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The books that appear in these annotated book lists were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NCSS and CBC have cooperated on this annual bibliography since 1972.
Books selected for this bibliography are written primarily for children in grades K-8. The selection committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional topic, are easily readable and of high literary quality, and have a pleasing format and, when appropriate, illustrations that enrich the text. Each book is read by several reviewers, and books are included on the list by committee assent; annotations do not necessarily reflect the judgment of the entire committee.
Publishers' names appear in abbreviated form; complete names and addresses are available in such standard reference works as Literary Market Place (Bowker) and from the Children's Book Council (CBC). Titles are arranged by broad subject categories and subthemes. Although many are appropriate for more than one subject category, they have been placed where their usefulness in social studies education appears greatest. Annotators have also indicated the thematic strand of National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies to which the book relates. Although many titles have multistrand applications, space restraints dictate including a maximum of three strands per title.
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4 Awesome Visual Search Engines to Transform Your Search
Microsoft's Bing recently introduced visual search as a different approach to search. I always use regular Google or Bing search for my needs, but sometimes I like to check out other search engines. Variety is the spice of life, and eye-candy is always a refreshing break!
In this article, let us look at 4 Visual Search Engines that provide a unique and enjoyable search experience.
Bing Visual Search Engine
Bing has introduced a new approach to its visual search by letting you browse topic-specific galleries and narrow the field of your search by selecting filters.
In this approach, you do not need to type anything to start searching. To use the Bing Visual Search Engine, you should have installed Silverlight and set your country to US. From the home page, you can see a set of featured galleries, or choose from different categories like Entertainment, Famous People, Reference, Shopping and Sports.
When you select a gallery, you get an eye-popping display of choices, which you can filter using categories on the left. For example, if I choose Popular Books, I get a nice array of books like in a real bookstore. I can sort books by Title, Author, Sales, or even Length. On the left, I can narrow the results by choosing a sub-category or filter. In this case, subcategories for books are Newest, or the Top pre-order/fiction/non-fiction/paperback lists.
I can also use filters to narrow the results for what I might find suitable for my taste: the subject, author, format (hardcover, etc.), and length in pages. Some of the galleries, like the top iPhone apps gallery for example, are especially useful and offer a unique experience. Once you use it for a while, you might think that this new feature distinguishes Bing from Google to a limited extent, as a decision-making engine.
Spezify (broken link removed)
After using Spezify, I felt we do injustice to the web by using an exclusive textual interface to search the rich multimedia of the web. Spezify works like a generic search engine, except that the results are a visual collage of media drawn from different kinds of media sources – textual links from web pages, informative links from Wikipedia, pictures from across the web, tweets with the search term, videos from YouTube, books from Amazon, and so on. You need Flash to use Spezify.
You can browse through the results matrix in both vertical and horizontal directions, and look at the pictures as well as the videos from within the search results page. The links within the tweets will take you directly to the page about that topic. Articles from the web are displayed along with the number of Diggs, which show that Spezify uses Digg to show you popular content. Terms related to the topic are displayed at the top if you wish to explore or narrow your search.
[NO LONGER WORKS] Viewzi
Viewzi, which runs using Flash, is the most customizable and multi-faceted visual search engine. For any search term, it offers up to 19 different ways to view the search results, and you can make any one of them your default. The types of views cover everything under the sun – web screenshots, simple text, photos, music, news, celebrity gossip, recipes, weather, etc.
Videos are fetched from Joost, YouTube, and Viddler, but cannot be played back within the results page. However, the best view is the photo tag view, in which you can explore Flickr photos of related tags just by clicking on them. You can drag the tags around whichever way you want, and the interface is quite remarkable.
Spacetime [No Longer Available]
SpaceTime is now a visual search engine using Flash, which shows search results in cover-flow style. You can choose results from Google or Wikipedia, or search Images, or videos from YouTube. Again, the videos can't be played back within the search results, however the image search does look very pretty.
While you may not use these visual search engines for routine search queries, they do offer an attractive, unique experience. They can be a great way to introduce children to the richness of the web, or to encourage their curiosity in a certain topic. Even for us, they are a refreshing way to explore the web in a different way.
Last year, we also profiled TinEye TinEye - Searching For Images With An Image Read More which is another possibility – but this one is termed by the site as "reverse search". You upload an image to them and they will search for similarities.
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SANIBEL ISLAND — My wife and I are hardly big-time adventurers, our lives being better summarized by into the mild than Into the Wild.
But one year, while pedaling bikes around a national wildlife refuge on this Gulf Coast barrier island, we looked up and saw a bald eagle harassing an osprey. The eagle wanted the fish – a mullet, I'm pretty sure – that the osprey had in its talons.
The osprey held on through a series of menacing, mid-air eagle lunges, but finally released. Down came the fish, destined, I was sure, for a tidal-basin grave. But at the last instant, as dramatic as a Hail Mary pass that wins a championship game, the eagle swooped down, caught the fish in its talons and made off like the bandit it was.
That was pretty wild.
If you go to Sanibel, where we've spent a week each winter for nearly 20 years, I can't promise anything so dramatic. But if you're in the least way open to nature, you'll be absorbed, be it by birds, alligators, dolphins, shells, flowers, mangrove forest and more.
Generations of far-sighted people have made sure that nature has a fighting chance on Sanibel. These days, 67 percent of the island is protected from development. What development there is has been restricted in character, density and height, meaning, among other things, no high-rise condos shadow the beach.
This isn't to say that roughing it is the Sanibel way. Accommodations tend to be upscale. Fine restaurants abound. One can get a massage, play golf and shop for clothes and jewelry in pricey boutiques.
But nature has a way of asserting itself even when Sanibel turns worldly. Behind the little movie theater, for example, is a pond where we've seen gators and green herons. Most winters, there's an active eagle's nest in the pines in back of the Dairy Queen.
From the porch of the condo where we stay, we've spotted pileated woodpeckers and great horned owls. The golf courses are galleries for wading birds. The entire island seems like a maternity ward for osprey, with big, branchy nests on platforms and in trees, the babies sometimes visible and audible.
The most-visited place on Sanibel is, not surprisingly, the beach. Surfers will generally be frustrated – indeed, shut out – by the gentle waves. But because of its east-west position, Sanibel collects an astonishing variety and amount of shells. Here and there, the beach is crunchy underfoot with them.
(Anne Morrow Lindbergh used the shells of Sanibel and neighboring island Captiva as metaphors for her book Gift From the Sea, first published in 1955. She writes of arriving frazzled and undergoing a period of "deckchair apathy" before finding renewal.)
Second-most-visited on Sanibel is the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, where we saw the eagle rob the osprey. The refuge is named for an editorial cartoonist who also was a conservation activist, leading the early protection efforts here.
Serious birders will want to enter when the refuge gate opens, just after sunrise. They should at some point circle back to the visitor center, which includes not only interesting explanatory exhibits about the ecology of the refuge but also one of the best nature bookstores anywhere.
