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Archive for May, 2011
In memorium
Posted in Historic Preservation, History, tagged Community, Memorial Day, Rememberence on May 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Friday Fantasies
Posted in Architecture, Friday Fantasies, Historic Preservation, History, tagged Historic Architecture, Memorial Day, Newport, Preservation Society of Newport County, The Elms on May 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Well folks, today's Friday Fantasy comes from the perfect place to spend Memorial Day weekend: Newport, Rhode Island.
I have spent a lot of time in Newport in my life, and while there are about fifty thousand Fantasy homes to choose from (and you will no doubt see many homes in Newport in this series), today I am choosing the one that in my opinion has the best outside space, because to me Memorial Day Weekend is about being outside!
So without further ado, I bring you The Elms
The Elms was owned by Edward Berwind, a coal baron from Pennsylvania and was completed in 1901. It is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County, who also own and operate several of the other mansions in Newport. The Elms is also home to some spectacular trees, though not the Elms you might be envisioning. The grounds of the Elms are home to some spectacular European Weeping Beech Trees.
I once went on a behind the scenes tour of the staff-quarters and attics of The Elms. It was one of the best tours I have ever been on and if you get the chance to take that tour I highly recommend it!
Have a great holiday everyone. See you next week!
Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
Posted in Architecture, Historic Preservation, Pop Culture, Preservation In the News, tagged Ghostbusters, Kronochaos, Misconceptions, Musings, Philosophy, Rem Koolhaus, SOIS, The Plague on May 26, 2011| 2 Comments »
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I read an article today on Rem Koolhaas' new art exhibit "Cronocaos" (I decided to be kind and not put art in quotes but feel free to add air quotes in your head) the article is a review by the New York Times and you can read it here.
Now, I know I have not seen the exhibit and that I'm reviewing a review and that's kind-of a no-no but it got me SOOOO SOOO mad that I just needed to write about it (I did investigate further and found an interview with Rem and it didn't make me feel one bit better!). First, the article starts with what I can only assume is the question that Rem asked himself and causing this whole debacle: Has preservation become a dangerous epidemic? Is it destroying our cities?
This is the most ridiculous question I've ever heard in my life! It makes Preservation sound like an outbreak of the black death… Please tell me how can this honest pursuit to save important aspects of America's built heritage while creating new jobs and restoring communities be"destroying our cities"? Dude,you're just crying sour grapes because (In Ash's words) "Preservation reduces the money and square footage left for self-absorbed egotists like you to blight the landscape with bleak steel, glass and concrete monstrosities."
Rem, you need a little bit of education about how Preservation works before you start talking about "gentrification" and how Preservation can "socially displace" the impoverished . If you had read your Jane Jacobs you would know cities don't need gentrification "help" from Preservation, Preservation happens in any place that people find value in. Places that were built the right size to begin with not, "right sized" due to shrinking population. Not that I'm against the principles of sizing cities sustainably and sympathetically after the fact… that is, by the way, the whole point of Rem's exhibit.
In human scale neighborhoods there is access to needs and wants and it doesn't matter weather you are wealthy or poor the inherent rightness of the design comes through. True, gentrification often happens in neighborhoods were middle class artists and students see the potential in "blighted" or low class neighborhoods (with low rents) and they bring in their money and start repairing things but this is not a process started by Preservation, Preservation is a side effect and perhaps it does lead to higher property values but community pride is not something to be ashamed of! And let's not even talk of this blatant hypocrisy (okay let's…..) of a Starchitect like Rem Koolhaas even mentioning this issue. As if he builds anything for the public good anymore…. sure he can build a Library now and then but really I doubt he'll touch a pencil to paper (or click on his AutoCAD short-cut) for much less than a half a million these days so, while I find his social conscience admirable I also find it extremely sickening… Sure go ahead and make an art exhibit depicting the impoverished as Preservation's down-trodden it's not like they can afford to pay admission to see it anyway…. but while you're at that Rem how bout I keep reviewing my CDBG projects and giving people who need it the money to sympathetically restore their homes? Sound good? Okay…..
Apparently it's a problem that we as a species (because we have world heritage sites you know?) have decided that some of our architecture is so important it should never be torn down or sullied by other buildings that claim to enhance its already inherent brilliance (not that a ton of them aren't endangered!). No, Rem's not educated enough about Preservation to realize that the first lessons Preservationists learn is "you can't save them all" and therefore we KNOW that we must pick and choose what to save so that architecture can continue and evolve (because again he doesn't realize that Preservationists are not against new buildings!)
And THEN the reviewer goes onto say "To highlight this transformation, Mr. Koolhaas and Mr. Shigematsu have kept the supply store's yellow awning, painting the show's title directly over the old lettering." "The result is startling. The uneven, patched-up floors and soiled walls of the old space look vibrant and alive; the new space looks sterile, an illustration of how even the minimalist renovations favored by art galleries today, which often are promoted as ways of preserving a building's character, can cleanse it of historical meaning." So apparently Preservation is only evil when it doesn't highlight your point….. Because keeping the patched floors and yellow awing sound like things that we Preservationists would do every day… after all the SOIS number 2 tells us "The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided."
The gross lack of understanding about how Preservation really works versus the flawed perception of a few people is bordering on negligence in this article. I don't know if it's all Rem or part of it is the reviewer but one thing is for sure, when big names like Rem Koolhaas takes arms against a cause that isn't well understood to begin with the damage can be terrible. It is articles and exhibits like this one that we Preservationists need to speak out against!
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Posted in Architecture, Historic Preservation, Photography, tagged Armour-Stiner House, Historic Architecture, Historic Preservation, Octagon Style, Orson Fowler on May 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Hello HPer's
We here at Old Stuff Inc. are super busy getting ready for the Preservation Awards on Wednesday so my posts may be few and far between this week… Perhaps I can convince Ash to write a post.
In the mean time I wanted to leave you with a picture of a house in one of my favorite styles the Octagon Style.
The great house above is located in New York and is called the Armour-Stiner House read about it here.
Friday Fantasies
Posted in Architecture, Friday Fantasies, Historic Preservation, History, tagged Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Historic Architecture, House Museums, Portland Maine on May 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Hello HPer's
Today's fantasy is a house that I saw a long time ago and fell into love with. It's located in Portland Maine and was the childhood home of Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The house is simple yet complex much like a good chocolate cupcake. It has know love and tragedy, joy and fear and it has stood as a sentry as time has passed, taking in both the families that lived there and school children and tour groups that now visit it daily.
Hope you enjoy seeing these little day-dream worthy beauties as much as I like sending them your way…. Do you have ideas for a Friday Fantasy? Send them my way!
Not really "into" it.
Posted in Architecture, Food, Historic Preservation, tagged Historic Architecture, Historic Preservation, Levittown, Little Shop of Horros, Musings, Opinions, Trolley Museum on May 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Good day all.
