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When it comes to employment law, the exact company title and practical position of the players in any given case make a difference in the case's ultimate outcome. For example, some laws protecting workers from sexual harassment and discrimination of all kinds only apply when a direct supervisor is committing the offending acts. The United States Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case centering on the question "Who is a supervisor" for the purposes of employment law cases.
The Court has previously tried to clarify its position on this matter, but lower courts continue to disagree on what the Court's previous rulings ultimately mean. In an effort to settle these inconsistent interpretations, the Court is considering the case of a kitchen worker who allegedly suffered serious forms of racial discrimination at the hands of individuals she considered to be her supervisors.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that the employee could not sue for racial discrimination, essentially because her "supervisor" only directed her day-to-day tasks but did not have explicit authority to conduct a job action such as hiring her or firing her. As such, this person did not explicitly meet the criteria laid out in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for a supervisor, according to the court.
This particular interpretation is troubling, as it gives companies the ability to discriminate against employees through the bottom rungs of the managerial chains, as long as someone higher ranking does the hiring and firing. The practical implications of the Supreme Court upholding the Seventh Circuit's interpretation could be potentially devastating to employees. As a result, this case will undoubtedly be closely watched.
Source: SCOTUSblog.com, "Argument preview: Who is a supervisor?" Lyle Denniston, Nov. 21, 2012


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Bacteria communicate with each other using quorum sensing
Humans talk to one another. Other animals, like birds and whales, also use sound to communicate. But in the bacterial world, conversation is chemical. This chemical communication, or 'quorum sensing', is what allows bacteria to synchronise the type of coordinated attack that will leave you feeling sick.
Since the discovery of quorum sensing several decades ago, scientists have realised that all bacteria use it to communicate all the time – within their own population and with other populations of bacteria within the same community.
Quorum sensing is based on population density. Bacteria release communication molecules that float away when the population is small.
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A curious light-producing bacterium called Vibrio fischeri uses quorum sensing molecules to sense when its population has grown to a certain size, at which point all the bacteria in the population switch on their lights. The bacteria are symbiotic, living in an organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid (pictured above). The bacteria's luminescence prevents these squid from casting shadows on moonlit nights, which in turn helps them avoid predators.Lead image:
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Now that she's received immunity from prosecution, Monica Lewinsky is prepared to testify that she and President Bill Clinton discussed how to conceal their alleged sexual relationship, sources say. .
In further revelation Dead E. (name changed to protect anonymity) stunned the world by revealing "Yes, Bill and I were lovers. This Monica thing was just a diversion for our affair." Dead E. continues, "Bill and I would sit around for hours trying to figure ways to hide the fact that he was a necrophile from his wife. We were just trying to spare her feelings. I told him Billy -- I liked to call him Billy -- we got to come out of the coffin about this affair, tell the world. Heck let's sell tickets. Do you know how much money we can make selling our story to one of the rags? You'd be set for life and I'd be set for death. But he wouldn't have any of it. Gotta protect the wife's feelings, can't let her know....yadda..yadda...yadda. Boy can he go on and on about normal type sensibilities. For a president with full access to the world's greatest spy stuff and cool gadgets he sure could be provincial. He'd tell me, 'Dead' -- he liked to call me Dead -- 'only a bunch of weirdos on that Springer show like to reveal details of their affairs. Real hot-blooded Americans hide their love affairs like they is supposed to be.' So I says to Billy, okay let's find a way to hide the fact that you are having an affair with some dead guy. That's when we came up with this Monica thing. We figured that if Hilary caught word about Monica and Bill she'd never look any deeper and possibly discover our relationship. Who knew that little tramp would keep her mouth open so much?"


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To begin using the Advanced Manager features, you will need to be on the Advanced plan or higher, and have managers in your platform! You can click here to view how to add Managers to your platform.
Adding a Manager to a Course
This is as easy as navigating to your course and clicking on Managers in the tabs.
You will then need to set them to a course manager by clicking Assign as Manager. A button labelled Permissions appear. By clicking this, you can choose what permissions the manager will have for this course.
Once you're satisfied, hit Save Changes.
Adding a Manager to a Group
You add group managers the same way you added the manager to the course. Just navigate to the group you want to add a manager to and click on Managers at the top. Adding a manager and the setting up their permissions are done the same way as it is done for a course.
Using the Advanced Features as a Manager
When a manager logs in, they will see a Manager in the side column.
Upon clicking this, they will be taken to the manager interface where they will see notifications, as well as buttons to allow them to manage the courses and groups that they are assigned to, as well as assessments that require grading that were submitted by people they are managing.
Managing Courses
By clicking on My Courses, the manager will see this screen. From here, they can download a course report by clicking on the download button, or they can click on the course name to enter the course and access the more advanced functions.
After clicking on the course name, the manager will be able to view the users in the course, as well as edit their course progress by clicking the button under Edit Course Progress and download a user course report by clicking the download button under User Report.
Editing the course progress is the same as it is as an admin. Individual modules can be marked as (in)complete and the overall course progress can be changed or cleared.
Managers can also add brand new users to a course. This means that they can instantly add users to both the platform and the course simultaneously.
They just need to click on Add User.
Next, they fill in the form, and click Create New User. It's as simple as that.
Managing Groups
By clicking on My Groups, the manager will see a similar view, except instead of courses, they will see a list of groups that they manage. Keep in mind that if assigning a manager to a group, they will also be given permissions for managing the subgroups as well.
This page allows a group manager to download reports for all of the group's users, all of the group's courses, as well as a detailed report on one specific group. Clicking on the group name will allow the manager to access additional functionality.
From here, the manager can download reports about a user's courses, as well as update the course progress by using the dropdown under Select Course to select the course.
Adding users is done the same way as it is for courses. This will add a user to the platform, register them into the group, and enroll them into any courses that the group is assigned to.
Grading Assessments
Grading assessments as a Manager simply requires the Manager to click on Assessments Awaiting Grading. There will be a notification badge beside the icon showing how many assessments there are.
After that, they will just need to click on the name of the assessment from the list to open the marking page.
They will then be taken to an interface that is identical to the Admin assessment marking page. To learn how to use the marking interface, click here.
