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Day 13 - Your Favorite World
MY favorite world is going to have to be… Gardenia from Barbie Princess Charm School.
I love all of the pampering that goes on, and for some reason, I've always had this dream of attending boarding school. This fulfills it.
Besides, here you get your own fairy person to help you!
They sure look happy.
Day 12 - Your Favorite Dress
My favorite dress would have to be Odette's peasant dress fromBarbie in Swan Lake. For sure. It's simple, yet elegant. The color nicely accentuates her eyes and I love the way the material flows. I especially like the bust design with the folded almost empire waistline and contrasting blue beneath it, and the rounded square neckline is really flattering. Annnnnnd, what would a Barbie dress be without shimmer/sparkles? This dress has a beautiful over skirt that shimmers and is just awesome.
So yeah, I'd say this is my favorite dress.
Day 11 - Your favourite of the 12 Dancing Princesses
My favorite princess is actually Genevieve (they didn't do a whole lot of fleshing out the other princesses other than Genevieve and Lacey…), but I'm going to dedicate this post to Blair (mostly because Genevieve is played by Barbie and I feel that's cheating).
Blair is "the 2nd sister. She loves horses and riding and collects music boxes. Feisty and outspoken, Blair is always the first to voice her opinion, especially her complaints about Rowena's presence in their lives. Her flower is larkspur and her gemstone is a ruby."
Seriously though, she's awesome. She stands up for the sisters and she's really pretty. (Shallow, I know. But true.)
Day 9 - Your favorite song from a musical movie
"If You Love Me For Me" from Barbie Princess and the Pauper. Hands down.
First of all, that movie had an AMAZING soundtrack. Like seriously (Go listen to it!). Not to mention, just listen to it. Listen to his voice. It's like an orgasm for your ears. But better. Oh dang, I'm in love with another Barbie prince because of his voice.
But honestly, this is a really great song.
Day 8 - Your Favourite Villain Sidekick
Slyder from Barbie and the Diamond Castle is my favorite villain sidekick. He totally adds comic relief without just being annoying because he's so big and clumsy. He's very simple and I enjoyed that.
Day 7 - Your favorite animal sidekick
My favorite animal sidekick would definitely have to be Bibble from Barbie Fairytopia, Barbie Mermadia, and Barbie Magic of the Rainbow. Seriously, look how cute he is!
There's a really cute scene from Barbie Magic of the rainbow of him and his crush (Drizzle) saying goodnight to each other, but I can't find it. :/
Oh well. He's the best sidekick ever, and totally awesome!
Day 6 - Your Favorite Non Barbie Character
Oops! I forgot to do this yesterday, so I'll do two tomorrow to make up for it. Anyways, my favorite non barbie character is Princess Luciana from Barbie as the Island Princess. She is kind, sweet and demure. She gets take advantage of by her mother, but learns to stand up for herself and be resolute. Luciana is sacrificial. She knows that she can have the prince and she's happy with him, but as she says in the movie, the prince looks at Ro with love. So she sacrifices her security and knowing that she would've been the queen of the lovely kingdom for another couple's happiness. I can't really explain why she's my favorite, but she just is. :)
Oh shoot. Its Day 3 - Your Favorite Scene. And I have no idea what my favorite scene is. I mean there are so many great ones! Not to mention all the beautiful dance scenes, and the musical numbers…. But those are for other days.
So, I think I'm going to have to choose this scene from Barbie as Rapunzel. It's a touching scene where her friends help her out, the animation is beautiful and —most importantly— it's where she first gets her courage to start defying Gothel, for reals this time. We're talking deliberate disobedience. But not only that, she discovers that there is beauty if common things and that everyday objects can have magic in them. This is the scene where she realizes she is special.
Of course it doesn't hurt that immediately after this we get to see Prince Stefan in all of his glory. :)
Day 1 - Your favorite movie
Day 2 - Your favorite role of Barbie's
Day 3 - Your favorite scene
Day 4 - Your favorite love interest
Day 5 - Your favorite villain
Day 6 - Your favorite non-Barbie girl
Day 7 - Your favorite animal sidekick
Day 8 - Your favorite villain sidekick
Day 9 - Your favorite song from a musical movie
Day 10 - Your favorite song from a non-musical movie
Day 11 - Your favorite of the 12 Dancing Princesses
Day 12 - Your favorite dress
Day 13 - Your favorite Barbie world
Day 14 - Your favorite wardrobe
Day 15 - Your favorite soundtrack
Day 16 - Your favorite lyrics
Day 17 - Your favorite dance scene
Day 18 - Your favorite non-Ken guy
Day 19 - Your favorite name
Day 20 - The saddest moment
Day 21 - Your favorite romantic moment
Day 22 - The funniest moment
Day 23 - Your favorite quote
Day 24 - Your favorite parent(s)
Day 25 - The most magical moment
Day 26 - Your favorite youngin'(s)
Day 27 - When did Barbie look the prettiest?
Day 28 - Your favorite couple
Day 29 - Your favorite 'girl power' moment
Day 30 - Your favorite happy ending


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Alan Evans appointed to be the Executive Chair of The Council for Education in the Commonwealth
22 July 2011
Alan Evans, National Coordinator of Aimhigher Associates Scheme, in the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, has been appointed from the beginning of the Autumn Term to be the Executive Chair of the The Council for Education in the Commonwealth (CEC).
Alan Evans
The Council was established in 1959 to promote education and training in the Commonwealth, and in particular the developing countries of the Commonwealth (see objectives below).
The Council organises three or four conferences/seminars a year on major issues of concern and interest to Commonwealth countries, the most recent in March of this year in the Grand Committee Room of the House of Commons on "Commonwealth Women – Agents of Change". This was followed in late June by a conference initiated by the Council on "Breaking in, breaking through – Commonwealth Women in Science and the Professions" at the British Council, Spring Gardens in London.
