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It can also serve as an interesting lesson in the history of ideas. If the mistaken formulation is taken from a historical source, it can help the students to get a feel for the history of an idea, and to see how the idea has evolved and changed over time, (hopefully) becoming more sophisticated and awesome.
But I have started to worry that this technique is counterproductive, because some students, once exposed to a mistaken formulation, can never be convinced to let go of it. These students walk away from the discussion thinking that (I have taught them that) principle X or theory Y or argument Z is this garbled or self-contradictory piece of garbage, when the point was supposed to be "it's not that piece of garbage, its this piece of awesome, and here's why." And so the worry is that presenting instructive mistakes is unnecessarily confusing to (some) students, which seems to me to constitute a prima facie reason not to do it.
But it also seems to me that it is unlikely that careful and conscientious students will fall victim to this kind of confusion; and that such a student might well benefit from instructive mistakes; and that if that's true then this sort of thing might make a useful diagnostic tool; and that it is not possible to remove all potential sources of confusion from a philosophy class; and that I am probably overthinking this the way I overthink everything.
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I am probably overthinking this the way I overthink everything.
Yes, but it's been very instructive.
- September 16, 2010 at 10:57 AM
when i used to teach, if i thought my class wasn't paying attention, i would go through a lecture with false arguments included (like, Kant is a deontologist. which means we should only care about consequences or 'descartes is an evil demon') and then tell them that some of what i said was flatly contradicted by the reading. i then challenged them to tell me what it was. and i would really not tell them until someone starting catching on.
its hard to tell if this method paid off come exam time, because the students that made the same mistakes might have just been dim anyway.
if nothing else, it is a pretty fun method, especially when you say "one of the wrong things i said in lecture will be on the test". clearly it can't be a point of minutia, but i think it was instructive.
- September 16, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Sounds like a good method to me. But if you're worried that some students are getting stuck on the "bad" formulations, maybe you should think about how to make the distinction more clear.
For instance, you might summarize the overall discussion (just before you move on to something else), by having two columns on the board: the "bad" formulations of a view and the "good" one. Make the distinction visual. Or you might offer a handout summarizing the "WRONG" views and why they're wrong, and how they led to the "RIGHT" view (again, making the distinction visually, too).
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Fine tuning one's teaching takes some doing, and I've found that if you like something, make minor tweaks before abandoning it.
- September 16, 2010 at 6:10 PM
I second Joshua's recommendations. If the problem is that the student's don't remember which is the bad formulation and which is the good one, then make up a mnemonic device, color code a handout or PP slide, have a little chant handy, or something of that nature. Make it hard for them to misremember the point, rather than throwing out the very useful strategy altogether.
- September 17, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- BunnyHugger said...
When I teach intro, I inevitably have students try to tell me on an exam that compatibilism (with regard to free will) is the idea that "some actions are determined and some are not determined." This has happened so consistently over the years that I started including it in a lecture: I say "some people think compatibilism is [this], but that is wrong." Sometimes I write the mistaken formulation on the whiteboard and then cross it out with a big red marker while reiterating that it is wrong, wrong, wrong.
Unfortunately, it has not noticeably reduced the incidence of people putting exactly that wrong thing on exams. I have expressed my astonishment over their persistence in getting this wrong to a few different people -- both philosophers and non-philosophers -- and they all told me the same thing: education theory says you are not supposed to tell people something wrong in order to explain that it is wrong, because they will remember it later but not remember that it is wrong. I have trouble buying that; they were doing it before I "put the idea in their heads" and my discussion of it doesn't seem to have made it any worse. It also hasn't made it any better.
This is one of those things that makes me want to bang my head against a wall.
- September 20, 2010 at 11:14 AM
I have encountered this when trying to explain fallacies. I can't tell you how many times student come away thinking that philosophers intentionally use fallacious arguments. I explicitly tell them: "this is a mistake. Descartes did not mean to make a mistake here..." or some such. But it persists. They also seem to get very confused by the use of analogies. Mostly this shows, I suspect, that they are really just not paying attention.
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Recent WHO malaria treatment guidelines call for diagnosis using either microscopy or the rapid tests before treatment in all cases of suspected malaria.
With 37 tests that now meet minimum performance criteria, malaria-endemic countries and donors have a wider choice of tests which have been assessed for quality and reliability.
The evaluation programme is co-sponsored by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), WHO Global Malaria Programme (GMP) and the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. Testing is performed at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Gray Wolf Depredation Updates
Two hounds killed by wolves
On July 21, Wildlife Services confirmed that wolves depredated two hounds that were participating in the bear/hound training season. The depredation occurred on county lands in the Town of Knight. Both dogs were engaged in the same pursuit but are owned by different owners. The dogs were less than 150 feet apart from each other and were killed in a wolf rendezvous site.
Since the depredation is in area that falls between 3 or 4 territories, it is uncertain which pack caused the depredation. Therefore, the caution area is a four-mile buffer around the depredation site. The location of the depredation appears to be the north end of the Chippewa River pack, but pack areas do shift over time, and it could be an adjacent pack. Also this area of the state has few paved roads and highways that could be used for defining pack boundaries.
