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Picture from Todd Wright's Facebook page.
Ten weeks from now it will be time to get Todd Wright a birthday card. I only know this because of the singer-songwriter's 40x40 project, which he has been promoting on Facebook and other websites. An acquaintance of his clued me in about Wright's ambitious plan a while back, and I've been noting his progress in the Elevated Observations column on my blog.
Wright wants to raise funds to support Juvenile Diabetes research by releasing a free track download each Wednesday for 40 straight weeks, to coincide with this 40th birthday. With this week's song, "Let Me Down Easy," Wright is three quarters of the way through. If you go to his website at www.orangepopsongs.com to download the song, consider making a donation of $10, $25, $50, or $100 to the American Diabetes Association. The songs are also available for $5.99 as a digital download with a bonus track and PDFs of the CD art, and for $11.99 as an actual CD with a bonus track and PDFs of the CD art. Buyers will be entered to win an iPod loaded with all of Wright's 40x40 project songs. Keep up the good work, Todd, you're in the home stretch now.
It's the second day of International Pop Overthrow's ninth visit to Chicago. Tonight's IPO showcase at The Abbey kicks off with the co-ed indie rock of Chicago's cleverly named Magatha Trysty, followed by veteran power pop musician and Michigan native Jeremy. The rest of tonight's acts are local. Gidgets Ga Ga aren't related to Lady; they're a power pop band who play energetic songs like "Beki" and "Offer You Can't Refuse." The Laureates likewise go the irresistible power pop route, while The Blissters (not the same band as The Blisters, which includes Jeff Tweedy's kid) opt for a more punk style of music augmented by keyboards.
Penthouse Sweets are energetic and fun; they did a bang-up job of portraying The Sex Pistols at The Abbey's Halloween bash last October, and they're sure to be cutting loose tonight. Million Yen's gift for well-crafted power pop is evident throughout its 2001 CD, Blue Television Windows. Chicago alternative veterans Ellis Clark & Epicycle will surely provide a wild finale for IPO Day Two. Clark, who performs with The Handcuffs, as well as Epicycle, has been promising surprises, and there's a good chance drummer Brad Elvis of The Handcuffs will be joining in.
Note: There is an all ages IPO show tomorrow afternoon at The Abbey, as well as a nighttime IPO show at The Spot on Broadway. See the website for the schedules.
Chicago rockers Dot Dot Dot have been promoting their new self-titled CD on a national tour that has included Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, and Wisconsin. They're be back in Illinois for a show on April 30th at The Roadhouse in Elgin.
On a sad note, I received an e-mail yesterday from Illinois Entertainer editor Steve Forstneger forwarding a message from the High Rise PR agency that Devon Clifford, the drummer for the neo-1980s band You Say Party! We Say Die! suffered a fatal brain hemorrhage from congenital defects while performing last Friday. I had recently reviewed the band's latest CD, XXXX for the Illinois Entertainer, praising its impossibly catchy guitar and keyboard arrangements. I extend my sympathy to You Say Party! We Say Die! as well as his family and friends.


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N.Y. subpoenas bitcoin firms
New York's top banking regulator sent subpoenas to 22 digital-currency companies, including BitInstant LLC and Dwolla Corp., to determine whether new regulations should be adopted to govern the emerging industry, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Bitcoin is a virtual currency created four years ago that can be used to buy and sell a broad array of items, from electronics to illegal narcotics, according to the agency.
"If virtual currencies remain a virtual Wild West for narco-traffickers and other criminals, that would not only threaten our country's national security, but also the very existence of the virtual currency industry as a legitimate business enterprise," Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the state's Department of Financial Services, said in a statement.
DFS is "considering whether it should issue new regulatory guidelines specific to virtual currencies — rather than simply apply existing money transmission regulations," Lawsky said.
The subpoenas, sent late last week, went to service providers as well as investors in the sector, including Winklevoss Capital Management, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the matter isn't public.
Coinsetter LLC, one of the companies issued a subpoena, according to the person, said the dialogue with the regulator will have a positive effect on the industry, according to CEO Jaron Lukasiewicz.
"U.S.-based Bitcoin companies are taking regulation very seriously, and each company is closely working with legal advisers to form and follow plans that adhere to it," Lukasiewicz said in an email.
The DFS inquiry began earlier this year with letters from Lawsky's office to BitInstant and Dwolla seeking general information about the virtual currency industry, according to the person.
The subpoenas sent last week reflect the department's interest in more granular detail. According to his statement, Lawsky is concerned with consumer complaints regarding how quickly virtual currency transactions are processed. The regulator, who threatened to pull the banking license of Standard Chartered PLC last August over violations of currency transfer sanctions against Iran, also expressed concern with criminal abuse of virtual currency markets.
"Serving as a money changer of choice for terrorists, drug smugglers, illegal weapons dealers, money launderers and human traffickers could expose the virtual currency industry to extraordinarily serious criminal penalties," Lawsky said.
In addition to BitInstant, Dwolla and Coinsetter, the regulator sent subpoenas to the following service providers: BitPay, Coinabul, Coinbase Inc., CoinLab, eCoin Cashier, Payward, Inc., TrustCash Holdings Inc. and ZipZap, the person said.
Butterfly Labs, a technology company, also received a subpoena, according to the person familiar with the matter. In addition to Winklevoss Capital, DFS sent subpoenas to the following investor groups: Andreessen Horowitz, Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, Boost VC Bitcoin Fund, Founders Fund, Google Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, Tropos Funds and Union Square Ventures, the person said.

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Brief summary of evidence supporting the efficacy of biofeedback for phantom pain:
Several small studies summarized in Sherman (1996) have related the effectiveness of behavioral and medical treatments of phantom pain to underlying physiological correlates. When research on amputees demonstrated that decreased blood flow in the stump was related to increased burning phantom limb pain, peripheral vasodilators and temperature biofeedback were used to decrease the phantom pain. When increased muscle tension and spasms in the stump were related to episodes of cramping phantom pain, muscle relaxants and muscle tension biofeedback were used to control the pain.
