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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Militarized Millipedes?
Thinking about the broader impacts of an "army of cyborg insects" is probably worth doing…and not just because of NSF funding criteria. There's some pretty wild hubris in the BBC article below – most likely a mix of sensationalistic journalism … Continue reading
European Commission announces €80-billion Horizon 2020
European Commission announces €80-billion plan for research : Nature News & Comment.
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Times Higher Education – Value quality of research, not grant proposals, Sir Paul Nurse urges
Sir Paul Nurse is president of the Royal Society. Here is his thinking about impact: In what will be taken as a reference to the [UK] research councils' "pathways to impact" statements, which all grant applications are obliged to complete, … Continue reading
Who's looking at you, kid?
Facebook. And all of their real clients. Here are a couple of interesting takes on the issue of Facebook privacy: a FAQ account from the Washington Post and a scary parody from the Daily Beast. I'm curious to hear your … Continue reading
Vandana Shiva's eco-logic: Seeds as culture
World-renowned activist and intellectual Vandana Shiva describes in a recent video interview why she has spent practically her entire life advocating against the imperialism and colonialism of global agribusiness' genetically modified, commodified crop strains. [@ 3:15] Interviewer: "What is the … Continue reading
The Entrepreneurial Generation – NYTimes.com
The self today is an entrepreneurial self, a self that's packaged to be sold. I think Deresiewicz has this backward, though — the self today is packaged to be sold because we are in an entrepreneurial age. And that need … Continue reading
Adam Briggle in the Denton Record Chronicle | News for Denton County, Texas | Local News
CSID Faculty Fellow Adam Briggle is featured in the DRC for his work on this issue of well-being and natural gas well drilling. Caution is their watchword | Denton Record Chronicle | News for Denton County, Texas | Local News.
The African-American people and the Occupy Wall Street Movement: why are they dissonant?
Writer Stacey Patton (who has herself a past of struggles against the system) tells us a few interesting motives regarding why the African-American people are not participating (at least not en masse) in the Occupy Wall Street Movement. We could … Continue reading
Blogging Like a Beast? – Brainstorm – The Chronicle of Higher Education
How to become what one isn't; how not to blog like a beast; or how the medium can become the message: If some of these same sentences were tucked into a book that few people ever read, I wouldn't have … Continue reading
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The Branding of the Occupy Movement
Kalle Lasn, the longtime editor of the anticonsumerist magazine Adbusters, did not invent the anger that has been feeding the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations across the United States. But he did brand it. Last summer, as uprisings shook the Middle East and … Continue reading
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Hitler Reacts to Pepper Spray Meme – YouTube
Hitler Reacts to Pepper Spray Meme – YouTube.
Hydrofracking Debate Spurs Huge Spending by Industry
I wonder to what extent the corporate impact on public policy is currently being taken into account in mainstream STS (Science, technology, and society) studies. Is attention being paid to the role of lobbying and advertising in driving innovation or … Continue reading
The Unbearable Lightness of Forgiveness
Rob Johnson, a former banker and former investment partner with George Soros, now heads the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). He endorses debt reduction because social destruction is the great uncalculated cost of doing nothing. "There are so many … Continue reading
A visit to Zuccotti Park
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Rebels Without an Ideological Cause
It is clear (although perhaps not to Fox News viewers) that we are living in a moment of historic political resistance. The "Arab Spring" is convulsing the political regimes of the Middle East and the "Occupy" movement is emerging as … Continue reading
Where Do Leaders Come From? – Slate Labs
Interesting graphic on the composition of America's elite.
Chart Of The Day – The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast
Chart Of The Day – The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast.
No News Better Than Fox News
Quick, were Egyptian protesters successful in their bid to overthrow longtime president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year? According to a new poll (PDF) from Fairleigh Dickinson University, if you watch Fox News you are significantly less likely to know the correct … Continue reading
More seek philosophy degrees as a basis for kicking off other careers – The Denver Post
Cites an interesting trend… if trend it be. Though not a particularly in-depth article.
Contra Global-Warming Skepticism
Over the last two years, the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project has looked deeply at all the issues raised above… Our work covers only land temperature—not the oceans—but that's where warming appears to be the greatest. Robert Rohde, our chief … Continue reading
Media Coverage of Income Inequality Quintuples
Whatever the objectives of protesters involved in Occupy Wall Street, they have succeeded in engaging the country in a conversation about income inequality. A quick search of the news–including print articles, web stories and broadcast transcripts–via Nexis reveals a significant … Continue reading
Public Health vs. Corporate Profitability or: Why Science Cannot (And Does Not) Determine Policy
In his inaugural address, Mr. Obama promised to "restore science to its rightful place" in making government environmental policy. He also pledged to revisit environmental rules set by the administration of George W. Bush that his administration felt were too weak. The … Continue reading
Bootstrapping My Way Into the Ivory Tower
Critics of higher education love to suggest that we professors are living it up. But I'm not. I have less than $100 in my checking account. I've been ignoring a recurring robo-call from a company trying to collect a $50 … Continue reading
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Catastrophic Drought in Texas Causes Global Economic Ripples
The drought map created by University College London shows a number of worryingly dry areas around the globe, in places including East Africa, Canada, France and Britain. But the largest area of catastrophic drought centers on Texas. It is an … Continue reading
Student Reaction to Future of Humanity Talk
Below is one of the most cogent student reactions we received to our Sept 07, 2011, Future of Humanity Panel with Brad Allenby, Steve Fuller, & Dan Sarewitz. Shari Esquenazi <email@example.com> is an undergraduate at UNT and wrote this piece … Continue reading


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Morgan Brown '06 made a move to Director of Baseball Operations for Harvard in the summer of 2014. One of the Ivy League's top shortstops during his tenure with the Crimson, Brown initially returned to the team in the fall of 2010 as an assistant coach, a position he held for four seasons.
As a player at Harvard, Brown was the 147th Captain of Harvard Baseball (2005-06). He received All-Ivy League recognition as a shortstop twice and won Ivy League and Beanpot titles in 2005, along with Rolfe Division titles in 2003, 2005, and 2006. Additionally, he was named the Harvard Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year in 2006 and to the All-Ivy Academic Team and ESPN the Magazine All-Region teams. He was awarded the Francis Burr '09 Scholarship as a senior, the oldest continually awarded prize in Harvard Athletics. Brown was also a national finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship.
Following his collegiate career, Brown signed with the Can-Am League's North Shore Spirit, putting in 20 games with that team in 2006. In 2008, he returned to professional baseball and played overseas in Belgium and spent the 2008-09 winter season playing in Australia.
He returned to the Can-Am League in 2009, playing for Quebec and Brockton and then completed his professional career with Quebec in 2010.
While at Harvard, Brown played summer baseball in the Cape Cod Collegiate Baseball League with the Wareham Gatemen as well as in the New England Collegiate Baseball League with the North Adams SteepleCats.
Upon graduation, Brown was awarded Harvard's prestigious Michael Rockefeller Fellowship. He spent September of 2006 through August of 2007 in India where, among other duties, he worked in an HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment program.
In addition to his coaching and administrative duties Brown has previously worked for Oxfam America in the Humanitarian Response Department where he focused on setting up development and humanitarian relief programs in Haiti following the January 2010 earthquake, and was stationed in Port-au-Prince for much of 2010-11. Following the 2011 spring season and through until the early part of the 2012 season, he was stationed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia assisting in the response to the drought in the Horn of Africa. In addition to his continued role with baseball, in his full-time role, he also now serves as a senior international program consultant for Harvard University focusing on the international operations of the university and its faculty and schools.

