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Physical child abuse or non-accidental child trauma refers to fractures and other signs of injury that occur when a child is hurt in anger.
The physical signs of child abuse used to be called battered child syndrome. This syndrome referred to many fractures that occurred at different times in children too young to have received them from an accident. The definition of child abuse has since been expanded.
See also:
Child psychological abuse and neglect Child sexual abuse
- Shaken baby syndrome
Alternative Names
Battered child syndrome; Physical abuse – children
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Physical abuse tends to occur at moments of great stress. Many people who commit physical abuse were abused themselves as children. As a result, they often do not realize that abuse is not appropriate discipline.
Often people who commit physical abuse also have poor impulse control. This prevents them from thinking about what happens as a result of their actions.
The rate of child abuse is fairly high. The most common form is neglect.
The major risk factors for child abuse include:
Domestic violence
Drug abuse
Being a single parent
Lack of education
However, it is important to note that cases of child abuse are found in every racial or ethnic background and social class. It is impossible to tell abusers from non-abusers by looking at their appearance or background.
An adult may bring an injured child to an emergency room with a strange explanation of the cause of the injury. The child's injury may not be recent.
Symptoms include:
- Black eyes
- Broken bones that are unusual and unexplained
- Bruise marks shaped like hands, fingers, or objects (such as a belt)
- Bruises in areas where normal childhood activities would not usually result in bruising
Bulging fontanelle(soft spot) or separated suturesin an infant's skull
- Burn (scalding) marks, usually seen on the child's hands, arms, or buttocks
- Choke marks around the neck
- Cigarette burns on exposed areas or on the genitals
- Circular marks around the wrists or ankles (signs of twisting or tying up)
- Human bite marks
- Lash marks
- Unexplained unconsciousness in an infant
Signs and tests
Typical injuries in abused children include:
- Any fracture in an infant too young to walk or crawl
- Bleeding in the back of the eye, seen with shaken baby syndrome or a direct blow to the head
- Collection of blood in the brain (
subdural hematoma) without good explanation
- Evidence of fractures at the tip of
long bonesor spiral-type fractures that result from twisting
- Evidence of skull fracture
- Fractured ribs, especially in the back
- Internal damage, such as bleeding or rupture of an organ from blunt trauma
- Multiple bruises that occurred at different times — especially in unusual areas of the body or in patterns that suggest choking, twisting, or severe beating with objects or hands
- Other unusual skin damage, including burns or burn scars
The following tests can reveal physical injuries:
Bone x-ray. All of the child's bones, including the skull, are x-rayed to look for unseen fractures or old, healing fractures. MRIor CT scanof the head or abdomen are done if there is a skull fracture; bleeding in the eye; unexplained vomiting; severe bruising of the face, skull, or abdomen; unexplained nervous system (neurological) symptoms; headaches; or loss of consciousness.
The following medical conditions have symptoms similar to those of physical abuse:
Osteogenesis imperfecta– almost all children with this condition have an abnormal (blue) coloring of the whites of the eyes. These children may have spontaneous fractures or break bones after accidents that would not harm the bones of a normal child.
Undetected bleeding disorders such as
hemophilia, Von Willebrand's disease, or liver disease can lead to abnormal bruising patterns. The doctor can test for these disorders.
Unusual bruising and scarring patterns can also be caused by folk medicine or Oriental medicine practices such as coin rubbing, cupping, and burning herbs on the skin over acupuncture points (called moxibustion). The doctor should always ask about alternative healing practices.
If you think a child is in immediate danger because of abuse or neglect, you should call 911.
If you suspect a child is being abused, report it immediately. Most states have a child abuse hotline. You may also use the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-CHILD).
Physical injuries are treated as appropriate.
The parents will need counseling or an intervention of some type. In some cases, the child may be temporarily or permanently removed from the home to prevent further danger. Life-threatening abuse, or abuse resulting in permanent damage to the infant or child may result in legal action.
Counseling, including play therapy, is also necessary for abused children over age 2. The child will need help dealing with the fear and pain of abuse caused by adults, who should be trusted figures. Failing to get this help can lead to significant psychological problems, such as
The appropriate government agency usually makes decisions about placing the child with an outside caregiver or returning the child to the home. This is typically done through the court system. The structure of these agencies varies from state to state.
Support Groups
Support groups are available for survivors of abuse and for abusive parents who want to get help. See the
Expectations (prognosis)
The child's physical recovery depends on the severity of the injuries. Psychological recovery depends on the results of therapy, and whether the child can develop trusting relationships with adult caregivers.
The authorities will determine whether the abuser gets psychiatric help, such as parenting training and impulse/anger management training.
Child protection agencies generally make every effort to reunite families when possible.
Because adults are so much stronger and bigger than children, an abused child can be severely injured or killed by accident. Physical abuse of a child can lead to severe brain damage, disfigurement, blindness, crippling, and death. Abused individuals may carry emotional scars for a lifetime.
Children can b
e permanently removed from the parents' custody if the parents are abusive enough. However, this experience can also cause the child psychological problems. The child may feel rejected, or the placement may not lead to a strong, long-term attachment to the new caregivers.
Calling your health care provider
All states require that you report any known or suspected child abuse. Call your health care provider, Child Protective Services, or local police if you suspect or know that someone is being abused.
Recognize the warning signs of abuse. The caregiver may:
Have alcohol or drug problems
Have a history of abuse or was abused as a child
Have emotional problems or mental illness
- Have high stress factors, including poverty
Not look after the child's hygiene or care
Not seem to love or have concern for the child
Counseling or parenting classes may prevent abuse when any of these factors are present. Watchful guidance and support from the extended family, friends, clergy, or other supportive persons may prevent abuse or allow early intervention in cases of abuse.


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History of Violence in America
- Bozeman City Library
- 626 E Main, Bozeman, MT United States
Additional Information
The Power of We, an interfaith group of Pilgrim Congregational, Temple Beth Shaolm, and the Unitarian Fellowship, is sponsoring an educational forum series on Violence in Our Culture: As American as Apple Pie? Forums will be held Thursdays, Sept. 26, and Oct. 10,17,24, and 31 at 7 pm in the Community Room of the public library.
The schedule is History of Violence in America, and Stand Your Ground Laws, Sept 26; Domestic Abuse, Oct. 10; Violence in Bozeman and the Castle law, Oct. 17; Mental Health Issues in Violence and The Role of Media, Oct. 24; and Non-violent Communication and Building Community, Oct. 31.
Speakers will include Professors Billy Smith and Steven Swinford, MSU; Rabbi Ed Stafman, Chief of Police, Ron Price; Scott Malloy, Director of Gallatin Mental Health Clinic; representatives from Haven and the Voice Center; Carson Taylor, City Commissioner, and Dierdre Combs, author.

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Researchers have found a new way to tune the radio frequency in smartphones and other wireless devices that promises to reduce costs and improve performance of semiconductors used in defense, satellite and commercial communications.
Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) and Northeastern University in Boston presented the research findings at the 58th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference in Denver this week.
Nian Sun, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern, said he's been working on the process since 2006, when he received National Science Foundation grants for the research.
"In September, we had a breakthrough," he said in a telephone interview. "We didn't celebrate with champagne exactly, but we were happy."
The research progressed through a series of about 20 stages over the past seven years. It wasn't like the hundreds of failures that the Wright brothers faced in coming up with a working wing design, but there were gradual improvements at each stage, he said.
Today, state-of-the art radio frequency circuits in smartphones rely on tuning done with radio frequency (RF) varactors, a kind of capacitor. But the new process allows tuning in inductors as well, which could enhance a smartphone's tunable frequency range from 50% to 200%, Sun said. Tuning is how a device finds an available frequency to complete a wireless transmission. It's not very different from turning a dial on an FM radio receiver to bring in a signal.
Capacitors and inductors work in electronic circuits to move electrons; inductors change the direction of electrons in a circuit, while capacitors do not.
Most smartphones use 15 to 20 frequency channels to make connections, but the new inductors made possible by the research will potentially more than double the number of channels available on a smartphone or other device. The new inductors are a missing link long sought for in ways to upgrade the RF tunable frequency range in a tuned circuit.
