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Monday, September 24, 2012
»Rachel Hitchcock, University Advancement; and J.R. Tarabocchia, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, presented "How to Start a Major Gift Campaign with a Non-Traditional Student Population" at the Student Affairs Development Conference in Louisville
»Tom Johnson, Business Administration faculty, will have syllabi from two of his courses published by the Business History Initiative of the Harvard Business School in its Guide to Teaching Business History. One course covers the financial industry's conqu
»Pat Boas, Art faculty, was awarded a fellowship from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation for a July residency at Byrdcliffe Artist Colony in New York and a Ford Family Foundation Golden Spot Artist Residency Fellowship. The Ford Family Foundation award support
»Karen L. Karavanic, Computer Science faculty, presented "Power and Cooling Aware Parallel Performance Diagnosis" at the 41st International Conference on Parallel Processing in Pittsburgh, Sept. 11.
»Susan Kirley, English faculty, authored "Rendering Technology Visible: The Technological Literacy Narrative" published in Computer and Composition, Vol. 29, 2012.
»Emily Ford, Library faculty, and others received a Salem Press Library Blog award in the general blog category for "In the Library with the Lead Pipe," a peer-reviewed blog for librarians across the United States. Ford is a founding member of the blog as
»Ted Khoury, Business Administration faculty, presented three papers titled "Exclusivity in Biotech Licensing: What Makes Licensors Restrict their Options?" "The Response of Inventors to IPR Reform," and "How do Developing Country Entrepreneurs Navigate Ex
»Timm Menke, World Languages and Literatures faculty, authored "Arno Schmidt: Leviathan" and "Arno Schmidt: Brand's Haide" published in The Literary Encyclopedia, London, 2012.
»Linda George, Environmental Science and Management faculty, is on an intergovernmental assignment as program officer with the National Science Foundation - Atmospheric and Geospace Science Division until September 2013. Her portfolio will be Interdiscipli
»Eric Mankowski, Psychology faculty, presented a paper, "Assessing Proximal Outcomes in Batterer Intervention Programs" at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, in Portsmouth, N.H., July 9. His co-author was graduat
»Elizabeth Norton and Pam Miller, Social Work faculty, co-authored "What Their Terms of Living and Dying Might Be: Hospice Social Workers Discuss Oregon's Death with Dignity Act" published in the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, Jul
»Erica Wagner, Business Administration faculty, presented a paper titled "Characterizing Work Practices in Packaged Software: A Metaphorical Analysis" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Aug. 3-7.
»Christine Cress, Education faculty, wrote the lead article, "Civic Engagement and Student Success: Leveraging Multiple Degrees of Achievement" published in Diversity & Democracy, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2012.
»Nathan McClintock, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, presented a paper, "Loam, Lead, and Land Use: Towards an Interdisciplinary Study of Urban Soils," at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland on Aug. 8.
»Cristine Paschild, Library faculty, authored "Community Archives and the Limitations of Identity: Considering Discursive Impact on Material Needs" published in The American Archivist, Vol. 75, Spring/Summer 2012.
»Teresa Bulman, Geography faculty and Oregon Geographic Alliance, has received a $200,000 grant from the John and Betty Gray Geography Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation to improve geography education in Oregon's K-12 schools. The grant will support O
»Tom Larsen, Library faculty, has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Library Education Assistance Foundation for Vietnam to conduct library cataloging training in a new program for a library in Vietnam. The foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicate
»Leerom Medovoi, English faculty, presented "Religion, Secularism, and Political Belonging in a Global Age: An International Research Initiative" at the annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, National University of Australia
»Lee Shaker, Communication faculty, co-authored a piece with colleagues at Princeton and BYU, "Gender Inequality in Deliberative Participation" published in the American Political Science Review.
»Ray Johnson, Business Administration faculty, was appointed to the American Institute of CPA's Professional Ethics Executive Committee that sets ethical standards for its members—almost all CPAs in the United States.
»Eva Nunez, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presented her research, "Text Analysis of the Sephardi Spanish Jew Narrative Poetry in the XV Century" at the International Conference of History of the Spanish Language held at University of Cadiz, Spai
»Shung Jae Shin, Business Administration faculty, was chair of a session titled "Feedback and Training Mechanisms" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Aug. 3-7. He also presented a paper titled "HRM Systems, Intrinsic Motivation, an
»Mellie Pullman, Business Administration faculty, won one of the prestigious 2012 Emerald Management Reviews Citations of Excellence Awards for an article titled "Unraveling the Food Supply Chain: Strategic Insights from China and the 2007 Recalls," which
»Desiree Pacheco, Business Administration faculty, was an organizer of the session "Exploring Opportunities for Knowledge Transfer, Social Entrepreneurship, and Constructive Engagement in Local Initiatives around the Globe: An AOM Volunteer Corp?" at the a
»Margaret Shirley, Art adjunct faculty, is exhibiting her work at the Laura Russo Gallery during September. Her paintings on wood panels incorporate plant and other natural materials.
»Robert Schroeder, Library faculty, has been appointed an editor of the open-access peer reviewed journal Communications in Information Literacy.
»Joan Petit and Tom Bielavitz, Library faculty, presented "Thriving in a Challenging Environment: Creating Technology-Rich, Collaborative Learning Spaces on a Shoestring" at the Pacific Northwest Library Association Annual Conference in Anchorage, Ala., Au
»Pete Tashman, Business Administration faculty, was the discussant of the session titled "Drivers and Effects of Green Technology Innovation: Green Technology Innovation" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Aug. 3-7. Tashman was als
»Elizabeth Almer, Business Administration faculty, presented "Determinants of Accounting Faculty Salaries" at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., Aug. 5-8.
»Tom Potiowsky, Economics faculty and Northwest Economic Research Center, presented "The Morning After: How Long Will the Oregon Economy Nurse This Recession Hangover?" as the keynote speech at The Oregon Community Foundation Statewide Leaders Gathering, C
»Sue Taylor, Art History faculty, wrote an article on the psychoanalysis of the magic act in the 2012 volume of Media-N: Journal of the New Media Caucus.
»Melissa Appleyard, Business Administration faculty, was a presenter in the session titled "Theory, Data, and Methods for Examining Interdisciplinary Research & Development: Interdisciplinary R&D" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston,
»Neil Ramiller, Business Administration faculty, presented "Sociomateriality as Radical Ontology: Insights for ICTs from the Phenomenology of Sport" at the 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems in Seattle, Aug. 9-11. The article was also publishe
»Sully Taylor, Business Administration faculty, co-authored a research-based report titled "HRM's Role in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability" released by the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation, the World Federati
»Steven Bleiler, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, presented "Modeling with Computational Probability" at the 13th International Pure Mathematics Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, Sept. 1-3.
»Kathy Rupley, Business Administration faculty, served as discussant for the paper "Corporate Social Responsibility, Audit Fees, and Audit Opinions" at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5-8.
»B.D. Wortham-Galvin, Architecture faculty, authored a chapter, "Making the Familiar Strange: Understanding Design Practice as Cultural Practice," published in The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs, Sonia Hirt and Diane Zahm editors.
»Marek Elzanowski, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, gave an invited talk, "Modern Mathematical Theories of Defective Elastic Crystals," at the University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.
»Charles Rynerson and Richard Lycan, Population Research Center, presented "Housing Based School Enrollment Forecasts" at the Environmental Systems Research Institute Education User Conference, San Diego, July 22.
»Kenneth M. Ames, Anthropology emeritus faculty, has been awarded a three-year, National Science Foundation grant for a project titled "Settlement Pattern Dynamics and the Evolution of Social Complexity on the Northern Northwest Coast," which looks at shif
»Berrin Erdogan, Business Administration faculty, was a presenter at the organizational behavior doctoral consortium and a facilitator in the session "OB research incubator" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Aug. 3-7. She also pre
»Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, and graduate student Madeline Steele authored a paper titled "Spatial Patterns of March and September Streamflow Trends in Pacific Northwest Streams" published in Geographical Analysis, Vol. 44.
»Jill Rissi, Public Administration faculty, along with PSU co-investigators Neal Wallace and Sherril Gelmon, received an 18-month research award totaling $126,984 to evaluate Oregon's Patient-Centered Primary Care Home initiative. The PSU faculty will be w
»Elise Granek, Environmental Science and Management faculty, presented a co-authored paper, "Growing Cities Depend on Ecosystem Services," at the National Science Foundation's 2012 Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Principal Investiga
»Paul Collins, English faculty, had an essay, "Vanishing Act," which originally ran in Lapham's Quarterly, selected for Best American Essays 2012, which is to be released next month by Houghton Mifflin.
