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Hand Washing Can Rinse Away Doubts, Help You Live With Your Decisions, Study Finds
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May 6, 2010 -- Washing your hands does more than rinse away the guilt of sins or past misdeeds, it removes doubts about choices that have nothing to do with morality, such as choosing celery over carrots at the grocery store, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the University of Michigan say the act of hand washing helps people live with the decisions they make, alleviating cognitive dissonance, the uncomfortable feeling that comes from holding two opposing ideas in your mind at the same time.
The study is published in the May 7 issue of the journal Science.
"We know that washing your hands removes the need to feel that you made the right decision," study author Spike W.S. Lee, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Michigan, tells WebMD. "People always wonder if they make right decisions. What washing does is wash away the compulsion to justify the choice."
The study, done with colleague Norbert Schwarz, PhD, expands on past research indicating that hand washing is associated psychologically by many people with guilt removal for perceived misdeeds, Lee tells WebMD.
Washing Away Doubt
The two scientists asked 40 undergraduate students to look through 30 CD covers as part of an alleged consumer survey. The participants picked 10 CDs they would like to own, ranking the music by preference.
Later they were offered a choice between their fifth- and sixth-ranked CDs as a token of appreciation. After they made a choice, the participants completed an ostensibly unrelated product survey, of liquid soap. Half looked at the bottle before answering, and the others actually tested the soap by washing their hands.
Still later the participants were asked to rank the 10 CDs again.
"People who merely examined the soap bottle dealt with their doubts about their decision by changing how they saw the CDs," Schwarz says in a news release. "As in hundreds of earlier studies, once they had made a choice, they saw the chosen CD as much more attractive than before and the rejected CD as much less attractive."
Hand-washing "eliminated this classic effect," Schwarz says. "Once participants had washed their hands, they no longer needed to justify their choice when they ranked the CDs the second time around."
Lee says in the news release that washing "reduces the influence of past behaviors and decisions that have no moral implications whatsoever."
Hand Washing Mimics Washing Away Sin
The study results were replicated by getting participants to choose one of two fruit jams, and then cleanse their hands with antiseptic wipes in an ostensibly unrelated survey.
Again, participants "who merely examined an antiseptic wipe after choosing a jar of fruit jam expected the taste of the chosen jam to far exceed the taste of the rejected one," Lee says in the news release. "This difference was eliminated when participants tested the antiseptic wipe by cleaning their hands."
The results, he tells WebMD, show that as much as people feel that washing cleanses people of past immoral behaviors, it also can reduce the need to justify decisions.
Lee says this "clean slate" effect may have real-life implications. Washing hands may eliminate remorse for buying one car instead of another, of going to Rome instead of Paris on vacation, or even of choosing one partner over another.
Lee tells WebMD the phenomenon is a relic of the human notion of washing away sins.
"Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare tried to wash away her guilt of killing King Duncan," he says. "Baptism is washing away past sins. We have to take these metaphors more seriously."
Lee says the next avenue to explore is positive feelings. He notes that some baseball players may not wash "lucky" socks, and that people have a tendency not to wash their hands after touching someone famous.
"Maybe there is a tendency to want to wipe away past negative experiences and to avoid washing away positive ones," Lee says.
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Soccer Books That Heal World Cup Fever!
By Bianca Schulze, The Children's Book Review
Published: May 19, 2010
It's World Cup Soccer time! Which means that there is a good chance you know someone who is suffering from World Cup Fever. This is one kind of fever that can't be treated with medicine. It must be treated with a high dose of, you guessed it, soccer. Soccer in any form you can get it: watching the game, playing the game, talking about the game, dreaming about the game, and reading about the game. Yep, that's right, reading about the game.
No matter which team you go for (GO SOCCEROOS!), here is a team of books (complete with publisher's synopsis) to whet the appetite of any young soccer enthusiast:

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A Brief Review of Sergey Shipov's The Complete Hedgehog, Volume 2
Sergey Shipov, The Complete Hedgehog, Volume 2 (Mongoose Press, 2011). $29.95. 584 pp. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos
In a couple of recent posts I praised Sergey Shipov's work as an annotator, and he's a fine author of opening books, too, at least when they're on the Hedgehog. The Complete Hedgehog, Volume 1 came out in 2009 to rave reviews, and the second volume, fresh off the presses, is likely to receive a similar reception.
Volume 1 covered the "English Hedgehog", which we can think of for simplicity's sake as White setups with a fianchettoed bishop on g2. There are Englishes where the bishop doesn't go to g2, and there are a few positions in volume 2 where the bishop goes to g2 anyway, but in general Shipov's new book deals with alternative setups. In part 1, White has played f3, generally accompanied by Be2, and 360 pages later he turns to ambitious attacking setups where White puts the king's bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal. Finally, another 150 pages later, we're treated to another framework for about 55 more pages: a Queen's Indian Hedgehog with White castling queenside.
These are long books - Volume 2 makes it all the way to page 584 - but this is neither an encyclopedia nor a database dump. Shipov writes clearly, energetically and with enduring enthusiasm for the Hedgehog. There's enough analysis and explanatory prose to satisfy any curious reader. And not just any kind of prose, either: if you like a colorful turn of phrase, Sergey Shipov is your man. Literally opening the book at random, here are some nuggets from pages 180:
An unpleasant surprise. The white bishops, like cockroaches, don't succeed in simultaneously escaping the path of the e8-rook. At least one will get crushed.
