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Anthony Browne is a very prolific children's author and illustrator, whom some of the children may already be familiar.
It is possible to use this familiarisation to discuss with the pupils reoccurring themes within Anthony Browne's books. The anthropomorphism of his characters and the use of motifs, such as bananas and hats, are prevalent throughout his books. This is a quality that adds an extra-textual element to Browne's work, as the reader already has a wealth of prior knowledge to bring to the picture reading process (Duncan, 2009).
It is this wealth of prior knowledge that I intended to incite via the lesson starter. It is assumed that most children have, by the age of ten, knowledge of zoo's and animals in relation to their natural habitat. Using a dramatic convention that allows the children to depict a scene of their favourite animal within its natural habitat, not only encourages them to engage in being more social and expressive students, but also, through appropriate teacher questioning, may well establish internal notions that will be fostered during the reading of Zoo.
Browne's recognisable illustrative style is able to impart a great sense of warmth to the reader. However, this is often interspersed with what could be described as bleak and subtly distressing images, as his books often deal with complex issues and dilemmas.
Zoo, published in 1992, centres around a conventional domestic situation, in which 'Mum', 'Dad' and their two boys spend the day visiting a zoo. The narrative of the book depicts the day as pretty uneventful, mildly boring even. The highlights being "burger, chips and beans", "the monkey hats" and "going home" - not quite the exciting day they had all anticipated. Browne's illustrations cleverly compliment the narrative, yet tell an altogether different story. They require the reader to infer an underlying awareness of animal oppression; provoking the reader to engage empathetically with the animals' plight.
One of the illustrative techniques used by Browne is to make some of the faces of his characters indeterminate. Graham (1990) argues that this enables the child reader to project their own persona into them. The imaginative realisation of the text may then be realised. This illustrative technique appears prominently in Browne's depiction of the Orang-utan. The reader is drawn in with feelings of sympathy toward the faceless, yet clearly sorrowful creature. This technique appears again on the penultimate page in which the young boy who narrates the story is sitting, confined to a cage with his head in his lap. His face is not visible, adding to the indeterminate aspect of the character and harbouring an imaginative realisation for the reader.
The pictures in Zoo are so interwoven with the text, that, to quote a phrase used by Graham, "to give the text alone would be like giving a performance of a concerto without an orchestra.". Browne cleverly combines the text and the illustrations in such a way that he "invites the reader to enter his mutual game" (Graham, 1990).
I therefore felt it essential that the initial reading of Zoo was done at a slow enough pace, allowing the pupils to engage with the pictures as well as the text. As Hunt (2001) points out, picture books are read not at word speed but at picture speed. This slower process makes demands on the pupils to look longer and deeper into the pictures, creating opportunities to operate at a higher cognitive level.
I was keen to use the ethical dilemma presented by Browne in Zoo as a stimulus for meaningful drama within the classroom, a chance for the pupils to engage in small groups, exchanging ideas and expressing the views they hold about a dilemma to which the society they belong to is accountable. This idea hits upon and facilitates one of the main principles of English teaching that underpins my lesson - literacy is a set of social...
References: Baldwin, P. Fleming, K. (2003) Teaching Literacy through Drama: Creative approaches, London: RoutledgeFalmer
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Browne, B. (1992) ZOO, London: Random House
Duncan, D
Graham, J. (1990) Pictures on the page, Sheffield: The National Association for the teaching of English
Hunt, P
Vygotsky, L. S. (1978) Mind and Society: The Development of higher Psychological Processes, Cambridge: Havard University Press [cited in: Bearne, E. (2002) Making Progress in Writing, London: RoutledgeFalmer]
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Waterland, L. (1988) 2nd ed. Read with me; an apprenticeship guide to reading Stroud: Thimble Press
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The oral rounds were the culmination of six months of hard work for the 26* participating law schools. The competitors argued four times in General Rounds, twice for the claimant and twice for the respondent. At the conclusion of the General Rounds, the eight schools that were ranked the highest proceeded to the Quarter Finals. In the Quarter Finals, the four schools that were ranked the highest proceeded to the Semi-Final Rounds. The Semi-Finals, held at Maxwell Chambers, were between Singapore Management University and NUS Law (NUS won), and Hong Kong University and University of Queensland (University of Queensland won).
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Psalm 54 (Introit, Trinity 9)
Rev. Benjamin Tyler Holt
Psalm 54, which is the Introit this day of the church year, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, is a prayer of David, fleeing from Saul. He was hiding, then, among the Ziphites, and when they learned of it, they hunted David to earn favor with Saul.
David was surrounded by enemies.
He was in terrible danger.