When I was visiting family and friends for Easter I met a new person. To explain exactly how we ended up in the same house at the same time is rather complicated, so let's just say she was my best friend's' brother's friend's uncle's cousin… got it? Good. Anyway, exactly how she came into my life for this passing moment isn't important, but what she said WAS because it made me re-evaluate my dedication to Preservation, although at the time I didn't know it.
We started of with the usual, "Hello, I'm __ ,and then moved on to, Where are you from?" That is when we found out we both live in the same state. After a little small talk about places we had in common in said eastern state, we then moved on to, "What do you do"? Well, for a Preservationist this can be the 100,000 dollar question, a chance to get people on-board the train (yes I know there is a difference between a train and a trolley… It's my blog I can make bad link segues if I want!) to tell them why they should love old houses as much as you do! To gush on and on about historic molding and architectural details that didn't come from a Home Cheap-o. Oh sweet Christopher Wren!
So I get ready to preach! Cue the Hallelujah Chorus, and heavenly light….I start slow with my title and a general list of my duties, testing the waters… her eyes didn't glaze over, she may be receptive. Excellent, continue! Move on a little to how old buildings are green (it's an "in" topic so surely she'll want to hear more about this!) and how satisfying it can be to live in a house that has supported generations before you and, if loved, will continue to for generations after because it was built with good quality materials that were meant to last, not fall apart in 10 years! So, she listens and nods and makes comments about how interesting my field is… and how knowledgeable I sound. Yes, excellent another convert! Then suddenly the mood in the room changes… her children seek her out for food and hugs and suddenly the magic is broken… after her children leave her side she turns back to me and shakes off the magic of our encounter and looks at me and says…..
Neat, but Old House are creepy… I'm not really into them!
At the time I just kind of brushed it off, but now "the incident" has slowly been eating away at me (ya know like how I was a bad Preservationist and didn't push my cause) and now suddenly I've burst like Mentos in Diet Coke . And so now you've heard the story of how I was unable to sway a suburban soccer mom. At first I was ashamed. I felt like I should have fought tooth and nail for my righteous cause but after further discussion with my husband (who has decided he needs a name on this blog so will here-after be known as Asher Benjamin, or Ash for short) I have come to the decision that it's not ME that needs to change it's this Levittown fueled "American-dream" (Yes we are ignoring the fact that Levittown is probably NR eligible now) that now you too can go "Somewhere That's Green" and that your little cookie-cutter house can look just like your neighbors ("now, when your coming make sure you remember it's the 26th house on the right"). I'm not wrong for wanting an Inglenook and rope molding it's this world of planned obsolescence and if I can plant a tiny seed of that love in every suburban soccer mom I talk to maybe, just maybe that seed will take root in one or two of them and my enthusiasm will grow into a mighty oak and add another accidental Preservationist or two to the world.
So do any of you out there ever feel over-whelmed by our daunting task of saving the world one window at a time? If so I'd like to hear from you!
Fingers crossed
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
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As I'm sure you all know today is the day that they vote on Preservation funding.
Let's all hope that whether your representative votes Donkey, Elephant or Purple Cow (come on they all vote purple cow!) that they will support this funding and if they are feeling generous they could always add a few million.
Sorry about the short post but Old Stuff Inc. (aka the office) is really busy today!


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Storage Area Networks: Designing and Implementing a Mass Storage System by Ralph H. Thornburgh, Barry J. Schoenborn
Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (September 2000) | ISBN: 0130279595 | CHM | 2,1 Mb | 320 pages
Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (September 2000) | ISBN: 0130279595 | CHM | 2,1 Mb | 320 pages
- Evaluating, planning, and migrating to SAN storage architectures
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Right so we've covered cleansers, acids and masks so that means we're on to glorious moisturisers now.
The following five moisturisers make me positively giddy with happiness so let's crack on with which ones made the cut…
1. HealGel Face – £48 (although currently £43.20 on FeelUnique)
I've mentioned HealGel Face before in my vids and in my post on my fail-safe "Back to Basics" skincare routine, but I really can't praise this product enough.
It really is a healing wonder product with the dreamiest gel cream texture. It promises to restore, smooth and replenish and for me it delivers on every one of those promises.
I've always liked the story of HealGel: it was created by a team of leading British plastic and cosmetic surgeons with the help of award-winning dermatological biochemist Colette Haydon. They wanted to create an effective skincare range that was results driven and helped target everyday skin problems. And, from the products I've used at least, I can attest to the fact they did just that.
HealGel Face has a triple phase hyaluronic acid complex to provide an instant firming and plumping effect, as well as all sorts of soothing and collagen-boosting ingredients to help improve elasticity.
Texture-wise it's my favourite moisturiser and I love the way it sits on my skin when I need to follow up straight after with a full face of make-up. Some moisturisers are lovely to apply but a pain when it comes to wearing make-up on top of them, I never have a problem with HealGel Face.
It's just the best.
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2. Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream – £24
I've owned various pots of this over the years but I only really appreciated how great it was when I went to Iceland in 2014. If you're outdoors and battling the elements then nothing stands up to this in my experience.
I've been using it a lot recently in this cold, windy weather and it's been like the perfect coat of armour for my face.
I never fly without it and it's always the moisturiser I turn to when I really need to pack a punch.
If your skin is very dry or you're often battling the wind and rain, this is the one you need.
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3. Kate Somerville Age Arrest – $90 (so around £70, if you include shipping and guarantee of no import taxes from Sephora)
This is the richest moisturiser I'm going to suggest and it's also the moisturiser I've bought the most, having been my number one favourite for a long time before HealGel Face pipped it to the post.
I've written about it a lot in the past but basically it's a seriously techy moisturiser (it's literally based on Nobel Prize winning research) and whilst I pointed out that it's rich, it absorbs beautifully without any feeling of grease or heaviness.
The texture of the cream itself is more like a gel cream than a buttery cream (it's not a gel by any means, but it doesn't have that heavy shea feeling some moisturisers do) and the clever pump packaging means the product is protected from the elements and you always get just the right amount dispensed. The downside is you can't see how much is left, which is annoying when trying to figure out when to replenish.
It is one of my all-time favourite skincare products and it's worth the hassle of importing or begging your American friends to carry it in their luggage for you.
I often find it hard to blog about moisturisers because so few compare to this one for me, it's always up there for comparison like "okay this new moisturiser is good, but it's not as good as Age Arrest".
So yeah, perhaps only buy if you're ready for a life-long obsession!
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4. Clinique Smart Custom Repair Moisturiser – £45
Again a great moisturiser that you can really feel (and see!) working without being left with a greasy or heavy feeling.
