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US nuns on the run from Vatican inquiry
Author: By David Usborne in New York
Many nuns have stretched beyond the cloistered life to enter professions like teaching, the law and social work, and often eschew convents in favour of living alone. But, for the Vatican, it seems that American nuns may have strayed a bit too far from the traditional path.
There was a warning shot in March when the US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a decree telling Catholics that they should desist from practising Reiki, an ancient Japanese healing technique increasingly favoured by nuns involving the laying-on of hands, and very far from the traditional approach that Rome seems to prefer.
Pressure on the nuns, whose numbers in the US have dwindled in the last four decades from 180,000 to just 60,000, has grown however since the launch of a so-called Apostolic Visitation ordered by the Vatican. With interviews and questionnaires, this is a formal inquiry into the activities of women's religious institutions being conducted by Mother Mary Clare Millea, an American nun who lives in Rome.
In addition, a so-called doctrinal assessment has been ordered by the Vatican into the course being followed by an umbrella group of women's religious orders in the US, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which may not have been toeing the line on issues such as the primacy of the Vatican.
Some nuns may have angered the Vatican with their views on the ordination of women and letting priests marry. Cardinal Franc Rode, who is in charge of religious orders in Rome and who ordered the visitation, complained last year about nuns who "have opted for ways that take them outside" the Church.
Probably more famous than any American nun (aside from Whoopi Goldberg on screen) is Sister Helen Prejean, whose campaign against the death penalty was celebrated in the film Dead Man Walking.
Sister Prejean is writing a new book called River of Fire. In her latest blog entry ? she does Twitter and Facebook too ? she says it will give an "account of how I evolved from being a nun sealed off from the (wicked) world, only leaving the convent to teach, then hurrying back to the safety of the cloister."
Other nuns are also expressing disquiet about the new scrutiny from Rome. Sister Mary Traupman of Pittsburgh long ago left the convent but remains loyal to her faith as a lawyer. She still remembers the years of struggling with the long restrictive habits. "All this for the church," she said this week. "And now we're being investigated."
Some nuns are refusing to cooperate. Sister Sandra Schneiders, who teaches theology at Berkeley, told The New York Times that the Vatican authorities are out of touch. "Our vision of our lives and their vision of us as a workforce are just not on the same planet," she said. And in a leaked email to colleagues she said investigators should be treated as "uninvited guests".
Sister Millea says these fears are overstated. "It's an opportunity for us to re-evaluate ourselves," she said. But Catherine Pepinster, editor of the Catholic weekly The Tablet, disagreed. "A visitation suggests an inspection, as if the nuns cannot keep their own houses in order," she said. That's why I understand the nuns' fear that a chill wind is blowing their way from Rome."
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Are you a Go Giver on Twitter?
"Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving… Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were."
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Last time both clubs met, Granada picked up the win against Athletic Club in a 2-0 win at the Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes. The home side took an early lead through an Aymeric Laporte own goal, followed by the killer goal through Isaac Success on the 60th minute to pick up all three points. Athletic Club's five win run in all competitions was ended by Granada.
Athletic Club have had a decent run in the last month with their only main defeat coming to Espanyol which was the last game before the international break. They did lose to Valencia in the Europe League second leg, but the Basque side managed to pick up the away goal at the Mestalla to qualify for the next round. The gap from seventh place to fifth is only a point, Athletic will be expecting to pounce if Celta Vigo and Sevilla drop points this weekend.
Athletic's top goal scorer Aritz Aduriz will be the key player to look out for, the Spaniard has 17 goals and five assists this season. He has also picked up five Man of the Match awards during the 2015/16 campaign and will be looking to continue his goal scoring record this weekend. He has been a vital player for the Basque side for the past few years.
Granada have been very poor this season, only managing seven wins in 30 league matches. They have also struggled for goals this year, managing just 32 goals and have conceded 56 goals. Granada haven't really been on a good form at any time, but recently they have picked up eight points out of 15 which is a small sign of improvement for a team battling for survival.
Key player to look out for from the Granada side is Youssef El-Arabi, the Moroccan international is the club's top goal scorer this season with ten goals. The struggling side will have to expect the attacker to be on his best form, if they stand a chance of picking up a draw or win at the San Mames on the weekend. It will be a tough game without Isaac Success who has been an important player from time to time.
