads about Barack Obama's law school teaching, with comments by people who either had him or knew people who had.
It is interesting that just about everyone was impressed by the job he did. No one complained that he pushed an ideology or tried to silence people who disagreed with him. This professor seems very different.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 10 Yale men's fencing team will take on Vassar in the seventh-floor fencing salon in Payne Whitney Gymnasium on Feb. 4, hoping to repeat last year's 19-8 victory over the Brewers.
Saturday's competition will give the Bulldogs an opportunity to rebound after last week's tough 17-10 loss to No. 9 Sacred Heart at home. This weekend's match-up is the Elis' second at home, in front of what is expected to be a strong crowd, and will provide good preparation in the lead-up to the Feb. 11-12 Ivy League Championships, held this year at home at Coxe Cage.
The team will look to last year's result against Vassar for inspiration. Then, the Elis remained in control in all three weapons. The Bulldogs posted a 6-3 verdict in epee, 6-3 in saber and 7-2 in foil. Those results were highlighted by senior captain Shiv Kachru's 3-0 record in foil.
"This is our final tournament before the Ivy League Championships, and we are using this match as a final tune up to make sure we are ready," Kachru said. " We have been building up for Ivies all year long, and this is our final chance to prepare ourselves for the following weekend."
The Vassar match will take place at 1:00 PM, after which the Bulldogs will take on Drew at 3:00 PM.
After the Bulldogs wrap up the weekend's competition, they will have a week before the Ivy League Championships.
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We are thinking about flying out to the Smokies after Xmas for about 10 days. I know that you can fly fish (nymphs I assume), but how effective/fun is it on decent weather days?
Anyone regularly fish the Smokies in the winter?
We are thinking about flying out to the Smokies after Xmas for about 10 days. I know that you can fly fish (nymphs I assume), but how effective/fun is it on decent weather days?
Anyone regularly fish the Smokies in the winter?
I fish the park in winter a lot. I certainly don't catch as many fish as I do other times of the year, but the atmosphere within the park is very relaxing. Peaceful to be exact.
It is one of the only times of the year I actually enjoy fishing Tremont. That is if they have the road closed.
If the roads are not closed, I enjoy fishing the "easier to get to" brook trout streams. This is contradictory to what most people say about staying low in elevation, but the brookies seem to stay hungry all the time.
I also have better luck fishing the smaller streams and staying away from the larger waters. This could be due to the density of trout in the smaller streams. If I drift my fly over/around 100 trout, I'm more likely to attract the interest of one than if I drifted my fly by 10 trout.
I catch a surprising number of fish on a dry fly. I always start with a dry/dropper combo and on some trips I'm amazed at the number of rises I get on the dry. If you are getting refusals on the dry, cut the dropper off to get a better drift. Also, keep some BWO's on hand. Sometimes you'll catch a good hatch and be able to fish to rising fish.
Fishing is almost always better in the afternoons when the water warms some. But, sometimes the fish forget that so don't stay home if you only have mornings to fish. My best winter day came on a cold, dreary, cloudy winter morning about 2 years ago. I fished above Tremont, in the snow, and caught fish on an orange EHC all morning long.
My posts are worthless without pictures
Beats watching TV
As long as you have no to low expectations it can be a lot of fun.
I guess it would also depend on what kind of winter we are having. When we have moderate Winter I would be all over it but if it's really cold and water is 42 or below in Townsend I only go when truly desperate.
If your main goal of the trip is fishing, then I would not consider the Smokies a winter destination. It can be amazing as buzz was mentioning, but more often than not you work pretty hard for a few fish. I would recommend focusing on area tailwaters as a backup plan if the Park fishing is not particularly good. You have some excellent tailwaters in the area that would allow you to enjoy the scenery and tranquility of the Park and still get some good fishing in close by when you want to.
"Then He said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'" Matthew 4:19
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winter is fantastic! I caught some of my best fish this year in January and February. I fished with another board member in January and it snowed like crazy. We kept expecting rangers to come and tell us they were closing the roads but they never did. We caught a ton of very nice bows that day. I do not believe in lowering my expectations. I do agree with not fishing very low elevation though. Pretty hard to beat from Metcalf on up for all seasons... I still fish the riffles and runs, and I avoid the big deep slow pools. Concentrate on active fish and active fish will be in faster water. Pretty hard to go wrong with a size 10 stonefly with a PT or copper john under it. I use size 6 shot, starting with 1 and will add however many I need until I get bites. Oh, and I would go with a strike indicator... Lets you get much longer drift and cover more water..