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In New Jersey we are really starting to feel that chill in the air, it is feeling more and more like the Fall season. The leaves are starting to change slightly and it even smells like Fall.
Over the weekend I made a quick trip to Home Goods and I stumbled upon this piece of Mercury Glass and it was $12.99. I thought that was a fantastic price, it looks very aged and has pretty details. I think it works nicely in my great room. I added it to the fall vingnette on a small table that I painted and fauxed a couple of years ago. It adds a certain charm to the table. It also brings the green out of the picture above it that I mod podged a long-time ago.
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"The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe."
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1:7 The same came for (that is, in order to give) a testimony - The evangelist, with the most strong and tender affection, interweaves his own testimony with that of John, by noble digressions, wherein he explains the office of the Baptist; partly premises and partly subjoins a farther explication to his short sentences. What St. Matthew, Mark, and Luke term the Gospel, in respect of the promise going before, St. John usually terms the testimony, intimating the certain knowledge of the relator; to testify of the light - Of Christ.
Joh 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear testimony of the Light. John came, not so much as a reformer, as a witness. His work, as declared by Malachi, was to be a messenger to go before the Lord (Mal 3:1). In all his preaching he testified of Christ. He pointed his own disciples to Jesus.


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There are literally hundreds of colleges out there for the normal student to have to choose from. How can you possibly decide where you want to go, what place has what programs and whether you can actually get into any of them? That's the beauty of college directories. They list all the colleges that are available to students in the United States and elsewhere and help them decided how to differentiate between them.
The College Board is far and away the most popular of all the college directories and has many thousands of students log on over the course of their senior year of high school to see what colleges fit their criteria. They have the data for pretty much every college you can think of from the University of Phoenix to Harvard with everything in between. If you want to know about other smaller liberal arts colleges, they're there. If you want to know about big technical schools, they're there too. There's really an abundance of information from sites such as the College Board.
They take your SAT scores, high school GPA and other factors that you voluntarily choose into their college search to see which ones meet the criteria of what you're looking for. You can sort by certain programs or just location or a combination of a seemingly endless number of factors. If you only want schools that have certain engineering programs, you can sort by that or if you just want a small liberal arts school in the middle of Pennsylvania, that's available too. The possibilities are numerous.
Really no matter what program you're looking for, sites like the College Board help you find it. But for some they can just be too big and include too many different schools. You can search yourself on a search engine to find more specialized college directories for just your specified field. These sites are probably smaller and more unreliable however, so proceed with caution. You can always double check with College Board information though once you see what you want on these sites.
Finding colleges that fit your desired description can really be one of the hardest things you'll have to do, but with the Internet that readily has information available about pretty much any college you could possibly imagine, it's easier than ever. Don't get intimidated, it's really not nearly as bad as you think.
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The 2017 Adventure Trip is to Daytona Bike Week. New GUESTS and MEMBERS, if you wish to join us for the trip, you will have to make arrangements for your accommodations. We will likely pre-book accommodations for the trip down. Daytona is already booked. IF you wish to join us for the convoy down, please inquire of the President or Vice-President. We dont mind company or meeting new people.
- Trailering bikes down to Daytona Beach, FL
- We'll be in Daytona for the last 6 nights, of the 10 day event.
- Depart Saturday, March 11, 2017
- Arrive Monday March 13th, 2017
- Depart Daytona Sunday March 19th, 2017
- Arrive home Monday March 20th, 2017 (likely late evening)
- Accommodations on trip down and back: approximate locations will be decided based on driver ability.
- Accommodations in Daytona: Motel 6, 2992 W Intl Speedway Blv, Daytona Beach, FL 32124 $515 USD for 6 nights.
- It is 2170 kliks to Daytona Beach, FL (700k per day on the way down) (1100k per day on way back)
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Due to unpredictable weather in March from Ontario clear down to Florida, we must of necessity tow ours bikes to Daytona beach. Riding part or all of the way is not realistic. It can snow in GA in March. Additionally, storage for a vehicle and trailer runs approximately $190 CAD for a 7 days stretch. Cheaper to drive to the motel and park for free.
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Solar Powered Airplanes Could Be The Future Of Flying
The future of flying may be starting with a history making voyage that just happened last week. A solar-powered, single-piloted airplane completed a 4,000 mile journey from Japan to Hawaii without stopping.
The plane itself is called the Solar Impulse 2 and is currently making a trip around the world. This leg of the trip was the longest the pilot, Andre Borschberg, will have to go without stopping. The plane left Japan last Sunday afternoon and made the trip in 5 days. It landed on Sunday
The aircraft itself has a max speed of 90 mph and average only about 40 mph during the trip. This meant the trip took an excruciating 117 hours! In comparison a Boeing 777 can hit about 600 mph making the trip in about 8.5 hours.
Even though this may seem not worth the trouble, it's the first step in making solar powered flight a commercial possibility in the future. This would help push us further away from depending on fossil fuels.
"This oceanic flight to Hawaii demonstrates that if technological solutions exist to fly a plane day and night without fuel, then there is potential for these same efficient technologies to be used in our daily lives, and to achieve energy savings to reduce CO2 emissions," Bertrand Piccard, co-founder of Solar Impulse, said in a statement Friday.
The Solar Impulse 2 has broken a number of records with it's latest flight, including longest distance for solar-powered flight, longest duration for solar-powered flight and longest non-stop solo-pilot flight of any kind.
That last record was mainly due to the fact that the plane doesn't have to stop to refuel. There are 17,248 solar cells on the wings that recharge four lithium polymer batteries, which allow it to fly at night. Also the plane is made of carbon fiber making it very light, only 5,070 pounds.
The Solar Impulse 2 has five more legs it needs to complete before it makes it entirely around the world. It's next stop, Phoenix!


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At Trial, Undercover Officer Shares Interpretation of Recorded Conversations with 'NATO 3'
An undercover Chicago police officer Mehmet Uygun took the witness stand and gave testimony in the trial of the "NATO 3." His testimony came days after another undercover officer provided testimony for the jury.
