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Kittens were raised with early visual input restricted to horizontal, vertical, or oblique (45º) lines to determine the oculomotor consequences of such early restriction, and the limits of early neural plasticity.
(i) All animals developed pendular nystagmus (frequency 3-5 Hz) which appeared to be related to active visual search, and was lowest in amplitude for animals exposed to oblique lines.
(ii) Many cats developed convergent squint which was most severe for those exposed to horizontal lines.
(iii) Abnormal binocular functioning of visual cortical units was found in all restricted animals.
(iv) The stimulus orientation of maximum response corresponded to the experienced orientation for most units encountered in the animals exposed to vertical or horizontal lines.
(v) In animals exposed to oblique lines all stimulus orientations appeared to be represented in the cortex; units responding maximally to the experienced orientation were not most often encountered.
The results were discussed in terms of possible anatomical constraints on visual plasticity and a preliminary model of visual development was explored.
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I love sewing skirts for my daughters, and my daughter is a huge fan of cats ! I designed this skirt so that she'd have a virtual cat on her lap every time she wears this skirt ! ;-)
This pattern is richly illustrated with step by step photos, with detailed instructions. It's a super easy project, suitable for any beginner seamstress who masters the straight and zigzag seams.
It's a fantastic versatile pattern, to make winter or summer skits, depending on your main fabric, and it looks great with leggings !
I like to use beautiful vintage upholstery fabrics, or pretty velvets: you'll use 3 different fabrics for the main panels of this skirt so it's great fun to combine colors and textures. Pattern includes detailed tips on how to choose and combine your fabrics.
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ABC News took a look at holiday spending, showing how much the price of a turkey dinner has changed in only one year. The big dinner is expected to cost 13 percent more than it did a year ago, and the big bird will cost about $4 more than last year. Those costs are expected to rise in line with the hike in raw materials, but gas prices are to blame as well.
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When the producers of Top Chef Masters called me late last year and told me that we were going to film Season 4 in Las Vegas, I was thrilled. I know it can be fashionable to be a Vegas naysayer, but I never have been: I love the city, not just for its iconic place in American culture, but for the fact that it simply has some of the best food anywhere—from high-roller restaurants like Twist to terrific off-Strip restaurants serving Asian, Pan-Latin, and hearty American food. It's a city full of excellent, inventive cuisine, with a strong undercurrent of culinary adventure. Where better to set our new season?
And what a season it is. The chefs this go 'round are, as always, significant players on the American culinary scene, with richly diverse backgrounds and strengths. Some might not have faces quite as nationally recognizable as others, but all of them have the level of passion and talent required to take them to the Top Chef Masters set, and when I saw who was on deck that first day, I was tremendously excited about seeing what they were going to create in the coming weeks.
And so we launched right in to the first challenge! The buffet is a quintessentially Las Vegas form of eating (as Dana Bowen wrote in Saveur, it "perfectly captures the city's blend of optimism and indulgence"), and I am not exaggerating when I say that what we were served in this episode amounts to best buffet food I've ever had. There were no major misfires, no big mistakes. All in all, it bodes extremely well for the rest of the season: the chefs were shockingly good straight out of the gate. In previous seasons of Top Chef Masters, I've been struck by how much of a learning curve there's been for these great chefs who need to acclimate themselves to a new kitchen. Especially on the first day of production, when you're running around a entirely unfamiliar cooking space swarming with other chefs and a camera crew, watching an oversized clock count down the seconds — to me, that's a greater challenge than the various restrictions and last-minute curveballs the chefs are given each week.


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MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WSAU-TSN) - Aramis Ramirez stroked a two-run home run to help the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday at Miller Park.
Mark Reynolds added a solo blast and Carlos Gomez picked up an RBI for the Brewers, who have won seven straight.
Wily Peralta (1-0) hurled seven solid innings, allowing two runs -- one earned -- on four hits, fanning four. Francisco Rodriguez struck out the side in the ninth, earning his third save of the season.
Neil Walker provided Pittsburgh's offense, going 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and Pittsburgh starter Francisco Liriano (0-2) surrendered all four of the Milwaukee's runs, while fanning seven through six frames.
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Well, it turns out there's been a spike in reports of pets being brought in to be treated for snake bites, according to many veterinarians in the area.
Dr. Meagan Herbers of the Palmetto Regional Emergency Hospital for Animals says she's seen a few of them herself.
"We've seen a lot of animals come in with swollen limbs, a swollen face," said Herbers. "Treatments vary. Different snakes have different potencies of their venom, the age of the snake can also make a difference in treatment."