You can find the map and other information on the dog depredation web page or by going to the DNR website (dnr.wi.gov) and typing keyword "wolf".


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Republicans to slash food stamps
From food stamps to child tax credits and Social Service block grants, House Republicans began rolling out a new wave of domestic budget cuts Monday but less for debt reduction — and more to sustain future Pentagon spending without relying on new taxes.
Going into November's election, President Barack Obama's signature health care and financial market reforms are again favorite targets. And with as many as six House committees involved, the whole budget drill can resemble "Casablanca" with Claude Rains's Captain Renault ordering his men: "Round up the usual suspects!"
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But what's more explicit in this round is the real shift of resources from the domestic side of the ledger to military spending. Caught in the middle are not just Obama's ideas but the working poor and long-term unemployed forced for the first time to rely on programs like food stamps in the current recession.
At one level, the pro-Pentagon, anti-tax stance fits traditional Republican doctrine. And the whole goal is to come up with enough savings to forestall automatic spending cuts that will fall most heavily on the Defense Department in January.
But what's also driving the latest cuts is a newer narrative, voiced by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), that the social safety net is at risk of becoming a "hammock." And even as the unemployment rate has begun to fall, conservatives are alarmed that the level of income-related government benefits continues to rise.
Nothing better illustrates this perhaps than the renewed focus on food stamps — now titled SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). And the estimated $33.2 billion in 10-year savings there could have an immediate impact on the farm bill debate and come November, the 2012 elections.
An average family of four would face an 11 percent cut in monthly benefits after Sept. 1 and, even more important, tighter enforcement of rules would require that households exhaust most of their liquid assets before qualifying for help. This hits hardest among the long-term unemployed, who would be forced off the rolls until they have spent down their savings to less than $2,000 in many cases.
Indeed, food stamp enrollment and costs have exploded since the financial collapse four years ago, making SNAP a target for the right — but also a far bigger political issue in swing states like Florida, Nevada and Ohio.
National enrollment reached 46.4 million people in January 2012, a nearly two-thirds increase from the average monthly participation in fiscal 2008. The annual costs — now running in excess of $80 billion — have more than doubled in the same period. And even the most ardent food stamp proponents will sometimes say SNAP is a program "asked to do too much."
The White House deliberately increased monthly benefits in 2009 by about $20 per person as a way to pump stimulus dollars into the economy. And in this post welfare-reform crisis, strapped governors have sought to maximize food stamp dollars as a cheap way to help families without tapping state funds.
The higher costs and visibility — especially as more businesses advertise that they will honor the electronic benefit cards introduced in the 1980s — are what's driving the Republican push.
The Recovery Act boost in benefits is already phasing out and will be gone entirely by November 2013. But the GOP package now would cut them off this summer, hitting families Sept. 1, and saving about $5.9 billion in 2012 and 2013.
In addition, $26 billion in longer-term savings are attributed to tougher eligibility rules affecting what assets a family can retain and the standard deduction allowed for utility costs. In the second case, conservatives complain that about 16 states are now abusing the system by distributing token federal low-income energy assistance in order to maximize the food stamp benefits allowed their citizens. But the large savings, $14.3 billion, indicates the language goes much further than that considered last fall and would require even genuinely qualified families to go through more paperwork to keep their benefits.
In fact, the severity of the proposed House cuts could be an overreach for two reasons.


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A few years ago, I came down with a bad case of the "marketing bug" and I just can't seem to get over it. I have found marketing to be very contagious. You have one successful story or event and you just can't wait to do another one! I have also learned the benefits go far beyond the publicity it brings to our services. It has given me much professional satisfaction and reward!
So, last fall I was thinking….. "What creative marketing story could I come up with for this year?" Hmm…… let me think….. 2011 is the 20 year anniversary of our pediatric Cochlear Implant program, so maybe we could locate one of the first patients we implanted and find out how they are doing now! People love those "Where are they now?" stories. So, I contacted our marketing department and they thought it was a great idea. Luckily, we were able to find Ashley (the cute little girl in the picture above). We contacted her and she willingly agreed to come in for a picture and story.
I remember sitting in the marketing department anxiously awaiting Ashley's arrival the day of her interview. Would she remember me? What would she look like? How would her speech sound? Would she still have that big smile and cute laugh? I was actually a little nervous! To my delight, Ashley walked through the door and we took one look at each other and immediately embraced in a warm hug. It was like a big family reunion. And, I had the answer to all my questions. Yes, she did remember me and coming to therapy here 20 years ago. She also remembered some specific tips I had given her to improve her articulation skills (in fact, she was still using them today!). Her speech was surprisingly clear and intelligible. She also still had that warm smile and cute giggle when she laughed. Hearing her talk about her marriage, job and school work made me very proud. Little Ashley had grown into a mature, successful and happy young lady.
