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Monday, June 20, 2011
Game of Thrones and Other Blogging Lessons
35 comments:
- Jennifer said...
Yeah! I can post a comment!!!! I was feeling lost for awhile there. I loved Super 8 those kids were so funny. I have been on a movie binge myself this weekend after the week from hell I had....so I understand. And I agree with the sprucing up of the blog. I am on hold for a complete redesign and I can not wait. Have a great day!
- June 20, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- K.C. Woolf said...
I want to add one:
"Know what your mutant power is and own it, baby" - Sam, The Slight Detour.
Great lessons. :-)
- June 20, 2011 at 7:08 PM
Hilarious post.
I'm not sure I could have focused on anything Ryan Reynold's said, though...I sort of going into a deaf phase when he's onscreen...him and Clive Owen...
Did you ever see him in Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza? He was hilarious in that show.
- June 20, 2011 at 7:36 PM
- Kathy said...
Ryan Reynolds is all the excuuse you need for me!!! Hope you had fun!!! I love your rules of blogging, very smart and clever as always. Your blog is always a pleasure to visit and to return again!!! Have a great week!!
- June 20, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- khashway said...
LOL. Thanks for making me laugh this morning. I'm exhausted after a long weekend. I needed this.
- June 20, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- DEZMOND said...
oooh, my kind of post, Sammy :)
And there's a cool quote from GAME OF THRONES, episode six - FIRE CANNOT KILL A DRAGON! :)
Love how you connected movies with lessons!
- June 20, 2011 at 9:01 PM
- Kate Evangelista said...
Game of Thrones has a lot of great one liners. I just watched the finale, and boy does HBO own my loyalty at this point. Season two, why so far away?
- June 20, 2011 at 9:04 PM
- Dafeenah said...
I have never seen any of these movies, but I just might have to since they have such great blogging advice in them. We are so addicted that even when we're not blogging we think about blogging lol
- June 20, 2011 at 9:15 PM
- L.G.Smith said...
Excellent advice for bloggers. You're right, it's the community and interaction of blogging that I can't get enough of. And I agree, production value matters.
Great post.
- June 20, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- angel011 said...
Good advice... Speaking of Game of Thrones, have you seen this one? :)
P.S. There's a spoiler in it, for whoever haven't seen the Episode 9 yet.
- June 20, 2011 at 10:51 PM
- Tanya Reimer said...
Love the post! You're so much fun!
Around here we say "Winter is coming-- turn up the heat, pack your longjohns and chocolate bars in the survival bag, throw chains and sand in the trunk just in case, then kick back and enjoy freezing you a** off." Think that applies?
It might.
Blogs need passion, nutrients and clothes, a little dirt along with something to tie them down, and then you can kick back and enjoy...
- June 21, 2011 at 3:02 AM
- Julie said...
What a cute post, I always know I'll end up smiling when I visit your blog. :)
I'm getting ready to start on a marathon of Game of Thrones. I've heard so much about it, I can't wait to watch.
- June 21, 2011 at 3:27 AM
- Susan Flett Swiderski said...
Everybody deserves a break from the routine. As for the quote about winter coming, that'll fit right in here. It's summer now, so bask in it, and enjoy it, because before you know it, it'll be over. So, by golly, play your hooky now, while you can, and worry about buckling down later when the winter winds are blowing.
- June 21, 2011 at 4:04 AM
- Jennifer Hillier said...
Super 8 was awesome! I just saw it last night. "Production value!" indeed. :)
And I love that line, "Winter is coming." Gives me chills every time! (pun intended)
- June 21, 2011 at 4:05 AM
- Andrew Leon said...
Speaking of movies... actually, I don't really have anything to add. My movie experience, of late, has been blotted out by a 30th anniversary showing of Raiders of the Lost Ark at Skywalker Ranch.
And I'm just scared to go see Green Lantern. Really scared.
- June 21, 2011 at 4:42 AM
- Susan Fields said...
Great points and yes, drunk blogging is definitely a bad idea! :)
- June 21, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- Kal said...
Well done post. I felt your pain in many the same ways. I was thinking about mutants after watching the 'First Class' movie and wondering how many beatings by evil mutants with better control over their powers it would take before one of the good guys started to focus more on his training and truly find out the damage they could do with their powers.
- June 21, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Elizabeth Young said...
I have one about Winter Samantha! One never knows when a temporary 'Winter' will visit your life, and at those times it behoves the wise writer to have several good, nay excellent posts tucked away that they can bring out and post through the worst blizzard! Sending love your way, Elizabeth.
- June 21, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Mama Mia said...
I never knew that there is such a thing as "drunk blogging". Scaaaa-ry! :D
- June 21, 2011 at 9:06 AM
- Katie @ Chicken Noodle Gravy said...
Ah, the drunk blogger. Very entertaining indeed. Loved this post! I saw the first episode of Game of Thrones and could totally get addicted easily. I've definitely cheated on the blog before...most recently, with a marathon of Doctor Who.
Glad you're back! :) I love your posts!
- June 21, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Meredith said...
Haha, I love that you learned blogging lessons from the movies! And yes, Ned Stark is the coolest. Can't wait for next season!
- June 21, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- WhisperingWriter said...
I want to see most of these movies. Especially The Hangover 2 and Super 8. They both look interesting. In very different ways.
- June 21, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- Wall-to-wall books said...
I really want to see "The Green Lantern" Yes, I am a fan of superheroes.
And I haven't even seen the first Hangover yet!
I am so behind in movies.
- June 21, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- Sophia the Writer said...
Ah yes, #1-3 have also taken up my time in the last few weeks, but luckily I have not succumbed to Game of Thrones yet. I have this thing about reading the books first, and that book is just waaaayyy too long for my aging attention span... :(
- June 21, 2011 at 6:24 PM
- Jen Daiker said...
Who doesn't learn lessons from movies? It's like the only way TO learn lessons!
You're made of awesome. I'm sad that I've been so distant, especially when your island background now has me in a coma. Love it.
Lately I've been revising my chick lit novel while watching chick flicks. It's awesome - I can call it research :)
- June 21, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- C.M. Villani said...
Woo! The comment function is FINALLY working!!!
Okay so now for the comment. hahaha - given your track record, Sam, I think its okay to take a Va-K. :D Not to mention you've been uber busy as of late.
I just think we should be grateful you've been keeping up w/ Dr. Who otherwise we wouldn't see you for like a month.
I will definately agree with you about your blogging points. It is ALL about community and rallying around each other. That's what keeps our blogs alive and makes it fun.
Viva la Bloggie-verse!
- June 21, 2011 at 11:17 PM
- Kal said...
How did I not notice you before now? You were pretty much dead on with your blogging lessons, especially the one about 'production values'. I so appreciate a blog that gives me something visually along with the regular dose of balloon juice that we all spout. Yours is more entertaining than most.
- June 22, 2011 at 12:40 AM
- Stephanie Faris said...
It's so funny, I tried drunk blogging on MySpace long ago. Everyone said the same thing...my writing didn't seem any different than regular. I STILL cleaned it up and made sure the grammar and punctuation were perfect!