Herbers says she's seen double the amount of snake bites they've seen in years past. She's already lost one dog due to a snake bite.
Even the Rudy Mancke, the University of South Carolina's well-known naturalist, says he's noticed more issues with snakes recently.
"I've gotten more snakes, more snake calls, a greater diversity of species shown to me this year than I've had in a long, long time," said Mancke.
Mancke points at the wetter summer and the fact it got warmer much sooner than normal as to why he's seen the increase.
So what can you do to help your pets avoid a terrible fate?
Herbers says the most important thing to do if you suspect your pet was bit by snake is to bring it to the vet as soon as possible.
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Why does it always rain at the start of the high school baseball season? Even in a drought year, with January and February dry and in the 60's and 70's, Ted White and the NU Miners are ready to hit the field in March and, sure enough, here comes the rain. Hope they are able to get in games down the hill today!
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As soon as I got out of class Friday, I sprinted back home on my bike to make sure I beat Patrick there. Patrick had driven from Northern Virginia and was 5 miles from Harrisonburg when I called him after class. He dropped off at the exit, picked me up, and we headed doen to good 'ol Sedalia, VA. After some great conversations and singing to Macklemore, we arrived at The Aid Station in Forest, VA. It's a premier running store in the Lynchburg area owned by Clark Zealand, the race director for Terrapin. It was an awesome store with all those trail shoes you see online you DREAM of trying on to see how it fits and to feel it on your foot. We then headed over to the Start/Finish of Terrapin to get settled in.
We arrived, got our race packets, and set up camp. We then hung out with fellow runners while eating Domino's Pizza. I caved in and had a couple slices, but I ate some rice and vegetables I brought a bit later. Oh, and I forgot to bring a jacket and it was gettin' real cold, but Patrick had a couple extra layers I was able to use. Life saver!
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get much sleep all night for whatever reason, but oh well. We woke up to the chilly morning and headed over to the restrooms. I awkwardly waited in a cramped bathroom with other men waiting to take a shit. After much forcefulness, it was out and I was ready to go.
After waiting in the warm car after some time, it was time to head over to the start. I picked up some GUs from a friend, stuffed them in my water bottle's pocket, and toed the line. As soon as the
gun gong went off, the race began. It started a mile and a half on the road and then headed on double track uphill to Camping Gap, an aid station. After the climb, it headed down for about 5 miles on dirt road (OUCH). I talked a guy who was also having major calf strain on the uphill, and then I talked to a friend for a while about school and stuff like that. After the long downhill, it headed onto some nice single track that swung back to the road we ran downhill on. So then we went up that bitch for 3 miles back to Camping Gap. What a tough 3 miles! It was all runnable so you felt bad if you walked it but got tired for running it.
Then after Camping Gap, you head uphill AGAIN on dirt road, then some double track, then downhill on that same road. This was a tough section as I was really starting to feel some pain. Lots of people were passing me, and some friends ran passed and gave me loads of great encouragement. On the downhill, I began to feel good again. After eating many a Reese's Cup, I headed up this super steep and rocky single track towards the summit. I met Skylar from Missouri, and we ran together for a while. After seeing the GORGEOUS view from the summit, it was time for some Fat Man's Misery. We headed downhill on some gorgeous trail to FMM in which these two large boulders are pushed together leaving only a sideways-human-sized crack to go through. The rock face was sharp and it was sketchy, but I managed to get through with only a couple scratches on my hand. Then we headed downhill on this very steep trail with WAY too many loose rocks.
After getting to the aid station and having them lie that there is 4 miles left when there is actually 5.5 miles left, it was only me and the final stretch. The next 4 miles cut into the side of the mountain and was the same thing OVER and OVER again. You would curve downhill to the left, then cross a stream, then turn left and curve to the right uphill. Finally I was back onto the road with an "easy" mile and a half to go. I could see the large, inflated finish line from a half mile away. FINALLY, I heard the cowbells and the clapping, and I finished my first mountain 50k in 5:10.
It was such an incredible experience, and a huge learning time for me. I learned a few things:
- I need to train A LOT harder on the mountains and get that uphill/downhill strength.
- I need to bring a fucking jacket to those kinds of things.
- I need to stay a bit more conservative in the beginning.
- I need to stay better hydrated.
