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Why Do We Yawn – and Why Is Yawning So Contagious?
One of the body's simplest functions is also one of the most mysterious. Here, we take a look at scientific theories on why we yawn, and why it's so infectious.
You're in a meeting at work, driving, or relaxing at home, and you just think about yawning — the next thing you know, your mouth is stretching wide, you're inhaling deeply, and you don't even really know why. Has reading this made you yawn yet?
If the answer's yes, it's not because this article is boring you (we hope). Scientists know that the simple act of thinking about yawning can trigger the part of the brain, the hypothalamus, that trips this involuntary response.
That much we know.
But exactly why adult humans, babies, even fetuses and most animals yawn is still a subject of much scientific debate. According to University of Geneva researcher Adrian G. Guggisberg, MD, who wrote a recent article about yawning in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, yawning has been a subject of speculation for centuries. In the fourth century B.C., Hippocrates theorized that humans yawned to get rid of "bad air" and increase "good air" in the body — or as we would say now, Hippocrates believed we yawn to increase the flow of oxygen to the brain. But unfortunately for Hippocrates, Guggisberg wrote, most scientists agree that this idea hasn't held up under the weight of modern research. For example, you don't yawn more when you exercise than at any other time, and if yawning existed to increase oxygen flow, you would.
So what really causes yawning and makes it so infectious? Below, we rounded up a few of the top theories:
Why We Yawn
- Yawning keeps us awake. A 2007 study at the University of Albany in New York found that yawning is meant to keep us awake for a specific purpose. In this study, researchers speculated that yawns and the contagious aspect of yawning started as an ancient social adaptation that evolved to help groups of early humans stay alert and detect danger. The reason for yawning proposed by the Albany researchers is in sync with those suggested by other scientists: According to Guggisberg's article, theories that yawning is a social cue to indicate drowsiness, boredom, or mild psychological stress among humans and animals are gaining ground in the scientific community.
- Yawning indicates sexual arousal. If you ever yawned during foreplay, you can now explain to your partner that it's not their fault. Several recent studies have found that a yawn could mean not boredom, but sexual arousal. Robert Provine, PhD, a neuroscientist, professor of psychology, and yawning expert, explained to MSNBC that yawning is associated with a change of bodily state, for example, from sleeping to waking or waking to sleeping. When you're in the middle of foreplay, a yawn could mean another state shift: from not aroused to aroused. Provine even speculates that orgasm and yawning may share a neurobehavioral heritage.
- Yawning cools the brain. Yawning and the sinuses exist to cool the brain, concluded researchers at the University of Maryland and Princeton University in a recent study. "The brain is exquisitely sensitive to temperature changes and therefore must be protected from overheating," the researchers wrote in a news release. "Brains, like computers, operate best when they are cool."
- Yawning is a symptom. If you think you yawn more when you're sleepy, this research could prove you're right. "Excessive yawning appears to be symptomatic of conditions that increase brain and/or core temperature, such as central nervous system damage and sleep deprivation," wrote Andrew Gallup, one of the study's researchers. Additional research suggests that excessive yawning can be symptomatic of heart attack or aortic dissection. This type of excessive yawning is called a vasovagal reaction and occurs because the body is trying to send more oxygen into the bloodstream.
- Yawning shows empathy. If you yawn when a friend yawns, but don't flinch when you see a stranger yawning, you might want to thank your brain's capacity for affection. A new Italian study connects yawning with empathy. Researchers at the University of Pisa found that people are more likely to yawn in response to a yawn if they feel close to the original yawner. One of the lead researchers, Elisabetta Palagi, PhD, wrote that the relationship between the two people was the strongest factor in whether a yawn spread from person to person, backing up other research that has found yawns to be a sign of empathy, not boredom.
Is Yawning Always Contagious?
Just as there's no clear answer to the question of why we yawn, there's no clear explanation for why yawns are contagious. A University of Connecticut study found that yawning may be a form of social bonding, which is why we yawn when others do.
"Emotional contagion seems to be a primal instinct that binds us together," Molly Helt, a doctoral student who conducted the study, told Discovery News. "Yawning may be part of that."
According to Helt's research, children under age 4 appear to be immune to contagious yawning because their brains are simply not yet sophisticated enough to pick up on the social bonding cue, though they still experience spontaneous yawning. Similarly, researchers found that children living with disorders on the autism spectrum were significantly less likely to catch contagious yawns than typically developing kids because autistic children aren't picking on the social cues. In Helt's study, children with the most severe cases of autism never yawned contagiously.
Because yawning is thought to be linked to our capacity for empathy, you might think that yawns are only contagious for humans. Not so, say researchers at Kyoto University in Japan, who found that chimpanzees and some baboons also experience contagious yawning.
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Oil and gold surge, dollar falls on Fed actionSeptember 13, 2012: 2:47 PM ET
Oil and gold prices surged Thursday after the Federal Reserve announced another round of stimulus measures that many investors say could significantly weaken the U.S. dollar.
In its third round of quantitative easing, the Fed plans to buy $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities each month for an indefinite period of time. In addition, the central bank said it plans to maintain its easy monetary policies even after the economy begins to recover.
Investors had been expecting the Fed to announce some form of stimulus at the conclusion of its latest policy meeting, but the statement was stronger than many had anticipated.