The CEC has been active and very largely successful in urging the Government to renew the provision of Commonwealth Scholarships for the more developed countries which had been under threat. The Commonwealth Scholarships for developing countries, funded by DFID, have continued to make their mark and CEC has commended the general scale of this provision.
Alan in accepting the appointment emphasised: "I am particularly gratified to have the opportunity to play a leading part in a major educational organisation seeking to improve the quality and expand the provision of education in developing countries in the Commonwealth".
Council for Education in the Commonwealth
The objectives for which the Council is formed are to promote education and training in the Commonwealth and in particular the developing countries of the Commonwealth by:
(a) promoting educational development;
(b) contributing to educational co-operation and the sharing of experience among the governments and peoples of the Commonwealth and to the formulation, adoption and review of appropriate measures to that end; and
(c) providing for these purposes a forum where members of the United Kingdom Parliament and other interested persons may exchange information and views, and to offer to knowledgeable and experienced persons from the United Kingdom and overseas Commonwealth countries a platform for making known recent developments, for airing issues of concern and for advocacy of appropriate action.

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Pittsburgh's prospects wrapped up their third and final match-up yesterday against the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2011 Rookie Tournament held from Friday, September 9th through Tuesday, September 13th at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario.
The first game was on Saturday afternoon against Ottawa's rookies. The Senators held the Penguins scoreless through all three periods with a final score of 4-0.
After the team got their legs under them, they played more cohesively for their second game on Sunday evening against Toronto rookies, but they still couldn't pull out a win with a final score of 5-1.
The team had a break from competitive ice action on Monday before losing their third and final game against the Chicago rookies by a score of 4-1 yesterday afternoon.
Despite losing in all three matches they played against fellow rookies, the final scores do not accurately illustrate the talent displayed on the ice throughout all three match-ups. Most of the prospects played great hockey with some of them putting on a enough of a high-caliber performance to get the attention of the Pittsburgh organization.
During the tournament, PittsburghPenguins.com spoke with Pittsburgh's affiliate head coach, John Hynes who coached the players throughout the tournament, and it was clear who stood out to him.
"I would say that Dominik Uher played well. For a younger, first-year guy, he came in and had a very good work ethic. He played well."
Uher is from the Czech Republic and, after only playing two seasons in the Western Hockey League for the Spokane Chiefs, was drafted by Pittsburgh in the fifth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. In his first year playing hockey in the US for Spokane, he only had a slight understanding of the English language, so it resulted in less than mediocre stats. He more than made up for that while obviously catching the attention of the Penguins organization in his second season recording 60 points (21G, 39A) in 60 games and a +19.
"I've got to carry the puck more and I've got to be more aware of what's going on on the ice because it's faster. I'm trying to hit everything that moves. I'm just trying to be myself, be physical and be a power forward. I still think I can improve." - Dominik Uher
Hynes also liked what he saw from Joseph Morrow and Scott Harrington as well.
"I thought that early in the game, there was a little bit of an adjustment period for them as far as the physical presence and the lack of time and space on the ice. But both of those guys, as the game went on, started to make more plays and feel more comfortable. For two young guys to be in their first professional game, I thought they did very good."
Morrow is a talented offensive defenseman (who could easily be groomed to become Kris Letang's replacement when that time comes). He's played for the WHL's Portland Winterhawks for the past four seasons since being drafted in the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11). His last season was the most notable having played in 60 games and notching 49 points (9G, 40A).
Hockey is part of the Morrow family. His father, Dave (drafted by Vancouver in 1997); his brother, Josh (drafted by Nashville in 2002, but an injury kept him from pursuing that career); and his uncle, Darrell (played four years for University of Denver), have all played on teams at different levels.
"Everyone's pretty equal in juniors, but there are kind of some guys you can capitalize on. But out here, everybody's extremely fast, extremely strong. There's no good or bad players, there's just extremely great players." - Joseph Morrow
Harrington is another offensive-minded defenseman. According to Hockey'sfuture.com, he is a strong skater which has been supported by many other hockey sources. He also "prides himself on being hard to play against."
Harrington played in both the OJHL and OHL for a combined three seasons (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11) before being drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2011 NHL Entry draft.
Another name that has been mentioned is Brandon DeFazio who decided to step up his game in the rookies' second game.
"He has played really well," said Hynes. "He's got relentless compete in him. He plays on both sides of the puck really well. He's strong below the goal line. I think tonight, you even saw he had a couple great scoring chances. He's starting to show that he can play multiple positions and multiple situations."
With as bright as these young hockey players' careers appear, we can be sure to hear alot more about them. Let's hope it's just the beginning of great things for them and that they'll eventually get to contribute to the depth of the Penguins organization.


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New York • Forget slapstick humor, corny gimmicks and skimpy bikinis. This year's Super Bowl ads promise something surprising: Maturity.
There won't be any close-up tongue kisses in Godaddy's ad. Nor will there be half-naked women running around in the Axe body spray spot. And Gangnam Style dancing will be missing from the Wonderful Pistachios commercial.
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In their place? Fully-clothed women, well-known celebs and more product information.
"We're seeing sophistication come to the Super Bowl," says Kelly O'Keefe, a professor of brand strategy at Virginia Commonwealth University. "Not long ago, almost everything seemed to be about beer or bros or boobs."
Companies that typically go for ads with shock value are toning them down as they try to get the most out of the estimated $4 million that 30-second Super Bowl spots cost this year.
Experts say companies are using the ads to build their image, rather than just grab attention for one night. Additionally, although the old adage asserts that "sex sells," experts say companies realize that watchers have grown bored with sophomoric humor and other obvious shock tactics.
"You can't really shock people visually anymore," says ad critic and Mediapost columnist Barbara Lippert. "So, this year people are being more creative."
