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Long before I ever worked for Wikia, I was an administrator on the Star Wars Fanon wiki—and I still am. One of the most important things I've learned in my time there is what the ideal role of an admin is, or at least should be. I think this is a really important topic here on Wikia, and I wanted to share my thoughts on this with you.
Admins, as you know, are users with additional editing tools to help with more advanced wiki maintenance (such as deleting and protecting pages), as well as policy enforcement tools like the ability to block users. That gives admins a lot of power, but there's often a question as to what the role of an admin should be and how that power should be used. Are admins meant to be the boss of a wiki, or are they meant to be something else? I'd argue that they're meant to be something else.
Admins should serve the community
This idea is an ideal scenario, and it's one that may not be the most practical if you have a very small group of users working on a wiki, but this is the goal you should shoot for. What this means is that admins don't make the rules and don't make unilateral decisions, but rather they use their tools to carry out the will of the community.
Let's take Star Wars Fanon as an example. One of the central policies there is the Manual of Style which overviews how articles should be formatted and put together on the wiki. This was not a policy enacted by me or any other administrator alone. This was a policy that had input from the community, and it was voted on by the community before it ever became policy. When a Star Wars Fanon admin enforces that policy, they're not enforcing their own arbitrary ideas about a user should do. They're saying "this is what the community would like you to do." That's very important, because it basically brings democracy to the wiki.
Just like in a democracy, when a wiki community votes on decisions rather than decisions being made by an admin, it sets up an important relationship between admins and the community that says the community is the most important decision-maker on the wiki. Admins have lots of extra editing tools that non-admins don't have, but it puts admins into the position of not being the most important part of a wiki.
Admins should always be thought of not as bosses or rulers, but as guides who are no more or less important or influential than any other user on the wiki. All users on wikis should be equal, even those who have a few extra editing tools. After all, if admins were the only important people on the wiki, then there would be no need for users. That would certainly make building a community difficult! The title of administrator would not mean anything were it not for the non-administrators that make up most of a wiki's community, because admins are there to serve the community.
Admins should be friendly guides
We've established now that admins shouldn't be rulers, and that decision-making should be something done by the entire community of users. You may be asking, though, if admins aren't there to make a decision, what can admins really do except push buttons?
With this understanding, admins will often be speaking directly to users, sometimes to give out warnings or to block users. Before an admin ever gets to that point, though, it's a good idea to remain helpful and to try and guide users, even one on one, to an understanding of the community-decided rules. That's what I mean when I say admins should be guides—they should be willing to provide in-depth support for users in figuring out what they need to do to learn policies better.
Let's create a scenario here where a user isn't formatting a page correctly. Perhaps there are certain items that need to be italicized, or maybe there are specific spelling and grammar rules (American English vs. British English, for example). Let's take at one way an admin could engage a user about that:
- Hello. Please read our article guidelines. Your recent edits have not followed our rules, and you need to read them and follow them when you make your next edits. Further infractions may lead to an official warning from an administrator, or you may be blocked for a short time. Thank you for your cooperation.
Here is another way:
- Hi there! I've been following some of your edits and you've done a really good job so far, but there are a few things that could use some improvement so they follow our article guidelines. First you want to make sure that you are using the correct spelling. We use American English here, so a word like "armour" should be spelled "armor" in articles. You also want to be sure to italicize the title of any movie you reference in your article, such as Star Wars instead of Star Wars. I know the rules can seem overwhelming, but I'm here to help! Feel free to leave me a message whenever you want, and I'll be happy to lend a hand. Thanks!"
If you were to take a look at those two styles, which one would you think is the best? To me, the second one is undoubtedly better than the first. The first one makes a general statement about how someone is not following the rules, but it does not say how. It threatens the user rather than offering assistance, which can be pretty discouraging—especially for new editors. It also feels very mechanical and not at all personal, as if a robot had written it instead of a real person.
The second one, on the other hand, is immensely helpful. It tells someone exactly what it is that they need to improve upon, as well as how to improve upon it. It offers a clear sense that they can get help when they need it, and doesn't threaten. If someone ignores you after multiple attempts like this to help, then you can of course move on to warnings. Just never do that in the beginning. This way, you can help users and guide them towards becoming great contributors.
So I guess admins are important!
Totally. You don't want to mistake deference to the community for unimportance. Admins are equal players with users, but they still play a crucial role in making sure that a wiki operates smoothly. They may not make all of the decisions, but they can certainly be very helpful in making sure that users know how to follow local rules—and that's in addition to basic admin tasks like deletions and blocking, which can sometimes make the role of an admin seem mundane.
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Guide ComponentsEach workshop session is organized into the following sections. This is the suggested order for completing each session, but you may elect to watch the video before reading the articles for an introduction to the session topic. However, it is important that you have the information from both the articles and the video before moving on to the activities in the Examine the Topic and Put It Into Practice sections. You can access any of these pages within a session by using the links found on the left-hand side or bottom of each page.
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This section leads you through the process of planning an action research project — an investigation that you can incorporate into your practice with the goal of effecting positive changes in teaching and learning — based on that session topic. If you are completing this workshop for credit, you will need to submit one action research project from any one of the eight workshop sessions as an assignment.
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Assignments are designed to help you internalize new information and develop a deeper understanding of the session content. You will be asked to answer questions about the readings, delve into the content through an interactive activity, apply new learning to the development of new lessons or activities for students, develop an action research project, and summarize what you have learned in each session. If you are taking the workshop for credit or professional development points, you will be required to submit your completed assignments, so be sure to print or electronically save them as you go.
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Individuals should plan to spend approximately 2 1/2 hours per session, not including preparatory tasks such as reading articles or completing activities that involve research back in the classroom. Groups are encouraged to allow more time for discussion when possible.