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In addition to our state-of-the-art experiment and test facilities, Sandia's high-performance computing capabilities are vital tools for our mission responsibilities in stockpile surveillance, certification, and qualification. We operate remote-testing sites for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and provide on-site scientific expertise at several DOE facilities. The diversity of our locations supports broader national security work and our ability to address the nation's most challenging security issues — nonproliferation, counterterrorism, energy resources, and transportation.


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How bad is it gonna hurt??
Come on. If you don't have a tattoo, you're wondering. If you do have some ink (look at me with my hip, I've-now-been-inked language!), you remember wondering. Because fact of the matter is that in order to get some permanent body art — you gotta break some skin.
For the record, skydiving was way more terrifying.
Wait. I take that back. Telling my mother I got a tattoo was up there with jumping out of a plane.
"You're 30, Jenny. You can get a tattoo," Ashley reassured me.
"But but but … my mom!"
For the record, mi madre was great, and loved the scripture reference, and made no indication at all of any inner thoughts along the lines of OMG MY DAUGHTER JUST DISFIGURED HERSELF AND WHY WOULD YOU PUT A BUMPER STICKER ON A PORSCHE?
Thanks Mom.
It took seven minutes and cost $50. I didn't cry even though I'm a total crier. My artist Roger said he was impressed about the skydiving thing — he said he didn't have the guts for it. Yes, I mentioned it like 8,000 times, because I had to convince everyone there that I wasn't a wuss. And by 'everyone' I mean me. Roger had a neck tattoo, by the way.
That's right, the dude with the neck tattoo thought I was badass.
Then later he said he was glad I turned out not to be a screamer, and I uttered that's what she said under my breath because obviously I had to.
I love it.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has brought desolations on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.


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Video shows Zimmerman's account of fatal fight
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- George Zimmerman appears believable when he re-enacts for police what he says led to the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, but some of his statements are questionable, lawyers who reviewed the footage Thursday said.
Even a detective who interrogates the neighborhood watch leader in an audio recording points out inconsistencies in his story, particularly Zimmerman's claim that Martin confronted him, punched him and slammed his head onto the ground when the teenager had no prior history of violence.
Detective Chris Sereno asks Zimmerman whether he was profiling Martin because he was black, a claim Martin's parents have made.
"You know you are going to come under a lot of scrutiny for this," Sereno said. "Had this person been white, would you have felt the same way?"
"Yes," said Zimmerman, who father is white and his mother Hispanic.
The video and audio tapes released by Zimmerman's attorney give Zimmerman's most detailed account yet of what led to the Feb. 26 shooting. They were released almost a week before Zimmerman's second bond hearing on a second-degree murder charge, and on the heels of unflattering telephone calls capturing Zimmerman and his wife talking in code about using money collected for a defense fund to pay credit cards.
Zimmerman claims he shot the unarmed 17-year-old Martin teen in self-defense, under Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Martin's parents have said Zimmerman was the aggressor. They said Martin was walking back from a convenience store through the gated community in Sanford when Zimmerman spotted Martin and started following him.
In the video (http://apne.ws/KWquJX ), Zimmerman said he grabbed his gun from a holster on his waist before Martin could get it, and shot Martin once in the chest as they fought on the ground outside townhomes in a gated community. After firing, Zimmerman said he thought he missed.
"He sat up and said, 'You got me. You got me, or something like that,"' Zimmerman said.
Zimmerman said Martin had been on top of him, slamming his head against the ground and smothering his mouth and nose with his hand and arm. The tape shows two butterfly bandages on the back of Zimmerman's head and another on his nose. There are red marks on the front of his head.
"It felt like my head was going to explode," he said.
Criminal defense lawyers who reviewed the video for The Associated Press and have no connection to the case said there were some parts that didn't add up.
"He came across as being straight-forward," attorney David Hill said. "I didn't see him being too slick on the details."
Hill said the video didn't show him to be the zealous "cop-wannabe" that Martin's parents have portrayed.
Zimmerman claims Martin confronted him after the neighborhood watch leader had given up searching for him and was walking back to his truck. But there doesn't appear to be a place to hide in the area where Zimmerman says Martin suddenly appeared, Hill pointed out.
Zimmerman's injuries also don't appear to be consistent with the severity of the attack he described, Hill said.
Attorney Blaine McChesney said he found parts of Zimmerman's re-enactment difficult to envision, such as his account of how he was able to reach for his gun with Martin on top of him. Zimmerman said he got on top of Martin after the shooting to restrain him.
"I also find it strange that Zimmerman would have attempted to use both his arms to hold Martin facedown, re-holstering his firearm, given those circumstances," McChesney said. "Once out from under Martin's alleged attack, it would have been more logical to hold Martin at gunpoint from a few feet away until police arrived."
In one of the audio recordings, Sereno tells Zimmerman three days after the shooting that Martin was a "good kid, mild-mannered kid."
Sereno tells Zimmerman that Martin, an athlete with an interest in aeronautics, was "a kid with a future, a kid with folks that care." The detective said Martin only had a bag of Skittles and an iced tea on him when he died.
"Not a goon," Sereno said.
He asked Zimmerman to explain why he doesn't have bruises on his body or broken ribs. The two dozen punches Zimmerman claims he took are "not quite consistent with your injuries," Sereno said.
Benjamin Crump, the attorney for Martin's parents, couldn't immediately be reached for comment Thursday. But appearing on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight," Crump said Zimmerman's credibility is the issue.
"Everybody's going to have to look at this for what it is," Crump said. "You've got objective evidence, and then you've got George Zimmerman's versions. You put them up against one another and we know that written statement that he did that night doesn't match up to that 911 tape.
"And there are other inconsistencies, and when we see the lie, we've got to call it out and say, there's his credibility again, and that's the important thing."
Zimmerman called police after spotting Martin walking around the neighborhood and the dispatcher told him not to follow the teen. For reasons that are still unclear, Zimmerman kept up his pursuit, even getting out of his truck. He lost sight of Martin and was walking back to his truck when Martin confronted him, Zimmerman said.
"Do you have a problem?" Zimmerman said, quoting Martin.
If Zimmerman's account his accurate, he has a viable "stand your ground" defense, McChesney said.
Zimmerman's attorney has the option of asking for a "stand your ground" hearing in which he will present Zimmerman's account to a judge and ask that the charge be dismissed without going to trial.
Zimmerman's second bond hearing will be June 29. His $150,000 bond was revoked earlier this month after prosecutors said Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie, misled the court about how much money they had available for bail. Shellie Zimmerman was charged last week with making a false statement.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara said his client will be shown to have told the truth about the incident, even though the statement regarding the Zimmermans' finances was shown to be false.
"The attacks on Mr. Zimmerman's credibilities are going to pale in comparison to the undeniable, objective evidence," he said.
Associated Press writers Freida Frisaro, Kelli Kennedy, Laura Wides in Miami, Greg Schreier and Bernard McGhee in Atlanta and Brent Kallestad in Tallahassee contributed to this report.
Follow Mike Schneider on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/MikeSchneiderAP


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But there's a catch.
They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth's population back to the colony planet Atlantis. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify.
Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family.
Because there's a loophole.
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This time she is in over her head, and in for a fight of her life, against impossible odds and world-class competition—including Logan Sangre, the most amazing guy in her class, the one she's been crushing on, and who doesn't seem to know she exists.
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Carsharing is the freedom to break loose from the hassles and costs of owning a car. It's the flexibility to choose your vehicle – or no vehicle at all, when walking, biking, or taking the train makes more sense. It saves you a ton of money. And it saves the Bay Area a ton of greenhouse gas emissions. To learn more about carsharing, click here.
What is City CarShare?
