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The Ideal Course and the Dream Team
Interdisciplinary courses require continuing collaboration and new roles in the classroom.
The ideal interdisciplinary course begins with a great idea. Usually interdisciplinary courses are designed around themes (romanticism, for example), problems (managing wetlands, for instance), or comparisons (Einstein compared to Freud, or perhaps Freud compared to Marx).
Planning is paramount in creating an interdisciplinary course because the teachers doing the planning are actually inventing a new subject. They spend a lot of time determining the scope and sequence of the course, how breadth and depth will be balanced, and what the interdisciplinary learning outcomes will be, such as critical comparison, integration of diverse positions, and assimilation of multiple viewpoints.
The planners pay attention to choosing and using the most appropriate teaching strategies, and they build in assessment techniques from the beginning. Sometimes the structure of the course, with its many players and experiences, becomes quite elaborate and requires a manager of logistics.
Collaborating on different levels
The key word is collaboration, but the amount and type of collaboration can vary. Four areas in which collaboration is important—planning, content integration, teaching, and testing—may evolve rather different levels of collaboration.
The team may work collaboratively in planning a year-long course but may delegate teaching to serial appearances by teachers unit by unit; or the team may do less up-front collaboration on content integration because they hammer out how the content will be integrated, week-by-week, as they are teaching together in the same classroom. Thus, the level of collaboration in these four areas may be high or low, but the course may still be thought of as interdisciplinary.
The collaboration in content integration is probably the most difficult. Think of it this way: Instead of bringing together the best players in one sport (such as basketball), the interdisciplinary dream team consists of players from baseball, hockey, soccer, basketball, and volleyball; and their job is to invent a new game.
All of the members have their own expertise, viewpoints, and outlooks. They value their discipline for the perspective it brings on a narrow range of phenomena—this is partly why they chose their field—and they may not be accustomed to listening to and considering other perspectives seriously.
Furthermore, the techniques for building bridges across disciplines or creating new conceptual structures may not be obvious. If the team goes to the trouble—and it is considerable trouble—of designing an interdisciplinary course, the contribution and relationship of the disciplines or professional fields involved needs to be clear, if not from the start, at least eventually. In this way, students grasp the essence and value of the new game and become eager players themselves.
New roles for team teaching
If the dream team survives the challenge of planning an interdisciplinary course, the next step is to learn to teach as a team.
The planning group can decide to appear serially, of course, but that sidesteps the challenges and opportunities of working together in the same classroom.
If two or more teachers decide to teach as a team, they must learn to contribute without always being—to continue the sports metaphor—the ball hog who scores the most points. Teamwork requires finding new and comfortable roles.
For example, the model learner co-teacher would demonstrate effective learning habits, functioning as a student sitting among other students, participating intelligently, having done the reading, contributing brilliant insights, and knowing when to speak and listen.
The expert observer offers occasional comments on the content of the discussion or nature of the process that is unfolding in the class.
The co-lecturer shares the lectern and either serially or in a true dialogue adds a second perspective to the topic.
The panel member joins other teachers or guests as one resource on the day's topic.
The discussion leader may lead a break-out group after a lecture or inquiry.
The co-discussion leader may facilitate a discussion side by side with a colleague in the same classroom, and a case-co-facilitator may bring a second or third level of analysis to a case study.
A group-facilitator may organize group activities or assist colleagues with group activities they are employing.
A gadfly—usually self-identified as a devil's advocate—may raise those disturbing questions that drive the discussion to a deeper level.
A resource, at a much more mundane level, may play a nevertheless useful role in fixing broken equipment, making extra copies, or assisting with transportation on a field trip.
Team teachers are constantly inventing new roles and breaking down the stereotypes of what a teacher is supposed to do in the classroom. All of this presupposes a level of cohesion among team members that generates the comfort to be inventive. Although one teacher may take the lead on a particular day, other members of the team need to feel that there is something for them to do that also contributes to the environment that enables learning.
Looking to the future
Although the assumption thus far has been that all members of the team are academic specialists, the teams of the future may be composed of members with other special skills in instructional design, online instruction, information searching, and non-print digital media management.
In other words, the dream team of the future may get even more complex, but just imagine the rich courses that such a team, along with traditional academic specialists, could create.
The dominant paradigm for teaching makes little provision for parceling out fractions of professional time and rewarding complex collaborations, and interdisciplinary courses and team teaching may still be viewed as the work of deviants, but the reinvention of higher education surely requires new practices for teaching and learning. The technological opportunities alone require serious reexamination of the 100-year-old paradigm of working independently as a disciplinary specialist. Besides, it's lonely!
>References & Resources
Association for Integrative Studies. Professor William H. Newell, Executive Director. www.units.muohio.edu/aisorg.
Davis, James R. 1995. Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching: New Arrangements for Learning. Phoenix, AZ: The American Council on Education and The Oryx Press. Provides a complete guide for structuring and delivering interdisciplinary courses as well as a comprehensive collection of examples.
Haynes, Carolyn, editor. 2002. Innovations in Interdisciplinary Teaching. Phoenix, AZ: American Council on Education and the Oryx Press. An excellent collection of issues and answers on all aspects of interdisciplinary teaching.
Klein, Julie Thompson. 1996. Crossing Boundaries: Knowledge, Disciplinarities, and Interdisciplinarities. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia. The best philosophical work and rationale for interdisciplinary studies.
Klein, Julie Thompson, editor. 2002. Interdisciplinary Education in K-12 and College: A Foundation for K-16 Dialogue. New York: College Entrance Examination Board. A side-by-side comparison of issues at the K-12 and college levels.
Newell, William H., editor. 1998. Interdisciplinarity: Essays from the Literature. New York: College Entrance Examination Board. An anthology of classic essays—the very best writing on interdisciplinary studies over the years.


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Research Shows Copper Supplementation is the Key for Piglet Performance
New research study shows the benefits of adding copper to nursery pig rations
ST. LOUIS, MO (Feb. 10, 2015)—Supplementing nursery pigs with MINTREX® Cu chelated trace minerals significantly improved daily gain by an additional 3 percent and feed efficiency by 2.6 percent when compared to other forms of trace minerals, according to a recent meta-analysis of available study results.
These findings are supported in the paper, "Multi-trial analysis of the effects of copper level and source on performance in nursery pigs," published in the Journal of Animal Science (JAS), the world's leading agriculture and animal sciences journal. The paper was co-authored by Yulin Ma, Karen Wedekind, Jeffery Escobar, Junmei Zhao, Mercedes Vazquez-Anon and Geoff I. Zanton of Novus International, Inc.
The results showed that weaned pigs fed MINTREX Cu had improved gut health resulting in a reduction in diarrhea incidence by 23 percent, as compared to other trace mineral forms. And, growing-finishing pigs fed the supplement experienced an improved immune response and improved nutrients digestibility in a common corn-soybean diet.
"It's important to meet a pig's nutritional needs during critical growing periods to improve feed intake and feed efficiency, and promote growth," said Yulin Ma, PhD, swine nutrition technical manager at Novus International, Inc. "Although copper is needed in only small amounts, this research presents compelling evidence that the trace mineral contributes to optimal pig performance, and that the unique properties of MINTREX Cu make it the best choice for producers."
MINTREX Cu from Novus International, Inc., is a highly bioavailable source of copper and the only mineral chelated with HMTBa, the active ingredient in ALIMET® feed supplement. Research has proven that MINTREX® delivers more bioavailable trace mineral to the small intestine than other leading organic trace minerals. The more bioavailable a mineral is, the lower the dietary concentration needed and the less mineral excreted to the environment. Increased bioavailability reduces feed costs and minimizes nutrient waste.
Copper is an essential component of a functional immune system and contributes to performance in a variety of ways including iron utilization, nutrient absorption and digestion, and general metabolic function. Copper also has similar antibacterial and growth promoting effects as antibiotics.