Ashley's story and pictures ran in our hospital newsletter and the Ohio Speech Language and Hearing Association's website. It turned out to be a very effective marketing tool. The responses from everyone who read it were positive. I was very proud of Ashley and the small part I had played in her life.
So, I hope I have inspired you to come up with your own marketing story. I guarantee it will have a positive effect on the patients and you will find it professionally rewarding. Please check with your employer before looking up any former patients to assure you are not breaking any HIPAA laws. We were able to look up Ashley as it was approved as a marketing story.
Terry Wiegel M.S.CCC-SLP is the director of rehabilitative services at Dayton Children's Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. She has been a speech language pathologist for almost 32 years, working mostly with pediatrics. Terry is also the public relations and marketing director for the Ohio Speech Language and Hearing Association.


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Catholic Cardinal McCarrick Embraces Islam
By Pamela Geller on September 14, 2014
"In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate," said McCarrick. That, of course, is the heading on 113 of the Qur'an's 114 chapters. The only one that doesn't begin with that is surat at-tawba, sura 9, which contains the exhortation to Muslims to fight against Jews and Christians until they "pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued" (9:29). Cardinal McCarrick seems quite submissive already.
Thanks to Robert Spencer for his illuminations on what this crackpot Cardinal is actually doing.
"Catholic Cardinal McCarrick Embraces Islam," Daily Caller, September 14, 2014
Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick offered Islamic religious phrases and insisted that Islam shares foundational rules with Christianity, during a Sept. 10 press conference in D.C.
"In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate," McCarrick said as he introduced himself to the audience at a meeting arranged by the Muslim Public Affairs Council. That praise of the Islamic deity is an important phrase in Islam, is found more than 100 times in the Koran, and is akin to the Catholic prayer, "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
McCarrick next claimed that "Catholic social teaching is based on the dignity of the human person… [and] as you study the holy Koran, as you study Islam, basically, this is what Muhammad the prophet, peace be upon him, has been teaching."
McCarrick was 71 when 19 Muslims brought Islam to the public eye by murdering 3,000 Americans on 9/11. He is one of the 213 Cardinals of the Catholic church, but is too old to vote in church debates.
"Either the cardinal has studied the whole thing and does not know what he's talking about, or he is making a somewhat misleading statement," said Michael Meunier, head of the U.S. Copts Association. "The practice of the Muslim majority people that adhere to the Koran… have proven that [claim of equivalence] is not correct," he told The Daily Caller during a Sept. 11 trip to Jordan.
"Has Cardinal McCarrick converted to Islam?" asked a scornful critic, Robert Spencer, the best-selling author of many books on Islam.
"'Peace be upon him' is a phrase Muslims utter after they say the name of [their reputed] prophet… [so] probably he is unaware of the unintended Islamic confession of faith he has just made,"said Spencer, who runs the Jihadwatch.org website.
McCarrick is wrong to say "that Islam teaches the dignity of every human person," Spencer said. "Actually, it teaches a sharp dichotomy between the Muslims, [who are called] 'the best of people' and the unbelievers [are called] 'the most vile of created beings,'" Spencer told TheDC.
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The Family History Center
I'm at a point in my research where yes, I need to push myself away from the computer, internet, etc. and concentrate more on those "antiquated" methods of research from my early research days. If you've been at this awhile you know what I'm talking about – microfilm / microfiche, snail mail, treks to record halls, etc. So, after months, of saying that I was going to get back to a Family History Center near me, I finally made the trek there Thursday night.
It's taken me awhile to get there because of their hours (T-Th 9am-1pm; T-Th 7pm-9pm; Sat 9am-2pm). There are two locations here and they both have similar hours. Neither location is close to my house, so I decided to go to the one that I sort of pass on the way home from work. However, it always seemed like something was coming up on Tuesday or Thursday and on the weekends, I always seemed to forget or get wrapped up in other things of life.
When I began researching, late 1980s / early 1990s, the Family History Center was a big help in me conducting my research. In those days, there was very little on the internet (we were just beginning to discover its power) and most communication was still done via snail mail.
I was fully introduced to the Family History Center when in 1990, I moved out of my beloved home state of North Carolina to Grand Junction, Colorado. I lived in Grand Junction for most of the 1990s. Shortly after moving to Grand Junction, I begin discussing my research with one of my coworkers. My coworker and her husband were members of the local LDS church and also volunteered at the research center. She invited me down to the center on a night when she and her hubby were working and would assist me in getting started.
I was introduced to hard copies of resources that were at the library but best of all, I was introduced to their database and as a result, the repository of records, documents, books, etc. housed in the main library in Utah. The way the Family History Centers work is that for a nominal fee, you place an order for a document / record that has been recorded on microfilm / microfiche. The center notifies you when the item arrives. Then you return to the center to use their readers, etc. These days, you are allowed 90 days for viewing but I remember, in my earlier days, the time period being much shorter.