"This is full blown QE3," said Doug Roberts, chief market strategist for Channel Capital Research, using the shorthand for this third round of quantitative easing. "It's adding liquidity to the system, and that's always good for the market."
Gold prices surged $38.40, or 2.2%, to settle at a seven-month high of $1772.10 an ounce. Oil prices were up $1.11, or 1.1%, to $98.11 a barrel. The prices of silver and copper rose following the Fed's announcement as well.
Related: Check commodities prices here
In the currency market, the U.S. dollar came under pressure against the euro, Japanese yen and U.K. pound. For example, it declined more than 0.4% against the euro to about $1.30.
Investors viewed the Fed's statement as a signal the central bank is willing to accept a weak U.S. dollar as it attempts to revive the ailing economy, said James Cordier, president of commodities broker Liberty Trading Group.
"The U.S. is going to be printing money at an even faster pace than in Europe," he said. "I'm not a gold bug, but this is clearly an attempt to weaken the currency."
Many investors view gold as a hedge against currency depreciation, which can occur when a central bank increases the money supply. "Gold became a currency this afternoon," said Cordier.
Meanwhile, oil is priced in U.S. dollars on the global market and a weaker greenback makes oil futures more attractive to buyers in other currencies.


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The Tegra K1 is Nvidia's newest super chip. The mobile processor packs a whopping 192 CUDA cores—a Nvidia first. Here you can see it in action with Epic's Unreal Engine 4.
NVIDIA Tegra K1 Demo: Unreal Engine 4 [Nvidia@YouTube via Dtoid]
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Memorial to honor fallen soldier
The high school where Spc. Donald "Donny" Nichols graduated will mark his service to his country with a memorial.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says the memorial at Waverly-Shell Rock High School will be dedicated on Nov. 11.
Nichols was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on April 13, 2011, while serving with the Iowa National Guard. He body is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Cedar Falls.
High school associate principal Jeremy Langner says government teachers are working with students to plan the assembly.
Langner says Nichols' marker will be placed near the memorial to Karen Kincaid-Batacan, a Waverly-Shell Rock graduate who was killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77, which was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon.


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Reading the "square" to determine coverage
The most important area for determining secondary coverages is the middle of the field about 15 to 25 yards deep and about 2 yards inside of each hash. We call this area the "square".
We normally read the "square" in our drop back passing game. Reading the "square" becomes necessary when it is impossible to determine what the coverage they are in before the snap or to make sure of secondary coverage after the snap.
In reading the "square" the QB simply looks down the middle of the field. He should not focus on either Safety but see them both in his peripheral vision.
A) If neither Safety shows up in the "square", and both are deep, it will indicate a form of Cover 2. A quick check of Corner alignment and play will indicate whether it is a 2/Man or 2/Zone. If neither Safety shows up in the "square" and both are shallow, it will indicate a Cover 0 (blitz look).
B) If the Strong Safety shows up in the "square", this will indicate a Cover 3 rolled weak or possibly a Cover 1.
C) If the Weak Safety shows up in the "square", this will indicate a strong side coverage. It could be a Cover 3 or a Cover 1. If the coverage is Cover 3, it could be a Cover 3/Sky (Safety), or a Cover 3/Cloud (Corner), depending on who has the short zone.
NOTE: When either of the Safeties shows up in the "square", the best percentage area to throw the ball in is the side that he came from! If NEITHER of the Safeties show up in the "square" – throwing the ball into the "square" is a high percentage throw.
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- Zennie said...
This is interesting, but I would guess it can't be applied to roll-out plays. In other words, it seems that a combination of techniques to read coverage is appropriate if one is to have a passing game with multiple launch points.
- Zennie said...
Also, it seems to be a holdover from what I call the "pre-progression" era. At what point does the quarterback come off this method and drill down to a particular receiver? It seems like you can't have a progression system and this -- perhaps I'm wrong.
- Chris said...
Most of the best college and pro passing teams use a combination system. For example, I drop back and read the square, if it is MOFO and Cover 2, I then have a progression read of post->corner->flat. If it is single safety rotated from the left, I look to the left then read corner->post/in->flat on that side.
So you really have both defense reading and progression/passing lane reading. Even the best pro teams still do simple progressions based off passing lanes, they just get more sophisticated on their keys.
The usual ways this is done is either it changes the order of the progression (outside in vs. single safety, inside out vs. no middle safety/cover 2, etc), or it tells you which side of the field you're working on, and then you progress from there.
This last point even has two branches as well. First, typical mirrored routes (i.e. both outside receivers run out routes), you read the coverage rotation to know where you have a numbers advantage (see the original post where if the deep safety comes from the left, you want to throw left). Second, slightly more sophisticated, you put to one side routes to beat one coverage and on the other one to beat a different coverage. So if you see two high safeties, you do your progression (Z-Y-H or whatever) to the right, but one high safety you would progress on the left.
Spurrier actually used to have plays where he had 3 coverage beaters on the same play (left, middle, and right) and his QB was to identify the coverage and work that progression!
To me this is actually a drawback of the all-gun offenses in that you lose the QB's first couple steps off the line because he can't look down the middle of the field (or at least as long).