So he cried to God:
"O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might. O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves" (Psalm 54:1-3).
That's the right sort of thing for Christians to ask when they're surrounded by enemies.
But asking this does something to David.
While he's asking God to intervene, he comes to realize that he's already delivered by grace. It's as though he says: "I'm surrounded by enemies. I don't know if I'll live or die. But I do know what my final fate will be either way: I will go to the Lord. He will deliver me."
While David's still surrounded then, with that request for God's intervention still upon his breath, he continues with a confession of who God is:
"Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. He will return the evil to my enemies; in your faithfulness put an end to them" (Psalm 54:4-5).
This is in no way evident in the moment.
David speaks by faith, not as a prophet. He doesn't know that he'll be spared physical death and put on the throne of Israel.
He might be caught by the Ziphites and handed over to Saul to be murdered.
But—David is a believer.
He trusts that God works all things together, even martyrdom, for those who love Him (cf. Romans 8).
That's how and why he's able to conclude this psalm in this way:
"With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good. For he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies" (Psalm 54:6-7).;
Whether David lives or dies, the Lord has delivered him from every trouble, for the Lord has delivered him from sin and Hell by providing a Messiah, Jesus the Christ, as his Substitute.
David realizes this while surrounded by enemies and asking God to deliver him.
He doesn't know what the Lord will do.
But. And. He knows that it will be good.
This is the foundation of prayer and the essence of faith.
When we ask God to help us—we're in our most natural state.
It's the relationship of sheep to shepherd, children to father, beggar to king.
The Lord has not only the power to do good but also the wisdom and desire to do good.
David is unashamed to ask God for earthly gain—that he wouldn't die but be delivered from the Ziphites. This is a good and fine prayer.
And, at the same time, he is at the mercy of God.
He trusts that God will do what is best.
While David doesn't know what the future holds for him, he does know what eternity holds.
He has a Helper, the Messiah, who has and will uphold his life, and that Helper has already delivered him from every trouble.
The Psalms, like our prayers, can be categorized in many ways, but at their base they're always a petition, or a praise, or a mingling of the two.
We sometimes ask God for things without literally saying so. And we ask for things, sometimes, by complaining about something else.
We lament.
But in every case, a prayer in Jesus' name is a prayer asking God to be true to His compassion and mercy, asking God to respond to injustice.
When we confess our sins—our hurts—our fears—we're petitioning God for His forgiveness and mercy, His intervention.
When we thank God, we're praising Him.
When we confess who He is, what He's done, that He's a good and gracious God, our helper, that, too, is also praise.
In Psalm 54 David begins with his immediate need.
He has a real request based on a real need.
He wants the Lord to deliver him from the Ziphites.
But this psalm is also a confession, praise, that the Lord has the power to help and that David has the right to ask for help despite his sins.
God cares about David and the problems in his life.
God cares about you and the problems in your life.
In asking for a basic need David remembers. And so he praises God, confessing who God has promised to be—His helper. David remembers and confesses what God has already done—He has delivered him from every trouble.
In Psalm 54, David moves from petition, asking for help, to confession, praising God for who He is and what He's done.
The Nicene Creed shows us that our prayers can work the other way.
In the Creed, we confess who God is, and so we praise Him.
We praise Him for His wondrous works of mercy, for His revelation to us as Holy Trinity, for the Incarnation, for the gift of faith, and on and on.
In the Creed, we praise God by confessing who He is and what He's done.
But in that praise we might remember our need and be moved to petition God for help.
When you confess that Jesus "will come to judge the living and dead," do you not think of the coming judgment, the need for the forgiveness of sins, for a blessed death, a good death, for a speedy conclusion to this sad life, and the coming, joyful reunion with the saints in glory?
Just as David's petition led to his confession of faith, so our confession of faith in the Creed leads us to petition God for help.
This is what the Christian life looks like—
To believe that God has delivered us by the death and resurrection of His Son, from sin and hell, even while suffering.
In the midst of our suffering, we ask God for help, but we also thank God for who He is and what He's already done.
When it seems like justice fails and the wicked prosper, that there's nothing to live for, that all is for nought—when we are in need, we confess: "Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life" (Psalm 54:4).
And, most importantly, He has already delivered us from every evil by the gift of His Son, who lived and breathed and bled and died for us, our Substitute.
You are God's children by Holy Baptism.
As a shepherd cares for his flock, a father for his children, and a king, beggars, God desires to hear your petitions and to help.
You are our Lord's Bride by His declaration.
You are His confidant and friend.
He Himself has not simply invited you to pray, but He's commanded it, decreed it to be so.
So our prayers are faith speaking who we are in Christ: beggars who ask God for things because we have no ability to provide them for ourselves.