City CarShare: Affordable. Convenient. Green. With City CarShare, you get 24/7 access to a fleet of fuel-efficient vehicles, without the hassles of car payments, maintenance costs, or insurance premiums. It gives you the flexibility to go where you need to go, without paying bills you shouldn't have to pay. By taking all those cars off the road, we've cut CO2 emissions by millions of pounds over the last 10 years. Even better, City CarShare is nonprofit. So every cent of our membership fees goes back into making carsharing better, more convenient, and greener for you. To learn more about us, click here.
Where are the cars?
There is a car located right on the main campus at Phelan and Ocean, as well as inside the parking garage of the new Whole Foods Market on Ocean Avenue. There are also cars located near other CCSF locations, including the John Adams campus and the Gough Street offices. For a complete list of locations, click here.
How much is membership?
CCSF students and staff enjoy a special discount plan for only $50/year, with hourly rates starting at $5/hour plus 35 cents/mile. You also enjoy lower nighttime and day trip rates. For more details on our rates and to sign up, click here.


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Bring the warmth and rich luster of copper to your kitchen countertop. This vertical stand is handcrafted of solid copper by highly skilled coppersmiths who use traditional spinning techniques to shape the metal, then polish it to a brilliant finish.
- Handmade of recycled solid copper.
- Solid brass knobs.
- Copper will age naturally to an attractive bronze patina.
- Side arm keeps the roll contained and helps you easily tear off sheets.
- 7 3/4" diam., 13" high.
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- Hand-wash. Dry immediately with cloth.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by DrFoodie from Attractive & Functional My wife is a copper aficionado, so I bought it as a Christmas present to complement her Ruffoni pots. It's attractive & functional, and it works well. At first I thought that the fact that the roll of paper towel sits in a well would be a functional problem in terms of tearing off sheets. But the well actually helps keep water from soaking the bottom of the roll, and it doesn't hinder tearing off sheets at all. My one complaint is that it can't handle jumbo rolls--they're too big to fit into the well. I read some reviews that complained about it being prone to water spots. Well, duh, it's copper, and copper spots! That's why there's copper polish! The water spots clean right up with a little care. If you want a completely maintenance-free paper towel holder, look elsewhere. But if you love copper, and you're used to taking care of it, then this will be a beautiful accent to your kitchen.Date published: 2017-01-15Rated 2 out of 5 by NicoleV from Not Practical :( We received this as a gift off our wedding registry. I was very excited about it, as it matches very well with the other copper accessories in our kitchen. It was backordered, so we just received this product in August, and now it is October and it is already oxidized and turning a dark color. It also has water spots all over it from grabbing paper towels after washing hands. Really bummed.Date published: 2016-10-11Rated 5 out of 5 by BEE77 from Simply Beautiful I bought this item several months ago now and I L O V E it. Still looks brand new and I keep it by my copper sink that has a hammered appearance and it is the best money I have spent in my newly remodeled kitchen.Date published: 2015-08-20Rated 2 out of 5 by ncshoeprincess from Gorgeous but NOT Practical. When I got an offer for a discount on the paper towel holder and the utensil holder, I jumped on that deal. The utensil hold is great but I was so disappointed with the paper towel holder. It is gorgeous like all the rest of the pieces but it is SO VERY LIGHTWEIGHT. Literally, when you pull a paper towel from it, you sometimes pull it over. I tried putting weighted lead tape on the underside to give it some stability but that really didn't work. Just so lightweight given the hollow bottom. I tried it for a while but the other thing is that usually a paper towel holder is by some type of water. Mine is right by my sink. So, of course I'm constantly wiping it off because it gets so water spotted. I finally just returned it. I got a great price on it but it's not a deal if you aren't happy. Unless you are only purchasing it to be decorative, I don't recommend it for any practical purpose.Date published: 2015-04-08


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As the Rachel Corrie Civil Suit Ends Testimony Today, Thoughts on How Israel Treats Foreign Nationals
I. The Israeli government and military would prefer that no foreign nationals critical of the policies of that government be given any sort of forum that either brings public attention to abuses, war crimes and human rights violations against Palestinians, or humanizes the Palestinians' plight in ways that seek to give the latter more freedom over the administration of their own affairs. Although most foreign nationals who want to help the Palestinians gain more freedom despise the thugs of Hamas and buffoons of Fatah, defenders of Israeli human rights abuses and war crimes unceasingly attempt to frame defenders of Palestinians as friends of Hamas. The reality is that the IDF and Israeli government need Hamas desperately, to keep propped up as a vicious boogeyman. They would rather have a few rockets rain down on their own people in Sderot, than have none at all.
The 2010 Gaza flotilla was brutally intercepted by Israeli naval forces. After taking the Turkish vessel, MV Mavi Marmara, the Israelis summarily executed several Turks, and then crafted a disturbingly false narrative about how heavily armed these evil, swarthy (read non-white "other") Turks were. It fit the racist meme that abides so comfortably in the increasingly openly racist Israeli military and society at large. And, sadly, that same meme works well with the kinds of Americans who thrive on Fox News myths about swarthy people out of control.
The MV Mavi Marmara was taken violently on purpose. Had I been the commander of the naval operation, knowing for weeks that the MVMM would be among the mix of vessels, all I would have had to say would have been, "find me a way to peacefully stop the big Turkish cruise ship, or I will demote you," and a solution would have been found within an hour.
Apparently, the Israeli military learned enough from 2010 that nobody was murdered this year. This is good. The 2011 flotilla organizers were, frankly, as unimaginative as possible, though. Expecting the Greek government to not react to the combined pressures of the U.S. and Israeli governments during an almost catastrophic internal crisis was a major strategic error.
But both the 2010 and 2011 flotillas have had an impact upon the people of the Gaza Strip that has been positive. The recent improvements in the amounts of needed goods entering Gaza is a direct result of continuing efforts by the movements sponsoring or being inspired by the flotilla movement. Some Israeli commentators and government officials have acknowledged just that. American citizen Furkan Do?an and his Turkish brothers did not give their lives in vain.
This weekend's"Welcome to Palestine flytilla," farcical on many levels, has not been covered well by the American media, but the Europeans, whose countries were the points of departure for the protesters, saw a healthy dose of coverage over the past three days. And so did firedoglake.
Nothing troubles Israeli policy makers in terms of their continuing expansion into new lands in the West Bank, outright theft of land and resources, and seemingly blasé murder of one innocent Palestinian after another, than when a foreign national objecting to these illegal practices is hurt or killed. Especially if that foreign national is white. (As clarification, I consider Turks white, for what it is worth, but watching Israeli and some American press coverage of Turkish issues, it appears some do not.)
II. On Sunday, July 10th, the wrongful death civil suit brought by the parents of Rachel Corrie against the Israeli Defense Forces, will see its last day of testimony:
Former Gaza Division's Southern Brigade Commander, Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz – the final witness in the case – is scheduled to testify Sunday, July 10, in the Corrie civil trial against the State of Israel.
Colonel Zuaretz was the commanding officer of the Israeli military's Gaza Division's Southern Brigade in 2003, when American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed. Troops under his command were responsible for the actions resulting in her killing. Zuaretz is the highest ranking officer called as a government witness in the civil trial who had command responsibility in Gaza. He is possibly the highest such officer ever to face cross examination in a civil suit regarding the actions of the Israeli military against civilians in Gaza during the second intifada. His testimony is expected to shed light on the Israeli military's failures as an occupying power to protect civilian life and property in the region.
