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Looking Fresh from Day to Night During the Frenetic Holiday Season
It's that time of year again – we're in the thick of holiday party season. I don't know about everyone else out there, but I rarely have time after work to run home and do a full on freshen up session as I'd like to. However, a crazy day at the office is no excuse to show up to your holiday festivities not looking fresh and your absolutely best.
Admittedly, it's a bit easier for me than for most to freshen up at work considering I'm surrounded by amazing products all day, but what I'm about to tell you is easy, low maintenance and anyone can do it anywhere. Our Detox Face Mask is the first step to fresh, dewy skin on the go. A face mask probably seems like one of the last things you can do with ease "on the go", but the awesome thing about this mask is it doesn't even require any water; it's a gel that you simply massage onto a dry face and leave on for 5 minutes. Do this in the privacy of your office or the loo, because it does foam up and you'll look a little silly, but it's way worth it! It is an extremely deep cleansing max that also leave the skin intensely hydrated. After 5 minutes you can simply tissue it off.
Next comes my favorite part. Once you tissue off the gel from the Detox Face Mask, apply 2 or 3 drops of our Replenishing Face Serum for an instantly bright, refreshed complexion. That's it – now you will look as if you had the luxury of making a stop at home before the party. And for the ladies, it makes the perfect primer to freshen up your makeup on your way out! Now go eat, drink and be all sorts of merry!
Now I have to run – it's time for the Malin+Goetz staff holiday party!
Happy Holidays!
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Getting injured can really set your exercise and fitness routine back a notch! And worst of all… it can be a total pain in the butt in more ways than one. You may have heard of piriformis syndrome before, or perhaps you're just curious – either way, we're here to tell you what it is, what causes it, and what you can do about it. That way, you'll know why you're in pain and you can "butt to the chase", so to speak!
So, what is piriformis syndrome, actually? Well, it's a condition characterized by a spasm in the piriformis muscles which are located in the buttocks. One spasm, or even a series of them, can wreak havoc in that region. Once the piriformis has contracted, it often tends to agitate and irritate the neighboring sciatic nerve, thereby placing pressure on it and thus causing an adverse react. In this case, one may experience symptoms similar to sciatica, a painful state related to the sciatic nerve in the back and legs. These symptoms include numbness, tingling, and stabbing pains extending down past the thigh bone and often to the foot.
Yikes. It doesn't sound that pleasant, does it? The good news is, there is a way to alleviate the pain and its symptoms. But first, we need to discuss what causes piriformis syndrome in the first place. In most cases, general muscle spasms may trigger the above reaction, in other cases, though, injuries incurred during workouts or exercise routines may be to blame. In still other situations, the piriformis may be subject to bleeding in its general area as a result of a fall or serious accident, thus triggering spasms, tightness, and swelling. In any of these situations, however, the pain can be debilitating and it should, therefore, be seen to.
How, then, can you prevent piriformis syndrome and its painful symptoms? We're glad you asked! Take a look:
Get up From Your Desk
Sitting for periods exceeding 20 minutes at a time can increase the risk of getting piriformis syndrome. Given that the piriformis muscle is vulnerable to spasms if it isn't used regularly, sitting at your desk for extended periods of time could be detrimental. Why not take water breaks every 20 minutes and take a stroll around the office. In addition, do some stretches at your desk and make sure that you mobilize the muscles in your buttocks during this time.
And speaking of stretches, it is absolutely vital that you dedicate a few minutes each day to stretching in general. Moving your arms, legs, and back in such a way that the muscle elongate and strengthen will go a long way to making sure you stave off piriformis syndrome. Mobility is the key to health and longevity. Why not join a local yoga class or take up Pilates? Both of these activities will help you to either mobilize stiff muscles, or to ensure that you don't get them in the first place.
Climbing Too Many Stairs
Here's something you may not have expected us to say: it's alright to take the lift from time to time… in fact, skipping the lift altogether and thereby climbing too many stairs may cause your piriformis to spasm. An injury of this sort is often related to the immobility of the muscle itself, so if you can't help but climb the stairs at work or at home, make sure to put 'stretching' at the top of your to-do list in the morning.
Watch that Posture!
Life can be challenging enough without us throwing obstacles in our own way. And yet, how many of us have bent down too quickly and felt a sudden jab in our backs? And how many more of us have picked up a suitcase or box only to regret it moments later? It's times such as these that really cater for an injury to the piriformis muscle. Making sure that you bend down correctly, as well as lift weighty objects using the correct form, is key to maintaining the health of your buttocks and back! Speak to a professional to find out more about executing the correct posture.
Extended Periods of Walking or Running
Now, do not be fooled! Walking and cardiovascular activities such as running are extremely beneficial for your health. So, it is not doing them that concerns us, but rather it is the amount of timespent doing these types of exercises that might cause the trouble. Your body needs time to recover, and if you are pushing yourself too hard by increasing the distance of your walk or run too quickly, you could be in trouble. Make sure to pace yourself according to your level, and be sure to add 'rest days' to your weekly workout routine. Also, wear footwear that supports your gait. By all means, walk and run, just do it in such a way that supports health and doesn't stunt it down the road.
So, there you have it: all you need to know about piriformis syndrome. If you're currently living with pain as a result of piriformis syndrome, or are simply keen to avoid experiencing its notorious effects, the best decision you can make it to visit a qualified, hands-on physical therapist today. Not only will a physical therapist diagnose and treat the root cause of the problem, but he/she will also give you tailor-made exercises for you to do at home, thus ensuring that the pain doesn't return. In other words, visiting a physical therapist offers you a permanent solution to your problem! If you're still curious about how to prevent getting piriformis syndrome, and if you just want more information on executing the correct posture, what type of activities you should be doing, or which stretches would benefit you the most, we're happy to help with that, too!
