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CHECK OUT MY MACHINE – Paul MacCantney – from Waterfalls LP
Why did the Beatles break up?
Brace yourselves, friends–this may well be the first discussion of the Beatles' break-up that doesn't include a cheap Yoko Ono joke.
Really, the answer is simple. They broke up for the same reason they were successful–they were all extremely talented musicians interested in trying new things. We can argue about whether that describes Ringo or not, but I think in general it's true.
The breakup really began in 1967 with the death of Brian Epstein, who had managed the group since late 1961. Epstein was the one who kept the Beatles working together, resolving disputes between members, soothing bruised egos, and most importantly, handling the money.
After Epstein's death, Paul McCartney tried to step into that role and act as group leader. Unfortunately, Paul's first decision was to involve the group in the film Magical Mystery Tour. While the associated album did well, the film was a disaster financially and artistically. John mocked Paul for the failure, and while Paul still ostensibly led the group, none of the others paid much attention to him.
Meanwhile, the members of the group began moving in different directions. John Lennon became more interested in the avant-garde art scene. At an exhibit in London, he met artist Yoko Ono. They fell in love and planned art projects together. In the beginning, John tried to get the other Beatles to join in, but they had little enthusiasm for these projects, and eventually John worked with Yoko on their artwork without them.
At the same time, George Harrison was chafing at his role within the group. He felt that he was as competent a song writer as either John or Paul, but the fact that he was only allowed two songs per record–and no tracks on any of the singles–relegated him to a supporting role. In retaliation, George began working on solo projects–including the album Wonderwall, released in 1968 and arguably the first solo record of any Beatle–and playing guitar with other recording artists such as Jackie Lomax and Jack Bruce.
Things really began to go downhill after the formation of Apple Corps. Apple was, in essence, a tax dodge–if the Beatles didn't spend a large portion of their income on "significant ventures," the government would hit them up for more taxes. It acted as a kind of hippie venture capitalist group, offering money to poets and songwriters and fashion designers. Unfortunately, poets, songwriters and fashion designers don't often give as good a return on investment as, say, General Electric. While Apple Corps managed to discover some new talent such as James Taylor and Badfinger, it bled money.
Running Apple Corps was a nightmare–none of the Beatles were businessmen, and they preferred to use Apple Corps to further their own goals, whether it was John sending acorns to be planted as "peace trees," George sending some Hell's Angels over to sort out the mess in Czechoslovakia, Paul hiring brass bands, etc. Word got out that nearly anyone could show up and, with a plausible enough story, get handed a check; without a plausible story, you could just pick something up and walk away. The Apple Boutique lost 50 pounds a week in petty theft. Items stolen from Apple Headquarters, according to Andrew Male, included "four television sets plus numerous record players, electric typewriters, adding machines, cases of wine, wage packets, movie cameras, speakers and fan heaters plus an electric skillet from the kitchen and all the lead off the roof." Accusations of wasted money and incompetence were rife. John and George nearly got into a fistfight after John publicly stated that the company would be broke in six months.
With disaster looming, the Beatles agreed that they needed to hire a real manager. Unfortunately, they didn't agree on who that manager should be. John, George, and Ringo wanted Allan Klein. Paul didn't trust Klein and wanted to hire his father-in-law Lee Eastman. Paul was outvoted, and Klein was set to two Herculean tasks: fixing Apple Corps and turning the Beatles' latest recording project–several tapes of them belittling each other–into a record. The recording sessions for what would become Let It Be had been a disaster–nearly every member of the group fought with every other member over which songs to include, how to arrange the songs, etc. When John brought Yoko in to work on songs and insisted that she be treated as an equal, the others resisted the idea, and John and Yoko got the cold shoulder for the rest of the sessions.
As time went on, it became obvious that even new manager Klein couldn't stop the fighting. Paul was incensed that Klein had hired Phil Spector to work on the tapes and accused Spector of ruining his songs. John was furious that his song "Cold Turkey" had been dropped from the Abbey Road album, and recorded it on his own as a protest, crediting the writing to "Lennon," and not "Lennon/McCartney," the first such song in thirteen years. John's insistence on working with Yoko–and the rest of the band's insistence on not working with her at all–drove a wedge between John and the others. George was furious that Apple Corps was falling apart, and that he still wasn't going to be allowed more than two songs per album. John, Paul, George, and Ringo all spent time in 1969 and 1970 recording their own solo albums while Abbey Road hit the charts and Spector continued trying to shape Let It Be into an album.
On April 7th, 1970, Paul McCartney released his album McCartney despite Klein's demands that it wait until Let It Be was out. Three days later, Paul released a self-interview in which he stated that he never wanted to work with the other Beatles again. The other three claimed there was no real split and that the Beatles would soon be recording together again. (John went back and forth on the issue: in public interviews at the time, he claimed that he was still a Beatle despite having recorded four solo albums, and that everything would be fine; later, he claimed that he had actually been the first to quit the group back in 1969.)
On December 31st, 1970, Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles for a dissolution of the partnership, and talk of another Beatles album ended–except, of course, among the group's fans, who hoped for years for a reunion that never came.
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This chap is my Husband's Grandfather, Ernest Goucher taken in July 1919.
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A Nordic Network for Research on Refugee Children was created at NHV; The Nordic School of Public Health, Göteborg, Sweden. The network has received funding from FAS; Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och social vetenskap, for the years 2008-2010, to create this network.
The aim is to promote research on health and well being of refugee children in the Nordic countries.
All the Nordic countries are represented in the network and in it's steering committee. The funding from FAS will enable meetings in the different Nordic countries, and cover travel and accommodation costs for the members of the network.
During the years 2009-2010 there will be two meetings each year (spring, fall) with different topics;
- Assessment/reception
- Psychosocial health
- Longitudes and traumatic experiences
- Resilience and salutogenic arenas
The one's who have initiated the creation of the network are; professor Anders Hjern (former Socialstyrelsen/NHV, now CHESS at the University of Stockholm), professor Marita Eastmond (GU/NHV) and docent Henry Ascher (former NHV, now The Unit of Social Medicine at the University of Gothenburg).


