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Spectral Measurements
Channel power, bandwidth, mean frequency, median frequency, harmonic distortion
Use obw
and powerbw
to find the 90% occupied and
3-dB bandwidths of a signal. Compute the mean or median frequency of a power spectrum.
Estimate the power over a given frequency band. Measure harmonic distortion. Estimate
instantaneous bandwidth, instantaneous frequency, spectral entropy, and spectral
- Measure the Power of a Signal
Estimate the width of the frequency band that contains most of the power of a signal. For distorted signals, determine the power stored in the fundamental and the harmonics.
- Measure Total Harmonic Distortion
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Numbers 1-40 Bingo
Make your own printable numbers 1 40 bingo cards. Customize, download and print randomized bingo cards.
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Perfect resource for teachers and homeschooling parents, this Numbers 1-40 Bingo is sure to be a hit among kids and grown ups. It is especially perfect for kids to play if you are getting them to practice number recognition. This is one of the fun and interactive ways for little ones to learn math and get good at it.
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Make sure to print a sample page or two to see if everything looks good, including the numbers or text. You can print all the bingo cards if you are satisfied with the preview images.
If you have more than 20 players, you can divide them in smaller groups, or choose the paid options. This is to avoid getting multiple winners in one round.
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- Distribute the bingo cards among the players.
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Earlier this year, Climate & Capitalism published Did early humans wipe out most large mammals?, in which Michael Friedman challenged Elizabeth Kolbert's claim that human hunting was the primary cause the extinction of mammoths and other large mammals at the end of the Pleistocene epoch.
The report below not only supports his argument that humans were only partially responsible, but identifies an unexpected cause: abrupt global warming. The implications for the 21st century are obvious.
More from my notebook …
Mammoths killed by abrupt climate change
(University of Adelaide News Release July 24, 2013) New research has revealed abrupt warming, that closely resembles the rapid man-made warming occurring today, has repeatedly played a key role in mass extinction events of large animals, the megafauna, in Earth's past.
Using advances in analysing ancient DNA, radiocarbon dating and other geologic records an international team led by researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of New South Wales (Australia) have revealed that short, rapid warming events, known as interstadials, recorded during the last ice age or Pleistocene (60,000-12,000 years ago) coincided with major extinction events even before the appearance of man.
Published today in Science, the researchers say by contrast, extreme cold periods, such as the last glacial maximum, do not appear to correspond with these extinctions.
"This abrupt warming had a profound impact on climate that caused marked shifts in global rainfall and vegetation patterns," said University of Adelaide lead author and Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, Professor Alan Cooper.
"Even without the presence of humans we saw mass extinctions. When you add the modern addition of human pressures and fragmenting of the environment to the rapid changes brought by global warming, it raises serious concerns about the future of our environment."
The researchers came to their conclusions after detecting a pattern, 10 years ago, in ancient DNA studies suggesting the rapid disappearance of large species. At first the researchers thought these were related to intense cold snaps. '
However, as more fossil-DNA became available from museum specimen collections and through improvements in carbon dating and temperature records that showed better resolution through time, they were surprised to find the opposite. It became increasingly clear that rapid warming, not sudden cold snaps, was the cause of the extinctions during the last glacial maximum.
The research helps explain further the sudden disappearance of mammoths and giant sloths that became extinct around 11,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age.
"It is important to recognise that man still played an important role in the disappearance of the major mega fauna species," said fellow author Professor Chris Turney from the University of New South Wales.
"The abrupt warming of the climate caused massive changes to the environment that set the extinction events in motion, but the rise of humans applied the coup de grâce to a population that was already under stress."
In addition to the finding, the new statistical methods used to interrogate the datasets (led by Adelaide co-author Professor Corey Bradshaw) and the new data itself has created an extraordinarily precise record of climate change and species movement over the Pleistocene.
This new dataset will allow future researchers a better understanding of this important period than has ever been possible before.


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Letter R Writing Steps Mat Printable (Color)
- GradePreschool, Kindergarten
- TopicsWriting Letters, Writing, Reading, Alphabet
The Letter R Writing Steps Printable Mat in Color can be used to practice learning the letter strokes during each lesson until the student has mastered identifying where the letter strokes begin, the direction and where it ends.
Lamination required. Use a dry-erase marker.
Available in color and black-and-white.