Who knows, maybe my next race will be a 100k ;)
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Desperate for a calm working atmosphere, the team flies to London for two prestigious shoots. Markus is on his best behavior at the American Photo shoot with the famously challenging Naomi Campbell. Even though the pair wreak havoc by shooting in the middle of the studio parking lot and Naomi dismisses Indrani?s direction, GK?s styling is a hit and the team emerges unscathed. The team tries to outdo themselves at a Hello Kitty shoot with pop diva sensation Lady Gaga. The calm atmosphere is a thing of the past when wardrobe changes send Markus into a tizzy and a major confrontation between Markus and Indrani keeps the high priestess of pop standing in the lurch in a 50-pound crystal dress.
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Markus? ridiculous attempts to woo a new love interest in the middle of a Brooklyn Decker shoot has Indrani questioning her choice of a business partner. When Indrani confides in GK that she and Markus declared bankruptcy, the two confront Markus on his irresponsible behavior. With Indrani angry and Markus annoyed, the team flies to LA for a sexy shoot for swimsuit designer Marlies Dekker at a famous Los Angeles landmark, and Indrani?s badgering has Markus threatening to walk off the set.
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After an eight-hour wait and faced with angry staff and escalating overtime costs, Markus, Indrani and GK do everything they can to keep it together amidst a wild and unpredictable shoot with Lindsay Lohan. The chaos has Markus and Indrani at each other?s throats, but as their partnership falters, another partnership begins when a secret admirer of Indrani decides to make his move during a sexy Out Magazine shoot with male supermodels Alex Lundqvist and Mark Van der Loo.
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Lindsay Lohan lashed out at Bravo after the channel's new reality show Double Exposure depicted the actress as late and apparently unreliable.
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GHENT, Netherlands (UPI) — Different brain areas are activated when people choose to suppress an emotion, which is different from when people inhibit an emotion, British researchers say.
Dr. Simone Kuhn of Ghent University and colleagues at the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience said the researchers scanned the brains of healthy participants and found that key brain systems were activated when choosing to suppress an emotion. They had previously linked this brain area to deciding to inhibit movement.
"This result shows that emotional self-control involves a quite different brain system from simply being told how to respond emotionally," Kuhn, the lead author, said in a statement.
The researchers showed 15 healthy women unpleasant or frightening pictures. The participants were given a choice to feel the emotion elicited by the image, or alternatively to inhibit the emotion, by distancing themselves through an act of self-control.
The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brains of the participants. They compared this brain activity to another experiment where the participants were instructed to feel or inhibit their emotions, rather than choose for themselves.
"We think controlling one's emotions and controlling one's behavior involve overlapping mechanisms," Kuhn said in a statement. "We should distinguish between voluntary and instructed control of emotions, in the same way as we can distinguish between making up our own mind about what do, versus following instructions."
The study was published in Brain Structure and Function.


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Artist Barbara Bloom has devoted her career to questioning the ways we perceive and value objects. With a light touch and subtle wit, she divines the meanings encoded in the things with which we surround ourselves. The Jewish Museum invited Bloom to create an installation drawn from its more than 26,000 works of ceremonial, decorative, and fine art. Her presentation sets a selection of over 270 pieces in unconventional contexts, and offers visitors new ways to view the Museum and its holdings. The exhibition she is creating materializes the idea of people in dialogue across time and space, inspired in part by Bloom's reflections on Talmudic discourse, which takes place over centuries. Integrating the former Warburg mansion's historic rooms into her concept, the artist envisions the space as both museum and home filled with imagined historical guests - Nefertiti, Emile Zola, George Gershwin and others - from diverse times engaged in discourse and argument. The subjects are wide-ranging and reflect ideas that have long interested the artist: inferring a whole from surviving remnants, navigating the intricacies of bestowing gifts, representing the unspeakable. Furniture-shaped display cases contain collection objects that the artist finds intriguing or appealing. For example, Torah pointers with their delicate hands and extended forefingers stand in for strings inside a piano; a cigar box owned by Sigmund Freud is displayed in a psychoanalyst's consultation space; and a Dreyfus Affair game board sits on a table with ancient Roman dice. Each tableau is accompanied by written passages suggesting conversations between people. These evocative juxtapositions of found texts, Bloom's writings, artworks, and cases, create unexpected connections and spark dialogue.
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DUNCAN, Okla., (UPI) — The Australian man fatally shot in Oklahoma was buried Wednesday in his home country after an autopsy revealed he died of a single gunshot to the back.
Mourners packed Melbourne's St Therese's Church for the funeral of Christopher Lane, who was attending Oklahoma's East Central University on a baseball scholarship when he was gunned down at random Aug. 16 in what prosecutors have described as a thrill killing, CNN reported.
