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The Midget program begins in August. Date is dependant on whether you are participating in Single Letter or Double Letter camps. Single letters is the Recreation program and Double letters is the Competitive program.
For the Competitive program, the Evaluation and Team Formation Process begins mid-August. The Double letter teams are on the ice an average of 1-3 times per week and a firm commitment is required for all sessions. There are also additional fees for the double letter competitive program.
Beginning early to mid September, the Midget double letter teams begin a 24 game schedule against all other teams in the Lac St Louis region.
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For the Recreation program, teams are formed and classified in A or B depending mainly on the caliber of the players. Beginning early October, the teams will then compete in the Central Hockey League which includes Lakeshore, Pierrefonds, DDO, West-Island and Ile Bizard.
The Single letter teams are usually on the ice an average of 1-2 times per week. This could be on weekends or weeknights and varies week to week. The program is more focused on recreation and playing games.
Each team will play 24 games as well as receive 2 practices per month from Lakeshore. In some cases depending on the coaching staff and parents, teams may purchase additional practice times as well as participate in tournaments which will increase the frequency of their weekly activities.
As hockey is a team sport please note that players are expected to be at both practices and games. An odd absence is acceptable providing that the coach is advised but the player is expected to attend all team sessions so as not to penalize the team.
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Subjects: Founded in 1970, Chicago Center extends the classroom walls for students from all majors by providing professional internships and experience-based seminars. Internships are available in all fields and are tailored to each student's professional goals and academic requirements. Chicago Center seminars are unique learning experiences that take place in the heart of Chicago's neighborhoods, highlighting the diversity of America's third largest city. Students earn a full term worth of credit for the internship and seminar experience.
Chicago Center provides housing to all students and introduces them to city living during a two-week orientation. Student housing is located in Hyde Park, a beautiful lakefront community that is home to Chicago Center's office and staff. Hyde Park is also home to the University of Chicago.
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Prerequisities: 2.7 GPA, junior-level standing and demonstrated maturity.
Length: Fall semester, spring semester, or Summer.
Credit: 4.00 Albion units (16 semester hours). Two Albion College units for academic course work, two Albion College units for internship.
2.00 Albion Units for Summer program. (1 academic unit + 1 internship unit).
Housing: Chicago Center provides apartment style housing and a food budget to all students. All apartments are located in Hyde Park and are shared with other students in the program. Apartments are fully furnished and include Wi-Fi, laundry, and cable. Students are just blocks from the neighborhood shopping district and beautiful Lake Michigan.
Cost: Albion College tuition, room and board charges cover the Chicago Center program tuition, room, board, and program fees. The Chicago Center program fees include room, board, cultural events, texts, all in-city transportation and class fees. For summer term students, the Albion College summer school tuition covers the tuition charges. The City Activity Expense fee is billed directly to the student, who then pays Chicago Center.
Costs Not Covered by Albion: $100 security deposit, City Activity Expense $300. For the summer: Program fee of $2,940 and City Activity Expense of $200. For the post-term: Program Fee of $1440 and City Activity Expense of $100.
Faculty Advisors:
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Comments: Students intern full-time three days a week during the semester and four days a week during the summer. All semester students have the option to interview at multiple internship sites before making their decision and have access to Chicago Center's extensive internship database. Summer students will be placed in their internships prior to their arrival in Chicago. Class sizes are small (7-12) and allow for robust group discussions and personal feedback from instructors. The program is oriented toward understanding the diversity of experience in an urban setting, and allows students to engage with the city professionally and academically.
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Blinding is compromised for transcranial direct current stimulation at 1 mA for 20 min in young healthy adults
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-19)
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non‐invasive brain stimulation method that is frequently used to study cortical excitability changes and their impact on cognitive functions in humans. While most stimulators are capable of operating in double‐blind mode, the amount of discomfort experienced during tDCS may break blinding. Therefore, specifically designed sham stimulation protocols ...
Increasing propensity to mind‐wander by transcranial direct current stimulation? A registered report
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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been proposed to be able to modulate different cognitive functions. However, recent meta‐analyses conclude that its efficacy is still in question. Recently, an increase in subjects' propensity to mind‐wander has been reported as a consequence of anodal stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (Axelrod et al., Proceedings of the National ...


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Video: The Incredible Food of China, in 4 Minutes
Here are my food highlights from a two-week trip across China with travel partner Intrepid Travel. From rice fields and fried bees to pigs' blood tofu and skyscraper farms...China is an adventure. If you leave this video without a desire for the incredible food of China, you aren't human.
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Wanna take your top off in "A Nightmare on Elm St."? They weren't interested in me, something about "not having huge fake tits". Ah well.
A dark version of "Snow White" sounds pretty awesome, although I'm guessing they won't have to try so hard to make it scary. Those old Disney films are still terrifying.
John Lithgow joins "Dexter"... as a serial killer. I'm nominating this for best story of the week, hands down.
"Sorority Row", the remake of the 1983 film "The House on Sorority Row", has been rated "R for strong bloody violence, language, some sexuality/nudity and some partying". So "partying" gets you an R rating these days? That's interesting.
"Alien" gets a remake, apparently shooting down any hope that it might get a 5th installment. Supposedly though, Michael Costigan, Ridley Scott and Tony Scott are all on board as producers, and have picked their own director. So I guess that's good news?
Interested in buying an old funeral home at auction? Would it entice you if I said that there are 4 dead bodies decomposing somewhere in the building that have been there for years? No? You drive a hard bargain, sir.
Understaffed health clinic in Prague offers free boob jobs to prospective doctors and nurses. Hmmm... that's certainly ONE way to go.
3 legged turtle uses Tonka Toy to get around. That should fulfill your warm and fuzzy quotient for the year. I promise to get back to scaring you tomorrow.
1946: Manhattan Project scientists Klaus Fuchs and John von Neumann file for a secret patent on their design for the hydrogen bomb initiator.


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Los Angeles County prosecutors won't retry a Los Angeles man who spent 34 years behind bars before his murder conviction was overturned.
Authorities told a judge on Friday they were dropping the case against 53-year-old Kash Register.
Register told reporters he had strong faith that his innocence eventually would be revealed.
RELATED: LA man released from jail after judge overturns murder conviction
Register was convicted of shooting a 78-year-old man in West Los Angeles and was serving 27 years to life.
Last month, a judge overturned his conviction, saying prosecutors used false testimony from an alleged eyewitness.
Among those on hand to congratulate Register was Brian Banks, a former high school football player who spent five years in prison for sexual assault. He was exonerated last year after the alleged victim recanted.


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Sykes' big game lifts UCF over East Carolina
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Isaiah Sykes scored 20 points, grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds and had 11 assists as Central Florida defeated East Carolina 83-73 Saturday.
It was the junior guard's second triple-double this season. He had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in an 83-66 win over Stetson on Dec. 20.
The Knights (17-6, 7-2 Conference USA) led by 16 points early in the second half, but the Pirates, who beat UCF 88-85 in overtime on Jan. 2, closed the gap to 77-73, with 1:31 remaining.
A layup by Sykes and two free throws apiece by Tristan Spurlock and Calvin Newell gave the Knights their final margin.
Spurlock finished with 16 points and Keith Clanton 14 for UCF. Clanton also had six rebounds, becoming the Knights' career leader with 948.
Maurice Kemp led East Carolina (13-9, 4-5) with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Miguel Paul had 11 points and 10 assists.


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No VC subscription service?
LinkOriginally Posted by Eurogamer
This image illustrates the concept:
It reminds me of the "third pillar" concept when the DS joined the GameCube and GBA, except now the NX is the sixth. My initial thought was that this is going to be a Nintendo tablet, a kin to a Wii U Gamepad without the Wii U, but that is purely speculation on my part and hopefully selling it short. The "membership service" obviously brings to mind PS+, though it doesn't appear quite that simple.
edit: If you'd like to watch the whole event, this appears to be a full translation:
edit2: More on DeNA
edit3: GameIndustry has a more detailed write up.
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No VC subscription service?
gamesindustry.biz debates the metrits of today's deal.
Investors like it, as Nintendo's stock is up ~30%.
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Holy moly.
Then don't make Pokemon Shuffle nearly impossible to win unlesss you spend money, assholes
I find this announcement much more intriguing than most because of the speculation that it allows from its vagueness. I'm especially enjoying the pondering from Eurogamer regarding what this means for the Wii U, which ties back to Digital Foundry's earlier speculation about what is now the NX, and gameindustry.biz' more investment-like approach.
Nintendo has lost my business on hardware until they put everything, or damn near it, onto some kind of virtual console.