Godaddy.com, a web-hosting company, has made a name for itself for years with racy Super Bowl ads. But it's changing its tune after last year's Super Bowl spot showed an uncomfortably long, close-up kiss between super model Bar Rafaeli and a bespectacled computer geek.
The ad drew widespread criticism on social media. It also was deemed one of the "least effective" ads by Ace Metrix, which measures ads' effectiveness. And it ranked last on USA Today's annual ad meter.
This year, Godaddy is focusing on its products. And women are being portrayed as "smart, successful small business owners," says Barb Rechterman, Godaddy's chief marketing officer.
In one ad, released last week, spokeswoman Danica Patrick, a racecar driver, wears a muscle suit as she runs down the street with a growing crowd of other muscular people. The crowd heads for a spray tanning business owned by a woman, who says: "It's go time."
Unilever also is changing its approach. The company's Axe body spray typically plays up sex, including last year's Super Bowl ad that showed a bikini-clad woman being rescued from drowning by a hunky woman.
The ad, which has 5.8 million views on YouTube.com after a year, ranked in the bottom 10 ads on USA Today's Ad Meter.
This year, to introduce its "Peace" fragrance, Axe's ad depicts several seemingly militaristic scenes in different countries that end up with couples embracing. The ad, which already has 3.5 million views on YouTube, says: "Make Love Not War."
Matthew McCarthy, Axe senior director of brand development, says that even though the ad is more sophisticated than previous efforts. "We're doing something that surprises people," he says.
The ad for Wonderful Pistachios also might surprise watchers. Experts say when the nut brand, which is owned by Roll International, debuted at last year's Super Bowl, it made a typical rookie mistake: Jumping on a fad.
The ad featured Psy, a one-hit wonder from Korea whose single "Gangnam Style" and an accompanying dance were smash hits at the time. But the ad — like Psy — was quickly forgotten. The ad ranked 28 out of 54 on the USA Today Ad Meter.
This year, the company enlisted comedian Stephen Colbert, who's more well-known and established. "We wanted to raise it to a new level with a celebrity who really had a connection with folks out there," says Marc Seguin vice president of marketing for Paramount Farms, the unit of Roll that makes the nuts.
The ad will start a year-long campaign with Colbert. "Colbert's image is smarter and more inventive than the Gangham-style dance," says Mediapost.com columnist Lippert.
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Hold everything on Pete Carroll going to the Seahawks. Word is that Seattle has offered Carroll 5 years, $32.5 million to be just the head coach, not the coach and GM.
It's well known that Carroll wants complete control of an NFL team, and that was the only scenario in which he envisioned returning to the NFL. With the Seahawks not offering him that, one wonders if Carroll might head right back to USC.
It's also come out that Vikings D-coordinator Leslie Frazier, the presumed token Rooney Rule interview, is having a much longer interview than anyone ever expected. Maybe the Seahawks already know that Carroll won't be coming to town.
Pete Carroll only offered head coaching job with Seahawks, not GM as well
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The Spiritual Affairs Committee
-- SA, for short -- is a multi-faith group (including people of no particular faith) dedicated to promoting the spiritual wellbeing and growth of all members of Occupy Chicago. Everyone attracted to our common goal is welcome to join us. We encompass two areas of activity: outreach and inreach.
Each SAer strives to build bridges between OC and their individual community of faith.
In addition, some SAers are especially dedicated to reaching out to other communities of faith in the Chicago area. We hope that clergy-to-clergy contact in particular will contribute to OC's growth and diversity.
Other SAers are especially dedicated to direct service to Occupiers.
Spiritual Circles
For example, SAers are encouraged to plan, to facilitate, and/or to support each other's faith-based activities. Such "spiritual circles" to date include:
- Baha'i Holy Day celebration
- Buddhist meditation group (weekly, Tuesday, 4:30 PM, at HQ)
- Christian celebration of the Eucharist (hopefully monthly on Sunday afternoon)
- Jewish Shabbat service (hopefully monthly on Friday evening).
We hope that members will come forth and expand the diversity of spiritual circles to include more traditions such as Hindu, Muslim, Native American, Wiccan, and other spiritual practices.
Sacred Space
We also hope, when OC does establish a "home", to create a sacred space that provides everyone with a peaceful and private environment conducive to their communing with God as they perceive Her/Him/It.
12-Step Meetings
Additionally, we are working to establish an OC 12-Step group open to all people addicted to substances, people addicted to behaviors, people addicted to addicts, and other concerned persons.
OC Chaplaincy
Finally, the OC Chaplaincy (not the same thing as the Protest Chaplains in general) will be the ordained clergy and other chaplains formally appointed by their communities of faith to be available to serve the spiritual needs of any OC individual who requests it of them. This means they will intentionally remain able to exercise such clerical rights as serving as a spiritual advisor able to visit arrestees in prison.
We envision making the OC Chaplains identifiable to everyone by the use of matching simple white stoles with black silhouettes of the basic symbol of their faith, such as:
- Baha'i - 9-pointed star
- Buddhist - 8-spoked wheel
- Christian - Upright cross
- Hindu - Sanscrit OM
- Jewish - 6-pointed star
- Muslim - Star and crescent
- Native American - 4-pointed compass
- Wiccan - 5-pointed star
There is no requirement to belong to the faith community of an OC Chaplain -- or, for that matter, to any faith community at all -- in order to request spiritual assistance from her or him.
If YOU have questions, comments, or new ideas, please share them with us. Thank you.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah regulators believe a special type of liquor license for educational purposes is being abused, and they've stopped issuing them.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission put a hold Tuesday on educational liquor licenses.
Commissioners called the time-out for a month or two to develop a set of ground rules for the permits.
"We won't consider any new applicants until we adopt the new rules," said Board Chairman David Gladwell, according to The Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/1dOn1ZO).
The permits were meant for culinary schools, and for restaurants and grocery stores that offer wine tastings.