The refuge's paved Wildlife Drive winds for about four miles through tidal basins and mangrove forest. In a week at Sanibel, we'll typically go the whole route at least once by car and twice on bikes. It's best to go at low tide, when hundreds of wading birds can be seen feeding in the flats.
The signature Ding Darling bird is probably the roseate spoonbill, but close behind would be the reddish egret (which does a crazy dance while fishing) and the white pelican. When it comes to birding, my wife and I are ham-and-eggers, but we'll identify 30 species at Ding Darling without breaking a sweat. At low tide in the morning, novices can count on help from volunteers with spotting scopes.
On Fridays, the refuge is closed. Not a problem. Sanibel's other opportunities for nature-related diversion include kayaking or canoeing in Tarpon Bay, visiting the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife and walking through the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation preserve.
Over the years, we've made a daily practice of strolling through an interior part of the island known as the Bailey Tract. The landscape is the same, but there's a special quiet and stillness. It's a vespers just to be there late on a winter afternoon.
That's our Sanibel. If we're not back next year, the reason will have to be compelling.When you go
Getting there
Sanibel Island is about 45 minutes from Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers. A cab costs around $60. If you rent a car, you'll pay a $6 toll to get onto the island.
Periwinkle Way is the main drag, and along it are restaurants, shops and churches. It can be congested; factor in time if you must be prompt for a restaurant reservation or flight. Sanibel-Captiva Road links to Captiva Island. Gulf Drive parallels the beach.
Where to stay
Sanibel offers a range of lodging, from house and condo rentals to resort hotels and small inns. Prepare to pay big bucks, but relative bargains can be found. A good starting place is the Sanibel Island & Captiva Island Chamber of Commerce Web site, which has lists of rental agencies, hotels, restaurants and shopping. (www.sanibel-captiva.org/ index.asp). Among hotels:
-- Island Inn, 3111 W. Gulf Drive; 1-800-851-5088. Venerable, popular and on the beach. Winter season rates from $210. Summer rates start at $132.
-- Holiday Inn Sanibel Island Beach Resort, 1231 Middle Gulf Drive, 239-472-4123. Beachside. Winter, from $299; after Easter, $139.
-- The PalmView, 706 Donax; 1-877-472-1606. A block from the beach. Comfortable. Rates drop to $85 on May 1.
Where to eat
-- Lighthouse Cafe, 362 Periwinkle Way. Old Florida feel, wonderful breakfast and lunch fare.
-- Timbers Restaurant and Fish Market, 703 Tarpon Bay Road. Great variety of fish, prepared as you choose. Exceptional service.
-- Twilight Cafe, 2761 W. Gulf Drive. Seafood, steaks, pasta and vegetarian dishes.
-- The Mucky Duck, 11546 Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva. Highly popular beachside spot for fish and more.
Outdoor activities
-- Beaches are world-famous for shelling.
-- Sanibel offers many miles of hiking and biking, and the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge (www.fws.gov/dingdarling) is a prime birding spot. Even those who aren't all that interested in birds are likely to be impressed by the concentrations of beautiful wading birds at low tide. You can drive, bike or take a tram down the refuge's Wildlife Drive.
-- The Bailey Tract is a less well-known but lovely and peaceful interior part of Sanibel. Walking paths.
-- Tarpon Bay Explorers (www.tarponbayexplorers. com) offers guided nature tours, as well as kayak and canoe rentals.
-- There's also fishing, golf, tennis and swimming.
SANIBEL ISLAND — My wife and I are hardly big-time adventurers, our lives being better summarized by into the mild than Into the Wild.


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Finally, a Tea Infuser That Actually Works
Isn't it crazy how irritating some little things in life can be?
Because I love food and cooking, a lot of those little things happen in the kitchen.
Like a dull knife that dents a tomato instead of cutting it. Or a can opener that only opens half the can and then quits.
Or a tea ball that suddenly pops open and drops loose hibiscus tea leaves all over my kitchen floor.
When The Ball Breaks
Oh man, those tea balls. (Also known as tea infusers.)
When they work correctly, they are just great. They let you steep loose tea without any of the mess of loose leaves floating around in your teapot.
If you haven't used them before, here's how it works: you put the tea in the tea ball, make the tea, and take out the ball when the tea has steeped long enough.
This way you avoid over-brewing the tea. Then you open the tea ball over the trash can and dump out the used leaves without creating a mess in your sink. A quick rinse under the tap and you're done.
The basic, stainless steel mesh tea ball I used to buy worked just fine…for about a month, or maybe two.
Then the cheaply soldered clasp would break, and I'd have another useless little ball of steel mesh to throw out. And buy a new one. Sure, they only cost a couple bucks, but who wants to buy a new tea infuser every other month? That's like buying new teacups every month because the old ones keep breaking when you look at them wrong.
A Tea Infuser That Won't Break
Luckily, one day I found a steel mesh tea infuser that I won't have to throw out. Because it doesn't break!
There's no cheap soldered-on clasp and hinge, just a twist lock that is part of the infuser itself.
I got mine a year and a half ago, and I've bought three more in different sizes for friends and family. All are still working perfectly. This is the Twist-Lock Tea Infuser, and I recommend it highly.
Three Sizes
The Twist-Lock Tea Infuser tea ball comes in three sizes, and none of them are small: they run from Large to Extra Large to Jumbo.
I love this, because a lot of the tea balls you can buy are too small. They're maybe an inch in diameter, and that means there is no room for the tea to expand inside.
Why Size Matters
Tea needs room! Many people don't realize that you're not supposed to fill a tea ball to the brim. The more room there is left inside, the better. That's why large tea balls are so useful. You never need to fill them more than halfway.
When your tea infuser is half full, the full flavor and fragrance releases because the tea leaves have room to expand.
This doesn't happen when they're trapped and compacted in a tiny ball. And with tea that has large leaves, or herbal teas, this is especially important. For hibiscus tea made from hibiscus flowers, you absolutely need a large tea infuser.
A handy rule here is: get the largest size tea infuser that will still fit inside your teapot.
To figure out which size to get, look at the diameter of the tea infuser, then measure the diameter of your teapot opening.
The diameter of the teapot's opening should be at least half an inch larger than the diameter of the tea infuser! That way it can't get stuck, and you can easily drop the infuser into the pot.
Large Twist-Lock Tea Infuser
Diameter: 3 inches
Height: 2.5 inches
Length of the chain: 8 inches
Extra Large Twist-Lock Tea Infuser
Diameter: 4.25 inches
Height: 3.5 inches
Length of the chain: 7 inches
Jumbo Size Twist-Lock Tea Infuser
Diameter: 5 inches
Height: 4 inches
Length of the chain: 7 inches
5 Reasons Why I Love These Tea Infusers
- simple, effective twist-lock closure that won't break or snap off
- doesn't come open inside the teapot
- larger size means more room for tea to expand
- durable steel and steel mesh construction
- extremely easy to clean
Creative Ways to Use a Tea Ball
You can use these large tea balls for other things than making tea.
I haven't tried it myself, but some people use them to make soup. Really!