"Researchers have been trying a while to make inductors tunable -- to change the inductance value -- and haven't been very successful," said Kwok Ng, senior director of device sciences at SRC. He said SRC has worked with Northeastern since 2011 on the project, investing up to $300,000 in the research work.
How it worked: Researchers at the Northeastern lab used a thin magnetic piezoelectric film deposit in an experimental inductor about a centimeter square, using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) processes . Piezoelectricity is an electromechanical interaction between the mechanical and electric states in a crystalline material. A crystal can acquire a charge when subjected to AC voltage.
What the researchers found is they could apply the right amount of voltage on a layer of metal going around a core of piezoelectric film to change its permeability. As the film changes permeability, its electrons can move at different frequencies.
Ng said the research means future inductors can be used to improve radio signal performance, which could eliminate the number of modules needed in a smartphone, with the potential to reduce the cost of materials.
Intel and Texas Instruments cooperated in the work, and the new inductor technology will be available for further industrial development by the middle of next year, followed by use in consumer applications by as earlier as late 2014.
This article, Researchers find way to increase range of wireless frequencies in smartphones, was originally published at Computerworld.com.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed. His email address is [email protected].
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Educational BackgroundJ.D. (Cum Laude), University of Michigan Law School, 1969B.A. (Summa Cum Laude), Muskingum College, 1965M.A. , Communication, University of Michigan, 1967
Professional Background2008 - Present: Provost, Robert Morris University2002 - 2008: Dean, School of Communications & Information Systems, Robert Morris University2002 - Present: Professor of Communication, Robert Morris University1969 - 1972: Foreign Service Officer, United States Information Agency1987 - 2002: Adjunct Faculty, University of Akron Law School1997 - 2002: Adjunct Faculty, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine1972 - 2002: Faculty, Department of Communication, University of Akron
Area of Expertise/ResearchMass Media & Journalism LawIntercultural Communication First Amendment Jurisprudence
David Jamison (with Alan Hart). English translation of Michel Meyer's Of Problematology (University of Chicago 1995)
Tedford, Makay and Jamison (eds): Perspectives on Freedom of Speech (Southern Illinois University Press 1987)
Academic Papers Venues:
Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
Speech Communication Association
University of Missouri Conference on Missouri ex rel Gaines v Holland
SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research)
Central States Communication Association
Pennsylvania Communication Association
Communication Association of Ohio
Representative Articles:
"Michel Meyer's Philosophy of Problematology: Toward a New Theory of Argument," Argumentation 5, 1991, 57-68.
(With James L. Golden): "Meyer's Theory of Problematology," Questioning Exchange 1988, Vol. 2, No. 2 pp 149-163.
"State Constitutional Guarantees and Free Speech," Free Speech Newsletter 1986, No. 59, pp 9-14.
"Guarding Religious freedom: the Supreme Court Confronts a Basic Cultural Elaboration," Ohio Speech Journal 1981, Vol. 19, pp 106-119.
"Lipp v Procunier: A Test Case for Free Expression of Religious Ideas," Free Speech Newsletter 1981, No. 50, pp 13-20.
"Parliamentary Confidentiality and Free Speech: A Legal View," Free Speech Yearbook 1977, pp 33-45.


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Hey guys!! As you can tell, I am totally wearing the crap out of this hat. It's just way too much fun! I really wish I had a lighter coloured one, too. In the spirit of spring, I decided to take photos at Hendricks Park, a local flower garden, and then go out for lunch and coffee with Josh & my friend Michelle! I also thought it would be time to bust out the floral dresses and chunky heels--another thing I've been wearing the crap out of. These black boots are just way too versatile, I almost want to buy a second pair just in case these break someday! How would you wear these short black ankle boots?
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Here's a bit of disturbing news for anyone with fond memories of those Peanuts TV specials: the voice actor responsible for bringing Charlie Brown to life was arrested on Sunday -- on FIVE felony charges. Apparently 56-year-old Peter Robbins was busted as he crossed into the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, and was subsequently arrested on four felony counts of making a threat to cause death or great bodily injury, along with a single felony count of stalking.
Charlie Brown is a stalker? What iconic childhood character madness is going on lately? Wasn't it enough that we'll never hear Elmo's high-pitched voice quite the same way again? What's next, E.T. gets arrested for soliciting a prostitute/improper use of animatronics?
It's true that it's been many, many years since Peter Robbins provided Charlie Brown's voice, since he started when he was just 9. However, it's probably Robbins' voice that's most familiar to you -- he did several TV specials and films, including two many of us know by heart: A Charlie Brown Christmas, and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman, Robbins was arrested at the San Ysidro Port of Entry when his background check revealed he was wanted by the San Diego Sheriff's Department on a felony warrant for crimes against a person. He's currently set to be arraigned Wednesday on counts of making a threat to cause death or great bodily injury and of stalking.
What a bummer. I mean, this really has nothing to do with the character he voiced decades ago, but it's always hard to remove the association once it's made. My treasured Charlie Brown TV special DVDs aren't going anywhere, but the next time I play them for my kids, I bet a teeny part of my brain wonders … did all those missed footballs have a negative effect? Boy, if only there was someone he could talk to about all this...
Here's a clip of Robbins from an interview at San Diego's Comic-Con:
Are you surprised to hear about this particular arrest?
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- 1 cup ketchup
- 3/4 cup Oyster sauce
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic
- Mix the sauces and spices together and pour over chicken. Can be made in a crockpot or in the oven - bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2- 2
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Terri's Notes
Several recipes on-line suggest using wings in this recipe and I made it with some boneless, skinless, chicken breasts - just to test it. Cubed white meat would make it an easy serve over the rice. White meat strips, threaded on skewers would make great finger food too.
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The Williamson County jail system houses a daily population of approximately 650 inmates. The county-owned and operated facility in Georgetown handles all the intakes and releases of approximately 14,000 people a year that are arrested within Williamson County. A new direct supervision facility was opened in late 2003. Initially, with this expansion, the County Jail has bed space for 768 inmates with a plan in place for a future expansion that will make the completed capacity of the Williamson County Jail 1,544 beds.
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Amy Honeysett - Medicine & Healthcare, Occupational Therapist in Cambodia
After working as an Occupational Therapist in London for five years I was ready for a change of scenery, so after some hard-core saving I put my flat up for rent and set off to work in New Zealand, with the aim of travelling for six or seven months along the way. It had never crossed my mind to volunteer, but as soon as I entered Cambodia I fell in love with the country and the idea flitted through my mind that I could put my OT skills to good use there. After a few weeks of moseying around Vietnam my mind was made up, and I signed up to start volunteering two weeks later.
My options were pretty limited at such short notice but I found Projects Abroad offered a few short-term OT projects in Phnom Penh, available to start as soon as I could get the paperwork sorted. I spoke to a project advisor called David who told me a care home called Home of Hope needed therapy input the most. There wasn't a huge amount of information available about the placement (compared to the more established programme at the Veterans Centre) but I decided to follow his advice and go for it. My budget only stretched to seven weeks of volunteering and after a flurry of paperwork I arrived in Phnom Penh ready to get going!
My Accommodation and life in Cambodia
I arrived in September, which is apparently known for being one of the quietest months volunteer-wise. There were initially seven of us living across two large apartments; however, as the weeks went by more and more volunteers arrived until there were a good 25 or so of us spread across four conjoining apartments. Everyone got along great and there was always something to do: chilled out nights on the roof terrace, weekend trips away, trips to the ice cream parlour or nail salon or gym... and don't forget everyone's favourite Lebanese restaurant (Beirut Cafe) on the river front. Socially, we had a blast and it kind of felt like being back at university again.
My Occupational Therapy placement
I didn't know a huge amount about Home of Hope before I arrived. All I knew was it was a care home for disabled male adults and children, as well as for those affected by HIV, and was run by the Missionaries of Charity, following the teachings of Mother Teresa. I also knew that they were in desperate need of a therapy service. It turns out that the care home was initially set up for men with HIV but also opened their doors to boys with learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities back in 2007. On my arrival there were thirteen boys, ranging in age from 7 to 23, none of whom had ever really received therapy before.
