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Science must become part of our culture's mainstream, not just the remote domain of a privileged few.
All students can understand and benefit from the insights of contemporary science, whether as future professional researchers, workers in high-technology careers, or as productive and informed citizens of an increasingly-complex technologically-advanced society.
Science education must involve the whole student, engaging emotions and imagination as well as intellect. Teachers are more effective, students feel more connected and competent, and learning is enhanced when science education is direct, experiential and hands-on.
Systemic reform of science education must alter traditional concepts of teaching and learning by empowering teachers as facilitators rather than lecturers from authorized texts, enlisting students as active participants in their own education, and providing interaction with the scientific and professional community as collaborators and mentors.
PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE shares the latest factual information and contexts within which to understand it, while developing positive attitudes towards the scientific process, and demonstrating and encouraging technical and research skills in accessing and comprehending the vast amounts of information which telecommunications and computers now make available. Simulations in class relate to and link with the real-world research presented on camera and on-line .
Integrated multimedia resources introduce students in schools and homes across America to the men and women who are working on exciting research frontiers. Though "virtual", these encounters with world-class scientists are made to feel personal. Students see creative scientists who are life-long learners, young at heart, open to new information, and whose challenging work is as rewarding as "play". These researchers serve as role models for life choices, as well as professional mentors in their specific disciplines. Their personal stories inspire youngsters by showing that what they learn while young can be a "passport" to a productive and rewarding career and life.
PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE empowers teachers and students to begin an ongoing process of individualized discovery by providing practical, flexible pathways, adaptable to the different levels of technology and training to be found in any school, home or science center. "Teacher-friendly" materials welcome first-time users, and more challenging online collaborations engage those with the capacity to become involved. This pyramid of options enables widespread participation, and minimizes the effects of inequality of resources. New technologies are introduced through project-related activities which deliver immediate, practical learning experiences, rather than abstract training.
PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE is informed by the suggestions of the national science reform panels, the national science standards, and state guidelines and frameworks, and provides "replacement modules" which can serve as readily-integrated "plug and play" units in the existing curriculum.
As an ongoing series of Modules, PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE will enable teachers to build on previous experiences, and implement succeeding Modules with increasing effectiveness. Educators will "cache" successful teaching strategies, and apply this positive feedback loop to the new content of each new field trip.
Believing that science should be experienced as both "content" and "process", PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE will develop and implement assessment tools to measure student learning outcomes. These will assess growth in positive attitudes and development of skills, as well as increasing mastery of content.
PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE focuses on the continuing enterprise of scientific research and exploration and not the achievements of individual adventurers and expeditions. It collaborates with the nation's leading science agencies (principally NASA and NSF) and university-based researchers, and presents ongoing activities in which students may envisage themselves playing a role in the future. Research itself is the adventure.
The core PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE team serves as conductor for a large and evolving orchestra of individual research agencies and scientists, teachers and students, schools, science centers and home-schoolers, articulating and amplifying the grand theme of humanity's ever-increasing understanding of the world and its processes of growth and change.
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(CNN) -- The backdrop to countless movies and television shows, Los Angeles has been reproduced on film more times than any other city on the planet.
The L.A. metropolis spreads over nearly 500 square miles.
But just like the movie sets that went up in flames last year at Universal Studios, the Tinseltown glamour is often no more than a flimsy facade.
Behind the myth of Hollywood lies a swirling melting pot of a place where nearly half of people speak Spanish and where, for every rising star, there's at least a hundred wannabes waiting tables or entertaining tourists on Venice Beach.
At once a Lalaland filled with dreamers, Los Angeles has also been scene to some of the worst race riots in American history: a paradoxical place that spawned both Charlie Chaplin and Gangsta Rap.
These days, aside from the smog -- an ever present in a city plagued with so many cars and so little rainfall -- the atmosphere is less toxic than two decades ago when the city was awash with crack cocaine and guns.
Watch Wolfgang Puck take CNN on a tour of L.A. »
Schemes to gentrify the downtown and other areas, such as the construction of the Hollywood and Highland complex that includes the Kodak Theatre -- home to the Oscars since 2002 -- have gone some way to revitalizing the inner city.
In any case, in a city with an estimated population of 3.8 million sprawling over a metropolis nearly 500 square miles in size, it's easy to avoid the sharper edges if you want to.
Not that that's so surprising. After all, where better to detune from reality than in a town whose success is entirely founded on our appetite for escapism.
And from its world class art galleries to the unashamed schmaltz of Disneyland and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it offers escapism for all tastes.
