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A local expert committee formed in November by Mayor Don Wesely to study issues concerning the rare Salt Creek tiger beetle gave its recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council today. Several hundred of the beetles live in the saline wetlands near the 27th Street and Interstate 80 interchange, an area slated for future development. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering recommending the insect be placed on the federal endangered species list.
"We all have a stake in ensuring the protection of this rare environment and the survival of the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle," said Mayor Wesely. "I want to thank the experts on our local committee for their hard work in weighing all the issues to come up with common sense measures we can take locally to protect the beetle while still balancing the economic impact and the needs of landowners."
The committee's short-term recommendations include:
Long term, the report recommends the development of a management plan for the Salt Creek Watershed and tiger beetle habitat by December 2002; further research; working with landowners on wetland preservation; and a public education effort.
The Cooper Foundation provided funding for the committee's work, including the services of Lighthouse Consulting, LLC, which facilitated the meetings.
Members of the committee include Steve Anshutz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Bob Hampton, Hampton Development; Karen Hansen, Lighthouse Consulting, LLC; Leon Higley, UNL Professor of Entomology; John Janovy, UNL Professor of Biological Sciences; Glenn Johnson, Lower Platte South Natural Resource District; Daryoush Razavian, hydrologist, Olsson Associates; Harold Roper, landowner; Rick Schneider, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission; Dan Schultz, Lower Platte South Natural Resources District; Steve Spomer, UNL Research Technologist in Entomology; Art Thompson, Cooper Foundation; Cindy Veys, Nebraska Department of Roads; and Lancaster County Commissioner Bob Workman.
The committee also includes representatives of the city Public Works and Utilities Department, the city Parks and Recreation Department, the city-county Planning Department and the Mayor's office.
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Article "Apple's Siri speaker could debut at WWDC"
The battle for living room AI assistants heats up, with Apple purportedly joining Amazon, Google and others next month.
by Dan Ackerman
May 1, 2017
Article "Apple's Siri speaker could be announced at WWDC in June"
The device will reportedly be more expensive and more powerful than the Amazon Echo
by James Vincent
May 1, 2017
Article "Apple's Siri speaker could be the 'one more thing' at WWDC"
It promises to sound better than the Amazon Echo for a higher price.
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May 1, 2017
Top 5 features a Siri-powered speaker needs
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Apple is reportedly working on an Amazon Echo competitor. Here's what it would need to be a success.
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Introducing HomePod — Apple
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Immersive hi-fi audio. All the music you love. And the intelligence of Siri. Welcome HomePod — Available in December.
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Apple has officially announced the HomePod speaker yesterday, which the company claims will reinvent music in homes like the iPod did for music on the go.
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When life is fair, some large pharmaceutical company like DuPont will do the citizens of South Carolina a favor and invent a drug that cures the yearly ailment of mass selective amnesia that seems to infect the entire state Legislature from January to June. These months just happen to coincide with the dates they are in session.
The symptoms of this ailment seem to manifest themselves when the Legislature as a whole body began to complain that the federal government was infringing on the concept of state rights. Such was the case last year when the state Legislature passed and the governor signed Senate Bill 20 that dealt with immigration rights.
Without dealing with the law itself, the real issue is whether or not the state has the right to pass laws that they feel are needed to protect their own citizens' best interests regardless of the federal government's take on the issue.
However, when this concept of state's rights versus federal rights is taken to the next level down, say a county's rights versus state rights, the Legislature seems to go into a state of denial that such a concept exists and continues to pass laws that infringe on the local government's ability to pass ordinances that their constituents deem necessary to maintain a minimum standard of living.
As far back as about 1973, the voters of South Carolina agreed and the General Assembly ratified an Amendment to the state Constitution, which expanded home rule for local governments, by saying that "all laws concerning local governments shall be liberally construed in their favor."
Nevertheless, the state Legislature continues to flaunt that amendment by hamstringing the local entities with their version of a parent knows best attitude, enacting laws like Act 388 that limit the amount of taxes a local government can raise with a ridiculous formula using questionable inputs such as yearly population increases plus shaky cost of living figures.
If the local population continues to elect people to their county and municipal positions that set tax rates that they deem meet their own needs, than the state Constitution says let them do as they please.
The state is even trying to reach down as far as introducing a proposed law, House Bill 4426, that would negate local burning ordinances prohibiting the burning of trees on an individual property. If legitimate government entities and their people do not want every self-imagined Paul Bunyan potentially burning down the neighborhood and unleashing an impenetrable wall of smoke on them, then that is the concept of home rule.
Consistency in thought and intent is what makes good legislation as opposed to a do as I say, not as I do attitude. I can't wait for June to come so that the Legislature will remember who got them to Columbia.
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While it may seem moot to debate the "reality" of shows like The Real World, Survivor and America's Next Top Model (especially considering the fact that The Real World, once a pioneer in the reality show genre, is essentially toothless when it comes to both ratings and cultural impact), the fact that it is getting harder and harder to walk into a bar, restaurant, or park without running afoul of bratty twenty-somethings trailed by a slew of cameras, lights, microphones, and sound mixers is not an easy one to accept.
Having spoken to bartenders who are subjected to drink orders made by these "Real Worlders," they are embarrassed to be a part of the circus. And the kids who are on the show, once out of their houses and into public places, are social pariahs who are constantly surveyed not only by the cameras but by their so-called peers, who are either excited or bothered by their presence. It's a lonely life for the participants and a disruptive presence for everyone else. So why not call it a wrap and let everyone live in the Real World.


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Motherhood can be one of the most intense and transformative experiences of a woman's life. While there are many books that offer the "do's and don'ts" of effective parenting, few offer guidance on navigating the tumultuous inner experience of being a mother, with all its joy, pain, change, and uncertainty. This collection of writing by psychologists, poets, novelists, spiritual teachers, and everyday moms explores the rich, transformative journey of motherhood.
- Poet and novelist Louise Erdrich captures the sheer wonder and awe of early motherhood.
- Self-described "hip momma" Ariel Gore reflects on the challenges of dealing with her daughter's adolescent rebellion.
- Journalist Joan Peters highlights the rise of the "Power Mom" and the risks of overparenting to our children and ourselves.
- Zen teacher Cheri Huber shares a spiritual perspective: sometimes it's us parents who need a "time out" so that we can be more fully present and loving with our children.
Previously published in hardcover under the title Your Children Will Raise You.
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Young Hollywood actors have some fierce competition -- from 47-year-old Sean Penn! Hot dad!
The actorvist was spotted in Malibu showing everyone what a big ol' hunkaman looks like. He don't need to bring sexy back -- it never left him!