Evidently this game froze the development of the idea for a while. The rout was too quick and harsh....All smart players know examples like this, dating back to the 19th century. And no one wanted to look like an ignoramus and become the co-author of the next instructive example.
However, in the mid-'80s, in the search for a way to fight against the improved and suddenly very strong Hedgehog, players again turned to the a2-a4-a5 raid, and this time with success! In many games the beast was vividly and demonstratively crushed on the queenside, and moreover Black didn't manage to stir up any counterplay. With a heavy heart, I will show you a few sad examples....
From these short excerpts we not only see a prose stylist in action, we get some clues about his pedagogy. Shipov often provides an historical approach, showing the evolution of both sides' ideas over the decades. We also see that although he's very much a pro-Hedgehog partisan, he's not a propagandist. We aren't just told the glorious stories of Black's conquests; we're shown White's best ideas too, and get to see the Hedgehog both as victor and as roadkill.
Finally, let's look at some of his analysis. The following (abridged) excerpt comes near the end of the book, from the section on the Queen's Indian Hedgehog where White castles queenside. It's one of his own games, where he's Black against E. Pospelov from Balassagyarmat 1992.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 a6 11.f4
White is hanging over Black's center and already intends to explode it with e4-e5. In those happy years I was an optimist, used to giving blow for blow. So I played
11...h6 12.Bh4 g5!
[Now Shipov discusses 13.fxg5, as played in an earlier game, and then wraps up that discussion as follows:]
I also studied roughly the same variations at the board, and White's next blow was like a bolt out of the blue for me.
The idea is to break through on g6 with the queen. What to do?
I wasn't enthusiastic about the co-operative variation 13...gxh4 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Qg6+ Ke7 16.exd6#.
I didn't want to open a file the d1-rook on principle, although I didn't see why 13...dxe5 loses. I still don't see it today, 20 years later - even after exhaustive analysis. Believe me, Black holds! The variations are complicated and have no clear conclusion. I'll just mention the beginning of the two main lines: 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.fxe5! Kf7!, and 14.fxe5 gxh4 15.Nxe6 Qe7!. Playing this without preparation at the board is not easy, you'll agree...
So the move
was born.
14.Bf2! dxe5 15.fxe5 Ng4 16.Nxe6! fxe6 17.Be2! Ngxe5!
Of course, not 17...Nxf2? 18.Bh5+ Ke7 19.Qxf2 Rg7 20.Rhf1 Qc7 21.Qf6+! Nxf6 22.exf6# - that kind of finale would have suited the ancient textbooks by Stamma and de Lucena. But I'm afraid that they wouldn't ahve included me in them, as I showed up several centuries too late.
18.Bh5+ Ke7 19.Rhe1
A slight weakening.
It is not clear whether I could have survived after the very strong and, most importantly, more flexible continuation 19.Bg3!. The reality is that the white rook can attack not only from e1, but also from f1.
For example, 19...Qc8 20.Rxd7+! Nxd7 21.Rd1 Qc6 22.Qf2 Rg7 23.Nd5+! exd5 24.Re1+ loses, and saving his king is too costly for Black.
Only 19...Bg7! 20.Rhf1 Rf8 saves me, and here it is worth having a short pause...
In the event of 21.Bxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxd8 (or 22.Qh7 Nd3+! 23.Kc2 Qd4! with approximate equality) 22...Rxf1+ 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Rd8, Black gets a decent material equivalent and good counterplay for the queen.
But there is another, apparently wild possibility for White. I can imagine what kind of nervous shock I would have had to get through if the game had reached this position, in which White makes the dazzling move 21.Qg6!!
The bait cannot be taken because of mate in three - find it yourself! Salvation is found by process of elimination: 21...Rxf1 22.Qxg7+ Rf7 23.Bxe5!! (another gem adorning White's attack; 23.Bxf7 is bad due to 23...Qh8!) 23...Nxe5! (the queen is inedible again - 23...Rxg7? 24.Bd6+ Kf6 25.Rf1+!) 24.Qxe5 Qb8! (fortunately, there is another move by the black queen out to f4 with check) 25.Qxb8 Rxb8 26.Bxf7 Kxf7 27.Rd7+ Kf6 28.g3 Ke5 29.Rh7 Bf3 30.Rxh6 Rc8 and in the end Black's counterplay is enough to equalize.
Evidently this is also the result of the entire opening variation. It is not as pleasing as we'd like it to be, you'll agree.
[From here I'll give only the remaining moves of the game, with his punctuation.]
19...Bg7 20.Bg3 Qc7 21.Rxd7+! Qxd7 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Qd4 24.Qh7+ Kd6 25.Re1 Qf4+ 26.Kd1 1/2-1/2 (You can replay the game and variations here, albeit without the prose.)
Great games, original analysis and sparkling prose - what more could you want? If you're interested in playing the Hedgehog, or want to combat this spiny little beast, this is a must-have.