Today, thanks to their website, FamilySearch, you don't have to spend a lot of time at the center finding out what is available. However, at least here in the US, you still have to physically go to the center to order whatever microfilm / microfiches that you are interested in. Microfilms now cost $5.75 vs. $2.85 (yes, I still have some of those old receipts) and microfiche is $0.10 per microfiche.
So, what did I order?
1. In remembrance, Cemetery Readings of Walton County, Georgia (Historical Society of Walton County, Inc.)
I've already seen this microfilm (it's the resource that lead me to asking a volunteer to go to the graveyard where my great grandfather, Cornelius Pierce, is buried) but it has been at least 13 years ago that I viewed the microfilm.
So why did I reorder this book? My notes from then are a little cryptic and second, back then, for the most part, I was only looking for direct line ancestors. Now that I've matured somewhat as a researcher, know more about which cemeteries are African-American, have a better understanding of some of the collateral relatives, there are a lot more names, info, etc. to possibly be found.
2. The Cemeteries of Greene County, Georgia by E. H. Armor
I've traced my great grand father, Cornelius Pierce, and my 2nd great grandparents, Jasper and Jane Pierce, back to Greene County. Don't know that this book will give any leads or information but I thought it was worth a try.
Almost forgot to add that one other noted difference between my early visits to the Family History Center and now is the time elapse between ordering and receiving. Colorado is right next to Utah. (Grand Junction, where I lived, is the last major stop on I-70, before heading into Utah). So, back then orders were usually received within a week even though I think they always stated 2 weeks. The order I placed last night, will take 2 – 3 weeks to get to NC. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it gets here sooner.
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While discovering a 1967 Camaro sitting in your driveway is surely the stuff of gearhead fantasy, as one Florida family learned this past week finding one sitting in your recently refinished swimming pool isn't quite the same.
59 year old Sherman Holland was out for a cruise in his vintage Camaro in Pembroke Pines, FL on Monday evening when he lost control of the car. Sun-Sentinal.com got a copy of the accident report which details the exact path the car took to the pool—
"The Camaro was rounding a curve when it veered off the road, skidded across the grass, plowed through some bushes, grazed a palm tree, crashed through the fence of a neighboring house and smashed through the screened patio enclosure of the Aguilera home before splashing into the pool upside down"
The car and the recently remodeled pool were both pretty badly damaged in the incident. Amazingly Holland escaped injury in the crash, but he was cited for reckless driving and driving an estimated 65 MPH in a 30 MPH zone.
"He was hauling butt" explained Police Sgt. Scott Carris after the incident "He wound up in a pool, so you can say he wasn't driving in a careful and prudent manner"
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Let $k$ be a field with characteristic different from $2$, and $A$ and $B$ be $2 \times 2$ matrices with entries in $k$. Then we can prove, with a bit art, that $A^2 - 2AB + B^2 = O$ implies $AB = BA$, hence $(A - B)^2 = O$. It came to a surprise for me when I first succeeded in proving this, for this seemed quite nontrivial to me.
I am curious if there is a similar or more general result for the polynomial equations of matrices that ensures commutativity. (Of course, we do not consider trivial cases such as the polynomial $p(X, Y) = XY - YX$ corresponding to commutator)
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Keenan Allen will not work out at the NFL Scouting Combine this week, his agent told NFL Network on Wednesday.
J.T. Johnson, who represents the Cal wide receiver, said Allen will be re-evaluated by Dr. James Andrews for a second-grade posterior cruciate ligament sprain suffered during the season.
Allen and his agent made the decision not to work out. He could work out, but they are being cautious.
Allen, currently listed as NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock's No. 2 wide receiver in the draft, will run routes on his March 14 pro day at Cal.
The highly regarded wideout also will have a personal pro day the first week of April, with the date to be determined.


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BSOTON, Mass., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Meryl Streep says her new film "Doubt" is set against a New York Catholic school backdrop but is a character study with parallels to the war on terror.
Streep, who plays an uncompromising nun zeroed in on a priest suspected of molesting children, told the Boston Herald that the church isn't the main point.
"It's about someone who thinks you can control evildoers with force and a firm hand and an unrelenting, 'We will not negotiate (with terrorists),'" she told the newspaper. "Or there's another approach, one with all these layers of humanity who think you have to have innocence so it doesn't go bad and get corrupted."
Streep told the Herald she prepped for the role by visiting the Sisters of Charity, the order that her character belongs to in the 1960s-circa film that opens in U.S. theaters Friday.
Streep's character, school principal Sister Aloysius, locks horns with a popular Bronx parish priest played by Philip Seymour Hoffman whom she believes is molesting a student at her school.


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Downtown isn't the old nag anymore in the race to increase property values.
Values in the Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone rose 38.5 percent from 2006 to 2012, according to information from the city of Amarillo. The city's values as a whole went up 27.9 percent for the same period.
That's far from the way things had been.
Overall city values increased by 168.2 percent from 1985 to 2006 while downtown values actually fell 21.2 percent during that time, said Assistant City Manager Dean Frigo.