The "NATO 3?—Brian Jacob Church, Brent Betterly and Jared Chase—each face terrorism and other felony conspiracy charges. They traveled from Florida to Chicago for protests that were planned against the NATO summit. They had organized with Occupy groups in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
Two undercover cops from the Chicago police department's intelligence unit, Officer Nadia Chikko and Officer Mehmet Uygun, became protesters and infiltrated the activist community that was preparing for protests around the summit, particularly May 18, when a large demonstration was planned.
The undercover cops were with them when they took beer bottles, filled them with an unknown amount of gasoline and then put cloths in each of them to make what prosecutors have said were Molotov cocktails.
The prosecution read a transcript of conversations that police recorded with wire devices while they were interacting with the defendants. Uygun then provided the jury with his impression or take on what he thought the men had been saying at the time.
On May 4, during a meeting in Palmisano Park in Chicago, Chase said, "You guys bring any Molotov cocktails?" Uygun, who was known as "Mo" to people in the activist community, said, "I mean, I'll make you some, you know." He told the jury he said this so he could be "included."
One conversation led him to believe that Church wanted to make "sock bombs." He did not know what a "sock bomb" was and later looked it up "on Google." (The prosecutor didn't bother to ask what source he was reading when he determined what exactly a "sock bomb" happened to be.)
Chase said something about how police would not shoot into a crowd. Uygun testified that he thought this meant what he said and also that he would be able to throw a Molotov at police.
When Chase said, "Cops get lit on fire every fuckin' time," during a conversation when Molotovs came up, Uygun suggested that Chase was saying "police get lit on fire all the time with Molotov cocktails."
Church said something about suspecting someone they knew was a "fucking fed." Uygun responded that if he was "lurking" he should "point him out." Uygun testified that this showed Church was worried about "counter-surveillance measures" and he said he should point him out so if he was a police officer he could look out for the officer's safety and warn him.
When Church later said, "We were thinking about a little more than protesting," Uygun interpreted this as a reference to possibly attacking Obama's re-election campaign headquarters.
Chase said, "You guys been down there? What's it look like?" Uygun said it was a "silver building. Church wondered about the security for the building. And Uygun testified in court that he understood they were asking about "counter-surveillance." (Note: There has been no evidence presented that the "NATO 3" ever went to Obama's headquarters even though they talked about it.)
Uygun mentioned he knew a "bouncer" and could "give him a heads up" when he was talking to Church about recruiting people for attacks. Uygun told the jury this person would have been "another undercover police officer" if he had ever been needed.
At one point, Chikko said, "You guys don't know where to get pipes?" Chase said they would find some. Church believed he could get them from some "steel mills." Uygun testified he was seeing where we were "at with metal pipes and if they had any at the time."
Also on May 4, Uygun said, "We got a whole nine days. Whole nine days and ain't got shit to do," and Church replied, "We could figure out stuff to do in the meantime." Uygun interpeted this as meaning that something would happen before May 15th—the attack on Obama's headquarters.
Uygun testified that he said something about bringing a "30-pack" of beer over to the apartment where the "NATO 3" were staying because he was "just trying to get invited to the residence." He testified he did not actually bring over a "30-pack."
On May 14, when Betterly said he planned to "be there for the whole summit. Be there for the last day then bounce," Uygun testified that he thought this meant Betterly would "wait for the last day of NATO to do" what Betterly "wanted to do." (Uygun did not specify what it was that he thought Betterly planned to do.)
In a conversation on the same day, "acid bombs" came up and Uygun said something about previously making a Drano bomb. He never had made one. "I was just talking to include myself in the conversation," Uygun testified.
Church said he would be "looking for all them motherfuckers"—the police that stopped in his vehicle in early May. He would be looking for an African-American officer in his uniform that was his screensaver. The officer was a bike cop who had harassed or hassled him.
Uygun later stated, "Yeah, Molotovs, make it rain. We should just do like a mob of them." This seems like encouragement of the criminal act, but, if you ask Uygun, this was just a part of staying "included."
Betterly later said, "Only way to make proper Molotovs is gas." To which Uygun said, "I got like 2 bucks We're gonna fill up a little gas can."
Uygun testified that he understood that Betterly thought gas was needed to make them and Chase "wanted to do it so I asked where the gas station was." He did proceed to ask where the gas station was located, but Chase had not said anything about wanting to make Molotovs right before he said he had two dollars for gas. Betterly said it was proper to use gas but what Chase may have said was not highlighted in this part of the prosecution's cross-examination, even though it would seem to be critical.
As one might be able to tell, there are some questionable or eye-brow raising conclusions being drawn from statements made by defendants. He drew a lot of inferences about what they were saying.
On May 2, before obtaining the court order authorizing wire devices, Chikko and Uygun met Church at a restaurant called the White Palace Grill. They had no wire devices yet they shadowed Church as he apparently led them to Chase Bank tower in in the downtown area. He touched the glass and somehow claimed to have measured the thickness. He talked about the "entry point" for his attack and how he would destroy as much as possible. He said something about wanting to do a four station simultaneous attack to damage police vehicles. He asked where he could buy three assault rifles.
This is what both Chikko and Uygun have claimed happened. Since there is no recording, it is hard for the defense to prove that they may have been asking Church to lead them around downtown and talk about what he might do to conduct alleged attacks during the NATO summit. Nevertheless, as with this whole operation, it is the defense's belief that they were encouraged to do much of what they are accused of doing by the two undercover officers.
Prosecutors had Uygun show the jury the weapons that Church legally possessed – knives, a bow and arrow, a sword, a throwing star. The jury had already had these pieces of evidence presented to them. The defense objected and argued this was "unnecessary and purposely prejudicial." But the judge allowed prosecutors to continue.
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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Interpret And Analyze Figures Of Speech In Context: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.11 12.5.A
Adapted from Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" in Leaves of Grass (1855)
Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!
Clouds of the west—sun there half an hour high—I see you also face to face.
Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes, how curious you are to me!
On the ferry-boats the hundreds and hundreds that cross, returning home, are more curious to me than you suppose,
And you that shall cross from shore to shore years hence are more to me, and more in my meditations, than you might suppose.
