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Your Brain on Tech: How Being Connected 24/7 Affects Us
If you feel like your brain is overloaded, overwhelmed, or just over the whole constant-connectivity thing, you're not alone.
Our collective ability to communicate on the go (think, "Stuck in traffic, be there in 10" and "Get milk before you come home") offers a logistical upside that by now is second nature. Yet smartphones and similar gadgets also provide the potential for truly poor etiquette, as in not resisting the urge to glance at your touchscreen while a friend prattles on about something you've heard umpteen times.
Even before the tech boom, my husband, Dan, had a hard time making decisions. Now that he's armed with a cell phone and an Internet connection, even something as simple as choosing a restaurant for dinner with friends can become a drawn-out series of texts, tweets, e-mails, and phone calls that ends with no resolution and a lamely uttered, "Let's talk again later." Too often we are still trying to hammer out details when everyone is in their cars driving aimlessly, in need of a destination. I find this maddening. On the other hand, when he's telling a story I've already heard at least 100 times, I'm not above checking in on my social network to stave off boredom.
So much human interaction happens these days with a tech assist that I worry we are turning into a bunch of self-centered, noncommittal—not to mention distracted—individuals. I mean, seriously, is it necessary to crowd-source every dinner decision? Is it rude to check Facebook when you're out to lunch with a friend? And from a bigger-picture perspective, where is the line between public and private?
According to a 2009 Intel study, 80 percent of online U.S. adults believe there are unspoken rules about mobile technology usage—and 69 percent agree that violations are unacceptable. But what are the rules? When does "fun" cross into "gone too far"? I decided to ask experts for the lowdown.
Decisions, Decisions
According to Dan Ariely, author of The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Home and at Work (Harper), advances in technology have made seemingly benign behaviors—like my husband's aforementioned indecision—a problem. Ariely likens this to, of all things, doughnuts. "A long time ago in our evolutionary history, when we found sugar and fat, it made sense, survival-wise, to gobble up as much as we possibly could," he says. Technology changed the world faster than we evolved and those once-rare doughnuts are now cheap and widely available. What was once a survival mechanism is now a health hazard.
"We have the same problem with information," he says. Delaying decisions is smart, allowing you to consider options, seek advice, and fully understand criteria before committing. There was a time when gathering information was hard work. The effort required set a natural limit on pondering. Today, thanks to Google, limitless info is accessible with a few keystrokes. This can lead to an overwhelming desire to know more before making even simple choices.
Just as we have to intentionally stop eating doughnuts before we outgrow the couch, we have to short-circuit the instinct to swallow as much information as we can hold. "Start with a default decision," says Ariely. "Then set a deadline by which time you will choose an alternative or go with the default." So in the case of my husband's dinner dilemma, he might say that morning, "If I don't have a better idea by noon, we'll meet at Bonefish Grill at 8 p.m." That way, he can appear decisive while giving himself the option to research alternatives.
The Digital Leash
It isn't just information we're gorging on. We're also snacking constantly, like freeloaders at an all-you-can-eat buffet, on personal digital relationships. All of this cyber-nourishment has a dark side.
On a recent vacation, my family Twittered, Facebooked, texted, and blogged our way through an eight-hour drive to the mountains. We were all having fun and connecting—just not with the other people in the car. When we finally arrived we discovered there was no cell signal. Panic set in. My teenage son railed against nature while envisioning his social life unraveling. His father lamented, "I have to work!" Me, I calmly decided to go for a walk—hoping I might find a signal. The uncomfortable feeling that we were missing out on something important overtook our intentions to enjoy downtime together.
I was a half-mile into my stroll before I wondered, Is there some reason I can't just go offline?
There's something seductive about being constantly connected, says cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell, director of user experience at Intel's Digital Home Group. "In Western culture we are measured by the value of our network." A cell phone is a leash, tethering us to that network. The slight jolt that comes with a new text or e-mail reminds us we are connected to something bigger than ourselves and gives us a little thrill that we crave in its absence.
Dropping the leash is good for the soul, though. Humans function better when they occasionally disconnect, says Bell. "Every major religion has some sort of built-in break—Saturdays, Sundays, every few hours, a week each year. There is some time when you are supposed to stop and focus on God."
I pocketed my phone and enjoyed the view of the mountains. When I got back to the cabin, my family was sitting on the deck, admiring the snow that had just started falling. We had come here to have fun together, not poke at gadgets. So we went skiing, sledding, and had a snowball fight. Sure, we had to occasionally curb the urge to check phones that weren't connected to anything anyway. Three days later, even though we knew the cabin was completely off the grid, we all agreed to make this an annual thing.
TMI (Too Much Info)
According to Steven Petrow, a nationally syndicated etiquette columnist, technology keeps moving the thin line between public and private, leaving people unsure of the difference. I agree wholeheartedly, having suffered through multiple conversations with a friend who seems to think I won't notice if he goes to the bathroom while we're chatting. Unfortunately, he's not alone in this delusion. According to an Intel study, 75 percent of people believe it's okay to bring phones and laptops into public restrooms. "Just because people think something is okay does not make it so," says Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of manners muse Emily Post and author of Do I Have to Wear White? (William Morrow).
When you add social media to the mix, boundaries get even blurrier. My buddy Alison, who asked that I withhold her last name to protect the guilty, has been shocked by things she has witnessed. "One of my Facebook friends posted before-and-after photos of her bunion surgery," she says. "I wish I had never seen those." Alison unfriended this person to avoid future too-graphic posts, but still. Outside of her realm, things are worse. According to a study by electronics shopping site Retrevo.com, 36 percent of respondents said they post to Twitter immediately after sex—about the act or their partner!
Advises Petrow: Remind yourself that anything you share could get reposted in other people's networks and spread like wildfire.
The Here and Now
I have a friend who is notorious—though I doubt she knows it—for texting during lunch dates, hands cupped surreptitiously in her lap. (I've heard this called the BlackBerry prayer.) The subtext, intentional or not, is that these messages might be more interesting than her companion. She isn't the only one having trouble staying in the moment. "Recently at a party, a pal and I were Facebooking about the event while it was still going on," says Petrow. "It's tough to really be present these days."
Yes, it's technically possible to be connected to 3,000 people—anytime, anywhere—but that's not always a good thing. "Our society is all about multitasking," says Daniela Schreier, assistant professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. "But, really, humans can focus on only one thing at a time." We have to actively decide to pay attention to the one we're with. "Vow to not let technology get in the way," says Petrow.
R U Ready?
Sometimes, though, it's because we don't want to talk to someone that we lean on technology. A Retrevo.com survey of iPhone users found that one in three had broken up with someone via text message. "We've definitely become more insensitive," says Schreier. "I counseled a couple who had been together six years, planning to marry." Yet one day the man ended things via text message. "Five words to end a relationship of six years," says Schreier. Surely if he had looked her in the eye, he might have at least offered some sort of explanation.
