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Hidden satisfaction awaits at Back of Bella Deli
October 19, 2010
Easy to miss but not easily forgotten, Back of Bella Deli is a charming local spot with simple-yet-elegant food and a comforting atmosphere.
With its exposed brick walls, small tables and casual environment, the building provides a comfortable space for lunch, dinner or a cup of coffee.
Located off of Front Street in Issaquah, behind counterpart wine bar Vino Bella, the deli is hidden from view on the main street but is worth searching for. Open daily from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., all meals are covered with a menu that is sure to please a varied crowd.
Try one of the paninis and you will receive a sandwich grilled to perfection and served with a flavorful pickle and scoop of fresh egg salad. The options range from chicken breast with Swiss cheese, bacon, Dijon and tomatoes or the perfect concoction of roasted vegetables and caramelized onions in the veggie panini.
Thundering Angels rumble back in town with charity ride
July 13, 2010
Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-in has been known for its root beer, burgers and car shows, but four years ago, Eastside Harley Davidson of Bellevue started a motorcycle rally there. Since then, the Thundering Angels Motorcycle Club has taken on the responsibly of hosting the event.
Last year, the event expanded, making it a two-day event with a charity ride the first day and the rally the second day.
"We wanted to get together and do something for the community," organizer Larry Rudé said. "Something that is fun for a group of motorcycle riders, and worthwhile."
This year's charity ride will be July 17; registration begins at 11 a.m. at Downtown Harley in Renton. The ride costs $25 per bike. Downtown Harley will supply soda, coffee and snacks before the ride beings at noon.
"All motorcycles are welcome," he said. "Not just one style motorcycle group. Everybody is welcome."
The money raised during the ride will benefit two local charities, the Issaquah Food Bank and a second charity that has not yet been picked, according to Rudé . Read more
Front Street closes to traffic Sunday
June 19, 2010
NEW — 6 a.m. June 19, 2010
Front Street will close to traffic from 6 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Father's Day, Sunday, as the DownTown Issaquah Association hosts the annual Fenders on Front Street Car Show and Cruise, a part of Mountains to Sound Greenway's annual Greenway Days celebration.
Northwest Alder Place adjacent to Vino Bella will close from 6 a.m. – 8 p.m. to host a band and beer garden as part of the festivities.
A bike ride for the LIVESTRONG Challenge will travel near and through Issaquah from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., but no roads will be closed for the ride.
Drivers should watch for riders along Southeast May Valley Road, Issaquah-Hobart Road Southeast, Southeast Tiger Mountain Road, Second Avenue Southeast, East Sunset Way, Highlands Drive Northeast, Southeast Black Nugget Road, East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast, Newport Way Northwest and Northwest Village Park Drive.
Cyclists will be required to adhere to the rules of the road, but drivers should expect possible delays.
Candidates file for legislative races
June 15, 2010
The candidates to represent Issaquah in Olympia include some familiar faces and political newcomers.
June 11 marked the deadline to file as a candidate for federal, state, county, city, judicial offices. No city posts will be decided this year.
State Rep. Glenn Anderson announced his re-election campaign late June 10, a week after Democrat Dean Willard kicked off his bid for the seat. Anderson, a Fall City Republican, has held the 5th Legislative District post for a decade.
"In spite of the drastic downturn in the economy, the Legislature and governor ignored the effects on regular people outside of Olympia," Anderson said in a campaign news release. "We need to get Washington back on track with a 'live-within-our-means' budget and no new taxes. We should not be following California down the road to bankruptcy."
Willard, a Sammamish information technology consultant and a former T-Mobile executive, launched his campaign at Vino Bella in downtown Issaquah on June 3.
The race also includes 2008 Democratic candidate David Spring, although the local party has endorsed Willard.
Incumbent GOP Rep. Jay Rodne will face Sammamish Democrat Greg Hoover, a real estate agent and attorney, for the other 5th Legislative District seat.
King County Council members appointed Rodne, a North Bend attorney, to the seat in 2004 when then-5th District representative Cheryl Pflug became a state senator. Rodne has been elected and re-elected since.
State Rep. Glenn Anderson announces re-election bid as deadline nears
June 10, 2010
UPDATED — 7:40 a.m. June 11, 2010
Candidates to represent Issaquah in Olympia readied campaign plans as the Friday deadline to file for election approached.
State Rep. Glenn Anderson announced his campaign late Thursday, a week after Democrat Dean Willard kicked off his bid for the seat. Anderson, a Fall City Republican, has held the 5th Legislative District post for a decade.
Walk, run, spring into summer with a women's night on the town
May 11, 2010
As the days get longer, it's time to shape up, so on May 12 you'll want to sprint to the Women Spring into Summer! event sponsored by Evergreen Ford of Issaquah.
"It's going to be a really fun event with lots of great things to do," organizer Lynn Rehn said.
"We're really excited about any event that promotes local businesses," Issaquah Chamber of Commerce CEO Matthew Bott said. "This event is really helping consumers rediscover some of the great businesses that we have here in Issaquah."
Massages, nights out on the town with dinner, pedicures, drinks and cocktails — 60 Issaquah businesses are pulling out the stops to entertain the women who come to the event, Rehn said.
The free event runs from 6-8 p.m. at Evergreen Ford, 1500 18th Ave. N.W.
Each of the night's sponsors has created gift packages worth $50 or more and there are so many prizes, Rehn said, she'll give one, or several, away every five minutes during the two-hour event.
Walk, run, spring into summer with a women's night on the town Wednesday
May 9, 2010
NEW — 6 a.m. May 9, 2010
As the days get longer, it's time to shape up, so on Wednesday, you'll want to sprint to the free Women Spring into Summer! event sponsored by Evergreen Ford of Issaquah.
"It's going to be a really fun event with lots of great things to do," organizer Lynn Rehn said.
"We're really excited about any event that promotes local businesses," Issaquah Chamber of Commerce CEO Matt Bott said. "This event is really helping consumers rediscover some of the great businesses that we have here in Issaquah."
Massages, nights out on the town with dinner, pedicures, drinks and cocktails — 60 Issaquah businesses are pulling out the stops to entertain the women who come to the event, Rehn said.
Come laugh to save lives at Seattle Children's
May 4, 2010
It's not every day you get to laugh for a good cause, but on May 6, that's exactly what Issaquah residents can do.