In 2014, Projects Abroad made a long-term commitment to improving the quality of life for the residents at Home of Hope, and in July a volunteer group converted a disused room into a physiotherapy room. Since then, a few therapists had come and gone, but left little trace of their work, meaning there was no continuity between therapists.
I had two main roles at Home of Hope. Firstly, to set up a long-term therapy programme that could be picked up and continued on by each therapy volunteer in turn. Secondly, to turn a disused room into a multi-sensory room, this would be beneficial for several of the boys with more profound learning disabilities.
I should note at this point that my speciality is in adult brain injury services and that I had absolutely no experience in paediatrics whatsoever! However, what I did have was a network of paediatric OT and physiotherapy colleagues back home, who were more than willing to give me advice when I needed it (which was a lot!).
Home of Hope is run by four priests from India, alongside several local care staff. At the time I started there was one other volunteer – a care worker – who quickly became my rehab assistant. With no formal supervision, the freedom to do as we pleased, and very few resources, we had to use all our creative and organisational skills to make sure we were working as productively as possible.
While the staff at Home of Hope obviously doted on the children (who were a very happy and energetic bunch despite their circumstances), they did not understand the importance of stimulation for a child's development and quality of life, and the children were left to play by themselves with no organised activities and few toys. Several of the boys also had physical conditions that had progressed further than they ever would back home, due to the lack of a formal diagnosis and therapy input. I definitely had my work cut out!
Volunteering at Home of Hope
My first project – setting up a long-term therapy programme – involved creating an assessment/treatment file for each of the boys. This was harder than it seemed bearing in mind they had no diagnosis or even date of birth. It took nearly three weeks before the boys each had individual treatment plans and goals to work towards. The therapy input required was a generic mix of OT, physiotherapy and even speech and language therapy, so I really did have to rely on support from my colleagues back home to assist me with developing treatment plans.
The project also involved creating a comprehensive induction folder so that even a therapy student would have the confidence to pick up and continue on with the programme. My aim was that care volunteers would also be able to get involved with therapy goals too.
My second project – setting up a multi-sensory room – was a slightly larger challenge. I began with researching existing sensory rooms, and then moved on to compiling a list of resources required specifically with the boys at Home of Hope in mind. As much as possible this included DIY materials that could be made in a volunteer workshop. This then had to go through the Projects Abroad budget team, and while the project was escalated and prioritised as much as possible, by the time I left, although the resources had been agreed on, they had not yet arrived.
Luckily, another OT (who was working on a different project) agreed to step in and finish setting up the sensory room and individual therapy programmes once the resources arrived. In the meantime I drew up provisional sensory programmes for the boys, which could be adapted once they had been trialled.
My Experience as an Occupational Therapist in Cambodia
There were highs and lows. The highs involved seeing how much the boys were benefiting from therapeutic intervention. To give a few examples:
One seven year old visually-impaired boy bottom-shuffled his way around and was completely uninterested in exploring his surroundings (he often lay face-first on the ground for hours at a time). By the end of the seven weeks he was able (with encouragement) to walk a few metres with supervision, feed himself (if the spoon was loaded for him) and had gained some interest in exploring items positioned nearby with his hands. He has a huge potential to continue developing his independence if the therapy programme is continued.
Another twelve-year old boy had spent the last year or so lying on the ground due to a stiff and deformed spine (and poor disability management) which had led to significant physical complications. He was initially extremely reluctant to engage in any form of physical therapy but by the end of the seven weeks he was able to sit up in an adapted wheelchair for up to 90 minutes at a time, with close supervision. Again, he has a huge potential to continue improving with on-going therapy.
The main low was that Projects Abroad have had difficulty recruiting therapists or care volunteers for this placement. At the time I leave (one week from now) there are no volunteers formally lined up to continue the project, although a few fellow volunteers have offered to spend a few half days a week helping out. I am actually writing this piece in the hope it will attract future volunteers to Home of Hope.
It is such a worthwhile project with so much potential to be developed and improved. The boys really do benefit from the therapy and I hope that the new induction folder will provide enough guidance for even therapists or therapy students with no experience to pick up and continue with the programme. Yes, you will need to work quite independently and this will be a challenging project but volunteers really will make a difference to improving the quality of life for these boys. And for those with experience (or confidence!) there is so much more potential for development – for example, the home also has several disabled men who would also benefit from therapeutic intervention.
Ultimately, Home of Hope is a challenging but rewarding placement and is desperately in need of volunteers (both therapy and care) to continue developing the newly established therapy programme.
Amy Honeysett
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The Cowboys are currently slated to make 11 picks in the 2009 draft. There is no doubt in my mind that Jerry Jones will be making several trades during the draft to move up, move down, or get picks for next year. The history shows that he prefers the trade down with 12 of the 18 picks over the last five years being trades down. But with so many picks this year it seems pretty logical that the Cowboys could package a few of them to move up at some point in the draft.
If someone unexpected slips into the middle of the second round that the Cowboys have rated highly then I would them to move up to get that player. I have no idea who they might be targeting but you have to believe that a highly rated receiver might be someone they would move up to pick. Maybe even a defensive back, linebacker or defensive tackle might be someone who they feel is worth a trade up.
But I also fully expect that the Cowboys will be trading out of many of their picks. They always do. Sometimes the draft drives me crazy because I wait for hours for them to make a pick only to see the clock running down and then listen with disappointment as the commissioner announces a trade. No matter how many times it happens it always makes the draft frustrating to watch. I am trying to mentally prepare for the inevitable trade down. This year will be much worse if I have to sit through the entire first round and most of the second round waiting for a Cowboys' pick only to see them trade down. But I won't be surprised if it happens.


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The Turkish-American community condemns detentions of Ekrem Dumanli, editor-in-chief of highest circulating newspaper in Turkey, Zaman daily, Hidayet Karaca, chief executive of Samanyolu Media Group, and dozens of others, on phony charges, as a blatant breach of press freedom and rule of law.
Dumanlı and Karaca were detained along with more than 20 people in a nationwide operation early on Sunday, December 14, 2014. A list of suspects to be detained, released by İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, shows that a total of 32 people are to be detained.
The suspects are accused of "forming, leading or being a member of an armed terrorist organization," "forgery" and "slander," according to a statement released by the prosecutor's office.
Police officers raided the houses of several screenwriters and producers across Turkey. Officers first detained Samayolu's Sungurlar TV series producers Salih Asan and Engin Koç, Tek Türkiye TV series screenwriter Ali Kara and former İstanbul anti-terrorism unit chief Tufan Ergüder. In Van, another Samanyolu TV screenwriter, Makbule Çam Alemdağ, was detained from her house.
An earlier document showed the suspects are accused of taking over the sovereignty of the Turkish Republic by pressure and threat, establishing an illegal gang, faking documents, restricting people's freedom and libel.
The detentions came days after a government-sponsored bill that made it possible to arrest suspects based on "reasonable doubt" was signed into law.
This development is a huge blow to Turkey's already waning image as a progressing Muslim democracy compatible with Western values. Similar actions aimed to suppress the dissent in Turkey at the anniversary of the corruption scandal in December 2013, are expected to continue in the following days.
Due to increasingly reckless anti-democratic policies of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) under the direction of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is rapidly transforming into a one-man, one-party state. Separation of powers and rule of law has been seriously undermined. Many societal groups unhappy with the direction of the country have been subject to constant pressure and intimidation. Protests in Gezi Park in 2013 were suppressed by extremely harsh police tactics. Since the corruption scandal of December 2013, ruling AKP has been treating almost everyone who questions the government's controversial actions as enemy of state, with an obsessive focus on the adherents of peaceful Hizmet (Gulen) movement. Corruption investigations have largely been covered-up and press is usually silenced by coercion or bribes. Unsurprisingly, independent news organizations such as Zaman, Today's Zaman, Bugun, Taraf, Sozcu and STV are the main targets of the politically guided legal action.
Turkey is already been under international scrutiny for poor governance and human rights. Freedom House recently downgraded Turkey to 'not free' in its latest press freedom report. According to Transparency International (TI) 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index, Turkey's ranking has worsened the most among all nations, dropping by five points to 45 out of 100. A new wave of attacks to critical journalists and civil society leaders would only bolster Turkey's image as a failed democracy.
