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December 18, 2010
Leading bank analyst Chris Whalen has raised the question of whether criminal charges should be brought against former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.
Any discussion of whether Paulson committed unlawful actions as Treasury Secretary needs to start with Tarp.
As the New York Times wrote last year:
In retrospect, Congress felt bullied by Mr. Paulson last year. Many of them fervently believed they should not prop up the banks that had led us to this crisis — yet they were pushed by Mr. Paulson and Mr. Bernanke into passing the $700 billion TARP, which was then used to bail out those very banks.
Indeed, Congressmen Brad Sherman and Paul Kanjorski and Senator James Inhofe all say that the government warned of martial law if Tarp wasn't passed:
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That is especially interesting given that the financial crisis had actually been going on for a long time, but – instead of dealing with it – Paulson and the rest of the crew tried to cover it up and pretend it was "contained", and that it was obvious to world leaders months earlier that it was not a liquidity crisis, but a solvency crisis (and see this).
Bait And Switch
The Tarp Inspector General has said that Paulson misrepresented the big banks' health in the run-up to passage of TARP. This is no small matter, as the American public would have not been very excited about giving money to insolvent institutions.
And Paulson himself has said:
During the two weeks that Congress considered the [Tarp] legislation, market conditions worsened considerably. It was clear to me by the time the bill was signed on October 3rd that we needed to act quickly and forcefully, and that purchasing troubled assets–our initial focus–would take time to implement and would not be sufficient given the severity of the problem. In consultation with the Federal Reserve, I determined that the most timely, effective step to improve credit market conditions was to strengthen bank balance sheets quickly through direct purchases of equity in banks.
So Paulson knew "by the time the bill was signed" that it wouldn't be used for its advertised purpose – disposing of toxic assets – and would instead be used to give money directly to the big banks?Senator McCain also says that Paulson pulled a bait-and-switch:
Sen. John McCain of Arizona … says he was misled by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. McCain said the pair assured him that the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program would focus on what was seen as the cause of the financial crisis, the housing meltdown.
"Obviously, that didn't happen," McCain said in a meeting Thursday with The Republic's Editorial Board, recounting his decision-making during the critical initial days of the fiscal crisis. "They decided to stabilize the Wall Street institutions, bail out (insurance giant) AIG, bail out Chrysler, bail out General Motors. . . . What they figured was that if they stabilized Wall Street – I guess it was trickle-down economics – that therefore Main Street would be fine."
Even the New York Times called Paulson a liar in 2008:
"First [Paulson's Department of Treasury] says it has to have $700 billion to buy back toxic mortgage-backed securities. Then, as Mr. Paulson divulged to The Times this week, it turns out that even before the bill passed the House, he told his staff to start drawing up a plan for capital injections. Fearing Congress's reaction, he didn't tell the Hill about his change of heart.
Now, he's shifted gears again, and is directing Treasury to use the money to force bank acquisitions. Sneaking in the tax break isn't exactly confidence-inspiring, either."
What tax breaks is the Times talking about? The article explains:
A new tax break [pushed by Treasury], worth billions to the banking industry, that has only one purpose: to encourage bank mergers. As a tax expert, Robert Willens, put it: "It couldn't be clearer if they had taken out an ad."
Paulson insisted on a "get out of jail card" in the Tarp bill. Specifically, the bill includes the following provision:
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.
Whether or not that would shield Paulson from the false statements he made before the bill was passed – e.g. why Tarp was needed, and what would happen if it didn't pass – is a separate question.
Moreover, Tarp is just one of Paulson's shenanigans as Treasury Secretary. And Paulson's acts as head of Goldman Sachs are beyond the scope of this essay.


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The AAA invites minority doctoral candidates in anthropology to apply for a dissertation writing fellowship of $10,000 awarded annually.
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This award given annually was established in 1997 to recognize teachers who have contributed to and encouraged the study of anthropology.
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This award given annually was established in 1987 to recognize the successful communication of anthropology to the general public through the media.
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As I read more and more about Windows VISTA I am more and more convinced that the only reasonable way of getting one is to get it with new PC that is Windows VISTA Premium ready (not just Windows VISTA ready - as that means no AREO interface which is 90% of the hype).
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- Price - why spend so much $$$ for Windows Premium, Enterprise or Ultimate?
- Stability - XP is more stable, don't care what MS says but just look at IE7 and how it crashes more often than IE6 and even FF - lets wait a year for service pack 1, at least.
- Software - a lot of programs will not run on VISTA or run less stable or have some other issues
- Hassle of upgrade - it takes time to upgrade, should backup before doing so
- What are you really getting? Eye candy that most people will get tired of (according to reviews) after 1h or so - how often do you see yourself using the 3d flip option? Think 20 windows shuffled on screen - slow to find the right one - easier to use current XP way of switching between windows. So its an eye candy - not really worth all that $$$. Security? Well, XP was attacked a lot and hardened in battle, VISTA not so much --- vote XP here. For business XP is tried tested and true - VISTA needs SP1
- DRM stuff - you no longer have privacy - your PC spies on you and if you believe all the hype - your PC assumes you are a criminal
- VISTA basic is almost same look and feel as XP - bet you can make XP look like VISTA
- VISTA is a memory hog when using AREO - lets say save 1GB just for IE7 window - this is why you need 2GB - the other 1GB is for other programs
- You will get bored with the new eye candy very quickly - it took me like 15min not to bother - hones - I mean how much can you admire cascading windows... Sure they are nice but what is the purpose when you have like 20 windows open - will you go and find the one you want by going one by one? - NOT!
Verdict - wait till SP1 at least and get it with new hardware, old one will not run it anyways. If what you have does the job, why get new stuff that doesn't offer anything new other than some promises of better security (windows and security?) and translucent windows - why you need that in the office is questionable - people are here to work not play around.
Or do what others did already - upgrade when you are forced by MS with their "End of support" address - you have no choice then
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News@Cisco Week in Review and Look Ahead: February 21-25
How was your week? Well, here at Cisco we had another exciting week filled with interesting technology stories and news. Here's what happened…
1.) Mobile Technology for Smarter Cars
Today, the only types of collision avoidance systems in cars are expensive radar- and camera based systems, which are few and far between. However, if the U.S. Department of Transportation had its way much cheaper warning systems would be installed in all new cars before the end of the decade. The key is replacing expensive sensors with cheap and ubiquitous global positioning system (GPS) and Wi-Fi wireless technology.
2.) Cloud Providers Combine to Boost Asian Market
Some of the biggest players in technology have come together to form a group that aims to boost the use of cloud architectures in Asia, where adoption lags behind the U.S. and Europe. Eleven companies, including Cisco, primarily from the U.S. and western Europe, announced they were forming the Asia Cloud Computing Association to address regional issues and challenges to the adoption of cloud computing in Asia.
3.) Visualizing Global Mobile Traffic Growth
Check out some insights from Cisco's Visual Networking Index. According to the VNI, global mobile data traffic will increase 26-fold between 2010 and 2015 and there will be nearly one mobile device per capita by 2015. How do you see mobile evolving in the next five years?