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Established in the mid 1950's Stanfred has been owned and operated by the Shephard family since early 1970's with Ian Shephard working in the business for 8 years prior to this.
"Stanfred" means Quality and Innovation. The team at Stanfred take pride in innovating new products and strive to the best in that category.
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In China, Apple Faces Its 'Nike Moment'?
(Reuters) - As Apple Inc, the world's most valuable listed company, braces itself for a report into alleged poor working conditions among its army of low-cost suppliers in China, it could heed the lessons from another big-brand retailer that faced similar issues two decades ago.
Apple is facing its 'Nike moment', said Teresa Cheng, international campaign coordinator for United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), referring to accusations in the 1990s that suppliers to sportswear retailer Nike Inc mistreated workers.
Such is the California-based iPad and iPhone maker's dominance of the technology sector that its response to the non-profit Fair Labor Association's (FLA) report - expected this week - could affect conditions across China's vast electronics supply chain.
Nike was battered in the media and by public opinion because its suppliers in Asia forced employees to work long hours without breaks, and paid them a pittance without benefits.
The company's response - and what some say are the mistakes it made - could offer a roadmap for Apple, which has faced similar bad press following deaths and reports of suicides at its China supply firms.
Three workers at Foxconn Technology Co Ltd died in a blast last year when dust from polishing iPads ignited, and labor rights groups have said 18 workers at Foxconn sites killed themselves, or tried to, in 2010.
The vast majority of Foxconn's 1.2 million employees are involved in assembling Apple products, according to media reports.
Apple hired teams from the FLA to interview 35,000 workers at three of Foxconn's sprawling factories, which put together iPads and iPhones as well as gadgets for other well-known brands.
The FLA's interim report into Apple's suppliers based on those anonymous interviews over the past three weeks could mirror a number of the issues that Nike faced.
Trouble in your supply chain can really hurt your reputation globally, extremely rapidly, said Kenneth Lieberthal, director of the Brookings Institution's China center and author of 'Managing the China Challenge: How to Achieve Corporate Success in the People's Republic.'.
The wisdom in the industry from that (Nike) experience is that you have to do a lot of work to be sure you understand what is happening in your supply chain.
In the early 1990s, when media and activists began reporting on conditions at Nike's suppliers in Asia and central America, the company brought in wide-ranging reforms designed to eradicate worker maltreatment, and later opened those operations to inspection.
It wrote a code of conduct for contractors, requiring them to provide workplaces free of harassment and abuse. Contractors cannot employ underage workers, must pay at least the minimum wage, and provide a clear accounting in writing for every pay period, with no deductions for disciplinary infractions. Rules also govern overtime and days off.
Nike also engaged its critics.
The most significant shift for Nike was when we began to sit down with the very people who had been critical of us and started to engage not in a denial conversation but in a conversation on how to solve the problems, said Hannah Jones, Nike's vice president of sustainable business and innovation.
But some problems, and criticism, persist.
Last year, one of Nike's contractors in Indonesia agreed to pay more than 4,400 workers $1 million after complaints they were forced to work overtime without payment.
When problems are identified, they are addressed, said Jones. Some problems, however, can slip through.
We don't have loopholes in our processes, but you're talking about 1,000 or so factories just for Nike, in 52 countries with about 1 million workers in them, Jones said in an interview this week.
By hiring the FLA to inspect its factories, Apple is taking a leaf from Nike's book.
Such monitoring, however, should only be a first step, said Richard Locke, head of the political science department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has researched the supply chains of Nike and Apple rival Hewlett-Packard.
(Auditing) assumes the problem is (that) there are bad managers who need to be policed more frequently, which is generally not the case, said Locke. Instead, the problem is staff insufficiently trained to run complex operations, and brands and retailers making unreasonable demands of suppliers.
Where you see suppliers ... working with the brands, you see both improvements on the business side and improvements on the labor side, he said.
Suddenly, you don't need excess overtime because you're running a good operation. Your margins are higher, and you can afford to pay people a little better.
Foxconn has said it was raising salaries by 16-25 percent, and last month was advertising a basic monthly wage, not including overtime, of 1,800 yuan ($290) in Shenzhen, Guangdong province - where the monthly minimum wage is 1,500 yuan.
Apple stresses its partners are required to adhere to strict global standards.
We insist our suppliers provide safe working conditions, (and) treat workers with dignity and respect, said spokeswoman Carolyn Wu. Our suppliers must live up to these requirements if they want to keep doing business with Apple.
But if Nike's experience is any guide, Apple can expect close scrutiny for years to come.
Unless we hold Apple's feet to the fire, they're going to get away with profiting off the same sweatshop conditions and driving a global race to the bottom while fooling the public and making it look like they're getting better, just like Nike did, Cheng at USAS said in emailed comments.
The Nike and Apple experiences, although in two different industries, are one and the same.
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Vince Neil Mourns Loss of 'Brutally Murdered' Dog
Vince Neil accused his neighbors of covering up the truth behind the death of his pet dog, Cali.
The Motley Crue singer said the six-year-old Yorkshire Terrier was killed in an attack by two other dogs but that the owners were attempting to present an inaccurate account of events.
"With a heavy heart we share the news that our beloved California Wolf Neil has gone to heaven," Neil and longtime girlfriend Rain Hannah said on social media. "Her passing was tragic. She was brutally murdered on our front door by two evil neighbor dogs, which is caught on our security cameras. Our neighbors are trying to cover it up and say that she ran two football fields to their pasture and their longhorn steers killed her! Please pray for her justice because her killers are still running free!"
Neil described the pet as "loved by all." "We have almost six years of beautiful memories with her," he said. "She had the 'it factor' and was perfect in every way. She had a pure soul, loved with her whole heart and could never hurt a soul. We always prayed for her protection and that she would never feel any pain. She had a beautiful life and a horrific sudden end. But she's in heaven now and she got her wings. We will be patiently waiting to see her again."
According to Blabbermouth, Neil said in 2010 that his love for his pets led to the purchase of a private jet for his two Cocker Spaniels.
"I have a home in San Francisco and Las Vegas, and my wife won't put them in the crate, so I bought a jet to get my dogs back and forth," he explained. "I would have to charter planes for the dogs all the time, and it was getting so expensive that I realized it was cheaper to buy a plane than to keep chartering it."


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Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber Pictures: American Music Awards 2011 Red Carpet Photos, Pics
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber Pictures: Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber arrive on the red carpet at the 2011 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 20, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
The American Music Awards were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC. Michael Jackson and Donny Osmond co-hosted the first AMAs show with Rodney Allen Rippy and Ricky Segall in 1974.
Photo credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos


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Give Us Your Ideas
NOAA and other federal and state agencies are leading efforts to assess impacts to, and determine appropriate restoration for, Gulf resources injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We are in the process of identifying the types of restoration activities that will be appropriate to restore the natural resources impacted by the spill. The public scoping comment period for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) is now closed. You can still read others' comments from the public scoping period.
Though the public scoping period is complete, you can still make your voice heard by submitting a project idea.
Restoration Project Ideas
If you have project ideas, you can submit them online. You can also view projects that have been submitted for consideration.
When and How Will My Project Be Considered?
Your project ideas are being evaluated as part of Early Restoration planning and also will be considered when a final Deepwater Horizon oil spill restoration plan is developed. All projects approved by the trustees will be subject to public review and comment. Projects selected for Early Restoration will be implemented using the $1 billion from the BP agreement.