In the end it's difficult to gauge the true impact of technology on our brains and personal relationships, because it depends on so many factors and therefore varies widely from person to person. With her cultural anthropologist's eye, Bell is sanguine. "We tend to forget that this stuff is really still new," she says. "As a culture, we once argued about whether we should watch TV during dinner. Over time, people figured it out." To support her argument, she mentions two different trips to the U.K. "Seven years ago, everyone in the pub had a mobile phone in the middle of the table and would answer immediately if it rang. Two years later phones were pocketed and turned off." Eventually, common sense and etiquette kick in, she says, once the initial excitement wears off. "Right now, we're still hammering out the rules." We'll get there.
3 Quick Ways to Tame the Tech Beast
1. Turn off your phone from time to time. (See? Simple!) For instance, making a point of doing so when you sit down to a meal lets your companions know they have your full attention.
2. If you can't bring yourself to use the off switch, sign up for your carrier's usage-controls service (prices vary but are usually somewhere around $5 a month). Designate specific block-out times for, say, dinner or bedtime.
3. If you feel that friends or coworkers expect you to be connected at all times, use your Facebook status or e-mail vacation responder to announce that you are offline. Managing other people's expectations (meaning, that they should not expect to hear from you instantly) can give you a guilt-free breather.
Originally published in the April 1, 2011, issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Independence Day Weekend in Cooperstown
"The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love."–Bryant Gumbel.
And God, do I love baseball. This weekend just increased my love for it.
Saturday I had the pleasure of going all the way up to Cooperstown, N.Y. to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Last week, my best friends David and Vito made me an offer for my birthday/graduation gift: Yankee tickets for Saturday's game vs. the Toronto Blue Jays (which the Yanks won 11-3) or a day trip to the hall.
I have already been to three Yankee games this season and will probably go to more by season's end. I have only been to the Hall of Fame and Museum once in my life; Memorial Day weekend in 2007 with my dad.
Now given the opportunity to share the experience with my best friends, I took them up on their offer to Cooperstown; a three hour road trip to upstate New York. To me, there was no better way to spend part of the Independence Day weekend.
When we arrived to Cooperstown, I felt the same way I did back in '07. The town itself is small and gives you such an old-time feel. Complete with a General Store and even a trolley service, Main Street in Cooperstown, simply put, is awesome.
The one gripe I really have against Main Street is the food spots. There aren't too many places to eat up there, at least not many of you want to eat something quickly. As a matter of fact, my friends and I ate at the same restaurant my dad and I ate at the last time I visited Cooperstown.
Not that the food is bad, it's great. But not having fast food spots around just is not convenient when you want to move things along and see all the sights in one day. But I guess that goes with the old-time ambience; there was no such thing as McDonald's back in the old days.
After we finished our lunch, my friends and I headed for the Museum. It was just as nice as I remember it; the big brick building at the end of the road filled with historical baseball artifacts from all over the world. More importantly, it's filled with more historic Yankee memorabilia than you could ever imagine.
When we first walked in, the usher told us that the best place to start the tour was on the third floor of the museum. We ascended the stairs and right away it was almost as if the baseball history slapped us across the face. We were immediately greeted with the origin of baseball and how the game came to be.
One of my favorite parts about the "first origins of baseball exhibit" were the artifacts about Henry Chadwick. According the Museum, Chadwick was the "Father of Baseball" and reported on the sport for several newspapers. He dedicated his whole life to sports writing, and as an aspiring sports writer myself, I have to respect that and give him a lot of credit.
Without Chadwick, no baseball writer would be where they are today. For the record, Chadwick's column was called Chadwick's Chat. I think it is very cool title. It has the alliterative grammar quality, just like Yankee Yapping.
Next we entered the Babe Ruth Room at the Museum. Yes, the Babe Ruth Room. The Bambino had such an impact on the game of baseball that he owns his own private quarters in the hall.
On display are many of his jerseys, trophies, his cleats, and even the bat he smacked his final career home run with. While you visit the Babe Ruth Room, a video about his life plays, which really makes it a learning experience.
After Ruth's Room we embarked on the "Pride and Passion" leg of the journey. On display–basically everything you can think of from every Yankee legend there is. We saw Babe Ruth's crown (given to him by Ralph Kiner) Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and Mickey Mantle's jerseys, the bat Roger Maris hit his 61st home run with in 1961, and even Yogi Berra's Most Valuable Player Award from 1951.
It was overwhelming! A lot of Yankee history to take in all at once.
Eventually the Yankee memorabilia turned from old to contemporary. We moved on from relics of the ghosts of long past and onto the pinstripe mementos of the not-so-distant past.
On display were Derek Jeter's spikes from the 1996 World Series, Mariano Rivera's jersey from the 1999 World Series, and even a lineup card used by Joe Torre in 1998–the year the Bronx Bombers won 114 regular season games and eventually the Championship.
Also on display was the 1996 World Series trophy. One thought about that, however. I'm not sure if it was the actual trophy or a replica of the trophy. Today at Yankee Stadium, that trophy was on display in honor of George Steinbrenner, as it was his birthday and the Yanks won that title under him as principal owner. Did they take that trophy from Cooperstown and get it to Yankee Stadium for today's game? Is there more than one trophy?
Who knows. Whatever the case, I took a picture with it.
After the "Pride and Passion" exhibit, we went into a room filled with pieces of old Stadiums. We got a feel for what Ebbets Field looked like, saw one of the original pinwheels from Comiskey Park in Chicago, and sat in old seats from Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia. Also showcased was the Phillies Phanatic…well, at least his costume.
In 2007 I remembered taking a picture of me pretending to smack the Phanatic with my program. I recreated the same picture yesterday.
We then entered the records room; a place reserved to acknowledge all the records held by active and retired players.
For example, Jeter is currently playing and leads all active players in the hits category. Pete Rose, on the other hand, is retired and owns the record for most all-time hits.
Same thing goes for Alex Rodriguez and Ricky Henderson; Rodriguez leads all current players in runs scored while Henderson is the all-time leader in runs scored.
It's very fascinating and the museum seems to keep the record walls up-to-date.
After that we came to the "Autumn Glory" room. It is packed with World Series and postseason knick-knacks. The museum owns a ring from every World Series Championship team since rings began being distributed. Of course I spotted the Yankee rings from the Dynasty of the late '90s and I really thought it was one of the better parts of the tour.
After all, winning isn't everything. It's just the only thing that matters. Win the World Series and your team's ring gets a one-way ticket to enshrinement in the Hall.
I noticed in '07 that the case in the "Autumn Glory" room contains mementos from the most recent World Series. So when I visited the Hall of Fame in 2007, artifacts from the 2006 World Series (played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers) were showcased.
If my memory serves me correct, the Yankees won the latest World Series. Therefore, a bunch of items from the 2009 World Series were on display, including CC Sabathia's cleats, Hideki Matsui's Game Six bat, and Jose Molina's catcher's mask.
But the item in the case that stood out like sore thumb…the 2009 Championship ring.
That's what it's all about.
After the "Autumn Glory" room, we entered the "No-Hit Games" exhibit. Showcased were baseballs used in practically every no-hitter and perfect game in history.
I was able to pick out David Wells's and David Cone's baseballs; both Yankee hurlers tossed perfect games; Wells in 1998 and Cone in 1999. Not only was each ball signed by the pitcher, but information on the score and opponent was given in a card underneath the ball.