How far beneath the strike indicator is your copper john? 1 foot? 2 feet?
Sorry, I'm still a novice and a lot of the jargon doesn't quite make sense to me.
Also, it would seem fishing the lower elevations would be more productive because the water is warmer? no?
HFF - The rig 2wt is talking about is a double nymph rig with a large stone fly as the lead fly and a smaller nymph trailing. The lead shot is usually attached ahead of the lead fly to get the whole rig down to the bottom quickly. Where to attach the indicator depends on how deep the water being fished is, but typically it's about 1.5 - 2 times deeper than the water column you're fishing. So, if you're fishing in 3' of water, set your indicator 4.5 - 6' up the leader. Hope that helps.
Fly fishing - it's cheaper than a bass boat!
The idea about the lower elevation water being warmer is not necessarily true. It can get pretty uniformly cold between the low and mid elevations in the park. However, in the mid elevations, you can find where the stream has more gradient, and therefore faster flowing water, and the fish out in the faster water are going to be more like to be active and looking for food, while the fish in deep slow runs (as is common in the lower elevations) are going to be hunkered down in the bottom of the pools, using very little energy and you just about have to hit them in the face to get a strike, if even then. The 1-2 degree difference is water temp is probably of minimal concern compared to having faster moving runs...
Grey Neversink produced REALLY well for me for a dry fly in 40 degree and above water last year.
I LOVE winter fishing in the park. Especially if its snowing!! There is something about the peacefulness of being on a small park stream with a snowfall.
You will own the river. Plus, no snakes, bee's and bears!...
This is the time of year that allows me the ability to find small bluelines that in summer are choked out.
Ohhh and i always fish dry's. NDuncan is correct about the grey neversinks!!!
Gotta love winter!!~!!


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A collection of five illustrations, it looks like some came from advertisements and were trimmed. Here's a scan of the back:
Found in "Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales" published by Roberts Brothers, no date listed, circa 1890.
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Wow...tough call. ALL are lovely. ^_^
Love the pictures that 'fell out' of the book!!!
These are beautiful bookmarks and the book itself just begs to be read at night tucked up in bed.
I am with you - it would be hard to pick but that book - oh how I would love to read that book!
Does anyone else think the 2nd bookmark looks uncannily like Princess Diana?
Ooh! I love them all! :)
Nope, no hard decision here. The book marks are good but I'm in love with the book! Is it illustrated?
There are some illustrations, but they are in black and white and fairly small. Nothing to really write home about.
I'm in love with the book too!
Oh My what A Find! These are all wonderful including the book! Anyone who collects ephemera (me, lol) would be green!


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Decommissioning meth and ecstasy labs in Canada is a dangerous business.
The labs are some of the biggest in North America. Whether in a rural farmhouse or a downtown condo, these operations are often filled to the brim with hazardous chemicals.
"After the RCMP locks up the bad guy, we come in. Someone's got to clean up the garbage," says Shawn Barton, operations supervisor and lead of Tervita's Emergency Response teams nationwide.
Barton joined RCMP Cpl. Luc Chicoine and Kent Gardner, training manager for the hazmat division in the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) as part of a speaker series at the 2nd International Sites and Spill Expo in Toronto from November 7 to 8, 2012.
According to Cpl. Chicoine, there are approximately 35 to 40 active meth labs in Canada. They are primarily located in British Columbia (B.C.).
In October 2012 alone, Canada Border Services Agency seized a record 14 tonnes of precursor chemicals in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Canada ranks as the fifth most prolific producer of methamphetamine in the world. The country can produce more than a quarter-tonne of meth each year. While it has nowhere near the number of drug labs as the U.S., Canada's are almost always larger-scale operations. Most U.S. labs are small "mom and pop" operations, explained Gardner, who battles meth in Texas.
"Guys can even be cooking when they're driving," Gardner said.
In full hazmat gear, the drug lab response team will first do a complete walkthrough of the property to assess the dangers.
"It looks like it snowed in this place," said Barton, as he showed a picture of a living room covered in some kind of drug dust.
As more and more fentanyl labs crop up, exposure to drugs on scene has become a growing concern for Barton's team. The synthetic heroin is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and could easily get into a hazmat tech's skin, if he or she isn't vigilant. Even a small dose could be very dangerous, Barton explained.