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Product Review: Hurom Slow Juicer
Meet my new favorite kitchen appliance. A juicer is not a necessity (though some might insist otherwise!), but I'm definitely smitten with the Hurom Slow Juicer. Here's why I've replaced my old juicer with this one…
Centrifugal Juicers versus Masticating Juicers
There are two main types of juicers: centrifugal and masticating. Centrifugal juicers are the most common variety of household juicer; they work by grinding fruits and vegetables into a pulp and forcing the juice out from the pulp by spinning at high speeds. Masticating juicers more slowly crush and squeeze the juice out of fruits and vegetables. The Hurom Slow Juicer is this latter type.
Product Details
The Hurom Slow Juicer's upright design is a new take on masticating juicers, which are generally built in a more space-hogging, horizontal design. It measures 6.81 x 9.84 x 15.83 inches and weighs about 11.5 pounds. Power consumption is an energy-efficient 150 watts and the motor spins at a slow 80 RPM. Accessories include two pitchers for juice and pulp collection and a cleaning brush. It is made from GE Ultem material and is BPA-free. The motor comes with a 10-year warranty.
Pros and Cons
Some people claim that masticating juicers produce less heat than centrifugal styles and therefore preserve the enzymes in the juice. Hurom also advertises that this juicer "preserves more vitamins and antioxidants." I can't speak to those claims, but here's what I did like:
The Hurom Slow Juicer's upright form has a relatively small footprint, and unlike some of the industrial-looking masticating juicers on the market, this actually looks nice on a counter. It's heavy, sturdy, and seemingly very well made. In operation, the juicer is very quiet – a plus when I'm making juice early in the morning and don't want to wake the neighbors! It also doesn't rattle around like many home juicers tend to do.
One thing that initially turned me off is that you have to cut some fruits and vegetables into smaller sizes before feeding them into the juicer. No dumping whole apples or carrots into this thing. However, after a while I got used to it, and the ease of cleaning the machine (more on that later) made this extra step in the beginning worth it. The juicer comes with a pusher but most of the time I found it unnecessary, as the fruits and vegetables got quickly sucked into the center.
Every fruit or vegetable I've tried, from beets to kale, has juiced extremely well. Juice comes out one spout, while pulp comes out the other. The pulp itself is pretty dry, meaning that a lot of juice is extracted. The juice has some foam but less than centrifugal-type juicers. I have also noticed that the juice seems smoother doesn't separate.
Now for cleanup, which is one of the points that really sold me on this juicer. To "self-clean" between batches, you can just run water through the juicer. When it come times for a thorough clean, the components lift out with ease and can be rinsed with water and a little soap, if you wish. Because the pulp has been ejected rather than whipped around, there's usually very little to scrub from the strainer. Cleaning the Hurom Slow Juicer is quick and painless.
I was initially skeptical of the claims that this is a "revolutionary" juicer but after testing it for a week, I was so convinced that I asked to buy the one I received to test! Excellent juice extraction, very little noise, and ease of cleanup have made it a joy to make juice every single day, and I'm also looking forward to trying some of the other suggested uses, like making soy milk, almond milk, and tofu.
Do any of you own the Hurom Slow Juicer? What do you think?
• More information: Hurom Slow Juicer
• Buy it: Hurom Slow Juicer, $359 at Amazon
On Drinking a Pile of Vegetables for Dinner
Apartment Therapy Media makes every effort to test and review products fairly and transparently. The views expressed in this review are the personal views of the reviewer and this particular product review was not sponsored or paid for in any way by the manufacturer or an agent working on their behalf. However, the manufacturer did give us the product for testing and review purposes.
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Hello and welcome!
Tina O here with you today to share my interpretation of this month's Moodboard at The Dusty Attic. You have until the end of the month to join in and be in the running to win a wonderful $100 prize of Dusty Attic chipboards of your choice. All you need do is create a project with as many elements from the moodboard as you wish and upload to the gallery.
My interpretation.........
"It's the little memories that will last a lifetime"
And this is the stunning August Moodboard. Agree?
I have used some very favourite pieces of Dusty Chippies here, some new and some old.....but my go to pieces to create at present would have to be the newest Word Strip Sentiments. These sentiments are heartfelt and very much how I feel about this particular photo.
My background paper was primed with clear gesso firstly and then I created more of the bubbles using the Dusty Attic Bubbles Stencil with their Texture Paste. I dried it off and then mixed the Dusty Acrylic Paints (Oceania and Mountain Meadows) with gesso and water to make a thin consistency. It was then painted around the page.
I have also used a Baroque Corner cut up as flourishes for my flower clusters.
The corrugated card was torn to create a background. It was layered up with strips of the 13arts patterned paper, corrugated card and chipboards. I gave the corrugated card a white washing with a dry brushing of gesso.
My other chipboards were inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and then painted with random dabbings of the acrylic paints and gesso.
The beautiful 49andMarket Blooms were coloured using the Dusty Attic Acrylic Paints. They were given a couple of coats and still retained their shape.
And from another view. I have also used some of the new Dusty Attic Pearls to adorn the
Ornate Pendant.
And below are all the Dusty Attic gorgeous goodies that I used to create this project.
Well that is all from me today. I hope I have inspired you in some small way to give this month's moodboard challenge a try.
Until next time ....happy scrapping and take care.