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Jose Gonazalez's side could change their formation around due to a few injuries, forward Isaac Success is suspended for the game against Athletic. Defender Miguel Lopes and midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure are back in training but their status for the game is uncertain. Robert Ibanez who picked up a stomach problem few days ago is a big doubt. Meanwhile Diego Mainz will definitely miss the match, the defender should return very soon for the away side though.
Granada's predicted line-up: Fernandez, Foulquier, Babin, Lomban, Biraghi, Perez, Krhin, Marquez, Rochina, Penaranda, El-Arabi.
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Vinod Dham on Innovation: Invest in universities and free up businesses
The Snapdeal team had the pleasure of interacting with Vinod Dham, widely regarded as the Father of the Pentium Chip, at our Gurgaon Campus recently. Below are the highlights
of a fireside chat between Vinod and Anand Chandrasekaran, Snapdeal's Chief Product Officer. In an extremely engaging session, Vinod shared his thoughts on fostering innovation in India, why Snapdeal is like Intel, and why he thinks millennials are the luckiest and smartest generation of independent India.
Anand: Vinod, welcome to Snapdeal. It is a pleasure to have you with us. Our teams are excited to learn about your journey as an inventor, entrepreneur and as a venture capitalist. We know you are originally from Delhi, went to Delhi College of Engineering. It would be great to hear from you about your early days here. Vinod: Thanks, Anand. I am glad and immensely proud to be at Snapdeal today, and I will come to why in a minute. But let me begin by telling your team that they are the most fortunate generation of independent India. They have all the choices, be it in terms of what to study, where to study and what jobs to take. And they are visionaries, many of them. I see start-ups today, that want to go global from day one. Even a decade ago, no one would have thought this as possible.
In fact, I think Snapdeal is a great example. I am sure neither Rohit and Kunal would have imagined how fast and how big they will grow. As one of the earliest investors in Snapdeal, I am really impressed by everything this team has achieved.
Growing up, I remember being intrigued by the moon landing, and pouring over literature on rocket sciences at the Galgotias book shop in Connaught Place. Even though I never wanted to be an engineer, I ended up pursuing an engineering degree. This was in the 60s, we had limited options and even fewer jobs.
After engineering, I pursued my love for physics at a small semi-conductor firm in Faridabad. From there, I went to the US to for a degree in solid state electronics. I was working in non-volatile memories for my first US employer, when Intel executives saw me present my work at an industry event and invited to join Intel. That was the turning point in my career.
Anand: How big was Intel when you joined? You worked very closely with Gordon Moore, how was that experience?
Vinod: When I joined Intel, it was worth half a billion dollars, today it is valued at 60 billion. What I find interesting is that at that time, Intel used to operate a lot like Snapdeal does today. Corporate hierarchies existed, but only on paper. You were encouraged to cut through the layers, and directly go to the person who could solve your problem. I remember this one incident where Bob Noyce had gone to Kokomo, Indiana to sell my chip to an automotive company. He had a question, and he directly called me, then just a lowly engineer! Gordon is among one of the most modest and frugal people I know. I remember years ago, at a point when he was already a billionaire; his wife gifted him a Mercedes on his birthday. But he refused to drive it, because he felt that it didn't represent him, that it too over-the-top.
Anand: One of the toughest periods that you went through at Intel was in the 1980s when your memories business was getting killed by the Japanese. At that point Intel took a decision which changed the course of the company. I guess that resonates with us at Snapdeal, because often times there are periods where you don't know what the right thing to do is. Wondering if you could take us back to that time?
Vinod: The Japanese took the chips we were making and made them far more controlled, which increased their yield exponentially. There was no way we could have competed with the quality levels that were attributed to the Japanese memories. Over the next decade, the Japanese would go on to double their share of the memory market. The only two choices in front of Intel were to continue in memories and commit business harakiri, or set shop elsewhere, which happened to be the as yet nascent business of microprocessors. Grove and Moore chose the latter, and the rest of course is history.
Anand: In retrospect of course Intel took the right decision, but Intel agonized over this decision for a long time. We have seen this at other companies too, why do you think such decisions are so hard to make for CEOs?
Vinod: I think because under all the data, analytics and objectivity, we are human and emotional. Often, we get attached to ideas and ideals, whose time has passed.
Anand: What other sectors besides e-commerce in India, so you feel, are ripe for innovation and will see more investments?
Vinod: One is definitely data science, the whole area of Data Analytics and Business Intelligence. There is a lot of good work going on there. The second one is Health Sciences, which of course requires a lot of capital, but new technologies are truly transforming health care as we know it. A lot of creative ideas are beginning to be seeded right here. Data Science, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Health Sciences will see more funding this year.
