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Last week, we discussed some of the conventions associated with wearing Black Tie, following the start of the awards season. There is so much to say about this dress code that we thought we should pursue it further. This week, how to introduce colour successfully into what some perceive as a boring colour system, and how to tie a proper bow tie.
The white dress shirt should preferably have a turndown collar (as opposed to winged). Wing collars are the preserve of White Tie, which is the highest form of formal dress. Although, it is usual to find gentlemen in Black Tie sporting wing collars. Interestingly, John Robertson, fellow tutor at The English Manner, notes that:
"[He has] seen the black dinner suit with the wing collar and the black tie worn SO successfully that [he] would be the last person in the world to say it is incorrect. It comes down to confidence and flair. Especially amongst the younger set, I say go for it, just so long as you do it with style. As long as you are breaking the rules anyway, best to go all the way. Not only does this look require that you tie your own tie, to avoid any display of adjusting hardware as well, wear a single ended bow tie (the favourite of The Prince of Wales) or a properly sized butterfly (that matches your collar size)."
Introducing colour into the black and white colour scheme of the garments can be dangerous. Yet, like with the wing collars, if you know the rules you can break then with panache and élan. There was once an occasion where a gentleman attended a Black Tie dinner wearing: a white business shirt, blue blazer, dark bottle green trousers and a bow tie. No one noticed that he wasn't wearing a 'proper' dinner jacket, as the bow tie gave the over-riding impression.
It is probably fair to say that most of the male population would opt for a ready-tied bow tie over a DIY one. Whilst there are benefits with the former, nothing can look better than a 'proper' one, as the ready-tied variety do not look nearly as good and can be very obvious to the trained eye.
You can find instructions on how to correctly tie here:
However we would advise a trip to a gentlemen's' outfitters to learn how to tie a bow tie, rather than just relying on the web. Shops such as Gieves & Hawkes, T. M. Lewin, or Thomas Pink – all of which are accessible outside of London.
It is never good manners to question the authenticity of someone's bow tie: especially by pulling it to see if it comes apart! It may be a good idea to carry in your pocket a ready-tied tie, in case your attempt at having a go yourself fails.
Cummerbunds are worn with pleats pointing upwards and are worn in the spot around the waist where a conventional belt would be worn. Belts themselves are not normally worn with Black Tie: opt for braces if you feel a cummerbund is not for you. A cummerbund bridges the gap between the waist edge of the trousers and the beginning of the pleated or pique fronted shirt.
Other accessories you can add include evening studs: a lot of proper dress shirts do not have the front four buttons, but have holes for formal dress studs. Studs are often given as 18th or 21st birthday presents and can last a lifetime. For dress shirts with double cuffs, cufflinks are required. Please note that all 'jewellery' (or accessories) should compliment what you are wearing and each other. For example, if your studs are black with silver edging, your cufflinks should ideally be silver, too.
Another point to note is that in America, it is referred to as 'Tuxedo' (see last week's post as to why), whereas Brits will call it 'Black Tie' or 'Dinner Jacket': the latter is never written on invitations, only the former. In France, the notation "Jacquet" on an invitation denotes Black Tie.
What do you think? Do you dare break the colour rules? Have you found any better instructions on how to tie your bow tie? Let us know by commenting on this post.
William Hanson
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A Rubik's cube, you'll be pleased to hear, can always be solved in at most 20 moves, no matter how badly it was scrambled up to start with. Mathematicians have proved that that's true. But what if you're wrestling with a larger cube that has more than three little cubes in a row?
We often think of mathematics as a language, but does our brain process mathematical structures in the same way as it processes language? A new study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests that it does: the process of storing and reusing syntax "works across cognitive domains."
If you are, then you may be one of the 5 to 7% of the population suffering from dyscalculia, the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia. But unlike many dyslexia sufferers, you probably haven't received the help you need to cope with your condition. As a recent article published in the journal Science points out, dyscalculia is the "poor relation" of dyslexia.
Kneeling in the mud by a country road on a cold drizzly day, I finally appreciated the wonder that is a lever. I was trying to change a flat tyre and even jumping on the end of the wheel wrench wouldn't budge the wheel nuts. But when the AA arrived they undid them with ease, thanks to a wheel wrench that was three times the size of mine. There you have it ... size really does matter!
How big is the Universe? And how small is the smallest thing within it? This cute website developed by Cary Huang puts things into perspective. It lets you explore the entire range of scales, from the smallest length (the Planck length) all the way up to the entire Universe, via atoms, people, giant earthworms, planets, galaxies and more.
If you've ever marvelled at the elegance of a paper crane or just struggled to refold a map you will enjoy the next Maths-Art seminar from the London Knowledge Lab.
Astronomers have this month trained the world's largest steerable radio telescope on 86 Earth-like planets. The data collected by the telescope will later be analsyed by an estimated one million amateur alien hunters, users of SETI@home, for messages from other civilisations.