Put herbs and spices like laurel leaves, parsley and peppercorns in the tea ball, then drop it into the pan. As the soup simmers, the herbs and spices infuse it with flavor, and it's easy to take out the tea ball when the soup is ready to eat. Much better than fishing around for soggy leaves with a fork.
You can also use the infuser to steep fragrant herbs or flowers in your bath without creating a mess in your bathtub. And I have heard you can even use them to brew beer.
Where to Buy Twist-Lock Tea Infusers
You can buy these twist-lock tea infusers at Amazon, where they have great reviews:
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Professor Lisa Chavez and higher hypocrisy education
The Albuquerque Journal reported today on the controversy surrounding University of New Mexico Professor of English Lisa Chavez. On the whole, the Journal piece was primarily a rehashing of prior reports on the the controversy, but there was some unreported items and the major contribution of the Journal story was to provide their readers with additional insights into some of the leading players in this imbroglio.
As for a new item, the Journal reported that the identity of Professor Chavez online was Mistress Jade. The fact that it took several months for any newsgathering source to discover this moniker provides further evidence to the dankprofessor that Chavez had made a concerted attempt to separate her professorial id from her sm performance id. And an ad for the sm website "characterizes Mistress Jade as "a stern teacher ready to punish unruly students."" Of course, such is a frequent sm fantasy. But as far as punishment goes, it is clear that several persons at UNM would like to punish Chavez in the real world for her acting out punishment scenarios in a fantasy world.
The prime would be real world punisher as previously reported is just resigned Creative Writing Director Sharon Warner. For Warner the fact that UNM refuses to punish Chavez for "moolinghting as a phone sex worker" is beyond the pale. She had expected UNM to take "swift action to protect the UNM learning environment". The only reason she could fathom for UNM not doing this, as is reported in the Journal, is that "UNM instead caved in to threats of litigation".
As for the UNM administration response, they reject the idea that they had caved into anything; they simply see no evidence that that Chavez threatened the integrity of the learning process at UNM.
And Deputy Provost Richard Holder who has represented the UNM administration throughout the Chavez controversy is not exactly a laissez faire advocate when it comes to student professor relationships.
The one constant principle, Holder said, is that faculty shouldn't be romantically involved with students enrolled in their classes. "And if such a relationship begins, we try to get the student out of the class and into another class if we know about it," he said. He said the power inequity between faculty and their students creates too great a potential problem.
"If things are going well in the relationship, you could say that the faculty member is more likely to give a very good grade," Holder said. "But the opposite occurs as often when people are breaking up. They might get an F in the class and not deserve it. It works both ways, and it's just better not to have that sort of relationship."
"If things are going well in the relationship, you could say that the faculty member is more likely to give a very good grade," Holder said. "But the opposite occurs as often when people are breaking up. They might get an F in the class and not deserve it. It works both ways, and it's just better not to have that sort of relationship."
Holder said in Chávez's case, there was not a romantic relationship with the student.
Of course Holder's views are utter poppycock when it comes to student professor romantic relationships. He cannot present a scintilla of evidence that professors grade the romantically involved in any way differently then they grade the non-romantically involved. What he believes without any evidence for said belief should not be considered a justification for taking a student out of class and forcing her/his transfer to another class. Such represents what Holder characterizes as a power inequity, but here it is the university administrator with the power over both student and professor.
Holder goes on to state that in the present Chavez case and the student who preformed with her, both the student and professor were adults and their behavior "didn't seem to impinge on the classroom." Yes, Holder apparently got it right in this case, but he doesn't seem to be aware that this rationale would be the same rationale for not intervening in student professor romantic relationships unless the evidence showed that said relationship impinged on the classroom.
Yes, act based on the evidence which was applied in the Chavez case but then do not turn around and act on what one believes to have happened, and hold as Holder holds in student professor romantic relationships that one can and should act without an investigation of the facts of the case.
But for Professor Warner it becomes irrelevant what Deputy Provost Holder's investigation found since she believes that "faculty members must maintain their objectivity, whatever it takes." No need for Deputy Holder to investigate since Warner knows that their could not be objectivity in Chavez's class.
However, the Journal went on to report that many of the UNM English faculty who are critical of Professor Chavez do socialize with students. As reported by one faculty member, "colleagues invite graduate students to their homes for end-of-semester parties and other gatherings. "But the faculty member said "faculty members should respect appropriate boundaries"".
Now in the dankprofessor's opinion this 'I socialize with students' smacks of that now dreaded word "elitism". Yes, I will drink with students at the appropriate time and place; reminds me of Hillary guzzling beers at the appropriate time and place which supposedly functioned to shed her elitist performance face.
And then last but not least the Journal cites another Chavez colleague, Diane Thiel, who indicated what disturbed her the most "was that the student who posed with Chávez was enrolled in her pedagogy class at the time". "The point of the class is to cover such things as teaching ethics," she said.
Bless the ethics teaching professors since they know in some ultimate sense what is ethical versus unethical. And the student who does not internalize ethics from above has ethically strayed. So much for independent critical thinking. So much for objectivity in the classroom; you believe in what I believe and you are a good student. Hypocrisy is existent throughout our society but it utterly knows no bounds in the land of higher hypocrisy education.
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NASA's Spirit Mars rover could be facing the prospect of freezing to death after attempts to free it from a sand trap suggest it may now have two disabled wheels.
Spirit got bogged down back in April, and its three left wheels are almost completely buried. Its right-front wheel clapped out in 2006, and the right-rear wheel is also showing signs of failure.
NASA first tried to budge the vehicle on 16 November, following ground-based tests using a dummy rover and sandbox. During the first couple of attempts, the right-rear wheel spun a bit before "unexpectedly stopping", as New Scientist puts it.
Spirit was commanded to spin the wheel again on 3 and 4 December, but it "did not budge". This lack of motion was described as "troubling" by John Callas of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
He said: "It was questionable whether we could get a five-wheel-driving rover out. If we have a four-wheel-driving rover [with] only one driving wheel on the right-hand side... then extracting the rover from its current embedded location is unlikely."
The upshot of that would be a slow death for Spirit "if it remains stuck when winter arrives six months from now at the rover's location in Mars's southern hemisphere".
NS explains that the rover previously "rested on slopes that angled its solar arrays in a way that captured as much sunlight as possible". This enabled the vehicle's heaters to protect the electronics from freezing.
Spirit's current position is not so hospitable, and dust is gradually accumlating on the solar panels, adding to concerns the rover is doomed.
Callas said: "If we extrapolate current dust accumulation rates out to the next winter six months away, it does look troubling. There's a real possibility Spirit would not have power to survive the winter at its current attitude."
NASA hasn't thrown in the towel yet, though, and the agency is currently pondering what might have happened to the right-rear wheel. Possibilities include motor failure, internal gearbox jam, or external jam (a rock in the wheel, for example).