We're sheep who require His protection and food.
We're His children whom He must instruct and nurture.
We're His own Body whom He must feed and strengthen.
And we're those who rejoice in wonder, who praise Him, in natural response to His mercy, not as flattery, not simply because He deserves it, but because there's no other way to respond—to be—than to abandon ourselves, forget our embarrassment and pride, and sing because He's good and He's made us to sing, to confess, to praise, to pray, to give thanks.
"Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life" (Psalm 54:4-5).
In Jesus' name, Amen!


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"How to Resurrect Houseflies," by Cathy Allen. The author presents
concise, easy-to-follow instructions.
"How to Stiff a Taxi Driver (Part 1)" by Kurt Vial. The author
describes the techniques needed for successful taxidermy. General
readers, especially those in New York City, may also find it of
"How to Write a Ph.D. Thesis," by Eric Schulman. The author
presents a complete guide not only to how to write a thesis, but
also to what steps can and should be skipped.
"Why There are No Men Available," by David Schlinkert. The author,
who is not available, gives his analysis of why women who seek men
can and should despair.
"A Space Child's Mother Goose," by Fredrick Winsor and Marian
Parry. The wonderful book of this name is long out of print. By
spacial arrangement with the artist, we are reprinting an
occasional series of illustrated poems from the book. It is our
hope that some sensible publisher will realize that 21st century
space children, too, will crave these book!
And much, much more...
Full text and illustrations of these and many other articles and
citations (including the full citation for "Response of Dairy
Cattle to Transient Voltages and Magnetic Fields") appear in the
Sept/Oct issue of AIR.
[mini-AIR, which you are reading at this moment, is a tiny
*supplement* to what's in the print publication. As always, we
urge you to subscribe to the real thing -- and to submit your own
research and images for publication.]
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1997-09-04 Philosophical Correctness Survey: Power
In our continual effort to settle the world's great mysteries by
fiat, this month we present a philosophical survey. Please answer
to these three questions, and send the answers to
<firstname.lastname@example.com>. Please try to limit your answers to an
aggregate maximum of 100 words.
1. Can God create a rock so heavy that He cannot lift it?
2. Can Superman pull his own head off?
3. Are these two questions equivalent?
(For historical reference, we note that this survey was inspired
by the work of philosophers Ariane Eigen and Sam Dionne.)
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1997-09-05 Wilde Improbability
Last month we asked if anyone could track down the citation for
Oscar Wilde's epigram:
One should always be a little improbable.
Many thanks to the hundreds of you who did in fact track it down.
(A simple web search was all it took, and we sheepishly admit that
we ought to have done that ourselves in the first place.) It comes
from the work "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young",
which was originally published in the Oxford student publication,
"The Chameleon," December 1894. Thank you to Robert Coyle of The
Oscar Wilde Project, and to a horde of other Wilde devotees and
search engineers. One good trove of Wilde's works is at
Here is another Wilde nugget to ponder as we build, build, build
our techno-bridges to the 21st century:
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless
information." (Thanks to investigator Lars-Erik Kronberg for
bringing this to our attention.)
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1997-09-06 Teachers' Guide
[This Teachers' Guide appears in every issue of AIR. By popular
request, we also reprint it once or twice a year in mini-AIR.]
Three out of five teachers agree: curiosity is a dangerous thing,
especially in students. If you are one of the other two teachers,
AIR and mini-AIR can be powerful tools. Choose your favorite hAIR-
raising article and give copies to your students. The approach is
simple. The scientist thinks that he (or she, or whatever), of all
people, has discovered something about how the universe behaves.
1. Is this scientist right--and what does "right" mean, anyway?
2. Can you think of even one different explanation that works as
well or better?
3. Did the test really, really, truly, unquestionably, completely
test what the author thought he was testing?
4. Is the scientist ruthlessly honest with himself about how well
his idea explains everything, or could he be suffering from
wishful thinking?
5. Some people might say this is foolish. Should you take their
word for it?
6. Other people might say this is absolutely correct and
important. Should you take their word for it?
* * *
Kids are naturally good scientists. Help them stay that way.
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1997-09-07 The Persistence of Reality
Here are three further data from our Scientific Correctness Survey
on the topic "Does reality exist?"
Investigator M.D. Sofka posed the question to several prominent
philosophers while standing in the wine and cheese line at a
faculty mixer. Sofka reports that he was inundated with more than
just wine and cheese. Sofka spared us some of the details. We will
spare you all of them.
Investigator M. Gibbs informs us that the question "Does reality
exist?" is covered in an economics modeling course at the
University of Chicago.