You're right about the roll-out/multiple launch point thing. Typically the play is designed to go to that side of the field and it is a simple progression 1-2 or 1-2-3 (sometimes you can build in a backside post and read the free safety). You give up using the whole field, but the idea is that a) you've hopefully protected the QB by moving him a bit b) made it an easier/shorter pass c) sometimes simpler is better, he doesn't have to worry about making the right read, just find the passing lane, and d) on true roll-outs you may have a run-threat as well as a pass threat to make up for it.
- Chris said...
Oh, just to clarify, typically the first leg of the drop is spent looking down the middle of the field. On 3-step drops it is the first step, on a 5-step it is the first three steps, etc. QBs, as they get more experience can see more and more things on those first 3-steps. Then on the last two steps of the drop, when they should know a) if they are bringing pressure, b) which progression are they using, and c) probably which guy in the progression will be open (though they must fully go through the progression!).
Note, that the hot reads in my offense and many others, if they are bringing heat and we aren't protecting with enough guys (and no check at the line was made), even if it was a 5-step drop with a hitch step, it will become a 5-step-plant-and-throw on the 5th step, or even it needs to be thrown on the 3rd step.
- Zennie said...
Thanks for this, Chris. In re-reading this, I'm reminded of an interview I conducted in 1996 with then-Cal Bears Head Coach Steve Marriuci. (I'm very sorry about his treatment this year, but that's another story.) At the time, I was a columnist for a local Oakland, CA newspaper called "The Montclarion."
Anyway, I asked "Mooch" to explain what he asks his quaterbacks to look for when they break the huddle and before and after the snap.
He said, "We have two concepts: Wide field and narrow vision. When the quarterback comes out of the huddle the first thing he does is check the formation: Is everyone lined up correctly? That's important. That's wide field. Then what front is the defense in? Where are the corners and safeties? Then the ball is snapped. He goes to narrow vision. "Where's my key moving? Then he goes into his receiver progression."
What seems to be obvious to me is that each coach essentially has a different teaching method they think will work to get their people to do what needs to be done.
It seems like Spurrier throws a lot at the QB to think about. I write that because you mention that Spurrier has plays where there are two sets of patterns for different coverages on diferrent sides of the play.
My guess is -- knowing this -- a zone-blitz 3-4 team would be very successful at (say) faking the weakside blitz, but bring the corner from the strongside and playing a 4 short, 3 deep zone.
But as I think about this more, I would guess the emphasis is placed more on pre-snap reads. If I were working with Spurrier, I would encourage the use of pre-shifts to force the defense to reveal its coverages early, and discourage the use of exotic pass defense schemes.
Then, the quarterback would be less likely to be forced into committing an error by the combination of all of the points of reference installed in the offense, and the "key breakers" that are a part of many modern defenses.
What do you think?
- Ted Seay said...
Zennie: On your roll-out point, I see it simply as a variation on the field-read theory, where you are pre-determining which third of the field will be your primary hunting ground (the outside third to playside) while leaving the possibility of a throwback of some sort to a backside receiver...
PS: I used to enjoy reading the Montclarion, both when I was at Cal and later when I was living in Oakland...
- Zennie said...
Thanks for the insight, Ted. I also have bookmarked your site. Oh. I wrote for the Montclarion from 1993 to 1996. I also share the same love of the Run and Shoot's pure passing simplicity, and for the Walsh's Offense' variety.


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Sources tell MailOnline.com that bandmates had to secure a reluctant Victoria Beckham's involvement before agreeing to a much-anticipated reunion, which has been discussed since the beginning of 2012.
The girl group hasn't performed together for four years.
Reports suggest they'll take to the stage during the finale spectacular to sing their break-out hit Wannabe.
Take That and George Michael will also be part of the show.
Beckham gave fans hope of an Olympics get together when she reteamed with her bandmates for the launch of the group's upcoming musical, Viva Forever, in London last month, and on Thursday, she told an Irish radio host, "I'm so respectful of my past and I love the other girls. We have some fantastic fans. Who knows, maybe some day we'll do something else with the Spice Girls. I would love nothing more."
She added, "I don't know about a comeback tour but I loved being back with the girls. There was a lot of fun, we did so much together and we'll see. If they're up for something then I certainly am… We are so proud to be English and we are very excited about the Olympics."


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JD Rucker... You rock! I doubt if there are any ADM Professional Community Members who are unaware of JD's support for this community, but let me share these observations with our community. For quite a few years, JD has consistently been one of the auto industry's staunchest supporters of raising the overall levels of professional knowledge and expertise among people in the car business. He has called me on numerous occasions to discuss the strategies and site management tactics designed to grow the actual "COMMUNITY" concept that ADM is based upon.
Even when JD and I were direct competitors, debating each other on the conference circuit, he was and remains one of the highest integrity leaders I have had the privilege of working with in the car business. JD Rucker specializes in, and is passionate about driving all of us to ask more questions, push our knowledge and skill sets a little higher each day and being one of my mentors and proponents of so many strong and enduring principles that I and a growing number of others believe in.
When it comes to doing what is best for a dealer client, I have personally received many messages and calls from JD encouraging all of us in the supplier side of the business to stay focused on what is best for the client and to drop our petty competitive attitudes when the opportunity to collaborate and deliver better results to a dealership presents itself. Watching this video while speaking to JD on the phone has been a moving experience for me... And, he is right... let's get more dealers and car biz pros to participate, post, comment and become ACTIVE members of the ADM Professional Community. Each of us will grow and benefit from the experience and our efforts to support and encourage continuous improvement of our craft.