The Clare Beckett Guild and Vino Bella are hosting a comedic event to raise money for Seattle Children's.
Proceeds from the show and silent auction will go to the Uncompensated Care Fund at Seattle Children's, which allows families with children unable to cover the cost of medical care access to care for free, said Judy Gaffney, the guild's president.
The guild is named for Gaffney's and co-founder Brooke Shumaker's children, who were both treated at Children's in the first days of their lives.
"We feel blessed by our experience at Children's," Gaffney said. "They did a tremendous amount of caring for us. And though we were there with 19 other families, they made it seem like we were the only people in the unit."
Gaffney's daughter Clare was born at 28 weeks with a very rare chromosome condition July 4, 2006, which necessitated that she be cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children's. That condition took her life four days later, Gaffney said, but with the help of the medical team at Children's, she and her husband were able to hold their daughter and hear her cry prior to her death.
Crooner Troy Kline debuts new, polite CD
March 30, 2010
If you're looking for life on the sunny side of the street, then Troy Kline's new CD, "Please and Thank You," is the pick for you.
With catchy tunes that hark back to the days of big band, a little doo-wop and some bluesy ballads thrown in, you're bound to get into the swing of spring.
"It's a fun, bouncy album that has a lot to it," Kline said. "The theme is really escapism. I wrote it at a point when I hadn't had a vacation in five years, so I felt tied down. It's all about where I'd like to be."
It's been a 14-month labor of love for the Issaquah-based hair stylist, who started moonlighting as a self-professed crooner about three years ago.
"I've always loved music," he said. "But it wasn't until really I turned 40 that I reached that turning point in my life where I felt I have to do this. It wasn't a choice anymore and I haven't stopped since."
Stepping into the recording studio for the first time, he laid down tracks for many memorable songs, like "My Funny Valentine," "I've Got the World on a String" and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow."
What came from that session was his first recorded CD, appropriately titled "Crooner." Read more
Musician presents 'anti-radio' CD 'Rum of Faith'
January 19, 2010
Jeremy Owen has worked hard to train his voice to be his best instrument. If, instead, he'd allowed his career track to be influenced by his failures, he might not be releasing his fourth CD, let alone his first.
"I have been humiliated off more stages on open mic nights than I can count," said the Issaquah resident. "And each time, I said I'd never do that again. Then, one day, no one was complaining."
Having performed for just about every type of audience, Owen said his latest CD, "Rum of Faith," marks a return to the music best enjoyed by a smaller, more intimate audience. That's why he chose to debut it at Vino Bella, with its intimate café setting.
While "Rum of Faith" is a return to an all-acoustic set, Owen described his music that can be tweaked to be enjoyed by any crowd, from heavy metal to country. Read more


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Midwest Fishing Report: Lakes and rivers around Chicago fishing
Ice fishing, on ice nearly universal now, is the story for this Midwest Fishing Report.
10 most-read stories of 2013 in the Chicago Sun-Times
Like every year, 2013 was both the best and worst of times: We're still celebrating the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup win with you, still mourning the loss of our dear friend Roger Ebert. There was the high of the second presidential inauguration of Chicagoan Barack Obama. There also was the low of continued gun violence on
Lyft won't let you pay what you want anymore — and will ask for extra tonight
Chicago's last "pay what you want" on-demand ride service has made the switch to set prices. Lyft sent an email to Chicago customers Tuesday announcing the change, which is in line with payment structures used by competitors UberX and . The message also mentioned Lyft's plans to charge higher fares on New Year's Eve, which
Chicago's October home prices up 10.9% from year ago
Home prices in the Chicago area increased 10.9 percent in October compared with a year earlier, according to a report released Tuesday. Prices were down a slight 0.5 percent from September to October after prices rose 0.3 percent from August to September, according to a . Indexes for 10 large cities and 20 large cities
Ready for His Close Up: Jamie Foxx Shares a Shape-Up Plan for 2014, Spider-Man News
The sun will come up tomorrow. Jamie Foxx isn't giving his New Year's forecast. He's humming that tune. On the New York set of the big-screen "Annie," Foxx stops singing and hoofing it for a moment to make a small proclamation. "Love Chicago. Love New York. Not a fan of winter," he says with a
Nightclub Hydrate to close for renovations
Local nightclub Hydrate will close Sunday for a renovation that including adding chandeliers from the former Ambassador West hotel, DNAInfo.com reports. "I think people will be able to say 'Wow, they spent a lot of money on this'," owner Mark Liberson said. Watch for Hydrate, 3458 N. Halsted St., to reopen in February.
Map: Professor shows how U.S. would look if secession movements worked
The not-so-cold war between Chicago and Illinois is nothing new here. Chicago is often the focus of vitriol directed as us from the rest of the state – and the country, for that matter. Our politics and self important sense of entitlement a rallying cry Downstate. All of which sounds like so much whining to
Anheuser-Busch sued over 'hold my beer' videos
A Montana-based craft brewer is suing the world's largest beer-maker, alleging that popular YouTube videos for Bud Light violate its trademarked phrase, "Hold my beer and watch this." Big Sky Brewing Co. sued Anheuser-Busch this month in U.S. District Court in Missoula, Mont. The company says it has used the slogan since at least 2004,
'Penny Rides' return to the CTA for New Year's Eve
First, the bad news: Uber rides will come at "surge pricing" tonight during the New Year's Eve revelry, Lyft now is charging "Prime Time Tips" and Metra is operating on its less-frequent Sunday/holiday schedule on New Year's Day. Now here's the good news: The "Penny Rides" program returns tonight to the CTA. That means bus
Opener of the Week: Astronautalis
Freelance writer Selena Fragassi picks her "opener of the week": Astronautalis BY SELENA FRAGASSI For Sun-Times Media Support the support acts! Opening bands are more than a commercial break—it's your preview of the next big attraction, and we know you don't want a bad case of FOMO. Get to know our pick of the week,

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The purpose of the DRC exam service is to modify aspects of the testing environment in a manner that allows for accurate assessment of achievement. Exam accommodations include but are not limited to extended time, a reduced-distraction test environment, readers, scribes, and a computer for essay and short answer exams. While instructors may provide these accommodations to students if they wish, DRC offers an exam service for faculty who do not have the resources to provided necessary modifications within their respective departments. Students who plan to take exams using the DRC exam service will meet with a DRC staff member to schedule exams based on the syllabus for each course. Faculty are then notified of the dates and times for exams by DRC staff.