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Sri Lanka: Need for further legal reform
In 1995 a significant set of reforms to the Sri Lanka penal code was enacted. The process was consultative and women's groups were included in the discussions that led to the reforms. While the 1995 amendments were, by and large, a welcome modernization of the penal code, nineteen years after these amendments, still other laws remain which undermine women's equality. The demand for further legal reform is about this 'unfinished business'. At a time of elections Cat's Eye particularly wants to highlight some laws (which apply to both men and women, and some to women in particular) that require urgent reform so that the public and political parties can take note.
Judicial Review of Legislation
Article 121 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka recognizes that any citizen has the right to challenge the constitutionality of legislation being considered or discussed in parliament, by a petition in writing addressed to the Supreme Court. Such a petition has to be filed within one week of the bill being placed on the order paper of parliament. This is a ridiculously short period of time to allow any citizen to firstly read and digest bills full of legalese and then draft a coherent petition which can challenge the constitutionality of such bills.
We take the view that the time period allowed under Article 121 is in violation of basic democratic norms that call for citizens' (both women's and men's) engagement and participation in the law making process. Many laws and amendments to laws which go against human rights and women's rights in this country are often surreptitiously passed without many citizens knowing about them due to the extremely short period of time available to discuss and challenge these laws. A more reasonable time period for citizen challenges to law would be one month from the bill being placed on the order paper of parliament.
Access to Land and Property
An issue which also needs to be addressed urgently, and instead continues to be swept under the carpet is the recognition of women's right to ownership of government owned land that is given for agricultural purposes. The 1935 Land Development Ordinance (LDO) which is still in force today is based on a principle of primogeniture or, preference for the eldest male among the heirs. Even as far back as 1958, the Land Commission recognized this anomaly of giving preference to male heirs in contradiction of the General Law of inheritance where there is no discrimination between male and female heirs. However, despite empirical evidence on this discriminatory practice, and repeated attempts to reform this law, (even when noted in the Concluding Observations of the 2002 CEDAW committee), the LDO continues to provide a basis for discrimination against women's right to ownership of government land.
Needless to say, the preference given to male heirs in the LDO stems from archaic notions that only males are heads of households. It is only if the adult male is dead that the adult woman is officially recognized as the head of her household. Despite very clear shifts in household responsibilities, whether it be financial, material or emotional from men to women over the last three decades, most policies and programmes for example, in relation to eligibility to government subsidies (samurdhi) or housing (land settlement schemes), overlook women as heads of households.
The notion of the head of household as being male has to be routinely challenged. In any case, the Department of Census and Statistics data indicates that almost 24% of households are in fact female headed. In the absence of a comprehensive island-wide census since 1981, the planned Census in 2010 is likely to show that these statistics will be even higher. Perhaps, at that time, the decision-makers and holders of political and social power will be compelled to get rid of prevailing prejudices and come to terms with the reality that women are in fact bearing a far higher and tougher burden both within the home and in the wider economy.
Quota for Women in Elected Political Bodies
Given the abysmally low representation of women in elected political bodies particularly at local government level, we demand that proposed amendments to the system of elections at Local Government level should include a 30% quota for women.
We reiterate that current resistance regarding quotas for women by some politicians, and sections of the media and public is based on a lack of understanding of structural discrimination against women within political parties. There is a need to redress discrimination through affirmative action. For many years women's groups have highlighted the fact that in South Asia, Sri Lanka has the lowest number of women in local and national government. India has introduced 33.33% quota of women at local panchayat level in a constitutional amendment in 1992. In successive Women's Manifestos published by women's groups, the demand is for a minimum 30% quota of women in Provincial Councils and at local government level – i.e. Pradeshiya Sabhas, Municipal and Urban Councils. Political parties should also nominate a minimum of 30% women candidates at all levels in political structures.
Archaic Laws
It is really amazing that sixty years after independence the country has several ridiculous archaic laws, some of them concerning women. To give one example, the subsidiary legislation to the Excise Ordinance states 'No liquor shall be sold or given to a woman within the premises of a tavern.' The question of what constitutes a tavern has been left unanswered. This law was drafted in colonial times, ostensibly to 'protect' women getting involved in drunken brawling. In today's context, if a case of absurd refusal to allow women to buy liquor in stores is legally challenged, the courts would no doubt interpret it as discrimination not in keeping with the fundamental rights provisions of the constitution. But the question we ask is why do such archaic laws still remain in the statue book?
Another law which dates from colonial times and was enacted in Ceylon in 1883 is in Section 365A of the Penal Code of Sri Lanka which makes criminally liable 'Any person who, in public or private commits, or is a party to the commission of, or procures of attempts to procure the commission by any person of, any act of gross indecency with another person'. As commentators have pointed out, the act of gross indecency has not been spelt out, but in implementation serves to frame charges against gay, lesbian and transsexual people. Until 1995 this law applied to men alone. But when the penal code was reformed in 1995, ostensibly under the guise of making the law less discriminatory towards men, instead of abrogating it altogether, women were added to the list of those who would be criminally liable under the provision!
For those who believe that homosexuality is a Western way of life and that it has been decriminalized only in Western liberal democracies, (The English law itself was amended in 1967 under the Sexual Offences Act to decriminalize homosexuality), the recent fundamental rights petition against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is instructive. Given the common colonial heritage, Sections 377 of the IPC which also criminalizes 'unnatural offences' is similar to the law in Sri Lanka although it was enacted earlier in the 1860s.
The petition against Section 377 argued on the basis of a person's right to privacy and dignity guaranteed by the Indian constitution and highlighted the fact that criminalizing homosexuality only serves to drive it underground, reinforce social stigma, and make it more difficult to access homosexuals for purposes of sexual health.
In a landmark judgment, the Indian High Court held that inclusiveness is one of the cherished principles of the Indian constitution. It stated 'it cannot be forgotten that discrimination is antithesis of equality and that is it the recognition of equality which will foster the dignity of every individual.' It allowed the law to continue in the case of those under 18 years of age but upheld the petition against it for those over this age limit. This landmark judgment has now been referred to the Indian Supreme Court so that it can be enacted nationally. The Sri Lankan law should be similarly amended to show that discrimination against any minority, including sexual minorities, should not be any part of its new dispensation
Reproductive Health
Termination of pregnancy is illegal in Sri Lanka under the Penal Code of 1883. Section 303 of the Penal Code provides that anyone voluntarily causing a pregnant woman to miscarry is subject to up to three years' imprisonment and/or payment of a fine, unless the miscarriage was caused in good faith in order to save the life of the mother. Women have argued that abortion constitutes choice and an exercise of their right to have control over their own bodies. This maybe so especially in cases of pregnancies arising from rape and incest as well as when it is a risk to the physical and / or mental health of women. Abortion is not an uncommon event and is a form of birth control practiced even by many married couples. In India, abortion has been legal since 1971.
In Sri Lanka it was estimated in 2007 that about 1000 illegal and often unhygienic abortions take place every day. Given the risks involved and the soaring demand for abortion, it is time that Sri Lankan legislators not only strengthen education on family planning and safe sex but also consider the issue of abortion in a pragmatic manner.
So wake up law-makers! There is much unfinished business to attend to!
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The latest news about global warming may tempt you to throw up your hands and run for the shade-preferably some with a hammock. After all, it's a vast problem that can easily make individuals feel inadequate. Yet consumers can help quite a lot, not only by conserving fossil fuels but also by choosing certified, forest-friendly products. While gasoline-fueled vehicles and coal-burning power plants release CO2, trees absorb it. Forests also support a rich diversity of species and help keep our water clean-not to mention providing shade.