The Los Angeles story started in the late nineteenth century when Midwesterners attracted by the promise of a warm, dry climate followed the railroad west.
The boom times risked coming to a premature halt at the turn of the century due to water shortages, but the smart engineering and dark maneuverings of the city water department (maneuverings that helped inspire the classic film noir, Chinatown) resulted in the construction of water aqueducts that ensured the city's continued growth.
See pictures of Wolfgang Puck's Los Angeles
In the end though, light was the natural resource that mattered most. From the 1920s onwards, the motion picture industry grew into a worldwide phenomenon thanks to the abundance of clear, blue skies to help light the movie moguls' sets.
By the time the Golden Age of Hollywood came to an end, the boom town had morphed into a sprawling urban center and the lure of the limelight had earned the city the tag it retains to this day, that of "entertainment capital of the world."
In the early nineties, the story lost its luster somewhat when years of marginalization suffered by African-Americans found a rallying point in the Rodney King beating. Despite a video that appeared to show police violently attacking King, the accused officers were acquitted. The verdict led to rioting in which 53 people died and large areas went up in flames.
The city is certainly no angel, it's true. Even so, whether it's tattooed bodybuilders rollerblading Santa Monica Boulevard, a Marilyn Monroe look alike blowing kisses outside Grauman's Chinese Theater or a blood red sunset dropping into the Pacific, Los Angeles is a place with a rare ability to beguile and bemuse in equal measure.


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Laurie Bennet of Futerra Sustainability Communications in the UK challenged CEC to "make sustainability so desireable it becomes normal." Speaking at the CEC Steering Committee meeting on 14 April, he pointed participants to Futerra publications such as "Sell the Sizzle" and "New Rules New Game."
Futerra has been building up research and thought leadership on sustainability communications for the last eight years.
Most recent first...
Sell the Sizzle. The New Climate Message
In this guide we argue that climate change is no longer a scientist's problem, it's now a salesman's problem. We call upon government spokespeople, climate campaigners and business advertisers to stop selling visions of hell. Instead we must all create and sell a new vision of a' low carbon heaven'.
This guide is a new approach for us. Most of our previous thought leadership has been very practical - this is stronger, more opinioned and more controversial. There's still a lot of guidance and original research. But we're not pulling our punches. Download Sell the Sizzle report here.
The Greenwash Guide
Born out of a desire to help communications professionals get their green messaging right, the guide identifies the top ten signs of Greenwash, reveals how Greenwashing has grown over the last years, addresses the question of why Greenwash matters and what you can do about it. Versions of the report are also available for the USA and in French. Download the Greenwash Guide here.
10 Tips for Sustainability Communications
This is Futerra's bible. A postcard reminder of how to sell sustainability. Widely used and adopted by the UN's Environment Programme and elsewhere. Download The 10 Rules here.
Rules of the Game
Futerra and The UK Department for Environment published the Rules of the Game on 7 March 2005. The game is communicating climate change; the Rules will help us win it. The document was created as part of the UK Climate Change Communications Strategy. Download the Rules of the Game here.
Want to listen to Solis's speech at MIT on the Rules? Watch it here.
New Rules New Game
The same type of concise document as the previous Rules - but this time for changing climate behaviours. Download New Rules:New Game here.
Communicating Sustainability
Futerra, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme, published Communicating Sustainability: How to produce effective public campaigns in September 2005. The guide showcases innovative campaigns from every continent which have succeeded in making people think or behave differently towards the environment. It has now been downloaded over 700,000 times from the UNEP website!
Available for download here in English, French or Spanish.
Words that Sell
This guide to the language of sustainability asks some hard questions. Based on valuable focus group research, Words That Sell identifies the good, the bad, and the ugly of green and ethical terminology. Download Words that Sell here.


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Hungary's capital, Budapest, is a gem of a European city awash in magnificent art, architecture and – literally – in hot water, with its abundance of natural hot springs.
Cut in half by the River Danube, Budapest's two sides are connected by the 19th-century Chain Bridge, a favourite among romance seekers.
You won't want to miss Trinity Square, home to 13th-century Matthias Church, the turrets of the Fishermen's Bastion with their breathtaking views, or Buda Castle, the palace complex of the Hungarian kings, completed in 1265.
Take your pick of bathhouses, from Turkish-era, to Art Nouveau, or thoroughly modern, the most famous of which is the Széchenyi Medicinal Bath – Europe's largest, supplied by two thermal springs.
Budapest is also famous for its grand concert halls and theatres, and enjoys a solid reputation as a food & drink capital, from its much-loved goulash to Villány's big-bodied reds and sweet Tokaj. It all adds up to one of the most vibrant capitals in central Europe, just waiting to be explored.