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in Victoria and in isolated areas. Avoid taking valuables to the
beach, where they could be pilfered by petty thieves. Women should
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Homosexuality is illegal. Topless bathing is accepted on many,
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About GFS
Global Forecast System. The operational numerical weather forecasting model run by NCEP. The GFS superceded the AVN and MRF models, on which it is largely based. Forecast data from the GFS is available out to 180 hours at full resolution and 16 days at a reduced resolution.
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Sydney temperatures to plummet tonight as 'deceptive' cold front moves through NSW
A fast-moving storm has hit Sydney and the Illawarra region, with winds hitting more than 100 kilometres per hour.
Snow blankets central Victoria as Ballarat records coldest September day in more than 50 years
Victorians have been left shivering by an Antarctic blast that swept across the state, bringing significant snowfalls and the coldest September day in more than half a century to the regional city of Ballarat.


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Here's another episode of our continued coverage of the Bethesda v. Interplay courtroom drama.
During a motion hearing held earlier today, Bethesda's partial motion to dismiss Counts I and II of Interplay's recent amended counterclaim was argued in court and denied by judge Deborah K. Chasanow. As a reminder, Bethesda wanted the court to dismiss Interplay's counterclaim because the agreements that, according to Interplay, Bethesda has breached, are "clear and unambiguous" and that "no cause of action for breach has been stated" as, according to Bethesda, the agreement clearly does not require Bethesda to allow Interplay the use of any Fallout intellectual property assets other than the name Fallout itself for its Fallout Online MMO. The court's denial to dismiss the motion does not necessarily mean that the judge agrees with Interplay's interpretation, simply that Bethesda's interpretation is not as "clear and obvious" enough to dismiss it.
Additionally, however, the court stated that Interplay has until February 7 to comply with the court's yesterday's ruling on Bethesda's "Motion to Compel". Judge Chasanow dismisses some of Interplay's objections, stating that:
Interplay is ordered to provide within 14 days:
- The monthly sales of pre-existing Fallout games worldwide, including Fallout Trilogy, in dollars and units in order to establish any damages from Bethesda's trademark infringement claim
- A response to "contention interrogatory" that seeks to glean the factual basis for Interplay's claim that it complied with the Trademark License Agreement's ("TLA") financing provision
- Facts concerning any financing it secured after April 4, 2009 and any development efforts after the same date
- Documents documenting the company's relationship with Interactive Game Group and Masthead Studios
- The long-form agreement with Masthead Studios
- Documents concerning packaging for the Fallout games
- Documents concerning distribution for the Fallout games
- Documents relating to Interplay's affirmative defenses of estoppel, waiver, ratification, acquiescence, consent, laches, and unclean hands
- Documents relating to Interplay's counterclaim
- Documents relating to Glutton Creeper, an Interplay licensee
Interplay is not required to reveal privileged information, but "must expressly assert the claim and describe the withheld material" Due to Interplay's hesitancy to provide some trade secret design documents as court evidence, they are to be provided only to Bethesda's outside counsel and not to any of Bethesda's "business decisionmakers," including its in-house attorneys, and are to be designated "Confidential – Outside Counsel's Eyes Only". .
The judge also states that Interplay is mistaken when suggesting that Bethesda's requests improperly state the terms "Minimum Financing" and "Full-Scale Development" "as fact" and do not meet the specificity requirement of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. According to the court statement:
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Furiends while we were buddy boating with SV Fubbs And SV Lupa Di Mare this summer, we had so much fun together. One of the highlights for the males in our group was the day we held a Walker Bay race!
It started as a bit of fun of course, but it soon got fiercely competitive and amusingly eventful!
The three Captains started out but Team Fubbs soon exercised their right to substitute and sailor Joey took over in their Walker Bay…
…this opened up the space for an impartial adjudicator and rescue boat operator in our dear Nippy.
They had several heats and each race got more eventful than the next!
The wind picked up and there was soon lots of excitment! There were capsizes, a broken rudder and LOTS of laughter.
There were some discussions about the winner, my human was the only one to return back to the mother boats without help from Nippy, our rescue dinghy so he believes he won…
I think the true winner was Joey though. He easily stole the show with his purrfect sailor skills!
We all love our Walker Bays and it was a great day!
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While craters cover many other bodies in the solar system, plate tectonics and weathering continually renew the Earth's surface, preserving its youthful beauty. Still, that process doesn't happen overnight, and there are many craters to be found on our planet. Some record violent impacts with meteorites, and others formed during a variety of volcanic eruptions.
Maar craters, like the one pictured above, are created when fingers of magma beneath the surface of the Earth interact with groundwater, causing a violent explosion. Measuring the size of a meteorite impact crater can provide a lot of information about the size and impact angle of the meteorite. But when it comes to maar craters, geologists have been unsure just how much information about the eruption can be gleaned from the remnant crater.
Part of the problem results from the explosion being able to occur at a range of depths. An explosion of the same size could create a very different crater at the surface depending on how deep it occurs. To complicate matters further, there can sometimes be multiple eruptions beneath the same crater.
While this has been studied in detail using numerical simulations, a group of researchers decided a lot could be gained from examining these things with actual experiments. That is to say, they opted to go outside and blow stuff up.
Obviously, they had to work on a much smaller scale—as a general rule, astronauts shouldn't be able to notice your experiment from the space station—so they built piles of layered sand, gravel, and crushed asphalt about a meter deep and four meters across. Within the sediment, they buried charges of TNT and plastic explosive (for good measure, one assumes) in several arrangements. This seems like a good point to mention that absolutely no one should be trying this at home.
It was a pretty straight-forward setup, as Prof. Greg Valentine, a geologist at the University of Buffalo, explained to Ars. "The configurations of explosives were also very simple, and really this was intended to be a scoping exercise in preparation for more detailed and costly experimental runs in the future. However, I would say that the setup worked well beyond our expectations—despite the simplicity, we learned an incredible amount."
In the first experiment (which can be seen in the video above), one large charge was buried 50 cm below the surface. After detonation, measurements were made of the crater diameter and volume, how much material (called "ejecta") was blasted out of the crater, and the high-speed video was used to track the process in slow motion.
In subsequent experiments, the charge was broken into three parts and detonated one at a time, to simulate multiple eruptions. The first thing the experimenters learned was that the final dimensions of the craters were pretty similar to ones caused by a single explosion. What this says is that it's easy to overestimate the size of an eruption if you assume a crater was the result of a single eruption when it was actually several. And that's important if the area is still volcanically active, and you're trying to figure out how big a future eruption might be.
The explosion patterns also varied considerably depending on the depth of the charge. Those that were buried around 50 centimeters below the surface launched debris more than 16 meters from the crater. In the deeper blasts, on the other hand, most of the sediment was launched upward and collapsed back into the crater, partially filling it in.
The video of those different explosion types also shed light on an interesting feature seen around some maar craters—deposits resembling wind-blown dunes. While the sand and larger bits in the ejecta fell to the ground rather promptly, the finer-grained dust hung in the air, drifting more slowly. The rapid collapse of material into the crater following the deeper explosions forced the dusty air rapidly outward along the surface. (This can be seen in the second video.)
Prof. Valentine told Ars that the research group also examined cross-sections of the sediment in an around the craters, picking up a few more insights that will be reported in a separate paper. And they have plans to do more with further experiments.
"One question is, what are the effects of different configurations of explosions on crater size?" Valentine wrote. "For example, in natural maar eruptions, we know that the explosions do not always take place beneath the center of a newly-formed crater, but sometimes are off to one side, and at varying depths. A second question is, how does the composition of the ejecta deposits (in terms of the proportions of materials from different depths) reflect the processes that go on in the subsurface explosions?"
Prof. Valentine was quick to point out that these experiments have their shortcomings, such as an inability to see what's going on beneath the surface during the explosion, and that some aspects of maar eruptions can't be understood by playing around with a miniature crater. "But" he added, "I have to admit, while the numerical simulations are fun and important, I really had a blast doing the experiments and micro-field work!"
Videos from Greg A. Valentine, et. al. (linked below), courtesy of the American Geophysical Union.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2012. DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053716 (About DOIs).