The city created the Reinvestment Zone in 2006 to provide a source of funding for public improvements downtown. It's boundaries are roughly Interstate 40, Adams Street and the railroad tracks north and east of downtown.
The property taxes collected in 2006 serve as the base for figuring TIRZ payments. The same amount of money that went to the city, Potter County, Amarillo College and the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District in the base year still goes to those entities.
Amarillo Independent School District does not contribute to TIRZ and collects on current values.
"The only thing the TIRZ has to spend is the growth in tax payments and only what comes from the reinvestment zone downtown," said TIRZ Board Member Carol Autry. "Nothing comes from anywhere else."
The values in the zone have gone from $140 million in 2006 to $193 million in 2012, according to Potter-Randall Appraisal District records. The district's records also show about $13.5 million of the increase was from newly constructed buildings.
The zone began the current fiscal year with an estimated $2.4 million for property owners to use to defray the cost of improvements such as trees, benches and pedestrian lights to enhance public walkways.
Some of that money has been tentatively budgeted this year for the area around the proposed convention hotel on Buchanan Street, but the timing of the project is not clear. The cost of that would be about $2.7 million, so the zone would have to borrow about $1.5 million to both pay for the project and keep a reserve for others, Frigo said. The debt would be issued with a pledge of payments from future income collected by the TIRZ because of the property value increases.
Another tool the group has is tax abatements.
"We have $250,000 a year put in the budget for small projects," said TIRZ Board Member Carol Autry. "But the best thing we can do is a 90 percent tax rebate. But there has to be an economic reason."
All Reinvestment Zone projects must be approved by city commissioners.
Developers or business owners pay up front for construction and then get rebates over time when they start paying taxes on the improvements.
There has been criticism of some TIRZ spending because it has gone to tax-exempt entities such as Amarillo College and Polk Street United Methodist Church.
"A rising tide raises all boats," said Melissa Dailey, executive director of Downtown Amarillo Inc. "Even though some of the investments were with nonprofits and churches, it's going to raise property values in the area."
And supporters see benefits that aren't easily measured.
"The value is that it makes downtown so much more welcoming. It's more aesthetically pleasing, but it's hard to put a dollar value on it," said Beth Duke, executive director of Center City of Amarillo. "People see them and they know they're going to be here. I think that gives us a stability."
Even when businesses such as the Courtyard by Marriott at the Fisk hotel are getting tax rebates, there is economic activity added to Amarillo.
"They've brought in 40 jobs. They're collecting hotel/motel tax and exceeding what they had projected for occupancy, so that's bringing more people to spend money downtown," Duke said.
Duke uses a different approach to calculate downtown growth.
A Center City reinvestment summary based on building permits shows $107.5 million spent downtown since 2006 on projects funded by the public, private entities and a combination of those.
The private and joint ventures, which include Center City facade grants and TIRZ projects, make up almost 70 percent of the total spent.


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Cobblers stand-in gets FA punishment
David Lee, caretaker manager at Northampton Town, has been punished by the FA for using language and/or behaviour amounting to improper conduct during his side's 4-3 loss at Gillingham last week.
The-41-year-old did not challenge the charge and received a fine of £500, along with a one-match touchline ban. Lee served this ban in the Cobblers' defeat to Luton Town in the FA Cup on Saturday.
The latest piece of bad news comes in a tough few days for Northampton, who saw the departure of their manager Gary Johnson yesterday. Lee has subsequently taken temporary charge in the interim.
His first task at the helm will be the home tie against Shrewsbury on Saturday, where he will be hoping his side can earn their first win since the start of October.
The Cobblers' chairman, David Cardoza, has told fans he is taking his time over Johnson's replacement and will be waiting for the right man before making an appointment.
Speaking to the club's official website, he said: "I've got nobody in mind at all at the moment.
"We will take our time as we generally do but if the right person is available then we will take it.
"I don't know what route we are going to go down but we will have a good look at it and see who's out there.
"If the right person turns up tomorrow then we will make the appointment tomorrow but we don't rush into appointments, we just know what we are looking for."News Now - Sport News


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Mubi, the new film service for the PS3 that we're quite big fans of, ran an interesting test over the weekend: showing a movie the same day it was out in cinemas.
Granted, it wasn't a Hollywood blockbuster. It wasn't even an English-language film, which shouldn't be too surprising given Mubi's slant towards foreign cinema. It was Mexican film Revolución, a collaborative project that featured film-makers like Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries).
Did anyone see it? It's a concept we'd love to see catch on, especially for films like this that many couldn't see in a cinema if they wanted to.


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The Path to Hell/
Here is a list of things one can do that will ensure that he or she will go to hell (beside the obvious such as murder):
- Use any Photoshop filter
- Use Live Trace
- Use Garamond Bold (or any old-style serif bold)
- De-saturate an image because it seems too strong
- Use a typeface that looks like handwriting
The faux-handwriting typeface is especially egregious. First, they are fugly. Second, the designer is lazy. Third, God gave people opposable thumbs so they could use their hands to write. If people were meant to only draw with a vector pen tool, or write with the fake handwriting type, we could have hooves like a cow and poke at the keyboard with a pen in our mouth.