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Regarding your recent fax, I'll confirm you the details for our school trip. We are going to stay from 6th of December to 16th of December. We propose to arrive at 12:45 P.M. and we will travel by bus. At our party will take part 18 people, 2 teachers and 16 students, and we need 5 rooms. I want to know if there are some sports facilities, and if there is a local historian, because my students love history very much.
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- Chilled bottle of sparkling wine in your room upon arrival
- 70 minute Swedish massage for 2
- Couples Sunset Beach Cruise
- $750* per couple
*Room accommodations not included in price. See rate schedule. Room tax and service charge not included. Unused features are not refundable.
- Complimentary use of watersports equipment
- Bicycles for island exploration
- Tuesday Manager's cocktail party
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Please contact The Sands at Grace Bay directly for more details and availability.
Cancellation policy is 21 days from arrival date with the exception of holidays periods. The policy varies during holiday time periods so you must check with the hotel direct for holiday cancellation policies.
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The Sands at Grace Bay has partnered with several exceptional local vendors to offer a Babymoon Get-Away Package featuring special inclusions to help expecting couples relax and cherish quality time together in Turks & Caicos. To make your "pre-baby" trip memorable, The Sands at Grace Bay's Babymoon package boasts a professional one-hour couples photoshoot, an in-room pre-natal pilates & yoga class "for two", a babymoon spa package for the "mom-to-be", and a $25 restaurant gift certificate. In addition to a ten percent room rate discount, expectant couples will enjoy a "Babymoon Essentials" gift basket and pre-stocked "baby cravings snacks" in their room upon arrival.
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- A professional couples portrait session offered by Paradise Photography that includes a one-hour photoshoot (shot on-site at the resort) and a $50 credit when ordering photos.
- One in-room Pre-natal Pilates & Yoga class offered by Studio 90 Degrees, consisting of a private 60-minute exercise session for "two" to help stretch, strengthen and tone the muscles used to carry a growing baby as well as reduce pregnancy back and hip pain.
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- A "Babymoon Essentials" Gift Basket includes a celebratory cigar for dad, a bottle of sparkling cider, and a baby's first rattle gift.
- The following four "Baby-Cravings" snacks will be pre-stocked in the couples kitchen prior to their arrival: Ice cream, cranberry juice, pretzels and pickles.
- Package Price: $1,690* per couple
Guests can book the resort's 2015 Babymoon Package by contacting The Sands at Grace Bay directly, calling toll-free from the U.S. (877) 777-2637; from Canada (800) 567-5327; or contacting a travel agent for reservations.
* The "starting from" Babymoon package price of $1,690 is based on a three-night stay in a Studio Courtyard accommodation. Package prices vary based on the room category booked, the length of stay, and the 2015 travel period. This package cannot be combined with any other resort offer and it is not applicable for groups. The package inclusions are not transferable or redeemable for cash and no refunds will be issued for unused portions of the package.


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The Sculpture Collection by Edward Teitel
"In the world of photography, life gets flattened and condensed into a two dimensional image. With this collection, I wanted to create many different levels of volumes, indentations and separations in the hair with surface designs to create the illusion of three dimensions," says Teitel. "By that I mean there is a surface, then a design is put on top or over it to add depth and dimension."
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WordWhizzle Twist Daily June 15, 2018
On this page you may find the latest answers for WordWhizzle Twist of June 15, 2018. For other levels or daily puzzle answers visit the main WordWhizzle Twist Answers. You can send us message or leave a comment below if you need help with a puzzle.
WordWhizzle Twist
If you have played other games by Apprope you will enjoy WordWhizzle Twist as well. This word puzzle game features a colorful board with a grid of scattered letters. Your job is to uncover all the hidden words.
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The Joseph Hooker Correspondence Project is conserving, digitising, transcribing and making available online the personal and scientific correspondence of Joseph Hooker (1817-1911), an important - but often overlooked - 19th century naturalist and explorer. He was the leading botanist of his day, pioneered the discipline of geographical botany, and served as President of the Royal Society from 1873-1878 and as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for twenty years (1865-1885).
Hooker had an extensive network of correspondents, including many of the great Victorian scientists, most famously Charles Darwin. The formation of this online repository of Hooker's letters, comprised largely of previously unpublished archive material, is intended chiefly to facilitate academic research. Kew also hopes to bring knowledge of Joseph Hooker to a wider audience and to extend awareness of the extent and significance of his work.