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Gender and Motivations for Street Racing in Malaysia
The purpose of this study was to identify social, economic, and psychological factors in street racing in Malaysia. The study also assessed gender differences in terms of the causes of participation in street racing, and the street racers' personality in terms of spiritual well-being, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. A snowball sample of 122 street racers (males, n=99, Mean age=21.52, SD=4.25; females, n=23, Mean age=19.22, SD=2.47) responded to self-tailored questionnaires and existing scales. For female racers, 'family violence', 'parental conflict', and 'parenting style' were the major familial factors leading to street racing. In case of male racers, 'parenting style' and 'relationship with family members' were the main causes of street racing. A sizeable percentage of male racers and female racers identified 'social contact with the street racers', 'learned attitudes which encourage street racing', 'mass media and peer influences' as causes of street racing. Both groups of respondents cited 'social pressure', 'social labelling', 'social isolation', 'opportunities for joining street racing', 'limited surveillance of authority', and 'limited recreational and sports facilities' as reasons for involvement in street racing. In terms of psychological factors, considerable percentage of male racers and female racers reported 'self-image', 'desire for recognition and attention', 'escape from social-psychological stress', and 'self-actualisation' as important factors leading to street racing. Unemployment was found to be one important reason for street racing almost equally by both the groups. Significant differences in mean spiritual well-being and self-efficacy scores of male racers and female racers did not exist. However, male racers obtained significantly higher mean self-esteem score than female racers.
Keywords: street racing, psycho-social, economic, spiritual well-being, self-esteem, self-efficacy
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I usually blog about web tools and mobile apps that we can use in education but since it is summer holidays now i am going to provide you with a list of free documentary websites that you can use to watch thousands of documentaries from different categories. Feel free to share the post with your friends and colleagues.
Here is the list of some of the best free Documentary websites.
1- Fandor
Fandor is a website that offers over 2000 indie movies that you can watch right from your computer. It also includes international movies and documentaries covering various categories such as comedy, drama, action and science fiction. All you need to do is log on with your facebook account. When you watch a movie you can leave your comment or review or even share the video on your website.
Sprd word is a cool website that provides great documentary videos that you would not find in the traditional media. You can browse videos by category,topic, alphabetically or by region. Apart from documentaries , you can also find links to short informative videos on the right panel of the website.
Documentary Heaven is another free to use website that offers a various collection of documentary films that you can watch online. It does not require any sign up and it allows you to select films using category options such as activist, celebrity, conspiracy, mystery, war, technology… etc.
TopDocumentaryFilms is a website that offers free documentaries. It has up to 350 films that can be browsed through categories such as art, biography, comedy, crime, history, military etc. You can also select the most commented or controversial documentaries in the website.
Human Restore is a repository of free engaging documentaries featuring different categories….read more in Human Restore:Free educative documentaries
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SnagFilms provides the world's most compelling documentaries .You can search for any documentary film using a set of different categories and a smart search bar ….read more in Free Documentaries for educators.
Free Documentary Tv is a great website for watching free documentary films . It is developed by Holly who has a great passion and love for documentaries . Free Documentary Tv offers more than 1700 films covering a wide range of topics
PBS ( Public Broadcasting Service ) is a a great website that offers free in-depth lengthy documentaries on different popular issues.
SurTheChannel which is known as a tv show and streaming website offers a Documentary Section that features more 1800 documentaries. This service allows users to only sort videos alphabetically which is the only drawback of this tool
OneBigTorrent is a great place for quality documentary torrents. "OneBigTorrent.org is a new place for sharing material that deals with or is relevant to issues of social justice, progressive and radical politics, independent media, ecology".
Miro is a video player that provides several channels. You can subscribe to over "1500 web shows, documentary channels and podcasts. Channels include TED Talks, Frontline/World, NOVA etc. mostly in HD content".
12- FreeDocumentaries, Bodocus and Docuworld.
These website provide free documentaries that are aggregated from Google Video. They are organized into categories such as politics, health, history, religion, business etc.
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Saving the Mekong River's dolphins
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With a characteristically rounded head, no beak, and sporting a small triangular shaped dorsal fin with a rounded tip below the centre of the back, the Irrawaddy dolphin can easily be mistaken for a beluga whale or finless porpoise. But these dolphins - who inhabit the coasts, estuaries and rivers of South and Southeast Asia - are getting harder to spot.
Accidental entanglement in fishing gear, pollution and habitat destruction have contributed to their demise. In the Mekong River – between Laos and Cambodia – less than 100 have been counted. To ensure the survival of the remaining in the Mekong, WWF is working with the Cambodian government and local communities through targeted conservation activities, research and education.
WWF's involvement in this project began in 2005 and builds upon the work previously undertaken independently by the Mekong Dolphin Conservation Project since 2001.
The primary aims of the project are to undertake a comprehensive status assessment of the Irrawaddy dolphin population that inhabits the Mekong River, develop and implement effective conservation and management initiatives and build capacity amongst local government officials.
The Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin population is currently very small (less than 100 individuals). However, the potential for effective conservation and subsequent population growth is encouraging. The restricted nature of the dolphins critical distribution (particularly during the dry season) coupled with local communities' cultural affinity for the dolphins means that conservation measures have significant potential to be applied successfully. In addition, the Cambodian government is supportive of conservation measures and initiatives.
Previous conservation efforts by the Mekong Dolphin Conservation Project had been operating on extremely limited resources but managed to develop a sound understanding of the situation facing the Irrawaddy dolphins of the Mekong. As a result, a comprehensive species conservation plan was developed. However, in order to effectively implement this plan, it is essential that efforts are scaled up and effectively coordinated. Immediate action is necessary to secure the future of this population in the Mekong River, before the population becomes so small that conservation efforts are effectively futile. The project aims to achieve this through institutionalizing conservation efforts within the Cambodian government and ensuring all activities contribute effectively towards the species conservation plan.