The responsibilities of all parties utilizing the DRC exam service are listed below.
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- DRC's exam services will operate Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This service remains in operation over the lunch hour.
- DRC will notify faculty when students have scheduled exams through our service.
- DRC is responsible for ensuring that all exams remain secure.
- DRC is responsible for ensuring that students use only materials approved by instructors during exams.
- DRC is responsible for the disposal of exams as specified by the instructor if a student does not show up for an exam.
- DRC will monitor exams via video camera system and notify faculty of cheating or suspicious behavior on the part of the student.
- DRC will provide appropriate accommodations that are requested in a timely manner.
- DRC will hand deliver exams to the main department office upon completion.
- If we have not received exams from instructors, DRC will send a reminder email the day before the exam is to be administered. If the text needs to be converted to an alternative format, such as Braille, instructors may receive a reminder several days in advance.
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- Students are responsible for scheduling a meeting with DRC staff to learn how to schedule exams online. Once this training has occurred, the student is responsible for using the online exam scheduling system to schedule their exams in a timely fashion.
- Students are responsible for showing up on time for scheduled exams. Students who are more than 20 minutes late for an exam will not be allowed to take the exam. The student will be allowed to reschedule the exam with the instructor's permission. If a student is less than twenty minutes late for an exam and is still in accordance with the instructor's late policy that time is automatically deducted from time allowed and will not be made up through additional extended time. If a student does not show up for a scheduled exam and wants to reschedule with DRC, he or she is responsible for contacting the instructor and DRC in a timely manner to make those arrangements.
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exceptionally likable Paul Sulzman, eschewing casting
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Protecting the Chimpanzee Here and Abroad
I recently returned from Africa, where I saw firsthand the threats facing many of the continent's most beloved wildlife species. Meeting with dedicated people and organizations working on the ground to protect wild populations of elephants, rhinos, and great apes helped me understand just how much the support and leadership of the United States means in this fight.
But it was the wild chimpanzees I didn't see, actually, that reinforced what the Fish and Wildlife Service's exhaustive, two year-long review of the status of the chimpanzee has found. Our recent review confirms that the chimpanzee is in trouble, and needs strong Endangered Species Act protections both in the wild and in captivity.
|Chimpanzees Bahati and her baby Baroza at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Credit: © the Jane Goodall Institute
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UTSA receives $12 million NIH grant to establish interdisciplinary health center
(Sept. 22, 2010)--The University of Texas at San Antonio announced today its College of Sciences will receive a five-year, $12 million Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) grant from the National Institutes of Health to strengthen UTSA basic and applied health research. The funding is one of the largest NIH grants the university has received in its 41-year history.
Over the long term, program administrators believe the new grant will propel UTSA research to groundbreaking progress regarding health disparities, the differing rates diseases occur in various populations.
"This NIH grant is a remarkable achievement for our College of Sciences and the RCMI team of researchers at UTSA," said President Ricardo Romo. "This funding will give us the ability to add new laboratories and acquire the latest scientific equipment so we can continue to advance our ability to improve lives with better health."
"Through the generous support of the National Center for Research Resources at the NIH, we are investing in infrastructure that will serve our researchers well many years into the future," said Andrew Tsin, RCMI program director. "It is our hope that these tools will help us understand the mystery of why some diseases like diabetes and obesity affect certain populations more than others."
The RCMI program has existed for a decade and is a critical component of UTSA's progress toward Tier One research status. The program has helped the university transform strong scientific areas into competitive health research programs. The new funding will support UTSA's evolution to premier research status by expanding resources and infrastructure as outlined in the UTSA strategic plan.
The RCMI grant will fund faculty members whose research has great relevance to human health. Additionally, it will provide funding for advanced scientific equipment and four staffed laboratory facilities to house the equipment. Those facilities include the new Nanotechnology and Human Health Laboratory, where researchers will synthesize nanomaterials for diagnostics, drug and gene delivery, tissue engineering and electron microscopy; the enhanced Protein Biomarkers Laboratory, where scientists will identify and study protein biomarkers for disease diagnosis and targeted therapy including biomarkers specific to minority populations; the Biophotonics Laboratory, where researchers will study biological processes at the molecular level in live cells with exceptional detail; and the Computational Systems Biology Laboratory, where researchers will simulate biological systems, live-cell imaging and protein biomarker research using high-performance computing infrastructure.
>> Learn more about the equipment in each facility at UTSA's RCMI website.
UTSA's RCMI program is one of only 18 RCMI programs at universities across the nation. The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of the fastest growing higher education institutions in Texas and one of nine academic universities and six health institutions in the UT System. As a multicultural institution, UTSA aims to be a national research university providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.


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No energy storage = no solar project?
By: SGN Staff
Of the five power purchase agreements between BrightSource Energy, a solar thermal company, and Southern California Edison under consideration, two have received a thumbs down from California Public Utilities Commission staff.
According to a GigaOM news story, commission staffers said the two agreements cost too much and added that the plants involved wouldn't have energy storage capabilities. In their report, commission staff said storage reduces the integration risk for renewable energy and offers more value to ratepayers. The idea is that with storage facilities, a solar power plant could hold electricity when demand is low and draw from that stored power when demand is high - certainly an added value.
The news story also indicated that the CPUC is thinking about requiring utilities to cover the cost of energy storage as more solar and wind is integrated into the grid. What is considered landmark energy storage legislation was signed into law in California in 2010.
BrightSource announced in November of last year that it was adding thermal energy storage (molten salt technology) to three of its agreements with Southern California Edison, but not all of them. As the GigaOM story noted, adding energy storage to a project doesn't always work out.
The CPUC was expected to vote on the five power purchase agreements this week, but postponed the decision until next month.
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Men's Bid Day - September 30, 2012
We are always looking to add more men who will strive to excel above the averages and become a better, more well rounded man. We help our members achieve this through our "Balanced Man Program". It is the cornerstone of what sets SigEp apart from every other student organization. Members of SigEp are committed to becoming Balanced Men, striving for excellence in all aspects of their life. The principle of maintaining a sound mind and a sound body is one very dear to members of SigEp. Please visit our Balanced Man section for more information on the Balanced Man Program. Also, be sure to visit our Scholarship page to apply for our yearly scholarship to help pay tution/books. With the largest endowment fund of any fraternity, over $15,000,000, SigEp is committed to contributing to a brother's financial needs.