Don't hesitate to contact us today for more information about piriformis syndrome. You do not have to the live with the pain… and you certainly don't have to live in fear of it. We very much look forward to hearing from you. Let us help you make sure the pain butts out!


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In March 1984 representatives of neuropsychopharmacological societies from across Europe sat down to dinner in Copenhagen to mark the 25th anniversary of the then Scandinavian Association of Psychopharmacology. European integration was in the air. The question was raised: might there be a case for a European structure, to give European neuropsychopharmacologists a platform to exchange and promote the region's best research?
To follow up on this idea, a meeting was held in Copenhagen in May 1985. The rationale of a pan-European organisation was so powerful that it was decided to take it further: a European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) would be founded. A Working Group was formed to plan the association's inaugural scientific congress.
That inaugural congress was held in Brussels in 1987. Some 500 people attended from across Europe, a remarkable turnout for a new entrant. ECNP was formally launched. The College's constitution came two years later in Gothenburg – the same governance structure that serves ECNP today.
In 1993 the College established a permanent secretariat in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It had one room and a part-time secretary, but it was the beginnings of the ECNP Office. Permanent management meant organisational continuity, and with it financial stability. The 9th ECNP Congress in Amsterdam in 1996 was the first to be co-ordinated in-house. The College has never looked back.
The ECNP Congress attracts around 6,000 psychiatrists, neuroscientists, neurologists and psychologists from around the world and has become the benchmark scientific meeting in its field. But that is not all. As well as the congress, the College now hosts a wide range of meetings, educational initiatives and scientific programmes, almost all of them organised by the ECNP Office and funded by the College. Every year more than 500 early career scientists attend ECNP educational meetings, from our Workshop in Nice, France, to Clinical Research Methods Workshop in Barcelona, Spain, and ECNP Courses. Our research programme now includes 20 Networks and 4 Thematic Working Groups, covering many of the major challenge areas in brain research and treatment, and connects hundreds of researchers across Europe. The Neuroscience-based Nomenclature (NbN) project to reform the naming conventions of psychotropic drugs, a unique collaboration, spearheaded by ECNP, between the world's leading scientific societies in neuropsychopharmacology – including IUPHAR – is driving an important shift in how psychiatric medicines are understood by clinicians. Finally, the ECNP journal, European Neuropsychopharmacology (ENP), is developing as a premier publication for disease-oriented brain research, while its sister title, Neuroscience Applied, offers the field a fully open-access platform for the best in applied and translational neuroscience. Together, these activities and initiatives make ECNP the largest non-institutional supporter of applied neuroscience research and education in Europe.
The characteristics that have defined ECNP for more than 30 years – its focus on high-quality research and education; excellent organisation; constructive but independent engagement with industry; and close co-operation with national European and international organisations – continue to shape its strategic direction and guide its future.
But much has changed in more than 30 years. In 1987 the future of treatment lay in medicines, and the riddle of the biological bases of brain disorders seemed only a step or two away from being solved. Thirty years later the underlying biology remains elusive, but ground-breaking discoveries have led neuroscience into to exciting new areas of research, probing the brain basis of emotion, cognition and action. This understanding has opened up whole new treatment avenues for investigation and development, from deep brain stimulation to the talking therapies.
From its founding interest in pharmacology ECNP has expanded its remit to encompass interventions across the range of applied and clinical neuroscience. As the College enters its fourth decade it will be focused more than ever on connecting the steadily proliferating fields of brain research and bringing them to bear on the challenges of human illness.
The need to do so arguably gets constantly greater. For disorders of the brain, public research funding significantly lags behind the public health need, and private-sector funding is being comprehensively reconfigured. European researchers are increasingly thrown back on their own resources. Meanwhile, in one form or another, disorders of the brain now affect one out of three Europeans. Our work with the European Brain Council has helped raise awareness of the challenge in Brussels.
This environment makes the College's mission vitally relevant. ECNP's role as a hub connecting laboratory discoveries with clinical applications is served with such focus by no other organisation in Europe. Collaboration at a European level is vital to harness scarce expertise, increase patient participation in research, and bring together centres of excellence in bold new joint endeavours. To have a European-wide body stimulating and co-ordinating this co-operation is becoming more important than ever.
The body's most complicated organ does not reveal its secrets easily, and the journey from basic science advances to medical practice is a difficult and complex one. The value of the gains though more than match the scale of the challenge. ECNP looks forward keenly to the excitement of seeing the recent decades of brain research translated into enduring patient benefit.


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Before I start planning for the new AP Physics 2 class in detail, I first reviewed the end-of-year feedback from my AP Physics B students. I made very few changes in this course last year since two years ago went well and this is the last year for the course. In the following charts, a "1" represents strongly agree and a "5" represents strongly disagree.
A majority of the students didn't read the textbook much. I'm not surprised by this since I don't push the textbook very much. It is dated and doesn't align much with my pedagogy. Students rely on other resources from class much more. However, I do think it is important that students learn to read a college-level text. I'm extremely pleased that next year we will have Knight's College Physics text which I will incorporate much more strongly into the new AP Physics 2 course.
I assigned conceptual questions from the textbook. Again, most students didn't answer these. However, those that did, found them valuable. The conceptual questions assigned from the text were different than those I used for peer instruction. I may make use Knight's conceptual questions as some of the peer instruction questions next year, which I expect will motivate students to answer them.
