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ROSENBERG: One Of The Most Reliable Economic Indicators Peaked In July
Sam Ro
December 5, 2012
When the official headline economic indicators don't work, savvy investors turn to the unconventional economic indicators.
In his latest Breakfast With Dave note, David Rosenberg visits a signal being sent by the restaurant sector:
Our hedge fund desk has always told me that among the most reliable cyclical indicators for the American consumers is the restaurant sector. Traffic is slowing down precipitously and the companies are issuing negative guidance.
I took a look at the monthly details from the latest PCE data and saw that in nominal dollars, consumer spending on eating out sagged 0.4% in October and has contracted now in three of the past four months. The YoY trend peaked at +5.7% in July and has since slowed to +4.4% which is the softest pace in eight months (the three-month trend which a year ago was running at 7.5% at an annual rate is now close to stall-speed of 2%).
As a sign that families are becoming more cautious in their spending and eating habits, grocery shopping is up in two of the past three months and at double the trend (at4%) of the restaurant industry.
ECRI's Lakshman Achuthan has argued that the economy went into recession in mid-2012. This evidence seems to support that thesis.
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I don't ever eat breakfast. (I know that breakfast is touted as the most important meal of the day)
It's just my wife and I at home now so we eat out more than we should. I also entertain customers while when travelling so I see a lot of restaurants and a good cross section of Quality from Morton's to Applebees and I can tell you that dining out is waaaaaay down. My wife and I stopped in at an Applebee's last Friday night about 8:30 and were the only people in the joint the entire time it took to eat our dinner.
It seems like restaurants have really jacked their prices since this past summer. If you mix in high gas prices and higher food prices something has to be cut?
You should eat your breakfast. Today, my breakfast consisted of a coke and a slice of Mrs. Smith's apple pie.
The last time was when we had some company in from out of town and went to our local Diner.
While it was pretty full, it was during the "specials" hour, which gets you more for your money.
We just cannot afford to go out and eat like we used too.
I remember up until just a couple of years ago, any and every semi special occasion off to Red Lobster we would go.
Now we can't afford to go even for like Veterans day.
Thanks for that Ubama, making us like the rest of the world, I so wanted to live like they do in Chad. I hope you burn in hell.
No surprise. Maybe the public is finally realizing that the cost of dining out has gone sky-high over the past years. I have watched the casual restaurant check for two people over the past several years balloon from around $17 including tax and tip to around $32 to $36 today, here in California. Just in the past year alone, that check size has increased by at least $5 or more.
Every time I see what appears to be a brand new menu, I check the date printed (usually on the bottom of the back) to see if it recently was printed. If so, I look at the prices to see the increases. We are seeing new menus printed twice a year. End result is that we are dining out less and using discount coupons more.
I think this indicator is spot-on. We don't eat out - at all - these days, unless otherwise unavoidable. I'd say less than once a month at a real, honest-to-goodness sit down at a table and order from a menu restaurant. Fast food and pizza less often than before, too.
And a huge part of that is the cost and a tight budget.
We haven't eaten out since January. We do get takeout once a week or so, but that's not nearly as expensive. My husband roasted a large chicken last week end, and then made soup with what was left over. Delicious and so inexpensive compared to a restaurant!
Ummm... you might want to re-read what you wrote. I don't think it means what you thought it meant.... or maybe it DID?
Excellent. Leftover pizza is also good for breakfast. :)
Obama's fault.
Be should really do that at home, or at least get a hotel room.
I bet it peaked on Chik-Fil-A day.
Four 20 ounce choice ribeyes at Costco = $40. Cut each in half and it is $5 per person. Rest of the meal is less than the cosr to drive to the local steak house and tastes better.
LOL I was thinking the same thing
Depending on the tax impacts, I may be making even more adjustments to my dining habits.
Since there aren't as many people at their fav place anymore
We eat out once on Friday evening and Sunday after church, otherwise we are eating at home or take our breakfast and lunch to work.
When we are in the restaurants crowds are really down except the weekend after the first of the month.
My Dad is a small business man and he is saying he hasn't seen the economy and business this bad ever and he has been in business since 1958.
Hubby and I eat dinner out once a week. It is our only real 'outing' away from the house. I have found restaurants with specials like 2 for 1 certain nights of the week and I use Restaurant.com alot. They have some really great sales. Overall it costs us about $50 a mnth to eat out once a week. Well worth it.
What about second breakfast:)
What about second breakfast:)
...or Elevenses? I don't think he knows about that, Pip.
Oh my, I don't what to say. This might go down in the history of FR as the funniest proofreading error ever.
That is what she said...
Thank you for saying what I was thinking!!
Holy smokes....Damn Ipad. I go to lunch and come back to FR with pings and emails and a couple of voicemails on my phone with Freeper buddies laughing.
Anyways, I had the ABSOLUTELY necessary word "with" mistyped and instead of correcting the word, I guess I deleted it...creating a most embarrasing and (to you) entertaining situation. ....lets just hope my Freeper wife doesn't search my postings ;)
....and maybe the admin mods can insert the word "with" where it should be!
What is your wife's freeper name? Just kidding.
I blame the Ipad.
I am amazed at your multi-tasking abilities in this comment.
The missing words were just too good for me not to pile on.
I believe another Freeper classic has been born. We certainly needed a good laugh after the perfisdy of the DC crowd today—thanks.
Or not. Looks like the mods are erasing all signs of its existence. Only us lucky few will ever know...
Aren't you a little worried eating at empty restaurants? I bet they're serving days old food for their survival and your health could be at steak.
"I usually eat the same thing 7 days a week at Chili's for dinner"
I would go bat crazy doing that. One time we had some Japanese customers over for a couple of weeks. The first day my manager told me to take them out for lunch. We went to a local place and I explained what chicken fired steak was. Well they all had chicken fried steak. They kept asking to go back day after day after day the same thing chicken fried steak.
After 9 days I was ready to never have chicken fried steak again. The last day I convinced them to go some place else. We talked about other items on the menu and every one seemed interested in this or that. Well when the waiter came the boss ordered chicken fried steak and then they all ordered CHICKEN FIRED STEAK.
Well, they got post 7, but forgot post 6........
We're not the lucky ones...she is!
They missed a few others, too, but I wasn't going to help them on this one...
They can erase all they want, I figured out what the typo was, and they can't erase my mind... :)
OK, yes, it was even funnier in context than otherwise.
the funny part was
"there just weren't as many people there as usual"
everything is much more expensive . inflation is higher than the govt is telling us. go to a grocery now, see what $50 buys you.