Researchers found EMG biofeedback to be effective for thirteen of fourteen trials for cramping phantom pain. EMG biofeedback had minimal success with two and no success with ten of twelve trials for burning phantom pain. It had no success with eight trials of shocking phantom pain. Temperature biofeedback was ineffective for four trials of cramping phantom pain, was effective for six of seven trials with burning phantom pain, and had no success with three trials for shocking phantom pain. Nitroglycerine ointment (a topical vasodilator) was ineffective for one trial of cramping phantom pain and one of shocking phantom pain but successful for two trials of burning phantom pain.
Trental (a blood viscosity enhancer) was ineffective for two trials of cramping phantom pain and one of shocking phantom pain. Nifedipine (a systemic vasodilator) was effective for three trials of burning phantom pain but ineffective for one trial of cramping and two trials of shocking phantom pain. Flexeril (a muscle relaxant) was effective for two trials of cramping phantom pain but ineffective for one with shocking phantom pain. Indocin (an anti-inflammatory agent) was ineffective for two trials of cramping phantom pain. The overall conclusion from this investigation is that varying types of phantom pain respond virtually only to interventions which alter the underlying mechanisms.
Follow-up Durations: Only one study with significant follow-ups has been reported (Cf., review in Sherman, , Devor, Jones, Katz, Marbach, 1996). Use of EMG biofeedback combined with home use of progressive muscle relaxation exercises showed excellent success with six month to three year follow-up for fourteen of sixteen successive phantom pain patients.
Treatment Success vs. Learning to Control the Appropriate Physiological Parameter: The major difference between those patients in the above study who succeeded in learning to control their pain and those who did not was the ability to relax in any measurable way. The two failures neither (a) demonstrated the ability to relax, nor (b) reported subjective feelings which would be associated with learning to relax or to control their muscle tensions.
For an 'in depth' look at the entire area of phantom pain, one might read the book Phantom Pain by Sherman, , Devor, Jones, Katz, Marbach, 1996.


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Her servitors now draw from the Demon Weave to create shrouds of darkness that they call the darkening. Drow can now move to the surface and fight with darkness on their side during, what would normally be daylight hours. With this advantage they hope to complete Lolth's ascendancy in her new role as goddess of magic. Can She be stopped? Can the heroes put an end to her nefarious plots?D&D Encounters season 11, War of Everlasting Darkness, Runs from October 24th through December 19th. This season is the culmination of the ongoing Drow storyline Rise of the Underdark.
Join us, as Derek Myers from Dungeon's Master, and me, Marc Talbot, where we discuss what happened at our gaming table: the good, the not so good, and the wish we could change.
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This season, there are three new features:
Characters Get to Level Up Each Session - Characters will be allowed to level up at the end of each weekly session, culminating at level 8.
Little Restrictions on the Characters Played - Players have a greater array of character options to choose from. Players can use the following books: Heroes of the Fallen Lands, Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms, Player's Option: Heroes of Shadow, Player's Option: Heroes of the Feywild, Player's Option: Heroes of the Elemental Chaos and Into the Unknown: The Dungeon Survival Handbook.
Session are now Mini-adventures- The session include a healthy balance of interactions, exploration and combat.
Each session takes 1-2 hours to play, and each week there's a new and exciting challenge.
Related Media and Previous Features
Session 1 - Nightfall in Methegrist
Session 2 - Envoy to Many-Arrows
Session 3 - Siege of Mithril Hall
Session 4 - Descent into the Depths
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A tiny miracle - 393 g neonate successfully ventilated with Flow-i
When this little girl was born, she weighed just 355 grams. Today, she is a healthy little girl. After her birth, she had to undergo critical surgery in which the Flow-i Anesthesia Machine really had to show its worth.
After 23 weeks and three days gestation, the little girl was delivered by Cesarean section at Graz University Hospital in Austria. The decision to perform a C-section was made after the baby's heart rate began to fall.
At a weight of 355 grams (0,78 pounds), she was small even in relation to her gestation. However, her condition stabilized over the next few days and although she needed a ventilator, she was able to receive enteral nutrition.
On her eleventh day, she took a turn for the worse. Her abdomen was swollen and she was sensitive to being touched. Blood tests showed a heightened level of white blood cells – a clear sign of inflammation. An x-ray exam also revealed that she may have been suffering from an obstructed bowel. And when her breathing began to decline, the medical team decided to operate on her immediately.
"It was a pressing situation, especially with such a tiny baby. What's more, the surgery was to take place in the middle of the night," anesthesiologist Dr. Bruchelt explains.
The OR team, comprised of four doctors and four nurses, had just over three hours to prepare for the procedure. They studied her charts, talked to her parents and ordered blood in case of the need for transfusions. During this time, the operating room was heated to a higher than normal temperature, to enable the baby to more easily maintain body temperature.
Dr. Bruchelt and her colleague Dr. Günter Baumann also prepared the girl's anesthesia. "It's always more difficult to prepare the amount of drugs and volumes for small infants, and in this girl's case it was even more difficult than normal," she says. "And most anesthesia units are not designed for children that small, making it difficult to set the respiratory volume."
But Flow-i performed better than anyone could have hoped. The unit gave no false alarms and successfully ventilated and anesthetized her in the correct manner. "The Flow-i was completely new at the hospital, but proved to be highly reliable and easy to use," says Dr. Bruchelt.
The level of carbon dioxide in the girl's exhaled air agreed well with the blood analyses that were routinely conducted throughout the operation to check that she was sufficiently ventilated. "It can be very stressful to continually check the unit and the child, especially if many alarms are triggered. It can also be difficult to see the chest moving when the patient is covered in heated blankets and sheets."
The little girl's condition remained stable throughout the three-hour procedure. No problems were encountered, with her lungs or the unit. Quite the opposite, as shortly before surgery the intensity of the treatment could be lessened.
"Flow-i was very reliable, you could easily read the volumes involved and they correlated well with our analyses. I felt confident with the unit throughout the entire operation."
Following the operation, the girl was returned to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). At the time, she weighed 395 grams (0,87 pounds) and was about 20 centimeters in length. She continuously needed help with her breathing, but otherwise, her condition was stable. "I really must emphasize the fantastic care she received at the NICU; it was completely decisive for her survival," says Dr. Brucheldt.