It concludes: "Commands being developed for Spirit's activities on sols 2109 and 2110 (Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 8 and 9) will include more diagnostics to explore these hypotheses." ®


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Meat of the story: Salatin stars again
It's a wonder Joel Salatin finds time to farm. Fresh from being featured in the recent release of the documentary Farmageddon: The Unseen War on America's Small, Family Farms, which explores the obstacles that small farmers face in a food system dominated by large corporations and the federal government, Salatin pops up in another foodie documentary called American Meat, which examines Salatin's innovative farming methods and highlights his partnership with food-chain Chipotle.
In honor of the release, Zynodoa restaurant in Staunton is holding a Farm, Film & Feast event this Sunday, July 10. Zynodoa's $35 per person four-course, special event menu will feature sustainable, locally sourced foods - including Polyface Farm chicken and pork. There will be two seatings, one at 1:30pm after the screening of American Meat at the Visualite Theater in Staunton, and another at 6:30pm after the screening of the film at the Zeus Theater in Waynesboro. Members of the Salatin family plan to be on hand at each of the seatings.
Incidentally, for those who want to get acquainted with Polyface's farming techniques first hand, next weekend is also Field Days at Polyface Farm, an event that happens only once every three years and draws people from around the world. Yes, it's a a triple threat weekend for meat-eating locavores.
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Harder, Ernst (1854-1927)
Ernst Harder, a German Mennonite leader, was born 29 November 1854, at Königsberg in Prussia, the son of Karl Harder and Renate (Tiessen) Harder. He studied history and modern languages, and for a time served as tutor in the home of the British ambassador in Lisbon. Later he was an editor on the staff of the Tägliche Rundschau in Berlin, as well as a teacher of Spanish and Portuguese. As one of the first students of his noted brother-in-law Martin Hartmann, he finally devoted himself entirely to the study of Arabic. He was one of the founders of the Berlin Mennonite Church, serving on the church board from 1904 to his death, and as chairman of the board the last two years. In 1912 he compiled the Festschrift celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the congregation. He died at Charlottenburg on 15 September 1927.
Crous, Ernst. Karl und Ernst Harder. Elbing, 1927.
GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 5.05 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2008: 607214.
Hege, Christian and Neff, Christian. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 254.
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based on our experience as ESL/EFL teachers, we found out that there was a lack of engaging game apps for teaching English phrasal verbs. We have created a game app for Android for teaching phrasal verbs to kids and adults alike. Since phrasal verbs are not an easy topic for ESL/EFL students, we wanted to make the learning experience engaging and fun, and give it a story, characters, different levels, high scores, surprises, presents, etc. to maximize the time students spend learning and give them a good introduction to the phrasal verbs.
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Researchers at King's College London have identified a new gene (PIM1), which could be an effective target for innovative treatments and therapies for the human autoimmune disease, psoriasis.
Psoriasis affects around 2 per cent of people in the UK and causes dry, red lesions on the skin which can become sore or itchy and can have significant impact on the sufferer's quality of life.
It is thought that psoriasis is caused by a problem with the body's immune system in which new skin cells are created too rapidly, causing a build up of flaky patches on the skin's surface. It is not known exactly why this problem occurs but it is thought that certain genes may play a role.
The study, published today in Science Translational Medicine highlights for the first time the role of PIM1 and the IL-22 cytokine – a protein that sends messages between cells – in skin inflammation such as that seen in psoriasis patients.
Scientists, led by Professor Frank Nestle from the St John's Institute of Dermatology at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, injected IL-22 into models of normal human skin in mice.
The changes that subsequently occurred in the skin were reminiscent of psoriasis. Injecting an antibody to block the IL-22 cytokine caused these changes to reverse.
They were then able to perform computer analysis, comparing the data from these human skin models with existing gene datasets, in order to identify the gene PIM1 as one of the genes 'switched on' by the presence of IL-22. They further showed that a small molecule drug blocking PIM1 was effective in models of psoriasis. The link between the IL-22 cytokine, which causes inflammation, and subsequent changes in the PIM1 gene suggests a direct link between PIM1 and psoriasis.
It is the first time that this gene has been identified as having a specific link to the condition. The combined use of computer analysis of complex gene data sets and disease relevant human skin models, also called integrative biology, is innovative and means that research can be more easily translated to further clinical studies for patient benefit. This new type of approach will likely generate more insights into disease mechanisms but also new drugs for the treatment of psoriasis, thereby reducing the gap between discovery and the clinic
Professor Nestle said: 'We have been able to confirm that the protein IL-22 causes inflammatory changes in human skin contributing to psoriasis.
The most exciting part of the study was that detailed analysis of genes induced by IL-22 in skin allowed us to uncover a novel treatment target for this disease. We are hopeful that our research will lead to the development of new approaches for the treatment for this common and irritating skin condition.'
The authors say that whilst this is a significant development providing proof of principle in pre-clinical models of disease, further research, in the form of clinical trials, is necessary in order to test potential new treatments for effectiveness in humans. However, as the findings are easily transferable to clinical studies, the discovery of this new gene target has promise for the development of new drug therapies.
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I made this paint application this past week, and I was wondering if anyone would want to take a look at it and let me know what you think.
I pretty much learned Java Swing for the first time while writing it, so don't be too critical. xD
Here's a youtube video in case you want to know what you're downloading.
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Residents of Breezy Point, N.Y., are beginning the long hard task of rebuilding their community, pumping water, clearing debris and reflecting on what they've lost.
BREEZY POINT, N.Y. — The Allens hauled out the fridge, board games and the many other everyday objects that were the props of their lives on Thetford Avenue before Superstorm Sandy flooded their bungalow and turned their world upside down.
The possessions were piled high on their deck on Sunday in front of their one-story home, which now has a slight but noticeable tilt. Many of them were headed for the dump, but they were determined to keep the most important ones, such as a heart-shaped photo of KeriLynn Allen's deceased mother, Ann Marie McCarron, who owned the home before her daughter and husband bought it upon her death six years ago.
"We both went house shopping together and as soon we walked in here, we fell in love with this house," Allen, 41, said Friday of the mother-daughter search for a home 16 years ago. "We both said, 'This is it,' you know. We knew there was no more searching, no more looking, it was done. So, it's hard to see it in this shape."
A difficult cleanup has begun in Breezy Point, a tight-knit community nestled between Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean in a small corner New York City, days after Hurricane Sandy unleashed raging floods that damaged thousands of homes and triggered an inferno that burned more than 100 others.
Outside of Manhattan, New York residents are still facing a power outage as temperatures drop and the region braces for another storm. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.
Some families can get inside their homes, while others are still waiting for the waters to recede to make a first assessment of the damage. Still others have nothing to clean up because their homes were consumed by the six-alarm fire that blazed for hours.
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KeriLynn Allen, 41, broke down into tears after seeing this heart-shaped photo of her deceased mother, Ann Marie McCarron, with Allen's nephew on the floor of her flooded bungalow in Breezy Point.
Over the weekend, the Sanitation Department began removing storm debris, an important milestone because the community had no dumpsters to throw out the spoiled food and soaked rugs and furniture. But a lot of the work is being left up to the people of Breezy Point and their bands of friends, as it is elsewhere in the disaster zone.