Many students did not solve the homework problems. Those that did, found them helpful. Honestly, with few exceptions, I'm fine with this. [I don't grade homework](https://pedagoguepadawan.net/166/no-more-credit-for-homework/) and want students to learn to determine if they need the additional practice or not. Most of my students learn to self assess and make good choices in this area.
Lab activities and practice quizzes are all about learning and not graded. Students found the quizzes (old AP free response questions) particularly useful. I'm really going to miss having a huge collection of old free response questions next year in AP Physics 2.
I wanted to highlight peer instruction specifically. I was [surprised last year](https://pedagoguepadawan.net/284/ap-physics-b-reflections-and-plans-for-next-year/) how valuable students found peer instruction focused on conceptual questions. This year's feedback was just as strong. In the free-form comments in the section "What are some things that I should keep doing next year?" peer instruction was mentioned more than anything else. I think focusing on conceptual questions through peer instruction will be even more important in the new AP Physics 1/2 courses which emphasize a deep, conceptual understanding. Perhaps, since this has been a focus of my class for the past two years, is why I'm freaking out much less than other AP physics teachers after taking the AP practice exams.
Strong positive feedback on the summative labs for the course. I plan to incorporate those that are relevant into the AP Physics 2 course next year. We've already incorporated some of them into the AP Physics 1 course. The choices for the "I found the summative labs:" question ranged from too challenging (1) to too easy (5). In similar fashion to my [AP Computer Science students' feedback](https://pedagoguepadawan.net/351/ap-computer-science-end-of-year-survey-results/), students found the [written feedback provided via Canvas](https://pedagoguepadawan.net/216/greatest-benefit-of-canvas/) helpful in developing their understanding of the material.
A couple of surprises in terms of which labs students marked as their favorites. The Simple Harmonic Motion lab has students develop a mathematical model by modifying various physical characteristics of a mass on a vertical spring. I was surprised it wasn't more popular. We also did this lab in Honors Physics (AP Physics 1) this year. I was surprised that the diffraction and interference lab was in the top 5. I don't feel that it is one of my strongest labs, yet students disagree. No surprise that the capstone project was the run-away favorite. I will keep that in the AP Physics 2 class. I'm planning to continue to do the [CMS Masterclass](http://180.pedagoguepadawan.net/683/day-174-cms-masterclass/), which focuses on particle physics, in AP Physics 2 as well. Hopefully, we can do this as part of a field trip to Fermilab next year. We didn't have a field trip to Fermilab this year. The most common suggestion in the section "What are some things that I should try next year?" was to have a field trip to Fermilab. I hate to lose the [Projectile Motion lab](http://180.pedagoguepadawan.net/107/107/). The only way it would be part of AP Physics 2 is if I use it as a lab for an introductory unit on computational modeling. It is too advanced for AP Physics 1 in the projectile motion unit.
Pleased that so many students are considering pursuing STEM-related fields, but not too surprised since this is a second-year physics course.
Strong positive feedback on standards-based assessment and reporting. Summative labs and exams were scored on a 1-5 scale. Each unit that consisted of one exam and one lab. I'm considering changing this next year and having a standard for each AP Physics 2 Essential Knowledge item grouped into categories based on each AP Physics 2 Big Ideas. I feel this will emphasize science practices and connections between concepts rather than my traditional approach focused on units and content.
This summer I have a lot of work to do developing the new AP Physics 2 course which includes incorporating a new textbook and much more Modeling Instruction. I'll take as much as possible from the AP Physics B course since most of it worked well the past two years. My AP Physics 2 students will also be piloting a 1:1 program (Chromebooks in the fall semester) which will require some additional preparation. AP Physics B is dead! Long live AP Physics 2!


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Islam is one of the major world religions. Every fifth person on the face of this earth is a Muslim. Muslims are found in the Middle East, in north, west and east Africa, in Asia and Eastern Europe. In modern times, Muslims are found in large numbers in Western Europe, the Americas and Australia through immigration as well as conversion. Recent statistics show that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the USA. With the vast world turning into a "global village," such a wide-spread religion followed by over a billion people indeed deserves a careful study.
Islam is not just a religion in the conventional sense of the word; it is a way of life—it guides it followers in every aspect of their lives.
The name "Islãm" is an Arab name. ("Islaam" is pronounced with "s" sound and not with "z" as in "Izlaam".) It comes from the root word "as-silm" which means "peace". "Islãm" itself means "submission to the will of God". It means that real peace comes only after a person submits himself to the will of God.
Although Islam started fourteen centuries ago in Arabia, for Muslims it is not a newbeginning—Islam, for Muslims, is the culmination of the message of God for human society. Muslims believe that God from day one of human creation sent prophets and messengers to guide the human society. Many prophets were sent to various regions of the world. Muslims are required to have faith in the prophet-hood of all of them. The most famous of the past prophets were: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.
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belief in the prophets of God and in their teachings;
belief in the eternal life in hereafter.
After Prophet Jesus, God sent Muhammad as the Final Prophet and Messenger of God. With his prophethood, the process of guidance reached its peak and perfection. Prophet Muhammad was born in the city of Mecca in Arabia in the family which traced its lineage to Prophet Abraham through his son Ishmael. At the age of forty, Prophet Muhammad recieved the first revelation from God through the Arch-Angel Gabriel.