Every year, SigEp welcomes the best and brightest incoming students into our chapter. If you are interested in making great friends to share your college years with, then SigEp is the place for you. Being a part of SigEp means you will also be a part of the largest fraternity in the world and will be connected to a quarter million initiated members all over the globe. Let us know that you are interested by visiting our Recruitment page and starting the steps to becoming a brother.


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Mid-Atlantic Lubes, Inc. filed as a Articles of Incorporation in the State of California on Monday, April 7, 2008 and is approximately seven years old, as recorded in documents filed with California Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Sunday, June 22, 2014.
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As this project is starting to consume my life at the moment, and is the main thing on my mind, I thought I would blog it here, as you guys, unlike my Wife/Family/Freinds are actually bothered about what I am doing, rather than making comments like, "uh huh, thats nice dear!"
I have got pretty much all my ideas from this forum, so hope I can give a little back to future builders.
So, My base is built 150cm x 150cm, IT has turned out to be a bit higher than I wanted, but thats better than too low, as I can build some decking infront to even it out.
I used 6" concrete blocks in a kinda cross between a H and an A, the reason for this is, I did not want huge re bars and a massively thick concrete slab on the top, it is just 5" thick, with reinforcing mesh inside. I did use 2, 4"x3" lintels across the front(hidden behind the brick arch) also some lintles in the back section, this gives me two large storage areas underneath, the centre wall acting as support.
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I really like those brick arches worked into the stand like that.
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When I orignally decided on building a Pizza Oven, I had my mind set on a Barrel oven, ue to the easy of building and the apperance it would give, I never liked the look of the dome shape. As I researched pizza ovens, it became clear that the dome shape was much more suited to my needs. But I was still worried about the quality of the finish of the inside(firebricks) of the oven, I know that very few people will look, but I would always know!
So, after seeing the tool that pivots in the centre to hold the bricks while they set, I decided that I could achieve a spot on dome oven that would look great! Then after another thread in the Newbies forum, Rasty's mentioned the idea of a rounded cornered square oven, the idea set itself in my mind, and now I have set myself on a design that comes from that!
To cut the long story short, I took the design of an 26" round dome, split it into it's quarters, expanded it out, and inserted 8" inbetween the quarters, thus giving a 34" rounded corner dome! If that is a little confussing, hopefully a few diagrams will help, or photos as it's built might!
Here are a couple of diagrams and photos of dry runs on setting the oven out! also, A nice stack of new Fire bricks! And my Slammed VW T5 with the pallet that just fitted, with minus 4 mill to spare!(some excellent forklift driving by the lads at the depot!)
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It looks pretty cool... the one thing I would worry about is the stability of the arch in that center section where it goes more or less horizontal.
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Thanks cynon, I was well please with how they turned out! They are reclaimed clay bricks, which I don't think are that strong!(hence the concrete lintels behind them).
I made a form for the front arch, then after finishing the front arch, I simply trimmed the sides of to fit into the smaller side enterance! quicker and easier!
My only worry is that they do not stick out enough(20mm from blocks), I still need to render the blocks, so will try to keep the render quite thin!
Yes, good point on the flat arch point! I still need to ensure that I can solve this problem before I am confident this design will work, at the moment I am thinking of shaping the bricks to have teeth that fit together in all four directions!
It is true to say that I am kinda making it up as I go along!
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sorry... accidentally deleted my earlier post...
what I had looked at before here (scroll down to see picture #2) was different. I'm not sure which way would be easier to build or more effective. Just thought I'd throw that out there as another solution to the same problem.
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Thanks for the link, interesting stuff, it makes me think, the area in the centre of the dome(that was cut off) forms a ring that supports the outer dome, with out actully existing! Example, St Pauls cathedral in London, if you have ever stood inside under the dome, it seems that there is not alot holding up such a large structure. So, with the lower part of the dome and archs that push in, will hopefully clamp the key stone bricks.
a quick diagram to show what I mean by shaping the key stone bricks at the top.
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I guess my concern would be with what's holding up the bricks that hold up the keystone. With a continuous arch, the downward thrust of gravity is taken up by transferring the stress horizontally outward to the next brick; but with the completely flat section in the middle, I would worry about the center falling out with only mortar holding things in place.
That's why the I envisioned the cut-off sides of the dome- that way you get a little more floorspace and a little more height without risking the top of the dome collapsing or having problems with the barrel-vault side stability.
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Progress report, things have been a little slow on the buildig front over the last couple of weeks, I am training for an Iron Man at the end of June, so need to concentrate on that quite alot. Anyway, had a good couple of days, I built the arch accross the centre and to the rear and cut the blocks for the bottom course.
My main concern was the arch not holding up, but after building the arch upto the key stone then the next day putting the 3 centre bricks in, it held up just fine. then after building the rear arch and that held too, I am feeling much more confident and euthisiatic about the project.
Due to the morter(or screed) having larger particules in it(about 4-5 mill at times), I was unable to create neat morter joints, so opted for joints with no morter and bricks jointed directly to each other, this does mean, all my cut bricks will need to be spot on, but this just means taking a little bit longer. I fill the rear of the joints with the screed, but I am trying to leave 20-30 mill so once it is built, I can point the whole outer oven to make it air tight.
here are a few pic's, should get another day in this weekend to hopefully build the enterance.
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Never seen an arch done like that before?
Once it heats up and expands the top will drop out, maybe not the key brick, but those holding it in will......then the key brick.....:o
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Christopher Coulter posted his top list of the 10 applications to show off the TabletPC platform in a comment on this article – which I referred to in an earlier post.
In his intro Christopher also implies that the "killer app" for the tablet depends on who is holding it. Couldn't agree more. The list is reproduced below – some applications I know and some I'll have to check out on it.
