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Mercury, Hair
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Once absorbed and circulating, mercury becomes bound to numerous proteins, including keratin. The concentration of mercury in hair correlates with the severity of clinical symptoms. If the hair can be segregated by length, such an exercise can be useful in identifying the time of exposure.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Detecting mercury exposure
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Normally, hair contains <1 mcg/g mercury; any amount more than this indicates that exposure to more than normal amounts of mercury has occurred.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
0-15 years: not established
> or =16 years: 0.0-0.9 mcg/g of hair
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Marques R, Do'rea J, Bastos W, and Malm O. Changes in children hair-Hg concentrations during the first 5 years: Maternal, environmental and iatrogenic modifying factors. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 2007;49:17–24
2. Canuel R, de Grosbois S, Atikesse L, and Lucotte M. New Evidence on Variations of Human Body Burden of Methylmercury from Fish Consumption. Environ Health Perspect 2006;114:302–306


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Idea: Social networking and robotics programing to help children and adolescents develop moral criteria.
Since 1998 I am working with robotics (aka Lego Mindstorms robots) to organize educational experiences to help children to develop moral criteria (As Piaget and Kohlberg) suggest. The idea is very simple: Students has an every class challenge to build a robotic solution for a handicapped persons then they must think about the solution being emphatic with the user of their technical solution. After many years using this focus in our Technology class I have results and it is interesting how students look for solutions using the moral criteria thinking the solution from the handicapped vision.
The second idea is use private social network to help students to use the moral criteria to autocontrol their behavior in a social network. Using Ning as a private social network, we invite students to develop a team solutions using technology. The issue was how the relation each other using empathy. Then we made a review with the communications used in fora. Many time we find comments who discard the other students opinions based in cultural, economical and even races issues, then we the teachers could participate to moderate the discussion and to orient students based in empathy and other moral criteria applied.
Both ideas was used in class between 1998 and 2011 and was published in Information Review of Information Ethics below the tag "Teaching Information Ethics" Could be consulted in
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Nov 13 2012: Miguel I agree. I am a fan of lawrence kohlberg's Stages of Moral Developement.Nov 10 2012: I think of morality as a long term investment in love but without the pain of losing the other or wondeing if the other is cheating on you. But there is always the need to recreate the other, within a context of non professional creative care. Empathy is visible mostly to the other, living within the norms of a perticular culture, faith and tradtions. Ethics is both personal and collective; feeding into the larger debate of nurture versus nature. How we interpret morals and what these morals are effect the way we relate to each other. This relationship is the most important recipe of peacful co-existence every society.
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These categories of morals and ethics set humans apart from non humans transcending global human society and interconnecting our understanding as we grow to know or understand what we need to hate or love. Although these binaries are clear they are not always visible, therefore teaching MORALS/ETHICS as a value base commodity in any context increases my interest on how we teach those values, because boy! it's critical how we see the outcome and also how do we measure this outcome?
I am concerned and interested about a few things: One, do computers teach or think for us now? Two, are we shaping the way computers/technology affect our moral values? Three, who are the victims of morality?
Nov 12 2012: When I read your comments I think immediately in I Robot, the novel. I was young when I find this story in my school library. Was amazing to read about the 1o rules of robotics. When we put the students to work with robots programming we face the challenge of ethics because we can cover human needs with technology but not in any way. We need put the solutions in the contexts of the persons needs, privacy, respect, intimacy, and all the elements who let the person be him/herself.
My experience is that if you bring technology to the classroom you cannot avoid ethical issues involved. If you are a teacher you must be a change factor in ethical matters too.Nov 28 2012: Take a look:
Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studied http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20501091Nov 13 2012: More and more Americans and others around the world are becoming mental robots.
They are being made into Artificial Intelligence.
They believe what they are told to believe, think what they are told to think,
say what they are told to say and do what they are told to do.
They also don't believe what they are told not to believe, they don't think what they
are told not to think, they don't say what they are told not to say and they don't do
what they are told not to do. They thus, are not able to and cannot, make a choice of their own or come to their own decision.
This is precisely what many want to do with children (and have been doing), claiming that children cannot make choices.
What B.S.!!
Of course they can't if they are programmed ahead of time to make a choice that is pre-determined by someone else.