We're currently developing the Joseph Hooker Collection pages. You may notice some changes to the site while we carry out this maintenance work, please bear with us as we make these updates
Hooker in India
Why was Hooker in India? Where did he go? What did he collect? And what did he have to say about it all in his letters?
While Darwin made only one significant trip, Hooker was an inveterate traveller. Discover how Hooker's trip to India made a massive contribution to botanical science but landed him in jail and very nearly kicked off a war.
Joseph Hooker's life and work
Joseph Hooker was, in Michael Palin's words, 'the man who knew everybody' and, as his life spanned the late Victorian era and early 20th century, 'everybody' included giants of science like Charles Darwin.
Our Hooker microsite allows you to immerse yourself in the life of one of Britain's most remarkable men of science.
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inFAMOUS Festival of Blood is a brand new single player game for download via PSN (previous inFAMOUS games not needed for play). Vampires swarm New Marais, and revered superhero Cole MacGrath has been bitten. Featuring hours of new gameplay, themed environment settings and new characters/enemies, Festival of Blood explores the darker side of the inFAMOUS universe.
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The struggle to end the lock 'em up and throw away the key policies that resulted in the U.S. jailing more of its citizens than any other industrialized country has just won a significant victory.
For more than 35 years, families in New York have been plagued by the notorious Rockefeller Drug Laws. The policy which included long mandatory prison sentences for first time non-violent drug offenders resulted in major drug lords often going free while non-violent first offenders were given harsh sentences. The rule was particularly harsh for African Americans and women.
In New York by 1990, 61.2 percent of all female prisoners were committed for a drug offense, compared to 32.2 percent of men. Mothers, who needed drug treatment, were thrown in jail for sentences as long as 20 years, torn from their families leaving children to fend for themselves in the foster care system.
African-Americans and Latinos constituted 94.2 percent of the total population of drug felons in New York, Whites were 5.3 percent.
After decades of protest by civil rights and civil liberties groups and impacted communities, the law has ended with its repeal by New York State officials.
It's expected to save New York over a quarter billion dollars a year, but more importantly it will usher in an era of smarter crime polices. The new approach will send most non violent drug offenders to drug courts where they have access to treatment and implement a new law creating a drug ''kingpin'' offense for ''organized drug traffickers who profit from and prey on drug users'' and new crimes for adults who sell drugs to children. It rights the backward impact of the previous law, that seemed to target the victims with prison and let the "bad guys" go free.
Now instead of unemployed teenagers, or girlfriends coerced by their boyfriends into carrying a package of drugs, the major drug dealers will get the prison sentences and the drug addicts will get the treatment.
New York Governor David Paterson should be applauded for his unwavering and longtime support for ending these cruel drug laws.
Immediately prior to the repeal, he cited the example of a female drug addict who was arrested 60 times over 25 years. After being successfully treated for her addiction, she became a drug counselor. It shows the wisdom of the new policy.
There is a perfect storm for change – a confluence of state fiscal crises and the steady drumbeat of voices for prison reform. States like California, with dangerously overcrowded prisons, are adopting smarter sentencing policies similar to New York.
Some states are letting prisoners go early in order to save money. We are at a rare moment when voices advocating an end to mass incarceration; urging alternative sentencing and ending the practice of using prisons to lock up the mentally ill and the addicted are resonating.
This moment reflects an important window in our history. It is the time to dream big. The economic and political shifts in our country open the door to advance policies that we thought would take decades to win. Overturning the draconian drug laws in New York was one of many battles predicted to take at least 5 more years to win, but the political shifts -- reflected in the election of President Obama -- and the unprecedented fiscal crises brings us a unique opportunity for change.
Like all battles before it, we have to keep moving forward until we achieve the comprehensive change our country needs. Now is the time.
Benjamin Todd Jealous is president and CEO of the NAACP.


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What Is Onboarding Software?
Common Functionality of Onboarding Software
Best-of-Breed or Integrated Suite?
Market Trends to Understand
Onboarding Software Pricing
In a perfect world, new hires would be productive employees on day one. Unfortunately, that's not the reality. Work eligibility and tax documents need to be filled out and filed, employee handbooks need to be walked through, payroll accounts need to be set up and more. Historically considered a paper-based process, onboarding can be a time-sucking nightmare for human resources (HR) departments, especially during a hiring boom.
Onboarding software offers a digital solution to automate all of the above-listed tasks, and more. Customized workflows can be set up for new employees, at which point the software takes over—walking employees through necessary paperwork, checking for errors, filing to the appropriate regulatory agencies and, finally, storing digital copies for safekeeping. All the while, HR departments can track progress to ensure the onboarding process is quick and painless for both managers and employees.