I am a small business man, and I agree.
I'm not sure how Obama is keeping this out of the media - even his putative enemies are going along with the CNBC rah rah.
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Mr. Speaker, there is a growing dismay with the high cost of post-secondary education. Some in this House seem to consider post-secondary education to be an entitlement, free and paid for completely by the taxpayer. Access to post-secondary education has always been a reward for hard work and achievement at the secondary level.
Funding for post-secondary education must remain a partnership which includes the federal and provincial governments, parents, businesses, alumni and students. Although current tuition may seem high, the payoff over a lifetime is more than adequate compensation. The call for full funding is unrealistic. It would place a real burden on existing taxpayers, three-quarters of whom have not had the privilege of attending university. Also, the success rate for students who contribute to their own education is higher than for those who do not.
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Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, last week Statistics Canada published the 1996 census data pertaining to the ethnic and racial composition of our great country. According to these data 11% of Canadians are visible minorities.
As a Canadian woman who is black, I salute our federal government for its courage and foresight in ensuring we have hard data about the composition of our society. This information will assist the government in developing good public policy and programs. This ensures equality of all citizens and equitable access for all in every sphere of activity.
As any astute business person will tell you, do your market study if you want your company's product or services to do well in the marketplace. Study your consumers.
Unlike the Reform Party and the Bloquistes, our government does not believe that ignorance is power. Liberals firmly believe that knowledge is power.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Dick Proctor Palliser, SK
Mr. Speaker, there is a growing concern in rural Canada about the low farm commodity prices. This concern is especially prevalent in western Canada where forecasters are predicting weaker grain prices for 1998 and 1999.
One of Canada's chartered banks has already said that we could expect our export of wheat and coarse grains to decline as well. One market analyst said farmers need higher prices in order to make a go of it.
Farm gate prices which are already low are likely to worsen before they improve.
This worrisome trend is even more stark when related to rising input costs, including the cost of machinery, fertilizer, trucking costs and higher freight rates. In the west freight rates on grain have doubled and tripled since the Crow benefit was done away with by the Liberals.
Grain farmers are increasingly worried about their security and indeed about the future of the family farm.
Members of our caucus urge the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Minister of Transport and the government in general to take note before it is too late.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Yvon Charbonneau Anjou—Rivière-Des-Prairies, QC
Mr. Speaker, three weeks ago, the federal government and the provinces signed an environmental harmonization agreement in areas such as assessment, inspections and environmental standards. Quebec did not sign, because the Bouchard government decided to go its own way, in environment as in many other areas.
Under Lucien Bouchard, the former federal environment minister, Quebec is managing the environment so badly that it has been failed for the second year in a row by the Regroupement québécois des groupes écologistes.
"The Bouchard government sees the environment as an obstacle to economic growth. This government has failed to keep its major public promises with respect to the environment. The Bouchard government should stop following the lead of environmental Neanderthals like the Republican right in the United States and the Harris government", said the ecologists.
Instead of funding Pro-Démocratie, the Bouchard government should practice democracy in all areas, including that of the environment. It should cooperate with the federal government and the other provinces instead of spending its time.—
The Environment
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Markham.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Jim Jones Markham, ON
Mr. Speaker, the current agreement on interprovincial trade does not work. A recent Canadian Chamber of Commerce statement indicated that all levels of government have been given a failing grade. Overall the report card review graded Canada a dismal D .
The federal government has failed to show leadership in improving trade between the provinces of this country. It persistently encourages trade relations with other countries but fails to improve trade between Canadian provinces.
This is costing Canadian jobs. Why can this government not recognize that one of the strongest incentives to reducing interprovincial trade barriers is the enormous untapped potential that would boost economic growth?
Knocking down the remaining barriers would create another 200,000 jobs. When is this government going to take real leadership and ensure that parties comply? Governments need to renew their commitment and get the process moving again on all fronts.
I remind this government that economic union and national unity are inseparable. The stronger the economic ties this government can nurture, the stronger Canada's national fabric.
Government Staff
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Paul Bonwick Simcoe—Grey, ON
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to the men and women who are employed in both political and bureaucratic offices at the federal level.
Over the past several months I have listened to my Reform colleagues make unfounded accusations and untrue statements about various staff members. These statements are typically unfair and totally unacceptable.
We on this side of the House want to praise the hard work and dedication which our staff members show week in and week out. Our staff members should feel a sense of pride, knowing that without their commitment our federal government would be a lot less effective.
Personally I have no time for the pettiness and callous disregard some of my Reform colleagues have shown toward these individuals. On behalf of the Liberal caucus, I say hats off to our staff members. They work long hours and show tremendous dedication to their work. It is greatly appreciated.
Winter Olympics
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Jim Abbott Kootenay—Columbia, BC
Mr. Speaker, with the conclusion of the Nagano winter Olympics, let us reflect on the true Olympic spirit. Let us spotlight the gigantic efforts of the athletes.
For me, one of the greatest examples of bravery and sportsmanship was the superhuman effort of Elvis Stojko. His silver medal is a beacon of hope to a six-year old figure skater in her first competition and an encouragement to a 106-year old facing another day.
All our Olympians exhibit what it takes to persevere and succeed. Let us not forget their families' sacrifices and support or their coaches' skill and patience. The athletes are like soldiers in the front lines sustained by unheralded communities. Olympic competition involves Canadians from all regions and walks of life.
We are grateful to all the athletes for their leadership. We say to the Olympians, their families, their coaches and communities, thank you.
Don Cherry
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Michel Gauthier Roberval, QC
Mr. Speaker, Don Cherry's disparaging remarks about Quebeckers on the CBC speak volumes about that gentleman's narrow-mindedness.
His contemptuous and unwarranted comments far exceeded the leeway allowed a sports commentator on a government-funded broadcasting station. His venom unfortunately spilled over onto the Lillehammer gold medal winner, Jean-Luc Brassard, whom he dismissed as some unknown.
If a francophone commentator had made equally insulting remarks about anglophones from this country on Radio-Canada, the crown corporation would have fired him on the spot.
I trust that that is how Don Cherry will be dealt with, for nobody can enjoy the benefits of working for a crown corporation and expect to get away with insulting an entire people. A disdainful attitude such as that of Don Cherry has no place on the air, and must be vigorously condemned by both the government and the crown corporation.