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CAMBRDIGE, Mass. With Harvard entrenched in a 3-3 tie against Dartmouth with the Ivy League title on the line, freshman Denis Nguyen won the final two sets to secure Harvard's 29th Ancient Eight championship in program history. The Crimson entered the contest needing a victory to clinch the title outright, and got just that as Jon Pearlman, Nguyen, Shaun Chaudhuri and Alex Steinroeder all tallied victories as Harvard edged Dartmouth, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon at the Beren Tennis Center.
Harvard struggled in doubles competition as the teams of Casey MacMaster and Alistair Felton and Christo Schultz and Pearlman both fell 9-8 at No. 1 and 2, respectively. Meanwhile Andy Nguyen and Denis Nguyen tallied Harvard's only doubles win, winning 8-1 from the No. 3 spot.
The Crimson entered singles competition down 1-0, but were buoyed by Pearlman who breezed through his match, winning 6-1, 6-0, to even the score. Chaudhuri made it 2-1 as he continued his torrid pace winning his match 6-2, 6-3. Henry Steer fell in the No. 6 spot, 5-7, 4-6, as Dartmouth knotted it back up at 2-2. The Big Green was able to get the best of Schultz from the No. 3 position as he fell 6-3, 3-6, 3-6 but Steinroeder battled back to win the final two sets of his match, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, to tie the match at 3-3. The decision rested on the shoulders of Nguyen who lost his first set 5-7. Nguyen rebounded nicely however taking the second set 6-0. In the decisive third set, Nguyen battled hard and was able to notch a 6-4 advantage to lift Harvard over the Big Green, 4-3.
With the win Harvard improves to 22-2 and 6-1 in the Ivy League, which is its second best overall mark in school history. The Crimson will now wait to see who it will play in the NCAA tournament, coming up in two weeks. Full results will be posted later tonight.
1. Pearlman (Harvard) def. Centenari: 6-1, 6-0
2. D. Nguyen (Harvard) def. Laser: 5-7, 6-0, 6-4
3. Ghorbani def. Schultz (Harvard): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Chaudhuri (Harvard) def. Kipouras: 6-2, 6-3
5. Steinroeder (Harvard) def. Ho: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
6. DeBot def. Steer (Harvard): 7-5, 6-4
1. Laser/DeChatellus def. #66 Felton/MacMaster (Harvard): 9-8
2. Centenari/DeBot def. Schultz/Pearlman (Harvard): 9-8
3. Nguyen/Nguyen (Harvard) def. Jacobs/Ghorbani: 8-1


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The Kiswa of the Ka'aba is a sign of respect, honor and reverence for The Holy House. The history of the Kiswa is part of the history of The Ka'aba. It was said that Prophet Ishmael (peace be upon him) covered the Ka'aba. It was also mentioned that Adnan son of A'ad, the great grandfather of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the first man to cover the Ka'aba with cloth. But the proven fact was that Tuba'a Al-Hemyari, King of Yemen, was the first to cover the Ka'aba with different kinds of heavy rough cloth. After Tuba'a, many people in pre-Islamic times covered the Ka'aba. They regarded this as a relig- ious duty. It was permitted that anyone who wanted to cover the Ka'aba could do so freely and whenever he liked. The Kiswa used to be made of straw, from striped Yemeni cloths, from silk, Iraqi pads, Yemeni shawls or Coptic Egyptian cloth. All these types of textile had been known in the pre-Islamic times. Coverings were put over each other. When they became heavy or started to wear out they were re- moved and then divided among the people or buried under the earth. One of the stories about the Kiswa in pre-Islamic times states that the father of Rabi'a son of Abdullah son of Amr Al-Makhzuumi.
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FITCHBURG, Mass. – With at least one run in every inning but one and a combined 14 hits baseball (7-5) got back on the winning track as they handed Fitchburg State University (2-11) a 10-3 loss Tuesday afternoon at Riccards Field.
Mark McCormack (Shelton, Conn.) and Jamill Moquette (Boston, Mass.) fueled the Beacons the win as the two combined for six hits in 10 trips to the plate. The duo also drove in two runs and accounted seven of the 10 runs scored. McCormack notched his third double of the season, while Moquette recorded two doubles. As a team UMass continued their aggressive running on the base paths as they tallied a season-high seven stolen bases, with three of those going to junior Nick Grassetti (Agawam, Mass.).
On top of the Beacons bats completely dominating Tuesday's contest the Beacons pitching staff was just as solid. Led by Tom Cole's (Mattapoisett, Mass.) five strong innings as well as a solid relief appearance from Gabe May (Portsmouth, N.H.) and Greg Dubela (Stratham, N.H.) UMass neutralized the Falcons for all nine innings. Through the first five innings, Cole allowed five hits and retired four batters, while only walking two. May came in and for three innings allowed just one hit while fanning three batters. Dubela closed out the ninth and allowed just one hit in his outing.
With the win, Cole improved to 2-1 on the season. Through 100 complete innings the Beacons bullpen is currently carrying a 3.06 ERA and have combined for 61 strikeouts.
Of the seven hits recorded by Fitchburg State, two belonged to shortstop AJ Silberman as he went 2-for-4 with two of the Falcons three RBI. Center fielder Chris Rivera drove in the only other run for Fitchburg State as he went 1-for-4.