The autopsy, released Tuesday, indicated the 22-year-old Lane died when a bullet entered his back, breaking a rib then slicing through his left lung, aorta, esophagus, pulmonary artery and his right lung before finally breaking another rib, The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman reported.
The official cause of death is "penetrating gunshot wound to back" and the official manner of death is homicide.
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'Star Wars: Episode 7′ — The Real Reason J.J. Abrams Left 'Star Trek'
The geek world was torn asunder when J.J. Abrams jumped off 'Star Trek' and signed on to direct 'Star Wars: Episode 7.' However, it turns out that his decision to do so went beyond simply preferring one franchise over another. According to a new report, Abrams felt strangled by legal red tape wrapped around the 'Star Trek' franchise, which prevented him from creating a true multimedia platform (and making a lot more money).


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Radiohead is doing a great job staying on top of the trend, embracing digital, and using it. They see that full album downloading numbers have dropped while single song downloads are surging. With digital it's important to take control and stay ahead. At VerveLife we're staying ahead by leveraging digital music to help brands connect with their customers – and helping artists and labels recognize the value of the "brand platform". In the future, everyone who is still around in the music industry will have a claim in how they stayed stayed ahead in the ever-changing digital age like Radiohead.
This is a smart move on Radiohead's part. It's a win for the band and the fans. Instead of waiting an entire year to cut an album, Radiohead can release a steady stream of singles. Fans will love not having to wait forever for the next tune.
Radiohead is in a position to lead and shape the music industry.
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oh my god ive just lost the will to live
I believe that people have more incentive to actually pay for music in smaller "a la carte" doses such as a single like Harry Patch, and less urge to steal the music.
Sad feelings. Inner turmoil. Why, radiohead, why?
I think the media is jumping the gun abit with this quote, it reads to me more like a hiatus/rest than a definitive statement that it's a big 'no' to albums. Is everyone forgetting the 'Not straight off' part of that quote, I think Thom's just asking for some patience from his fans so the band can work over their direction, and experiment for the time being before going head first into a large project.
What a joke Radiohead is. They are 100% hypocrites.
They bash corporations, yet sign a deal with Sony to release and promote In Rainbows.
Cd's are dead? Tell Radiohead to give me my money back for buying one of the 500,000 cd's sold in USA alone.
Visionary band? NO! More like marketing 101.
What are you talking about lem? They signed that deal with Sony months after giving the album away for free online. And the only reason is to get the record out to those who don't have computers etc…and who want hard collecters edition copies. The demand is always there for hard copy cd's but it's impossible to distribute on your own you idiot.
Oh dear Lem..
Does the fact that they didn't sign a deal with Sony mean that everything else you write is untrue too?
Please check your facts before mounting your high horse.
This honestly is some of the most depressing news I've seen. Individually released singles are all fine and dandy, but these simply can't compare to an album of songs that strive to tell a story and make points. Radiohead one of the last few bands releasing slam dunk albums, chock full of memorable songs that also leave behind messages. When they tap out, we all lose. I guess we've all succumb to buying sugar filled snacks instead of a full course meal. Enjoy the obesity
Yeah, Cool. I mean who needs another OK Computer cluttering up the sonic airtime?
Oh. Wait. I do.
But that's the old school. It's not the way music's being / will be consumed. The album won't die, but it will become rare. It will become much more an art form than ever before.
There's something ironic about reading in the WSJ about Radiohead's continued evolution and acceptance of a digital reality as Rupert and the WSJ head in the entirely opposite direction. "We hope…that you choke…"
The philosophy of the "album" is slowly being killed by none other than the music industry itself. Through their persecution of people who would make use of available technology to preview entire albums for free, and a subsequent push to bleed every penny out of consumers for single songs, they are diverting people from buying albums they may have considered snagging when they see it on sale somewhere, after having listened to an illicit downloaded copy and realizing it was worth owning. Instead, burnt-out on having paid $3 to download the two radio-played "hits", people will avoid buying the actual CD becuase it would feel like double-dipping.
And in another story, in response to plunging album sales, the record industry responds by trumping up royalties "owed" them by internet radio broadcasters (i.e. one of the best sources of free advertising, ironically), and raising single-disc new album prices to approximately $18. That should get more sales, right?
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It's great times we're living with all technology new products. I find that there are musicians & bands noticing this fact, and moving forward taking advantage of these opportunities, but as in many other online industries/segments these artists are the less.
On the Artists side, IMHO it's pretty obvious that you have an incredible chance to do things different, getting the business on your side on a 100% base, interacting with fans by your own and planning & investing on marketing activities lot more attractive that used to be (and how about a lot cheap as well?).