Commonly, the hazmat team removes drug lab items that involve corrosive and toxic compressed gases. Flammables and bi- or tri-phasic solutions are also a concern.
If the drug lab is very small, it can often prove to be very dangerous to navigate. Gardner showed pictures from an attic operation where a man lugged enormous chemical vats up a tiny ladder.
"All the hazards, one-tenth of the space," Gardner said.
After a drug lab is decommissioned there is often an environmental impact to resolve. Drug producers will often dump or bury chemicals off rural roads, leaving them to seep deep into the ground.
"Joe Cook is getting rid of his last batch," Barton said. "He takes it down the road and gives it a good kick. This can impact earth and water."
Chicoine told the crowd he's disappointed with Canada's attempts to limit access to precursor chemicals used to manufacture drugs like methamphetamine. A typical precursor like ephedrine, which is commonly available off the shelf in Canada as a decongestant, is sold behind-the-counter in the U.S.
"I'm travelling, trying to solve that problem at the chemical level," said Chicoine, who hopes his lobbying will result in Canada at least matching the U.S. in terms of limiting access to precursors.
In 2003, Canada implemented Precursor Control Regulations (SOR/2002-359) to respond to increasing diversion of precursor chemicals to clandestine labs. The regulatory framework addresses cross-border trafficking of precursor chemicals by requiring a license and a permit for all imports and exports of Class A precursor chemicals.
There are more than 100 different methods to synthesize precursor chemicals in methamphetamine, so it's always a surprise when a hazmat team responds to a drug lab scene.
"These things look like a Home Depot or Rona party," said Barton as he flipped through slides of makeshift meth labs filled with white product pails.
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According to Pisaturo, these decisions keep agents involved in the overall vacation-planning process as well.
"Our agents like being engaged in the process of helping their guests plan their days, choose dining locations and maximize their time and meal credits," Pisaturo said.
Universal Orlando has a similar dining package called the Universal Dining Plan, and it is commissionable for agents. With this plan, guests can select the number of days they would like to dine at participating restaurants.
While many theme park packages can be booked through outside wholesalers, Disney packages can also be booked directly through the Walt Disney Travel Company. Most of the key elements of packages at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort are commissionable to travel agents, including hotel accommodations, theme park tickets and even air transportation when purchased with the package. For Disneyland Resort packages, the commission rates are generally 10 percent of the room rate, ticket and airfare. At Walt Disney World, however, the commission can vary based on accommodations and the type of ticket, so it's best to check with the Walt Disney Travel Company directly for the most current commission structure.
Park PerksTheme park packages may include special park souvenirs, discounts or experiences.
The Extra Magic Hours perk for guests of select Walt Disney Resort hotels, for example, offers exclusive admission to one of the four Walt Disney World theme parks either one hour early or up to two hours after regular closing time each day. Similarly, Magic Morning at Disneyland park offers guests who purchase valid three-, four- or five-day admission tickets one early admission to select attractions, stores, entertainment and dining locations in Disneyland park for one full hour before the park opens to the general public.
At Universal Studios and Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, guests who stay at select on-site hotels receive complimentary Express Unlimited Ride Access that lets them skip lines for certain rides and attractions. This expedited access to attractions can cost up to $89 per person, so even if the nightly rate at those properties is higher than the price of staying off-site, it may be worth the added cost to get this particular perk — especially for families traveling with young children, or for travelers with physical limitations. In addition, Universal Resort hotel guests receive free water taxi service, priority seating at select restaurants and admission to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter one hour before the theme park opens.
Guests who book other Universal packages also get early admission to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter — however, the ability to make a reservation for breakfast at The Three Broomsticks is only available to those who book the Exclusive Harry Potter package. The Three Broomsticks is described as the most detailed set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, so clients who are Hogwarts fans should not miss it. Agents should note, however, that due to the popularity of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (which will most likely increase with the addition of Diagon Alley and the Hogwarts Express this June), Universal often requires a four-night stay to book this package.
In some cases, booking through a travel agent can be a cost effective method for arranging even the basic elements of a trip.
"Guests can save money on park admission by booking tickets in advance with a travel agent," said Becky Helms, a travel industry sales specialist with Legoland Florida.
Legoland Florida tickets are commissionable through all major wholesale accounts, but the discount depends on which wholesale company the agent uses to purchase the tickets.
SeaWorld offers a whole range of special perks for guests as well.