The trial began in March 2010, and has taken longer than expected, partially because of a strike by court workers in late 2010. A few of the revelations from the trial have been jarring. Here are the most notable:
On March 14, 2010, IDF forensic examiner Yehuda Hiss admitted to not allowing U.S. embassy personnel observe him conducting Corrie's autopsy. His testimony revealed that the U.S. Embassy had lied to the Corrie family. Hiss also testified, rather disturbingly:
Dr. Hiss also disclosed that he had kept samples from Rachel's body for histological testing without informing her family. Dr. Hiss admitted that he did not inform the family about their right to bury the samples and that the samples were likely to have been buried with other body samples from the Institute, but he was uncertain. This was the first time that the family of Rachel Corrie received confirmation that the Israeli Forensic Institute had indeed kept samples of her body, despite prior attempts to receive this information. Dr. Hiss has been the subject of a prior lawsuit in Israel brought by families for whom he did not return body parts and samples.
On March 15, 2010, British citizen and nurse, Alice Coy, a witness to Corrie's death, testified that despite published IDF reports that there were no home demolitions ongoing where Corrie was killed, that certainly was not the case. She also testified that "When the Israeli Military interviewed her on April 1st about Rachel's killing, the soldier who documented her testimony refused to record her statement that she believed the bulldozers were going to destroy civilian homes." Eventually, the home Corrie tried to protect on March 16, 2003 was destroyed by an IDF bulldozer.
Max Blumenthal covered Hiss' background:
Who is Dr. Hiss? The chief pathologist of Israel for a decade and a half, Hiss was implicated by a 2001 investigation by the Israeli Health Ministry of stealing body parts ranging from legs to testicles to ovaries from bodies without permission from family members then selling them to research institutes. Bodies plundered by Hiss included those of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers. He was finally removed from his post in 2004 when the body of a teenage boy killed in a traffic accident was discovered to have been thoroughly gnawed on by a rat in Hiss's laboratory. In an interview with researcher Nancy Schepper-Hughes, Hiss admitted that he harvested organs if he was confident relatives would not discover that they were missing. He added that he often used glue to close eyelids to hide missing corneas.
Max also wrote about the testimony that week of a Col. "Yossi":
In a small courtroom on the sixth floor of Haifa's District Court, a colonel in the Israeli engineering corps who wrote a manual for the bulldozer units that razed the Rafah Refugee Camp in 2003 offered his opinion on the killing of the American activist Rachel Corrie.
"There are no civilians during wartime," Yossi declared under oath.
Yossi made his remarkable statement under withering cross examination by Hussein Abu Hussein, the lawyer for the family of Corrie
Col. Yossi's statement of belief or of policy (he wrote a book on it, after all) is more troubling to me than that of Dr. Hiss. Essentially, Israel considers itself to be at war with not just Hamas, but with any government, any movement and any individual who seeks to "delegitimize" its expansionist policies and racist implementation of it. People like me, CTuttle and anyone else who is critical of these policies is a potential target for whatever might be deemed appropriate for us, should we get in the way.
On March 22 and 24, 2010, it was revealed in the trial that:
One commander of the unit involved in the incident interrupted the testimony of the operator of the bulldozer that killed Rachel, telling him that the head of the Southern Command of the Israeli military ordered him to stop talking, not to sign anything and not to cooperate with the investigation. When asked if he considered this an intervention into the interrogation, the investigator testified that he did.
Though the camera posted on the border was taping 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the investigator testified that he did not see footage from the camera, nor did he ask to, stating that it was someone else's responsibility.
When the trial resumed on September 5, 2010, a military police investigator, "Oded," revealed that even though he had been assigned to investigate Corrie's death, he was unqualified, and was not helped by the IDF, in any event:
Oded confirmed that a commander of the unit involved in Rachel's killing interrupted the questioning of the bulldozer operator, telling him that Doron Almog, head of the Israeli military's Southern Command, had ordered that the questioning cease. He also said that, in his experience, interference of this nature from military commanders was not uncommon.
When asked why he did not challenge the intervention, Oded said that as a junior investigator, it was not his place to do so. He was 20-years-old at the time, with only a high-school education and three-months of training in investigation.
Corrie's case was the first civilian killing that Oded investigated from beginning to end.
Like El'ad [who testified in March], Oded stated that neither he nor any other investigator visited the site of the killing.
Oded's testimony revealed that much of the conversation recorded by the bulldozer teams in the area of Corrie's death had been in Arabic, and that he did not speak the language. More Israeli racism and dual standard came out:
Oded testified that none of the investigators interviewed any of the Palestinian witnesses – including medical personnel who examined Rachel immediately following the incident. When asked why, he said he did not think they could provide any useful information.
When the trial resumed on October 10, the Corries argued that witnesses from the IDF should be visible in court, rather than kept behind a screen:
Lawyers for the family of Rachel Corrie filed an appeal with the Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday, challenging a decision to allow soldiers to testify behind a screen in the lawsuit filed against the State of Israel for the unlawful killing of the American peace activist in Rafah, Gaza.
State attorneys made the highly unusual request in court on Thursday, October 7 arguing that they were necessary to protect the soldiers' safety and prevent their images from being circulated. Haifa District Court Judge Oded Gershon granted the request, ruling that all but two soldiers, who were both already known to the public, would be permitted to provide their testimony hidden from public view.
Corrie attorneys opposed the motion, arguing that allowing the soldiers to testify behind a screen infringes upon the fundamental right to an open, fair and transparent trial. They argued that the government request was based on an overbroad security certificate issued by Defense Minister Ehud Barak in 2008, was not supported by concrete evidence to substantiate their concerns for the soldiers' safety or security. The lawyers will also ask the Supreme Court to review Judge Gerhson's decision not to allow the family to see the witnesses even if the public could not.
The Corries lost their motion, and the driver testified behind a screen on October 23:
In over four hours of often confused testimony, Y.P. seemed to struggle to read and understand his own affidavit signed in April. He could not remember basic facts, such as the date of Rachel's killing or time of day it happened. He repeatedly contradicted his own statements on the stand and testimony given to military police investigators in 2003.
Highlights of testimony include the following:
- Y.P stated that after he drove over Rachel and backed up, she was located between his bulldozer and the mound of earth that he had pushed, corroborating photographic evidence and testimony from international eyewitnesses given to the court in March. His testimony calls into question that of the commander inside this same bulldozer, whose written affidavit states that Rachel's body was located in a different location, on the far side of the mound of earth created by the bulldozer. In court, Y.P. was asked if based on this contradiction he wanted to change his testimony. He firmly stated no.
- In testimony to military police investigators only three days after the incident, Y.P. said the blind spot in front of the bulldozer was 3 meters. In contradicting court testimony, he claimed the blind spot was 30 meters – ten times the distance first stated.
- Y.P. knew about regulations that the bulldozer was not to work within 10 meters of people. He was aware civilians were present, but said he was given orders to continue working. He said I' m just a soldier. It was not my decision.
- He claimed he did not see Rachel before the event. Nor did he recall seeing her specifically at all that day, despite the fact that she had protested the bulldozer's activity for several hours and was the only female activist wearing a bright orange fluorescent jacket.
The Corries were disappointed they could not see their daughter's killer:
Following the driver's testimony, Cindy Corrie stated, "It was very difficult not to hear or detect anything in this witness's words or voice that suggested remorse. Sadly, what I heard from the other side of the screen was indifference."
Israeli blogger and peace activist, Dimi Reider, who was there, noted at the time:
Cindy Corrie said yesterday she didn't hear the driver express any remorse for what had happened. On reflection, I think this may not be as clear cut. While he certainly didn't apologize, voice any regret or in any way reacted to the Corries' presence in the same room with him, I was struck how he avoided using the first person when referring to Rachel's death; asked to affirm his identity and role on the day, he said, "I was the driver of the bulldozer on the day she.. the girl.. was run over." He maintained this alienation throughout the day; the closest he came to acknowledging his direct, personal role, was in the repeated phrase, "I understood I may have hit someone." Perhaps this is just wishful thinking on my part, but I couldn't avoid thinking this alienation signalled that like many a combatant, in some place within him, the driver understands exactly what he has done, and perhaps wishes that things have turned out otherwise; while distant, he certainly didn't sound blasé.