Health Care
Statements By Members
February 23rd, 1998 / 2:10 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Elsie Wayne Saint John, NB
Mr. Speaker, health care in this country has been devastated by this government's slash and burn policy toward the transfer payments to the provinces.
Recently the federal health minister stated that more cash is not necessarily the cure for what ails the system.
In my province of New Brunswick we have seen another round of health care horror stories. Surgery waiting lists are growing. Doctors are leaving and patients are frightened, worried and stressed out.
A doctor in Saint John recently sent me a letter in which he outlined dangerous waiting times for surgical procedures in New Brunswick. A patient has to wait over six months for the removal of a brain tumour, four months for the repair of an abdominal problem. Patients also wait routinely one year for gall bladder and hernia repairs.
Doctors and health care services need more money now. Patients are suffering. The federal government must stop downloading on to the provinces. I urge the minister to listen to Canadians and restore health care funding.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
John Maloney Erie—Lincoln, ON
Mr. Speaker, no country is immune from the ravages of the problem of illicit drugs, whether it be heroin from the golden triangle, cocaine from South America or cannabis from around the globe. It could also be the new strains of drugs being consumed by the youth of today.
One of the major tasks facing governments is protecting their citizens from drug related crime. Too often chronic drug users resort to crime to sustain their habits. Reducing the number of dependent drug users through treatment can substantially reduce the level of suburban crime and violence.
We must also address the problems of those who are affected by drug abuse and institute programs to assist them in overcoming their addictions.
International fora continue to be used as a platform for accusations of lack of action between producer and consumer countries. It is important to recognize that the social, health and legal problems caused by illegal drugs affect all countries regardless of the degree of involvement.
It is time for all nations, regardless of the group into which they fall, to work together to address this problem as a unified team. We need to say no to drugs.


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Revealing What Urban Early Childhood Teachers Think About Mathematics and How They Teach It: Implications for Practice
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Description: Hersh (1986) states, "One's conception of what mathematics is affects one's conception of how it should be presented. One's manner of presenting it is an indication of what one believes to be most essential in it." In this research study, three hundred ninety-seven urban early childhood teachers were given a survey that examined their attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics teaching, their views of mathematics, views of teaching mathematics, and views of children learning mathematics. The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes and beliefs of early childhood teachers in two urban school districts to determine if mathematics reform efforts made a difference in teachers' attitudes and beliefs about mathematics and its teaching. Questionnaires were mailed directly to teachers in one school district and principals distributed questionnaires in the other. Summary scores were calculated for parts of the instrument. The researcher performed descriptive statistics, comparative analysis, and conducted frequency distributions, t-tests, ANOVA, and Pearson Correlations. Findings revealed that teachers with 30 or more years of teaching experience had more positive attitudes toward mathematics than teachers with 1-3 years of experience. African American teachers had more positive attitudes toward mathematics and its teaching than other ethnic groups. Teachers who held ...
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Hisko Hulsing studied painting and animation at the Art Academy of Rotterdam, where he graduated in 1995. His first animation was 'Harry Rents a Room', which was released in 1999. In 2004, the short animation 'Seventeen' appeared, which was the official Dutch entry for the Academy Awards 2005 in the category Best Animated Short.
Hisko dvides his time between doing commercial assignments and working on his own projects. He also makes music, paintings and comics. One of those is 'The Truth about Your Sister', which appeared in comic magazine Zone 5300 in 2010. He also made comics for Dutch "graphic novel magazine" Eisner.


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Martha A. Tracy Schnars
Martha A. Tracy Schnars, 55, of 19 Cobbe Circle, W.E. passed away at 8:20 p.m. Friday (Jan. 18, 2013) in her home surrounded by her loving family.
A lifelong area resident she was born June 15, 1957, in Jamestown, N.Y., a daughter of the late Dr. William J. and Dorothy Nugent Tracy Jr.
Martha was a 1975 graduate of Jamestown High School and a 1994 graduate of Jamestown Community College. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, from Buffalo State College in 1997.
She immediately began working as a counselor in the alcohol and substance abuse unit at WCA Hospital. For many years she functioned as a New York state-credentialed alcohol and substance counselor III and still held that position at the time of her passing.
She was a very caring and concerned professional and highly regarded by her peers and the individuals she counseled over the past 16 years. She was truly a unique individual and to know her was to truly love her.
Martha loved her annual vacations to Hutchinson Island, Fla. with Jim. (Thank You Mr. Anderson). She loved the beautiful beaches, many varieties of wildlife, including the mammoth sea turtles which nestled on all of the beaches, and she just loved the peace and tranquility of the island.
Martha had a lifelong love affair with animals and actively supported many of the organizations established to protect and care for them. Her extended family includes Jacko the parrot (35 years), Barney the cat (11 years) and Phoebe the Corgi puppy (four years).
Surviving are her husband, James W. Schnars, whom she married Aug. 4, 2001; a sister, Lance Tracy; a brother, John F. Tracy, her brother-in-law, Bob Bergquist, all of Jamestown; three stepchildren: Lori Schnars (Sterling) Pollaro of Jamestown, Martin Schnars of Jamestown, and Mark Schnars of Charlotte, N.C.; nine stepgrandchildren: Nicole Prinzi of Troy, N.Y., Ryan (Ashley) Prinzi of Jamestown, Tony Pollaro of Titusville, Pa., Shelly Davis of Corry, Pa., Seth and Hanna Schnars, both of Ft. Myers, Fla., and Joshua, Kirsten and Emily Schnars all of Charlotte, N.C.; and one stepgreat-granddaughter, Lexi Prinzi.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Tracy Bergquist, and a brother, William Tracy.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Lind Funeral Home. The Rev. Steve Kilburn of the Zion Covenant Church will officiate. Inurnment will be in the Tranquility Columbarium at Sunset Hill Cemetery.
Friends will be received from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Pick of the Litter, 1805 East Elmwood Ave. Falconer, NY 14733 or to the Chautauqua County Humane Society, 2825 Strunk Road, Jamestown, NY 14701, Hospice Chautauqua County, 20 W. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, NY 14750, St. Susan Center, P.O. Box 1276, Jamestown, NY 14702 or to the WCA Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 214, Jamestown, NY 14702.
You may light a candle in remembrance of Martha at www.lindfuneralhome.com.


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Skip to comments.Let's put this to bed. We have bigger fish to fry.
