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British actor Dev Patel appears as antagonist Prince Zuko in The Last Airbender.
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How about a moratorium on the use of the word "avatar" in movies? I wasn't a big fan of "Avatar" but it's "Citizen Kane" compared with M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender," based on the animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
What's an airbender, you say? Don't ask. It has something to do with being able to bend air. Aang (Noah Ringer) is the prophesied airbender who must defend his people against the Fire Nation in its quest to dominate the tribal nations of Air, Water, and Earth.
This means we get to see a lot of airbending and also mucho water, fire, and earth bending. In cheesy 3-D.
Shyamalan has been coasting on the success of "The Sixth Sense" for a long time now, but, especially after his last two debacles, "Lady in the Water" and "The Happening," you would think he'd can the hocus-pocus and settle into something a bit more, well, lucid. "The Last Airbender" is like a Care Bears movie that got waylaid in the fourth dimension. It's insufferably silly. Grade: D (Rated PG for fantasy, action, and violence.)
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Bud is "a child with the label of autism."
Bud "is on the spectrum."
Bud "has autism."
Bud "is autistic."
These are some of the ways that I've heard parents and professionals talk about children. I've used many of them myself. In some ways I can use them to trace my thinking about Bud's autism.
When Bud was initially diagnosed, I viewed autism as "other" - an interloper, a roadblock, an obstacle. I saw it as something to take care of and to get rid of as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
Later, I began to see autism as a part of Bud (and not apart from him). I saw it as a small part, but a significant part. I'd read about the importance of using "person first" language - "people who use wheelchairs" instead of "the handicapped;" "people living with AIDS" instead of "AIDS patients" - and so I incorporated "My son has autism" into my vocabulary and used it the same way I'd use "My son has a head cold."
But as I came to understand Bud better, I learned that his autism is not like a head cold. It is not one small part of him. It infuses every part of him and it shapes who he is in this world. It makes some things terribly difficult for him. It makes other things laughably easy. About that time, I read "Why I Dislike Person-First Language," written by Jim Sinclair, who is autistic. Sinclair makes a persuasive argument against the use of person-first language when referring to autistic people. One of the several cases that he makes struck me deeply:
Saying "person with autism" suggests that autism is something bad--so bad that is isn't even consistent with being a person. Nobody objects to using adjectives to refer to characteristics of a person that are considered positive or neutral. We talk about left-handed people, not "people with left-handedness," and about athletic or musical people, not about "people with athleticism" or "people with musicality." We might call someone a "blue-eyed person" or a "person with blue eyes," and nobody objects to either descriptor. It is only when someone has decided that the characteristic being referred to is negative that suddenly people want to separate it from the person. I know that autism is not a terrible thing, and that it does not make me any less a person.Over the past several months, as I've been experiencing this evolution in my thinking about Bud's autism, I have done a lot of thinking about the concept of "cure." To be honest, I have never been particularly cure-focused either in my philosophy or in my actions. In a post on Autism Vox today, Kristina references a New York Times Op-Ed piece by Cammie McGovern about the fervor with which many parents seek "total recovery" for their autistic children. McGovern writes,
When your child is initially diagnosed, you read the early bibles of hope: "LetAs I read McGovern's essay I remembered that I own Catherine Maurice's Let Me Hear Your Voice, the book she calls one of the "early bibles of hope". I can't remember if I bought it myself or if someone gave it to me. I know that I've had it for a long time. I also know that, despite the fact that I read books about autism and autistic children all the time, I have never read a single page of it. It wasn't a conscious decision, nor one that was philosophically or politically motivated; it just never felt like the right book to read. In fact, as I think about it now, I have only read one book in which a child appeared to "recover" - and I loathed the book. The books that spoke to me - the books that are my bibles of hope in the land of autism - are the ones in which the authors acknowledge their fears and struggles as they delight in their autistic children: Paul Collins's Not Even Wrong; Beth Kephart's A Slant of Sun; Charlotte Moore's George and Sam. These are the parents I want to hang with; these are the children I long to know.
Me Hear Your Voice," "Son-Rise" and other chronicles of total recovery from
autism. Hope comes from a variety of treatments, but the message is the same: If
you commit all your time, your money, your family's life, recovery is possible.
And who wouldn't do almost anything - mortgage a home, abandon a career or move
to be closer to doctors or schools - to enable an autistic child to lead a
normal life?
Now, as the mother of a 10-year-old, I will say what no
parents who have just discovered their child is autistic want to hear, but
should, at least from one person: I've never met a recovered child outside the
pages of those old books. Not that it doesn't happen; I'm sure it does. But it's
extraordinarily rare and it doesn't happen the way we once were led to believe.
At the same time, even though it's not one of my goals, "cure" is not a fighting word for me. There is much that is not known about autism; I've read a great deal of speculation that in the years to come, the thing we now know as "autism" will be seen as a great number of different, if related, conditions. It's plausible to me that there may be some conditions that are being called "autism" but that are not, in fact, autism as I know it. There may well be neurotypical children out there who are having reactions to foods or toxins that are manifesting in autistic-like characteristics; I simply don't believe that Bud is one of them.
From his earliest moments, I knew that there was something different about Bud - not that there was something wrong with him; just that there was something different about him. As strange as it might sound, I began to have these inklings before Bud was even born. My twin pregnancy was high-risk and I was followed closely by perinatologists. As a result, in the later months of my pregnancy I always knew which baby was which, and where each was located in my belly. Consistently when we went out in public places - the mall, crowded parties, etc. - Bud's brother would get very excited, as though he was happy to be there. In contrast, Bud would try to wedge himself under my ribcage as though he was trying to get as far away as possible. When we had ultrasounds, Bud's brother would dive face-first toward the sensor and seemed to be saying "Look at me!" But Bud turned his back and tried to hide behind his brother, and seemed to be saying "This is all too much for me." I have read that when one identical twin is autistic, the chances of the other being autistic are very high. Despite that, and though I will never know for sure, I believe that just as Bud has autism but not spina bifida, his brother would have had spina bifida but not autism.
So what does all this mean? If I'm not trying to "cure" the autism, what am I trying to do?
The analogy that's been buzzing around my brain in recent months is this: I'm trying to react the same way that I would if I knew that Bud was gay. He may well be gay - he probably won't know for several more years. I have no idea what the future might hold for him and what challenges he might face. Despite that, I need to do the best I can right now to help Bud lay the foundations that will serve him best, whatever his sexual orientation.
It's not really a far-fetched analogy. We are not defined by our sexual orientations; at the same time, our sexual identities are important parts of who we are and they affect every aspect of our lives throughout our lives. Until 1973, homosexuality was listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Many parents are still devastated when they learn that their children are gay, and they go to extreme lengths to try to "cure" them. Even less reactionary parents are often consumed with fear and anxiety as they contemplate their children's future: Will they ever marry? Will they have children of their own? Will they suffer harassment? Will people mistreat them? Will they experience discrimination? Will they be happy?