They will always be making the choice of that someone else, who wishes to play god and destroy the spirit of another child, by claiming,(Oh, this is so rich, it is sinful and evil), that "it is for the good of the child!!!"
Sorry, cannot approve of your idea unless you let me be the one to determine your kids morals and the morals of others kids as well.
Unfortunately, too many wonderful children are already being trained by robots. They are known as their parents!
And the government, in various forms, is involved as well.
Morals. The TSA strip searching and plain searching children at airports is simply their way of training young kids to get used to being in a Fascist country and growing up that way, with no rights whatsoever. Those are not morals. Those are truly evil intentions and evil human beings. And their parents, right before them, do nothing, as they are told what to do or not do. Say or not say. Think or not think. Believe or not believe. Don't you dare. We will train your kids to be afraid and not to react or act.
Stay out of it. You have no rights.
Nov 13 2012: The idea works an inverse way. If you program a robot it works like a mirror of your thoughts and your vision of the world. The procedures works like a mirror of your moral structure. I am repellent with this TV shows where people laugh for the other accidents. Is a kind of a repulsive pedagogy of avoid empathy with others. But if you invite or challenge a student to develop a piece of software for a machine who suppose help others, the student must be able to put himself in the other situation, analyze it and develop a solution in/for the OTHER needs.
I am not defending robotics at all, I am using the experience with technology to contribute to the developing of reasoning skills since 25 years ago. And Social networking, program robots and many others are useful if your have the ability to develop learning environments with very rich educational experiences. Papert and Resnick form MIT with LogoWriter and Scratch are doing wonderful job in this matter and Latin America has wonderful experiences.Nov 13 2012: If you want to teach morals it's a good idea but teaching compassion with robots, I don't think so.
Nov 13 2012: Well you can teach robotics aseptically avoiding ethical issues. But Develop moral criteria is not teaching morals. Developing moral reasoning is the way to help students become good citizens. I prefer use every school and informal occasion to help students became autonomous and ethically competent, reflexive persons.Nov 12 2012: Yes, I am agree. We never teach morals. We contribute to develop the reasoning skills who let students use their moral criteria. We are based in Piaget and Kohlberg texts about the development of moral criteria. Robotics is used to plan an escenario where students think like programmers (actually they develop a solution and they must be emphatic with human needs before to think like technicians). This technical challenge is used as a useful environment for developing consciousness about other needs, be empathic with them.
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Nov 10 2012: I am horrified at the thought of any formal educational institution teaching morals. I live in the USA and Christian morals are so cruel and violent that we should protect our children from them. Who is going to decide which morals are going to be taught and what are you going to do with the parents who object?Nov 9 2012: Thanks. I will find out more about the FIRST robot program. In our school we try with Lego Mind Storm and crickets form MIT Mitch Resnick and the invest was moderately accessible for students (they must pay 60 dlls. monthly basis and then they can access a Mac computer, Internet, Labs and Vernier probes too).
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Nov 10 2012: Two reasons I like robotics and engineering design in schools where people can afford it are: building things together can be a neglected but highly useful/applicable skill set, not only in the workplace but in daily life, and and these activities seems to be very effective in motivating students to apply themselves to school work who simply are not drawn to the abstract.Nov 9 2012: Regardless of the subject of the classroom, whether Language Arts, Social Studies, Math... or the less common school subject of robotics or engineering design, it is easy and developmentally useful to build in a service dimension that allows students to see how work in that subject can be used in the public interest.
I agree with you that students typically love seeing how these school subjects can be used to start to address human problems and that it gives them practice in seeing themselves as part of future solutions..
Collaboration itself is a big focus in schools, because everyone recognizes its importance as a life skill.
Congratulations to you on the successes of your robot projects. I am familiar with the FIRST robot program. My younger daughter had hoped to participate as a high schooler, but the expense was prohibitive.


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Tributes to Barrow death crash granddad
Last updated at 16:37, Friday, 16 November 2012
THE family of a man who died following a collision near Barrow have paid tribute to a "loving partner, father and grandfather".
Police, firefighters and an ambulance were called to the coast road near to the pitch and putt course at around 5pm on Thursday.
A silver Vauxhall Vectra, being driven by 64-year-old Malcolm John Boddington, appeared to have left the road and crashed after driving onto the grass verge.
A cyclist, firefighters and paramedics all fought to save the Mr Boddington by attempting to resuscitate him at the scene but he died after being taken to Furness General Hospital.