Posted on 04/27/2012 4:56:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Everyone please send whatever you are able to, whether it is $10, $100 or $1,000+. The DUmmies, Morons, Kos Kiddies and that crew are laughing up their sleeves. Jim may have to make this site members only or allow ads. Better for us to just help with what we can. Maybe you can donate as a memorial for a lost loved one, a servicemember who never made it home or was disabled defending our country. Perhaps you'd like to give to keep free discussion alive and to show them that we're not knuckling under. I'm sure a well thought out or prayerful meditation will lead you to see the need and how you can help. If every registered FReeper and our lurkers would each just help out with a fin or a sawbuck, or better yet a Ben Franklin, we could put this to bed and get on with the conservative cause.
Hahahaha...good one!
Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were serious.
Low class comment.
Amen, brother.
Conservatives differ from liberals in no greater respect than this: we are proud individuals, not collectivist sheep. We share common principles and ideals but often - hell - damned near always - differ on the best strategy and tactics by which those principles might be achieved. Leftists practice political correctness and shun dissenters. We ought never emulate them. Shame on us if we do.
Our primary goal must be the removal of Obama and the Marxist, anti-capitalist, pro-Islamic radicals with whom he has infected our nation. Otherwise, the America that we all love will be lost.
No one here truly likes or trusts Mitt Romney, not really. But he does not hate America. Obama truly, demonstrably does. That's enough of a difference for me.
That needn't change. Most of the people who have walked away from this place (or were shown the door) were pro-life conservatives.
Thank you dear friend!
I have a lot of FB buddies...and don't have a clue who that is! Funny thing...I hadn't seen it until you posted it! That tells me you spend more time at True Blue than I do! LOL!
I'll have to go take a look! Do you disrupt there?...or just lurk?
You are a trip!
I did nothing compared to these kids nowadays, but I followed orders and did what I could to advance our national interest. I miss the service and the feeling of shared goals and doing and being something bigger than myself and the discipline. As for the thread: I never know what'll happen when I post a thread, and I've done 14,604 of them.
Pretty sure 4 D cells might get you a few tweets but it ain't going to get you on Facebook.
No, it was sent to me about YOU! I don't leave Free Republic.
This thread is turning into a REALLY bad episode of "The View"! And since every episode of that program sucks large....well.....I think you get my point.
You have anti-FReeper buddies on True Blue?
Whenever you post about another member, you courteously ping that member.
Your snarky post at Amy'sPlace about me was also reported to me.
You're very rude.
I do not have the power to ban.
I am not now, not have I ever been a moderator here.
Playing the victim is very unbecoming, particularly for a bully like you.
I suggest you ignore me, because I sure would love to ignore you.
Have a wonderful evening.
Please understand: Because a few conservative FReepers are not voting for Romney, and don't trust him personally, does not mean Obama will be the recipient of our recorded votes.
The "principles" some posters are saying are worthless are not what is driving some contributors away from this site. They are leaving, or being left, because they have refused to believe the owner of Free Republic meant what he has been saying all along and now are acting like he really should not have meant it.
I have been drawn to this site because I agree with the (worthless?) principles espoused here on the main page and throughout consistently by the site's operators.
shit. no tactical advantage. we are doomed.
It's none of your business who's providing information about anti-Freepers and their pals here.
Doesn't help fix things.
You are one to talk about courtesy! LOL!
The only way to win is to emulate what the left has done... they have made themselves so loud and formed things like the green party and backed people like ralph nader and lost some elections... but today... they stand on the cusp of instituting Stalin's dream. The gop is not our party... they do not represent us... they do not like us... but they must have our votes and our money... we demand a seat at the table... we have been denied and lied to long enough. Goldwater and Reagan forced us a place at the table... but then our chair was given to moderates and independents and pro abortionists and gay activists and yes... mexican invaders.
So sorry I dared to leave a comment....I will take a seat!
Hitchens was smart and he was also a drunk. He was very witty when he was almost sober.
Yeah, I'm sure she's a hottie... but you really need to post that here?
I'm really trying not to be upset, but before you went into my profile and pulled and posted a picture of the grave site of my father-in-law, you might have asked for my OK.
Go out to work for a few hours, then come back in here to find :
Sir, that was not intended as an affront to your personally. I am a solutions-oriented FReeper and I meant to say your post contributed to The View-like atmosphere. Free Republic can use some serious help right now, as you can see.
Bump to save/steal the graph.
Here have a cup of coffee, maybe it will help with your concentration. I made it just for you.
I don't care who's a snitch! How many times do I have to tell you--
Can you hear me now?
Solyndra offered a unit just like that with rechargeable batteries and two solar panels all for $17,250,000.00 per unit if you bought 12 at a time.
The good news is that it could be purchased on an EBT card at the liquor store.
The bad news is the janitor stole the prototype and they don't know how to build another one.
The really bad news is that Pres. Odinga didn't own any stock before they went under.
Dude, this thread is EPIC!
For the benefit of those who do not frequent as many posting groups as you, please lower the decibels. If you were a seventh-grader, you would not be allowed to stay in the classroom, the way you are acting.
They got me once. Mostly cause I believed there was "truth" and "GOD" and "conservative" in my "peers".
That's the joke.
I'm not hiding.
9.5 on P gits you poster boy stats on FB.
The principles some posters are saying are worthless are not what is driving some contributors away from this site. They are leaving, or being left, because they have refused to believe the owner of Free Republic meant what he has been saying all along and now are acting like he really should not have meant it.
I have been drawn to this site because I agree with the (worthless?) principles espoused here on the main page and throughout consistently by the sites operators.
Absolutely spot on. Excellent post.
You've been outed as a liar with proof. Stop screaming. Just slither away.
JESUS said that we would be attacked and ridiculed for following HIM. He also said to look at what they have done to HIM. We do what we do Jim... not because it is fashionable, or hip, or logical, or prudent... we do what we do because it is the right thing to do and HE was the one doing the instructing.
Matthew 5:10-12 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11"Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. 12"Rejoice, and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you
(Man Jim... I need to work on this one badly)
Matthew 10:16-18 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore be shrewd as serpents, and innocent as doves. 17"But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to the courts, and scourge you in their synagogues; 18and you shall even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
Matthew 10:21-23 "And brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22"And you will be hated by all on account of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. 23"But whenever they persecute you in this city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you shall not finish going through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 10:28 "And do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 20:22-23 But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to Him, "We are able." 23He said to them, "My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father."
Matthew 23:34-35 "Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city, 35that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 24:8-10 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 9"Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. 10"And at that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another.
Mark 8:35 "For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's shall save it.