- June 22, 2011 at 3:27 AM
- Dwija {House Unseen} said...
This is a really great list. You are so creative and thoughtful!
- June 22, 2011 at 5:36 AM
- Kenya D. Williamson said...
We all need a break every once in a while, Sam. Fun post! :) And I went to see Super 8, too! By the way, hours in a day are available again at Amazon -- full price and without the FREE Super Saver Shipping. ;D
- June 22, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Lynda R Young said...
"Winter is coming" -- be prepared. ;)
Have a cupcake on me for a great post! :)
- June 22, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- MuMuGB said...
Glad that you had a good break Sam! I have never tried to blog while drunk. Have you? Didn't think of that one...
- June 23, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Samantha Sotto-Yambao said...
Jennifer - Thanks for the comment tip. As you can see, it worked!
K.C. - LOL. Thanks!
Jennifer O - Yes!!! I loved that show. Who knew that skinny boy would turn into such a hunk??
Kathy - Thanks! Ryan was about the only thing that was good in that movie. Hehe.
Kelly - Thanks! (BTW, your signing pics we're great!)
Dezzy! Season Two is sooooo far away...
Kate - What are we going to do??? Oh, wait! I know - TRUE BLOOD!!!
Dafeenah - I know! LOL
L.G. - Thanks! It's really great how blogs have made the world a whole lot smaller and our virtual living rooms a whole lot bigger.
Angel - I've watched all the episodes and now I'm suffering from withdrawal symptoms! ;-)
Tanya - Haha! PERFECT.
Julie - Did you watch it yet? Did you watch it yet? Is it great or what? :)
Susan - Great advice! Thanks! :D
Jenny - I wish I had notebook to jot down all those great lines! (Or better yet, I wish I thought of them. Hehe)
Andrew - Your fear is founded. ;-)
Susan - Indeed. I've seen some scary examples *shudders*
Kal - Thanks! (And I love the term "balloon juice". LOL)
Elizabeth - I'm writing that lesson down. Thanks! :)
Mama Mia - Sometimes they aren't drunk - they just sound that way...which is ever scarier!
Katie - Did you see the last Dr. Who episode?? I didn't see that coming! Holy cow...
Meredith - 2012 is sooooo far away...
Whispering Writer - VERY different indeed. :)
Sophia - You.Must.Watch.It.
Jen - No worries! Wishing you the best with your writing!
C.M. - Girl, if I missed my Doctor Who fix, I would be a WRECK ;-)
Dwija - Awww...thanks! :)
Kenya - Hopping over to Amazon NOW :D
Lynda - *Burp* Thanks!!!
MuMuGB - I don't think I could open my laptop if I was drunk. LOL
- June 23, 2011 at 7:24 PM
- Budd said...
Winter is coming. so there is that.
- June 27, 2011 at 10:19 PM
- Samantha Sotto-Yambao said...
InDEED :-)
- June 28, 2011 at 9:58 PM


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Of course, seeing as I did start this my sophomore year of High School (I'm now an adult at the age of 19 and going to college in the Fall.) I realize what I hadn't noticed before; it's horrible. For one, I have no focus and I have been absent for really no legitimate reason. Also, my "Fossil facts" (which became huge hits for some reason(s) I can't fathom) are totally ignorant. I'm not qualified nor am I knowledgeable in the field of Paleontology to even be doing such things. (I can recommend better sites and people whom I've established valuable connections with throughout my years on the blogosphere. I will list them with brief, minute descriptions of the topics covered at the end of the post.) For that, one could state that I have been committing an act of fraud. And, I'm sincerely sorry.
So, where does this leave me and my blog? Well, as the title says, I'm at a crossroads (not just with the blog but with life); lost, is likely the best word to describe it. I've certainly enjoyed it here and I've developed memorable "friendships" (since I've never met over 80-90% of my reader base, it's not fair nor is it accurate to call them "friends" in the traditional sense of the word.) on the blogosphere. The most memorable are: Dinorider d'Andoandor, Traumador the Tyrannosaur and Jason Westby, since they are some of my first fan base and close "friends" on the blogosphere. I'm grateful to them all; their contributions and support have been astounding and I couldn't appreciate them anymore than I do right now. Thank you, guys, so much!
Where is my mind headed at the moment I'm writing this? I could continue to post about the basics, and simple introductory concepts in the fields of Biology, Geology, and Paleontology with an occasional article or paper from magazines such as Discover, Scientific American, Science Illustrated, Nature, Plos One, National Geographic, etc. (It's likely that I'll be able to include more literature when I get to college, as many University libraries carry such materials.). The other possibility that I had considered was start a whole new blog (keeping this one) solely about Biology, more or less for reference and I'll be compiling information regarding science's ever greater understanding about the natural world (the biological aspect at least). For that blog as well, I'll try to keep to the basics for non-technical audiences, interspersing technical jargon every now and then so they get used to seeing it and not feel so lost or dumb (remember, the tradition of using Latin or Greek mechanics was, and is, to allow global communication with those of a foreign language, as each language has different common names for the same thing. For example, the typical house feline is known scientifically as Felis cattus derivative of Latin, while in English, it's "Cat", in Japanese, it's "Neko", Spanish, "el Gato", and so on., but more on that some other time.) Of course, I've yet to decide on anything. So, for now, I'm stuck at the crossroads, attempting to get my bearings and move into, what will hopefully be a fulfilling and pleasing direction.
Better Qualified Bloggers:
- Traumador the Tyrannosaur of the Tyrannosaur Chronicles- Known for his peanut sized brain and large heart, Traumador is a kind-hearted, extremely knowledgeable "vivus" (the term used for living non-avian dinosaurs on his blog) T. rex whose adventures (or, should I say, mis-adventures) and hilarious antics make him a great read and one of the most, if not THE most successful blog ever!! Check him out and his Palaeo Facts. (He was raised in the Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, after all.)
- Andrew Farke- Paleontologist from out west, whose work, I think, concerns Ceratopsians (but don't quote me on this. :P). Plus, he apparently makes a mean beer! lol! (Before you say anything, I don't drink, I assure you.) Check him out on The Open Source Paleontologist and his Brewing Blog.
- ReBecca Foster, of the Dinochick Blogs, is a paleontologist from Colorado, USA, whose blog often contains entertaining musings on life and anything Paleo.
- Dr. Jeff W. Martz, the "erratic" Paleontologist, is a self-proclaimed "underpaid" vertebrate Paleontologist who specializes in a group of Late Triassic reptiles that are closely related to the common ancestor of the Dinosaurs. His musings are often entertaining and insightful, often expanding beyond paleo to life in general. Highly recommended.
- "Dinosaur George" Blasing- Great friend of mine, actor, public speaker/lecturer, and writer. He is best known for his show on the History channel Jurassic Fight Club (or, as it's known outside the U.S., Dinosaur Secrets). He is curator of the Witte Museum of Natural History in San Antonio, TX which he lives and works as head Dinosaur George, Inc. He has been touring, speaking at libraries and schools since 1998 when he left a "lucrative real estate career" to make a living (though not paid as much as his real estate job) sharing his passion for Paleontology and Natural History with audiences of all ages.