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Coffee. Shade-grown organic coffee, raised beneath rainforest canopies, is perhaps the easiest forest-friendly product to find. It's now carried by Starbucks (stores in 28 countries) and Procter & Gamble (their line is called Millstone). Many smaller companies also sell it in grocery stores and online. These include Café Mam, Caffe Ibis, Equal Exchange, and Grounds for Change, whose products are also certified fair-trade. A portion of proceeds from Thanksgiving Coffee Company Gorilla Fund Coffee helps preserve the habitat of these forest dwellers.
Cocoa. Cocoa farming's effect on tropical forests is mixed, but in some places-in thinned native forest in south-central Cameroon and Bahia, Brazil, for instance-it has helped preserve these habitats. La Siembra Cooperative, Green & Black's, Plamil, and Sunspire carry shade-grown, organic, and/or fair-trade certified chocolate. Yachana Gourmet donates profits from sales of its Jungle chocolates to an Ecuadorian rainforest foundation.
Certifiers or labels to look for: Bird-Friendly, Rainforest Alliance, Quality Assurance International, Soil Association, Transfair, USDA Certified Organic. For more info, see Coffee and Chocolate Product Reports at www.thegreenguide.com.
Wood. Four billion hectares of the world's forests-half the original cover-are now gone. "Standing forests is what we're after," says Ned Daly of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an outfit that certifies products from "well-managed" forests worldwide. Daly stresses the need for consumer demand to support this management scheme. If you're building or furnishing a home, FSC-certified wood is available from major companies such as IKEA, Home Depot, Lowe's Home Improvement, Potlatch Corporation, Stora Enso, and Tembec, Inc. Hundreds of smaller source companies can be found at www.certifiedwood.org. Also, consider reusable wood salvaged from old buildings, boats, and fallen trees. Find it locally by looking in your phone book for salvage, deconstruction, and demolition companies, or go to The Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood website (www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/forestry/smartwood).
Paper. At home, at school, and in the office, we consume paper products made from wood pulp every day. Look for the highest percentage you can find (30 percent is now common for office papers) of "Post-Consumer Waste Recycled (PCW)" that's also "Processed Chlorine Free (PCF)." Staples, the world's largest office-supply retailer, along with Office Depot and FedEx-Kinko's, are now selling and using these papers. In the bathroom, use 100 percent PCW/PCF toilet paper and tissues from Seventh Generation, which also sells PCW paper towels. For personal stationery and cards, consider tree-free papers made from cotton, flax, kenaf, hemp, or bamboo, and recycled fibers taken from everything from bluejeans to dollar bills. For more info, see Wood Furniture and Paper Product Reports at www.thegreenguide.com.
Other Rainforest Products. Every year, 20 million hectares of rainforest are cut down. You can support local economies and help save the Amazon's canopy and the Earth's "lungs" by purchasing products made with natural rubber, Brazil or tagua nuts, or indigenous herbs and plants, all harvested without logging trees. Some ideas: Lifekind natural latex mattresses (www.lifekind.com), EcoYoga mats (yoga.co.uk/ecoyoga/acatalog/Yoga_Mats), Rainforest Remedies lotions (www.abundantearth.com); tagua chess sets and boxes (www.oneworldproducts.com).
Shrimp. While not your typical forest product, conventional shrimp production does result in deforestation: as much as 35 percent of the world's tropical mangrove forests has been destroyed in the last 20 years, mostly for shrimp farms. Look for organic farmed shrimp, raised in inland ponds and certified by Quality Certification Services, or wild spot prawns, caught in traps without harmful bottom dredging. An alternative is stone crab, which is not overfished.
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I don�t know why it always comes as a big surprise, sort of like a flat in the middle of the night on a dirt road.
I don�t know why it always comes as a big surprise, sort of like a flat in the middle of the night on a dirt road.
Yellow flies always show up when you are least prepared for them. Mine showed up while I was fishing for pompano in the Gulf.
The one day I wear shorts and no shoes they single me out with two people in the boat to choose from. After that first attack, I prepared my boat with fly flaps and sprays to fight them off.
On this day, they were accompanied by a very nasty green-eyed fly that when it bit you it not only stung but would draw blood. The hard north wind also added another insect to the fray, the dog fly, which generally shows up in the fall. With only a visor to fight these blood suckers off it wasn�t one the best trips I�ve experienced.
So, rig up for battle if you expect to enjoy a day on the water. Remember if the wind is blowing hard from the north expect the worst from the fly community.
The hard rains from March are a distant memory, but the Gulf and bays reminded us for at least another month they had been a reality. The bay looked like a glass of iced tea and the Gulf looked like the Choctawhatchee River after a three-day rain. Then all of a sudden everything changed.
It could be the whole month without rain, but every body of water suddenly cleared. A diver from Mexico Beach told me on his last trip into the Gulf that the visibility in 100 feet of water was 70 feet, and that was on the bottom.
A guide on a trip that took him by the �SS Simpson� which rests in about 20 feet of water said he could see crabs crawling around on the bottom. All of a sudden water is almost as clear as the air.
This is what I was waiting for. I bought a GroPro video camera for only one purpose. I�m sure you have seen this little camera in action. People use it when snow skiing, surfing, and jumping out of airplanes and video the fall to the ground hoping of course the parachute opens. If it doesn�t, at least they have something to be remembered by. I have no intention of jumping out of a plane.
The reason I bought this camera was to film underwater. The camera comes encased in a waterproof housing that according to the instructions can be lowered to 190 feet. That�s something else I never intend to do � fish in 190 feet of water. The instructions say you can video that deep, but I don�t want to push it.
Over the years I have discovered snapper fishing stinks during a full moon. I have no earthly idea why this is true, but believe me it is. Two weekends ago while trying to find snappers so I could just drive right up and catch my limit on opening day I encountered 100s of triggerfish and a few snapper.
I was in 60-70 feet of water about six or seven miles offshore. Then on one hole the jackpot showed up. Snapper all up in the water along with triggerfish and rudder fish. The snapper were biting along with everything else. This is where I would go on Saturday if the weather holds.
Well, we experienced the full moon of May last Friday and it is as if someone turned off a light switch. On Monday, like an idiot, I went wondering off into the Gulf thinking all the tourists had left the beach. Well, they had only left the beach, they hadn�t left Florida. They just got into their boats and went where I was.
The idea was to try and catch king mackerel. For some reason they and all the cigar minnows have left and gone to parts unknown, so we decide to look for more snapper holes. Not wanting to burn up all my $4 non-ethanol gas we cut it short, but decide to check out the honey hole on the way back in.
Arriving at the Mecca of snapper spots we soon discovered not very many fish on the screen, snapper or trigger. This has me worried. We drop down a bait and nothing, not one snapper and very few trigger. Well, this is a job for the GroPro.
This is not some little cheap throwaway camera. I had rigged it to a rod with 80-pound test line so I could lower it to the bottom with the confidence that it would come back in one piece. The way I rigged it the camera was upside down, but you can turn the picture when you view it.
To the housing I added two six-ounce leads so the camera was perpendicular to the bottom and always viewed across the bottom, not just flopping around all over the place. I might add, it also has sound. I later found out that was very important.
Not seeing the fish I had seen a week ago before the full moon, I didn�t know if those snapper that had gotten all up under the boat or had left. Short of diving into the water I was going to find out just where they were.
I told the fellow I was fishing with I could feel something biting the camera as I lowered it to the bottom. On this particular camera I do not have the right extras to view what I had just shot, so I have to bring it back home and view it on my computer.
After several drops on this particular spot I figured I had the evidence I wanted and brought the camera home. I was amazed at what I saw. That feeling of something biting on the camera was in fact something biting on the camera, triggerfish. Also, you could actually hear the triggers biting the housing as it was lowered to the bottom.
There were about a dozen triggerfish coming up to the camera and biting the tar out of the housing. If it hadn�t been so strong I�m sure they would have broken it. But what I saw next sealed the deal.
When the camera hit the bottom there they were red snapper all around. For some reason they would not bite or come to the top like they had done a week ago, but they were all over the bottom and had not left after all. If I had not had that camera I would have left that spot thinking the snapper had given me the slip.
I can think of many uses for this camera under the water. If you don�t dive it can open up many vistas for you from using it in deep water to under the piers along the coast. All you need is clear water.