But more businesses outside the food industry are taking out the permits — including painting studios that serve wine to patrons.
One studio explained how it works to The Associated Press.
"We give them 2 ounces of wine for the first pour, then offer them a different wine," Candice Vasher, an owner of Painting with a Twist in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray, said Wednesday.
With each glass of wine the studio sells, Vasher says it offers customers a different handout on the art of wine-making.
"As soon as they buy their wine, we say, 'Here's a little education for you,'" Vasher said.
Painting with a Twist isn't the only Utah art studio with a liquor license. The Tribune reported that Paint Mixer operates in Park City and the Salt Lake City neighborhood of Sugar House.
The liquor commission said it wanted to govern the size of drinks being offered and training for servers, among other rules.
It wants to put permit applicants through a qualifying test to make certain their educational purposes are legitimate.
Regulators also want to mandate liability insurance for permit holders, and set setback rules from schools and churches.
Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com


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What is your greatest passion and how have you been able to develop and sustain it?
I am curious about when people developed a long standing passion and what caused them to become inspired by the topic/activity. Did you discover it on your own or was it the result of the modelling of others. Is there greater motivation to act primarily for self improvement or for the betterment of others?
Topics: Values kindness motivation service volunteerism
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Aug 31 2011: My passion is simply narcissistic and involves a desire to demonstrate my superiority and be admired for it. I, therefore, need to cultivate my passion in a way that allows me to press my vanity into the service of humanity.
Also, anyone who, unlike me, doesn't disclose their self-interested desires for the pursuit of their passions is either someone just as vain as me but is lying to save their anonymous face and conform to the politely-veil-your-intentions form of social etiquette that has become popular, or they lack self-knowledge and are unable to accurately excavate and give voice to their intentions...or, a dash of the latter, and a tinge of the former.
There is a bit of irony here inside social etiquette than only certain astute minds can discern--an irony similar to the one I observe during Halloween. People don a mask in order to disguise themselves and temporarily play a character or a role that is supposed to be pure fantasy. Instead, I observe that the mask only reveals their personality and find that the role they play is just as fantastic. Make-believe is over, kids.
Another Irony is that the vanity that animates me is the truth to be told, and not some happy-go-lucky, introspectively shallow sense of altruistic "I want to make other's happy" motivation. Yeah, I get more pleasure when I lay down in a cold bed on a hot day than I do pain of knowing that some child from across the seas has just died of bird flu. Self-interest is our primary impulse, and lip and finger service to the contrary is a form of self-deception to which I cannot give temperance.
The irony with which i will conclude is, in my candid confession, I'm actually the one promoting truth above vanity, as opposed to the bleating sheeple who proclaim altruism. Personally, I think they are people in desperate need to be coddled and approved of, and who deserve to be fleeced and placed naked in front of a mirror to witness themselves in the skin they've been hiding the entire time.
Aug 31 2011: I think you can be self- interested and help others at the same time; especially if you happen to like people and like to see things change around you... I think self interest is good because then you are guided by what you really care about as opposed to good intentions... of course approval probably comes into it too... but show me the person who doesn't need somebody's approval!
Aug 31 2011: "I think you can be self- interested and help others at the same time; especially if you happen to like people and like to see things change around you"
That's exactly it. The benefits that reciprocity bestows upon our species is a simple intuitive and rational truth. I think one could modestly assert that it's an intuitive law of our concrete jungle that we are able to rationally and morally reason to. I think it's just as much of a base instinct as fear. However, I only want to make a distinction between the self-interested principles with which nature equipped us, and the feigned self-interested principles with which the deceitful ploys of society equips us. I'm not judging these separate postures as isolated events, instead i'm venturing to judge some of their implications. Granted, I didn't get to exhaust my critique on these matters given the allotted keystrokes, so, whatever opinions and information I hereby submit to you are not an effort to object to your reply. They are merely meant as an addendum to my initial and inadequate post.
"I think self interest is good because then you are guided by what you really care about as opposed to good intentions"
I'm not sure what you mean by this. By this logic, it is "good" to behave as one would do without "good intentions", regardless of where those good intentions come from. I could be guided by my thirst for blood and it'd be "good." I understand that it's possible you don't mean to suggest that.
"of course approval probably comes into it too... but show me the person who doesn't need somebody's approval!"
Inside this comment is another distinction I would like to make--and it's the difference between the degree of 'needing' and 'wanting' approval--which, by the way, includes the approval one can give oneself. And, may I inquire as to what that person "who doesn't need somebody's approval" may look like when shown to you?
Thomas Jones 100+Sep 2 2011: QUOTE: ""I think you can be self- interested and help others at the same time; especially if you happen to like people and like to see things change around you. ... That's exactly it."
This is a very "human" comment; and a very "human" response. Which is appropriate under the circumstances. However, both comments assume that selfishness and selflessness lie entirely in the domain of what we commonly refer to as free will; and they assume there is a difference between what motivates selfish and altruistic behaviour. It also imbues the actions, selfish or otherwise, with a degree of moral rectitude or lack thereof that may or may not be present.
These considerations of a moral nature might be totally absent in the processes that underlie and motivate our behaviour. That is, action might be motivated by, say, genetics. And, at that level, "good" would simply be that which leads to survival.
"Bad" would not exist.
Because any entity that engaged in what we (as humans) would call "bad" behaviour, would cease to exist. The outcome would be quite literally meaningless to "them" ... because there would be no "them" at all. The dodo does not "care" that it is extinct.
Thomas Jones 100+Aug 31 2011: Hi Christopher,
A brave (selfish yet paradoxically altruistic) confession.