4.) Cisco Makes Video Easier to Create, Consume, Search and Share Across the Enterprise
This week Cisco unveiled a host of new offerings designed to make it easy for anyone to be a video producer. Customers now have new ways to create and consume video across the enterprise. With the new Cisco offerings, they can:
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5.) Cisco Names Gary Moore Chief Operating Officer
This week Cisco announced that Executive Vice President Gary Moore has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO), a new position within Cisco.
"Gary is a seasoned and trusted leader who consistently delivers results. He is uniquely qualified to drive strategic prioritization and accountability within Cisco, with a laser-focus on operational excellence," said John Chambers, chairman and CEO, Cisco.
Cisco also has a TON of things happening next week. Here's what to look out for…
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The idea of strengthening cloud computing in Asia is brilliant! Proud of what Cisco is doing!
nice post, i like it. thanks for sharing
iam wondering when would be a driver-less driving technology for cars would be available also wondering if at ever it comes to life will be affordable for the masses, any technology can be said to be successful if it brings changes in the lives of masses
I also believe that Some of the biggest players in technology have come together to form a group that aims to boost the use of cloud architectures in Asia and it will definitely help in the longer run.


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My next piece is published at Townhall.com:
Despite the success of information technology (IT) in transforming many parts of the economy, the health care sector has proven itself immune to the seduction of smart phones and iPads. This is puzzling at first glance. It is certainly not due to any shortage of health IT products. The problem appears to be on the demand side.
A recent article by Olga Khazan in The Washington Post provides some explanation. She reports on the third annual mHealth Summit, held earlier this month in Washington D.C. The event has attracted such notables as Bill Gates and Ted Turner, according to the mHealth website. The piece laments the "enthusiasm gap" between Health IT startup companies offering dozens of miracle products and those darn stick-in-the-mud physicians who just can't get with the program. But meetings like the mHealth Summit actually hurt the movement of Health IT that they profess to support.
The poster child for Ms. Khazan's article is Dr. Eric Topol, one of the Summit's keynote speakers. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius joined Dr. Topol behind the podium. Together they offered Health IT Utopia – where "you can take a video of a rash on your foot and get a diagnosis…without making a doctor's appointment." Then they criticized practicing physicians using the same old Obamacare propaganda. Ms. Sebelius continued, "Americans still live sicker and die sooner than many of the people in other nations…Healthcare has stubbornly held on to its cabinet and hanging files." Dr. Topol called the medical community "ossified" regarding the adoption of health information technology. The author starts the online post-article comment thread herself with the question, "How do we encourage doctors to be more open to these technologies?"
This kind of meeting is common in the Health IT (HIT) community. A bunch of self-described HIT experts get together, pump each other up about the absolute perfection of their products, and then start bashing physicians because – literally and figuratively – we aren't buying it. At similar meetings I have heard HIT people brag about walking out on their doctor the minute he pulled out a paper prescription pad. Doctors are called fearful, stupid, or rich fat-cats protecting their turf. Now thanks to our "colleague" Dr. Topol we can add, "ossified" to the list of unflattering terms. It comes as no surprise that the government is happy to join in the sing-along. It is a free opportunity to serve Obamacare Kool-Aid.
I am a dedicated supporter of HIT. Our practice's EMR implementation reached a reasonable level of maturity long before Obamacare, HITECH incentives, and Ms. Sebelius came along. We became Meaningful Use – compliant the first of October. I believe in the potential of HIT to revolutionize the practice of medicine by reducing costs and improving efficiency and quality of care. But I do not believe the HIT community is on a course that will take us to that vision.
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The next few months will be busy ones for Phyllis Doyle, volunteer chairperson of United Way, as she gets the message out to the community about how vital United Way is to the many residents of Beaufort and Jasper counties.
Doyle is a natural for the task since she spent so many years in New Jersey as a professional employee with United Way.
She says, "I began my long relationship with United Way in 1970, with my first job out of high school, when I was asked to sign up for payroll deductions. I didn't know anything about United Way at the time, but it felt like the right thing to do. Soon I was asking my co-workers to participate, and eventually running a large corporate campaign."
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Doyle is passionate when she speaks about United Way. She goes on to explain how each agency outlines a specific project they want to undertake, the cost and benefit of the project to the community, and the funds they need from United Way to accomplish the project.
"United Way has been able to raise a great deal of money in the community by being asked to send a speaker to in-home parties or local events." Doyle says. "When we meet with local groups to tell our story, volunteers come forward to help us by donating their time and their money."
The United Way's brochure states that by donating just $20 to the organization you will be helping to provide a week's worth of groceries to Senior Services, or books for six newborn babies from Born to Read. For a $50 donation you will be helping one child to learn to swim at the YMCA, or one student's annual registration fee at Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry.
In the four years that Doyle and her husband, John, have lived in Sun City Hilton Head, she has put her efforts into many projects. She serves on the steering committee for the Senior Olympics in Beaufort and Jasper counties and she recently was inducted into the Hilton Head Zonta chapter. Her business venture is with Mary Kay beauty products, as a local representative for the company. She's often traveling to seminars sponsored by the company, but she always finds time for her many volunteer projects.
Doyle is enthusiastic about a new project offered by United Way this year. She says, "This new program, called Mentor Training helps people become mentors in the community. It will teach people the roles and responsibilities of being a mentor, problem solving skills and how to accept boundaries in the role of mentor. Sun City resident and volunteer, Carolann Roberto is the very fine instructor for this program."
Doyle urges everyone in the community to learn more about United Way by accessing the following information:
Want to volunteer? Call the United Way Volunteer Center at 837-2000.
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I started knitting this project in secret this past September. I finally finished it on December 16th and I am absolutely thrilled with the result, and even more thrilled that I can finally share it! Voila, the Eliina shawl knit in my own handspun yarn!
You may recognize this handspun from a very long series of blog posts that began last February and finally wrapped up in March. I was working on this yarn, my very first 3-ply handspun for weeks! The roving is Blue Moon Fiber Arts Sheep 2 Shoe in Crabby McCrabbypants. It was definitely a labour of love, and absolutely worth all the effort now that I've got 2 beautiful FO's out of it. The first FO was a pair of awesome, simple socks that I knit for myself last March after finally completing all the spinning.
It was so hard to keep this project a secret! My mom is a very faithful follower of my blog, and she is always very up to date on my current knitting projects. I talk to her every day, and usually tell her everything, from what I ate for breakfast to where I took Stella for a walk and definitely what I'm working on, especially if it's a cool handspun shawl that I'm particularly excited about. I really wanted it to be a surprise for her. So, for months I fought the urge to spill the beans about this project and on Christmas day, when she opened her present and saw this handspun beauty, the look on her face made my months of secrecy totally worth it!
Buying gifts for my mom really isn't very difficult for me. I know what she likes and what she needs, I could buy her something nice and useful, and I know that she would love it and appreciate it, but this year I really wanted to give her something extra special. She does so much for all her kids, but this year especially, between the new house, the wedding and running our business, she has helped Chris and I more than I can explain. I don't know what we would have done without her.