This and HealGel are my fave moisturisers for using before applying a face full of make-up and I love how this moisturiser acts as such a great base before primers and foundation.
It helps protect from UVA and UVB rays (unlike any of the others here) and I really like the fact it's a slight peachy colour as I feel like this really perks me up first thing. It feels like there's a slight radiance to it (I PROMISE it's not shimmery, you won't look like you're about to enter a dance competition!) and it absorbs perfectly.
It's very comforting and whilst I can't really comment on its claims to reduce wrinkles and lines, it's quickly become a staple moisturiser in my routine since it launched last year.
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5. Perricone MD Hyalo Plasma – £110
Let's end this post with the comically expensive one because hey, you might have just been paid and you may be a fan of REALLY fancy skincare.
I wouldn't include this if I didn't think it was really truly excellent. I *know* it's very expensive but I also know how joyous it is to use and how instantly smoothing and revitalising it is. It makes me want to stop strangers in the street and get them to stroke my face.
It combines three specialised forms of hyaluronic acid to deliver optimum hydration and utilises Perricone's award winning plasma delivery system to supply the skin with vital nutrients to combat ten visible signs of ageing. It's a gel texture (not a gel cream, this is pure plasma-esque gel) and a little goes a long way, which is a relief given the price per ml.
I use it as a treat, because it really is a treat to use.
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Come back tomorrow for my last Skincare Week post, all about TREATMENTS!
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A couple of days ago I was in Marksville for a meeting and happened to drive past an old home that I've seen many, many times. I don't know why the house caught my eye, but it did, so after the meeting I returned to take a look. Unfortunately I arrived after 5 o'clock, but the very nice lady who was closing up gave me a few minutes to take some pictures of the outbuilding. Listed on the National Historic Register and the Louisiana National Register of Historic Places, it has the original "bousillage walls, the front and rear chamfered columns and the French doors."
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From the Chamber website: The Hypolite Bordelon house was built five miles from Marksville on the Red River in the early Louisiana Creole Style of architecture.
Some members of the Bordelon family lived in the house until 1941 when Pierre Bordelon died. The house is furnished with articles from 1820 - 1940 period.
In 1979 the house was given to the city of Marksville and moved to its present location on Tunica Drive West, in the center of town. The house was restored and is listed on the National Historic Register because of its architectural and historical significance.
The map, which is from the Louisiana Register of Historic Places, shows the location of the home in Marksville. It's one of the few items available online.
I enjoyed my few minutes at the site and hope to return for more pictures and information and, if I'm lucky, a tour of the home. If you're ever in the area, it's well worth some of your time to stop by.


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Sunsets in our part of the word are spectacular. Not always, but generally. The sky displays brilliant shades of reds, organges, and blues. The colors are constantly changing. It's like watching a living kaleidoscope. This show is especially brilliant when you're on the water. The kaleidoscope in the sky is reflected and transformed into a kaleidoscope on the water. The waves, current, and motion of the boat add an element of the unknown and change the colors even more dramatically. I wish everyone had the opportunity to see this amazing show take place. It's impressive.
As we were returning from a weekend dive trip recently, I was watching the show. To my right, the north, the sky was already dark. To the left, the south, the colors were still at work. I was listening to the boat's engine and watching the spray from the outriggers (commonly found on the banca-style dive boat we were using) jump up into the colors of the sky. It was almost like I was being hypnotized.
Most of my friends and dive companions were asleep or playing games on their iPads. A few were talking. I was watching the show. And while I was watching the show, I started reliving the trip. We'd been gone for a day. Early departure, late arrival. We'd seen some amazing things. Truly God's creative handiwork under water. Turtle. Barracuda. Frogfish. Nudibrachs. Spectacularly colored coral. Impressive and awe-inspiring.
We were fortunate. Fortunate to have our health. To live in a place where diving like this is common-place and accessible. To have money for the necessary gear. To have great friends to enjoy the adventure. I was appreciative. I was also thinking about the cost. I can't help it. It's in my DNA. My job requires I think a lot about cost (both my job at home and my job at work). I have to meet the budget. Make sure there's money for the mortgage, college tuition, utilities, food, clothing, entertainment, church, etc. And that's just at home. At work, I have to ensure we meet the monthly, quarterly, and annual cost targets. I'm accountable for total cost, cost per unit, labor cost, blah blah blah. In total, I probably have close to 50 different cost metrics for which I'm responsible. … I spend a lot of time thinking about cost.
As I was watching the beautiful sunset, I was also thinking about cost. Cost per dive. You see, my natural flinch, my natural wiring is to think cost per unit. So, inevitably I think about cost per dive. I'm not saying that's right or wrong. Some have a natural flinch to think about total cost. Not me.
Let me give an example. Let's say your car is broken and you take it in for an estimate. The first mechanic says it will cost $150 and take him about an hour. The second mechanic says it will cost $350 and take him five hours. Now, I don't about you, but I immediately feel like the first mechanic is overcharging me because his hourly rate is much higher! Forget the fact that the total cost is lower! I'm not saying it's a rationale thought-process, I'm just saying that I'm naturally wired to think about cost per unit first. I force myself to bring total cost into the mix.
As I thought about the cost per dive on our 1-day weekending getaway, I was glad we'd added the third dive. You see the weather was threating late in the afternoon and it was 50/50 whether we'd get the third dive in. And while the main costs were the boat-related costs (ie fuel), the cost of the tank for the third dive was minor. The cost per dive would have jumped up significantly if we'd eliminated the third dive. So even though I spent more in total by adding the third dive, I felt better about it because I'd reduced my cost per dive. My cost per unit.
Now be honest. Some of you buy everything this way. That's why you come home from Costco with enough toilet tissue to last 5 years. Or why you're constantly "saving" so much money with the sales items you purchased at the mall.
In sum, all I'm asking is for you to be aware of how you view cost in your decision-making process. World-class leaders think about both. Total cost and cost per unit.
What's important to you? Total cost or cost per unit? Both? Are you aware of your preference during decision-making?
As always, the floor is open to your comments, suggestions, thoughts, and feedback.


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This guy drapes a bikini-clad hottie over his Corvette Z06-turned C6R replica.
Teal Metts is the owner of this 2007 Corvette Z06 C6-R replica featuring authentic Corvette Racing-approved graphics, custom front splitter, molded fiberglass rocker panels, waterfall hood, functional tow hooks, custom wheels and a big racy rear wing. He also modified the engine's computer, induction and exhaust (the later, by removing the stock mufflers) for that authentic race car sound.
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Professor Jim O'Connor's original play will be shown at the Midtown Theater Festival in New York.
Jun 17, 2010
All are invited to attend a performance of Professor Jim O'Connor's play, "Literary Dis(r)uption" at the 2010 Midtown Theater Festival in New York. The play was accepted as part of the Commercial division of the festival called the "Broadway in the Making Series." Performances are held in the 96 seat June Havoc Theatre, at 312 W. 36th St.