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ORLANDO, Fla., July 14 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a Florida woman suing Casey Anthony say they'll ask hard questions of Anthony, acquitted of killing her daughter, because "America wants justice."
Zenaida Gonzalez-Fernandez of Kissimmee is suing Anthony for defamation for using her name when she told Orlando police her 2-year-old daughter Caylee was stolen by a babysitter, ABC News reported Thursday.
Anthony maintained that lie for three years until the defense at her trial presented the argument that Caylee drowned in the family swimming pool and said the purported babysitter never existed.
A lawyer for Gonzalez-Fernandez said he intends to demonstrate the hardship Anthony allegedly caused his client, a 42-year-old mother of six, and he also intends to interrogate Anthony about Caylee's death.
"The first question I'm going to ask her is, 'Tell us the last time you saw Caylee.'" Attorney John Morgan told ABCNews.com. "The second is, 'Tell us when you found out she was dead.'"
He dismissed anticipated objections that such questions are not relevant to Gonzalez-Fernandez's legal action.
"Everything about the death of the child is not only relevant, it's very relevant," Morgan said. "It's the essence of the case."
Morgan said believes he is acting for people across the country shocked and outraged by Anthony's acquittal.
"America wants justice. They want to make [Anthony] sit down and tell them what happened," Morgan said.
Gonzalez-Fernandez's lawyers filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a judge to compel Anthony to appear for a deposition, citing reports Anthony would leave the area on her release from jail, the Orlando Sentinel reported.