Investigator D. Kincade reports that "the only existing thing is
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1997-09-08 The 1997 Heisenberg Certainty Lecturers
One aspect of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony is a series of five
Heisenberg Certainty Lectures. Each lecturer speaks on a topic of
his or her own choosing. A time limit of 30 (thirty) seconds is
strictly enforced by the Ig Nobel Referee, John Barrett.
This year's Heisenberg Certainty Lecturers include:
Boston University Chancellor John Silber
Harvard Astronomer Melissa Franklin
MIT Biologist/Psychiatrist/Engineer Jerome Lettvin
Harvard Astronomer/Physicist William Press
A Troika of Nobel Laureates
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1997-09-09 Ig Live Telecast (and a highlight reel!)
If you plan to watch the live Internet Telecast of this year's Ig
Nobel Prize Ceremony on Thursday night, Oct. 9, please check out
(www.improb.com or)
at least a day or so BEFORE the Ig! Don't wait till the night of
the event -- you might have to do some minor software twiddling
The telecast will be via CUSeeMe (it might also be available over
the MBONE -- check the web site for detials). The quality will be
somewhere in the range excellent to cheesy, depending on your
communications line and on your computer. ALL NECESSARY TECHNICAL
INFO (or at least as much as we can manage) WILL BE POSTED ON THE
* * * A special three-minute video highlight reel of Ig Nobel
Ceremonies past is now up and running (we think) on our web site.
It was edited by Erin Delaney, and Internetified by Robert T.
Morris and Andrew Pimlott. The music is from Deborah Henson-
Conant's splendid "Danger Zone" from her most recent album (for
further info on Deborah, see www.hipharp.com). Warm thanks and
huzzahs to all of these people. * * *
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1997-09-10 Ig Informal Lectures (on the day AFTER the ceremony)
As mentioned above, this year's Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will take
place at Harvard's Sanders Theatre on Thursday evening, October 9.
The following day, Friday, October 10, AIR and the Harvard-
Radcliffe Science Fiction Association present a new adjunct event:
The Ig Informal Lectures. These will be a series of 15-minute
humorous lectures by Ig winners and others.
The lectures will be held at the Harvard Science Center lecture
hall C, beginning at 1:15 pm. Admission is free, but seating is
limited and it's first come, first served. This year's scheduled
Ig lecturers include:
1. A 1997 Ig Nobel Prize winner.
2. 1996 Ig Nobel Art Prize winner Don Featherstone, creator of the
plastic pink flamingo.
3. Eric Schulman, Caroline V. Cox, and Emily Schulman: "How to
Write a Scientific Research Report."
4. Karen Hopkin, creator of the Studmuffins of Science Calendar,
who will propose a happy new biochemical nomenclature.
5. Prof. Jerome Lettvin, MIT, who will discuss a curious case of
possible self-impregnation.
6. Jerry Reilly, Executive Director of the Museum of Bad Art.
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1997-09-11 Accentuate the Negative, De-glorify the Positive
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time is familiar to
everyone who follows the exploits of Sherlock Holmes. (The dog did
nothing in the night-time -- that was the curious incident.) In
science, as elsewhere, what does not happen can be as important as
what does happen. Congratulations and huzzas to the founders of a
terrific new journal called "NOGO." NOGO is a sub-acronym for
"Journal of Negative Observations in Genetic Oncology." NOGO's
purpose is to prevent hordes of researchers from stumbling down
the paths that others have already shown to be dead ends. Humble
as this may sound, it is a tremendously valuable thing. Let us
hope that other specialties will establish their own journals of
negative results. NOGO is web-based. You can find it at
http://nogo.org or www.nogo.org
NOGO's founding editor, Scott Kern, can be reached at
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1997-09-12 Lava Enthusiast
Investigator Andy Papp <email@example.com> loves lava
lamps. Papp writes:
"I know how a lava lamp works, and why the stuff ends up as 'turds
on the bottom,' and will be happy to share if anyone wants
specific info. I would like to construct the world's largest lava
lamp. if you can help me, I will dedicate it to AIR, and write an
article about it for you."
We wish him the best.
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1997-09-13 Someone Doesn't Like Us
We are being sued. A man named George Scherr has filed a lawsuit
in federal court against our editor, Marc Abrahams, and against
AIR. George wants us to (a) stop publishing AIR and (b) pay him
$4.2 million.
George's lawsuit contains twenty (20) pages of accusations,
including conspiracy, fraud, trademark infringement, and (our
favorite!) racketeering.
George is acting as his own lawyer. Several years ago, George told
Marc that he (George) had taken legal action against most of the
people with whom he had ever had business relationships, including
one of his children.