The play rips the cloak of intellectual naivety from the ivory tower of academic life. A college English department is forced to question their utopian world view when a new professor exposes their impressionable under belly to the ruthlessness of the con. Trust and ideals collide with the deceit of a predatory stranger.
Performances are scheduled for the following dates:
Monday 19 July 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday 21 July 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 24 July 12:30 p.m.
Thursday 29 July 8:30 p.m.
Sunday 1 August 7:30 p.m.
Buy your tickets. The festival will schedule additional performances if early response is strong, so order your tickets within the next week. The early bird price is $18. If you're interested in attending the play with a group from DelVal, please contact Leslee Blahut at 215-489-2343. We plan to organize a bus from the college.
The running time of the play is 80 minutes. The play is appropriate for ages 13 and up, so bring the entire family.


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May The Force Be With You. Always.
|1977 was a big year for 6 year old me.
It amazes me that on the day I saw Star Wars and The Jungle Book for the first time was the same day I also became an Avengers fan. At the flea market at the drive in before the movies, my parents bought me a comic book. The comic I got was Marvel Super Action #22, which reprinted The Avengers # 61 that featured The Avengers (Hawkeye, Black Panther, The Vision, The Black Knight, and guest star: Doctor Strange) battling Ymir and Surtur (who I would later discover to be Thor villains) in a story with the cool title "Some Say the World Will End in Fire... Some Say In Ice!" by the stellar creative team of Roy Thomas (writer), John Buscema (pencils), and George Klein (inks). I was enthralled by this group and would have loved to see this team together more.


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It's no secret that smartwatch sales have been quite underwhelming and adoption of these wearable devices has not been as fast as most companies would want. Android Wear is an operating system created specifically for this kind of devices and right now many manufacturers have adopted it, so they offer all kinds of design choices and form factors. Samsung, on the other hand, adopted its own operating system called Tizen and it has been used in their recent smartwatches, including the recently announced Gear S2 lineup. This OS has been optimized for a new way of controlling the new smartwatches including a rotating bezel around the screen as well as the touch screen.
The new lineup includes two versions, the regular Gear S2 and the Gear S2 Classic and there is also a version of the Gear S2 with 3G connectivity. All of them include similar specs including a 1.2-inch circular display with a resolution of 360 x 360 pixels, resulting in the high-density of 302 ppi, plus it uses AMOLED technology, so it provides vibrant colors and extremely deep blacks. They include the same processor, RAM, internal memory and sensors, so the only difference is the design of the hardware and connectivity options.
Past generations of Samsung's Gear S watches were only compatible with some of the latest Samsung devices, which certainly affected the adoption of these watches. Now, Samsung is changing this aspect and the new Gear S2 watches will be compatible with all Android devices that has Android 4.4 (KitKat) or a more recent version and 1.5 GB of RAM. Still, non-Samsung devices will have some features restricted, in particular, Samsung Pay and compatibility between the APIs might cause some issues with additional features, particularly, the phone dialer was mentioned as one of them. This is great news for those who liked the design of the new watches and the features they offer, but don't have a recent Samsung phone, as more than 57 percent of Android devices meet the operating system requirement. Let's remember though, that Android Wear also became compatible with iOS devices, so smartwatches could become way more common in the near future.


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Computational Simulation of Vibrational Overtone Spectral Regions: Sarin
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- Defence R&D Canada - Suffield, Ralston ALTA (CAN)
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- In sarin (isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate) there are ten nonequivalent CH oscillators. Ab initio calculations at the HF / 6-311++G(2d,2p) level have been used to determine the vapour phase local mode parameters, ~ω and ~ωχ, for each oscillator in the two spectrally significant conformers of sarin, as well as inter-oscillator coupling parameters. These above parameters, in conjunction with dipole moment functions derived from ab initio calculations, were used to perform harmonically coupled anharmonic oscillator (HCAO) calculations, thereby enabling the simulation of vibrational overtone spectral regions in a room-temperature sample of sarin. It was determined that the computationally-intensive HCAO approach is necessary to predict the lower vibrational overtone regions (i. e., first to third overtones) as a simpler "non-HCAO" approach (which does not allow pairwise harmonic coupling among adjacent oscillators) failed to accurately reproduce the HCAO-simulated spectral regions. The present work, which was carried out without recourse to the experimental sarin spectral regions, illustrates that it is currently feasible to predict the absorption spectra of species which are di±cult to synthesize, handle, or otherwise acquire. In addition to their utility in guiding experimental investigations, the simulated overtone spectral regions will be necessary to correctly assign experimental overtone spectra owing to the large number of similar but nonequiv
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- local mode;overtone transition;Fermi resonance;coupling;scaling factor;normal mode;ab initio;calculated frequencies;vibrational mode;molecular vibration;Chemical identification;Standoff detection
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- DRDC-SUFFIELD-TR-2006-220 — Technical Report
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- 01 Dec 2006
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- 51
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Posted: Nov 30, 2018
|Youngstown State at Canisius
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- Youngstown State will try to ride the high from its win over Akron as it begins December with a game at Canisius. Tipoff against the Golden Griffins is set for 2 p.m. at the Koessler Athletic Center, and the game will be broadcast live on 1390 WNIO, iHeartRadio, ESPN+ and WatchESPN.
- The Penguins had a solid bounce-back win over previously unbeaten Akron on Wednesday, topping the Zips 72-61. YSU scored the final 18 points of the third period and led by 19 with less than 90 seconds left. The victory came after YSU squandered a 17-point second-half lead in a 58-56 loss to Yale on Nov. 23 and struggled mightily on offense in 62-34 setback at Kent State on Nov. 20.
- YSU's five wins have been over Preseason NEC favorite Robert Morris, an improved Loyola Chicago team, ACC member Pitt, NAIA Carlow and Akron. The victory over Pitt was YSU's first over a Power Five conference member since 2012.
- YSU dressed just eight players in each of the last three games, and it will dress a maximum of nine players for the foreseeable future.
- Three of YSU's top four scorers – Alison Smolinski, Chelsea Olson and McKenah Peters – as well as their top two rebounders – Olson and Peters – are guards.
- Smolinski has made at least one 3-pointer in each game, and she leads the Horizon League with 22 3-pointers. She ranks sixth in program history with 175 career 3s.
- YSU leads the Horizon League in free-throw percentage, assists, assist-to-turnover ratio and field-goal percentage defense, and it ranks second in scoring margin, scoring defense, rebounding margin and 3s per game.
- YSU has played in the postseason four times in the last six seasons with WNIT berths in 2013 and 2015 and WBI bids in 2016 and 2018.