The Irrawaddy dolphin has been chosen by the WWF Living Mekong Programme (LMP) as one of its flagship species, as it represents an apex predator in the Mekong food chain. As such, its fate is indicative of the fate of a host of other species in the Mekong. This point is highlighted by the fact that the dolphin's critical habitat – deep pools – is also vital to maintaining the fisheries' productivity for large portions of the basin as they act as a dry season refuge to a host of commercially important species.
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Cee Lo Green Warned Against Bringing Cockatoo to 'The Voice' Set
Cee Lo Green has a new lady in his life! The Grammy-winning singer has replaced his ivoried cat Purrfect on 'The Voice' for an exotic bird. Ladies and gentlemen, meet "Lady," a pink-colored Moluccan cockatoo who has been hired to be Green's new, uh, ladylove.
Lady, who has her own Twitter account, will make her debut on the show's third season, which premieres Sept. 10. According to Green, Lady can talk and has a potty mouth, er beak: "She's my little lady with a big opinion," he tells People. "Sometimes whispers inappropriateness in my ear, but always ladylike."
But there are some bird activists who are not too thrilled about Green's handling of his cockatoo. While Moluccan cockatoos are smart, affectionate and social birds… they are also endangered! Which is why Monica Engebretson, of the wildlife sanctuary organization Born Free, wants Green to reconsider having Lady as his pet on 'The Voice.'
"Moluccan cockatoos are beautiful, intelligent animals but they are very challenging to care for especially in the long term, and are prone to considerable welfare problems," she tells TMZ. "Many parrot rescues are already filled to capacity with Moluccans and other large parrots. I encourage 'The Voice' to reconsider featuring a Moluccan cockatoo or any bird as a 'pet' on the show and instead … they could feature a rescue dog or a dog in need of a home."
She also said, "I want to add that I am a huge fan of Cee Lo and I am glad that he appears to be an animal lover."
There's no word on whether Green will let Lady go and find a new animal as his sidekick. We can only assume that Lady would most likely be care for by an avian expert on the set and not subjected to any stress.
Hopefully, Green won't live up to the title of his latest album and become a 'Lady Killer.'
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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Hoping to stabilize some of the uncertainty surrounding the back end of the Rangers' rotation this spring, the club added another veteran arm Wednesday to its pool of starting pitcher candidates as Texas announced the signing of free-agent left-hander Joe Saunders to a one-year Major League contract.
"He's a gamer," manager Ron Washington said. "He'll be a guy that keeps us in the ballgame."
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Hoping to stabilize some of the uncertainty surrounding the back end of the Rangers' rotation this spring, the club added another veteran arm Wednesday to its pool of starting pitcher candidates as Texas announced the signing of free-agent left-hander Joe Saunders to a one-year Major League contract.
"He's a gamer," manager Ron Washington said. "He'll be a guy that keeps us in the ballgame."
The move comes nearly three weeks after the Rangers inked right-hander Tommy Hanson to a similar deal, which guarantees a base salary plus bonuses if he makes the team. CBS Sports reported that Saunders will make $500,000 initially and $1.5 million should he break camp with the Rangers.
Competing to fill out the rotation behind Yu Darvish, Martin Perez and Alexi Ogando, Saunders joins Hanson, Colby Lewis, Robbie Ross and Nick Tepesch as contenders for the remaining two spots. Setup man Tanner Scheppers has been mentioned as another option, but he's more likely to stay in the bullpen. The wide-open competition is a result of injuries to Derek Holland, who will miss multiple months of the season, and Matt Harrison, who isn't expected to be ready until at least mid-April.
"I think we're in a good spot now with our depth," general manager Jon Daniels said. "We have legitimately seven, eight or nine Major League candidates depending on what we want to do with Robbie and Tanner. We'll let it all play out, but I'm confident we're going to put together a championship-caliber rotation out of this group -- not to mention when Matt and Derek coming back."
Although he's beginning his Spring Training a few weeks after his new teammates, Saunders said he feels his arm is where it normally would be at this point of camp. Saunders guessed he has thrown 14 or 15 bullpen sessions already, and on Tuesday he participated in a batting practice session for the Rangers, throwing to Minor Leaguers in Surprise.
"I'm right on track," said Saunders, who will pitch in "B" game Friday. "Everything has gone really well and hopefully I'll get out in a game here soon."
A veteran of nine Major League seasons, Saunders is coming off the worst statistical year of his career. In 32 starts for the Mariners, the 32-year-old went 11-16 with a 5.26 ERA over 183 innings. According to him, however, the numbers don't tell the whole story.
"It was a tough year all around. I had some bad luck. It just seemed like they found a lot of holes," Saunders said. "Just one of those years where it was a struggle. It was definitely a learning experience. You learn a lot about yourself and what it takes to get over that hump."
What made Saunders an attractive piece for the Rangers is his long history of durability. Since 2008, the southpaw has made at least 28 starts every season.
"A lot of the guys that are still out there at this time of year are hurt or they're coming off injuries. With Joe, he's never really had injuries," Daniels said. "He makes every one of his starts, and that's what we needed right now. We needed some stabilizing. He had a down year last year, but I think he's motivated."
With seven years' experience in the American League West, Saunders is certainly familiar with the Rangers. In eight career starts at Globe Life Park, though, he is just 1-7 with an 8.58 ERA.