The little girl's positive progress continued over the next few weeks and on her 37th day, she could breathe unaided. At about the same time, her body weight reached 1,000 grams and the supplementary oxygen she had been receiving could be discontinued.
"She will soon turn three years old, and that's truly fantastic," says Dr. Bruchelt. "She's still small for her age, but otherwise she's as healthy and sociable as any other three-year-old. The last I heard, she'd just started going to daycare."


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Another card, made with the colors of the first challenge @ Scrappy Hands.
It also in the colors of 'Colors Throwdown CTD271'
This time origami dress (YouTube tutorial)
I was trying to think of different greeting than "For you" but didn't find any... Any suggestions? (for the next card...)
Thanks for the visit :-)
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Worried that your husband doesn't want sex?
Every Wednesday on this blog we talk marriage, and today I thought I'd tackle a topic that is often not discussed very much: What do you do when it's the GUY who doesn't want to make love?
When I wrote The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex, I surveyed over 2000 women and asked them about their sex lives. And 24% of those women reported that THEY had the higher sex drives in their marriages. Their husbands had really low libidos.
Before the rest of you women say something like, "I wish my husband would give me a break sometimes!", think about how awful that must be. We're told that men always want sex, and then we marry someone who doesn't want to make love. Is there something wrong with me? Am I not attractive? Does he not love me? It's really difficult. So let's look at the four main culprits to a low male libido:
1. Physical Problems Can Make a Husband Not Want Sex
If he will, get him to talk to the doctor. Some medications can lower his sex drive. He could also have low testosterone. In other cases, their sex drive is lower because the husband has had impotence issues and he's afraid to try again. Impotence, though, can be a signal that there is a circulatory problem, and often is a sign that heart disease, diabetes, or kidney disease may be starting. So a doctor's visit is definitely in order!
In most cases of younger men with decreased libido, though, it's not a physical issue. It's more likely an emotional/psychological one. Let's start with these issues.
2. Stress/Emotional Problems Can Lower a Guy's Sex Drive
In this economy, many men don't feel like men anymore because they can't provide for their families well. If this is the case, go out of your way to show your husband you do appreciate him and you do look up to him. But whatever you do, don't baby him. If he's feeling emasculated already, he doesn't want you trying to make it better or fix it for him. Show him you think he's capable. Be a listening ear, but don't be his nurse.
In a similar way, we can undermine our husbands with the way we talk without realizing it. I know many good, Christian women who belittle their husbands in public quite a bit without apparently cluing in to what they're doing. When you open up your mouth to say something about your husband to others, make sure it's laudatory. Praise him in some way. If he's telling a story and he's getting it wrong, don't correct him all the time. Let it go. And when you're alone, make sure that you express gratitude as much as you express criticism. Even more. I have known men who have withdrawn sexually simply because they had ceased to feel like men in the relationship. The woman had taken over everything.
3. Lack of Friendship Can Quench Desire
Often when there is a problem in the marriage it shows up in the bedroom. But because the SYMPTOM is in the bedroom, we often think the SOLUTION is too. So we concentrate on solutions that have to do with sex–buying lingerie, playing risque games, getting toys, trying new things.
In reality, often the solution is found outside the bedroom. Sex embodies our spiritual, emotional, and relational selves. What I often suggest to women whose husband have a low sex drive that isn't due to a physical problem or stress is that you work on your friendship. Spend more time together. Take a walk after dinner. Find a hobby you can enjoy together. Do something that he likes, even if you don't (like watch hockey games) simply so you can be together.
Often couples get into a rut where they spend their lives doing errands and watching TV. That isn't going to help your relationship. If you want to spice things up, don't look at the bedroom. Look at the gym. Or the ice rink. Or the restaurant. Do stuff together. Cultivate a real relationship. Start talking again.
Often this helps you feel connected, and then, even if the sex doesn't always follow, at least you feel more kindly towards each other.
4. Pornography Use Can Obliterate a Man's Desire for His Wife
The main culprit of a low male sex drive, though, of course, is pornography. The more men are into pornography, the less they are into sex in real life. Porn trains the brain to be aroused by an image, and not a relationship, and is extremely destructive. Porn is not harmless; the effects of porn are really far-reaching. If your husband is into pornography, get help! Talk to a pastor. Talk to a mentor. It's not okay to be a porn addict. It's not harmless. It just isn't.
Pornography and masturbation go hand in hand. If he is using porn, he's also masturbating and thus getting rid of his sexual tension in another way. He's also less likely to be able to get in the mood with a real, live person, like you. So if this is the issue, it must be addressed. I've written before on this topic, on how to recover from a pornography addiction. I think it will help. And I have lots more links to other posts on the subject here.
Often when there is a problem in the marriage it shows up in the bedroom. But because the SYMPTOM is in the bedroom, we often think the SOLUTION is too.
5. Maybe There is No Reason for His Low Sex Drive
Finally, for some men, there simply won't be a reason that he doesn't want to make love. You have a higher sex drive than he does. Maybe it's even as if your husband has no sex drive and never wants to have sex! Think about it this way: in any given population, some men will be really short, and some really tall. Some will have really big hands, and some really small ones. We vary, and some people are on the extremes. By definition, 5% of men will have abnormally low sex drives without any apparent problem or cause. It's just the way they are.
What do you do? Accept him, and more than ever, work on your friendship. Make sure there is goodwill between you, that you can laugh together, that you can do things together. The more you laugh, the more you're able to talk, and you can share with him how you feel. Just because he has a low sex drive, for instance, doesn't mean that he can't make love. He can! And he can even increase his sex drive by making love more frequently (the use it or lose it phenomenon), and even by exercising and building muscle, which builds testosterone levels, too. If he lays off the beer, that can also help, because beer has a chemical that acts in the body in a similar way to estrogen.
But more than anything, you'll just have to learn that this is the man you married. Get your peace in God, work in your friendship so you don't feel emotionally rejected, and learn to love him anyway.
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More Posts For Wives Whose Husbands Don't Want Sex:
In my book, The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex, I have a large section on what happens when the wife has a higher libido than the husband!


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"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.""Thanks for confirming my long-held hypotheses that you know nothing."