So now, before I know what the future will hold for Bud, there are things I need to help Bud learn: about love, about respect, about partnership, about self-esteem. As he gets older, I will need to help him learn the things that teenagers need to know. And then, ultimately, I will need to step aside and let him use the things he's learned. Or not use them. But if I learn that Bud is gay, I will never try to make him "not gay." I will never suggest that he try to "pass" or that he keep his sexual orientation secret. I will not tell him that he should try dating a few girls, just to find out if he actually likes it.
If Bud is gay, it will be because he is emotionally wired that way. And, similarly, I believe that Bud is autistic because he is cognitively wired that way. So I will not focus my energy on trying to make him "not autistic." I won't teach him how to "pass" or keep his differences under wraps. But I will try to help him build the foundations that will serve him best as an autistic person in a largely neurotypical world - foundations of relationship, flexible thinking, broadband communication, mindfulness. And then, ultimately, I will need to step aside and let him use the things he's learned.
Or not use them.
My goal, I suppose, is to help Bud have options, to let him know that his life need not be driven by fear and limitations, nor by the prejudices of small-minded people.
The goals from there? They'll be entirely up to him.

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Small rooms need lots of absorption.
A easy cheap way to get a lot of absorption into a room is to adopt a standard commercial drop ceiling into your design. You could use standard ceiling tiles to fill in the grid, or better yet, choose a thicker mineral fiber based tile or even use a standard tiles and cover it on the top side with a layer of additional mineral fiber [dense insulation batts over standard tiles are a very effective way to add absorption at low cost with easy installation].
Also, if you have exposed ceiling joists, you can simply fill between the joists with mineral fiber and then "upholster" your ceiling. Consider the wisdom of fire treatment for any architectural upholstery.
Using the ceiling as a large absorption surface allows you to add a massive number of Sabines to the room without using up any floor space. A good start to any small room project.
Also, you can build a lightweight frame, fill it with medium density mineral fiber such as Owens Corning 703 [at least 4" thick for a broadband unit that will provide some benefit on lows as well as mids, and highs is a good idea in a small room] and the upholster with a breathable cloth. Here is an example:
Dave French's Ceiling Cloud
Finally you could use a modular panel. basically a SCA that you hang from the ceiling versus in the corner. See the SCA thread for details on building such units.
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The debian-volatile Project
debian-volatile for end users
The debian-volatile project
has been discontinued with the Debian
Squeeze release. See
this announcement for details.
What is debian-volatile?
Some packages aim at fast moving targets, such as spam filtering and virus scanning, and even when using updated data patterns, they do not really work for the full time of a stable release. The main goal of volatile is allowing system administrators to update their systems in a nice, consistent way, without getting the drawbacks of using unstable, even without getting the drawbacks for the selected packages. So debian-volatile will only contain changes to stable programs that are necessary to keep them functional.
What is debian-volatile/sloppy?
For packages in the volatile section of the debian-volatile archive, we try to ensure that newer versions do not introduce functional changes or require the administrator to modify the configuration file.
The official archive of debian-volatile has been archived on archive.debian.org.
The integration into the main archive happened with
Please see the announcement for details on how to switch to squeeze-updates.


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Videos | November 21, 2011
Mars in a Minute: How Do You Get to Mars?
What does it take to get a spacecraft from Earth all the way to Mars? There are a few key things to consider, as explained in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Transcript:If you want to send a spacecraft all the way to Mars, first you'll need a fast rocket to escape the pull of Earth's gravity.
The heavier your spacecraft, the more powerful your rocket needs to be to lift off.
Next, make sure you launch at the right time.
Mars and Earth orbit the Sun at different speeds and distances.
Sometimes they're really far apart; and other times they come closer together.
About every two years, the two planets are in perfect positions to get to Mars with the least amount of rocket fuel.
That's important. The total trip is over 300 million miles!
Finally, make sure your aim is right. You can't shoot for where Mars is at launch time.
You have to aim for where it will be when you get there.
It's a lot like how a quarterback passes a football.
Also, you may need a few thrusts to correct your direction along the way so you don't miss Mars.
If all goes well, you'll get to the red planet in about seven or eight months.
Then, if you actually want to land on Mars - well, that's a whole other challenge!
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology


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October 31, 1933 - May 20, 2013
Goshen, NY
Fidel Santiago Swana, MD, returned to the Lord peacefully on May 20, 2013, surrounded by his family.
He will be greatly missed by his loving wife of 47 years, Ileana. He will always be remembered as a loving father and grandfather by his four children and their families: Hubert and Susan Swana of Celebration, FL, Steve, Claudia, Sophia, Andrew and Sarah Bernstein of McClean, VA, Fidel, Hsinmi, Fidella and Hayden Swana of Rego Park, NY, Alexander and Tina Swana of Pittsburgh, PA.
He was a long serving member of St. John's Parrish in Goshen, NY. He loved spending time with family, especially his grandchildren. He will be remembered for his dignity, strength and character.
He grew up in Belize and studied medicine in Guatemala, at the University of San Carlos. He immigrated to the United States and completed fellowship training in Child Psychiatry at the Columbia University School of Medicine. He worked for over thirty-five years at area hospitals. He served as president of the Middletown Psychiatric Center Medical Staff Office. He served as the Residency Training and Medical Education Director. He also served honorably in the United States Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel, working as a medical officer at Fort Dix, NJ, Fort Meade, and Keller Army Hospital. He believed in treating every person with kindness and respect. He dedicated himself to improving the health and well-being of each of his patients.
The Swana family would like to thank the staff at Orange Regional Medical Center, especially Drs. David Ramos, Deogenes DeLeon and Agusto Rosas, the staff at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital including Drs. Matthew Mauer and Andrew Eisenberger. Thank you to Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties for their care, compassion and support. Thank you and all our gratitude to Ellie, Joanne, Erin, Sister Ann, Father Thomas and to all our Christian friends for their love, prayers and support.
Visitation will be Thursday, May 23rd from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Donovan Funeral Home, Inc., 82 South Church Street, Goshen, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, May 24th at 1 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church, 71 Murray Ave, Goshen. Burial will follow in Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Campbell Hall, NY.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550.
Arrangements are under the care of the Donovan Funeral Home, Inc., Goshen; to leave the family a personal condolence, please visit www.donovanfunerals.com


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Superflux headset to enable prosthetic vision.
The Future-Present is something that once one has begun to notice it, it becomes very difficult to not see. This visual pattern of our conception of the future has the occult symbolism of apophenia, an illusion of perception generated as glitching artifact by the same non-illusory means by which we perceive reality. The shape of history projected forward in time looms out in the shape of a monster from patterns of moss on our architecture, and as a prophet from coffee stains on news magazines. Our imagination builds reality both forward and backward in time, as our vision builds reality on both isomorphic sides of the mirror. Our speculative thought catalogs these alternate realities, and we attach them to ourselves like equipment strapped to the stomach of a soldier, and we drag them along with us as we crawl across the surface of the earth, dodging death. Or so we dream, as we let our eyes slowly unfocus, gazing at our liquid crystal screens.