I agree with much of what you say. However, I would add that anyone who would assert categorically that:
"... anyone who, unlike me, doesn't disclose their self-interested desires for the pursuit of their passions is either someone just as vain as me but is lying to save their anonymous face and conform to the politely-veil-your-intentions form of social etiquette that has become popular, or they lack self-knowledge and are unable to accurately excavate and give voice to their intentions...or, a dash of the latter, and a tinge of the former"
lacks a depth of self-knowledge that would embrace and transcend (without negating) such a statement.
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Thomas Jones 100+Sep 1 2011: Christopher,
I think I will have to give you my reply "in pieces." Time is tight and I'm also tired.
I'll start with: "anyone who would assert categorically that [insert statement] lacks a depth of self-knowledge ..."
Your statement assumes a total understanding of human nature, not only as it pertains to oneself, but also as it pertains to all others.
I suggest the statement is (more likely) based on an internalized, coherent and sophisticated model that purports to explain human volition. In other words, you might be mistaking information for knowledge.
The problem with models is they are all false. Useful but false. For example, Newtons' model is useful but false - as is Einstein's, and so on. In another field we might use Freud, Skinner, and others as examples of people who have created useful but not completely accurate models.
From a cognitive, and even a functional, perspective, our models may appear real, accurate and robust. But no model, which is to say no thought, represents reality accurately, let alone completely.
A useful metaphor might be "the horizon." The horizon appears to exist. It does not. It is a perceptual illusion. It is a model we have constructed, and labeled, to help us make sense of our world - as we see it. The fact that our model "horizon" is not an accurate representation of reality doesn't really matter in any significant sense - unless we are navigators.
Gene DoraySep 1 2011: Hi Christopher, you provide much food for thought, though I wanted to clarify that my question regarding the motivation behind people's passions was actually "self improvement" - as opposed to self interest. Perhaps that is 6 of one, half dozen of another, but at least in my mind, self interest may have the greater association to the vanity which you describe, while self improvement could actually contain altruistic intentions. Also, what a person is passionate about may be a source of pride, but it could also be a source of shame - depending on how it is perceived in the eyes of society. What it is that maintains and feeds the passion in light of either situation intrigues me. Thanks for your contribution!
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Sep 3 2011: Christopher. I believe it is true what you say but I find something jaded in the frankness of the delivery, an almost "dare me to be wrong" sentiment that smacks more of self interest and ego fortification than the original subject matter. I think it is also very clever that your "ego self enrichment" sounding statement supports your original statements argument, on initial inspection, which makes it very hard to distinguish where or if your sentiments have a flaw. In its truest sense, your statement appears correct but it is also a facet in behavioral terms of the human species and most all other higher level thinking species in a most instinctual sense, one of survival. If one could accept that absolute altruism could not exist in higher level thinking species, due to personal survival needs at the most basic instinctual levels, then I think your statement would fall down. I appreciate your statments and consider it a great discussion point.
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Blowing a whistleJune 13,2013Im glad I live in a country with people who are vigilant in defending civil liberties. But as I listen to the debate about the disclosure of two government programs designed to track suspected phone and email contacts of terrorists, I do wonder if some of those who unequivocally defend this disclosure are behaving as if 9/11 never happened that the only thing we have to fear is government intrusion in our lives, not the intrusion of those who gather in secret cells in Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan and plot how to topple our tallest buildings or bring down U.S. airliners with bombs planted inside underwear, tennis shoes or computer printers.
Yes, I worry about potential government abuse of privacy from a program designed to prevent another 9/11 abuse that, so far, does not appear to have happened. But I worry even more about another 9/11. That is, I worry about something thats already happened once that was staggeringly costly and that terrorists aspire to repeat.
I worry about that even more, not because I dont care about civil liberties, but because what I cherish most about America is our open society, and I believe that if there is one more 9/11 or worse, an attack involving nuclear material it could lead to the end of the open society as we know it. If there were another 9/11, I fear that 99 percent of Americans would tell their members of Congress: Do whatever you need to do to, privacy be damned, just make sure this does not happen again. That is what I fear most.
That is why Ill reluctantly, very reluctantly, trade off the government using data mining to look for suspicious patterns in phone numbers called and email addresses and then have to go to a judge to get a warrant to actually look at the content under guidelines set by Congress to prevent a day where, out of fear, we give government a license to look at anyone, any email, any phone call, anywhere, anytime.
So I dont believe that Edward Snowden, the leaker of all this secret material, is some heroic whistle-blower. No, I believe Snowden is someone who needed a whistle-blower. He needed someone to challenge him with the argument that we dont live in a world any longer where our government can protect its citizens from real, not imagined, threats without using big data where we still have an edge under constant judicial review. Its not ideal. But if one more 9/11-scale attack gets through, the cost to civil liberties will be so much greater.
A hat tip to Andrew Sullivan for linking on his blog to an essay by David Simon, the creator of HBOs The Wire. For me, it cuts right to the core of the issue.
You would think that the government was listening in to the secrets of 200 million Americans from the reaction and the hyperbole being tossed about, wrote Simon. And you would think that rather than a legal court order, which is an inevitable consequence of legislation that we drafted and passed, something illegal had been discovered to the governments shame. Nope. ... The only thing new here, from a legal standpoint, is the scale on which the FBI and NSA are apparently attempting to cull anti-terrorism leads from that data. ... I know its big and scary that the government wants a database of all phone calls. And its scary that theyre paying attention to the Internet. And its scary that your cellphones have GPS installed. ... The question is not should the resulting data exist. It does. ... The question is more fundamental: Is government accessing the data for the legitimate public safety needs of the society, or are they accessing it in ways that abuse individual liberties and violate personal privacy and in a manner that is unsupervised. And to that, The Guardian and those who are wailing jeremiads about this pretend-discovery of U.S. big data collection are noticeably silent. We dont know of any actual abuse.
We do need to be constantly on guard for abuses. But the fact is, added Simon, that for at least the last two presidencies this kind of data collection has been a baseline logic of an American anti-terrorism effort that is effectively asked to find the needles before they are planted into haystacks, to prevent even such modest, grass-rooted conspiracies as the Boston Marathon bombing before they occur.