- YSU has made at least 200 3-pointers in eight straight seasons, and it has led the Horizon League in 3-pointers per game in four straight campaigns.
Previewing Canisius
A Win Would...
- Improve YSU's record to 6-2 this season.
- Give YSU three straight victories over Canisius.
- Be the 599th in school history and the 88th under Barnes.
Scouting Canisius
- Canisius picked up its first win of the season on Wednesday by beating Albany 48-42. The Golden Griffins are 1-5 under first-year head coach Scott Hemer.
- Sara Hinriksdottir leads five Golden Griffins averaging double figures with 13.8 points. Danielle Sanderlin averages 10 points and 14.5 rebounds but hasn't played the last four games. Canisius was picked to finish eighth in the MAAC preseason poll, and Hinriksdottir was a preseason second-team all-conference pick.
- The last time the teams played, YSU overcame a 22-point second-half deficit to win 53-51 in the 2015-16 season opener. Sarah Cash scored 19 points and made two free throws with 0.6 seconds left for the winning points.
Series History
- Overall: Canisius leads 5-3
- Barnes: 2-0 // Home: 2-2 // Away: 1-3 // Neutral: 0-0
- Current Win Streak: 2 by Youngstown State
On This Day
- YSU is 4-6 all-time on Dec. 1, and the Penguins are playing on the date for the first time since 2010. The Penguins' last win on Dec. 1 was a 58-57 victory at Saint Francis U in 2007.
- Rachel Cowley scored at West Virginia on Dec. 1, 1992, in a 92-72 victory over the Mountaineers.
Recapping Akron
- Youngstown State scored the final 18 points of the third period and had four players score in double figures in a 72-61 win over Akron on Wednesday.
- The Penguins led 40-35 at halftime and outscored the Zips 22-7 in the third to push the lead to 20 heading into the final period. The margin was 19 before Akron scored eight points over the final 80 seconds for the final margin.
- Chelsea Olson scored 18 of her game-high 22 points in the first half in a bounce-back game for the sophomore guard. She made her first five shots from the field after going 3-for-17 and scoring eight points total over the previous two contests.
- Melinda Trimmer matched her career high with 14 points behind a career-best four 3-pointers. She added four assist and had her first career block in 33 minutes.
- Mary Dunn was a rebound shy of collecting her first double-double of the season with 15 points and nine rebounds. She and Sarah Cash combined to go 11-for-15 from the field and score 26 points.
- Cash matched her career high with four assists and had her first four-assist contest since Jan. 30, 2016. She was 5-of-6 from the floor and hit her first 3 of the season.
- McKenah Peters shadowed Akron leading scorer Megan Sefcik all night and held her to seven points on 2-for-8 shooting and five turnovers. Sefcik came into the contest averaging 21 points and had made 15 3-pointers in first three games.
- Akron made seven of its first eight shots and each of its first four attempts from 3-point range as it led by five three times in the first period. The Zips' final lead was 27-26 midway through the second quarter.
- After starting 7-of-8 from the field, the Zips made just eight of their next 39 attempts.
- The Penguins were 10-for-24 from 3-point range after going 12-for-66 over the previous two contest.
Up Next
- Youngstown State will be idle for six days as the university's academic calendar gears up for finals. The Penguins will host Saint Francis U on Saturday at 4:45 p.m. as part of the only Beeghly Center doubleheader of the season.


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Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Conservationists sued the Trump administration Wednesday for its interpretation of the Endangered Species Act that they said considerably weakens protection for threatened animals.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, said plaintiffs are challenging three revisions to protections for endangered animals and plants. They claim the changes make it harder for conservationists to win protections on animal habitats and would speed up their decline.
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Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said, though, the move adds clarity to the act and makes it more efficient.
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Conservationists said with the increasing impact of climate change, the administration's rule changes make their effects even more challenging for endangered animals and plants.
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"Scientists around the world are sounding the alarm about extinction, but the Trump administration is removing safeguards for the nation's endangered species. We'll do everything in our power to stop these rules from going forward."
Earthjustice filed the suit in federal court for the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Parks Conservation Association, WildEarth Guardians, and the Humane Society of the United States.
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Friendship without ideology
This essay was originally published by POLITICO.
Few senators have left such a mark on the Senate as Nancy Kassebaum. She was a dedicated and determined public servant who always put people above politics. In the decade we served together, I saw her advocate every day for her home state of Kansas — whether it was in the committees or on the Senate floor.
When I was first elected to represent Maryland in the Senate, I was the only Democratic woman and Nancy was the only Republican woman to serve in that chamber. In those days, because there were so few of us, there was pressure for us to act like celebrities instead of senators. Not only did Nancy resist that pressure — it didn't even cross her mind.
Nancy accomplished tremendous things in her years as a senator. But it wasn't just what she did, it's how she did it. When I became a senator, she was so welcoming to me, offering tips and insights in my early days navigating the Senate. It's a tradition I have tried to honor as Dean of the Senate Women, where I mentor and advise women who currently serve as senators.
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Love to Dream Swaddle
RRP: Swaddle Original $39.95.
Lucy, mum-of-two: "These suits are a lifesaver. Both my bad sleepers slept better in these and you can buy larger sizes as they grow. Our almost one-year-old is now in the transition suit."
Bonds Wondersuits
RRP: Zip Wondersuit $24.95
Alys, mum-of-two: "We're still using them as pyjamas for Claire. It's been nearly three years."
Also, Bonds singlets and socks
Lucy, mum of two: "They're soft and the tread on the socks are great. They wash really well every time and retain their shape. I had big babies and they fitted perfectly."
IKEA bulk face washers
RRP: $3.99 for a four pack.
Bek, mum-of-one: "I used them for everything and still do."
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Avent Bottle Steriliser
RRP: 3 in 1 electric steam sterilizer $99.99
Kate, mum-of-two: "I didn't think I'd need a bottle steriliser (thought I could use a stove) but it was so handy. It's big and ugly on the kitchen bench but it saves heaps of time."
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BBox drink bottles
Rebbeca, mum-of-one: "The motherflipping WEIGHTED STRAW means they can drink at any angle. AMAZING."
Kmart pram
Melissa, mum-of-two: "I loved my expensive pram in the beginning, but as she got a bit older we needed something that we could take out and about and not stress about leaving places. The Kmart pram is easy to fold, sturdy, comfortable and best of all - super cheap! Mine is still going 5 years later (haven't lost it or had it stolen)."
RRP: From $89
Caroline, mum-of-two: "It's great for burping! The baby is upright and getting juggled against my body, and she gets a bit squeezed on the way in = burptown."
Zinc and Castor oil cream
Melanie, mum-of-two: " It's $5 for a big pot, this stuff is the best! A midwife recommended it to me with my first child and I've used nothing else since on both my children. It's not oily, goes a long way and does a fantastic job and protecting their bots from nappy rash. It goes a really long way too so super cost effective."