After the Israeli court strike was over, and the courts caught back up, there were more sessions this spring.
On April 4, 2011, the trial resumed, with more confusing testimony by IDF personnel. One witness, Captain S.R, corroborated the accuracy of International Solidarity Movement witnesses, that has long been challenged by right-wing American and Israeli bloggers:
The commander of the unit that killed Rachel Corrie told a Haifa court on Sunday that he was ordered to continue bulldozer work even though it presented danger to civilians, including foreign activists, who were present in the area and could not be dispersed.
Known to the court as Captain S.R., the Bedouin officer said that he actually requested to halt bulldozer operations on the day Rachel was killed, because he thought civilians might be hurt, but was ordered to continue.
On the day she was killed, Captain S.R. radioed to Israeli army command and said that something from the bulldozer fell on Rachel. However, in court, he admitted he did not see the exact moment of the incident and that this was only a fleeting hypothesis. He said he reached Rachel's body less than one minute after the incident and it was immediately clear by marks in the ground that Rachel had been hit by the bulldozer.
Captain S.R.'s testimony about the location of Rachel's body after she was hit corroborated that of international eyewitnesses and the bulldozer driver, all of whom said that after the bulldozer backed up, Rachel's body was located between the bulldozer and the mound of earth that it had pushed. This calls into question the testimony of the bulldozer commander, and the position of the State, that Rachel's body was in a different location: on the far side of the mound of earth created by the bulldozer. Captain S.R. confirmed that evidence photos taken by the protesters that day accurately reflect the scene of the incident after Ms. Corrie was hit.
- He confirmed that a female soldier viewed the site through a remote camera that day, and instructions could be given to his unit based on what was seen.
- The Captain's review of an interview he gave to Israeli Channel 2 TV's "Uvda" program confirmed the existence of IDF video footage that has not been submitted into evidence by the State or provided to the Corrie family's attorneys through discovery. The interview, aired on April 5, 2003, included a segment of March 16th, 2003 Israeli military video of the operations. His testimony confirms additional IDF video exists, even though the lead Military Police investigator responsible for obtaining evidence in the case stated firmly that there is no additional video.
- He confirmed that a written document does exist that outlines regulations, specific to civilians, for a "removal procedure" – a set of instructions outlining how to remove civilians in situations such as these. Attorneys for the State continued to claim the regulation does not exist – in direct contradiction to the sworn testimony of their own witness moments before.
The testimony continued with "S.L., who in 2003 was head of the Mechanized Engineering Equipment Department."
In an affidavit submitted to the court, referring to regulations, S.L. said, "in no way is the directive applicable to the operational conditions in which the bulldozer operated in this case." However, in court on Sunday, he contradicted that assertion and admitted that regulations requiring that D9 bulldozers not operate within 20 meters of people did, in fact, apply.
When asked if there were "lessons learned" in response to this incident, he said he was unaware of any changes made in training and affirmed that to date, cameras to improve visibility have not been added to the bulldozers. He said the Israeli army experimented with cameras but found they were not a good solution because they were too easily damaged and because neither the bulldozer operator nor his commander had ability to pay attention to the cameras under operational circumstances. However, he confirmed that unmanned "drone" bulldozers with cameras attached were used by the Israeli army during the Lebanon invasion of 2006.
On April 11, 2011, witnesses again testified behind a screen.
Deputy Battalion Commander Sh.R, a Major responsible for overseeing 450-500 soldiers in Gaza, said he was located about 1 ½ kilometers from the scene at the army's Liaison Unit with Foreign Forces (Yaklaz), and that although the bulldozer work was under the direct ground supervision of Captain S.R., he was in a position to influence the work and was ultimately responsible for the decisions made that day. This was significant because in the preceding hearing, Captain S.R., a Bedouin officer who testified earlier in the week, told the court he requested to halt his work because of the presence of the protesters, and potential danger to them, but received orders to continue.
Major Sh.R, in his testimony, presented a hard doctrinaire IDF line. At the Rachel Corrie Foundation trial blog, the major's assertion is challenged:
Sh.R. defined the "Philidelphi Route" not just as the narrow, Israeli controlled, military road running parallel to the Gaza/Egypt border, but rather as the entire width of land between the Egypt border and the first row of Palestinian houses inside Gazan territory. He also insisted that Palestinians in these houses were those digging tunnels, snipers attacking the military, or smuggling weapons, and that clearing and destroying homes was done only after it was "beyond a reasonable doubt" that homes were empty. His description, although emblematic of the Israeli military's position regarding the area in 2003, completely ignores the fact, and credible documentation by U.N. humanitarian agencies and human rights groups, that the land was once filled with densely populated civilian homes, the first row of which receded rapidly as the Israeli military bulldozed row upon row of houses, widening the border's buffer zone and claiming the newly razed Palestinian territory for its own. Comparative satellite photos from a 2004 Human Rights Watch publication titled Razing Rafah: Mass Home Demolitions in the Gaza Strip document this "wholesale destruction" of Palestinian homes along Gaza's southern border.
In his continuing testimony, the major made an interesting assertion:
Sh.R. stated he knew unarmed protestors were in the area, but in his opinion, stopping the work was not an option. He said the protesters were not a threat to the force, but added that if every foreigner came to raise banners, terrorists would also come and he would lose his ability to control the region. He admitted that avoiding a precedent was a consideration in the decision to continue working. He stated that in his opinion, the protesters should have been barred from entering Gaza. [emphasis added]
Major Sh.R. said more than he may have intended. Additionally, his further testimony, linked to the deaths of other foreign nationals during the same time period as Corrie, is quite troubling. The Corrie Foundation article on this states:
Although, he described in testimony that regulations state you don't shoot unless there is intent and means to hurt you, a written summary of events recorded in the daily operations log on March 16, 2003, stated, "those foreigners should be handled and their entrance into the Gaza Strip should be forbidden. Additionally, the work must continue in the area in question. The firing orders state that every adult person should be shot to kill." Within seven weeks of Rachel's killing, award winning journalist James Miller and activist Tom Hurndall, both British citizens, were shot and killed along the same two mile stretch of the Rafah, Gaza border.
One should realize that this corridor of densely packed civilian housing that the IDF was willing to kill so many people over, has since been abandoned by the IDF.
The local platoon commander that day, A.D, provided more information that should be troubling, in regard to Israeli military disregard of international law:
- work, although he could not remember anything about the specific file that day.
- The APC had a periscope from which they could see a longer distance from the vehicle.
- Commander R.S. spoke frequently on the cell phone and, in order to use it, he had to remove his helmet. This contradicts earlier military testimonies that claimed helmets worn would never be removed and, thus, soldiers would not have heard the protesters shouting through the megaphone nearby.
- He could not recall the specific safety instructions for the D9 bulldozer, but said the unit would continue working as carefully as possible. He believed work was allowed if protesters were within 15 meters of the vehicle, but not if they were within 5 meters.
- He knew that the protesters were civilians and "Americans."
- He said there was a first aid kit within the APC, and he believed it was likely that the radio communications person in the vehicle was also a trained medic. However, he confirmed that the medical kit was not thrown to the protesters after Rachel was hit. Testimony made clear that no serious attempt was made by the military to provide medical assistance to Rachel at the scene prior to Palestinian medics evacuating her.
The soldiers offered no medical assistance. Corrie might have been saved, but was not.