George is the current publisher of The Journal of Irreproducible
Results, having obtained ownership of that publication in 1994 --
some months after Marc resigned as its editor. George was also
publisher of the Journal from 1964-1989; in 1989 he sold the
Journal to a different publisher, against whom he then took legal
[SOME BACKGROUND for those who are interested: The Journal of
Irreproducible Results was founded in 1955 by Alex Kohn and Harry
Lipkin. In 1964, George got involved, becoming the Journal's
publisher, a relationship that apparently was inharmonious from
the start (please do not ask Marc for details, as he knows them
only second hand from Alex and Harry). Many years later, Alex and
Marc co-founded the Annals of Improbable Research, with Harry as a
founding editorial board member. The entire editorial staff (1955-
94) of the Journal moved to the Annals, as did most of the
editorial board.]
George claims that the name "Annals of Improbable Research" is
deceptively similar to "Journal of Irreproducible Results" and
that it infringes the trademark of the "Journal." He also claims
that Marc conspired to (a) ruin the Journal while he was its
editor and then later (b) pretend that the Annals is really the
George also claims that the idea of having a limerick contest in
the July 1995 (that's nineteen ninety-FIVE) issue of mini-AIR was
copied from a 1996 (that's nineteen ninety-SIX) issue of George's
George had previously claimed that neither Marc nor the Annals was
"ever associated with the Ig Nobel Prize." [See the Jan 8, 1996,
issue of "The Scientist" for George's full letter on this, and the
January 22 and March 4 issues for responses from Marc and from two
Nobel Laureates who participated in various Ig ceremonies.] Those
of you who have attended the many Ig Ceremonies may have memories
of Marc (and friends) creating the Ig ceremony in 1991, and of
Marc serving as emcee every year.
Absurd as this lawsuit is, we have no choice other than to fight
it -- and fighting it WILL be expensive. While George is acting as
his own lawyer, we believe the old saying that anyone who does
that has a fool for a client. Therefore, we have retained an
excellent law firm. The firm has agreed to defend the case at a
reduced rate, but even with the reduction there will likely be
thousands of dollars of legal costs (not on the Bill Clinton/Paula
Jones million dollar level, but possibly enough to destroy earth's
vital supply of AIR).
Therefore, we proudly yet sheepishly announce:
* The Strategic AIR Defense Fund *
The Strategic AIR Defense Fund will be used to help defray these
legal costs. Honorary co-chairs are Nobel Laureates Dudley
Herschbach, William Lipscomb, and Richard Roberts.
If you would like to help us fight this improbable lawsuit (and
receive a nifty certificate of thanks!), please send donations
(whatever you can contribute -- $25, $50, or $100, will help) to
the following address:
Strategic AIR Defense Fund
c/o Robert Dushman
Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
If you have questions, please get in touch with Marc. (But please
wait till after the Ig -- this week is VERY busy!)
We plan to post George's entire complaint on our web site
The October 2 issue of Nature has a news article about this
As Dave Barry would say: we are not making this up.
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1997-09-14 Sing, Sing, Sing of Singmaster
The controversial views of British mathematician David Singmaster
- -- that one should always use two spaces after a period --
continue to inspire frenzy in the halls of science. We received an
anguished letter in response to Professor Singmaster's statement
"As a mathematician, the problems of typesetting and of typing
mathematical text have made me aware of the problems of legibility
of typescript and I am not convinced that typographers have got it
Here is the aforementioned anguished response, with the signature
reproduced faithfully:
"Proof by assertion of superiority of discipline. An oft-used
method, akin
to proof by higher position in a hierarchy, of the family proof by
--Doug Merrill (not anyone in particular)
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1997-09-15 Tootsies on Display
The left feet of Nobel Laureates Dudley Herschbach, William
Lipscomb, and Walter Gilbert have been cast in plaster, as have
five toes from scientist/supermodel Symmetra. All of these plaster
pedal extremities will be auctioned off at the 7th First Annaul Ig
Nobel Prize Ceremony. (All proceeds of the auction will go to the
science programs of the Cambridge public schools.)
These objects are on public display until the evening of the
ceremony, Thursday, October 9. Two feet and five toes are in the
lobby of the Sackler Art Museum at Harvard. The other foot is at
the MIT Press Bookstore in Kendall Square, Cambridge.
Go ye and gawk, while you can.
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1997-09-16 Announcing: The AIR book!