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Police on the scene on an officer involved shooting at Oshkosh West High School after an armed student confronted a school resource officer on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at in Oshkosh, Wis. (Photo: AP)
A police officer confronted an armed student at a Wisconsin high school Tuesday morning and both were wounded, police said, in the second such shooting at a school in the state in as many days.
The latest shooting happened at Oshkosh West High School just after 9 a.m., Oshkosh police spokeswoman Katherine Mann said at a news briefing. The student and the officer were taken to hospitals, but no one else was injured in the shooting, Mann said. Police will not be releasing details of the type of weapon the student was carrying, and the Department of Justice is handling the investigation, she said.
"This is a big deal," Mann said. "We're not that big of a city and we know pretty much everyone in the city and we know this affects a lot of people in our community."
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating.
The school was locked down. Police said parents would be able to reunite with their children later at Perry Tipler Middle school. By late morning, parents were gathered at the middle school, waiting for their children.
An Oshkosh West student identified only as Evelyn told WLUK-TV that she was in class when she heard screaming and her teacher walked out.
"And then, like, after two minutes she ran back into the classroom and she was like, 'Everybody needs to evacuate right now!' And then we all ran out of the class and then we saw everybody from our school running across the street."
After reuniting with her mother at the nearby middle school, Evelyn said: "They told us they were going to tell us what was happening, but they never did."
A senior identified only as Josh told the Journal Sentinel that he heard the gunshots.
"I was walking in the hall, and a teacher shoved me into a classroom, and we started barricading the doors, and we all huddled in the corner, and there were gunshots," he said.
The Rev. John Seelman, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church across the street from the school, says he saw one person being transported from the school in a wheelchair who was taken away in an ambulance, and another who was carried out on a stretcher.
Stephanie Carlin, who is the mother of a sophomore and a senior at Oshkosh West and a school board member, told The Associated Press that one of her sons texted her to say, "it was crazy," but that both of her sons were safe.
"As a parent, it's terrifying," Carlin said. It's a parent's "worst nightmare."
Carlin referred questions to school board president Barbara Herzog, who did not immediately respond to a call and email seeking comment.
Just before 11 a.m., school buses were lined up outside the school and streets were blocked off. Several squad cars, many of them with lights still flashing, were parked outside, with officers manning the barricades blocking the street.
Oshkosh West has about 1,700 students in grades 9-12.
Tuesday's shooting in Oshkosh, a city of about 67,000 people, was about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Monday's shooting in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha. A police officer responding to a situation at Waukesha South High School shot an armed male student in a classroom. Officials say that student pointed a handgun at officers. The 17-year-old boy was wounded and is in custody in stable condition. No officers or other students were injured, Waukesha Police Chief Russell Jack said.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, said the two shootings reinforced the need to identify troubled students and get them the mental health services they need to prevent violence before it occurs. Kaul also renewed his call for the Republican-controlled Legislature to pass a universal gun background check bill and a "red flag" law that would empower judges to take guns from people determined to be a risk to themselves or others.
The state Justice Department's office of school safety was working with both schools in Oshkosh and Waukesha to provide them with any services they may need, Kaul said. He also said if other schools with safety upgrade need to contact his agency.
"These are really tragic incidents but it's also true we have seen incidents where there has been a mass tragedy," Kaul said. "I feel really sorry for our kids that they have to go to school in this environment."
School shootings have occasionally shone a spotlight on the response by guards and school resource officers. Armed school resource officers have rarely prevented a school shooting.
Last year, armed guards at three high-profile school shootings — Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; and Santa Fe High School in Texas — were unable to stop the rampage.


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This year Florida will hold its primaries on August 24th just 11 weeks before the general election. Only a few other states hold their primaries after Florida. The Sunshine state also has one of the longest primary seasons. The deadline for filing for the primary is just under 4 months out from the election. Primaries this long and this close to the general election may not be an ingredient in the recipe for success for either party in Florida. It also may be part of the reason Republicans aren't faring well in the Governor's race and Democrats aren't doing so well in the Senate race.
If the Republicans lose the governorship it will likely be in part because of the primary. The primary has been brutal and long. As soon as the primary is over the general election will take off in full swing, Rick Scott will have no time to recover and Alex Sink will be able to take advantage of the foul taste left in voters' mouths. Republicans had the upper hand before they started swinging fists at each other, if there was more time following the primary they might be able to remind voters of their original loyalties.
The Democrats are suffering from something different in the Senate race but the cause may be the same. Neither Democrat has been able to emerge as the leader. Democrats are falling deep in the shadows of the Crist/Rubio drama and have been left without a defined leader to forge ahead. The party hasn't united behind a candidate and they won't be able to until the primary is over. The longer the wait the higher Crist and Rubio will climb.
Both of these races are complicated by the fact that only one party is holding a primary. So while one candidate is able to rally his or her base, save money and campaign on the offensive another candidate is on the defense, proving his or her merits to the party.
Illinois has the earliest primary on February 2nd, 9 months before the general election and Hawaii has the latest on September 18th only a month and half before the election. Candidates in Illinois have seven and a half more months to travel the state, formulate their agenda and rally their supporters. They also have seven and a half more months to spend money, be forgotten, launch negative campaign ads and have their lives unwound. Maybe we should look to the June 8th states (SC, NJ, IA, VA, MT, CA, SD, ND, ME and NV) for inspiration.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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- The Interesting Times said...
I'm a Floridian, and I agree that Florida holds its primary too late. Even for a political junkie like me, it seems like the dueling Scott and McCollum ads have been going on forever.
- July 21, 2010 at 8:32 PM
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This month we had a chance to interview one of the UC San Diego Library's expert science librarians, Deborah Kegel.
We asked Deborah five questions to learn more about her work, favorite research tip, what she's reading, and what music she's listening to right now.
1. Describe what you do at the UC San Diego Library?
I'm the Librarian for Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics & Astronomy, and the Physical Sciences & Engineering Reference Coordinator.
Working closely with the respective academic departments on campus, as well as faculty and students, my position is responsible for identifying and purchasing library materials and databases for these subject areas to support research, teaching and learning at UC San Diego. I also provide specialized research assistance in the Library, and online, and create unique webguides to help facilitate effective use of the myriad of research tools and library materials in these subject areas.
2. What inspires you most about your job?
I most enjoy assisting students and faculty during the research process. It's like being on the College Bowl team – you never know what someone will ask and you have to use your knowledge & experience to figure out where to look for the answer. Teaching someone how to find the information is what I strive to do, so that, the next time, they'll have acquired new knowledge and skills through the encounter that will enable them to research and find the information they are seeking more easily and quickly.
3. Do you have a favorite research tip to share?
To locate the best, most-recent, and/or most accurate information, try a variety of resources, starting with the databases we recommend in your subject area. Often people think they can find the highest quality information in Google, but that's usually not the case. Also, try searching in more than one of our specialized databases on your research topic and Ask a Librarian when you have questions. We can save you time and help you locate exactly what you need.
4. What are you reading at the moment?
I've just finished Invisible Country: A Mystery by Annamaria Alfieri, a fictional murder mystery set in 1860's Paraguay. And, I was immersed in All the Light We Cannot See, a novel by Anthony Doerr that contains history, science, engineering and intrigue, all set in WWII France and Germany.
5. What's playing in your music library right now?
Emmylou Harris' "Songs of the West". I'm also streaming classical and folk music available from the Classical Music Library.