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KU European Organ Study Tour VI:
The South of France May 20- June 2, 2014
Many Americans know little about the organs in this beautiful part of France. Fewer still have had the opportunity to play many of the gorgeous instruments that we will experience. As you might expect, the tour focuses on French Classic organs and the instruments of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, but along the way we will also experience modern French, German, and Italian organs.
Carolyn Shuster-Fournier, the choir organist at La Trinité in Paris is our consultant for this tour. Those of you who went on our last French tour in 2005 will remember her as a knowledgeable and energetic advocate for French organ culture and music. I'm also happy to tell you that Dave Rhodes, my trusted sidekick from past tours will once again be joining us next spring.
In addition to the organs, there will be a focus on church architecture and opportunities to experience the richness of Mediterranean culture. Please see the attached itinerary for details regarding the tour and how to register for it. If you would like further information or have questions, please contact Michael Bauer at email@example.com


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| 12.5°C Belfast
Butterflies saw their fortunes improve last summer following their worst year on record in 2012 - but numbers were still below average, a UK-wide study has shown.
Some 46 of the 56 species studied in the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme in 2013 saw numbers increase compared with the washout summer of the previous year.
Experts said the warm summer last year allowed butterflies to make the most of conservation measures put in place over the past decade to help them thrive.
Rare species such as the Lulworth skipper, whose numbers were up 162% compared with 2012, and the critically endangered high brown fritillary, which increased by 133%, benefited from conservation work.
Common species also saw a revival, including the small, large and green-veined whites which all bounced back from their worst year on record in 2012 to above average numbers last year.
The warm summer helped garden favourite the small tortoiseshell record its best year in a decade, the scheme which began in 1976 showed, and boosted numbers of migrants such as clouded yellow butterflies from the Continent.
But overall, butterfly numbers were still below average last year.
Populations of rare species such as the Duke of Burgundy had become extinct in some areas in 2012's very wet summer.
And 2013's very cold spring hit species such as the endangered pearl-bordered fritillary whose numbers were down more than a fifth (22%) on 2012.
The icy weather also harmed the grizzled skipper, whose numbers fell 45% to record lows in the monitoring scheme led by Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH).
Butterflies need a warm spring and summer this year to help them sustain their recovery from 2012's lows, experts said.
Dr Tom Brereton, head of monitoring at Butterfly Conservation, said last year's revival was very welcome, but there was a long way to go before butterflies returned to "former glories".
"After the worst year ever, there was bound to be a bounce-back, and quite a few species made a better recovery than expected, so it's encouraging.
"But we're still a long way off - we're below even average numbers."
The good weather the UK enjoyed last year allowed butterflies to make the most of work to boost butterfly habitat, he said.
"There has been a lot of good conservation put in place in the last decade, agri-environment schemes and conservation efforts, but we haven't had the weather for butterflies to be able to respond.
"Then last year good management bore fruit."
CEH butterfly ecologist Dr Marc Botham said: "Annual changes are largely associated with the weather. However, the data show that a number of species have been significantly declining over the last 38 years.
"This highlights the importance of maintaining long-term monitoring, reliant on the immense dedication of thousands of volunteers, to determine species and habitats of conservation priority."
The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme involves thousands of volunteers collecting data every week throughout the summer from more than 1,000 sites across the UK.


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British comedian Rik Mayall dead at 56
- British actor and comedian Rik Mayall is dead at 56
- Mayall is best known for starring in TV series "The Young Ones," "Blackadder" and "Bottom"
- He had lead role in movie "Drop Dead Fred," playing imaginary friend of Phoebe Cates
- Comedian survived a near-fatal quad bike accident in 1998
(CNN) -- Tributes are flowing in for much-loved British actor and comedian Rik Mayall, who died in London Monday at age 56.
Mayall, one of the leading lights of Britain's alternative comedy scene in the 1980s, is best known for starring roles in hit TV series "Blackadder," "The Young Ones," "The New Statesman" and "Bottom."
His agent, Kate Benson, of Brunskill Management, told CNN Mayall died suddenly Monday; she did not know the cause of his death.
Mayall first found widespread fame in student sitcom "The Young Ones," which ran for two years on the BBC, and was later shown on MTV in the United States.
The series, which he co-wrote, focused on the lives of four roommates at "Scumbag College." Mayall played politics-obsessed poet Rick alongside his long-term comedy partner Ade Edmondson as violent punk Vyvyan.
Edmondson led the tributes to Mayall Monday, telling Britain's Press Association news agency: "There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing.
"They were some of the most carefree, stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him. And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish bastard."
Writer and comedian Ben Elton told the Press Association Mayall had "changed his life" by asking him to work on "The Young Ones." "He always made me cry with laughter, now he's just made me cry."
In cult favorite "Blackadder" -- also co-written by Elton -- Mayall was memorably cast in the guest role of the womanizing Lord Flashheart, who steals the anti-hero's fiancé from under his nose -- at the altar. His lines were regularly repeated in schoolyards and student pubs.
In the 1990s, he reunited with Edmondson for "Bottom," a slapstick-filled series about two unemployed flatmates who spend most of their time attacking each other violently with anything that comes to hand; the pair are reported to have come up with the idea for the show while starring in a production of Samuel Beckett's nihilistic "Waiting for Godot."