»Graig Spolek, Mechanical and Materials Engineering faculty, received an $80,000 grant for a collaborative project involving green roof researchers at PSU and Columbia Green Technologies, a Portland company with a green roof system it hopes will become an
»John Hall, Economics and International Studies faculty, presented the lecture "Die Ursprung und Verwendungen des Evolutionaer Theorie: Kants Erschleichung, Veblens Subreption, und die Soziale Analyse von Dugger, Mills, und Galbraith" (The Origins and Appl
»G.L.A. Harris, Public Administration faculty, authored an article entitled "Multiple Marginality: How the Disproportionate Assignment of Women and Minorities to Manage Diversity Programs Reinforces and Multiplies Their Marginality" published in Administra
»Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty, was invited to join the editorial board of the newly formed management journal titled Oxford Research Reviews: Business and Management. The Oxford University Press will publish the journal.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
»Shawn Smallman, International Studies faculty, presented a paper titled "Biopiracy and Vaccines: the New Pandemic Influenza Plan" at the Influenza 2012 conference, University of Oxford, U.K., Sept. 13.
»Christof Teuscher, Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, gave an invited presentation, "From Intrinsic to Designed Computation with Turing's Unorganized Machines" at the Incomputable workshop, Newport Pagnell, U.K., June 12-13. The workshop was hel
»Leni Zumas, English faculty, presented "Working the Hole: Notes on Scavenging" at the Tin House Writer's Workshop, Portland, July 11.
Monday, October 1, 2012
»Sully Taylor, Business Administration faculty, presented a paper, "Career Management and Social Capital in MNCs," at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Aug. 3-7.
»Harry Anastasiou, International Peace and Conflict Studies faculty, was invited by the U.S. Department of State to present an up-to-date analysis of the Cyprus conflict and the effect of regional developments on the country. The event took place in Washin
»Christof Teuscher, Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, presented the paper "Memristor-Based Reservoir Computing" at the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures held in Amsterdam, July 4-5. The work was done by graduate student
»Talya Bauer and Berrin Erdogan, Business Administration faculty, co-authored a chapter titled "Organizational Socialization Outcomes: Now and Into the Future" published in The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Socialization, Oxford University Press.
»Donald Truxillo, Psychology faculty, presented a workshop, "Age in the Workplace: Myths, Realities, and Emerging Questions for Employers and Society," at the 19th annual Oregon Diversity Conference in Salem, Sept. 12-13.
»Jon Holt, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presented "'Thus Have I Heard': the Auditory Hallucination Poetry of Miyazawa Kenji" at the 2012 Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Sept. 21.
»Jennifer Dill, Urban Studies faculty and OTREC, co-authored an article with doctoral students Arlie Adkins (lead author) and Gretchen Luhr, and Community Health faculty Margaret Neal, "Unpacking Walkability: Testing the Influence of Urban Design Features
»Emily Ford, Library faculty, authored a blog post, "What Do We Do and Why Do We Do It?" for the group, peer-reviewed blog In the Library with the Lead Pipe on Aug. 8.
»Becki Hunt Ingersoll, Advising and Career Services, and James Ofsink, Student Financial Aid and Scholarships, authored an article, "Pushed Across the Finish: One University's Success in Helping Students Complete Their Degrees Despite Obstacles," published
»Richard Lycan, Urban and Public Affairs; Mark Sytsma and Rich Miller, Center for Lakes and Reservoirs; Will Garrick and Morgan Harvey, Academic Research and Computing; and Dave Banis, Geography, co-authored an article, "Developing the On-Line Atlas of Ore
»Leerom Medovoi, English faculty, authored "Dogma Line Racism: Islamophobia and the Second Axis of Race" published in Social Text, Vol. 30, No. 2, Summer 2012.
»Laura Schott, Athletics, was recently inducted in the Jesuit High School Hall of Fame. Schott is head soccer coach at PSU. While at Jesuit, she scored 116 career goals, helping to lead the school to four state titles.
»Lee Shaker, Communication faculty, authored "Local Political Knowledge and Assessments of Citizen Competence" published in Public Opinion Quarterly.
»Marion Sharp, Education faculty; Kellie Herold, Social Work faculty; and others in Oregon's services community, received a regional award for PSU's Therapy with Adoptive and Foster Parents program, which Sharp heads. The collaborative program was the 2012
»Vivek Shandas, Urban Studies and Planning, authored a paper with graduate research assistants Meenakshi Rao and Moriah McSharry McGrath entitled "The Implications of Climate Change on Residential Water Use: A Micro-Scale Analysis of Portland (OR)" publish
»Heather Burns, Education Leadership and Policy faculty, presented "Cultivating Integrative, Engaged and Transformative Learning: Lessons from the Learning Gardens Laboratory" at the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association national conference in Corv
»Michael J. Smith, Educational Leadership and Policy faculty, authored "Cooperation, College Knowledge, and Strong Parent Communities in the L.A. Concrete Jungle: The Case for Family-Centered Outreach" published in the Metropolitan Universities Journal, Vo
»Marek Elzanowski and Serge Preston, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, organized the session Geometric Methods in Mechanics and Thermodynamics at the Algebra Geometry Mathematical Physics 8 meeting at the Technical University of Brno, Brno, Czech Republi
»Anmarie Trimble, University Studies faculty, authored "No Theory But for Practice: Born, Multimedia, and the Avant-Garde" published in the anthology The New Work of Composing, Computers and Composition Digital Press, Utah State University Press. The eBook
»Eric Mankowski, Psychology faculty, delivered a keynote address, "Better Practice in Batterer Intervention: What Does Research Tell Us?" at the annual conference of the Northwest Association of Domestic Violence Treatment Professionals, Vancouver, Wash.,
»Margaret Everett, Graduate Studies and Sociology faculty, was awarded a $23,000 grant from the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund for a study, Healing and Gender in Urban Oaxaca: A Medical Anthropology Study of Mexico's Pentecostal Movement. The award is
»Nathan McClintock, Urban Studies and Planning, presented "Bridging University and Community through Urban Agriculture Education: Experiences from Portland" at the Urban Agriculture Summit in Toronto, Ontario, Aug. 17, and at the Sustainable Agriculture Ed
»Jill Rissi, Public Administration faculty, received a $225,223 contract from the Oregon Health Authority to evaluate the PEBB Health Engagement Model. She will be working with Leslie McBride, Community Health faculty, researchers from the Providence Healt
»DeLys Ostlund, World Languages and Literatures faculty, presented "La prueba de los ingenios: En defensa del ingenio femenino" at the Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas, pre-1800 2012 Conference in Portland, Sept. 13-15.
»Jodi Lapidus, Mathematics & Statistics adjunct faculty and OHSU faculty, presented an invited talk, "A Variable Selection Method for Logistic Regression Models Based on the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve" at the Seminar on Applied Statistics spon
»Vicki Reitenauer, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and Seanna Kerrigan, University Studies, presented "Facilitating Critical Thinking in Cooperative Education Settings" at the 9th International Conference on Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education


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Average Job Growth in the Past Six Months: 106K
A look at the updated raw and seasonally adjusted numbers shows that September was not an acceptable month for job growth (note: the 153K private-sector change was corrected to 163K Saturday morning, and the post was revised to reflect that change):
The benchmarks I set in the previous post for raw jobs changes were +750K overall and 300,000 or fewer job losses in the private sector. Neither benchmark was met.
If you notice Team Obama completely changing its tune from job growth to the unemployment rate, there will be a reason: As seen above, seasonally adjusted overall job growth has averaged a pitiful 106,000 per month during the past six months (105,000 in the private sector).
Okay, what about the past three months? Well, as seen above (seasonally adjusted):
- Overall, the private sector has added 364,000 seasonally adjusted jobs, a monthly average of 121,000 — certainly not acceptable.
- The economy as a whole has added 438,000.
- The difference means that we have 74,000 more government workers. 17% of the job growth has been in government. Oh joy.
As might be expected, the credibility of today's figures leading to the sub-8% unemployment rate are being questioned:
- Jack Welch (longtime readers know that he's not one of my favorites), via Business Insider — "JACK WELCH: Obama Is Manipulating The Jobs Numbers Because His Debate Performance Was Awful"
- Zero Hedge — "Reason For Today's Unemployment Rate Plunge: Part-Time Jobs For Economic Reasons Surge Most Since QE1 Announcement"
- CNBC concurs — "The level of part-time workers reported the largest jump for the month, gaining 582,000."