In the light of these unfortunate developments, we strongly call on Turkish government to respect rights of all its citizens, particularly freedom of press, expression and assembly, and refrain from actions undermining democracy and rule of law. The need for Turkish support and resources on war against ISIL should not stop international community from pressing their counterparts in Ankara privately and publicly on human rights and democracy. A Turkey which turns away from the shared democratic values would only become a less stable and reliable Western ally, and more susceptible to radical influences.
Statement From the US State Department
On Arrests of Journalists in Turkey
Press Statement
Jen Psaki
Washington, DC
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We are closely following reports that Turkish police have conducted a series of raids and arrests at locations across Turkey today. It appears that media outlets that have been openly critical of the current Turkish government are among the targets of these actions by Turkish law enforcement. Media freedom, due process, and judicial independence are key elements in every healthy democracy and are enshrined in the Turkish constitution. As Turkey's friend and ally, we urge the Turkish authorities to ensure their actions do not violate these core values and Turkey's own democratic foundations.
Statement From the Freedom House
In response to the detention of prominent journalists from the newspaper Zaman and Samanyolu Broadcasting Group on charges of establishing an armed terror organization, Freedom House issued the following statement:
"The sweeping charges against the journalists and others detained today is a threat to free expression in Turkey and to anyone critical of its government," said Daniel Calingaert, executive vice-president of Freedom House. "These arrests appear to be government retribution against journalists reporting on corruption and criticizing the government. The crackdown on speech in Turkey must end."
On Dec. 14, 2014, Turkish police announced an investigation into 37 people associated with the movement of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen for allegedly establishing and managing an armed terror organization. Twenty-three have been detained, including prominent journalists. For more background on Turkey's media and the crackdown on speech, read Freedom House's 2014 special reports Democracy in Crisis: Corruption, Media, and Power in Turkey and The Struggle for Turkey's Internet.
Turkey is rated Partly Free in Freedom in the World 2014, Not Free in Freedom of the Press 2014, and Partly Free in Freedom on the Net 2014.
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports democratic change, monitors the status of freedom around the world, and advocates for democracy and human rights.
Journalism associations issue mass condemnations over detainments
Leading Turkish journalist unions and associations slam the governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party) for media crack down, amidst wave of detainments on Sunday.
Journalism associations issue mass condemnations over detainments
Turkey's anti-terrorism units raided headquarters of the Zaman daily, on Sunday, and detained its editor-in-chief amid protests by the newspaper staff, opposition politicians and readers gathered in front of the building.
In an official declaration, the Turkish Journalists Union (TGC) expressed that the raid violated the public's freedoms and rights to obtain information "There is no room for punishment of freedom of expression and media in democracy."
The TGC also drew upon the fact that the detainments were conducted on the dubious allegation of, 'membership to a terrorist organization', which, according to the union, has been a pretext frequently used to persecute members of the press. "Until today, approximately 200 journalists have been jailed in Turkey, without fair trial, on alleged membership to a terrorist organization."
Turkish Journalist Federation (TGF) Chairman Atilla Sertel underlined the timing of the detainments, noting that the raids came just days prior to the anniversary of the December 17-25 corruption probes, which had implicated the government including four ex-ministers;
"It is clear that the raid against media, harbors intent to sway public attention away from the December 17-25 graft probe. They are trying to punish members of press who write about corruption and pursue the four ministers."
Progressive Journalists' Association (ÇGD) chairman Yüksel Baysal called for an "immediate" halt to the operations against the media, referring to the wave of detainments as a "smear campaign" targeting the journalists.
Stating that detainments of the journalists as a plot to undermine democracy, Mardin Journalist' Union head Mehmet Çelik expressed that the "It would be a horrible situation for Turkey's future, if the case is, that the journalists have been detained for their views". Çelik strongly emphasized that the raids "will damage Turkey's image across the globe."
ÇGD Mediterranean Brach Head Bünyamin Tokmak called on all media groups to raise their voice against the raid, "Journalists cannot ignore the implications of the raid with a simple 'I don't care'."
Media News:
The Telegraph
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Today's Zaman
Erdogan's Hate Speech towards the Hizmet "Gulen" Movement
Interview with Mr. Gulen on BBC
The Gulen movement (a.k.a. Hizmet) is a social movement of volunteers that promotes philanthropy for serving humanity, education for cultivating virtuous individuals, and dialogue for peaceful coexistence. It originated in Turkey in 1970s around the ideas of Fethullah Gülen, a Muslim scholar, and has increasingly become transnational. The movement is non-partisan and exercises its democratic right for participating political processes as an independent civic group. Participants have founded educational, dialogue, media, healthcare, and humanitarian aid institutions as well as business, professional, and intellectual associations.
Hizmet envisions a secular, democratic and pluralistic Turkey which is at peace with its own diverse population and foreign nations. They want and help Turkey to become part of the solution instead of part of the problem in the world. Gulen movement's non-confrontational approach to international affairs is a great asset for the world. The movement supports peaceful resolution of world's problems, including the Arab-Israeli conflict. There is no other Muslim group which is as deeply invested and dedicated to interfaith dialogue and understanding as Gulen movement at both local and global levels. The movement has been consistently supporting Turkey's EU accession process, a crucial strategic goal for both Turkey and the West. Hizmet contributes to successful integration of Muslim Turkish immigrants into European countries, presenting a model for others as well. In US, state and federal officials and public intellectuals commend the movement for enhancing social peace and harmony in the country through a vast network of educational and cultural organizations.
Given the challenges with extremism, the transnational Gulen movement represents a constructive alternative to narrow, radical and/or violent interpretations of Islam all over the world. With its moderate Turkish sufi outlook, Hizmet is increasingly making inroads with the Middle East at the expense of Wahhabi, Hezbollah and Al Qaide type of groups. Growing number of Arab scholars and intellectuals - secular and religious - are being attracted to Fethullah Gulen's sensible outlook, emphasis on modern education and universal values. Widespread activities of Gulen movement in Africa helps promote social and economic development and offers an antidote to radical Islamic influence in the continent. Private schools affiliated with the movement offer quality educational opportunities in 160 countries. The schools have been instrumental in bridging the gender gap in especially majority Muslim countries, such as strategically important Afghanistan and Pakistan. Absent Gulen movement's relief efforts, less people will heal and more people will suffer in the world. From Somalia to Haiti, many disaster victims and underprivileged count on Gulen movement.
The relationship between the AKP government and the Hizmet movement in Turkey was one of mutual respect roughly until 2012. AKP founders had previously been drawn from a political Islamist past; but they largely appear to have abandoned this view in favor of a "conservative democratic" view when they established the party in 2001. Hizmet supported early AKP initiatives of membership in the European Union, limiting military influence in politics, and expanding rights and freedoms. In the last two years, however, political Islamist discourses have resurfaced, blended with an adventurous version of neo-Ottoman foreign policy outlook. An effort also emerged to present the AKP as the true refuge of the religious and Erdogan as the leader, if not the 'Caliph' of all Muslims. Hizmet, on the other hand, subscribes to a more modest, embracive and open minded interpretation of Islam that is comfortable with ideas of democracy, universal human rights, and interfaith dialogue. Thus, the recent ideological shift of the AKP did not leave any room to accommodate a view such as that of the Hizmet movement for ideological and political/practical purposes.
When AKP leadership shifted its political vision from further democratization to abandoning new civilian-drafted constitution project, and leaned toward an Erdogan-centered system of governance, the rift between Hizmet movement and AKP further widened. There was not much good will left between the AKP and Hizmet after the movement's distanced attitude to harsh crackdown on Gezi protesters and the tension brought by Erdogan's plan to shut down prep-schools run by the movement in November 2013. Since the graft probe unfolded on December 2013 against some cabinet ministers and businessmen close to the Turkish government, the Gulen movement has become the main target of Erdogan and his government. According to Erdogan and his lieutenants, the corruption charges by Istanbul prosecutors on December 17 and 25, 2013, were in fact insidious attempts to topple the AKP government that were orchestrated by Hizmet sympathizers and affiliates in the Turkish state bureaucracy. Erdogan portrays the movement as a state within the state and a fifth column of the West. The movement's vast international presence feeds into conspiracy theories pumped by AKP and its media. The Hizmet movement calls Erdogan's accusations baseless, serving to cover up the corruption charges.