This year, Novus is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of its MINTREX chelates, which reflects its leadership position in the trace minerals market. The MINTREX molecule truly embodies the company's commitment to delivering and supporting innovative products, through science, that support animal health and performance.
To learn more about MINTREX as well as Novus's other minerals solutions, visit www.novusint.com.
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in over 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus International's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, CIBENZA® enzyme feed additive, MINTREX® chelated trace minerals, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, AGRADO® feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients. Stratum Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com).
Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information, visit www.novusint.com. ©2015 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.

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We're putting together an informal WAT for Saturday, May 7 at 10 AM. If you haven't already seen the postings about the national WAT, please do so - otherwise, you're scratching your head right about now.[:)]
We'll just gather at Lake Murray, part of Mission Trails Park in La Mesa, conduct on-site registration, each person will pay $15, get a t-shirt and then we'll take a short 3 mile (5k) walk around the lovely lake. Nothing fancy and no expectations for large crowds. But we'll do our part and get this fab state involved![8D]
Go ahead and spread the word with friends and family in the area and email me directly with probable number of walkers so we can get the right number of t-shirts. I'm hoping our So Cal Group Coordinator, Julie, will join us and then maybe we'll have an impromptu meeting.
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Salem Mennonite Church (Shickley, Nebraska, USA)
Salem Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), four miles southeast of Shickley, Nebraska, was organized in 1891 by P. P. Hershberger and Chris Beller. Services were held in a township hall until 1904, when a meeting house was erected.
In 1957 the membership was approximately 265 with Peter R. Kennel serving as bishop and Fred C. Reeb as minister.
Additional Information
Address: PO Box 165, Shickley, NE 68436-0165
Location: 820 Rd V, Shickley, Nebraska
Phone: 402-627-3215
Website: Salem Mennonite Church
Denominational Affiliation:
Western District Amish Mennonite Conference
Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference
Central Plains Mennonite Conference
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Kennel, P. R. "Salem Mennonite Church (Shickley, Nebraska, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 29 Sep 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Salem_Mennonite_Church_(Shickley,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=141690.
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Kennel, P. R. (1959). Salem Mennonite Church (Shickley, Nebraska, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 29 September 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Salem_Mennonite_Church_(Shickley,_Nebraska,_USA)&oldid=141690.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 405. All rights reserved.
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Jim Tavaré is an internationally acclaimed actor and comedian with a highly distinguished career. Jim co-wrote and starred in ITV's 'The Sketch Show', which won a BAFTA and syndicated worldwide. To date, ?The Sketch Show? has been remade for audiences in seven different countries. He wrote and starred in six highly acclaimed short silent films for BBC2 called 'Jim Tavaré Pictures Presents'. This was followed by his own comedy sketch series 'The Jim Tavaré Show', a thirteen part series co-written with Ricky Gervais, who also starred. Following three appearances on The Royal Variety Performance, Jim performed at several private functions for the British Royal Family, including a private Christmas party for HRH Prince Charles and a Gala held at Highgrove in front of Her Majesty the Queen and thirteen Crowned Heads of State. Jim Tavaré is renowned for being Prince Charles favourite comedian. His success as a stand-up comedian has spread to the United States. He was the winner of 'International Starsearch' (USA), had an episode of NBC's 'Wings' written around his act. He also holds the distinction of being the only overseas act ever to reach the final of NBC's 'Last Comic Standing'. As a finalist, he embarked on a 63 date national US tour with NBC as part of the ?Last Comic Standing World Tour?. Jim Tavaré's film debut came in 2004 when he played Tom the Innkeeper in 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'. He has since made several US film and television appearances, including landing a recurring role on Showtime's 'Californication' alongside David Duchovny.
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Whether as a businessman, elected community leader or volunteer, his track record of success is remarkable. He took a small business into a multimillion dollar corporation, went from an elected county supervisor to chairman of the executive board and was able to secure and operate a fleet of helicopters for the AirOne Emergency Response Coalition that services law enforcement, fire and disaster personnel in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
He has trained and served as a law enforcement officer from his early years and has established working relationships with police and sheriff departments throughout northern Illinois. He is the only candidate with ideas on how to change the revolving door of crime culture in our community.
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"Hokage vs. Hokage!!" (火影vs火影!!, Hokage Bāsasu Hokage!!) is chapter 120 of the original Naruto manga.
Sarutobi attacks with a fire technique, which the Second Hokage neutralises with a water technique. The First Hokage follows with one of his signature Wood Release techniques, immobilising Sarutobi. Sarutobi summons Enma and has him transform into a staff to release him. Sarutobi attacks Orochimaru with Enma, and Orochimaru parries with his Kusanagi. In the midst of his attacks Sarutobi plants explosive tags on the First and Second. Although it removes their legs, the damage regenerates, a side-effect of the technique used to reincarnate them. Seeing that a normal fight will accomplish nothing and that he is already tiring, Sarutobi prepares for his death.


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UNESCO has affirmed Palestinian claims to holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, condemning the Israeli government's aggressive attempts to control Al-Aqsa Mosque and its environs.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization resolution, passed in a contentious vote on Tuesday 17 October, addresses Israeli violations of religious freedoms across the West Bank.
But it focuses on the bitterly-contested compound known to Muslims by the names Al-Aqsa and Haram al-Sharif, and to Jewish people as Temple Mount.
By exclusively using the Islamic names for the site, and referring to Israel as the "occupying power", the resolution has angered both Israel and its allies in the United Kingdom and the USA, who voted against the motion.
Contrary to the claims of the Israeli government, the ruling does not reject the spiritual claims of Jewish people to the site, instead "affirming the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions."
However, the resolution is a catalogue of Israeli crimes and rights violations around al-Aqsa. Issued on the same day as 200 illegal Israeli settlers entered the site under heavy military escort, it "firmly deplores the continuous storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif by Israeli rightwing extremists".
The resolution also criticizes: the barring of Muslim worshippers from the third-holiest site in Islam; aggression against Muslim congregants, clergy and conservationists; obstruction of Arab conservation work; destructive Israeli excavations and building projects around Al-Aqsa; and damages caused to the 1300-year-old mosque by the bullets of Israeli soldiers.
Speaking to reporters, Palestinian deputy Ambassador to UNESCO Mounir Anastas said the ruling "reminds Israel that they are the occupying power in east Jerusalem and asks them to stop all their violations."
The resolution additionally condemns the rampant aggression of illegal settlers in Al-Khalil (Hebron), abetted by the Israeli Forces. It particularly criticizes the "denial of freedom of movement and freedom of access to places of worship", namely Al-Haram al-Ibrahami, known in the Jewish tradition as the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
Bethlehem's Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque (Rachel's Tomb) is also singled out as a site of Israeli violations, and the resolution furthermore "strongly deplores the continuous Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which harmfully affects the free and sustained movement of personnel and humanitarian relief items, as well as the intolerable number of casualties among Palestinian children."
24 nations backed the resolution, 6 opposed it, and there were 26 abstentions. Neither Israel nor Palestine are part of the voting UNESCO executive board, and following the announcement of the al-Aqsa motion Israel has suspended its ties to the United Nations agency altogether.
"With this absurd resolution, UNESCO has lost what little legitimacy it had left," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference. Along with the USA, Israel withdrew all its funding to UNESCO when Palestine was voted in as a non-executive member in 2011.
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'It's Complicated': Why the MPAA prefers smoking guns to smoking pot
The MPAA has embarrassed itself an untold number of times over the years for its prudish attitude toward sex and its wildly permissive attitude toward violence. But what's it's done to Nancy Meyers' upcoming comedy, "It's Complicated," is perhaps the ratings board's biggest boneheaded move yet.
According to a story by my colleague, Steven Zeitchik, the MPAA has given Meyers' fluffy comedy about a middle-aged love triangle an R rating because Meryl Streep and Steve Martin's (who star in the film along with Alec Baldwin) characters are seen sharing a joint while on a date.