The Oscar-winning globetrotter was relaxing beachside this weekend, just being a regular sexy beast on duty. This kind of aging could become a spectator sport!
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Dartmouth's hybrid car rivalry attracts 21 teams
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In the past, it was enough to get college students who were budding automotive engineers to simply build cars and race them. Now, with the electric revolution in powertrains upon us, the intercollegiate rivalry has gone hybrid.
Last weekend, 21 teams turned out as Dartmouth College held its 5th annual Formula Hybrid Competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. The clear winner: Texas A&M.
The teams built cars and pitted them against each other, as you can see from the video above. They were limited to 250cc engines that had to be hybridized somehow. To make sure that the advantages of hybrids were well displayed, the course included not only the usual long straightaways, but some tight corners that would bring regenerative braking -- turning wasted brake energy into juice for the batteries—into play, says Doug Fraser, the research engineer who runs the competition.


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University of Louisiana students can keep tabs on bus locations and estimated arrival times thanks to a new transit-tracking app.
The Office of Transportation Services recently launched a mobile app for students who ride University buses. The app is provided by Ride Systems, a company based in Morgan, Utah.
Users can view real-time shuttle locations via GPS tracking. The app also provides estimated arrival times to each of the three campus bus stops. They are located at Cajun Field, Bourgeois Hall and on Rex Street.
The app has a "shuttle tracker" feature that enables users to view a map that displays bus routes. Moving icons show the progress of University buses as they travel between destinations.
The app includes a stationary bus icon that, when clicked, presents information about estimated arrival times at the next stop on a given route.
It also gives Transportation Services the ability to post information, such as updates on schedule changes or notifications about events that could affect parking.
Regular UL bus hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday; and noon to 11:45 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Mobile phone users can download the Ride Systems app to an Android or iPhone, and then select "University of Louisiana Lafayette." The system is also available online at ulgeauxride.com for larger devices.
Learn more about the transit tracking app or University's daily transit schedule at http://park.louisiana.edu


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J. Sesso needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Pandora's Box or P~Box
We are a technology firm that has developed a gaming console for adults. It is the "Wii" or "Xbox" for 18+ to 35 year olds, or older.
(But we can't call it the SexBox, so Pandora's Box is the best name we came up with, if you have a better name let me know)
Adult males 18 -35, with a growing interest from women in the same age bracket. Adults 35+ also showing interest in the growing content offering of videos, video games and webcams on the console.
A creative update and spin on the old tale of Pandora's box. When Pandora's Box was opened, all kinds of stuff came out, we have content that is geared towards adult entertainment. Maybe showing videos, games, and cams coming out of a modern version of Pandora's box. Possibly using P~Box in the logo somehow. We are looking for a logo that will really make us look like a large and professional company. We also need to differentiate ourselves from the other Pandora's out in the market today.
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The forthcoming McLaren P15 will slip into the stream between the generically fast McLaren 12C and the ungodly fast McLaren P1, utilizing the same basic engine, chassis, and styling components that make McLaren the only supercar manufacturer able to truly challenge the likes of Maranello since Lamborghini.
Still to undercut the supercar-bred speed that McLaren currently produces, the P13 is due to arrive sooner, and cheaper still, opting to take on the 911-owned market instead of endlessly chasing red. Remembering that McLaren doesn't have the luxury of being owned by a Fiat or a Volkswagen, as do Ferrari and Lamborghini, the British automaker must continue to meet evermore rigorous emission standards, placing their constant use of twin-turbocharging in a more tolerant light; this helps explain why they have opted to strap them to an already potent V8 in the upcoming P13.
McLaren have taken the intelligent route by effectively creating 4 separate models from one. The Woking firm will only share the carbon monocoque chassis and the base V8 engine (and possibly some other small miscellaneous parts), which were both developed for the 12C. This asset sharing ensures cheaper research and development costs for a new model as a whole, or better yet, a transfer of development costs from the main components to crazy-inbred-supercar-gadgetry; considering the recent rumors of Jedi-trickery, probably the latter gadgetry.
recent picture of the McLaren headquarters in Woking, UK. The building on the left was recently build to accommodate the british automaker's increase in supercar production.
AutoCar's inside sources have revealed some early details surrounding the purported P13 and P15 models:
Pricing for the two models will also differ wildly, with the P15 likely to go on sale for around £400,000. By comparison, McLaren is pitching its P13 at a price point of £120,000.
With McLaren already planning a 458 Speciale competitor and the P1 racing with LaFerrari, the question arises of what Ferrari model they were targeting as a competitor for the P15; perhaps none.
The 12c sealed out the chassis and components, the P1 stormed the hearts of the enthusiast (elevating the brand), the P13 will bring the ideas back to earth, and the P15 will capture the profits.
The McLaren strategy is obviously more complicated than described above, and I'm not trying to suggest that none of the other models make money, but in a nutshell this is our view of the birth of a true supercar corporation that can challenge Ferrari, and perhaps move on to challenge the global market as a just a plain and simple car brand.
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Five years after Angora Fire, community spirit still rises from the ashes
June 23, 2012
Following a subpar winter, wind whipped through the neighborhoods off North Upper Truckee Road Friday. The warm June day was reminiscent of a summer Sunday five years ago that started ordinarily enough but would alter hundreds of lives and become a defining moment in Lake Tahoe Basin history.
Sunday, June 24, 2012, marks the fifth anniversary of the Angora fire, an event that stands as a stark reminder of the danger associated with living in the forest and the importance of community during times of hardship.
The fire led to overwhelming pain, anger and frustration, but the outpouring of support from fellow South Shore residents was the most common thread among the memories of fire victims contacted this week.
"We did learn how to come together and survive as a community, and we learned and a lot about the things we probably should have done and the things we were doing right," said Leona Allen, a spokeswoman for Lake Valley Fire Protection District whose home was destroyed by the fire.
"I thought we lost that sense of community for a while," Allen said of the years prior to Angora. "And I saw it after the fire."
For many residents, the community backing began shortly after the remnants of an unattended campfire grew into a ferocious wind-blown blaze that would torch more than 3,000 acres. Stories of people putting themselves at risk to warn neighbors about the up to 100-foot flames headed in their direction are common.
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Marsha Hudson recalled rushing to her Mount Olympia Circle home from work with her daughter after receiving a phone call from her husband, Scott. She said she was home for 45 minutes before the family had to evacuate. The fire had gone down Lake Tahoe Boulevard before it came roaring in her direction. A neighbor came around to make sure everybody was out, she said.