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Mounting And Maintaining A No-Maintenance Battery
A lot of rodders look at 12-volt car batteries the way most non-enthusiasts look at engines. They don't know exactly what's happening on the inside, and they sure as heck couldn't build one, but they're happy as long as it keeps doing what it's supposed to. We can't show you how to build a battery, but we do have a few tips on how to keep yours doing what it does.
Your car battery is a lead-acid battery, called that because it is constructed of positively and negatively charged lead plates, soaking in a conductive electrolyte soup of sulfuric acid and water, commonly known as battery acid. This produces chemical energy, which is converted to electrical energy. When you turn the key, that electricity provides the current for firing the ignition system and accessories.
Battery TechAll lead-acid car batteries perform the same function using the same basic science, but there have been some design improvements in the last several years.
A flooded battery is the type you've had in your cars since you were a kid. Caps on the battery top allow you to check the levels of the liquid electrolyte in the various cells, adding more if any evaporates. They weigh as much as an anvil, require regular maintenance and careful handling, are subject to hazardous leaking or spillage, and must be mounted upright in vibration-free areas where they won't pose a danger.
Gel batteries were developed in an effort to reduce the hassle of liquid-filled flooded batteries. Manufacturers added silica to the electrolyte to congeal it. The gelatinous electrolyte content in these batteries greatly reduces the chance of spilling or evaporation and is less vulnerable to vibration.
AGM (absorbent glass mat) style batteries are relatively new compared to flooded batteries but have been around long enough to become the battery of choice for many enthusiasts for a number of reasons. Two well-known brand names are Optima and Odyssey, although a minute on the Internet will reveal that many companies now offer AGM batteries. They are referred to as "dry cell," "sealed," or "maintenance-free" batteries and sometimes, incorrectly, as "gel" batteries. In AGM batteries, the entire electrolyte is suspended in absorbent fiberglass mats (now you know where the name comes from), which separate the lead plates.
A huge technical advantage of AGM batteries is the fact that they are maintenance-free. Since the electrolyte is immobilized and the batteries are completely sealed, there is no danger of leakage, spilling, or evaporation. This eliminates the need for occasional water fill-ups. They also typically provide higher cranking amps than flooded-type batteries, but with lower self-discharge.
Mounting ConcernsWe asked battery manufacturers about the pros and cons of various mounting options. The construction of AGM batteries makes them much more vibration-resistant than flooded-type batteries, and the smaller overall dimensions make them lighter and easier to mount in tight spaces. All of this means far more mounting choices. Some of the manufacturers we talked to discouraged mounting any battery, even AGM batteries, in the interior of a vehicle, although others reported that customers had successfully mounted their AGM batteries under seats and dashes, in glove compartments, and behind kick panels. Practically all manufacturers discouraged mounting it upside down, and we couldn't think of a good reason why you would. Wherever the battery ends up, it should be in a spot where the terminals will not come in contact with any obstacles, especially metal parts that could short out against the terminals.
For hot rodders, the trunk is a safe and convenient location, but hot rodders commonly make the mistake of not running an adequate-sized cable from the trunk to the engine compartment.
When running a long cable, remember to upsize it in order to avoid a voltage drop that would handicap the battery, and possibly prevent the car from starting. Scottie Johnson at Powermaster Performance, which makes AGM batteries for race and street applications, hears about this from a lot of customers. He told us six-gauge wire may be fine for carrying power a few feet from the battery to the starter, but stretching it out from the trunk to the engine compartment will increase resistance in the cable, causing a voltage drop. He recommends a minimum of four-gauge wire, and even as large as two- or zero-gauge for remotely mounted batteries.
He also suggests putting a fuse near the rear-mounted battery. In the event of an accident, if the wire gets pinched between the battery and the starter, it could short out the cable, possibly causing a fire. An adequate fuse-he recommends 250 to 300 amp-should be sufficient insurance to keep it from blowing when starting the car.
ChargingAs battery technology has changed, so have battery chargers. Like new batteries, new chargers are smaller, but they're also smarter than the old trickle charger that's been sitting under your workbench and that may no longer be the best for charging or maintaining an AGM battery.
Most old-style chargers are designed to deliver constant amperage to the battery. The user selects the proper amperage and what the charger will supply. As amperage is applied, voltage increases until the battery is recharged to around 14.5 volts. If the charge goes beyond that point on a flooded-type battery, the electrolyte may boil and water might evaporate, but that water can be replaced.
On a sealed AGM battery, the water cannot be replenished. The battery may be able to discharge, but every recharge will cause it to dry out further. That risk is eliminated with the new electronic chargers, which rely on a computer to continually monitor battery condition and other factors (like ambient temperature) to provide and maintain the correct charge. The chargers go through a series of modes during the charging process. The number of modes and how they're identified differs from manufacturer to manufacturer, but what happens in every case is the charger provides a constant current voltage. The amperage is reduced to complete the charge as the battery gets close to full charge, in the neighborhood of 14.5 volts. After that, the charger goes into float mode, maintaining the level of the charge indefinitely.
An unused AGM battery is able to hold a charge longer than a flooded-type, but after time will discharge, causing sulfate to build up on the lead plates, shortening battery life. If you're storing batteries or have your hot rod in storage for an extended period of time, these new chargers are designed to remain connected to the battery, preventing sulfation without the risk of overcharging. Most of the products we looked at are small enough to be mounted anywhere in the car and remain attached to the battery to maintain the charge, preventing unwanted surprises on a cold morning or after a day parked at the show with the audio system going.
Speaking of overcharging, the best battery chargers, despite their small size, come with a big price tag. But, a quality charger is a good investment when you consider the money you save by extending the life of your battery.
Some of the chargers we looked into (the ones shown in these photos) can be used to charge flooded batteries as well as AGM types. These are just a small sample of the products on the market, so be sure to talk to the manufacturers and read the instructions before charging to make sure the charger and battery are compatible.


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Woman arrested in Thanksgiving Day shopping confrontation at Walmart
December 26, 2012
A 22-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of robbery because police say she knocked down another shopper and took a laptop computer from her during a door-buster sale at a Greeley Walmart.
The incident happened during a sale late Thursday night at the Walmart Supercenter, 3103 S. 23rd Ave., in south Greeley as customers Nichole Vanlandingham, 20, and Amino Idris, 22, took laptops from a pallet in the store as part of the sale.