I've detected a couple of, ahem, anomalies as well, and probably won't be able to get to them until my next column. One of them will probably relate to part-timers.
UPDATE: Both the raw and seasonally adjusted private-sector figures are the worst for September in three years.

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Today's editorial in the NYTimes, Climate Change and the Plight of the Whitebark Pine is a fine example of how a scientific fad (call it a meme if you like) gains and keeps traction. In this case, the fad is global warming. The editorial describes how the whitebark pine, a crucial element of high altitude mountain ecosystems, is in danger of extinction, and what will be the serious consequences for wildlife and vegetation if that comes to pass. The editorial clearly links the situation to global warming by way of the mountain pine beetle:
Historically, the pine's defense against the beetle is living where conditions are too cold for it — at high altitude or at high latitudes. But as the climate warms, that defense has failed catastrophically… The tragedy is the ongoing demise of an ecosystem, one for which humans are culpable.
Looking into the scientific investigations of this issue, the link to climate change, not to mention climate change caused by human activity, is not at all clear. A study by the Canadian government quoted in the editorial concluded:
[the threats] include an invasive, foreign fungus and the suppression of forest fires, which are important in establishing pure stands of whitebark pine. But the most important threat is the spread of the native mountain pine beetle, which tunnels into the tree and lays its eggs under the bark.
The fungus is 'blister rust,' introduced from Europe. Note that climate change is not directly linked to the problem, and that the threats cited are well-known, long-standing, serious, and similar to threats faced by many ecosystems today: exotic species; human intervention in the eco-dynamics; local pests.
A Google search for whitebark pine and climate returns a lot of hits, but most of them are from the popular, environmental press. The logic of their statements is consistent and revealing. Warmer winter temperatures during the last decade have supported a vigorous growth in the beetle population, and that has decimated the trees. But what caused the warming? And how much warmer has it been? There is no discussion of this. Only statements such as:
So as long as temperatures keep rising and the beetles continue to be driven to higher-elevation habitats, their assault on the trees will continue. To save the species, a massive and immediate reduction in greenhouse gases is necessary. Source
Certainly there were outbreaks of mountain pine beetle in Whitebark in the '30s and '70s, but nothing like what's happened in the last decade. Moreover, Dr. Logan's climate models predicted this outbreak long ago. Very simply, warmer winter temperatures and longer summers have created overwhelmingly favorable conditions for a widespread pine beetle infestation in a high alpine tree species that used to be able to rely on cold temperatures to keep beetles at bay. Source
So, what do we actually know? We know that the whitebark pine is important for western ecosystems. We know that the trees are dying at a great rate. We know that they are dying because of a variety of factors, several of which have nothing to do with anthropogenic climate warming (AGW), and we know that one factor, the beetles, is extremely important and that it has been encouraged by warmer winters over the last several years. The link to AGW is assumed, as usual.
Climates, local and global, vary. There is no evidence that this forest catastrophe is more than a conjunction of several negative factors, several of them associated with human activity (importation of fungus, suppression of forest fires) and recent weather. Simply because the events are consistent with the hypothesis of AGW, it is automatically assumed that the proof is given, and the press goes to work. They are totally separate issues.
Consider the abstract to this article that is linked to this topic in many online searches (my emphasis):
Forest insects and pathogens are the most pervasive and important agents of disturbance in North American forests, affecting an area almost 50 times larger than fire and with an economic impact nearly five times as great. The same attributes that result in an insect herbivore being termed a "pest" predispose it to disruption by climate change, particularly global warming. Although many pest species have co-evolved relationships with forest hosts that may or may not be harmful over the long-term, the effects on these relationships may have disastrous consequences. We consider both the data and models necessary to evaluate the impacts of climate change, as well as the assessments that have been made to date. The results indicate that all aspects of insect outbreak behavior will intensify as the climate warms. This reinforces the need for more detailed monitoring and evaluations as climatic events unfold. Luckily, we are well placed to make rapid progress, using software tools, databases, and the models that are already available.
The key statement has been underlined. It is key to this abstract, and countless others like it, as well as the runaway assumptions made by popular journalism about the topic. The statement should read this way:
The results of our examination of data and models, as well as our exploratory computer runs, indicate that if climate does warm, all aspects of insect outbreak behavior will intensify.
The conclusion of the study is actually unremarkable and rather trivial. If climate warms, bad things may happen. If it's hotter, more people will be uncomfortable, there will be more heat stroke, ecosystems will be disturbed and will change, etc. etc. If, if, if…
Now, back to those statistics and models to figure out if the climate is actually changing as they assume it is, and to figure out why…


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On Sunday, 6 October, some of the main Palestinian political forces gathered in the centre of Ramallah to demand that President Mahmoud Abbas halt current peace talks between Palestine and Israel.
"This is a demonstration against the negotiations, we want to stop them. These talks are acting as an umbrella which covers what Israel does on the ground," Ramzi Rabah, the leader of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), explained.
This party along with the Palestinian People's Party (PPP), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Palestinian National Initiative (Al Mubadara), among other Palestinian leaders, rejected at once the resumed negotiations with Israel mainly making reference to the ongoing settlements expansion.
"After 20 years of the Oslo Accords, it is much worse than it was. The Oslo Agreements was a big mistake with no guarantees for our activities. If at that time there was 150.000 settlers, today we have 650.000. And at the existing negotiations, they are repeating the same mistakes than in Oslo, of allowing Israel to use the negotiations as a cover for the settlements expansion," argued the leader of Al-Mubadara, Mustafa Barghouti.
The common message was that this process has nothing to do with the Palestinian agenda but with foreign interests guided by the United States, who, in the protesters' opinion, pressured Palestinians to return to negotiations
"Regarding to the development of the talks, the communication with Israel goes to a closed way. After 20 years of the Oslo Agreements, this model of negotiations just leads to nowhere. The program of the talks is based on the occupation and not on the Palestinian needs," Rabah assured.
"Daily, the Israeli army is taking our land and imprisoning our citizens. So what can these negotiations bring to Palestine except for harm and the loss of our rights? They do not have political or local principles. The UN resolutions should be the background of them as well as the struggle against what Israel does," Rabah resolved.
Banners bearing mottos such as, "Kerry, who eats Palestinian shawarma, should respect the Palestinian rights," or "Obama and Kerry, dolls of Netanyahu" were held by some of the 200 demonstrators as they marched through downtown Ramallah.
Hopeless peace process
The negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians resumed this past July after much prompting by United States Secretary of State, John Kerry.
At that point, all Palestinian political factions but Fatah rejected the resumption of the peace process, which had been halted since 2010 due to continued Israeli settlement activity.
Far from switching its path, in the month of August alone, the Israeli government approved the construction of more than 3000 new settler-housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Two weeks ago, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally spoke out in favour of reinforcing and expanding Israeli settlements after the killing of an Israeli soldier in Hebron.
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Thanks to Thomas MacEntee at Destination: Austin Family for calling this Yahoo News story to my attention: "100-year mystery: did Indiana woman get away with murders?"
Photo: Belle Gunness, date unknown (Laporte County Historical Society). She doesn't look too happy about having her photograph taken, does she?
The Associated Press article begins:
Asle Helgelien didn't believe Belle Gunness' claims that his brother, missing for months after answering the widow's lonely hearts ad, had left her northern Indiana farm for Chicago or maybe their native Norway. Suspicious after a bank said his brother, Andrew, had cashed a $3,000 check — a large sum in 1908 — the South Dakota farmer came to LaPorte and discovered his brother's remains in a pit of household waste. A century later, modern forensic scientists hope to solve once and for all what appears to have been a web of multiple murders, deceit, sex and money orchestrated by a woman dubbed Lady Bluebeard, after the fairy tale character who killed multiple wives and left their bodies in his castle...
Belle Gunness was also thought to have staged her own death 100 years ago to avoid discovery, but for a quarter century afterwards, Gunness sightings were reported all over the country. She is thought to have killed between 25-33 people, mostly for the insurance money gained, and was in the habit of advertising in midwestern Norwegian-language newspapers when she sought a new mate for her diabolical plans. An immigrant who first arrived in Chicago, Gunness apparently had a reputation among Norwegian-American families as a great foster mother. If so, then how can it be explained that the bodies of children were also found on her property? The poor little tykes were probably witness to some things they just shouldn't have seen, and paid the ultimate penalty for it.