We are improbably proud, pleased, happy, etc. to announce the
publication of the "The Best of Annals of Improbable Research,"
Marc Abrahams, editor, W.H. Freeman, New York. It is a commendable
book -- 200 or so pages long, constructed with genuine ink and
paper, and containing 100% mass (both inertial AND
gravitational!). It should begin appearing in bookstores in
October. If your bookstore doesn't yet have it, ask, request,
petition, entreat, demand, beseech, plead, implore the nice book
store people to order several copies.
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1997-09-17 AIRhead Project 2000
Since June, 1994, we have been compiling a list of everything that
has 2000 as part of its name. Here is an item sent in from Hungary
by investigator George Valas. He writes:
"MM is an abbreviation for Magyar Millenium (Hungarian Millenium),
the celebration of 1000th anniversary of the founding of the
European-type Hungarian monarchy, of founding a permanent
Hungarian state here in the Carpathian basin after many centuries
of migration. But it is officially stated that MM can be read as a
Roman number (2000), as well."
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1997-09-18 May We Recommend
Research reports that merit a trip to the library.
(These items are additional to the many, many which appear in the
pages of AIR itself.)
"The Dielectric Properties of Apples in the Range 0.1 to 100 kHz,"
F.X. Hart and W.H. Cole, "Journals of Materials Science," vol. 28,
1993, pp. 621-31.
"Association between toenail selenium and risk of acute myocardial
infarction in European men -- The EURAMIC study," A.F.M.
Kardinaal, F.J. Kok, et al., "American Journal of Epidemiology,"
vol. 145, no. 4, pp. 373-9, 1997. (Thanks to Julio F. Turrens for
bringing this to our attention.)
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1997-09-19 AIRhead Events
==> Updates of this schedule are available from firstname.lastname@example.com
Want to host an event? E-mail to <email@example.com>
IG NOBEL FEET AND TOES *until* Thursday, Oct. 9
Plaster casts of the left feet of three Nobel Laureates, and of
five toes of scientist/supermodel Symmetra are on public display
at Harvard's Sackler Art Museum and at the MIT Press Bookstore (in
Kendall Square, Cambridge). These items will be auctioned off a
the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony.
7TH FIRST ANNUAL IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY Thurs, Oct 9, 7:30 pm
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University. The event will be recorded
for later broadcast on NPR's "Science Friday"" program.
TICKETS: Sanders Theatre box office, 617-496-2222
LIVE INTERNET TELECAST (you may have to twiddle your computer, so
check it out at least a day in advance!):
ANNUAL IG LECTURES Fri, Oct 10, 1:15 pm
Harvard Science Center lecture hall C. Lectures by Ig Nobel Prize
winners and other worthies. This event is free, but seating is
AIR Tour of America October and ongoing
Schedule to be announced. If you would like to host an event,
please email <firstname.lastname@example.com>
ASSOCIATION JOINT CONVENTION Fri, April 17, 1988, 1:00 pm
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque,
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Gir Learning Center established by Wildlife division Sasan-Gir under the Bio Diversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Project. The main objective of Gir learning centres of The Biodiversity Conservation with special focus on the conservation of Asiatic lion in the Gir region and surrounding areas. The BCRLI Project is funded by world bank, and implemented by Ministry of forest and environment (Moef). The project will be implemented in two phases. Phase I will include support for knowledge management and development and testing of conservation approaches and two Demonstration Landscape Sites. (1) Ascot Sanctuary, Uttrakahand and (2) Little Rann of Kachchh. Phase II will support a broader national capacity building programme and support for future testing and demonstration of landscape conservation approach in two additional sites based on experience and capacity constraints for Landscape Conservation. Under this Project Gir, KMTR and PTR to be established as Learning Centres. Activities of Conservation already took place under these Learning Centres before and they can help other Protected Areas for learning aspect by their Experience Models.
1. Conservation of core and Satellite habitat such as Girnar, Mitiyala, Grassland of Maliya, Savarkundla, Mahuva, Palitana and Talaja, Coastal Forests etc.
2. Conservation of Corridors connecting Core area
3. Ecosystem compatible development of Local People
4. Measures preventing Human-Wildlife Conflict
5. Awareness and Education
6. Increased support for Monitoring, Research and Study
1. Piloting the Demonstration of the Regional
2. Conservation Planning for the Biodiversity
3. Providing Capacity and Expertise for Regional
4. Conservation Planning to other Biodiversity
5. conservation Landscape Sites
1. Orientation of BCRLIP -Discussion, Planning and Field Learning
2. Participating in Various Activities conduct by Project and Forest Department
3. Participating in Workshops and Seminars of Environment Awareness
4. Learning Effective Methods of Nature Education
Environmental Sciences, Land Use/Land Cover Study, Forestry, Climate Change Study, Geography, Geographical Information System, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing.