He called the people of Mecca who were mostly idol-worshippers to the worship of One God, and to a life based on laws of God which would guarantee peace and harmony in inter human relationship. Majority of the people of Mecca refused to accept his message. The small number of his followers did not deter the Prophet from continuing his mission. Muhammad was fully supported in his mission by close family members, in particular his wife, Khadīja, and cousin, 'Ali.
The leaders of idol-worshippers of Mecca, who did not want any change in the status-quo, started a campaign against Prophet Muhammad and the religion of Islam:
first they started propaganda against Prophet Muhammad;
then they started social and economic embargo against Muslims;
finally they planned to assassinate the Prophet himself.
In the meanwhile, the Prophet's message found a very receptive audience among the people of Medina, a city in northern Arabia. So after thirteen years of hard work in Mecca, the Prophet Muhammad migrated to Medina where he lived for the last eleven years of his life.It was in Medina that the Prophet founded the first Islamic community on the principles of monotheism of the Almighty and brotherhood of the Muslims.
The revelation which Prophet Muhammad received from God during almost twenty three years of his mission was compiled in a book form and is considered by all Muslims as the Holy Scripture of Islam. This revelation is known as "The Qur'ãn".
The Qur'ãn has been preserved by the Muslims in its original form. Muslims have preserved it in writing as well in memory in each generation for the last fourteen centuries. Even those Muslims who are not familiar with the Arabic words learn how to recite the holy Book in Arabic.
Islam is a monotheistic religion. It teaches that there is only One God who is the origin and creator of the universe. The concept of belief in One God is known as "Tawhid". This is the foundation stone of Islam, and is reflected in the famous creed which a Muslim child learns at a very early age. The creed says: lã ilaha il-lal Lãh — there is no god but Allãh.
"Allãh" is the Arabic name of God. Since the Qur'ãn is in Arabic, Muslims like to use the Arabic name for God. Even Christians in the Arab world use the name "Allãh" in their prayers.
By teaching that there is only One God for all humans, Islam promotes the sense of brotherhood and equality in human society—all are equally related to God in the same way. The Qur'ãn has very beautifully presented the concept of monotheism in a short chapter. It says: Say: He, Allãh, is One. Allãh is Eternal. He neither begets nor is He begotten. And there is no one equal to Him. (The Qur'ãn, chapter # 112)
Our life on this earth has a specific purpose; it is not the result of nature's accident, nor is it a punishment for eating the fruit of the forbidden tree. We are here according to God's plan: to attain a blissful eternal life in the hereafter. Prophet Muhammad said, "You have not been created to perish; on the contrary, you have been created for eternal life."
However, in order to attain the bliss and grace in the eternal life, we have to go through test and trial in this world. The test is to see how much willingly we do submit ourselves to the commands of God. Everything that we do is a test and trial for us. If we follow God's commandment, then we succeed; otherwise, we will get the eternal life but without any bliss or grace in it.
PRIME CREATION: Human being is the prime creation of God. He says, "We have indeed honoured the children of Adam; spread them in the land and the sea, provided them with good things; and preferred them in esteem over many things that We have created." (17:70)
BORN SINLESS: Islam teaches that every human being is born sinless; no child carries the burden of his or her ancestor's sins. God says, "No carrier shall carry the burden of others." (35:18) Each human being is born with a pure conscience which can absorb and accept the true message of God. It is only the social and familial influences which take a person away from God's message.
ACCOUNTABILITY: Islam also emphasizes on the issue of responsibility and accountability of human beings—each person is responsible for his or her own actions. Although Islam teaches that God has predetermined the span of our life and the time of our death, but this does not mean that even our actions are predetermined by Him. We surely are free in our actions and are, therefore, accountable for them. God only provides guidance for us to know what is good and what is bad. He says, "We created man of a water-drop...Surely We guided them to the right way—now whether he (follows it and) be grateful or (goes astray and) be ungrateful is up to him." (76:3)
RACE: Islam very categorically rejects racial discrimination. It promotes the feeling of brotherhood and equality among its followers. God clearly says, "O Mankind! We have created you from one male and one female, and then We made you into different races and tribes so that you may know (and easily recognize) each other." Therefore, no one can claim any superiority over others based on racial or tribal differences. A person is to be judged by his character, not by his colour or race. God continues, "Surely the most honourable of you in God's sight is the person who is most upright in character among you." (49:13)
GENDER: Even gender does not count as a criterion of superiority. In Islam, women are as human as men. They are not evaluated on basis of their gender, but on basis of their faith and character. Fourteen hundred years ago, the Qur'ãn recorded God's clear statements on this issue. Out of four verses, I will just quote one: "Whoever, be it a male or a female, does good deeds and he or she is a believer, then they will enter the Paradise." (4:124) So there is no difference in the degree or level of woman's humanity or honour in Islam.The only difference there exists is concerning the role which Islam has envisioned for man and woman. This has nothing to do with superiority or inferiority. In Islam, man and woman are equal in rights; but equality is not synonymous to similarity.Islam believes that man and woman are equal but dissimilar. Islam looks at their different roles in society not as superior or inferior but as complementary to each other.
As reflected in its name, Islam is a religion of peace. Muslims are taught to greet each other by saying "salãmun 'alaykum — peace be upon you". The daily prayers also end with the same sentence. In Islam, one of the names by which God is known is "As-Salãm" which means peace.However, one must realize that peace, on a social level, is inter-twined with justice. Peace can only exists if justice is maintained in society.