"In Orlando, booking a package that includes one of our official hotels will give clients exclusive benefits," said Thomas Valley, director of national sales for SeaWorld Parks. "These perks include complimentary Quick Queue — front of the line access to rides and reserved seats at shows — early entry hours, complimentary behind-the-scenes tours, discounts on food and merchandise and free transportation from their hotel to our Orlando parks."
Seasonal PackagesSome theme parks offer special or seasonal packages to commemorate an occasion or a new attraction or to celebrate a particular holiday. These special packages usually offer an additional perk such as a complimentary character photograph or access to an otherwise private activity. For example, to mark its 50th Celebration, SeaWorld is offering a special Sea of Surprises Package, which includes a surprise gift upon arrival.
For guests who prefer to visit after the summer travel season, Disneyland Resort occasionally offers discounts and specials on its Resort Magic Packages during the fall and winter months that may include free nights in a resort hotel, a free kid's admission ticket with a paying adult or resort gift cards.
Universal's Gory Getaway, the special vacation package offered during Halloween Horror Nights, provides early admission to the Halloween Horror Nights event (between 4 and 6 p.m.) and a "Capture the Fear" photograph taken at one of the park's attractions. Even some individual special event tickets at Universal Orlando are commissionable for agents, including Halloween Horror Nights, CityWalk special events and select resort activities such as the Wantilian Luau at Loews Royal Pacific Resort.
Theme Parks 'Like' TechnologyWhen booking theme park vacations, agents should recommend that clients become familiar with the website and Facebook page for the theme park (or parks) they are visiting because many are using the Internet and social media to provide special perks to their guests.
One example of this is SeaWorld. As a reward for becoming a "Friend of Shamu" and liking SeaWorld on Facebook, guests to the park can receive perks by showing SeaWorld's Facebook status to a cashier, checking in using the Facebook Places feature or posting a photo. In addition, a wide variety of apps helps guests navigate wait times, keep up with show schedules and make dining reservations.
Many theme parks have also launched dedicated travel agent websites that enable agents to book every component of a theme park vacation in one place. For example, through SeaWorld's travel trade website, SeaWorldParks.com/TravelAgents, agents can earn 10 percent commission on admission tickets, exclusive experiences, hotels and vacation packages, as well as receiving continuing education credits through the SeaWorld Parks Travel Academy.
"SeaWorld offers travel agents very competitive commissions on our website," said SeaWorld's Valley. "On this website, we pay commissions on virtually everything our company sells, and agents can find wonderful values on vacation packages and ticket offers for SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Sesame Place and Discovery Cove, which is one of the most exclusive experiences agents can sell in Orlando and is the top-rated attraction by TripAdvisor."
Legoland Florida also offers an online training program for agents (Legoland.com/Training), which allows agents to sign up for park updates and earn two free tickets to Legoland Florida.
Other dedicated travel agent websites include UniversalTravelAgents.com and DisneyTravelAgents.com.
Planning a theme park vacation can be fun and exciting, but also overwhelming. When travelers turn to agents to book their theme park vacations, it takes much of the stress out of the equation. And, when travel agents are knowledgeable about the many commissionable components a theme park vacation package can offer their clients, everybody wins.
Disney Parkswww.disneytravelagents.com
Universal Studioswww.universaltravelagents.com


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — The "Marcellus Shale and the Impact on Local Communities" series at Bucknell University will continue with the panel discussion, "Community Impact: Public Health," Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Forum of the Elaine Langone Center.
Panelists will include Thomas Shelley, chemical safety and hazardous materials specialist (retired) with Cornell University Environmental Health and Safety; Sharon Larson, co-director of the Rural Health Policy Institute at the Geisinger Center for Health Research; and Susan Everett, director of Outpatient Rehab at Susquehanna Health.
Events in the series are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy, the series examines the impact of Marcellus Shale development on local communities.
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A person of great anomalies and contradictions. A trumpeter of virtuosity compared favourably to Mr Miles Davis, he was mainly self-taught and played almost entirely by ear. He took no interest in jazz older than bebop, yet when he chose to sing his style and repertoire were purely traditional. He was a depressive personality, but his music is lyrically sweet and melodic. He took drugs to devastating effects, yet played with a crystalline flawlessness. His style was famously laid-back, effortless and flowing, yet his moods were violently extreme. He reputedly rarely practiced and was considered lazy by other musicians, yet his complete recorded oeuvre consists of more than 200 albums in his short 58-year-old life.