This is consistent with the evidence provided by the video smuggled off of the MV Mavi Marmara by Iara Lee, which clearly showed both that the Israeli soldiers wounded and captured by resistors on that ship were immediately given medical assistance, and that the Israeli military refused any medical attention to the wounded Turks, as they went about assassinating at close range.
On May 22, former IDF spokesperson, Ruth Yaron took the stand. From the Corrie Foundation trial blog:
Yaron's testimony focused on the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), in a weak attempt by the State to justify the military's killing of Rachel by delegitimizing the organization's mission of resisting the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian lands using only non-violent, direct action, methods. Rachel was an unarmed civilian, non-violently protesting against home demolitions in Rafah, Gaza, when she was killed. Yaron provided no first-hand knowledge of events, and relied heavily on second or third hand sources and hearsay.
Additional information about Yaron's testimony will be released in the future.
Sunday is supposed to be this long trial's final day of testimony. Scheduled is the former Gaza Division's Southern Brigade Commander, Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz:
Colonel Zuaretz was the commanding officer of the Israeli military's Gaza Division's Southern Brigade in 2003, when American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed. Troops under his command were responsible for the actions resulting in her killing. Zuaretz is the highest ranking officer called as a government witness in the civil trial who had command responsibility in Gaza. He is possibly the highest such officer ever to face cross examination in a civil suit regarding the actions of the Israeli military against civilians in Gaza during the second intifada. His testimony is expected to shed light on the Israeli military's failures as an occupying power to protect civilian life and property in the region.
It will be some time before a decision is reached, and whichever way it comes out, it is certainly likely to be appealed all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court.
III. As Israel becomes more racist, as land confiscation in the West Bank ramps up, as Netanyahu dares our government to object in the run-up to major fundraising for the 2012 election, and as participants of this summer's protests to Israeli occupation and apartheid policies seek to find ways to be more effective in the future, it is important to realize that Palestinians don't resent that so much more attention was brought to Rachel's demise, or to the flotillas and fytilla than has been brought to the deaths of thousands of Palestinians, Lebanese and others, at the hands of the IDF.
It is also important to note that in 2003, when Corrie was killed, perhaps murdered, there was no Hamas boogey man running Gaza. It was under control of the Palestinian Authority, and was being aggressively colonized by Israeli settlers, using the South African model, as they continue to do in the occupied West Bank.
This weekend the Israelis stopped hundreds of peaceful Americans and Europeans from merely getting off an airplane in Tel Aviv to go to the West Bank. Almost 100 are in jail right now. Some will be there for weeks. Alice Walker, who was on the American boat hoping to go to Gaza, the MV Audacity of Hope, was in the West Bank last spring. She wrote this:
I have been in Palestine for five days. It has been amazing. Deeply distressing and sad in many ways; but also filled with joy, with creativity, exuberance, and hope. Who knew there was so much life left in Palestine? That people are in love with literature and poetry? That young people are on fire about the novels and short stories they're reading in their classes? As well as about the revolutions shaking the Arab world? That despite the hardships of occupation there is a sense among Palestinians that the world is changing and is at last capable of hearing them. And not just hearing them, but responding. And not only to their tragic and hair raising reports of the lethal Israeli occupation; an occupation as pathological as any ever to afflict humankind. No, the thought in the air around here resembles the brilliant red poppy one sees glowing between massive rocks, its roots somehow not crushed, that sings: Oh yes, I am still here, still red, still blooming as me, in spite of everything! And guess what? I have no desire to resemble these rocks that sit on top of me.
This is the peace of non-violent revolt which entails a radical dedication to non-abandonment of the peaceful self.
Long live all of us, and especially the Palestinian people: Tenacious, like the red poppy. Waving bright hope in the smallest wind. Blooming, joyful, retaining our humor and generosity to the stranger, but also our love of green grass and Spring.
Each of Earth's peoples teaches the rest of us something: You demonstrate steadfastness: how to hold on, through lies, murder, brutal repression, breathtaking theft, unbearable despair, until at last, singing our own outraged and wild poppy song, we come to join you.
Eight years ago this week, as I sought permission from Rachel Corrie's family to write music honoring her, Cindy Corrie wrote to me:
Our lives are fairly complicated these days, as I am sure you can imagine….. Our loss is great but creative responses like yours to Rachel's life and death lift my spirits so.
The Corries continue their complicated fight to lift the spirits of the oppressed Palestinian people. Let us hope the Corries and the Palestinians get some overdue justice, for their children, who deserve more than what we now give them.


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Yes, it's the 3 o'clock mantra. And who hasn't mumbled it while fighting off midday yawns and drooping eyes?
Fatigue and flagging energy seem to be epidemic, especially among women who burn the candle at both ends (and who doesn't?).
Instead of moping, pump up your mojo with these 10 strategies from experts in sleep, fitness, nutrition, psychology, and alternative medicine.
See the light
Getting the right light can be a challenge, given the poorly lit offices we sit in and the scant doses of daily sunlight we get.
Lift your shades the minute you get up or take a 30-minute walk first thing in the morning, and go outside as often as you can during the day.
To up your light at work, use lamps with "natural" lightbulbs—try Sylvania's Daylight Extra bulbs (at retailers nationwide), an Ott-Lite, or a Sun-a-Lux light-therapy box; $429.
Get pumped with protein
Unless you plan to run a marathon, carbo-loading for energy is out. Instead, eat protein to increase mental alertness and energy, says Debra Hollon, MS, RD, a clinical nutritionist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Protein contains tyrosine, an amino acid that elevates the brain chemicals dopamine and norepinephrine.
Eat plant- and animal-based protein throughout the day—an egg or high-protein cereal for breakfast, 10 almonds midmorning, a cup of low-sugar yogurt in the afternoon—and your stamina should stabilize.
Lend a hand
Research shows that you get a "helper's high," a rush of endorphins that lasts for hours, when you volunteer, says Kimberly Kingsley, author of The Energy Cure: How to Recharge Your Life 30 Seconds at a Time.
Judith Orloff, MD, a Los Angeles–based psychiatrist and author of Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear, agrees, and she often folds anonymous good deeds into her day. "When you make someone happy, you feel filled up again," Dr. Orloff says.
Find volunteer opportunities that suit you.
Breathe hard—more often
That post-workout rush of energy you feel is well-documented: Movement sends oxygen through the bloodstream to invigorate cells.
Lift weights, roll out the exercise ball, or do five minutes of yoga in the morning. Climb a few flights of stairs at lunch and jog after dinner. To add an extra kick to your workout, breathe deeply for your first one or two minutes of cardio, says Gerald K. Endress, fitness director at the Duke University Diet and Fitness Center at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
Bag a new brew
Boost your energy with white tea, which has a delicate flavor that requires little sweetening. "Of all the teas, white tea goes through the least processing," says Iman Hakim, MD, PhD, a leading researcher on the benefits of tea.
As a result, white tea has the highest concentration of L-theanine, an amino acid that stimulates alpha brain waves to boost alertness while producing a calming effect.
And because a cup of white tea contains less caffeine (15 milligrams) than other teas (up to 50 mg) and coffee (120 mg), it's more hydrating, another key for sustaining energy.
Tackle the blahs in bursts
Shake up your routine for 15 minutes at a time to get an energy boost. Change your walking route, sample a new food, garden for a few minutes, or pick up a pencil and draw. "It's all about taking baby steps to replenish yourself," Dr. Orloff says.
Start small; tackling a really big new project may just pile on more stress. And think of your mini–task as a chance to renew, not another thing on your to-do list.
Get hands-on help
Therapies like acupuncture and Reiki (pronounced ray-key), a Japanese massage technique, may help, says Eva Selhub, MD, senior staff physician at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Chestnut Hill, Mass. "These therapies may remove the blocks that create emotional and physical problems in our bodies," she says. "When the resistance is gone, energy flows."