The impalpable sustenance of me from all things at all hours of the day,
The simple, compact, well-join'd scheme, myself disintegrated, every one disintegrated yet part of the scheme,
The similitudes of the past and those of the future,
The glories strung like beads on my smallest sights and hearings, on the walk in the street and the passage over the river,
The current rushing so swiftly and swimming with me far away,
The others that are to follow me, the ties between me and them,
The certainty of others, the life, love, sight, hearing of others.
Others will enter the gates of the ferry and cross from shore to shore,
Others will watch the run of the flood-tide,
Others will see the shipping of Manhattan north and west, and the heights of Brooklyn to the south and east,
Others will see the islands large and small;
Fifty years hence, others will see them as they cross, the sun half an hour high,
A hundred years hence, or ever so many hundred years hence, others will see them,
Will enjoy the sunset, the pouring-in of the flood-tide, the falling-back to the sea of the ebb-tide.
It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not,
I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence,
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,
Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd,
Just as you are refresh'd by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh'd,
Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift current, I stood yet was hurried,
Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick-stemm'd pipes of steamboats, I look'd.
I too many and many a time cross'd the river of old,
Watched the Twelfth-month sea-gulls, saw them high in the air floating with motionless wings, oscillating their bodies,
Saw how the glistening yellow lit up parts of their bodies and left the rest in strong shadow,
Saw the slow-wheeling circles and the gradual edging toward the south,
Saw the reflection of the summer sky in the water,
Had my eyes dazzled by the shimmering track of beams . . .
Which of the following is personified in section three of the poem?
The river
Sea gulls
The summer sky
The river
This question tests not only your knowledge of a specific kind of figurative language, but also your ability to recognize that figure of speech in the context in which it appears.
The first leg of this race is simply knowing, or being able to surmise, the meaning of "personification." When something is "personified" that (non-human) object, animal, or idea is ascribed human traits or qualities. So let's look at our options: all of them are non-human objects, and thus all could, in theory, be personified. The key to this question, if you want to do it as quickly as possible, is to scan the words and phrases surrounding the highlighted terms for language relating to human actions, feelings, or thoughts.
The key term here is "gladness," which is ascribed to "the river." "Gladness is a particularly obvious personifying element since it is feeling. Rivers, even ones as storied as the one discussed here, do not feel glad, nor do they have any feelings at all. So, "gladness" personifies "the river."
Example Question #41 : Common Core: 12th Grade English Language Arts
Adapted from "On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings" (1900) by William James
Some years ago, while journeying in the mountains of North Carolina, I passed by a large number of 'coves,' as they call them there, or heads of small valleys between the hills, which had been newly cleared and planted. The impression on my mind was one of unmitigated squalor. The settler had in every case cut down the more manageable trees, and left their charred stumps standing. The larger trees he had girdled and killed, in order that their foliage should not cast a shade. He had then built a log cabin, plastering its chinks with clay, and had set up a tall zigzag rail fence around the scene of his havoc, to keep the pigs and cattle out. Finally, he had irregularly planted the intervals between the stumps and trees with Indian corn, which grew among the chips; and there he dwelt with his wife and babes--an axe, a gun, a few utensils, and some pigs and chickens feeding in the woods, being the sum total of his possessions.
The forest had been destroyed; and what had 'improved' it out of existence was hideous, a sort of ulcer, without a single element of artificial grace to make up for the loss of Nature's beauty. Ugly, indeed, seemed the life of the squatter, scudding, as the sailors say, under bare poles, beginning again away back where our first ancestors started, and by hardly a single item the better off for all the achievements of the intervening generations.
"Talk about going back to nature!" I said to myself, oppressed by the dreariness, as I drove by. Talk of a country life for one's old age and for one's children! Never thus, with nothing but the bare ground and one's bare hands to fight the battle! Never, without the best spoils of culture woven in! The beauties and commodities gained by the centuries are sacred. They are our heritage and birthright. No modern person ought to be willing to live a day in such a state of rudimentariness and denudation.
Then I said to the mountaineer who was driving me, "What sort of people are they who have to make these new clearings?" "All of us," he replied. "Why, we ain't happy here, unless we are getting one of these coves under cultivation." I instantly felt that I had been losing the whole inward significance of the situation. Because to me the clearings spoke of naught but denudation, I thought that to those whose sturdy arms and obedient axes had made them they could tell no other story. But, when they looked on the hideous stumps, what they thought of was personal victory. The chips, the girdled trees, and the vile split rails spoke of honest sweat, persistent toil and final reward. The cabin was a warrant of safety for self and wife and babes. In short, the clearing, which to me was a mere ugly picture on the retina, was to them a symbol redolent with moral memories and sang a very pæan of duty, struggle, and success.
I had been as blind to the peculiar ideality of their conditions as they certainly would also have been to the ideality of mine, had they had a peep at my strange indoor academic ways of life at Cambridge.
Which of the following are personified in the passage?
This question interrogates your understanding of a specific piece of figurative language by testing your ability to read a passage and find an instance of that literary device on your own, without having had a section of the text specified for you.
Although it is not the most profound of personifications, trees are personified in the fourth paragraph, where the author writes, "The chips, the girdled trees, and the vile split rails spoke of honest sweat. . ." The word "to speak" does have a secondary meaning that means "testifying to something." This general idea of testifying (or synonymous activities) is a kind of personification when it comes to beings like trees, which certainly do no testifying—at least in the manner that humans may testify to some facts or ideas.
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There are many different biometric modalities but biometric matching always works the same way. First a person must be enrolled – the biometric is collected and source documents are reviewed to create a biometric identity. For matching, the person will present that biometric to a sensor and the stored record is compared to the one that has been collected. If they match, the identity is verified. But what biometric is being used? Let's look at them:
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A fingerprint is the pattern made by the ridges on your fingertips. The ridges form patterns that can be classified and the direction of the ridge end points and bifurcations (where they fork) are mapped. Fingerprints are the most popular biometric — which makes sense when you consider that criminals often leave fingerprints at the scene of a crime. This is not a new technology; fingerprints were used in by law enforcement in the late 1800s. Fingerprints are mentioned in a Sherlock Holmes short story in 1903. The FBI developed automated fingerprint scanners in 1975. In the late 1990s, commercial fingerprint verification products emerged. By 2006, fingerprint readers were added to many laptops, and in 2013, the iPhone 5S released with Touch ID.