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Gregoire: 'Watch me' tear down the viaduct
Governor tells the city she won't let issue be pushed to back burner
OLYMPIA-- With or without Seattle's approval, the state will tear down the earthquake-damaged Alaskan Way Viaduct in 2012, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday.
"It's coming down in 2012. I'm taking it down -- the middle," she said, referring to the elevated portion of the span that runs roughly from Battery Street Tunnel to Pioneer Square, which has been the most vexing and controversial piece of the transportation puzzle.
"That's the timeline. I'm not going to fudge on it. And if we don't have some alternative by then, boy are we going to have a mess on our hands because it's coming down."
Asked if she, as governor, could trump the state's largest city and county and unilaterally tear down a highway that carries more than 100,000 vehicles a day through the heart of Seattle, Gregoire said:
"Yeah, watch me."
The governor set a hard deadline after a tortured and unsuccessful attempt to resolve the issue last year. At that time Seattle, King County and the state fought and floundered in their attempts to produce a viable option for replacing or rebuilding the viaduct.
Instead of a new $2.8 billion elevated highway similar to the current viaduct the state wanted, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels fought for a more expensive tunnel and King County Executive Ron Sims wanted a street-level solution that would have included much more transit.
Last year Gregoire twisted arms and issued her recommendation but ultimately deferred the decision to Seattle voters, who rejected both a proposed elevated rebuild and a more expensive tunnel along the waterfront. The surface option was not on the ballot.
In the end, elected leaders agreed to a truce and opted to begin demolition and utility relocation on the south end of the roadway.
That gave everyone until 2012 to agree about how to replace the double-decker section through the heart of the city.
Now Gregoire said she's not letting the issue get pushed to a political back burner.
Seattle Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis said setting an inflexible deadline is unrealistic.
"This is not just an issue for the city of Seattle to ensure that the system functions when it comes down, this is an issue for the entire state of Washington, because this is the economic center for the state," he said.
If the statement was intended to be a threat, Ceis said, it would be out of character to Gregoire.
"I find it hard to believe that she is issuing a threat right now because we are all working so well together. ... It's everybody's objective to get the viaduct down as soon as is possible and practical. But in order to do that, you have to ensure that projects have been funded and completed that allow the transportation system to continue to function if you cut off that corridor."
He said the city and the state are making good progress toward crafting a workable solution the people will agree on.
"No matter what, the state has to be a constructive partner in this project," Ceis said. "The state has the funding and we need to be able to make those fixes to the rest of the system in order for the viaduct to come down by 2012."
Ceis said the timeline was not, in itself, impossible, "but it's going to take a real push by all parties involved."
As for the sticky question of how to pay for the project, Gregoire said the state would keep its commitment to provide $2.8 billion. Any more would have to come from other sources.
Although she plans to team up with other governors to appeal to the federal government for increased investments in state infrastructure projects, Gregoire said that money would not be secured in time for the viaduct replacement.
Sims applauded the governor's hard deadline and her openness to addressing the problem with a much more comprehensive solution.
"The viaduct has to come down. It's not safe," Sims said. "I support (Gregoire's) position on that. It is a tough decision to make ... but it's the smart thing to do."
In the past, Gregoire opposed a surface option, but in recent months she has said she's now open to the idea.
In last year's debate, Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, was unbending about his desire to rebuild an elevated viaduct.
"I'm comfortable with her statement," he said. "That project has got to get resolved; it cannot just go on forever."
He said Gregoire had already made her deadline clear.
"I remember her telling me that a long time ago because obviously, it's a safety issue," he said.
As the discussion continues about a surface option, leaders are careful to explain they aren't simply talking about a ground-level highway along the waterfront.
The viaduct traffic would have to be dispersed and otherwise addressed through a wide swath of Seattle.
"What Greg (Nickels) and Ron (Sims) and I have talked about is: 'Let's stop thinking about replacement of the Alaska Way Viaduct and start thinking about how do we do transportation in all of Seattle from I-5 to the waterfront,' " Gregoire said.
"We really are fundamentally not efficient and effective now. Our offramps from I-5 are not efficient to the flow of traffic. What international city do we know of that would have two-way traffic in downtown? What international city do we know of that would have street parking in the middle of downtown?
"We have not stepped back, collectively ... and said, 'How can we make this a user-friendly, international city?'
"That's why a 'surface option' is on the table now," Gregoire said. "If we simply say replace the viaduct, and if that's all we do, the surface option won't work. I still stand by that. I've looked at it, the ramifications to the waterfront are terrible. We won't have any legitimate freight mobility. ... The surface option works only (and I don't know if it does) but only if you look at the totality."


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Several graduating Hope College seniors or recent graduates will spend next year abroad teaching English through fellowships, including three through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
° Alexander Behm, a 2008 graduate, has received a Fulbright award to teach in Germany. Behm is a German major from Ann Arbor.
° Brianne Carpenter, a 2008 graduate, has received a fellowship from the French government to teach in the region of Nantes on the west coast. Carpenter is an English and French double major from Midland.
° Lauren Eriks, a 2008 graduate, has received a fellowship from the French government to teach in the region of Nantes. Eriks is an English and French major from Grand Rapids.
° Jill Pardini, a 2006 graduate, has received a Fulbright award to teach in Malaysia. Pardini is an English and psychology major from Williamsburg, and has been serving with the Peace Corps in Kyrgyzstan.
° Karen Russell, a 2008 graduate, has received a Fulbright award to teach in South Korea. Russell is a German education major from Berkeley, Ill.
° In addition, Jonathan Sprik, a 2008 graduate, was chosen to receive a Fulbright award to teach in Spain but has instead opted to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre at the University of Houston, in connection with the Alley Theatre, through a graduate assistantship. Sprik is from Grand Rapids and a psychology and Spanish major.
The fellowships are not the only way that members of the most recent graduating class will be teaching English abroad. Colin Lawrence, who double-majored in international studies and Japanese, has been hired through the Japan English Teachers exchange of the Japanese ministry of education to teach English in Satsuma, Kyushu, Japan. Hope will be represented in Spain by Julie Robinson, a history major from Warsaw, Ind., who has been hired by the Spanish Ministry of Education to teach English and American culture.
All of the fellowship awards were made based on the graduates' applications to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Awards are made both through the program itself and directly by the governments of some of the nations that participate.
Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Grant recipients include recent college graduates and graduate students, college and university instructors, and professionals in other fields.
The U.S. Student Program is designed for recent college graduates, master's and doctoral candidates, young professionals and artists. The program awards more than 1,500 grants to U.S. students annually, supporting an academic year of study, research or teaching assistantship experience. The program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide.
The Fulbright Program advisors at Hope are Dr. David S. Cunningham, who is professor of religion and director of the CrossRoads Project, and Dr. Janis Gibbs, associate professor of history and chairperson of the department.


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So it's not April and it's not a Friday but hey, who cares right? Here are the questions I received regarding my adoption and growing up adopted.I tried to be as open as possible and answer every question that I received. It's been interesting to hear some people's perspective on adoption and how my story compares to others. So without further ado, here are the questions I got.
I'm curious. If you found out that your birth mom really didn't want to give you up and was pained by the fact that she had to because no one would financially or socially help her, would that effect your very positive feelings about your birth mom relinquishing you? I can understand wanting to see it completely in a positive light, because really seeing the other part of it is painful. But it seems to me that while you have a complete right to your views, those views do ignore the realities that women shouldn't have to give up their kids just because there are economic inequalities or social injustice. I guess one of the reasons I just don't "get" a view like this is because I know I would suffer tremendously if society told me I couldn't keep my baby, or if I let someone convince me of that. It also seems like you ignore the fact that there is a loss. If your birth mom had died, would you say it was a wonderful thing that happened? I guess I don't understand why people are often afraid to address the complexities in adoption–the loss of a family and the gain of a family. Adoption is about both. Would love to hear what you think! Thanks!
Hmmm this was a very interesting question to dissect! I really don't even think that way, not because I only want to see the bright side, but because it's the truth and how I feel. I even brought up this question with my roommate, Shea, and we didn't know if it was the environment we were raised in but we both feel that we are fortunate to be in the situation that we live in. I don't see it as in being 'relinquished', but instead see adoption as the most selfless thing anyone could do. I truly believe my birth mom gave me the best opportunity in the world and giving up a child for adoption is the most selfless thing anyone can do. I don't really believe that socially people are affected to not keep a child and I also think that socially it's almost more taboo to give a baby up for adoption than to have a baby out of wedlock or when you are 'too young' to have a baby. I mean, I'd like to think about when adoption became taboo, which was who knows when it became a four letter word, I think it was when 'kids' got pregnant and their parents sent them away to have the baby and then that baby was adopted. Now, I never have heard a story about someone who couldn't keep a baby because they financially couldn't. I mean, granted it's a terrible example, but I watch 16 and pregnant and some of those girls don't seem fit to have a child, yet they all mostly keep the baby.
It's up to however you want to view it. If you want to view it as a loss to my birth-mom, then that's your opinion and I respect that. The person I respect the most is my birth mom who chose to give me a better life than what she could offer me. If I think about her dying and the scenario you brought up in the question, I could also think about the fact that she gave me up for adoption and that my mom died. I could be angry at her for that and putting me in a situation where I would lose my mom, but I'm not angry at her at all. It is a truly complex situation, I do understand that, but on the other hand, even if she didn't want me, I'd much rather be in the situation I am now than being in an unloving environment and growing up not knowing what family and love is. I guess it's all how you view it.
I wonder how it feels for a person who was adopted to hear things like, "Why did your family adopt you? Couldn't they have children of their own?" I thought it would make the child feel like a poor substitution for a birth child. Almost like they were saying that we couldn't have what we really wanted so we got you instead. How do think those comments should be handled?
Personally, I get those questions all the time and they don't bother me at all. I knew from birth my parents couldn't have children of their own, but my mom always told me that I was extra special because they had to wait a long time for me and I was a miracle. I think of the day that I choose to have children and the pain I would have if I found out I couldn't, and how amazing it would feel to FINALLY be able to have my own child through adoption.
Sometimes I just think and have to realize that people are ignorant. I get the same "what about your REAL mom" and "what about your REAL" family. My mom and dad are the people who raised me from birth. I was Baby Girl Anderson for 24 hours and then I was Danica and will be Danica forever. I will always be a part of my family from birth, and my cousins who may not be my real blood cousins are my REAL cousins. A weird thought but if you adopted a 5 year old dog, even though he belonged to another family before you, he's still your dog right? You don't think about him going back to his REAL family ever do you? You are his REAL family. I think I may have just compared myself to a dog.
Just read your birth mom story, which brought me to tears. I lost both of my parents at five and no matter what memory anyone shares, it is never enough to fill that void of wishing I remembered my mother or the emptiness that comes from not knowing or having her here. The role of mother is the most important we will ever hold as women, not only for ourselves but for the well adjusted and secure feelings of the children we bear. Find your mom and I believe you will find a more complete and whole you, whether you have a deep and meaningful relationship with her or not. Mother's are home, they give us the sense of where we come from and knowing where we come from helps us throughout life to better get where we are going. Thanks for sharing.
This comment was so sweet, but I wanted to clear it up a little bit about it. I had a mom until she died of breast cancer in 2006. She IS my mom. I don't feel the need to find my birthmom, but I do think it would be interesting and in the best interest of my health. All the things the person mentioned in this comment about sense of knowing where I came from and know where I'm going came from my mom that I knew my whole life. I have a complete and whole sense of who I am now because of her. :)
I hope that clears up any questions that anyone had about how I was raised and my adoption. It was funny, yesterday, Shea and I were chatting about being adopted and her and I both agreed, we need to write a book about adoption.
And the lucky person who won the Coveroo is my friend Joe at Joe run for Dom, who has run two marathons for his friend Dom, who is battling cancer. He's quite the speedster too! Congrats Joe! Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com