After a one run first inning for both teams, UMass began expanding their lead in the second as they put-up two runs to make it 3-1. They would add one more run in the third and two more in fourth to make it a three-run ball game (6-3). Following a scoreless fifth inning the Beacons tacked on three more runs in the sixth and seventh frames to keep the momentum going. Their final run came in the top of the ninth securing the non-conference victory.
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Mitt Romney's choice of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate could be a lesson on the educational value of campaigns. Mr. Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, has taken detailed positions on issues such as Medicare and the national debt. He and his supporters see the race as a chance to educate the public about these subjects.
Howard Dean, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, is not so sure. "I always have told people campaigns are not for educating," he said recently on ABC's "This Week" program. "People who use campaigns as a means of educating lose the campaign," he explained. "Now, they may go on to win a bigger race later on, but campaigns are not made for educating. And Ryan has to educate the country, and I don't think that's possible."
In two narrow ways, Mr. Dean is right.
First, the main goal of a campaign is not to educate but to win. And winning doesn't always mean educating. Candidates can win by mobilizing certain voters or by stirring ugly passions. Some win by lying, which is the opposite of educating.
When candidates take a stand that most voters disagree with, they might try to prevail by changing the majority's mind. This approach rarely works, at least with key issues. Opinions on such matters are resistant to change, especially in the short span of an election campaign. That's the second way in which Dean is right.
His observation might not apply to Ryan, since some polls suggest that his proposal for shifting Medicare to a premium-support system is not as politically dangerous as Democrats hope.
The most important point to remember is not about Ryan in particular but about campaigns in general. While Dean is correct that campaigns are not mostly about education and that they seldom prompt instant conversions, they still have great teaching value.
Voter education is a side effect of campaigns, but it's an important side effect. In the short run, it means that people on each side will know more. Even if they don't change their minds, those minds will be better stocked.
Many will try to persuade their friends and neighbors, and in the longer run, public opinion may indeed shift. Howard Dean should know: His 2004 presidential race did not put him in the White House, but it did get people talking more critically about Iraq. Accordingly, it played a part in turning sentiment against the war over the next few years.
How does this education work?
Surprisingly, negative television ads can be an important resource. Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer has found that negative spots tend to convey more policy substance than positive ones. Although voters dislike the term "negative," a recent survey shows that most Americans think that ads focusing on contrasts or inconsistencies on issues are helpful.
Campaigns usually mix the policy information with chunks of distortion and personal invective – but that doesn't make the information any less useful. In one race for the Senate, the incumbent hinted that his opponent was both a drinker and a traitor, and accused him of favoring a "war of extermination." The contest, in 1858, was between incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas and challenger Abraham Lincoln. Notwithstanding the trash talk, their speeches and debates contained so much substance that we still study them.
True, the televised Obama-Romney debates in October will not be of that caliber. Each of the Lincoln-Douglas debates consisted of a 60-minute opening statement by one candidate, a 90-minute reply by the other, and a 30-minute rejoinder by the first. The candidates could marshal their evidence at a level of detail that would be far beyond today's debate formats, which keep candidates from speaking for more than a few minutes at a time.
Even so, the debates will still provide viewers with glimpses of what the two sides intend to do. Ninety seconds should be enough time to explain whether a tax increase is necessary, and if so, who should bear it.
Whereas debates provide mini-lessons on political issues, the Internet supplies long-form courses. Campaigns, advocacy groups, and news organizations provide Americans with more access to more kinds of material – videos, speech texts, position papers – than was ever before possible in history. In 2010, the Pew Research Center found, about three-fourths of adult Internet users went online to get news or information about the midterm elections, or to take part in the campaigns.
Americans are not just passively absorbing political education: Many of them deserve decent grades for class participation. Among users of social networking sites, 37 percent post political material at least occasionally.
After losing the presidency to Dwight Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson spoke with a supporter who told him that his campaign had educated the people. Stevenson replied: "But a lot of people flunked the course." In November, partisans will come to different conclusions as to whether voters have passed the 2012 version. But one thing is clear: Course materials are abundant.
John J. Pitney Jr. is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics at Claremont McKenna College and coauthor of "American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy, and Citizenship."


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EVERETT — The 112-year-old Historic Everett Theatre is under new ownership, and its board has big plans.
Carrying the financing for the theater now is Craig Shriner, a retired Woodinville real estate businessman and brother of Everett Theatre Society board member Curt Shriner of Everett.
The board will continue to ensure the historical integrity of the building and make sure it remains a venue for community theater, comedy nights, vaudeville, silent movies, film noir, fundraisers and a variety of concerts.
The goal, however, is to bring in well-known performers, add some drama and film classes for children and establish a mid-week "date night" movie series drawn from films that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where Craig Shriner volunteers each year.
The theater already has booked Little River Band, which was especially popular from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s with such hits as "Lonesome Loser" and "Take It Easy On Me." The band is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. April 25.
On May 24, award-winning blues man Curtis Salgado will play the Historic Everett Theatre.
Earlier this month, Craig Shriner bought the note on the theater previously held by the nonprofit Snohomish County Music Project, which has made its home in the Everett Music Hall at the Everett Mall.