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|Electronic forms
|I-9s, W-4s, new employee forms and more—all are digitized for easy replication, transferring, signing and storage.
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|Automated workflows
|Allows users to set up custom workflows, after which point the software walks new hires through the onboarding process automatically—no human intervention required.
|Background checks
|Many products integrate with major background check providers so users can order drug screenings, skills assessments and more, straight from the platform.
|New hire task management
|Includes progress metrics, task assignment and automated notifications to ensure all parties are on track with onboarding.
Onboarding software can be bought as a best-of-breed product or as part of a more comprehensive integrated suite. In fact, because the onboarding process represents a transition phase and doesn't fall squarely into the realm of either recruiting or core HR functions (such as personnel tracking and payroll), onboarding functionality can often be found in a variety of different HR software platforms.
For example, applicant tracking systems (ATSs) may have onboarding functionality; human resources information systems (HRISs) and human resources management systems (HRMSs) can have it as well. Some software suites even cover the entire employee life cycle, including recruitment, onboarding and core HR capabilities.
What kind of onboarding software you choose will depend on your organization's budget and functionality needs. However, even best-of-breed solutions can be integrated with many other platforms to create a seamless experience for employees and HR departments alike.
Onboarding software is typically priced one of two ways: either as a monthly subscription or as a perpetual license, with pricing generally based on the size of the organization or the average number of employees an organization onboards in a given month.
Perpetual license. The organization pays for the software up front, effectively owning it in perpetuity. With a perpetual license, the software is typically deployed on the organization's computers and servers. Though organizations pay an upfront fee, they may have to pay annual fees for support, maintenance and/or upgrades.
Subscription. The organizations pays a monthly subscription fee to use the software, which is typically cloud-hosted and accessed through a web browser. Typically the fees for support, maintenance and upgrades are wrapped into the final subscription price, so organizations often have a better idea of what their long-term expenditure on the software will be.
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An increased focus on the new-hire experience. As employee engagement becomes an increasingly important concern, more onboarding platforms are now focused on making the process more enjoyable for new workers. Not only do these platforms take care of worker compliance needs, some also have built-in new-hire orientation functionality. Another popular capability allows new hires to message their manager before their first day to get a better idea of expectations. This allows workers to get up to speed quicker, benefiting everyone involved.
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My visiting friend did her best not to react, but from a quick expression that flickered across her face, I suddenly realized that this is Not A Normal American Thing To Do.
But it's a perfectly normal Moroccan thing to do.
For most of my female American friends, cleaning one's hands involves warm water, soap, and then lotion. The soap and warm water strip the natural oils from one's hands, so women (and, I imagine, some men) rub lotion in to make up for it.
But during the two years I spent in my cold mountain village, we had a different custom. And nobody spent money on lotion except *maybe* some rosewater oils for use on special occasions. But in my village, the cold and dry air keeps skin constantly dry and often chapped. Hands, which get plunged into water for cleanliness and laundering and dishwashing, can get scaly with the cold. So when you encounter something oily, you take advantage of it.
Most of my American friends would never dream of putting oil directly onto their hands, unless it's mineral oil and they're about to give a massage. But olive oil? Rendered animal fat? Not a chance.
But if you think about it, lotion is really just a mechanism for delivering moisture. Most prize themselves on a "non-greasy feeling," but the fact is, they're trying to approximate chemically what natural oils produce, well, naturally.
After Americans eat a greasy meal, they head for the hot water and soap. And maybe lotion, afterwards. After Moroccans eat a greasy meal, they rub their hands together until the oil has soaked into the skin, leaving the hands smooth and soft. (Smoother and softer, anyway.)
This phenomenon was thrown into relief for me when my American family came to visit me. My oldest sister was being feted for having done well on her college entrance exam (which I believe is the International Baccalaureate, or IB). My host family insisted that my biological family join in the celebration, of course.
We all drank tea and ate various celebratory goodies, mostly cookies and pastries. At one point, my mom asked for a napkin. I translated the request (using the French word for napkin, serviette, since there's no Tam word for it that I know of), and one of the many hostesses ran off to find us some.
She came back just as we were finishing up a particularly greasy crepe-like pastry. Mom, Dad, and my sister all hastily took advantage of the chance to wipe their hands. When I was handed a napkin, though, Ama and I laughed as I realized it was too late -- I had just finished rubbing the oil into my hands. "She's not an American girl. She's an Ait Hadidou girl," Ama said proudly.
The unexpected praise caught me off-guard, and made my eyes water with emotion. I know part of it was that Ama had felt threatened by the arrival of my *other* mother, and she was trying to maintain her claim to me -- but she also meant it. I'd actually succeeded, at least in that moment, of being truly accepted by this community I'd lived in for a year.