The Future-Present hangs heavy with acquired schematization, grows thickly in the rhizomatics of our mental constructs, and with this decaying biomass, lubricates the sliding transmission of our worldviews. But while the implications of the Future-Present for philosophical theories that deploy such semiotic hardware are important, there is a complex material realm of the Future-Present that should not be ignored. Regardless of what sort of opaque, nebulous terms we develop for the clouds in our temporal vision, they have material form with which we will collide with if we don't watch where we are going. The gears of the mechanisms are sharp, and the metabolized exertions to avoid injury on the cutting edge are chemically taxing.
This is not simply a matter of seeing correctly and avoiding illusion. The illusions have important meanings. Patterns are the visual boundaries of underlying systems. When a slime mold grows into nearly the exact same shape as the Tokyo rail system, this is not a random coincidence...


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JavaOne Shanghai
|I was expecting this...
|...and found this instead
|Some of the architecture reminded me more of New York than Europe or Asia
|OK, I didn't eat here, but I did love the food in Shanghai
|Apparently road accidents kill 300 people a day in China.
I did miss Twitter and Facebook while I was out there, and the WiFi availability was limited. Also, maybe I'm paranoid, but I wasn't sure how much to trust the WiFi. But I found myself quite pleased to be separated from the interwebs for a bit - it was peaceful and relaxing. I even did more work than I expected, probably because I wasn't replying to e-mails all the time or thinking of what to tweet next.
The conference itself was a weird mix of the familiar with the massively unfamiliar - familiar, because it felt like a JavaOne - the branding, the badges, the signage. Unfamiliar because I don't speak Chinese - most of the signs and documentation were in Chinese, and not all the stewards spoke English. The attendees in particular were not expected to speak English (which is totally understandable of course! Conferences should cater for the local population), which made it more difficult to feel like a part of the event. I think I've mentioned before that the more I come to these events, the less I feel like an outsider as one of the rare women. But as a blonde-haired European woman I did feel a little... conspicuous.
|It was an Oracle conference. In case you're not sure.
It's less obvious than at the SF conference(s), but there's a very distinct difference between the JavaOne attendees (emphasis on the casual part of business casual) and the Oracle people (do they sleep in their suits?). I didn't envy the latter at all - wearing a full suit and tie in 40°C heat and humidity you could drown in must be extremely uncomfortable. Speaking of clothes, all the women are dressed in summery, pretty clothes (except the business-suited Oracle types), and looked like normal human beings, and the geek guys were wearing less badges of geekness (geek t-shirts, jeans etc).
Bullet-Riddled Corpse pattern a) the poor translator would have had to work harder and b) it would have been more difficult to work out which slide I was on.
This did seem to be a great conference to get people from all over Asia and even the antipodes together. There was buzz in the air, an excitement to be learning stuff and meeting people. I don't know if it's the (relatively) small size of the conference, its youth or its geography, or maybe simply me projecting my excitement at being in a place I'd never been to before, but there was less cynicism than in the western conferences.
This did seem to be a great conference to get people from all over Asia and even the antipodes together. There was buzz in the air, an excitement to be learning stuff and meeting people. I don't know if it's the (relatively) small size of the conference, its youth or its geography, or maybe simply me projecting my excitement at being in a place I'd never been to before, but there was less cynicism than in the western conferences.
|Half of my massive audience
To deal with both these different things (Chinese slides and real time interpretation), I had to be prepared earlier than normal and I practiced more than normal. I wanted to get the timing right so I would be comfortable slowing down. I wanted it to be 40 minutes (in a 60 minute slot) to give me 10 mins for questions and 10 mins buffer for allowing me to slow down and/or cope with any disasters. I needed to run through with the Chinese slides so there weren't any nasty surprises.
In the end, I thought it went very well. The preparation made me feel much more comfortable and confident. Slowing down had an additional benefit - not everyone opted for the headphones & interpreter, so me not speaking at 100 miles an hour gave them a fighting chance of following along. The audience seemed very reluctant to ask questions in public, so I skipped my usual audience-participation bit, but the fact that I hit 40 minutes exactly gave people loads of time to come up to me afterwards and ask me questions, and I did have quite a big line of people as I was packing up. I think this is a Good Thing.
Fortunately (for me) the session was not recorded in any form, so you won't be able to see whether it really was any good or not. But here are the slides, in case you speak Chinese (sadly my Keynote to Powerpoint conversion didn't quite work, so some of the code falls off the bottom).
(Note that my caveats are in Chinese, but the caveats are that the new API for the MongoDB Java driver will almost definitely NOT look like that, it's just indicative of the direction we were looking in when I wrote that presentation.)
Although I was more nervous about this session than recent sessions, I'm really pleased I did it. I highly recommend this to other speakers as a way to force you out of your routine and to think about your presentation style (something we probably all stress about anyway, but this forces you to look carefully at it).
And Shanghai overall... as you can probably gather from the start of this blog, I liked it a lot. I had a nice, mostly relaxing, fun time there. I loved the modern-ness of it, like the ridiculously fast MagLev that takes a mere 7 minutes to travel the 30km to the airport.
|The Shanghai MagLev is "the world's fastest train in regular commercial service"
|Pollution makes awesome sunsets
And it's whetted my appetite for JavaOne so I'm really looking forward to San Francisco in September. See you there?
1 I was surprised to hear everyone talking about "Chinese" when even in my ignorance I know there are many types of Chinese language, but doing my research I've learnt there is a Standard Chinese. Which makes sense. You learn something new every day
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I have been watching the news reports about the young, extremely pregnant female Marine, Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who disappeared almost a month ago.
What has been most prominent in this case is the systematic marginalization of a young woman who dared to accuse a man, a superior officer, of sexual assault. I expected that out of the Marine Corps. I did not expect that from her family and civilian authorities.When she disappeared in December, the military did not report her missing, although certainly they were aware of it. Her stepmother was the person who filed the missing persons report. It now seems that her stepmother had advised her in a telephone conversation, shortly before her disappearance, to put her baby up for adoption because she couldn't care for it. However, I've yet to see a Marine who can't handle diaper duty. I suspect her stepmother really suggested adoption because of the identity of the father.
Apparently she had filed a rape charge against a superior officer, and a hearing was upcoming. The minute she filed a rape charge against a fellow Marine, she placed herself in danger, and the Marine Corps wasn't about to do a thing to protect her.
As every female in the military is well aware (I used to be in the Air Force, many years ago) "don't ask, don't tell" applies to far more than sexual orientation. It also applies to females speaking out against the good ol' boy system which is our military. They don't want women there, and they especially don't want mothers there. The latter is understandable to an extent, for many reasons; the former is not.