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"I was a basket case for the past couple of days but, you know, you come in here and you've got to put on your big girl pants and … you have to get through it," said Allen, who barely escaped the floodwaters during the night of Oct. 29 with her husband, Drew, and 12-year-old son, Ryan. "This is the first step in getting things together."
Residents are concerned about the threat to their water-logged homes posed by toxic black mold. Many are emptying out their first floors, including ripping out dry wall, floor panels and sheet rock, in a bid to salvage them.
In front of the nearby home of Rod and Anna Court, a slab of wood with the message "1 day at a time" painted on it leaned against the open hood of an SUV.
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KeriLynn and Drew Allen clean their flood-ravaged Breezy Point, N.Y., bungalow.
"We just got to do one day at a time because if you start thinking about it, it gets too depressing in the long term," said Dan Court, a 56-year-old nutritionist, who was helping his parents — Rod, 80, Anna, in her late 70s — clean their home, concentrating for the moment on mopping tiles with bleach.
Court began to list how many of the extended family's Breezy Point homes were damaged, stopping when he got to eight. Then he started laughing.
"It's a total disaster," said Court, who lives in Yorktown, a suburb north of New York City. "That's what I'm saying, you can't think that far. It's … unbelievable."
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The uncertainty of the road ahead is something that the people of Breezy Point, a tight-knit community founded more than a century ago by Irish immigrants, will have to come to terms with, said the Rev. Msgr. Michael Curran of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, where many residents and their pets — cats, dogs and birds — took shelter during the storm.
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There have been some laughs as the cleanup proceeded, with Campbell joking about her Irish mother's obsession with the Kennedy clan, as demonstrated by her hand-painted watercolors of the family. Dan Court's brother, Ken, said he has been dealing with requests for offbeat items from relatives, such as brass knobs on a cabinet door, a check and a metal box.
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Hello Everyone,
Soccer is a global sport played both professionally and for fun. It is more commonly known as "football" in all countries except the United States of America. Soccer has been increasing in popularity in the United States with the help of various soccer organizations. Males and females of all ages play soccer.
The first activity that included kicking a ball originated in China during the second and third centuries B.C. Medieval Europe also had a range of soccer games played. In 1848, Cambridge University created the "Cambridge Rules" to regulate the game, but not all clubs adopted them. The Football Association was created in 1863. All did not welcome this, and many individual associations were created throughout Europe. The International Football Association Board was created in 1886 to set the official rules of the game. FIFA was established in 1904 and adopted IFAB laws. Soccer is played around the globe and said to be the most popular sport in the world.
FIFA is the international governing body of soccer. It consists of six regional confederations. This includes the AFC: Asian Football Confederation, CAF: Confederation of African Football, CONCACAF: Confederation of North Central America and Caribbean Association Football, UEFA: Union of European Football Associations, OFC: Oceania Football Confederation and CONMEBOL: South American Football Confederation. Each of these confederations contain many national soccer clubs.
Soccer is a team competition that uses a round ball and is played in according to specific rules. Each team has eleven members and a goal. The object is to get the ball in the opposite team's goal. The field is a rectangular shape, with the goals on each end. The only player permitted to use their hands or arms during the game is the goalkeeper, except for throw-ins. A throw-in would occur when the ball goes out of the field of play. The other players use their feet, legs and head to move the ball. The game is played for two halves of forty-five minutes each, with a fifteen-minute halftime in between. The winner is the team with the most goals at the end. Extra time and a shoot-out may be added to determine a winner if a tie is not a viable outcome, as in the World Cup.
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When setting configuration parameters on the EZMotion you need to press the blue button to wake the device up for it to receive the command.br,sambuca
* posde is happy with regular KNX PIRs, which all have a function to turn on a specific device for a few minutes.
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This course will examine advertisements in the print media with respect to various elements, including: economic and social class; race; ethnic identity; age; gender; and sexuality. The course begins with an introduction to the method of analysis called semiotics, the techniques of which will be used to determine how advertisements convey their messages and how they address themselves to particular consumers. In addition to the elements outlined above, we will discuss several recent controversial issues. While this course will not center on a history of advertising, it will treat the historical place of print advertising in a capitalist consumer culture. Interventionist tactics by various artists that attempt to subvert the economic and ideological function of ads will also be examined. Visual Culture Emphasis course.
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The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival from the interns' point of view
Friday, April 5, 2013
Blog posting written by Erica Moriarty, Documentary Studies and Production '16, FLEFF Intern, Houston, Texas
Hello FLEFFers! Can't make it to the FLEFF Lab in Park 220? No problem! I'm here live blogging to bring you the highlights!
And due to a last minute change, filmmaker Bo Wang, the first Chinese filmmaker to attend FLEFF, will be doing a presentation this hour.
Bo directed a film called China Concerto at 4PM and 9PM tomorrow at Cinemapolis. dGenerate films brings underground, new generation Chinese cinema out of China. This new generation of films emerged post-Tiananmen with a new, radical spin.
"Set the stage for us and walk us through China," Dr. Patricia Zimmermann began the
Bo described a brief history of China. After Mao died in 1976, the country began to adopt capitalism.
"It's been described as socialism with Chinese characters," said Bo.
After 1989 and the incident at Tiananmen Square, a new movement emerged. It began with the avant-garde movement which was politically driven in the form of personal expression. However, many movies continued to be censored. In the 90s, many artist began making movies and used connections in the western world to distribute the Chinese independent filmmaking.
In August, Bo attended a film festival in Beijing, one of the biggest in China. During this time, there was a significant party shift in Chinese government.
Bo described the interruption by the government: "After a half hour of the festival beginning, the electricity was cut...There was a back and forth resistance from the festival, but eventually, the festival was shut down."
After the festival shut down, the films became even more independent, often being shown in artists' studios or houses. Therefore, Bo's film, China, was never shown in an actual festival.
Although he is very involved in Chinese filmmaking today, Bo did not begin college as a filmmaker. He originally planned to go into the sciences, but he felt that he could connect with people more through art and film.
"Do you worry about censorship at all?" asked a member of the audience.
"I'm not attacking any specific person or authority," answered Bo. "I also did not expect this film to have a public showing in China. I think it should be okay. It should be safe."
In all of east and southeast Asia, the film screened at only one shut down film festival. We're lucky enough to have it this week at FLEFF! Come to Cinemapolis Saturday at 4PM or 9PM to learn more.


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City Of A Hundred NamesPhotographs by Alex Webb
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In 1998 Alex Webb visited Istanbul and was immediately enthralled by its people, history, and the richness of its street life, especially the sense of Istanbul as a border city between East and West, Europe and Asia, the only major city in the world that actually exists on two continents. He has returned whenever possible, and the resulting work conveys the frisson of a culture in transition, yet firmly rooted in history. Founded by the Greeks some twenty-seven centuries ago, this much-fought-over trading center has been the capital of two of history's most powerful empires—the Byzantine and the Ottoman—and now stands as the largest city of one of the world's few secular Muslim nations, which hopes to enter the European Union. In Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names, Webb's uses his ability to distill gesture, color, and contrasting cultural tensions into a single, beguiling frame to full effect in presenting his vision of Istanbul: a city of minarets and pigeons rising to the heavens during the dawn call to prayer, yet also a city of ATM machines and designer jeans.