Anand: Indeed, we at Snapdeal are data sciences in a big way, to deeply understand consumer behavior because we feel that the future drivers of e-commerce success won't be companies with the highest number of customers, but highest number of return customers.
Vinod: Indeed, I think this is a good year to consolidate, sit back, and review future strategy around sustainable growth. People talk about a bubble, I don't think that there is one. Neither in India nor the US, what is happening is that the start-up ecosystem is following the natural course of evolution.
Anand: What is your take on fostering an atmosphere that enables innovation in India?
Vinod: India has just begun to scratch the surface. As much as I have studied it, America is the greatest nation in the world. You can't fight them on their money, their prosperity, their military prowess. Why can't any other country replicate their success? Their biggest secret is innovation, and governments that have always prioritized innovation.
The IBM exists because of the US government. Way back in the day, big, expensive machines were needed to tabulate census results, which no one else but the government could fund. Likewise, the internet as we know it would not have existed were it not for the vital role that the Defence Advance Research Project Agency played in the creation of the ARPANet.
Very early, US figured out probably the most cost effective way of fostering innovation. The cheapest labor in the United States is PHD students. These are smartest people from around the world, who bring their cutting edge ideas to fruition in the US. Iran is among the biggest enemies of Unites States, and yet the Stanford University's mixed technology research teams are full of Iranian PHD scholars, My own research, back in the day, was funded by NASA. In fact, 80% of all PHD scholars in the US are foreigners.
In India, we followed a public sector heavy model. So instead of funding universities, we funded bureaucratic organizations like the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research that haven't been able to deliver on their promise. Whenever I meet Prime Minister Modi, I tell him to fund the IITs instead. Even if 1 out of 10,000 students discover something big, that is money well spent. And second, get out of the way of youth; it is time to go from License Raj to De-License Raj.
Anand: I wanted to share an interesting observation in an article I read about you, that while you helped build Intel and the Pentium chip, you were also the only one, who through your work with companies like NextGen and AMD, ever gave Intel any real competition. Then you moved on to create another path-breaking enterprise in Silicon Spice. So as my final question, it would be great to hear how and when did the entrepreneur bug bit you?
Vinod: I am a very weird person and somewhat insecure. Firstly, I had really begun to doubt whether it was me or was it Intel that made the Pentium. Secondly, if you are in Silicon Valley and you have never started a company, there is something extremely wrong with you.
So I wanted to start something of my own, I wanted to find out whether I could design something better than the Pentium. I have to say that I loved the experience of building a start-up, which I feel will resonate with most of you here. The fact that every day you are fighting a new fire, everyday a fresh roller coaster ride awaits you and sometimes you wake up in the middle of night soaked in sweat; I loved every moment of it.
While I can't take complete credit for thriving start-up scene in India today, I do take credit for having the vision to bring this culture to India, back in 2005-06. I would say the last 10 years were phase 1.0, of venture capital. When start-ups presented to us back then, they would say if you invest in us, we will pay you back in interest. The concept that somebody will take a part of your company in return for their investment didn't exist. Now, the venture capital eco-system is in phase 2.0, and everybody is moving up the chain.
In the coming years, I see amazing software products coming from India, in cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence. The game, I feel, has only just begun.
One final thing I would like to tell your team is that I have worked with engineers from all over the world, but the best minds come from here. So no matter what your role at Snapdeal, try to be a Change Agent. Ask yourself if there is a smarter, more efficient way of doing your work? Innovation and impact begin from wherever you are.


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Understanding Fair Use in the Classroom Copyright Wisdom
for Middlebury Faculty My dear Faculty members:
I'm just a small owl, but I know a lot about copyright! I want you to feel confident about the right way to use copyrighted materials in your teaching. I promise to make it easy to understand! Shall we begin? Because this is the section that limits the exclusive rights of copyright holders "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research ..." We'll make it easy for you! Fair Use 101 There are many, many sections within the 1976 Copyright Act. My very favorite section? Section 107! You know why I like this section? But wait just one sec: there are some hoops we need to jump through first. The hoops are called the "Four Factors," and you should get to know them. They are ... 1
Purpose and character of the use 2
Nature of the copyrighted work 3
The amount used in relation to the whole 4
The effect of the use on the market Don't laugh! Owls are a little nerdy by nature! Once you understand Fair Use, the whole world opens up! Using copyrighted materials for educational purposes (as opposed to for-profit /commercial purposes) is generally favored as fair use. However, educational use does not equal a "slam dunk" -- all factors need to be considered.