The problem, according to people involved with the board's hearing on the issue, isn't that the actors are seen smoking pot -- it's that the scene "features pot-smoking with no bad consequences." Apparently, everything would've been fine if only the characters had been killed in a gory car crash because their reflexes were slightly impaired after sharing the joint, which surely would've served as a stern warning to kids not to ever touch the evil weed.
In other words, you can score a tidy amount of pot at hundreds of marijuana clinics across Los Angeles, but if you take a puff on a joint in a Hollywood movie, you immediately get walloped with an R rating, whether you're a gangsta rapper like Snoop Dogg or a genial white-haired Oscar host like Steve Martin.
It's another outrageous example of the lunatic priorities of the MPAA, which claims to serve the interests of parents but actually dances to its crazy drummer, happily handing out PG-13 ratings to unbelievably violent movies like "Terminator: Salvation" while whipping out the R rating at the first sign of a few naked breasts or, God forbid, an unsheathed penis. In Rob Marshall's upcoming film, "Nine," Daniel Day-Lewis smokes non stop through the entire film, but since it's only cancer-causing tobacco, the MPAA had no problems giving the film a PG-13 rating. That's a travesty. If you're going to restrict kids from seeing a movie because of pot smoking, you certainly should apply similar standards to heedless cigarette smoking.
The R rating for "It's Complicated," which hits theaters Christmas Day, is especially ludicrous. It would be one thing if we saw Kristen Stewart smoking weed in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," since the movie is right in the sweet spot for teens and tweeners. But if the MPAA is really sticking up for families everywhere, it hardly seems to be a parental concern that impressionable kids are going to be flocking to see a romantic comedy featuring actors who are -- in the case of Streep and Martin -- even older than some of their grandparents.
I've been ranting and raving about the MPAA's nutty priorities for years without any discernible effect. I think it's time that filmmakers and actors start sticking up for their peers, in this case Meyers, who is getting the shaft from the MPAA for a totally harmless comedy scene. Since George Clooney (and I mean this with no offense) seems to weigh in on every pressing foreign policy of the day, maybe he could spare a little interview time to take the MPAA to the woodshed, which might serve to embolden some of his more cautious brethren to speak out against an organization whose moral compass has clearly gone haywire.
Here's the trailer for "It's Complicated," where you can actually see, toward the end, the giddy after-effects of Streep's and Martin's characters' marijuana indulgence:


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Default pane and first tab at the bottom left of the Socials window that lists friends that you track in the game. Sometimes called the "Friends pane."
You can access the Friends List via the Real ID button () above the left side of your chat window (default key shortcut of O).
The Friends List pane also has three sub-panes accessible from tabs at the top of the pane:
- Friends (the default)
- Ignore
- Pending
The other panes accessible from the Friends List window:
Friends tab
Most of the Friends pane consist of the list of Friends, each entry showing the following info:
Real ID-friends are shown with their real name, Character's name, their current Region and the game they're playing (WoW, Starcraft, Diablo etc.).
Online friends will also have a Invite to party button (if not already grouped) at the right side of their row.
The upper left has an availability status drop menu control. Above the list are 3 subtabs (Friends, Ignore, and Pending) with the Friends subtab selected by default.
The upper right has two buttons (no text; these buttons appear with any subtab selected):
- Broadcast button (blue speech bubble)
- Recruit-a-Friend button
(previously Scroll of Resurrection button [scroll icon])
At the bottom, the pane has two buttons:
- Add Friend
- Send Message
Availability status
Add Friend
This button brings up a box where you can type in a player's name or email address to add them to your friends list.
If you choose to enter an email address, your partner gets a notification and has to choose whether he wants to add you as a Real ID friend or not.
Remove Friend
This button removes the selected player's name from your friends list.
Send Message
If the selected friend is online, this button sends a private tell to them. You type your private message in a chat box that appears at the bottom of the screen.
Ignore subtab
Ignore is an option to no longer recieve chat messages or requests from another player. The ignore list can be edited via a sub pane of the Friends List window. At the bottom, the pane has 2 buttons:
- Ignore Player
- Remove Player
Ignore Player
This button brings up a box where you can type in the player's name you want to ignore or you can shift-click the person's name from the chat window to add it to the box. Clicking the Accept button will add the name to your ignore list. Clicking the Cancel button will close the box without changing your ignore list. You can ignore up to 50 players.
Remove Player
This button removes the selected player's name from your ignore list. Eqivalent of unignore, but applies only to selected names in ignore list.
If a character no longer exists (usually gold spammer characters), the character's name will automatically be removed from their ignore list.
Pending subtab
This pane shows a list of pending friend invites.
Patch changes
- Patch 5.0.4 (28-August-2012):
- Friends List window changed so broadcast now moves to a window invoked by a button on upper right.
- Scroll of Resurrection button added just below the broadcast button.
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- The Socials button from the Micro menu has been moved to chat window.
- The guild tab was removed and made a separate window accessible from a button in Micro menu.
- Patch 3.3.5 (2010-06-22):
- A new icon has been added to the top left of the Chat Frame which will open up the Friends list.
- In addition to its current functionality, the Friends List will now allow players to add Battle.net accounts (Real ID). Players will have to confirm that they are friends in order for a Real ID to be added. Once Real ID friends, players can communicate cross-game, cross-faction and cross-realm.
- A new Pending tab has been added where players can accept or decline a Real ID friend request, or select the Report Spam or Block Communications buttons.
- Players can now select from three statuses which will be visible to their friends: Available, Away and Busy.
- A Broadcast window has been added to the top of the frame. Players can use this to broadcast a message to all of their Real ID friends online. This message will also be displayed under the broadcaster's Real ID information in each friend's list.


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- Anne-Marie Slaughter in the Atlantic: "Women Still Can't Have It All." Can Anyone? | Bitch Media: "The very notion of having "it all" sounds so ludicrous to me that I can't help but put it in quotes."
- Catch-22: Tech Blogging As a Woman – "The catch-22 here is that if I choose to blend in, then people like the commenters above assume that everything they see was written by men, and use that as an excuse to dismiss the concerns of women in the tech industry – because apparently, we don't contribute and thus don't matter. If I choose to not blend in, I'm dismissed as bringing up gender when it's irrelevant (or worse, harassed by people who've decided gender is relevant)."
- The Mother of All Girls' Books – The secret subversiveness of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women:"It is, indeed, subversive, sustained by an almost unbearable tension between action and commentary and between its fiction and Alcott's reality."
- Destructoid Writer Takes Aim at Felicia Day, Shoots Himself in the Foot | The Mary Sue: "Certainly it hasn't been the kind of environment that you'd, say, want to bumble into by means of bashing one of the most beloved women in geek culture."
- The Wreck Of The S.S. Censorship (Or, "How Writers Steer Their Careers Into The Rocks") : "It's about how one dude misread who his audience is — one assumes he thought the audience was just a bunch of high-fiving bro-heims like himself, when really, uh-oh, the audience has women in it, too."
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Make a healthy frozen treat a really easy way.
Poke a popsicle stick, fork, spoon, chopsticks, or other directly through the yogurt cup seal. Place in the freezer. When frozen, peel back seal, run yogurt cup under hot water for a few seconds. Remove cup and serve.
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LAMPON (Greek, Δάμπων):
Enemy of the Jews; lived in the first century at Alexandria. During the reign of Caligula an outbreak against the Jews occurred at Alexandria in the year 38, which Flaccus, then governor of Egypt, made no attempt to check. Philo ("In Flaccum," § 4) designates as the ring-leaders (ταραξοπόλιδες) two citizens of Alexandria, Isidorus and Lampon, who for their complicity in the riot were executed under Claudius (ib. §§ 15, 17). The proceedings in the case before the emperor at Rome are extant in two papyrus fragments, supplementing each other, one at Berlin and the other in the museum of Gizeh.