What could be more special and appropriate than a handspun shawl. I knit a shawl for her for Christmas a couple of years ago, (a swallowtail shawl) and I gave her a silk stole that she wore all night at our wedding, and I thought that it was time for a new, simple but beautiful shawl that she could wear everyday.
Picking a shawl pattern that high-lights rather than distracts from handspun yarn is pretty easy. I wrote about my process when I designed my Prism Shawl, I tend to choose patterns that are simple and graphic, with just a touch of something, like maybe a couple of eyelet rows, to keep things interesting but still keep the focus on the yarn and the fabulous shifts in colour. I also can't resist a pretty border. The Eliina shawl has a gorgeous, light and airy border that I am crazy about! It features a crochet cast-off that I love, just like my other favorite pattern, the Haruni shawl (I've knit it twice, here and here. The first one was gifted to my cousin for Christmas this year.)
I love how the shift in pattern on the border makes the stripes of colour turn into undulating waves. Particularly that burgundy wave that runs right down the middle of the border, so pretty!
Of course I had to test out the shawl in a mini photo-shoot the other day. I wrapped it around my neck and was very happy with the size and the drape and the way that it casually falls so gracefully and beautifully over the shoulders. I love shawls, they are just so elegant.
After all that work at secrecy for my mom, my poor dad got a pair of cashmere socks for Christmas (as well as a hat made by Chris!) but the socks weren't a secret. He knows that he's always going to get socks and he loves them, the only surprise this year was that I was actually able to get them finished and wrapped up in time to give them to him on Christmas day! He likes his socks very much, They are Anne Hanson's Cinder Block sock pattern knit in TFA Purple Label Cashmere sock yarn in the Olive colourway.
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December 2008 - January 2009 Achievements
Shamika Mitchell, Instructor, English, was appointed for the third time to the Faculty Resource Network of New York University as a University Associate. University Associate status is part of NYU's Visiting Scholars Program. University Associates have access to research resources (library, lectures, seminars, courses) for one semester.
Maire Liberace, Professor, Philosophy, and Speech, has been re-appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Bon Secours Charity Health System Inc. (BSCHSI) and re-appointed as the Chair of the Quality Improvement Committee.
The Rockland Business Association (RBA) has announced that Rich Syrek, Dean, Center for Personal & Professional Development, has received the 2009 Pinnacle President's Award for Service to the RBA. The RBA Pinnacle Awards annually credits members who have achieved excellence. The Pinnacle Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 30, at the Park Ridge Marriott, Park Ridge, New Jersey.
Dr. Cliff L. Wood, College President, will receive the Rockland Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence, Inc. (RCADD) Marty Mann Award on April 24 at the Nyack Seaport. On Martin Luther King Day, he spoke at the St. Charles A.M.E. Zion Church in Sparkill where he received their Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award for Community Service.
Community Service
Dr. Kristopher Baker, Chair, Science, Instructor, Biology, was recognized for his leadership as President of the Board of the Rockland Chapter of Habitat for Humanity at the group's annual Recognition Dinner (Jan. 30). Joining him on the Board are Joan Asch, staff, Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Hannah Lowney, Assistant Coordinator, Sam Draper MTS Honors Program. Michael Ver'Schneider, adjunct faculty, Campus Minister, serves as Advisor to the campus Chapter of Habitat. RCC students have raised more than $20,000, which will help build a new Habitat house in Hillburn in late spring.
Hurricane Katrina photographs by Collette Fournier, adjunct faculty, Art, and Educational Support Specialist, Campus Communications, are on display with the Moving Walls 14 Exhibition located at the Open Society Institute, 1120 19th St. NW Suite 800 (8th Floor) Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. through August 14, 2009. The exhibition features work by several photographers who received grants to photograph Post Hurricane Katrina. She also showed some of her work at a Member's Exhibition at the Hopper House in Nyack during the month of January.
G. William Baitzel, Coordinator, Automotive Technology, discussed the College's Automotive Technology program on radio stations, WMCA 570 AM, WNYM 970 AM and WNYE 91.5 FM (Jan. 31).
Maire Liberace, Professor, Philosophy, and Speech, sang with the New York Festival Choir (Avery Fisher Hall, Dec. 20).
Rich Syrek, Dean , Center for Personal & Professional Development and Wendy Shindler, RN, BSN, Health Professional Program Coordinator, were interviewed by Chris St. Lawrence, Ramapo Town Supervisor, on "Live From Town Hall" (Jan. 8).
Keith Walters, adjunct faculty, English, moderated a discussion of Raymond Carver's 1983 story collection "Cathedral" in the Monroe Free Library (Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.). Walters has been conducting book discussions at the Monroe Free Library for nine years.
The manuscript, "Urease Gene Sequences from Algae and Heterotrophic Bacteria in Axenic and Nonaxenic Phytoplankton Cultures," by Dr. Kristopher Baker, Chair, Science, Instructor, Biology, has been accepted by the Journal of Phycology and will be published in the June 2009 issue (Volume 45, No. 3).
Dr. Thomas Butler, Professor, Science, just had his book, "Laboratory Exercises for Competency in Respiratory Care, 2nd edition," published by F.A. Davis, Philadelphia.
The article, "The Smoking Penalty: Distributive Justice or Smokism?", by Dr. Martin Lecker, Professor, Business, was published in the Journal of Business Ethics Vol. 84 Supplement 1, January 2009 pages 47-64.
The Times Herald Record featured the efforts of Lisa Saunders, Campus Communications Assistant, and those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce the incidence of the leading viral cause of birth defects (Jan. 21). See: www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090121/HEALTH/901210313
Anthony Cantave has been selected to exhibit his graphic design work in the annual Best of SUNY, Spring 2009 student exhibition. Best of SUNY is a juried show providing students with the opportunity to exhibit at the NY State Museum and compete for monetary awards and prizes (dates of exhibit to be announced). Anthony's digital print was selected from the Fall 2008 SUNY student art exhibition series held at the SUNY Plaza Art Gallery in Albany, NY. Other students whose artworks were selected by RCC Art faculty for the Fall SUNY show were: Chris Borel, Rebecca Jennings, Ryoko Maehana and Matthew Marchese. These exhibits are coordinated by Lena Hyun for the RCC Art Department. A grant from the Priorities Committee funds purchasing of student artwork, framing and shipping costs.


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If Tiger Woods is asked how the course at Royal Liverpool could be improved he might suggest plowing over the second hole.
In three rounds at this year's British Open Woods bogeyed No. 2 on Thursday and Friday and double-bogeyed it Saturday.
That stopped some nice momentum he had from playing the back nine in two-under.
Due to a severe weather report the field was playing split tees and Woods started on the back nine.
And then after a string of pars on the front more disaster hit.
He lost his tee shot in the gorse on No. 7 and ended up with triple-bogey to go +2 for the tournament. That included a birdie on No. 1.
BRITISH OPEN: Scoreboard
He finished the round with a par on No. 8 and then finished with a birdie on No. 9 to shoot 73 for the day.