"We probably got 85-90 percent of what was important to us," Hudson said. "We got everything packed and evacuated the pets as the fire was just starting to come into the neighborhood and trees were starting to ignite."
After being left without a home, the Hudsons were offered a place to stay by friends on Skyline Drive who were on vacation. At the time, Scott Hudson was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and was going through treatment. He died last year.
The outpouring of support from the community is one memory that still stands out to Hudson five years later.
"The community was absolutely wonderful, they were so supportive," she said.
Hudson's husband had been a physical education teacher at local schools and she said the community rallied around them and wanted to help, not only because they lost their home, but because he had cancer.
"They brought us food all the time, held fundraisers, donated things to us, rounded up furniture – I kept a record of all the contributions so I could write thank-you cards," she said.
The family lost their home in the fire, but rebuilt 14 months afterward.
"We live here for a reason – it's beautiful and everything, but we live here for the people," she said. "The outpouring of love and support was just amazing."
Nancy Muller said her family was at their Pyramid Circle home when the fire started. Similar to Hudson, a neighbor rode his bike down the trail and told her they needed to get out. Heeding his warning, she took a few sentimental pieces from her home before evacuating. What few items were left following the fire are still displayed in Muller's rebuilt home.
"I feel lucky I got a lot of pictures down from the wall," she said. "The first thing I grabbed were my dog's ashes."
After the fire had run its course, taking more than 250 homes with it, Muller recalled the importance of monthly meetings where residents from the neighborhood would discuss common problems. El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago always came to the gatherings, Muller said.
"At first there was sadness, and then anger over the rebuilding process," she said. "Then it went to building and helping people pick out siding for their house. The whole progression was interesting."
"Norma was always there," Muller added. "I think people were incredibly supportive of Norma and how she handled the whole rebuilding process and how she got the state involved."
The speedy debris removal and rebuilding process, now referred to as the Angora Protocol, has since been used following wildfires around the West, Santiago said Thursday. But the close bonds among residents is one aspect that cannot be so easily replicated, according to the supervisor.
"The resiliency of the community really showed afterward," Santiago said. "That community, that neighborhood, is very well-connected, very strong."
A year and a half after the fire, 80 percent of homes destroyed in the fire were in some stage of the rebuilding process.
"That kind of recovery, you don't find anywhere," Santiago said.
"We were really close-knit before the fire, but after the fire we were really close-knit," Muller added of the neighborhood affected by the fire.
John Hartzell, who also lost his home in the fire, recalled the pain and frustration of seeing a lifetime's worth of belongings go up in smoke this week.
"It was a really traumatic experience. It was pretty shocking to lose everything you own and lose your home, too," Hartzell said.
"You lose your focus in life somewhat. Unfortunately, we've had a number of things happen in the last few years, and this was just one of them."
He said the loss of possessions was compounded by the loss of stability.
"You realize it's just things, but you lose your habits of everything you do. You come back home, you pay your bills, you watch TV – you have a normal life, and it totally throws that up in the air."
Despite the disquiet, Hartzell remained grounded in a devastated community, even after an insurance check opened a world of possibilities for the retired firefighter and his wife, Susan.
"Here we had a check, we were totally liquidated and could easily move anywhere in world," Hartzell said. "I'm already retired; we could do anything anywhere. We didn't have to worry about the moving of anything."
"We decided we love the community, our friendships are here," Hartzell said. "We liked where we lived and wanted to rebuild on the same spot."
After five years, the intense emotions surrounding the fire have dulled for many, and the normal routines of life have returned. But the memories of Angora remain.
"I've moved forward," Hudson said. "It's been five years since the fire. It's not the same kind of emotions."
The scars of the fire will remain on the landscape for years to come, but the pain of Angora is largely in the – admittedly not-so-distant – past, Muller said.
"I think there was a lot of healing in many, many ways over the last five years," Muller said. "It's hard to believe it's been five years, really."


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Appeared in 17 matches, making 16 starts, in final season with Matadors ... finished with 11 points on the season, scoring three goals and assisting on five ... the five assists ranked tied for sixth in the Big West Conference ... scored a goal in first two matches of the year, finding the back of the net against San Diego State on Aug. 22 and against Southern Utah on Aug. 29 ... picked up third goal of the season in career finale against Cal State Fullerton on Nov. 2 ... registered assists against Southern Utah on Aug. 29, Saint Mary's on Sept. 14, Arizona on Sept. 21, USC on Oct. 5 and UC Davis on Oct. 17 ... ended career tied for eighth in school history with nine goals, tied for second with 12 career assists and tied for sixth with 30 career points ... finished 2008 with 30 shots, 17 of which came on goal.
Phillips did not appear in a match for Northridge in 2007.
Phillips led the Matadors with six goals and 16 points ... was also second in shots with 30 and third in assists with four ... seventh among Big West players in points and ninth in goals ... posted her first two collegiate goals in a win against Idaho on Sept. 12 ... produced a four-point match with a goal and two assists in a victory over UC Irvine on Sept. 29 ... netted the game-winning score against UC Riverside (Oct. 6) ... had three points on a goal and an assist at Long Beach State on Oct. 1 ... also scored against Hawai'i (Sept. 25) ... named to the Ohana Hotels and Resorts Soccer Invitational ... assisted on the golden goal against UC Davis on Oct. 13 ... appeared in 17 matches, starting 14, including the last 10.
Phillips appeared in 15 matches, making starts in six, including the last four ... recorded three assists, with all of them coming in Matador wins ... tallied assists against Loyola-Chicago (Sept. 11), Sacramento State (Sept. 23) and Cal Poly (Oct. 21) ... posted seven shots, including two against UC Davis (Oct. 16) and Cal Poly.
Phillips competed for one season at Hoover High School ... named first-team All-Pacific League as a junior ... also earned second-team All-CIF accolades and was honored as Team MVP ... graduated in 2004.
Born on January 13, 1986 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... parents are Blanca and Derrick Phillips ... favorite soccer player is Mia Hamm ... lists seafood as favorite food, vegetables as least favorite ... was a member of the under-18 state champion Samba club team ... lists winning the Little League World Series as a 16-year-old as greatest sports moment ... majoring in family studies.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Alex Sharpe Ross: from Sign Painter to Celebrity Cover Artist
After completing high school, Ross took two years of night classes, studying Industrial Design at Carnegie Tech. He began working as a lettering man at Rayart Studios in Pittsburgh, a job that lasted three years. Perhaps his exposure to the commercial art business at Rayart opened his eyes to other possibilities, for he lost interest in becoming an industrial designer and focused instead on illustration. His first art assignment was a litho-crayon cover for the in-house publication of a Pennsylvania telephone company. In 1930 he entered a national peace poster contest on the theme; "There Shall be No More War." He won first prize. His next staff position was at Pitt Studios, where he was given choice advertising assignments to illustrate.