To be sure, secret programs, like the virtually unregulated drone attacks, can lead to real excesses that have to be checked. But here is what is also real, Simon concluded:
Those planes really did hit those buildings. And that bomb did indeed blow up at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. And we really are in a continuing, low-intensity, high-risk conflict with a diffuse, committed and ideologically motivated enemy. And, for a moment, just imagine how much bloviating would be wafting across our political spectrum if, in the wake of an incident of domestic terrorism, an American president and his administration had failed to take full advantage of the existing telephonic data to do what is possible to find those needles in the haystacks.
And, Id add, not just bloviating. Imagine how many real restrictions to our beautiful open society we would tolerate if there were another attack on the scale of 9/11. Pardon me if I blow that whistle.
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Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman, that loveable pair who are the Doctor and Clara Oswald, will answer your questions – but only if you're of a certain age.
The stars are set to answer viewers' questions in two Blue Peter specials on Thursday 21st November and Saturday 23rd November (the former of which will also announce a new competition to design a sonic device for either Madame Vastra, Jenny or Strax).
Coleman stars in Thursday's edition, which will be shown on the CBBC Channel at 5:30pm, and Smith will appear on the anniversary day at the Blue Peter Party to celebrate 50 years at 9:30am.
Moffat did promise that Doctor Who would take over TV and y'know what? Let's ignore the cynics – Doctor Who will rule television for the next few weeks, starting with this Thursday's The Science of Doctor Who with Professor Brian Cox (The Power of Three)!
Doctor Who has a long history with Blue Peter – even counting presenter, Peter Purves, as one of the Doctor's companions – so it's great to see the children's show will be celebrating the Big Day.
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Sunday's GOP Presidential candidate debate was more of a free-for-all than a discussion of the issues as participants attacked each other, Hillary Clinton, and anything Democratic.
Then they argued among themselves over who is, or is not, a real conservative.
With the rabid right wing of the Republican Party threatening to bolt and back an as-yet unnamed third party candidate, the GOP Presidential wannabes behaved like a group of schoolyard bullies, each trying to claim they were tougher than the others.
It came off as childish, immature, and foolish.
Reports The Associated Press:
Republican front-runners Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney defended their conservative credentials in the face of pointed attacks from campaign rivals Sunday night in the most aggressive debate to date of the race for the White House.
"You've just spent the last year trying to fool people about your record. I don't want you to start fooling them about mine," Arizona Sen. John McCain bluntly told Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.
Former Sen. Fred Thompson made Giuliani his target, saying the former New York mayor supported federal funding for abortion, gun control and havens for illegal immigrants.
"He sides with Hillary Clinton on each of those issues," added Thompson, referring to the New York Democrat who leads in the polls for her party's presidential nomination.
The clashes in the early moments of a 90-minute debate prompted former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to say he wanted no part of a "demolition derby" with others of his own party. "What I'm interested in is fighting for the American people."
Whatever their disagreements among one another, the eight rivals agreed on one issue. They took turns criticizing Clinton, the Democratic front-runner.
Asked whether she was fit to be commander in chief, Romney replied, "I'd vote no."
Giuliani said he agreed with one thing the former first lady said recently. "I have a million ideas. America cannot afford them all," he quoted her as saying as laughter filled the debate hall. "I'm not making it up."
McCain said Clinton had recently tried to spend $1 million on a Woodstock Museum, commemorating perhaps the most famous counterculture event of the 1960s.
"Now my friends I wasn't there. I'm sure it was a cultural and pharmaceutical event," he said.
"I was tied up at the time," he deadpanned, and the audience rose to applaud the reference to the five and a half years McCain spent as a prisoner of war during Vietnam.
The debate was the first since Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas dropped out of the race, winnowing the field. The remaining rivals stood on a stage at a resort 10 miles from Walt Disney World, fielding questions at an event broadcast by Fox News Channel.
The leadoff Iowa caucuses are scheduled for Jan. 3, 2008, for Republicans. In their most recent debate, Oct. 9, Giuliani and Romney swapped charges with each other, vying for primacy in the race.
This time they largely ignored each other. Instead, Giuliani's lead in the nation polls, as well as Romney's perceived strength in early voting states, made them obvious targets for McCain and Thompson.
The first question went to Giuliani, asked whether he was more conservative than Thompson. "I can't comment on Fred," the former mayor said.
He then added that he had brought down crime, cleaned up Times Square, cut taxes and eliminated the city's deficits. "I think that was a pretty darned good conservative record," he said.
Giuliani took a more conservative position on gay marriage than he has thus far, saying he would support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage if states begin to legalize it.
Giuliani lived with an openly gay couple after separating from his second wife, Donna Hanover, and one member of the couple said at the time that Giuliani promised to marry them if gay marriage was ever legalized.
Attacked by the former Tennessee senator moments later, Giuliani fired back at his antagonist. "Fred has problems, too," he said. He said Thompson was the "single biggest obstacle" in the Senate to legislation limiting the ability of individuals filing lawsuits to recover unlimited damages.
"He stood with the Democrats over and over again" on the issue, Giuliani added.
Thompson said he believed states should decide whether to limit lawsuits in their own states.
Republicans in Congress tried for years to pass legislation that would cap damages in lawsuits, but never succeeded before losing their majority to Democrats in 2006.
Romney was asked about McCain's earlier claims that he had shifted positions on a number of issues to appeal to conservative Republicans.
The former Massachusetts governor responded that he was proud of his record, particularly since the state had an overwhelmingly Democratic Legislature. "I fought to make sure we kept our taxes down. I fought for pro-growth strategies. I cut taxes," he said.
Moments later, though, McCain personally turned on Romney.