That comment, directed at me recently by a reader of this blog, might be correct. It is indeed possible that I know nothing. And if that's accepted to be true, it's worth exploring how this conundrum could be fixed. How does one, if one were so inclined, go about becoming brilliant?
"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good." So wrote Gladwell while advocating the famous 10,000-hour rule, which quantifies precisely how much effort should be exerted. Shenk concurs: "Talent is not the cause but the result of something," he writes.
But let's see what science has to say.
A major experiment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that brain neurons learn and process information more so from successes than from failures. In other words, it's not the memory of our mistakes that propels us towards greatness, but the minor accomplishments we have along the way. (Granted, the study was conducted on monkeys.)
Focusing on real people was a meta-analysis at the University of California that scrutinised hundreds of studies which collectively revealed that happiness causes success. Many of us, though, wrongly assume that success causes happiness. Concentrate on being content right now, conclude the authors, and rewards such as work performance should show up in the future.
One of the most prolific researchers on personal development is Professor Carol Dweck from Stanford University. Well-known for her work on mindsets, she groups people into two categories. You either have a 'fixed' mindset or a 'growth' mindset.
The distinction between the two is determined by how you view yourself. Those with a fixed mindset have trouble envisioning their potential for excellence. They believe the skills they have today are the skills they'll have forever, and so they rarely bother trying to improve.
People with a growth mindset, on the other hand, have far stronger chances of success because they're convinced that positive change is possible – even inevitable – and that makes them ask for feedback, seek out learning, and persevere when confronted by adversity.
So what do the motivational gurus think? I sought the wisdom of Dr Jason Fox, who completed his PhD research in motivation science and has developed a theory that associates video games with behavioural change.
"In video games you can only level-up and grow by getting experience points," he explains. "And you can only get experience points by engaging in challenging work. It's much the same in the real world."
Presumably, once the challenging work stops, so too does the personal growth. In this insightful video, Dr Fox expands on his analogy to make the assertion that progress is the ultimate motivator for employees, as is the case with gamers.
Anthony Bonnici, from corporate motivation firm Move Mountains, has a somewhat different perspective. He told me that "the key to personal excellence is awareness. Brilliance is achieved when we do something at the height of our attitude and our ability. We cannot get to those lofty heights without first knowing two things: how high we can go and what is in our way."
What's in our way, he says, usually has less to do with external factors and more to do with mental blocks that limit our thinking.
Right, then. I better get cracking.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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Film is back this week but something's different. Instead of the usual Canon A1 I've been playing with a Polaroid Land Camera that my parent's found at a flea market in Pasadena for a mere $10. I'm in love.
There is something so exciting and satisfying to press the trigger than moments later be able to hold the print. I have much to learn and the camera has seen better days as there appears to be a places in which age has worn little holes into the camera allowing odd pockets of light to enter. It just makes those times when you actually get a print that looks tolerable all the more exhilarating.
Polaroid Land Camera (taken with a Canon 5d Mark II)
Currants, figs, plums
Earlier this month I taught a food photography class at The Pantry. I was beyond nervous. I have no doubt they could tell.
In a kitchen is where my confidence is at it's peak. I dance between the stove and the mixer understanding it's every move and not questioning what to add or when to stir, fold, or whip. I still have much to learn but I am comforted by the unfamiliar level of confidence that I find when I enter into a kitchen. To teach others how to fold dough upon layers of butter to achieve thousands of perfectly formed flaky sheets is a joy but it doesn't stretch me in the way preparing to teach food photography did.
Seeing myself as a photographer is a very new concept for me. I've always loved taking pictures but an innate passion for it was discovered as a result of this blog. Because of this I was so honored for all of the students who showed up to learn from me.
Before beginning the presentation I prepared I had to stop for a moment to thank them for coming. Not a flippant thank you but one in which I wanted to convey that their presence was like a giant pat on the back. To be given the opportunity to teach this subject that still causes an exhilarating reverence within me was a gift. It caused me to appreciate where I have come and eagerly anticipate where God has yet to take me.
So again, if you came to that class, thank you. You were all a joy to teach. If you weren't there and would like to have been, we are planning to teach another class in the Winter. Gabe will be joining me and we will spend time working through the "issues" of shooting in the midst of the Seattle gray. The class will be at The Pantry again. I'll update you as soon as it becomes available to sign up.
"Mama, I was thinking we could go for a date. Maybe walk and get a Macaron then go to the park." He said.
And that's just what we did. It's not everyday that I get asked out by my five year old son, but when I do, everything is dropped and we head out the door. One of the best dates of my life.
Happy Weekend everyone.
p.s. I really like you all. Your comments and kind words about my film has spurred me to pursue it further and to always be taking photos. Thank you all for being so encouraging.
Here are other Film Fridays to peruse at your leisure.
All images were shot using Kodak Portra 400 using a Canon A1 50mm 1.4. Except for today's post which was shot with a polaroid land camera.
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Megan Schuster is working on the 9/11 Project at Rutgers University. Students are telling the stories of children who lost a parent in the September 11, 2001, terrrorist attacks. The stories will appear in New Jersey media outlets on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
New Brunswick, New Jersey (CNN) -- Growing up with 9/11 is just another part of who I am. I can remember exactly what I was doing when I found out about what happened to the World Trade Center.
Although I didn't know anyone personally who fell victim to the 9/11 attacks, I still feel so affected because the attacks happened so close to home. I feel like everyone in this area was affected by 9/11. It is something I personally think about every single day.
I chose to do this project as a journalism/media studies and cultural anthropology double major. Since 9/11 is such a prominent aspect of America's history and since it happened so close to home, I was immediately interested in the project. I also really wanted to pursue journalism as much as possible, and this was a great outlet to get hands-on experience as a real journalist.
This project has literally changed my life. I have looked at 9/11 in a whole different light. I have examined the subjects through text, along with the art of narrative journalism.
I interviewed the Hargrave family from my hometown in Readington, New Jersey. Three girls -- Corinne, Casey and Amy -- lost their father, Timothy, a vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald. The family welcomed me into their home and shared their story.