Again, it all goes back to idea of learning and preserving history.
We came across one last Yankee portion of the museum before we entered the Hall of Fame: an exhibit entitled "Pinstripe Pictures." There were so many photos of so many memorable Yankee moments that I almost cried. Everything from Aaron Boone's blast in Game Seven of the '03 ALCS to Gehrig and DiMaggio, it was amazing.
Probably the best picture I saw was the Yankees lifting Cone up on their shoulders after his perfecto in '98. I couldn't help but think of the words used by Buster Olney in his book about it:
"Cone's teammates lifted him after his perfect game on July 18, 1999. Throughout the season, in more subtle ways, he lifted them."
I think that really speaks to Cone's character. He was always one of my favorites.
Once we were finished looking at all the Yankee pictures, we finally came to the Hall of Fame Plaque Gallery. Every member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame is honored and remembered with a plaque with their likeness and a short description of their career accomplishments. We found all the Yankees and read about each player.
Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Berra, Jackson, Gossage…if you were to ask me, the Yankees virtually own the Hall of Fame. They have more members than any other team, and the reason for that is their history; the Yankees are the best and more storied team in baseball history. That's pretty much the bottom line.
Once we were finished in the gallery, we headed upstairs to the final leg of our tour: a view of the Writer's Wing of the hall (which I one day hope to be a part of), the library atrium, and the "Baseball at the Movies" exhibit, where they listed every baseball movie ever made.
My favorite part of the Writer's Wing was the setup of the announcing booth in the old Yankee Stadium. The Museum (in a devilishly clever way) built a mock announcer's box, which gives you a sense of what it feels like to be a baseball broadcaster.
It's such a neat feature they added to the Writer's Wing of the hall and I can only hope one day I get to sit and work in the real reporting booth at Yankee Stadium.
We headed outside and looked at the crazy statues that are in the hall's courtyard. There are some interesting likenesses of old-time pitchers and catchers. These statues really afforded me and my friends the opportunity to snap some funny-looking pictures. For instance, the statue of Satchel Paige and his high leg kick…
Go ahead and laugh. That's why I took the photo.
We then took a walk down the road and visited Doubleday Field, the supposed birthplace of baseball. We jaunted inside the ballpark and wouldn't you know it, a game was going on. We sat and watched about four innings of baseball from the grandstands. A small crowd was on hand; the building was nowhere near filled.
Last time I visited Cooperstown in '07, I only got to see the exterior of the park. I was elated that I finally got to see the interior and even watch some a game that just happened to begin the minute we arrived at the park. I have to say, it's a nice little field. And again, it's one of the most historic parks in baseball lore.
After we paid our visit to Doubleday Field, we (lastly) traveled to the Cooperstown Baseball Heroes Wax Museum. I had gone back in '07 and enjoyed enough that I wanted to go again, not to mention Dave and Vito wanted to see it for themselves.
The Wax Museum was again a wonderful experience. There are wax figures of many Yankees, including Mantle, DiMaggio (along with Marilyn Monroe), Wade Boggs (riding off on the horse like he did at the conclusion of the '96 World Series) and countless others.
Yet my favorite sculpture has to be "The Georges." The wax museum crafted a figure to look like George Costanza, Jason Alexander's character from Seinfeld. George is sitting in his office opposite George Steinbrenner, his boss on the show. Costanza is one of my all-time favorite TV characters and to see the figures setup the way they were made me laugh.
Another one of my favorites was the Abbot & Costello "Who's on First" figures. They even had the words from the comedy routine playing on a speaker in the background as you viewed the statues. Believe it or not, that comedy bit is a huge part of baseball history; it is so funny that it has withstood the test of time and is still remembered by die-hard baseball lovers, such as myself.
After we saw everything there is to see in Cooperstown, we headed back to the car; another three hour ride ahead of us. I can say that I got the same amount out of the experience of the National Baseball Hall of Fame the second time, probably even more.
After I went in '07 with my dad, I thought to myself, "Going to Cooperstown was incredible, and it was very meaningful to share this experience with dad. I'd like to go back eventually and share it with my best friends."
I got that chance and I jumped at it. And what an experience it was. One I won't forget. As a result of this trip, my love for baseball just increased by tenfold, if that's even possible.


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Summit County Cares strives to meet needs over holiday season
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Summit County Cares is midway through its holiday campaign in a year of record-breaking need at the Family Intercultural Resource Center.
Summit County Cares is the largest emergency assistance fund in the county, with 100 percent of donations supporting locals facing emergencies such as eviction, disconnection of heat and electricity or are in need of medical care.
November has been a particularly harsh month in 2012, said Tamara Drangstveit, executive director of FIRC. A poor snow season last year combined with a sluggish start this year has put a number of Summit County residents in need of assistance.
"It gets exacerbated when you don't see your 40 hours," said Drangstveit. "It's just been a brutal fall."
In November, 26 households in the county were given rent or mortgage assistance, which is the highest it's been since 2009. Five households received utilities aid, the highest number for the month of November. Food bank visits increased the most, with 220 visits, and also broke November records.
Unlike social service organizations that give long-term help, the aim of FIRC is to offer assistance for one-time crises. The majority of people who receive assistance from FIRC happen to be at a difficult point in their life and use the assistance to move on to a more stable lifestyle. Rent assistance, for example, is given only once each year and only twice every five years.
The holiday campaign stretches from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. This week, which FIRC is calling the Week of Care, features various opportunities to assist Summit County Cares. Wednesday's event had "Dine Out to Donate," which had several county restaurants donating 20 percent of their evening sales to FIRC. At the Lighting of Dillon event tonight, 100 percent of the proceeds of the Christmas tree and wreath auction will be donated to FIRC. Friday features a toy and coat drive at Walmart. Frisco's Santa Dash for Cash Saturday will donate $500 to Summit County Cares for every 100 participants.
So far in 2012, 181 households have received rent or mortgage assistance and 1,791 individuals visited the food bank. Nov. 29 marked one of the most-visited days on record for the food bank, with 42 people. For those considering donating to the food bank, Drangstveit suggests donating money rather than food. While canned food donations are appreciated, Drangstveit says that FIRC can use money donations to buy food at a discount from the Food Bank of the Rockies, thus receiving the maximum value for cost.
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A day trip to Philadelphia to see Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg and Duchamp was filled with subversions, underminings, deconstructions, and sincerity.
The exhibition brings together masterworks, collaborations, and homages by these important and influential artists who wanted to challenge the notion of art. They experimented with what is defined as art, how art is created, and how it is experienced.
Throughout the exhibition of over 100 pieces, it is evident the star is Marcel Duchamp. He is the genius who wished to debunk "preexisting ideas about art, which he believed should appeal to the intellect rather than the senses." He turned the art world on its head with his notion of "readymades" – objects that he found to be art, the most famous being Fountain, 1917. These pieces, as well as other work including drawings, paintings, photographs, scores, and installations tested originality, concept, and taste.
The remaining four artists were very much influenced by Duchamp, but also – not knowing all of his entire oeuvre – their thought process in making art in ran parallel in some regards.