Mr Boddington's daughter, Tammy Phipps who lives in Bridgwater in Somerset, said police called her at 11pm that night to break the news to her.
Mrs Phipps, 41, said her dad had moved to Barrow around 17 years ago to live with his partner Jeanie Bridges.
"My dad was originally from Northampton, he spent most of his life in Bridgwater then met Jean and moved to Barrow," Mrs Phipps said.
"He was a lorry driver for Tuffnells and was due to retire next September. He was looking forward to it so much."
Twice a year, Mrs Phipps would travel to Barrow with her three teenage children to see their grandfather.
"The last time I saw him was in August," she said.
"He was fine, he's never had anything wrong with him that I'm aware of and he had to have medicals regularly because he was a HGV driver."
Mrs Phipps described her dad as a "doting granddad who loved spending time with his family".
She added: "He was my dad, he was the one and only... he was always there for me and his grandchildren. He adored them."
A statement from Mr Boddington's partner, Jean Bridges, was issued by police yesterday.
It said: "Malcolm moved, with his partner to Barrow in 1995 from Bridgewater, Somerset. Malcolm was a loving partner, father, grandfather, brother and uncle who will be sadly missed by all.
"He enjoyed listening to music - particularly country and the music of the 60s.
"Malcolm enjoyed bingo and spending time with his family in his caravan at Southend Caravan Park. He worked at Tufnells in Carnforth as a lorry driver.
"We are all devastated by this tragedy and the loss of Malcolm will leave a large hole in our lives."
Mrs Phipps, who is training to be a delivery driver and "follow in dad's footsteps", thanked the emergency services who tried to save her father's life.
"I can't thank them enough for trying so hard," she added.
Paul Milburn, watch manager at Barrow fire station, described how those first at the scene of the crash had spent some time attempting to resuscitate Mr Boddington.
Mr Milburn said: "When we were in attendance there was a cyclist on the scene who was carrying out CPR on the casualty, and then the fire service took over CPR and carried out emergency care.
"This was prior to the paramedics taking over from us."
The coroner has been informed and an inquest is expected to be opened in due course.
Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact PC Nick Johns at Ulverston Roads Policing Unit on 101.
First published at 18:25, Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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so sad to hear malcolm passed away after the accident , such a funny happy man , will miss him passing me on his way home in a morning and getting a flash b4 he passed and then the double flashers as he passed , as if to say will see you later at the newsagents , r.i.p. malcolm , thoughts to his family and partner and many friends


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For a long time, I wondered how to write meaningful (truthful) stories without running the risk of offending Christians. A few years ago, I finally came to the conclusion that I really don't care what Christians think. I care about reaching those who do not know (or misunderstand) Christ and I care about pleasing my heavenly Father with my work. If some Christians complain about how I reconcile the way I carry out the former to accomplish the latter, then that is between them and God.
In other words, I have the freedom to write whatever I want. That may sound irresponsible but I know that I will have to give an account for every word (pure, vulgar or otherwise) that I write. It's that healthy fear of the Living God that gives me the freedom to write in a way that is natural and real without straying into the gratuitous.
(Warning, wondering out loud...)
On the other hand, I suppose those who cater to the narrow Christian aesthetic at the expense of writing successfully for a savvy and cynical audience will have to give their own account for what they did with their gifts.
I'm not saying that one HAS to include swearing, violence, and/or sex to write good stories. I'm just suggesting that God gives creative Christians far more freedom than other Christians do and that's a shame.
I wonder how many brilliant storytellers are stuck writing sappy Christmas musicals and heavy-handed Easter dramas because that's the only outlet the church provides for them. Frankly, that thought pisses me off because we're not here to entertain ourselves but to grow the Kingdom of God.
Well, I'll stop now before I use some words that I might regret. (In my screenplays, I fear God; on this board I fear the administrators :ignore: )
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It took awhile to figure out the identities of everyone in the photo, but once I realized this was Margaret Jarvis and her four daughters, it was fairly easy. Identifications were made by a few prompts from my father; looking at photos in George Jarvis and Joseph George DeFriez; and looking at identified photos in my father's digital collection.