I will never forget the day I interviewed them. I was the first person to interview them about their experience as children of 9/11. Their stories were amazing. I am so honored and privileged to write a story about how they coped with the tragedy over the past decade. Although they will never forget their father, their mother has encouraged them to lead normal lives and identify with 9/11 as another part of their story, their personal history.
In regard to the news about Osama bin Laden, the following paragraphs are from my blog:
"I couldn't help but think of the Hargrave family and other victims of 9/11 throughout the constant news coverage. I watched the live presidential speech.
"I feel like the event may have brought some closure to what happened to their loved ones, but I think there was one of two responses: They were thrilled that the mastermind of the death of nearly 3,000 is literally out of this world, or they thought, 'Hasn't there been enough death?' "
From my own personal experiences, I don't like the concept of "celebrating" death, and I was rather disturbed by all of the Facebook status updates that filled the Web on Sunday night.
Killing bin Laden does not bring back the lives of all those lost on 9/11. I think it teaches the encouragement of death. But death is not the answer when 10 years have gone by and bin Laden's followers have spread throughout the East. It does not erase the permanency of his actions on our country and the lives of thousands of Muslims in the Middle East.
I do believe in justice and that those who have done wrong should be punished for their actions, but rather than the continuous abrasive words that bin Laden should rot in hell, I think it would be more appropriate to continue this fight for justice globally.
The capture of bin Laden was just one of the many thousands of problems that affect others around the globe. Our troops should continue to be supported -- not because bin Laden is dead, but rather for their loyalty and dedication to the protection of this country.
This topic has never been more relevant to me after working on this project over the past several months. Through texts, guest speakers and the sheer experience of talking with a family who really has been affected by this attack over the past 10 years, I can honestly say I think I have a different perspective on the topic than others around me.
I feel really educated about the subject, but I think I understand the underlying layers of what it means to be affected by 9/11.


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Algeria's current account deficit is forecast to increase to more than 11% of GDP in 2015 as oil revenues decline and imports become more expensive due to a weaker dinar exchange rate.
Middle East and North Africa economies
Atradius STAR Political Risk Rating*:
Algeria: 6 (Moderate-High Risk) - Positive
Egypt: 6 (Moderate-High Risk) - Negative
Jordan: 5 (Moderate Risk) - Negative
Kuwait: 3 (Moderate-Low Risk) - Stable
Morocco: 5 (Moderate Risk) - Positive
Saudi Arabia: 3 (Moderate-Low Risk) - Negative
Tunisia: 5 (Moderate Risk) - Negative
United Arab Emirates: 3 (Moderate-Low Risk) - Positive
* The STAR rating runs on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 10 the highest risk.
The 10 rating steps are aggregated into five broad categories to facilitate their interpretation in terms of credit quality. Starting from the most benign part of the quality spectrum, these categories range from 'Low Risk', 'Moderate-Low Risk', 'Moderate Risk', 'Moderate-High Risk' to 'High Risk', with a separate grade reserved for 'Very High Risk.'
In addition to the 10-point scale, rating modifiers are associated with each scale step: 'Positive', 'Stable', and 'Negative'. These rating modifiers allow further granularity and differentiate more finely between countries in terms of risk.
For further information about the Atradius STAR rating, please click here.
Political situation
Head of state: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (since April 1999)
Form of government: Democratically elected government, but military has strong political influence.
Population: 38.7 million (est.)
Currently stable situation, but risks remain
In Algeria, political power rests mainly with President Bouteflika, who is widely credited with restoring peace to the country after a year-long civil war between the government and militant Islamists in the 1990s, having won overwhelming endorsement for a reconciliation plan in 2005.
President Bouteflika is now in his late seventies and not in particularly good health and it remains uncertain whether he will serve his whole term until 2019. There is no obvious successor at hand and it cannot be ruled out that tensions within the political elite could increase if Bouteflika would unexpectedly step down.
Currently the internal security situation is still stable, but the risk of terrorist attacks has increased due to political turmoil in neighbouring Libya and Mali. Endemic 'cronyism', the high unemployment rate and a lack of affordable housing could fuel social unrest and lead to increasing support for militant Islam, especially among younger people. While the government tries to diversify the economy, success has been limited so far. The government is challenged with creating enough jobs to reduce the very high youth unemployment.
Economic situation
Government budget hit by lower oil price
Algeria's economy is underpinned by the oil and gas sector, which accounts for more than 95% of export revenues. GDP growth is expected to slow down modestly to 2.6% in 2015, followed by 3.1% in 2016. Given its dependency on oil exports, the currently lower oil price will have a negative impact on the economy; mainly on government budget and external finances. In 2015 the budget deficit is forecast to increase to 10.0% of GDP, as the administration has not yet taken measures to curb spending: investments in infrastructure and social spending on wages and subsidies remain high to prevent social unrest.
That said, running a deficit for a few more years should be manageable as government debt is very low (approx. 11% of GDP in 2014) and foreign debt amounts to just around 2% of GDP. Algeria would also be able to sustain a longer period of lower oil prices due to its large foreign reserves, which amounted to USD 179 billion at the end of 2014. In 2015 and 2016 those reserves are expected to decline, but remain sizeable. If the oil price remains subdued for a longer term, the Algerian government would be forced to reduce some of its spending.
The economy needs to diversify further
The current account deficit is forecast to increase to more than 11% of GDP in 2015 as oil revenues decline and imports become more expensive due to a weaker dinar exchange rate. However, expectations of a rebound in the oil price in the future and new gas production coming on stream, a reduction in the deficit is forecast for the coming years. Imports are also expected to increase due to higher capital imports related to the development of gas projects and ambitious public investment programmes.
Algeria is trying to move towards a market economy but, because of its massive oil and gas reserves, its socialist history and many years of civil war, the government still exercises tight control over the economy (it is estimated that 90% of Algeria's GDP is still controlled by the state). The economy is still too dependent on the oil sector and needs to diversify further. Growth in other sectors has been insufficient to create new jobs so far. Government intervention, an underperforming banking sector, red tape and corruption still hamper foreign investment and private enterprise initiatives.


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Bernard Pollard joined Josh Innes and Rich Lord on KILT in Houston to discuss the team stepping it up in the playoffs, the rules regarding hits on backs compared to receivers, the hate he's facing from Patriots fans, the league's rules regarding hits on defenseless receivers and Super Bowl hype.