The passage in which Lampon tries to justify himself is found in the Gizeh papyrus, which breaks off at the point where the emperor commands that Isidorus and Lampon be led away to death. That their execution really took place appears certain from a papyrus found at Oxyrhynchus, according to which a certain Appianus, in defending himself before one of the Antonine emperors, refers to the martyrdom of Isidorus and Lampon.
- T. Reinach, in R. E. J. xxxi. 161-178, xxxii. 160, xxxiv. 296-298, xxxvii. 219 et seq.;
- Grenfell and Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, part i., No. xxxiii., London, 1898;
- Grätz, Gesch. 4th ed., iii. 331;
- Schürer, Gesch. 3d ed., i. 68, 503.


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What is Emerson College acceptance rate?
Emerson College has an acceptance rate of 36%. This means that if you have the right grades then you have a good shot of being accepted into the school. In the last academic year, 36% out of the people who applied to Emerson College were accepted into the school.
It's not just admissions rates that matter. Academics are an important consideration. In terms of academics, admissions standards are high. The average SAT score at Emerson College was 1,295 in the last academic year, and the average ACT score was 57.
Only 20% of students who are admitted into Emerson College go on to enroll at the school. This is reasonable because most students who apply for college apply to multiple schools.
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What are the SAT requirements to get into Emerson College? In the last academic year, Emerson College accepted students with SAT scores as low as 600.
The upper range for SAT scores at Emerson College was 695. On average, applicants had an SAT score of 648.
This shows that even if you don't have the best SAT scores, you will still have a shot of admittance. However, having strong SAT scores will definitely improve your chances of being accepted.
64% of people who applied to Emerson College in fall 2018 submitted their SAT scores as part of their application. So, no matter what your scores are, you'll probably want to submit them to the school if you want a good chance of being accepted.
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How about ACT scores? What are the ACT requirements to get into Emerson College?
While only 35% of applicants submit their ACT scores to Emerson College, submitting them is a good way of showcasing to the admissions board that you are a good fit for the school.
According to admissions data, Emerson College usually accepts students who have composite ACT scores of 51 or greater. The average ACT score of an applicant in fall 2018 was 29. Some applicants had ACT scores of up to 32. The higher your ACT scores are, the more likely you are to be accepted into the school.
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In fall 2018, a total of 12,941 students applied to study at Emerson College. Of those students, 4,042 were men and 8,899 were women.
Applications are not the only admissions statistic you should consider; acceptance rate is also a key factor to think about. 36% of students at Emerson College were accepted into the school in fall 2018. This represents a total of 4,612 students. 1,380 of students who were accepted were male and 3,232 of the students accepted were female.
The percentage of students who were accepted that enrolled at Emerson College in the last academic year is 20%. Overall, 923 students who applied to Emerson College enrolled in the school. Of those students, 25% of women who were accepted and 18% of men who were accepted enrolled.
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What are the Emerson College admissions requirements?
You are not required to submit your high school test scores to Emerson College.
You'll be asked to submit your high school class rank as part of your application.
What's more, you do not need to submit letters of recommendation from your high school. You will also not be asked to demonstrate your competencies as part of your application.
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This morning the staff unwrapped the paper and opened it.
This is what greeted them.
No more free drug samples for you, lady.
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
obviously ....a psych patient
Helen- What a coincidence! That's exactly what Mary said!
(though she added 2 more words after "what"...)
Who finished them off? You can't let half eaten chocolate go to waste....
ew, ew, ew. there's no excuse for this...unless it was an Alzheimer's patient (in which case, i hold the patient's caretaker responsible!).
Blaze- Nope. It wasn't.
Homer Simpson Chocolates!
The patients name wasn't Forest Gump, was it?
Take it as a token of the quality of care that they think you are giving them. ;-)
I just can't believe it. You make this shit up.
Amanda- I wish.
Get out!
Regifting is one thing....passing on leftovers...priceless?? In so many ways?
Hope this isnt a comment on your staff....cause then we KNOW the patient is not cheap, rather she is not sane!
My question isn't so much why she decided to regift in such a manner, but WHY would one take a bite of a chocolate and not finish it? I just don't get that mindset....it's just wrong on so many levels....
I think they are getting Christmas, Valentine's Day, and April Fool's all confused.
I read the later blog before this one and just couldn't hold the guffaws in any more. Everyone in the pharmacy was wondering why I had to step out in the hall so suddenly.
Ahhhh. Just you wait, Dr. G. Just you wait.
Life is like a box of chocolates . . . have sampled and regifted!
Every time I read the title, content, and last line along with the descriptive photo I burst out laughing. Those chocolates (or what's left of them) are so articulate in portraying 'blatant and wanton pre-frontal cortical teen-ager prank', I just cannot help myself. Not that kids should be developing some sense of personal direction by the time they are called 'teens', and it shouldn't be as funny as an innocent 3-year, but the peturbed outrage and everyone's response is hilarious, in light of not knowing what actually happened.
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Thank you to our valued subscribers and best of luck with your future endeavors.
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It was during the middle of last month, that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the Droid X leaked on the Internet.
The Gingerbread OTA build which leaked was pretty stable, and brought with it a new version of Moto Blur, along with some performance improvements. Now, the folks over at MyDroidWorld have got their hands on another Android 2.3 Gingerbread software update for the Droid X. The new software carries the build number 4.5.591.
Droid X owners, who flashed this software update on their handset, reported no visible changes. It looks like this software update mainly contains some bug fixes and under the hood changes. The new Gingerbread leak can also be rooted easily using Gingerbreak.
It may very well be possible, that this Android 2.3 Gingerbread software update leak will soon be officially released by Verizon and Motorola, to all Droid X owners.
However, the impatient Droid X owners should head over to this thread to download the leaked Gingerbread update. A de-odexed version of the same is available for download as well.


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Voter suppression didn't work, and they've run out of persuadable white voters. Now Republicans are preparing to take the White House back in 2016 using the only means they have left — cheating. Rachel Maddow explains —
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Last November, gerrymandering enabled the Republicans to keep control of the House, in spite of the fact that Dem candidates received more total votes than Republican candidates for the House. I've been hearing that Dems will need 7 percent more votes than Republicans to take the House back. Now several Republican-controlled states are considering changing the rules to give Republicans an advantage in the electoral college as well.
Rather than going by the overall vote in a state, they'd allocate by congressional district. And this is where it gets real good, or bad, depending on your point of view. Democrats are now increasingly concentrated in urban areas and Republicans did an extremely successful round of gerrymandering in 2010, enough to enable them to hold on to a substantial House majority even thoughthey got fewer votes in House races than Democrats.
In other words, the new plan is to make the electoral college as wired for Republicans as the House currently is. But only in Dem leaning states. In Republican states just keep it winner take all. So Dems get no electoral votes at all.
Another way of looking at this is that the new system makes the votes of whites count for much more than non-whites — which is a helpful thing if you're overwhelmingly dependent on white votes in a country that is increasingly non-white.
This all sounds pretty crazy. But it gets even crazier when you see the actual numbers. Here's a very illustrative example. They're already pushing a bill to do this in the Virginia legislature. Remember, Barack Obama won Virginia and got 13 electoral votes. But as Benjy Sarlin reported today in a series of posts, if the plan now being worked on would have been in place last November, Mitt Romney would have lost the state but still got 9 electoral votes to Obama's 4. Think of that, two-thirds of the electoral votes for losing the state. If the Virginia plan had been in place across the country, as Republicans are now planning to do, Mitt Romney would have been elected president even though he lost by more than 5 million votes.
Remember, plans to do this are already underway in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and other states in the Midwest.
This is happening.