On Twitter, writer Hugo Rifkind suggested that fans of the show should pay homage to Mayall in true "Bottom" style: "Go home tonight, find someone you love, and hit them with a frying pan."
Mayall also branched out into movies, taking the lead role in 1991's"Drop Dead Fred," in which he played the imaginary friend of Phoebe Cates, returning years later to wreak havoc in the now grown-up Cates' life.
Mayall survived a near-fatal quad bike accident in 1998; he was in a coma for five days after the crash, on his farm in Devon, southwest England, and developed epilepsy as a result of the severe head injury he suffered when he was crushed under the bike.
In an interview several years later, he joked that he "beat Jesus" by coming back from the dead after so long. In 2006, he told Britain's Observer newspaper: "I was dead for five days. Jesus was only dead for three, so I beat him -- 17 April 1998 was the day I was sent back from heaven."
He said the accident left him "more aware of being alive."
House star Hugh Laurie, who worked with Mayall on "Blackadder," took to Twitter to recount a story about his co-star: "A young girl, stricken with terminal cancer, once asked Rik Mayall for an autograph. He wrote: 'Young Ones are never afraid.'"
- 英國演員和喜劇演員里克·馬亞爾是死在56
- 馬亞爾最出名的是在主演的電視劇"監獄風雲之少年犯","黑爵士"和"底"
- 他曾在電影帶頭作用"去死吧弗雷德,"打菲比凱茨的想像中的朋友
- 喜劇演員在1998年躲過了幾乎致命的四輪摩托車事故
作家和喜劇演員本·埃爾頓告訴記者協會馬亞爾已經"改變了他的一生",問他工作在"年輕的。" "他總是讓我哭與笑,現在他只是讓我哭。"
在崇拜喜愛" 黑爵士 " -也寫由埃爾頓-馬亞爾是難忘投中風流主Flashheart,誰搶斷成功,在他的眼皮底下反英雄的未婚夫的客串角色-在祭壇上。他的台詞經常被重複的校園和學生酒吧。
在20世紀90年代,他與團聚埃德蒙森為" 底 ",一個打鬧填充一系列關於誰花大部分時間與任何東西來手互相攻擊猛烈2失業者室友; 這對據報導,想出這個主意的演出,而在生產的塞繆爾·貝克特的虛無主義主演的"等待戈多"。
馬亞爾也跨足電影,同時在1991年的帶頭作用"去死吧弗雷德 ",他在其中扮演菲比凱茨的假想的朋友,回國十年後肆虐的現在長大了蓋茨的生活。
馬亞爾在1998年躲過了幾乎致命的四輪摩托車事故; 他在昏迷了崩潰後五天,他的德文郡,英格蘭西南部的農場,並制定癲癇為重型顱腦損傷他遭遇時,他下了自行車被粉碎的結果。
在接受採訪時數年後,他開玩笑說,他"打敗耶穌"由未來死而復生這麼久之後。2006年,他告訴英國觀察報:"我死了五天,耶穌只有死了三個,所以我打了他- 1998年4月17日是我被送到從天上回來的一天。"


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Slow melt
Spring is arriving slower than the last day of school in sixth grade.
If delayed gratification develops adulthood, most of us in the northland will be grown up and a little gray before the apple trees bloom.
Despite our foul mood, we know in our heads that the slow snow melt is good. Perhaps the threat of yet another spring flood will fizzle.
As the massive snowbanks shrink, local sages observe that very little water has run off. Is most of the moisture sinking into the soil? One can hope.
I still hope for enough run-off to fill the swamp in front of the house. It dried to nothing last summer.
The swan pair has flown over the swamp twice, but they won't land and start a new family unless there is enough water to float their little fleet.
No muskrats, no beaver, no ducks, no geese. Not without water.
The only wildlife so far in front of the house, save for songbirds, has been a family of three desperate deer who forage for millet beneath the bird feeders.
When last year's fawns hungrily horn in for some fallen food, Mama Doe kicks them with her hooves! She's had enough. Time for the kids to move out and get a job.
Apparently, Dad Deer didn't stick around to help raise his young, the irresponsible jerk. One feels for the fawns, raised without a male role model.
Hunger makes deer almost tame. During summer, deer hear your feet hit the floor when you get out of bed and they gallop down the drive in terror. During this late spring, I rap on the window inches from their nose and they gaze at me with mild interest.
An excruciatingly slow spring melt reminds me of when my parents, in an attempt to teach me financial responsibility, started me up with a passbook savings account at the bank.
They tossed in $45. I added $5 plus change from my ceramic piggy bank.
The way those passbook savings accounts worked was that you could go into the bank every now and then and the teller would add up the interest, scratch it in your passbook, and you could see how wealthy you were becoming.
So, I went in to the teller after months of waiting with my passbook under my pillow and found out my $50 had grown into...$52.17.
I was supposed to be thrilled that I earned $2.17 for doing absolutely nothing for six months. Instead, I was disappointed that the endless months of hard time hadn't made me wealthy.
Two bucks! That was barely enough to order a family of sea monkeys from the back of the Archie comic book!
The lesson learned? Take your piggy bank money and order the sea monkeys. Today. Don't wait, for we know not what the morrow brings. It might snow.