Unfortunately, because of the Middle Eastern events of last fifty years, Islam has been branded by the western media as a religion of violence. In recent years, the word "Islamic" has become one of the adjectives of "terrorism". In this backdrop, firstly, one must realize that the events of the Middle East can be fairly and fully understood only in the light of the post-World War One history of that region, in particular the unfulfilled promises given by the British to the Arabs in order to incite them to rebel against their own Muslim rulers.
Secondly, no fair-minded person would allow himself to blame the religion of Islam for the wrong-doings of those who call themselves as Muslims. It is just like saying that the Catholic Church promotes violence and terrorism because of the Irish Republican Army's activities!
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These were the teachings of Islam, the religion sent by God to Prophet Muhammad. It has been preserved in its originality by the leaders who came from the family of the Prophet. On this note, I would like to end with one of the last important messages of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) where he says:
"I am leaving behind two important things among you: one is the Book of Allãh (the Qur'ãn) and the other is my family, the Ahlul Bayt. As long as you hold on fast to both of them, you will not go astray."
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In the name of Allãh, the Kind, Merciful.
All Praise is due to Allãh, the Lord of the Universe.
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Congressional Candidate Marcy Winograd (CA-36) denounces the Israeli military's killing of at least 10 Free Gaza activists and wounding of dozens more on board a flotilla delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. A founder of LA Jews for Peace, Winograd calls for an international investigation into the Israeli military's use of deadly force and urges Congress to immediately pass a resolution supporting such an investigation. Earlier, CNN reported Israeli troops opened fire on civilians aboard the flotilla in international waters.
As a sign of solidarity with the Free Gaza movement, a Winograd for Congress t-shirt had been sent and worn on the flotilla.
Says Winograd, "I suspect the murders were committed as a warning to others who might want to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. Ironically, the killings are bound to heighten awareness about the brutal blockade and to increase pressure to end the imprisonment of over a million people in Gaza."
read the rest here: OpEdNews - Article: Peace Candidate Winograd Denounces Murders of Free Gaza Activists; Calls for International Investigation
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On the other hand, Israeli novelist, intellectual and peace activist David Grossman writes the following in the Guardian (read here):
No explanation can justify or whitewash the crime that was committed, and no excuse can explain away the stupid actions of the government and the army. Israel did not send its soldiers to kill civilians in cold blood; this is the last thing it wanted. Yet, a small Turkish organisation, fanatical in its religious views and radically hostile to Israel, recruited to its cause several hundred seekers of peace and justice, and managed to lure Israel into a trap, because it knew how Israel would react, knew how Israel is destined and compelled, like a puppet on a string, to react the way it did.
I added the bold font to emphasize the truth of the matter: no one but an extreme ideologue could possibly believe that Israel intended to kill people on the flotilla as a way to send a message to those wanting to send aid to Gaza.


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Overall, securing computers is very similar to coding in C: You're never done, because there's always something more you can try. But if you're looking for a secure baseline you can assemble in an hour, you've come to the right place. We're going to look at how to configure your system with a more secure baseline, using Ubuntu 11.10 and Fedora 15 as models. Is there an easy way to try them out, maybe run them side by side? That's another article.
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Many people are giving Linux a second look as a laptop-grade operating system. The exciting releases of Ubuntu 11.10 and Fedora 15 make running Linux as easy as running most other operating systems. But as the number of Linux users grow, we must all increase our knowledge of Linux security in order to prevent our Linux systems from spreading a Linux virus or worm that attacks the new Linux-lovin' community.
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NYT Columnist David Pogue Declares: "I Could Not Name You An Under-25 Year Old Who Subscribes To A Print Newspaper."
The NYT's popular personal-technology columnist offered that deeply discouraging assessment on Friday at Book Summit 2010 in Toronto -- at least according to several Twitter accounts of his keynote speech on "Reading: The Next Chapter."
Of course, we don't dispute the obvious facts. Print newspaper circulation is down everywhere, in some cases dramatically. In 2009, the NYT itself felt a 5 percent drop in Sunday circulation, with a near 9 percent slide on weekdays.
Maybe we at The NYTPicker have a skewed view of things, dependent as we are on the NYT print edition for our persnickety purposes. Plus, as most people have probably figured out by now, we're still in our early teens.
But really, does anyone know an actual college kid who still springs for the two-buck-a-day print habit? Do any newly-employed young Millenials of your acquaintance opt for the Weekender package and its inky pleasures? Or has an entire generation -- the one that will determine, finally, the permanent fate of print -- turned its back on the medium, never to return?
Sadly, we're pretty sure David Pogue got this one right.
35 comments:
- lesdmd said...
At Kent State University Pogue's observation is sadly believable. In a show of hands survey, during a course given by the "Journalism and Mass Communication" department, two students (of over one hundred) admitted to reading a newspaper daily. Just outside the lecture hall sat a kiosk offering free for-the-taking copies of the New York Times. Magazines did not fare any better in the survey. Young people, who even bother to learn what is going on, rely on the Internet and Television. Those of us who can't imagine a day without a newspaper, read it and weep.
- June 19, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
That's because they don't have any money.
// I'm 18 and I read the Globe and Mail daily, but only because my parents subscribe. - June 19, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- Unknown said...
The fact of the matter is that life as we know it is changing. I'm in the under 30 crowd and no I don't know any young people who read print newspapers, but why should they? In a digital world where information travels at the speed of light waiting to read your news in the morning paper means that you are reading old news. Noone wants to be left behind. Also who needs to lug newspapers around when everyone carries some sort of mobile device/smart phone. I can look over several different articles from several newspapers on my iPhone in the time it takes you to go downstairs and pick up your paper from your
Long story short, print newspapers and books will go the way of the dinosaurs really quickly - June 19, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
*raises hand*
I'm 21 and subscribe to four dailies: NYT, WSJ, LAT, FT. - June 19, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- Fred said...