If you look up "republic" in a dictionary, this is what you find —
a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
b (1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of governmen
Basically, the current Republican Party does not believe in republican government. The people who yap endlessly about what's constitutional and what isn't have no respect for what the Constitution is, which is a charter for elected, representative, republican government. The meatheads who romanticize the Revolution and the Boston Tea Party and the rallying cry "no taxation without representation" don't believe in representation. Ultimately, they won't be satisfied with anything less than one-party rule, by them, even if they have to subvert the Constitution and the principles of republicanism to do it.
Of course, the current Republican Party is something like a dog chasing a car. The dog wouldn't know what to do with the car if he caught it. Republicans have no governing philosophy other than cutting taxes. And when there are no more taxes to cut, and government functions are all privatized, and there are no Democrats to obstruct, what would they possibly do with themselves?


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There's no good time to have a heart attack, but having one at night or on a weekend may mean getting slower hospital care and facing an increased risk of death, a new international study shows.
The study, published Tuesday in the British journalBMJ, is not the first to find this gap, but it is the largest pooling data on nearly 2 million patients from 48 previous studies in the USA, Canada and Europe. It finds that heart attack patients who show up at hospitals on nights or weekends are about 5% more likely to die, either immediately or in the next 30 days, than those who arrive on a weekday.
One possible explanation: Off-hours patients with severe heart attacks wait an average of 15 minutes longer than weekday patients for a crucial procedure called angioplasty that opens up clogged arteries, the study finds. They are 40% less likely than weekday patients to have the procedure during the 90-minute window considered ideal, researchers say.
Though it's possible that these patients arrive at hospitals sicker – maybe because they delayed getting there or because heart attacks are more severe at certain hours – the most likely explanation for the higher death rate is that hospitals provide worse care in off hours, says study co-author Atsushi Sorita, a senior fellow in preventive medicine and public health at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
"We know hospitals have fewer staff and resources during off hours," he says. "They need to think about the system and provide care that is consistent 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
Hospitals have been under pressure to speed up "door to balloon times," the time from when a heart attack patient arrives to when a balloon is inflated in a blocked artery during angioplasty. The study found no evidence that the push had improved the off-hours death gap during the years in which data for the various studies were collected, 1987 to 2011. "The differences in mortality seem to be increasing," Sorita says. "That seems surprising."
He says the gap translates into a 12.6% chance of death for off-hours patients vs. 12% for other patients — a difference that might seem small but could add up to 3,800 extra deaths in the USA each year.
The findings on heart attack are consistent with findings on other conditions treated by hospitals in off hours, says Chaim Bell, a general internist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, who wrote an editorial accompanying the study. The exception, he says, is intensive care, where patients appear to get consistent care regardless of the day or time.
The problem is not just that hospitals have fewer people on duty on nights and weekends, he says. "There may be less senior people there on weekends and fewer supervisors."
Bell says the study has limitations. It pools studies from various geographic areas that used differing statistical methods and defined off hours in differing ways. He says it is notable that the care gap seems to exist in so many countries with differing standards of care.
The studies do not provide the strongest kind of evidence, in which patients are randomly assigned to get care at one time or another, because that would be both unethical and impractical in heart attack patients.
It's important that patients not misinterpret the study as a reason to avoid hospitals on weekends or nights if they think they are having a heart attack, Sorita says – since the whole point is that speed is crucial.
"The best course of action remains to call an ambulance immediately, regardless of time," he says.
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It's been a little too windy for this sort of work the past few days, but on Monday morning there was a whole lotta swingin' going on down in Splashin' Safari.
It's a painstaking process, getting that piece of fiberglass to fit perfectly onto the rest of the slide.
Bakuli, as you may recall, starts seven stories up
Not sure why the sky disappeared from the above photo. When I compressed the file, the blue sky vanished. Weird.
Thankfully, the sky returned in this next shot.
Here's the other end of the ride.
Remember, "bakuli" is the Swahili word for "bowl."
Bakuli starts as an in-the-dark water slide and then drops the riders into this 60-foot-wide bowl.
Around and around you'll go. And where you stop…
… is right here, which will eventually be a pool.
Put it all together and you get this gigantic flying saucer.
Let's widen that shot and put Bakuli in perspective.
That's The Voyage in the background and Monsoon Lagoon in the front-right corner. There's Bahari River in the middle.
Just don't anybody come up with the brilliant idea that our new water ride looks like a snake.
We know.
We're in denial.
Surely you remember the Queen of de Nile … she wasn't much of a snake lover, either.


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Humanitarian Coordinator briefs Member States on the current situation
TitleHumanitarian Coordinator briefs Member States on the current situation
On 22 March, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya briefed Member States in Geneva on the humanitarian situation. UNHCR and IOM also presented updates on their respective programme and priorities. At the meeting, concern was expressed over the humanitarian impact of the ongoing hostilities.
It was recognized that there was a high level of uncertainty over the present situation inside the country. The need to assist third country nationals fleeing the violence in Libya, including by repatriating them to their countries of origin was also highlighted.
The meeting also underscored the need to identify solutions to resettle some 1,000 third country nationals (mostly Iraqis and Palestinians) at Libya's borders with Egypt and Tunisia who do not wish to return to their countries.
|Humanitarian Coordinator briefs Member States, 23 March
The situation of civilians in and around Ajdebya, Misrata and other locations where active fighting continues remains of grave concern. In addition to the risk of personal injury from the fighting, the population of these towns may also have humanitarian needs arising from the disruption of regular services and supply lines. The presence of assistance actors inside Libya remains very limited due to prevailing security conditions.
Hostilities in the immediate vicinity of Benghazi have been diminishing, resulting in better access for regular traffic and commercial activity.
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Who doesn't love a good math story?
Student Pierre Hirschler gives a TED-Ed Club presentation, exploring math as a universal language.
In New York City, it's common to hear ten different languages just on your walk to work in the morning. For the students at Lycée Français de New York, that kind of multicultural exposure doesn't stop at the schoolhouse doors. With a combination French-English curriculum, this PreK-12 school educates students who represent more than 50 nationalities. And when the LFNY TED-Ed Club chose a topic for their final presentation, the students were drawn to language — more specifically, the possibility of a universal one.
LFNY's presentation, titled "Math Universe," is a collaboration that combines individual research presentations from each member of the club into a larger final piece, which was presented by club member Pierre Hirschler. Marie De Azevedo, a senior at LFNY, explains it: "We found a wider question — which was 'Is math the language of the…
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Gatwick apologises over chaos
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%The boss of Gatwick has offered profuse apologies to passengers following the Christmas Eve chaos at the West Sussex airport, admitting a lot more "could and should" have been done for customers.
The actions of bosses in dealing with a flood-hit airport on December 24 "fell short" and would have an impact on the airport's reputation, Gatwick chief executive Stewart Wingate told the House of Commons Transport Committee.MPs heard how the airport, expecting merely to have to contend with strong winds, had learned at 4.15am on Christmas Eve that the nearby River Mole would flood in half an hour.
It did so, causing flight-wrecking flood problems to the airport's North Terminal, with Gatwick management deciding to switch passengers from the North to the South terminal in an effort to get as many people away for Christmas as possible.
But easyJet, one of the airlines caught up in the chaos, told the committee that only four buses were available to ferry passengers between the two terminals.
Mr Wingate said that had it not been Christmas Eve with thousands anxious to get away for the festive season, the airport would have cancelled flights earlier.
He said the "unprecedented" terminal switch had been a "step too far" and he apologised to passengers, particularly those who had waited all day for their flight only to hear that it had, finally, been cancelled.
He told MPs the airport had been given a flight assessment in 2008 saying that the threat of a flood was far greater for the south terminal than the north one, with the north likely to be affected between once in 100 years and once every 1,000 years compared with the south terminal where a flood was likely to be a one-in-20-years event.
Mr Wingate said, clearly, the estimates would have to be revised and many millions spent on contingency plans to ensure there was no repeat of the Christmas Eve scenes. The flooding, he added, was the worst at Gatwick since 1967.