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CHESTER, Pa. – With the trade of captain Danny Califf to Chivas USA now official, the Philadelphia Union have lost a veteran center back who has started 67 of the 75 games in franchise history.
Prepared to slide over into that vacant spot is Sheanon Williams, who's quickly proving to be the club's most versatile defender. So far this season, the 22-year-old has played right back, left back and center back, helping to ease the concerns about a backline that's been mostly in flux.
"You know, it's whatever we need," Williams told MLSsoccer.com. "You can't be picky when the team needs you."
In addition to being one of the Union's top defenders, Williams is also well on his way to becoming one of their most seasoned veterans – despite 2012 being only his third season in MLS. One of the last holdovers from the Union's 2010 expansion season, Williams was even mentioned by Philly manager Peter Nowak as someone in line to wear the captain's armband following Califf's exit.
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READ: Union deal Califf to Chivas USA
Nowak showed similar confidence in Williams when he claimed that the right back should have no trouble adjusting to center back.
"To me, it's the easiest position to play," Nowak said. "He's a great defender, very good with the ball and not afraid to go forward. I think he will embrace the position in a pretty good way."
Still, while Williams has experience at center back both professionally and with the US youth national team structure, he prefers right back, mainly because it allows him to use his speed and get up and down the field.
"Right back, center back – I defend first," Williams said. "But I like to attack and that's obviously hard to do when you're playing center back. Right back is definitely where I'm most comfortable, where I've played the longest and definitely where I feel most at home."
Perhaps down the road Williams will return to his more favored position on the right side, but for now he's needed – and willing – to play center back alongside stalwart Carlos Valdés. The fullback spots will likely be occupied by upstart rookie Raymon Gaddis and Gabriel Farfan, who is set to return from a three-game suspension Saturday against FC Dallas (8:30 pm ET, watch LIVE online).
That leaves Chris Albright and Porfirio López as the only natural defenders on the Philly bench, but neither of them has played much in recent weeks.
Does that mean the Union could make another move later this season to help out Williams and the rest of the club's backline?
"It's still important to see what the next couple of weeks and months bring us with the transfer window opening soon," Nowak said. "We need to make sure we can strengthen the position."
Dave Zeitlin covers the Union for MLSsoccer.com.


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On Saturday, 22 September 2012, the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society will host its Annual Fall Workshop. This year's guest speaker is Nancy Tychonievich, of Patron Services, FamilySearch, who will present the day-long seminar "What Family Search Can Do for You."
Topics covered include: Search Strategies; Records Collections; Online Lessons; the FamilySearch Wiki; and many others.
The workshop will be held at the Simpson Lecture Hall on the A-B Tech Campus in Asheville, NC. Registration check-in begins at 9:00 a.m., while the workshop will be held from 9:30 to 3:30. Early-bird registration costs $25 and ends 22 August 2012. The registration fee after 22 August is $30. Registration includes lunch.
For more information, including links to a registration form, see OBCGS Annual Fall Workshop.


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Talk about dropping the mic and leaving the stage. The entire staff of one mall-based Journey's footwear store reached their breaking point when it came to dealing with their boss. When the boss in question finally went to lunch, they decided the time had come to quit as a group.
Were the employees content with waiting until the end of the day to share their decision? No way. They marched immediately out and locked the store up behind them. But they weren't content with just leaving in the middle of the work day to prove their point. They wanted everyone to know why, exactly, they were quitting in the first place. To do that, they wrote a scathing note and left it in full sight of the entire mall.
While it's hard to say without actually working there, it sounds like employees Jess, Niki, and T.J. were more than justified in their desire to get the heck out of dodge. The note includes complaints against their boss like frequent swearing and treatment so poor that the store couldn't keep a manager for more than a year at a time.
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Obviously everyone has the occasional bad day at the office. It's normal to have the odd fantasy of storming out dramatically. "That'll show 'em," you think ... but you never act on it.
As brave as their sign may be, and however much their boss deserved it, walking out on a job only hurts you. Among other things, it could make unemployment a non-option. If you've got a grievance with your boss, you owe it to yourself and future employees to work through it, even if that means bringing in a higher-up to mediate or as a witness. Keep a record, cover your behind, and you'll come out ahead.
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I live in a deeply religious family and in our culture family bonds are very strong.
Now that I've become an atheist I often wonder if its a good idea to tell them this and cause problems or just keep mum and pretend I'm still religious?
If this is not the place to post this I'm sorry but could you direct me to some relevant posts?
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Why do these deeply religious people have to control us (mostly as we are in our childhoods) I never believed and just didn't pray when they prayed and never sang when they sang, I never forced my belief ( of non belief on any one) as an adult if it comes up I will speak of my beliefs but I am very secure in myself and don't have to go around preaching my non belief. if your parents really Love you they will accept you as you are , if they don't then yo
u will have to risk moving on as an adult on a different road then they have taken. Sometimes you just have to make a stand. its your life and don't waste to much time trying to please...... Be your self , sooner the better .... Time keeps ticking away....... Peace <3
I would not engage in a battle with them. Maybe a better wording would be to not allow them to escalate it to a battle. You do not need to explain why you don't believe or what you may believe instead. You just no longer believe what they happen to believe and that is all you need say. Whether or not you are now viewing the world form a scientific perspective is not important for now. You got where you are by thinking about it and are humble enough to not claim that a god do not exist and you don't claim to have all the answers yet could be a useful approach.
Remain calm when challenged. If anyone wishes you ill tell them you will turn the other cheek this time. If anyone talks about bringing shame to the house ask them not to judge others so quickly. You are forcing them to challenge their own beliefs and they will do this over the coming months. Then hopefully, one by one, they will all want to talk to you about it on a mutually respectful basis. Good Luck.
Tell them that you don't believe in God, but if it is the case that he exists and is the creator, he constructed the genetic sequence that has eventually led to your own genetic makeup--the proximate cause of the way you process information, and therefore of your atheism. He has endowed a certain number with the kind of intellectual faculties that inevitably lead to doubt, and since this was his work, it should not be shunned. Furthermore, you cannot choose your beliefs, only your actions. Let your family down easily by saying that you are searching for the way to expel the seeds of your doubt (God's existence is theoretically possible so this might not be a complete lie), thereby remaining faithful to God through your actions if not your beliefs.