"Governor Romney, you've been spending the last year trying to fool people about your record. I don't want you to start fooling them about mine," he said.
Saying he would run on his record as a conservative, McCain added, "I don't think you can fool the American people. I think the first thing you'd need is their respect."
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The leading Republican presidential candidates staged their most contentious and personal debate of the long campaign season here Sunday night, clashing sharply over abortion, immigration, tort reform and their readiness to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in a general election.
The debate's opening minutes included a series of personal exchanges that illustrated the growing stakes in the nominating battle and set the tone for the 90-minute encounter. Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney were quickly put on the defensive, fending off criticism leveled by former senator Fred D. Thompson (Tenn.), who questioned their conservative credentials.
Thompson raked Giuliani for having supported federal funding of abortion, voting for the reelection of Democrat Mario Cuomo for governor in 1994, backing gun control and making New York a sanctuary city for immigrants.
"He sides with Hillary Clinton on each of those issues," Thompson said.
Giuliani then jumped on Thompson, attacking his record in the Senate of opposing GOP-sponsored legislation to limit costly lawsuits. "Fred was the single biggest obstacle to tort reform in the United States Senate," he said. "He stood with Democrats over and over again."
One of the most personal attacks came when Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) joined the fray early in the debate, taking umbrage at Romney's recent statement that he speaks for the "Republican wing" of the Republican Party. "Governor Romney, you've been spending the last year trying to fool people about your record," McCain said. "I don't want you to start fooling them about mine. I stand on my record. I stand on my record of a conservative."
Thompson drew one of the toughest questions of the night in the debate's closing minutes, when he was asked by Fox News's Wendell Goler about his sometimes languid pace on the campaign trail. Asked about criticism that he was lazy, Thompson rolled through a lengthy r¿sum¿ that includes becoming an assistant U.S. attorney at 28, serving as counsel on the Watergate committee at 30, winning election to the Senate twice and helping shepherd Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. through the confirmation process in 2005.
"If a man can do all that and be lazy, I recommend it to everybody," he said to laughter and applause.
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who has been crowding his way into the top tier of the race, stood by throughout the early exchanges, then chided the others for attacking one another, saying Americans are "looking for a presidential candidate who's not so interested in a demolition derby against the other people in his own party."
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The top Republican White House contenders battled on Sunday over who was the better conservative, with Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney defending their records and views on social issues from strong attacks.
In a debate in the election swing state of Florida, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson accused Giuliani of being out of step with the conservative values of the Republican Party and Arizona Sen. John McCain attacked Romney's conservative credentials.
"Governor Romney, you've been spending the last year trying to fool people about your record. I don't want you to start fooling them about mine," McCain said. "I stand on my record of a conservative."
Thompson, a latecomer to the race who is chasing Giuliani in national opinion polls, said the former New York mayor's support for abortion rights and gun control put him in a league with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, a New York senator.
"I simply disagree with him on those issues, and he sides with Hillary Clinton on each of those issues I just mentioned," he said.
Giuliani said he cut taxes, created budget surpluses and lowered the crime rate in a largely Democratic city. "I think that was a pretty darn good conservative record," he said.
He turned the tables on Thompson by challenging his failure in the Senate to support capping damages in lawsuits.
"Fred was the single biggest obstacle to tort reform in the United States Senate. He stood with Democrats over and over again," Giuliani said.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee likened the freewheeling exchange between the top contenders to "a demolition derby."
Giuliani leads the Republican presidential field in national opinion polls ahead of the 2008 election, with Thompson running second.
But Romney leads polls in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, which kick off the state-by-state nominating race and often give a jolt of national momentum to the winners.
Romney defended his record as Massachusetts governor and his conversion in recent years to becoming an abortion rights opponent, and said he cut taxes and reduced budgets in a heavily Democratic state.
"I was fighting against the liberal lion in perhaps the toughest state in America," he said.
Most of the Republicans took shots at Clinton, who leads the Democratic presidential field in national opinion polls and is a frequent and popular target of Republican critics.
Romney questioned the former first lady's experience and said she was not qualified to be commander in chief of the U.S. military. "She hasn't run a corner store. She hasn't run a state. She hasn't run a city," he said.
"There's nothing funny about Hillary Clinton being president," said Huckabee, who finished a close second to Romney on Saturday in a straw poll of social and religious conservatives at a conference in Washington.
"If she's president, taxes go up, health care becomes the domain of the government, spending goes out of control, our military loses its morale," Huckabee said.
On foreign policy, McCain and Giuliani said they were concerned about the intentions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the United States needed to renew efforts on missile defense and building relations with Eastern Europe.
"This is a dangerous person, and he has to understand that there's a cost to some of his actions," McCain said, adding that as president he would make sure missile defense systems were placed in eastern Europe despite Putin's objections.
Giuliani said the answer was for the United States to build a "very, very strong military that no other country on earth would ever consider challenging."
The debate in Florida, an even more influential state in the nominating race after moving up the date of its primary to late January 2008, concluded a weekend convention of about 3,000 Florida Republican Party activists.
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I got half way through the debate and switched to the Animal Channel; which was less offensive as the lions made clean kills.
The debate showed how all of them would back a Constitutional Amendment to ban abortions and gay marriages. Even Ron Paul could not stand firmly alone that these are social issues and not in the authority of the federal government. His efforts were pitiful and weak. If this debate did nothing else, it shoved the undecideds into a third party or in the Democrat's corner.
They stood completely united for a Police State that would control all the sins in America….For pro-lifers they sure smelled like killers in the Middle East. No more Republicans!!!!!
I notice NONE of these stories mention Ron Paul at all. HOw totally sad our "system" is.
John Strause
The GOP Debate was nothing more than a barnyard fight to see who would become the next barnyard top dog bully. Actually it appeared as though they were all trying to out-Bush Bush. Only Ron Paul came out looking like Presidential material. Why was he not given at least some token news coverage from the slanted Fox News channels ? Afraid he would draw even more attention as the best candidate than he already has ?