Palm is similar to fingerprints; palm recognition looks at the palm's ridges, texture, spatial attributes, and geometric characteristics. Using palm prints dates back more than 150 years. Interestingly, 30% of the prints lifted from crime scenes are of palms, not fingers.
The vein patterns in a person's hand are unique, do not change with age, and are difficult to forge. In this biometric, near-infrared light reveals a hand's or finger's blood vessel patterns to create a unique biometric template. An advantage of vein biometrics is that they are below the skin level and unaffected by changes in the skin surface.
You think I'm kidding, but this is an emerging biometric. Like most human characteristics, knuckles have unique patterns of geometry and creases.
Eyes and Face Biometrics
The concept of identification with a retina was theorized in 1935 but the technology wasn't available until 1975. In this biometric, a person is identified by the unique pattern of blood vessels at the back of their eye. All you really need to know about retina is that it isn't used anymore. The enrollment process was difficult and sometimes uncomfortable and it has largely been replaced by iris.
In authentication with the iris biometric, the detailed structure of the iris is illuminated with near-infrared light. The texture of the iris is developed in the womb and is random so identical twins have different iris patterns, and even the left and right eyes of the same person have different patterns. An iris scan can be captured through clear contact lenses, eyeglasses, and non-mirrored sunglasses.
Face matching is composed of two parts. First the computer has to find the face – called face detection. Once a face is detected, it can be matched by comparing the overall texture of the face and location of landmark items such as nose, eyes and mouth. Face matching is particularly sensitive to changes in pose and lighting.
Other Biometrics
The voice biometric is useful for remote authentication because of easy access to phones and computer microphones. The physical structure of the throat determines acoustic patterns which are unique between individuals and can be matched.
This behavioral biometric involves analyzing the unique patterns of a person's manner and rhythm of typing. This is not a pass/fail authentication that can be used for identification of a person but can be used to verify an expected person is behind a keyboard.
This behavioral biometric measures the unique idiosyncrasies in how a person walks. The cyclical movement of walking is an unobtrusive identifier. The emerging technology is still affected by footwear, knee injuries, terrain, fatigue, and passage of time.
This biometric looks at the unique angles and curves in each person's ear. Characteristics include height, corresponding angles, and inner ear curve. One of the advantages of ear biometrics is that identification can take place at a distance.
As scanner technology has improved, individual sweat pores can be seen in addition to fingerprint ridges. These sweat pores are unique and can be used to match individuals. Often, sweat pores can be a key distinguishing characteristic in a latent crime scene fingerprint.


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In one of my English classes at the college, we are studying censorship. The students will be assigned a research paper on the subject. For starters, we have been discussing why so many literary works appear on both "greatest books ever written" lists and "works most often censored" lists. Lewis Carroll's great works are prime examples. I wonder to this day if my grandmother's gifts of Alice and Through the Looking Glass are responsible for my life-long and still-evolving maverick approach to all school subjects and my attitudes about most of what we call pubic education.
When Carroll composed the scene of Alice in conversation with the caterpillar, I wonder if he intuitively knew that we would eventually discover that the fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants. When I first read this in first grade, I didn't know what a hookah was except that it was obviously the smoking device the caterpillar was using. I already knew smoking was unhealthy and was never really tempted, even during those prime years when most young people get hooked. I knew nothing of psychedelic experiences. However, I had a vivid imagination, and often imagined myself being of different sizes, strengths, and in different relationships to my surroundings - parents, friends, enemies, teachers, etc. I look back on those early years with fondness - years when grandma gave me many books I was not ready for - the poetry of Longfellow, novels of Robert Louis Stevenson, novels and poetry of Kipling, etc. Grandma believed in challenging young people - an educational process now tantamount to child abuse in some areas. I'll have much more to say on this subject in what I hope will be a serialized narrative on my life-long relationship with education as a student, a parent, and a teacher of students from elementary through college levels. My tentative operating title is I'm glad I never went to kindergarten. For now, let's look at what I did on Thanksgiving morning.
When I was a kid, we'd play Twenty Questions on rainy days. The first question was always "animal, vegetable, or mineral?" Back then, fungi were plants, and no one ever thought of fungi during that game anyway. Well, fungi are no longer plants. They are Fungi. And there are plenty of kids today who know that not every tangible object is necessarily animal, vegetable, mineral, or fungus. Take lichens for example, which many people incorrectly call moss, and which in any case are a symbiotic pairing of algae and fungi. Miscegenation, perhaps?
That's all for now except to mention that the only unpleasant part of this excursion was encountering the most dog poop I've seen anywhere in our national forest. Very disturbing. Every time I got down on the ground to get a close-up, I had to dodge dog poop. Among other things, that brought to mind the problem of giardia.
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Imagine you're sitting on an airplane, and your iPhone suddenly explodes in your hands. That's exactly what happened last November, when an iPhone was left shattered and glowing red after self-combusting on an airplane that had just touched down in Sydney, Australia. The incident raised discussions about the safety of these batteries on flights, since this was a dangerous situation that could easily be repeated purposefully for the wrong reasons. But, the cause of the problem is probably not what you would expect.
Australian government officials have concluded their investigation of the incident, and have determined that the cause of the combustion was due to a loose screw that managed to puncture the iPhone's battery after a faulty screen replacement procedure by an unauthorized service center.
The loose screw made its way to the battery casing and punctured it, which created a short circuit and caused the battery to overheat. Thankfully, nobody was hurt on the airplane; however, it is still a big reminder of the dangers that can be associated with carrying electronic equipment on flights. Do you fly with your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad?


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Last Friday took Find My Style to the Eames Exhibition at the Barbican for a dose of inspiration for personal styling and design aesthetics; I'm a great fan of the work of Ray and Charles Eames and am actually sitting on one of their chair designs while writing this.
Q: "Is Design an expression of art?"
A: "I would rather say it's an expression of purpose. It may, if it is good enough, later be judged as art."