- The Houston Museum of Natural Science Main Branch's blog, called Beyond Bones, is a terrific resource that covers everything from Biological Anthropology, Dinosaur Paleontology and Geochemistry to Physics and Astronomy with notable contributors like Robert T. Bakker (author of The Dinosaur Heresies and Raptor Red and was a student of the legendary John Ostrom. He and John R. Horner of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, also the modern day civilized counterparts of Cope and Marsh except for the part that Horner and Bakker are good friends, pioneered Dinosaur endothermy during the Dinosaur Renaissance.) Check it out!
- Craig Dylke, the CGi artist for Prehistoric Insanity and Primary teacher is extremely knowledgeable and, if you can manage to reach him (he is a VERY busy guy as they all are, considering he just got married, for those who did not know!!! Again, Congratulations to him and the now, Mrs. Rhonwyn (not sure how to spell it, sorry. :P) Dylke!!) who, living and working in New Zealand has had the great experience of working with the only Vertebrate Paleontologist in New Zealand, Dr. Ewan Fordyce. Craig also worked as a Camp Counselor for the Summer camp for the Royal Tyrrell Museum, which he has been visiting since he was very young back when the museum first opened in the 1980s, instructing and entertaining. Again, great guy, highly recommended and highly knowledgeable and qualified to answer any and all questions you may have. Check him out, but don't get upset when he doesn't respond right away (I sent him a question a few weeks ago via e-mail and I still haven't heard back from him. Of course, who am I to demand a response and become impatient and irritable? He has a life and it is a privelege and an honour to have him take the time to answer a question of mine.)
- Albertonykus ("Alberta Claw") is a Dinosaur enthusiast from, you guessed it, Alberta, and dons the persona of a maniraptoran (the clade of carnivorous dinosaurs that include the "raptor" families and birds) and avid Animaniacs fan. His posts are insightful and entertaining; definitely worth a visit for all your Maniraptoran needs!! Plus, there's the bonus of his delightful sense of humour! :)

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Jennifer Garner has given full credit to fellow celebrity mom Halle Berry for successfully campaigning for new paparazzi harassment laws, confessing she and husband Ben Affleck never thought such legislation would be passed in California.
Berry grew tired of the snappers who followed her everywhere and took shots of her young daughter Nahla as she left school – and she decided to do something about the problem.
She recruited Garner, a mother of three, to testify in August in support of Senate Bill 606, which imposes tougher penalties on cameramen who constantly tail public figures and their kids, and also makes it easier for parents to sue for damages over harassment.
The two moms had cause for celebration last week when the law was officially passed.
Garner admits she and actor/director Affleck had seriously considered moving out of California in an effort to escape the paparazzi before Berry waged war on the photographers and stepped up her political lobbying.
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"We had looked at all different things: moving out of California, you know, all manners of things. I think that there's an idea, that because our pictures are everywhere, that we're complicit in it, when really what happens is they're waiting outside our door every single day. I can't go to the mailbox without getting my picture taken.
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My second super find that I just LOVE, is this precious little farmer couple. See the chickens at their feet, how precious are they.
Always fun to stop by Goodwill and find such fun treasures. Have you found any goodies lately?
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Park City Foundation launches new fund
The five-year-old Park City Community Foundation has already made a big splash on the local nonprofit scene with successful community-wide endeavors like Save Our Snow and Live PC Give PC. During its relatively short existence, the foundation has also helped private donors direct more than $100,000 in grants to local programs.
Friday, the foundation kicked off a new initiative that it hopes will establish a permanent endowment to support programs for women and children in Summit County.
The concept is simple – to find 1,000 women willing to make one-time contributions of $1,000 each. The goal, according to Park City Community Foundation Executive Director Trisha Worthington, is to establish a $1 million endowment in one year.
"Usually donations come in and go out. But the idea here is to have a one-time gift and make it permanent," she said.
If successful, the Women's Giving Fund will be able to generate enough in earnings to distribute as much as $50,000 per year in grants.
"We love this idea because it is an endowment and it will be here forever," she said.
According to Worthington, the goal is to use the funds for "high-impact grants" of $25,000 each, or more. "These will be big grants that can help an organization get a new project off the ground."
The fundraising blitz began with a private luncheon Friday in Deer Valley and will continue with a public event at Gallery MAR on Main Street in Park City on April 11.
But even before its official unveiling this week, Worthington said the project had signed up 103 members. "We are already finding women, and men, who want to make donations in honor of women who are special to them," she said.
And those donors will have a large role to play in determining where the funds will go. The Women's Giving Fund will have its own committee that will meet once a year to review and narrow the field of grant requests to two or three finalists. The whole membership will then have the opportunity to vote on the final selection. Each person's donation comes with a lifetime membership, she explained.
According to Worthington, grant applicants will be limited to organizations that provide services to women and children in Summit County.
The Park City Community Foundation, she said, was inspired by a similar effort spearheaded by the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation where $1 million was raised in less than a year.
It is also similar to the philanthropic group "Women Moving Millions" currently under the leadership of Park City resident Jackie Zehner. The threshold for joining "Women Moving Millions" is a gift of $1 million or more. According to its website, more than $182 million had been raised as of 2009.
Zehner established her career in the financial world, becoming the first woman invited into the partnership at Goldman Sachs. She has since concentrated her efforts on philanthropic organizations, mostly those that support women and girls around the world. Locally, she serves on the boards of the Sundance Institute and the Christian Center of Park City.
Zehner will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming launch of the Women's Giving Fund in April.
To learn more about the Women's Giving Fund and/or to RSVP to the event on April 11, log on to theparkcityfoundation.org/womensgivingfund or call Trisha Worthington, (435) 214-7475
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Jefferson's Presidential Select 18 Year small batch bourbon is perhaps one of the most requested whiskey reviews I get asked about. So this one is a long time coming. The answer to the question of whether or not this is actual Stitzel-Weller bourbon is simple. Yes – this is from the same distillery that started the Van Winkle line. The distillery is known for their wheated bourbon mashbill, which is absent any rye grain. Below are my tasting notes on this old wheater.
Jefferson's Presidential Select 18 Year Bourbon, Batch 13, 47% abv (94 Proof), $80/bottle
Color: Deep Amber/Copper
Nose: A heady mix of rum soaked dried fruits (raisin, dates), pancake syrup, toasted almonds, caramelized banana, vanilla wafers, old leather, and oak. Air time ramps up the wood influence quite a bit.
Palate: Toffee, fig preserves, vanilla, and heaps of oak and resiny grip.
Finish: Toffee sweetness, rich fruit, and wood make for a marvelous ending.