On the companies side, it looks pretty obvious that some have already missed their business (multiple audio & video stores, i.e.: Tower Records, Virgin), others had to change their business and this is what they're trying to do starting by reducing own costs -staffing mainly (record labels), but what it's seen more often is the fact that they're trying to monetize as much as possible on what's getting money for them (small money compared to traditional income from records & CDs), but not launching new products & services with innovation (nothing to learn from Apple, Google, Facebook?… these days 800 pounds gorillas). Just think on something different and in particular useful/interesting from an end-user POV. Anything on your mind?
You've got your band? You have already decided will abandon the record label direction? It would be great to keep on reading or listening on what's your plan.
Don't worry. Many bands will continue to release full-length albums. Radiohead — which did the album as an art form better than almost anyone — has been going at it for 20 years, so they're in a position to change direction. For Flo Rida and Britney Spears, a full-length has little point or appeal besides as a way to get fans to buy tracks they don't want. For other new bands, expect a combination of single, full-lengths, and EP-length collections, based on what best serves the band and their fans.
These are exciting times for music.
How will I organized my Music if it's just a bunch of singles. What a mess. Honestly I like getting a group of tracks to listen to. That way you don't get burned out on one song waiting for the next.
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Captured live at the 2006 MTVU Woodie Awards, this take of "The Queen And I" is cut from rougher stock than the version that leads off the group's 2006 LP, As Cruel As School Children. Even so, the driving beat of a live drummer and distorted chug of guitar gives the inebriated love song a punchy edge - and makes the crowd go wild.
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Baseball. Forever.
Something probably not said today but should have been.
Dodgers took game one while you slept, 3-1, over the D-backs.
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Using the AILB analysis I pick the Dodgers, giving me 8-14 more Vin Scully-voiced games.
Coincidentally the AILB ends up with the same result for 95% of all fans who do not have a team in the playoffs. The other 5% find Joe Castiglione charming.
for tonight's Dodgers-Braves game.
Apparently Atlanta REALLY likes Thursday Night Football.
October 3 should just be re-named "Bobby Thomson Day"
62nd anniversary, jump to 1:25 if you are impatient
Los Angeles Dodgers, NL West Champs
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Los Angeles Dodgers, 2013 National League West Champions
It's their first playoff appearance since 2009
Another version: Upstart rookie Yasiel Puig has the nerve to make playoffs in first season. Who does he think he is?
Vin Scully will return to the Dodgers booth for 2014 - his 65th season.
The starting lineup from Scully's first game in the radio/TV booth with another legend, Red Barber:
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Pee Wee Reese
George Shuba
Duke Snider
Jackie Robinson
Carl Furillo
Gil Hodges
Bobby Morgan
Roy Campanella
Don Newcombe
Richie Ashburn
Granny Ham
mner (winner - best name in the starting lineup)
Eddie Waitkus
Roy Ennis
Willie Jones
Dick Sisler (son of HOFer George Sisler)
Mike Goliat
Andy Seminick
Robin Roberts
Only George Shuba and Bobby Morgan are still alive.
Yasiel Puig's critics want him to master the finer points of playing because he might cost the Dodgers a playoff series they wouldn't have reached without him. Puig may be flawed, but he's a winning ballplayer, and that's all that matters.
The tiresome trope of the young star "not respecting the game" needs to end, especially since it's existed for nearly a century and not proven out.
And I am sure glad that Puig wasn't in the All Star Game, that showed him for being talented too quickly.


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The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners--was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century.
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We support Universal Tuition Tax Credits (UTTC) as the preferred school choice reform. Universal Tuition Tax Credits provide several advantages, among them:
- They empower parents; they do not take government money; they are universal, meaning that have broad appeal to all economic levels, especially lower and middle income families; they create a competitive educational marketplace that fosters school improvement;
- They help poor families through scholarship-granting organizations;
The most common school choice options include:
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School Choice--General
The goals of school choice include improving student outcomes, empowering parents with financial control over how education dollars are spent, making schools responsive to parents' and students' curriculum demands, creating competition among schools, expanding the range of education options, relating education spending to measurable results, freeing administrators and teachers to innovate, and reducing the burden of public capital expenditures to keep up with population growth. There are a variety of school choice plans that address these goals.