He told MPs: "We all decided we wanted to go the extra mile (to get people away for Christmas). It was a step too far.
"We did something with the best of intentions and we were partially successful. Half of the flights that had been due to depart from the North Terminal did so and all the South Terminal flights got away.
"We are very sorry about what happened to passengers."
Jason Holt, easyJet's Gatwick head, told MPs that he had been presented with scenes of "biblical proportions" in the North Terminal on the morning of Christmas Eve, with around 3,000 noisy customers needing to be quietened.
He said he had explained the effects of the flood to passengers adding that there were "a lot of distressed people looking to get away, many with youngsters and babies".
Mr Holt said that the airline had no screens, no IT and no information given to them. The airline, he added, had to "ferret around" to get information.
He said easyJet had gone along with the plan to move people from the north to the south terminal but it was only at 1pm that the airline heard that there were only four buses available to ferry passengers between the two terminals.
Mr Holt said: "We said four was not enough but we were told it was Christmas Eve and there weren't any more."
Peter Duffy, easyJet's customer director, told the committee that as soon his airline heard about the scarcity of buses a decision had been taken to cancel a number of flights.
He also told the committee that easyJet was still waiting to receive "a full contingency plan" from Gatwick that the airline had asked for when there was a flooding problem in October 2013.
Meanwhile, an investigation is under way after a passenger jet landed at Gatwick Airport without clearance from air traffic controllers.
The incident happened at 6.50pm yesterday.
A controller at the airport instructed the pilot to do a "go-around" (an aborted landing) because the runway was occupied by an aircraft that had already landed.
Air traffic control company Nats added that the jet's crew had acknowledged the go-around instruction but had carried on with their approach and the plane had landed anyway.
A Nats spokeswoman said that at the time the aircraft landed the runway was no longer occupied and safety was not jeopardised at any time.
She added that Nats was looking into the incident. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is also expected to begin an inquiry.
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Big data seen as a valuable opportunity for the profession
The global accountancy profession will be impacted significantly by 10 technology trends, claims an in-depth report from ACCA?s Accountancy Futures Academy (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant) and IMA? (Institute of Management Accountants) called Digital Darwinism: thriving in the face of technology change.
The report identifies the top-10 technologies that have the potential to considerably reshape the accountancy profession and business landscape as: mobile; big data; artificial intelligence and robotics; cyber security; educational; cloud; payment systems; virtual and augmented reality; digital service delivery and social.
Informed by interviews with global academics and experts in accountancy and technology, alongside a survey of over 2,100 ACCA and IMA members around the world, the report asked respondents to what extent they expect developments in technology to transform the way accountants and the finance function do business over the next 10 years.
Eighty-one percent of respondents expect change to some or to a great extent, with 18 percent saying it will be a total transformation. Only one percent said they expect no change at all. Seventy-eight percent of global respondents expect to see widespread adoption of big data in the next two years, while 79 percent say they expect to see extensive adoption of cyber security by accountants and the finance function over the same time-frame.
The report also asserts that advances in technology will also mean that accountants and finance professionals will need new skills and competencies, from change management to knowledge of data extraction tools, to aid business intelligence.
Chris Gentle, Partner and head of research at Deloitte and member of ACCA?s Accountancy Futures Academy, says: ?Accountants and finance professionals must be open to the changes created by big data, cloud, mobile and social platforms, and face up to the demands of cybercrime, digital service delivery and artificial intelligence. The future will not be like the past, and we will all need to adapt.?
Faye Chua, head of futures research at ACCA, says: ?Accountants and finance professionals are influential agents of change — they?re adept at using technology to advance their own careers, as well as influencing technology decision-making with their clients and the organisations where they work.
Within their own businesses and practices, 73 percent of accountants and finance professionals said they influence technology decisions to some extent or a great extent. Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are the most influential, where this authority rises to 98 percent.?
Looking to the future, the report says there are challenges ahead for the profession.
Raef Lawson, vice president of research and professor-in-residence of IMA comments: ?The profession needs to shape its technological future rather than be shaped by it. The profession needs to be proactive; the changes ahead are an opportunity for it to redefine its role and the extent to which it is involved in short- and long-term technology-related decisions. They need to adapt to survive — hence the Digital Darwinism title for this extensive report?.
Ms Chua added: ?Respondents' attitudes around the world to the impact of big data are insightful. South Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Gulf States saw big data as being highly impactful on business in the years ahead, while respondent?s attitudes in Ireland, Western Europe saw it as less transformative. Unlocking insights from vast data sets is incredibly valuable?.
Cyber security and cybercrime is also a leading technology concern, with 79 percent of respondents expecting the need to assess, protect and mitigate cyber risks to increase significantly over 2014?15. Seventy-four percent of respondents in Africa are concerned — the highest score worldwide, while the seemingly least concerned are those in Central and Eastern Europe at 27 percent.
Concluding, Faye Chua says: ?There are many actions the profession needs to take to deal with the challenges of the top-10 technological developments. They need to develop and change management styles, to assess risks and address security issues; they will need to explore further the impact of automation and prepare for changing working patterns.
But ultimately, they need to use technology to add value — and to use their influential positions as trusted advisers to business to bring about change?.
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Goodguys Autocross Gallery from Fort Worth, TX!
Check out 170 action packed photos from the event
We spent this past weekend traveling to the Dallas area where we witnessed a ton of great muscle car action at the Goodguys 3rd Spring Lonestar Nationals. It's without a doubt one of our favorite shows at one of our favorite venues! We were there specifically to capture all the action on the Street Machine Autocross, which takes place on the infield of the Texas Motor Speedway near turn 4. There's plenty of asphalt for the toughest muscle machines in Texas to duke it out for the title of fastest Pro Touring car in Texas, and the Lonestar crowd did not disappoint! The weather was picture perfect (except for the high wind!) and the cars clawed for every ounce of traction their 200 treadwear tires could get. We'll be bringing you all the details in the August issue of Popular Hot Rodding, but for now you can check out the six-minute highlight video by clicking here! Our next stop on the Goodguys tour will be the Meguiar's 13th Del Mar Nationals in Del Mar, California on April 5-7. We hope to see you there!


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FRIDAY, March 14, 2008 (HealthDay News) -- When 69-year-old Carl Irwin arrived at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center for treatment of lymphoma, he was handed a blank notebook and asked to write about how his cancer had changed him and how he felt about those changes.
Propped on a recliner chair, an IV in his left arm and a pen in his right hand, Irwin wrote about how he had confronted his cancer head on from the first diagnosis, how he had assembled what he called an "advisory" team, and how he felt he had made the right choice by entering a clinical trial to try to treat his disease.
"It [writing] helped my confidence immensely," said Irwin, whose journaling was part of another trial being conducted at Lombardi, in Washington, D.C. "Sometimes my brain doesn't kick in till I write."
Plenty of previous research has uncovered physical and psychological benefits to so-called expressive writing among diverse groups of patients, including people with chronic illnesses such as arthritis and asthma. Most of those studies were done in a controlled, laboratory setting.
The Georgetown study involved patients in an actual hospital setting.
"We were looking for feasibility," said Nancy Morgan, lead author of the study chronicling the Lombardi writing experiment that was published in the February issue of The Oncologist. "Our goal was to try it in the real world."
For the study, 63 patients with leukemia or lymphoma were asked when they arrived at the hospital to complete a 20-minute writing exercise as well as pre- and post-writing surveys and a telephone follow-up three weeks later.
Almost half of the participants said writing had changed how they thought about their illness and led to improvement in their quality of life, while 35 percent said writing changed how they felt about the cancer.
Sixty of the 63 people wrote "quite positively," Morgan said. "That blew my mind."
A software program helped the researchers analyze the writing for themes, words and phrases indicating how cancer had transformed the patients' lives. But Morgan said she was most interested in what people had to say, how they felt about their experience with the disease.