If a female is sexually assaulted by a fellow solder, and she reports that assault, she is assumed to be lying. Most females in the military will not report a crime committed by a male counterpart, and especially a superior officer, because they know how it will be viewed. The female, by filing such a charge, has bought their ticket out of the military, and with that goes all the benefits of being in the military, as well as the income. They will be forced out as a disgraced soldier.
Sure enough, it has been announced that she was facing involuntary discharge.
It has been said that she is suicidal and a chronic liar by her own family, by military authorities, and by the Onslow County Sheriff's Department. Just yesterday, the Onslow County Sheriff made a plea for the missing woman to come back and face her problems.
Today, the Onslow County Sheriff announced that she is dead. Not only is she dead, she's buried. It's kind of hard to bury yourself when you're dead. Obviously, she did not commit suicide. She was murdered. Obviously, the number one suspect is the superior officer.
Yet the Sheriff just said he is not terming this murder, because there are "a lot of twists and turns". However, when you're dealing with the military and they are covering something up, there are always going to be twists and turns. Sheriff Brown needs to get smart, and realize that he was being sent in other directions intentionally, to divert attention away from the Marine Corps.
Now, authorities are saying that the superior officer she accused is also missing. Apparently he's been missing for a week, and was supposed to appear for duty at Fort Carson, Nevada.
Given the rape allegation, one would think he would have been noticed missing long before now. Undoubtedly the Marine Corps was aware that he had disappeared, and one would think they'd have made that information available. Had they done that, it would have been clear very early in the investigation that she had most likely been a victim of foul play, and the case would have been investigated as a possible murder rather than as a missing person. There is a huge difference between those two types of investigation, after all, since every adult has the right to disappear if they so desire.
But no. All this time, everyone – the Marine Corps, the Onslow County Sheriff's Department, and even her own family – have worked on the assumption that she was lying about being raped by a superior officer. All this time, they have been protecting a murderer, a man who killed not only a fellow soldier, but an expectant mother and, quite obviously, her unborn child which could have survived outside the womb since she was eight months pregnant when she disappeared. As far as I'm concerned, that's murder number two.
Today officials are saying that she was murdered because her unborn child would have been proof of her accusation of rape, which is undoubtedly a very big motive for murder on the part of the superior officer. So why wasn't the Marine Corps ensuring this young woman's safety from her attacker? Why didn't they share that information with civilian authorities who were investigating her disappearance?
There are a lot of questions in this case which will probably never be answered. After all, the military is a law unto itself, and they don't have to cooperate with local authorities.
However, this wouldn't be the first time a Marine committed cold-blooded murder. The most famous case is undoubtedly that of Captain Jeffrey McDonald, who in the 70s murdered his pregnant wife and his two very young daughters, then tried to claim that drug-crazed hippies had committed the crime. It took decades to convict him of that heinous crime, due to the incompetence of the Marine Corps.
It looks like the Marines haven't learn a thing since then. It's all about protecting the reputation of the Corps. Semper Fi and all that, you know.
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Anyone can tell you if a trailer "looks good" or not. But Drew Magary, who spent over a decade working in advertising, is here to tell you whether or not a trailer WORKS. This week's trailer? "Seeking Justice".
If it's early in the year, that means it's time for Nic Cage to pay off his creditors by starring in a laughably bad action film. In fact, Cage is coming on strong with TWO action movies early this year, including that "Ghost Rider" sequel that no one asked for. Today, we're gonna take a look at "Seeking Justice," a movie that was already released in the UK and Italy way back in the fall and lands with a thud here in the US in March. HOWEVER, before we go dismissing this one as another chance for Cage to pay his 27th mortgage, you should know that "Justice" was directed by Roger Donaldson, the man in charge of brilliant pulp movies like "No Way Out" and "The Bank Job". And look! There's Guy Pearce! Guy Pearce is awesome! And Cage has a goatee! Could it be that Cage's new venture is secretly going to be a well-executed genre movie, not unlike "The Grey"? Let's watch the trailer and answer a few questions.
Does this trailer let us know what the movie is about? Yes. Nic Cage is an ordinary fella married to January Jones, and clearly he loves her because he gave her fancy jewelry. Then, one night, Jones goes out walking and is assaulted. So there's Cage in the hospital waiting room, tearing his hair out, when Guy Pearce sidles up and is like, "Oh hey, we know your wife's rapist and we can, like, kill him for you real easy bro." Now, any normal person in this instance would probably ask, "Uh… how do you know my wife's rapist? And why don't you just call the police for me?" But Cage is way too smart for that. Instead, he takes Pearce up on his offer despite it being pretty clear that Pearce was probably the rapist in question. Pearce offs the guy, demands Cage kill another fella in return, and justice is sought. I'm not sure you need to watch the movie after knowing all that.
Does Cage cry? He does. Every Cage movie must feature him experiencing some kind of personal agony, culminating with him letting out a primal howl and demanding to know why the world is such a cruel, horrible place.
Does this whole eye-for-an-eye scheme go helplessly awry? It does.
Does Cage shed his everyman persona and eventually decide to start whoopin' some butts? You know he does. HE IS FINISHED! YOU HEAR HIM, GUY?!
Does stuff blow up real good? TOTALLY!
Does a car go flying off an overpass? Oh yes. There's also somethin' goin' on with a train. I bet it smashes a car real good.
Did Tobey Maguire produce this movie? He did! I was wondering what Tobey was up to all this time, and now I know.
Why was this movie originally titled "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps"? No idea. Might have sounded good in Italian. Anyway, you're stuck with the generic new title now.
Does this trailer work? No. I think there's no doubt that this movie will at least be better than "Drive Angry," but the title and the generic plot aren't gonna be enough to draw in viewers who have been burned by Cage once too many times. Also, this movie comes out the week before "The Hunger Games". Which movie do you think Americans will save up some spare cash to go see?
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Although black and Latino male students enter community colleges with higher aspirations than those of their white peers, white men are six times as likely to graduate in three years with a certificate or degree, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas here.
The report's findings are all the more puzzling, it says, given that minority men are more engaged than their white classmates in tutoring, study-skills sessions, and other practices the center identifies as key to college success.
The report, "Aspirations to Achievement: Men of Color and Community College," is based on responses from more than 145,000 male community-college students to the center's annual survey on student engagement from 2010 to 2012.
The report also drew on more than 30 focus groups with black, Latino, and white male students at community colleges; the national convention of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, which recognizes community-college students; and six faculty and staff focus groups.
In one of the earliest focus groups that was filmed, a young black student at a Texas community college, identified only as James, told the interviewer in August 2009 that he was pumped up about college because he was "all about learning new things." In subsequent interviews over the next few months, however, his demeanor became more subdued, and by November he was visibly slumping, his face partially obscured by his orange hoodie. College, he concluded, wasn't for him.
The center's director, Kay M. McClenney, shook her head and sighed as she watched the clip with a reporter during an interview at her office. "How is it we can start out with a group of students who are so jazzed up and lose them so quickly?" she asked.
'Perplexing' Patterns
That's what the center's researchers set out to learn.