Mark 9:42 "And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.
Mark 13:9 "But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.
Mark 13:11-13 "And when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. 12"And brother will deliver brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. 13"And you will be hated by all on account of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved.
The principles some posters are saying are worthless are not what is driving some contributors away from this site. They are leaving, or being left, because they have refused to believe the owner of Free Republic meant what he has been saying all along and now are acting like he really should not have meant it.
I have been drawn to this site because I agree with the (worthless?) principles espoused here on the main page and throughout consistently by the sites operators.
Absolutely spot on. Excellent post.
"Winning the Senate and the House is not enough because Obama has proven he will simply go around them."
Amen to that. Bo must not be re-elected; otherwise, the America i grew up in will not be here for my children and grandchildren.
That's just the way burgers are build in Texas.Mustard and jalapenos go on burgers, ketchup is for fries
absolutely true.
"Many believe that Free Republic is now inadvertently acting to re-elect a Socialist President."
unfortunately, that may be the result, based on the comments i've been reading here of late.
Okay, this has reached the surreal.
I am trying to get my stupid smart phone to sync up with my office email so I must disengage for a while.
You post a SOLICITATION and I hand YOU YOURSELF. And YOU CRY.
How pathetic.
I can't imagine why anybody would care what somebody else likes on their food. I like both mustard and ketchup on my burgers, fries and hot dogs. I don't care if other people like it or not.
Well see. We never know which way events are going to take us. I remain praying for Divine Intervention. I have put my trust in Him, not politicians.
Nothing is set in cement. Its a long way to the convention. A lot can happen in the coming months that none of us can even anticipate.
Be well. Thanks for your replies to me.
GOD'S HELP is the ONLY hope for the USA regardless of the political charades and farces.
I just put up a General/Chat thread trying to help move the ball past 30%! Whew!
When you figger that out it WILL make me a monthly donor.
And you talk about Jim Robinson in all of them? Wow.
Lonestar is a facebook friend of mine. She knows exactly whats going on in regards to JR.
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Man arrested after shooting sidewalk plow in Gowanda
GOWANDA – A Gowanda man was arrested after a shooting incident early Wednesday.
Thomas L. Bar-one, 40, of 89 Pal-mer St., was charged with reckless endangerment, second-degree assault, third-degree criminal mischief and obstruction.
According to Gowanda Police, Barone allegedly shot at the village sidewalk plow with a long pellet gun. striking the window of the plow shortly after 6:30 a.m. Operator Bryan Bylbie was hit with the pellet in the head and was covered with glass, causing cuts to his face. Bylbie was taken to Lake Shore Hospital for observation.
Barone was arraigned in Persia Town Court. He was taken to Cattaraugus County Jail and held on $3,000 cash or $6,000 bond bail.


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Charter for Global Footprint Network Committees
4 August 2006
Revision 2
I. Global Footprint Network Committees
1. Introduction
The Ecological Footprint is being adopted by a growing number of government agencies, organizations and communities as a measure of environmental performance. It has the potential to become a default indicator for sustainability and to serve as an organizing framework for discussion among policy makers. Widespread adoption benefits all those using the Footprint as existing applications increase in value with each additional use of the Footprint. However, this is dependent on the Footprint maintaining its scientific credibility and accuracy, its policy relevance, and the consistency and appropriateness with which the method is applied and findings communicated.
To this end, Global Footprint Network is establishing two working committees. The
- National Accounts Committee will support continual improvement of the scientific basis of the National Footprint Accounts, which provide conversion factors for Footprint analyses at all scales.
- Standards Committee will develop standards and recommend strategies to ensure that the Footprint is applied in a consistent and appropriate manner in all key domains, at a variety of scales, and over time. Furthermore, the Standards Committee will develop standards and best practices for communications to ensure that the results of Footprint analyses are presented accurately, with assumptions clearly specified and factual findings kept distinct from advocated solutions.
The Ecological Footprint Standards will serve as the basis of a certification system whereby applications and reports can be audited by third-party examiners, and if they conform to the standards, receive a quality seal. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that certified assessments are accurate, consistent and based on the most current Footprint methodologies and conversion factors, with results reported in a manner that does not misrepresent or mislead. This will build the value of the Footprint for all users, by promoting comparability of Footprint analyses conducted at the same scale, ensuring consistency of results over time, and encouraging clear communications that enhance understanding of the concept, the methodology, and what the results mean.
2. Participation in the Committees
All members, with the exception of the chair (see below), must be associated with partner organizations of Global Footprint Network. Ideally, Committee members will represent the various regions, countries and sectors (e.g., government, corporate, community and academic) that are engaged in applying the Footprint.
Each committee will have 7 to 18 members. An additional seat on each committee will be filled by a staff member of Global Footprint Network. Partner organizations will have the opportunity to nominate candidates for the remaining slots, which, at the discretion of the committee, may or may not be filled.
Committee members will serve staggered 2-year terms, and will nominate the subsequent year's committee for a vote by Network partners (up to 17 seats for Standards, and up to 9 seats for National Accounts, in addition to the fixed seat dedicated to a Global Footprint Network staff person). Partner organizations may also nominate committee members. Currently, there are no term limits—if nominated and elected, Committee members may serve more than one term. Committee members may also serve on more than one committee at a time. Committee members will serve without compensation and, unless other arrangements are made, will be responsible for any travel expenses required for Committee meetings. All other of the Committee's operating expenses are the responsibility of Global Footprint Network.
If there is consensus that the initial tasks are complete and subsequent revisions of the National Footprint Accounts or the standards should take place at intervals greater than one year, the Committee may set a suspension or dissolution date.
Role of Global Footprint Network Staff
One seat on each Committee will be reserved for a Global Footprint Network staff member. Global Footprint Network staff may not serve as Chair or Vice-Chair of the Committees.
Global Footprint Network staff also will provide administrative support to Committee Chairs to facilitate meeting arrangements and support web-based document posting.
3. Procedures
Selection of Committee Chairs. In order to ensure that all viewpoints are considered, the committees should ideally be chaired by an individual who is supportive of the Footprint, but not wedded to any particular approach. This is the only person on the committee (other than the Global Footprint Network representative) who does not need to be associated with a Network partner. Committee Chairs will be selected by all members of the committee. The Chairs call meetings, propose agendas, and facilitate the meetings of the Committees. Chairs are also responsible for facilitating decision making within their Committees.