The idea of a use being "transformative" is very important in a fair use evaluation, and that plays into the second factor ... When we talk about this factor, what we mean is: what is this material? Is it factual/scientific? Is it highly creative like a poem or song? Usually, the more "factual" the material, the greater likelihood that its use will be considered fair.
But this is where we should think about "transformation." Consider the use of a poem in class: its nature is creative, which would weigh against fair use. But then we should think about the first factor (purpose of use). And its purpose in a creative writing class, for example, might be to demonstrate how the syntax is working in an Elizabeth Bishop poem. And we realize that this use is transforming the work from one thing (a creative expression) to another (a lesson in prosody). "It is like what we imagine knowledge to be:
dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free,
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of the world ..." Let's stay with these first two factors for a bit longer and think about the flip side of the poetry example.
Consider the use of a "Spanish for Beginners" workbook. The nature of the work is obvious. And when used in a Spanish 101 class, it's hard to argue that the workbook is being transformed into something new. In fact, it's being used exactly as it was intended. So while the use is educational, it is not transformational, and this weighs against a fair use evaluation. But wait! We still have two more factors to consider! The implication with this factor is that the less material used, the more likely it is to be fair use. The more used, the less likely. Think about novels, journal articles, collections of essays. What portion of these items should be considered "fair"? You may have heard about certain fair use "rules of thumb" over the years: using only 10% of a book, or only one or two chapters, and so on. These rules of thumb are not based in the law, and are very often needlessly restrictive. I want to caution you against relying on "bright lines" regarding fair use. Fair use, for better or worse (but mostly for better!), is an essay question, not true/false. And for this we should rejoice, because it gives us flexibility in ways that rules like "only use 10%" cannot. In some cases the use of an entire work could be considered fair. Think about a haiku, a song, a photograph -- in these examples, the entirety of the material must be used in order for the educator to make her point. One cannot typically use just the bottom corner of a photo! Robert Frank, "The Americans" --Elizabeth Bishop
from "At the Fishhouses" Hang in there, here comes the final factor! This is the "let's think about money!" factor: the one where we determine if there will be economic harm to the copyright owner due to our use. It's important to only use the amount needed for your teaching, and no more. If one chapter will suffice, use just one -- not three. Remember the word "appropriate" when determining the amount. Think about it this way: if we provide this material to our students for free, how will the market be affected?
At the same time, ponder this question: who is the market for this material? If a student needs to read the new Michael Chabon book, cover to cover, for his class on contemporary fiction, he needs to buy it. The purpose of the use may be educational, but between the nature of the work (creative), the amount (all of it), and the effect (significant), one would be hard-pressed to say this use is "fair." For example: a student needs to use a calculus textbook in her calculus class. She is clearly the market for this textbook. The class will use most of the book during the semester. What would happen if the professor scanned the whole book and made it available online? The market would certainly be affected by this action: x number of students would no longer need to buy this book. Did you notice how naturally the third and fourth factors speak to each other? Amount and effect? Here's a different kind of example that looks at amount and effect: a professor is using a few chapters from a book on the history of psychology. This book is not written with undergrads in mind; rather, it's aimed at scholars in the field. A student who needs to access a relatively small portion of the text is not the primary market for this book. A strong argument for fair use should be made! OK, so you've learned about the four factors, and I've given you some examples. Maybe you're thinking: "duh, silly owl, of course I can't scan an entire textbook!" Or, "yeah, I know that using a small amount is fine and dandy." What you're really wondering is: how do I solve the fair use questions that aren't so obvious? Here are some of the tricky questions I've gotten
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Want to assign a large portion of a text, but the book is out of print and used copies cost $200 a pop
Need to make an entire symphony recording available online for their students
Want to share several chapters of their unpublished manuscript on E-Reserves
Received an article via interlibrary loan and want their students to read it
Want to compile an assortment of film clips for use on a course website First, please remember: your friends in the library are here to help! We want you to use the very best resources for your teaching, and we want you to do so legally and with confidence! There are plenty of available resources to help us answer tough copyright questions. Here's a cheat sheet to use when you're not sure how to proceed: First, check to see if the material in question is still under copyright! I like to use this handy chart from Cornell:
http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm Next, search the Copyright Clearance Center to see if Middlebury's "Academic License" allows for a more expansive use of the material than would typically pass under a fair use evaluation:
Please note: just because a use isn't permissible under the CCC license doesn't make the use illegal, or impossible to justify under fair use. It just means that we need to be more careful about our determination; I'll show you how! Under copyright? Or in the Public Domain? Copyright Clearance Center Fair Use Evaluator So the material in question is under copyright, and the CCC license isn't helping. Let's assume you've already done a quick-and-dirty fair use evaluation in your head; let's now formalize the process with the incredibly helpful Fair Use Evaluator:
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Unpublished manuscript on E-Reserves? OK only if the rights haven't been assigned to a publisher (who has right of 1st publication)
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Expanding the Frame of Reference
Welcome to our Winter 2017 issue of the CWBR. This issues feature content includes a diverse offering that ranges from the lives of women in antebellum of Natchez, Mississippi to military engineering. Though diverse, this issues offerings challenge the reader to look beyond the conventional frames of historical reference by closely examining the lives of non-elite women, the culture behind military logistics, the global exchange of ideas, and the morality of nineteenth-century decisions makers.