Idris took a laptop form the pallet and handed it to a family member. Vanlandingham also took a laptop, Greeley police Lt. Steve Nelson said. As Vanlandingham was headed toward checkout to pay for her laptop, Idris took it from her, knocking her down, Nelson said. Walmart security officials were alerted and they notified off-duty Greeley police officers who were at the store to provide additional security. They investigated, and video evidence from a Walmart security camera showed Idris taking the laptop from Vanlandingham, Nelson said.
Idris was arrested on suspicion of robbery, a felony, because the statute defines the offense as taking anything of value from another person while using force, Nelson said.
Vanlandingham sustained minor scrapes to her arm.


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Hope College Alumnus Tim Laman to Feature "Birds of Paradise" - Jan 30 | Arts & Culture
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HOLLAND – Large-scale projections featuring New Guinea's colorful "Birds of Paradise" will illustrate a lecture at Hope College on Wednesday, Jan. 30, about a landmark multi-year effort, recently featured in "National Geographic," to document all 39 of the species for the first time.
Dr. Tim Laman, a field biologist and wildlife photojournalist who is a regular contributor to "National Geographic" as well as a 1983 Hope graduate, will present the talk on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the DeWitt Center main theatre.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Laman and ornithologist Dr. Edwin Scholes, who is with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, conducted 18 expeditions between 2004 and 2011 to photograph and film the 39 species of these songbirds. Their journeys took them throughout the rain forest of New Guinea as well as to nearby islands and eastern Australia, where Laman often climbed trees towering more than 100 feet above the rain forest floor to chronicle not only the birds but also their courtship behavior.
"With 18 expeditions to New Guinea in eight years, this is clearly the most intensive photographic and behavioral study of the Birds of Paradise ever made," said Dr. Eldon Greij, an ornithologist who is retired from the Hope biology faculty and was among Laman's faculty mentors, who also included Drs. Christopher Barney and Harvey Blankespoor.
Greij noted that the 39 species are among the most brightly plumed of all birds and have developed spectacular displays and dances that are unrivaled among other birds. Their extremely modified feather plumes include wire-like strands, tail feather streamers more than three times the length of their body, antenna-like plumes protruding from their heads that are twice the length of their body, and elongated wires ending in round "paddles."
In his 1869 book "The Malay Archipelago," British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace wrote that the birds "must be ranked as one of the most beautiful and wonderful of living things."
"What makes Tim's spectacular photographs of these birds so special is the extreme difficulty of working in the rain forest," Greij said. "Courtship behavior varies with species, but occurs in the canopy as well as on the ground, which is usually dark and wet. Batteries and lights are required for working in the understory, while canopy birds require a way to get a person and equipment 130 feet off the ground and into a makeshift blind."
"Tim's photographic genius, in part, is to bring multiple cameras, both stills and video, to focus on a subject from different angles, allowing the analysis of virtually all feathers, color patterns and dance moves at the same time," he said. "Importantly, when some females were seen to observe male behavior from directly overhead, Tim cleverly rigged a camouflaged camera in the position of the female to record precisely what she saw."
Getting to and from the canopy requires a line and harness for climbing up and rappelling down. Laman gets his rappelling line over a branch in the canopy by using a bow-and-arrow attached to a fine line. The rappelling rope is tied to the line and pulled over the branch, and then attached to his harness.
Laman's and Scholes's eight-year project was highlighted in a one-hour special that premiered on the National Geographic Channel on Thanksgiving Day; was featured in the December issue of "National Geographic" magazine; and is the subject of the extensively illustrated book "Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds," which Laman and Scholes co-authored and has been published by National Geographic and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. In addition, an exhibition on the birds opened at the National Geographic museum on November 1 and is continuing through May 12.
Laman, who majored in biology at Hope, first went to the rain forests of Borneo in 1987, and the Asia-Pacific region has been a major focus for both his scientific research and photography ever since. His pioneering research in the rain forest canopy in Borneo led to a Ph.D. from Harvard and his first "National Geographic" article in 1997. In addition to 21 feature stories on a variety of topics in "National Geographic" through the years, he has also published more than a dozen scientific articles related to rain forest ecology and birdlife, and is a research associate in the Ornithology Department at Harvard University.
His work has garnered numerous awards, including the highest honor of the North American Natural Photography Association in 2009: the group's annual "Outstanding Nature Photographer" Award. Ten of his images have won recognition in the world's top wildlife photography competition, the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" awards, and he has won several prizes in the Nature's Best International Photography awards, including first place in the underwater category.
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Lady Antebellum returned to country radio with a new single, "What If I Never Get Over You," on May 17. The new single is the lead from their upcoming eighth studio album, which will be the trio's first project since leaving Universal Music Group and signing with Big Machine.
The new tune, which was helmed by longtime producer Dann Huff, finds Lady A's Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley trading heavy-hearted vocals over a failed relationship. The duet was penned by Laura Veltz, Sam Ellis, Jon Green and Ryan Hurd.
"It's been several years since we've had a chance to release a duet like this as a single," says Charles. "When we played it for our team their excitement reassured us this song was the one to lead with out of the gate. It's been a bit of our magic from day one. Our very first song in 2006, 'All We'd Ever Need,' was just written for Hillary, but she said, 'Charles, you should sing a verse too' and that's how we started the co-lead singer thing."
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Second Half Comeback Leads Lincoln Over SBU
JEFFERSON CITY -- After a first half controlled by Southwest Baptist, the Lincoln women's basketball team came back in a big way in the second, outscoring the Bearcats, 45-30, to claim a 77-65 victory on Saturday. Dahlia Booker came off the bench to lead LU with 18 points while Freddie Sims scored 15 and Arriana Walker added 14.
The Bearcats opened the game with an 11-2 run and held a nine-point lead with 13:34 to play in the first period before Sims keyed the Lincoln comeback with a trey. Sims, who finished the opening stanze with nine points, later made three free throws to cut the SBU advantage to five with just over a minute remaining. Booker later closed the gap to three on a layup with 33 seconds left, sending the game into the intermission with Lincoln down just 35-32.
Jackeya Mitchell set the tone in the second half, hitting a three-point shot less than 30 seconds into the period to tie the game at 35. SBU later built up a three-point lead, but scores from Walker and Sims put LU up, 41-40, for Lincoln's first lead of the game.