Well I'm new here and already like it! I have a similar dilemma though with a few more complicating factors, namely my 3 beautiful children (ages 8, 5 & 0.7). I have ALWAYS had doubts in christianity even as a teenager but like most "christians" just went with the flow. I attend a "non-denominational" church every Sunday in support of my wife and of course our 3 children go to Sunday school. For the past 2.5 years, I have been attending a bible study group every week at the crack o dawn. At first I though I was agnostic... the more I sincerely looked into it; the more I talked to religious "experts" at the church; the more internet searching I have done, the more convinced I am, without a doubt, 100% atheist, borderline anti-theist. I have watched NUMEROUS religious debates and have yet to hear one (1) thing that even starts to make me thing religion has ANY merit. With that being said...
My dilemma... My wife is "willfully" ignorant. She finds solace in religion and refuses to talk about it. She once asked if I HAD to do so much research... I stated no, I could also stick my head in the sand and ignore reality (maybe not those exact words as I have been married for over 15 years). My dilemma is my children. On one hand, I understand the security they derive from believing in an all seeing "god" when I am not around for comfort but every time I pick them up from Sunday school, I tell myself that is one more thing I will have to "deprogram" when they get older. I have only gone "ballistic" once... The the Sunday school told my son that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time. Needless to say, I adamantly refused to return to that church and told my son that if he if ever told that again, that he has my permission to inform the "teacher" that they are ABSOLUTELY wrong (with respect of course).
I think if your family loves you, they will accept the fact you are atheist. Call me severely optimistic, but I truly think that if comparative religion was taught in school, there would be many more confirmed atheists... I think most "religious people" have a lot of SERIOUS doubts way down deep which is why they get SO defensive when we start questioning their belief. I agree with Richard Dawkins that we are on the cusp of a Atheism outbreak. I think it is important for you to state your beliefs and lead my example. Show them that "Objective Morality" is a joke and be a great person and STILL not believe in god. I think the more people that come out of the atheistic closet," the more others will be willing to do so.
Now for my hypocrisy: I live in a VERY conservative Texan town and own small business. As much as I would love to scream from the top of my lungs that I am a PROUD atheist, I am worried that it would hurt my business. If I were single, I wouldn't care. I have a wife and 3 kids to support so I tell people I am "agnostic" and do that whole song and dance to be more "acceptable" and I still go to bible study to ask the hard questions and make them think. THAT is the key... to make them THINK!
I have babbled enough. Just a lot on my brain and no place to release it. I look forward to intelligent, grounded thought and debate. I pray I see the death of religion in my lifetime (pun most definitely intended!)
Thats a good point. Feels easier to say than suddenly declaring you're an atheist. Hmmm I never thought of that
I would maintain your current stance. Ultimately, "coming out" is only a good thing if it serves an obvious purpose; it is unlikely you are going to convince your town of the merits of atheism, so the purpose must be your family. I have no idea what it is like to live in such an environment, but if you think that the damaging effects of revealing your beliefs will be more significant than the beneficial effects (intellectual freedom, honesty etc. for your children and yourself) then you shouldn't declare atheism. Immediate financial concern is more pressing than ideological issues, which can ultimately wait. I think you are on the right track trying to sow the seeds of doubt in your children's minds. Pride in and of itself is meaningless, it is the effects that matter. I think you have done the right thing.
I was about to say something, I thought witty, but held back.
Any where you go, if you have any difference of opinion or even perspective, the local folks can make it hard for you. They want some degree of metaphysical certainty, if all you have is questions, this cracks their little cosmic egg, punctures their bubbles, and throws their certainty onto a vast rubbish heep. The few responses they have left, is to make you an outcast, a herritic, a fool, a sinner, ignore you, etc. Some will quietly see you as a person of courage and principle, but they might/might not come to your aide. Some might throw stones, actual or symbolic, or marginalize to the point of near death. In my experience, being an atheist or humanist can be a difficult walk, but if honesty has any value, and the persuit of truth any virtue, it could be atleast one walk left to us.
I suggest that you speek your truth as best you can. Express your misgivings as clearly as possible. Of all the people in the world, I think our families need our honesty the most. The fellowship of other free thinkers, might be of some help. Pursue your questions, expose yourself to new and challenging conditions, seek solutions, find wonder in the mysteries that still remain.
It sort of depends...if you're still young and living under your parent's roof, I'd advise against "coming out" out all. It's horrible, but for some people, religious parents can be absolute monsters when they find out. Keeping the secret is, admittedly, a painful way to go. I did it for several years, and I bit my tongue so often on so many subjects I thought I was going to bite it off. Thankfully, my mother is far more moderate than my father or grandparents. I was able to go to her and tell her about my without too much fear of any sort of yelling or shouting. She was hurt, I could tell, but she was supportive, and she kept it from the rest of the family until I was ready to openly admit it to everyone.
The only advice that I can give, if you're ready to come out, is to do it to one person at a time, and start with your most moderate/liberal friends and family. Don't go shooting right for the die hard fundies in your social circle. You want people who can back you up when the time comes, and if worst comes to worst, will support you if your parents cannot reconcile with your decision. For many, it's easy, but for people surrounded by religious family, it can be a very tough battle, and one many don't win.
Stand strong in your convictions, and don't let them shout you down. Remember that their anger comes from concern and hurt. They love you and are genuinely worried. No matter how loud they scream, no matter what they say, they say it because they want you to be safe "in heaven" with them. In the end, if you can't make them accept your choice, then all you can do is say "I love you." and walk away.
I think a lot of it will be if they are religious moderates or fundamentalists. If they're moderates they already don't demonize other religions and beliefs. If they are fundamentalists they demonize everyone different from them, including atheists. Their personalities, and yours, also are a big part of the equation. Check Shays post and the comments. If you and they are all confrontational people, and they are fundamentalists, better call a SWAT team. Good luck.
Mason - Gary and his parents are from Singapore - I've had friends on Singapore, and their "conversion" came from when they were an English colony, hence they don't share the Puritan ethics we Americans, regrettably, have inherited from those most fundamental of fundamentalists, the Puritans. Though I've no doubt they're sincere in their beliefs, they, fortunately, don't share our history, which has created Santorums and Bachmans and Palins, oh my!
pax vobiscum,
Thanks everyone for the advice and encouragement. This really means a lot ! 3 Days left before the visit . Lets see how that goes.....
Gary - you may live on the other side of the globe, but you're only a keystroke away --
pax vobiscum,


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In the first scene PRODUCTION OFFICE, two co-workers Donna (Stella V. Wilkins) and Brittany (Devon Ogden) snark and jab at each other over an office affair that they are respectively having with their chauvinistic boss, Carter. The delivery of Wilkins and Ogden made for great entertainment as each woman's objective was to one up the other in a battle of who was the better woman for the "job" and for Carter. PRODUCTION OFFICE stars Stella V. Wilkins, Devon Ogden and Sarah Schreiber.
In FAMILY ROOM, the scene delves into a seemingly idyllic couple's lives, Mike (David M. Edelstein) and Debby (Anne Marie Howard) with their children and how their bickering draws a negative impact on them. This scene is the most realistic in this series as it deals with children's reactions and blurred perceptions. Luke (Jesse Pilchen) and Maddy (Lilah Wally) are believable as the siblings who wonder about their parent's uncertain relationship. FAMILY ROOM stars David M. Edelstein, Anne Marie Howard, Jesse Pilchen and Lilah Wally.