Mark Smiths review of Thomas F. Army Jr.s Engineering Victory: How Technology Won the Civil War praises the book for its examination of a culture of improvisation that saturated the North. The antebellum Norths commitment to common school reforms and embrace of the lyceum movement, Army argues, made the Union army amiable to a system of bottom-up technical innovations, which proved essential to the Unions victory.
In Joyce Broussards Stepping Lively in Place: The Not-Married, Free Women of Civil-War-Era Natchez, Mississippi our issue turns from the cultural concerns to social considerations. As reviewer Jean Baker points out, society expected Natchezs unmarried, free women to be dutiful wives above all else. These expectations meant that unmarried women, black or white, needed to operate with amazing dexterity if they intended to remain unmarried property holders before and after the Civil War.
Our Civil War Treasures column considers the rich documentary sources left by one antebellum family from Clinton, Louisiana. The Wall Family Papers, as LSU special collection librarians Hans Rasmussen and Meghann Wollitz explain, feature vivid commentary by a southeast Louisiana family who experienced heavy wartime losses, imprisonment, and maintained familial responsibilities under military occupation.
Further expanding the boundaries of historical convention is Vitor Izechksons Slavery and War in the Americas: Race, Citizenship, and State Building in the United States and Brazil, 1861-1870. Though a number of scholars have previously examined connections between the U.S. and Brazil, reviewer Enrico Dal Lago notes, Izechksons analysis is path breaking for its chronological emphasis. Few scholars have devoted book length studies to the western hemispheres dominant slave powers. In closely comparing these slaveholding powers in wartime, Izechson turns conventional wisdom on its head by recognizing that the American Civil War wrought incredible social change through emancipation and the Confederacys defeat. Brazils War of the Triple Alliance, however, brought no such changes for that countrys enslaved. These conclusions, Dal Lago points out, enable to Izechson to convincingly paint the American Civil War as a total war because of the social changes it wrought.
Brazil, slavery, and war all appear in Matthew Karps This Vast Slaveholding Empire: Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy. In my interview with Dr. Karp we discuss how U.S. slaveholders secured their interests in human property through their long command over U.S. foreign policy. Threatened by Britains anti-slavery policy, U.S. slaveholders looked beyond their nations border to secure and justify slavery. American slaveholders found scholarly and political justifications for slavery through close engagement with Europes intellectuals and that continents growing use of colonial labor. As Dr. William J. Cooper, who reviews This Vast Southern Empire this issue, finds that one of the books most important features is its convincing portrait of slaveholders as cosmopolitan, but conservative men who preferred foreign policy to filibustering.
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Phil Banett is a ready ass, I hope Akatsuki kick his ass really hard. I think it's during this part that Miu's secret identity is revealed to her friends. I wonder what was their reaction.
Speaking of which, how people know who she "really" is in Babel? Did Listy hide her identity as well when she went to Earth?
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well i was looking at the pool that n0m@n created to see the novels that he would translate and hagure yusha is second does that mean he will not translate this one?
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Vol. 9 is the latest volume and there is not has chinese trans so I still don't know about the content.