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Turn ignition switch off and disconnect battery ground cable. 2. Refer to Figure 3. Remove OE ignition module and wire harness (items 1-4). You will disconnect two wires at the coil (15), a wire going to the VOES (Vacuum Operated Electrical Switch) (18), a black ground wire at the ignition module, and the 3 pin plug (20) that connects to the sensor plate (11). Refer to shop manual for locations. 3. Remove ignition cover plates and gasket (items 5- 9). This will require drilling out two rivets. The rivets will later be replaced with two supplied self- threading screws. 4. In order to remove the sensor plate cable, the cable plug (20) must be removed first. Use needle nose pliers to pull the terminals out of the plug. Then pull the cable through the exit hole at the bottom of the timing cover. 5. Note location of sensor plate (11). There is a V notch in the sensor plate used for alignment. When you install the HI-4, you should align the V notch in the same location. This should set the timing close enough to start the engine. Remove and save the two standoffs and washers (10). Remove the sensor plate (11). HI-4 INSTALLATION Refer to Figure 4. The HI-4 requires use of the OE timing rotor P/N 32402-83 (used only on 1985 and newer models). If you have an older model or are not sure, check the rotor (9) for the correct part number. For models prior to 1980, use the supplied 10-32 x ¾"bolt and washer to mount the rotor. 1. Install the HI-4 system in place of the OE breaker or sensor plate. Rotate the HI-4 about 90 degrees to give better access to the cable exit hole. Install the HI-4 first, then push the cable through the hole. On some early models it may be necessary to enlarge the wire harness exit hole in the gear cover. Align the V notch on the HI-4 same as the OE plate you removed. Use the OE standoffs to secure the HI-4. You must use lockwashers under the standoffs for proper clearance between the HI-4 and cover plate. Do not fully tighten the standoffs until the timing has been set. 2. Route the HI-4 wire harness along the frame rails up to the coil. Make sure that harness will not be chafed or burned by exhaust heat. Secure harness with tie wraps. Do not install timing cover. HI-4 HOOKUP Crimp terminals and hardware are supplied for your convenience. Use the ring terminals for coil hookup. Use male-female quick disconnects for connections to the tach and vacuum switch (VOES). Tape up any unused wires. 1. Circuit Breaker Cover Screws (2) 2. Circuit Breaker Cover 3. Circuit Breaker Cover Gasket 4. Breaker Plate Screws (2) 5. Breaker Plate Screw Lockwashers & Washers (2 each) 6. Retainer (1971 to early 1972) 7. Circuit Breaker Cam Bolt 8. Breaker Plate Assembly 9. Breaker Cam 10. Advance Assembly 11. Gear Case Cover 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 NOTE: Damage will result if the brown tach wire comes in contact with +12V. Figure 1. Harley-Davidson®OE Points System
9000-4002A REV A 3 2/05 1. Identify switched +12 volt wire and tach wire (if equipped) going to the coil. Refer to your service manual, or reconnect the battery and use a test light or voltmeter. The switched +12 volt wire will be hot when the ignition key is turned on. 2. Refer to Figure 5. Connect the HI-4 red wire and switched +12 volt wire to Coil positive. 3. The HI-4 white wire is not used and should be taped. 4. Connect the HI-4 black wire to the Coil negative terminal. 5. Connect the HI-4 green wire to the vacuum switch (Figure 3, item 18), if used. 6. Connect the HI-4 brown wire to the tach wire, if equipped with tach. Tape up if unused. 7. The HI-4 is grounded via the timing housing; a separate ground connection is not required. 8. Reconnect battery ground cable. Verify proper ground connections to the frame and engine. VOES HOOKUP The OE vacuum switch (VOES) is normally an open circuit. Above 3-5 inch-Hg vacuum, the VOES closes and grounds the vacuum input on the OE ignition module. This increases the total advance generated by the OE ignition module. Vacuum advance improves part throttle 17 16 1. Cover Screws (2) 2. Ignition Timer Cover 3. Ignition Module 4. Timer Plate Screws (2) 5. Washers (2) 6. Screws & Washers (2 each) 7. Shield 8. Sensor 9. Trigger Rotor Bolt 10. Timer Plate 11. Trigger Rotor 12. Advance Assembly 13. Gear Case Cover 14. Ignition Coil 15. Spark Plug Wires (2) 16. Ignition Coil Terminal (FX) 17. Ignition Coil Terminal (FL) 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 NOTE: Most motorcycle coils do not have terminals marked. Use either terminal for Coil+ (positive) and the other one for Coil- (negative). Warning: The HI-4 (8-1100) Dual Fire ignition will not work with 2 plugs per head, dual coil application. Damage will result if attempted. Use the HI-4 (8-2100) single fire ignition for 2 plugs per head applications


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From Golf Magazine (May 2011)
Category: Wedges
We tested: 60°/8° with True Temper Dynamic Gold wedge flex steel shaft
Key Technologies: The clubhead's "reverse taper" design (thicker top) creates a higher CG for lower flight and more spin. The wide "H sole" has heel relief to open the face easily. The "M sole" has a higher bounce angle with a more forward bounce position.
OUR TESTERS SAY: Soft-feeling, attractive club for better players who want to manufacture shots.
PLAYABILITY: Ample versatility on greenside shots and very good from the fairway; performs well on flops and partial swings due to sole grind and compact head.
DISTANCE CONTROL: The yardage is what you'd expect on full shots; the club is quite accurate on chips and pitches; adequate from sand.
FEEL: Soft, forged sensation at impact is a big plus; extra weight makes it easy to swing; well-balanced head.
LOOK: Compact head with black finish is an attractive package next to the ball; no distracting elements to speak of.
Not as easy to hit consistently well as others; mis-hits feel too harsh for some.
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Rumored Taylor Swift 'Red' Track Listing Leaks
Taylor Swift has been on a media blitz promoting her upcoming album, 'Red.' While we know of at least three tracks that will be on the record already -- 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,' 'Begin Again' and the title track-- the rest of the song listing has leaked online. While this isn't a confirmed track listing, it looks pretty promising!
'Red,' due to hit shelves on Oct. 22, features 16 songs on the standard edition and 22 on the deluxe. Three of the deluxe edition tracks are new songs, while two are demos and one is an acoustic version of others already on the album. Taste of Country reports that the track listing was not posted by Swift herself, nor by her "people" -- as far as we know -- so there's a slight chance that it might just be conjecture.
Still, the track listing is confirmed by a previous interview Swift did last month. "There are 16 songs on the album and every single one of them is about some sort of intense emotion that I felt," Swift said. She also explained that the sounds are likely to be different from the recordbreaking lead single as well. "Even if it's something like 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,' which is the moment you finally stop caring what your ex thinks about you. Those are all really important moments in the course of a relationship, even though there's nothing else on the record really quite like 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.'"
One thing that's missing that Swift promised? A duet with her "absolute favorite band." Unless she misspoke and Ed Sheeran cloned himself a few times, she either meant "artist" or this listing has a flub somewhere. In any case, here it is!