Cod liver oil. Broccoli. Interest payments of $2.17. Vitamins. Early bedtimes. Long, slow snow melts. Late springs. They're all the same. They're all good for you, but I am getting too old for them to improve me any further.
Like the thirsty Greek mythological figure Tantalus, who was forced for eternity to stand neck-deep in pure, cool water which would recede if he attempted to drink; who, additionally, was subjected to the sight of beautiful grapes which would pull away before he could pick them––spring forever recedes into the distance, just out of our reach.
Drip, drip, drip goes the slow Minnesota melt, a form of Chinese water torture specifically designed to test the stoicism of already overly-stoic northerners.
The trouble with living here for a long time is that you start thinking you must endure endless misery (March) in order to enjoy a smidgen of happiness (four nice days in October).
Let me inform you that I have been out and about this winter and have discovered places on earth, namely California and Arizona, where suffering is limited to traffic jams and occasional loss of life and/or property, where a cold day means wearing a sweater, where a little snow means dancing outside with jumping dogs and happy children, where almost daily sunshine warms one to the bone.
If we had the sense of our ancient ancestors, Minnesotans would become nomadic. With modern technology, we could migrate more easily than the ancients.
Forget the camels and pack mules, let's get together a caravan of flatbed trucks and move the entire town to the Arizona desert for five months per year. School, nursing home, cafes, bars, churches, the works.
When the geese fly north, so would we, but not until. Nature is trying to tell us something with this slow melt. It is time we listened.


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Being a sex educator is hard. I've spoken to this before; there is the choice about how you answer the "what do you do" question, there are stalkers and creepers who follow you workshop to workshop or won't stop calling/emailing, there is the fact that the education I do is not considered "real education" (even sometimes by the professional sexuality organizations to who I belong), there are very few degree programs in the country, jobs can be tough to get and freelancing doesn't always pay the bills, the list goes on. However, one thing that has always kept me going is people who lead the field, like Jamye Waxman, Midori and Tristan Taormino. These three incredibly strong women have been sex educators for years, and have figured out how to approach the masses in a way that they are more accepted (even if sometimes protested), through books, movies, educational films, workshops, college lectures, performance pieces and more.
However, this morning, I woke to this in my inbox. The great Tristan Taormino, sex educator extraordinaire, has been uninvited by Oregon State University, after they had asked her to speak AND asked her to buy her plane tickets with the promise of reimbursement. Not only did they un-extend their invitation, but they are now refusing to pay for the plane tickets she has already purchased at their behest. I'm surprised, but not shocked. One of my favorite gender activists was censored at a local college after some conservative students claimed her used of the words "tranny" and "fuck" were detrimental to their mental well being.
I love what I do. Almost every moment of every day. However, the fact that it is not only hard to book events, but now sex educators (who are far more well known and published than I am) are being uninvited? It's ridiculous. According to them, it was due to her website and resume…which hasn't changed since the booking. Because she shoots feminist/ethical pornography, they are turning her down. Yet other schools bring in anti-gay speakers for "their side of the story" and porn legends like Ron Jeremy (who does not identify as being in the feminist porn or ethical porn genres). Thank goodness for schools like Brown University, Hofstra, University of Arizona, Colorado College, SUNY–Purchase and more that have welcomed me (as well as other sex educators), as we are, with the understanding that lectures and workshops about healthy sexuality do nothing more than provide information to students, and can only serve to help improve their lives.
I say shame on OSU, and on other schools that are capitulating to conservative legislatures and mores. Education is about gaining knowledge and opening students eyes to the world, not about censoring based on social constructions of what is "appropriate." It would be one thing if you chose to ignore her letter of interest; I sent out about 200-300 a year, and rarely hear back from a dozen schools; it's part of being a sex educator. But to invite her, and then change your mind after telling her to buy her tickets, and now choose not to reimburse her? That is low, OSU, and it shows a lack of class, a lack of educational and open-minded spirit, and I am quite disappointed. I assumed a school in a place like Oregon would be a little more forward thinking.
With that said, I am currently booking schools and universities for fall 2011/spring 2012. I am sure other educators are as well. If you (whether student, staff or faculty) are interested in learning more about sexuality, sex and disability, ethical pornography, kink, LGBTQA issues, communication, safer sex and more, please contact me. Fascinations has agreed to pay my airfare to college/university gigs starting in May, so I can be more affordable and accessible to schools with smaller budgets. I'd love to show OSU what immense good a sex educator can do on campuses.
January 19, 2011
Tristan Taormino
Award-winning author, columnist, sex educator, and filmmaker Tristan Taormino was set to be the keynote speaker at Oregon State University's Modern Sex conference, scheduled for February 15-16, 2011. Yesterday, she was uninvited by a university representative, who cited her resume and website as the reason.
On October 28, 2010, organizers of the OSU Modern Sex conference booked Taormino to give the keynote talk; they confirmed the date and agreed to fees, and Tristan's management received a first draft of the contract on November 1. That contract was incomplete and sent back to OSU for revisions. As with many negotiations, the contract was pending as all the paperwork got done, but in late December, OSU again confirmed Tristan's appearance and conference organizers told her manager to purchase airline tickets, for which OSU would be reimburse her.