1. ArtRage (Has no equal in Wow! factor) / Experience Pack goes here now.
2. Alias SketchBook Pro (Close second)
3. FranklinCovey TabletPlanner 3 (Heavens to Betsy!)
4. MindManager X5 Pro (for some an easy #1, near killer-app if one use/gets the concept, if not, then skip.)
5. OneNote/Journal (Practical and impressive. Easily understood)
6. Corel Grafigo 2 / xThink Calculator (also MathPratice) (Keep on Shape Reco'ing me...)
7. MS Reader and Zinio Reader (eBooking still not yet a force, but still has some Wow! power)
8. The New York Times Crossword Puzzle / Music Composition Tool / Dots / Pool / Tic Tac Toe (Nifty, if just fun gimmicks)
9. TabletUML (for those on planet UML that is, if not never mind...)
10. ActiveDocs, OrderPad and form-filling software (could be #1 dependent upon audience, harder to grasp for most, they think just part of the system)
Honorable mentions: MSN Messenger 6.1+, PenOffice, Agilix GoBinder, Opera Web Browser, The Brain.


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Damon Campbell Interviews ASAP Ferg
While backstage at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Detroit for this year's "Under the Influence of Music" tour, I sat down with ASAP Ferg for what he called "one of the funnest interviews" he's done.
During which, the self-proclaimed Trap Lord, whose debut album of the same name drops August 20, opened up about unreleased music with ASAP Rocky, recalled his many hustles before rap, and more!
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Apple's 12 Days of Gifts has just entered its third day with an offer to download at no cost "Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014″ for iBooks.
Published just a couple of months ago, "Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014″ contains 200 pages of photos of and insights into the world's top 10 countries, regions, and cities to visit in 2014, which is just a few days away. And as its title clearly indicates, the book comes from Lonely Planet, the world's largest travel guidebook publisher.
The book's iBooks Store description notes:
From the people who have been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years, Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014 is your passport to a year of unforgettable experiences. Discover the best places to go and things to do all around the world right now! Visit previously secluded destinations before they get crowded, join in this year's global events where they are happening, and explore countries that are more accessible than ever; all with this motivating annual trend-setting travel reference. Dive into a year's worth of travel inspiration and begin planning an exciting 2014 filled with travel and exploration now!
To download "Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014," open the 12 Days of Gifts app, tap View Gift, and tap Free. Alternatively, you can download the book by searching for it directly in the iBooks Store from within the iBooks app.
Apparently, with the app, Apple has so far been offering links to items that are downloadable for free even in the absence of its 12 Days of Gifts promo.
Ahead of the promo's official start, Apple offered Lorde's "No Better" single and "Royal" music video. Then, for its official inaugural offer a couple of days ago, 12 Days of Gifts featured Justin Timberlake's iTunes Festival EP. And yesterday, it offered both the pilot episode of "Once Upon a Time" and the Rovio Stars point-and-click puzzle adventure game Tiny Thief.
Indeed, all those and the newly featured "Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014″ are free to download with or without 12 Days of Gifts. Here's hoping that Apple features a paid item that has actually gone free as a result of its 12 Days of Gifts promo.
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TMT Team Hosts 14th Annual Technology Conference
Warburg Pincus' Technology, Media and Telecommunications professionals recently hosted its annual Technology Conference in San Francisco. More than 100 members of the Warburg Pincus network gathered at the St. Regis hotel to discuss novel technologies and development in the Web 2.0 sphere and to hear remarks by presenters including Alfred Chuang, BEA Systems; Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience at Google; Hal Varian, UC Berkeley; Jon Miller, CEO of USA Information and Services and former Chairman and CEO of AOL; and Paul Maritz, CEO of Pi Corp.
"Every year, the Technology Conference provides an opportunity to meet with key technology executives to discuss recent trends and key drivers in the industry," said Patrick T. Hackett and James A. Neary, co-heads of Warburg Pincus' global TMT practice. "This year we had an extraordinary line-up of speakers who provided insight into broad technology themes as well as the opportunities and challenges related to Web 2.0."
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What similarities will alien life forms have to living things here on Earth? We won't know until we find some, but now there is evidence that at least the basic building blocks will be the same.
All terrestrial life forms share the same 20 amino acids. Biochemists have managed to synthesise 10 of them in experiments that simulate lifeless prebiotic environments, using proxies for lightning, ionising radiation from space, or hydrothermal vents to provide the necessary energy. Amino acids are also found inside meteorites formed before Earth was born.
Paul Higgs and Ralph Pudritz at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, point out that all these experiments produced a subset of the same 10 amino acids and calculate that these 10 require the least amount of energy to form.
This, they argue, suggests that if alien life exists it probably has the same 10 amino acids at its core.
Universal code?
They show how the other 10 may have been added one by one as early life on Earth became more sophisticated. More controversially, they go on to argue that this process dictated the evolution of the genetic code, suggesting it too is universal.
Darren Griffin, a geneticist at the University of Kent, UK, suggests Higgs and Pudritz are pushing their conclusions too far.
"Laws of physics govern the universe, and it seems reasonable to suggest that there are laws of molecular biology that may also be universal," he says. "But it seems unlikely that the very same genetic code would arise on another planet, even if there are similarities in the fundamental molecules such as amino acids."
See also: First DNA analysis may be done on another planet
Journal reference: Physics arXiv preprint
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It's not the same rust that you see on metal. There are over 5000 known species of rust found on plants. They are fungi that travel through the air to settle on a host plant.
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Fungicides can also be used as a preventative measure against fungal infections because the fungicide changes the pH of the plant and creates an environment that is not conducive to disease growth. Treatment once a month is recommended but in heavy rain seasons, treat every 7-10 days for best results.
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Penelope Cruz dresses as Mario for Nintendo Super Mario Bros. 2 ad
One of the hottest bombshells in Hollywood is donning some overalls and a mustache for an ad campaign. Penelope Cruz and sister Monica are featured in a new advertisement for New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the handheld 3DS.
This is not Nintendo's first foray into getting a big name to hawk its products -- far from it. The company has previously used Robin Williams, Kim Cattrall and Beyonce in its various ads. And they aren't the only video game company to do so.
XBox has employed teen pop sensation Justin Bieber and his mentor Usher, and Sony's Playstation used Harrison Ford in a Japanese advertisement for game "Uncharted 3."
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Doug Cutting, the creator of the open-source Hadoop framework that allows enterprises to store and analyze petabytes of unstructured data, led the team that built one of the world's largest Hadoop clusters while he was at Yahoo. The former engineer at Excite, Apple and Xerox PARC is also the developer of Lucene and Nutch, two open-source search engine technologies now being managed by the Apache Foundation. Cutting is now an architect at Cloudera, which sells and supports a commercial version of Hadoop and which this week will host the Hadoop World conference in New York. In an interview, Cutting talked about the reasons for the surging enterprise interest in Hadoop.