Taylor Swift 'Red' Track Listing:
Standard Edition:
1. 'State of Grace'
2. 'Red'
3. 'Treacherous'
4. 'I Knew You Were Trouble'
5. 'All Too Well'
6. '22′
7. 'I Almost Do'
8. 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'
9. 'Stay Stay Stay'
10.'The Last Time'
11. 'Holy Ground'
12. 'Sad Beautiful Tragic'
13. 'The Lucky One'
14. 'Everything Has Changed' (feat. Ed Sheeran)
15. 'Starlight'
16. 'Begin Again'
Deluxe Edition:
1. 'The Moment I Knew'
2. 'Come Back Be There'
3. 'Girl At Home'
4. 'Treacherous' (Original Demo)
5. 'Red' (Original Demo)
6. 'State of Grace' (Acoustic Version)
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Dear City of Houston,
Pastors have been at the very center of American society since even before our founding as a nation, and they remain an integral part of the lives of untold of millions of Americans today. They cheer us on when we succeed, lift us up when we fall, and pray with us in our darkest times of need. Pastors were leaders in the fight for American independence, pastors made the moral case to abolish slavery, pastors argued for women's suffrage, pastors advocated for much needed child labor laws, and pastors – including one from Georgia whose life is celebrated by a new monument in Washington, DC – championed the cause of civil rights. During every national moment of crisis, we turn to our pastors for guidance, strength, and wisdom.
Our First Amendment protects freedom of speech and religion, which has made these significant accomplishments possible. If pastors had been silenced, if they had not been free to speak out on issues in our society, America would not be what it is today. In fact, America would not be.
We live in a rich, diverse society today. A society with differing viewpoints and beliefs, a society of open discourse in which tolerance makes it possible for us to disagree with respect. We also live in a society that values equality, including the notion that everyone has the right to publicly express deeply held beliefs without fear of persecution or reprisal. People of faith – who are a significant part of America's rich rainbow of diversity – share the same fundamental rights as other groups.
Your legal actions against a group of respected clergy members in the city of Houston constitute aggressive bullying, the very offense from which you seek to protect another community in the city. This is unconstitutional, un-American, and the very height of hypocrisy.
By signing this petition, I stand with these valued faith leaders and demand that you cease and desist all bullying and other offensive actions against them. I also call on the City of Houston, in their quest to provide protection for LGBT citizens, to equally and explicitly acknowledge and ensure the equal rights of people of faith to live and express openly their deeply held religious beliefs. Furthermore, I ask that you apologize to the pastors, the people of Houston, and people of faith across the nation. Nobody should face persecution in America simply for what they believe.
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stuffing up, and add about 1 inch of cold water; it should come up to the bottom of where the leaves begin. Add any remaining lemon Vans Brown Gum Sole juice and the remaining olive oil. Cover the pot and bring the liquid to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer, and continue to cook, covered, until the leaves pull away easily from the artichokes and the heart is tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, 35 to 40 minutes. Carefully remove the artichokes from the pot and set aside to cool slightly. Serve the artichokes either warm or at room temperature. Garnish with lemon slices.
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1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon of warm water and mix thoroughly. The crumb stuffing should be moist enough to clump together when pinched between your fingers. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Working 1 at a time, remove the artichokes from the lemon water and invert to drain thoroughly. Using a small spoon, fill the cavities of the artichokes with the stuffing, pressing downward as you add the stuffing. You should have enough stuffing to fill all 6 cavities of the artichokes as well as stuff some of the large outer leaves. Drizzle each artichoke with 1 tablespoon of the remaining olive oil.
off of the artichokes so that they will stand upright. Remove any tough or blemished outer leaves and, using a sharp knife, cut off the top 1/4 of the artichoke. Using kitchen shears, cut the thorns from the tips of the remaining leaves. Using your fingers, gently pry the leaves apart to reveal the inner choke and, using a spoon or a melon baller, scoop out some of the inner leaves and the fuzzy choke and discard. This should leave a sizable cavity in the center of each artichoke for stuffing. Repeat with the remaining artichokes, transferring artichokes to the acidulated water as soon as they are trimmed and cleaned.
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BEER FESTIVALS THAT MAKE BELGIUM THE BEER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD: Munich Oktoberfest is without doubt the king of all beer festivals. But for the discerning beer lover, it is not the size of the beer festival that counts. The Belgian Beer Festivals are not as well publicised internationally as … [Read more...]
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Just before the start of the World Cup in Brazil, many U.S. soccer observers and fans doubted the Americans were capable of advancing from the so-called Group of Death that also contained European heavyweights Germany and Portugal and American nemesis Ghana.
On Monday, the nation awoke to the harsh reality the U.S. failed to advance to the last 16 in the tournament by the slimmest of margins. The U.S. blew the needed victory Sunday in the draw against Portugal after a turnover led to the equalizer with virtually the last kick of the game deep into second-half stoppage time.
It is a measure of how far expectations have changed in the space of little more than a week that the American perspective changed from deep skepticism to crushing disappointment over just how close the U.S. had come to World Cup glory.
"The team is showing amazing progress throughout the last couple of weeks," coach Jurgen Klinsmann said after Sunday's game. "We'll build on everything we worked on. It's been more than five weeks, and you see more and more the quality and results coming through that building process. The way we controlled most of the game today against a very strong Portuguese side is telling you how far we made it already."
The Americans were out-shot Sunday but not outplayed.
Conventional wisdom held the U.S. were outmatched in terms of raw talent, but they were not in awe.
Portugal clearly has peaked as a unit, but the Americans are in the asendancy, growing, learning and maturing by challenging game after game.
The U.S. now must face Germany in the final group game at 9 a.m. Thursday and will advance to the knockout round simply by avoiding defeat, although the Americans also could progress despite losing under some unusual circumstances. That's because the group would come down to the nation with the superior goal differential.
Join the club. Oneenterprising math whiz immortalized on Twitter that there are a dizzying 209 possible outcomes from the two games that also will see Ghana and Portugal playing at the exact same time as Germany and the U.S.
It's not the first time the U.S. has played Germany with their World Cup hopes on the line.
A dozen years ago to the week — June 21, 2002, to be precise — the U.S. lost to Germany in a World Cup quarterfinal with a hotly disputed German goal-line hand ball that was not called. It proved the controversial difference in the 1-0 game that prevented the Americans from moving into the semifinals.
"The ref kind of ignored us," U.S. playmaker Caludio Reyna recalled in a recent article on mlssoccer.com. "It was one of those things where I think the big teams get the calls and the little ones don't."
Still, added Reyna, "That was the day we became respected globally."
Now the question becomes whether off-field respect equals on-field credibility.
We'll find out the answer come Thursday.
Also …
The Galaxy host an outdoor viewing party for the U.S.-Germany game at Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach, just as the club did for the U.S.-Ghana game. For an interactive map of places to watch the World Cup in Southen California, click here.
For more World Cup and soccer news, read 100 Soccer blog at www.insidesocal.com/soccer.


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Welcome to Mom Blogger's Club! I hope you enjoy your time here and find it helpful! I know it can be overwhelming at first but I promise, you'll be a pro on here in no time! I write a blog called The Adventures of J-Man and MillerBug. It's a blog about my life with my two boys and I do some pretty cool giveaways (OK, I think they're cool! Do you?)
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Hometown mourns for Adenhart
Friends, family, teammates and coach gather to remember
Nick Adenhart will never be forgotten in his hometown, where family and friends mourned his loss Thursday.