She was definitely not your typical Norwegian auntie or foster mother! Gunness will be remembered instead as the sociopathic nordic Lady Bluebeard who advertised for the purpose of murder, and apparently got away with it.
She was definitely not your typical Norwegian auntie or foster mother! Gunness will be remembered instead as the sociopathic nordic Lady Bluebeard who advertised for the purpose of murder, and apparently got away with it.


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Taylor Lautner can thank "Saturday Night Live" for one of his next roles.
"The Twilight Saga" star earned the lead in upcoming toy-turned-movie "Stretch Armstrong" after Hasbro CEO and "Stretch Armstrong" producer Brian Goldner caught the teen star showing off his martial arts skills on the sketch comedy show, according to MTV News.
"He is a real actor," Goldner told the site. "And it was so clear to us as we saw him in 'Twilight.' And we look for insights from every audience about where we should go with our brands, so when I saw my daughter and all of her friends go crazy for him, and then I saw the background that he was also this mixed martial arts expert in that 'Saturday Night Live' piece… that was the real deal."
And Goldner added that Taylor's role wouldn't be so far off from his real-life experiences.
"He's an accidental superhero," the producer said. "Really what he is, is he's going to be a guy much like himself. A guy who knows mixed martial arts, a guy who is going off to college, a guy who's trying to have a freshman year at college — something along those lines and everything kind of ensues from there."
"Stretch Armstrong," slated for 2012, won't be the only toy-based film in Taylor's future – he's also set to star in "Max Steel."
Up first, of course, he'll return to his role as Jacob Black in the third "Twilight Saga" film, "Eclipse," due on June 30, 2010.
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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Broward Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a 911 call early Monday morning of a man acting bizarrely at a Pompano Beach gas station.
The caller told dispatchers that the man was stabbing the front window of the BP Gas Station with a knife.
According to BSO, when deputies arrived, they saw 41-year-old Kenneth Lent walking to his truck. When Lent entered the truck, deputies ordered him to exit.
Deputies say that before Lent got out of the truck, they saw him smoke something out of a glass pipe. He also appeared to put something in his mouth and then drank from a Gatorade bottle.
Deputies ordered Lent to exit the truck and lie on the ground, where they handcuffed him.
On the way to the patrol car, Lent reportedly had trouble walking. Deputies returned him to the ground, began CPR and called Pompano Beach Fire Rescue.
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Elizabeth Shue continues to mount her comeback using the horror genre as she signs on to "The House at the End of the Street" directed by Mark Tonderai.
The Matt Reeves remake of "Let Me In" is on the move as Overture Films sells off the marketing and distribution rights to Relativity Media. Despite Overture's semi successful releases with "Pandorum" and "The Crazies", the company will be closing its doors after three years.
Wes Craven is dipping his toes into the comic market as he partners with Liquid Comics for an undisclosed graphic novel project.


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FRIDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- For most passengers, airline travel is safer than ever these days. But for people with peanut or tree-nut allergies, a routine flight can end in disaster.
Many airlines still serve peanuts and tree nuts, or snacks and meals that contain these products, which can cause severe reactions in allergic travelers.
An international online survey completed by 3,200 passengers revealed that 349 had suffered an allergic reaction during an airline flight, according to a new study.
Although the risk of an in-flight reaction is small, "it's hard to imagine a more helpless situation than having a reaction while you're at 35,000 feet in an airplane," lead study author Dr. Matthew Greenhawt, of the Food Allergy Center at the University of Michigan, said in a university news release.
"This study identifies some things passengers can do to reduce their anxiety," Greenhawt said. "We want them to fly. It can help improve their quality of life."
Passengers who took certain precautions were much less likely to have suffered an allergic reaction while flying, the study authors found. These measures included:
The study was published in the March issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology-In Practice.
"Flying with a peanut/tree nut allergy is equal parts frustrating and frightening for allergic passengers," said Greenhawt. These passenger-initiated behaviors may help concerned patients planning to fly commercially, he added.
Another finding of the study was that a common and effective treatment for severe allergic reactions -- epinephrine -- is underused on airline flights. Only 13 percent of the passengers who suffered an allergic reaction received epinephrine.
"Despite that 98 percent of passengers had a personal source of epinephrine available, epinephrine was underused to treat a reaction," Greenhawt said. "Flight crews were not always readily alerted to reactions when they occurred [50 percent of cases], but interestingly, when they were notified, it was associated with a higher odds that epinephrine was used to treat the reaction."
He said he hopes the findings inspire airlines to consider how they could work with passengers to reduce risk. Perhaps one solution is to train crew to be more proactive, Greenhawt concluded.
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Brian Burke is Too Confusing
February 18, 2011 9 Comments
It might be a bit generous to describe what Brian Burke has done with his Toronto Maple Leafs as two steps back and one step forward. In just over 2 years as General Manager, Brian Burke has been unable to dig the NHL's most important franchise out of its deep, dark hole. After another confusing trade today it is apparent that Burke is guiding the Leafs down a pathless wood.
The Tomas Kaberle saga is finally over in Toronto. Kaberle waived his no-trade clause and has been dealt to the Boston Bruins in exchange for prospect Joe Colborne, their first round pick in 2011 and a conditional 2nd round pick in 2012. This is the Leafs 3rd deal in a little over a week. Coincidentally, in a little over a week Brian Burke has changed the direction of this team around 180 degrees.
While not conceding that his initial decision as GM to win right away was wrong, Burke's dealings over the past week have done the talking for him.
He traded away Francois Beauchemin back to his former team the Anaheim Ducks for Joffrey Lupul who have both had disappointing seasons. Both teams are hoping that the solution is a new environment for their overpaid underachievers. He also traded away off-season acquisition Kris Versteeg to the Philadelphia Flyers for a 1st and 3rd round pick. Versteeg was had by the Leafs for a number of prospects including Viktor Stalberg.
Right now it would seem that a headless chicken would have a better sense of direction than this Toronto Maple Leafs team. Win now? Go young?
The Leafs have an interesting mix of veterans and young players, but nothing that is near ready to compete at a high level.
Their franchise player, Phil Kessel, who they paid a pretty penny for (2 first rounders and a 2nd rounder) has simply been a disappointment for Leaf fans. Lack of production and effort have highlighted the season of the supposed franchise. Inadequate line mates could partially be responsible for this but it's clear that Kessel is not worth the value that Brian Burke initially placed on him.
Captain Dion Phaneuf who they received from Calgary approximately a year ago is also not performing close to the level that they hoped he would.
However, Toronto is witnessing breakout seasons from their 3 leading scorers. Young guns Clarke MacArthur, Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin are all having career seasons. The issue here is that trade speculation has surrounded these guys as MacArthur and Grabovski are restricted free agents at the end of the season.
What to do? At some point you have to pay your young up and comers, but are these guys the ones you want to move forward with? Going even younger is exactly the opposite of what Burke says he wants to do, but with his recent trades who the hell knows what the Leafs front office wants anymore.
Regular readers of mine will know my thoughts on rebuilding and in June I wrote how the Maple Leafs had set themselves up for a future of mediocrity. As of right now I can't see how this has really changed despite these last two trades that look to signal rebuilding. The Leafs are still facing a number of bad(ish) contracts so in actuality they are not even starting from scratch at this point, rather they are restarting from a hole that has been dug by Brian Burke trying to win with an unwinnable roster. Rebuilding, a slow process in itself, will likely take a greater length of time for the Maple Leafs.
It looks like Burke is finally taking the proper route in rebuilding this team, but the drastic change in the appropriate direction could also mean that another 180 degree turn isn't out of the question. With this always entertaining drama in full motion and the pieces of the puzzle still scattered, is it possible that the Toronto Maple Leafs situation is even more confusing than it was on November 29, 2008 when Brian Burke was appointed General Manager?
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The weather forecast for the day was not good, showers and heavy rain!! As we set off without 4 members who did not turn up, and with the aid of a google map I had taken (the mini bus Sat Nav was not working?) we found our way to the first pond of the day. Also we were met by our guide for the day Tony McCann.
Pond 1. Carl and Paula's
We were welcomed by Carl and Paula, we could immediately tell this was the breakfast stop, as we were greeted by the smell of bacon, sausage and egg.
The pond that was completed last year was home to about 30 koi which could be viewed through the window in the front of the pond, Carl admitted that the pond had some clarity issues but was more than likely down the pond maturing.
One koi that will be residing in this pond, is a Shiro Utsuri that Paula had secured on the NKC visit to North Wales from our emigrating Chairman, be assured Martin it will be well looked after in a great pond.