Gro Egg
Nina, mum-of-one: "It's so handy that you can just glance at it and know whether the room is too hot or cold for sleep. Very useful when you're bleary eyed at 4am and you're trying to figure out why your kid is awake - blue, bam, add a layer."
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Ergobaby carrier
RRP: Prices vary.
Donne, mum-of-one: "I wish I had it WAY before ruining my back with the sling, the Baby Bjorn that didn't have hip support and the lack of a stroller."
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Economic professor William Anderson is writing about Duke, but his observation applies to most universities — some professors take scholarly work seriously and others use their positions to beat the drums for their ideological causes. He goes back to the ugly lacrosse case and concludes with the recent uproar over a study showing that black students are apt to gravitate away from hard majors and into soft ones. Whether that's true or not doesn't matter. Feelings have been hurt and that trumps everything else.
The University of Wisconsin's Professor William Cronon has involved himself in a partisan Wisconsin battle concerning public employees' bargaining. In his blog he bloviates against the Republican Party's open records law request for e-mails he may have sent from his university e-mail account relating to partisan advocacy. I argue that a distinction needs to be made between the GOP's political response to Cronon's political advocacy and academic freedom:
Cronon has chosen to involve himself in the political process . He states that he has been careful to separate his personal e-mails from his university computer, and makes the spurious argument that communications with students constitute records under the Buckley Law....as a public official with a partisan affiliation Cronon has entered the political fray. He ought to expect that he be treated as a political player subject to the same tactics to which Cronon and his allies would subject GOP-affiliated officials. Even in his self-serving bloviation about the GOP's request Cronon cannot refrain from partisan rhetoric.
This week Neil Gross and his colleagues released two new studies analyzing clues as to why the majority of professors are politically liberal. They focus on graduate school. What sort of person goes to graduate school? Does a certain political orientation boost a person's chances of getting in? Of wanting to go in the first place? Peter Wood discusses both reports in articles at the Chronicle of Higher Education's Innovations blog. In one study, which Peter called "well-intentioned" but "essentially worthless," the authors sent fake letters to graduate admissions officers expressing interest in attending the programs. Some letters mentioned working in either the Obama or the McCain campaign. Gross and his co-authors wanted to see whether these letters would get responses that indicated encouragement or discouragement according to which candidate was mentioned. The other study sought to analyze the reasons people have for seeking Ph.D.s. Peter wrote:
Why is the professoriate predominantly liberal? A. Because "There is an intrinsic link between liberalism and intelligence such that the more liberal views of those with advanced degrees reflect liberals' greater academic potential." [The liberals-are-smarter theory] B. "Because cognitive development occurs with additional years of schooling, leading the intelligentsia to find fault with what they see as simplistic conservative ideologies." [The more-learning-makes-profs-liberal theory] C. Because the professoriate seeks a way to differentiate itself "from both the middle class and business elites." [The profs-turn-liberal-because-they-resent-the-middle-classtheory] D. Because the entrenched liberals who dominate "knowledge work fields…refuse to hire colleagues with dissenting opinions." [The liberals-are-biased-against-conservativestheory] E. Because "The professoriate acquired a reputation as a liberal occupation" and liberals today "acting on the basis of this reputation and seeking careers that accord with their political identities, are more likely than conservatives to aspire to become academics." [The self-selection theory] F. Because conservatives are dogmatic and turn away from disciplines that require open-mindedness. [The liberals-are-more-open-minded theory] G. Because professors tend more than most Americans to reside in cities and have fewer children, which favors their embracing liberal political views. [The lifestyle-liberalismtheory] H. Because professors are, on average, less religious than other Americans, which corresponds with their being more liberal. [The grad-school-appeals-to-seculariststheory] I. Because conservatives are more materialistic and are drawn to private-sector jobs; while liberals, concerned more with their "sense of meaning," are more likely to be drawn to academic work. [The conservatives-prefer-money-to-learning theory] This catalog of explanations is to be found in the first 11 pages of a new working paper by Ethan Fosse, Jeremy Freese, and Neil Gross, released yesterday. Their answer is an emphatic E. "Self-selection" in their view is the only answer for which they can find robust empirical support. If they are right, this should change one of the longest-running and often most bitter debates in contemporary higher education.
Peter concludes that self-selection by no means rules out the possibility of bias: "The most effective way to keep out a whole class of people who are unwelcome isn't to bar entry, but to make sure that very few in that class will want to enter."
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, we feature two sharply differing views on the hotly debated topic of faculty unionization. Arguing in favor is the AAUP's Cary Nelson. Arguing against is Professor Charles Baird, who fought against mandatory unionization in the Cal State system. Comments encouraged!
Naomi Schaefer Riley writes in USA Today about the ongoing unionization of public higher education. The sprawling labor force of an ever-expanding academy has become a fertile recruiting ground for the labor movement. The results could be unfortunate for scholarship, schools and the public. Riley and others have cited the recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report indicating that public sector union ranks continue to swell and now exceed the total number of private union members (7.6 vs. 7.1 million). While overall union membership rate dropped from 12.3% to 11.9% in 2010 according to BLS, the writer notes that faculty and graduate student membership in collective bargaining units has increased 17% over the last five years. Educators, administrators and policy actors should resist public university system collective bargainning, as Gov. Scott Walker is doing in Wisconsin. In the long run, higher-ed unionization threatens not only state budgets but the ability of public universities to compete deftly with private counterparts.
John Tierney's article in Sunday's New York Times describes the most-talked about speech from the recent annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Jonathan Haidt gave a talk in which he asked members of the audience to raise their hands to identify themselves politically. When he asked for conservatives, only three hands went up. Haidt concluded, "this is a statistically impossible lack of diversity"
In April, Hamilton College American history professor Robert Paquette published an NAS article describing how the campus left insulates itself and bullies dissenters. As evidence, he cited the case of his former colleague Chris Hill, a libertarian teacher/scholar who was eliminated early from consideration for a tenure-track position. A few weeks later, Hamilton's Dean of the Faculty Joseph Urgo wrote Paquette a letter reprimanding him, demanding that the article be removed from the NAS website, and denying Paquette the right to serve on faculty search committees. National media took notice of the controversy this summer. Mark Bauerlein has a multi-part series at The Chronicle on questions surrounding the incident, and Scott Jaschik published "When Faculty Aren't Supposed to Talk" at Inside Higher Ed. Yesterday Professor Robert Paquette responded to the controversy in a new article, "Dictatorships and Double Standards, Part II." He gives his side of what happened, sets a few things straight, and provides evidence of further double standards at Hamilton. His story is well worth reading.