In a story in USA Today, several of Adenhart's friends from Williamsport, Md., expressed their shock at the death of Adenhart, 22, who was killed early Thursday in a car accident in Fullerton, Calif., hours after he pitched six scoreless innings in his first 2009 start for the Los Angeles Angels.
"That's all he ever dreamed about, pitching in the big leagues," David Warrenfeltz, Adenhart's friend and catcher at Williamsport High School, told the paper. "Unfortunately, he didn't get to live his dream for long. It doesn't seem possible that this could happen."
Adenhart grew up in the town, which is located 75 miles west of Baltimore, and maintained close ties to the area, with an apartment in Baltimore.
On Thursday evening, about 150 people got together for a memorial to Adenhart on the pitching mound in a baseball field in Williamsport. There were prayers and stories and candles along with flowers and homemade signs.
One of Adenhart's good friends, Andy Kochera, attended the memorial and said he spoke to Adenhart before his Wednesday night start and text-messaged Adenhart's father, Jimmy, during the game. He also said Jimmy called him Thursday morning to relay the tragic news.
"He told me to sit down," Kochera told the paper. "I thought good news. He said, 'Nick's dead.' I said, 'You're lying.' He said, 'No, he was killed in a car accident.' I got that call at 8:37 a.m. I can't believe it."
USA Today also spoke to Adenhart's high school coach, Rod Steiner.
"He got to the big leagues, and that shows you what kind of guy he was," Steiner said. "He made friends with his teammates and opponents. He never acted like he was better than anyone else."


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With federal funding up in the air, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park officials may look to residents who live near the volatile San Francisquito Creek to tax themselves in order to pay for flood protection.
The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA), an agency that includes elected officials from the three cities, is considering creating a finance district for residents in about 5,400 parcels near the flood-prone creek. This includes about 3,600 Palo Alto parcels, according to Len Materman, executive director of the creek authority.
Materman told the Palo Alto City Council Monday night that the goal is to pass a bond that would help owners in the flood-plain properties leave the National Flood Insurance Program, which costs an average household $1,300 a year. Materman said the bond would cost the parcels between $600 and $700. Once construction is completed property owners would see major savings, he said.
With flood-insurance rates rising by about 3 percent annually, the annual rate is slated to go up $2,000 in 15 years and more than $3,500 in 35 years, Materman said.
"We do know that that an argument for passing a bond measure would be to achieve substantial savings for property owners following the construction period," Materman said.
The proposed finance district is one of many funding sources the creek authority is considering to pay for its ambitious plan to calm the fickle creek. The agency was formed in 1999, one year after the creek flooded, causing tens of millions of dollars in damages (including $28 million in Palo Alto alone).
The creek authority -- which includes elected officials from the three cities, the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the San Mateo County Flood Control District -- is also seeking various state grants to build a new levee downstream and to upgrade bridges in the three cities.
Officials from the three cities had initially hoped to acquire federal funding for the proposed flood-protection measures. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of a feasibility study analyzing ways to protect the properties around the creek from the "100-year flood" (an event that, by definition, takes place once every 100 years). The study was launched in 2005 and still has ways to go, Materman said. Both the appropriations for the study and the progress with the appropriations have been "suboptimal," he said.
Given the slow progress on the federal front, the cities are now focusing on funding sources at the state, county and local levels.
"If we rely on the Corps it could be several decades, but if we take ownership of funding and try to apply for a two-county funding district, it's faster," Materman said.
The creek authority had earlier this year applied for a state grant to help pay for the design costs associated with upgrading the Newell Road bridge between Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. It is planning to seek a similar grant for the Middlefield Road bridge between Palo Alto and Menlo Park. The Pope-Chaucer Street and University Avenue bridges would be next in line.
Other funds could come from the water district, which passed a bond in 2000 with support from Palo Alto voters. The water district is now considering asking voters for another bond next year. Some of the proceeds from the future bond could also potentially be used to support the creek authority's flood-protection effort.
Brian Schmidt, a member of the water district's board of directors, told the council that the board still hasn't decided whether to put the bond on next year's ballot. And even if the bond measure goes on the ballot, there is no guarantee that it would pass, he said.
"I think we're going to do it if we think we're going to win, but we don't know yet," Schmidt said.
The first phase of the creek authority's plan targets the vulnerable downstream area between U.S. Highway 101 and the San Francisco Bay. It includes excavating a channel, connecting the creek to the Baylands and building a levee (a project that would require reconfiguration of the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course). The project, which would provide protection from a 100-year flood to the downstream area, has an estimated cost of $26 million.
The second phase would focus on the area between 101 and El Camino Real. It would include either building floodwalls -- a complex project that would require acquisition of right of way -- or creating a bypass channel under Woodlawn Avenue. That project would cost between $20 million and $25 million and would offer 50-year protection to the properties in the area. Other options to boost flood protection in the area include upgrading bridges, modifying the bottlenecked portions of the creek and creating an upstream retention basin. Materman estimated that achieving 100-year protection for this area would cost between $40 million and $50 million.
Materman said he hopes much of the funding for the work in this area, particularly for the bridge repairs, will come from the state.
"We're hoping to whittle away at the $20 million to $25 million through various funding sources but we imagine some local funding needs will remain," he said.
If the cities want to bolster protection from coastal flooding by building levees in the Baylands, the project would cost $40 million to $45 million.
Total cost for all projects: between $126 million and $146 million.
Councilman Pat Burt, who represents Palo Alto on the JPA board of directors, said the authority has shifted in recent years from depending on the federal government to pay for a "grand solution" to pursuing smaller projects that could be implemented in the nearer future.
"As recently as three or four years ago, there began to be a recognition by the JPA board and JPA staff that we didn't want to wait until some future decade for federal funding to really start solving this problem," Burt said. "There was a switch to try to say, 'What can we do sooner?'"
Burt said there is now a greater likelihood than before that a major portion of the project can be done in the "foreseeable future" and that construction on the downstream project can begin at the end of 2012.


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A year after a deadly fire focused new scrutiny on limousine safety, a scathing new state audit found the California Public Utility Commission fails to enforce state safety laws, lacks properly trained investigators and issues skimpy fines to transportation companies that it sometimes doesn't even bother to collect.
Its safety inspectors sometimes base investigations solely on telephone calls with bus and limousine companies without ever visiting them or looking at their vehicles, Tuesday's audit revealed. And auditors found an investigator even failed to take action after witnessing a "clear safety hazard" — a driver boarding 13 passengers, including two children riding on adults' laps, in a van licensed for 11 people.
The report raises serious questions whether the commission can handle new, tough safety rules for limos and buses enacted after the gruesome limousine fire on the San Mateo Bridge in May 2013 killed five women on their way to a bridal party.
"I really didn't think it was going to be this bad, that we'd find such a lack of oversight and so many safety concerns," said state Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett, who requested the audit. "People aren't doing their jobs."
The PUC's Transportation Enforcement Branch lacks professional standards and properly trained investigators and seems incapable of correcting its deficiencies, the audit states.