The note, donated to the music project by the Schack family of Everett, was at some point worth about $250,000, Curt Shriner said.
The Shriner brothers were reluctant to give more information about the sale. Rather, they want to talk about the theater's future.
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Everett Public Library's resident historian David Dilgard calls the Historic Everett Theatre the grand old dame of Everett, the last and best of the opera houses that opened in Everett after the turn of the previous century.
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Respiratory problems, migraines, or headaches: Homeopathy, herbal remedies, Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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Sit in a comfortable position.
Raise your right hand and place the thumb against the right nostril to close it.
Inhale through your left nostril to the count of eight.
Close your left nostril by pressing your ring finger against it.
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Practising complementary medicine at home requires some planning and preparation. If you decide to try out any form of complementary therapy for yourself, first consider the following:
Find out as much as you can about the therapy. Research what a therapy involves, what it may be good for, what evidence supports its use, and what the safety warnings or possible side effects are.
Check out the qualifications and experience of any practitioner you're thinking of consulting. Don't be afraid to ask questions and to ask for an explanation of letters after the practitioner's name, their membership of a professional and/or regulatory body, and their years of experience – particularly with your specific type of health problem. Don't use unqualified, unregistered practitioners that aren't members of a reputable professional body.
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Ask about and consider the number of treatments that you're likely to need, what sort of improvements you may expect, and the likely costs. Investigate whether the therapy is available on the NHS or covered by health insurance if you have any.
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At his official post-election press conference, President Obama told reporters that he's serious about fighting climate change while creating jobs. "We can shape an agenda that says we can create jobs, advance growth and make a serious dent in climate change and be an international leader," he said, "I think that's something that the American people would support."
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Yes, polluters will fight a carbon tax tooth and nail, just like tobacco companies raged against cigarette taxes. But far from costing jobs, a carbon tax will provide a net benefit to our economy, especially if we start the carbon tax conversation by making sure miners and other coal industry workers -- the people who have sacrificed their lungs, and in some instances even their lives, so that we can keep the lights on -- are among the biggest winners.
Experts anticipate that the $500 billion in scheduled federal budget cuts will cost us nearly one million jobs. The $1.25 trillion from a carbon tax would allow us to avoid these cuts with money to spare to pay down the deficit, and to maintain clean energy investments that create 3.2 times as many jobs per dollar than subsidies for fossil fuels. A carbon tax would also reduce barriers to market entry for clean-energy startups facing an entrenched fossil fuel industry. There are already 3.1 million green jobs in America -- imagine how many more there would be if we leveled the playing field instead of subsidizing oil and coal companies.
Finally, one study by the Center for American Progress and the Political Economy Research institute found that we could create up to 1.7 million jobs simply by putting a price on carbon. The fact is, our economy will only be stronger and our communities healthier if we tax pollution instead of subsidizing it -- and invest in the new industries of tomorrow.
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Cardinals game in June and take advantage of specially discounted
ticket rates, help raise funds for FFA and heighten awareness of the
FFA Day at the Ballpark with the St. Louis Cardinals
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of agricultural education students.
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579,678 student members in grades seven through 12 who belong to one
of 7,570 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands.
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The National FFA Organization is a national youth organization of
579,678 student members as part of 7,570 local FFA chapters in all
50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The FFA mission is to
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their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career
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Organization operates under a federal charter granted by the 81st
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instruction in agriculture. The U.S. Department of Education
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state and local agricultural education programs. For more, visit the
National FFA Organization online at FFA.org, on Facebook, Twitter
and the official National FFA Organization blog.
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About National FFA
The National FFA Foundation builds partnerships with industry,
education, government, other foundations and individuals to
secure financial resources that recognize FFA member
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agricultural education. Governed by a 19-member board of
trustees comprised of educators, business leaders, individual
donors and FFA alumni, the foundation is a separately-registered
nonprofit organization. About 82 percent of every dollar
received by the foundation supports FFA members and agricultural
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Made The Paper
17 comments:
- ShellHawk said...
- April 25, 2013 at 5:42 PM
- Willow Cove said...
Nice! A good review and they used a pic of your work!
- April 25, 2013 at 6:09 PM
- Rot said...
And I do apologize for the abundance of MR JONES posts, but I'm just way WAY excited about this.
- April 25, 2013 at 6:17 PM
- Willow Cove said...
Always toot your own horn!
- April 25, 2013 at 6:32 PM
- Marrow said...
VERY cool.
Will you be releasing any scarecrow photos of your own sometime?
- April 25, 2013 at 6:53 PM
- wicKED said...
You should be beyond proud! Way to go Rot!
- April 25, 2013 at 7:31 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Very cool, and no apology needed. Yell as loud as you want, you deserve it.
- April 25, 2013 at 7:33 PM
- Johnny said...
Excellent! Congratulations.
- April 25, 2013 at 7:55 PM
- Rot said...
Thanks, everybody : )
Marrow, I'll put together a post when the movie gets released with my scarecrows. But for now I don't want to ruin any of the fun.
I'll give some background on how the process worked and how I worked with the production designer to help them get a lot of my style into their set. At one point they asked me for photos of my garage, assuming it would be similar to Mr. Jones basement.