In one example, John Cage and Merce Cunningham did not realize that Duchamp had used the idea of "chance" in his artwork. The concept of "chance," made famous by Cage and Cunningham explored how the outcome of the an artwork was dictated by the unknown. Certain parameters were put in place and the rest was up to chance – whether it was musical notes or silence, or movement or stillness and so on. And so, when Cage found out about Duchamp's use of chance, realizing that it occurred in the year of his birth – he did not find that to be a coincidence.
In another example, Duchamp's concept as key, exploring the distinctions between original and replica, object and idea is examined by Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Rauschenberg created "combines" – sculptures made from nontraditional materials while Johns made paintings that explored what you were looking at as a physical representation.
One of the most interesting aspects of this exhibition is the interplay between the artists. They all influenced or collaborated or co-opted certain aspects of each other's work. The portraits by Rauschenberg were so interesting and so spot-on in my opinion. I also enjoyed how Johns used the mold from Duchamp's Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau / 2° le gaz d'éclairage in his paintings.
And maybe the most meaningful thing I took away from the exhibition is how sincere these artists were about art. They were dedicated to exploring, experimenting, and pushing the bounds. They did not hold back, they learned from each other and challenged each other. I believe that because of that, their influence is pervasive today.
All in all, I thought the exhibition was a unique opportunity to see spectacular works – shown in conversation with each other – by Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg, and of course, Duchamp.


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Item Description
Letter, [unknown] to Hiram Hill
Author: No authors specified.
Date: April 30, 1856
The author of this letter, possibly C. A. Wright, wrote to Hiram Hill from Lawrence, Kansas Territory. He discussed continuing speculation efforts in Lawrence, but particular ones were becoming rife with politics. Also mentioned is the recent completion of the Free State Hotel, which would help ease the recent emigration rush. The author described events surrounding the shooting of Sheriff Samuel Jones "by an unknown hand". The shooting followed the issuing of arrest warrants for George Deitzler, Gaius Jenkins, and others, for their failure to assist with the arrest of S. N. Wood, who was charged with aiding the rescue of a free state man from prison the past November.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Hiram Hill Collection, #382, Box 1, Folder 5
Item Number: 102145 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Deitzler, George W.; Emigration and immigration; Free State Hotel; Free state activities; Hill, Hiram; Jenkins, Gaius; Jones, Samuel J. (Sheriff); Land speculation; Shannon, Wilson, 1802-1877; Violence; Warrants (Law); Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
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2012 Southwestern Team Disc Golf Invitational This year's team tourney was won by a patchwork but talented San Diego team. Rebounding back from an inglorious 6th place finish last year this year's locals rallied from second seed going into the finals the slip past (6.5-5.5) a veteran Santa Cruz team featuring 3 past world champions. San Diego finished the prelims with a 6-1 record. Santa Cruz won the round robin prelims with a 6-1 record having beaten San Diego 7-5. Last year's second place finisher Huntington Beach fell to 3rd and last year's winner Arizona fell to 4th. The weatherman's threat of an impending storm proved false as only the Friday night putting contest saw any perceptible mist at all thankfully.
The event itself is a seven round (12 holes each) match play event. 5 holes are added to our 19 hole layout to make 24 total holes. It pits each team member against a corresponding team member from each different team . So the number one team player plays each number one player from every other team one at a time in a 12 hole "mano e mano" duel. In match play total score doesn't matter winning the hole is all that counts. If you score a 4 it's OK as long as your opponent scores a 5. You win the hole and a point. 12 holes equal 12 possible points to be won. A tied hole is a push and points are not carried forward as they are in skins. So when you see a score such as 10-0 that player actually lost 10 out of 12 holes to their competitor. Unless you've experienced it, it's hard to imagine the humiliation or the exhileration of a severe beat down.
In the finals, as the players were awaiting the final few matches to be reported the San Diego players were suffering a lot of angst as it was rumored that Jeff Nichols and Marty Hapner were tied with just a hole or two left and that his playing partner Greg Olsen had already lost his match. That would have put the teams at a 6-6 tie and Santa Cruz was already ahead on tie breaker individual points. When it was discovered that Jeff had actually pulled out a 1 point win a loud cheer went up throughout the hometown crowd in attendance.
Team Arizona won the "Spirit of the Event" award this year. Team captain Dan Ginnelly's wife Sue passed away this year. She was a much beloved and respected member of the Frisbee Family. In her memory all the members of Team Arizona wore a memorial T-shirt in her favorite sky blue color. For their extraordinary team spirit they received 3 discs each donated from our generous sponsors Innova Champion discs, Discraft, Disc Golf Association, and Legacy Discs.
Lunch this year was provided by California Kebab and Beer Gardens located in the promenade in PB. Marinated chicken and lamb, hummus, pita bread and several delicious salads greeted the famished horde. This is known as a party tournament to that end we provided the players a free keg of Karl Strauss "Red Trolley" at the tourney hotel in the "family reunion" party room 129. Daniel Lichtman hooked us up and Ian Funston hosted to event.
The putting contest on Friday afternoon was won by Kyle Eckmann #1 player for Huntington Beach. Kyle breezed through all 9 stations hitting the last three on his first of 3 allowed putts. For his magnificent putting display he earned $100. Senior grandmaster Hunt Hyde of Santa Cruz took 2nd and $75, Legacy Disc owner Steve Rico took 3rd and $50. Robert McIntee of HB took 4th and $40 while Master Doug Werner also from Santa Cruz round out the top 5 and received $35.
This was the first year Santa Cruz took home money. Each 2nd place finisher received $120 and 3 discs per player. All the San Diego players in addition to their custom plaques received $250 each and 3 discs per player. This years player package included a dry fit t-shirt and an embroidered and screened jacket plus 2 mini's , lunch, all weekend play and free drawing where we gave out over $500 worth of Disc Golf swag to the lucky contestants who's names were drawn and present.
As always there were a number of last minute changes requiring San Diego fillins. Of special note were Chris Rogers filling in at #6 for San Diego who had a winning record (4-3-1) and big Fred Aguero a last minute addition to the SD Aces team who had the second best record of any senior grand master at 5-1-1.
Once again I'd like to thank our marvelous staff: Jim McDowell, Eric Simmons, his son EJ, Hans Degner, Habib, Oscar Garcia and Ian Funston and Daniel Lichtman. Plus all the guys in the shop who did all the pre tourney prep work;Tyler, Mitch, Dan, Angel, Jon, Jesse, and Chet. Special thanks to Jeff Nichols for loaning us 3 baskets and providing spreadsheet results of the event for the web page.
Till next year Z ya.


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What's Hot? Cold Weather Scams
By Sid Kirchheimer , November 14, 2013 03:59 PM
Recent falling temperatures in parts of the U.S. have prompted a new wave of a time-tested power play - fraudsters posing as utility company workers who threaten to shut off your service because of supposedly unpaid bills.
The Shutoff Swindle has prompted warnings in recent weeks from utility companies from Maine to Washington state, including in (usually) warmer-weather states such as Texas.