"Basically, we were trying to stick to thoughts and feelings rather than the facts," she said. "Writing about facts doesn't get you anywhere."
"A lot of them wrote in the survey, 'I hate thinking about cancer but writing helped me process it and I feel better, it helped me create a script of things I want to say to my family.' They were saying they just couldn't deal and writing helped them deal," said Morgan, a writing clinician and director of Lombardi's Arts & Humanities Program.
Expressive writing has now been incorporated into the hospital's arts and humanities program and is part of general patient orientation, when Morgan makes a presentation and hands out blank journals.
Some trial participants have incorporated the practice into their lives.
"I started writing updates for relatives and close friends, and I still do that to this day," two years after the trial, Irwin said. "They just about always reply."
Sandi Stromberg teaches a class, "Journaling: The Healing Power of Story," for patients and caregivers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
"They say, 'I don't want to just sit here moaning about my cancer or my loved one's cancer," she said. "For cancer patients, the whole story becomes cancer. They forget they led perfectly normal, functioning lives before cancer."
Stromberg uses non-cancer related prompts such as "Write about your first car." Invariably, the patients want to share what they've written, and they bond strongly to each other.
"One time I had a man, I didn't think he would take part, and he did, and he started to cry," Stromberg recalled. "The woman next to him had the same cancer and was a four-year survivor. She put her hand on his wrist and said, 'I understand right where you are.' And he looked at her, and he said, 'Thank you,' with a big smile on his face."
More information
Visit the University of Texas for practical information on writing and health.


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Any Melo update?
Plus the Knicks really didn't play that well against the Bobcats, so I'm just hoping it's not a blowout at this point.
I gotta admit, I am not too confident like I used to in the beginning of the season.
But, and that's a big but, yesterday's game was so close and it showed us that we can win a game with a small differential (not the case with most of our wins this season, which were blowouts).
This game is hard from all angles. However, a win tonight shall be our biggest of the season.
Keys to victory: rebounding, penetrating and keeping the ball moving.
My Knicks are awesome, and this shall be the year of ultimate greatness
^ I think we proved yesterday the real key is transition defense.
We couldn't do it against Kemba/Gordon/Henderson/Sessions... We will need to be extremely disciplined in this area to keep things close, Miami are one of the best fast break teams in the league.
If we can stop the Heat in transition and move the ball well on offense the rest should take care of itself. Miami are even worse than us (barely) at rebounding and have no inside presence whatsoever, the usual rules do not apply in this game.
Defend in transition, don't let any of their role players get hot. We got this.
The keys i talked about were more about the offensive end. Because I truly believe that if we shoot the ball well early, we can manage to get the win against this Heat team, they thrive on their defense, and if we break it, we break them!
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My Knicks are awesome, and this shall be the year of ultimate greatness
We might have beat the Heat once in the beginning of the season but that doesn't prove that we're better team than them until we can beat them on a consistent basis. Look at how we played vs the bobcats.
On a side note, does anyone have an insider subscription for this article? I really wanna read what this guy wants to say about Melo vs Lebron
Favorite Team: Knicks
Favorite Player: D. Rose
Favorite Position: PG
^ We are top of the Eastern Conference in the standings.
No Melo smh. I can't believe he would sit out because of a laceration
ehhhh.. i dunno how serious that cut is.. but its a downer he wont play
Well, I can see the reasoning behind this.
We have several big games this month and they want him to recuperate fully, not play and aggravate things when he's not right.
It's disappointing, but the Heat nearly lost to the Spurs minus all their stars, and did lose to the Wiz worst team in the league. So we still have a shot here.
Definitely lost some respect for Melo. He can kiss his mvp chances goodbye as well
I can not believe Melo is sitting this one out.
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Last Thursday San Fransisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick remained seated during the National Anthem setting off a firestorm of backlash.
Colin explains his stance and rapper T.I. offers his support...
In a press conference following Sunday's game Colin explains,
"It's to bring awareness and make people realize what is really going on in this country. There are a lot of things that are going on that is unjust, people aren't being held accountable for and that's something that needs to change."
"This country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all — and it's not happening for all right now."
"I'll continue to sit, I'm going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. To me this is something that has to change and when there's significant change and I feel like that flag represents what its supposed to represent and this country is representing people the way its supposed to, I'll stand."
"There are people being murdered unjustly and not being held accountable. Cops are getting paid leave for killing people."


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2011 has been an incredibly busy and exciting year. I'm pleased to announce 2012 will see the launch of a new business venture, Salviascope, a family affair combining the production talents of myself, my brother Jon and my father Tory. And just in time to cheer in the New Year, we're ecstatic to have received two Scarlet-X cameras, #00366 and #00572 (names pending), from RED Digital Cinema.
We will have many updates coming soon detailing Salviascope services and strategic production and post partnerships. In addition to offering this two camera package for commercial, broadcast, documentary & feature film production, these two Scarlets are destined for native 3D acquisition. Wanted to start spreading the word here first, again more details to come in the coming days and weeks.
It goes without saying that I'm incredibly proud to be a member of the IdentityFX team. Leo Vezzali, David Scott and Alison Savitch have put together an amazing portfolio of work and artists. With access to these cameras, Identity FX, Inc. offers an industry leading, closed-loop workflow for managing full RAW, full 3D story telling from on set acquisition to final 4K theatrical deliverable.
Look for workflow diagrams outlining cutting edge pipelines for on set and near set quality control and data management solutions, a front of line stereo 3D tech pass, full 3d offline editorial options, 2D to 3D conversion for traditional and hybrid stereo productions, fully optimized VFX tracking and execution for MochaPro and Nuke, native stereo 3d optimization and more (as if that isn't enough) in the coming weeks.
I'd like to give a big shout out to Ted Schilowitz from RED and Mark Pederson from OFFHOLLYWOOD for their continued support. You couldn't ask for two better people to know in the RED community and I feel lucky to consider them my colleagues. Humbly following in Ted and Mark's footsteps, I look forward to doing my part to make 2012 the best year yet for everyone involved in the RED community.
The last 48 hours have been quite exciting, receiving word that the Scarlets were available, making the drive to Irvine to pick them up, and then un-boxing them with my good friends and IdentityFX co-workers Neil Thompsett & Seth Martin. Here's a few obligatory un-boxing pics for posterity:
Neil manned the 5dmarkii with a 16-35mm 2.8L.
This very quickly degenerated into the-cheesiest-un-boxing-pic-contest. You may know Seth from a recently published article on Imagineer System's website where he was listed as Roto and VFX Supervisor.
And you may know Neil from such animated classics as Finger City Dreaming and Alexander the Straight.
I think Seth won the cheesy pic contest with this gem. I believe the paper wrap from Red is some of the highest resolution packaging I've ever seen.
We were all acting like a bunch of kids. I felt like Ralphie opening his brand new Red Ryder BB gun.
Eventually, the cheesiness wore off. Shock and awe were all that remained. These cameras are pure sexiness, I am so happy to be a Scarlet owner. Slowly working my way through the manual, Neil and Seth have some scripts in the works, and I believe a native 3D short film should be in production by middle of Q1 2012. In the meantime, a big Happy New Year to everyone out there!
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The Obama administration has stated clean energy is a priority for this term, and that focus was evident at last week�s Power Up Energy Expo.
OKALOOSA ISLAND � The Obama administration has stated clean energy is a priority for this term, and that focus was evident at last week�s Power Up Energy Expo.
The expo, the largest energy and sustainability conference on the Gulf Coast, was held March 18-20 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center. It was the fifth year for the expo and third time it had been held in Okaloosa County.