How would you describe Hadoop to a CIO or a CFO? Why should enterprises care? At a really simple level it lets you affordably save and process vastly more data than you could before. With more data and the ability to process it, companies can see more, they can learn more, they can do more. [With Hadoop] you can start to do all sorts of analyses that just weren't practical before. You can start to look at patterns over years, over seasons, across demographics. You have enough data to fill in patterns and make predictions and decide, 'How should we price things?' and 'What should we be selling now?' and 'How should we advertise?' It is not only about having data for longer periods but also richer data about any given period, as well.
What are Hive and Pig? Why should enterprises know about these projects? Hive gives you [a way] to query data that is stored in Hadoop. A lot of people are used to using SQL and so, for some applications, it's a very useful tool. Pig is a different language. It is not SQL. It is an imperative data flow language. It is an alternate way to do higher level programming of Hadoop clusters. There is also HBase, if you want to have real time [analysis] as opposed to batch. There is a whole ecosystem of projects that have grown up around Hadoop and that are continuing to grow. Hadoop is the kernel of a distributed operating system and all the other components around the kernel are now arriving on the stage. Pig and Hive are good examples of those kinds of things. Nobody we know of uses just Hadoop. They use several of these other tools on top as well.
Are they replacing relational databases for the most part, or just supplementing them? They are augmenting and not replacing. There are a lot of things I don't think Hadoop is ever going to replace, things like doing payroll, the real nuts-and-bolts things that people have been using relational database[s] for forever. It's not really a sweet spot for Hadoop.
Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and other big vendors have all begun doing things with Hadoop these days. What do you think about the trend? It's a validation that this is real, that this is a real need that people have. I think this is good news. At Cloudera we are happy to have competitors. We think we can do a better job at the things we can do.
In a recent report, analyst firm Forrester had noted that Hadoop's relative immaturity, the lack of commercial applications and shortage of skills are likely to pose challenges for enterprises. Sure, they are challenges. But that's, in fact, like criticizing a kid for being young. Hadoop is young. A lot of enterprise technologies have been around for decades and there is a lot of tooling that has been built up over the decades, and applications and verticals and all kinds of stuff. It is not there yet with Hadoop. There's room for a lot of growth in the software around Hadoop. That doesn't mean that there aren't a lot of problems it can't solve for people today that they can't solve otherwise, or problems that they can solve much more affordably today. For a lot of people, it is ready today. For some people and for some applications, it may be ready tomorrow.


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Would Chavismo Continue Without Chávez?
By Peter Hakim, Diego Arria, Cynthia Arnson, Bret Rosen, David Smilde
Latin America Advisor, December 20, 2012
Originally published in the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor.
Earlier this month, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced that his cancer
had returned and urged supporters to back Vice President Nicolás Maduro in the
event that he is forced to leave office. In regional elections on Sunday,
Chávez allies trumped the opposition in 20 out of 23 gubernatorial races,
though leading opposition figure Henrique Capriles was again elected governor
of Miranda state. What are the likely outcomes if Chávez were to suddenly leave
office? Is Capriles well-positioned to remain the top opposition leader? How
would Maduro fare in a special election for the presidency against Henrique
Capriles? What role did Chávez's health play in the regional elections, and how
is it affecting the country's economic prospects?
A: Peter Hakim, member of the Advisor board
and president emeritus of the Inter-American Dialogue:
"By winning 20 out of 23 races in last Sunday's gubernatorial elections,
supporters of Hugo Chávez made it clear that 'Chavismo' will not necessarily
end with his death or incapacitation. But by overshadowing everyone else in
Venezuelan public life, Chávez has made it hard to predict what comes next in
the country's politics. Whether Henrique Capriles or any other opposition
figure can beat Chávez's designated successor, foreign minister and vice
president Nicolás Maduro, remains uncertain. Last weekend's elections suggest
that Maduro will have the advantage. Whomever leads Venezuela will face a
catalogue of formidable challenges--an increasingly chaotic and inflationary
economy, declining oil production, bitterly polarized politics and pervasive
criminal violence. Resources will have to be found to sustain popular health
and social welfare programs. Rebuilding democracy and the rule of law is not
likely to be an immediate priority of any Chavista candidate-but it ought to be
if Capriles becomes president. Chávez's death would not much affect the broad
dynamics of regional affairs. It may be felt in some places, however. If
Venezuela halts its generous support, Cuba could face a humanitarian crisis.
Bolivia and Nicaragua would also be set back. Venezuela's program for the
energy-poor Caribbean and Central America has mitigated high fuel prices.
Still, Venezuela's aid initiatives may not be drastically cut, even by an
opposition government. Chávez's anti-Americanism, no matter how galling, did
not cause the decline in U.S. influence in the region. That resulted mostly
from changes in Latin America--its stronger economies, more independent
politics and greater assertiveness internationally--and from the United States'
political and economic problems, along with the costly distraction of two wars.
Chávez's death would not be enough to restore U.S. influence in Latin
A: Cynthia J. Arnson, director
of the Latin American program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars: "The Dec. 16 gubernatorial elections constituted a major
setback for the opposition, one that was surprising in its magnitude and that
does not bode well for national-level success in the near future. In political
terms, the re-election of Henrique Capriles in Miranda state and of his former
vice presidential candidate, Henry Falcón, in Lara constituted the only good
news in an otherwise bleak scenario. Capriles' ability to hold onto Miranda,
despite the enormous effort of the PSUV and former vice president Elías Jaua to
defeat him (and thereby end his political career) suggests that he is the only
viable candidate to confront Nicolás Maduro in a new national contest. But the
constitutional requirement that new elections be held within 30 days of a
president dying in office or becoming too incapacitated to govern poses
enormous challenges. It is an extremely short period of time in which to
organize another national campaign. More important, the passions generated by
Chávez's death or resignation would mobilize his loyal and fervent base in
support of his anointed successor. A new election will serve, as have so many
in the past, as a referendum on Chávez's rule; but this time there will be the
added element of a referendum on his legacy. Amid all the heightened emotions,
it is hard to imagine anything but a resounding Maduro victory."