Yes! Mainly his friends (Zeks, Lucie, Listy, Kuzuha, Chikage, Motoharu, and Haruka) know that he was The True Hero that shoulder all sin, hatred, and malice. Akatsuki didn't mind to become the enemy of the world if it can save innocent people (this is the main story = Rogue Hero). And all his harem will follow him until the end (like Godou of Campione!).
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John Vandenbrooks of Arizona U, you are the hyperoxygenated wind beneath my enormous wings.
As you all know, way back in the Carboniferous the dragonflies, and various other insects, were enormous, as the fossil record records. The assumption has been for a long time that the atmosphere back then was more highly oxygenated, and therefore that the chief limiter on size for insects is their respiratory system (1).
Vandenbrooks, however, seems to be the first person to actually try and test this by rearing insects in high oxygen conditions. This was actually a bit of a risk, I assume – just because conditions would allow a big bug doesn't mean that existing species would spontaneously grow to outlandish sizes. However, joyfully, it works (2).
Of course, if you're going to do it, you have to do it with dragonflies, because they're the giant Carboniferous insect poster child. However, dragonflies are very difficult to rear, and the adults need live prey, so Vandenbrooks had to hand feed them. The subtext is obvious: he has not only created a race of giant dragonflies, but a race of tame giant dragonflies that will obey his every whim! I am so happy with this news.
He has giant beetles too, apparently, but not giant cockroaches. The cockroach thing sounds like a disappointment, but in actual fact they still give less space over to their breathing apparatus: rather than using the extra O2 to get bigger, they've used it to become more efficient.
Annoyingly, I haven't yet found any pictures to show just how giant these insects have become, as this is presumably just a model. Or possibly fortunately. After all, they've almost certainly just become "a bit bigger" whilst if I haven't seen any pictures, I can imagine that they're big enough to give kiddies rides on.
(1) Insect respiration 101: most insects are kind of passive breathers. They have a series of holes down their sides that let the air into their innards through a series of tubes, so that oxygen exchange can occur. Larger insects need more tubes, and as an insect gets bigger the percentage of its volume taken up by this tube system increases disproportionately, meaning that eventually there'd be nothing but tube and no insect inside the carapace. A higher oxygen content to the air means that you need less air to get the same amount of oxygen, and therefore fewer tubes for the same volume of insect. Some insects, as an addendum, do sort of breath – Wasps (I think I have this right) flex their abdomens, changing the interior volume and therefore drawing air in actively for an extra boost.
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Here are a dozen books for the holidays from Rob's Recently Read, Ready to be Read, and Requested to Read piles. And as James Wells reminded me, "that most or perhaps all of the books you list are available at local booksellers including Village Books, Cozy Corner, and (we can call them local because they support local authors) our Bellingham Barnes & Noble store."
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Just finished The Great Symmetry by James R. Wells, I gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for those true Science Fiction fans. Far future, what-ifs and a tightly plotted story. Really a 4.5. From my blurb: Mr. Wells does a wonderful job of beginning en media res and jumping from the tense opening sequence into a media race to propagate competing versions of reality throughout the author's well-developed setting. The theme of infoterrorism and the power of the media control gives us, like all great science fiction, a thoughtful what if to consider in our own time.
The Immortal Game by Joannah Miley. A great blend of Science Fiction, Greek Mythology with a touch of Romance. Oh, and Chess.
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Started Elements, Book II in the Biodome Chronicals by Jesikah Sundin. This series will satisfy the fantasy and science fiction. Sort of a historical fiction meets a Blade Runner prequel universe. Book I – Legacy is out and currently on-sale for ebook at $0.99.
Also started The Ariadne Connection by Sara Stamey. A science fantasy about a plague healer in a near future earth damaged by changes in the Earth's magnetic field.
Dream of a Vast Blue Cavern, a grand epic fantasy by Selah J Tay-Song is also on sale for ebook at $0.99 and its sequel Dream of a City of Ruin is on my TBR pile!
The Girl at the End of the World by Richard Levesque features a tough teen after a strange virus has killed off most of humanity.
The Eternity Series by Mike Hartner, historical fiction told through generations in I, Walter; I, James and I, Mary. I, Walter is currently free on Amazon.
For another historical jaunt, check out Jacob Kilgore's Vagrant Prince also on sale as an e-book $0.99 at Amazon.
Harry Takes Off: Astounding Stories of Adventure (Iron Pegasus Book 1) is a steampunk novel by Steve Turnbull that I am looking forward to reading.