From there, the Lincoln defense did its job, as the Blue Tigers held Southwest Baptist scoreless from the field while going on a 12-1 run to secure the lead. Lincoln never allowed the Bearcats to cut the lead to less than eight, and held a 14-point advantage at several points late in the game. A big part of that was Booker, who scored 14 of her 18 points in the second half and finished the game with three rebounds and two assists.
Walker finished her day with five rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals while Sims tallied two boards, two steals and a trio of assists. Roni Jefferson also reached the double-digit plateau, scoring 10 points with three rebounds and two steals.
Thanks in large part to the outstanding days by Booker and Jefferson, the Lincoln bench outscored the Bearcats' reserves, 34-19, and held a 32-22 advantage inside the paint. LU also won the turnover battle, scoring 16 points off 16 takeaways while limiting SBU to five steals.
Mitchell, Nesha Wright and Quiessence Price each scored six points while Alicia Johnson added two. Wright and Price each grabbed five rebounds, with Price also notching two steals, and Johnson snared four boards with a block.
The victory allowed Lincoln to even its record in conference play to 2-2 while improving the Blue Tigers to 7-5 on the season. Southwest Baptist, meanwhile, fell to 6-6 overall and 1-3 in MIAA play.
Lincoln will remain at home for its next contest, as the Blue Tigers will welcome Pittsburg State on Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. CST tip.


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Is The NYT Paywall Just A Ploy To Sell More Print Subscriptions?
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There are so many strange and problematic aspects of the New York Times' ersatz paywall plan that sometimes the big and obvious one doesn't get discussed enough: it's really really expensive. A year of full access on all devices comes out to $455 (or $421 if you count their paltry four-week introductory discount). That's more than the Wall Street Journal - way more. In fact it's more than a lot of things, as this chart by Michael DeGusta illustrates nicely:
But it gets even crazier when you compare that price tag to a New York Times print subscription. A year of weekday home delivery only costs $285 the first year, and $322 after that (with some variation by location). That's right: over $100 cheaper than a digital subscription - and a print subscription includes full digital access. Perhaps one of the economists who writes for the New York Times can correct me on this, but that doesn't make any goddamn sense. If you're going to charge $455 a year for a website, you better not tell me I can get the same thing plus a few hundred pounds of free kindling for two-thirds that. If I pay you $150, will you also mow my lawn?
I can think of only two explanations for this. One is that I am severely misinformed about the nature of the internet, and websites are in fact delivered to my computer by truck while system administrators dump barrels of ink in the sewer. The other is that, in the long run, the paywall is just a giant ploy to get their print subscriber numbers up. Some believe that the print prices are purposely obfuscated, but I think this is a temporary situation. I predict two things will happen before the year is out: readers who hit the paywall will start being greeted with home delivery offers alongside the digital packages, and digital subscribers will begin to receive offers to "add on" a print subscription at no "extra" charge.
If I'm right about the New York Times' motives, I'll be pretty disappointed. Their strategy is so confusing that everyone is having a hard time figuring out exactly what they hope to accomplish, but at least it seemed to be an acknowledgement that the economics of news distribution have changed (even if they reacted in an entirely backwards fashion). Now it is beginning to seem like nothing more than an attempt to prop up the same legacy model that has been holding them back this entire time.
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Opera. Carl Unander-Scharin is one of Sweden's most experienced opera composers, and has had several successes with, amongst others, the Royal Swedish Opera and the Vadstena Academy.
Opera in two acts by CARL UNANDER-SCHARIN (f 1964). Libretto by Alexander Ahndoril
For this season he will be The Göteborg Opera's composer in residence, commissioned to write the opera Sömnkliniken, based on an original text by Alexander Ahndoril.
In its thriller format Sömnkliniken revolves around today's problems of lack of sleep and exhaustion. The work has been written for seven singers and ten musicians, and Ellen Trømborg, after her education as a director of opera, brings her first production to the stage.


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Guillen said he spoke Friday to general manager Ken Williams about players under consideration to be called up when 25-man rosters can be expanded on Tuesday. The most eye-opening name is Tyler Flowers, touted by the Sox as their catcher of the future. Flowers is batting a combined .295 with 15 home runs and 55 RBIs at Triple-A Charlotte and Double-A Birmingham. Veteran catcher A.J. Pierzynski is signed through 2010 and will earn full no-trade rights if he's not traded before the middle of next season because of his 10 years of major-league service with at least the last five with the same team.
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Initially I was missing all URI-files so I installed the URI-package.
Now the installer tells me I have URI::Escape but not URI::file nor URI:URL despite the files file.pm and URL.pm being present in "/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/URI".
Why do I get this error?
I tried to strace the installer and go through the system calls to see where the installer actually looks for these files with no success. I have tried to copy the files file.pm and URL.pm to file.pl and URL.pl, I have tried moving all files in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/URI to /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 and other locations, including to /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4. The automated install-feature for the URI-files does not work at all.
I don't know how many hours I have spent trying to make this work now. Any help I can get would be great.
Where does the installer want these files to be?
I install perl-uri-1.35 this file.
After I installed perl 5.8.7 the automatic installation for the missing files suddenly worked and I managed to install it.
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Hi All,
I am on the cusp of buying a used, 24 kWh LEAF from California before Dec 31 (never registered in Colorado) for my personal use in Colorado, and would like clarity on the available state tax credit.
If e.g. the msrp is $30,000 but my purchase price of the used car is $10,000, what will the state tax credit amount to ?
People have written $6,000 (30000*0.24) since that is the maximum allowed, but my reading of of DR 0617 suggests that I should figure
10,000*0.24 = $2,400.
What is correct ?
Second, I presume that the state tax credit has a maximum amount that may be disbursed each year. How do I find out if money remains for 2016 ?


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A senior member of the Union of Democratic Forces in Guinea (UDFG) has expressed concern that the newly proposed date for that country?s presidential run-off vote will disenfranchise many Guineans.
Yousouff Sylla, a special adviser to former Prime Minister and leading presidential candidate, Cellou Dalein Diallo also called on the transitional government to improve the security situation in the country before the much-delayed poll.
?As you know, in places like Siguiri, Kissidugu? many of the Fulani people have been forced to leave the city because they have been attacked. Their shops have been attacked and looted and therefore, they have been moving to the Fulani areas. So, it is going to be very difficult for these people on Sunday to participate in the voting process,? he said.