- April 25, 2013 at 8:53 PM
- Wikkedmoon said...
Rot, you deserve to be excited about it. This is awesome!
- April 25, 2013 at 8:55 PM
- Marrow said...
That's hilarious! The set looks awesome in the photos, though.
- April 25, 2013 at 8:58 PM
- Rot said...
Yeah. I'm really happy with the look of the film. Very creepy atmosphere the entire time. The production designer was an awesome guy. Finally meeting him in the theater was a real thrill.
- April 25, 2013 at 9:00 PM
- Amy said...
This is so awesome.
You guys are framing these articles I hope?!
- April 25, 2013 at 9:32 PM
- NoahFentz said...
Keep em' coming Mr.Rot ;)
- April 25, 2013 at 9:56 PM
- girl6 said...
what's that line Frank Sinatra sings, "if you can make it Here, you can make it Anywhere". : D
looks like "Mr. Jones" is Arriving. :)
You & All the other boys & girls in Production made a Perfect Team too..<333
I Love the photo used in the article..i think it also woulda made a Wonderful choice as movie poster. :):):)
& Yessssss..."Always toot your own horn"...
Love that!!!!...hahahahha
sounds like something Andy Warhol would say.. : D
- April 26, 2013 at 10:24 AM
- Old Hag said...
Most excellant!! Congrats!
- April 26, 2013 at 5:01 PM
- K.O. said...
WOW! Very favorable review, and BADASS photo...IN THE WSJ!!!! Incredible! So happy for you!
- April 26, 2013 at 9:46 PM


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Friday, October 29, 2010
Coco Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Here's Coco's contribution to Camera Critters....isn't she a clever dog?
Hi fellow pets,
I've been wearing pink this month in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. I don't usually enjoy dressing up but it's for a really good cause. Just because the awareness month is almost over, doesn't mean we should forget about breast cancer until next year. Make sure you encourage your human mums to check their breasts every month for changes and irregularities. We all love our mums and these simple checks will make sure they are around to love us and take care of us for many years to come.
Continue to Think Pink and I'll see you again soon.
Love Coco Bella
8 comments:
- Whitesnake said...
Nice one Coco........xx
- October 29, 2010 at 6:06 PM
- KB said...
She's such a caring dog.
- October 29, 2010 at 6:43 PM
- chubskulit said...
She's gorgeous!
Camera Critters at my page, have a spooky Halloween!
- October 31, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- KB said...
We think so.
- October 31, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Brian Miller said...
smiles. way to go coco!
- October 31, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- wenn said...
so cute!
- November 1, 2010 at 5:08 AM
- eden said...
Such a cute dog. Great photos.
- November 1, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- KB said...
Coco says thank you to you all.
- November 2, 2010 at 10:54 AM
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If you are a regular Screen Rant reader, you no doubt know that I am not yet on this Avengers bandwagon. Don't get me wrong - I WANT this to be the epic, game-changing comic book movie event that most of you are hoping for... I'm just not yet certain that it's going to be.
And if Iron Man 2 was anything to judge by, I have logical reason to worry.
Iron Man 2 is officially a box office success, taking the number one spot two weeks in a row and raking in another pile of profit for Marvel Studios. Things are proceeding toward the epic Avengers movie event as planned, I would think. Critically, Iron Man 2 seems to be 75% fan-approved, with our own Vic Holtreman giving it a 'flawed but fun' review.
But I'm not drinking this glass of Kool-Aid. Not this time. To me, Iron Man 2 is a super hero movie where nothing super heroic happens - a movie that totally mishandles its main character in favor of secondary goals like setting up the Avengers movie.
Let me be clear upfront: I "get" the story of Iron Man 2: Tony Stark has revealed to the world that he is a superhero and is addicted to the power and fame that revelation brings him, even though the demands of being Iron Man are literally killing him. With villains circling and death on the horizon, Tony must once again find the will and way to salvation.
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Here's what we're told at the start of Iron Man 2:
- The demands of constantly being Iron Man are draining Tony's life-sustaining power cores faster and faster. It's basically a death sentence every time he puts on the suit and plays hero.
- Tony has tried and tried to find a new upgrade for his outdated power core - but darn it, he just can't do it!
- The stresses of being a public superhero are wearing Tony down emotionally as well as physically (as evidenced by Robert Downey Jr.'s long stares).
That's a great premise for a superhero movie - a story about a hero with no secret identity (no refuge), trying to balance a celebrity ego with the great responsibilities that come with great power ;-) . Best of all, with an actor like Robert Downey Jr. (who certainly proved it in the first film), none of these heavy themes have to feel too heavy, or too serious (read: too Dark Knight). Should be awesome! Right?
But here's what we were ultimately shown in Iron Man 2:
- How Tony Stark spends his downtime.
- What a bunch of the supporting players are up to.
- Eventually how Tony stops playing around and solves his problem.
Before you tear into me, please just think about it. What did you see? Tony opening the Stark Expo; Tony screwing with Congress; Tony getting boxing lessons; Tony at the Monaco races; Tony bumming around the Stark Industries offices; Tony getting drunk at a party; Tony staring off at nothing (the "heavy" moments); Tony eating donuts, while in a giant donut; etc...