Don't have time for a 30-plus-minute session? Rub the muscle between your thumb and your forefinger for three to five minutes; you should feel a little ache there and then an overall sense of ahh.
Take a tech-free break
Being at the mercy of electronic devices keeps us in "fight-or-flight mode," Kingsley says. Cell phones, in particular, put increased stress on women, research shows.
Even though both men and women say that their cell phones allow job worries to affect their home lives, only women experience the opposite effect—the spillover of home concerns into work.
The solution: Give yourself at least an hour a day when you completely unplug from electronic devices. That chance to check in and connect with yourself will re-energize you, she says.
Meditate for a minute
Time-crunched? Reap the benefits of meditation—a hike in alertness and attention—in three-minute mini-breaks. "They're like little tune-ups," Dr. Orloff says.
She recommends an a.m. session before you start your day and a noon meditation before that typical 3 o'clock crash hits. Find a quiet place and mentally focus on an image that brings you pleasure; continue to keep the image in your mind's eye as you breathe deeply.
With a little practice, Dr. Orloff says, you'll become more skilled at maintaining focus and can add more short meditations to your day.
Clean up your sleep
The buzzword in sleep science these days is sleep hygiene, and it's about more than clean sheets—it helps you create an atmosphere that's restful, so you'll sleep well and wake up energized without the need for sleeping pills, Campbell says.
Sleep hygiene usually includes three areas: fully darkening your bedroom (turn your alarm clock away from you if the display gives off too much light), regulating room temperature to a moderate coolness (too hot or too cold, and you'll wake up), and using white noise (a fan or quiet music) to help induce sleepiness.


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Michael Markowitz, PhD
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Areas of Concentration: Criminology and the Sociology of Education
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B.A. Criminal Justice, Stockton College, Pomona, NJ
Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
Introduction to Sociology
Advanced Research in Criminal Justice
The American Criminal Justice System: Theory & Practice
Criminological Theory
Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Data Collection & Analysis in Criminal Justice
A central aim for me as an educator is to create a learning environment that guides students to a place of understanding the integral connections between theory, research and social practice. Blending the disciplines of sociology, criminology and criminal justice whenever possible, this approach provides a dynamic framework for the comprehensive education of our future leaders in the areas of law, justice and social welfare.
Markowitz, Michael W. & Christopher Salvatore
2012 "Exploring Race-Based Differences in Patterns of Life-Course Criminality."
Deviant Behavior 33:1-17.
Hirschinger-Blank, Nancy & Michael W. Markowitz
2006 "An Evaluation of a Pilot Service-Learning Course for Criminal Justice Undergraduate Students." Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 17(1): 1-18.
Markowitz, Michael W.
2003 "There's No Place Like Home: An Empirical Test of the "Safe Haven" Hypothesis." Corrections Compendium 28(1): 1-4, 29-30.
Markowitz, Michael W. & Delores D. Jones-Brown (eds.)
2000 The System in Black and White: Exploring the Connections between Race, Crime and Justice. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
Salvatore, Christopher & Michael W. Markowitz
In Press "Do Life Course Transitions and Social Bonds Influence Males and Females
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Salvatore, Christopher, Michael W. Markowitz & Christopher E. Kelly
In Press "Assessing Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System." Accepted for
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SPOTSWOOD (AP) - A woman who allegedly set fire to her central New Jersey home and two of her neighbors' cars last month is now facing numerous charges.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan announced Monday that 40-year-old Roccal Gilmore of Spotswood faces three counts of aggravated arson and one count of child endangerment. The latter charge was filed because two children, ages 3 and 8, were in the home when the fire was set.
No one was injured in the fires, which occurred on Jan. 18. But authorities have not said why the fires were set.
Gilmore was arrested at her home Friday and remained jailed Monday on $250,000 bail. It's not clear if she has retained a lawyer.


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|Lobe-finned fishes
Temporal range: Late Silurian - Present, 418–0 Ma
|Scientific classification
Romer, 1955
The Sarcopterygii /ˌsɑːrkɒptəˈrɪdʒi.aɪ/ or lobe-finned fish (from Greek σαρξ sarx, flesh, and πτερυξ pteryx, fin) – sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii ("fringe-finned fish", from Greek κροσσός krossos, fringe) – constitute a clade (traditionally a class or subclass) of the bony fish, though a strict cladistic view includes the terrestrial vertebrates. The living sarcopterygians are the coelacanths, lungfish, and the tetrapods.
Early lobe-finned fishes are bony fish with fleshy, lobed, paired fins, which are joined to the body by a single bone.[7] The fins of lobe-finned fishes differ from those of all other fish in that each is borne on a fleshy, lobelike, scaly stalk extending from the body. The scales of sarcopterygians are true scaloids, consisting of lamellar bone surrounded by layers of vascular bone, dentine-like cosmine, and external keratin.[8] Pectoral and pelvic fins have articulations resembling those of tetrapod limbs. These fins evolved into legs of the first tetrapod land vertebrates, amphibians. They also possess two dorsal fins with separate bases, as opposed to the single dorsal fin of actinopterygians (ray-finned fish). The braincase of sarcopterygians primitively has a hinge line, but this is lost in tetrapods and lungfish. Many early sarcopterygians have a symmetrical tail. All sarcopterygians possess teeth covered with true enamel.
Most species of lobe-finned fishes are extinct. The largest known lobe-finned fish was Rhizodus hibberti from the Carboniferous period of Scotland which may have exceeded 7 meters in length. Among the two groups of extant (living) species, the coelacanths and the lungfishes, the largest species is the West Indian Ocean coelacanth, reaching 2 m (6.5 ft) in length and weighing up 110 kg (240 lb). The largest lungfish is the African lungfish which can reach 2 m (6.6 ft) in length and weigh up to 50 kg (110 lb).[9][10]
Taxonomists who subscribe to the cladistic approach include the grouping Tetrapoda within this group, which in turn consists of all species of four-limbed vertebrates.[11] The fin-limbs of lobe-finned fishes such as the coelacanths show a strong similarity to the expected ancestral form of tetrapod limbs. The lobe-finned fishes apparently followed two different lines of development and are accordingly separated into two subclasses, the Rhipidistia (including the Dipnoi, the lungfish, and the Tetrapodomorpha which include the Tetrapoda) and the Actinistia (coelacanths).
The classification below follows Benton 2004, and uses a synthesis of rank-based Linnaean taxonomy and also reflects evolutionary relationships. Benton included the Superclass Tetrapoda in the Subclass Sarcopterygii in order to reflect the direct descent of tetrapods from lobe-finned fish, despite the former being assigned a higher taxonomic rank.[12]
|Actinistia, coelacanths, are a subclass of mostly fossil lobe-finned fishes. This subclass contains the coelacanths, including the two living coelacanths, the West Indian Ocean coelacanth and the Indonesian coelacanth.
|Dipnoi, lungfish, also known as salamanderfish,[13] are a subclass of freshwater fish. Lungfish are best known for retaining characteristics primitive within the bony fishes, including the ability to breathe air, and structures primitive within the lobe-finned fishes, including the presence of lobed fins with a well-developed internal skeleton. Today, lungfish live only in Africa, South America, and Australia. While vicariance would suggest this represents an ancient distribution limited to the Mesozoic supercontinent Gondwana, the fossil record suggests advanced lungfish had a widespread freshwater distribution and the current distribution of modern lungfish species reflects extinction of many lineages following the breakup of Pangaea, Gondwana, and Laurasia.