Sylla also accused the transitional administration of failing to address the concerns of most Guineans about reported voter irregularities ahead of the proposed date.
Guinea's Independent electoral commission has proposed Sunday, 31st October, as the new date for the country's presidential run-off vote.
The poll has been delayed three times since July -- most recently last week -- because of political disputes, logistical problems and election-related violence.
Commission Chief General Siaka Toumany Sangare said Tuesday that he had proposed the new date to Guinea's transitional government. Acting President General Sekouba Konate will have to approve the new date.
Sangare was picked to head the electoral commission last week after Mr. Diallo objected to the previous chief, who he said favored Mr. Conde.
The election is meant to return Guinea to civilian rule after decades of dictatorship and nearly two years of a military junta.
If Guinea holds the vote Sunday, it would join three other African countries, along with Ivory Coast and Tanzania that will be holding presidential elections that same day,
Special adviser Sylla expressed concern that the country could be plunged into crisis if people are prevented from voting because of the newly proposed date.
?I?m really worried because it seems to me that the transitional authority does not understand that being neutral does not mean that you are not going to be a referee. If something is wrong, you need to fix it and you cannot just (standby) and do nothing and expect things to work out very well. You need to fix things.?


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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered three American Express subsidiaries to refund $85 million to consumers over what it says were violations of consumer protection laws "at every stage" that ranged from marketing practices to enrollment, payment and debt collection.
The agency made the announcement Monday. Agency Director Richard Cordray said of the action in a statement, "Several American Express companies violated consumer protection laws and those laws were violated at all stages of the game—from the moment a consumer shopped for a card to the moment the consumer got a phone call about long-overdue debt."
He continued, "Today's orders require the American Express companies to fully refund about $85 million to consumers and it requires them to make specific changes in their business practices. The American Express companies will identify the harmed customers, notify them, and make sure they get back their money."
The Amex subsidiaries have agreed to end the illegal practices; repay an estimated $85 million to approximately 250,000 consumers; offer convenient repayment for consumers; inform consumers of their debt collection rights; submit to an independent audit; and in addition to the repayment, pay a civil monetary penalty of $27.5 million.
The enforcement action was taken jointly with three federal bank regulators: the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), the Federal Reserve, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, as well as with the Utah Department of Financial Institutions.
The illegal activities were discovered, according to the CFPB, by the FDIC together with the Utah Department of Financial Institutions during a routine examination of an American Express subsidiary, the American Express Centurion Bank.
The FDIC transferred portions of the investigation to the CFPB when the bureau opened its doors in 2011, and the agencies continued to pursue the action together. The CFPB later concluded that many of the same violations that occurred at American Express Centurion Bank also took place at American Express Travel Related Services Co. and American Express Bank FSB.
Investigations revealed violations occurring at various times between 2003 and this spring, at "every stage of the consumer experience." The CFPB said that the subsidiaries deceived consumers who signed up for the American Express "Blue Sky" credit card program; charged unlawful late fees; unlawfully discriminated against new account applicants on the basis of age; failed to report consumer disputes to consumer reporting agencies; and misled consumers about debt collection.
All three subsidiaries, said the CFPB, deceived consumers into believing there were certain benefits to paying off old debt. Consumers were wrongly told that if they paid off the old debt, the payment would be reported to credit bureaus and could improve their credit scores. In fact, AmEx was not reporting the payments, and the debts were so old that even if they had tried to report them, many of the payments would not have appeared on these consumers' credit reports or affected their credit scores.
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Not even Al Pacino is sure what to call "Wilde Salome," his film making its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
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* '''{{i|Orb of Zot}}:''' provides +3 to maximum mana and +5 maximum health until used, but is very expensive.
* '''{{i|Mage Plate}}:''' provides a bonus to maximum mana that increases for higher level characters, but also an increasing damage penalty.
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==Restoring Mana==
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Mana is a resource required to cast spells. Every character class is capable of making use of mana, provided they have at least one glyph. Spent mana can be regenerated by exploring tiles, with 1 point of mana recovered for every tile explored. However, the Mana Burn affliction will prevent you from recovering mana until it is cured.
By default a character has a maximum mana capacity of 10 and each dungeon contains three Mana Boosters, meaning that without other bonuses a character can expect to reach a maximum of 13 mana by the time the dungeon is completed.
Increasing Maximum Capacity
The following methods can be used to increase your maximum mana capacity.
- Mana Booster: when picked up, your maximum mana is permanently increased by 1.
- Elf: conversion bonus can convert items to increase maximum mana.
- Mystera Annur: can provide a small increase to maximum mana, but more importantly offers the unique ability to lower the mana cost of key glyphs.
- Jehora Jeheyu: can provide a large increase to maximum mana, but requires you to sacrifice a Mana Potion in trade for each +3
- Glowing Guardian: can provide a large increase in maximum mana at an extremely high piety cost
- Sorcerer: begins with a significant +5 bonus to his maximum mana
- Patches the Teddy: provides random benefits when you level up; one possible bonus is a +1 increase to maximum mana.
- Pendant of Mana: this item provides +2 to maximum mana, no strings attached.
- Hero's Helm: provides +1 to maximum mana in addition to some other benefits
- Elven Boots: provides +3 to maximum mana and bonus Magic resistance but is very expensive.
- Orb of Zot: provides +3 to maximum mana and +5 maximum health until used, but is very expensive.
- Mage Plate: provides a bonus to maximum mana that increases for higher level characters, but also an increasing damage penalty.
- A Vegetarian Vampire recipe.
Restoring Mana
In addition to exploration, there are a number of ways to restore your mana. Unless otherwise stated, all of these methods work even when under the influence of Mana Burn.
- Level-Up: when you level up, your health and mana are fully restored
- Mana Potion: restores 40% (60% for a Bloodmage) of your maximum mana (rounded down)
- Schadenfreude Potion: the next time you are attacked, you restore a number of mana points equal to the damage sustained. This effect is applied after Mana Burn (if applicable).
- Crystal Ball: charges up every time you cast a spell, and can be activated (at the cost of gold) to restore a number of mana points equal to the accrued charge.
- Blue Bead: restores 1 mana point for every monster slain. This item is disabled by Mana Burn.