Typically, this scam occurs by telephone. Callers claim to be billing representatives from your utility company. They say you've got an overdue bill and need to pay quickly to avoid an impending shutoff. They may use " spoofing software" or Internet-based phone services to falsely display the name and phone number of your utility company on your Caller ID. Often they ask for a credit card or prepaid debit card for payment.
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But officials and targeted customers now report that some of the scammers ask for cash, offering to dispatch someone to your home for immediate payment. The fraudsters may even tell you they'll waive supposed penalty fees for cash payments.
Another new trend: Businesses such as restaurants and mom-and-pop retailers are an increasingly common target this season.
The phony utility workers might also show up unannounced at your front door, seeking "overdue" payments or claiming a need to check your heating system.
What you should know:
- If you really are overdue on your utility bill, most utilities will mail at least one - if not several - past-due notices before terminating service. Never accept a caller's claim about a bill. When in doubt, contact your utility by calling the customer service number on your bill - not a phone number provided by a caller.
- Utility companies do not dispatch employees to your home for payment, and rarely show up unannounced for service calls. If self-proclaimed workers arrive in pairs, assume it's an attempt for a quick burglary. One will likely try to lead you to your furnace so the other can steal money, prescriptions or jewelry.
- Never provide credit card information to an unknown caller. Some utility companies may accept payments by prepaid debt card but likely will not specifically request that payment method.
Learn more about other cold weather cons.
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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 6/30- David Alan Grier
Welcome to BWW's ON THIS DAY Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre history!
Happy Birthday David Alan Grier! Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in The First, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and won the Theatre World Award. He then joined the cast of Dreamgirls before going on to star opposite Denzel Washington in A Soldier's Play, for which both actors reprised their roles in the film adaptation titled A Soldier's Story. Recently was seen in David Mamet's Race on Broadway and received his second Tony Award nomination. He is currently starring on Broadway in Porgy and Bess.
In honor of this special day, we bring you a medley from Porgy and Bess as performed at the 2012 Tony Awards.


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Postnatal care
Of the 2.9 million newborn deaths that occurred in 2012, close to half of them occurred within the first 24 hours after birth. Many of these deaths occurred in babies born too early and too small, babies with infections, or babies asphyxiated around the time of delivery. Labour, birth and the immediate postnatal period are the most critical for newborn and maternal survival. Unfortunately, the majority of mothers and newborns in low- and middle-income countries do not receive optimal care during these periods.
Basic care for all newborns should include promoting and supporting early and exclusive breastfeeding, keeping the baby warm, increasing hand washing and providing hygienic umbilical cord and skin care, identifying conditions requiring additional care and counselling on when to take a newborn to a health facility. Newborns and their mothers should be examined for danger signs at home visits. At the same time, families should be counselled on identification of these danger signs and the need for prompt care seeking if one or more of them are present. Newborns with who have preterm birth or low birth weight, who are sick or are born to HIV-infected mothers need special care.
Newborns born in health facilities should not be sent home in the crucial first 24 hours of life, and postnatal visits should be scheduled. For all home births a visit to a health facility for postnatal care as soon as possible after birth is recommended. In high mortality settings and where access to facility based care is limited, WHO and UNICEF recommend at least two home visits for all home births: the first visit should occur within 24 hours from birth and the second visit on day 3. If possible, a third visit should be made before the end of the first week of life (WHO-UNICEF Joint Statement on Home Visits for Newborn Care).
Key WHO documents that aim to improve skills of health workers in postnatal care include Essential newborn care course and the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training materials.
Key WHO documents that aim to improve skills of birth attendants in newborn care at birth include Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care: a guide for essential practice and Essential newborn care course.


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Türkiye Sualtı Kültür Mirası Sanal Müze Projesi Başkent Üniversitesi Kültür ve Sanat Araştırmaları Merkezi (BÜKSAM) ve Sualtı Araştırmaları Derneği (SAD) tarafından ortak olarak 2007-2008 yıllarında gerçekleştirilmiştir.
Proje, TÜBİTAK Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Projelerini Destekleme Programı kapsamındadır. Proje kapsamında yapılan araştırma dalışları T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı'nın izniyle yürütülmüştür.
Antik çağın en önemli deniz ticareti güzergahı üzerinde olan Türkiye'nin güney kıyıları, özellikle de Kaş-Kekova arasında yeralan bölge, son yıllarda dalış turizminin artması nedeniyle büyük oranda tahrip edilmektedir. Yitirilmekte olan bu kültür mirasının korunmasına yönelik disiplinlerarası bir araştırmacı grubu ile gerçekleştirilen projenin en büyük hedefi bölge halkının ve dalış gruplarının kültür mirasının korunmasına ilişkin bilinçlendirilmesi, bölgede Akdeniz ticaret ağına ilişkin bilgi sunan arkeolojik buluntuların (çoğunlukla amforalar) yerinde belgelenmesi ve görüntülenmesi, sualtı batıklarının araştırılması ve envanterlenmesi, sanal ortamda müzeleştirilmesi, arkeolojik ve kültürel tahribatın engellenmesi için yapılan çalışmalardan oluşmuştur.
İnsanlık tarihinin en erken batığı olan Akdeniz ticaretini ve kültürlerarası ilişkileri sunan M.Ö.14. yüzyıla tarihlenen Uluburun Batığı Kaş'da bulunmuştur. Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Cemal Pulak tarafından 1984-94 yılları arasında kazılmıştır. Uluburun gemisine benzer bir gemi proje ortaklarınca yapılıp Kaş, Hidayet koyunda batırılmıştır, ve bu alan deneysel arkeoloji alanı olarak, dünyanın ilk sualtı ARKEOPARK'ı olarak 29 Ekim 2006'da proje ortakları tarafından kurulmuştur. ARKEOPARK alanının uzaktan erişimli sualtı görüntülemeleri, 360 derece dolaşımı ve bu görüntülerin sanal müze uygulamaları projenin ana çalışmasını oluşturur.
Gelişen bilgi teknolojileriyle yeni müze anlayışı, 'sanal müze' adı altında, günümüz teknolojilerini de kullanarak sadece bulunduğu mekana bağlı olmayan web üzerinden erişimli bilgi akışı sağlayan bu sistem Proje sayesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. ARKEOPARK alanı sualtı arkeolojisi için önemli bir eğitim alanıdır. Karelaj ve içinde yeralan buluntular (amforalar) arkeoloji öğrencileri için bir batığın yerinde "in situ" konumunu çalışma için ideal bir alan oluşturmaktadır. Deniz dibi ve saptanan batıklara ait diğer verilerin edinilmesi de araştırmanın ikincil ürünlerini oluşturmuştur.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Underwater Museum: Kaş Arkeopark
Türkiye Sualtı Kültür Mirası Sanal Müzesi: Kaş Arkeopark Pilot Projesi
Thinking Through Thucydides
Thinking Through Thucydides (T3)
The ancient Greek historian Thucydides famously claimed that his work would be 'a possession for all time': not just the history of a single war between the Athenians and the Spartans, but a guide to the way that the world works, and especially to politics and war. He was right. Over the last two hundred years, Thucydides has been one of the most frequently quoted ancient writers. His ideas have influenced historians, politicians, international relations experts and soldiers; all agree that his work is useful and important.