In January 1940 Alex Ross decided he was ready for the big time and moved to New York. He had tested the waters with a visit the previous summer when he'd made the rounds of various studios and secured some freelance work. Ross really did make the big time; he joined the prestigious Charles E. Cooper studio and began illustrating for a wide variety of national advertising accounts.
(Cooper Studio ad from the 1942 NYAD Annual)
Still not satisfied, the ambitious Ross spent his evenings working on samples of magazine story illustration. As was always the policy at Cooper's, any fees the artist earned from story art were his to keep - no studio split.
Ross took his time, spending six months to complete six samples. He showed these to the art director at Good Housekeeping and was rewarded with the first of many assignment for the magazine.
August 1942 marked an important next step up in Alex Ross' career: his first cover assignment for Good Housekeeping... and his departure from Cooper's. Ross was ready to go it alone.
(Good Housekeeping, August 1942 - Ross' young daughter Arlene was the model for this first cover)
Over the next twelve years he painted nearly every cover of Good Housekeeping - 130 in all - which must surely be a record unparalleled in the history of the business. To give you some idea of this remarkable accomplishment, here's just a small selection of his run on Good Housekeeping, comprising most of the covers from 1943 to early '46...
Less than a year after he'd begun working for Good Housekeeping Ross landed his first assignment for the Saturday Evening Post.
He soon became a prolific regular in the pages of all the leading magazines, painting hundreds of story art and advertising illustrations. In the commercial art industry of the day, you knew you'd arrived when you were hired not just for your illustration skills, but also as a celebrity endorser...
From sign painter to celebrity cover artist; it might have been enough for another artist... but not for Alex Ross. Tomorrow we'll find out why.
Continued tomorrow
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Nice job at assembling so many covers. But don't forget that Jessie Willcox Smith did a bazillion covers for GH too.ReplyDelete
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Human tailbone: Evidence of evolution?
Exclusive: Ray Comfort answers common questions posed by skeptics
"[As an atheist] do you really think I am senseless?" – Peter M.
Sir Isaac Newton (the "Father of Science") used the word "senseless" when speaking of atheists.
After speaking with thousands who believe as you do, I have come to the conclusion that atheism is worse than senseless. For example, how about you make me a hummingbird, from nothing? You had better make two, because you will need male and female for them to be able to reproduce. You can't even make a feather, let alone a brain, eyes, a heart, liver, matching wings that flap faster than the eye can see. Oh, yes. I forgot to mention that you will need to put "life" into the bird so that the inanimate machine you have made can think for itself.
You don't have a clue where to start, yet, as an atheist, you believe (and so does Richard Dawkins), that nothing made it from nothing. To be honest, I'm intellectually embarrassed to be of the same species as those who believe such things.
I was speaking recently to a group of university students. When I said that I didn't believe in evolution – that it was unscientific and unobservable – an atheist called out, "But what about the tailbone?"
The human tailbone is said to be vestigial – that is, it's an evolutionary leftover proving that we are related to primates. I said that it's not a "tailbone," but that it's the coccyx vertebrae, and that it's the anchor for 12 muscles that help us go to the bathroom:
"The tailbone derived its name because some people believe it is a 'leftover' part from human evolution, though the notion that the tailbone serves no purpose is wrong," explains the Laser Spine Institute. "The coccyx is an extremely important source of attachment for tendons, ligaments and muscles, though it is structured quite differently than other parts of the spine."
Of course this believer in evolution didn't concede for a moment, and called out, "What about the appendix?"
I then explained that the appendix, like the "tailbone," isn't vestigial in the slightest, and that it's tied in with the human immune system. When he mocked that thought, I told him to Google it.
In an article called "Appendix Isn't Useless at All: It's a Safe House for Bacteria," Duke University explained, "Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a reason to be – as a 'safe house' for the beneficial bacteria living in the human gut."
And so it is with each of the "evidences" that are held up as proof for the bogus science that is believed by so many.
"If you believe that the world is going to come to an end – and perhaps any day now – does it not drain one's motivation to improve life on earth while we're here?" – Cyan G.
Not at all. We desperately want to improve life on earth by stopping the mass killing of the unborn through abortion, the rape of women, pornography, greed, lying, child abuse, murder, theft, adultery, wife-beating, hatred, wars and so forth. And the way to do that isn't just through protest or politics. All this evil is generated by one major cause. So if we want to deal with it, we have to deal with the cause.
The best way to deal with the web is to kill the spider. The heart of the human problem is the sinful heart of the human being, and the only power that can change that is the gospel.
There are many other problems, such as pollution. I ride a bike to work, so that's my little contribution towards a cleaner earth. But I don't stress too much about it, because stress is a killer. Besides, those who love God are going to inherit this whole earth, without the Genesis curse – no earthquakes, tornadoes, pollution, hurricanes, disease or death. See NeedGod.com for details.
Adapted from Ray Comfort's official Facebook page.
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The Super Bowl, Red Hot Chilli Peppers & Social Media: How We Were Taken For Fools
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In short, The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a new Super Bowl song called "Abracadabralifornia" that talks about your sexy ass grandma, balls, Burbank, and other really cool stuff. During the show they will also play the live version of Led Zepplin's "Dazed and Confused" and did I mention that the group's bassist, Flea might give us a flash of his privates? Read More


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On Tuesday, May 15, from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
This hands-on workshop will guide arts professionals through the process of conceptualizing and implementing sustainable art programs and incubators.
Focusing on a range of skills including communicating creative vision, community building, collaboration, planning, budgeting, fundraising, marketing, and documentation, Cortney will provide arts professionals with tools to develop a feasible program development plan.
This workshop is presented as part of a pilot program of professional development for arts administrators and cultural producers at CAC. Whether someone earned a Masters degree in Arts Administration, is at the helm of an artist-run organization, or has a creative practice that requires an additional level of infrastructure, we hope to add a layer of education and support for Chicago-based arts professionals across the spectrum.
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Discovering the New Features of OpenOffice.org 3.0
Better Start Center, Native OS X, MS OOXML
Just after our how-to series on OpenOffice.org (OOo) wrapped up, OOo 3.0 was officially released--more specifically, on Oct 13, 2008. Most of the tips and tricks covered in the series, based on version 2.4, will still apply. Though there's a big jump in the version number, there's not a huge difference in the office suite. However, as you can guess, there have been some improvements. This tutorial will introduce you to some of the new features and functionality. Now let's get started!