Universal Tuition Tax Credits
Universal Tuition Tax Credits, called UTTC for short, is a system by which parents pay the school their son or daughter attends and, in turn, school tuition is deducted from the state income taxes of the parents making the payment. The result: students who normally wouldn't have the opportunity to attend a school other than the one located within their district are given that opportunity because of the UTTC-based system. UTTC, unlike school vouchers, would not allow state funds to support religious schools, drain any funding from public schools, or spawn new entitlements in private schools. Instead, Universal Tuition Tax Credits will take less than 10 percent of students in public schools and aid them in migration to private or home schools—the schools that they or their parents want them to attend. This system saves state and local governments large sums of money while also providing a quality education to students in a setting of their choice. Students and parents alike are thereby empowered to take a proactive role in the education process. It isn't only the UTTC recipients and their families who benefit, however. Public school students benefit, too, via smaller class sizes, higher per pupil spending, and increased teacher competition. Parents of UTTC enrollees would receive a dollar-for-dollar reduction in state income tax liability for every dollar spent on tuition. Money from the tax credit could simply be claimed against state tax liability. Deductions could include books, supplies, computers, tutors, tuition, and transportation. In the end, parents and students—public, private, and alternative alike—win with a UTTC system. When school choice is made more accessible to parents and students, the quality of education, the ability to take personal responsibility, and the availability of quality schools for all social classes climbs dramatically.
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In a school voucher system, all designated students would receive vouchers for a specified amount of money good at any school—public, private, or alternative. The school admitting the student would then redeem the voucher for payment. Depending upon the amount of the voucher, the students' tuition bill would be partially or fully paid by the local or state government.
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Charter schools are publicly funded schools that are granted a high degree of autonomy from existing rules and regulations. Depending upon state law, teachers, parents, or other would-be educators can apply for permission to open a school. The "charter" may be granted by, for example, the local school board, the state board of education, or a public institution of higher education, depending upon the state. Some states also allow existing public or nonsectarian private schools to convert to charter status. Charter schools have the potential to control their own budget, staffing and curriculum, but their autonomy varies from state to state. They must attract students and achieve the results agreed to in their charters, or their contracts can be revoked.
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Each fall when school begins, a growing number of school-aged children do not head off to a classroom. Instead, they learn at home with their families or with other children in their communities. Homeschooling takes many forms, from a daily routine following a scheduled curriculum to child-led learning in which parents supervise and help. Many families choose homeschooling for the academic, social, moral and religious advantages it offers; for others, the children's health and safety are determining factors. Most families cite a combination of these reasons to explain why they homeschool their children. Homeschooling has many advantages to the alternatives; it allows strong bonds between families to flourish, provides the necessary training in life skills, and offers a degree of safety that no public school can. Moreover, parents know their own children better than any other teacher or mentor, and therefore they can adjust to their students' needs most appropriately. For parents who object to the content being taught in public schools, homeschooling can be the perfect solution.
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The plot is incredibly simple for a feature-length film (albeit a rather short one). Also, it may not seem like a particularly original idea to people who've seen other Iranian films about a child who has to cope with a sometimes uncaring adult world while embarking on a journey to replace, return, or repair a missing item within a short time span. Indeed, the film's general premise fits in the tradition of neorealist films such as The Bicycle Thief, although this movie avoids complex moral issues in order to concentrate on the protagonist's race to complete his mission. But it's a testament to Mohammad Ali Talebi, Abbas Kiarostami, and the rest of the crew and cast that they have made such a compelling film out of such a slight plot. Perhaps it's because the protagonist is a likable child faced with an unreasonable and perhaps impossible task, or because he's engaged in a primal struggle against nature (for example, he has to carry a large pane of glass through a hilly countryside without breaking it). Perhaps it's because he is so tenacious in the face of such a difficult duty, or it's simply that the film is paced to milk every last bit of tension from this simple scenario without letting the story drag. In any case, this movie isn't quite up to the standard of Kiarostami's greatest work, but it is a compelling tale that makes you care about what happens to this unfortunate child. Winner of the Golden Elephant Award at the Bangkok Film Festival.
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Monocots and Dicots | Secondary Growth | The leaf | Links
Angiosperms, flowering plants, are divided into two groups: monocots and dicots.
Image from W.H. Freeman and Sinauer Associates, used by permission.
Monocot seeds have one "seed leaf" termed a cotyledon (in fact monocot is a shortening of monocotyledon). Dicots have two cotyledons. Both groups, however, have the same basic architecture of nodes, internodes, etc.
Comparison of monocot (left, oat) and dicot (right, bean) gross anatomy. Image from W.H. Freeman and Sinauer Associates, used by permission.
The above images is from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Stem/Zea_cross_section/Stem_composite. Note the scattered vascular bundles of the corn stem.