The report describes "perplexing" patterns: Black men are the most engaged in tutoring and orientation sessions but report the least success. Latinos are in between, and white men report the lowest levels of engagement at almost every level but the most success.
For example, 39 percent of the black men with C-minus averages said they never cut classes, compared with 31 percent of Latinos and 24 percent of white men.
But only 5 percent of black men and Latinos attending community colleges earn degrees or certificates within three years, compared with 32 percent of white men.
One contributing factor to the pattern: Minority students tend to enter college with weaker academic skills. For instance, only 14 percent of black students and 30 percent of Latinos meet ACT college-readiness standards in mathematics, while 53 percent of white students do. For reading, the corresponding percentages are 16, 29, and 54.
"The issue is not that these students are not capable of doing college-level work," the report says. "It is that too many of them have not, for myriad reasons, had the kinds of educational experiences that would effectively maximize those capabilities."
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Another factor dragging down the performance of minority students, according to the report, is the fear of fulfilling a negative stereotype.
The report draws heavily on the research of Claude M. Steele, dean of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. Students experience "stereotype threat," he argues, when they feel pressure not to conform to a negative stereotype, whether it's women in a science class or black men in a college course.
That can happen, the report's authors agree, when educators reach out to students with the best of intentions, such as when admissions counselors steer students into special programs based on "deficit" factors that might hold them back, like growing up poor or struggling with math.
"By using these programmatic approaches," the report says, "colleges risk having an emphasis on 'fixing' students" rather than tapping into their strengths.
Admissions counselors and professors should focus on students' assets, not their deficits, said Shaun R. Harper, an associate professor and executive director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania, who has led studies on black male achievement. The Texas center's report includes some of his findings and strategies for helping minority men succeed in college.
And instead of offering small, "boutique" programs for minority students that attract just a few dozen students, Ms. McClenney said, colleges should extend programs like mandatory study-skills classes, learning communities, and tutoring to all students. Minority students will benefit disproportionately from such strategies, she said, but they won't feel embarrassed by participating or feel that they're being singled out as "at risk."
Victor B. Sáenz, an associate professor of educational administration on the Austin campus, served on the advisory committee for the latest survey. While he endorses the idea of making support programs available to more students, he thinks many of the ones focused on minority males are too small and untested to extend to all students now. Despite their limitations, he said, "they serve as an important signal to internal and external communities within community colleges that these institutions are prioritizing this student population."
Connecting With Students
Students across all races and genders in the survey cited similar keys to success: building strong personal connections on the campus, being held to high expectations, having instructors who are committed to their achievement, and being intensively engaged in the academic experience, both in and out of the classroom.
How might financially strapped colleges with 1,000 students to every adviser provide the kind of guidance the report calls for? Ms. McClenney said they could beef up their counseling through group advising sessions, peer tutoring, and a culture that encourages everyone—maintenance and cafeteria workers, secretaries, and instructors—to connect personally with students.
Within racial and ethnic lines, students who are more engaged with their institutions, who take advantage of study groups and skills classes, perform better, the report concludes. So even if black students as a whole are more engaged than white students but fare worse, that has more to do with where they're starting out. "When you start so far behind the starting line," Ms. McClenney said, "you can run faster and work harder, but you're still not going to catch up."
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Alessandra Ambrosio says that she was worried she might not be able to do the Victoria's Secret show if the company knew she was eight weeks pregnant. "When I first found out I was pregnant I thought, 'Oh my gosh I don't think I'm going to be able to walk on the show,' and I didn't tell anybody so no one knew at the show that I was pregnant," she says. "A week before, I told my booker I don't think I'm going to be able to fit into the clothes because I gained a few pounds already, but we were just quiet." Apparently, she was nervous enough about it that she worked out and dieted before the show: "I cut all the sugars and sweets 10 days before and I got my trainer — the one I usually get — and we were doing lots of glutes and arms and back exercises." The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has described pregnancy discrimination as the fastest-growing kind of workplace discrimination — and as independent contractors, models have even less protection from pregnancy discrimination than the majority of American women who are classified as employees. [Us]
Meanwhile, Ambrosio published this photo of herself, now four months along, on the beach with her daughter, Anja. [Facebook]
Here is Emma Watson's first Lancôme print ad. [WWD]
Bottega Veneta got artist Jack Pierson to shoot its spring campaign with Karmen Pedaru. [WWD]
Chloé is launching a new perfume in February, Eau de Chloé. [WWD]
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- American Airlines seems to have lost one of Rachel Zoe's suitcases. It contained vintage Tom Ford and a lot of Missoni not-for-Target caftans. [P6]
- Model Jasmine Tookes started working at 15, but didn't walk for Calvin Klein until she was 21. She's reading Cry, The Beloved Country and says if she could change one thing about the industry, it would be "Fashion Week castings. I would put all the designers in one big room and hold a casting for three days. That way all the designers get to see you and you're not running around like a madwoman trying to make it to every one!" [The Cut]


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Underwater enthusiasts flock to this region because it offers the world's best marine sights. Two days earlier, some of these travelers had been at a deafening corner of a tourist trap in Bali. Once they took their flight to the bird head of the island of Papua everything changed as they embarked on a diving tour of a lifetime. In the Raja Ampat islands, divers can explore vertical underwater walls. The thrill of drift diving is another great challenge. These are the awesome experiences you will find in Raja Ampat.
Meanwhile, on this tour several divers were well equipped and looked advanced. The territory within the islands of the Four Kings is enormous, covering 9.8 million acres of land and sea, home to 540 types of corals, more than 1,000 types of coral fish and 700 types of mollusks. This makes it the most diverse living library for world's coral reef and underwater biota. According to a report developed by The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International, around 75% of the world's species live here. When divers first arrive here their excitement is palpable. It's common to hear people praise God as they take in the remarkable scenery. Others prefer to remain in silence taking in the overwhelming sight of so many islands with crystal clear water that softly brushes over the white sandy beaches.
Raja Ampat located in the heart of the coral triangle, Raja Ampat islands had become one of the richest marine life destination. Here you can see a wide range of species in fish, corals and birds. For you who likes to go out with nature, this place is one spot you would not miss. We are offering our trip packages to discover and explore all of these places.
As part of our main excursions program, we will explore by snorkeling a wide area of various snorkeling sites. To snorkel all of the nicest reef as we pass along while enjoying the excursion. Most of the snorkeling sites are shallow to moderate deep, typically the reefs is found on a slope ranging from 0 - 30 meters with good visibility and current. There are mangroves with crystal clear water and have corals growing, also walls and patch reefs. Snorkeling the area will offer you an unlimited exploration and discovery.
Ampat has lots of world class dive sites, on our trip we will take you to dive and explore some of these dive sites. On our excursions as we pass this dive sites we give the opportunity for you who is interested to go diving. To organize the diving we are working with the local dive center which have experience and professional crew. The dive sites are manageable and good for all level of divers. The reefs are well protected, ranging from 0 - 30 meters deep. Housing plenty kinds of fish and creatures and also aircraft wrecks, these diving will take you to see one of the best reef wonders.