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We would all love a heads up display in our cars but adding this option to most cars is expensive. Heads up display makes life easier and tells you directions, speed and road signs. Now we can all have a heads up display in any one of our cars no matter what brand and how old our car is. The installation is simple. It is basically plug-and-play. The unit sits on top of a mount/power pad that stays affixed to your dash. The mount adheres to your dash and is meant to stay in place, but the unit itself is easily removed – it securely affixes to the mount via strong magnets, but can be removed from the mount easily and quickly.
The world's first device for your car that lets you Look Forward while Staying Connected. Navdy's advanced Augmented Reality display projects all the information you need as a transparent image over the road ahead. It's not just a magical display, it's a beautiful display. Navdy's advanced display projects information into the distance so the road stays in focus. Navdy's full color, fully transparent image is ultra-clear and visible in direct sunlight and automatically dims at night.
Whether you want to accept, dismiss, or return a call, you'll never have to pick up your phone. Navdy's natural gestures let you effortlessly interact with simple swipes, so you can say goodbye to fumbling with your phone.
Navdy is powered by Google Maps so you can easily search for your favorite destination. With built-in offline maps, built-in GPS and real-time traffic Navdy will always keep you on the fastest route.
Navdy will read aloud all the messages and notifications you want from your phone and let you reply using Siri or Google Assistant, so you can stay up-to-date and in control at all times.
Navdy Dash lets you customize your dashboard with key driver info like speed limit, MPG, fuel range, RPM, compass and more.
Navdy costs around $500
[image from techcrunch.com info from amazon.com/navdy.com]


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Starting in Belgium they go through France, Spain, Portugal, Marokko, cross the Western Sahara, Mauretania, Senegal, etc… to finally end up in Mali where they plan to stay, if the political situation there gets better.
What is the reason for two people to leave everything behind, friends, family, work?
The answer is easy for the two lovebirds. They just wanted to travel together, to share something big and to begin something new in another country. The van is their first home together, the first time they share a "flat". Both have their own reasons for the trip. For Eric the most important thing is to discover different parts of the world, to find new opportunities and to do something that makes sense. "Of course you can find sense in Belgium or Austria but we want to try it in Africa. And this trip makes sense for us." Alex was born in Belgium her mother is from Mali and her goal is to learn to speak Bambara to get closer to her roots. And for their relationship this journey is a kind of warm up before many more great adventures together.
Too people who are not afraid to go out and discover the world, even though it is hard for their family and friends to let them go. And some of them just don't understand how they can just leave everything behind and not work for a year. Things like that just don't look good in your resume and what about their pension? But the two don't need material things like a job, a home and mortgage to feel secure. As Alex says, "being bound with things doesn't give me a sense of security." They made their choice, planned their trip for month, saved money and worked a lot before so they can afford to take some time off. But still they have to be careful with the money and cannot go and eat in restaurants all the time or sleep in hotels.
And they don't need to because they have their "Baby". As a good companion on their way they bought the old Mercedes van specially for the trip and plan on selling it in Mali or where ever they'll choose to settle down.
When you see two people in an old van travelling the world it reminds you of the 60s, love, peace and rock and roll. And in Eric's opinion there is a link between the 60s hippie movement and the travelling generation nowadays, because as the young people then, we are also looking for another sense. We cannot live the same way our parents did before us and are looking for another way. But it's not quite the same, it's not about one love and smoking marijuana… It's just about enjoying live with other people and to meet them in a peaceful way. To be present now in life.
Alex is a little more sceptic: "All people I met wanted to experience something else. We travel to meet people, but still it's not a dream, it's real live and of course you will not love everybody you meet on your way and sadly there isn't peace everywhere."
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by children who wrote to the president about gun violence following last month's school shooting in the US, signs executive orders. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP
Barack Obama signs a series of executive actions in favour of gun control, flanked by children who wrote to him after the killings at Sandy Hook. Their parents or guardians stand behind them. While the children reflect the president's solemnity, the supervising adults are finding it hard not to grin with pride at their kids' involvement in this historic occasion.
It might look cynical. It might seem a bit obvious. The imagery here is so crystal clear they might as well have had a big sign saying "Children! Future!" (as they sing at The Simpsons' Springfield elementary school).
But if you think that you probably haven't got a child. Or perhaps you rationalised the US's horror at the shootings that led to this photograph as colossal hypocrisy in the face of alleged massacres of non-American children by military drones. For some on the left it seems Obama is little better than a child murderer himself, while for the gun-toting right, his desire to restrict gun access is an assault on freedoms defined in the 18th-century political discourse that is the Constitution of the United States:
"A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to bear Arms shall not be infringed."