He remains +3 for the tournament and is 19 shots back of leader Rory McIlroy who has had rounds of 66, 66, and 68.
The good news is that Woods is showing no effects from his March 31 back surgery. Prior to the British Open he had played just two competitive rounds.
Being sent out on the back nine was a magic potion for Woods.
He birdied the par 5 10th and birdied the par 4, 11th to get himself back to even par early in his round.
That certainly is an improvement over the bogey-bogey start he had the first day and the double-bogey-bogey start he had on Friday. He did shoot 69 on Thursday but 77 on Friday.
The driver, which dogged him on Friday, was perfect the few times he drew it out Saturday and the three-time British Open champion made the turn in 33, and was even for the tournament.
Woods hit the first five fairways of the day and after his two birdies parred the next three holes. He ran into trouble on the par 3 15th when he landed in the bunker.
However, he hit a tremendous shot out only to miss a five-foot par putt putting him back to +1 for the tournament. But he grabbed the stroke back with his second birdie on a par 5 on Saturday. Using driver he put himself into good position on No. 16 and was able to overcome a mediocre second shot.
Perhaps most crucially for his round he hit a 15-footer for par on No. 17. That is the hole he triple-bogeyed on Friday.
He finished the first nine with a par on the par 5, 18th. He got a bad break when his approach shot threatened the flag for an eagle only to roll down the back of the green.
Woods, a three-time British Open champion, started the day 14 shots back of leader Rory McIlroy and made the turn 12 shots back.
Still, Woods lived in hope.
"Luckily I have two rounds to go and hopefully I can do something like Paul did in '99," Woods said after Friday's round of Paul Lawrie, who stormed back to win the Open in 1999. "He made up 10 shots on one day and hopefully I can play well on the weekend and at least give myself a shot on the back nine on Sunday."
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Fox Dismisses Harm Of Styrofoam Pollution
Fox Business host John Stossel is dismissing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on plastic foam containers by claiming the containers are "not so bad" for the environment. But the non-recyclable containers pose health and environmental risks and impose significant costs on the city.
On Thursday's edition of Fox and Friends, Stossel said that we need not worry about waste from the plastic foam containers colloquially called "Styrofoam" because "we're not running out of landfills" :
But shifting from products that end up in landfills to products that can be recycled can save the city money, and the health and environmental risks of Styrofoam are indeed "bad."
Using recyclable products rather than Styrofoam saves the city money. Even if there is room for more landfills, as Stossel claims, it will be cheaper for the city if recyclable products replace Styrofoam containers. The Associated Press reported:
It costs the city an average of $86 per ton to landfill some 2 million tons of garbage a year; by contrast, the city nets a payment of at least $10 a ton for recycling paper and about $14 a ton for recycling glass and plastic, [New York City's head of recycling, Ron] Gonen said.
Reuters added that Styrofoam imposes costs on the city's recycling program:
An estimated 20,000 tons of Styrofoam enter the city's waste stream each year, and it can add an estimated $20 per ton to the cost of recycling because it needs to be removed from the recycling stream, the city said.
The largest single source of trash, or municipal solid waste (MSW), is containers and packaging, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
As around 70 percent of paper and steel containers, and over a third of aluminum and glass containers are recycled, replacing Styrofoam containers with these alternatives could save the city significant amounts of money.
Styrofoam can leach chemicals that are likely cancerous. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has listed styrene as a likely human carcinogen. Polystyrene, the technical name of Styrofoam, can leach this chemical into foods, according to the NIH:
Styrene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on limited evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in humans, sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in experimental animals, and supporting data on mechanisms of carcinogenesis.
The presence of styrene in packaged foods is due primarily to leaching of monomer from polystyrene containers (Howard 1989, ATSDR 2010).
Stossel touted how Styrofoam can keep food and beverages warm, but he didn't mention that a study found that heat could cause more leaching of the chemicals in Styrofoam.
And while the NIH stated that most exposure to styrene comes from cigarette smoke, pediatrician Philip Landrigan told ABC News that he would advise pregnant women and small children to avoid the containers as a precaution even though "the data are incomplete."
Styrofoam can pollute our seafood supply. Stossel also ignored the risk of Styrofoam containers ending up in the ocean. Styrofoam is one of the primary components of the garbage strewn across the Pacific Ocean, and when fish consume Styrofoam and other plastics, it can contaminate the food supply.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the availability of funding under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to conduct feasibility studies for renewable energy systems for agriculture producers and rural small businesses. "Renewable energy production represents a promising revenue source for America's producers while meeting the nation's need for new sources of renewable energy," Vilsack said. "These grants will help encourage the development of viable renewable energy projects across the nation and help small business owners, farmers, ranchers, and agriculture producers conduct feasibility studies that identify renewable energy opportunities."
Eligible feasibility studies for renewable energy systems include projects that will produce energy from wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, hydro power, and hydrogen-based sources. The energy to be produced includes heat, electricity, or fuel. For all projects, the system must be located in a rural area, must be technically feasible, and must be owned by the applicant.
Under this notice, USDA is making $3 million available to conduct feasibility studies. Grants are limited to $50,000 per study and the application deadline is October 5. The funding announced today is authorized under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. More information on how to apply for funding is available in the August 6, 2010 Federal Register, page 47525.


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Gart Westerhout (1927 - 2012)
Gart Westerhout died on Sunday the 14th of October 2012.
The Early Years:
Gart Westerhout was born 15 June 1927 in The Hague, The Netherlands. He was the son of Gart Westerhout, an architect, and Magda Foppe, an author. His interest in astronomy dates from when his father designed a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients who could gaze at constellations while lying on their backs. Prompted by reading several popular books about astronomy, he became a student at Leiden University in 1945. In early 1950 he started research in radio astronomy, working with Jan Hendrik Oort on a model of the Galactic continuum radiation (Westerhout and Oort 1951, BAN 11, 323), and then became heavily involved in the first 21-cm Galactic hydrogen-line studies carried out with the Kootwijk Wurzburg antenna. In 1954 he had a five-month stint of military service that was cut short when Oort convinced the State Council that his work was indispensable to the Observatory. In 1955 he and Maarten Schmidt developed the first detailed 21-cm map of the Milky Way that showed the first hints of spiral structure in the interstellar gas, revealed differential rotation in our Galaxy, and established a revised Galactic coordinate system still in use today. After 1956, using the Dwingeloo 25-meter radio telescope, Westerhout worked on a major 75-cm survey (Seeger, Westerhout, Conway, Hoekema 1965: BAN 18, 11), and carried out early work on polarization of the Galactic background radiation. He used the Dwingeloo antenna to produce the "Westerhout Radio Catalog" that eventually identified 79 sources that were continuum emitters including some of the largest star formation regions in the Milky Way. During these exciting times at Leiden he was among the youngest in a pioneering group of his contemporaries that included Hendrik van de Hulst, Hugo van Woerden, C. Lex Muller, Maarten Schmidt, Lodewijk Woltjer, and Charles L. Seeger, Jr. (son of the ethnomusicologist and brother of Pete Seeger). Other students included Wim Brouw, Mike Davis, Ernst Raimond, Whitney Shane and Jaap Tinbergen. While at Leiden University, he held the posts of Assistant (1952–56), Scientific Officer (1956–59), and Chief Scientific Officer (1959–62). He was awarded Physics and Astronomy degrees from the University of Leiden: Cand. (1950) and Drs. (1954) and was awarded a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Physics in 1958. At his first IAU General Assembly, at Dublin in 1955, Gart met Judith Monaghan, who worked at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; they fell in love and were married a year later.