Start center and new look and feel welcomes you to OOo
The changes made from OOo 2.4 to 3.0 aren't as all eye popping like from the changes Microsoft made from Office 2003 to Office 2007. OOo 3.0 still has the traditional file menus and toolbars--no Ribbon here. The open source developers madeover many toolbar icons to give them a more modern look. Plus when OOo is opened without a document, a start center (see Figure 1) is displayed instead of a blank application. This center makes the office suite a bit more user friendly and inviting. You can hit the buttons to start or open documents, manage templates, or browse Extensions.
Installs on Mac OS X (without X11)
Though you could install OOo on Mac OS X machines in the past, you could only do it with help from X11. This is an implementation of the X Window System, that makes it possible to run X11-based applications in Mac OS X. Starting with OOo 3.0, you can install the suite without this dependency.
MS Office 2007 documents can be opened
Don't celebrate yet; you can only open and view the new XML-based documents with OOo, not save any edits made to them. You can however, save these documents to the MS Office 97-2003 or OOo format, and then make changes as you wish. Just as with opening the Office 97-2003 documents, some items may not show correctly or convert well when opening the 2007 documents in OOo. During our tests, the new SmartArt, Charts, and Building Blocks in Office 2007 didn't convert well, or at all. We're happy to report, though, the headers and footers stayed in tack; which wasn't the case with OOo 2.4. It's out with the old and in with the new compatibility issues.
Here are a few techniques to keep in mind when working with both MS Office 2007 and OOo 3.0:
- Try to use only basic formatting and features, and especially stay away from the new or improved features Office 2007 offers, such as the SmartArt, Charts, and Building Blocks.
- Though not perfect, these new Office 2007 features convert much better in OOo when the Office 2007 document is first saved as a Office 97-2003 document using Word 2007, and then it is opened with OOo. Then you can directly make and save changes to the Office 97-2003 document.
- To edit Office 2007 documents not first converted to the 97-2003 format, you can click File > Save As and choose the old applicable MS or OOo format. Then you can make changes and save the document.
- Keep in mind, you can export Office 2007 documents in OOo to a PDF file. This is useful if you just need to make a few changes to the document--remember you can make edits, you just can't save them--and then can print or distribute/save it in PDF format.
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Lateran Council, any of the five ecumenical councils of the Roman Catholic Church held in the Lateran Palace in Rome.
The first Lateran Council, the ninth ecumenical council (1123), was held during the reign of Pope Calixtus II; no acts or contemporary accounts survive. The council promulgated a number of canons (probably 22), many of which merely reiterated decrees of earlier councils. Much of the discussion was occupied with disciplinary or quasi-political decisions relating to the Investiture Controversy settled the previous year by the Concordat of Worms; simony was condemned, laymen were prohibited from disposing of church property, clerics in major orders were forbidden to marry, and uncanonical consecration of bishops was forbidden. There were no specific dogmatic decrees.
The second Lateran Council, the 10th ecumenical council (1139), was convoked by Pope Innocent II to condemn as schismatics the followers of Arnold of Brescia, a vigorous reformer and opponent of the temporal power of the pope, and to end the schism created by the election of Anacletus II, a rival pope. Supported by St. Bernard of Clairvaux and later by Emperor Lothar II, Innocent was eventually acknowledged as the legitimate pope. Besides reaffirming previous conciliar decrees, the second Lateran Council declared invalid all marriages of those in major orders and of professed monks, canons, lay brothers, and nuns. The council repudiated the heresies of the 12th century concerning holy orders, matrimony, infant Baptism, and the Eucharist.
The third Lateran Council, the 11th ecumenical council, was convoked in 1179 by Pope Alexander III and attended by 291 bishops who studied the Peace of Venice (1177), by which the Holy Roman emperor, Frederick I Barbarossa, agreed to withdraw support from his antipope and to restore the church property he had seized. This council also established a two-thirds majority of the College of Cardinals as a requirement for papal election and stipulated that candidates for bishop must be 30 years old and of legitimate birth. The heretical Cathari (or Albigenses) were condemned, and Christians were authorized to take up arms against vagabond robbers. The council marked an important stage in the development of papal legislative authority.
The fourth Lateran Council, the 12th ecumenical council (1215), generally considered the greatest council before Trent, was years in preparation. Pope Innocent III desired the widest possible representation, and more than 400 bishops, 800 abbots and priors, envoys of many European kings, and personal representatives of Frederick II (confirmed by the council as emperor of the West) took part. The purpose of the council was twofold: reform of the church and the recovery of the Holy Land. Many of the conciliar decrees touching on church reform and organization remained in effect for centuries. The council ruled on such vexing problems as the use of church property, tithes, judicial procedures, and patriarchal precedence. It ordered Jews and Saracens to wear distinctive dress and obliged Catholics to make a yearly confession and to receive Communion during the Easter season. The council sanctioned the word transubstantiation as a correct expression of eucharistic doctrine. The teachings of the Cathari and Waldenses were condemned. Innocent also ordered a four-year truce among Christian rulers so that a new crusade could be launched.
The fifth Lateran Council, the 18th ecumenical council (1512–17), was convoked by Pope Julius II in response to a council summoned at Pisa by a group of cardinals who were hostile to the Pope. The Pope's council had reform as its chief concern. It restored peace among warring Christian rulers and sanctioned a new concordat with France to supersede the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges of 1438. In dogmatic decrees the council affirmed the immortality of the soul and repudiated declarations of the councils of Constance and Basel that made church councils superior to the pope. The Orthodox churches do not accept these councils as truly ecumenical.


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Care in Senegal by Andrew Stephenson
Andrew Stephenson is my name. I lived in England for year when I was young, Japan for two years during middle school, the States for high school and just recently Senegal for a month as a volunteer for Projects Abroad. Now I am at university in the States (Washington State University) and next year I will be living in Switzerland to study French.
I was born in 1993 and am addicted to football (soccer as the Americans would say), learning foreign languages, chocolate and travel.
The Shock of Arriving in Africa
I was tired and scared when I walked off that plane and touched ground on African soil; my first thoughts were: "Africa is real." After walking through customs getting my first African passport stamp and witnessing guards with guns slung across their chests, I eventually found Habib and Tayib amongst the crowd outside under the hot midnight sky.
That night I stayed in a nice house in the suburbs of Dakar before leaving the next morning to meet my host family and roommates. We eventually arrived in Saint-Louis and drove around the town dropping off each volunteer.