Erdogan has been using state powers and friendly media to crack down on Hizmet movement. Systematic persecution includes defamation, conspiracy, discrimination, blacklisting and other unlawful conducts. Erdogan has been using hate speech such as 'virus' and agitating masses against the movement. He personally called the nation to boycott Hizmet institutions. Tens of thousands of bureaucrats were purged and demoted due to suspected ties to Gulen movement, which Erdogan did not hesitate to describe as a 'witch hunt'. Ankara has been pressing US government to extradite Fethullah Gulen without any legal basis. Host nations are under constant Turkish government pressure to shutdown law-abiding and successful Hizmet schools. Systematic efforts to bankrupt Bank Asya run by Hizmet friendly businessmen continue. Many Hizmet institutions, including Kimse Yok Mu relief organization, schools, hospitals face constant bureaucratic hurdles from central government and local AKP administrations. News organizations affiliated with the movement are not granted access to press briefings by major government institutions. Journalists, intellectuals, businessmen face frequent threat, harassment and intimidation.


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A picture of a little-girl cartoon character, Strawberry Shortcake, used to hang in my childhood room.
Though I was too small to remember when my mother first placed it there, this picture was always the first vision in my waking eyes. As Strawberry happily picked flowers on her forest path, the delightful rhyme went, "Take some time along the way to see what's nice about today." A flash of wisdom from a simple nursery rhyme can really change the course of a day.
For an instant lift-me-up: Take out a sheet of paper and make a list of ten items to be happy for today. Now, stretch your list to 20. Tell me, are you smiling yet? Nourishing this feeling of gratitude each day, compassion and abundance of love can take root in our lives.
Daily yoga practice can help us build this sense of calm that sticks from day to day. Yoga practice also goes beyond just yoga poses. Practicing yoga breathing techniques can powerfully calm the mind from stress. The breath is a direct indicator of the emotions in the mind. A yoga breath technique called Sudarshan Kriya, taught by The Art of Living Foundation, uses the breath as the direct link to relax the body and the mind. Through daily practice of yoga and Sudarshan Kriya, a person can let go of accumulated negative impressions that can block a person from their natural state of compassion.
After yoga practice, sitting in meditation, the mind relaxes and returns to a natural state of quiet calm. In these moments with eyes closed, we can relax with our awareness drawn inward, letting everything be "alright." This is self-compassion, experienced through yoga. Thoughts come in the mind, sensations or emotions flicker across this mind. These are all okay, and we don't have to do anything about them. These are just thoughts, so we can just notice them, sitting in a space of silence.
Service is the result of a mind energized with happiness. I have an early memory of volunteering in a disaster relief shelter as a teenager. I had completed a volunteer training in disaster relief when, before long, a tornado roared through a nearby town. I held hands with families affected by the tornado, helping them fill in paperwork. At times I would gently take the pen out of their shaking hands, to write down phone numbers and addresses that were now home to shards and damaged buildings. It was a small moment, but what a groundbreaking moment for me as a 15-year old! I realized I was helping these families take a first step toward recovery. Like a ray of light shining into my life, I knew this experience of service had changed me forever. Being engaged in service makes us forget our own worries and instead puts our focus on helping others, putting our compassion into action.
(Marilyn is a yoga enthusiast who loves to incorporate her inspiration about yoga postures and spirituality into her writing and art.)


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Cheryl Goldfarb needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 123 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
Husband and wife team with 2 small boys. We opened our first business, and Inflatable party center, last year. We enjoy working with children and helping out our community. At our Inflatable business we work closely with school group like Head Start and with our Local Autistic Children. Now we are expanding our business to include a laser tag center. As we grow we are committed to remaining a community center family run business.
We are located in an upscale neiborhood in Northern California. We need to reach out to a varied group of people. Our Target group has a wide range including Parents, Tweens, Teens and Young Adults.
We need a Logo for our Laser Tag Business - LaZerCity.
This is a new business and therefore we are not set on any particular theme. Be creative and let your design inspire us.
Some ideas that we have had:
1) We are not looking for anything that is a cartoon.
2) We would like to have an interesting font, but it should be clear and bold. We need it to be easy to read on a sign while driving by the building.
3) We need the Company Name, LaZerCity, to be able to be taken out of the rest of the design so that it can be put on a sign. Any additional Background pictures or graphics will be used for letterhead, tee-shirts, etc.
4) We like Bold Colors (Possibly thinking Red and Black....but not stuck on the colors)
Remember we are just starting the laser tag side of our business and are looking for someone to inspire us with their design. Have fun and use your imagination. We are open to all possibilities.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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At the conclusion of yesterday's GeekWire Summit, we were honored to be joined by one of our favorite Seattle-based musicians, Dave Dederer, a founding member of the alt-rock band Presidents of the United States of America.
Dederer, who got into the tech business with startup Melodeo and now works at HP, talked about the evolution of music with GeekWire's Rebecca Lovell before playing us out with a couple of songs — including perhaps the coolest rendition of "Happy Birthday" we've ever heard, in honor of GeekWire's first anniversary.
Here's the video, for your lunchtime viewing pleasure, with the tunes starting shortly after the 11:00 mark.
Also check out coverage of our conversation with Ray Ozzie at the event, and highlights from the mobile panel.
Thanks to Dave for helping us celebrate, and thanks to Bryan Zug and the team at Bootstrapper Studios for all their work on videos from the event.


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Sorry to tell you this, but you probably can't earn this
week's Knot of the Week. That's because the Silver World Award is only available to Scouters who are not
registered members of the BSA.
So why is it this week's featured knot? Because it represents the BSA's
commitment to Scouting worldwide.
The BSA presents the award, created in 1971, to honor world
citizens who serve youth in countries other than the United States. That means
that a recipient could be a U.S. citizen, but he or she must be serving another
country's Scouting program.
The award's requirements also state that recipients must be
residents of countries whose Scout associations are members of the World Scout
Conference. That group is an alliance of Scout organizations around the world.
Its members meet every three years, with the next conference schedule for
Brazil in 2011.
You probably won't see this rare knot often in the United
States. But if you do, ask about it—its wearer is sure to have interesting stories
to tell.
Chime In: What
experience, if any, have you had with international Scouting? How might the BSA
increase its cooperation with worldwide Scouting? Let us know in the comment
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Let's put the Research into R&D. I guess it should be called Shit Research to go along with the name of this series (p1) of articles (p2) I started one year ago. It takes a lot of time to read over hundreds of thousands of lines of undocumented C++ and java code, so part three took much longer than expected.
Let's explore existing JavaScript implementations.In this part we are going to take a small digression to look over other JavaScript implementations. I'll provide a short description of how each JavaScript implementation is made. We can use the Architectural knowledge from each implementation to inspire our own implementation.
Another benefit of researching each implementation is that we can find all the different tools they use. For example different test suites.
Make sure to read the URL's for each implementation to find out more information about each one.
There is a list of ECMAScript implementations at wikipedia. We will not cover all of the ones listed there. If like me, you may spend a few hours or even days reading through the links from there.
narcissus - js in js.Narcissus is a javascript implementation written in javascript (with some SpiderMonkey language extensions). It is written by the same author as the original JavaScript implementation back in 2005-2007 (Brendan Eich). In mid 2010 the Narcissus code has been taken up again by the Mozilla project to make researching JavaScript changes easier.
It is a good implementation to study, since it is fairly small, and is meant to be easy enough to read.
It uses a hand written parser, not a generated one.
The original narcissus source repository.
The new repository of narcissus, and two articles about it.
There is a port to python of the narcissus parser called pynarcissus. The authors of pynarcissus found it difficult to port the rest of the interpreter since it relies on JavaScript features itself.
It weighs in at about 7000 lines of code counted with wc -l. I had to count lines in this way since my SLOC counter does not seem to count javascript.