On Tuesday, January 18, 2011, Steven Leider, Director of the Office of LGBT Outreach and Services contacted Colten Tognazzini, Tristan Taormino's manager, to say that the conference had come up short on funding. Tognazzini told him that since the travel was booked and the time reserved, they could work with whatever budget they did have. Leider said that would not be possible: "We have to cancel Ms. Taormino's appearance due to a lack of funding. It has been decided that OSU cannot pay Ms. Taormino with general fee dollars, because of the content of her resume and website." At OSU, 'general fee dollars' include taxpayer dollars given to the University by the Oregon State Legislature to defray various costs. They differ from 'student activity dollars,' which are part of every student's tuition and help fund student groups and activities.
Taormino's resume includes her seven books on sex and relationships, the 18 anthologies she has edited, numerous television appearances from CNN to The Discovery Channel, and her award-winning adult films. She was a columnist for The Village Voice for nearly ten years and has given more than 75 lectures at top colleges and universities including Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, NYU and Columbia. Her website, puckerup.com , includes sex education information, advice, and information about the films she directs for Vivid Entertainment, one of the largest adult companies in the country.
"In my ten years of booking Tristan at colleges and universities, of course there has been some controversy. But I have never had a university cancel like this last minute," says Colten Tognazzini, Taormino's manager. "It's not unusual for contract negotiations to drag on. Once they confirmed we should book her travel, I felt comfortable the event was a done deal. I continued to work with them in good faith that a signed contract would be forthcoming. I believe that the conference organizers' hands are tied, and this decision came from much higher up. They have cancelled with less than a month's notice during Tristan's busiest season. She gave up other opportunities to go to Oregon. Without a signed contract, we may have no recourse, and were told we will not be reimbursed for her travel."
Tognazzini spoke to a source at OSU who speculated that the University feared that when it went before the legislature in regards to future funding, legislators would use OSU's funding of a "pornographer" on campus as ammunition to further cut budgets. This source, who wishes to remain anonymous, told Tognazzini, "I think they're uninviting Tristan because they don't want to have to defend her appearance to conservative legislators."
"I'm extremely disappointed that OSU has decided to cancel my appearance. I've been protested before, but never uninvited. I have never misrepresented who I am or what I do. I am proud of all the work I do, including the sex education films and feminist pornography I make," says Taormino. "The talk I planned to give at this conference, titled "Claiming Your Sexual Power" has nothing to do with porn, but the porn is such an easy target for anti-sex conservatives and censors. I find it ironic that one of the missions of the conference is to understand diverse perspectives of sexuality. Apparently, my perspective—one of educating and empowering people around their sexuality—isn't welcome at OSU."
If OSU students and others still want to hear Taormino speak, she will be teaching two workshops at She Bop in Portland on February 13 and 14. "She Bop supports a healthy perspective on sex and sexuality and we are proud to have Tristan Taormino present two years in a row at our shop in Portland. Tristan is a leading educator paving the way for others to help break down the stigma around sex in this country. It is part of our mission as a female friendly adult shop to support sexual empowerment and growth," say co-owners Jeneen Doumitt and Evy Cowan.
3 Responses to "Nationally Known Sex Educator "Uninvited" from OSU"
Honored you mentioned Brown on your list :)
And yeah, this is terrible. Most of all, though, it's HYPOCRITICAL (love that you pointed out how they bring "anti-gay" folks for "their side of the story") and then do shit like this.
Can't wait to have you back at Brown, lovely!
To be fair, using general funds means avoiding controversy in *any* direction. You don't invite those-who-I-won't-name-on-your-blog on those funds, either. While a chafing restriction, it's well known within universities. You also don't mention these people (again, all sides, not just sexually liberal or conservative) by name in papers when they appear through utterly blind technical analysis of social media data.
OSU screwed up organizationally. I see two possibilities: Someone was so clueless that they didn't realize what the "Modern Sex" conference would entail, or someone intentionally ignored their known restrictions. It's all well and good to protest, but not to involve other people in your protest without their consent and when it can harm them. I hope there's a possibility I just don't see.
Either way, OSU should have gift or alumni money sufficient to cover her expenses. But they'll need to be a little quiet about using it. They *should* have shifted her to those funds, but that becomes tricky in other contractual ways within the university. The trickiness of shifting has nothing to do with subject matter. Or common sense, alas.
Remember that public institutions across the country are facing 5%-20% budget reductions regardless of "liberal v. conservative" politics. The money simply isn't there. Like the institution where I work, OSU is trying to protect their students from higher tuitions and staff from lay-offs.
OSU definitely screwed up, but this situation's nasty all the way around. Whoever screwed up inside OSU likely will be looking for work shortly.
(Oh, and I also just realized this OSU isn't the OSU I thought it was. The uses on Twitter definitely are leading people to blame the wrong (and far more well-known) OSU.)


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Ask Andru: How do I convert cassette tapes to digital format?
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With the move to cloud and digital content that's taken the world by storm, older technologies have fallen by the wayside. The problem, though, is that there are still plenty of great pieces of content that are relegated to VHS, film reels, cassette tapes, and records. Today in my Ask Andru column, we have a question from Janine, a kindergarten teacher who wants to know how to convert her books on cassette over to a digital format. Let's jump into it.
Q: I listen to your show and really enjoy all your tips. I teach Kindergarten and have many books on cassettes that my students love listening to. Some of the cassettes are getting a bit worn. So I thought I could convert them over to CDs instead of buying new books with CDs. Do you have any suggestions on what would be the best way to do this that is affordable?