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LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and private plaintiffs today announced their mutual resolution of the lawsuit entitled EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., Case No. CV-04-4731 SI, which was filed on November 10, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. The lawsuit alleged that Abercrombie & Fitch, which operates a nationwide chain of retail stores, violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by maintaining recruiting and hiring practices that excluded minorities and women and adopting a restrictive marketing image, and other policies, which limited minority and female employment.
The lawsuit was amicably resolved by entry of a Consent Decree in the U.S. District Court, which provides that Abercrombie & Fitch will pay $50 million to resolve the EEOC lawsuit along with two private class actions filed against Abercrombie & Fitch: Gonzalez, et al. v. Abercrombie, et al. and West v. Abercrombie, et al.
The Consent Decree enjoins Abercrombie & Fitch from:
Abercrombie & Fitch has also agreed to develop and implement hiring and recruiting procedures to ensure compliance under the Decree. Abercrombie & Fitch agreed to ensure that minorities and women are promoted into manager-in-training and manager positions without discrimination. A Monitor will be hired to ensure Abercrombie's compliance with the terms of the Consent Decree, including reporting. Abercrombie & Fitch will hire a Vice President of Diversity and employ up to 25 diversity recruiters. Abercrombie & Fitch will devise new protocols for each of these areas. Abercrombie & Fitch will post a Notice on an internal web site and at all stores which will be periodically distributed to employees. Additionally, Abercrombie & Fitch will provide training to all of its managers. Most importantly, Abercrombie & Fitch also agreed to ensure that its marketing materials will reflect diversity.
EEOC's General Counsel Eric Dreiband stated, "The retail industry and other industries need to know that businesses cannot discriminate against individuals under the auspice of a marketing strategy or a particular 'look.' Race and sex discrimination in employment are unlawful, and the EEOC will continue to aggressively pursue employers who choose to engage in such practices."
EEOC's Los Angeles Regional Attorney, Anna Park, stated, "The most harmed group of individuals in this case were young minorities and young women. The Commission will ensure that these young workers, who may be entering the workforce for the first time, are actually afforded equal opportunities to compete for jobs."
Olophius Perry, Director of the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office, added, "By agreeing to resolve this case, Abercrombie & Fitch is expressing a commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. We commend Abercrombie & Fitch for its willingness to address our concerns head-on. We encourage employers to take a proactive approach in ensuring their workplaces are free of discrimination."
Gregory Gochanour, Supervisory Trial Attorney for the EEOC's Chicago District Office, stated, "This case should serve as a message to other employers that if they choose to make their employees part of their marketing they still need to abide by the federal anti-discrimination laws."
John Rowe, Director of the EEOC's Chicago District Office, added, "This case demonstrates that the EEOC can coordinate on a nationwide basis to confront national employers who maintain discriminatory practices. Using mediation to bring about compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws has been central to the Commission's effort to eradicate discrimination. The Abercrombie & Fitch consent decree, obtained after extensive mediation efforts, shows once again that significant results can be achieved without the delay, expense and uncertainty of protracted litigation."
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This book, compliments of Good Neighbor Insurance, will not only tell you what they are, but how to avoid them and have a great trip!
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Did you know that 30-70% of all travelers will get sick or injured while overseas this year? Don't be a victim! Be safe by learning how to protect yourself. As you'll see, it's easy to do. Common sense plays a large part in keeping you safe when traveling. Other lessons can only be learned from having traveled many miles and suffered many painful nights. That's why we've taken the time to write this guide, so you can learn from others' mistakes.
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Within a matter of years, humanity will know for the first time the frequency of terrestrial planets in orbit around other stars. This knowledge will pave the way for joining research from astronomy, Earth science, and biology to understand the past, present, and future of the Earth within its larger context as one of many habitable worlds throughout the Galaxy. Such work seeks to understand the formation and fate of the Earth as well as predict where and when different bodies will be suitable for both simple and complex forms of life.
In this four day symposium, scientists from diverse fields will discuss the formation and long-term evolution of terrestrial bodies throughout the various phases of stellar and Galactic evolution. A particular focus will be in how the specific conditions and challenges for habitability on Earth extend to other bodies in the Solar System and beyond. This symposium will include discussion about sites for Galactic habitability that have not yet been given much attention. The existence of these overlooked environments may provide motivation for novel astronomical observations with existing and next generation ground and space-based observatories.
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Here's a question. As you sit across from your patient, what or whom are you treating: Ms Smith's bipolar illness, or Ms Smith, a person with bipolar illness? The DSM leans toward the first choice. The manual classifies diagnoses and disorders, not people. This is fitting with the medical model, according to which a medical nosology includes hypertension and diabetes, not the individuals who suffer from them.
Is there then any difference between a medical diagnosis and a psychiatric diagnosis? Granting the many exceptions to this generalization, could we say that a psychiatric diagnosis is more wrapped into the personality of the patient than a medical diagnosis—Ms Smith's bipolar condition more imbricated into her personality than Mr Jones' hypertension into his. Mr Jones, after all, can distance himself from his condition, not think about it, and not even know he has it. That will all be harder for Ms Smith. Denial of a symptomatic mental disorder is not quite the same as total ignorance of a silent hypertension.
Identifying a patient by his or her DSM diagnosis is often like choosing a cheap suit off the bargain-basement rack. The fit is awkward and uncomfortable, and we would like to offer our patients a more tailored look.
So we would choose the second of the above choices: we are treating Ms Smith, a person with bipolar illness. We recognize both the individual person and the diagnostic category, and we recognize that one person's bipolar illness looks quite different from another's. The one-size-fits-all style of medical nosology doesn't work very well with our psychiatric patients.
DSM-IV makes some effort to capture the particularity of the individual patient with 2 strategies. The first is the multi-axial system, the third and fourth axes adding more information about the patient. The second strategy is co-morbidity. Adding a second and even third diagnosis distinguishes patients who share a primary diagnosis. These strategies are of course not very effective; and indeed, co-morbidity is considered something of a curse of DSM-IV.
The authors of DSM-5 are taking another approach to making our diagnostic suits fit a little better. They are trying to loosen the rigidity of the categorical diagnoses with the use of dimensions—dimensions for individual diagnoses and the cross-cutting dimensions. Diagnostic categories are the cheap suits off the rack; dimensional diagnoses are the finely tailored suits. Or so they are claimed to be. It remains to be seen how well they will fit our patients, if by that we mean, how well they will capture the particularity of the patient—or, to address the title of this piece, whether they will bring the missing person back into the DSM.
These efforts of DMS-IV and DSM-5 are nothing compared to a project of the World Psychiatric Association to develop a series of International Guidelines for Diagnostic Assessment (IGDA).1 One of the guidelines, IGDA 8, titled "Idiographic (Personalised) Diagnostic Formulation"2 recommends an idiographic component to the diagnostic formulation."3 The diagnosis itself should combine a nomothetic or standarized diagnostic formulation (ICD-10, DSM-IV) with an idiographic (personalized) diagnostic formulation reflecting the uniqueness of the patient's personal experience. At the nomothetic level, a multi-axial diagnostic formulation is recommended. For the idiographic formulation, an integration of the perspectives of the clinician, patient, and family should be presented in natural language."4[p.41] The "idiographic" guideline provides 10 pointers for developing the formulation, along with a model page format.
The IGDA guidelines, with the idiographic component, go a long way toward addressing the problem described in this article. They are, however, an ambitious, not to say quixotic, project, given that the evaluation of a patient following the IGDA guidelines would require hours. In the real world of hurly-burly clinical practice, it is difficult to imagine busy clinicians being able to follow these guidelines.
So where does this leave us with the missing person in the DSM? I will propose an answer in my next blog.
1. Mezzich JE, Berganza M, von Cranach M, et al (eds). Essentials of the World Psychiatric Association's International Guidelines for Diagnostic Assessment (IGDA). Br J Psychiatry Suppl. 2003;45:S35-S66.
2. IGDA Workgroup, WPA. IGDA. 8: Idiographic (personalised) diagnostic formulation. In: Mezzich JE, Berganza M, von Cranach M, et al (eds). Essentials of the World Psychiatric Association's International Guidelines for Diagnostic Assessment (IGDA). Br J Psychiatry Suppl. 2003;45;S55-S57.
3. Phillips J. Idiographic formulations, symbols, narratives, context and meaning. Psychopathology. 2005;38:180-184.
4. IGDA Workgroup, WPA. IGDA. 1: Conceptual bases—historical, cultural and clinical perspectives. In: Mezzich JE, Berganza M, von Cranach M, et al (eds). Essentials of the World Psychiatric Association's International Guidelines for Diagnostic Assessment (IGDA). Br J Psychiatry Suppl. 2003;45;S40-S41.