Spider monkey.Spider Monkey is the original JavaScript implementation used by Netscape, and the Mozilla project.
SpiderMonkey is a production grade, high quality JavaScript implementation.
It also has excellent documentation. Especially the js/src/README.html file which includes a design walk through.
"""The compiler consists of a recursive-descent parser and a random-logic rather than table-driven lexical scanner. Semantic and lexical feedback are used to disambiguate hard cases such as missing semicolons, assignable expressions ("lvalues" in C parlance), etc. The parser generates bytecode as it parses, using fixup lists for downward branches and code buffering and rewriting for exceptional cases such as for loops. It attempts no error recovery. The interpreter executes the bytecode of top-level scripts, and calls itself indirectly to interpret function bodies (which are also scripts). All state associated with an interpreter instance is passed through formal parameters to the interpreter entry point; most implicit state is collected in a type named JSContext. Therefore, all API and almost all other functions in JSRef take a JSContext pointer as their first argument.
The decompiler translates postfix bytecode into infix source by consulting a separate byte-sized code, called source notes, to disambiguate bytecodes that result from more than one grammatical production."""
Google V8.Written in C++, javascript and assembler. Uses hidden classes, and generates machine code at run time.
The parser is hand written parser in C++. It's not generated.
'Preparses', which creates tokens. Then creates an AST by parsing. Finally compiling the AST. parser.css is where all the parsing happens.
The projects documentation is quite limited - so reading the source is the best way to get in there. There are some videos which describe the architecture, and engineering decisions behind the choices taken.
V8 weighs in at a mighty 605,962 SLOC. Making it the largest, biggest, badest V8 JavaScript engine around.
JSLint.JSLint is written in JavaScript and uses a TDOP approach to the parser like we are using. I won't discuss this, since it is documented well elsewhere.
RhinoRhino can run as either an interpreter or a java byte code generator. It's hosted by the mozilla project (who make firefox). It complements their C++ implementation (spidermonkey) and their JavaScript implementation (narcissus).
There are a few things which show it is a very mature as well as modern implementation. The project was started in 1999, and has been developed ever since. It has partial support for JavaScript 1.8, and ECMAScript 5 standards. Weighing in at 50,551 source lines of Java code (SLOC), it can be considered a very large code base. Another modern feature is that it supports the CommonJS javascript module standard. Despite still being hosted in cvs, it's still being maintained, and features are being added regularly.
The Rhino JavaScript team maintains a library of tests and other documentation for JavaScript. Tests are being shared with the other JavaScript implementations within the mozilla spidermonkey project. There have also been parts which have been ported from spidermonkey - such as the hand written parser.
A handwritten scanner they call TokenStream creates tokens, and then parses those into an AST. Despite being mostly hand written, some parts are generated. Specifically the stringToKeyword method, which detects keywords is generated somehow.
The documentation of the architecture of the project is limited. There is however some API documentation. With a couple of modifications to some ant build files I was able to build it, as well as even make a few small modifications.
The wikipedia Rhino page has some great information on the rhino javascript engine.
This uses a hand written lexer(tokeniser), and a hand written parser. The code structure of the parser and lexer looked eerily familiar. The code base is mostly written in C++ and is quite massive. 140,837 SLOC
There is lots of platform specific code, but it also has a jit, uses byte code, and an interpreter. There is also lots of development code in there for things like debuggers, and profilers.
Closed source JavaScript implementations
There are a few JavaScript implementations that are closed source. The two main ones in widespread use are the ones from Microsoft, and the ones from Opera.
They have however published papers and blog posts about their implementations. I won't cover them any more, because not as much can be learned without the source code.
pypy javascriptThe pypy project started a javascript interpreter now too.
The description of the project mentions it's currently using the spider monkey parser, but it appears to generate one using a parser generator provided by pypy. Using a EBNF grammar file. It also creates an AST.
It works for some simple javascript programs that don't use the javascript standard library. I'm not sure of the future of the project, since it appears it was a GSOC project which has now finished, so there might not be any full time developers left on it.
It's written in RPython (a restricted subset of python) and python. Running on top of pypy, it should theoretically be able to take advantage of that platforms jit and garbage collector.
This project makes use of some JavaScript tests and benchmarks from other projects. Specifically some benchmarks from v8, and the language shootout website. It also includes the "ECMA 262 Edition 1" tests.
It weighs in at 5452 Source Lines of Code (SLOC). Which is much smaller, but the implementation is also not complete, so that is to be expected.
So what have we learned then?
We see that most of the implementations use a hand written parser. We also see that the implementations in js and python are much smaller. So despite them being incomplete, I think it proves that it should be feasible to make our shit interpreter in python. We don't need half a million lines of C++ to do our project.
We have also learned that there are test suites available, which should help us out a lot. In fact, many of the implementations share the test suites. Having a test suite already available makes it way easier to write an implementation of something yourself. It acts as a guide to development, and also reduces the time for testing since a lot of it can be automated.
Exercise for next time
Choose One(1) of the implementations, build it, run it, and modify it slightly to do something different. Try and run the tests that come with it.
Further reading.This whole article is "further reading", but we can never have too much to read. Can we!?
This time, instead of reading it on the train or in the bath tub - may I suggest reading these on a couch?


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creativelogic needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 88 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Startup Software Solutions
We are in the process of launching our first web product! Once a custom software consulting business ... we are trying to make the leap to the software products world! Better late than never!
We are putting together a variety of entry-level web applications for knowledge bases, customer relationship management, status board and so on.
Small business owners, freelancers, schools, and custom software developers, as we will provide an API so our applications can be incorporated into existing enterprise applications.
We are looking for a look and feel for our web applications, something similar to what you would find on Theme Forest for an admin skin http://themeforest.net/category/sit…dmin-skins.
We would like something that reflects the following:
Easy to use
Modern look, aka Web 2.0
We need and standard list, form, and dashboard, the dashboard should also include a chart look and feel (pie and bar chart)
We are using icons found at http://www.icojoy.com/allview/93/
Plenty of future work for the selected designer, as this will be the look and feel for our application suite for years to come!
You can see an example of the product and some stuff that I like at http://tinyurl.com/mq79h8.


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Within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, you'll find an astonishing number of images carved in 400 to 500 year old pahoehoe lava flow stone. If these Hawaiian petroglyphs could talk, what a story they could share, as there are more than 20,000 petroglyphs in Pu'u Loa. The vast majority of the petroglyphs are small dot-like holes that are approximately two inches ... Read More »
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Oahu's Punchbowl — National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
On my list of the top 10 things to see and do on Oahu, I recommend a visit to the National Cemetery of the Pacific, which has been dubbed Punchbowl. At first thought, you might think it's strange for me to suggest you visit a cemetery on your vacation, but this one is very special. What makes a visit to ... Read More »
"To the Memory of the Gallant Men Here Entombed"
Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the 69th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. To honor the day, I'm sharing photos of the somber wall of names listing those who died on the USS Arizona that fateful day on December 7, 1941. This wall of names is located on the far end of the USS Arizona Memorial in ... Read More »
3 of the Best Oahu Hikes for Your Vacation
I was surprised to discover that Oahu has some fantastic hiking trails. Most people tend to think the neighboring islands offer the sort of trails that get you "away from it all", but Oahu certainly has its fair share of great trails. I want to share my top three favorite hiking trails that I recommend visitors try. These three trails ... Read More »
Halemaumau: Where the Earth Smokes & Glows
*** UPDATE *** In May 2018, the lava lake at Halemaumau drained. The lava is no longer present there. How do you describe watching a crater billow with smoke and glow from a lava lake that's hundreds of feet below the surface? Somehow the words amazing and incredible just don't do enough to adequately describe this sight. As you are ... Read More »
Oahu's Top 3 Scenes Where LOST Is Filmed
As a fans of the hit television show LOST and of the island of Oahu, we had a blast finding the filming locations from some of our favorite scenes around Oahu. Finding some of the locations was a bit of a treasure hunt and we made some mistakes along the way. Through our experiences, I am able to share an ... Read More »


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Is there such a thing as the Nintendo Wii design effect? If so, the PlusMinusZero Toaster may well be a perfect exemplar of Wii-ness. Consider the evidence...