It is my contention that Ron Paul should form his own Party and allow the rest of the Contenders to bury themselves. It appears to me that more than enough voters would go for Ron Paul than for any contender from either the Democratic or Republican Parties. What better time to form a Third Party that is completely unaffiliated with AIPAC, and the big Corporations that have their hands on the control-stick of both of the two 'represented' Parties ? The American people need a clear choice and Ron Paul is our last hope for reform. He does not stand a chance running on the Republican ticket. No Republican contender has a snowballs chance in hell. Even Hillary would be a better choice, measured against any of the others.
The Powers-that-be know this, and that is why Ron Paul is barely mentioned in what passes for News in the obviously Government-controlled Fox News. If it weren't for the Internet bringing him to the fore, I doubt if Ron Paul would even be mentioned at all. If it weren't for the Debates being televised you would not know a man like Ron Paul existed past the Internet.
People, wake up and Think For Yourselves. Do your own research … and then Vote…and Pray that your vote will be counted this next time.
IF there is a next time. After all, Bush likes playing dictator.
Even if Ron Paul is elected, do you think he has the right stuff to rid us of the yoke of interest and fiat money . Brought to you by the Federal Reserve.
I doubt Paul has the power to eliminate these great money makers for the BASTARDS who rule behind the scenes………….
"Why was he [Ron Paul] not given at least some token news coverage from the slanted Fox News channels ?"
Could it be because the guy who got the staqnding ovation was the one who said he would rule by prayer? Or could it be that the media moguls have done what you suggest and researched. I can't imagine anyone who actually reasearched Paul with an open mind and considered the impact of his proposals would consider him anything but dangerous.
SEAL, the two parties have morphed into a division of hatred not seen in America since the Civil War. I read all the commentaries and it is no question that being a Liberal is some one against American Freedoms and being a Conservative is the enemy of sin. The extremes of both parties is driving a manic election in 2008. I wrote up a commentary this morning and it will be on my website by tomorrow. I will link it here, if possible.
Trying for a balanced opinion today is impossible. The left wants a registribution of wealth and federal handouts to everyone and the right wants prohibitions to keep people from sinning. Excuse me but I cannot find a lesser of two evils at this time.
It is impossible to locate a Conservative moderate or a Liberal who bases his/her campaign on equality and a free enterprise system. There is no one who speaks for me. I might as well move to Mexico where the Inquisition doesn't have any authority. My America has eaten alive by the extremists.
I watched the debate,,,,,,, all of it,
and was really bewildered at the attitude of the audience. They sucked up and applauded the non answers which were given by Rudy/Judy Ghoullyani and his cohort Pitt Dummy but when given real answers to a question, they were noticeably quiet or hostile. When Ron Paul said that we couldn't afford the health care coverage, Social Security and Medicare that we/they want in this country due to the fact we are going bankrupt by the Irag war and US foreign policy around the world he was booed, then later when he said that the vast majority of Americans wanted the US out of the war he was down right heckled.(even though polls show he is right) Did they stack the audience? Do they not understand the meaning of a nine trillion dollar debt?
It was crazy. You can see that the other candidates have, since the beginning of the debates changed their stance on constitutional issues and have adopted alot of Ron Pauls campaign issues, but when Ron says it, and means it he gets booed, but when the others say it, not meaning it (just saying anything to get elected) The audience just lapped it up.
I must say Fred "dummy" Thompson did pretty well
in the debate and so did Disdain Mccain, but Freds an actor and a one world order nut and McCain, well he is just a nut. Though like I said they came off with a good "performance".
I just can't get over the hostility of the crowd to Dr. Paul.
Yarply, this was organized by a stacked audiance. It was a group of the religious right they were debating in front of. I admire Pauls courage for showing up in the valley of the shadow of death but he had no chance with these people.
The only person they will support is one who rules by gods holy ordinance. That's why they backed Bush. Lord knows Bush has used plenty of that ordinance in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Just another mine is bigger than yours argument.
We have seen a lot of this type of foolishness over many years but this is the first time the contest was over who had the most consevative cock.
I shake my head and laugh at these people. If I take them seriously I will go section 8.
Any real consevative would not consider running for president this time. They know there is no chance for victory.
I disagree with your anaysis of the democraps though, Sandy. Both Obama and Edwards are fairly moderate. Obama more so. I would call him a progressive. However, I fear those two may resort to down and dirty before the primaries are over trying to stop Hillary. That isn't necessary. I wish I could direct their campaigns.
One thing I do not believe is this sudden drastic jump in the poll figures showing Hillary has gained about 10 percentage points in only a week or two. That just does not happen unless the poll is rigged.
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Leafs retool at forward with Kontiola, Santorelli deals, also retain Bodie
Toronto, ON, Canada (4E Sports) – The Toronto Maple Leafs agreed to terms Thursday on one-year deals with forwards Petri Kontiola, Mike Santorelli and the returning Troy Bodie.
It was reported that Santorelli's contract is for $1.5 million and Kontiola's contract is worth $1.1 million.
Santorelli, 28, had 10 goals, 28 points and was plus-9 in 49 games for the Vancouver Canucks last season. He was out of action after Jan. 16 due to a shoulder injury that required surgery.
Kontiola, 29, spent the past five seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League. He had 15 goals and 37 points in 53 games last season for Chelyabinsk Traktor and was a member of Finland's bronze-medal team at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
The Finnish centre had to pay 20 million Russian rubles — roughly C$620,297 — to get out of the final season of his KHL deal.
Bodie, 29, had three goals, 10 points and was plus-6 in 47 games for the Maple Leafs in 2013-14.
Coupled with Tuesday's signing of Finn Leo Komarov, the Leafs were able to retool at forward after letting Mason Raymond go.
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