Diego Arria, a member of the Advisor board
and director of the Columbus Group in New York:
"Chávez's health is only known by the Cuban regime and its doctors. I
believe that it is possible that Chávez himself does not even know his own
situation well, as the Cuban regime may not want to further undermine his
emotional state. Chávez's largesse with the Venezuelan treasury is fundamental
for the Cuban economy. Even if he is forced to resign, legacy will remain for
many years to come. Capriles chose to remain as governor and fortunately
succeeded, but I believe it is at the cost of surrendering his potential role
as a national leader. If there is an election, the field would be wide open for
opposition candidates. The opposition would have to reinvent itself to gain
credibility. Only a national movement, allied from across civil society and not
just driven by the leaders of existing opposition parties, would succeed. Any
candidate from the existing administration, be it Maduro or Cabello or anyone
else, would essentially be a stand-in for Chávez, dead or alive. And that fact
prevailed in the gubernatorial elections where the official candidates did not
win--Chávez won for them. It is difficult to know the impact of Chávez's health
on the electoral process, but it has been played extremely well by the regime
with its Cuban advisors. The country is facing very serious problems that will
not be addressed until the Chávez situation is resolved."
A: Bret Rosen, senior Latin
America strategist at Standard Chartered:
"The results of the gubernatorial elections were clearly favorable for the
Chavistas, given that they won more governorships than expected. Should Chávez
be unable to continue in office, the results provide an impetus to push for new
elections sooner rather than later to take advantage of momentum. On a national
level, the Chavistas' advantage over the opposition was again in double digits,
following up on Chávez's 11 percent margin of victory over Henrique Capriles in
the October presidential race. That said, it is also important to recognize
that abstentions in the gubernatorial elections were quite high, so we should
not automatically assume that Chavismo has a complete mandate. If Chávez leaves
office and elections are called, we would expect Capriles to be the most
competitive opposition candidate. He would almost certainly be opposed by
Nicolás Maduro. Given that Capriles earned the governorship of one of
Venezuela's most important states, and the defeat of some other key opposition
leaders in other state elections, one would expect him to be the most
well-positioned opposition leader. We would expect Maduro meanwhile to benefit
from a wave of sympathy for the Chavismo movement generated by the president's
health. This phenomenon might resemble what occurred in Argentina when the
death of Néstor Kirchner provided President Cristina Kirchner with a boost in
popularity. While Chávez is clearly the emotional leader of the PSUV party, we
don't believe that Chavismo ends the moment that the president is no longer on
the political scene. The PSUV has a substantial party infrastructure that
Maduro would benefit from; it controls the country's key institutions and it
has been highly successful in 'get out the vote' efforts in national elections.
Finally, any fiscal or exchange rate adjustment appears likely delayed until
after there is clarity on the president's health and potential timing for yet
another presidential election."
A: David Smilde, senior fellow
at the Washington Office on Latin America and associate professor of sociology
at the University of Georgia: "The results of the
regional elections show that Hugo Chávez's charisma can carry over to others in
his coalition. At least in the short-term, this makes it likely that if Chávez
were to step aside, his named successor, Nicolás Maduro, would win new
elections. However, keeping together a functioning coalition in the longer term
would be a big challenge as 'Chavismo' includes a diverse coalition that ranges
from extreme left movements to progressive liberals to military nationalists.
Chávez kept it together through charismatic leadership and immense popularity
among the electorate. It is not clear that anybody else could do that over the
next six years, especially with looming economic and political challenges in
2013. More broadly, Venezuela as a nation is still strongly divided. The poor
majority is no longer willing to sit on the sidelines to patiently wait for the
benefits of modern citizenship, such as health, education and affordable
housing. The Chávez coalition has prioritized their needs but it remains to be
seen whether they can do so through sustainable economic growth and while fully
respecting political and civil liberties. Many from Venezuela's affluent
classes have learned that combatting poverty and inequality is the key to
Venezuela's future. Many others, however, still think of the poor majority as
undignified second-class citizens. It remains to be seen if the Venezuelan
opposition can put together a political project that actually convinces an
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IT LOOKS like Neanderthals may have beaten modern humans to the seas. Growing evidence suggests our extinct cousins criss-crossed the Mediterranean in boats from 100,000 years ago - though not everyone is convinced they weren't just good swimmers.
Neanderthals lived around the Mediterranean from 300,000 years ago. Their distinctive "Mousterian" stone tools are found on the Greek mainland and, intriguingly, have also been found on the Greek islands of Lefkada, Kefalonia and Zakynthos. That could be explained in two ways: either the islands weren't islands at the time, or our distant cousins crossed the water somehow.
Now, George Ferentinos of the University of Patras in Greece says we can rule out the former. The islands, he says, have been cut off from the mainland for as long as the tools have been on them.
Ferentinos compiled data that showed sea levels were 120 metres lower 100,000 years ago, because water was locked up in Earth's larger ice caps. But the seabed off Greece today drops down to around 300 metres, meaning that when Neanderthals were in the region, the sea would have been at least 180 metres deep (Journal of Archaeological Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.032).
Ferentinos thinks Neanderthals had a seafaring culture for tens of thousands of years. Modern humans are thought to have taken to the seas just 50,000 years ago, on crossing to Australia.
The journeys to the Greek islands from the mainland were quite short - 5 to 12 kilometres - but according to Thomas Strasser of Providence College in Rhode Island, the Neanderthals didn't stop there. In 2008 he found similar stone tools on Crete, which he says are at least 130,000 years old. Crete has been an island for some 5 million years and is 40 kilometres from its closest neighbour - suggesting far more ambitious journeys.
Strasser agrees Neanderthals were seafaring long before modern humans, in the Mediterranean at least. He thinks early hominins made much more use of the sea than anyone suspects, and may have used the seas as a highway, rather than seeing them as a barrier. But the details remain lost in history. Any craft were presumably made from wood, so rotted away long ago. The oldest known Mediterranean boat, a dugout canoe from Lake Bracciano in Italy, is just 7000 years old. Ferentinos speculates that Neanderthals may have made something similar.
There is a simpler explanation for how they reached the islands, says Paul Pettitt of the University of Sheffield, UK: maybe they just swam there. Pettitt also points out that the tools on the islands have not been chemically dated, so estimates of their age are based entirely on their design.
Even if Ferentinos is right, the Neanderthals were probably not the first hominin seafarers. One million-year-old stone tools have been found on the Indonesian island of Flores (Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature 08844). Something, perhaps primitive Homo erectus, crossed the sea to Flores before Neanderthals even evolved.