Pond 2. Trevor Fielding.
In North Wales we are used to hills and a bit of climbing, to get to Trevor's pond we almost had to get the climbing ropes out? After many flights of steps we arrived at a decking overlooking the pond which is 10ft deep, the shear amount of work too move the spoil to create the pond and landscape the garden must have been enormous.
The water quality and clarity of this pond was amazing, a sure testament that the filters are doing their job. Some really sizable Koi were present with a very nice Goshiki, but the one that took our eye was a superb Kaneko Shiro Utsuri the white just stood out from the other koi even from the depths of the pond.
Pond 3. Alan and Anne's.
After quite a scenic journey on which our guide decided to test the suspension on the mini-bus by taking us down a cobbled street which happened to be a cul-de-sac?
This pond was quite unique as it is sited completely inside the conservatory, with views out on to a superbly landscaped garden which used the natural contours of the land. The landscaping was done using stone and gravel to create a dry river bed.
As the pond was enclosed within the conservatory the temperature of the pond was kept stable, and the Koi obviously are enjoying this. Many of the Koi were purchased when Alan and Anne visited Japan a few years ago.
Pond 4. Dave and Audrey's.
This also involved another scenic journey, I was beginning to think how far north does the Northern Koi Club go and might have to enlist one of our members to interpret if we went any further to the north.
Dave and Audrey's garden was superb with amazing Acers,Pines and Bonsai. The pond was home to some very nice tame koi,which would hand feed and the clarity of the water very good.
Apparently quite a few of the Koi were won from the NKC raffles, good koi for the price of a raffle ticket!
Pond 5. Geoff and Chrissie's
This pond has been talking point within the NKC for quite a few years for the length of time it had taken to build it, and not knowing what we had in store when we arrived.
We were very quiet for a while at shear prospect of building a pond to this kind of standard, the amount of thought that had gone into the design and layout of the filter house was something you would only see in an industrial plant room.
The pond and landscaping was the kind of thing you would see in a Japan hobbyist's garden, with Acers and a lovely waterfall, and with a little more time for the garden to mature it will be absolutely superb.
Another building at the top of the garden housed a tank and filter system that we thought was a growing on tank, apparently not this was just a Quarantine tank?
Pond 6. Tony and Sue's.
Having visited Tony and Sue on a few occasions over a number of years, it always leaves me in complete amazement of the shear size and quality of their koi.
The pond is situated inside a purpose built conservatory with seating arranged for viewing the koi, it quite unusual to see the koi disappear from view under the floor as the pond extends out under the floor only to reappear at the other end.
The filter house is situated along side the pond and access is gained from the outside, an additional for sale pond is also located at this level, and one of the NWKC members had a dip in here and came away with a very nice Hariwake and a Shusui.
We were all then treated to a superb buffet, to set us on our way back to North Wales.
I would like to thank the Northern Koi Club for their hospitality for which had been a superb day, and it did not rain!
Thank you to Tony McCann for being the guide, cobbled streets and all.
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Thanksgiving is a time for flying home to tiny towns in the middle of seemingly nowhwere and spending time with family, at lest for me it is. This year we went to the tiny town of Belpre, Ohio where my wife grew up and stayed in what until recently was the home of Annie Chicketti. Annie passed away last year, but not before she, the daughter of Italian immigrants crammed in exactly 100 years of jam-packed living. She started and ran a restaurant that ran for over 50 years and continues to serve home made pies to this day, she traveled the world, she maintained a crush on Matt Damon, and more importantly to people here, she took great care of her car.
Annie's 1970 Cadillac Calais is a time capsule of 1970s Detroit style. While not completely mint, the car is very very well maintained. Sitting in it one gets the feeling of how different the world was back then and how differently things were made. A look at the odometer reveals a paltry 22,000 miles on the clock. Let's do some math: That's about 511 miles per year.
The car, now in the possession of my wife's parents, is still started multiple times per week and driven just enough to keep things primed.
A twist of the key brings all 472 inches of the V8 instantly to life. The engine simply purrs. The 24 acres of sheet metal between the windscreen and the front of the car remind you that back then the length of your hood directly correlated to your station in life.
My wife and sister in law and I took the car for a single spin while we visited. Honestly, I was terrified the whole time. The car ride softer than a stratacumulous and handled about as quickly. The feeling of driving it is the feeling of owning the ENTIRE road. A small Dodge neon passed on the freeway, racing stripes and dual mufflers in full effect. On any other day of the week the driver would be proud of his ride, but as he passed we made eye contact and his admiration and envy were immediately evident. Caddy style trumps tuner style any day of the week. Standard Of The World, bitches.
I've never driven a car like the Calais, but the experience left me wondering if I could somehow find room in the garage for this one to keep the Beemer and Porsche happy. My tiny car collection would definitely be much better rounded with some classic American metal.
The Calais hasn't caught the eye of collectors quite yet. Not that I know of anyway. But style like this is unstoppable and lines like these don't happen anymore. Tick tock, the clock is ticking.


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I'm getting ready for a HUGE move at the end of the month, so I won't be around much for a few weeks.
Of course, I've determined that my fabric and sewing supplies should be packed last, just in case I get the itch.
But other things...
...many other things... are getting packed up.
It's a little stressful.
And flat-out exhausting.
But totally worth it, since this is the prize at the end!


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On October 25, 1929, the day after Black Thursday, one of the days signaling the start of the Great Depression, where the Dow Jones lost 9 percent of its value in a single day, Republican President Herbert Hoover announced to the American people: "The fundamental business of the country… is on a sound and prosperous basis."
Sound familiar? In perhaps the biggest political gaffe since then, just three days ago on September 15, 2008– on the very day now being referred to as 'Black Monday', where the Dow collapsed by over 500 points– John McCain, seemingly channeling the restless ghost of Herbert Hoover, declared: "I think still — the fundamentals of our economy are strong."
The parallels are so frighteningly uncanny that one can't help but be reminded that history, when forgotten, does repeat itself. In fact, it appears to repeat itself nearly word for word.
And the wheels of irony don't stop churning there. September 15th wasn't the first Monday to earn the ghoulish title of 'Black Monday'. In fact, that title originally belonged to October 19, 1987, where the Dow Jones collapsed, as it did three days ago, by over 500 points, which ended up signaling the start of a massive recession in the late 80's and early 90's.
Despite the eerie echoing of McCain and Hoover being quoted side by side, and despite the pun-worthy reminder that nobody likes Mondays, the ominous connections between these three days are perhaps best put into perspective by their most startling relationship. Namely: all three of these events happened at the end of long-held Republican administrations.
In the case of Black Thursday and the eve of the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover was the fall guy for 8 years of previous Republican rule. Republicans Harding and Coolidge held the presidency from 1920-1928, instituting many similar economic strategies as have been implemented by Republican administrations in modern times. Of course, the collapse which occurred in October of 1987 rests at the end of a Reagan administration which had unprecedented economic control, instituting policies occasionally referred to as "Reaganomics", and which focused on massive deregulation and deconstruction of the social programs created by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. Roosevelt's social reformation was called "The New Deal"– which is what incidentally pulled the country out of the Great Depression. Should we be surprised by an economic collapse instigated by a removal of Roosevelt's policies?
Reaganomics were, of course, the primary economic inspiration behind the policies of the Bush Administration of the last 8 years, which has unfortunately led us down another doomed road, perhaps already signaling yet another Great Depression.
History has been very clear here: Every time Republican and conservative economic policies are implemented, the results are worse than disastrous: they're catastrophic. And yet, at frequent historical turns, the American people continually get swindled by the right wing rhetoric. The myth of 'trickle-down economics' and the utter destruction of oversight and regulation has never worked.
In a political season supposedly themed by "hope" and "change", it's remarkable to me just how closely recent events are paralleled by mistakes and economic blunders of the past. Even in the midst of a monumental economic collapse, John McCain has the naivete to announce that the fundamentals of the economy are still strong. Yes, well, the conservative principles which he extols are certainly still firmly in place. But is anyone honestly still being fooled? Those principles have been convincingly falsified by history again and again.
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About 400 Hoover retirees will have their current health care benefits extended until April as part of a class-action lawsuit that is still pending in federal court.
About 400 Hoover retirees will have their current health care benefits extended until April as part of a class-action lawsuit that is still pending in federal court.
The employees — known as subclass B — retired between 1983 and 1993. A federal judge in Youngstown previously dropped those former Hoover Co. employees from a lawsuit that includes three other classes of retirees.