All of this came flashing back to me tonight, as I found myself making good use of the spilled olive oil. (And by the by, olive oil and corn oil have less smell than most lotions, and are actually more effective at keeping skin moisturized. For what it's worth.)
I've been back for 18 months now. I served for 27. I've finished the re-entry process, for all intents and purposes, but I like the pieces of Kauthar that have survived my re-becoming my American self. I still say "Bismillah" before beginning anything important. I still say (or think) "Inshallah" when talking about the future. I still find hot running water truly miraculous. And, apparently, I still prefer to use oil rather than scrape it off and then have to replenish my skin's moisture.
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About ottonomy
I love open education, free culture, the Progress of the Useful Arts and Sciences, barter, and local food production.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/16/state-of-louisiana-sides-with-gov-jindal-in-his-war-on-the-1st -amendment-medicaid/
Here's a story with an image of the billboard.
I hope I never am so unfortunate as to try to watch three minutes of a movie as recorded from someone's forehead with a quarter inch lens. How could a Google Glass cam recording of a theater movie ever be something that a pirate would want?
Now since you've mentioned it, you're all of a sudden much more relevant in my breakfast-lunch-and-dinnertime searches for "george rr martin copyright maximalist". I used to have to dig back to page 5 to find your potentially relevant content.
Except, that you can't compare to how many novel drinks would be created in today's context (except WITH IP protection for recipes) or to the number or quality of movies made in today's context (except WITHOUT IP protection for movies). The best you can do is compare contexts, try to generalize and measure IP's effects. You have to compare apples to oranges as best you can because you can't compare apples to apples.
People will create new things whether or not they are granted a protected monopoly on their ideas. Both the examples of movies and cocktails show this. The character of what they create may differ. We're trying to figure out the rules of what works in different contexts, and how to create a culture (and law) that supports creativity and provides the fruits (and fruity garnishes) of that creativity to the people.
Catch up on a few more news stories; Wyden has been asking questions that are way out in front of everybody else, including almost every other member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
the pirates seem to have gotten into this space first
Better play some catch-up, quick!
Hi! Have you heard of The Open Badges Infrastructure? The open education movement has been looking at the credentialing gap for years, and one of the initiatives that have come out of that effort is the open badges project, led by the Mozilla Foundation.
Here's Scott Leslie on why badges represent a disruption that a network of badge issuers and endorsers could present to the credentialing monopoly traditional higher ed has enjoyed.
Of course the community of issuers is so far small. The official release of the 1.0 specification is happening this week, mostly through the Digital Media and Learning conference tomorrow in Chicago.
The number of issuers will grow, and the number of people taking open credentials seriously will grow as well. I think though, that the most important factor in open credentials gaining steam is people like you who bravely assert that yes, my learning and skills have value and here's the evidence.
At least all those American laborers who get laid off from manufacturing copyrighted goods can go find a new job in IP-intensive industries protected by our strengthened copyright laws, like grocery stores.
The Progress of Science and the Useful Arts is not only the intent of copyright, it is the constitutional justification for making copyright laws. This clause of the Copyright Act is unconstitutional. Now, how can we tell who has the standing to challenge it?
...and unlimited library checkouts are worse than $10 worth of kindle content for each person how?
Your understanding of what libraries do is pretty outdated, besides.
I think it's not surprising lawsuits to stop competition make a company look weak and worried. I'm not sure how deep the sentiment this blogger noticed goes, but it makes a lot of sense for a customer to think:
"If Apple is that scared about the competition, there must be something consumers would want in there... I better take a look."
The USOC should do everything in its power to make sure the names Coca-Cola and McDonald's show up in every news article detailing some asshole thing they did. After all, they're paying good money to be associated with the Olympics.
Last night after watching the Game of Thrones finale my partner asked me if King Joffrey knew that he wasn't the son of the previous king. It's hard to tell whether he KNOWS or not. He's heard the rumors that he's a bastard, certainly, and flies into a rage when he hears them, but does he believe them even a little, when his power depends on the rumors not being true? If he ever does believe it, he isn't allowed to let it show.
Hey, Mike!
Thanks for quoting my tweet. This is an important point to emphasize every chance you get.
However, like Mike C posted above, we'll have an uphill battle getting big business IP maximalists to listen to this point because they think their business depends on not recognizing it.