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Take Aladdin's flying carpet and mash it up with Marty McFly's hoverboard, and you've got more than just a recipe for a fantastical flight of fancy — you've got real-world hover technology.
A Princeton grad student named Noah Jafferis figured out how to do it: A sheet of plastic with itty bitty conducting threads gets a current sent through it, forming a pocket of air beneath it and propelling the whole thing forward.
Well, okay — the plastic sheet is only 4 inches, it only moves a centimeter per second, and it needs to stay close to the ground for it to work, so this rig won't exactly get us to Hawaii. But it's a pretty exciting step forward, and who knows where this could go in the future? Forget carpets and hoverboards — someday, could we be jetting around on landspeeders like Luke Skywalker? Why not? A solar-powered version is being mulled over, which would be really inspired. Not only does it eliminate the need for a big bulky battery, but it would be perfect for those those hot mid-day rides on Tattooine.
Back here on Earth, though, it's still a work in progress, as seen in the clip below.
For much more on this research, check out BBC's coverage in the source link.


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Fearful their companies will fall behind because top bosses don't have a firm grasp of technology or digital media, senior managers are taking lessons on how the Internet works.
Some firms are pairing individual leaders with young mentors, while others are spending hundreds of thousands...


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The William T. Hornaday Award recognizes Scouts and Scouters for ecology efforts and service to conservation in their communities. To earn the Hornaday Award as an individual, youth members must earn a series of merit badges followed by a concentrated series of conservation and/or environmental education projects to be conducted in the member's community or nearby, under the advise of a trained conservation, naturalist, or environmental engineering expert.
There are five levels to this award -- Unit Certificate, Badge, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Holders of the Bronze and Silver levels may wear the square knot. Holders of the Gold medal may also wear the gold medal or the square knot.
The Unit certificate is awarded by the local council to a den, pack, patrol, team, crew, or group of five or more Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, or Venturers for a unique, substantial conservation project.
The Hornaday Badge is awarded by the local council to an individual Scout, Varsity Scout, or Venturer for outstanding service in conservation.
The Bronze medal is awarded to an individual for exceptional service in natural resource conservation or environmental improvement. A national committee judges the applications.
The Silver medal is awarded to an individual for unusual and distinguished service in natural resource conservation or environmental improvement. Applications are reviewed three times a year by a national committee.
The Gold medal is is nominative in nature and recognizes adult Scouter or Venturing leaders for outstanding service in natural resource conservation and youth education on a multistate or national basis. Nominations are made by a national or regional conservation organization or agency.


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From chapter one of Deborah Jordan Brooks' He Runs, She Runs: Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates:
The 2012 elections increased the number of women in national office further, with a record number of both women House members (81) and women senators (20) sworn into office the following January. Several states (Hawaii, Massachusetts, North Dakota, and Wisconsin) elected women Senators for the first time ever, while New Hampshire elected the first-ever all women congressional delegation, along with a woman governor to boot. Describing the 2012 results, Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post claimed that, "Twenty years after the election that was heralded as the 'year of the woman' comes another one that could be called that." While representing significant progress over a relatively short time, the ratios of female to male political leaders are still nowhere near gender parity at any level of American government.
We are pleased to announce the publication of
He Runs, She Runs: Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates
by Deborah Jordan Brooks.
We invite you to read chapter one at: http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s10033.pdf
While there are far more women in public office today than in previous eras, women are still vastly underrepresented in this area relative to men. Conventional wisdom suggests that a key reason is because female candidates start out at a disadvantage with the public, compared to male candidates, and then face higher standards for their behavior and qualifications as they campaign. He Runs, She Runs is the first comprehensive study of these dynamics and demonstrates that the conventional wisdom is wrong.
With rich contextual background and a wealth of findings, Deborah Jordan Brooks examines whether various behaviors–such as crying, acting tough, displays of anger, or knowledge gaffes–by male and female political candidates are regarded differently by the public. Refuting the idea of double standards in campaigns, Brooks's overall analysis indicates that female candidates do not get penalized disproportionately for various behaviors, nor do they face any double bind regarding femininity and toughness. Brooks also reveals that before campaigning begins, women do not start out at a disadvantage due to gender stereotypes. In fact, Brooks shows that people only make gendered assumptions about candidates who are new to politics, and those stereotypes benefit, rather than hurt, women candidates.
Proving that it is no more challenging for female political candidates today to win over the public than it is for their male counterparts, He Runs, She Runs makes clear that we need to look beyond public attitudes to understand why more women are not in office.
Deborah Jordan Brooks is associate professor of government at Dartmouth College. Previously, she was a senior research director at the Gallup Organization. For more information about this new book, please visit: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10033.html


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Sandra and I usually do not do New Year�s resolutions. Most of the time, resolutions become either extended lies � or painful reminders of failure.
Sandra and I usually do not do New Year�s resolutions. Most of the time, resolutions become either extended lies � or painful reminders of failure.
However, given the frequency that we seem to get ourselves in trouble with the parents of our grandchildren, we have decided to make public this year�s sole resolution:
During 2013, we will strive to avoid teaching our grandchildren words, phrases, and behaviors that come back to haunt us.
Our first experience with this problem came when Jaxen was just a wee one. Mama Lydia had stepped to the bathroom at a Bojangles, so Sandra took the opportunity to entertain Jaxen with one of her not-so-magic tricks.
She tore a straw paper into dozens of little pieces and then dropped them on the table from about 18 to 20 inches, thereby producing the illusion of snow. She never even uttered a magic word.
She quickly gathered the infant shards for another try. About the time she had raised them to the appropriate height and began dropping them so they could float through the air, Lydia returned and caught her.
�Mama, don�t teach him that. I�ll be picking up tiny pieces of straw paper on every trip to Bojangles,� Lydia complained. Considering the number of Bo Times she and Jaxen experienced, I could see her point. I envisioned a blizzard of tiny straw paper-lets.
Sandra has been castigated on all fronts for showing the kids how to take a straw paper off so it crumples. Then, by adding a single drop of liquid, the paper magically becomes a living, worm-like creature. I supposed seven of our 11 grandkids have made the infamous straw-paper worms.
�Mama, the kids are dripping water all over the place trying to make their worms come to life.�
I do not have time to discuss her lessons in the malleable properties of metal spoons other than to note that whenever she goes to Mama Sara�s, Sandra still gets the bent spoon that never returned to its original shape.
Alex spent a few sick days with me. He seemed to have the poops quite a bit, so I jokingly knighted him �Little Prince Poopy-Head.� Little did I know he would go to daycare a couple of days later and bestow that accolade on one of his daycare buddies.
�Thanks a lot, Poppy,� Mama Jimmi chided across the phone line. �You got my son in trouble at daycare today.� The fact I was nowhere near daycare did not matter. I suffered from guilt by verbal association.
Abby visited with us, so I made her one of my favorite quick snacks � the peanut butter fold-over. A peanut butter fold-over is one slice of bread covered with peanut butter (on one side), and then folded in half. I made Abby a peanut butter and jelly fold-over.
Within days I was fielding a complaint from Mama Rachel.
�What did you do?� the complaint began � never a good sign.
�Nothing,� I protested even before the charge was laid on me.
�You made Abby a fold-over, didn�t you? (awkward pause) Didn�t you?� I felt like I was being interrogated by Matlock.
�Yes. Yes, I did it,� I caved. �I made her a peanut butter and jelly fold-over.�
�Well, I made her a PB and J tonight and she refused to eat. She wanted me to make it the way Papa does.�
First, Jaxen�s pancakes. Now, Abby�s PB and J fold-overs.
Can�t I do anything right?
As 2013 prepares to ring in, Sandra and I are going to do our best to avoid teaching behaviors to our grandkids that make parents disgruntled.
Since we seem out of touch with things that annoy today�s parents and day caregivers, I am not hopeful.
But we will try.
Mike Parker is a columnist for The Free Press. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or in care of this newspaper.