• It's small, white and squarish.
• Where other toasters go for bigger and better sets of toasting options, this one underwent a technical downgrade in the name of simplicity: It has a slider, a knob and just one slot for bread.
• Just available online in Japan for 8,400 Yen ($68), it's bound to be in scarce supply for some time.
There's just one final qualifier to make it a true Wii-scendant, however, one that we can't judge from the picture. Will the PlusMinusZero Toaster appeal to non-toast-lovers? Guess we'll have to buy a loaf of bread and find out. [PlusMinusZero via MoCo Loco]


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Alex Midha - Teaching, General Teaching Projects in Senegal
Alex Midha, from Kent in England, was a teaching volunteer in St Louis for two months. During that time he experienced English teaching work in several different situations. Here he gives an overview of his time in Senegal:
"I left for Senegal on the 3rd January, still slightly hung-over from New Year and feeling completely under prepared for my two month stay - (except, I'll admit, for the comfort of travel socks and the Rough Guide to West Africa). I jumped on the plane at Heathrow and turned my attention to teaching. I had spent a month in Paris over the autumn as an Assistant Anglais but I couldn't imagine that my time in Senegal would be anything like this. True enough, the two were extremely different experiences.
My first school was the Collège Amadou Bamba. This private school is situated fifteen seconds' walk from the Pont Faidherbe bridge and spitting distance from the all important Pâtisserie. My classes were of sixième and cinquième students; lots of them. Each class had about fifty or sixty pupils crammed, three each onto desk-benches. I was given a page from the trusty Go for English textbook from which to teach and, more often than not, left to my own devices. Occasionally the teacher would sit in and advise me that my teaching style - possibly even old-fashioned in the UK - was too personal and informal. I'd never have expected that reading a text paragraph by paragraph through the class would be considered maverick but apparently chanting it was more appropriate. This took some getting used to.
When left to get on with it by myself, however, I found that the children were receptive to having their lesson my way. Behaviour, after the initial hysteria of seeing an eighteen year old white boy at the front of the class, was impeccable. I'm unsure as to whether they were just keen to learn or whether the backstage enforcement of discipline is stronger out there, but they were a completely different brand of student to the sort I'd seen in the UK and in Paris. I concluded that it must be a mix of willingness and fear.
The Lycée Faidherbe, my second school, is a much larger school, state-run and not as smooth round the edges as my first. However the teachers, administrative staff and pupils alike were much more helpful and my integration here felt a lot less like bombing into the deep end. The classes I had were séconde, première and terminale and so the lessons were nothing like anything I had done in Paris or even down the road in the collège. After shadowing my teacher for a couple of days I started to take my own two-hour grammar lessons where, I confess, I learnt as much in the preparation as they did in front of the blackboard.
The teacher, far from discouraging modern pedagogical approaches, suggested I attempt the oh-so-unheard-of idea of Group Work. Gasp! It went really well, really too well for all the concern. He explained to me that whereas business, music and other western pursuits are taking root and growing at a fast rate in Senegal, education is, at the moment, rather stuck in its tracks. In what became a rather oratorical and long-winded monologue - the sort in which I've heard more than one Saint Louisian indulge - he persuaded me that schooling, or lack thereof, is what holds Senegal back in terms of development. Glad to be of service, I suppose?
Above and beyond the call of duty at the Lycée Faidherbe, we started a Club d'Anglais on the mainland with an equally appreciative and passionate teacher, Mr Sy. This, again, was completely different. The manifesto of the club was to encourage students to sing English songs and eventually perform in English plays so that they would see English not just as the dry chanting that I had seen at the Collège or the exam-focused grammar blitzing to which I was party at the Lycée. We rather underestimated how many people would be interested!
On our first meeting, Rosie and I stood up in front of around 250 beginners and sang "If you're happy and you know it..." This was a huge success apparently but fearing for our energy levels, vocal chords and, to be frank, sanity, we asked for immediate Projects Abroad volunteer backup. The team really pulled together and at very short notice we had six volunteers to help teach songs in our next meeting. There is now many a Senegalese child who knows the words to "Baa baa black sheep", "London's Burning", "Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes", "The Grand Old Duke of York" and thanks to Whitney from Sydney, "Aussie Aussie Aussie!".
Yet, nursery rhymes and motivational sports chants aside, my favourite teaching experience during my all too- short stay was definitely the evening classes. Adverts and application sheets had been circulated for free adult evening classes to be held in the Lycée Technique on Tuesday and Thursday nights. These were free and were taught by the Projects Abroad volunteers. I took classes with Danni for intermediate students and I enjoyed them considerably.
We had two hours and no rules. After suggesting that we just use the time to practise conversation and confidence, and having asked them what they'd like to do, we were surprised at how grammar-hungry they seemed to be. As a result we combined about an hour of grammar and exercises with an hour of topical discussion and word-games. This worked really well and we had quite a few heated debates about the role of women, the importance of religion, even the failures of the Senegalese national football team!
Although each of my four Senegalese teaching experiences was radically different, there were a few things I noticed across the board. The most noticeable and, to start with, most irritating difference was the clicking. I'm used to people putting their hands up to answer a question, but everyone I taught, from the eleven year olds at Amadou Bamba to the sixty year olds at the evening classes bayed for attention by clicking. For the first couple of weeks it drove me mad.
Another thing to mention is that spoken confidence is very low. Perhaps this is because people like my first teacher don't encourage individual speaking practice. Perhaps it is because they can't. Certainly with classes as big as they are, it requires a lot of energy to keep the class attentive while one member speaks and is corrected. Confidence on the written side is, by contrast, very high. Lots of mistakes were being made even in my sixth form classes but they were not afraid of trying a complicated turn of phrase in an essay or fitting in a colloquialism where they thought appropriate. Lessons on the whole catered for the strongest and left the weaker students to daydream or chat quietly at the back. My second teacher thought it revolutionary and fascinating that I would ignore the usual few hands in the air just to wait for the less participatory characters to wake up.
I enjoyed my time in Senegal immensely. I feel I learnt as much from the students as they did from me. I even got used to the finger-clicking-attention-seeking but let's hope I haven't acclimatised to the point of doing the same at university next year, eh?
Alex Midha
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At the halfway point of the 2009 U.S. cotton crop, analysts are saying the crop is shaping up to be between 12.42 million and 12.56 million bales, which is about 750,000 bales under USDA's July 10 estimate. The analysts made their projections at the annual Cotton Forum in New York City on July 24.
"For most Mid-South and Southeast states, we're in a little bit better shape than we were a year ago at this time," said O.A. Cleveland, an economist and professor emeritus, Mississippi State University.
"The thing that sticks out in my mind is the size of the crop in each state. Arkansas, as it has been the last few years, is expected to be the largest producer, at around 1.1 million bales, followed by Missouri, at 637,000 bales. Mississippi and Louisiana have long been the heart of the Cotton Belt in the Mid-South, and now they're the smallest of the cotton-producing states."
Cleveland noted that USDA has rated 45 percent of the Mid-South crop in excellent to good condition, and 35 percent as fair, "so the overall crop is off to a better start in the Delta than last year and is certainly on schedule to be a better-than-average crop."
Cleveland says Georgia is projected to be the Southeast region's largest producer at 1.6 million bales, with North Carolina second, at a projected 600,000 bales. Overall, the Southeast is projected to produce about 3.1 million bales.
Cleveland estimates the size of the Mid-South crop at 3.3 million to 3.4 million bales and the total for the Mid-South and Southeast at around 6.4 million to 6.5 million bales. "This represents about 48 percent to 49 percent of the cotton grown in the United States this year."
Carl Anderson, Extension specialist emeritus, Texas A&M University, says there is still quite a bit of uncertainty about the crop in Texas — which depends largely on adequate moisture falling on its dryland crop.
"Over 3 million acres of the 4.9 million acres planted in Texas are dryland. Because of dry planting conditions and extremely hot temperatures in early July, blowing sand and hail, I'm estimating that at least 1.35 million acres, or 27 percent of the 4.9 million acres planted, are apt to be abandoned."