I pay a lot of attention to language, and I think the metaphors we choose to talk about legal concepts have a lot of power. People have long seen copyrights as "property", and I think the exclusion of the public from the "stakeholders" comes from the property metaphor, because the public is not seen as a stakeholder in your decision to put pink flamingos on your lawn. The next step in pushing the fact that the public is the most important stakeholder in copyright law is substituting better metaphors whenever we can.
I like Prashanth's post above introducing a "balance sheet" metaphor. That's moving in the right direction. We should use language that makes it clear the public has a stake here, and if we could get Prasanth's metaphor right, it could be a strong one that highlights the public's role as a partner and investor in the success of their work.
I like the metaphor "Ideas are Children" I started developing it in my thesis (sec 4.10), and I hope to continue at this year's Open Education Conference.
-Nate Otto
Chargone is right that this is a little bit tortured, but I like where you're going with it. Put some work into simplifying the language.
The public grants an artist a loan of a monopoly right in return for eventual full payment of the Progress of the Useful Arts and Sciences.
That's an interesting metaphor. "Intellectual property" "rights" are merely the proceeds of a loan and must be returned. It brings in the logic of banks setting agreeable terms (from the bank's perspective) into how IP law is structured.
That was so refreshing to read in a legal opinion. Please everybody, remember the basis of your monopoly!
I think the TSA is probably unlikely to miss something at your side. In PDX last week, they double checked a bit of fabric on my outdoorsy pants side that was just 3 thin empty pockets stacked up--about three layers of pocket-liner fabric thicker than the rest of the pants.
I'm interested in the language change in Section 102 (c)2(a)(i): "A service provider shall take such measures as it determines to be the least burdensome, technically feasible, and reasonable means designed to prevent access by its subscribers located within the United States to the foreign infringing site that is subject to the order. Such actions shall be taken as expeditiously as possible."
Besides wishing Rep. Smith had reversed the list to read "technically feasible, reasonable, and least burdensome means", I wonder if this requires or allows more than simple DNS resolution blocking, if you understand that a DNS block is quite easy to overcome. This language might open up a complying ISP to using an IP block instead if it determines that is the least burdensome means. (I believe burdensome would apply in reference to the ISP, not the user).


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The Phils win their third game in a row as they hang on to win a squeaker in LA, beating the Dodgers, 3-2.
The Phils hang on to win a close one in LA, as they beat the Dodgers, 3-2.
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Joe Blanton (8-8, 4.79) got the win as he went eight innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a wild pitch, while striking out seven. Jonathan Papelbon collected his twentieth save of the year as he threw a scoreless ninth, giving up a hit, while striking out a batter. Nathan Eovaldi (1-6, 4.33) took the lost as he went five innings, giving up three runs on six hits and two walks, while striking out three Phils. Shawn Tolleson, Scott Elbert and Ronald Belisario combined for four scoreless innings, giving up a run (Elbert) and a walk (Elbert) between them, while striking out six (Tolleson (3), Belisario (3)).
The Phils had seven hits in the game, with Shane Victorino (Singles, Triple) leading the team with three hits. Jimmy Rollins (Home Run, RBI), Ryan Howard (Home Run, RBI), Carlos Ruiz (Double), Juan Pierre (Single, RBI) had the other four Phils' hits. The Phils also had three walks in the ballgame.
The Phils (40-51, 5th East) will continue their series with the Dodgers (48-43, 2nd West) with a night game tonight. The game will be played at Dodgers Stadium, and is supposed to start at 10:10 pm EDT (7:10 pm PDT). The Phils will send to the mound their ace Roy Halladay (4-5. 3.98), who is coming off the disabled list. His last start was on May 27 against the Cardinals, where he had received a lost, going just two innings, giving up four runs on four hits and a walk, in the Phils' 8-3 lost. He hopes that he will have improved over the way he was pitching before the injury. The Dodgers, as of the present moment, have not announced their starter. The Phils will be looking to increase their winning streak to four games, while hoping that Halladay will have returned to form.


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Correction from Last Week: An omission confused the Afghan Hound Rescue story. Authorities removed 67, not 6, Afghans from a New Mexico hoarder's home, and the national breed rescue flew 7 of the distressed dogs to LI for intensive TLC. See "Pets" 7/31/08 online for the full article.Good News: If you are looking to adopt a pet, you can venture further than your hometown shelter. Spay/neuter is required before placement for all dogs and cats; puppies and kittens adopted from Babylon Town Shelter. New shelter director Chris Elton deserves heaps of praise for doing his homework prior to implementing this comprehensive and creative program which includes several unique features that ensure 100% compliance, reasonable fees, and quality vet care. It took Chris time to do this right- time well worth researching what does and does not work. I've seen many variations on the spay/neuter theme, and trust me, best intentions can go wrong. No shelter wants to contribute to pet overpopulation, while simultaneously, the price for these sterilizations cannot be so high that cost deters adopters; or the veterinary skill so "assembly line" that pets develop complications (and possibly die); or schedules so rigid that using only one contract doctor can hold the animals captive longer at the shelter.