Committee Decision Making. Draft standards and recommendations will be considered approved by a Committee once consensus is achieved. Consensus means that no Committee member strongly disagrees with that which is being proposed. If a member blocks consensus, this person is responsible for developing a counterproposal, in collaboration with a member who supports the original proposal. If no agreement can be reached, the Chair determines whether the issue will continue to be debated, or if the conflicting versions will be submitted to a vote. In the latter case, if the proposal receives at least a 2/3 majority vote, it will be considered approved by the Committee. However, aspects of the standards and recommendations that are approved without achieving consensus are identified as such and revisited next time these issues are reviewed.
Role of Global Footprint Network's Science and Policy Advisory Council. Prior to submission by the Committees of any recommendations to Global Footprint Network, all members of the Network's Science and Policy Advisory Council shall be given the opportunity to review these recommendations. If Council members have reservations or suggestions, Committee members will work with the Council members to resolve the issue in a manner that addresses these concerns.
Meetings and other Communications. Committee meetings will generally be teleconferences. Committees may decide to meet in person, possibly at locations hosted by one of the Network's partner organizations. Individuals who are not able to meet in person will be offered the opportunity to participate via conference call.
Committee members will engage in structured e-mail communications in which feedback on proposals is solicited and reviewed. In addition, key issues will be discussed in conference calls held approximately every other month. More frequent communications, if necessary, will be at the discretion of the Committee Chairs.
Meeting minutes, drafts of proposals and other relevant documents will be posted for review on a partners-only area of Global Footprint Network's website, and partners notified whenever a new document is posted. A formal mechanism will be established that encourages partners to provide feedback regardless of whether or not they sit on a Committee.
Approval Process for Standards and Protocols. The development process for proposed standards (or, in the case of National Footprint Accounts, protocols and methodologies) will be guided by the ISEAL Code of Good Practice. 1 The general process flow is as follows:
- The Committee identifies the need for a new or revised document. This document may be a standard, a protocol or a methodology.
- The Committee solicits input from Partner organizations, and posts a notice of the activity on the public Web site, with contact information for interested parties.
- Being mindful of the input received in response to this notice, the Committee will prepare an initial draft document, and post it for the initial public review period. Partner organizations, the Science and Policy Advisory Council and any registered interested parties will be noticed of this posting.
- Based on comments received in this review period, the Committee will make appropriate revisions and repost for a second public comment period, again giving notice to interested parties.
- After the second comment period, the Committee will address all new comments, and release the final document, with a specified implementation date.
4. Avoidance of Conflict of Interest
Because Global Footprint Network develops and manages the National Footprint Accounts, and manages the Standards Development process, the potential for a conflict of interest exists. In order to minimize this potential problem and to ensure that there is a clear path for identifying and addressing this problem, should it arise, the following policy is in effect:
- All proposed Standards will be developed according to the process outlined in Sec. 3 (Procedures) to ensure that all decisions are made in public and to maintain full transparency for all interested parties.
- Standards may not require proprietary methods or data that would prevent any competent agency from conducting a standards-compliant Footprint study. 2
- All methods and data sources called for in the Standards must be fully transparent.
- All data sets must be clearly identified.
- All specified data sets must be available to the public.
- All methodology and assumptions must be documented and publicly available at a level of detail that permits the results to be duplicated.
- Global Footprint Network may not unilaterally introduce or implement a Standard, or change the Standards. In all cases changes to Standards are made via the Committee process.
- Changes to the National Footprint Accounts require the approval of the National Accounts Committee, which will only occur after all Partners have had an opportunity to comment on the proposed changes.
- If a conflict of interest is identified, the matter will be noticed to the Standards Committee. The Standards Committee will convene a panel from among the Global Footprint Network Partners to hear the issue, and decide on the appropriate remedies to mitigate the conflict of interest. 3
5. Budget Considerations
Partner contributions and National Footprint Accounts license fees are used to support our Research and Standards Program and specifically, the coordination and support costs for our committees. In addition, we look to committee members to provide in-kind contributions of staff time and facilities as they are able. However, because partner contributions and license fees do not cover all our Research and Standards Program costs, it is anticipated that fundraising for the various activities of the three Committees will be necessary, and that this will be an ongoing, collaborative effort between Global Footprint Network and its partner organizations. As the work of the committees develops, committee members will be encouraged to consider which aspects of the work can stand alone as fundable projects, and to help the Network identify and approach potential sources of funding.
II. Scope of the Individual Committees
1. Scope of the National Accounts Committee
The Committee will be responsible for guiding research and development of the accounts, supporting quality assurance of the results, ensuring scientific and stakeholder approval of the methodology and results, and providing peer review of the National Footprint Accounts. The goal is to ensure that national Footprint results are as accurate and robust as possible.
In order to ensure consistent source data for Ecological Footprint calculations, the Ecological Footprint Standards specifically reference the National Footprint Accounts as maintained by Global Footprint Network as the official National Footprint Accounts for standards compliant Ecological Footprint studies. It is the intent of Global Footprint Network and its partner organizations to continuously improve the National Footprint Accounts by working with all interested parties to evaluate proposed improvements, and, by Committee decision, determine which proposed improvements to implement.
The Committee operates by:
- Soliciting input from and working with interested parties to achieve a broad consensus on Footprint science and methodology for nations and for the globe as a whole;
- Identifying key areas of research and development that will improve the calculation methodology, and helping to secure resources for implementation;
- Soliciting advice from experts in particular areas to clarify scientific issues the committee is addressing;
- Developing a structure and agenda for a scientific review process, to ensure that all data sources and methodological approaches have been reviewed by scientists with recognized expertise in each of the domains addressed by the Footprint;
- Creating and supporting a quality assurance process to ensure sound results;
- Engaging with Global Footprint Network in setting an agenda for update intervals, and determining strategies for managing issues associated with version upgrades;
- Helping the Standards Committees resolve issues relevant to the National Footprint Accounts;
Specifically, the Committee will:
- Set an internal schedule for committee meetings and for generating results;
- Identify concerns of users and stakeholders and negotiate priorities and schedules for addressing the identified concerns with Global Footprint Network staff;
- Work closely with National Footprint Accounts program director at Global Footprint Network to implement recommended changes;
- Identify strategies to find adequate resources for the development of the National Footprint Accounts.
2. Scope of the Standards Committee
The Applications Standards Committee is charged with developing a set of Ecological Footprinting standards that will ensure validity and reliability of Footprint applications at all scales and consistency of methodology across similar applications. It may establish ad-hoc working groups to address particular issues such as regional accounting, municipal applications, boundary setting, definition of terms, coordination with life cycle analysis, standardization of land-use matrices, and how to address ecological demands that are not currently included in the Footprint, such as fresh water use, toxics and land degradation.