On rising to the occasion in the playoffs:
"Being a veteran team, we understand that it's one-and-done in the playoffs. We had to take it up another notch. … The last game we kind of rested up a lot of our team. We wanted to come out smoking in that first round and we did."
On not being able to hit receivers or quarterbacks in the same way you can hit running backs:
"I kind of understand where they're coming from with the receivers or the running backs or the tight ends when they catch the ball and they're kind of just open. They're basically open. So they want to cut back on a lot of the collisions with that, especially launching or helmet-to-helmet action. As far as running backs, they have vision. That's what teams want. They want running backs that can see and understand how to get in and out of a hole, to be able to view the field. So I don't have any complaints with that. It's kind of one of those things where this is their rule and we understand it."
On what he's heard from the people of Boston after beating the Patriots last week:
"They hate me. I understand it. And what a coincidence it is that somebody always just has to get hurt when I'm on the field. … I'm just doing my job. I'm an old-school player. I enjoy the game of football. The game has been great to me. I'm blessed. God has given me an opportunity to play, given me a skill to be able to showcase it. … Some people are actually saying, 'You hit too hard or you're trying to injure guys.' Those are not my intentions. My intentions are go out there and play football, and I just so happen to hit hard playing football."
On his perception of a defenseless receiver differing from the league's:
"What I think a defenseless receiver is is a ball thrown over a guy's head and he's not gonna get it or he might make some attempt to put one hand in the air but the ball's way over his head and a guy hits him. I figure that's a defenseless receiver, but if you've got a ball in the line of play and it's catchable and everything else, and a guy is going to catch it and you strike him with your shoulder in his chest or anywhere else, except on his head, that's free game. This is the game of football, man. The guys that created this game and everybody that played it have made a way for us. It's been a great game. I don't want to tarnish this game, and they're doing everything they can to make sure they're keeping it safe. But at the same time, I think it's gonna have some setbacks because you're taking all of this money from guys who are playing the game fair. And if you've got some people that are trying to be malicious, get these cats out of here."
On dodging the Super Bowl hype:
"So many people have asked me for tickets, and once you let them know how much the ticket costs, everybody backs down after you let them know - $950 for one ticket? Yeah, everybody's like, 'Nah, I ain't got that.' It's been pretty cool. My wife deals with everything. I'm concentrating. This is another game for me. I'm not thinking about anything else. … It hasn't even hit me yet that we're playing in the Super Bowl. I'm looking at it as a regular game. It just so happens that with this game, we get a trophy and a freakin' ring like five or six months down the line."
On the media:
"I respect the media. So many players don't understand that media can make or break you. And I take that very seriously because you guys are trying to do your jobs."
This post, written by Brad Gagnon, appears courtesy of Sports Radio Interviews. For the complete highlights of the interview, as well as audio, click here.
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Make your up north vacation the best one ever. Spend the day exploring the countryside and small towns and villages along C-48 the Breezeway.
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Scarecrows Across The Breezeway Contest – October 1 (deadline)
Entry Form – Residential / Non-Profit
Breezeway Fall Color Cruises – September 26, October 3 & 10 – Pick up "Goodie Bags" at Royal Farms in Atwood, 10 AM – Noon
County Wide Business After Hours – To be rescheduled – Date TBD
Breezeway Fall Color Cruises – 3 Saturday's (Cruise at your own pace) Pick up "Goodie Bags" at Royal Farms each Saturday 10 AM – Noon
Family Movie Night – September 26, EJ Community Park – $25 per couple, $30 per group – "Onward" – EJ Co-Op Nursery School
Pain & Pumpkins Arts & Crafts Show – September 26 & 27 – EJ Tourist Park, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Valley View Scholarship Brew Fest – October 3 – Contactless Event, drop by to pick up you order 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM (pre-order at www.valleyviewbrewfest.com
Family Friendly Pumpkin Walk – October 23, 7:00 PM, EJ Community Park – Entry by Donation (benefiting The Depot Jordan Valley Teen Center)
Haunted Pumpkin Walk – October 24, 7:00 PM, EJ Community Park – Entry by Donation (benefiting The Depot Jordan Valley Teen Center)
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The robbers sped off in their buggy and headed toward Mapleton. Within ten minutes Marshal Frank Gammell and three other lawmen had mounted their horses and were in pursuit. At the incline of the Mapleton bench, the culprits met Thomas Snelson, who was headed to Springville in his cart. They stole Snelson's horse at gun point. The one horse they had was already quite winded from the chase.
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Caramelized pears plus dried apricots, cranberries, and prunes add intense fruit flavor to this stuffing from Rochelle Palermo Torres, a freelance recipe developer and cooking teacher.
- Yield
- Makes 12 servings
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter
- 2 large Anjou pears, peeled, cored, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 cups chopped onions
- 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
- 1 1/2 cups Sauternes or other sweet white wine
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pitted prunes
- 1 1/2 cups chopped dried apricots
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage
- 14 cups 1/2-inch cubes crustless firm white bread (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 cup pecans, toasted, chopped
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pears; sprinkle with sugar. Sauté until pears are golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer to very large bowl; mix in cinnamon. Melt remaining 10 tablespoons butter in same skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery; sauté until golden, about 15 minutes. Add wine and next 5 ingredients. Simmer until liquid is reduced almost to glaze and mixture is soft and moist, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Mix into pears. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Reheat to lukewarm before continuing.)
- Mix bread and pecans into fruit mixture. Season stuffing with salt and pepper.
- To bake stuffing in turkey:
- Loosely fill main cavity and neck cavity of turkey with stuffing. Generously butter baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover dish with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish — alongside turkey or while turkey is resting — until heated through, about 25 minutes. Uncover stuffing in dish. Bake until top of stuffing is slightly crisp and golden, about 15 minutes longer.
- To bake stuffing in dish:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Bake uncovered until heated through, about 35 minutes.


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S.F. police union accuses Ayers in 1970 bombing
Leaders of San Francisco's police officers union have accused Weather Underground co-founder Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, of taking part in the 1970 bombing of a city police station that killed a sergeant.