The Maryland Years:
Westerhout came to the US in 1962 as Professor and Director of Astronomy at the University of Maryland where, during the next 15 years, he grew a 12-graduate-student department into one of the nation's prominent astronomy programs. In 1972, Dr. Westerhout organized the University of Maryland's division of mathematical, physical and engineering sciences and was named its head the next year. He continued his research with a 21-cm survey that used the 91-m radio telescope of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to extend to higher angular resolution our knowledge of Galactic structure. He often flew a rented plane between Maryland and Green Bank with his programmer, Heinz Wendtland. He continued at Maryland in that role through 1973, with additional responsibilities from 1972-73 as Chairman of the Division of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and Engineering. He was a Visiting Astronomer at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) in Bonn, Germany in 1973-74.
The US Naval Observatory Years:
From 1977-1993 he left the University of Maryland to become the Scientific Director of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington DC. While there, he guided the evolution of that observatory toward astronomical data obtained from telescopes at the Flagstaff station. He initiated the radio astrometry in 1979 by using the Green Bank interferometer to improve the absolute positions of celestial objects by a factor of ten over the optical. It yielded measurements of the Earth orientation parameter UT1 that were a factor of four better than the PZTs. In the 1980s, he converted to VLBI, again increasing the precision by a factor of ten. Again in the 1980s he looked into the use of optical long base line astrometry for absolute positions. This now achieves about an order of magnitude precision over other ground-based measurement but is not as precise as space-based measurements. Again in the 1980s, he introduced the use of CCDs at Flagstaff's parallax program that supplanted the use of optical plates, improving the precision by a factor of five. He was responsible for a major expansion of the organization and construction of a network of five radio telescopes from Florida to Hawaii that measured the rotation of the Earth. Westerhout retired in 1993.
Westerhout, Personal Recollections and Characteristics of a Warm Friend and Colleague:
Gart Westerhout was an amiable and affable man, a great and noble man, with an exceptional sense of humor and an infectious laugh. We wore a bow tie and had flamboyance seldom found among his academic colleagues. In his early career he smoked cigars, a signature identification. He and Judith became American citizens in 1969. They loved to entertain, and their friendships went far beyond his profession. He was an avid O-gauge model railroader and maintained a detailed layout that took up most of the basement space in his home. He was a communicant of St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church in Hampden.
Westerhout was a member of numerous astronomical organizations, including the Dutch Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union (Commissions 33, 34, 40, 24 & 5), American Astronomical Society (Councilor 1975-78 & Vice President 1985-87), Royal Astronomical Society and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, International Scientific Radio Union (URSI), and Sigma Xi.
He contributed his scientific and management expertise widely, for example to IAU, National Science Foundation (NSF), AAS, National Research Council, Associated Universities Inc., Inter-Union Committee for the Allocation of Frequencies (IUCAF), URSI, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, MPIfR, MIT's Haystack Observatory, Arecibo Observatory, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Westerhout's awards and special recognition included a NATO Fellowship, a CSIRO (Australia) Fellowship, an Award for the Teaching of Science, Washington Academy of Sciences, Humboldt Prize, and listings in: Outstanding Educators of America, American Men and Women in Science, and Who's Who in America.
Westerhout was the author of more than 70 scientific papers, reviews and reports. In recognition of his life's work, Minor Planet 5105, discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell, was renamed Minor Planet Westerhout in 1991.
Gart Westerhout died of congestive heart failure on October 14, 2012, at the age of 85 in his home at the Charlestown Retirement Community, Apt BR 502, 715 Maiden Choice Lane Catonsville, Md. 21228. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, the former Judith Monaghan of Catonsville, Maryland; two daughters, Magda Westerhout Mobley of Roland Park and Brigit Molony of Catonsville; and two sons, Gart Thomas Westerhout in Osugi, Japan, and Julian Westerhout in Bloomington, IL, six grandchildren, and one sister, Marianne Thunnissen in The Netherlands. Dr. Westerhout had lived for three decades in Adelphi before moving to Baltimore and later to Catonsville.
Donations in Gart's name may be made online or by post to: Educational Projects, American Astronomical Society, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009-1231.
Detailed Bibliography for Gart Westerhout (supplied by William E. Howard):
A. Papers published in refereed journals
l. Astronomy research
• "A Comparison of the Intensity Distribution of Radio-Frequency Radiation with a Model of the Galactic System," (with J. H. Oort), Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 11, 323, 1951.
• "The Rotation of the Inner Parts of the Galactic System," (with K. K. Kwee and C. A. Muller), Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 12, 211, 1954.
• "Search for Polarization of the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A at 22 cm Wavelength," Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 12, 309,1956.
• "The Flux Densities of some Radio Sources at 400 Mc/s," (with C. L. Seeger and H. C. van de Hulst), Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 13, 89, 1956.
• "Continuous Radiation from the Direction of the Galactic Centre at 22 cm," Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 13, 105, 1956.
• "A Catalogue of 21-cm Line Profiles," (with C. A. Muller), Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 13, 151, 1957.
• "The Distribution of Atomic Hydrogen in the Outer Parts of the Galactic System," Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 13, 201, 1957.
• "Observations of Occulations of the Crab Nebula by the Moon at 400 Mc/s," (with C. L. Seeger), Bull Astron. Inst. Neth., 13, 312, 1957.
• "Intensites Relatives des Quatre Principales Radiosources Observees sur la Longueur d'Onde 22 cm; Note sur la Radiosource Saggittarius A", Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 245, 35, 1957.
• "Observations of Discrete Sources, the Coma Cluster, the Moon, and the Andromeda Nebula at a Wavelength of 75 cm.," (with C. L. Seeger and R. G. Conway), Astrophys. J., 126, 585, 1957.
• "A Survey of the Continuous Radiation from the Galactic System at a Frequency of 1390 Mc/s," Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 14, 215, 1958.
• "Note on the Density of Ionized Hydrogen in the Galactic System," Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 14, 261, 1958.
• "The Galactic System as a Spiral Nebula," (with J. H. Oort and F. J. Kerr), Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 118, 379, 1958.
• "The New I.A.U. System of Galactic Coordinates," (with A. Blaauw, C. S. Gum and J. L. Pawsey), Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 121, 123, 1960.
• "A 21-cm Determination of the Principal Plane of the Galaxy," (with C. S. Gum and F. J. Kerr), Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 121, 132, 1960.
• "Die Durchmusterung Der Milchstrasse Und Die Quellendurchmusterung Bei 2.7 Gllz," (with W. Altenhoff, P. G. Mezger and H. Wendker), Veroffentl. Sternwarte 59, Bonn, November 1961.