Requested to Read – On my list, but not yet on my pile:
Noble Smith's Spartans at the Gates, sequel to the gripping Sons of Zeus, has been out and the third book in the trilogy: Sword of Apollo is out now, too.
Mindy McGinnis has released a book unrelated to my recent apocalyptic faves: Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust. A Madness So Discreet is a dark, historical novel of mystery, madness and murder!
And finally, not that any of you get to read it yet, but I am reading a beta copy of my brother, James G. Slater's space opera, Claustrom!
Happy holiday reading!


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Angelina and Brad might have found a new addition to their United Family of Benetton. This time a vacation to a foreign land and some window shopping led them to a new child.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reportedly filed papers with the U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services as a precursor to adopting a Vietnamese child. Jolie and Pitt spent their Thanksgiving Day holiday in Ho Chi Minh City where they met the young boy at the Tam Binh orphanage.
What is Angelina trying to prove with all of this? Does she have a hole in her heart because of her estranged father? Is Brad still in love with Jenn? Did she not get to play with dolls as a child? I think after this adoption all she will need is an Eskimo baby and a baby seal to complete her collection. She should spend some time eating a snack because she is looking mighty slender lately.
Just strap the rest to my back!


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If you are looking for baby moccasins for your little one, then this post is for you.
Those super cute and colorful moccasins are just so adorable, every baby or toddler should have one!
So here's —
Where to buy Baby Moccasins in the Philippines:
- Baobao Babies – Super nice Ben and Adam Baby Moccasins are available in this Cebu-Based FB Shop. Some of those I checked out cost P949.00 per pair. Check out the drool-worthy designs in their FB Store here.
- Bundle of Joy PH – Has Baby Moccasins by Deerie Handmade. Last time I checked a pair costs P1,500.00. The have super nice classic colors too that will suit your baby boy or little girl! Check out their FB Page here.
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- Where to buy Amber Teething Necklace
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- Online stores that sell fenugreek for breastfeeding
- Where to order Cloth Diapers with Birthstats
- How to avoid Food Poisoning at home
- Where to buy BumGenius Cloth Diapers
- Online stores that sell Chewblings and Teething Necklaces
- Where to buy Reusable Mama Pads
- Where to buy supplies for DIY Candy Buffet
- Newborn and Baby Photo Studios
- Li'l Bumbino – This FB shop so far has the most affordable Baby Moccasins, at P300.00 per pair. I think the brand they carry is called Romirus. Join their FB Group here.
- Sicily and Gambino – Mommies do not tell me I did not warn you! You will definitely have a hard time controlling yourself when you see this page of really cute and fab shoes for your kids. They have of course moccasins (even those that are Mary Jane style), flats, fringed boots, loafers, the works! Goodness I had to restrain myself while researching for this article! So nice!!!! The moccasins I saw are priced at P600.00 per pair. Check out their FB Page here.
So, there you have it. I am sure there are other places where you can buy baby moccasins in the Philippines. I promise to update this post as soon as I discover more. If you have the time, hope you could drop by my Facebook page and hit the like button, so you can receive regular updates from Happypinaymommy.com direct on your newsfeed.
Thank you so much!
A Happy Homemaker is a Happy Pinay Mommy!
Leaving you with this video on DIY baby moccasins:


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Aurora theater shooting court documents blows inside job conspiracy wide open
Newly released court documents in the Aurora, CO theater "Batman massacre" case reveals startling inside accusations about who may actually be behind the shootings that left at least 70 people either dead or injured in the early morning hours of July 20th.
Friday's report by the online version of Denver's Westword Magazine details shocking claims made by, what appears to be, a new victim in a case that has throttled a community still in mourning over the tragic events. According to the court documents an individual, whose name has been officially redacted from the documents, came forward to file a "Motion to Intervene" for the right to be reasonably heard under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (a)(4), for the purposes of presenting newly discovered evidence to the court.
moar-> http://www.examiner.com/article/auro...racy-wide-open


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After many of years of pretending to be cool and unique by being a hobby photographer who didn't have an Instagram account, I woke up and realized, wait this is actually really cool. You can put up pictures and people will actually see them and care! I expected to make my account and then get over it pretty quickly, but I am more or less still committed to updating it and seeing what other people put up, particularly accounts with nature photography.