Now I already know what some of you are going to try to say: "Dude, that's the point! It's about how Tony Stark starts to unravel from the demands of being Iron Man, the pressures of fame, and how he has to mature as a hero!" And that's a fine story to tell, I don't disagree - but unless you show the audience what it is, exactly, that's causing the hero to unravel - the actual trials and tribulations he's going through - the story kind of misses its own mark, no?


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Software developer inflates ego by becoming a freelancer. Now scared as hell he doesn't have a job nor a logo for his business. Oh, I offer SEO, PPC, Email Marketing, and custom software solutions.
This business is targeting small to mid-sized business. A small sense of professionalism and elegance(?) is important because these will probably be mom and pop businesses.
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- Isolated on white
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- No cartoony looking entries
- Not really into the color red (but purplish red is ok for squidy colors)
- No squids typing on keyboards, that would just be silly
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Really looking for some ideas here also to include taglines. Right now I am thinking just a simple bullet or pipe separated list: Software | SEO | PPC or something like that. I could also see no tagline at all...or just "Digital Squids"...seriously, I am clueless throw me a bone.
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Mother-Daughter Shopping Enters a New Era
Mother-and-daughter shopping is expanding into new territory. As mothers exchange photos with their girls, retailers are taking advantage. Cecilie Rohwedder reports, and Renee and Logan Morris share their experience. Photo: Bryan Derballa for WSJ
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan president said Monday that a meeting of the nation's elders should convene to decide whether U.S. troops staying in the country after 2014 would be immune from prosecution under Afghan law.
President Hamid Karzai's remarks were his first since returning from Washington, where he met last week with President Barack Obama about the future of the alliance between the two countries.
This was also the first time Karzai has floated the idea that Afghans should hold a "loya jirga" -- a national assembly of elders -- to make the decision on U.S. troop immunity.
The United States has said that it needs to maintain sole legal jurisdiction over its forces in Afghanistan as part of the agreement for forces that will stay after 2014. In Iraq, it was the Iraqi government's refusal to grant such jurisdiction that caused U.S. troops to completely quit that country.
"We want our national sovereignty and the Americans want the safety of their soldiers," Karzai said in Kabul. "They don't want their soldiers to be under the laws of another country."
Karzai appeared to be trying to strike a conciliatory note, in sharp contrast to the harsh rhetoric and demands ahead of his U.S. trip.
However, he stressed that the issue of U.S. troop immunity was not up to his administration to decide.
"The Afghan government cannot make that decision. It is the decision of the people of Afghanistan. So a loya jirga of the people of Afghanistan should decide," he said.
Loya jirgas have traditionally been used in the country to make major decisions. The last such meeting occurred in November 2011, when Karzai called elders together to discuss whether they should enter into negotiations with the U.S. about a long-term partnership agreement.
Karzai's tone throughout his speech was solicitous of the United States.
He said his talks with Obama were "very calm" and that the two leaders did not argue. He also said that his delegation received a warm welcome in Washington and told the Afghan people that they should be thankful for the help provided by the United States.
It was a departure from the rhetoric that characterized many of his speeches to the Afghan nation over the last year - in which he regularly demanded new rules for his U.S. allies and accused them of trying to occupy his country.
It may have been a sign that statements from the U.S. administration about the possibility of pulling all troops out of Afghanistan in 2014 had caused Karzai to soften his tone. However, it may also indicate that Karzai came out of the meetings in Washington with a sense that his concerns were finally being addressed.
He stressed Monday that the U.S. agreed to his key demands that Afghan sovereignty will be respected and that U.S. troops will stay out of Afghan villages. He did not provide details on how the U.S. and Afghan forces would navigate this pact, but said that U.S. troops that stay after 2014 should be advising and training the Afghans.
Karzai also said Monday that he expected the U.S. to restart the process of transferring Afghan detainees to Afghan custody -- another key issue for Karzai -- within two weeks.
But he also stressed that the agreement on U.S. security forces going forward will be something that will still take much discussion.
"The United States wants to sign it soon, but the Afghans want to go more carefully," Karzai explained.


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Friday, April 12, 2013
Cancer Center fellowship program receives $1M gift
IMPORTANT GIFT: From left, Garcia, Slavin and Moran
The MGH Cancer Center has received a $1.05 million gift from Sovereign Bank, N.A., a division of Santander Holdings USA, in support of its Hematology/Oncology Research Fellowship Fund. On April 3, the banking group's president and CEO and other company representatives joined MGH President Peter L. Slavin, MD, for a special ceremony in the Trustees Room to recognize the gift.
Santander, the largest bank in the eurozone, recently acquired Sovereign Bank, its first retail bank in the mainland United States. The group has a long history of social action around the globe and also has previously donated funds to aid academic, research and technology projects in New England, including programs at Harvard and MIT.
"This is truly a wonderful event in our hospital's history," Slavin said. "I am very grateful that Sovereign|Santander is partnering with us. This relationship will encourage innovation, advance the goals of our Cancer Center and advance community leadership for both of our organizations."