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When contemplating the wonderful world of flops, it's wise to habitually return to the fortune-cookie wisdom of Elizabethtown, the film that started it all. As Elizabethtown indelibly reminds us, "No true fiasco ever began as a quest for mere adequacy." No, true fiascos often begin as a quest for greatness. The fiascos that linger in our minds and ricochet through the ages fly too close to the sun and get burnt to a crisp for their arrogance.
As I've written before, the same ambition, chutzpah, and admirable willingness to risk looking like a complete jackass in the eyes of an often-unforgiving public that fuel some of the biggest fiascos of all time also drive revered classics. The same mad-prophet ambition that made The Deer Hunter a triumph helped make Heaven's Gate a career- and studio-killing bomb. The same audacity that made Roberto Benigni think a concentration camp was an awesome setting for a heartwarming family comedy also allowed him to delude himself into thinking the public would buy him as a balding wooden puppet-boy. And the same fuck-the-world-I'm-doing-it-my-way bravery and cavalier disregard for commercial calculation that made Lee Daniels' Precious (based on the novel Push by Sapphire) an unlikely pop-culture phenomenon similarly helped make the barely released, critically derided Shadowboxer: Not Based On A Novel By Sapphire, Daniels' 2007 directorial debut, one of the craziest melodramas in recent years. It's a film so unlikely, I almost wanted to watch it again just to make sure it wasn't a weird dream.
The mind-boggling miscalculation begins with casting Cuba Gooding Jr.—a likeable, baby-faced actor who's as eager to please as a golden retriever puppy—as a skilled assassin with ice water in his veins. It might seem counterintuitive, but winning the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Jerry Maguire was probably the worst thing that could have happened to Gooding as a dramatic actor. His spastic, boundlessly energetic Oscar acceptance speech became burned so indelibly in the public imagination that it can be hard to accept him as anything but a variation on his Oscar-winning role. Onstage, Gooding seemed to be accepting in character, which blurred the line separating the actor from the role and made it prohibitively difficult to buy him as anything but a sweet, manic goofball. Accepting lead roles in non-Oscar-winning fare like Boat Trip, Chill Factor, and Daddy Day Camp and playing second fiddle to Michael Jordan in underwear commercials didn't exactly catapult Gooding onto the A-list of dramatic actors, either.
Yet Shadowboxer has the chutzpah to cast Gooding not just as a moody, introverted, heartless killer, but as an irresistible sex symbol. The film spends more time lingering on his glistening, muscular ass than his proctologist does. My editor Keith and his wife Stevie renamed the ill-fated quasi-Graduate sequel Rumor Has It as Everyone Fucks Costner; in the same spirit, Shadowboxer could just as easily be called Everyone Wants To Fuck Cuba. (Or, if you'd prefer, Two Assassins, A Wife Targeted For Death, And A Baby.)
Over the course of the film, Gooding twice has ecstatic, male-nudity-intensive sex with lover/mother figure/fellow assassin/fellow Oscar-winner (those four always go together) Helen Mirren. He also drives Vanessa Ferlito's hot-to-trot mom-on-the-run to such delirious erotic heights that she's moved to masturbate graphically while contemplating Gooding's hot ass. Macy Gray sexually propositions Gooding within minutes of meeting him, and a male target for assassination is so overjoyed by the sight of Gooding in drag that he lets his guard down, pulls down his pants to make room for Gooding's magic stick, and gets murdered for his trouble. Gooding is a handsome man, and as Shadowboxer exhaustingly, pantingly, leeringly chronicles, he's in very good shape, especially where his posterior is concerned. But his long reign as a national punchline drains his performance of any danger or mystery.
Shadowboxer's plot hinges on Gooding being so irresistibly sexy that Mirren throws caution to the wind and engages in a quasi-incestuous sexual relationship with him after first hooking up with, then killing his abusive father. Now might be a good time to point out that Shadowboxer is a little on the melodramatic side, in the same way Oasis may owe a slight debt to The Beatles.
Mirren, you see, is dying of cancer. In a misguided attempt to cheer her up, Gooding—whose acting is so sleepily restrained here that I imagine he bounced off walls and did miles of cartwheels to expend some of his boundless energy between takes—tells her "It's just cancer, Rose. It's just cancer," which has to be the least reassuring bit of reassurance this side of "You'll only lose three of your limbs and most of your torso in the operation."
Mirren's rapidly approaching date with death awakens her long-dormant maternal streak. When she and Gooding encounter pregnant mob wife Ferlito at the exact moment her water breaks, Mirren decides to call an audible and not kill her. Suddenly filled with a sense of purpose, Mirren springs into action and delivers the baby herself, much to Gooding's chagrin. That might seem a little sketchy, but most pregnancy manuals do advise expectant mothers to have at least one contract killer on hand during delivery. We later learn that Mirren was once a med student and a would-be revolutionary who got sidetracked from doing good deeds by a few decades of murder-for-hire. She's a real renaissance woman: half-midwife, half-murderer.
It's a measure of Shadowboxer's Dadaist casting that Gooding and Mirren don't even qualify as the film's most preposterous couple: That distinction belongs to the once-in-a-lifetime pairing of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a shady doctor and Mo'Nique as his crack-addicted, verbally abusive nurse/lover/benefactor. Gordon-Levitt's casting can only be attributed to a practical joke played on him by his agent, whom I imagine chuckling to himself on April 1 and telling his gullible client, "Oh yeah, this is the ideal role for you. You're a baby-faced Jewish kid in his early 20s, so everyone is going to buy you as a sketchy doctor stuck in a dysfunctional relationship with a heavy, crack-smoking, middle-aged African-American woman. The scene where she finds you giving head to another woman in the hospital and yells 'I put your ass through medical school and this is the thanks I get?' That's your Oscar moment right there. Fuck Mysterious Skin, bubbelah. This will be the scene that will establish you as a heavyweight. Heck, you'll practically be playing yourself." Oh, did I mention that Mo'Nique's character is named Precious? Because she is. With apologies to Dave Barry, I am so not making this up.
A reformed, family-minded Mirren whisks Ferlito and her baby away and helps them hide from Stephen Dorff's vicious crime kingpin. Fans of male nudity will be pleased to know that Dorff's condom-encased penis makes a special surprise cameo during one of the film's many, many gratuitous sex scenes.
While Mirren cares for Ferlito and her son, Gooding, whose character remains ambivalent at best about his new makeshift family, has to pay the bills the only way he knows how: by murdering strangers. In this scene, Gooding, who apparently moonlights as an LL Cool J impersonator, chats up target Macy Gray at a bar in preparation for killing her. As the film's ostensible comic relief, Gray proclaims herself a crazy bitch, orders five drinks at once, propositions Gooding more or less on sight, does the world's least sexy "sexy" dance, then keels over and dies while frothing at the mouth. Sadly, this still qualifies as Gray's most dignified performance, on- and offscreen.
In spite of his reservations, Gooding goes along with Mirren's wishes to fill her last days with meaning and compassionate acts right up until the unforgettable scene where he fucks Mirren in what appears to be a magical forest glowing from within like a Thomas Kinkade painting. Then he experiences flashbacks to his abusive childhood and Mirren killing his father. Ultimately, he kills Mirren with both kindness and a gun, then indulges in a little naked grave-digging.
We then flash forward three years. The once-recalcitrant Gooding is now the picture of domesticity, doting on his adopted son, teaching him how to box, and generally being super-dad. But old ways die hard, and Gooding experiences a spiritual reckoning of his own when, as I mentioned earlier, he goes undercover as a transvestite prostitute and murders a would-be john only to discover an adorable handwritten note from the victim's 6-year-old son. He apparently had no idea his victims had families before.
Gooding tells the wheelchair-bound, bowtie-wearing elderly man who hires him to perform hits that he's getting out of the killing business, but he can't shake his past so easily. When Dorff and his flunkies come calling, Dorff's own adorable son eventually murders dear old dad, and the cycle begins anew, as the sins of the surrogate and birth father are revisited upon the son.
Shadowboxer is a film of breathtaking audacity and gloriously misplaced conviction. Daniels really seems to believe he's making a Lynchian masterpiece rich with symbolism and haunting themes instead of a surreal, over-the-top, maddeningly portentous B-movie that condenses a decade's worth of soap-opera plots into one comically overheated melodrama.
Daniels' directorial debut is preposterous, insane, utterly and inexplicably unself-conscious, and unencumbered by shame or dignity. If you love bad movies like I love bad movies, it's also definitely worth seeing, preferably drunk and with a group of smartass friends. It is not, however, boring, safe, or predictable. I can honestly say I've never seen anything like it, which is high praise. For better or worse, Daniels is a real auteur willing to take enormous, seemingly foolhardy risks that paid off with his equally melodramatic and intense but far more assured follow-up. I thought Precious was a perversely non-commercial prospect a few years back when I saw it at Sundance; compared to Shadowboxer, though, it's about as bizarre and daring as a Happy Feet sequel. After making Shadowboxer, anything short of a pro-Nazi, pro-pedophilia snuff film climaxing with the onscreen murder of Tom Hanks would have to look safe and tame by comparison.
Shadowboxer ends with a dedication to Daniels' Uncle Reggie. Listen closely, and you can almost hear Uncle Reggie whisper, "Thanks, but no thanks" from beyond the grave.
Failure, Fiasco, or Secret Success: Fiasco verging on Secret Success