- Rock Heart: restores 1 mana point (and some hit points) when a wall is destroyed.
- Mystera Annur: restores mana with Refreshment.
- The Earthmother: restores mana with Clearance.
- Glowing Guardian: slightly restores mana (and health) with Protection.
- Jehora Jeheyu: fully restores mana (and health) with Chaos Avatar and Last Chance.
- BLUDTUPOWA: this unique spell converts health into mana
- Bloodmage: restores 1 point of mana every time he consumes a blood pool
- Rat Monarch and Goatperson: both have special ways to restore mana and health.
Mana Thresholds
An important concept for spellcasters is the idea of mana thresholds. These are convenient maximum mana totals that allow you to cast specific glyph combinations. While most of the time you can do tricks like exploring a single tile mid-battle to afford a spell you're just shy of, being able to conveniently cast the spell with no strings attached can be very important in its own right. In addition, mana potions improve as your maximum mana increases and it's important to be aware when a +1 increase to your maximum mana will improve the value of all your potions (especially for Gnome, who can have a lot of potions)
For instance, 12 mana is a threshold that allows you to cast BURNDAYRAZ twice in a row, and 13 mana is a threshold that allows you to cast HALPMEH twice in a row and then finish with GETINDARE. Additionally, and more subtly, 13 mana allows you to cast BURNDAYRAZ three times in a row by expending one mana potion. Even unusual numbers like 14 mana can open up combos like BURNDAYRAZ followed by WEYTWUT. Effects that change the cost of spells, such as the Berserker or Wizard class features or the Mystic Balance boon of Mystera Annur can change these thresholds; for instance, a Warlord under the effect of Mystic Balance greatly appreciates the 16 mana threshold (a number that doesn't normally open up any relevant options) because it lets him cast CYDSTEPP twice in a row.
Other important thresholds:
- 15 MP - mana potions restore 6 mana (exactly one fireball) per drink, and you can cast BURNDAYRAZ twice and follow with GETINDARE
- 18 MP - mana potions restore 7 mana per drink, and you can cast BURNDAYRAZ three times in a row by default.
- 20 MP - mana potions restore 8 mana per drink, and you can effectively alternate WEYTWUT and BURNDAYRAZ to defeat monsters with Retaliate: Fireball.
- 24 MP - you can cast BURNDAYRAZ four times in a row, and Warlords who worship Mystera can cast CYDSTEPP three times in a row
- 25 MP - mana potions restore a whopping 10 mana per drink, which is very convenient for characters relying on HALPMEH or CYDSTEPP
Typically there are diminishing returns after the 25 MP and for most characters it will not be worth the effort to pursue further improvement even if it is possible. However, specialized builds can push for much higher numbers. Only Elves and worshipers of Jehora Jeheyu can realistically reach the 30 mana threshold or beyond.
Thresholds are most significant when exploration is highly limited, or if you are about to activate a large number of mana potions to defeat a boss. They are less significant when you have ways to strategically restore a precise number of MP, such as the Blue Bead or BLUDTUPOWA. You should always be paying attention to what combos you want to use, and what thresholds you may be able to reach to improve the efficiency of those combos.


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I'm not anti-recipe (obviously), but some things just don't need them — and most vegetable soups fall into that category. Here are easy-to-follow instructions for making vegetable (vegetarian and, for the most part, vegan) soups with common ingredients, a variety of choices and terrific flavor. Print the following page, stick it on your refrigerator and work your way through it. By the time you're done — 12 days or 12 weeks later — you'll never again need a recipe for vegetable soup. Promise.
And you'll need no special techniques, no advance preparation and, for the most part, not much time. You can use just about any vegetable (or bean) you have on hand. These are not stone soups, but they're close.
I've created four essential categories: creamy (vegetables puréed with dairy); brothy (a strained vegetable stock, with quick-cooking ingredients added); earthy (with beans); and hearty (the vegetables sautéed first, to deepen their flavor).
A few practical notes: All of these recipes serve four, and you'll want about a 2.5-to-4-quart (medium or large) pot. Most can be cooked for a while — but not so long that the freshness is gone. Most will taste as good or better the next day, so consider making a double batch and refrigerating (or freezing) the leftovers. But never boil a soup after you've added dairy to it; instead, reheat gently.
If you want a supersmooth soup (and just about any of these soups can be puréed if you like), use a standing blender — let the soup cool a bit first — which creates a finer purée than an immersion blender does; you might even strain the soup after puréeing it.
Garnishes are all optional, though herbs add a dimension that will be lacking otherwise. If you taste as you're cooking, you'll be fine, because there is really nothing to go wrong here.
Creamy Spinach Soup
Put 1 chopped onion, 2 peeled garlic cloves, 3 cups water and salt and pepper in a pot over high heat. Boil, cover, lower the heat and simmer until the onion is tender, about 10 minutes. Add 10 ounces chopped spinach and 1/2 cup parsley leaves; cook until the spinach is tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1 cup Greek-style yogurt and purée. Garnish: A spoonful of Greek-style yogurt and chopped parsley.
Squash-and-Ginger Soup
Substitute 1 tablespoon minced ginger for the garlic and 4 cups chopped butternut squash for the spinach (it will take longer to soften). Skip the parsley and substitute half-and-half or cream for the yogurt. Garnish: A spoonful of cream.
Curried Cauliflower Soup
Substitute 1 tablespoon minced ginger for the garlic, 2 cups cauliflower florets for the spinach (they will take longer to soften), 1 tablespoon curry powder for the parsley and coconut milk for the yogurt. Garnish: Chopped cilantro.
Vegetable Broth With Toast
Put 2 chopped carrots, 2 chopped onions, 1 small chopped potato, 2 chopped celery ribs, 2 garlic cloves, 10 sliced mushrooms, 1 cup chopped tomatoes (canned are fine), 10 parsley sprigs, 1/2 ounce dried porcini, 8 cups water and salt and pepper in a pot over high heat. Boil, lower heat and simmer until the vegetables are soft, 30 minutes or longer. Strain and serve over toasted good bread. Garnish: Chopped celery leaves.
Egg Drop Soup
Beat 4 eggs. Boil the strained stock, lower the heat so it simmers and add the eggs in a steady stream, stirring constantly until they're cooked, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup chopped scallions, 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 1 tablespoon sesame oil. Skip the bread. Garnish: Chopped scallions.