Walking around the exhibition I was struck by how the purpose of what they created was centric to the creative process, and I wondering if we address our wardrobes from this utilitarian perspective, what impact would it have? One example that jumped into my mind with all this wet weather we are having is footwear choices. At the moment I am living in my Versus hi-tops, they are black suede with thick rubber shoes, laced up with zips and lined with leather inside the shoes – super comfy and keep my feet totally dry in this weather. By contrast I've seen plenty of people heading around London streets in pale leather shoes and open flat pumps, with pretty wet looking feet. It's not like the weather in London is a surprise at this time of year, but people are just not thinking about the utility of their wardrobe choices.
"What works is better than what looks good," Ray said. "The looks good can change, but what works, works."
Material & Fabric
Eames designs were shaped by the need for affordable, yet high quality furniture at the time. For years they perfected their designs using low-cost materials like plywood, to create an iconic design aesthetic. Their choice of materials informed their design process and output. Often when we consider our clothes, the first thought is to aesthetics rather than materials. Considering what a garment is made of can be crucial in some climates, for instance, any climber will tell you that cotton kills. It is a good insulator when dry, however when sweat makes cotton wet, it draws heat away from the skin which can be lethal in mountaineering. This characteristic of cotton becomes a plus in hot climates, as it is the perfect fabric for keeping cool in the heat. Using synthetic fibres or natural fabrics, like merino wool, to wick moisture away from the body will allow the body to retain heat. Some fabrics also have metal such as silver in the thread which can reflect heat back to the body.
Q: "What are the boundaries of Design?"
A: "What are the boundaries of problems?"
The Eames philosophy is not about accepting compromises, only constraints. It's about addressing the problems in life and finding a solution. Imagine looking at your wardrobe from a constraints point of view when you are deciding what to put into it, what job do you need it to do for you? What changes would you make? And what would you keep the same? Typically at this time of year in London, your environment constraints would be staying dry and warm. Your communication constraints might be standing out from the crowd or getting the job done. It might be sealing the deal, or making people feel comfortable.
As you implement changes in your wardrobe, its useful to have the words of Ray Eames in mind, 'I never stopped painting, I just changed my palette'. Having a wardrobe that works for you isn't about throwing out your principles; it's about being you and creating something that works for your life. A few questions that might be handy to think about when making your wardrobe choices could include:
What's the purpose you are buying it for?
Will the fabric do the job?
What constraints does it meet in your life?
Until next time, enjoy your wardrobe…
NB The questions and answers quotes above were the conceptual basis of the exhibition Qu'est ce que le design? (What is Design?) at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais de Louvre in 1972 as answered by Charles Eames.


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This one is for the bathroom police, that is, those who feel compelled to tell others that they can't use the disabled stalls, because they don't deem them disabled. One would think in the year 2018 and with 117 Million Americans suffering from a chronic disease, this shouldn't happen anymore, but it happens. All the time. It has happened to me (and ended badly for the other person), it has happened to friends of mine, and while I don'tRead more
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I hate going to the dentist. Not because of the pain (not a fan of it, but it's not awful), but because of the air of moral superiority I encounter every damn time. Through a miracle, I have had fairly good teeth throughout my life. No root canals, a few fillings, two wisdom teeth pulled. So I have been lucky. IBD can manifest orally as well: Mouth ulcers and swelling of the lips, often due to malabsorption of nutrients andRead more
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It was Remi-Day on Monday. Praise the lawd I guess, because I sure had flare symptoms. I didn't sleep well and thought I could take care of that at the practice. But no, this didn't happen because they must have booked several people at once. So as I get my chair, I overhear that Travis' ex got engaged, only a year after their break up (tut tut), I hear another man describing his golf adventure in painful detail, and IRead more
Progressives, you have ableist privilege.
I would consider myself a progressive liberal, by all means and definitions. I have written about how the election has upset me and left me reeling. And of course, instead of showing a unified front, the left has nothing better to do than tearing into each other. While the orange man silently worked to foster his business interests and dismantle freedom of the press, we discussed whether wearing safety pins is the way to go or not. We discussed whoRead more
It's Tuesday, and I am tired…
Even though I am a lapsed, non-practicing Catholic, there are certain ways that this belief system has shaped the way I think. I associate my grandfather with Catholicism, and how his fierce beliefs in justice often brought him pretty close to liberation theology. The whole flipping tables and whipping people thing that Jesus did? Tots okay in my grandpa's book. If there was an injustice, he called it out, and it was a way to articulate his catholic identity toRead more
The ABC of IBD: "A" is for Anemia
Many people with IBD have a hard time conveying that their disease is more than just "a bathroom disease" (whatever that may mean). While digestion and its products certainly do play a big part, they are a fraction of everything that happens to you in the grand scheme of things. So, my newest project is to go through the alphabet and explain symptoms, medications, procedures- things that have to do with IBD. I'll give you a brief definition and tellRead more
The infection saga II: MRSA
I was put on two different antibiotics, and about a day after the last blog post, my abscess started to drain. I'll spare you the yukky details. On Monday, the cultures had finally gotten back to my doctor- it was MRSA indeed! So the cephalexin that I had been taking had pretty much been useless, and it was discontinued. Bactrim, the other antibiotic however, was the one that had been helping. Awesome, finish that round, do the hibiscin showers, andRead more
Nation of Pill-Poppers part II
In the early days of this blog, I wrote about my perceived overprescription of opioid painkillers, how chronic disease fits in there, and why doctors often don't have much choice in the matter. It turns out the CDC thinks the same. "More than 40 Americans die each day from prescription opioid overdoses, we must act now," said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. "Overprescribing opioids—largely for chronic pain—is a key driver of America's drug-overdose epidemic. The guideline will give physiciansRead more
The "Big Pharma" Conspiracy
I love living in Portland. I love its alternative culture that brings forth great art, culture, and just a lot of fun quirkiness. And yet, this lovable city with its lovely inhabitants at times frustrates me to no end, especially when I am being told that I let myself be lulled by "Big Pharma." The narrative is, in variations, the same: Nature knows best, the pharmaceutical industry is in cahoots with the government (and probably the Vatican too) soRead more
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Education is important to my husband and I, and we try to impart that to the wee ones. For us, it isn't about the grades. While I want to know that the wee ones have given their best effort, I'm ok if that means they didn't get straight As. That said, I want to make sure that they understand the material - especially in the younger grades where what they learn is truly the foundation for everything else that's to come.