Standing, left to right: Annie Jarvis Oveson*, Margaret Jarvis Overson
Sitting, left to right: Lois Jarvis Graham, Margaret Jarvis Jarvis, Stella Jarvis Peterson
*No, this is not a typo. Annie and Margaret were married to brothers, but Annie's husband dropped the additional "r" that had been added to the original Danish Ovesen. (Why didn't he also switch out the "o" for an "e"?)
Here is a more recent picture of the sisters.
I've been looking at Lois's and Stella's very distinctive oriental-looking eyes (even more striking in other photos) and wondering where those came from. All four grandparents were English. Their uncle Ebenezer Godfrey DeFriez had the same eyes. Now that I'm looking closely at Grandfather Joseph George DeFriez, it looks like he was the source of those distinctive eyes. (More distinct in a different photo than the following, which is what I have already scanned.)
It would be interesting to see a DNA test from a male in the direct DeFriez line to see where the family originally came from. Margaret Overson states in George Jarvis and Joseph George DeFriez:
The tradition in our family is that one Isaac De Friez, a Dutch Jew, was the earliest ancestor who settled in England. So certain was our Uncle, Ebenezer Godfrey Dr Friez, who was the first of our kindred to hear and embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, (1873) or the correctness of this tradition, that soon after the work for the Dead was begun in the St. George Temple, he and his brother William had Temple ordinances performed for Isaac De Friez, Great, Great Grand-Father. But 'tho' research has continued on our lines both in person and by employed researchers for at least twenty-five years, his name has not been found in the English Records (ii:5-6).October 18, 2012 -- Here's another picture of George, plus a picture of his son Ebenezer and his granddaughter Lois Jarvis. Lois certainly didn't get her eyes from the Jarvis side of the family!
|Well, this is actually the same picture! The contrast is greater, though.
|Lois's father was a DeFriez, but he took the name Jarvis and married Margaret Jarvis.


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What is nature? What is natural? Is human part of nature? Should all acts of men be considered "natural" therefore be justified?
People often refute ideas and acts of human by accusing it's against nature. (For example, genetic modification) In your opinion, what is nature? Is human part of this 'nature'? If so, then, may we assume all acts of human behaviors are "natural" and will lead to a "natural" consequence, therefore be justified?
Aug 24 2011: I'm not sure that an action may be justified simply because it is natural.
Aug 24 2011: Goodness why not ?
Aug 24 2011: Murder is natural occurence but not always justified.
Aug 25 2011: I don't think that animals are everconsidered guilty because of aggression. Do you ?
HJ Tan
Aug 25 2011: What I believe to be a fair point here Matthieu. Being "natural" doesn't necessarily means being "correct". At first I wasn't thinking about acts like murder, since these acts have severely damaged the interest of the human society as a whole and should be prohibited. I'm more interested about science and technology(more like the grey area). It does seems like every scientist are trying to make the world a better place, however no one knows how we would end up in the long run. Are we driven off the so called "natural path"? What do you think about genetic modification (on animals,plants to fit out needs), or say like fighting cancer and prevent aging?Aug 25 2011: @M Simmer down...You took me to task when I said humans were more than just animals. did you change your mind ?Aug 25 2011: Humans are.
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Aug 25 2011: Humans are animals .
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Sep 7 2011: Youare not supposed to use curse word according to TED rules of Conduct.Sep 7 2011: So are we ever going to hear about that point of yours or are you just going to avoid the topic all together, telling people how they should behave on TED? It's boring and off-topic.
Humans are animals. Animals are part of nature. Murder is natural but not justified. Now would like to clarify what your point was if you would be so kind?
Dawkins is not my guru and should be nobody's guru. However, it would be a mistake to reject a professor's scientific work on the sole basis that he so happens not to agree with ones religious views (an issue far removed from his work). The idea remains the same whether I mention Dawkins or not.
Now let's actually have a conversation.
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Aug 25 2011: Just like a beaver makes a dam and recreates his environment around him to secure his survival, so too does human create the means by which to extend life and cure disease. It is what Richard Dawkins would call the extended phenotype. As humans, we just have the benefit of being able to pass it on through culture whereas other living beings are stuck within their generation or can only develop culture in a limited fashion (ie. chimpanzees from particular groups who teach their offspring skills that are not innate to a chimp, but acquired by particular individuals).