The lawsuit argues the former workers were promised lifetime health insurance through a series of union contracts that go back to 1980. At issue is whether Whirlpool can change the health benefits it provides to retired Hoover employees.
The outcome of the bench trial will affect up to around 2,000 retirees (and their spouses) who retired from Hoover and its successors, Maytag and Whirlpool, between 1980 and 2007.
A group of retirees filed the lawsuit in 2011 after Whirlpool announced it was changing its health insurance benefits.
However, following a trial last month, the plaintiffs asked the judge to reinstate the subclass B retirees into the lawsuit based on testimony in court.
U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson has not made a ruling on the overall lawsuit. However, following a teleconference Friday — involving the two parties and the judge — Whirlpool agreed to extend the current health coverage for subclass B until April instead of being reduced substantially in January, said Brian Zimmerman, one of the attorneys representing the former workers.
An attorney for Whirlpool referred questions about the lawsuit to a corporation spokesman. A message was left seeking comment.
The other retirees will receive unchanged health coverage until April as originally planned. Zimmerman said that should give the judge enough time to rule on the case.
The key issues are: Should the retirees receive lifetime health coverage? And can "reasonable changes" be made to the health care plan?
Whirlpool previously told Medicare-eligible retirees that the company no longer would provide supplemental health benefits and was increasing the co-payments for prescription drug benefits.
The company informed retirees who were not eligible for Medicare that their benefits also would change.
Whirlpool acquired Hoover during a 2006 merger with Maytag, which had purchased Hoover in 1989.
If Whirlpool wins the lawsuit, Zimmerman said, he believes nothing would stop the company from dropping the health coverage for the retirees completely.


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Torrington is a commercial district in southeast Staunton Island, Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. It borders Newport to the north, Bedford Point to the west, and an unspecified body of water to the south and east.
Torrington is based on Financial District, Manhattan, and this is where are located most of the skyscrapers in Liberty City. Torrington serves primarily as a financial district in Staunton, its primary features being its massive office towers and strong corporate presence, contrasting the Bedford Point, which also fulfills as a similar role as a commercial hub, but in a less formal manner. There is a real city called Torrington in Connecticut.
Places of interest
Torrington boasts few places of interest aside its towering skyscrapers and a casino on the southeast, which assumes different names in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, Kenji's Casino and Big Shot Casino, respectively.
Among Torrington's skyscrapers, the tallest building in the entire city in GTA III, which the official website of GTA III claims is occupied by the "Jefferson Street Credit Union" and situated in southwest Torrington. Likewise, AMCo. Headquarters appears to be based in the district, as are FBC Bank, Morningstar Industries, Morningstar Building, FBI offices and the LCPD's head office (including that of the SWAT branch).
In GTA Liberty City Stories, the Jefferson Street Credit Union Building is only half its height as it is still undergoing construction. Donald Love uses the building as his temporary head office and residence (as opposed to the Bedford Point-based Love Media Building in GTA III), before his defeat in city elections and subsequent bankruptcy after "Love on the Rocks".
Gang control
In GTA III, Torrington is controlled entirely by the Yakuza, but back in 1998, it is under Sindacco control based in the Big Shot Casino. Eventually it fell into Yakuza hands after Paulie Sindacco was assassinated in Dead Reckoning. In GTA III, Kenji's Casino serves as the location where the player may receive missions from Kenji Kasen, the co-leader of the Yakuza circa 2001. In GTA Liberty City Stories, set three years earlier, the player may receive missions from Toshiko Kasen, the disgruntled wife of the then head of the Yakuza, Kazuki Kasen, from a high-rise apartment near The Big Shot Casino in Torrington.
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Countdown to Dive Into Mobile (Plus Some Livestreaming for Those Who Can't Make It IRL)
D: Dive Into Mobile kicks off in less than one week, and we at team #dmobile (hashtag alert!) are ready to go.
Mobile leaders from Google, Facebook, Nokia, Verizon Wireless, Pandora, Mozilla, WhatsApp, Telefonica and more are set to join us in conversation onstage on Oct. 29 and 30 in New York City.
We've lined up great new product demos, an interactive app showcase, and a series of short talks by end users from around the world whose lives have been significantly changed by mobile.
Ina Fried jetted to New York yesterday to greet the arrival of Microsoft's Windows 8, and I'm joining her soon, along with Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher and most of the ATD team. We'll see many of you at the conference in person (we have just a handful of tickets left available here), and invite the rest to join us for a selection of livestreamed sessions.
As with all other D: All Things Digital conferences, Dive Into Mobile won't be livestreamed in its entirety. But we did pick some winners for you to watch from afar.
Here's the lineup:
- Monday, Oct. 29 at 5:20 pm ET: Andy Rubin, Google
- Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 8:35 am ET: Katie Jacobs Stanton, Twitter, and
Cheryl Mills, U.S. State Department
- Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 9:35 am ET: Mike Schroepfer, Facebook
- Tuesday, October 30 at 10:45am ET: Bin Lin, Xiaomi
Note: All times are approximate and subject to change. Due to the nature of a live conference, there may be delays or changes in the schedule.
Some guidance on why we picked these particular talks, and why you won't want to miss them:
Rubin will be heading to Dive Into Mobile directly from Google's major Android product launch earlier that day.
Mills and Stanton will be having a rare public meeting-of-the-minds between a major social media player and government.
Facebook is all about mobile these days, especially now that the Wall Street folks have picked up on how important it is, and its engineering leader Schroepfer (a.k.a. "Shrep") will address how the company is sprinting to keep pace.
And Lin is just days away from the release of the highly anticipated Xiaomi Phone 2, the direct-to-consumer top-of-the-line Android phone that is dramatically shaking up the Chinese market and has implications for the rest of the world.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Real Salt Lake hoped that going on the road would be the elixir after losing two straight at Rio Tinto Stadium, but they ran into a determined Columbus Crew side that put together a complete performance in a comprehensive 2-0 win on Saturday night.
The Crew took a two-goal halftime lead thanks to Tony Tchani in the 16th minute and Eddie Gaven in the 44th en route to their first league victory in over a month before a season-high crowd of 19,674 at Crew Stadium.
Columbus (6-5-4) is 4-1-3 in the past eight games while RSL (10-6-2) suffered a third consecutive league defeat for the first time since July 2007.
Tchani converted a cutback pass from Emilio Renteria after Renteria took a long outlet from Sebastian Miranda on the left side of the penalty area. He slipped upon receiving the ball but regained his balance to dribble past RSL's Chris Wingert toward the end line.
That's when Tchani ran toward the 12-yard spot and cleanly slotted the service for his second goal of the season, having also scored in the last match in Chicago.
Renteria almost made it 2-0 in the 36th with a strike from 30 yards that was targeted for the upper right corner, but RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando stepped in front of the rising ball for the save.
RSL's first scoring chance came off a free kick when Javier Morales sent a header toward goal only to see Andy Gruenebaum make the stop in the 36th minute. They would register only two shots on target for the entire match.
Gaven doubled the home team's advantage off a corner kick. Josh Williams settled the service by Chris Birchall and the defender earned his first assist in his 12th MLS game by setting up Gaven at the top of the goal box for a left-footed shot that struck the underside of the crossbar and continued over the line. Gaven leads the team with four goals.
RSL substitute Emiliano Bonfigli tried to draw a goal back in the 71st minute but his shot from a bad angle was cleared off the line by Danny O'Rourke into Gruenebaum's hands.
OPTA Chalkboard: RSL fail to threaten
The match was moved back an hour because the violent storms that ripped through central Ohio on Friday caused a loss of power at Crew Stadium until late Saturday afternoon.
RSL was affected in another way because there was no electricity at the team hotel from about 5 p.m. Friday until 24 hours later.
The Claret-and-Cobalt were missing captain Kyle Beckerman because of caution points accumulation as well as defender Jamison Olave (calf strain) and midfielder Ned Grabavoy (adductor strain).
Wingert, an outside back, continued at Olave's centerback spot with Terakazu Tanaka making his fourth start on the backline while Jonny Steele replaced Grabavoy.
Columbus got midfielder Danny O'Rourke back from an ankle sprain for the first time in four games and the forward combo of Aaron Schoenfeld and Renteria started for the first time.
RSL is home to Seattle on Wednesday while the Crew is idle until their first trip to Montreal on July 8.


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I'd love to say that "there are no wrong choices" when in comes to selecting the appropriate fabric for your next set of custom made draperies or curtains but that is just not reality. There are many important consideration that you need to take in to account when selecting the correct fabric, here are some things to consider.