DOWNTOWN BAR is a comedic tale about chauvinistic boss, Carter (who we finally meet thanks to the set up in PRODUCTION OFFICE) who exploits his extramarital affair to get what he wants. The scene is a cat and mouse game about who ends up with the upper hand as Carter (David M. Edelstein) and Hayley (Michelle Bernard) go head-to-toe over the details of their scandalous affair which ends up having surprising twists and turns. The real star of this gem was Chappie (played humorously by Billy Snow) who stole the show with dialogue that is reminiscent of every pick up line that a guy would use to snare his prey at a bar. DOWNTOWN BAR stars Kalimba Bennett, Michelle Bernard, Billy Snow, David M. Edelstein and Anne Marie Howard.
In GRIFFITH PARK, Vince (Jay Bingham) is your typical guy who has fallen hard on times as he struggles internally to get back what little manhood that has been taken away from him because of the economy. With his supportive wife, Blythe (Sarah Schreiber) and his obnoxiously funny drug dealer, Mary Jane (Devon Ogden) in the mix, you begin to understand certain elements that come to light. GRIFFITH PARK stars Jay Bingham, Billy Snow, Sarah Schreiber and Devon Ogden.
LINDBERG PARK tells the story of homeless man, Rod (Gregor Manns), who sheds some light and brings out the compassionate side of Lilly (Stella V. Wilkins) and the not-so-compassionate side of Suzanne (Anne Marie Howard) during the setup of a party in the park. The acting for this scene was the strongest in delivery as one could feel the hard times that have befallen on Rod who clearly states how things can change at any moment. The chemistry between these three people on how they dealt with this situation worked very well. LINDBERG PARK stars Gregor Manns, Stella V. Wilkins and Anne Marie Howard.
And finally in SANTA MONICA BEACH, Malcolm (Juan Pope from the SANTA MONICA BAR scene) meets Molly (Kalimba Bennett) and strike up a seemingly comfortable and unassuming conversation and find out they have the same common interests. The scene works seamlessly well as two strangers come together because of commonalities and then, of course, a third party, Kristen (Michelle Bernard) interrupts the connection and leaves you wondering what could have been. SANTA MONICA BEACH stars Juan Pope, Kalimba Bennett and Michelle Bernard.
Overall, IN & OUT: THE US OF ALIENATION explored various themes that are guaranteed to resonate with theatre spectators. Under the direction and the writing of David Wally, he takes the avid theatre buff on a journey where realizations and understandings are being brought to forefront. In essence, IN & OUT is a great night of theatre not to be missed.
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Letter to the Super Committee on NEA's Priorities for any Deficit Reduction Deal
October 25, 2011
Dear Representative:
As the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction ("Super Committee") continues its work, including holding a hearing this week on discretionary spending, we would like to convey to the full Congress our views on priorities for any deficit reduction deal. We have also attached for your information our longer comments submitted to the Super Committee.
NEA represents 3.2 million dedicated members of the National Education Association who work tirelessly every day in support of our nation's children. Educators understand that Congress must work to ensure America's long-term economic prosperity and address the nation's serious fiscal challenges. But, they also see first-hand every day the struggles of many of their students and their families and, therefore, know that we cannot afford to abandon the poor and the middle class while continuing to cater to the wealthiest in our nation.
The Super Committee must take a balanced approach that aims, above all, to put Americans back to work, while protecting the interests of Main Street and our most vulnerable populations, and making sure that those most able to do so pay their fair share. Any deal must include significant provisions to increase revenue and must not rely solely on additional cuts.
We hope the Committee will be able to come to a balanced agreement in order to avoid the sequestration trigger. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated a 7.8 percent across-the-board cut in FY13 if the trigger is pulled. This would result in a cut of $3.54 billion to education, including:
• A cut of $1.1 billion to Title I that would impact almost 1.5 million students
• A cut of $896 million to IDEA that would affect more than half a million students, and
• A cut of $590 million to Head Start that would harm more than 75,000 young children.
These cuts would also cause a loss of more than 70,000 jobs at a time when Congress needs to be focused on creating jobs. Attached please find a chart outlining the impact on education of the Budget Control Act's Across-the-Board Reductions (sequestration).
We urge the committee to:
• Focus on creating jobs. We strongly supported the President's plan to keep educators working and students learning and are deeply disappointed that Congress has failed to pass both the comprehensive package as well as smaller pieces designed to create immediate jobs. Investing in public education creates American jobs and ensures that our children won't fall through the cracks, and instead will have the resources they need to succeed in the worldwide economy. When we save jobs in our nation's public schools, students are the winners: they receive more individual attention, more help from counselors, more after school help and more opportunities to succeed.
In addition, creating education jobs will help jump start economic recovery. Investing in public education has a greater net positive impact on economic growth than any other type of investment, including tax cuts. When we invest in public education, lower and middle incomes grow even more than upper incomes, positively impacting businesses' bottom line because lower-income people spend their new income on consumer goods and services. In a typical state, investing two percent more in public education generates 3,900 new jobs and $92 million in new personal income. An equal tax cut generates less than half those gains — 1,500 new jobs and $41 million in new personal income.
• Invest in school modernization. We strongly support the Fix America's Schools Today Act, which will invest $30 billion in school infrastructure. Our children deserve manageable class-sizes and modernized and energy-efficient school buildings. On average, our public schools are more than 40 years old and need an estimated $500 billion in repairs and upgrades. Construction and building repair generally create 9,000-10,000 jobs per billion dollars spent. Eliminating just half the backlog in needed repairs and improvements would, over a period of years, create more than two million much-needed jobs.
• Oppose additional discretionary funding cuts. Discretionary funding for the next decade already took a significant hit in round one of deficit reduction. We strongly oppose additional cuts that will unavoidably harm critical investments in education. America's students have already "given" toward deficit reduction; their future should not be compromised more.
• Protect those most in need and those who rely on core safety net programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Cuts to Medicaid would be especially harmful as one-third of all children in the U.S. are served by Medicaid. Children who lack access to health care services are less likely to come to school healthy and ready to learn and to succeed academically. Slashing Medicaid funding would also place a drastic strain on struggling state budgets and further squeeze education funding.
We oppose any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits. These essential programs did not contribute to the nation's deficit and should not be cut to address it.
• Ensure a balanced approach to deficit reduction that includes revenues. We strongly believe that those most able to do so must pay their fair share toward deficit reduction. Significant revenue should be generated by scaling back tax breaks for the wealthiest and tax subsidies for corporations. It should not come from taxing health care benefits, which would disproportionately hurt the middle class, especially women.
We understand the seriousness of the task before Congress and hope you can come together in support of a plan that will set our nation on the right course for a secure future. We urge you to fight for a balanced approach that protects the interests of Main Street America, puts our nation back to work, and ensure a strong, competitive nation for the 21st Century.
We thank you for your consideration of our comments on these critical issues.
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Director, Center for Advocacy
Mary Kusler
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