The transportation branch lacks an "effective program leadership," state Auditor Elaine Howle said in a statement.
PUC Executive Director Paul Clanon and President Michael Peevey were not available for interviews Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. But Clanon wrote in a response to the audit: "We largely agree with the audit's individual findings. We respectfully disagree with the over-arching conclusion that PUC fails to adequately ensure consumers' transportation safety." The agency's efforts "have not been trivial, nor a failure."
While the audit focused on the PUC's oversight of limos, buses and passenger vans, the agency doesn't inspect smaller limousines licensed to carry no more than seven passengers, like the Lincoln Town Car in last year's fire. This newspaper reported days after the fire that no state agency performs safety inspections for smaller limousines and has no rules governing the conversion of regular-size cars into stretch limos, which often occurs in private garages where they are cut in half and lengthened with a long passenger cabin.
In light of the audit, Corbett questioned whether the PUC could enforce a bill she sponsored last year in response to the bridge fire that requires all limousines to have emergency exits, including older model cars that require retrofits. The bodies of the women who died in the burning limo were found crowded around the front of the car's passenger compartment trying to follow four survivors who crawled one-by-one through the only exit: a small rectangular opening to the driver's seat.
"I am worried that if on-site visits aren't being conducted, we might not have the oversight to enforce these important regulations," Corbett said. "I am going to be watching the PUC very closely."
She also questioned whether the commission could handle regulating cars-for-hire through Internet sites like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar.
The president of the Greater California Livery Association, Rich Azzolino, who opposed Corbett's safety bill, did not return phone calls Tuesday.
Auditors also found that the PUC often fails to complete investigations and issue fines in a timely way, averaging a 46-day wait to begin investigations after receiving a rider complaint and taking 238 days on average to complete it. Eight of 40 cases that were audited took more than a year to complete.
The audit also found fines are not issued on a timely basis and are often less than the maximum amount allowed. In one instance, a $12,000 fine was issued for a fatal van accident when a $20,000 fine could have been levied. In other cases, no fines were issued even through safety violations were found to have occurred.
After the limo fire, the PUC fined San Jose-based Limo Stop $7,500 because the limo was carrying nine passengers — two beyond its limit. Investigators blamed the fire on "catastrophic failure of the rear suspension system" that caused the car to drop onto its drive shaft. The resulting friction ignited carpeting in the passenger compartment, which quickly filled with black smoke. No criminal charges were filed. It could not be immediately determined Tuesday if the PUC fine has been collected.
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January 23, 2014
A recent analysis of the coverage of neuroscience in the popular press showed a 31-fold increase in the number of news articles using the terms "neuroscience" or "neuroscientist" between 1985 and 2009. Moreover, the NIH's massive Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is designed to speed up our understanding of the neural workings of the human brain in the years ahead. So perhaps it is not surprising that lately there has been a "pushback against neuroscience," in the words of Nancy Campbell, associate professor in the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Campbell, who specializes in the history of psychology, was one of the speakers at a recent conference, Neuroplasticity in Substance Addiction and Recovery: From Genes to Culture and Back Again, held at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) on the campus of Bielefeld University, Germany. The conference drew neuroscientists, historians, psychologists, philosophers, and anthropologists from around the world to discuss theories of how changes in the brain affect memory and learning during addiction, and what that says about "brains in the wild," as one anthropologist put it.
At the conference, Campbell gave neuroscience a pushback by declaring: "Addiction has historically been hard to 'neuroscientize,' despite a venerable legacy of attempts to do so."
Even though the burgeoning field of epigenetics is opening up new avenues for the social sciences, a concern with the "medicalization of addiction" is one of the flashpoints that separates neuroscientists, on the one hand, from psychologists, philosophers, historians, and anthropologists, on the other. Focus on the "mesolimbic dopamine reward hypothesis," Campbell asserted, has made it hard to "see beyond the brain." In fact, she noted that when the modern brain reward system was identified and so named, it wasn't immediately seen as applicable to the matter of addiction.
For critics like Campbell, neuroplasticity is too often used as a sort of covering fire for neuropharmacological interventions of dubious efficacy and potentially huge profitability for the drug industry. We are prone to bouts of "recurrent pharmacological optimism," she said, and remain relentlessly optimistic about finding a fight-fire-with-fire medication for withdrawal and craving.
Campbell's argument at the conference had to do with "neuroessentialism," defined as the tactic of using the terms of neuroscience as evidence for claims made in psychological or sociological frameworks. Critics of neuroessentialism do not believe the brain can be profitably studied in isolation. To quote Tom Stafford, a lecturer in psychology and cognitive science at the University of Sheffield: "Many claims about human psychology are adequately and entirely addressed at the level of behavior with no need to invoke neuroscientific evidence." This tendency can be seen in some of the wild speculation about human behavior based on early-generation scanning systems like fMRI and PET, critics say. And it pervades a great deal of discourse on mind and health.
To cut the cake more finely, Cliodhna O'Connor and her colleagues at University College London, writing in Neuron, parse the distinctions among "neurorealism," or the use of neuroimages to make behaviors seem objective; "neuroessentialism," or the depiction of the brain as the essence of personhood; and "neuropolicy," defined as "the recruitment of neuroscience to support political or policy agendas." The researchers write that "neuroscience is now firmly rooted as a basic reference point within the public sphere, drawn into discussion of diverse issues such as antisocial behavior, economic decisions, substance abuse, and education…. Brain based information possesses rhetorical power. Logically irrelevant neuroscience information imbues an argument with authoritative, scientific credibility."
In the field of addiction, behavioral studies of drugs as classic reinforcers were subsumed by neuroscience, with its misplaced concentration on "euphoria and hedonic reward," Campbell argued at the conference. "A succession of theories in the addiction arena moved from behavioral and pharmacological ideas of drugs as reinforcers, as evidenced by animal models, to neuroscience-without anything like a revolution." No shots were fired, but behaviorist models fell over dead, nonetheless.
Is neuroscience a media fad?
When a Dartmouth neuroscientist took fMRI scans of a dead salmon in 2009, and fooled people into thinking they were looking at the recorded thought patterns of an active brain, it was intended to serve as a warning about the dangers of false positives in fMRI data. Ultimately, it had a much greater cultural resonance. Many critics of neuroscience began to insist that the emperor has no clothes.
Psychiatry professor Peter B. Reiner of the University of British Columbia thinks that neuroscientists have an obligation to "consider the ramifications of neuroessentialist thought becoming a cultural meme." Writing in the 2011 Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics, Reiner contends that the idea of brain disease and altered brain chemistry is likely to result in "increased social distance, inscribing individuals suffering from mental illness and addiction with the mark of being neurobiologically other, yielding the unintended consequence of fostering discrimination."
Yale psychiatrist Sally Satel, co-author of Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience, also thinks that the explanatory power of neuroscience is overrated. In a recent article for Frontiers in Psychiatry, Satel writes of addiction: "The brain disease model implies erroneously that the brain is necessarily the most important and useful level of analysis for understanding and treating addiction," thus training the spotlight "too intently on the workings of the addicted brain," and "distracting clinicians, policy makers, and sometimes patients themselves from other powerful psychological and environmental forces that exert strong influence on them…. The neurocentric perspective encourages unwarranted optimism regarding pharmaceutical cures and oversells the need for professional help."