The above image is from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Stem/Medicago_cross_section/Labeled. Note the ringed array of vascular bundles in this dicot stem (Medicago).
Monocot stems have scattered vascular bundles. Dicot stems have their vascular bundles in a ring arrangement. Monocot stems have most of their vascular bundles near the outside edge of the stem. The bundles are surrounded by large parenchyma in the cortex region. There is no pith region in monocots. Dicot stems have bundles in a ring surrounding parenchyma cells in a pith region. Between the bundles and the epidermis are smaller (as compared to the pith) parenchyma cells making up the cortex region. Click here to view a large image of plant stem and root structure (image is from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Intr._Plant_Body_Spring_/Primary_130_Lab_Images/Bean_whole_anatomy).
Monocot roots, interestingly, have their vascular bundles arranged in a ring. Dicot roots have their xylem in the center of the root and phloem outside the xylem. A carrot is an example of a dicot root.
Diagram illustrating the tissue layers and their organization within monocot and dicot roots. Image from W.H. Freeman and Sinauer Associates, used by permission.
The above image is cropped and reduced from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Root/Monocot_Roots/Zea_Monocot_Root/Zea_xs. Note the ringed array of vascular bundles in this Zea (monocot) root cross section.
The above image (left) is cropped from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Root/Ranunculus_root_cross_sections/Mature/Whole_cross_section. Note the X-shaped xylem (in the lower left corner of the picture) of the root of Ranunculus (dicot). The above image (right [lower if your browser window is narrow]) is cropped from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Root/Ranunculus_root_cross_sections/Mature/Vascular_bundle.
Monocot leaves have their leaf veins arranged parallel to each other and the long axis of the leaf (parallel vennation). An common example of this is the husk of corn or a blade of grass (both are monocots). Dicot leaves have an anastamosing network of veins arising from a mid-vein termed net vennation. Examples of dicot leaves include maples, oaks, geraniums, and dandelions.
Monocots have their flower parts in threes or multiples of three; example the tulip and lily (Lilium ). Dicots have their flower parts in fours (or multiples) or fives (or multiples). Examples of some common dicot flowers include the geranium, snapdragon, and citrus.
The above image (left) is cropped from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Angiosperm/Lilium/Flower_dissection/Flowers. Note the typical monocot arrangement of flower parts in 3's or multiples of 3. Lilium flower. The above image (right, or lower if your browser window is small) is cropped from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Angiosperm/Various_flowers/Dicots/Popavaraceae/Sanguinaria_canadensis_KS. Note the dicot florap part array of flower parts in four or multiples of four on this flower of Sanguinaria canadensis.
Secondary growth is produced by a cambium. It occurs in rows or ranks of cork, secondary xylem or secondary phloem cells. Cork cells (produced by a cork cambium) are technically part of the epidermis, and contribute to the bark of woody stems.
Dicot secondary growth occurs by growth of vascular cambium, to complete a full vascular cylinder around the plant. Secondary xylem is produced to the inside of the vascular cambium, secondary phloem to the outside. The living parts of the woody plant are next to the vascular cambium.
The above image is cropped from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Woody_Stems/Tilia_Stem_-_cross_sections/Primary_Growth/Whole_Cross_Section. Note the primary growth in cross section of a young Tilia (basswood) stem.
The above image is from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Woody_Stems/Tilia_Stem_-_cross_sections/Secondary_Growth/1%2C_2%2C_and_3-year_old_stems. Note the annual growth rings and the complete vascular cylinder producing secondary xylem to the inside and secondary phloem to the outside.
At the end of each growing season, the vascular cambium stops growing, forming a growth ring.
The above image is cropped from gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:2070/I9/.image/.bot/.130/Woody_Stems/Tilia_Stem_-_cross_sections/Secondary_Growth/Secondary_Xylem_-_growth_ring. Note the growth ring, which is formed by very small cells followed by large cells with the commencement of growth in the next growing season.
Balsa Wood (cross section) Showing Large Conductive Elements (SEM x220). This image is copyright Dennis Kunkel http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/~kunkel/gallery, used with permission.
The above image is from http://www.mancol.edu/science/biology/plants_new/anatomy/grndd.html.
The above images are from http://www.biosci.uga.edu/almanac/bio_104/notes/apr_10.html.
Monocots usually don't have secondary growth. Some, such as bamboo and palm trees, have secondary growth. Monocot secondary growth differs from dicot secondary growth in that new bundles are formed at the edge of the stem. These new bundles are close together, providing support for the stem.