"I love the ballpark, it's a great ballpark," said Saunders, who defeated the Rangers as a member of the Orioles in the 2012 AL Wild Card game. "I think [the numbers] were more a factor of the lineup than ballpark. I faced that lineup a lot over the past years, so it's nice to get on the good side of things now."
The Rangers will have Saunders throw another batting practice session in the coming days, and then the club expects him to make his Cactus League debut shortly after. Washington said he wants to see Saunders earn his spot in the rotation, a challenge the lefty appears up for.
"I consider myself a guy that's going to go out there and give it a 150 percent all the time, regardless of what I have that day," Saunders said. "I'm going to give the team a chance to win. I pride myself in that."
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 4 February 2005. After more than 20 years of alarming decline in the closing decades of the 20th century, the results of the third national winter survey of capercaillie numbers in Scotland reveals that numbers are now stable and may have even increased. The results of the survey, published in the most recent edition of Grouse News #28, the newsletter of SSC's Grouse Specialist Group, is welcome news for one of Britain's most impressive but threatened birds. Significant conservation action (such as habitat management and fence removal) and more favourable weather conditions during the most recent breeding seasons are thought to explain this positive result.
The capercaillie is a large grouse adapted to boreal forest. Shrubs, such as bilberry, provide important food and cover. The birds feed exclusively on conifer needles in the winter but eat leaves, buds, flowers and fruits of a variety of trees and shrubs at other times of the year. The capercaillie is found throughout the northern forests that stretch from Scandinavia to Siberia, but in temperate western and central Europe, its distribution is fragmented as these habitats are restricted to mountainous areas.
In Britain, capercaillie are only found in the Scottish Highlands where they have been declining since the 1970s. Numbers have declined from approximately 10,000 to only 2,000 birds today. Similar declines have been noted in many other countries in central and western Europe. Habitat loss, fragmentation and deterioration are believed to be the principle causes in most cases. Capercaillie are habitat specialists and therefore sensitive to changes in habitat structure. Due to their large spatial requirements, they are also susceptible to changes at the landscape scale, and are adversely affected by changes such as forest fragmentation. In some situations, other factors, such as predation, over-exploitation, poor weather during the breeding season, collisions with power-lines and fences, and human disturbance or a combination of these have also been responsible for local declines.
Much research is being undertaken in Scotland, Switzerland, France and elsewhere in Europe to identify conservation measures required to halt and reverse these declines. The winter survey results from 2003/4 show that in Scotland at least, these measures may at last be starting to bear fruit. However, in Scotland, capercaillie are distributed in six discrete sub-populations and research reveals that there is little genetic mixing between them. This is a worrying discovery as small isolated populations have a higher risk of extinction due to loss of genetic variation and chance events.
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a viral infection most often seen in infants and children younger than 10 years. It is most commonly caused by coxsackievirus A16. Coxsackieviruses are one type of enterovirus.
Despite the similarity in names, hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a completely different infection than foot-and-mouth disease, which occurs only in animals and is caused by another type of virus.
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is generally mild. The signs and symptoms of hand-foot-and-mouth disease include a fever and small but painful sores on the throat, gums, and tongue and inside the cheeks. It also may cause a rash, often with blisters, on the hands, soles of the feet, and diaper area, as well as headaches and a poor appetite.
Call your pediatrician if your child complains of neck pain, chest pain, difficulty breathing, listlessness, or lethargy. Also consult your pediatrician if your child's mouth sores are causing difficulty swallowing, which may lead to dehydration.
Your pediatrician will conduct a physical examination that evaluates signs and symptoms which may indicate an enteroviral infection. If the doctor suspects that your child has hand-foot-and-mouth disease, your pediatrician will look for the rash associated with this infection as well as sores in the mouth and throat.
To confirm the diagnosis, your doctor can test specimens from the throat or stools, as well as other areas of the body. Also, tests of the blood and urine may indicate the presence of enteroviruses. If meningitis is suspected, the pediatrician will perform a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) so that the spinal fluid can be examined in the laboratory. If myocarditis is suspected, a chest x-ray film will be taken and an electrocardiogram (EKG) will be performed.
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Children and adults should adopt good hand-washing habits to reduce the chances of spreading these viruses. In particular, parents and other caregivers who change baby diapers should wash their hands frequently.
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TSA adds Instagram account to show confiscated weapons
The Transportation Security Administration has taken to Instagram.
It's the agency's latest move to draw attention to the number of menacing weapons it says fliers are trying to bring on airplanes. The social media effort comes as the TSA says it's confiscating more firearms at airport security checkpoints than at any time in recent years.
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Among the photos to make it onto the tsablogteam's Instragram account: a multitude of guns, knives, fireworks, grenades and a stun gun camouflaged as a pack of cigarettes.
Though the marriage of potentially dangerous weapons confiscated at U.S. airports and the popular image-sharing site may be jarring to some, the TSA has used social media for years to highlight its battle against carry-on contraband.
The TSA started a blog in 2008 and has a Twitter account under the @TSABlogTeam handle, which has more than 30,000 followers.
As for its Instagram account, the agency launched that account on June 27. It already had nearly 32,000 followers as of noon ET on Friday (July 5).
The site also includes commentary from the TSA's social media team.
"The perfect #knife to bring to a #gunfight was discovered in a carry-on bag at #Cleveland #Hopkins #airport," says about a photo showing a confiscated knife disguised as a gun.
"Unfortunately these sorts of occurrences are all too frequent which is why we talk about these finds," the TSA blogger Bob Burns writes on the agency's blog.
Burns says that posting photos of confiscated items allows the agency "to share the things that our officers are finding, but at the same time, each time we find a dangerous item, the throughput is slowed down and a passenger that likely had no ill intent ends up with a citation or in some cases is even arrested. The passenger can face a penalty as high as $7,500.00. This is a friendly reminder to please leave these items at home."