The union leveled the charge in a letter to a conservative organization lobbying for arrests in the case, but said it had not been in contact with investigators and had no new evidence related to the bombing, which killed Sgt. Brian McDonnell.
Instead, the union cited information from a former Bay Area resident, Larry Grathwohl, who is working with the conservative group, America's Survival Inc. of Maryland. Grathwohl asserts that he infiltrated the Weather Underground as an FBI informant and heard Ayers confess to a role in the bombing.
Ayers has denied any involvement in the bombing and, in January, called Grathwohl a "paid dishonest person" in an interview with The Chronicle.
The union's accusation surprised some authorities. According to a source familiar with the probe, who spoke on condition of anonymity, investigators have found no evidence that links the Weather Underground to the bombing.
America's Survival is planning to hold a press conference today at the National Press Club in Washington to discuss the case and the union's letter.
"There are irrefutable and compelling reasons to believe that Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn ... are largely responsible for the bombing of Park Police Station," the letter says.
The letter, dated Feb. 24, is signed by union President Gary Delagnes, Vice President Kevin Martin, Secretary Tony Montoya, Treasurer Martin Halloran and Sergeant at Arms Christopher Breen.
Ayers, an education professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, did not return a call Wednesday. Dohrn, a law professor at Northwestern University, was out of the country.
Martin said he wrote the letter after he was contacted a few weeks ago by Cliff Kincaid, the nonprofit group's president. Martin said he trusted Grathwohl, a Cincinnati resident who once lived in Castro Valley.
"It's coming directly from a person who had close, confidential conversations with Ayers and members of the Weather Underground," Martin said. "We have no reason to doubt his assertions."
Martin said the union wanted to "bring this case to attention, especially because Bill Ayers has been on a speaking tour. His actions have elicited this type of response."
The attack happened Feb. 16, 1970, when a bomb placed on a window ledge of Park Station at Waller Street and Kezar Drive killed McDonnell and injured eight other officers. The case got attention two years ago when prosecutors charged a group of alleged former Black Liberation Army members in the 1971 shooting at the Ingleside Station that killed Sgt. John Young.
A grand jury that investigated the Ingleside case in 2005 also looked at the Park Station bombing, but the results of the probe were not released. No one has ever been charged with McDonnell's death.
Grathwohl said Wednesday that he infiltrated the Weather Underground in late 1969, first at the urging of Cincinnati police and then at the direction of the FBI.
He said that in early 1970, Ayers visited him and other operatives in Buffalo, N.Y., and said Dohrn had been forced to plant the bomb at Park Station because others weren't active enough in committing violence. Ayers also knew the composition of the bomb and where it had been set, Grathwohl said.
The Weather Underground took responsibility for bombing the Pentagon and other buildings in the 1970s. Ayers and Dohrn were indicted in 1970 after a bomb blast killed three members in a New York City townhouse. Charges were later dropped because of misconduct by investigators.
Ayers became a lightning rod for conservatives during last year's presidential campaign, as some faulted Barack Obama for the two men's ties in Chicago education circles.
In addition to running America's Survival, Kincaid is the editor of a conservative organization called Accuracy in Media. He has attempted to link Obama to communism and socialism.
He also has views that might be considered extreme in San Francisco, such as calling for a "quit gay sex" campaign. "It appears that the homosexual lifestyle is as addictive as smoking," he once wrote.
Kincaid said he was not going after Ayers to hurt Obama, but added, "We are concerned that we now have an attorney general who was involved in Clinton administration pardons of members of the Weather Underground."


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Last night at the NBA draft Isiah Thomas sent malcontent Steve Francis packing along with Channing Frye for Zach Randolph 23.6PPG 10.1 RPG, Fred Jones, Dan Dickau and The Rights to Demetris Nichols (Drafted last night by Portland at 53) which means non-guaranteed money to the Knicks. Here's a little more on Nichols.
All in all, if the new front court that is an avg age of 24.8 minus Malik Rose and Jerome James. That keeps us young and in the thick of things in the East for a while. If the Knicks play good team defense, we will contend next year.
With Marbury and Mardy running the point next year, Nate May be the odd man out. Isiah's not done his overhauling yet.


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Japan is an earthquake-prone country, and manufacturers are incorporating some features into basic household appliances to account for this fact. For instance, take Sharp's revamped line of Plasma Cluster refrigerators that are now equipped with smart earthquake detection systems. When the tremors start, some fridges topple over or spill their contents when the doors are opened. That means wasted food, supplies, and a huge mess to clean up. Well, not anymore. Thanks to the detection system, the fridge's doors will automatically lock, so the food stays in.
Aside from that, these new line of refrigerators will also come with intelligent monitoring systems installed, which will monitor when the fridge is frequently used and open. This information is then used to optimize the fridge's cooling schedule. Now that's interactive.
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WINNIPEG'S love-hate relationship with its railroad tracks is as old as the city itself.
But it's been 30 years since Winnipeg seriously pondered moving the vast CP Rail yards.
That debate was sparked by a seemingly innocuous plan to build a new bridge over the yards, connecting Sherbrook Street with McGregor Street.
That plan grew to include the extension of Furby Street through the backyards of dozens of poor, inner-city residents, spawning one of the city's biggest, most co-ordinated grassroots mobilizations and a real debate about the fate of the rail yards.
Key players in that debate are names still familiar to Winnipeggers, including Lloyd Axworthy, who pledged to move the yards when he was first elected to Parliament, former premier Gary Filmon, then a city councillor, then-mayor Bill Norrie, and Premier Greg Selinger, then an inner-city community organizer and a member of the Rail Relocation Committee.
All were mired in the kind of wrangling between the city, province and Ottawa that still plagues most major projects: Who would pay for a feasibility study, who would pay for the relocation, who could gather suburban support, who should act first?
After four years of political battles, the bridge plan was shelved, as was the idea of moving the rail yards.
Instead, the much-touted Core Area Initiative grew out of the debate. Ironically, cash from that fund paid for the redevelopment of the old CN Rail yards downtown, turning them into The Forks.
Here's a very brief history lesson, which gives a hint at how hard moving the rail yards might be today.