At UNC in Chapel Hill large numbers of students read the Daily Tar Heel, partly because it is a good paper--as campus papers go--and also because the campus (and surrounding parts of town) are covered with boxes. The paper is also free.
I see lots of students doing the crossword puzzle--including a senior last semester who always worked it during philosophy class. (Now he's off to NYU Law School, having turned down Harvard.) - June 19, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- zachary said...
im 24, but subscribed to the nyt at age 21... seven days a week. pogue's comment is annoying, but probably true though. im one of two people i know with an active subscription (and the other follows the la times, which is not such a hot paper.)
- June 19, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Lauren Michell Rabaino said...
I am 21 (almost). I have never willingly paid money for a printed newspaper.
Sure, I've stopped at the newsstand in high school a few times to grab one for my mom when she'd call me on my drive home from school (because our family didn't subscribe to the print paper in our hometown).
But never, ever, once have I paid my own money to read news -- and certainly not in a print newspaper. I've read news online since middle school. I graduated from college with a bachelor's in journalism in December and still got away with never paying a dime (or having the desire to even pay) to consume news content in print. It's just not something our generation does.
But don't get me wrong; I subscribe to dozens of news feeds in my Google reader and probably consume 20-40 articles/posts every two hours (both news and niche-based blogs). I paid $3 for the feed reader app I use on my iphone, and that was worth every dime. Hell, I'd pay a monthly fee for that app just because of the clean consumption experience. That's the closest I've come to paying money for news. - June 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Anonymous said...
My first year of college, I subscribed to the Sunday paper. But.. that was just because I like looking through the weekly store ads. I'm 23 now.. no subscription currently. I just get my news online or on TV.
- June 19, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Newspapers have lost the trust and confidence of young people. That's why no one will pay for them. When I went to university in the early 1980's, freshmen (and women) who prided themselves on being informed and responsible, worshipped the New York Times like commandments handed down from Mount Sinai. We considered it good value because essential to keeping us in touch with the wider world. And of course, in the pre-internet era, paper broadsheets had a monopoly on disseminating news. That meant they had Authority. Ergo, we actually believed most of what we read ! Fast forward to 2010. Having worked as a journalist for a major daily paper, I learned first hand how the "news" is manufactured: the nefarious role of editors in selecting stories (and spiking others), framing / spinning coverage to please shareholders, advertisers, and government, censoring negative opinions, etc. It left me deeply sceptical of all journalism, especially that of the pious flagships like the NY Times and Washington Post. Thankfully, today's young people are more savvy than my generation was 30 years ago. They know that the mass media is largely propaganda and cannot be trusted or taken at face value. The truth is to be found elsewhere. That's why they don't pay for "paper" news. They may read some New York Times stories (probably online), but then they look for the critique, the "deconstruction" (dreaded 1970's catchphrase), the context and backstory in other blogs and websites. After filtering the discussion, they come up with a provisional version of the "truth." As such, young people are much better informed than their pre-internet parents were. And more cheaply.
- June 19, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- Rex Hammock said...
I've been on several university campuses this year and have discovered what @Fred said - The students snap up the student published print daily newspapers, even if the content is available online.
Seeing this makes me wonder if the problem is not the newspaper print format, but rather a problem with the daily newspaper business mode.
College papers = ad-supported, low distribution costs, free (or, more precisely) paid-for-as-hidden-cost in tuition. It's going to be hard for daily mass newspapers to match that business model, but there are weekly "alt" papers and niche tabloids that are getting there.
Another issue is probably the perception by students that the content found in most daily newspapers is irrelevant to their lives. Perhaps college students today feel the way college students have always felt: the only news worth knowing about is what's happening in the campus bubble.
Heck, I couldn't afford a newspaper subscription when I was under 25, so I read the one in the library and then went to work for a newspaper so I could read them for free.
P.S. I'm over 25x2 years old, and I do all my newspaper reading online, even though I pay to access content on at least two such websites. - June 19, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thirty five years ago, I was 21 and I never bought newspapers either. Nor did my college mates. Nor did my parents. The only time ink rubbed off on my hands was when I was sitting somewhere, waiting for something or someone.
Then I got a job. I had to stay informed, and, bingo!
Ain't sayin' print isn't in trouble. But it will have a niche. And it will make money. - June 19, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
Re: 'Noone wants to be left behind.'
Except for a smallish niche, this generation has already been 'left behind.' Witness how distressingly ignorant and uninformed the masses of young people are. It is no accident that, for example, so many young people do not even know who the vice president is or which countries adjoin or support or oppose the U.S. "Jaywalking" is no aberration. It includes teachers and other professionals as well as so-called college student.
When a sizable proportion of certain significant population group readily concedes that it obtains most of its information from "The Comedy Channel," there can be no doubt where we are headed. - June 19, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Anonymous said...
ha. 15 years ago when I was under 25, I could barely name an under 25-yo who subscribed to a print newspaper. Porn, yes. Cable, sure. Beer of the month club, a few. Newspapers? not so much. Some would read them, but not subscribe.
Ironically, they're better informed now, if only from the Daily Show. - June 19, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Jeff R said...
you should really read or listen to the recent article on Newspapers companies and what they are doing to make money these days. Also touches on how they are still making money just not as much as they used to.