The TSA tells ABC News that its social media is just one of "a variety of ways" that the agency uses "to engage with the traveling public in order to provide timely information that assists them in traveling safely."
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Hillary Pitches a Benghazi Shutout — 'What difference, at this point, does it make?' — In five hours of Congressional testimony Wednesday, Hillary Clinton took "responsibility" for the mishandling of the terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi without ever saying she was responsible for much of anything.
Discussion: Right Turn
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: And what about North Africa? — In her opening remarks Wednesday …
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Pushes Gun-Running Conspiracy Theory During Benghazi Hearing
GOP Senator Pushes Gun-Running Conspiracy Theory During Benghazi Hearing
Joe Conason / The National Memo: Benghazi Hearings: Capitol Hill's Angry Little Men Keep Making Hillary Bigger
Ann Althouse / Althouse: "GOP Senator Pushes Gun-Running Conspiracy Theory During Benghazi Hearing."
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: In Other News, Think Progress Fails to Think, Behaves Like Childish Brats
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: Secretary Clinton maintains diplomatic composure in face of posturing by McCain, Johnson and Paul
Paul Szoldra / Business Insider: One Thing Is Clear From Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Testimony: Al Qaeda Is Still Thriving
Dave-Dr-Gonzo / Alan Colmes' Liberaland: Hillary Clinton Cites Improvements, Defends State Department In Wake Of Benghazi Attack
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times: Facing Congress, Clinton Defends Her Actions Before and After Libya Attack
John Tomasic / The Colorado Independent:
In malpractice case, Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren't people — Lori Stodghill was 31-years old, seven-months pregnant with twin boys and feeling sick when she arrived at St. Thomas More hospital in Cañon City on New Year's Day 2006. She was vomiting and short of breath …
Little Green Footballs: To Avoid Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Colorado Catholic Hospital Argues a Fetus Isn't a Person
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Catholic Hospital Chain Kills Wrongful Death Lawsuit by Arguing that a Fetus is Not a Person
GottaLaff / The Political Carnival: Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren't people... for legal reasons.
David Ferguson / The Raw Story: Catholic hospital chain beats malpractice suit by saying fetuses aren't people
T. Steelman / Addicting Info: Catholic Church: Fetuses Are People! Unless It's Going To Cost Us Money
Blair Burke / Wonkette: Nation Celebrates Roe v. Wade Birthday With Scary Videos, Hypocrisy, Balloons
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Mark Zuckerberg Will Hold Fundraiser For Chris Christie — The tech mogul and his wife "admire [Christie's] leadership on education reform and other issues and look forward to continuing their important work together on behalf of Newark's schoolchildren," a spokesperson tells BuzzFeed.
Discussion: Politico, TechCrunch and Mashable!
Dan Berman / Politico: Mark Zuckerberg to host Chris Christie fundraiser
Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch: Zuckerberg To Fundraise For Gov. Christie, Republican Who Criticized His Own Party
Alex Fitzpatrick / Mashable!: Zuckerberg Likes Chris Christie Enough to Throw Him a Fundraiser
Heather Haddon / Metropolis:
Facebook CEO to Host Christie Fundraiser
Facebook CEO to Host Christie Fundraiser
Discussion: Mediaite, Business Insider, Post Politics, National Review, The Fix and Wall Street Journal
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Mark Zuckerberg To Host Fundraiser For Gov. Chris Christie
Megan Rose Dickey / Business Insider: Mark Zuckerberg's Holding A Fundraiser For Chris Christie
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Mark Zuckerberg to hold fundraiser for Chris Christie
Jim Geraghty / National Review: DGA: How Dare Mark Zuckerberg Donate to Christie!
Sean Sullivan / The Fix: Chris Christie is really, really popular, and other takeaways from the latest New Jersey poll
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal: Big Donors Boost Christie
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Democratic Senators Face Gun Owners Roused by Talk of New Laws — BECKLEY, W.Va. — Talk of stricter gun control has stirred up a lot of unease here, a place where hunters vie for top prize (a 26-inch LED television) in the Big Buck Photo Contest, and ads for a gun-simulator game ask, "Feel like shooting something today?"
Discussion: The Plum Line, Althouse, Vox Popoli, JustOneMinute, Hot Air, The Caucus, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Chicago Boyz
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Real movement: Joe Manchin, NRA darling, comes out for universal background checks
Ann Althouse / Althouse: "How many of you all believe that there is a movement to take away the Second Amendment?"
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Pravda On The Hudson Comes Home To Reality
Ashley Southall / The Caucus: The Early Word: On the Front
Twitter Blog:
Vine: A new way to share video — Today, we're introducing Vine: a mobile service that lets you capture and share short looping videos. Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine (6 seconds or less) inspires creativity. Now that you can easily capture motion and sound, we look forward to seeing what you create.