A warm, gentle breeze blowing in the wind ruffled the parts of my white shirt and cargo shorts that weren't stuck to my sweaty body as I stepped onto the ground next to the van; every road was soft sand always warm from the blazing sun. I heard a boy from inside the house yell something in Wolof, but I could only guess he was announcing my arrival. The boy took a look at me with a huge smile; I looked back at him attempting to smile as well, though exhausted, hungry and still in disbelief my two feet were touching the continent of Africa. I carried my bags inside and Madame Aida, my host mother, showed me to my room to put my stuff and take a nap.
Having spent two weeks in the French Riviera attending intensive French classes prior to Senegal, I could say some things to my host family; later I found out, however, that French wasn't their first language as well. The family communicates with each other in Wolof.
Starting my Projects
The next morning, a staff member from the Projects Abroad office in town came to pick me up and I was taken into town for orientation and a tour of the city centre. On this hot day I was shown the post office, bank and ATM machines as well as popular hangout areas. The next day, another person came to pick me up and I went to the large four-story school between my house and the city centre. I was introduced to the directors in charge of the junior high and young adults on the third floor learning English.
That day I sat in the English class the Danish volunteer was teaching and became very excited to teach English, but rather nervous. After three hours of watching a volunteer teach a class and later being talked to by the director on the curriculum, I returned back to my home for lunch and a rest. At 3:30 that same day, the same staff member that picked me up yesterday for orientation took me to the Centre de Talibé near my house and was introduced to the director there.
He gave me an orientation in French as that was the only Western language he knew and the staff member helped with some translation. We visited three locations around the Eastern suburbs of Saint Louis while I watched the volunteers and staff from the Centre de Talibé clean the wounds on many street children and bandage them with gauze. After visiting the first location, I knew I would never be a doctor.
Daily Routine
As the days passed, I started to acquire better skills as a doctor walking around the city. I memorised the steps I had to take: clear liquid, red liquid, dry with gauze then bandage with new gauze. Even though I would cringe at every procedure made by removing a scab for closer contact with medicine, I felt like I was doing the most fulfilling thing in my life. After a couple hours in the late afternoon heat under the sun, I would return home that evening and either enjoy a beer with my friends at this restaurant hidden in the neighbourhoods or go to an internet café for Facebook, blogging, football videos of the Seattle Sounders or listen to Western music on YouTube.
Whichever way I ended the day, I would return back to my host family and eat dinner with them around 9-10pm (most Senegalese families eat very late the day) and enjoy a couple Western snacks I bought in town such as Pringles or Oreos I only bought twice during the month. My roommate and I would listen to music and lie down right in front of the rotating fan to cool off. Family members would walk into our room often to say hello, admire our cameras or just see how we were doing. We would fall asleep to start a whole new day.
As an English teacher, I asked to have Tuesday and Thursday off to plan my lessons in the morning since never before have I taught English in a designated room for me – just me by myself, let alone it being the first time I ever lesson planned for a large group having to balance educational with interesting. I would start at 9am Monday, Wednesday and Friday and chat with the other volunteers about my age about their lesson plans and their plans later in the day. I would walk into my classroom and the students would scramble to their desks and I would say, "Bonjour"; a couple would respond. I would clear the board and review what I talked about last lesson no longer than when the break came at 10:30. The break would last 30 minutes which left enough time to brush the chalk dust of my clothes and go get nibble to eat on the street near the school which was coffee and small beignet (doughnut hole) if I lucky.
The three other volunteer teachers from Canada and the States and I would chat until 11:00 and start teaching again until noon and could leave with a sign of relief.
After a few hours of rest, I arrived at the Centre de Talibé and would begin my journey yet again performing my tasks as doctor a little bit faster after each day. Thursday and Fridays were special however at the Centre de Talibé. On Thursday we would wait outside the bakery where hundreds of baguettes could be made about every half hour.
After 20-30 minutes has passed, we would take the bread back to the centre and prepare it with a chocolate and water mixture. Fridays, the children would show up instead of us leaving to find them, and they would take showers in the shower room, they would often get new clothes and be bandaged-up if needed. We would play games out on the terrace, but as most the children didn't know a word of French, no one could communicate with them except through hand gestures and actions. The children would eventually leave and we would return home more exhausted than ever but enjoy Fridays at a bar, the beach or a nightclub.
With a couple planned excursions by Projects Abroad to the desert and north near the Mauritanian border, this experience was the greatest experience of my life. For the longest time I thought living in Japan for two years attending an international school and living without a car relying on the metro was the greatest and most important time of my life. But in retrospect, I chose Senegal for adventure, perspective and language proficiency; I gained all of this. I came to Africa to witness the truth about the continent I only saw through Animal Planet and the Travel Channel. Senegal changed almost everything about me.
If you are on the edge on travelling to an African or Southern Asian country, then you must go. If you want adventure and more perspective on your own country, I recommend Senegal or another African country and spend at least a month as a volunteer (or work if you have the chance). But remember, that if you live in another third-world culture and hope to change that society, you are widely mistaken. You will in fact return to your home more changed mentally than the change you hoped to give.
Andrew Stephenson
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Every second of every minute of every hour someone, someplace, does something that irrevocably damages our planet. Toxins are poured into oceans and rivers. Great icescapes are diminished due to global warming created by mankind, often in relentless pursuit of greater riches. Drought, famine and infestations bring death, hunger and illness to vast proportions of the world's population. Flora and fauna disappear. Crops fail. Species die. Tens of millions of words are written each year about the dangers of global warming. But Australian economist Professor Ross Garnaut simplified the issue with five words that are apocalyptic in terms of what will happen unless strong action is taken between now and 2020 to combat an escalated threat from global warning. "The show will be over," he said.
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Midnight Oils Snowmen Welcome Garden Sign
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These beautiful garden signs are handcrafted in the USA. Each sign is a composite panel made of double-sided painted aluminum panels bonded to a solid ¼"polyethylene core, making them ridged yet lightweight.
Extremely fade resistant, even in direct sunlight and rain.
Large sign is 9"w x 12" h.
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Iron stands sold separately.
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Did it move or is is MIA?
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The phrase "Give it up!" signals two very different practices, which are part of two equally different occasions. The more recent meaning is a call to applaud a musical or dramatic performance of quality; the traditional understanding is a summons to penance, particularly during Lent. As different as these meanings may appear at first glance, each can point to an important aspect of the liturgical season.