Thucydides does not offer simple lessons, but a training course in analysis and deliberation. He demands that his readers follow his narrative of events and think about how things could have turned out differently; he asks them to listen to opposing arguments and to weigh up the issues – and then to think about how those arguments relate what actually happened. He shows how the world is complicated – and how we can make sense of that complexity. In brief, he aims to help his readers to develop the skills that every citizen of a democracy needs.
The lessons that Thucydides offers are needed today more than ever. The problem is that his work is complex and difficult, even in the original Greek – and of course most readers have to rely on translations, often of dubious quality. The aim of the T3 project (Thinking Through Thucydides, or Thinking, Through Thucydides) is to make key passages from Thucydides' work accessible to as many people as possible, setting his words in context and explaining significant points. These passages can then serve as a resource for thinking about the world and our place in it, a starting-point for debate about some of the most vital issues that face us today.
The project is at a very early stage of development; on this webpage you will find one sample passage of Thucydides (II.43, from the Funeral Oration) along with contextual material and key questions to discuss, to show you what we have in mind. We plan to develop this resource in partnership with schools, so that it can serve as a resource for the study of both Classical Civilisation and Citizenship, but we hope that this will be of interest to everyone. In due course we will be introducing a blog where you can post your comments and suggestions, and get involved in debates about the significance of passages; in the meantime, if you have any comments, or if you would like to be involved in developing this project, please contact Neville Morley (n.d.g.morley(at)bris.ac.uk).
Monday, July 30, 2012
Open Access Journal: Journal of the Association for History and Computing
Journal of the Association for History and Computing
This journal is sponsored by the American Association for History and Computing (AAHC), organized at a conference held in Cincinnati in January 1996. The AAHC aspires to promote and develop interest in the use of computers in all types of historical study at every level, in both teaching and research. We believe that computers and computing are rapidly changing important elements of the work of historians and students of history, constituting a major transformation in the way knowledge is created and communicated. A major goal of this journal is to help define useful standards to maximize the utility of computers in historical studies.
We welcome contributions from those interested in issues or resources related to history and computing. This journal contains peer-reviewed articles intended as a contribution to this field, and some peer-reviewed works-in-progress intended to solicit thoughtful criticism.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
All Unicode Characters
Codepoints.net is dedicated to all the characters, that are defined in the Unicode Standard. Theoretically, these should be all characters ever used. In practice Unicode has 110181 codepoints defined at the moment, mapping characters from Egyptian Hieroglyphs to Dingbats and Symbols.
All codepoints are arranged in 16 so-called planes. These planes are further divided into several blocks with Basic Latin being the first one. You can browse one by one by starting with the first codepoint, 0000 or search for a specific character. If you're not fully sure, try "Find My Codepoint", to narrow down the candidates. Or maybe you are more daring and want a random codepoint?
The content on this website reflects the information found in
The Unicode Consortium. The Unicode Standard, Version 6.1.0, (Mountain View, CA: The Unicode Consortium, 2012. ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3)
http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/ ,
which happens to be the most relevant version of the Unicode Standard as of June, 2012.
Browse Codepoints by Script
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
The Globalization of Knowledge
The Globalization of Knowledge
Jürgen Renn (ed)
Jürgen Renn (ed)
Preface Jürgen Renn
About the Contributions
World Map – Chapter Overview
About the Contributors
1 The Globalization of Knowledge in History: An Introduction Jürgen Renn and Malcolm D. Hyman
- 1.1 The Development of Knowledge as a Global Learning Process
- 1.2 The Role of Knowledge in Globalization Processes
- 1.3 A Theoretical Framework for Studying the Globalization of Knowledge
- 1.4 A Historical Outline of the Globalization of Knowledge2 Knowledge and Science in Current Discussions of Globalization Helge Wendt and Jürgen Renn
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Major Contributions to a History of Globalization
- 2.3 Knowledge and Science in Narratives of Globalization
- 2.4 Revisiting Europe from a Global Perspective
- 2.5 Capitalism and Industrial Revolution as Controversial Milestones of Globalization
- 2.6 Summary
- 2. Acknowledgement3 Survey: From Technology Transfer to the Origins of Science Malcolm D. Hyman and Jürgen Renn
- 3.1 The Beginnings of the Globalization of Knowledge
- 3.2 The Spread of Knowledge in the Context of the Migration of Early Humans
- 3.3 The Spread of Agriculture and Other Early Cultural Techniques
- 3.4 The Spread of Animal Husbandry and Implications for Long-Distance Transport
- 3.5 The Spread of the Proto-Indo-European Language as an Example of Knowledge Disseminated Through Language
- 3.6 Urbanization in Babylonia and the Invention of Writing
- 3.7 Multilingualism, Language Contact and the Spread of Knowledge
- 3.8 The Spread of Babylonian Culture
- 3.9 Greek Science and Its Counterparts
- 3.10 Interpreting Early History with the Help of a Typology of Knowledge
- 3.11 From Practical via Symbolic to Scientific Knowledge
- 3.12 Knowledge Representations in Early History
- 3.13 A Typology of Transmission Processes
- 3.14 From the Early History of Knowledge to the Origins of Science4 Technological Transfer and Innovation in Ancient Eurasia Daniel T. Potts
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Terminology and Ideology
- 4.3 Inverting Kroeber's Stimulus Diffusion Model: From Polemics to Applied Science
- 4.4 A Eurasian Problem: Western Influences in the Development of Chinese Metallurgy
- 4.5 New Perspectives on an Old Problem
- 4.6 Perspectives on the Study of Technology Transfer in Eurasian Metallurgy
- 4.7 Fellow Travelers in Eurasian Transfers
- 4.8 Conclusions5 Writing, Language and Textuality: Conditions for the Transmission of Knowledge in the Ancient Near East Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Writing, Language, and Kulturtechnik
- 5.3 Writing and Textuality: Different Levels of Representation of Knowledge
- 5.4 Literacy and the Material Aspects of Writing6 The Origins of Writing and Arithmetic Peter Damerow
- 6.1 Globalized Systems of Writing and Arithmetic
- 6.2 When is Writing Writing and When Is Arithmetic Arithmetic?