Tom Blumer observes that our leftist universities and their ilk possess and abuse their power to destroy careers and control people's lives. The communists, he says, constructed checkpoints, whereas our leftist leaders use "chokepoints":
Those who occupy positions in university systems, government bureaucracies, as well as certain union and professional organizations, often with the active assistance of the courts, serve as the system's "Chokepoint Charlies." You can't get through or move on unless you jump through their hoops, comply with their demands, or behave according to their established norms.
Here is Blumer's take on campus chokepoints:
In university systems, the most obvious chokepoint is tenure. If you achieve it, you have a position for life; if you don't, your career is essentially over. Not surprisingly, leftist-dominated universities have used denial of tenure as a principal means of culling promising conservative professors, or even usually reliable liberals who utter occasional center-right thoughts, from their faculties' ranks. Other university chokepoints are in the classroom. For the most part, it's still true that if you're bright enough, apply yourself, keep your head down, and avoid making too many waves, you'll get through. But if you happen to incur the wrath of an intolerant radical prof by expressing a dissenting view, no matter how well-supported, you may find yourself with a failing grade, a lengthy redress or appeals process with less than assured results, and perhaps the inability, at least at that university, to go on to the next step in your desired major. Perhaps the most dangerous chokepoint at universities is in research. If your line of inquiry leads to conclusions that are contrary to established beliefs — say, just for the heck of it, if you find evidence that the earth really hasn't been warming, or even if it is warming that it's not significantly influenced by human activity — there's more than a slight chance that your "peer reviewers" won't be impressed and that your next funding request may not be granted. Just like that, you're on the outside looking in.
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Professor Donald Downs (author of Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus) discusses the lawsuit UNC-Wilmington professor Mike Adams has brought against the school, in which he argues that its refusal to promote him was grounded in hostility to his writings and thus an infringement upon his First Amendment rights. Downs doesn't think the case is clearly black or white, but worries that the district court's ruling in favor of UNCW (the case is now on appeal to the Fourth Circuit) represents a further erosion of First Amendment protection for speech by public employees. I don't think this is an easy case either. We have here a collision between the First Amendment (or at least "First Amendment values" of uninhibited speech in the public realm) and another consideration that has, unfortunately, been given short shrift for most of the last century -- freedom of contract. I'm strongly inclined to say that employers and employees, public and private, should be free to enter into whatever contracts as they mutually agree. Professor Adams thought he deserved a promotion (a modification of his contract with the university), but the UNCW administration didn't agree. Should that decision be overridden in the courts because Adams' writings bothered the administrators? Does the First Amendment mean that public employees can never suffer any adverse consequences because of things they've said or written? Suppose we turn this case around so that the professor who wants the promotion is a rabid, hard-left socialist whose posts on, say, The Daily Kos, cause heartburn among the school's administrators. Would it be a blow to free speech if they told him that he won't get a promotion because his outside writings are such an embarrassment? Or would it be a sensible and harmless exercise in freedom of contract?
Is there a strong bias against conservatives in higher education? Researchers have produced numerous studies to examine this question. They have sought to measure bias quantitatively through various surveys. Usually they conclude that there is little evidence of bias, and that people who say there is are merely crying wolf. In a new in-depth essay at NAS.org, NAS Chairman Steve Balch argues that the burden of proof should rest with those who deny bias: they must prove that it does not exist rather than demanding proof that it does. Dr. Balch's timely essay comes the week after NAS published "They So Despise Her Politics - Do Conservative Faculty Members Get a Fair Shake?. That article describes the case of Teresa Wagner, who believes she was denied a teaching position because of her conservative politics. There we published documents from Wagner's lawsuit against the University of Iowa College of Law. What do you think? How can we know for sure whether conservatives face systemic discrimination in the Ivory Tower?
Writing in the Wall Street Journal (June 18), Timothy Knowles, "a former teacher, principal and district leader" laments the difficulty of eliminating "low-performing teachers." Granted, there are abundant reasons for tenure reform at the K-12 level. College, however, is a different matter. Marketing his new book, Cary Nelson, spear point of the AAUP, says
I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, devout believer that you only have academic freedom and free speech if you have job security. If you don't have job security, you can't speak out forcefully, and I think that means academic freedom will be diminished.
I rarely agree with Dr. Nelson, a fellow I find usually animated by left-wing, social constructivist, and Sixties sentiments, but in this case he is right. Mr. Knowles paints administrators as ex-teachers called to a higher mission. However, in college, many administrators have little or no classroom experience, and Mr. Knowles seems oblivious to just how political, punitive, and self-serving careerist administrators can be (just look at how many of the cases at FIRE originate from administrative excesses). Without tenure, my campus would have no discernible conservative voice at all. I would have been fired by at least three different college presidents for a variety of transgressions: organizing the faculty union, suing the college, publically criticizing multiculturalism, openly opposing "student learning outcomes." Students can survive a poor teacher (how many great teachers are there?), but they can't survive a university monoculture that is an ideological echo chamber. Tenure may sometimes protect incompetent knaves but, where it still exists, tenure also protects vital intellectual pluralism.
In "Why Professors Are Liberal: Explanation or Apologia?" NAS Chairman Steve Balch dissects recent research by sociologist Neil Gross on why so few conservatives choose an academic profession. Gross has come to be seen as an authority on this matter, and his studies are often cited to disprove what are seen as exaggerated claims of bias in higher education against conservatives. Dr. Balch has responded to each of Gross's reports, and his latest analysis is well worth a read.
Herewith a link to the most recent posting by the excellent legal journalist Stuart Taylor. In a book co-authored with K.C. Johnson, Taylor had chronicled in detail the enormous travesty of justice at Duke when a black stripper falsely accused white male lacrosse players of rape -- the denial of due process to the laxers was reminiscent of Jim Crow days, but with racial roles reversed. [I discuss the case and the book in an Academic Questions article entitled "Durham's Disgrace" - subscription required]. Taylor's recent posting details the continuing rise to glory of the Duke academics who had tried to "lynch" the laxers. It makes for riveting and depressing reading. Duke alums, if you haven't yet suspended your donations, now's the time.
At a northeastern college the chair of a department also chaired a tenure and promotion committee that made a negative decision on an untenured associate professor. The associate professor under consideration had published many books and articles, and his publication record was better than the majority of tenured faculty at the institution. However, he had offended other of the senior faculty politically by outshining them. He was accused of lack of collegiality. The promotion committee rejected the tenure application, and that became news. Ultimately, the university's chancellor rescinded the committee's decision. Fast forward five years. Another professor, this time a full professor, offends the same departmental chair. The chair accuses the full professor of harrassing a female professor. The accusation of harassment is not referred to a personnel or EEO office, but is raised in a public, departmental meeting without investigation or hearing. The charges are discussed publicly. The departmental chair demands that a vote of censure be taken against the full professor. The full professor states that he was helping the untenured female professor and discussing a course with her, and that she does not claim that she was harassed. In other words, he was acting collegially. I deduce a simple conclusion for the politically incorrect: if you are collegial, you will be called a harasser. If you are a talented hard worker, you will be said to lack collegiality.