"Much work remains to be done in bioscience, and in neurocellular research," Campbell acknowledged at the conference. "We are asking for more neuroscience, not less-but a kind of neuroscience that recognizes that vulnerabilities are social, economic, and political," as well as neurobiological.
Neuroscience plays out in real-world social contexts, and neuroscientists neglect this at their peril. The brain, as Campbell says, "has an exquisite openness to the world it is situated in."
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The mission of Loyola University Maryland is to inspire students to learn, lead, and serve in a diverse and changing world. Loyola, therefore, has a special commitment to promote international education both on campus and abroad. The Jesuit mission is fundamentally associated with a global and open-minded vision that highly values and respects the rich cultural and spiritual diversity that characterizes human experience as a whole.
Loyola's Office of International Programs strives to serve this mission through its broad offering of study abroad opportunities and its persistent support of international activities on campus. Its study abroad programs combine some of the best academic offerings overseas with a broad range of service opportunities while immersing our students in other cultures. On campus, the Office of International Programs aims to promote a more diverse and international climate to our students who, for different reasons, are unable to travel or study in a foreign country. Its main goal is to help our students better understand and serve our world. This plays a most valuable role in Loyola's ability to address the central need for diversity and internationalization in modern education.
The philosophy of Loyola's Office of International Programs is to provide students with an in-depth experience of another culture by focusing on one program. Therefore, programs like "Semester at Sea" and similar programs would not be acceptable. The Office of International Programs must approve any international program that a Loyola student wishes to obtain credits from while enrolled at Loyola University Maryland.
Students embark on a 10-day immersion program to Ireland to learn more about global information technology through site visits with leading tech companies.


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News outlets ignored Bush flip-flop on oil reserves
In reporting on President Bush's announcement that he would suspend fuel deposits into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to reduce rising gasoline prices, numerous news outlets failed to note that Bush had previously criticized both the Clinton administration and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) for proposing to use the reserve to lower prices.
In reporting on President Bush's April 25 announcement that he would suspend deposits into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in an effort to reduce rising gasoline prices, numerous news outlets failed to note that Bush had previously criticized both the Clinton administration and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) for proposing to use the reserve to lower prices.
On April 25, Bush announced his decision to suspend deposits to the SPR under a three-part plan purportedly intended to reduce gas prices in the short term. His plan also entailed limiting oil company tax breaks and promoting fuel efficiency. From Bush's speech [1] before the Renewable Fuels Association in Washington, D.C.:
BUSH: One way to ease price is to increase supply. One immediate way we can signal to people we're serious about increasing supply is to stop making purchases or deposits to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for a short period of time.
I've directed the Department of Energy to defer filling the reserve this summer. Our Strategic Reserve is sufficiently large enough to guard against any major supply disruption over the next few months. So by deferring deposits until the fall, we'll leave a little more oil on the market. Every little bit helps.
Following Bush's announcement, most news reports noted experts' opinion that his plan to halt SPR deposits would amount to little more than a "drop in the bucket [2]" in terms of its effect on gas prices. But only a few outlets also pointed out that, in taking this step, Bush contradicted his past opposition to using the reserve to drive down prices.
Indeed, as both The Washington Post [3] and the Associated Press [4] reported on April 26, during his 2004 re-election campaign, Bush denounced [5] then-presidential candidate Kerry's proposal to relieve gas prices by diverting deposits to the SPR. At the time, Bush asserted that the reserve was to be utilized only in the case of "major disruptions of energy supplies":
BUSH: [W]e will not play politics with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That petroleum reserve is in place in case of major disruptions of energy supplies to the United States. The idea of emptying the Strategic Petroleum Reserve plays -- would put America in a dangerous position in the war on terror. We're at war. We face a tough and determined enemy on all fronts. And we must not put ourselves in a worse position in this war. And playing politics with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would do just that.
An April 26 Chicago Tribune article [6] further contrasted Bush's decision to suspend the SPR deposits with his criticism -- made during his 2000 presidential campaign -- of the Clinton administration's decision to tap into the reserve. On September 22, 2000, at the urging of presidential candidate and then-vice president Al Gore, Clinton authorized [7] the release of 30 million barrels of oil from the SPR to "increase supply and help consumers make it through the cold winter." In a statement [8] made a day earlier in response to Gore's recommendation, Bush described as "bad public policy" the idea of taking such steps "in response to public outcry." As with his 2004 rebuke of Kerry's proposal, Bush invoked the issue of national security and noted that the reserve was intended "for a sudden disruption of our energy supply":
BUSH: Today, my opponent, in response to public outcry, proposed that our nation tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That's bad public policy.
The Strategic Reserve is an insurance policy meant for a sudden disruption of our energy supply or for war. Strategic Reserve should not be used as an attempt to drive down oil prices right before an election. It should not be used for short-term political gain at the cost of long-term national security.
By contrast to the Post, Tribune, and AP, numerous other news outlets reported Bush's plan without pointing out his prior opposition to such a move. These included April 26 articles by New York Times reporter David E. Sanger [9], Los Angeles Times staff writers Peter Wallsten and Richard Simon [10], and USA Today reporter David Jackson [11].
CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux's April 25 report on White House plans to address high gas prices also failed to contrast Bush's decision to suspend SPR deposits with his previous criticism of similar Democratic proposals. Malveaux's taped report appeared on Lou Dobbs Tonight [12], The Situation Room [13], Paula Zahn Now [14], and Anderson Cooper 360 [15].
Fox News chief White House correspondent Carl Cameron went a step further. Discussing the president's plan on the April 25 edition of Fox News' Special Report, Cameron not only failed to inform viewers of Bush's past statements on the appropriate use of the reserve, he ignored experts' criticism of the plan as largely symbolic.
From the April 25 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight [12]:
DOBBS: President Bush today announced a plan to tackle another major concern for middle-class Americans, the soaring price of gasoline. His plan includes a temporary halt of oil deliveries to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but it is early and certainly unclear to decide whether the president's initiative will do anything to stop what is part of now a war on our middle class.
MALVEAUX: Second, Mr. Bush pledged to boost the supply of U.S. crude oil and gasoline by temporarily suspending deposits into the country's strategic oil reserve.
BUSH [video clip]: So by deferring deposits until the fall, we'll leave a little more oil on the market. Every little bit helps.
MALVEAUX: But energy analysts say that's not likely to lower gas prices.
DANIEL LASHOFF (Natural Resources Defense Council) [video clip]: It is something within the president's jurisdiction, and I think it's largely symbolic.
From the April 25 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume:
CAMERON: To boost the U.S. fuel supply, Mr. Bush directed the Environmental Protection Agency to suspend certain rules for cleaner but more expensive blends of gasoline during the summer months. He also temporarily halted shipments of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve so that oil can supply the market now.
BUSH: By deferring deposits until the fall, we'll leave a little more oil on the market. Every little bit helps.
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