When Mr Chet Baker (1929-1988) first rose to jazz fame in the early 1950s, it seemed as though he had everything: incomparable natural talent, grace and charm, and unnervingly good looks. He was already a well-known figure on the LA jazz club scene, recording and playing in concerts with Mr Charlie Parker when he was barely out of his teens. When Mr Gerry Mulligan arrived in LA in 1952 he met Mr Baker and they started playing together, forming what became the most popular and influential quartet in West Coast jazz (with Messrs Bob Whitlock and Chico Hamilton). Mr Mulligan professed that Mr Baker was perhaps the most gifted trumpeter he'd ever played with or even heard.
But then of course there were the drugs. He probably started using heroin by the time he was 25 and was only able to intermittently break the habit. Hard drugs were part of the jazz milieu and heroin became part of the legend in the same way that in the popular imagination all writers in the 1930s and 1940s had a bottle of bourbon next to their typewriters. However, drug use among jazz musicians was no myth; Messrs Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, Gerry Mulligan and Miles Davis, and Mses Anita O'Day and Billie Holiday, were only the most talented of hundreds of jazz junkies. Mr Parker is often said to have set the example of the tormented, driven genius whose music and habits were emulated and imitated by others, and Mr Baker took up the style with a vengeance. Mr Mulligan remembered Mr Baker's life in the 1950s as one long party.
Mr Baker and saxophonist Mr Tubby Hayes at Ronnie
Scott's Jazz Club, London, circa 1965
He had been born in a small town in Oklahoma, but grew up in Glendale, California, just north of LA. His parents bought him musical instruments - first a trombone, then a trumpet - and he attended public school but was never serious about formal education. He was an autodidact about most things, and musicians with whom he performed have attested that he never even knew what key he played in.
In the early 1950s the scene in LA was centred on Hollywood, Malibu, the beach scene and jam sessions. The new generation of serious actors - Messrs Marlon Brando, James Dean, Montgomery Clift and Paul Newman - listening to serious jazz at little boîtes with names including The Lighthouse Café and The Haig. Dancing to swing bands was for the older crowd, who still wore tuxedos and party gowns at the flashy nightclubs around town. The hot record label for new talent was Pacific Jazz, and the music was soft and easy, light and "white", as opposed to East Coast jazz which was hard-edged, smouldering and heavy and "black". The cover of Mr Baker's Chet Baker & Crew album for Pacific in 1956 shows him and the other members of the band cruising along on a sailboat, blue sky above and blue Pacific beneath. It looks like a floating frat party for students of the University of Southern California. It can only be imagined what Messrs Thelonious Monk and Ben Webster would have thought about all this.
As a young man Mr Baker was strikingly handsome, a doppelgänger for Mr James Dean. With swept-back pompadoured hair, square jaw, cool eyes and a warm smile, he was catnip to the girls. Tall and slim, the only thing that marred his movie star looks was a missing incisor; it had been knocked out in a childhood fight, and Mr Baker never replaced it for fear it might adversely affect his playing. It didn't matter to scores of women, and he played like an angel.
In the early years when he played with Mr Charlie Parker he wore loose-fitting gabardine suits in the classic zoot suit mould, with hand-painted ties and the spread-collared "Mr B" shirts of the period. Hair slicked with brilliantine into a DA at the back, sideburns and a loose wave casually falling over his forehead, he was the picture of inner-city hip. But like every other young musician of the 1950s, he soon took up the Ivy League look of seersucker and button downs. He wore his hair short now, and took to trim khakis and Oxford cloth button-down shirts and narrow ties. He loved the casualness of sweaters, T-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes, a warm-weather blend of Ivy and surfer style.
The look worked well for the romantic ballads he loved to sing in his silk-and-smoke delivery. It was a sort of boy-next-door aura of melancholy and youthful vulnerability for females a bit too young for the show biz glitter of Messrs Frank Sinatra and Mel Tormé. Mr Baker's apparently unstudied, quiet approach worked better at a college concert full of co-eds than it would have done in a Las Vegas lounge - where slick acts were the rule and pop performers wore sleek black mohair tuxedos and Chelsea boots, toupees and ruffled dress shirts.