Mike Carr, principal deputy assistant with the U.S. Department of Energy, was the keynote speaker. His speech tied in directly to the event�s theme: �Creating a Clean Energy Economy.�
�I firmly believe that the U.S. can and should lead in clean energy technology,� Carr said. �The only losers in the clean energy race are those that choose to sit it out. The global market opportunity for clean energy technologies is massive, measured in trillions of dollars. I believe we have an obligation for the sake of the next generation but also for our own economic well-being today, just to not let it slip by.
�It�s an exciting time to be working in the field, and it feels like it�s finally arriving,� he added. �I look forward to seeing what we can all achieve together.�
Over the past four years, Carr said the U.S. wind industry has represented 35 percent of all new power-generating capacity. In the past six months, that number has grown to 50 percent.
Pete DeNapoli of SolarWorld USA, the largest solar panel manufacturer in the country, said in recent years the cost of photovoltaics has been going down while efficiencies have gone up. DeNapoli said today�s photovoltaics produce 25 percent more electricity than they did just 18 months ago.
He said he would like to see Florida become a more significant user of solar energy.
�It is the Sunshine State, but unfortunately other states are emerging and they�re calling themselves the sunshine state,� DeNapoli said. �Georgia Power recently announced their advance solar initiative that is encouraging the use of solar photovoltaics for wide variety of applications, from commercial to large scale utility systems, and they�re calling themselves the sunshine state.�
Carr said clean energy will create good jobs in the science, technology, engineering and manufacturing industries, and that clean tech jobs have had a growth rate of twice the overall economy in recent years.
Another focus of the Department of Energy is to work with manufacturers to make vehicles and appliances more energy efficient.
Carr said in 1972, the average refrigerator used $200 worth of energy a year and cost $1,200. By 2009, the average refrigerator used $50 worth of energy and cost $550.
The department also is working with automobile manufacturers to make vehicles lighter, which could increase efficiency by 35 percent or more, Carr said.
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UNSC Resolution 1244-administered Kosovo, 17 July - The European Union (EU) has provided funding support to the International Organization on Migration (IOM) to implement a second phase of its EU-Community Stabilisation Programme (EU-CSP) to run through December 2014 to improve the socio-economic circumstances of vulnerable minority groups in Kosovo.
These include ethnic Serbs, members of Kosovo's Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian (RAE), Turk, Gorani, Bosniak and Croat communities, as well as Albanian communities living in municipalities with a predominantly Serb population in northern Kosovo.
The 30-month EUR 3 million programme will target minority communities in 29 of the 38 municipalities of Kosovo, where minority groups are particularly affected by unemployment and poverty.
"With unemployment rates among these communities running at 60 to 80 per cent, the socio-economic needs, especially among the young, remain daunting," says IOM programme manager Andrew Phelan.
To enhance the employment prospects of the targeted communities, the programme will provide technical assistance and productive business assets to aspiring entrepreneurs and will support on-going or start-up ventures. Community-driven projects will also be supported.
EU-CSP II, which builds on the achievements of EU-CSP I, which ran from May 2010 to June 2012, will again be implemented in close coordination with the European Union, Kosovo's Ministry for Community and Returns, municipal officials and local stakeholders.
The EU office in Kosovo heralded the EU-CSP I as one of the best EU-funded programmes in Kosovo It implemented 179 new and existing micro-enterprises and 61 community development projects. It created 262 full-time and 201 part-time jobs and secured 401 other jobs. Overall, it impacted the lives of over 51,000 people, including beneficiary families, employees and members of the wider community.
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The manager of admissions outreach and events at the New England Institute of Technology talks to PBN about the upcoming FIRST high school robotics competition.
Posted by Providence Business News on January 9, 2013
Erin Flynn is the manager of admissions outreach and events and the New England Institute of Technology. Flynn has been employed at New England Tech for 25 years and also serves as the contact person for the RI FIRST Tech Challenge.
FIRST stands for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology" and is a nationwide is a robotics competition for high school students.
Flynn, who holds a Masters in technical education as well as a Bachelor's in communications from Rhode Island College, talked to Providence Business News about the upcoming FIRST competition taking place at New England Tech.
Can you explain a little bit about what the FIRST robotics competition is?
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).
FIRST was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. Based in Manchester, N.H., the charity designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge and life skills.
There are three levels of FIRST Robotics for Rhode Island students to get involved. Rhode Island FIRST Lego League, ages 9- 14. The Championship is this weekend at Roger Williams University with 60 RI teams. Once the students have "aged out" of Lego League, our hope is that students will continue on to the FIRST Tech Challenge. Currently, we have several students on multiple teams who have done this. The FIRST Tech Challenge is for students ages 14-18 years old. The teams are comprised of 10-12 high school age students and can be run through the high school, after school, or club team. High school students have the option to get involved with the third level FIRST Tech Challenge, of which there are five teams in Rhode Island.
New England Tech is serving its seventh year as the Rhode Island Affiliate Partner for the FIRST Tech Challenge and as a major sponsor. I serve as the point person for the college. I work with the high school educators and after school teams, the Rhode Island industry volunteers as well as the National FIRST Office. I ensure that all teams have the information they need, that Rhode Island industry volunteers are ready and well prepared, as well as coordinate all event details.
Rhode Island high school age students in the FIRST Tech Challenge compete head to head with robots they have designed. Each year the game or challenge changes. This year is the game RING IT UP.
FIRST is a great way for Rhode Island students to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers in a hands-on fun way. I like to think of this event as STEM in action! Rhode Island teams of up to 10 students are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year-to-year and is programmed using a variety of languages. Teams, including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as for well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments.
How did New England Tech get involved with the competition?
NEIT got involved with FIRST seven years ago. U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin invited FIRST founder, Dean Kamen, to the Business Innovation Factory event to talk about FIRST. After Dean Kamen spoke about FIRST, then Governor Carcieri encouraged all the schools to get involved.
Through the Business Innovation Factory and other funding that NEIT was not involved with, the materials needed for high schools to get started in the FIRST Tech Challenge were purchased. The group needed someone to be the state FIRST Affiliate Partner and run the details of the program. My understanding is that Tech Collective suggested NEIT.
Part of my responsibility at New England Tech is to organize high school events. The college had hosted contests here in the past such as SkillsUSA and the Ocean State Automotive Contest. Our ability to organize the details of this type of tournament was what NEIT could offer. Once the initial funding for the project ran out, NEIT felt strongly that this event was important for RI high school students and took on the fiscal aspect.
The actual building of a robot seems like a tough task for high school students, how much adviser help is there?
The building of the robot is tough, but students can get through it. There is great on-line assistance for teachers, coaches, and mentors. I will also say that the coaches and mentors are in touch with each other and are great about offering support to one another. NEIT does host workshops for educators and students as needed.
One of the important lessons students learn from this experience is how to work on a team. Some students may be better designers, builders, or programmers. Within the team, the students are encouraged to take on various roles. Certainly the educators or parents involved do a great job with the teams.
Teams are encouraged to reach out and work with Rhode Island business partners, which are of great help! Individuals from Rhode Island businesses that specialize in Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or Mechanical Design Technology can offer a team a different perspective. Rhode Island high school students meeting and discussing design ideas with Rhode Island industry professionals is a great connection to make.
As part of designing, building, and programming the robot, teams need to keep an Engineering Notebook documenting the process of building the robot. Teams will be judged on this notebook as well. Judges are looking to see what processes the teams utilized to reach their final design.
What is your favorite part of the FIRST program?
My favorite part of the FIRST program is when the Rhode Island high school teams are at the tournament, their nerves have worn off, and they are completely engrossed in the experience. The energy level, the crazy costumes and hats, the fun they have meeting each other all add to the event while they are making sure their robot is competition ready. The last match is like the Superbowl! It makes all the work worth it.
Why do you think programs like this one are important for high school students?
We know that high school students select careers based on what they know and what they have experienced. The FIRST Tech Challenge encourages the Rhode Island high school students to get involved with math, physics, programming, designing and building a robot in a fun, competitive manner. STEM in action!


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