My all time favorite Instagrammer is Konsta Punkka, a nature photographer from Finland. I am even more in love with his work now because a few weeks ago I commented on one of his photos (along with hundreds of other fans) and he responded to me! It's the little things in life right? I first learned about him watching a travel vlog from the Vagabrothers on YouTube. Konsta is a magical human being who gains the trust of wildlife creatures such as foxes and squirrels and gets them to pose for selfies, albeit very professional and well edited selfies, but selfies nonetheless.
I was worried before getting the account that if I joined Instagram I would put too much weight on how many followers I had or care when I lost them, but that should never stop you from sharing your work with other people if that's what you think you want to do, that is, if that's where you are passionate.
Plus, did you know that a bunch of Instagrammers apparently use apps that automatically follow and unfollow people and comment random generic things on people's photos? I always tell my friends I am for all intents and purposes a social media grandma, therefore I did not know this. So that's another reason why you don't have to feel upset if you wake up one morning and realize you've lost a few of your followers, because Instagram is after all an instant gratification platform with finicky users who may or may not actually just be robots at any given time. I find this of comfort at least.
This "advice" can stretch more broadly to day to day life. People aren't paying as much attention to your every movement and flaw as you think so just keep on moving through your life the way you want to. Put out there what you want to and strive for the goals that you set for yourself. Aziz Ansari said in an interview last month that if he were going to fail at something, he'd rather "fall on his own sword", that is, he'd rather fail delivering his own writing and jokes than to play it safe following the directions of others.
So all you artists and movers and shakers out there: keep making cool stuff, keep sharing it with the people you love (and also total strangers if you so desire), and keep on dreaming, even if you don't make your hobbies into anything more than hobbies income-wise. We create to express ourselves, whether people are watching or not.


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The Golden Contrivance
December 5, 2010
The theme for this season of brevityTV lives in a box in a bathroom office. Behold, your intro to a season (mostly) filled with "Fairy Tales and Fantasy" parody.
produced by Cole Taylor
directed by Meghan Brown
written by Deron Sedy
featuring Claudia Perea & Deron Sedy
shot by Eduardo Quintino
production crew Joe Kausch
edited by Bruce Novotny
audio wizardry by Dana Olefsky
music composed by John Pawlak
visual fx by Deron Sedy
OK, so the sketches in season five are MOSTLY "Fairy Tales and Fantasy" related… A few other bits snuck in there, because they made us laugh. Hey, it's our channel.
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If you dated a guy that you had kissed and slept with and he stopped talking to you and than after six months contacted you and met up with you , than kissed you , would you have been mad at him?
Or would you have liked I'f he didn't kiss you but only spent time with you, because it had been six months since you two had met?
Guys what is the right way? Does he respect and take her seriously if it was the first way?


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Winmart Pty Ltd (the "Applicant") was successful in defending an opposition filed by Jiang & Hou Pty Ltd. & Gervasi Nominees Pty Ltd (the "Opponents") against its application for the trade mark GERVASI. The opposition was based on a number of grounds, including the main ground that the Applicant was not the owner of the trade mark.
The Opponents first used the surname Gervasi in 1979 when the co-opponent purchased a property in Brunswick, Victoria and the Opponents commenced trading there as a supermarket under the business name GERVASI RITEWAY SUPERMARKET, as a part of the Riteway buying group.
Over the years, the Opponents changed buying groups on several occasions. In addition, the Opponents operated, ceased and re-opened the business at several locations in Victoria. The Gervasi name was consistently used by the Opponents during this time.
In 2003, the Opponents sold the supermarket business to the Applicant. The Opponents argued that it did not assign rights in the Gervasi name solus to the Applicant, and the Opponents did not assign any rights in the Gervasi surname per se to the Applicant.
In considering section 58, it was noted that while the Business Sale Agreement did not explicity contain a provision that dealt with the common law GERVASI trade mark, the Hearing Officer was satisfied that the reputation of the business was directly tied up with the unregistered GERVASI trade mark and that this reputation forms a significant part of the goodwill which was sold to the Applicant. In finding for the Applicant, the Hearing Officer was satisfied that the agreement encompassed the GERVASI trade mark along with the goodwill of the business and that there was sufficient evidence to suggest that the GERVASI trade mark passed to the Applicant when the Opponents sold the supermarket business.
In light of the trade mark being assigned to the Applicant in 2003, the Opponents were unable to establish that the Applicant's use of the trade mark GERVASI would be likely to deceive or cause confusion or the stricter test posited by the Australian Consumer Law, likely to mislead or deceive. It was also held that the application was not filed in bad faith.
To view the Office decision, click here.