Discussion: The Week, Poynter, BBC, The Verge, TechCrunch and AllThingsD, more at Mediagazer »
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter: The journalistic pros & cons of Twitter's new real-time video tool
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: Twitter officially announces Vine, a 'new way to share video' on the iPhone
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: Vine, Twitter's Instagram for Video, Launching Soon — At Apple's App Store
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
The Silly Conservative Freak-Out Over Women in Combat — Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced Wednesday that the Pentagon plans to lift a 1994 prohibition on women serving in combat roles. The announcement prompted an ill-informed outcry from conservatives, who were perhaps unaware …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Raw Story, National Review, FishbowlDC and Mother Jones
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Already In the Line of Fire
Megan Carpentier / The Raw Story: Man who coined 'Axis of Evil' worries that non-Americans will rape female soldiers if women …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review: The Poor Debate over Women in Combat Roles
Piranhamous / FishbowlDC: Twitter Wars: Someone You've Heard of is Attacked by Someone You Probably Haven't
Kate Sheppard / Mother Jones: Defense Secretary Lifts Ban on Women in Combat
John Eligon / New York Times:
Gov. Sam Brownback Seeks to End Kansas' Income Tax — TOPEKA, Kan. — President Obama stood on the steps of the Capitol in Washington on Monday afternoon and laid out an expansive liberal agenda for the nation. Inside the Kansas State Capitol here this week, Gov. Sam Brownback …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, American Prospect, NewsBusters blogs, The Caucus and PointOfLaw Forum
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: The Kansas "Experiment" — Soon after then-Senator Sam Brownback saw …
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect: Sam Brownback's Kansas is a Resort Town for "Makers"
Richard W. Stevenson / The Caucus: Republican Governors Open New Front in Tax Debate
Ted Frank / PointOfLaw Forum: State tax changes
Heather Mac Donald / National Review:
Wrong on Women Warriors — We have apparently arrived at the Golden Age, free from strife and the threat of foreign enemies. Little else can explain so gratuitous a decision as to place women in combat units. The downsides to such a policy are legion and obvious; the only reason to pursue …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, The Week, msnbc.com, City Journal and The Daily Dish
David A. Patten / NewsMax.com: Donnelly: Women in Combat Order 'Dangerous Social Experiment'
Marc Ambinder / The Week: 5 silliest reactions to women in combat
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Females At The Front — The outgoing defense secretary …
Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
Boehner, Ryan gamble on pledge to balance the budget in 10 years — Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) pledge to back a Republican budget that balances within 10 years raises the political stakes for his party and sets up another major test of his leadership. — Democrats eyeing a takeover …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Booman Tribune and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT's Jim Roberts takes buyout — New York Times assistant managing editor Jim Roberts is leaving after 26 years with the paper, making him the ninth staffer on record to leave the Times as it seeks to cut 30 positions from the newsroom. — "After 26 years at the New York Times …
Bill proposed in Oregon would make cigarettes prescription-only drugs — If you're a regular smoker, you may want to keep an eye on a new bill in the Oregon Legislature. — Rep. Mitch Greenlick, from Portland, is sponsoring a bill that makes cigarettes a Schedule III controlled substance …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Poor Richard's News
Benjamin Franklin / Poor Richard's News: New Oregon bill would make cigarettes prescription only
Ben Protess / DealBook:
Ex-Prosecutor Mary Jo White Appointed S.E.C. Boss — Updated President Obama tapped Mary Jo White, a former United States attorney turned white-collar defense lawyer, to be the next chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. — Mr. Obama announced the nomination at the White House on Thursday afternoon.
Discussion: Slate, The Caucus, Wall Street Journal, The PJ Tatler, The Week and Above the Law
Matthew Yglesias / Slate: Obama Taps Mary Jo White To Run SEC
Peter Baker / The Caucus: White House Supports Lifting Combat Ban for Women
Jessica Holzer / Wall Street Journal: Former Prosecutor Tapped to Lead SEC
Andrew C. McCarthy / The PJ Tatler: A Superb Appointment for SEC Chief
Belinda Goldsmith / Reuters:
Is Facebook envy making you miserable? — Below: — Latest market data — LONDON (Reuters) - Witnessing friends' vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Ryan Smith / Wall Street Journal:
The Reality That Awaits Women in Combat — A Pentagon push to mix the sexes ignores how awful cheek-by-jowl life is on the battlefield. — America has been creeping closer and closer to allowing women in combat, so Wednesday's news that the decision has now been made is not a surprise.
Discussion: Weekly Standard, Hot Air, Israel Matzav, Ricochet Conversations Feed and New York Times
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard: Will Women in Combat Make Military More or Less Effective?
Erika Johnsen / Hot Air: Allen West: "Now is not the time to play a social experiment with our ground combat forces"
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Habitat for Humanity Ontario Gateway North is a non-profit, multifaith-based housing program. Habitat invites people from the broad spectrum of social, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds to work in partnership to build homes and hope with families in need. The Sudbury, North Bay and Timmins branches of Habitat for Humanity have pooled their resources with groups in Muskoka. A new regional organization has been created called Habitat for Humanity Ontario Gateway North.
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Campus Life
Welcome to Trinity College Dublin. Life in College can be as exciting and as enriching as you wish (or have time) to make it. Participating in one or several of the clubs, societies, volunteer groups or other social activities is an integral part of the College experience and one not to be missed.
Dublin Life
- Going to a new university isn't just about studying or work. It's about living; living in a new and exciting city. If you're a student, this may well be your first experience of living away from home. Indeed this may be your first experience of Ireland.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Tech stocks came to life in late trading Thursday, and much of the sector ended the day with gains, led by advances from Apple Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., Zynga Inc. and Netflix Inc.
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.80%, which stumbled early, rose more than 15 points to close at 2,989. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, -1.83% rose 1.%and the Morgan Stanley High-Tech Index US:MSH gained 0.8% on the day.
Apple AAPL, -1.46% shares rose 1.6% to close at $547.24 after dropping more than 2% early in the day's action. The stock had been stuck in a three-day downspin on a variety of factors — and remains about 8% from its opening price this week. See: Five downside catalysts for Apple
CEO Tim Cook granted interviews to Bloomberg Businessweek and the "Today" show. To Bloomberg, Cook said Apple "screwed up" with mistakes in its launch of its own Apple Maps app. Apple is using the app to replace Google Maps as the built-in mapping app for the iPhone and iPad. See: Apple CEO says 'we screwed up' on Apple maps
Netflix NFLX, -5.53% shares put in surprising gain, rising 3.7%, to $86.17, shrugging off a downgrade from Caris & Co. analyst David Miller, who cut his rating on the video-streaming company to below average, or sell, from average.