Furthermore, the Committee is charged with developing a set of Ecological Footprinting standards that will ensure reporting of results in an accurate, unbiased, and non- judgmental manner. This will ensure that the findings derived from Footprint applications are reported fairly, that the findings are clearly distinguished from policy recommendations, that the research question addressed by the Footprint is not misrepresented or exaggerated, and that reports clearly indicate the version of the National Footprint Accounts on which they are based.
Specifically, the Committee will:
- Solicit input from all interested parties and work to achieve a broad consensus on appropriate ways to apply the Footprint in practice;
- Make recommendations to the National Accounts Committee for research and improvements to the National Footprint calculation methodology and data organization that would facilitate practical application of the Footprint;
- Solicit advice from experts to clarify scientific issues the committee is addressing;
- Develop recommendations for standards that will help ensure Footprint applications are conducted in a sound and consistent manner;
- Develop recommendations for the development of protocols and tools such as application software, standardized national activity/land-use matrices, and boundary setting guidelines that will enable Footprint practitioners to more easily conform to the standards;
- Solicit input from all interested parties and work to achieve a broad consensus on appropriate ways to communicate results of Footprint analyses;
- Develop recommendations for standards that will help ensure Footprint applications are reported in a manner that accurately portrays what information a Footprint analysis can and cannot provide, and makes it clear that the Footprint is an unbiased analytical tool that does not endorse any particular policy or agenda;
- Determine a procedure for updating the Standards when necessary, and tactics for minimizing or handling any incompatibilities between new and prior versions of the Standards;
Release of Draft Standards and Recommendations. In order to avoid confusion, any interim release of standards or recommendations (e.g., for feedback or beta testing) by the Committee must clearly specify that these are a preliminary, draft version rather than the final or official version.
3. Additional Role of the Ecological Footprint Committees
The Committees will review the standards, protocols and procedures and revise them on an annual basis or as necessary in order to ensure continuous improvement of the Footprint analyses and reporting as the science and applications evolve. Development of updated versions of the documents will follow the same procedures outlined for new standards, procedures and protocols.Furthermore, the Committees are responsible for monitoring and measuring the effectiveness of the standards and protocols. To do so, they will:
- Establish performance measures
- Identify what will be measured, and how
- Determine reporting procedures
- Improve the Standards, by revising standards which have been identified through monitoring as needing change.
Once the initial Standards are published, Global Footprint Network and its partners will develop a third-party process to provide certification for Footprint analyses that are in compliance with the published Standards.
Charter Revision 2:
This revision is based on comments received from Global Footprint Network Partner organizations and the learnings of the Committee members during the first year of Committee activities.
Specific changes include:
- Removed references in text to the first year's plans
- Combined the Applications Standards and Communications Standards
Committees into a single, larger Standards Committee.
- Removed references to Applications and Communications Standards Committees.
- Changed the number of members for the Standards Committee.
- Explicitly reserved on seat on Committees for a Global Footprint Network staff member
- Combined sections II.2 and II.3; hence, Section II.4 was renumbered to SectionII.3
- Changed Committee terms to 2-year staggered terms, beginning with the 2006 – 2007 Committee year.
- Changed the term "National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts" to National Footprint Accounts to be consistent with Ecological Footprint Standards 2006 terminology.
- Clarified the scope of the National Accounts Committee (Section II.1) to expressly reflect the intent that the National Accounts Committee is intended to evaluate all proposed changes to the National Footprint Accounts, whether generated by Global Footprint Network, its partners, or other parties.
- Added a new section, Section I.4, Avoidance of Conflict of Interest
- Revised Section I.3, Approval Process for Standards and Protocols, to remove the requirement for ratification by the Global Footprint Network Board.
1 International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labeling Alliance. See http://www.isealalliance.org
2 Sections 4.2 and 4.3 neither restrict nor prohibit the use of proprietary methods in conducting Footprint studies. Use of proprietary methods will not prevent studies from being certified as Standards compliant, so long as standards relevant information is provided at the necessary level of transparency for certification. Proprietary methods may only be required by the Standards if those methods are made available for licensing to any interested party.
3 Appropriate remedies are limited to steps to reverse the impact of the conflict of interest. This does not include financial remedies.


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One of the most remarkable essays I have read on education is "The Aims of Education" by Alfred North Whitehead. First published in 1917, it calls some of our current "wars" into question, particularly the apparent battles between progressives and traditionalists. When Whitehead argues against the danger of "inert ideas," he seems both progressive and traditional at once.
Whitehead (1861-1947) was a mathematician and philosopher. He co-authored the Principia Mathematica with Bertrand Russell. He is the founder (to some degree) of "process philosophy," which he explains in Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology.
Already, I am bristling, because the very idea of "process philosophy" sounds like so much nonsense. But when Whitehead says something, he makes you think–in a way that differs from what you might expect. His points don't fall in the usual classifications.
The second paragraph of "The Aims of Education" reads:
In training a child to activity of thought, above all things we must beware of what I will call "inert ideas"–that is to say, ideas that are merely received into the mind without being utilised, or tested, or thrown into fresh combinations.
Now, this is interesting, because such "inert ideas" could consist of disjointed facts and big, vague concepts. In other words, schools that emphasize isolated bits of information and schools that emphasize ungrounded "critical thinking and problem-solving" are committing a similar error. They are giving students material out of context. As commenters on Michael's most recent post have suggested, it is the motion of a topic that makes it interesting and memorable. Daniel T. Willingham has made similar points in his book, Why Don't Students Like School?
But am I reading things into Whitehead? Not at all; here's more:
Furthermore, we should not endeavour to use propositions in isolation. Emphatically I do not mean, a neat little set of experiments to illustrate Proposition I and then the proof of Proposition I, a neat little set of experiments to illustrate Proposition II and then the proof of Proposition II, and so on to the end of the book. Nothing could be more boring. Interrelated truths are utilised en bloc, and the various propositions are employed in any order, and with any reiteration. Choose some important applications of your theoretical subject; and study them concurrently with the systematic theoretical exposition. … Also the theory should not be muddled up with the practice. The child should have no doubt when it is proving and when it is utilising. My point is that what is proved should be utilised, and that what is utilised should–so far, as is practicable–be proved. I am far from asserting that proof and utilisation are the same thing.