|Tetrapodomorpha, tetrapods and their extinct relatives, are a clade of vertebrates consisting of tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) and their closest sarcopterygian relatives that are more closely related to living tetrapods than to living lungfish. Advanced forms transitional between fish and the early labyrinthodonts, like Tiktaalik, have been referred to as "fishapods" by their discoverers, being half-fish, half-tetrapods, in appearance and limb morphology. The Tetrapodomorpha contain the crown group tetrapods (the last common ancestor of living tetrapods and all of its descendants) and several groups of early stem tetrapods, and several groups of related lobe-finned fishes, collectively known as the osteolepiforms. The Tetrapodamorpha minus the crown group Tetrapoda are the Stem Tetrapoda, a paraphyletic unit encompassing the fish to tetrapod transition. Among the characters defining tetrapodomorphs are modifications to the fins, notably a humerus with convex head articulating with the glenoid fossa (the socket of the shoulder joint). Tetrapodomorph fossils are known from the early Devonian onwards, and include Osteolepis, Panderichthys, Kenichthys, and Tungsenia.[14]
- Subclass Sarcopterygii
- †Order Onychodontida
- Order Actinistia
- Infraclass Dipnomorpha
- †Order Porolepiformes
- Subclass Dipnoi
- Order Ceratodontiformes
- Order Lepidosireniformes
- Infraclass Tetrapodomorpha
- †Order Rhizodontida
- Superorder Osteolepidida
- †Order Osteolepiformes
- †Family Tristichopteridae
- †Order Panderichthyida
- Superclass Tetrapoda
- †Order Osteolepiformes
The cladogram presented below is based on studies compiled by Philippe Janvier and others for the Tree of Life Web Project,[15] Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [16] and Swartz 2012.[17]
- Sarcopterygii incertae sedis
- †Guiyu oneiros Zhu et al. 2009
- †Diabolepis speratus (Chang & Yu 1984)
- †Langdenia campylognatha Janvier & Phuong 1999
- †Ligulalepis Schultze 1968
- †Meemannia eos Zhu, Yu, Wang, Zhao & Jia 2006
- †Psarolepis romeri Yu 1998 sensu Zhu, Yu, Wang, Zhao & Jia 2006
- Paraphyletic Osteolepida incertae sedis [taxa not treated by Ahlberg & Johanson, 1998]:
- †Bogdanovia orientalis Obrucheva 1955 [has been treated as Coelacanthinimorph sarcopterygian]
- †Canningius groenlandicus Säve-Söderbergh 1937
- †Chrysolepis [non Chrysolepis (chinquapins), a genus of fabaceaen plants (Fabaceae)]
- †Geiserolepis
- †Latvius
- †L. grewingki (Gross 1933)
- †L. porosus Jarvik 1948
- †L. obrutus Vorobyeva 1977
- †Lohsania utahensis Vaughn 1962
- †Megadonichthys kurikae Vorobyeva 1962
- †Platyethmoidia antarctica Young, Long & Ritchie 1992
- †Shirolepis ananjevi Vorobeva 1977
- †Sterropterygion brandei Thomson 1972
- †Thaumatolepis edelsteini Obruchev 1941
- Paraphyletic Elpistostegalia/Panderichthyida incertae sedis
- †Parapanderichthys stolbovi (Vorobyeva 1960) Vorobyeva 1992
- †Howittichthys warrenae Long & Holland 2008
- †Livoniana multidentata Ahlberg, Luksevic & Mark-Kurik 2000
- Stegocephalia incertae sedis
- †Antlerpeton clarkii Thomson, Shubin & Poole 1998
- †Austrobrachyops jenseni Colbert & Cosgriff 1974
- †Broilisaurus raniceps (Goldenberg 1873) Kuhn 1938
- †Densignathus rowei Daeschler 2000
- †Doragnathus woodi Smithson 1980
- †Jakubsonia livnensis Lebedev 2004
- †Limnerpeton dubium Fritsch 1901 (nomen dubium)
- †Limnosceloides Romer 1952
- †L. dunkardensis Romer 1952 (Type)
- †L. brahycoles Langston 1966
- †Occidens portlocki Clack & Ahlberg 2004
- †Ossinodus puerorum emend Warren & Turner 2004
- †Romeriscus periallus Baird & Carroll 1968
- †Sigournea multidentata Bolt & Lombard 2006
- †Sinostega pani Zhu et al.2002
- †Ymeria denticulata Clack et al. 2012
Lobe-finned fishes (sarcopterygians) and their relatives the ray-finned fishes (actinopterygians) comprise the superclass of bony fishes (Osteichthyes) characterized by their bony skeleton rather than cartilage. There are otherwise vast differences in fin, respiratory, and circulatory structures between the Sarcopterygii and the Actinopterygii, such as the presence of cosmoid layers in the scales of sarcopterygians. The earliest fossils of sarcopterygians, found in the uppermost Silurian (ca 418 Ma), closely resembled the acanthodians (the "spiny fish", a taxon that went extinct at the end of the Paleozoic). In the early–middle Devonian (416 - 385 Ma), while the predatory placoderms dominated the seas, some sarcopterygians came into freshwater habitats.
In the Early Devonian (416 - 397 Mya), the sarcopterygians split into two main lineages — the coelacanths and the rhipidistians. Coelacanths never left the oceans and their heyday was the late Devonian and Carboniferous, from 385 to 299 Ma, as they were more common during those periods than in any other period in the Phanerozoic; coelacanths still live today in the oceans (genus Latimeria).
The Rhipidistians, whose ancestors probably lived in the oceans near the river mouths (estuaries), left the ocean world and migrated into freshwater habitats. They in turn split into two major groups: the lungfish and the tetrapodomorphs. The lungfish's greatest diversity was in the Triassic period; today there are fewer than a dozen genera left. The lungfish evolved the first proto-lungs and proto-limbs; developing the ability to live outside a water environment in the middle Devonian (397 - 385 Ma).
There are three major hypotheses as to how they evolved their stubby fins (proto-limbs). The traditional explanation is the "shrinking waterhole hypothesis" or "desert hypothesis" posited by the American paleontologist Alfred Romer. He believed that limbs and lungs may have evolved from the necessity of having to find new bodies of water as old waterholes dried up.[19]
The second hypothesis is the "inter-tidal hypothesis" put forward in 2010 by a team of Polish paleontologists (Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, Piotr Szrek, Katarzyna Narkiewicz, Marek Narkiewicz, & Per Ahlberg). They argued that sarcopterygians may have first emerged unto land from intertidal zones rather than inland bodies of water. Their hypothesis is based on the discovery of the 395 million-year-old Zachełmie tracks in Zachełmie, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, the oldest ever discovered fossil evidence of tetrapods.[20][21]
The third hypothesis is dubbed the "woodland hypothesis" and was proposed by the American paleontologist Greg Retallack in 2011. He argues that limbs may have developed in shallow bodies of water in woodlands as a means of navigating in environments filled with roots and vegetation. He based his conclusions on the evidence that transitional tetrapod fossils are consistently found in habitats that were formerly humid and wooded floodplains.[19][22]
The first tetrapodomorphs, which included the gigantic rhizodonts, had the same general anatomy as the lungfish, who were their closest kin, but they appear not to have left their water habitat until the late Devonian epoch (385 - 359 Ma), with the appearance of tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates). Tetrapods are the only tetrapodomorphs which survived after the Devonian.
Non-tetrapod sarcopterygians continued until towards the end of Paleozoic era, suffering heavy losses during the Permian-Triassic extinction event (251 Ma).
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SEC Chief Delayed Rule Over Legacy Concerns
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro delayed a rule potentially affecting hundreds of billions of dollars of private offerings by companies in part because of concerns about her personal legacy. Jean Eaglesham has details on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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