In a research note, Miller said he had several concerns about Netflix's new content deal with Walt Disney Co. DIS, -0.77% , including the fact that the deal doesn't start until 2016 and that it's believed Netflix will pay Disney $300 million a year for content under terms of the deal.
Akamai AKAM, +0.19% flexed its muscles, rising 10%, to $39.06 a share. Before the market opened Akamai and AT&T Inc. T, +2.05% announced a deal in which AT&T will use Akamai's content-delivery network services to serve content across its network, starting in 2013.
Zynga ZNGA, +0.65% shares rose more than 7%, to end the day at $2.48 after the online gaming company filed the preliminary paperwork for a gaming license in the state of Nevada.See: Zynga files paperwork to obtain Nevada gaming license
Broadcom Corp. US:BRCM shares rose more than 3%, to close at $33.36. Late Wednesday, the communications chip maker raised its fourth-quarter revenue forecast to a range of $2 billion to $2.1 billion. Broadcom had earlier said it expected to report sales of $1.95 billion to $2.1 billion for the quarter.


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Kilovolt or kilowatt?Trishntek wrote: For my xray equipment, dielectric grease is ESSENTIAL since over 98% of the energy used to make an xray is wasted in heat. Nope still not an efficient technology, but after all it does allow me to see THROUGH you! Anyway, this morningstar you refer to above gyre, Do you know of their reputation in the 3-5kV range? Pure sine wave, of course.
The solar setup on the playa running 20 kilowatts was running some morningstar inverters.
I've never heard anything bad.


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Wheelin' & Dealin'
Have you seen the latest wreckage to hit the news?
See, apparently a bride named Cecilia ordered this for her wedding:
And got this instead:
Of course, bridal tears like this are nothing new, but Cecilia's next move was: she decided to sell her wreck on ebay. She later said it was only a joke, but there were still several bids in by the time she cancelled the auction. (I like to think the bidders planned to use it as a divorce cake, because the irony would be delicious.)
While I'm always glad to see a bride with a sense of humor, the fact remains that this is a tragedy, and one which no doubt has us all thinking the same thing:
A tire cake for a wedding? Really?
Still, it could have been worse. Cecilia could have asked for her tires monster-truck sized. And pink.
There's a "making donuts in the parking lot" joke in here SOMEWHERE, I just know it.
Granted, that cake is the figurative Beverly Hills to Cecilia's Skid Row (see what I did there?), but take heart, Cecilia:
At least yours didn't have a real hubcap on it.
[scrolls back up]
No, yeah, yours is still worse, Cecilia. Sorry.
Thanks to all eleventy billion of you who sent in that first wreck via The Huffington Post, and also to Lisa H. and Sommer T., who recommend the side of the road at the downtown overpass for primo free wedding cake toppers.


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Suzanne M. Birdsell, a resident of Los Alamos, has been named to first honors on the Clark University dean's list. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Fall 2012 semester.
Erin Dinehart, a senior biochemistry major from Los Alamos, has been named to the University of Dallas dean's list for the fall 2012 semester for earning a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
The Southwest District of Kiwanis had its annual mid-year conference at the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe March 2. Representatives from Los Alamos' two K-Kids Clubs (Aspen and Barranca Elementary) and Builders Club at the middle school, were invited to make their presentations describing their club's activities.
Representatives and their clubs are as follows: Katherine Elton, president of Aspen Elementary K-Kids Club; Neha Sadasivan, president of Barranca Elementary K-Kids Club; and Esperanza Tapia, president of the Middle School Builders Club. Don Casperson is the Kiwanis advisor for all the Los Alamos clubs; Audrey Juliani is the Barranca staff advisor; and Sharon Allen is the Aspen staff advisor. All the clubs are helping to support Project Eliminate, a Kiwanis three-year initiative to try and rid the world of neonatal tetanus.
With his long silver beard and uniform with braided trim, former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop became one of the most recognizable figures of the Reagan era — and one of the most unexpectedly enduring.
His nomination in 1981 met a wall of opposition from women's groups and liberal politicians, who complained President Ronald Reagan selected Koop, a pediatric surgeon and evangelical Christian from Philadelphia, only because of his conservative views, especially his staunch opposition to abortion.
Soon, though, he was a hero to AIDS activists, who chanted "Koop, Koop" at his appearances but booed other officials. And when he left his post in 1989, he left behind a landscape where AIDS was a top research and educational priority, smoking was considered a public health hazard, and access to abortion remained largely intact.
Los Alamos Medical Center reported the following births:
• Jan. 17: A girl, Camdyn Kayce Wilcox, born to Dinah and Nicholas Wilcox
• Jan. 23: A girl, Yarely Fierro Martinez, born to Cynthia Martinez and Jesus Fierro Villarreal
• Jan. 22: A boy, Taseun Vigil, born to Linda Vigil
Adam Nekimken, a resident of Los Alamos, has earned placement on the Gonzaga University president's list for fall semester 2012. Students must earn a 3.7 to 4.0 grade-point average to be listed.
Gonzaga University is a humanistic, private Catholic University providing a Jesuit education to more than 7,500 students.
First National Bank of Santa Fe announces the promotion of Becky Farnham, senior mortgage loan originator, to vice president. Farnham has been a mortgage loan originator at First National Bank of Santa Fe for 11 years.
She has lived and worked in Northern New Mexico for more than 37 years and has more than 24 years of financial and mortgage lending experience. She has designed, built and remodeled several homes over the past 18 years. Farnham is known for her customer service and responsiveness and works from application to closing.
The Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails, the state's largest nonprofit serving girls, elected Los Alamos National Lab Deputy Laboratory Director Elizabeth (Beth) Sellers to serve on the Board of Directors.
At its annual meeting, the members of the Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails also elected Karen Bergren from Taos and Stacey Niver, a junior at Eldorado High School in Albuquerque each to two-year terms.
"The Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails and our members are fortunate to have so many selfless leaders who are willing to share their talents to strengthen our organization through their service on the Board of Directors," said Peggy Sanchez Mills, CEO of the Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails.
Sellers has been a resident of Los Alamos since 2011. Prior to coming to Los Alamos, she was responsible for strategic development and business development in Bethesda, Md.; and also worked in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Sellers has served on the board of directors for the Idaho Regional Medical Center and participated in several non-profit organizations including Women in Science and Engineering.
Sellers joined the board because, "There are numerous needs in New Mexico and I believe Girl Scouts will enable girls to envision a new and different future by exposing them to new and different experiences."
Colorado Timberline Academy announces that James Coburn, son of Steven Coburn of Los Alamos and Martha C. Perkins of Santa Fe, has been named to the academic honor roll for blocs one and three. The honor roll distinction specifies that a student must have a 3.0 grade point average with nothing below a B, for an academic bloc, a period of four or five weeks. There are seven blocs in a school year.
Maria McTeigue, of Los Alamos, a student at Los Alamos High School, has been nominated to represent New Mexico as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2013 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University.
McTeigue has been awarded the opportunity to join a select group of 250 students from across the country to participate in an intensive week-long study of journalism and media. McTeigue was chosen based on academic accomplishments and a demonstrated interest and excellence in journalism and media studies.
The Washington Journalism and Media Conference will be July 7-July 12.
The University of Minnesota Duluth has announced its dean's list for fall semester 2012. Students on the dean's list have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
Los Alamos resident Stephanie Bronkhorst, is attending the College of Liberal Arts, seeking a bachelor's degree in English. Bronkhorst was named to the dean's list.
Emily Katherine Funsten, daughter of Herbert and Ann Funsten of Los Alamos, was named to the dean's list during the fall 2012 term at Middlebury College. The dean's list is the second highest recognition for academic achievement at the liberal arts institution in Vermont. Funsten is majoring in neuroscience.
To be selected for the dean's list, students must carry a full course load of four or more classes during the semester, achieve a grade point average of 3.3 or higher and earn no grade lower than a B-.
Michelle Boerigter, daughter of Dr. Stephen and Kathleen Boerigter of Los Alamos, was named to the dean's list for the second semester of the 2012-13 school year at Hope College. To be named to the dean's list, a student must have a minimum 3.5 grade point average.
• Jan. 2: A girl, Ilianna Marie Huerta, born to Celina Trujillo and Paul Huerta
• Jan. 4: A boy, Thomas Quinn Houlton, born to Paige and Andrew Houlton
• Jan. 10: A boy, Dash Ilir Harris, born to Morgan and Joseph Harris
Daniel Ahrens displays the first-ever Hubba Bubba Junior Award. Ahrens responsibility and quick thinking has caused Los Alamos High School, in conjunction with Assets In Action, to recognize students nominated anonymously by LAHS staff for making the school a great place everyday.
The names of more than 1,440 candidates for degrees for the fall 2012 semester at the University of Kansas have been announced by the Office of the University Registrar, including Matthew DeVore, of Los Alamos.
He received a doctorate in chemistry.
Graduate and undergraduate degrees are conferred in December based on work completed during the fall semester.
Jenny Lauren Tumas of Los Alamos has been named to the president's List at Clemson University for the fall 2012 semester.
Tumas is majoring in communication studies.
To be named to the president's List, a student must achieve a 4.0 grade-point average. Ranked No. 25 among national public universities, Clemson University is a major, land grant, science- and engineering-oriented research university that maintains a strong commitment to teaching and student success.
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I know this should have been posted last week, but I honestly forgot all about it.
We saw this sign and a lot (but not all of them had that koala sticker on the head). I think they should post these signs in San Francisco, too.
One of the first places we went to was Moonstruck Chocolate Company. Their chocolates were good, but some were just too sweet to want more.
Speaking of chocolate, we went to Stumptown Coffee, where we tried this hot chocolate, and of course, their coffee. It was as good as the small local (in SF) coffee shops such as Blue Bottle or Four Barrel.
We also went to Roscoe's, and tried the stouts they had on tap that week. Mike got the taster pictured, and I got the double chocolate. (Yes, more chocolate. Note: this was not all in one day.)
It was Purim while we were in Portland, so eating a hamentashen was required. (Though we probably would've gotten one anyway.) This was from Kenny and Zuke's Deli. We also ate their matzo ball soup and latkes; all was good.If you are following my Facebook feed, you might have seen this picture already. It is of the tea I got at breakfast at Songbird Cafe one day. I liked the way the tea bag was floating in the mug; so pretty! Other Portland places of note that we went to: (a list can be found on my Foursquare)
- Pok Pok (Thai restaurant)
- Oregon Zoo (baby elephant!)
- Pine State Biscuits (small place, good for brunch, worth the wait)
- The Observatory (sweet cocktails, games, food)
- Tanuki (Sake bar, food)
- VooDoo Doughnut (long wait, go for the raised doughnut)
- Powell's City of Books (go to the one downtown)
- Hanoi Kitchen (Vietnamese restaurant)
- Tea Zone and Camellia Lounge (LOTS of tea choices)
- Salt & Straw Ice Cream (try the olive oil, awesome mugs!)
And…that's all for my Portland recap! It was really a fun trip and I can't wait to go back!


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