During the next six weeks of Lent, the first readings highlight the covenant relationship that God establishes with the people, while the epistles and Gospels constitute an album of snapshots that capture Jesus bringing God's love to the world. It is clear that the readings for Lent focus on what God has done out of love, rather than on what we might do out of guilt. This is certainly reason for applause, so "Give it up!"
The readings do much more than simply describe the saving action of God. They call us to respond to that divine magnanimity. Mercy and love have been offered to us; our acceptance of divine solicitude will prompt us to change the sinfulness of our lives. This is the reason for our penance, so, if necessary "Give it up!"
Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are religious disciplines that have long been cherished in many of the religions of the world. As important as they are, they are not meant to be merely public displays of personal prowess. In today's reading from Joel, God charges us, "Rend your hearts, not your garments." This same concern for inner integrity is clear in Jesus' words in the Gospel: Do not blow the horn before you; do not pray in order to be noticed; do not let others know that you are fasting.
While prayer is always relevant, fasting and almsgiving have lost some of their religious significance today. Some fast in order to lose weight; others give to charities in order to claim a tax write-off. While such practices are certainly acceptable, their motivation can hardly be called religious.
Today we may have to discover new ways of appreciating fasting and almsgiving. Isaiah once wrote: "This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; setting free the oppressed" (Is 58:6). Perhaps today our covenant with God is calling us to care more deeply for children, even those who are not our own; to show greater respect for the cultural or religious diversity within which we live; to take a more active role in church matters. Perhaps instead of giving our money to others, we are being asked to give of ourselves, of our time or of our talents.
Lent offers us a graced opportunity to reevaluate and readjust our relationship with God. So, give it up for that relationship!


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Ashamed87 wrote:I have the TiVO paused so I can show my wife that great hit, its sad that I can almost hear her say "thats nice patrick" =/
I take comfort in the fact that my mom would at least appriciate it!
Jesse wrote:NIN wrote:AHHHHHHH if you dont eat your veggies the BOGGIE MAN WILL GETCHA!!
NIN - I normally find your calls to be a bit strange and whatnot.
But this one is fantastic.
Gaucho wrote:Ok, I apologize for what I said about Roy. He's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I want to strangle him.
dman66 wrote:did orpik play any after his hit?
wondermoose wrote:Nah just knocked the wind outta him anyways. He was right back up, just shaken up. Not like he was hitting a Paul Kariya or someone he could go right through, he took on one massive man.
Zscout wrote:Has Fleury lost interest since he will not hit his big bonus?
He is facing a lot of shots, but he is just not as sharp as he was.
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If you're like me, when kids came into your world you wanted everything in your home to be as clean as possible. You probably went to great lengths to disinfect everything because you wanted your child to live in the cleanest environment. And you may have even safely assumed that as long as the cleaning supplies you were using weren't bothering you, they weren't bothering your baby either. Sadly, that's not true.
Here are 4 of the most toxic ingredients that are found in almost every popular cleaning product:
Formaldehyde: this is a colorless gas found in many household products (including personal care products that are marketed to children). At the very least, it can cause watery eyes, eye and/or throat irritation and nausea. It's especially harmful to asthma sufferers. Some people have suffered from skin rashes and other severe allergic reactions. According to the EPA, formaldehyde has been proven to cause cancer is animals and is strongly suspected of cancer in humans. Unfortunately, manufacturers are not required to list this as an ingredient.
O-Phenylphenol: this ingredient is found mainly in disinfecting wipes. This ingredient appears on California's Hazardous Chemical List. While more and more companies are moving away from inclusion of this agent, it pays to read the labels and ensure that your product does not include it. This dangerous ingredient has been shown to cause damage to the heart, lungs and kidneys.
Benzene: this ingredient is a solvent that has been shown to cause tremors and attack the bone marrow. This means that those who are exposed are at higher risk for leukemia.
Several studies have shown that these ingredients are toxic due to inhalation. However, the gasses that are present during the cleaning process evaporate and then redeposit themselves mainly on furniture and soft objects like pillows, blankets, stuffed animals and soft toys.
Children spend a majority of their days putting objects into their mouths. Therefore, they are taking in far more toxins than adults in the first place, even though adults are using the products directly. In addition, adults have the ability to excrete toxins or store them in fat cells. They also have immune systems that help protect against any potential side effects.
Children don't yet have the ability to excrete toxins or store them away in their fat cells. And because their immune systems are not yet fully developed, they are at greater risk for the inevitable side effects. It's important to note as well that expectant mothers who are exposed to these toxins are storing them in their fat cells. And those fat cells are being utilized by the unborn baby for nourishment.
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September 16, 2010
One of America's leading scholars in Greek law will lecture Monday at Wabash College. Dr. Michael Gagarin will present "Law and Oratory in Classical Athens" at 8 p.m. in Baxter Hall's Lovell Lecture room.
Gagarin is the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Gagarin is considered one of this country's leading experts on ancient Greek law and Greek oratory.
Students in one of Professor Joe Day's Greek Law courses used a text co-edited by Gagarin and found his name turning up again and again in research project. Professor Day suggested bringing Gagarin to campus.
"Gagarin is a long established major figure, indeed the leading American scholar, on Greek law," Day said. "And the study of ancient law, especially in Athens (and in Rome on that side), is more or less inseparable from the study of oratory, since a large body of our evidence for law is the surviving orations written for courtroom delivery by people like Demosthenes and Cicero. Gagarin has not only written scholarly studies about Greek law and is co-editing with his Texas colleague Paula Perlman a new publication of the extensive written laws of the Greek city-state Gortyn in Crete, but he is also deeply into the study of classical Athenian oratory.
"What that means is that, in one person, we have a combined interest in law and oratory, and that's a pretty powerful combination. Imagine one person who studied both the laws and procedures of the legal system, and the speeches of the real-live models of Jack McCoy and Perry Mason. It's like combining a professor of the history of law with a professor of rhetoric."
Professor Gagarin will join the C&T sections of Jill Lamberton and Jennifer Abbott to discuss this courtroom speech.
"We are especially pleased by the timing of Professor Gagarin's visit," Abbott said. "For Monday, September 20, sophomores will read the ancient Greek text "On the Murder of Eratosthenes," an oration written by Lysias for a man named Euphiletus to defend himself in court for murdering another man.
Professor Gagarin earned his B.A. at Stanford, M.A. from Harvard, and Ph.D. from Yale University. He has taught at Texas since 1973. He has authored seven books and co-authored another six. Several of his texts are used by Professor of Classics Joe Day.
"His focus on ancient Greek law and oratory is particularly interesting and sensible to us because there is evidence to suggest that law and rhetorical theory enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship in ancient Greece, with each contributing to the development of the other." Abbott said. " We see reflections of this relationship today both in legal practice (such as through jury and appellate court hearings) and in academic scholarship (such as through areas like legal rhetoric)."