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Final Score: Anaheim 3, Colorado 2
Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Brandon McMillan scored the game-winner near the midway mark of the third period, as the Anaheim Ducks snapped a five-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the struggling Colorado Avalanche.
Ryan Getzlaf and Todd Marchant also lit the lamp for the Ducks, who won for the first time since a 4-0 victory over Edmonton on February 13. Dan Ellis, who the Ducks acquired from Tampa Bay on Thursday, made 22 saves to pick up his first win in an Anaheim uniform.
Kevin Porter and David Jones scored for the Avalanche, who have lost three in a row and 13 of 14 overall. Peter Budaj made 29 saves in defeat.
"I think tonight was a much better effort than yesterday," Budaj said. "I thought we played with passion. We worked hard and we were in the game tonight. Obviously it wasn't good enough because this game is played for wins and losses, but I think it's a good step towards where we want to be."
With the score tied at 2-2 in the third, Colorado's Brandon Yip received a double minor for a high stick. The Ducks took full advantage of the four- minute power play.
Bobby Ryan one-timed a shot on net from the left circle. McMillan was right there to jam home the rebound at the 11:23 mark for a 3-2 lead.
The Avalanche pulled Budaj late for the extra attacker, and it almost worked. Following a scramble for the puck behind the net, Milan Hejduk hit the post as time expired.
"The last shot I didn't see at all," Ellis said. "I was down trying to cover everything low and on that post. All of a sudden the puck came out of nowhere and hit me on the side of the head. I heard it hit a post. I was just praying that it hit the right post. Thank God it stayed out."
Colorado opened the scoring at the 12:07 mark of the first period. Jonas Holos dumped the puck into the Anaheim zone from center ice, and it hit the backboards before trickling in front of the net. Matt Duchene gathered the puck and slid a pass to a charging Porter, who chipped the disc into the net.
The Ducks made it a 1-1 game at the 1:43 mark of the second. The Avs turned the puck over right in front of their own net, and Getzlaf fired a wrister past Budaj.
Marchant then put Anaheim ahead with 2:09 remaining in the middle stanza. Marchant led a 3-on-2 rush up the middle of the ice and slid a pass to his right for Luca Sbisa, who passed back to Marchant. The puck deflected off Marchant's stick into the net.
Jones' shot from the top of the right circle at the 1:43 mark of the third made it a 2-2 game.
Game Notes
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George Lakoff: How We Talk About the Environment Is Crucial to How We'll Save It
Posted By dpacheco On May 20, 2009 @ 5:20 pm In Science, Nature & Environment | No Comments
Framing isn't about selling the environment like you're trying to sell toothpaste, says George Lakoff [1], an expert in cognitive science and linguistics, and the author of the New York Times bestseller Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate. It's about activating the values that already exist in the minds of Progressives and Conservatives alike. It's about using language to effectively communicate the truth and offer meaningful solutions.
EcoAmerica is soon to make public a report on the framing of the environment called "Climate and Energy Truths: Our Common Future." The New York Times, on May 1, 2009, ran a front-page story on the report by John M. Broder called "Seeking to save the Planet, with a Thesaurus [2]." It amounted to a belittlement of the report.
Broder quoted Drexel University Professor Robert J. Brulle as saying that "ecoAmerica's campaign was a mirror image of what industry and political conservatives were doing. 'The form is the same; the message is just flipped,' he said. 'You want to sell toothpaste, we'll sell it. You want to sell global warming, we'll sell that. It's the use of advertising techniques to manipulate public opinion.'"
The story missed most of the main issues, but at least it was on the front page. Broder, a fine environmental policy reporter, did his best with a very limited understanding of framing. I am glad that Broder and the Times saw that the issue is significant enough for the front page.
This is an attempt to make better sense of that story.
Framing is Understanding
How the environment is understood by the American public is crucial: it vastly affects the future of our earth and every living being on it.
The technical term for understanding within the cognitive sciences is "framing." We think, mostly unconsciously, in terms of systems of structures called "frames." Each frame is a neural circuit, physically in our brains. We use our systems of frame-circuitry to understand everything, and we reason using frame-internal logics. Frame systems are organized in terms of values, and how we reason reflects our values, and our values determine our sense of identity. In short, framing is a big-deal.
All of our language is defined in terms of our frame-circuitry. Words activate that circuitry, and the more we hear the words, the stronger their frames get. But if our language does not fit our frame circuitry, it will not be understood, or will be misunderstood.
That is why it matters how we talk about our environment.
But the frame circuitry in our brains doesn't change overnight. Just using the language of scientific facts and figures does not mean that the significance — especially the moral significance — of those facts and figures will be understood. That moral significance can only be communicated honestly and effectively using the language of value-based frames, preferably frames already there in the minds of the public.
What makes this hard is that there are two competing valued-based systems of frames operating in our politics, one progressive and one conservative. Parts of the conservative framing system is actually at odds with a realistic understanding of the environmental problems facing us.
For many years, the powerful conservative Republican messaging system in the country has communicated a greatly misleading picture to the public, successfully getting their frame-circuits established in the brains of a large proportion of the public. Meanwhile, the environmental movement and the Democrats have done a less-than-sterling job of communicating the reality of what we all face.
Luckily, a large proportion of the public has versions of both conservative and progressive value-systems in their brains, applying to different issues. Many Americans are conservative on some issues and progressive on others. It would be nice if political value systems were not involved here, but they are. The good news is that it may be possible to activate a realistic view of our situation by using the fact that many swing voters and even many Republicans are partially progressive, from the perspective of the value-systems already in place in their brains. If we are to talk about the environment effectively, we need to make use of this neural fact to bring about a true understanding of our situation through honest communication.
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[2] Seeking to save the Planet, with a Thesaurus: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/us/politics/02enviro.html?_r=1
[3] Read the whole article here.: http://www.alternet.org/environment/140138/how_we_talk_about_the_environment_has_everything_to_do_with_whether_we%27ll_save_it_/?page=entire
[4] Framing 101: How to Take Back Public Discourse: http://www.chelseagreen.com/blogs/?p=1280
[5] Obama to Regulate CO2 as a Pollutant: http://www.chelseagreen.com/blogs/obama-to-regulate-co2-as-a-pollutant/
[6] LISTEN: Bill McKibben Talks Climate Science on The Reality Report: http://www.chelseagreen.com/blogs/?p=1862
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