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Should I buy or rent? College grads, newly weds, relocating professionals, and other first time homebuyers have all asked themselves this question. There are pros and cons to renting, just as there are pros and cons to owning a home. The decision to purchase, as opposed to renting, is complex and based on numerous factors. According to the National Association of Realtors, nearly 80% of Americans surveyed believe buying a home is a good financial decision.
For most people, deciding to buy a home is the largest financial decision of their lifetime. Before making the jump into homeownership, potential home buyers should consider the "soft" lifestyle issues as well as the "hard" financial ones. The professionals at Jack White Real Estate have provided the following four financial and lifestyle questions to consider when determining if buying a home is the right decision for.
Do you have a steady income? The first question is whether or not you can afford to purchase a home. With good credit, stable income, and documented employment, it could prove to be a good financial decision. However, without them, it may be difficult to qualify for a loan. Often, it is just a matter of timing. Sometimes, the smarter financial choice is to rent, while working to improve your credit and saving for a down payment. Don't hesitate to contact a real estate professional even before you've decided on buying a home. Along with your lender, our associates can answer and uncover any questions regarding the cost of homeownership.
Do you plan to own the home for an extended time? With good planning, a home purchase is one of the best investments you can make. With that in mind, it's essential to understand that investing in a home is not like investing in a stock portfolio. Homes usually appreciate in value over time, while the homeowner builds their equity through monthly mortgage payments. If you plan on staying in the home for less than two years, it us unlikely to see a substantial financial return on your investment.
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A Happy Birthday to the Primary
We sing with love and cheer,
For Primary is going to be
One hundred years old this year.
When Primary first had its start,
Each child was taught to do his part,
To use good manners, Be polite,
Say "Thank you, please, good day, good night."
Now ev'ry week in Primary
Children gather rev'rently,
To learn about the gospel plan
And serve the Lord the best they can.
So won't you come and help us celebrate
These many years of joy,
A Primary that's now worldwide
For ev'ry girl and boy.
Text: Marjorie Kjar
Music: Marjorie Kjar
Artist: Kjar
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: Friend
Composition Date: 1978-02-01
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The Badger Cull 2015
Scientific opinion remains firmly that culling badgers can have no meaningful impact on the control of TB in cattle.
This is being proved every day as the impact of better testing and movement controls is demonstrating five years of continuous reductions in the disease. These figures highlight greater reductions in key areas where culling is not taking place over areas where it is. The most impressive reductions are in Wales where badgers are vaccinated instead of culling.
In another significant blow to the government, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has now added its voice to that of the Independent Expert Panel (IEP) in condemning free-shooting as inhumane and has withdrawn its support in favour of a targeted cull. Despite this, the government and farming lobby have refused all requests to test badgers for TB before or even after culling, which means the cull cannot possibly be considered targeted nor can it's results be scientifically analysed. The cull remains a crude, numbers based exercise designed to kill badgers regardless of infection based on estimates extrapolated from individual badger experiments conducted over a decade ago. It is therefore a species eradication policy rather than a disease control policy.
The cost of implementing the badger culls is now a major concern in an era of government imposed austerity. The two pilot culls have failed even to meet their basic targets but have cost millions of pounds to the taxpayer, with no measurable impact on cattle TB. Any attempt to roll the cull out to new areas will present an unsustainably expensive drain on public finances. Alternatives to culling such as vaccination have proved significantly cheaper and more effective in the long term, however the main focus of the fight against bovine TB has, and should continue to be, rigorously applied cattle testing and control measures. Unlike culling, these are proven to work.


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Police: Pennsylvania man drowns in Jamaica
March 23, 2014
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Police in Jamaica say an American vacationer has drowned while swimming off a popular resort town on the western side of the Caribbean island.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force identifies the dead man as 43-year-old David McCormick of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It has not released the man's hometown.
A Sunday police statement says McCormick was swimming off the beach town of Negril when he got into difficulties and "drowned before help could reach him."
He had been staying at a resort perched on Negril's seaside cliffs.
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Be Thou My Version
Written by Bishop Dyck, Posted in Uncategorized
I was sitting behind a worship leader during a service and I could see her notes about what the praise band would be singing next. On the paper, she had written, "Be Thou My Version." I chuckled but then wondered if this was some new contemporary song that I hadn't heard of yet and frankly couldn't quite imagine where it was going in its message. But then as the service continued, sure enough! The song they sang was an upbeat, modernized version of "Be Thou My Vision."
I've contemplated this Freudian slip of the hand and as I read Acts 16:6-10. Paul and Timothy had a plan to "turn west into Asia province, but the Holy Spirit blocked that route." So they proceeded to go another way, "but the Spirit of Jesus wouldn't let them go there either." They ventured yet on another route until finally Paul had a dream where a Macedonian was beckoning them to "come over to Macedonia and help us!" It says that "the dream gave Paul his map."
While it's important to plan–Paul did it regularly–it's also important to know when what we are doing is our version of God's vision.
I'm impressed by this story that Paul's version wasn't as big as God's vision. By going to Macedonia, Paul's world and therefore the church's witness and outreach was significantly enlarged.
Are our versions small and sometimes even self-centered, asking what we want to do instead of what God is calling us to do?
Are our versions limited to our own and people like us instead of reaching out to God's people everywhere?
Are our versions tight-fisted instead of generous in helping others?
Are our versions reflections of what we've done before and how we've done it instead of rethinking and imagining what God can do through us in new ways?
How has God given you a new song to sing? Changing it from "Be Thou My Version" to "Be Thou My Vision?"