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Along the coast we will visit villages and people with their traditional culture and craftman. Going culture and exploring the landscape filled with tropical forests and reefs is another type of excursion we offer. Another program is to spot several kinds of birds which is endemic in Papua. Spotting the birds in their habitat and going for an easy treking to the local waterfall.
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Length x Width : 19m x 4.5m
Built : 2014 Sulawesi
Engine : 2 x 4 Cylinders Diesel Engine (one for backup)
Generator : 1KW
Facility : Sun & Canopy Deck, Main Room Accommodation, Kitchen, Bathroom + Toilet
For organizing daily excursions and snorkeling trip we provide one fiberglass longboat canoe for tender, the boat is towed and ready for the whole trip.
Specification :
Length x Width : 7m x 1.5m
Engine : 1 x 25hp
outboard engine Capacity : 8 pax + 2 crews
For daily run around, and for you who likes to travel and snorkel more distances,
Specification : Length : 2.5m
Capacity : 100kg / 1 person
Type : Closed deck Units : 2 pcs
Raja Ampat have so many sites to snorkel with and we are taking you to the best snorkel sites on our excursions. Science have declared that Raja Ampat have a unique underwater life, and during the trip you will get the chance to experience different type of snorkel sites, from white sandy beaches to open sea, snorkeling mangrove reefscoral garden mangroves, bays, caves and channels all have beautiful and unique underwater life. Snorkeling under the forest reefs and snorkeling with the pelagic like mantas, and if you are lucky you could expect to snorkel with whales and dugong.
On our trip you will get the experience to explore all this snorkeling sites. Most of the snorkel site is white sandy beaches with reef slope ranging from 1 - 30 meters, the reefs are alive and abundant with many kinds of fish. With visibility average 30m year round, by snorkeling you can already enjoy a wide range of underwater view in every snorkel sites. We also sometimes likes to take advantage of the currents flowing along the reefs, with this current you can just snorkel and relax with longer range of coral reefs along the beach to explore and the chance to see more big fishes.
If you like you can also go snorkeling the sites in the evening, this can be done while we park our boat close to an island or village. Snorkeling in the evening is also interesting, you can get the chance to see different life on the reefs. Please bring your underwater lamp if you also plan to snorkel in the evening.
How to get there
There are several ways to get to Raja Ampat, this depends on where you are coming from, and each entry ports have their own advantages.
To fly to Raja Ampat there 4 international airports available in Indonesia, this is Jakarta, Makasar, Bali and Manado.
These airports are easily accessible from all parts of the world.
The good entrance is through Singapore, and from here you can fly direct to either of the airports with several direct fligths. Please contact your travel agents for the best routes.deserted island
You can obtain your visa on arrival for USD 25 for 30 days, if you want to stay longer than 30 days, you need to get visa from the Indonesia Consulate embassy as this cannot be issued on arrival.
Travel Permit
When entering Papua we provide you with travel permit (free) which will be issued by the local police station, pleaseprepare the following requirements :
-2 copies pass fotos
- 2 copies of passport id and arrival visa stamp PIN
Personal Identification Number
A regulation setup by the local government, conservation organizations and other stakeholders for managing tourism in Raja Ampat. Each tourist is required to buy an entrance PIN which is valid for one year at USD 100.- (Rp. 1.000.000,-). The fund will support several programs organized by the government and the stakeholders.
As we are located near the equator, sun protection is necessary. Insect repellant is needed for protection to common insects. Malaria is present in Papua, please refer to your physician for the best prevention.yuyu
Average weather is good yearround, there is no rainy seasons. There will be couple of time rainfall everyweek during the whole tear period with average distribution highest on July. Month June and July is considered rainy seasons in Indonesia. The period June = July and December - January will be a bit windy and the rest of the period will be steady. The seas will be very smooth during the non wind period and visibility average 20 - 30 meters. Water temperature from 26 - 28 Celcius, air temperature 31 - 33 Celcius. Practicalities To make things easier and enjoyable, below is some stuff which you might consider to have on the trip, snorkel sets, headlamp, binocular, hammock, trekking sandals and underwater torch.
10 Days 9 Nights - Northern/Southern Raja Ampat ex Sorong
Arrive in Sorong, stay overnight in a hotel and prepare for departure early the next morning, this will be on your own and we help you to book the hotel in Sorong.
Day 1 - Sorong - Kabuy bay
Snorkeling : Friwenbonda island and Batu lima islandcoconut tree Day
2 - Kabuy bay - Bat island / Batangpelle island
Snorkeling : Passage / Cave, Hidden bay and Bat island
Day 3 - Bat island / Batangpelle island - Balakbalak island - CI Station (Wayag island)
Snorkeling / Trekking : Balakbalak island, Jetty CI station Day 4 - Fullday Wayag island, snorkeling and trekking
Day 5 - Wayag island - Mayafun island - Fam island
Snorkeling : Mayafun island and Fam island
Day 6 - Pyanemo - Fam island
Snorkeling and trekking : trekking Pyanemo island and snorkeling Melisa garden, Anita garden and Jetty Arborek ( visiting village )
Day 7 - Gam Island Snorkeling : Yenbraimuk, Yeben island, Mikes point
Day 8 - Gam Island - Manswar island Snorkeling : Manta point/Manta sandy,Cape Manswar, Jetty Sawandarek
Day 9 - Manswar island – Kri Island Snorkeling : Agusta island, Merpati Island, Cape Kri, Koh island, Jetty Yenbuba
Day 10 - Kri Island - Sorong ( leave in the early morning / trip finished at Sorong )
Rate included:
- Airport pick up and transfer in Sorong
- 3 meals a day
- Sleeping on the deck or camping during the trip
- Refreshment ( Coffee, Tea and Mineral Water )
- English speaking guide
- Tours as per itinerary
Rate excluded:
- Hotel in Sorong
- Porters
- Alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks
- PIN for Raja Ampat
- Donation at the villages
- Any entrance fees in the islands
- Laundry
- Any personal expenses
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Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry handheld so popular in the corporate world, batted .500 in a ruling released today by the US Court of Appeals in Washington DC. The court upheld a District Court ruling that the BlackBerry infringed on patents owned by holding company NTP, but reversed the lower court's injunction against RIM selling BlackBerrys in the US.
RIM was originally sued for patent infringement by NTP several years ago. After a 2002 jury trial, it was found that RIM infringed in patents held by NTP, and the BlackBerry manufacturer was ordered to pay US$23 million in damages. RIM appealed, but was dealt a further setback when a District Court judge upheld the decision and awarded NTP US$53.7 million. The judge also granted an injunction against RIM which prohibited them from selling their infringing products and services in the US.
The patents in question cover the usage of radio frequencies for wireless e-mail communications.
Despite the legal setbacks, RIM has seen strong growth over the past couple of years as the BlackBerry has become insanely popular in corporate America. I have seen them everywhere even in the men's room, where a consultant at the urinal next to me checked his e-mail on his BlackBerry with one hand while... taking care of business with the other.