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Missing Ky. girl's mom cried when Markham was found
Apr. 11, 2013 |
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Terry DeMio
The mother of missing teen Paige Johnson covered her eyes and sobbed when she learned that remains of Katelyn Markham were found.
?I cried my eyes out,? Donna Johnson of Walton said Thursday. ?I was sad. It?s sad ? but finally, some closure for them. I know how that is, just waiting and waiting and waiting.?
Paige was 17 and the mother of a 2-year-old when she was reported missing in Covington on Sept. 23, 2010.
An acquaintance of hers, Jacob T. Bumpass, told police he dropped off the teen at about 1 a.m. at 15th Street and Scott Boulevard, but phone records place him near Paige's Florence home at that time.
Her sister, who lived in Covington, later reported Paige missing.
Like with Markham, news of Paige?s disappearance attracted media coverage nationwide.
Covington Police and Kenton County Commonwealth?s Attorney Rob Sanders have vowed to never stop looking for her.
Detectives still receive information about Paige?s disappearance, Police Chief Spike Jones said Thursday, adding, ?We are still looking into it.?
Donna Johnson has been active in supporting other parents with missing children, mainly by posting information on Facebook.
But when she heard about Markham?s disappearance almost a year after Paige vanished, Johnson was moved to do more.
She and a friend went to Ohio to volunteer when a national search group from Texas led teams looking for Markham.
Johnson said she felt a kinship to the 21-year-old Fairfield woman?s family though they?d never met, and she wanted to try to find her.
?I just knew how they were feeling,? Johnson said, ?and the desperation they were going through.?
Johnson no longer believes that her daughter is alive. She said detectives have assured her they are not giving up on finding Paige and bringing her home.
These days, Johnson finds joy in caring for her other children and grandchildren and visiting with Paige?s daughter, Makenzie, who lives with her dad and paternal grandparents.
Makenzie will turn 5 in June.
?She?s looking more and more like her mother every day,? Johnson said. ?I am so lucky to have her. To hold her.
?It?s a part of Paige that I can touch.?


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E-II Impressions
E-II Impressions
So far my impressions of ESP's new E-II line (which is more than likely the replacement for the LTD Elite line or a rename) are nothing short of awesome. First off, bringing back the M-I. Very awesome minimalist's guitar. Second, the FRX. The addition of this model is spectacular (it would be even more so if they had a string-through TOM bridge model). Third and final, the E-II artists. While only having three signature artists at the moment (Jesse Liu and Doris Yeh of Chthonic and Elias Viljanen of Sonata Artica), the models released by them are truly wicked.
Not played anyo of them but honestly i dont see any icnetives to buy one.
Why am i paying a huge price NOT to have ESP on the headstock?! its stupid.
And i have owned a fair few highest end LTDs and jsut got my ESP NT-II and there really isnt a huge differnce in terms of playability.
In my Eyes you can only bridge price between them, not quality.
My friend was recording and he starts his recording using his LTD EC 1000, but then he has bought an ESP Eclipse ll and continue the recording with that guitar. He was like you saying: "is the same there are not big difference and bla bla bla", but when he keep attention to the first recordings with the LTD and the second one with the ESP, even using EMGs, he told me that there are a big difference in the sound. The ESP has more definition and balance, while the LTD was more treble oriented. He re-record the previous songs with his new axe!.
Sometimes a cheap guitar and an expensive one does not have a huge difference under the eye, but cheap guitars are pure cosmetic (I have had very bad experiences after sanding some of them), and the expensive ones uses better materials, and that is what you are paying!.
Hi guys,
I'm about to buy ESP guitar, but I'm a bit confused with E-II.
In online shop I found this image http://jam.ua/files/images/items/ESP%20E-II_Horizon_NT-II_RDB.jpg
but can not find such version on the espguitars site.
Does anyone know if it's original one or not?
I found a review of what looks like this guitar, and it has the same model number. I just saw your post so I am probably too late. Link follows:
There are actually a few reviews of this guitar on youtube, to give you an idea. Most seem to like the guitar. The guitar played in the review does not sound anything like mine, it seems rather thick and muddy. I think it might be the vid, maybe the amp. Mine is clear, distinct, with great sustain. But that's just my opinion.
I have the E-II Horizon-III in the same color, Reindeer Blue. Different body, largely same features. I am very pleased with mine. Also have an H1001FM and an EC.
E-II FRX in Black See Through set to hit my doorstep mid-next week. First time with ESP Guitars and I am really excited to become part of the family. I actually returned one of the new Gibson Flying V History guitars to get the FRX. I am heavily into metal and the V History just didnt fit well with the drop tuned style I love. I came across the FRX and got that little kid in a candy store excited feeling we all know when we find the right one. Watching all the videos of the Japan factory make me feel really comfortable with my choice to order in the ESP. The luthiers are jamming out to metal building metal guitars need they say more? I'll write up a review after a while with the guitar.