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Grim border fortress and 'Barmkin' enclosure. In true 28mm scale for Reiver skirmish games.
This building is made up of 11 printable sheets.
Once downloaded, the sheets can be printed as often as you like, which means you can build up large armies very cheaply. You will need scissors, a craft knife, glue, appropriate paper and some stiffer card for bases, all of which are described in the how-to section.
The figures are laid out on A4 format, which will print onto US legal sized paper, or will fit US letter size printed at 93%. You can, of course, print the figures in any scale you choose, making them uniquely flexible in this respect.
You will need to make a stiff 40mm wide card base for each stand. It should be 30mm deep for three rank infantry and all cavalry, and 20mm deep for two rank infantry and skirmishers.


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With oil hovering over $107 a barrel and gas already above $4 in several states - and it's it's not even the summer travel season yet - everyone's feeling pinched at the pump. But if you're an AMA Pro Racing flat tracker, high fuel prices aren't just an inconvenience, they can throw a wrench into your business plan.
Guys like Bryan Smith, Kenny Coolbeth, and Jared Mees are stars at a Grand National flat track race, but after the checkered flag flies they're independent entrepreneurs, trying to turn a profit in one of the toughest small businesses going. Win or lose, at the end of the night they load their own trailers and drive to the next race or, if there's a break, home to regroup and work on their bikes, always on the lookout for an outlaw race along the way where they can pick up an extra few hundred bucks. The reality of making a living this way is, for every minute you spend racing, there's an hour spent driving between races. A fifty-cent swing in fuel prices can take thousands of dollars off a racer's bottom line.
Last weekend, the Grand National Championship hit its second venue of the year, in Du Quoin IL, and this weekend, there's a TT and a short track on tap in Salinas CA, over 2,000 miles away. Since most pro flat trackers live in the heart of the country, it's a 4,000+ mile commute. So, like a lot of commuters faced with high fuel prices, they're car-pooling.
Coolbeth, Smith, and national number 26, Brandan Bergen, are sharing the drive with Jared Mees. After Du Quoin, the four went back to Bergan's sponsor (Reiman's Harley-Davidson out of Kewanee IL) and used his workshop to prepare their bikes for Salinas. Then they piled into the deluxe motorhome that Jared Mees' sponsor, Craig Rogers of Rogers-Lake Racing lets him use to drive to events. The Freightliner/Showhauler has a 12-foot garage area in the back, which is packed to the rafters with nine bikes, gear and spares. Up front, it's basically a rolling yacht. If ya' gotta' drive non-stop for a couple of days, race, then drive non-stop home again, it's the way to go, and splitting the diesel bill four ways saves everybody money.
"We don't have big teams that will get our bikes there, and we just fly to races," says Smith. "Obviously, it's good to split the driving, but the big thing is cutting the fuel costs."
Mees' sponsors don't mind if he gives his competitors a ride to distant races. |
I asked Bryan how much he spent last year on gas, and he told me, "I should know that, because I just did my taxes! You can deduct either gas or mileage, and it works out better for me to deduct the mileage. Last year I drove over 30,000 miles in my van, and I went to a few races with other people. I figured it out and this year, if I drove to all the races myself I'd be pushing 40,000 miles."
They plan to keep two guys up front the entire way, so the driver always has someone to talk to, but there's room for the others to sleep, so it wouldn't be a problem to drive virtually non-stop. Smith told me that the day before they left, Jared Mees cooked them a pretty good breakfast, so he'll be the one pulling chef duty in the onboard kitchen.
That much testosterone in one vehicle could spell trouble. "If it was the end of the season we might come back through Las Vegas and raise a little hell, but this early in the year, we'll be keeping it pretty clean," Smith promised. Then he added, "We're really good friends, and we'll have fun; there could be some fireworks flying out the windows along the way."


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Conan O'Brien at the upfronts: "What the f**k happened?"
Exactly one year after his last appearance at the upfronts -- that's the time of year when the networks unveil their fall schedules to advertisers -- Conan O'Brien was back. Last time, he was, of course, promoting NBC and "The Tonight Show." Earlier today, he was fired up about his new gig, as host of an upcoming TBS talk show.
What has he been up to for the past year? Movieline.com shared some of Coco's best jokes, including this one: "For the last 12 months, I signed on as the host of 'The Tonight Show,' I launched 'The Tonight Show,' I left 'The Tonight Show,' I grew a beard, joined Twitter, launched a nationwide comedy tour, joined the Obama administration as undersecretary of the interior, resigned in a sex scandal, perfected the mechanical human heart, and here I am at TBS."
"If anybody can explain what the f**k happened four months ago," he quipped. "The plot to 'Lost' is more plausible than the last year, it makes more sense."
The New York Times reported that after the jokes, O'Brien "turned a bit serious, saying of his bosses at TBS: 'They believe in me, I believe in them, and I cannot wait to get back to having fun on television again. That's all I want to do.'
"Mr. O'Brien, who is on a nationwide tour, flew from Minneapolis for the upfront presentation, and said he was flying to Chicago to resume the tour later that day.
"'My live tour has been my happiest experience in 20 some odd years in show business,' he said. 'I am learning stuff on the road that is changing me as a performer.'"
Conan closed with a staple of his live show, a version of "On the Road Again" with new lyrics: "My own show again, I can't wait to have my own show again… My own show again on any network, even Oxygen….I'd change my sex if I have to… Off the road again, please get me off the road again… I'm sleeping on the bus with 27 men, I'd sell my soul to have my own show again."
Coco fans shouldn't miss Aaron Barnhart's interview with the comedian, conducted prior to his Kansas City performance. "I don't know if I'll ever get to do anything like this again. But I've given up predicting," said O'Brien. "I realized the last time I was in Kansas City was 14 months ago to visit the affiliate for my dynastic new 'Tonight Show' that was going to last 30 years. If you'd told me I'd be back in 14 months doing a rock 'n' roll show with an inflatable bat that was sold out across the country, I would have said, 'How is that possible?'"
Conan added that he's happy that his TBS schedule will allow him to cut back to four shows per week. "That extra day of production is huge. I love to do remotes. We still did them on 'The Tonight Show,' but they were backbreaking. So here you get a little more quality control, a day of production to shoot and gather our wits. And it's like we developed that muscle, doing five nights a week, so we drop down now, it's like losing 10 pounds, because I like to use weightlifting analogies."