• "The Polarization of the Galactic 75-cm Radiation," (with C. L. Seeger, W. N. Brouw and J. Tinbergen), Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 16, 187, 1962.
• "The Structure of the Galaxy from Radio Observations," I.E.E.E. Trans., AP-12, 954, 1964.
• "A Survey of the Continuous Radiation at 400 Mc/s," (with C. L. Seeger, R. G. Conway and T. Hoekema), Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 18, 11, 1965.
• "A Catalogue of Discrete Sources Observed at 400 Mc/s," (with M. M. Davis and L. Gelato-Volders), Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 18, 42, 1965.
• "21-cm Line Emission in Open Clusters," (with W. E. Howard and C. Gordon), Astrophys. J., 154, 103, 1968.
• "The Maryland – Green Bank Galactic 21-cm Line Survey" (with H.-U.Wendlandt), Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 49, 143, 1982.
• "Telescope Beam Characteristics and Temperature Scale of the Maryland- Green Bank 21-cm Line Survey" (with G.L.Mader and R.H.Harten), Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 49, 137, 1982.
• "Astrometry and Precise Time", with G.M.R.Winkler, Oceanus 33, 89–95. 1991
2. Instrumentation or techniques
▪ "Table for the Reduction of Velocities to the Local Standard of Rest" (with D. A. MacRae), The Observatory, Lund, Sweden, 1956.
▪ "A Method for Accurately Compensating for the Effects of the Error Beam of the NRAO 300-foot Radio Telescope at 21-cm Wavelength," (with H.-U. Wendlandt and R. H. Harten), Astron. J., 78, 569, 1973.
▪ "Hydrogen 21-cm Line Temperature scale", (with R.H.Harten and F.J.Kerr), Astron.J., 80, 307, 1975
B. Papers presented at scientific meetings
1. Invited papers
▪ "Kosmische Bronnen Van Radiostraling," (with H. C. van de Hulst), Sterr. Coll. Ned. Astr. Club., 13, 1956.
▪ "A 21-cm Line Survey of the Outer Parts of the Galaxy," In IAU Symp. 4, ch. 5, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1957.
▪ "Progress Report on 21-cm Research by the Netherlands Foundation for Radio Astronomy and the Leiden Observatory," In IAU Symp 4, ch. 4, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1957.
▪ "Galactic Radiation and its Physical Interpretation", Introductory Report, Comm. V, URSI 13th General Assembly, London, 1960.
▪ "A Summary of our Knowledge of the Neutral Hydrogen in Galaxies", In Problems of Extra-Galactic Research, McMillan and Co., New York, 1962.
▪ "Current Radio Astronomical Research in the Netherlands", Proc.I.R.E. Austr., 24, 214, 1963.
▪ "The Interpretation of Recent 21-cm Line Data in Terms of Large-Scale Galactic Structure," IAU Symp. 20, Australia, 1963.
▪ "Observation and Interpretation of Optical and Radio Polarization," IAU Symp. 20, Australia, 1963.
▪ Three Years of Galactic Radio Astronomy," Proc. of URSI General Assembly, Tokyo, 1963.
▪ "Brightness Temperatures Expected for a Radio Telescope with High Resolving Power," In Proc. OECD Symp. on Large Antennae, Paris, 1963.
▪ "Site Requirements, In Proc. OECD Symp. on Large Antennae, Paris, 1963.
▪ "The Early History of Radio Astronomy", In International Conference on Education in and History of Modern Astronomy, ed. R. Berendzen, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 198, 211, 1972.
▪ "Some Remarks on the Ideal Automated Observatory," In NRAO/IEEE/URSI Symp. on the Collection and Analysis of Astrophysical Data, ed. R. Burns, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl., 15, 327, 1974.
▪ "The Influence of Acquisition Techniques on the Compilation of Astronomical Data", in IAU Colloquium 35 on Data Compilation, Strasbourg 1976, ed. Jaschek and Wilkins, Reidel, Dordrecht, Astrophys. and Space Sc. Lib 64, 49, 1977
▪ "Future Development in U.S. Naval Observatory Time Services",
Proc. 9th Ann. PTTI meeting, NASA Tech. Mem. 78104, 1, 1978
▪ "Radio Astrometry and Other Accurate Astrometry Plans at the U.S. Naval Observatory", ESA Colloquium on European Satellite Astrometry, Padua, Ed. C.Barbiery and P.L.Bernacca, Universita di Padova 1979
▪ "Space Astrometry – its Impact on Astronomy and Astrophysics", Highlights of Astronomy Vol.5, 779, Ed. P.A.Wayman, Reidel Dordrecht 1980
▪ "Early Dutch Radio Astronomy", URSI General Assembly Comm. J, Washington 1981, Ed. W.T.Sullivan (not published).
▪ "The Pioneers of HI", in "Seeing through the Dust", eds. A.R.Taylor, T.L.Landecker, A.G.Willis, Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf.Ser. 276, 3, 2002
▪ "The Start of 21-cm line Research: the Early Dutch Years", in "Seeing Through the Dust", eds. A.R.Taylor, T.L.Landecker, A.G.Willis, Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf.Ser. 276, 3, 2002
2. Contributed papers
▪ "75-cm and 22-cm Continuum Surveys," In IAU Symp. 9, ch. 80, Stanford Univ. Press, 1959.
▪ "75-cm Galactic Background Polarization: Progress Report," (with W. N. Brouw, C. A. Muller and J. Tinbergen), Astron. J., 67, 590, 1962.
▪ "Radio Studies of HII Regions and Galactic Structure," (with M. Komesaroff), IAU Symp. 20, Australia, 1963.
▪ "Galactic 21-cm Iine Observations at Green Bank," Astron. J., 69, 152, 1964.
▪ "Preliminary Observations of 21-cm Line Emission in Open Clusters," (with W. E. Howard), Astron. J., 70, 688, 1965 (Abstract).
▪ "The Maryland-Green Bank Galactic 21-cm Line Survey'", IAU Symp. 31, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 173, Acad. Press, 1967.
▪ "A Motion Picture Film of Galactic 21-cm Line Emission," IAU Symp. 38, paper 19, ed. G. Contopoulos and R. Becker), Reidel, Dordrecht, 1970.
▪ "A High-Resolution Polarization Survey of the North Polar Spur," (with D. Bechis), ln IAU Symp. 60, ed. F. J. Kerr and S. C. Simonson, Springer Verlag, 1974.
▪ "Progress Report on the Maryland-Green Bank Galactic 21-cm Line Survey, In IAU Symp. 60, ed. F. J. Kerr and S. C. Simonson, Springer Verlag, 1974.