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Obama: 'Further isolation' for nuclear North Korea
President Obama continues his Asia tour in South Korea. In a news conference he expressed condolences for those who lost loved ones in the ferry crash. He also stressed the rejection of a nuclear North Korea. VPC
President Obama said Friday in Seoul that Washington stands "shoulder to shoulder" with South Korea in its rejection of a nuclearized North Korea and that it may be time to consider more sanctions against the isolated state.
Addressing a joint news conference alongside South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Obama said threats by North Korea will get it "nothing except further isolation" from the global community.
He conceded that additional sanctions may have limited impact. "We are not going to find a magic bullet that solves this problem overnight," Obama said.
"We can't waver in our intention. We have to make sure that, in strong concert with our allies, that we are continuing to press North Korea to change its approach," he said.
The president is paying a visit to South Korea as the nation continues to reel from last week's ferry disaster that left 300 people dead or missing, mostly high school students. South Korea is the second stop on a planned four-nation tour of Asia for the president.
"When our friends are in trouble, America helps, and we'll continue to do everything we can to stand with our Korean friends at this difficult time," Obama said in an interview published Friday by the South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo.
In his address, Obama said he is mindful that his visit comes at "a time of great sorrow" for South Korea.
Park has been consumed by the April 16 maritime disaster. Most of the ferry's 29-member crew survived. Eleven of them, including the captain, have been arrested on suspicion of negligence or abandoning people in need as the ferry sank. Park recently likened their behavior to murder. The disaster could color the economic and security agenda she had been expected to highlight for Obama.
Meanwhile, North Korea has threatened to conduct another nuclear test, and if that happens while Obama is still in the region tensions could be further heightened.
"President Obama's visit to South Korea sends a strong message to North Korea that its provocative acts cannot be tolerated," Park said.
Contributing: Associated Press


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On the occasion of my 600th post, I thought I'd carry out on my threat. Sort of.
I have theorized, in a half-serious way, that Hideo Nomo has the best baseball cards of anyone to have played the sport. Something about the period in which he played, his popularity, his pitching motion, made for great cards. He is one of my favorite Dodgers to collect.
Today is Nomo's birthday. So I am going to show a bunch of Nomo cards. My threat was to show all of them, but I don't have the patience for that, and I don't think Blogger does either. So, instead, I am going to show one for every year Nomo has walked the earth, plus another one to commemorate his birth.
Cardboard Appreciation is 42 cards strong this time. Happy 41st birthday, Hideo!
1968 - Hideo Nomo is born in Minatu-ku, a ward of Osaka, Japan.
1969 - Max Yasgur opens up his dairy farm to the Woodstock Music & Art fair. Hideo Nomo turns 1.


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text: Michael Lohan sure has a knack for joining forces with others who are also more than willing to put their children in the spotlight. Lohan's alleged love child Ashley and her mother Kristi Kaufman were interviewed on Entertainment Tonight yesterday, in which the two talked about how much Ashley looks like Lindsay — which she really doesn't — and how much she really wants to meet her half-siblings. The pair also said that it's time for Michael to own up to his responsibility and make good on the promises he's made to Ashley and her mother...like helping to make Ashley a star. (Seriously, these people said this.) What's super incriminating though, is all the jail mail that Michael sent to Ashley while he was locked up, signing each letter "Love, Daddy." Clip above.


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text: Could Sean "Diddy" Combs be a judge on "American Idol?" We hear producers at the Fox show have reached out to the Bad Boy Records founder and rap mogul. "Idol" has an open seat on its judging panel after Steven Tyler opted to leave the show (it recently hired Mariah Carey to replace Jennifer Lopez). Fox had no comment, nor did Combs' rep. We hear Combs will host a party at a private villa in Ibiza this week. Hamptonites still talk of Combs' epic "white parties" from summers past.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
7: Planning for Assessment
Before You Watch
To begin this workshop session, you will tap your prior knowledge and experience and then read current research on designing effective classroom assessments.
Reflect on Your ExperienceConsider the types of assessments you have used, then answer the following questions. You may want to save your answers in order to reflect on them again at the end of the session.
Examine the ResearchRead the articles listed below, then answer the following questions.
Articles"How Classroom Assessments Can Improve Learning" (PDF, 410 K)
This article discusses the importance of making assessments that are useful to teachers and students, following assessments with corrective instruction, and giving students multiple chances to demonstrate learning.
Guskey, Thomas R. "How Classroom Assessments Can Improve Learning." Educational Leadership 60, no. 5 (February 2003): 7-11.
"Designing Scoring Rubrics for Your Classroom" (PDF, 168 K)
This article describes different types of rubrics and provides a step-by-step process for designing scoring rubrics for classroom use.
Mertler, Craig A. "Designing Scoring Rubrics for Your Classroom." Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation 7, no. 25 (2001).
"Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages"
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The featured excerpts provide an overview of rubrics and include a sampling of real rubrics used to evaluate performance assessments. Read the excerpt specified for your grade level: elementary school (pp. 65-77), middle school (pp. 65-67, 78-83), or high school (pp. 65-67, 84-95).
Sandrock, Paul. Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages, 65-95. Milwaukee, WI: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2002.
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Students in Grades K to 8 study Spanish one period per week. In addition to basic conversation, they are introduced to culture through music and art projects. The Spanish teacher challenges students who are more advanced through additional activities.
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It occurred to me that I was running 3 CPU-bound processes on the same machine and that the processes might be stepping on each other's toes. It's possible that if the server is running on core 4 one second and the producer is running there the next, the level 1 cache of that core could be ruined for the server the next time it ambles over there.
The simple solution was to assign cores to the processes. In linux, you do this with command: tasksetFull story »


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Previously called the "QUAKE 3 Engine" and one of the most successful licensed engines in history, id Tech 3 was the engine used to create games such as Quake II Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix. id Tech 3 introduced shaders, curved surfaces, 32-bit color, special effects, bleeding-edge networking and super-smooth speedy hardware rendering.
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