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A shortage of primary-care physicians in Massachusetts means that some patients must wait up to 48 days for an appointment. A poll of 838 Massachusetts physicians called the "Patient Access To Health Care Study" found that Bay State residents often have to wait weeks — in some cases as long as a month and a half — for non-urgent appointments with primary care physicians and certain specialists. The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) called doctors' offices in February and March and asked when they could come in for routine care. They asked for a new patient appointment with internists, family practitioners, and pediatricians; an appointment for heartburn with gastroenterologists; a heart check-up with cardiologists; an appointment for knee pain with orthopedic surgeons; and a routine exam with obstetrician/gynecologists. The typical waiting period ranged from 24 days for an appointment with a pediatrician to 48 days to see an internist. The wait for an internist was less than the 53 days in a 2010 survey, but the waits for family doctors, gastroenterologists, orthopedists, and ob/gyns rose.
Additionally, 50 percent of Massachusetts' primary-care physicians are not accepting new patients. The report has serious repercussions on the cost of healthcare in the state. Patients with no access to a primary-care physician are more likely to visit the far more costly emergency room when they are sick. "Massachusetts has made great strides in securing insurance coverage for its citizens," said Dr. Alice Coombs, MMS president, in reference to the state's ground-breaking 2006 universal health insurance law. "But insurance coverage doesn't equal access to care." Dr. Lynda Young, a Worcester, MA-based physician, counters, noting that "There's only so many patients you can see in a day." The situation is especially dire in rural areas. Dr. Joseph Viadero, whose Turner Falls, MA-based four-physician, three nurse-practitioner practice includes 12,000 patients, says "We're overwhelmed and just have difficulty taking care of our own patients." As a result, more people don't get the preventative care they need.
Dr. Richard Dupee, a geriatrician, says he sees poor, sick and elderly people traveling from Boston to the suburbs, just to see a doctor. Because relatively few Boston-area doctors are willing to see new patients who pay with government-subsidized insurance, "people are always taking the T from Boston, to get to my office." Although Massachusetts' healthcare law was written to get moderately ill people out of costly hospital emergency rooms and into less expensive doctors' offices, the report finds that difficulty accessing care is sending some people back to the emergency room. "These people are insured, but they end up in the ER anyway, because they can't find a doctor to treat them," Dupee said.
The study also examined the types of insurance accepted by each specialty. Medicare acceptance ranged from 98 percent in orthopedic surgery to 85 percent for internal medicine. While 92 percent of cardiology practices accepted MassHealth and Medicaid, that fell to 62 percent for family medicine and 53 percent for internal medicine. Two additional insurance types were included: Commonwealth Care, which serves low- and moderate-income adults lacking coverage and ineligible for Medicaid, and Commonwealth Choice, which is offered through an unsubsidized exchange run by the Commonwealth Connector. Acceptance ranged from 82 percent for ob/gyn to 43 percent for internal medicine with Commonwealth Care, and from 76 percent for cardiology to 35 percent for internal medicine with Commonwealth Choice.
The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the nation will be short of 91,500 physicians over the next 10 years. "Physicians are very heavily loaded with patients that have been in their practice for a long time," said Dr. Robin Richman, executive vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer at Fallon Clinic. "Over time, as we all age, we develop a complexity of care issues, and those take more time and management skills for physicians."
"We still have much work to do to reduce wait times and widen access," Coombs said. "This has important implications for health care cost control, as difficulty or delay with routine access to care leads people to seek other options, such as the emergency room, which is much more costly."
Tags: "Patient Access To Health Care Study", Association of American Medical Colleges, Commonwealth Care, Commonwealth Choice, Commonwealth Connector, Dr. Alice Coombs, Government-subsidized insurance, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Medical Society, MassHealth, Medicaid, Medicare, Preventative care, primary-care physicians, RomneyCare, Universal health insurance law


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While the Massachusetts Gaming Commission continues conducting reviews in preparation of licensing casinos and a slot parlor, a group of casino opponents has taken steps to repeal the state's 2011 expanded gambling law.
While the Massachusetts Gaming Commission continues conducting reviews in preparation of licensing casinos and a slot parlor, a group of casino opponents has taken steps to repeal the state's 2011 expanded gambling law.
"Most citizens believe state government should not be partnering with powerful gambling interests to promote casino gambling in our communities," Repeal the Casino Deal chairman John Ribeiro of Winthrop said in a statement. "Government's promotion of casinos represents the wrong direction for Massachusetts. It's a bad deal for citizens."
The group filed a petition Wednesday with the attorney general to put a question on the 2014 state ballot to block casino gambling. The question would essentially gut the 2011 law, making the types of gambling relied on by casinos to lure customers and make money illegal in Massachusetts.
"I think the calculations have changed and they've actually tipped in our favor because when you look around the state and the number of people who will be impacted, you now have more people aware of the problems associated with casino gambling," Ribeiro told the State House News Service.
East Taunton casino opponent Michelle Littlefield said repeal the Casino Deal had approached the Taunton casino opposition group Preserve Taunton's Future. The Taunton group, she said, hasn't signed on but could in the future.
"Because our battle is very, very different, we haven't gotten as involved in Repeal the Deal," Littlefield said. "Our battle, being against a tribal casino, is at the federal level, so that's where we've been focused. We haven't had much of an opportunity to get involved and haven't had time to do the research."
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is seeking to build a casino in East Taunton through a federal channel outside of the state commercial casino licensing process.
The 2011 state expanded gambling law allows up to three commercial casinos and one slot parlor in Massachusetts. Raynham Park is among the entities bidding for the slot license.
Ribeiro and casino opponents have tried to block casinos from opening in Massachusetts in the past, pursuing a referendum initiative in 2011 that would have allowed voters to repeal the expanded gaming law during the 2012 elections. Attorney General Martha Coakley ruled that question ineligible for the ballot because appropriations are not subject to the citizen petition process, and the gaming law included monetary appropriations. This year, opponents are pursuing a different track.
"The last time we knew it was a long shot because of the poison pills the Legislature put into the bill," Ribeiro said. "This time we don't face any such hurdles."
Littlefield said local casino opposition groups across the state often collaborate on initiatives and share resources. She didn't rule out lending her support to the ballot petition in the future.
"I wish them well," she said. "I think casinos coming into any community are disruptive and have a lot of negative impacts that need to be looked at. People need to have the opportunity to speak. ... The bottom line for me is whether you support a casino or don't support a casino, the people should have a voice.
The petition filed Wednesday was signed by Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, former state Sen. Susan Tucker, Massachusetts Family Institute President Kris Mineau, Kathleen Conley Norbut, the president of United to Stop Slots, and others.
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Is Camille Grammer taking a page from Jill Zarin's book? You know, the one in which you tell your sob story to the public in hopes of receiving some sympathy from the millions of Bravo fans who hate your guts.
While the jury is still out on that, Camille, star of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, is opening up about being dumped by her husband of 13 years for a much younger woman.
"We don't speak on the phone," said Camille, 42, to TV show Extra in a video interview. "Right now it's through email and lawyers. I still love my husband, my soon-to-be-ex-husband. I respect him as a person. I don't respect the way he had handled the affair and the divorce and the way things went down."
Camille's soon to be ex-husband Kelsey Grammer, 55, dumped her earlier this year to be with 29-year-old flight attendant/mistress Kayte Walsh. And just weeks after Camille filed for divorce, Kelsey confirmed Kayte was pregnant for him, though she has since miscarried.
Things got even worse or better depending on who you ask as Kelsey then proposed to Kayte though he is still legally married to Camille. And now, according to Camille, Kelsey's planning to wed Kayte as soon as possible.
"I got word that he's getting married in January," said Camille adding that she heard the news through attorneys. Ouch. Camille adds, "I respect him as a person, I don't respect how he handled the affair and the divorce and how things went down."
Camille also adds that her first holiday season without Kelsey has been rather lonely. "It's not easy. The loneliness–Kelsey and I, this was our favorite holiday to spend together," she said.