Sovereign Bank will also become an "Innovative Supporter" of the Friends of the MGH Cancer Center, a volunteer organization committed to enhancing the quality and experience of cancer patients and their families through activities, lectures, symposiums and innovative programs.
During the ceremony, David Ryan, MD, chief of Hematology/Oncology, expressed his gratitude for the donation and explained how the fellowship aids physicians at a critical point in their profession. "This fellowship is extremely special and this relationship is a wonderful opportunity for all of us at the Mass General Cancer Center and all of us in the biotech community," Ryan said. "It's going to help future fellows at an important time in their lives – when they are in the lab and the questions are crystallized. It's a time when they are really going to have a great impact."
Jorge Moran, Santander U.S. country head and president and CEO of Sovereign Bank, said while the company has a global presence, it is important that they create strong relationships within their local communities. "What you are doing here is amazing," Moran said. "Not just what you are doing now, but what you are doing for the future. You are giving hope to so many people."
The event concluded with Slavin presenting white coats to Moran and Carlos Garcia, chief of staff and chief corporate affairs and communications officer at Sovereign Bank. The jackets were emblazoned with their names and the phrase "Partners in Innovation." Moran then provided his own unique thank you to the MGH leadership in attendance – bottles of olive oil from centuries-old trees on the land where the company's headquarters is located in Madrid, Spain.
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The City of Louisville is once again seeking a partner for the planned redevelopment of the historic grain elevator on Front Street.
The request will ask interested parties to submit a plan for rehabilitating the century-old structure, which has sat empty for decades and is in a serious state of disrepair. Louisville is scheduled to take ownership of the grain elevator — which earlier this year was in danger of being demolished — on Nov. 15. It agreed to pay $950,000 for the structure after a local developer's restoration plan for the elevator fell through earlier this year.
The request for proposal will include suggestions Louisville residents have made for what the grain elevator could become, including a restaurant, an antique mall, a bakery and an arts center.
The deadline to respond to the request is Jan. 23. The city plans to evaluate the proposals in February and recommend one for approval to the City Council in March.


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Causas de la revolución en México : y como efectuar la paz
Description: This short treatise, written in Havana in 1913, espouses the land reform goals and ideals of Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatistas while condemning the regimes of Carranza and Huerta,. It proposes an idealized agrarian society with land held in common and a system of "Escuelas Granjas" or rural schools. He deplores the evils of clericalism, plutocracy, and militarism. The three headings in the document are "Manifiesto al Pueblo Mexicano," "Bases Generales," and "Pensamiento de la Revolución: Como educar al Pueblo para la Nueva Reforma."
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I have had so many works-in-progress lying around over the past month or so, it's been kind of silly. I've been working on this crib quilt for a little while now, but haven't wanted to show it until it was delivered to it's recipient at a baby shower last Saturday. The layout was inspired by this quilt, which I loved. And it sewed-up so fast!
I've been collecting little bits of blues and browns for a while now and waiting for just the right project. The back is a Michael Miller Disco Dot. I love that print. Quilting in aqua blue thread by my friend, Monica.
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Buddhism is unquestionably one of the world's major faith traditions, but its origins are somewhat shrouded in mythology and legend surrounding its founder, Siddharta Gautama, the historical Buddha. Who was he? When and where did he live? And what were the social currents and forces in his own time that shaped his worldview and led him to renounce the world in an effort to save humanity from itself?
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Surprise: Paywalls Cause Massive Falls In Number Of Visitors - And Boost Competitors
from the no,-really? deptAs Techdirt has been pointing out for years, newspaper paywalls make no sense. By stopping people from reading your stories unless they have a subscription, you diminish your influence in the media world, drastically reduce the number of readers and thus make it much harder to generate revenue from them. Paywalls are also a gift to your competitors, as this story in the Guardian indicates:
Mirror Group Digital enjoyed a surge in daily browsers of nearly 20% last month, after [Rupert Murdoch's newspaper] the Sun introduced its website paywall.This really isn't rocket science: if you make it harder to read your stories, your competitors would be foolish not to take advantage of this fact to encourage people to move across and read their freely-available reporting instead. Some may call this a race to the bottom, and it is as far as how much you can charge is concerned -- that's just basic economics in the digital world. But that doesn't mean there's a race to the bottom in terms of the quality of the journalism. Indeed, skimping there would be unwise, since it would allow competitors to match you on price and beat you on quality.
[The UK publishing group] Trinity Mirror launched an aggressive campaign to lure digital Sun website users seeking to continue reading free online content, following the introduction of a paywall for the News UK title on 1 August.
The introduction of paywalls for Times and Sunday Times content in 2010 led to a 90% drop in traffic. Online metrics firm SimilarWeb has estimated Sun+ monthly site visits were down by more than 60% in August.
The challenge is to use a larger readership to pay for that journalism by earning revenue in other ways -- advertising is currently one of the most popular approaches, but others are possible. However, introducing paywalls makes it much harder to generate money, since the online readership is much smaller -- as the experiences of Murdoch's Times, Sunday Times and the Sun all demonstrate. The subscription revenue produced by the paywall rarely compensates for this loss. It will be interesting to see whether Rupert Murdoch sticks with the paywalled approach, or is forced to remove them in order to compete with flourishing titles like those from Trinity Mirror.
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