In that vein, we go over all the assignments and work and tests that come home. We go through what they did well - where they remembered some of the lessons they're being taught or where they did their best handwriting or where I can see that they checked their work and erased a wrong answer. And then we go through the parts that the teacher marked wrong to ensure that the wee ones understood what was done incorrectly.
I have to be extra careful with Mister Man, however. Not only does his Asperger's mean that he's extra sensitive, but his teacher isn't the best at grading. She'll miss problems that are clearly wrong, and sometimes she'll incorrectly mark a problem wrong that isn't. That drives me batty, but I do my best not to let it show.
When the wee ones do a problem wrong, I have them redo it, especially if it's something that they've gotten wrong on a regular basis or where they clearly haven't used their best efforts.
I came across this paper the other day where Mister Man had to measure an object and report its length to the nearest half centimeter. Apparently, Mister Man also has a very strict sense of right and wrong.
But I have to give him credit. When I went back and measured it myself, it is definitely 8 1/2 centimeters. And you know, it's not such a bad thing to teach him to stick to his guns, too.
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Bruce D. Cheson, MD; Leocadio Lacerna, MD; Brian Leyland-Jones, MD; Gisele Sarosy, MD; Robert E. Wittes, MD
Purpose: To assess the current status of high-dose chemotherapy with autologous marrow transplantation in hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.
Data Identification: Studies reported between 1978 and May 1988 were identified through computer searches using Medline and Cancerline and through extensive manual searching of bibliographies of identified books and articles.
Study Selection: More than 160 studies that contained adequate response, toxicity, or survival data were selected for analysis, including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and proceedings of meetings. The most current or complete references were used for series reported more than once.
Data Analysis: Information abstracted included regimen used, number of patients, response rates, disease-free and overall survival, and toxicities. A meta-analysis of the pooled data was done.
Results of Data Analysis: For many tumor types, autologous marrow transplantation offers higher response rates than standard approaches. For leukemias and lymphomas, response rates of 60% to 80% may be achieved with the potential for cure. With solid tumors, response rates range from 30% in gliomas, 50% in melanomas and colon cancer, more than 60% in lung cancer, and 80% in breast cancer. Although responses tend to be short-lived, long-term survival can occasionally be seen.
Conclusions: Results with autologous marrow transplantation can be improved through systematically developed, carefully designed clinical trials that may be facilitated by collaborative research. Studies should focus on disease-directed drug combinations, several courses of high-dose therapy, treatment at a time of lower tumor burden, and reducing toxicity with hematopoietic growth factors.
Cheson BD, Lacerna L, Leyland-Jones B, et al. Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation: Current Status and Future Directions. Ann Intern Med. 1989;110:51–65. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-110-1-51
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Is it China or San Marino? New book explores Britain's complex relationship with the Holy See
Catholic writer Catherine Pepinster explores the UK's interactions with the papacy over the last 35 years
The British Government doesn't know whether to see the Holy See as China or San Marino, according to a new book detailing the relationship between Britain and the Papacy.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, made these remarks to Catherine Pepinster, former Editor of The Tablet, when describing the "real level of ignorance" about the papacy that existed inside the Foreign Office during the run up to Benedict XVI visit to Britain in 2010.
In The Keys and The Kingdom, Pepinster provides an in-depth account of interactions between the United Kingdom and the papacies of John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis.
This is a relationship that is coloured by history, given that almost 500 years King Henry VIII broke with Rome declaring himself head of the Church of England leading to huge religious tensions and the deaths of both Catholics and Protestants.
For centuries afterwards Catholics in Britain were viewed with suspicion as somehow loyal to a foreign power. Today Pepinster argues relations are "healthy" and the British and the Holy See are no longer "prisoners of the past." At the same time, there are some tensions. "They have found areas of common ground, particularly on the world stage," she says.
"But in Britain Catholic teaching on, for example, sexual morality meets resistance." She went on: "While Theresa May is sympathetic to the Church and has a strong Christian faith there are some in the Foreign Office who do not fully understand the Catholic Church. Senior diplomats don't see it as important."
Yet Pepinster's book details how the Foreign Office played a part in the election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis when former British Ambassador to the Holy See, Nigel Baker, hosted a reception at his residence for cardinals from across the commonwealth in the run up to the conclave.
They were met that evening by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, himself not able to vote due to being over the age of 80, but who believed the Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires was the ideal candidate to be the next Pope The focus of the reception that evening was on cardinals from poorer countries, who in the 2005 conclave which elected Pope Benedict XVI did not feature prominently in the behind the scenes dinners and meetings that take place before a papal election.
The book reveals that Cardinal George Pell of Australia, and Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada were left off the guest list that evening. Both of them are also renowned as more conservative figures in the college of cardinals. She also explains that at one point the ambassador and his staff even left the room to allow for private discussions to take place. "It left the cardinal able to have a few minutes of totally confidential chat with the red hats from the south" Pepinster explains adding that this meeting was "highly significant."
She explained: "They [the embassy] provided Cardinal Cormac with a forum, which helped smooth the way for the election of Bergoglio," she said. But "the irony", Pepinster explains, is that the election of an Argentinian as Pope raised the question of the Falkland Islands, British overseas territory and over which war was fought with Argentina in 1982.
As Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Bergoglio had talked about "Los Malvinas" being "usurped" by the British, and this led to the Foreign Office making it clear to the Holy See - following Pope Francis' election - that the Falklands Islands are British. It was also Britain's war with Argentina Falklands that nearly led to the cancellation of John Paul II's visit to Britain in 1982 with the Holy See appealing to then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for peace.
The visits of John Paul II and Benedict XVI in 2010 were both a big success despite tensions beforehand. Popes, according to Pepinster, retain a popular appeal in Britain which she says is down to the charismatic nature of the of papacy and the British respect for tradition.


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After he had been welcomed very affectionately by Pope Julius, Raphael started to paint in the Stanza della Segnatura a fresco showing the theologians reconciling Philosophy and Astrology with Theology, in which are portraits of all the sages of the world shown disputing among themselves in various ways. The original name of the fresco actually isCausarum Cognitio (Knowledge of Causes) but it is called School of Athens from a 17th century guidebook.