1. Will your drapery be "functional" or "stationary"? By functional, we mean, will you be opening and closing the curtains often or will they just be decorative and stationary. If you plan on have functional curtains you will need to be sure that you are selecting a fabric that is sturdy enough to handle the constant tugging and pulling as they are opened and closed. You can help your functional drapery last longer by buying a baton that you will attach to the leading drapery rings. The baton, as you see in most hotel rooms, will allow you to open and close the curtains without touching the fabric with your hands. Using batons can add years of life to your drapery and keep the oils from your hands off the fabric.
If you are planning on your drapery being functional you want to stay clear of very sheer fabrics including sheer linens, they will not hold up to much abuse. Stick to cottons or traditional linens, Bristol Linens and cottons. You can safely use most silks as long as they are protected with the use of a baton.
Important Designer Note – If you are going to be using a baton with your drapes and you have selected a "Grommet" header, or pleat, we recommend a product called "Grom-O-Link". Grom-O-Link is a patented Grommet System that will allow you to attach a baton to the leading grommet on your drapery panel. There really is no other way to attach a baton to a grommet drapery panel without tearing the fabric.
If you are not planning on opening and closing the draperies very often, or maybe not even ever, you can omit the baton and leave them hung and "dressed" by your Installer. For stationary or decorative panels you have many more fabric options to choose from. You can select the most delicate sheer or linen and not be concerned with wear and tear.
2. The second major consideration is sun exposure. How much sun will your drapery panels be exposed too? If you are installing your drapes on a window that will be exposed to a lot of direct sunlight you need to be very careful with your fabric selection. You can still use most silks or linens but you need to be sure that your curtains are properly lined and interlined. Simply lining your curtains is not going to be enough to block the UV rays over time. You need to be sure that your panels have a heavy flannel interlining sandwiched between the lining and the face fabric. The interlining will provide greater protection than a simple lined panel. If you want to block almost all of the sunlight you may want to consider blackout lining. Blackout will provide the greatest level of protection from sunlight and UV rays.
Important Designer Note – Well made draperies that use high-quality linings including quality blackout linings will make you curtain panels very heavy. If you compare the weight of a well made Designer Quality Custom Drapery or Curtain Panel to one that you would buy from a big-box department store, or even Ethan Allen Drapery you would be amazed at the difference in weight. Department Stores import their drapes from China or India and the cost to ship them is very expensive. Simply said, Department Stores and larger chains do not want their ready-made curtain panels to be heavy, it simply costs too much to ship them. This is one major reason that, if you want real custom curtains and drapes you need to shop domestically.
3. Outdoor Curtains and Drapery. When it comes to selecting fabrics for drapery that will be used outdoor or will be in direct sunlight the only serious choice for fabric is Sunbrella. Sunbrella offers a wide range of styles from conservative solids to contemporary patterns at reasonable prices. The feature that defines Sunbrella is its color-fastness or ability to withstand a great deal of direct sunlight without fading or deteriorating like other fabrics would. Sunbrella has a patented manufacturing process that makes it the only serious choice for outdoor curtains, drapery and pillows.


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I'm perplexed….The Tour Marm over at The Educational Tour Marm is posting historical images under the title Figure It Out Friday. There is a particular one that causing me to stamp my foot in vexation. Go see if you can figure it out here…. Also the Tour Marm's most recent Wordless Wednesday shows three people getting off a train and she want's to know who one of those people were connected to. See it here and take a guess.
I love having new reading material…the 48th History Carnival is up over at Aardvarchaeology. Martin R. has done a great job. Go forth and learn.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
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Posted by EHT at Thursday, February 15, 2007
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- Unknown said...
Thank you for the gracious referral, but I'm having my own hissy fit concerning your Worldless Wednesday! And I live in a highrise complex so I can't stamp my feet!
The answers to Worldless Wednesday and Figure it Out Friday will be up tomorrow. There will also be a new FIOF!
- Marc said...
This is totally unrelated, but I couldn't find an email, so I had to let you know somehow that I'd selected you as one of my 5 "Thinking Bloggers." I don't usually do the blog meme stuff, but this one seems to have some substance. Anyway, for what it' worth, Congrats.
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Christmas Symbol Trivia
Christmas is a holiday full of symbollism. Do you know the meanings of the different Christmas symbols? Test your Christmas trivia knowledge with the tidbits below.
What is the Meaning of Gold?
The gift of gold to the Christ Child is supposed to have come from Melchior, a king from Arabia, who, legend has it, was one of the Three Wise Men. His contribution is thought to have financed the Holy Family's flight into Egypt.
Gold came from Melchior.
Gold, as valuable today as it was in Christ's time, symbolizes immortality, divinity, purity, and the kingship of Jesus Christ.
What is the Meaning of Frankincense?
Tradition maintains that Balthasar, one of the Three Wise Men who came from the East to find the Christ Child, presented frankincense to the baby as a gift. By honoring him in this way, Balthasar fulfilled the prophecy that gold and frankincense would be brought from the Gentiles to honor the heavenly king (Isaiah 60 and Psalm 72).
Frankincense is an incense given to the baby Jesus.
Frankincense, a sweet gum resin from the Boswellia tree, is the purest of incense. When burned, it produces white smoke and a sweet smell, symbolizing the prayers and praises of the faithful as well as Christ's sacrifice and the divine name of God.
What is the Meaning of Myrrh?
Caspar, a king from Tarsus and one of the Three Wise Men, is believed to have given myrrh to the Baby Jesus.
Myrrh is known for its medicinal value and was used in ancient times for cleaning wounds and sores, as an analgesic, and for embalming the dead or anointing kings.
Myrrh is actually an aromatic gum resin that oozes from gashes cut in the bark of the commiphora tree. It hardens into teardrop-shaped chunks and is then pounded into powder or mixed to make ointments and perfumes. It is named for its bitter taste and symbolizes the Suffering Savior, the Great Physician, and Christ's human nature.
What is an Advent Wreath?
The season of Advent is the beginning of the church year for Christians. It starts the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day and ends on Christmas Eve. Meaning "arrival," Advent is a celebration of the birth of Jesus and his eventual return.
Many families celebrate this holy season by lighting an Advent wreath. A circular evergreen wreath is laid flat and adorned with four candles around the wreath and one in the center. It is very symbolic of:
- The circular shape of the wreath epitomizes God himself, his endless mercy, and eternity, which has no beginning or end.
- The green pine boughs signify hope in God and eternal life.
- Candles reflect the light of Jesus coming into the world.
The four purple candles around the wreath stand for the four Sundays of Advent and for the four centuries between the time the prophet Malachi predicted the coming of the Messiah and the actual birth of Jesus. One purple candle is lit for each Sunday in Advent, with one candle lit on the first Sunday, two on the second Sunday, and so on, until all four candles are lit on the fourth Sunday. The white center candle symbolizes Christmas Day and is lit on that day.
What is the History of the Christmas Card?
People have been sending
Christmas cards for over 150 years.
The time-honored tradition of sending Christmas cards began more than 150 years ago in England. Sir Henry Cole, a renaissance man who wrote and published books on art and architecture, was too busy to write holiday greetings to friends and family, so he asked John Callcott Horsley, a well-known painter, to design a card with a single message that could be sent to everyone on his list.
Horsley created a lithographed, hand-colored sketch printed on cardboard. The illustration depicted a classic Victorian Christmas scene of a family merrily eating and drinking. The caption read, "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You."
The first Christmas card appeared in the United States in the mid-1800s, when New York engraver Richard Pease designed a card with a small Santa Claus, a sleigh, and reindeer.
In 1875, Louis Prang, who wrote and published architectural books, printed images in color with a series of lithographic zinc plates. The finished product resembled an oil painting. These cards were so in demand that Prang couldn't fulfill all of his orders. At one point Prang was printing five million cards a year. His efforts earned him the moniker, "The Father of the American Christmas Card."
Today, everything from clever verses and holiday scenes to geometric designs and sports figures grace the fronts of cards. An average U.S. household mails out 28 Christmas cards each year and receives the same number in return. More than three billion Christmas cards are sent annually.
As we've learned, the Christmas symbols often hold religious significance. Test your religious Christmas trivia about the meaning of the nativity scene, the word "Xmas," and the Good King Wenceslas in the next section.


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MEDIA WATCH: Catalyst's sanctimonious McCarthyism... Or 'Are you now or have you ever been a supporter of the Chicago Teachers Union'?