The Article in in the economist. Take a Gander! - June 20, 2010 at 2:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
Print does not have a search function.
- June 20, 2010 at 2:40 AM
- Florent said...
As for France, I can assure you that no one (under 30) in my circle of friends pays for newspapers either.
We have three different "free" newspapers available daily (20 Minutes, Metro and Lyon Plus), and a lot of people read them (or just take them for crosswords - hey, class gets boring). The only people I could think of that pays for press are my parents, and it's only for two or three bi-monthly magazines.
I think the difference in quality between "free" and paid press isn't felt like high enough to justify the price. And both are filled with ads anyway. - June 20, 2010 at 3:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
The reason for this is simple. The average under-25 is thinking three things:
1. "Where am I going to find a job?"
2. "IF I find one, and if it pays enough to live on, how long can I hang onto it before I'm eliminated in a corporate restructuring?"
3. "Am I going to get laid tonight?"
The people running the Times are thinking:
1. "I have tenure."
2. "Which of the underlings who have been trying to convince me I need to start doing things differently can I eliminate in a restructuring to send the right message to the others, that they need to stop challenging me and be thankful I let them keep their jobs?"
3. "How can I write yet another column about how sex is dirty and words that have any even vaguely sexual connotation must never appear in the Times?"
4. "If I can get even more content from freelancers or just for free, can I get a raise to my already obscenely large pay/benefits package? Alternately, could I just cut some of the other workers' benefits and pay?"
The "product" that is the New York Times is uninteresting. That is why it sits in stacks in kiosks in universities. The young people, who don't have a stake in looking the other way as the planet goes to hell, see no reason to go along with the company line when the company isn't offering any jobs. - June 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- ScottW said...
As one who works for the local paper here (in production) I can testify to the serious down-turn in subscription rates and interest by young people.
Many have made good points here concerning the NYT or WP but this applies to more newspapers than just these two.
If newspapers are to survive (not in any mode they were used to obviously) they must, and I mean MUST, turn their attention to the younger generation and find out what it is that they are really interested in. Churn out articles that cater to them. Their own section if need be and more than once a week.
But with the status quo being what it is with the old guard that controls the content of the papers these days, it will not happen because of the following things I quoted from others here:
"Newspapers have lost the trust and confidence of young people." (True)
"Having worked as a journalist for a major daily paper, I learned first hand how the "news" is manufactured" (True)
"I have tenure" (True)
These and the simple fact that the younger crowd sees no benefit from a newspaper. Especially in print form. If they want news, they'll go online for it with their smart phones or netbooks. If they want it. If it's interesting enough for them.
Think back to your younger days for a moment: Did you trust your older generation? Did you not think they were running this planet into the ground? Didn't you shrug off most of what they tried to tell you because you felt they were idiots?
Don't blame the younger generation nor label them dumb. They know more than you give them credit and the mirror is waiting on you to point that finger now.
I'm 54 and don't trust half of what I hear or read anymore myself. News is manufactured or edited to fit a purpose. Not to report facts anymore. - June 20, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Erik Gable said...
Have people under 25 EVER subscribed to newspapers in great numbers? Or has it always been something that increases along with age and ties to community?
- June 20, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
Rell asks the right question: Why should they subscribe?
Newspapers are old news, boring, and with limited functionality. I can't share it, comment on it, remix it, link to it. I can't read past related stories from that paper, much less from the entire world. - June 20, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- ryan said...
I'm 22 years old and I subscribe to the New York Times. I don't make a lot but I don't think I could find a better use for $29.60 a month for mon-fri.
- June 20, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- JimmyTheGhost said...
I'm 25 and make enough money to subscribe to any newspaper and don't. I feel bad for being responsible for the decline of print media, but I just don't have any interest. I probably spend two hours a day reading news on the internet. I can't wait to get an iPad so I don't have to read it on my laptop. I do subscribe to numerous magazines, but would prefer to read them (and pay for them) in electric form. That's just how I roll.
- June 20, 2010 at 11:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
The intelligent under-25 demographic is easily distracted by brain massaging media; pudding. In theory this could be turned around over night provided trust in news is regained by quality news that does not treat youth as goners. A tall order, yes, just what is holding back such news is unclear.
- June 21, 2010 at 12:20 AM
- BillieJane said...
Times change, as do people's habits.
There is little special about newspapers as sources of information, or magazines for that matter. They are just several of many avenues with which one can get information (TV, Internet, radio, cell phones, short wave, Citizen's band, newspapers, magazines, teletype, film, etc.). The fact that one demographic doesn't use one medium (e.g. newspapers) all that much does NOT mean that that is a "lost" generation. There are other avenues to getting information, and the college crowd has found it with the Internet and WWW. Indeed, I know of only a few people under age 40 that read the newspaper. I'm over 40 and I have all but abandoned newspapers for the internet and world wide web. Why: greater choice, easier ability to change, ability to search, able to write back via email and webmail, etc. Yes, I do skim the LA Times and NYT, but their online editions. - June 21, 2010 at 1:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
This is *not* sad. It is merely a reflection of how technology is changing media.
Additionally, most newspapers fail to realize that they have deeply embedded prejudices of which misandry is the most prevalent. At *The New York Times* it is epidemic. - June 21, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- Alex said...
"I could not name you an under-25 year old who subscribes to a print newspaper," says David Pogue.
I am now going to point out what the problem is.
Do you think David Pogue can point me to an under-25er who visits a news site or a blog or an "aggregator" that takes news items from traditional, mainstream media and reposts them?