At this stage, it appears likely that RIM will end up signing a royalty agreement with NTP. With the success of their core product and its over 2 million subscribers, a royalty agreement should be a small price to pay, especially for a product in such high demand.


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Second Plum Island house falls into ocean, others 'total losses'
Crews begin process of tearing down homes
Crews began to tear down homes on Plum Island Saturday in a planned demolition. A second home collapsed onto the beach of the Atlantic Ocean overnight.
The home, located at 31 Annapolis Way, tipped onto the beach around 1:30am Saturday. Neighbor Bob Connors said he walked out onto his deck, and found his neighbor's house had given way.
It's one of several homes in the coastal community that either collapsed or were considered total losses after foundations were washed away by this latest storm.
Residents and officials were concerned the waves could rip apart the home with the arrival of high tide at 9 a.m., and carry debris across the shoreline.
A second home on Annapolis Way collapsed Friday morning, and was demolished on Saturday. The home was condemned in 2009, and no one was living there.
See photos of the home, and the demolition
The home's 20-foot supports had been compromised by the season's harsh storms, and finally gave way during Friday morning's high tide.
The property owner, Steve Bandoian, lives in Florida and learned about the collapse when a neighbor called him Friday.
"I don't have any idea what the next step is. I mean, I'm not there, and I don't know that the situation is there. I will have to see what has to be done and what can be done," he said.
Bandoian said his home was protected by a seawall until it was destroyed in December. Bandoian said he's owned the home for 30 years, and was last there at Thanksgiving.
Building inspector Sam Joslin said three other houses on Plum Island were "total losses," and several others are damaged but could possibly be repaired. No one is being allowed in those homes.
"All hell has broken out up here," Plum Island resident Bob Connors said.
Coastal residents were warned that "destructive" high tides Friday could be more severe than during the 2013 blizzard.
Marshfield police Lt. Arthur Shaw said Friday morning's flooding is "on par with the February storm" and the emergency responder Humvees were having trouble navigating the roads.
"The Friday morning high tide could be the most destructive," said Storm Team 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum. "Expect moderate flooding with areas of major flooding, especially along the South Shore from Hull to Sandwich. Beach erosion will be significant."
Images: Storm pounds Mass. coast
In Scituate, coastal residents were told if they stayed in their homes, it would be "at your own risk and peril."


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Dear Forum,
I have started a project on my own called e-chat. It turned out that the demand for the online platform is high.
Unfortunately the platform i'm planning to build is too difficult for one person(myself) to maintain both on granular and high levels. I cannot keep up with the code changes, so far there is 50,000 lines of code (not much).
I was wondering what are the possible solutions to my problem? I have 400 people registered on the platform so far, with about 20% people loggin back in at some point after registration. I also have about 5 webmasters who want me to extend the platform so that they can hook it up on their website, which will result in surge of traffic. The business model is simple and in place, of course not yet implemented.
I just dont know what to do. I am 23 and recently graduated, i have no clue how to evolve this platform. Should i go the open-source way? Should i look for a business angel? (i dont want to turn e-chat into yet another money making machine, disregarding peoples' benefits), or should i look for help from fellow software developers paying out part of the equity?
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Sorry for the second post, the edit button would not work for me.
I am based in London, and the address of the website is at e-chat.co


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Phil Jackson talks Lakers, Dwight Howard and Homeland
In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Phil Jackson opened up about everything from the game of basketball, his favorite tv shows, his future, and the current state of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Hoopsvibe's quick call: When the Zenmaster speaks, people listen.
Jackson has been relatively quiet with the media since Jim Buss and the organization made the decision to pass on him and hire Mike D'Antoni as their new head coach. But he had a lot to say to SI's Jack McCallum earlier this week, including; addressing what the Lakers have been doing wrong with superstar big man Dwight Howard.
"They don't put the ball in the post," Jackson said. "They'll use a screen-roll to get the guy in the post. But there's no consistent plan to do it. Yes, Kobe will go in there. But Dwight just doesn't get any touches. They've basically eliminated his assets."
But as much as Jackson admitted that the Lakers have been under-utilizing Howard, he also mentioned that Dwight hasn't fully recovered from his back injury and needs to improve in certain areas on his own.
"He is not where he needs to be physically because of the back surgery," the Zenmaster said of Howard. "He needs a year to recover from something like that ... He's a terrific athlete ... but his problem right now is turnovers. He's got to have a little better recognition, and that will help him gain the confidence of his teammates and coach, which he does not have now."
I'm sure Mike D'Antoni shook his head a little bit reading those words.
Jackson, who has 11 championship rings as a coach and two as a player, wasn't just critical of the purple and gold in the interview. When asked whether the Lakers have been improving, Jackson sounded hopeful saying, "Yes, I think they are finding a way to play. And that's nice to see."
McCallum's interview with Jackson was very well done as he asked the Hall of Famer a lot of things many of us have been waiting to hear. Jackson told SI that he enjoys watching sports on TV, even rugby (which he watched last weekend), and that Homeland is something he watches with fiance Jeannie Buss, daughter of the late Lakers owner Jim Buss, who passed away on Monday. (Due to the fact that the interview was conducted before Buss' death, McCallum and Jackson didn't speak about the legendary owner.)
As far as returning to the game of basketball, which is a question on many of our minds, Jackson said "I'm not coaching" but did say that he was open to a different role, such as Vice President of basketball operations.
When McCallum commented that Vice President "doesn't sound like a boss" Phil replied, ... "No, that guy would be the boss."
But what did Jackson say he misses the most about coaching? It's what he calls, in true Zenmaster form, the "spiritual quest."
"Forming a brotherhood and trying to move it forward. That's the part I miss."
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Wishing everyone a Happy Holidays! (or Halladays as Murray as said) Here is your thread for the news over the holidays. The Reader Top 30 will begin Monday January 7 and we will go 5 a week Mon-Fri followed by the Top 30s of the various writers here as well as a format for all of you to display your personal Top 30s. Then we will be at Spring Training, and time to preview the season and make bold predictions of sleepers and breakout prospects.
Everyone have a safe and happy holidays and hope for a better year in 2013 for the Phillies both on the major league team and especially on the farm! (also whatever player you would like waiting in your stocking for the Phillies this year)


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Charon D'Aiello Sandoval
David Sandoval is a Los Angeles activist.
From radical activists to honored donors
May 2014 Charon D'Aiello Sandoval and her husband, David Sandoval, watch the unveiling of the Charon D'Aiello Sandoval and David Sandoval Student Services Center at Cal State L.A. as university President William Covino looks on.
Cal State Los Angeles alumni Charon D'Aiello Sandoval and David Sandoval were dedicated revolutionaries in the late '60s, active players in civil rights and labor protests who keep up a progressive ideology to this day.