Rice-and-Pea Soup
Boil the strained stock, lower the heat so it simmers and add 3/4 cup white rice. Cook until tender, then add 2 cups fresh or frozen peas; cook for a minute or two. Skip the bread. Garnish: Grated Parmesan.
Bean Soup
Put 1 1/2 cup dried beans, 1 chopped onion, 2 chopped carrots, 2 chopped celery ribs, 2 bay leaves, 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves and 6 cups water in a pot over high heat. Boil, lower the heat, cover and simmer until the beans are soft, at least 1 hour, adding more water if necessary. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish: A drizzle of olive oil.
Chickpea-and-Pasta Soup
Substitute chickpeas for the beans and rosemary for the thyme and add 1 cup chopped tomatoes (canned are fine). When the chickpeas are almost tender, add 1/2 cup small pasta. Cook until the pasta and chickpeas are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Garnish: A few chopped rosemary leaves.
Spicy Black-Bean Soup
Use black beans and substitute fresh oregano for the thyme. When the beans are done, add 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1 dried or canned chipotle and the juice of a lime. Garnish: Cilantro and sour cream.
Sauté 1 chopped onion, 1 chopped carrot, 1 chopped celery rib and 1 teaspoon minced garlic in 3 tablespoons olive oil for 5 minutes. Add 2 cups cubed potatoes and salt and pepper; cook for 2 minutes. Add 1 cup chopped tomatoes (canned are fine) and 5 cups water. Boil, lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Add 1 cup chopped green beans; simmer for 20 minutes. Garnish: Chopped parsley and grated Parmesan.
Mushroom Soup
Substitute 1 1/2 pounds sliced mushrooms (preferably an assortment) for the potatoes; sauté until they brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Substitute ½ cup white wine for the tomatoes, skip the green beans and add a fresh thyme sprig with the water. Garnish: A few thyme leaves.
Tomato-and-Garlic Soup
Use 2 tablespoons minced garlic and substitute 2 tablespoons tomato paste for the celery. Skip the potatoes and green beans; use 3 cups tomatoes and 3 cups water. Cook the tomatoes for 10 to 15 minutes. Garnish: Lots of chopped or torn basil.


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March 27, 2009
For Immediate Release
Urgent Galloway update
Minister of Censorship Jason Kenney's decision to ban British MP George Galloway from speaking in Canada has ignited a firestorm of protest across the country. Kenney's office and the entire Conservative caucus has been bombarded with thousands of e-mails, phone calls and messages of protest. A legal challenge has been launched by Galloway's legal counsel in Canada, and the media is reporting new developments every day.
The movement to reverse the ban on Galloway is big, and is growing by the minute.
We can defeat Jason Kenney's ban, but we need your help over the next few days. Please read below and forward this message everywhere!
Here's how you can help:
1. Promote the Defend Free Speech website: www.defendfreespeech.ca.
This site is the clearinghouse for all update about the campaign and includes documents from the legal challenge, breaking news, ticket information, and action items. Please upload a link of this site to your website, upload it to all Galloway groups on facebook and on your profile, and forward it to all your friends. If you have any news or updates for the website, email email@example.com.
2. Join our next organizing meeting in Toronto.
If you're not in Toronto, get active with local groups in the Palestine Solidarity movement or the anti-war movement. The Toronto meeting is as follows: Friday, March 27 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto (TTC: Spadina). The Toronto meeting will provide updates, distribute new materials, and make plans for weekend actions.
3. Picket Conservative MPs' offices on Saturday and Sunday.
This weekend, we need to make sure we keep the pressure up. Organize pickets at your local Conservative MP's office to say you want Jason Kenney to reverse the ban on Galloway. Ask passers-by to sign the petition, distribute leaflets to them, and display free speech placards. All materials petition, leaflets, and placards can be downloaded from www.defendfreespeech.ca. When you've filled out the petitions, fax them to Kenney's offices: 613-992-1920 (Ottawa office) and 403-225-3504 (Calgary office). A picket in Mississauga is already organized for Saturday, March 28 at 2:00pm at the office of Conservative MP Bob Dechert (Mississauga Erindale), 1270 Central Parkway West, Suite 101, Mississauga.
4. Come to federal court on Sunday in Toronto to hear the legal challenge to Jason Kenney¹s ban.
Galloway's legal team was informed that the hearing will be open to the public, so we need to pack out the courtroom to show how much opposition there is to Kenney's attacks on free speech. The hearing will take place on Sunday, March 29 at 11:00am at the federal courthouse at 180 Queen Street West, Toronto (TTC: Osgoode). This is where we'll find out if Kenney's ban on Galloway is overturned. Seating is limited, so show up early! In addition, Toronto organizers will hold a free speech rally outside the courthouse at 10:30am. Bring your flags and banners! And bring lots of people!
5. Keep e-mailing and phoning Jason Kenney's office.
If you've contacted him already, do it again. Tell them you won't stop until Kenney reverses the ban. Tell them you want a formal response in writing, explaining why Kenney has banned Galloway. If you phone and there's only voicemail, leave a long message asking that they call you back. Don't let up the pressure now. Keep phoning, e-mailing, faxing, etc. Kenney's e-mail addresses are: firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com; email@example.com. His phone numbers are: 613-992-2235 (Ottawa office) and 403-225-3480 (Calgary office). And don't stop e-mailing the entire Conservative caucus. You can find all their e-mail addresses in one block at www.defendfreespeech.ca.
6. Keep buying tickets.
George Galloway has personally committed to deliver a live, original, interactive speech to each of the four cities where he's scheduled to speak either live in person or live via broadcast. We want to make sure that he can see how many of us have come to hear his speech and to stand up for our right to hear it. Every empty seat or unsold ticket is a defeat for free speech and a victory for the Minister of Censorship. Buy your tickets now and help us sell out the event. Ticket information for all four events is available at www.defendfreespeech.ca.
7. Broadcast Galloway's live speech in your town or city.
If you live in a city where Galloway is not scheduled to speak (if you're not in Toronto, Mississauga, Montreal or Ottawa) but would still like to hear his speech, let us know. We are organizing now to broadcast his Toronto speech on Monday, March 30 to locations all over the country where he is not scheduled to speak. Book a room now that can accommodate large numbers of people, start promoting your event, and get a laptop/LCD projector so you can broadcast his speech live. We'll send you a private URL to log onto the Toronto broadcast. To get the private URL, please e-mail email@example.com.