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Lauren Alaina Keeps Things Simple in New 'Eighteen Inches' Lyric Video
Lauren Alaina just dropped the simple-but-satisfactory (and effective) lyric video for her new single, the Carrie Underwood co-penned 'Eighteen Inches.' The teen's pretty voice leads the lyrics as they unfold on screen in lean, clean, capital letters.
Overall, it's incredibly simple animation that won't win any graphic design awards, as the words just burst over a clouded backdrop. We actually expected a few more hearts to be incorporated into the visuals, since the lyrical hook is about the distance between your head and your heart. But they don't overdo it.
Since the song appears on the 'Idol' runner-up's debut album, 'Wildflower,' it's appropriate that flowers burst at the end of the 'Eighteen Inches' lyric video.
As far as man-made clips go, this one is quite tranquil. The visuals won't even come anywhere close to blowing you away, but perhaps that's the point. Since the words are so weighty and the song's lyrics message is poignant, they need to be the focus, as opposed to excessive visual bells and whistles which might distract from the point it's trying to make.
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Pope Francis Says Death Penalty Contrary To The Gospel
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By Elise Harris
In an Oct. 11 speech to members of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, Pope Francis said the topic of the death penalty should have "a more adequate and coherent space" in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
This topic "cannot be reduced to a mere memory of a historic teaching" without taking into account the works and teachings of recent popes, he said, adding that it must also consider the "mutual awareness of the Christian people, who refuse a consensual attitude toward a penalty which seriously undermines human dignity."
"It must be strongly confirmed that condemning a person to the death penalty is an inhumane measure that humiliates, in any way it is pursued, human dignity."
The death penalty, he said, "is in itself contrary to the Gospel because it is voluntarily decided to suppress a human life, which is always sacred in the eyes of the Creator and of which God only in the final analysis is the true judge and guarantor."
Pope Francis spoke to participants in a special day-long conference marking the 25th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, promulgated by Saint John Paul II in 1992.
The Catechism currently explains that the death penalty is morally impermissible "if bloodless means are sufficient to defend human lives against an aggressor and to protect public order and the safety of persons."
During their pontificates, Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI repeatedly called for the abolition of the death penalty. Both popes encouraged nations to work towards just means of punishment and public order without recourse to the death penalty.
In his speech, Pope Francis said that in past centuries, where defense measures were poor and the maturity of society "still had not met a positive development," the death penalty seemed like a "logical consequence of the application of justice they had to follow."
He noted that "unfortunately" even the papal state at times adopted this "extreme and inhumane means" of punishment, "neglecting the primacy of mercy and justice."
Francis stressed that God is a Father "who always waits for the return of the son who, knowing he has erred, asks forgiveness and begins a new life."
"No one, therefore, can have their life taken from them, nor the possibility of a moral and existential redemption that goes back in favor of the community."
"Let us take responsibility for the past, and let us recognize that these means were dictated by a more legalistic mentality than Christian," he said.
Concern for maintaining power "led to an overestimation of the value of the law, impeding it from a deeper understanding of the Gospel," he said. "However, to stay neutral today in the face of the new demands for the reaffirmation of personal dignity, would make us more guilty."
Pope Francis said that "harmonious development of doctrine" requires that new treatments on the death penalty "leave out positions in defense of arguments which now appear decisively contrary to the new understanding of Christian truth…It is necessary to reiterate that, no matter how serious the crime committed, the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attempt against the inviolability and dignity of the person."