Elton built flexibility into the Babylon spay/neuter plan. He also extends an open invitation to local vets to participate. Adding hospitals can expedite the process and lessen surgery case loads. No one wants "adopted" animals waiting for spay/neuter to fill precious shelter cage space needed for the constant influx of homeless pets.
The Babylon Spay/Neuter Plan in a Nut Shell: Essentially new owners will not "take possession" of a dog or cat until after the pet is altered. Whenever possible the shelter will be proactive, spaying and/or neutering adoptable candidates as soon as a stray hold is over. For example, "Fanny Mae" a recent two- time Beacon poster Border Collie mix was sent to a clinic for spaying and returned to the shelter. About a week later a family adopted her. Stray dogs will still be held seven days in hopes that an owner will reclaim them before they become adoptable. Owner surrendered dogs and most cats will still be ready for adoption consideration right away. If a visitor wants a certain pet, that person fills out an adoption application, but the pet still belongs to the Town. The shelter reviews the application. (Town shelters have the right to deny adoptions based on safety and humane concerns.) If approved, the shelter holds the unneutered pet for that potential owner. Spay/neuters will be done two days a week at vet hospitals. The day after the surgery, the approved owner pays fees and completes required paperwork including NYS license forms (for dogs only) at the shelter before leaving with the new pet. Adoption Fees: Fees vary because Babylon prepared for many scenarios. Spays are more involved than neuter surgeries, reflecting a slight price difference. A female dog spayed via the shelter is $90; a male dog neutered same way is $80. This includes a rabies shot and NYS license. Puppies ($77.50 female; $67.50 male) are less because rabies shots should not be given to youngsters under 16 weeks old.
Cats do not get NYS licenses. Female cats spayed via the shelter will be $62; males will be $52. These prices include rabies shots. Kittens are $50 for a female; $40 for a male because, again, those under 16 weeks are too young for rabies vaccines.
Unlike some other shelters, Babylon considers prior surgeries in the fee schedule. Pets verified as already spayed/neutered will cost just for rabies,
licenses (dogs only) and a small adoption fee. Neuters are easier to note than spays. When the vet upon visual exam finds a spay scar, the surgery fee will not be charged. Since spay scars can be tricky to detect, if the vet opens the pet and finds she is already spayed (unfortunately an operation), the total fee remains $90.
The vet will tattoo marks alongside the spay incision as another creative twist, to highlight Babylon spay alumnae for all future inquiries. Adopters are also entitled to a free first exam if they return to the spay/neuter hospital. Early Spay/Neuter: Chris Elton is making sure that no Babylon adoptions fall through the fertility cracks. In a few months, any pup or kitten that left a shelter intact would be able to reproduce- counter productive
to any rescue effort. Bonds and pre-paid spays are not guarantees that owners will get pets altered. Shelter pets should not beget more homeless pets. Therefore, Babylon's plan will include early spay/neuters. Pups and kittens must be eight weeks or two pounds to undergo this surgery before adoption. Free Feral Cat TNR Vouchers Extended: Thanks to state funding obtained by Assemblyman Bob Sweeney, Babylon Town will continue to support feral cat TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return). When Babylon Town launched a free feral cat spay/neuter voucher system last spring (Beacon "Pets" online 3/27/08), the certificates expired mid July. My worry was time would run out before the grant money. Within the next two weeks, a few hundred new free vouchers, redeemable at different clinics, will be issued to town residents first come, first served. Call the Babylon Shelter at 643-9270 for information about the TNR vouchers, borrowing humane traps or any facet of the mandatory shelter adoption spay/neuter plan. For Adoption: Back at Oyster Bay Town Shelter (677-5784) Miller Pl. Syosset all cat adoptions are $59 and dogs are $67.50. This fee includes spay/neuter, rabies and dog licenses. Fees are waived in the "Senior for Senior" selection. Certain procedures are different from the Babylon plan described above. Our Poster Pets include "Risa" #604 a playful brindle Pit mix, and "Priscilla" # 399 the gorgeous feline in the lobby. More Cats: "Boogie" #398- DLH gray; "Gidget" #203 tabby and white who wore the bikini.
Dogs: "Sammy" #425- black Shepherd mix; "Winter" Siberian Husky #555.


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