And this is the point of Obama's photo opportunity with America's children. The debate about gun control is a debate about history and its burdens. When that amendment was added to the constitution in 1791, the authors surely did not think they were setting down the Ten Commandments of national identity, to be preserved unaltered forever. Or if they did, well … they are dead.
This photograph puts Obama on the side of the future, the living, and generations to come. Corny, but true. What is the US, the picture asks? Is it a document written more than 200 years ago, or is it your children?
So I don't think this is a manipulative image – instead it is a clear statement about the priorities that make sane gun control so urgent. It is a visual argument. Is the US a past or a future? Barack Obama is the hero of moderate progressive politics today because he picks his fights, and he has picked the right one here. In this picture the historical fetishism of Republican defenders of the second amendment is answered by an image of a future that needs to be freed from gun mania.
Like believing the British past is reflected by Downton Abbey, believing that the US's innate spirit is defined by the second amendment is a fantasy. In fact, the ideas that shaped those words are not American but European, rooted in the political theory of the Renaissance.
The reason Americans need the right to bear arms is so they will be ready to serve in the militia: this idea that a free republic must be defended by a citizen militia goes back to the 16th-century writings of Niccolò Machiavelli. Even more history, but again – look at the picture. An idea that goes back to Machiavelli's attempt to recruit soldiers to fight against Pisa five centuries ago, versus modern America, its youth and children.
Crude imagery? This picture is a profound political argument.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Jesus of Nazareth II Discussion: Chapter 3
We now turn to chapter three, which deals with the "washing of the feet." This chapter weaves together a number of important themes, including the importance of purification, Christ's "New Commandment", the figures of Judas and Peter, and confession of sin.
"With the Last Supper, Jesus' 'hour' has arrived, the goal to which his ministry has been directed from the beginning (2:4)." -p. 54
"The 'hour' of Jesus is the hour of the great stepping beyond, the hour of transformation, and this metamorphosis of being is brought about through agape. It is agape "to the end"--and here John anticipates the final word of the dying Jesus: tetelestai--"it is finished" (19:30). This end (telos), this totality of self giving, of remolding the whole of being--this is what it means to give oneself even unto death." -p. 55
Of course, the later discussion on the "New Commandment" is meaningless unless one understands the importance of Jesus' self giving.
"In chapter 13 of the Gospel, it is the washing of the feet by Jesus that serves as the way of purification." -p. 59
"For the Christian faith, it is the incarnate God who makes us truly pure and draws creation into unity with God." -p. 60
"It is the God who comes down to us who makes us clean. Purity is a gift." -p. 61
Thus, since we are made pure through Christ, the "New Commandment" can now be given.
"The command to do as Jesus did is no mere moral appendix to the mystery, let alone an antithesis to it. It follows from the inner dynamic of gift with which the Lord renews us and draws us into what is his." -62
"The newness can come only from the gift being-with and being-in Christ." -p. 64
"The gift--the sacramentum--becomes an exemplum, an example, while always remaining a gift. To be a Christian is primarily a gift, which then unfolds in the dynamic of living and acting in and around the gift." -p. 65
How do we respond knowing that being a Christian is a gift?
The Pope then goes on to discuss Christ's interaction with Judas and Peter at the Last Supper. Feel free to comment on this section.
The Pope concludes this section by highlighting the importance of confession as found in Jesus' mysterious words found John 13:10: Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he is clean all over; and you are clean, but not every one of you."
"Yet in this context, the washing of feet acquires another more concrete meaning, over and above its fundamental symbolism, one that points to the practicalities of life in the early Church. What is it? The complete bath that was taken for granted can only mean Baptism, by which man is immersed into Christ once and for all, acquiring his new identity as one who dwells in Christ. This fundamental event, by which we become Christians not through our own doing but through the action of the Lord in his Church, cannot be repeated. Yet in the life of Christians--for table fellowship with the Lord--it constantly requires completion: 'washing of feet'. What is this? There is no single undisputed answer. Yet it seems to me that the First Letter of John points us in the right direction and shows us what is meant. There we read: 'If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us' (1:8-10). Since even the baptized remain sinners, they need confession of sins, 'which cleans us from all unrighteousness'."
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Posted by Timothy at 11:59 AM
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- Stephen said...
I've never really thought about the washing of the feet coorelating with baptism. I'm surprised that I haven't...I would have thought it would have come up during Homilies, etc. (maybe I'm more of a simpleton that I think). I've always had more of a view of the washing the feet as more of an analogy to help and serve others. So I'm going to dig deeper and reflect on this concept some over the next 24 hours. Thanks Tim for sharing.
- April 21, 2011 at 12:48 PM
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