8. Join the ban-busting caravan to meet Galloway at the Canada-US border.
Organizers in Montreal are organizing a caravan of MPs, lawyers, anti-war activists and supporters to meet Galloway at the Canada-US border on the day he is scheduled to enter Canada. If we reverse the ban, we'll bring him across. If we don't reverse the ban, we'll hold a solidarity rally on the Canadian side while a delegation of MPs and lawyers meet Galloway in the US. Galloway will address the Canadian rally by phone (with sound amplification).
Here's the call-out from Montreal organizers:
On Monday, March 30, Montreal organizers for the Galloway speaking tour (SPHR) are
calling for a mass presence at the Canadian-US border in Lacolle, Quebec to support Canadian and Quebec MPs and MNAs who plan to escort Galloway into Canada, if the ban is reversed.
A solidarity caravan will leave from Montreal on Monday morning. Please show up by 9:30am at Carre Cabot, on Ste. Catherine and Atwater, corner of rue Lambert Closse (across from the Pepsi Forum). There will be buses. If you have a car, we need you to help caravan people there to arrive by 12:00pm (noon).
If you have a car, please let us know how many people you can take. If you need a ride, please let us know how many seats you need. E-mail us at email@example.com.
9. Don¹t let Kenney silence anti-war voices! Demonstrate on April 4.
The Canadian Peace Alliance and Le Collectif Échec à la guerre have called a pan-Canadian day of action for Saturday, April 4 to protest the 60th anniversary of NATO and to bring Canadian troops home from Afghanistan. Now that Kenney has expanded his attacks to the peace movement and our right to free speech, it's even more important to be in the streets. Tell Kenney that we won't be silenced! If Kenney doesn't overturn his ban on Galloway, join us on April 4 to demand that Kenney be fired from his job. For more information, please visit www.acp-cpa.ca.


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Playing music with instruments is overrated. But while we've seen songs played on old computer kit before, this video takes things further: get ready to hear The White Stripe's Seven Nation Army played entirely on kit found in a science lab.
The video was made by a team of Imperial College London students in the university's Blast Lab—a place where scientists study how explosions affect the human skeleton. It makes for a pretty loud environment, but the team of students tried to craft that noise into something coherent.
The result's actually pretty impressive. In particular, they've really managed to capture the heavily distorted guitar part convincingly. If you're intrigued as to what kit is being used to play each part, here's a breakdown:
Bass Guitar: Main sensor output cable
Bass Drum: Blast Rig
Toms: Hammer & Storm Case
Hi-Hat: Oil Spray
Cymbal: Blast Plate
'Vocals': Laces to contain dummy leg during blast
'Guitar': Accelerometer cable & Fastening Strings
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All appointees will work primarily in their home departments but have partial appointments in the Penn State Rock Ethics Institute. The goal will be to integrate ethics into research projects in the sciences, engineering, humanities, and social sciences, to integrate ethical analyses into policy-relevant research, and to enhance collaborations with colleges to advance the integration of ethics into the curriculum at all levels, including graduate and postdoctoral mentoring in research ethics.
Susan Welch, the Susan Welch Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts, said the effort will continue to build upon priorities outlined in the University's current strategic plan, which calls for the integration of ethics into the academic pursuits of all members of the Penn State community.
"The idea isn't to say, 'everyone has to take a course in ethics,'" said Welch, whose college is home to the Rock Ethics Institute. "Rather, the goal is to integrate the study of ethical concerns into courses that already are part of the curriculum. So, for example, if a student is taking a course that relates to the construction industry, they might study ethical issues related to the construction bidding process or the use of inferior construction materials. Students in the health-related disciplines will focus on ethical issues relating to patient care and the health system. The goal is to help students and researchers from a wide array of academic disciplines to think critically about the ethical issues that will face them in their everyday work and life."
Nancy Tuana, who holds the Nancy Tuana Directorship of the Rock Ethics Institute, said the initiative represents a significant expansion for the organization, though the basic tenets will remain the same.
"The Rock Ethics Institute has been working for the past 14 years to ensure that one of the legacies of a Penn State education is what we call 'moral literacy': the ability to identify when a situation involves an ethical issue and to effectively assess the ethical dimensions of that problem in order to be able to take responsible action," Tuana said. "We already work with faculty in nearly all of the academic colleges, through workshops and other partnerships. This initiative will allow us to institutionalize that effort by hiring faculty members who will bring with them specific expertise in the study of ethics, in addition to expertise in their chosen field."
Tuana said the hires would be made in groups of four over three years, with final appointments to be made in the 2016-17 academic year. The hiring committee will look for candidates who can bring an ethical dimension to Penn State's areas of research strength and to disciplines where global ethical conversations intersect with academic research, such as climate science, food science, cyber-science or the study of infectious disease.
"These are hires that will be made across the University – by design, they will not be made in one specific area," Tuana said. "This unique approach to ingraining ethics into our curriculum and into our research promises to be transformative, not just for Penn State, but for all of higher education."
Welch said Penn State's position at the forefront of interdisciplinary ethics research and the integration of ethics throughout the curriculum can be attributed to the institute's founders.
"This entire initiative is the result of the great vision and generosity of Doug and Julie Rock, who many years ago endowed the Rock Ethics Institute and have generously supported the effort ever since," Welch said.
The institute was established through a $5 million gift in 2001 from Doug and Julie Rock to the College of the Liberal Arts. The institute's mission is to promote ethical awareness and inquiry across the University, and in the public and professional sectors, through a three-fold emphasis on teaching, research and outreach. Recently, the Rocks endowed the Nancy Tuana Directorship of the Rock Ethics Institute with an additional $5 million gift, which was part of a larger commitment they made to the College during For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students.
Faculty appointments to position Penn State as leader in ethics literacy
Faculty appointments to position Penn State as leader in ethics literacy
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State is embarking on a transformative effort to establish itself as a leader in interdisciplinary ethics research and ethical literacy, with plans to make 12 tenure-track appointments across an array of academic disciplines over three years. The positions will be co-funded by the University and the academic colleges.