Professor Gagarin's lecture will also play a role in an inter-institutional course on Greek literature of the 4th century BCE, especially Lysias and Demosthenes, offered by Sunoikisis, an initiative sponsored by the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. Sunoikisis began in 1995 as a project to expand opportunities for students at residential, liberal-arts colleges to study the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Since 2000, Sunoikisis has offered courses for advanced students of ancient Greek and Latin every fall.
Through a multipoint videoconferencing system managed by Prof. Morrell, students and faculty members in Tennessee, Texas, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Illinois will participate in Professor Gagarin's presentation along with us.


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A winner was selected from 111 designs submitted by 38 freelance designers.
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The confusion over today's sizing seems to be a passionate topic for many readers. Here are some of the comments we received in e-mail and on Facebook in response to our column, "What size are you?"
"I am a 36 in one brand of jeans and 38 and 40 in others. I buy the one where I fit into a 36," wrote Robert.
"I once purchased a dress in size 6 only because it was a size 6," wrote Tina. "I'm not a size 6 but man, I made sure to leave the tag hanging out for everyone to see."
"I had the most beautiful dress that was a size 40," said Erin. "It was one of my favorites. I wore it and always felt good about it. Then someone told me that was like wearing an 8 or a 10. I've always been a 6. I was crushed. I haven't looked at the dress the same way since."
"This new sizing trend this has been getting progressively worse over the last few years," said Elly. "Just because there's an XXL doesn't mean there has to be an XXS. Before you know it we'll start going into the negatives. The new skinny won't be a size 2, it's gonna be minus 2."
"Size 32 just like 'Seinfeld,' " said Mike. "Even if it means I have to mark it out on the back of my Levi's."
"In pants, I can [wear] a 3 all the way up to 9," wrote Lisa. "I don't even look at sizes anymore. I just put it up to my waist and if it looks like it fits I buy it."
"I work as a personal shopper, and it's so frustrating that the designers are all so different with their sizing," said Joyce. "I see people wander around the stores with huge piles of clothes and they are afraid to ask for guidance. If they did it would shave off so much time."
"I think it's crazy how my skirt can be a 4 and a pair of jeans in the same section might be a 10," wrote Elaine. "I wish we could get on some sort of universal system, like the Euro or something."
"I refuse to buy anything that's higher than a 6!" wrote Ann. "I didn't understand the European sizes until I read your story, so now I know, nothing higher than a 36 when it comes to those too!"
"I was so happy to hear there's a store in Chicago with real sizes," wrote Emily. "I am a 14, and most plus-size stores don't have things under an 18. I will definitely be visiting Vive La Femme!"
"Size discrimination is such a problem, and these designers need to be held accountable," wrote Erika. "My mom went to a store that sells yoga clothes and they had nothing over a size 10. Their whole motto is 'love yourself', but apparently it's more like 'love yourself, as long as you're not a size 14!' "
"I'm a big woman and I don't even get the time of day when I'm walking through a clothing store," wrote Sheena. "It's almost like the salespeople don't want to take me on because it'd be too much work or something. Which is too bad for the stores, because I also have a big bank account."


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Monday, September 7, 2009
The "Causes of the Crisis" blog
The Critical Review Foundation, the nonprofit foundation that is the blog's sponsor, hopes to encourage reflection on what caused the financial crisis, and on what the implications are for the financial system, the economy, the study of economics, the polity, and the study of politics. We hope to discourage polemics and ideological posturing, so these will be ruthlessly hunted down if they appear in the Comments section.
The distinguished contributors to this blog published articles in CRITICAL REVIEW vol. 21, nos. 2-3 (Spring-Summer 2009), a special issue on the causes of the crisis. Consistent with an ancient editorial policy of CRITICAL REVIEW, the special issue focused only on the past--what caused the crisis?--not on the future--what should be done about it? This self-imposed constraint is consistent with Max Weber's view of the proper role of social science, which is to understand, not to advise.
That will be the aim here, too. There is all too much policy advocacy in the world today, and it tends to engage emotions and "priors"--pre-existing beliefs about what has caused major social problems. So we shall confine ourselves to addressing the basis of future "priors" about the crisis by asking what did, in fact, cause it. We will leave the policy recommendations to the pundits.
This does not mean that our focus will be narrow or inaccessible, however. Factors that have been identified as possible causes of the crisis range from glitches in financial technology to normal business-cycle movements to major problems in financial capitalism and/or in attempts to regulate it. Big factors as well as small ones will be our concern.
The authors of articles in the special issue of Critical Review, all of whom have been given authorization to post blogs, are:
Daron Acemoglu (MIT)
Viral V. Acharya (NYU)
Amar Bhide (Columbia Univ.)
David Colander (Middlebury Coll.)
Michael Goldberg (Univ. of New Hampshire)
Steven Gjerstad (Chapman U.)
Michael Goldberg (U. of New Hampshire)
Armin Haas (Postdam Inst.)
Juliusz Jablecki (Polish Central Bank)
Katerina Juselius (U. of Copenhagen)
Alan Kirman (Univ. d'Aix Marseille III)
Thomas Lux (U. of Kiel)
Mateusz Machaj (U. of Wroclaw)
Matthew Richardson (NYU)
Brigitte Sloth (U. of Southern Denmark)
Vernon L. Smith (Chapman U.)*
Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia U.)*
John B. Taylor (Stanford U.)
Peter J. Wallison (American Enterprise Inst.)
Lawrence J. White (NYU)
* = Nobel laureate in economics
--Jeffrey Friedman (U. of Texas, Austin)
Editor, Critical Review
2 comments:
- Alan said...
Thank you for promoting this blog, which looks really promising.
One aspect of the crisis that I found insufficiently addressed in the special issue of Critical Review is a fuller explanation of why and how the regulators allowed banks to use off balance sheet entities, which seem to be the complete antithesis of the very idea of financial reporting. I hope you will encourage further discussion of this topic.
- September 13, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- Mitchell said...
A genuinely analytical discussion would be helped by defining exactly what it is that we are supposed to be explaining. A large number of things happened over the past 18 months - precisely which of them constitute the crisis that we are seeking to explain? Are we trying to explain every last headline event in the past year of finance and political economy? Of course not. But unless there is some sort of focus regarding what it is that is being explained, there is a strong possibility that people will simply fail to engage with each other's ideas, while they go about focusing on different aspects of the whole.
- September 16, 2009 at 6:45 AM