Mr Baker could have been a film star, he could have become anything. Instead, he was a great musician who became a drug addict with mounting health concerns. As the years flew by he neglected his family, his teeth fell out, he Ping-Ponged between using heroin and methadone, but consistently used gargantuan quantities of cocaine. He rarely ate anything but junk food and completely neglected his health, and he travelled restlessly from gig to gig without ever having a home. Some think he finally committed suicide, but it appears more likely he simply slipped into a drug haze and accidently fell headfirst out of a second-storey window to the hard pavement below. To see photos of him in the last year of his life is to see a 58-year-old man who looks 80 years old.
However, in the early recorded music the gold is still there, and we can still picture him, in jeans and a loose sweater, brown shiny hair falling over his forehead as he bends forward to play a perfect series of soft notes with all the emotional intensity, warmth, and soulful love in his heart. He was one of those musicians who, in his commitment, style and reverence for the music, made us think that jazz was important.


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Huskies' 35-19 loss feels like a victory; Mammoth bends, but does not break
A funny thing happened to the Mammoth Huskies on their way to a loss to Bishop.
On the verge of being a blowout victim—again—the Huskies merely lost, 35-19, but with so many positives out of it that coach Marty Thompson spent most of the following weekend with a big smile on his face.
"I think what we showed was some real strength," he said. "We didn't give up, and we were just about four plays away from winning that thing."
The game, at Gault-McClure Stadium, got off to a predictable start, with Bishop taking a 7-0 lead.
But sophomore return specialist Steven Orrick erased the opening indignity by one of the more amazing returns of recent years.
Taking a bouncing ball off the right sideline, Orrick secured the ball, made two cutbacks and then was off on a 99-yard touchdown return that thrilled a packed grandstand and brought the two teams even.
"When I saw the ball bouncing around down there," Thompson said, "I was thinking, 'Let it go! Let it go!' but then Orrick picked it up and I went from 'No-No-No!' to 'Yes-Yes-Yes!'"
However, the senior-heavy Huskies, who hit the road for the first time this season on Friday, Sept. 20, at Desert, could not hold the momentum.
Pinning Bishop into a fourth-and-19 situation deep in Huskies territory, Bishop converted, setting up a go-ahead touchdown.
In the ensuing Mammoth drive, the Huskies drove downfield smartly, and were set up for a score, when quarterback Lucas Underkoffler (9-for-14, 147 yards) threw the first of his three interceptions on the night, pulling the string on a ball with a wide-open receiver begging for the ball.
In recent years past, the Huskies—they are always overmatched against Bishop—the team might have bucked, but they didn't, thanks in large part to this year's revelation, Alex Mueller.
"I never thought he was going to turn into the player he's become," Thompson said.
Mueller finished his work for the game with three receptions for 72 yards, including one that was good for 44 yards; on defense, the outside linebacker led the team with 11 solo tackles and seven assists, better, even, than captain Matt Graef's seven tackles and 11 assists.
Meanwhile, Denis Orrick continued to dominate the rushing game with 127 yards on 12 carries, including a 43-yarder.
Thus when it was over, and the Huskies, 40-8 winners over Rosamond in the opener, were 1-1 for the season, it felt better than that to the players and to Thompson and his coaching staff.
"We're going to be OK this year," Thompson said, his big smile never leaving his face.


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Just askin'
As new internet-based markets are established, say for cell phone software, should they really be exempt from regulations on existing markets?
Of course, if you regulate an industry, you make it slow and impede business and you're a socialist. Everyone knows that self regulation [wikipedia.org] leads to utopia [wikipedia.org], much as disbanding our police departments would lead to a lower crime rate.
However, socialism for old people isn't socialism. As shown by the right's embrace of Medicare (and recently their defense of it from an attack that's not really coming).
You're in error: don't confuse "the Republican party" with libertarians, who don't have an influential American political party and never will.
Ah, the No True Scotsman defense. Conservatives has failed miserably in government, so post hoc, you simply state that the people who failed weren't true conservatives.
In a two party system one part is the more 'conservative' and one is the more 'liberal', one is the 'right' the other is the 'left'. Republicans are the right in the US today. I agree that both Republicans and Democrats can do a pretty shoddy job, but the ideologies are certainly 'left' or 'right'.
Do you watch Fox News?
You're error lies in the fact that the amendment voted against by the Republicans (no 'the right') was an amendment to completely abolish Medicare overnight. After having much of society live on Medicare for so long, then have it suddenly removed, would create a serious market problem. It was written in an extremest point of view, not allowing for a gradual decline but a sudden stop. I don't believe may people would agree with this procedure, and voting against it definitely does _not _ imply an 'embrace of
much as disbanding our police departments would lead to a lower crime rate.