The November-December issue of CCA Advocate contains a front page story on how Lassen Community College is challenging Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) with the California Public Employment Relations Board:
In what may be the first test case, the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) will decide whether a college can require instructors to submit Student Learning Outcomes without having bargained them into the contract. The case stems from a charge brought by the Lassen College Faculty Association against the Lassen Community College District in December when the college administration unilaterally changed its policy and started requiring certificated employees to submit a student assessment plan whenever they submit a course syllabus. When the administration topped off the demand by proposing that faculty be evaluated based on its Student Learning Outcomes, (SLOs) the chapter took the matter to PERB.
For the full story, click here.
Barbara Bowen, the president of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the faculty union of the City University of New York (CUNY), circulated an e-mail asking union members to protest creation of a fifth pension tier that would reduce pension accruals for future New York State workers. The bill might reduce CUNY's and SUNY's competitiveness in attracting new faculty. Two flies in President Bowen's ointment are the state's parlous economic condition and current benefit structure. CUNY retirees still receive retiree health benefits, unlike two-thirds of the 2005 American workforce, according to the Kaiser Foundation, with a lower percentage today. But between 2000 and 2007 1.5 million New Yorkers exited the State as tax increases made $1,000 per month burdens on homeowners common and jobs fled. Stock market bubbles have subsidized New York. Even if the stock market does return, the St. Louis Fed reports potentially inflationary increases in the money supply. The State's Constitution forbids reduction of accrued retirement benefits. However, it does not require a crystal ball to consider that pension and health insurance bills may lead to bankruptcy. This occurred in the mid-1970s. The State has been resuscitated by a 30-year long Wall Street bubble, but the public will protest the bubbly monetary expansion should inflation accelerate. At that point, retiree health insurance and other future and non-funded benefits are likely to become a thing of the past. If the state does not get costs under control, collapse is possible. If so, CUNY faculty will say goodbye to retiree health insurance.
Adam Kissel, director of FIRE's Individual Rights Defense Program, has an excellent op-ed in the Virginia Tech student newspaper Collegiate Times, arguing that "the university often crosses the line when it coerces faculty members to conform to the university's 'diversity' mission." Kissel is referring to a Virginia Tech policy which NAS exposed this spring, that requires faculty members to prove their commitment to "diversity" to keep their positions and for promotion. This policy is plainly political and geared toward weeding out faculty members that dissent from the politically correct norm. Kissel explains that "the Diversity Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences has invested the term 'diversity' with a specific, ideological meaning that binds the academic freedom and conscience of faculty members." The Diversity Committee defines diversity as:
acknowledging and respecting that socially constructed differences based on certain characteristics exist within systems of power that create and sustain inequality, hierarchy, and privilege.
Because it has an ideological meaning, therefore, "involvement in diversity initiatives" does not belong in a university policy as a requirement for faculty promotion and tenure. Since uncovering the policy this spring, NAS and FIRE have gathered documentation, written letters to the university, and responded firmly to Virginia Tech's weak defenses of its litmus test. Kissel's op-ed invoking freedom of conscience is the newest of our efforts to urge Virginia Tech to revise its policy and allow professors to choose their own personal values.
Last Sunday the New York Post reported that Martha Stark, who had resigned as New York City Finance Commissioner because she was accused of hiring relatives and dating subordinates, has been hired as a public policy professor at Baruch College, the business school of the City University of New York. In New York State, public universities have been viewed as a source of political plums. The Post suggests that this was the case with respect to Ms. Stark, an attorney. My father recently e-mailed a Money Magazine survey that claims that being a professor is the third best job despite the stiff competition for tenure track openings. It falls right behind physician's assistant and systems engineer. Ms. Stark's salary was cut by 53%, from $190,000 as NYC Finance Commissioner to $100,000 as Baruch College professor. But the hours are likely better at Baruch.
Brown University this fall added Chinua Achebe to the faculty of its Africana Studies Department. Achebe is a prominent postcolonial writer from Nigeria who has called Joseph Conrad a "bloody racist" and claimed his classic work, Heart of Darkness, celebrates the dehumanization of Africans. Achebe believes this reflects a widespread, deep-seated atttitude by Westerners toward Africa. This is all the more alarming because the university says Achebe is the first of many hires it plans to make, in order to expand Africana Studies, according to the Brown Daily Herald. As the Foundation for Intellectual Diversity points out, it's not like the University has been ignoring Africana Studies:
At the Foundation for Intellectual Diversity, we have to wonder what could possibly lead Brown administrators and faculty to think they have neglected Africana Studies. Brown has a Department of Africana Studies with 14 full-faculty members—not counting seven visiting and affiliated professors. In addition, Brown has the Third World Center, The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, the Africa Group Colloquium, and the university recently sponsored the Focus on Africa speaker series as well as the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. All are related to Africana studies.
For the full press release click here. The Providence Journal also ran a story in today's paper about this issue and the Ocean State Policy Research Institute has been blogging about it as well.
We've reached the tipping point in human resources where administrators now outnumber teaching faculty. Things have been sliding quietly in that direction, aided by the addition of new positions such as Chief Diversity Officer and Dean of Multicultural Life. Although the trend has gone largely unbeknownst to the larger university community, NAS has been on task to end such disregard. To that end, we are organizing a core of academy watchers, who will penetrate the obscurity that veils such questionable practices. Keep the tipping point in mind as you hear of newly created positions at your institution, and please consider becoming one of those who will be "eyes" for us as the NAS tracks trends and events in higher education.
A group calling itself The Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University is circulating a statement and a petition decrying "the intrusion of partisan politics into universities' hiring and tenure practices." Inside Higher Education reported on it here and the statement and petition issued by the Committee are here. The Committee seems mainly exercised by critics of Middle East Studies professors. The petition, however, takes the position that matters involving faculty appointments should be the exclusive province of scholars within the relevant disciplines. The petitioners reject the idea that "balance" and intellectual "diversity" ought to be significant considerations in shaping university faculties. The Committee's states that, "It is university faculty, not outside political groups with partisan political agenda, who are best able to judge the quality of their peers' research and teaching."
"The Social and Political Views of American Professors," a working paper released recently at a Harvard symposium by Neil Gross and Solon Simmons, is being vigorously spun by its authors as a new, sophisticated take on the intellectual alignments of American academe, undercutting exaggerated claims by conservatives of liberal/left hegemony. But if defenders of the academic status-quo expect Gross and Simmons's discoveries to rescue them, they're in for a crushing disappointment.


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