A: I always like to recommend that you do things like this yourself when it is simple and easy, rather than relying on an expensive third-party service. Luckily, this falls under that umbrella. To convert your cassette tapes over to audio files (which you can then burn onto CDs,) all you need is a cassette player with a line out/headphone port, a computer with a line in port, and a male-to-male auxiliary cable to connect the two.
If you are using a Mac, just fire up the fantastic GarageBand app, included in OS X. If you are using Windows, you can use the included Windows Sound Recorder, but it isn't very full-featured, so you may want to browse around for alternatives. Still, it will work for what we need it to do.
Since this is an analog-to-digital conversion, you will need to connect the cord between the line out on the cassette player and the line in on your computer, launch the program that you'll be using to import the tracks, start recording (make sure you have the line in or "built-in input" setting selected,) and then hit play on the cassette player. You will have to let it play at normal speed, and if you want to separate the tracks into different recordings, then you will need to stop the recording and the tape at whatever intervals that you'd like there to be a break. Once you are done, you can trim your files, and then export them as, say, an MP3, which you can then burn to a disc or sync to your mobile device.
As you'd mentioned, there are other ways of doing this, including just sending your tapes away and having someone else take care of it for you. Generally, though, this can get pretty expensive for a basic service that you can do on your own!
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Another Mercury Retrograde is upon us!
Many of my dear friends and colleagues curse Mercury and the trouble caused during His nearly month long sojourn. I have always advocated for recognizing the stability He brings, highlighted by the lack-thereof when He is otherwise treading backward.
I am erecting the altar to Mercury tonight. It will be set with holy icons, sacred stones, charged crystals, talismans, and plenty of offerings, both weekly and daily. It will be up until at least 3 days after Mercury turns direct.
If you are not of a propitiating mind, but wouldn't mind some help keeping the effects of this retrograde to a minimum, you may virtually participate in these offerings! Add yourself to the list and I will give offerings in your name!
As Mercury is also celebrated by Merchants, and always there in the exchange of coin, I am opening my altar and offering my services to help you through this retrograde! This is a fundraiser to complete our 501c3 religious not-for-proft filing! We are incorporating and raising funds for the federal fees. (That's half of where we've been all summer! Getting paperwork prepared!)
I cannot guarantee you a smooth retrograde, and in fact, you might even come to His attention :-o But having a Priestess of Mercury leave offerings and asking for mercy on your behalf, (another word starting with "Merc!") can only help! This retrograde covers the Hallowed time of year, so making nice with the Guide of Souls would behoove us all!
Donate $5 to have your name added to the weekly group offering
Donate $10 to have your name added to the daily group offering
Donate $10 to have a weekly offering made solely in your name
Donate $15 to have a daily offering made solely in your name
Donate $20 to have a 7 day candle carved and lit in your name on the altar
Donate $25 to have a talisman consecrated in your name and placed upon the altar
Offerings include: candles, incense, oil lamps, icons, libations, food, coins, paper talismans, chanting, drumming and more. I will post pictures as the altar fills!
Mercury, draw near, and to my pray'r incline,
Angel of Jove, and Maia's son divine;
Prefect of contest, ruler of mankind,
With heart almighty, and a prudent mind.
Celestial messenger of various skill,
Whose pow'rful arts could watchful Argus kill.
With winged feet 'tis thine thro' air to course,
O friend of man, and prophet of discourse;
Great life-supporter, to rejoice is thine
In arts gymnastic, and in fraud divine.
With pow'r endu'd all language to explain,
Of care the loos'ner, and the source of gain.
Whose hand contains of blameless peace the rod,
Corucian, blessed, profitable God.
Of various speech, whose aid in works we find,
And in necessities to mortals kind.
Dire weapon of the tongue, which men revere,
Be present, Mercury, and thy suppliant hear;
Assist my works, conclude my life with peace,
Give graceful speech, and memory's increase.


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Sunday, January 31, 2010
More Grammy Fashion....
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Yes Yes Yes
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Some More.....
Then they had the nerve to pose together
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Shoe Porn
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Can't Touch This
And here is what Amber Rose recently told Hello Beautiful in an interview:
"I want to change the face of modeling. I want young girls growing up to know that they can actually eat something, and be beautiful and be a model."
"We could have the garbage truck driver who treats us good and cooks, and really just fall in love with him. Or we can have the guy with millions of dollars, and he's a f*cking dick. I think women want a man with money, but sometimes they get one and realize he's just a man with money. "
"As of right now, I don't believe in marriage. I was raised by a single mother, so I don't feel I need to be married to be happy and live my life."
"They label me a bisexual freak stripper that f*cks Kanye on a daily basis. "
"I'm extremely open with my sexuality. I can be in love with a woman, I can be in love with a man. I'm not into bestiality, but as far as humans go, I definitely find beauty in everybody"
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What The Deuce???
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Ok Ok...Enough Already
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Nivea.....what the hell is this?
I really don't expect much from you anyway...but damn
Matching your outfit to your hair...really though?
Kelis you are my fav!
But the hair is killing me...
Is that a mullet?
Pharrell...what the hell happened???
And what is that Dirty Sanchez on ya face!!!
Come on people...lets get it together
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So Amazing
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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Nails Did...
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Labels: inner beauty, nails did


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