You know, you might be on to something here. Up in Canada we have far fewer police, and our crime rate is about half per capita.
Correlation is not causation.
Go back to the future, you time travelling scum!
You know, you might be on to something here. Up in Canada we have far fewer police, and our crime rate is about half per capita.
That's because you can't buy assault weapons at gun shows and there is a much more subdued attitude towards the war on drugs. Additionally, you have socialized medicine, which prevents the leading cause of all bankruptcies, which is loss of income due to health issues.
This investigation has been brought to you by Google.
And in unrelated news, Bill Gate's assistant and strategist and MS exec for 13 years has been appointed managing director of the FCC [informationweek.com].
Well, the FCC also sent a letter to Google about what apps Google has rejected from it's Android store and why they were rejected.
One of the most important things (IMHO) with these requests is that the FCC ordered that the replies NOT be covered by a blanket secrecy request...
So Apple is going to join Microsoft in the Ye Olde Convicted Monopolists' club?
Probably. And like Microsoft, it will just ignore the rulings. After all, in today's economy, companies like Microsoft and Apple are "too big to fail". Perhaps the government will print another few hundred billion and give them a bailout instead.
"...print another few hundred billion and give them a bailout"
How about a cash for clunkers program that gives PC owners a trade in allowance when they upgrade to Macs.
A few hundred billion should cover a few Mac Pros.
#69: Dangerously sexy.
#124: Got tailgated on my way to work today.
#459: Users can't handle that much power.
#644: Toothache.
#692: That background with those buttons? Honey, no!
#771: Wife threatening to leave me.
#841: Better than our stuff.
#1230: Made fun of Apple user stereotypes. Very funny. Not.
#1599: I know this guy, he's a jerk.
#1998: Not hip.
#2000: 2000 GET! Haha, suckers!
#3922: My God, is that a nipple?!
#5210: Took His name in vain.
#6184: Anti-monopolistic.
The problem is that the FCC is investigating how AT&T is using its influence over Apple to control how the airwaves that the FCC leases to AT&T are being used. This is not the FCC getting into Apple's business for the hell of it. This is the FCC getting into it with AT&T... again. Google Voice provides a means to circumvent a lot of needless charges from AT&T. AT&T seeks to block those circumventions by leveraging their relationship with Apple.
The commission regulates telephone companies (wire and cellular) and competition between those companies - so its well within their right to ask these kinds of questions and get answers.
About damn time if you ask me. If this was the Australian Government, Apple and AT&T would have been ripped apart into shreds over this.
and requested a list of all applications that have been rejected and why.
I personally would LOVE to see this list. In full. This should be on wikileaks.
I've personally had enough of the Steve Jobs dictatorship.
AT&T was most likely the cause of the removal of google voice. Apple probably has their hands tied by servicing agreements, so the only way they can get google voice (which would be great for the iphone platform) is through government intervention. I imagine there were some discussions between Apple and Google about how to make this work. Somebody fIling a complaint with the FCC is a good way for Apple to cover its contractual ass and for google to get their software on the iPhone.
AT&T. Delivering Your World. To The NSA.
This is a perfect example of why these exclusive contracts with one carrier (regardless of who it is) is a Bad Thing (tm). Innovation and competition are easily squashed. And we, the consumers, continue to get screwed like sheep.
"And we, the consumers, continue to get screwed like sheep."
This is
And we, the consumers, continue to get screwed like sheep.
People I feel no sympathy towards:
- Those who bought an iPhone knowing full well that Apple and AT&T have absolute and full control over the software running on it, including (but not limited to) which programs you can install and even going so far as to have a "kill switch" to terminate applications that they don't like.
- Those who bought a Kindle and didn't stop to think that Amazon can do whatever they want with your book purchases, including
It's time for telcos to stop being telcos and start being wireless data providers. Selling bits instead of services is fundamental to net neutrality. I know that breaks their business models, but too bad. On the iPhone, they already sell apps that use some amount of bandwidth. They shouldn't get to pick and choose the ones that affect their outdated business model. If they just sold bits and bandwidth independent of what kind of data is being carried on them, then this wouldn't be an issue and that's how it SHOULD be.
I know this isn't going to change overnight, but I fully support the FCC looking into this. It's nice to know that under the new administration they're taking a pro-consumer stance instead of pro-business stance.