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It is a tragedy of the post-911 world that the field of Islamic concepts and terminologies have also fallen a victim to misunderstanding, misinterpretation, and plain hysteria. Fuelling these fears among the masses are not only rabid Islamophobes but also those who claim to be nothing of that sort but whose actions speak otherwise. Canadian TV host and commentator Tarek Fatah belongs to the latter category. He has a history of mindless criticism of things as mundane as the aversion to music to more significant ones as the introduction of Sharia-based laws in Ontario. In Chasing a Mirage: the Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State he tries to show that the idea of an Islamic state is not only futile and untenable but outright dangerous.
Reviewed by Ayub Khan
Chasing A Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of An Islamic State
By Tarek Fatah
Wiley, 2008
Pages: 410
Fatah lays his claims on a rather simplistic analysis of the concept of Islamic state by saying that, "Islamists argue that the period following the passing away of Muhammad was Islam's golden era and that we Muslims need to re-create that caliphate to emulate that political system in today's world." For the casual observer it might appear that the "Islamists" want to create an exact replica of the age of the righteous caliphs. But this isn't the case as an analysis of the writings of those advocating an Islamic state reveals. For most Muslims an Islamic state can adopt many forms of modern polity and administration without comprising the Islamic ideals. Even Dr.Israr Ahmed of Pakistan's Tanzeem-e-Islami, for instance, is open to the concept of a parliamentary caliphate. Benazir Bhutto, for whom Fatah is of fulsome praise, was better informed than Fatah on this front as her last book reveals. She quotes the Pakistani Jamaat-e-Islami ideologue Khurshid Ahmed who says: "God has revealed only broad principles and has endowed man with the freedom to apply them in every age in the way suited to the spirit and conditions of that age. It is through the ijtihad that people of every age try to implement divine guidance to the problems of the time."
Fatah fails to realize that most Muslims who consider the golden age of the righteous caliphs as an ideal do not want to re-create the historical epoch but rather the values which were prevalent at that time. But for him that age had nothing to offer as "when Muslims buried the Prophet, they also buried with him many of the universal values of Islam that he had preached." In his attempt to prove this he cites in detail the disputes that arose after the passing away of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) among his companions. There is nothing new in his research. These topics have been of much debate and discussion in the Muslim literature. What the author fails to understand is that these incidents, if indeed they were true, are of secondary importance to modern day Muslims. What is of importance is the emulation of sacrifice, sincerity, dedication, justice, and the brotherhood of the early Muslims. In his overzealousness to prove his pre-conceived notions Fatah marshals up a number of historical references of disputed events of history without any care for their authenticity. An indication of this un-scholarly attitude can be seen for example when he cites Maulana Maududi when convenient while at other times lashes out against him.
The author is dismissive of most things related to the practice of traditional Islam and appears to believe that it is just a set of values which are to be believed in but not practiced. In a display of his lack of seriousness he tries to create connections between themes and events where there are none. For instance, he cites Akbar Shah Najeebabadi regarding the caliphate of Ali (RA) and claims that his view backs up the Saudi version of historical events. He arrives at this conclusion because the English translation of Najeebabadi was published by a Saudi publishing house. Little does he realize that Najeebabadi was an Indian scholar who was noted for approaching history in an unbiased manner and whose books were first published in pre-independence India.
In a marked display of intellectual dishonesty Fatah claims that Muslims have forgotten the act of hospitality by a Hindu ruler of Sindh to Abdullah Ushtar, one of Prophet Muhammad's great-great-grandsons. "The lone descendant of Prophet Muhammad had to find refuge and protection with a Hindu prince of India. No school textbook in Pakistan recognizes this historic act of hospitality by a Hindu ruler in Sind who gave sanctuary to escaping descendants of the Prophet," he writes. What Fatah fails to tell his readers is that this incident is mentioned in Najeebabadi's book, whom he had earlier derided for promoting a Sunni version of history.
Admittedly, current projects (there are more than one) for the creation of an Islamic state are not without problems. There indeed are some issues which need to be addressed (like the treatment of minorities) but this does not mean this whole premise is based on faulty foundations. One needs to differentiate between the radical violent forms of Islamism with those of peaceful/persuasive ( Rachid Al Ghannouchi, 'democrat within Islamism' anyone) ones. This project doesn't need to and shouldn't journey on a violent route. It can be accomplished through the winning of the public opinion by persuasion and reasoning which are the hallmarks of a democratic society. Just as the Liberals, the Conservatives, Communists, the Leninists and others are allowed to put forward their case so too should the advocates of the Islamic system be allowed to do so.
Fatah fails to recognize or just plain ignores that obsession with politics or attempts to reduce Islam to a mere political ideology have been criticized by many notable ulema like India's Maulana Abul Hasan Nadwi without compromising the tenets of Islam. One would have expected that their views will be discussed in the book but one comes out disappointed.
Fatah sets out with a pre-determined objective and goes about attempting to strengthen it with all and sundry references. In his obnoxious attempts to display a secular than thou attitude, the 'iconoclast' Tarek Fatah has turned secularism itself into an idol; an untouchable beyond criticism. Thus, his opposition to the introduction of Islam based arbitration in Ontario despite its backing a former Attorney General of the province who wrote an exhaustive report in its support. Similarly, he ridicules the organizers of Muslim entertainment show for not allowing certain musical instruments and forms of art and those Muslim women who wear the veil. If this is not stifling of individual and group rights then one wonders what is.


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The couple was treated at the local hospital and released.
What the story should have said is this.
In accordance with newly enacted legislation, the gun owner will permanently forfeit his right to own guns, spend 10 days in jail and report to a probation officer for 10 years, submitting to regular and random home inspections, to ensure compliance. The new law signed by the governor earlier this week is called the "one strike you're out gun law." Supporters are optimistic that this year alone thousands of lives and millions of dollars will be saved.