▪ "The U.S.Naval Observatory Parallax Program" (with R.H.Harrington), Bull. d'Inf. Centre de Donnees Stell. 20, 24, 1981
▪ "Data on Time and Polar Motion: Immediate Accessibility" (with D.D.McCarthy), I.A.U. Colloq. 64, Automated Data Retrieval in Astronomy, Strasbourg, Ed. C.Jaschek, Reidel Dordrecht, 1982
▪ "U.S.Naval Observatory Parallaxes and the Fundamental Reference Frame – their Interaction with Hipparcos" (with J.A.Hughes), ESA Colloquium on Space Astrometry, Strasbourg 1982
▪ "Concluding Remarks," in IAU Symposium 109, Astrometric Techniques, H.K. Eichhorn and R. J. Leacock (eds), Reidel Dordrecht, 799–803, 1986
▪ "Fricke's Influence on the World of Astronomy," Celestial Mechanics 37, 345–348, 1985
▪ "The USNO/CALTECH Measuring Program" (with D. Monet), Bull d'Information du CDS 37, 75–78, 1989
▪ "Concluding Remarks," Bull d'Information du CDS 37, 91–92, 1989
▪ "Astrometry: New Vitality for an Ancient Science," Aerospace America 27, No. 10, 34–37, 1989
▪ "The Flagstaff Measuring Machine" (with D. Monet), in IAU Symposium 141, Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky, J.H.Lieske and V.K.Abalakin, Eds., Kluwer Dordrecht 1990
▪ "Concluding Remarks", in IAU Symposium 141, Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky, J.H.Lieske and V.K.Abalakin, Eds, Kluwer Dordrecht, 1990
C. Books or contributions to edited books
▪ "The Radio Galaxy," Sci. Am., 201, 45, 1959.
▪ "The Mapping of the Galaxy, In Tomorrow was Yesterday, C.B.S., George Braziller, New York, 1964.
▪ "Distribution of Interstellar Hydrogen," (with F. J. Kerr), ch. 8, in Stars and Stellar Systems, vol. 5, p. 166, Univ. of Chicago Press,1965
▪ "Radio Emission of the Galaxy," Comm. 40 report, IAU Trans. XII A, Acad. Press, 1965.
▪ "Galactic Radio Astronomy," Comm. 40 reports on Astronomy, lAU Trans. XIVA, 460, Reidel, Dordrecht – Holland, 1970.
▪ "Galactic Radio Emission in the 21-cm Line and the Continuum," In Galactic Astronomy, ed. H. Y. Chiu and A. Muriel, pp. 147–190, Gordon and Breach, 1971.
D. Technical reports and others
▪ "The Maryland-Green Bank Galactic 21-cm Line Survey," first edition, University of Maryland, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1966.
• "Maryland-Green Bank 21-cm Line Survey," second edition, University of Maryland Astronomy Program, 1969.


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From staff reports
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Syllabus for LIT-205
American literature blossomed in the early nineteenth century into what historians have called "the Romantic Period of American Literature." With the United States firmly established as a nation by 1800, this proliferation of literature caused the young country to be recognized internationally as a literary force. American Literature I offers an introduction to the major works of key writers of the early nineteenth century from the following points of view:
American Literature I has as its overall goal enabling students to acquire skills and knowledge necessary for success in this and future courses. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
You will need the following materials to do the work of the course. The required textbook is available from the University's textbook supplier, MBS Direct.
All of these works are available on this site (in Resources). You may read them online or print them out in hard copy. Please note that in the versions available on this site spelling has not been modernized.
These works are available on this site (in Resources). You may read them online or print them out in hard copy.
American Literature I is a three-credit, online course, consisting of five modules. Modules include an learning objectives, study materials, and activities. Module titles are listed below.
For your formal work in the course, you are required to participate in online discussion forums, complete written activities, take a proctored online midterm examination, and complete a final project. See below for more details.
Consult the Course Calendar for activity due dates.
One or more of your course activities may utilize a tool designed to promote original work and evaluate your submissions for plagiarism. More information about this tool is available in this document.
American Literature I has six graded online discussions. There is also an ungraded but required discussion in Module 1 titled "Introductions."
Communication among fellow students and with the mentor is a critical component of online learning. Participation in online discussions involves two distinct activities: an initial response to a posted question (discussion thread) and subsequent comments on classmates' responses. Meaningful participation is relevant to the content, adds value, and advances the discussion. Comments such as "I agree" and "ditto" are not considered value-adding participation. Therefore, when you agree or disagree with a classmate, the reading, or your mentor, state and support your agreement or disagreement. You will be evaluated on the quality and quantity of your participation. Responses and comments should be properly proofread and edited, professional, and respectful.
You are required to complete five written assignments. The written assignments are on a variety of topics associated with the courses modules.
Take time to familiarize yourself with the module structure of the course, and read through the written assignment questions before you begin each lesson. Your answers to the assignment questions should be well developed and convey your understanding of the course materials. Formulate responses in your own words (do not merely copy answers from your reading materials), citing text materials where appropriate. Use MLA style parenthetical documentation to indicate the source of all quotations or references.
Your written assignments should be approached in a quite different way from your responses to the online discussion topics. Written assignments should be formal academic papers. This means, among other things, that you should write in third person, avoid informal diction or spelling, avoid contractions, proofread carefully, and use MLA-style parenthetical documentation to identify your sources. The online discussions, on the other hand, much like live classroom discussions, are meant to be a more informal give-and-take. You may use first person (stating, for example, "I liked," "What struck me," etc.). Your discussion board responses will be similar to a conversation and may include contractions and less formal diction. Remember however, that while you may be somewhat informal, you should still write in Standard English and proofread your post before hitting "Submit."
You will be asked to identify and read outside commentary and criticism to complete the assignments You need not necessarily agree with the critic, but if you disagree you should state your case for an alternative interpretation. Of course, you may also use the commentary for support. It is important that you document your sources using MLA style.
The midterm is a closed-book, proctored online exam. It is two hours long and covers material in Modules 1 through 3. It consists of three essay questions on Poe, Thoreau, and Hawthorne.
For the midterm, you are required to use the University's Online Proctor Service (OPS). Please refer to the "Examinations and Proctors" section of the Online Student Handbook (see General Information area of the course Web site) for further information about scheduling and taking online exams and for all exam policies and procedures. You are strongly advised to schedule your exam within the first week of the semester.
You are on your honor not to cheat during an exam. Cheating means:
If there is evidence that you have cheated or plagiarized in an exam, the exam will be declared invalid, and you will fail the course.
There is no final proctored examination in this course. A 12- to 15-page paper, described in fully in the Final Project area of the course site, acts as your final assessment and is worth 30 percent of your final grade. You must complete the paper and submit it to your mentor via Blackboard by the last day of the semester. Your paper will explore how all five authors read in this course may, or may not, be viewed as part of the Romantic Movement.
Your grade in the course will be determined as follows:
All activities will receive a numerical grade of 0–100. You will receive a score of 0 for any work not submitted. Your final grade in the course will be a letter grade. Letter grade equivalents for numerical grades are as follows:
Below 60
To receive credit for the course, you must earn a letter grade of C or better (for an area of study course) or D or better (for a course not in your area of study), based on the weighted average of all assigned course work (e.g., exams, assignments, discussion postings, etc.).