When I show young designers work created by hand, such as Ed Fella's or Pablo Picasso's posters, they often say, "it looks hand-drawn. shouldn't it be vector?" or "my child could have done that." But the point is, your child didn't make that loose and spontaneous drawing of a bull or Ella Fitzgerald singing.
So, when tempted to use the brush tool in Illustrator rather than taking the time to pull out a piece of paper and use your actual hands, then scanning it, remember that you may go to hell.
Below, Pablo Picasso, 1959–1970


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Well, Uzès isn't in Provence but it seems much alike: sunny, warm, with that sense of laziness that belongs to South. We went to see some friends for the week-end so I could have a look at the market ( I can't do without ….)
Do you see that strange vegetable named christophines? It's an ancient one, it travelled to Algeria from France and then it's coming back. The vendor explained that it's not much tasty "fade" as we say in France and gave me a recipe to cook it that I did not retained as it was the classic French way with lots of cream, butter and all the stuff. I found it not really interesting even if sometimes I like to cook in the classic French way.
After the market tour we were effectively hungry, so we found a place that seemed really good and in fact it was. The sun was really warm that day, even if at the end of January, but they added also some special lams to warm-up more so we could have lunch outside. That's something I really appreciate of living here: we can eat outside the most of the year. That restaurant serves mainly main dishes, or tapas. We had a choice of various ones, that in the photo is foie-gras but the salad with scallops and citrus was the best, so once we came home I tried to make it, with some variations of mine. I guess that a big portion of this can make a meal, and a good one.
Before the recipe I'd like to show you some shots I picked in the afternoon, when we went for a little walk in the countryside.
Some roses in the garden….quite out of season but this year we are having a very mild winter, and a cock that's completely blind: he lives with the family and stays in the house a big part of the day. Otherwise he has to be kept in a cage as there's another cock in the garden and…you know…2 cocks don't match together!
And now the recipe: this is really a gorgeous salad, I had a chance to find many different Citrus at the organic shop but you can change them with whatever you find. The one we ate at the restaurant had grapefruit, lemon and oranges: I found tangerines,kumquats, which I adore and a bergamot.
100 gr of soncino salad (otherwise called mache) or rocket
Fennel and rocket sprouts
1 orange
1 lemon
2 tangerines
2 kumquats
1 bergamot
1 avocado
4 scallops
Fresh ginger
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
a pinch of good salt ( Maldon or fleur de sel)
a pinch of Sichuan pepper
Put the scallops in the freezer so as to have them firmer.
Wash he salad and set apart. Peel the tangerines (or the grapefruit) and cut them in slices, cut the kumquats too. Divide the avocado in two, remove the core and with the help of a spoon separate the pulp from the peel, overspread with lemon juice ( half of a lemon) and set apart.
Now you can start with the vinaigrette: squeeze the orange and the bergamot ( or half lemon ) pour into a bowl, add a pinch of salt, a pinch of Sichuan pepper grounded, a teaspoon of fresh ginger grated, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, whisk together. Cut the avocado in slices, so do with scallops. Dress the plate with scallops and avocado, generously scatter with vinaigrette, add the salad, the sprouts and the tangerine's slices. Pour on the top the remaining vinaigrette and serve. This salad is filled with vitamins, minerals and proteins and its colours bring a ray of light on your winter table, so enjoy: it's healthy and delicious!


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[Funeral Program for Adolph Sullivan, December 23, 1993]
Description: Funeral program for Mr. Adolph Sullivan, born September 24, 1932 and died December 19, 1993. The funeral was held December 23, 1993 at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Jim Richardson. Funeral arrangements were made through the Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: December 23, 1993
Partner: San Antonio Public Library


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|11/29/18 - Blade Runner Black Lotus is coming to Adult Swim. The series will be 13 episodes leading up Blade Runner 2049. No date as to when we can see this but when I hear more I will let you know. Below is a pick from the last time we had a anime based off of Blade Runner.
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Thailand is unique in Southeast Asia in that the country has never been a dependency of another nation.
The roots of the traditions and cultures of Thailand lie firmly within the family structure and the Buddhist religion. The young are taught to pay respect to their parents, elders, teachers and Buddhist monks.
Once Buddhism spread throughout Thailand the wat or temple became the centre of village life. It was the place where people received education, attended ceremonies and held feasts and festivals. The wat and the Buddhist religion still play very important roles in the day-to-day life of the vast majority of Thais today and it is for this reason that the people of Thailand are some of the most respectful and courteous people you are ever likely to meet.
Though many of the customs may seem strange to a foreigner it's always worth remembering that you are in someone else´s country and are ambassadors from your own, so although you may not get it right every time, an effort to understand and respect local culture and customs will certainly be appreciated.