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Investigation and litigation involving areas of engineering, may include aeronautical, civil, electrical, geological, marine, mechanical, nuclear, stress, seismic. Involves also FMEA and fault tree analysis, fatigue, corrosion, reverse engineering, quality control, safety and compliance issues. Forensic Engineering is the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail or do not operate/function as intended, and so cause personal injury for example. The consequences of failure are dealt by the law of product liability. Engineering Forensic Disciplines experts serve as expert witnesses and forensic consultants in Utah legal matters, and provide expert reports and testimony for judges, attorneys, lawyers, law firms, insurance companies and government agencies in Federal and state court trials and arbitrations in Utah.
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Featured ListingsRNA Consulting, Inc.
Robert N. Anderson, PhD, PE, PI
Los Altos Hills, CA
Robert N. Anderson, PhD, PE, PI, is an expert witness in Engineering Forensic Disciplines, Failure Analysis, Fire & Explosion Investigation, Metallurgy and Materials Science, and Firearms & Ballistics, Corrosion.
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Alpine, UT
Our experts have designed, inspected and worked engineering forensics for many years. Some cases require our experts to run simulations using 3D modeling. Our experts are all highly trained engineers who have years of experience doing 3D drawings in Solid Works. They can reproduce almost any accident scene using animations. The actual accident scene and the actual equipment will almost always need to be seen to rule out any other factors playing a part. This is fairly typical in any accident investigation. Once all of the details have been gathered our experts can put their findings together and provide information with a reasonable degree of engineering certainty. Because of the high-quality analysis and reports, our experts provide you can rely on the work we do. Request one of our experts https://alpineeng.com/our-experts/ or call 801-763-8484
The Augustus Group
Edwin Merrick
Montgomery, TX
Over 40 years experience in materials technology, mechanical integrity, and risk analysis. managed and conducted hundreds of failure analysis/incident investigations, fitness for service projects and risk/safety assessments. Experienced in hazard identification and probability/consequence analysis, particularly as it relates to crisis and asset integrity management for the petroleum and chemical industries (both upstream and downstream) and the power industry.
Head Of Engineering, LLC
Michael C. Head, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Head has more than 35 years of structural engineering analysis design and project/construction management experience throughout Saudi Arabia and the United States. His investigation design and construction experience make him highly qualified to engage in forensic investigations and to assist the design construction and legal communities.
Managed Response Inc.
Michael Stall
Sugar Land, TX
J.W. Kalis Engineering, LLC
John Kalis
Medford, NJ
Mr. Kalis, a Forensic Engineer, has served Legal for more than 20 years as an Expert Witness or Consultant. He has testified Nationally, in Quebec and France, and assisted Legal Firms in Hawaii and Austrilia. References are available. He was employed by a Major Chemical Company for more than 29 years as a Consultant Engineer, requiring world travel to facilities resolving issues with fires, system, equipment, material failures, poor workmanship and unsafe practices (injuries). In addition, Mr. Kalis has been an active member in the ASTM by developing material safety standards. He has been a speaker at numerous national and regional contracting and engineering association symposiums. Mr. Kalis served in the United States Army in a construction / engineering battalion designing hospitals and school facilities in Europe.
Robert Jonardi
Founder/Principal, Phoenix QuattuorE Strategy & Consulting
Colorado Springs, CO
I have B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and 40+ years of experience spanning engineering, energy R&D, technical engineering and environmental consulting, data analysis, project management, and senior management consulting experience -- serving Fortune 500 companies and executives, and Law Firms. I am the Founder of Phoenix QuattuorE Strategy & Consulting, providing Environment, Energy, and Engineering expertise and services. I can aptly serve as a consulting or testifying expert for trial, arbitration, or government hearings - or as a litigation consultant. My background includes 14 years in financial auditing, litigation support and advisory services, within two of the Big Four firms. I am passionate about superior customer service. My Wharton MBA has served me well in creating, delivering and communicating high value results and helping my clients succeed. I have a strong engineering acumen for preparing formal calculations and in evaluating technology and hazard risk - including assessing technology strategy, preventive maintenance, environmental compliance, performance measurement, and am adept at problem-solving support and solution management.
Ralph B Marshall, P.E.
Sarasota, FL
Forty five years of experience in all phases of electrical design work ranging from small commercial projects to multimillion dollar contracts for government and private industry. Comprehensive background in all project phases including preliminary studies, preparation of scope and design criteria, electrical equipment applications, preparation of specifications and working drawings, field installations of electrical systems, expert witness services, analysis and forensic engineering.
John Williams, PhD, PE, ASA, MBA, CFEI, AIChE Fellow
South Bend, IN
John A. Williams, PhD, PE, CFEI, MBA, ASA, AIChE Fellow. Dr. Williams delivers technology assessments and financial valuation analysis for business disputes involving intellectual property, trade secrets, patent infringement, licensing, royalties, capital investment, manufacturing operations expenses, ad valorem taxes, and lost profit calculations. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the American Society of Appraisers,
Practical 40 years of engineering experience in renewable and conventional energy technologies and facilities encompassing oil & gas, refining, biofuels, biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, coal, chemicals, steel, and power generation. A NAFI Certified Fire and Explosions Investigator, Dr. Williams performs forensic investigations of fires, explosions, equipment failures, and industrial accidents.
Dr. Williams is a licensed Professional Engineer in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusettes, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Shatec Engineering Consultants, LLC
Shakir Shatnawi, Ph.D., P.E., President
El Dorado Hills, CA
Highway and traffic engineering - accidents, design, safety, signals, control devices, surface defects, sight obstructions, sight distance, inspection, hazards, pavement, asphalt, concrete, specifications, standards, quality, maintenance, code violations, liability, and causation. Public works, Caltrans experience, civil/traffic engineering design plans, field investigations, site inspections, recovery areas, guardrail, edge-drop, potholes, grade, drainage, settlement.
Givler Engineering Inc.
L. David Givler
San Antonio, TX
L. David Givler MSCE PE is the president of the firm. He is a technical expert in hydrology and hydraulics with experience since 1984. His experience in municipal engineering and site development began in 1987.
Stone Consulting Inc.
Harvey Stone
Warren, PA
More than 20 Yrs. of experience in railroad design, railroad structures, railroad track, railroad equipment, grade crossings, shortline railroads and tourist railroads. Licensed as PE in 31 states. Can also provide structural expertise in the railroad area. Accepted by STB as expert witness in railroad design, engineering and construction.
Habitat Engineering & Forensics, Inc.
Fari Barzegar, PhD, PE
Oakland, CA
Over 30 years of experience; Structural/Civil Engineering; Construction Defects/Accidents & Disputes; Buildings, Bridges, Silos, Public Works; Vibration, Explosion, Earthquake, Wind, Fire, Flood & Demolition-Related Damage; Failure Investigations/Analysis, Errors/Omissions, Code Compliance, Standard of Care; Slip, Trip & Fall Injuries; Inspection & Report; Expert Consultant/Witness in Over 60 Cases; Testimony & Trial Experience
Ernest P. Chiodo, MD, JD, MPH, MS, MBA, CIH
Clinical and Forensic Medicine
Chicago, IL
MD & JD (Wayne State), MPH (Harvard), MS (Biomedical Engineering and Toxicology-WSU), MBA (University of Chicago), MS (University of Oxford), CIH. Physician, Attorney, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Toxicologist & Epidemiologist. Former Medical Director of the Detroit Health Department. Board certified in internal med, occupational & environ. med, & public health. Inducted into the Engineering Hall of Fame (Wayne State University).
Steven P. Viani P.E.
Steven P. Viani P.E.
Rancho Marieta, CA
Have managed or performed projects ranging from Phase 1 Site Assessments to $20 Million site remediation's, including claims experience on environmental and civil construction projects.
CASE Consultants & Forensics
Kamran Nemati, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, F.ACI
Irvine, CA
Technical assessments involving structural and construction related issues including residential, commercial, transportation, and industrial projects. Determining the cause, origin, and extent of structural failures, construction defects, materials defect, and water intrusion related distress. Investigation of settlement and foundation failure, construction liability, materials of construction and evaluation of structural damage and defect. Developing repair strategies.
Steven B. Kushnick, PE, Inc.
Mechanical Engineering Expert
Marietta, GA
Turbomachinery Expert. Jet Engines, Gas Turbine Engines, Steam Turbines, Compressors, Pumps, Diesels, Cogeneration, Combustion, Failure Analysis, and Engineering Analysis.
Blackstone Group Ltd.
Ronald Bianchetti
Pittsburgh, PA
Mr. Bianchetti has 40 years of professional experience in Corrosion Engineering Design Project Management and Construction Management. His experience includes design project management for various critical infrastructure components with specific expertise in the areas of corrosion corrosion mitigation and failure analysis.
Michael Ellison, PhD
Materials Science Professor Emeritus, Clemson University
Clemson, SC
Dr. Ellisons personal education and research and his teaching experience included the mechanisms of polymer failure for a broad range of materials and end products. Accordingly, he can interpret the data from the laboratory tests required to determine probable causes of product failure. This experience enables him to conduct forensic analyses and present clear, understandable and data-supported opinions on predominant modes of failure of polymeric materials, under various conditions.
Adroit Consultants LLC
Amin Terouhid, PE, Ph.D.
Cliffside Park, NJ
Amin leads a vibrant consulting practice on construction claim matters especially in the areas of delay analysis, loss of productivity, termination claims, claims for changes, and construction defects. With an extensive experience working on several large and mega construction projects internationally and throughout the United States, he is a recognized expert in preparing and investigating construction claims. Amin has served as an expert in more than 100 construction claim matters.
Pacific Structural & Forensic Engineers Group Inc. (PSFEG)
Casey K. Hemmatyar, SE
Los Angeles, CA
With about 30 years of experience Casey Hemmatyar, SE has been retained as Forensic Structural Engineer & expert consultant witness by defendants & plaintiffs on construction litigation in single and Class-Action lawsuits. Offices in 5 Continents, 8 Countries and 22 Cities. LA, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Seattle, Las Vegas, Reno, Denver, Houston, Washington DC, Washington, New York, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, Chile, Qatar.
ForensisGroup, Inc.
The Expert of Experts
Pasadena, CA
20,000+ clients nationwide trust ForensisGroup. SAVE TIME. SAVE MONEY. Get the RIGHT EXPERT promptly. NO COST searches, referrals & initial discussion. Our TECHNICAL ADVANTAGE gives you COMPETITIVE EDGE. We are your Expert Witness Services firm since 1991.
Roger W. Griffith, P.E.
Griffith Engineering & Consulting, Inc.
Jefferson City, TN
Roger Griffith, P.E. provides engineering design, forensic analysis, and expert witness consulting in plumbing, fuel gas systems, HVAC, and fire protection. Specialty areas include hot water systems, scalding, legionella, carbon monoxide poisoning related to venting of gas appliances, and fuel gas fires and explosions. He has provided expert witness services, including deposition and trial testimony for over fourteen years.