To succeed in this course, take the following first steps:
Consider the following study tips for success:
Thomas Edison State University is committed to maintaining academic quality, excellence, and honesty. The University expects all members of its community to share the commitment to academic integrity, an essential component of a quality academic experience.
Students at Thomas Edison State University are expected to exhibit the highest level of academic citizenship. In particular, students are expected to read and follow all policies, procedures, and program information guidelines contained in publications; pursue their learning goals with honesty and integrity; demonstrate that they are progressing satisfactorily and in a timely fashion by meeting course deadlines and following outlined procedures; observe a code of mutual respect in dealing with mentors, staff, and other students; behave in a manner consistent with the standards and codes of the profession in which they are practicing; keep official records updated regarding changes in name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address; and meet financial obligations in a timely manner. Students not practicing good academic citizenship may be subject to disciplinary action including suspension, dismissal, or financial holds on records.
All members of the University community are responsible for reviewing the Academic Code of Conduct Policy in the University Catalog and online at www.tesu.edu.
Thomas Edison State University expects all of its students to approach their education with academic integrity—the pursuit of scholarly activity free from fraud and deception. All mentors and administrative staff members at the University insist on strict standards of academic honesty in all courses. Academic dishonesty undermines this objective. Academic dishonesty can take the following forms:
Thomas Edison State University is committed to helping students understand the seriousness of plagiarism, which is defined as using the work and ideas of others without proper citation. The University takes a strong stance against plagiarism, and students found to be plagiarizing are subject to discipline under the academic code of conduct policy.
If you copy phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or whole documents word-for-word—or if you paraphrase by changing a word here and there—without identifying the author, or without identifying it as a direct quote, then you are plagiarizing. Please keep in mind that this type of identification applies to Internet sources as well as to print-based sources. Copying and pasting from the Internet, without using quotation marks and without acknowledging sources, constitutes plagiarism. (For information about how to cite Internet sources, see Online Student Handbook > Academic Standards > "Citing Sources.")
Accidentally copying the words and ideas of another writer does not excuse the charge of plagiarism. It is easy to jot down notes and ideas from many sources and then write your own paper without knowing which words are your own and which are someone else's. It is more difficult to keep track of each and every source. However, the conscientious writer who wishes to avoid plagiarizing never fails to keep careful track of sources.
Always be aware that if you write without acknowledging the sources of your ideas, you run the risk of being charged with plagiarism.
Clearly, plagiarism, no matter the degree of intent to deceive, defeats the purpose of education. If you plagiarize deliberately, you are not educating yourself, and you are wasting your time on courses meant to improve your skills. If you plagiarize through carelessness, you are deceiving yourself.
For examples of unintentional plagiarism, advice on when to quote and when to paraphrase, and information about writing assistance, click the links provided below.
Examples of Unintentional Plagiarism
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Acts of both intentional and unintentional plagiarism violate the Academic Code of Conduct.
If an incident of plagiarism is an isolated minor oversight or an obvious result of ignorance of proper citation requirements, the mentor may handle the matter as a learning exercise. Appropriate consequences may include the completion of tutorials, assignment rewrites, or any other reasonable learning tool in addition to a lower grade for the assignment or course. The mentor will notify the student and appropriate dean of the consequence by e-mail.
If the plagiarism appears intentional and/or is more than an isolated incident, the mentor will refer the matter to the appropriate dean, who will gather information about the violation(s) from the mentor and student, as necessary. The dean will review the matter and notify the student in writing of the specifics of the charge and the sanction to be imposed.
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Here is a statement released by ESPN.com.
Last night, ESPN.com's mobile web site posted an offensive headline referencing Jeremy Lin at 2:30 am ET. The headline was removed at 3:05 am ET. We are conducting a complete review of our cross-platform editorial procedures and are determining appropriate disciplinary action to ensure this does not happen again. We regret and apologize for this mistake.


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The city of Aurora could be getting into the pot business — and make itself the exclusive grower and seller of the drug without the worry of private competition.
The City Council on May 20 is set to consider several ways of dealing with Amendment 64, which legalizes recreational marijuana in Colorado. The choices are broad, ranging from banning certain establishments to allowing them.
Another is for Aurora to run the show — from seed to sale.
No other city in the state is known to be considering the latter enterprise, which would give Aurora virtually total control over how pot is grown and sold, similar to state-run liquor stores outside Colorado.
"I think it has some legs," said Aurora City Councilman Bob Roth, chairman of an ad hoc city committee looking at Amendment 64. "But I don't know how realistic it is."
The city-run ordinance would create a municipal enterprise giving Aurora the power to operate marijuana establishments in "15 physical facilities," according to the option's wording.
All establishments would be required to grow and sell marijuana themselves instead of buying the product from an outside source.
Also, all private retailers and growers would be barred from setting up shop in Aurora.
The city could appoint a "director of marijuana establishments" and oversee all aspects of the "production, testing, product packaging and retail stores," City Attorney Charlie Richardson said.
The other ordinances under consideration would prohibit marijuana establishments and marijuana membership clubs; would prohibit retail marijuana stores and marijuana membership clubs; and would allow marijuana establishments in "prescribed zones."
As for Aurora growing and selling its own, University of Denver law professor Sam Kamin isn't sure that such a proposal is permitted under Amendment 64, which allows for the growth, sale and use of marijuana by people ages 21 and older.
Recreational marijuana is already in a tenuous place with the federal government, Kamin said, given that in the eyes of the feds, any marijuana — medical or recreational — is a violation of federal law.
"What's really clear is that it would be a really bad idea," Kamin said. "If you want to raise the ire of the federal government, this is exactly what I would do."
The city-run plan also contradicts the spirit of Amendment 64, said Christian Sederberg, who was on the Amendment 64 campaign and on a state task force regarding regulations for recreational marijuana.
This issue was discussed during task-force meetings but was never recommended, Sederberg said.
The state legislature now is racing toward the end of the session Wednesday, approving new rules and regulations for recreational marijuana virtually every day, he said. Those should cover most of Aurora's concerns, should it decide to create a municipal enterprise for recreational marijuana.
The new rules for recreational marijuana need to be implemented by July 1, and the first requests for marijuana licenses can start in October.
"What the campaign and the amendment itself envision is responsible private citizens having licenses to provide marijuana to adults 21 and over," Sederberg said. "We'll have legislation and clarity for (Aurora) very soon."
By taking total control of recreational marijuana, Aurora would be able to keep profits, although it was not clear whether a cost-benefit analysis has been done.
City Councilwoman Marsha Berzins had not yet had the chance to review each of the four ordinances by Friday afternoon, but she said the one giving the city control would allow it to better track recreational marijuana.
About 60 percent of the constituents in her ward voted in favor of Amendment 64, so she said she plans to study each one carefully.
"In any of the four areas we vote on," she said, "I have to seriously consider it."
Carlos Illescas: 303-954-1175, firstname.lastname@example.com or twitter.com/cillescasdp
This article has been updated after the Aurora City Council postponed a meeting to consider Amendment 64 from May 6 to May 20. The council announced the rescheduled meeting Sunday.