The School of Athens was painted by the 27 year old Raphael (Raffaelo) Sanzio (or Santi) for Pope Julius II (1503-1513). In 1508 the young native of Urbino had been recommended to Julius II by Donato Bramante, the pope's architect, and also a native of Urbino. So enthusiastic was the pope when he saw the fresco that Raphael received the commission to paint the entire papal suite. The Stanza della Segnatura was to be Julius' library, Bibiotheca Iulia, which would house a small collection of books intended for his personal use. The Fresco of Raphael's School of Athens is a masterpiece of Art. However we do not know all details of the persons who are depicted. Giorgio Vasari and others have suggested nearly all Greek philosophers and ancient scientists can be found here. Unfortunately Raphael did not leave any personal notes on this work but some of the persons can be identified. The work shows that Raphael was an educated person, had some knowledge of Greek philosophy and science. We can consider "The School of Athens" as a " visualization of knowledge".
Plato and Aristotle as Central Figures walking in a peripatetic manner through the Lyceum. A one-point (linear) perspective is used, one method to show 3-D objects on a 2-D surface. Lines which appear to go away from the viewer meet at a single point on the horizon, the so called vanishing point. The perspective is such that this point is between Plato and Aristotle stressing the importance of these two persons. To an almost equal distance between Plato and Aristotle we have Euclid and Pythagoras. Many believe that the hand gestures of Plato and Aristotle (in the center of the painting) denote two ways of doing metaphysics. Plato points to the heavens–Aristotle to the earth. If look closely, Plato is holding a book: Timaeus, one of his most celestial and abstract dialogues. Aristotle is holding his Nichomachean Ethics, a rather terrestrial treatise.
Notice how the series of concentric circles from the vaults, beginning with the outermost semi-circle of the Stanze arch in front, culminates in the inner circle around the heads of Plato and Aristotle. The circle is an ancient symbol of perfection: therefore these circles, and especially the inmost one, represent the mind of God, which encompasses the minds of both philosophers. This is a neo-Platonic and somewhat mystical idea of God which was circulating in Italy in Raphael's day. Moreover, Raphael and his friends were members of a philosophical circle in Rome that was intent on reconciling the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle, whose differences threatened to persist into the Renaissance, dividing the moderns as they had the ancients. Florence, for example, was then a hotbed of Platonism, whereas Milan was proud of its Aristotelian worldliness and encyclopaedic collection of scientists and engineers. And it is still said that everyone is born either a Platonist or an Aristotelian.
In the right foreground are concentrated two groups. An absorbed group of students huddles around the stooped figure of Euclid (or maybe Archimedes), who is demonstrating some geometric proposition with a pair of compasses upon a slate. Behind him, in yellow robes, stands the Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy, holding his globe of the earth. Behind him is the Persian astronomer and philosopher Zoroaster, holding a sphere of the fixed stars. Just to the right of these two is Raphael himself, [the only figure in the School of Athens] who gazes directly back at the viewer.
Heraclitus ~ Michelangelo
The pessimist philosopher, Heracleitus, a portrait of Michelangelo, is leaning against a block of marble, writing on a sheet of paper. Michelangelo was in those years executing the paintings in the nearby Sistine Chapel.
(likeness of Leonardo da Vinci)
(427 - 347 BC) In his left hand red-robed Plato holds his book TIMAEUS, one of the few books by Plato that had so far been recovered by the Renaissance, while explaining how the universe was created by the demiurge (interpreted by the Renaissance as a divine architect) from perfect mathematical models, forms and the regular geometric solids, the "Platonic solids," as they called them. With his right hand Plato gestures upwards, indicating that the eternal verities and forms, such as the ideals of Beauty, Goodness and Truth, are not in or of this world of space, time and matter, but lie beyond, in a timeless, spaceless realm of pure Ideas.
(384 - 322 BC) Dissenting from his teacher's extreme idealism, his blue-robed student Aristotle points with his right hand straight ahead out into the solid world of material reality, into the world of physical science and practical reason. In his left hand Aristotle holds his ETHICS. Perhaps his brown and blue colored clothes represent the two elements water and earth (probably to show that his philosophy is grounded, material), whereas Plato's two colors represent fire and air.
Diogenes of Sinopes, "The Dog"
(412-323 BC), a cynic philosopher, a student of Antisthenes, who lived in Corinth. His father Icesias was a banker. With his "beggar" cup, lying deep in thought on the steps; this is a finely conceived figure which deserves high praise for its beauty and the appropriate negligence of its clothing. Diogenes is seen alone, set apart: [...] a cynic in his expression, in his bearing, in his attitude. What is he reading? Diogenes, a philosopher, lived in a big barrel, instead of the traditional house. He spent his nights wandering from house to house with a lantern, knocking on peoples' doors to find out if there was "an honest human inside." With his audacious intrusion in peoples' private affairs, he meant to show them that no honest person could be found anywhere in his city. When Alexander the Great went to meet him, he found him sitting in front of his barrel, facing the sun. As a great admirer of Diogenes, Alexander then asked him if there is anything he could give him, which today might be equivalent to being asked whether you would like to win the lottery. Diogenes thought for a while, and then asked politely if the Great King could simply... step aside, because by standing over him with his horse, he was hiding the sun from his face! This answer so impressed Alexander, that he exclaimed that if he were not Alexander, he would have liked to be Diogenes!
Pythagoras is shown in the foreground intent on explaining the diatesseron.
Above the figures arrayed on Plato's side stands, in his niche, a naked statue of Apollo, patron god of poetry and the fine arts. Note Apollo's pose: he stands in the classical contraposto pose that goes way back to the Greek "Canon" of Polycleitus. But this Apollo, like his lyre, exhibits also a limpness, a curvaceous softness, that suggests something epicene: something hermaphroditic and at least as dionysian as apollonian, as feminine as masculine. Equally androgynous, on Aristotle's side, is the figure in the opposite niche: Athena, goddess of reason, clad in her traditional full battle dress, complete with spear, helmet and Gorgon-headed shield, which turns to stone all who gaze upon it.