- 6.3 The Emergence of Proto-Cuneiform Bookkeeping in the Ancient Near East
- 6.4 The Inherited Semantics of Proto-Cuneiform Administrative Tablets
- 6.5 The Emergence of Proto-Cuneiform Bookkeeping as a Transformation Process
- 6.6 The Unexplored Transition from Proto-Writing and Proto- Arithmetic to Writing and Arithmetic7 Globalization of Ancient Knowledge: From Babylonian Observations to Scientific Regularities Gerd Graßhoff
8 The Creation of Second-Order Knowledge in Ancient Greek Science as a Process in the Globalization of Knowledge Mark Schiefsky
9 Survey: Knowledge as a Fellow Traveler Jürgen Renn
- 9.1 The Stratification of Knowledge and the Historical Superposition of Globalization Processes
- 9.2 The Accumulation of a Potential for Science
- 9.3 The Role of Empires and the Fragility of Higher-Order Knowledge
- 9.4 The Role of Religion and the Endurance of Higher-Order Knowledge
- 9.5 Science as a Fellow Traveler
- 9.6 The Nature of Religious Knowledge
- 9.7 The Impact of Different Forms of Knowledge Representation
- 9.8 Knowledge Transmission Processes Between Self-Reinforcement and Immune Reaction
- 9.9 Science as an Insular Phenomenon10 The Spread of Buddhism as Globalization of Knowledge Jens Braarvig
- 10.1 Basic Tenet of Buddhism
- 10.2 Geographical Spread of Buddhism
- 10.3 The Importance of Literacy in Buddhism as Opposed to Orality in the Hindu Traditions
- 10.4 The Text, the Image of the Buddha and the Community of Monks: The Historical Continuity of Buddhism
- 10.5 The Diffusion of Buddhist Dogmas, Rules and Conceptual Schemes by Narratives and Motifs
- 10.6 The Silk Road and the Spread of Buddhism to China and East Asia
- 10.7 The Spread of Buddhism to Tibet
- 10.8 Conclusions11 The Transmission of Scientific Knowledge from Europe to China in the Early Modern Period Matthias Schemmel
- 11.1 The Global Spread of Modern Science
- 11.2 Science and Technology in China Before the Jesuit Intervention
- 11.3 How Scientific Knowledge Came to Be Transmitted by the Jesuits
- 11.4 Constraints of the Jesuit Context of Knowledge Transmission
- 11.5 The Impact of European Scientific Knowledge on the Chinese Tradition
- 11.6 The Transformation of Knowledge in the Process of Transmission
- 11.7 The Encounter of Two Systems of Knowledge
- 11. Acknowledgments12 Normative Islam and Global Scientific Knowledge Birgit Krawietz
- 12.1 Knowledge Transmission and Institutions of Higher Learning
- 12.2 Broader Access to Global Secular Knowledge Through Westernization
- 12.3 Problems with Normative Islam in Western Islamic Sciences and Beyond13 From Khwarazm to Cordoba: The Propagation of Non-Religious Knowledge in the Islamic Empire Gotthard Strohmaier
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 A Special Position of the Christians
- 13.3 A New Kind of Uniformity
- 13.4 Autochthonous Greek Learning versus Indian Science
- 13.5 The Role of the Courts14 The Sciences in Europe: Transmitting Centers and the Appropriating Peripheries Manolis Patiniotis and Kostas Gavroglu
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Historical Background
- 14.3 Newtonianism in the Greek Intellectual Context
- 14.4 Centers and Peripheries
- 14.5 New Trends in the Historiography of Science
- 14.6 Conclusions15 The Naturalization of Modern Science in South Asia: A Historical Overview of the Processes of Domestication and Globalization Dhruv Raina
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 The Encounter Between Modern Science and South Asian Knowledge Systems
- 15.3 The Modernity of Science and the Nation
- 15.4 Science in Development and Decolonization16 Survey: The Place of Local Knowledge in the Global Community Jürgen Renn
- 16.1 Local Knowledge in the Niches of a Globalized World
- 16.2 Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Development of Local Knowledge and the Example of Local Navigation Techniques
- 16.3 The Double Function of Local Knowledge
- 16.4 First and Second-Order Knowledge and their Representations
- 16.5 Modernization Without Alternatives?
- 16.6 The Unexploited Potential of Local Knowledge in a Post-Colonial World
- 16.7 The Generative Ambiguity of External Representations
- 16.8 The Four Phases of Knowledge Transmission
- 16.9 The Global Context of Encounters Between Local and Global Knowledge
- 16.10 The Role of Local Knowledge as a Matrix of Globalization17 Taking China to the World, Taking the World to China: Chen Hengzhe and an Early Globalizing Project Denise Gimpel
18 The Introduction of the European University System in Brazil Oscar Abdounur and Adriana Cesar de Mattos
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 The Prehistory of the Creation of Universities in Brazil
- 18.3 The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932
- 18.4 The Creation of the USP in the Context of the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932
- 18.5 The International Perspective in the Creation of the USP
- 18.6 The Internal Structure of the USP and the Controversial Status of Mathematics
- 18.7 Fantappiè and the Dispute Concerning the Chair of Calculus at the Polytechnic School
- 18.8 The Shift of the Mathematics Curriculum
- 18.9 Conclusions19 Celestial Navigation and Technological Change on Moce Island Jarita C. Holbrook
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Navigation Techniques of the Moce Islanders
- 19.3 First Phase: Blown by the Wind
- 19.4 Navigation Techniques of Moce Islanders Phase II: First-Generation Stellar Navigators
- 19.5 Technological Change: Motoring Along
- 19.6 Discussion
- 19.7 Technological Change in Lau
- 19.8 Conclusions20 Translation of Central Banking to Developing Countries in the Post-World War II Period: The Case of the Bank of Israel Arie Krampf
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 Knowledge, Translation and the International Policy Discourse
- 20.3 The International Discourse and Regional Convergence
- 20.4 The International Policy Discourse of Central Banking
- 20.5 The Worldwide Diffusion of Developmental Central Banking
- 20.6 Mutual Interdependence Between the Government and the BoI
- 20.7 Conclusions
- 20. Acknowledgments21 On Juridico-Political Foundations of Meta-Codes Richard Rottenburg
- 21.1 Introduction
- 21.2 The Case Study
- 21.3 The Main Hypothesis
- 21.4 The Meta-Code in Heterogeneous Trading Zones22 The (Ir)Relevance of Local Knowledge: Circuits of Medicine and Biopower in the Neoliberal Era Hansjörg Dilger
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 Governing Health in the Era of Structural Adjustment and HIV/AIDS
- 22.3 Technologies of the Self in "New" Approaches to Prevention, Care and Treatment
- 22.4 Beyond NGOs and "the Clinic": Local Moral Worlds and the Limitations of Biopower in Tanzania
- 22.5 Conclusion: Knowledge, Practice and (Bio)Power in the Context of Globalization23 The Transformations of Knowledge Through Cultural Interactions in Brazil: The Case of the Tupinikim and the Guarani Circe Mary Silva da Silva and Ligia Arantes Sad
- 23.1 Introduction
- 23.2 A Glimpse into History
- 23.3 Identity, Language and Religion
- 23.4 Indigenous Practices
- 23.5 Education
- 23.6 Changes in Cultural Practices24 Survey: The Globalization of Modern Science Jürgen Renn and Malcolm D. Hyman
- 24.1 A New Stage in the Globalization of Knowledge
- 24.2 The Disciplinary Integration and Spread of Knowledge in the Age of Classical Science and European Imperialism
- 24.3 The Disintegration of Knowledge and the Globalization of Science in the Age of the Great Wars
- 24.4 Modes of Reflection on Globalized Science in the Age of Liberalization
- 24.5 The Persistence of the "Classical Image of Science"
- 24.6 The Formation of Socioepistemic Complexes and the Onset of Socioepistemic Evolution
- 24.7 The Perspectives of Social Studies of Science and of Historical Epistemology
- 24.8 Pathways to Socioepistemic Evolution
- 24.9 Nuclear Physics and the Emergence of Big Science
- 24.10 High-Energy Physics as an Example of Impartial Big Science
- 24.11 Climate and Energy Challenges and the Quest for Socioepistemic Evolution
- 24.12 Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering as Pathways to Socioepistemic Evolution
- 24.13 Global Health as a Challenge to Sociocultural Evolution
- 24.14 Toward a Global Knowledge Infrastructure
- 24.15 Science as a Medium of Reflection for a Globalized World25 The University of the 21st Century: An Aspect of Globalization Yehuda Elkana
- 25.1 Introduction
- 25.2 Toward Global Contextualism
- 25.3 Academic Freedom
- 25.4 Psychology and the Theory of Meaning
- 25.5 Redesigning Undergraduate Curricula
- 25.6 A New Introductory Seminar
- 25.7 Curriculum Research and the Future of Higher Education
- 25.8 Appendix: Principles for Rethinking Undergraduate Curricula for the 21st Century, A Manifesto26 The Soviet Psychologists and the Path to International Psychology Ludmila Hyman
27 The Global Diffusion of Nuclear Technology Angelo Baracca
- 27.1 Introduction
- 27.2 "Romantic" Phase: Early Research and Diffusion Mechanisms
- 27.3 The War and the Manhattan Project: Diffusion or Secrecy of Knowledge?