The leaf consists of the (generally) flat blade, one or more leaf veins, a petiole, and usually an axillary bud. The petiole can be long (as in celery and bok-choy) or short (as in cabbage and lettuce). Leaves may be simple or compound: simple leaves have a single subdivision or leaflet, compound leaves have more than one leaflet. Leaves attach to stems at nodes (internodes are the spaces between nodes). Leaf phyllotaxy is the pattern exhibited (spiral, opposite, alternate, whorled) of leaf attachment to a stem.
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A. INTRODUCTIONIn Indonesia even though valuation activity has existed since Dutch colonial era, and private sector started in 1967 when the government began to invite foreign investment, the term of valuer is still not known by too many people because valuer's service is yet to develop. Not only is valuation formal education yet to exist, because valuation science by the Department of National Education is not considered to be part of science tree, the use of valuer is usually still limited to financial institutions, such as banking institutions, investment institutions and tax institutions. Through the establishment of Indonesian Banking Restructuring Agency (IBRA), the use of valuer has become more and more popular in order to value assets of restructured banks. However, the condition of valuer in 2000 was still similar to the accountant's service condition in 1955 whereas due to unavailability of regulations determining accountant's quality, each person at that time could call himself an accountant. Valuer certification test (Ujian ser¬tifikasi penilai – USP) held by Indonesian Valuer Professional Society (Masyarakat Profesi Penilai Indonesia – MAPPI) in order to implement the Decree of te Minister of Finance Number 57/KMK.017/1996 is a breakthrough to provide temporary solution to determine the minimal quality that must be met for a person to be admitted as a valuer. Furthermore, this issue on valuer's qualification must be settled with a law as conducted by other more developed countries.Professional property valuer and business valuer (since 2008 valuer has been classified into property valuer and business valuer) provide various types of service, such as undertaking valuation on assets for various purposes, providing consultancy for clients, and participating in decision making regarding real estate / business. Indonesian Valuation Standard (Standar Penilaian Indonesia – SPI) is the guidelines that must be understood and implemented by valuer to serve as guidelines in conducting valuation.According to Indonesian Valuation Standard 2007 valuation is interpreted as valuer professional job to provide an opinion on economic value. Valuer carries out valuation work to produce review in the forms of analyses, opinions and recommendations by presenting it in a report, so that misinterpretation by service users and the public can be avoided. Valuer presents conclusion of his valuation outcome by putting forward his opinions related to natural characteristics, quality value or use value of a certain interest or various aspects of identified real estate. Real estate valuation involves various selective research activities on comparable market area, use of sufficient analysis method, knowledge application, experience as well as professional decision and consideration making to develop an adequate solution on valuation issue.
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Except that I only marinated this about 9 hours and cooked on the stove in my black iron skillet, I followed directions exactly. Wow! This is so flavorful, tender, and delicious. Just outstanding. Served with soba noodles (dressed in a little sesame oil, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and cilantro) and some steamed snow peas with red bell peppers.
Southeast Asian Grilled Flank Steak
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Open-grained flank steak absorbs lots of flavor from this spicy marinade. Serve with a salad of rice stick noodles, radishes, carrots, and snow peas.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 ounces)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 180
- Calories from fat: 40%
- Fat: 7.9g
- Saturated fat: 3.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.3g
- Protein: 23.5g
- Carbohydrate: 2.5g
- Fiber: 0.0g
- Cholesterol: 43mg
- Iron: 1.6mg
- Sodium: 374mg
- Calcium: 18mg
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons Sriracha (hot chile sauce, such as Huy Fong)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound flank steak, trimmed
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- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1. Combine first 6 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add steak; seal and marinate in refrigerator 24 hours, turning occasionally.
- 2. Prepare grill to medium-high heat.
- 3. Remove steak from marinade; discard marinade.
- 4. Place steak on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 4 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Remove steak from grill; sprinkle with salt. Let stand 5 minutes. Cut across grain into thin slices.
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Kahaani is to be directed by Sujoy Ghosh, who is famous for churning out the flicks on powerful subjects. Vidya's character is of a pregnant woman who is on way to search her missing husband.
It is being said that Kahaani is based on Hollywood blockbuster, 'Kill Bill'.
Balan is quite excited about her character in the movie. She told the media that the role of a pregnant woman is the one she might doll up with marvelous ease since she used to crack jokes on how differently the women with a bun in the oven walk by the time they are pregnant. She also mentioned that she used to also copy the style of the pregnant women's breathing.
Balan revealed that she used to crack these jokes when she was in college.
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