Thai Religion
Buddhism is the prevailing religion of Thailand. About 95 percent of all Thais are Buddhist, and the country has approximately 18,000 Buddhist temples and 140,000 Buddhist priests. Nearly all Buddhist men in Thailand enter a Wat (monastery or temple) for at least a few days or months during their lifetime.
Muslims, the majority of whom live in the area just north of Malaysia, constitute approximately 4 percent of the population, and the country also has some small Christian and Hindu communities.
Visitors should dress neatly in all religious shrines and temples and should never enter without shirts, or in shorts, hot pants or other unsuitable attire. It is acceptable to wear shoes when walking around the compound of a Buddhist temple, but not inside the chapel where the principal Buddha image is kept. Each Buddha image, large or small, ruined or not, is regarded as a sacred object. Never climb onto one to take a photograph or do anything that might indicate a lack of respect.
Buddhist monks are forbidden to touch or be touched by a woman, or to accept anything from the hand of one. If a woman has to give anything to a monk, she first hands it to a man, who then presents it to the monk.
A monk is not allowed to touch money, so if a man wishes to give money to a monk, he must place it in the alms bowl or pouch.
The Thai language
The Thai language, or Phasa Thai, basically consists of monosyllable words, whose meanings are complete by themselves. Its alphabet was created by King Ramkhamhaeng the Great in 1283 by modelling it on the ancient Indian alphabets of Sanskrit and Pali through the medium of the old Khmer characters.
After a history of over 700 years, the Thai alphabet today comprises 44 letters (including 2 obsolete ones), representing 20 consonant phonemes, and 15 vowel signs, denoting 22 vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs.
As Thai is a tonal language with five different tones, it often confuses foreigners who are unused to this kind of language. For example, they have difficulty in distinguishing these 3 words from each other : "suea" with a rising tone, "suea" low tone and "suea" falling tone which mean a tiger, a mat and clothes respectively.
Like most languages of the world, the Thai language is a complicated mixture of several sources. Many Thai words used today were derived from Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Malay, English and Chinese.
The Wai
The wai is a slight bow with the palms together and the fingertips touching the face. It is how Thais greet each other and is a way of showing respect or thanks. The closer the hands are held to the head the greater the respect shown. for example, if you were to wai a monk or an older person, then the top of your fingers should be raised to the top of your nose.
It is impolite to return a wai to someone of lower social status and would be embarrassing for them for example you should not wai the hotel staff, taxi driver or children.
Thais are aware that westerners are not familiar with the wai and a smile or nod is perfectly acceptable.
The Thai smile
Thailand is not called the Land of Smiles without good reason. Smile whenever you can, when haggling for a price or when you have a problem that needs fixing. A simple smile can get you further than you can imagine.
Politeness is the key to good communication, with anyone, not only in Thailand. You will notice though that the Thai people will often be overly polite with strangers, and always forthcoming with please and thank you. Common courtesy should be used in any society but in Thailand it plays a key role and many visitors will find it to be a refreshing change and one of the great attractions of this country and its people.
Hands and Feet
In Thai culture the head is regarded as the highest part of the body, literally and figuratively. Therefore, avoid touching people on the head especially if they are older than you as it is considered very rude.
The feet are regarded as the lowest part of the body and therefore unclean. Shoes should be removed when entering a private Thai home as a sign of respect. You should never point your feet at someone or an object as this is considered disrespectful.
Addressing People
The word Khun is the best way to address someone; it means Mr., Mrs. or Miss and is used in front of the name, usually the first name. For example if you were named John Smith you will hear yourself introduced as Khun John etc.
The polite terms krab and ka are often used. To say hello if you are male in gender you would use the phrase ¨sawat dee krab¨ and if you are female the phrase used is ¨sawat dee ka¨.
The Monarchy
The king and royal family are deeply revered and respected in the Kingdom of Thailand and any visitor to Thailand should be careful to show respect for the King and his family. Any criticism of the monarchy is not acceptable to the Thai people.
Festivals and celebrations
Full Moon Day, February
National Holiday
This community celebration began when 1250 disciples gathered to hear the Buddha teach. Today, merry- making such as bringing food to monks and feeding captive birds and fishes is combined with celebrations throughout the Kingdom of Thailand. Each person reverently carries flowers and glowing candles to pay homage to the Buddha, his teachings, and his disciples.
Thai New Year
(Songkran festival, 13th to 15th April 2006)
The traditional Thai new year is celebrated in April each year. Thailand adopted this tradition from the ancient Brahmins in India who believed that the sun re-entered Aries and finished its orbit round the earth on April 13.
In Thailand, this festival is celebrated for three days from April 13 to April 15. Before the celebrations, people will clean their houses in the hope of casting away any bad luck of the old year, so that good fortune will slip into their new lives instead. Food and sweets will be prepared in advance for merit making and for treating guests.
The Songkran celebrations will begin with food presentation to the monks who will walk along the streets in the early morning to receive food and other offerings. Some people will take food to the monasteries nearby for the monks
One of the most popular activities for young people is to convey their best wishes to their elders by pouring water onto them or their palms. After this, it is time for children and young people to have full enjoyment with water-throwing, dancing and folk games.