D'Aiello Sandoval joined La Raza Unida, a Chicano political party, and was a member of the Young Workers Liberation League, an arm of the Communist Party USA. Sandoval was a Brown Beret, who traveled to the former Soviet Union and Cuba.
Neither could have foreseen this day: On Wednesday, Cal State L.A.'s Student Services Center was named in their honor. The couple established a $350,000 permanent endowment to support student programs.
They don't appear to fit the typical image of high-profile donors — both are former employees of the university: Sandoval was director of the Educational Opportunity Program and D'Aiello was head of the Affirmative Action Office.
But they say their progression from undergraduate activists to university benefactors makes perfect sense. After all, they have spent their lives committed to improving the lives of students.
"When you're in a situation where you have some money and you're older, you start thinking about what you value and how you might make life better," said D'Aiello Sandoval, 71. "We both went to Cal State L.A. and did our entire life's work there, so how could we not want to support it?"
Their donation, which they said came from real estate holdings, will be used to expand the campus' Summer Bridge Program, which helps poor and disadvantaged students develop the skills to transition to college life.
"It's a very significant gift," said Cal State L.A. President William Covino. "It means a lot in terms of what they are giving back and also gives our other employees and alumni who may have come from circumstances that are not affluent a sense of the possibility of giving back to the university at whatever level."
D'Aiello Sandoval, of Italian-Jewish heritage, grew up in El Sereno and pursued a business degree at Cal State L.A. while also working as a secretary on campus. Her world view changed in 1967 when her brother was killed in Vietnam and, like millions of youths, she began to question the status quo.
She sought out more politically pointed lecturers and faculty, and was drawn to radical groups in the Chicano rights movement.
"At the heat of the moment when I was really involved I believed revolution was around the corner and that there would be fundamental change by whatever means necessary," she said. "It wasn't very realistic even then, but there were hundreds of thousands and even millions of people demonstrating."
She earned a bachelor's degree in Pan-African Studies. Despite her politics, D'Aiello Sandoval continued working on campus and in 1977 was hired as director of the affirmative action program to recruit and hire more minority and female faculty and administrators.
She went on to earn a specialized master's degree in intercultural communications, personnel management and political science.
Sandoval, 66, grew up the son of a laborer in what is now the city of Commerce. As a teenager he attended a summer program called Encampment for Citizenship, which was sponsored by a New York social justice group. He became much more aware of the nation's inequalities and the social conditions of poor people, including in his own East L.A. neighborhood.
He was admitted to Cal State L.A. through the university's program for low-income and socially disadvantaged students, which he would later direct, and was an early member of MEChA, a Chicano student empowerment group.
When one campus demonstration got out of hand, he was briefly expelled. But he earned a bachelor's degree in Chicano Studies and a master's in education. He directed the EOP office for 23 years until 2008 and led student trips to Selma, Alabama; Cuba and Chiapas, Mexico.
Sandoval has written and produced documentaries and co-produced the first Los Lobos album.
The couple met through their political activities off campus.
They endured tragedy in 1992 when their 16-year-old son, Ochari D'Aiello, was killed while in Atlanta to attend a summer program at Morehouse College. They'd encouraged the trip so that Ochari, whose biological father was African American, could explore his black roots.
They have established a scholarship at Cal State L.A. in his honor.[1]
- ↑ [LA Times Cal State L.A. alumni go from radical activists to honored donors www.latimes.com/local/la-me-college-gift-20140508-story.html May 7, 2014]


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The Fowler Merchant Family Photo Album has slots for 30 CDVs (Cartes de Visite). 22 CDVs are identified by name. This is a Civil War Era Family Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s.
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A team of scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center and the Oregon Health & Science University are reporting a remarkable advance in the treatment of inherited genetic disease in the journal Nature.
They show it is possible to repair a tiny part of a human egg cell that, when broken, causes a host of awful inherited genetic diseases. Those diseases cause disability and the death for many children and adults. What is equally remarkable is that the treatment they report is illegal in Britain, Germany, Costa Rica, Norway and Sweden and would be illegal to provide using federal dollars in the United States.
What did the Oregon scientists do? And why is it so ethically controversial?
Mitochondria are the batteries of human cells. They convert oxygen and nutrients into a chemical that is the source of the energy that allows chromosomes to move and recombine and, once a sperm arrives, a fertilized embryo to grow. Every cell in your body has mitochondria inherited from your mother's egg. When these little cellular engines have a genetic problem, it can make for terrible diseases in any child that inherits them.
About 4,000 U.S. children are born each year with mitochondrial diseases. They may become blind, paralyzed or suffer severe cognitive impairment.
The Oregon team showed that they could fix the problem of damaged mitochondria in an egg cell by transplanting the DNA in the nucleus of eggs with diseased mitochondria into eggs with healthy mitochondria that had the nucleus removed. They did this both in monkeys and humans. A child born as a result of this genetic transplant—referred to as a spindle transfer-- would be the genetic offspring of two mothers.
The child would have healthy mitochondrial DNA from the egg of a donor mom. He or she would also have DNA from the mom with the mitochondria problem.
This is amazing genetic engineering. Gene transfer in human eggs has and will provoke a lot of controversy.
When the Oregon team did their studies they proved the transplanted genes would work in a human egg by making them into viable embryos. Those embryos were studied in various ways to prove they were normal -- and then destroyed. There is no other way to prove that transplanting genes between eggs could someday cure children of terrible diseases without the kind of experiment the Oregon group did.
While monkeys have been used in the past, this is the first paper reporting success in the genetic engineering of human eggs.
But to go forward, more such experiments will need to be done to ensure the safety of the technique. Currently there is a ban in the U.S. on doing this kind of research with federal funds. Federal law forbids using federal taxpayer dollars to pay for any research involving the destruction of a human embryo.
This experiment also crosses a bright ethical line. Changing genes in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis or in the eyes of people with retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration may fix the broken body part, but the change is not passed on to future generations.
When you change genes in an egg, even in the mitochondria of an egg, you make a change that is inherited by every single offspring of any child created from that egg. That is called germline engineering -- meaning changing inherited genetic material.
And germline engineering of mitochondria crosses the line from using genetic engineering to fix our body parts into directly engineering the traits of our children. It is a road that could lead, in the distant future, toward eugenics.
So should we celebrate or condemn this first step into reproductive cell or germline genetic engineering?
I think the price of experimenting on embryos to find a solution to disease, while high, is morally acceptable. Creating embryos in the future by means of a mitochondrial transplant that will not be used to make babies on a limited basis seems to appropriately value children and adults over possible children and adults.
And while I, too, worry about where genetically engineering eggs might lead, I think doing so to find cures is ethically noble. Those nations that say no to any form of germline engineering, including the U.S., should revisit those policies to permit research that is clearly intended as therapy.
The brave new world has now appeared in print. We need to be brave enough to avail ourselves of the good it can bring.
Arthur Caplan is the head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center.
Related stories:
Scientists create embryos with two mothers, but free of disease
Nobel prize awarded for early stem cell work


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