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These tables report average and median sales prices and average dollar per square foot values, along with average home size and units sold, by property type and bedroom count for a wide variety of San Francisco neighborhoods. The tables follow the map in the following order: houses by bedroom count, condos by bedroom count, 2-bedroom TICs, and finally a small table on 2-unit building sales.
The analysis is based upon sales reported to MLS between April 1, 2013, when the last big surge in home values began in San Francisco, and February 21, 2014. Value statistics are generalities that are affected by a number of market factors and all numbers should be considered approximate.
"m" signifies millions of dollars; "k" signifies thousands; N/A means there wasn't enough data for reliable results. Expanding your screen view to zoom 125% will make the map and charts that much easier to read.
These statistics apply only to home sales with at least 1 car parking. Homes without parking typically sell at a significant discount. Below Market Rate (BMR) condos were excluded from the analysis.
The average size of homes vary widely by neighborhood. Besides affluence, the era and style of construction often play a large role in these size disparities. Some neighborhoods are well known for having "bonus" bedrooms and baths built without permit (often behind the garage). Such additions can add value, but being unpermitted are not reflected in square footage and $/sq.ft. figures.
If a price is followed by a "k" it references thousands of dollars; if followed by an "m", it signifies millions of dollars. Sales unreported to MLS are not included in this analysis, and where abnormal "outliers" were identified that significantly distorted the statistics, these were deleted as well. N/A signifies that there wasn't enough reliable data to generate the statistic.
The Median Sales Price is that price at which half the properties sold for more and half for less. It may be affected by "unusual" events or by changes in inventory and buying trends, as well as by changes in value. The median sale price for an area will often conceal a wide variety of sales prices in the underlying individual sales. Average sales prices may be distorted by one or two sales significantly higher or lower than the normal range. All numbers should be considered approximate.
Dollar per Square Foot is based upon the home's interior living space and does not include garages, storage, unfinished attics and basements; rooms and apartments built without permit; decks, patios or yards. These figures are typically derived from appraisals or tax records, but can be unreliable, measured in different ways, or unreported altogether: thus consider square footage and $/sq.ft. figures to be very general approximations. Size and $/sq.ft. values were only calculated on listings that provided square footage figures. All things being equal, a house will have a higher dollar per square foot than a condo (because of land value), a condo's will be higher than a TIC (quality of title), and a TIC's higher than a multi-unit building's (quality of use). All things being equal, a smaller home will have a higher $/sq.ft. than a larger one.
Many aspects of value cannot be adequately reflected in general statistics: curb appeal, age, condition, views, amenities, outdoor space, "bonus" rooms, parking, quality of location within the neighborhood, and so forth. Thus, how these statistics apply to any particular home is unknown without a specific comparative market analysis. Data is from sources deemed reliable, but may contain errors and is subject to revision.
District 1 (Northwest): Sea Cliff, Lake Street, Richmond (Inner, Central, Outer), Jordan Park/Laurel Heights, Lone Mountain
District 2 (West): Sunset & Parkside (Inner, Central, Outer), Golden Gate Heights
District 3 (Southwest): Lake Shore, Lakeside, Merced Manor, Merced Heights, Ingleside, Ingleside Heights, Oceanview
District 4 (Central SW): St. Francis Wood, Forest Hill, West Portal, Forest Knolls, Diamond Heights, Midtown Terrace, Miraloma Park, Sunnyside, Balboa Terrace, Ingleside Terrace, Mt. Davidson Manor, Sherwood Forest, Monterey Heights, Westwood Highlands
District 5 (Central): Noe Valley, Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights (Castro, Liberty Hill), Cole Valley, Glen Park, Corona Heights, Clarendon Heights, Ashbury Heights, Buena Vista Park, Haight Ashbury, Duboce Triangle, Twin Peaks, Mission Dolores, Parnassus Heights
District 6 (Central North): Hayes Valley, North of Panhandle (NOPA), Alamo Square, Western Addition, Anza Vista, Lower Pacific Heights
District 7 (North): Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, Cow Hollow, Marina
District 8 (Northeast): Russian Hill, Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, North Beach, Financial District, North Waterfront, Downtown, Van Ness/ Civic Center, Tenderloin
District 9 (East): SoMa, South Beach, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, Bernal Heights, Inner Mission, Yerba Buena
District 10 (Southeast): Bayview, Bayview Heights, Excelsior, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Silver Terrace, Mission Terrace, Crocker Amazon, Outer Mission
Some Realtor districts contain neighborhoods that are relatively homogeneous in general home values, such as districts 5 and 7, and others contain neighborhoods of wildly different values, such as district 8 which, for example, includes both Russian Hill and the Tenderloin.
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Russell L. Kunkle – Oolitic
Russell L. Kunkle, 66, of Oolitic, passed away at 10:02 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at his home.
Born July 2, 1946 in Danville, Illinois, he was the son of Virgil and Ruth (Poling) Kunkle.
He married Brenda "Sue" Stark on July 18, 1965 and she survives. He graduated from Ridge Farm High School in Illinois in 1964. He was employed by General Motors, having worked in Danville, Ill., until the plant closed. He then relocated to the GM plant in Bedford, where he retired in 1999. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and was a very patriotic and proud American.
Survivors include his wife, Sue; one son Kirk and wife Angela Kunkle, of Oolitic; one daughter, Kyla and husband Shannon Brock, of Bedford; two sisters, Virginia and husband Claude Pratt, of Covington, In. and Mary Lou Collom, of Ridge Farm, Il; five grandchildren, Kian, Kristian, Konner Kunkle and Haley and Ethan Brock; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother-in-law, Dale Collom and a nephew, Kenneth Collom.
Funeral services will be on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home, with Pastor Aaron Levering officiating. Burial will be in Dive Cemetery, with military gravesite rites accorded by the American Legion Gillen Post 33.
Friends may call on Friday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fergusonlee.com.


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I created Writing About Art as the text for a course of the same name at The City College of New York. The book explains the different approaches college students encounter in undergraduate art history classes. Each chapter outlines the characteristics of one type of visual or historical analysis, and briefly explains its history and development. Passages by well-known art historians provide examples of each method. Four appendices outline the steps in researching art historical topics, writing essays about them, and citing sources properly. Appendices III and IV include sample student papers, accompanied by my comments and suggested changes.
I have not included illustrations, in the hope that more attention will be given to the passages quoted. Glancing at a picture and then skimming text about it is not the same as trying to create a mental image from words alone. The absence of illustrations also makes it easier for each reader to decide which words are especially effective in communicating information about visual things. However, complete identification of the images discussed is given so that the reader can find them easily on the Web. Many of them will be familiar from art history surveys.
Writing About Art has been revised repeatedly in response to comments from students and colleagues. It is no exaggeration to say that without the help of my students at CCNY, I never could have – or would have – written this text. I owe them all, especially those who allowed me to use their papers as examples, tremendous thanks. They also have forced me into the twenty-first century, making it clear how useful it would be to have this text available as a website as well as in a paperback and a Kindle edition. In appreciation of all they have given me, I dedicate this work to my students in Art 210.
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The great aim is accurate, precise and definite description. The first thing is to recognise how extraordinarily difficult this is. It is no mere matter of carefulness; you have to use language, and language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise — that which is common to you, me and everybody. But each man sees a little differently, and to get out clearly and exactly what he does see, he must have a terrific struggle with language . . . [which] has its own special nature, its own conventions and communal ideas. It is only by a concentrated effort of the mind that you can hold it fixed to your own purpose.1
The way to breathe life into the description of any object is to apply adjectives to it. A piece of cloth is of little interest for us until we know whether it is starched, handwoven, salmon pink, translucent, knotted, torn, bespangled, or sodden.2
Professor Marjorie Munsterberg received her Ph.D. from Columbia University, where she wrote her dissertation about the British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner. Since then, she has published articles and book reviews about 19th-century British and French art, as well as co-authored World Ceramics (Penguin/Studio Vista, 1998). She currently is writing a monograph about the development of art criticism in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.