- 27.4 After the War: Monopoly or International Control?
- 27.5 The Turning Point: "Atoms for Peace," the Supermarket of (Dual-Use) Nuclear Technology
- 27.6 The Landscape Becomes more Complicated: Other Incentives, New Fields
- 27.7 The Establishment and Implementation (or Violation) of the Non-Proliferation Regime
- 27.8 What Changed after the Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War?
- 27.9 Present Problems, Perspectives, Dangers … and Hopes
- 27.10 Conclusions28 The Role of Open and Global Communication in Particle Physics Hans Falk Hoffmann
- 28.1 Introduction
- 28.2 Particle Physics: A Global Science
- 28.3 Open Communication: Global Collaboration to Address Complex Science Issues
- 28.4 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Infrastructure in Particle Physics
- 28.5 Conclusions29 Internationalism and the History of Molecular Biology Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
30 The Role of Chemistry in the Global Energy Challenge Robert Schlögl
- 30.1 Introduction
- 30.2 Energy and Climate
- 30.3 The Scale of the Energy Challenge
- 30.4 Energy and Chemistry: EnerChem
- 30.5 Energy Scenarios
- 30.6 One Possible Target Scenario
- 30.7 Technical Summary
- 30.8 Global Aspects of Chemistry for Energy
- 30.9 Limiting Factors Within the Science
- 30.10 Global External Interfaces
- 30.11 Conclusions
- 30. Acknowledgements31 Climate Change as a Global Challenge – and its Implications for Knowledge Generation and Dissemination Daniel Klingenfeld and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
- 31.1 The Global Character and Phenomenology of Climate Change
- 31.2 Responding to a Global Challenge with a Global Scientific Assessment Effort: The IPCC
- 31.3 Recent Findings in Climate Change Science Through World-Class Cooperation
- 31.4 From Insights to Actions: The Need for Global Governance and the Emergence of Local Action
- 31.5 The Limits to Science and Reason?32 Toward an Epistemic Web Malcolm D. Hyman and Jürgen Renn
- 32.1 Introduction
- 32.2 What is Fundamentally New About the Web as a Knowledge Representation Technology?
- 32.3 What Are the Shortcomings of the Present-Day Web?
- 32.4 What Are the Options for Future Developments of the Web?
- 32.5 Knowledge: The Perspective of Historical Epistemology
- 32.6 A Short History of Knowledge Representation Technologies
- 32.7 Challenges for the Future of the Web
- 32.8 The Epistemic Web
- 32. Acknowledgments
Friday, July 27, 2012
Open Access Journal: Revista Chilena de Antropología
Revista Chilena de Antropología
Revista Chilena de Antropología es una publicación del Departamento de Antropología de la Universidad de Chile. Es una revista internacional arbitrada por pares académicos que se publica dos veces al año (Julio y Diciembre) y que recibe manuscritos inéditos en español o inglés. Su objetivo es difundir y discutir la investigación en las diferentes ramas de la Antropología, con el fin de comprender los múltiples aspectos de las realidades sociales y culturales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Para ello, la revista recibe contribuciones durante todo el año y se estructura dos secciones diferentes: Artículos y Reseñas.
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
Bulletin d'histoire achéménide Online
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When I met my partner, Arline, I was 35 and had no children. She was 45 and had three children, with her ex-husband, and five grandchildren. The oldest grandchild was 8 when we met. "Nice to meet you, Gabi," I said. We were in a kitchen but no food was cooking.
"¿Quieres frijoles?" he asked. "Want beans?" I guess he was trying out my Spanish. Monolingual and white, I didn't have any.
Seven months into our relationship, Arline and I attended Memito's birth. Two months later, Serafina's. Another year and we were speeding to the hospital to greet Leticia.
In the several years before another child was born, I stopped referring to the grandchildren as Arline's, but I couldn't quite refer to them as mine. "We have grandchildren," I could say, but, "This is my granddaughter," I could not. When some of the parents referred to me, as they did to Arline, as abuelita, "grandma," I was delighted.
One day Arline commented that 4-year-old Tatiana had her grandmother's nose. But Tatiana called her paternal grandmother "Nana," and didn't know who Arline meant. Tatiana frowned, then turned to me: "I have your nose!"
We become grandmothers when our grandchildren bestow the title. Grandchildren conjure grandmothers; we don't otherwise exist.
Four more grandchildren were on their way. My mother shook her head—how did this childless one end up with so many grandchildren? She didn't have any. She took to calling our black lab her "granddog." This, Serafina understood. One day at the park, she asked why our dog was so hot. "Because he's wearing his fur coat," I said.
"Where did he get it?" she asked.
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She squinted at me: "When he was in your tummy?"
Arline had no trouble acknowledging my relationship with the grandchildren, but she wasn't so keen on taking on the traditional grandmother role herself. She was now enjoying the freedom to spend her time in adult company. In contrast, I was enamored with the little ones and dragged her to all their birthday celebrations.
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I finally realized that my ambivalence about pronouns was not new. There had been a time I slid "he" over "she" to disguise the truth about my relationships with women. Now I was doing something similar with "we" and "my." So I made the decision to claim these bonds out loud. I practiced: "my granddaughters, my grandchildren, my grandson." People sometimes look confused when I introduce grandchildren who are clearly too old to be mine biologically, but my confidence gives no room for them to question the legitimacy of our family. My joy and pride in introducing them feels purer now, less encumbered.
A few years ago, at the fifth-grade open house, students stood beside posters from a class project about family trees and ancestry. I leaned into Tatiana's poster: photos of her mother, a hand-drawn map of Panama, and a diagram of her family. Tatiana had drawn a center circle to represent herself. A vertical line led to her parents and another from her mother to Arline. A horizontal line broken by a slash led from Arline to her ex-husband. On the other side of Arline's circle, an unbroken line led to me.
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