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– The Sun Herald in Mississippi has reported new details on Jack Swagger's legal troubles, after a trial that lasted several hours in Gulfport on Tuesday.
* When Swagger was stopped by police on February 19th, he told police he had just showered, stopped by a fast food restaurant and was "pretty banged up" after the SmackDown tapings that night.
* The officer testified that Swagger was driving 10 mph faster than the speed limit and that he smelled burned marijuana in Swagger's rental car. The officer also saw a few pieces of marijuana on Swagger's lap.
* Swagger did not testify yesterday but a video recorded by a patrol car camera was shown. Swagger told the officer that night he smoked some marijuana before leaving the Coliseum that night. Swagger told the officer, "I know I f-d up. I apologize, man."
* An officer testified that Swagger handed him his credit card when asked for his driver's license. Swagger's speech was slow, his eyes bloodshot and watery, but he was "cooperative, nervous and talkative." A DUI officer said, "He was just as docile as a gentleman can possibly be."
* A video showed Swagger taking a field sobriety test in 44 degree weather on the side of the road. The DUI officer described the test as a "walk and turn" while counting and a one-leg stand, also while counting. Swagger stumbled a few times while waving his arms in the air to balance himself and stood on one leg. "It was probably by far one of the worst I've ever seen as a DUI officer for under the influence of marijuana," the officer testified.
* Swagger was fined $1,000 plus $300 in court costs for the DUI conviction. He was also fined $198 for speeding and must attend an alcohol-safety class and a victim-impact class. Swagger can get his license back in 90 days if he completes the classes, instead of a year.
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PSYC 82: Psychosis and Literature (ANTHRO 82P, HUMBIO 162L, PSYC 282)
One of the great gifts of literature is its ability to give us insight into the internal worlds of others. This is particularly true of that state clinicians call "psychosis." But psychosis is a complex concept. It can be terrifying and devastating for patients and families, and yet shares characteristics with other, less pathological states, such as mysticism and creativity. How then can we begin to make sense of it? In this course, we will examine the first-hand experience of psychosis. We will approach it from multiple perspectives, including clinical descriptions, works of art, and texts by writers ranging from Shakespeare, to the science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, to patients attempting to describe their experience. This class is not only for students thinking of careers in medicine, psychology or anthropology, but also readers and writers interested exploring extraordinary texts. There are no prerequisites necessary; all that is needed is a love of language and a curiosity about the secrets of other minds.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | Repeatable 2 times (up to 10 units total)
Instructors: Mason, D. (PI)
2016-2017 Spring
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 19
04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 Mon, Wed 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at STLC114 with Mason, D. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2017-06-09 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Mason, D. (PI)
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
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Section 02 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 8
04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 Wed 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM at STLC119
PSYCH 29N: Growing Up in America
Preference to freshmen. To what extent is it possible to describe an "American" experience? How are different people included in or excluded from the imagined community that is America? How do a person's race, class, gender and sexuality affect his or her experience of belonging to this country? These are just some of the questions we will consider as we familiarize ourselves with the great diversity of childhood and young adult experiences of people who have grown up in America. We will read and discuss narratives written by men and women, by urban, suburban, and rural Americans, and by Asian Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, Latina/os, and European Americans.
Last offered: Winter 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
PWR 194AJ: Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: "We Gon Be Alright": Contemporary Black Rhetorics (AFRICAAM 194)
Does not fulfill NSC requirement. What does the difference between Kendrick Lamar's "We Gon Be Alright" and older movement anthems like "Let Nobody Turn Us Around" tell us about differences in perspective held by contemporary Black activists and those of other eras? What strategies are people engaged in various kinds of work to "assert their collective humanity" and "gain acceptance for ideas relative to Black survival and Black liberation" using in the pursuit of those goals? What debates are taking place inside Black communities about activism? About community itself? What is it about twitter, vines and memes that have made those spaces such rich spaces for Black expressive cultures? What stylistic or aesthetic features mark those communicative efforts? Finally, what do young people themselves have to say about activism in this moment? This course will examine Black rhetoric from overtly persuasive political and activist discourse to Scandal watch parties and everyday conversation. Prerequisite: first level of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit. For topics, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/courses/advanced-pwr-courses.
Last offered: Winter 2016 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
PWR 194KT: Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: The Last Hopi On Earth: The Rhetoric of Entertainment Inequity (CSRE 194KT)
While #OscarsSoWhite brought attention to the Academy's overwhelmingly White, male membership, the underbelly of the entertainment industry itself is rife with inequitable hiring of not only on-camera and on-stage performers but also directors, writers, and others behind the scenes. While there are several organizations from Racebending.com to the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media that seek to usher in more equitable representation, push back against the Industry's disparate employment practices has been documented for more than fifty years with what many argue is not proportionally positive movement. White males still garner almost half of all theatrical and television roles and represent more than 80% of episodic directors while entertainment hubs Los Angeles and New York City are more than 50% people of color and female. What will it take to attain equity in the entertainment industry? Why does it matter? nnIn this course, students will examine rhetorical issues in promoting, defending, and opposing entertainment industry practices - writing and speaking across genres in persuasive response - and ultimately develop a collaborative 5-year strategic plan to usher in equity.n nThis course is part of the PWR advanced elective track in Social and Racial Justice (SRJ). Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit. For video course description, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/courses/advanced-courses/last-hopi-earth-rhetoric-entertainment-inequity.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Tarr, K. (PI)
2016-2017 Winter
4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 5
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM at 160-127 with Tarr, K. (PI)
Instructors: Tarr, K. (PI)
PWR 194SB: Topics in Writing and Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Science
Understanding rhetoric as readers and interpreters of texts and to develop skills as writers and speakers. Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit. For topics, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/courses/advanced-pwr-courses.
Last offered: Autumn 2015 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
REES 145D: Jewish American Literature (JEWISHST 155D)
A study of Jewish-American literature from its Russian roots into the present. What distinguishes it from American mainstream and minority literatures? We will consider the difficulties of displacement for the emigrant generation who struggled to sustain their cultural integrity in the multicultural American environment, and the often comic revolt of their American-born children and grandchildren against their grand)parents¿ nostalgia, trauma, and failure to assimilate. Authors: Gogol, Dostoevsky, Babel, Olsen, Paley, Yezierska, Ozick, Singer, Malamud, Spiegelman, Roth, Bellow, Segal, Baldwin.
Last offered: Spring 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
REES 208C: Architecture, Acoustics and Ritual in Byzantium (ARTHIST 208C, ARTHIST 408C, CLASSICS 175, MUSIC 208C, MUSIC 408C, REES 408C, RELIGST 208C, RELIGST 308C)
Onassis Seminar "Icons of Sound: Architecture, Acoustics and Ritual in Byzantium". This year-long seminar explores the creation and operations of sacred space in Byzantium by focusing on the intersection of architecture, acoustics, music, and ritual. Through the support of the Onassis Foundation (USA), nine leading scholars in the field share their research and conduct the discussion of their pre-circulated papers. The goal is to develop a new interpretive framework for the study of religious experience and assemble the research tools needed for work in this interdisciplinary field.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II | Repeatable 3 times (up to 9 units total)
RELIGST 2: Is Stanford a Religion?
This course seeks to introduce students to the study of religion by posing a two-part question: What is a religion, and does Stanford qualify as one? Scientific, pragmatic, seemingly secular, Stanford may not seem at all similar to religions like Christianity, Judaism or Buddhism, but a deeper look reveals that it has many of the qualities of religion--origin stories, rituals and ceremonies, sacred spaces and times, visions of the future, even some spirits. By learning some of the theories and methods of the field of religious studies, students will gain a better understanding not just of Stanford culture but of what motivates people to be religious, the roles religion plays in people's lives, and the similarities and differences between religious and secular culture.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Lum, K. (PI)
2016-2017 Spring
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 19
04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at School of Education 313 with Lum, K. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2017-06-09 12:15pm - 3:15pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Lum, K. (PI)
RELIGST 2N: Religion in Anime and Manga
Religious themes and topoi are ubiquitous in Japanese anime and manga. In this course, we will examine how religions are represented in these new media and study the role of religions in contemporary Japan. By doing this, students will also learn fundamental concepts of Buddhism and Shint¿.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Mross, M. (PI)
2016-2017 Winter
4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 11 / 16
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Tue, Thu 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM at 50-51B with Mross, M. (PI)
Instructors: Mross, M. (PI)
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RELIGST 13Q: Mystical Journeys: Beyond Knowing and Reason
What makes a mystic a mystic? This question has many sides. Why do we call someone a mystic? Is there such a thing as mystical experience? Do experiences make a mystic? Do beliefs? Practices? Many religious traditions have records of visionaries whose lives and writings open windows on the more hidden and aspirational aspects of belief and practice. These writings also take many forms: poems, letters, teachings, and accounts of visions, which we will encounter in the course of the quarter. Readings for the course will cover a cross-section of texts taken from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and Native American sources.
Last offered: Winter 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Writing 2
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