1882: CP Rail's line is built through what's now Winnipeg's core, part of hundreds of kilometres of trans-Canada track laid that year. In exchange for the line, the shops, the yards and a passenger depot, CP Rail is exempt from all city taxes.
1898: The first Salter Street bridge is built, later to be replaced and expanded twice.
1912: The Arlington Bridge opens, one of only four ways across the tracks.
1954: CP Rail starts paying a small portion of city taxes on its land, an amount to increase slightly every seven years.
1972: City council approves a rail relocation study's recommendation to move the CP Rail yards. Scepticism about the cost, political divisions on city council and changing federal priorities stymied progress.
1973: Instead of moving the rail yards, the city approves a long-term plan to build a new bridge over them -- the Sherbrook-McGregor overpass, sparking community opposition.
1977: City council narrowly defeats a motion to support a study that would look at relocating only the marshalling yards, not the main line. The net cost of moving the yards was pegged at $1 million with a net benefit of $23 million.
The same year, with a federal government less interested in urban rail-relocation projects and a provincial government focused on cost-cutting, council approves a $22-million plan to build the Sherbrook-McGregor overpass.
1978: In the summer lull, city council's executive policy committee meets in secret and decides to add an extra $4 million to the bridge project, extending Furby Street several blocks as an access point to the new bridge.
Neighbourhood activists -- including Social Planning Council of Winnipeg head Tim Sale and Rossbrook House's Sister MacNamara -- balk, and start organizing, fearing the Furby extension will destroy an inner-city neighbourhood and millions spent there on poverty projects. Instead, they lobby to relocate the yards.
1979: In a meeting with city officials, CP Rail executives say relocating the yards would likely cost in the tens or hundreds of millions, would have to include the Weston repair and diesel shops and the main line and would require government to compensate CP for the land. In short, CP Rail has no need to move, and doing so would cost government big-time, though many believe that is simply tough talk from a company unwilling to pay.
Mayor Robert Steen says relocating the yards would cost $200 million. Ottawa attempts to break the impasse by offering to fund a full rail-relocation study, which begins.
1980: A train derailment west of Winnipeg, a methanol spill at the CP Rail yards, combined with a major chlorine spill near Mississauga, Ont., the year before raise "a Pandora's box" of questions about rail safety that fuels the relocation debate.
That same winter, Ottawa releases the cost-benefit report, which pegs the cost of moving the main line and the marshalling yards at $169 million over five years and the future cost of overpasses and bridges at $65 million. Critics slam the report, saying it fails to add in the benefits of redevelopment and doesn't include real financial figures from CP.
In April, city council takes a new tack, committing the city to share with the province one-third of the cost of moving the yards and challenging Ottawa to pony up two-thirds, with a six-week deadline to commit. Instead, with regional minister Lloyd Axworthy under pressure to deliver for Winnipeg, the multimillion-dollar Core Area Initiative is born.
The federal pot of urban cash could be used for rail relocation if the city desired, but Ottawa also cleared the way for the overpass to be built. It again appears rail relocation is dead, and the bridge over the tracks is a go.
1981: A public seminar and hearing on the bridge project are held at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, with dozens of speakers, lasting two days and making plain the widespread opposition to the bridge. It proved to be the bridge's death knell. Council votes to kill the bridge plan, but with it goes the catalyst for relocating the yards.
2005: CP Rail begins paying full taxes on its land.
2009: NDP cabinet minister and leadership hopeful Steve Ashton pledges to negotiate the relocation of the CP Rail yards to the new inland port and build more affordable and social housing on the vacant site. The province's initial investment would be $50 million.
-- Sources: Winnipeg Free Press archives; Viable Policy and Plan Making: The Fight in Winnipeg to Stop the Sherbrook-McGregor Overpass and Relocate the CPR Yards, by Greg Selinger, 1985
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. Film still from Atomic Park (2003).
Who could have guessed that when the flood came it would come in slow motion, over forty decades rather than forty nights? As the polar ice sheets unravel and plunge into the waters, those who have so mismanaged the fate of all things cling to their private arks. The animals, one by one, will be saved, if at all, as gene sequences.
What confronts us now, in our still cozy worlds, are spectacles of disintegration. There's probably not much one can do to prepare American culture or polity to deal, not with its future, but with the very texture of the present. It wants to hide under the covers. As the philosopher Theodor Adorno might put it: let's not let the power of others, or our own powerlessness, stupefy us. We can prepare the space of education, and joyfully, by inventing new practices where aesthetics and technics meet. That's the kind of practice there may be call for soon enough.
One understanding of art—Adorno's for example—would make it the antithesis of technology. Technology partakes in a certain kind of abstraction. It creates a grid through which to reduce qualities to quantities. The place of art is then to be a refuge for the qualitative. Art is where that which cannot be reconciled with an ever more abstract world takes its last stand.
I take a different view. I think of art as a different way of experimenting with a given technology. Art is a kind of practice which finds out what you can do in a given space of possibility. Art is about abstraction just as much as technology, it just uses different methods.


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He is still a dink. His apology even proves it:
"I realized that I felt bad. And I realized that I'd only feel better if I apologized."
He apologized to make himself feel better. That is backwards. A person should apologize because they want to make the person they hurt feel better and to accept the guilt the deserve.
Hahaa so true. And really the only reason he is apologizing is because he caught so much flack from readers. He probably upset so many so he's apologizing. Nobody told him to apologize that's probably true, but he's not an idiot to see his attempt failed now its a PR effort to get people back with him
Agree with everyone. This would have meant more had he apologized after seeing the WBAY follow up rather than doubling down on his initial position.
Dan Patrick slammed Florio pretty good on his radio program today.
And Joe, thank you for bringing "dink" back into vogue…nice.
What I find amazing is how many people are commenting about their posts not being allowed to post. From what I can gather their "viewership" has spiralled lately and NBC is really picky about what makes it. Especially, if it's critical of PFT or the contributors. If you've noticed Rosenthals comments are usually filled with misspellings, mistakes and even unfinished coomments. I made a comment once asking why his posts at NBC.com were well written and obviously edited as opposed to whjat comes out at PFT. Never made it to the screen. :shocked:


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