Of course he can. The problem isn't that 25-and-unders aren't reading news, I bet they're reading more than ever before. The problem is that all the mainstream sources are providing this information for free. Either shut off the sites entirely or figure out a way to make it too difficult to just cut-and-paste. - June 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Corey Tyhurst said...
Look at it this way. I got up this morning to check my email/facebook account. I read through my RSS feeds and then decided I wanted some McDonalds before work. I got the paper for free at McDonalds (I wouldn't have paid for it), and almost every single story that was in the Toronto Star I had already read on my CBC News RSS feed.
1) I don't understand the point of buying the paper if I can get all of this information delivered to my computer for free.
2)Even if the information from the RSS feeds weren't free, I could still watch the news after work (or preferably on demand) or read free blogs that give opinions on the news of the day.
3) Have you tried standing up and reading on a subway or on the bus? The pages are so huge and hard to handle... way easier on my mobile phone. - June 21, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm 28 // Work in Publishing // Haven't touched a newspaper in 3 years and recently talked my immediate family out of their subs, and talked them into free RSS readers on their blackberry's and iphones respectfully.
Newspapers as we know them have <5 years. - June 21, 2010 at 3:02 PM
- Kiah said...
I'm 21 and intern at a newspaper. I read the paper daily and subscribe to it on the weekends. Does that count?
But I will tell you I'm shocked at the amount of interns I work with who don't read the paper they work for. - June 21, 2010 at 6:14 PM
- J said...
NYT has educational rates, so no college student pays $2 a day. They pay $0.40 a day.
- June 21, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Print does not have a search function."
That function is provided by e-y-e-s. They're connected to the b-r-a-i-n. - June 21, 2010 at 8:59 PM
- Steve said...
I'm 45 and have been a newspaper guy since I was a kid. I delivered the AZ. Republic, I read it, I bought it when I moved out and wrote for it for nine years before being cut out due to main idea of this article. Just this month, I cut my subscription to Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. It killed me to do it but the paper wasn't worth opening. As an educator, both at the middle school and JC level, I can tell you one reason the paper is dead or will be; the phone. Young kids are addicted to phones and can't comprehend past their screens. If it isn't a homework assignment, their entire knowledge of the world is based on the internet, their phone and stupid text messages. It's a sad situation when a student can't focus for more than five minutes without looking at the screen. Society will be undoubtedly different in another 50 years but I'll be dead.
- June 21, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- Richard Barth said...
As Marketing Director of Santa Barbara News-Press I went on the campus of University of California at Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara City College to collect reasons why or why not the students were reading our daily paper. An easel and magic marker captured their comments. The positive comments, a picture of the student and a release form were secured. A testimonial campaign was born using ads showing students telling why they read our local paper. The ads were placed in the student newspaper, dorm room door hangers, student radio stations ads, website ads and a booth at orientation day. A special subscription price was offered at a student rate. 300 students signed up.
- June 22, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
That's patently false, but it makes a good soundbite, and it also has some truth to it. That Pogue said it just makes it all the more digestible and eminently quotable, but is it really true? Anecdotal evidence says yes, but the truth is always a bit different. However, the point is that, as the commments above show, print is dying a sure slow death and five more years all that will be left will be some snailpapers here and there. The future generations will adapt and get their news in new ways. That's why it's called "news".
- June 23, 2010 at 1:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
Is the internet making us stupid? I don't think so. Would Hamlet have
carried a BlackBerry if such a tablet was available back in his day? I
think so. (He would call it an erasable tablet!)
Is reading online and multitasking at the computer terminal re-writing
our brains? I don't think so. In fact, I am sure it is not.
Not anymore than reading a newspaper re-wires the brain. Or reading a
book on paper. Enough with this re-wiring the brain crap!
But I will tell you what I do think: I think that reading texts --
fiction and nonfiction, poetry and literature, news articles and oped
essays -- on a screen is NOT "reading" per se, as we have
traditionally defined "reading." So what is it? I believe
screen-reading is a new kind of human mode of reading and that it
calls out for a new name.
I call it "screening" until a better word comes down the road and I am
sure a better will come down the road. Soon. But for now, bear with
me, let's call it "screening." Because it aint reading!
When future MRI scans are done on people during PHD tests to ascertain
whether or not different regions of the brain light up when we read on
paper compared to when we "read" on screens, the results will show
that reading on paper is vastly superior for four things: processing
of info, retention of info, analysis and critical thinking skills.
Don't believe me? Ask Anne Mangen in Norway. Ask Maryanne Wolf at
Tufts. Ask Bill Hill in Hawaii? Ask James Fallows and David Pogue and
John Markoff. They all have their own takes on this. Listen!
Ask Gary Small at UCLA. Ask thinkers like William Powers and Patricia
Cohen and Nick Bilton and Vindu Goel and Kara Swisher. Ask Nick Carr
or Nicholson Baker. Ask Edward H. Tenner.
Ask me. I'll tell you. Of course, I aint got a pretty PHD so I don't
expect anyone to listen to me or even believe me. That's okay. Par for
the course. So ask Marvin Minsky at MIT. Ask Paul Saffo the futurist.
Ask Kevin Kelley or Charles Bigelow. Hey, ask Maureen Dowd!
Is reading on paper superior to reading on screens? You bet. Will this
make any difference? Nope. Reading devices will continue to sell and
be sold, and to hell with critical thinking and analysis, empathy or
EQ! Money talks, there's the bottom line to feed. Feed it, Jeff Bezos! - June 23, 2010 at 2:01 AM