Do not expect to escape the water throwing activities, these take place on every street in Phuket. They can be a welcome break to the heat of the dry season, but if you wish to stay dry it is best to stay indoors!
Second week of May
Prior to the annual monsoons, Northeast villagers construct gigantic rockets which they fire into the sky to ensure plentiful rain during the forthcoming rice season. The rocket festival is traditionally a period for letting off steam before arduous field work begins in earnest. It features beauty parades, folk dances, ribald and high-spirited revelry before the rockets are ceremoniously launched.
Full moon night
This is Thailand's loveliest festival when, under the full moon, Thai's float away onto rivers and waterways. Krathongs (small, lotus shaped banana leaf boats) containing a lighted candle, glowing incense, a flower, and a small coin to honor the water spirits. The traditional meaning for the festival is to wash away the previous year's sins.
Thai Food
Thai food is varied and colourful and certainly regarded as one of the best cuisines worldwide. The mis-conception about Thai food is that it is always spicy, indeed many Thai dishes are not spicy at all. Thais use a range of spices in their cooking which have Indian and Chinese origins and Thai food is always full of many different flavours.
The staple of the Thai diet is rice which is offered and eaten at every meal. Rice is so important in Thai culture that the word to eat is derived from the word for rice.
Food is available at all times of the day or night and the locals prefer to eat several small meals a day consisting of small dishes rather than one large meal.
There are many street vendors in Thailand selling anything from noodle soup to barbecued chicken at the roadside providing a healthy and satisfying snack.
Restaurants are plentiful and excellent value and offer a wide variety of Thai and international cuisine. Expect to pay only a few hundred Baht for a meal at small local Thai restaurants.
Markets are a way of life in Thailand. Every village and town has at least one market selling fresh meat, fresh fish, fruit, flowers and a variety of other foods such as spices and curry pastes. The food on offer is nearly always extremely fresh.
There are also cooked food stalls selling sticky rice, noodle soup and a range of other fried foods such as chicken and rotis. The markets are where the locals shop for their daily provisions and you will never have to travel far to find one. Most markets open in the afternoon around 3pm and finish as it starts to get dark. The prices are usually only a fraction of those in the high street supermarkets.
Thailand is also famous for its' night markets and these are wonderful places to sample a wide variety of freshly prepared local foods. Small stalls offer everything from small fried batter balls to coconut sticky rice, each small dish costing around 10 Baht.
At the markets you can also find a whole range of Thai handicrafts such as silk scarves, cheap clothing and jewellery. The markets are open until around midnight and are illuminated with lamps powered by the stallholders motorcycle sidecars.
Muay Thai (Thai boxing)
Muay Thai was originally taught for self defense and has since developed into a major sport. It is popular with both sexes and most Thais practice Thai boxing during their teens. A high level of training is required to develop the skills necessary to become proficient in this sport.
The boxers wear gloves and headbands and the event is accompanied by a musical band which provides traditional martial music for the fight. During the fight the band will change the tempo of the music to suit the action of the fighting.
Muay Thai is practiced in every town and village and athletes competing at the top levels are extremely well paid and respected.


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"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of
Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in
Israel; whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting." Micah 5:2
Suggested Further Reading: Hebrews 10:5-7
"Go," saith the Father, "and thy Father's blessing on thy head!" Then comes
the unrobing. How do angels crowd around to see the Son of God take off his
robes! He laid aside his crown; he said, "My father, I am Lord over all,
blessed for ever, but I will lay my crown aside, and be as mortal men are." He
strips himself of his bright vest of glory; "Father," he says, "I will wear a
robe of clay, just such as men wear." Then he takes off all those jewels
wherewith he was glorified; he lays aside his starry mantles and robes of
light, to dress himself in the simple garments of the peasant of Galilee. What
a solemn disrobing that must have been! And next, can you picture the
dismissal! The angels attend the Saviour through the streets, until they
approach the doors; when an angel cries, "Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and
be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors, and let the king of glory through!" I
think the angels must have wept when they lost the company of Jesus—when the
Sun of heaven bereaved them of all its light. But they went after him. They
descended with him; and when his spirit entered into flesh, and he became a
babe, he was attended by that mighty host of angels, who after they had been
with him to Bethlehem's manger, and seen him safely laid on his mother's
breast, in their journey upwards appeared to the shepherds and told them that
he was born king of the Jews. The Father sent him! Contemplate that subject.
Let your soul get hold of it, and in every period of his life think that he
suffered what the Father willed; that every step of his life was marked with
the approval of the great I AM.
For meditation: When we think of the birth of the Son of God, our eyes are
rightly focused on earth. But are we in danger of forgetting God the Father in
heaven, the one who so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son
(John 3:16)? May we remember to give "Glory to God in the highest" (Luke
Sermon no. 57 / 23 December (1855) – Charles Spurgeon
– Bible Gateway.Com


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