Anderson noted that the USDA's weekly crop condition report indicates that one-third of the Texas crop is rated in poor to very poor condition, one-third is fair and one-third is mostly good, with a small percentage rated as excellent.
"Most of the Texas crop was planted in late May and early June, thus the dryland still standing will respond positively to the rain of the last two weeks (late July) thus adding more uncertainty to the future of our Texas crop."
Anderson said that around 500,000 acres in the Coastal Bend area, or 10 percent of the total plantings in Texas, "have been zeroed out or nearly so, with about 600,000 bales lost.
"In west Texas, where about 80 percent of our Texas crop is planted, about 900,000 acres of dryland around Abilene are stressed but doing well. The 3-million acre area surrounding Lubbock is very mixed. Half of the area is irrigated and in very good condition. The other half is dryland and ranges from good to abandoned. Much of the crop was planted late.
"Those 100-degree temperatures in July a few weeks ago hurt or destroyed a large portion of the youngest cotton that was still alive. The young plants could not stand the high temperatures. Square and boll setting is slightly behind normal.
"In summary, the Texas crop still standing is mostly in fair to good shape considering over a million acres planted will be abandoned. If weather does provide some moisture soon, the late cotton will need warm weather in September and early October to reach full maturity. All of this adds to the uncertainty over the eventual size of the Texas crop."
Anderson said Oklahoma's 180,000 acre cotton crop "is in good condition, but Kansas growers planted only 35,000 acres this year as growers shifted back to wheat."
Anderson estimates the Southwest states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas will produce around 5 million bales.
Jarral Neeper, president of Calcot, in Bakersfield, Calif., says overall crop conditions in Arizona, California and New Mexico "are really quite good. The crop was generally planted on time under good conditions, although it was a little bit late. Heat unit accumulations have been equal to or greater than the long-term average and the crop is proceeding as expected."
In Arizona, "The crop along the Colorado River is in excellent shape and the crop in central Arizona is doing quite well, even the double-cropped wheat and cotton. Southeastern Arizona is doing above average."
California is another state which has seen dramatic acreage declines in recent years. Neeper says this year's small crop "got off to a fantastic start and now we're dealing with a lot of heat. In fact, on July 19 in Bakersfield, we set a record high for that date at 111 degrees.
"The crop is surviving and farmers are encouraged, but they're not quite sure yet how the crop is going to react to this heat. Bug conditions in the Far West are really quite manageable. There are isolated areas south of Bakersfield where the lygus counts are pretty high, but farmers are fending those off quite well."
While USDA pegged total California acres at 195,000 acres, Neeper pointed out that the pink bollworm survey "suggests total acreage is around 190,000 acres. Most of the acreage is in the San Joaquin Valley, but we have about 2,500 acres in the Sacramento Valley, mostly for seed production. We have about 6,500 acres in Imperial and Riverside counties in southern California. For the 181,000 acres in the SJV, around 125,000 acres are Pima and 56,000 acres are upland cotton."
Neeper pegged the upland yield estimate for California at 1,425 pounds, which would produce a crop of about 190,000 bales. "Using the same yield estimate, we expect to produce about 365,000 bales of Pima, for a total production in California of 555,000 bales."
Neeper says if the 140,000 acres of cotton planted in Arizona averages 1,400 pounds, the state would produce a crop of around 401,000 bales, which when added to about 2,000 bales of Pima would produce a total crop of about 403,000 bales. "So between California and Arizona, we have a total crop of 958,000 bales, with some potential to be a little bit larger."
The New Mexico crop is progressing quite well, according to Neeper, who estimates the area could produce about 58,000 bales of upland cotton and 3,000 bales of Pima for a total production of 61,000 bales.
That would suggest a total Far West crop of 1.02 million bales to 1.06 million bales. Added to the Southeast/Mid-South estimate of 6.4 million to 6.5 million bales and the Texas estimate of 5 million bales, the United States could produce a crop of 12.42 million to 12.56 million bales.
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Long-timers here may remember me. I'm the guy that did FordGTprices.com- a free website that tracked selling prices of new Ford GTs in 2005 and 2006, and I was one of the VERY few people who correctly predicted that the initially-inflated selling prices would drop to MSRP. And they did.
Here's a link to archived pdfs of most of the old site.
I was a pretty smart dude- 100% right when almost everyone else was wrong.
My site was quoted in Car and Driver, Sports Car Market, and Autocar in the UK. Jalopnik even featured an audio interview detailing my site and how my predictions had become reality. I guess it was my 15 minutes of micro-fame in the car enthusiast world.
One final question in that interview was: "Do you think that Ford GT's will appreciate in the future?"
My answer was short and definitive: "No. I don't see any way the cars will appreciate."
And that prediction, as you all know, was 100% wrong.
Here now, for your amusement, are the top five reasons I was TOTALLY wrong about the resale market for Ford GTs:
Number Five:
Ford GT buyers are not like a lot of Corvette or Viper owners. A lot of those cars are purchased by folks who are stretching financially to buy their dream car. At $160K or more, most Ford GT owners are probably less likely to end up in a position where they have to sell their car.
What's more, more than a few GT owners find it necessary to have more than one! I don't know of any other car that has earned such a following.
Number Four:
The Ford GT was seriously overdesigned. Unlike most exotics, the GT's engine can easily be modified to add many hundred horsepower, without the engine or tranny disintegrating.
Number Three:
A few very smart dealers, with Shelby's Elite being the best example, cultivated a premium resale marketplace, where demand exceeded supply.
Number Two:
The Ford GT was a once-in-a-lifetime car, with no successor. (Recent rumors indicate this may change- we'll see!)
And the NUMBER ONE REASON I WAS TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT THE RESALE MARKET FOR FORD GT's:
I'm not as smart as I thought!
The rest of the story:
The bad news: I bought a new 2006 GT, but sold it less than a year later, losing a bit on the sale.
The good news: I put that money in Apple stock, and still have it. (So maybe I'm not totally dumb!)
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The blog of a Christian Science Monitor reporter makes a compelling case that there may actually be no anti-Islam film fueling all the protests in the Muslim world. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2012/0912/There-may-be-...
In addition to one of the actresses interviewed for Gawker.com claiming they were actually filming a film called Desert Warriors set two thousand years ago (thus before the advent of Islam) and her claim the film had been dubbed over in post-production by the director or others (and thus the actors plan to sue), CSM's reporter deconstructs the dubbing issue and other issues surrounding the mystery of this film that only seems to have a trailer.
The government of Indonesia is moving to ban the film, though there may actually be no film to ban.
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"People tend to treat scriptures like software licesnse agreements: they just scroll to the bottom and click 'I agree'." - Ask an Atheist radio show, Season 5 Episode 3.
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I heard a blurb on this today on NBC, they showed her talking about what was released being not at all like anything they had filmed. She made the statement that she was going to sue if she could figure out 'who' to sue and well she should, they put her in danger. I should see if I can find the video from this morning to post here, it seems things are being sanitized in regard to this issue, I go to watch the trailer and every new link it seems has been removed from youtube.com
Here's a page of their various videos from today:
So all of this was just a response to the YouTube trailer? That's an interesting comment on the power of a 14 minute video. So hundreds of different people from all over the world could just crudely overdub assorted videos and rerelease them under new names, causing millions of people to riot against other embassies of the country of origin of the stolen videos? Would the Muslim world melt down under such an easy video assault? Anybody can snag any video on the internet and alter the sound.
Honestly, I couldn't care whether the film was real or faked. The reaction from the islamic population of places like Pakistan or Yemen is so over-the-top to ANY such provocation is so exaggerated as to be ludicrous, and their governments apparently aren't interested in any form of moderation of these reactions.
Well, sorry to tell you guys, but the jokes, jabs and japes are not likely to stop any time soon. Your threats of beheading those who insult islam are amusing, though not very funny, and any attempt to carry out such threats are liable to have considerable untoward consequences.
So ... care to consider GROWING UP?!? Yeah, I know, too much to ask.
There is nothing wrong with the movie, however it looks so amateur and cheap. The problem is with the overreaction and insanity of Muslims. They want to just burn, kill and destroy anything which is against them.
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