Very interesting. So there should be "theoretical exposition," short and thorough, alongside (and clearly distinct from) practical application. The theory should be presented in a systematic manner, but "interrelated truths" should be utilized "en bloc."
In none of this can the details of the subject or the hard work of practice be avoided:
All practical teachers know that education is a patient process of the mastery of details, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. There is no royal road to learning through an airy path of brilliant generalisations. There is a proverb about the difficulty of seeing the wood because of the trees. That difficulty is exactly the point which I am enforcing. The problem of education is to make the pupil see the wood by means of the trees.
But what of the aims of education? What are they? Whitehead writes:
What education has to impart is an intimate sense for the power of ideas, for the beauty of ideas, and for the structure of ideas, together with a particular body of knowledge which has peculiar reference to the life of the being possessing it.
Here's where things get a little shaky for me. What does he mean by "peculiar reference"? Does he mean that studies should be of personal relevance to each student? Or does he mean that a subject taught in motion is a subject made relevant–that the very motion, the procession from one idea to another, consitutes the relevance, as it helps us see where a particular idea comes from and where it is going? I believe he means the latter. He continues:
The appreciation of the structure of ideas is that side of a cultured mind which can only grow under the influence of a special study. I mean that eye for the whole chess-board, for the bearing of one set of ideas on another. Nothing but a special study can give any appreciation for the exact formulation of general ideas, for their relations when formulated, for their service in the comprehension of life. A mind so disciplined should be
both more abstract and more concrete. It has been trained in the comprehension of abstract thought and in the analysis of facts.
There is much more to the essay than I am conveying here. What's tantalizing is that some of his ideas are so good and can be misunderstood so easily. They resemble, at first glance, some of the education jargon out there (regarding the "joy of discovery," for instance) but mean something quite different. One need not agree with all of his points, but they raise the possibility that there is something beyond the oppositions familiar to us today.
I bring up Whitehead in my forthcoming book, Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture. I am grateful to the mathematician who brought Whitehead's essay to my attention.


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Samsung Electronics, a leading semiconductor and consumer electronics producer, this week said that its flagship Galaxy S II smartphone (model: GT-I9100) has achieved 10 million global channel sales, doubling from five million in just eight weeks.
"Since its launch in late April 2011, the Galaxy S II has seen continued sales success, demonstrating Samsung's industry-leading capabilities in - and commitment to - the smartphone market. In just five months the Galaxy S II has seen tremendous growth, reflecting its tremendous popularity with customers around the world, who in selecting the Galaxy S II as their device of choice have driven the device's strong market position globally," said JK Shin, president and head of Samsung's mobile communications business.
Samsung Galaxy S II is an Android 2.3-based smartphone that was announced by Samsung on February 13, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress. The Galaxy S II is Samsung's flagship smartphone that is only 8.49mm thin. It features dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 system-on-chip as well as ARM Mali-400 graphics engine. The product sports 4.27" Super AMOLED+ screen with 800*480 resolution. The device became available worldwide starting from May 2011 and is sold by more than 140 vendors in 120 countries.
Samsung sells a number of different Galaxy S II versions, including a simplified Galaxy S II R, Galaxy S II LTE and plans to introduce Galaxy S II HD LTE with 4.65" display with 1280*720 screen resolution. The ten millionth milestone was achieved by the original model GT-I9100 that is based on dual-core 1.20GHz Exynos system-on-chip.
Even though the popularity of Galaxy S II is very high, it is still considerably lower compared to Apple's iPhone. It took Samsung roughly five months (from early May to late September) to sell ten million of units. Meanwhile, Apple sold 20.34 million of iPhones in one quarter that ended on June 25, 2011 (Q3 FY2011).
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A sprain is an injury that damages a ligament. A ligament is a firm, fibrous band of tissue. It connects two bones across a joint. There are ligaments crossing all of the joints in the body.
Grade 1 and 2 sprains are less severe. The internal structure of the ligament is damaged, but the ligament remains intact. Grade 3 sprains are more severe. They include complete tears of the ligament. Grade 3 sprains are sometimes called torn or ruptured ligaments.
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A sprain occurs when a force pushes the bones of a joint apart. If the force is intense enough, the ligament holding the joint together has to give.
Sprains can occur with everyday activities, but they are more common during sports. Sports with high speeds and risk of collision have an increased risk of sprains. These sports include:
- Basketball
- Football
- Skiing
- Gymnastics
Factors that may increase your risk of a sprain include:
- Muscle weakness
- Lack of flexibility
- Coordination and balance difficulties
- Sudden change in direction
- Impact with object or other person
- Misstep that causes a sudden strain at a joint
Symptoms of a sprain may include:
- Pain immediately after the sprain—without treatment, the pain becomes worse over the next 24 hours
- A popping sound
- Local swelling, often within minutes
- Bruising
- Trouble moving the joint
- Increased pain when putting pressure on the injured area
The most common joints involved include:
- Ankle
- Knee
- Thumb or finger joints
- Shoulder
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your doctor may need images of your joint. This will help check for damage to bones or other structures. Images may be taken with:
- X-ray
- MRI scan
Treatment will depend on the joint involved and the extent of the injury. Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Options include:
Avoid activity that causes pain. Protect the joint when possible.
Decrease Swelling
Elevation will help decrease swelling.
Compression of the area with an elastic bandage also helps to control swelling. Do not pull the elastic bandage tight. Release the bandage if fingers or toes become numb.
Ice and Heat
Apply ice to the area for 15-20 minutes at at time. This may be required several times a day for the first few days. Do not apply heat until you are ready to start being more active. Check with your doctor before applying heat. It may increase swelling.
Place a towel between a heat or ice pack and your skin.
Your doctor may prescribe medication to manage pain and swelling. Medication may include:
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory pain medication, such as ibuprofen
- Over-the-counter or prescription medication that is applied to the skin
Rehabilitation exercises may be helpful after the sprain heals. Exercises can help to strengthen muscles and increase range of motion. Medical help is often needed at this stage. It is important to strengthen the muscles involving the joint where the ligament is. Those muscles need protection against further injury.
It may be difficult to avoid sprains. Joints are at risk during athletic activities. To reduce your chance of getting a sprain:
- Use proper techniques to help avoid awkward motions and missteps
- Participate in flexibility, strength, and fitness training
Content was created using EBSCO's Health Library. Edits to original content made by Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. This information is not a substitute for professional medical advice.