It's time for telcos to stop being telcos and start being wireless data providers. Selling bits instead of services is fundamental to net neutrality. I know that breaks their business models, but too bad.
If we're going to just regard it as "too bad" if something doesn't fit their business model, then that's more or less an admission that this service shouldn't be a part of the private sector anymore. Businesses should be able to pursue their private interests, investors should be able to get returns.
Not that I think you're necessarily wrong -- if it's not already, it may soon be time for a different way of handling wireless communication infrastructure.
...and as an iPhone owner, I say:
Good. I hope that the Feds can scare Apple into opening up the iPhone a little more. I think anyone who owns an iPhone should be on the side of the Feds on this one.
Here's a suggestion for Apple though, why not a two track system for iPhone apps: You can install whatever you like *as long as it doesn't use the cell-network* or you can install specially reviewed apps through the iTunes store, as is done now. That way if someone just wants to sell a game or a screensaver or whatever, they can just sell it themselves without having to get permission from Apple. On the other hand, things that use the cell-network and could potentially overload it or be used for phreaker attacks or whatever can be reviewed by Apple as is done now. Reducing the volume of things reviewed by Apple should make the process a lot less painful for developers and give users a lot more freedom.
After bricking unlocked iPhones, kicking applications off the iPhone store that might even slightly compete with iTunes in the far future and charging developers for the privilege and filing a wave of patents on basic well-known computer science, Apple Inc. today filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission declaring that it was openly adopting Evil(tm) as a corporate policy [today.com].
"Fuck it," said Steve Jobs to an audience of soul-mortgaged thralls, "we're evil. But our stuff is sooo good. You'll keep taking our abuse. You love it, you worm. Because our stuff is great. It's shiny and it's pretty and it's cool and it works. It's not like you'll go back to a Windows Mobile phone. Ha! Ha!"
Steve Ballmer of Microsoft was incensed at the news. "Our evil is better than anyone's evil! No-one sweats the details of evil like Microsoft! Where's your antitrust trial, you polo-necked bozo? We've worked hard on our evil! Our Zune's as evil as an iPod any day! I won't let my kids use a lesser evil! We're going to do an ad about that! I'll be in it! With Jerry Seinfeld! Beat that! Asshole."
"Of course, we're still not evil, we said so," said Sergey Brin of Google. "You can trust us on this. Every bit of data about you, your life and the house you live in is strictly a secret between you and our marketing department. But, hypothetically, if we were evil, it's not like you're going to use Windows Live Search. I mean, 'Bing.' Ha! Ha! I'm sorry, that's my 'spreading good cheer' laugh. Really."
The simple answer is that it's an anti-competitive move (semi-monopolistic) in regards to text messaging fees. AT&T makes a killing on text-messaging fees, charging 20 cents for 1120 bytes or less of data. Google Voice lets you make an end-run around that and send text messages from your Google Voice number using your phone's data plan (which, if you have unlimited data = free text messaging). AT&T wants to preserve that huge revenue stream, so they had Apple lock Google Voice out of it.
Apple is as evil as Microsoft and its about time people noticed.
Opera and Firefox are not allowed to compete with safari on the iphone and microsoft is forced to split IE from the OS.
Its about time that the game is played FAIR.
Microsoft has unfairly been the target for too long while Apple has continually been allowed to do the same nonsense.
itunes and quicktime for windows sucks.
"Call immediately. Time is running out. We both need to do something monstrous before we die." -- Message from Ralph Steadman to Hunter Thompson


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PlayStation Now, Sony's 'Netflix For Games' -- Pros and Cons 75
But the expense of using the service is excessive. "To rent Darksiders, a game that's been practically given away to PC owners thanks to Humble Bundle and the collapse of publisher THQ, you can pay $14.99 for 90 days, $7.99 for 30 days, $5.99 for 5 days or — no joke — $4.99 for four hours. ... Final Fantasy 13-2 costs $29.99 for 90 days. A used copy of the same costs $20 at GameStop." In addition, the pricing options are unusual and unpredictable. Users can't simply pay a flat monthly fee for service. "Variable pricing is in place because Sony gave the publishers and developers free reign to set their own prices, which results in wildly disparate costs for different games and different periods of rental time. It's not even mandatory that you have to have all four categories of rental time. I went to check out Saints Row 3 and found that it only had the four hour and 90 day options."