One of the plagues of post-modern "journalism" has been the sanctimonious claims of neutrality, independence, and objectivity from reporters who have been spinning the news in the direction of the corporate agenda for decades while cloaking themselves in a veil of righteousness. One of the most melodramatic local examples is Catalyst magazine and its parent, the Community Renewal Society. Both of them long ago abandoned any pretext of exposing what's really going on in Chicago and have cuddled up like other lapdogs to the plutocratic powers that rule the city.
Catalyst publisher Linda Lenz has been around a long time providing propaganda as "independent reporting" on Chicago's corporate "school reform" attacks on the public schools and promoting each new reform fad and every latest manufacturer crisis. Above, on April 12, 2007, Lenz was on a panel with Melissa Roderick, one of the main proponents of the bankrupt "small schools" program for segregated inner city schools, at the AERA annual meeting in Chicago. Every permutation of the corporate party line has received support from Catalyst, which never goes back to take a closer look at each previous iteration of the bankrupt attacks on the city's public schools. Substance photo by George N. Schmidt.Take the latest contribution to "independent" reporting on Chicago's schools in Catalyst, where the Board of Education's official party line (unsourced, naturally) is utilized to slander one of the many truly independent groups that has been organizing in opposition to the current official lies of CPS about an "undertutilization crisis" and a "billion dollar deficit."
Students of history will remember the notorious line from the House Un-American Activities Committee and other red-baiting institutions: "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" Well, Catalyst has updated the spirt of Joe McCarthy and the others of that ilk for the 21st Century: "Are you now or have you ever been a supporter of the Chicago Teachers Union?"
The following lead paragraphs from Catalyst's coverage of the Parents $ Teachers press conference on Lincoln's Birthday comes straight out of a playbook that could have been written by "Tail Gunner Joe McCarthy" 55 years ago:
"A coalition of parent and community groups called on outside help Tuesday to try to put the brakes on massive school closings, which they fear even large, well-organized opposition won't be able to stop.
"In a complaint to the CPS Inspector General and cc'd to the Illinois Attorney General, Parents 4 Teachers (a group that CPS says has been organized by the Chicago Teachers Union, which is adamantly opposed to closings) charged that the school closing process is wrought with "employee misconduct," conflicts of interest and misinformation.
"'We want CPS to be held [accountable by] an independent body, to shine a light on what is going on,' said Erica Clark, a member of the coalition. It is unclear whether the Inspector General would launch an investigation."
When Substance staff members met with John McDermott 30 years ago to discuss the problems facing Chicago's public schools, there was still some reason to hope that the Community Renewal Society would retain a critical viewpoint on power in Chicago. That is long gone, and Catalyst, which is published by the Community Renewal Society, is a festering reminder that the rot of propaganda posing as "news" needs a veil of holiness to get away with things like pushing the "CPS" party line while supposedly reporting a story. If Catalyst wants to publish a story about what CPS officials claim about the relationship between the Chicago Teachers Union and various community groups, maybe it might want to report it, rather than serving as a king of sewer through which the sludge of CPS propaganda is passed along as "independent reporting."


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- Tim Federle's new book takes a page from his own experience as a dancer
- Federle hopes "Nate" can help bullied children who want to perform on stage
- He says he had to conquer his own fears to write the book
Author Tim Federle has just wrapped a long day at the Atlanta Junior Theater festival, working with several thousand boys and girls who dream of stardom on the Broadway stage. Count these kids as lucky; they've found the perfect mentor.
Federle has danced in several big Broadway shows and a Super Bowl halftime show and worked as a choreographer with the young dancers of the hit musical "Billy Elliot," and now he's written his first novel, "Better Nate Than Ever."
Despite his long day, an energetic Federle says, "I think I was always a kid with his head in the clouds," which is appropriate since his book is about dreaming big.
In his novel, Nate Foster is a teenager who loves musical theater. Feeling a bit like an outsider at school, he escapes small-town Pennsylvania and hops a bus to New York, where he hopes to land a part in "E.T.: The Musical" and get back home before his parents find out.
The story is full of humor, a positive message and some Broadway insider moments. The book bears more than a passing resemblance to Federle's own life, but he says, "For legal purposes, enough is different that I don't think my mom is going to sue me."
For Nate and for Federle, a love of musical theater is what sets them apart from their classmates, but it's also their life-saver.
"Musicals felt like a place where I could express myself in a safe way, even if my feelings were a little bit too big for school or home. It was the one place I really felt like, there's lights, there's scenery, and finally everything around me feels as big as my dreams," Federle said.
Whether it's musical theater, sports or academics, Federle encourages young people to find that thing that makes them unique and hold on to it, because it could very well be their ticket to greatness and success as an adult.
"I think so often when you're a kid, we mellow out those more interesting edges in order to coast through middle school quietly. By the time you get to high school, you're left asking, who the heck am I? I would encourage kids to try and figure out the thing that sets you apart, not publicly but that you're passionate about internally."
Federle hopes readers find "Nate" especially relevant in a day where many kids who want to perform on stage are bullied or picked on for being different.
"Every time I think we've gotten past the point where it's weird to be a boy who performs, a girl who doesn't quite fit in, I turn on the news, and I see another tragic story of a kid who couldn't quite face what it felt to be alive amidst a group of kids who just didn't get them or wouldn't leave them alone. That tells me we can never have enough voices and mentors and stories."
While Federle ultimately made his Broadway dreams come true, after 10 years performing on stage, he found himself closing in on his 30th birthday and feeling like he was stuck in a creative rut. He thought about writing a novel but wasn't sure he was up to the challenge.
It was his work as a choreographer on "Billy Elliot," preparing young performers for a starring role on Broadway, that helped him conquer his own fears.
"Here I was about to turn 30, telling these kids to face their greatest fear and go out on stage for more than a thousand people who had all paid to see them play the title role in a Broadway show, and I wasn't facing my own fear, which was to try writing."
Federle made a vow a week before he turned 30 to write a novel. Thirty days later, he had his first draft of "Better Nate Than Ever." He calls the day he finished the book "the best day of my life."
Now critics are raving about "Nate." Kids love it, and even adults are approaching Federle.
"Adults are saying to me, 'oh, my gosh, I remember what it was like,' and it's actually inspired a few to say things like, 'I'm going to take up racquetball again,' random stuff that has nothing to do with musicals."
Readers who are fans of TV shows like "American Idol," "The Voice" and "Glee" might enjoy "Better Nate Than Ever." Some may even read it looking for career tips.
Federle says desire, talent and hard work are all part of the equation, but what he really wants readers to take away from his book is to dream big, be brave and hold on to hope.
"It's really about putting yourself out there. Every time you leave the stage, you're thinking, 'was that as good as I hoped it was, or was that as bad as I hope it wasn't?' The amazing thing that every artist shares is, in a world where fear is huge, hope is just a little bit bigger."


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Can Real-Time Scoring Solve the MMA Judging Crisis
We have seen fight after fight go the the wrong way. The Judges still use old fashioned score cards and need to tally the scores after the fight. This seems like an archaic approach to judging the fastest growing sport.
So it begs to question what is the solution? A lot of times a fighter may feel he is ahead on the score cards and try to fight conservatively in the final round. Could a solution like Rob Dyrdek's Street League's real-time scoring be the solution? The fighters know where they stand on the judges score cards as the fight progresses.
What about just using retired fighters or having a "certified" MMA judging program. The program would make sure that judges understood all aspects of Mixed Martial Arts and they all use the same judging criteria. This allows fighters and trainers to know exactly what is going to be scored.
MMA is such a unique sport where winning is a very important part of the sport. Forget about the fair weather nature of the typical MMA fan just take a look at the economics of the sport.
The typical MMA gym charges $80-$150 a month. This fee is merely the entry fee. You will need private lessons that can cost as much as $100 per session. You will need your supplement and meal program, your personal trainer, equipment and likely a standard gym membership to do your strength training These are all up front expenses.
THen you have find the time to train. This can consist of several training sessions a day at various locations. The average MMA athlete trains 4-6 hours a day 4-5 times a week.
All of the above is really just a small part of what it takes to get to the fight you agreed to take. You are only going to be paid if the fight happens. Most promoters pay a "show" and "win" bonus. So loosing a fight based on a bad judges call can affect 50% of the money the athlete earns.
In the NFL or Baseballt he bad calls by referees don't cost the players 50% of their wages. They are paid to train and compete. MMA Athletes are independent athletes and the judges are costing them more then a win with these bad calls.