I think our acts are natural in the sense that we're doing what's been done before but on a magnitude that far exceed the capacity of other animals. It's a shame we seem to be destroying our ecosystem in the process. Does the natural side of our actions make these justified. No, we have the intellectual capacity to know better.
Helen Hupe
Aug 25 2011: Well, I guess I see things a little different since I don't accept Dawkins as my guru.Aug 25 2011: As I see it natural is a useless word. Its creates a dichotomy between the word of people and everything else, when it would behoove us to look at how we fit into the natural world. So many of our problems stem from this false duality that places people above nature, and therefore not subjected to its rules.
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Just as beavers naturally make dams, people naturally make language which is the basis for passing down cultural knowledge, our sharpest evolutionary tool.Aug 24 2011: I think the border between what we call nature and not is a bit fuzzy.
Nature can mean:
- all living things on earth
- the total ecosystem
- an opposition to culture and artifice
So depending on the definition, your (first 3) question(s) has different answers.
What I don't understand is the leap towards the 4th question...
Justice and nature are not mutually inclusive or exclusive.
Justice is based upon laws and is limited to the human realm (society).
Whether you cal an act natural or not, it does not matter.
If your act is against justice, the appropriate measure (according to those laws) will be taken.
you can argue that our justice system is natural too, so punishing troublesome people is a natural response too, and a part of nature too...
HJ Tan
Aug 25 2011: Dear Christophe,
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Thanks for giving me a different persperctive here.
By pointing out the several definitions of "nature", and it's connection to justice, it now seems to me that what's "natural" doesn't necessarily means it's correct/right (or we would be facing a paradox when a murder case is brought to court) , and I shouldn't have lumped these two concepts together without clarifying which definition of nature I'm to stick with.
I believe one of the reasons I overlooked the many definition is because I first thought of this question in Chinese! "自然"(which is translated as nature) simply meant "the whole universe" ,including both the external and internal world of a human being, it's also often used to indicate "the way things are".
Are acts of human part of this realm? Human acts such as prevent aging(fighting cancer,overuse of medicine), consuming/producing genetic modified food have been accused by many for being against nature, therefore should be stopped. I'd like to know how you think on these issues.
Aug 25 2011: I don't really believe that rejecting technologies is a good idea in general, especially not those who are beneficial.
The argument that it is unnatural for me is invalid. We humans naturally evolved and started to adapt our environment to fit our needs and desires (in a way no other creature has done before)... And that is a good thing...
So again: i would argue that the division of things between natural and unnatural is not the criterion to base our decisions on when it comes to our society.
i do however think we need to take care about nature (as in: not destroying everything). But that argument can be made with self-preservation reasons.Aug 25 2011: 1 day ago: Definition of nature: "The inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing...a creative and controlling force in the universe...an inner force or the sum of such forces in an individual...a kind or class usu. distinguished by fundamental or essential characteristics...the physical constitution or drives of an organism...spontaneous attitude...the external world in its entirety..."
HJ Tan and Christophe,
Above, is the definition I found the other day, which seems to support what you are both saying?
It seems logical to present your question as you did HJ Tan. This definition (Websters) seems to include the internal and external world of the human being, as well as the whole universe.
I agree with Christophe, that to reject technologies would be unnatural, because we, as humans who are naturally part of the whole, have minds that are capable of creating and contributing to our evolution. I think it is a good thing to adapt our environment, and we need to do it in a way that does not challenge the environment in relation to other parts of the whole.
HJ Tan
Aug 25 2011: Can't agree more. Although it would be hard to tell whether a new technology will be beneficial at it's experimenting stage, I guess we'll have to prove that through time. Let's hope we can have the wisdom by then, and hopefully come up with more solution to make the world a more sustainable place to live in. Thankyou for sharing your thoughts Colleen! Cheers~ =)Aug 24 2011: Definition of nature: "The inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing...a creative and controlling force in the universe...an inner force or the sum of such forces in an individual...a kind or class usu. distinguished by fundamental or essential characteristics...the physical constitution or drives of an organism...spontaneous attitude...the external world in its entirety..."
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According to the definition, it seems that humans are part of nature. "If so, then may we assume all acts of human behaviors are "natural" and will lead to a "natural" consequence, therefore be justified?
If we look at the definition pertaining to "a creative and controling force in the universe"..."drives of an organism"..and "the external world in its entirety" could we then assume that humans, as part of the whole have some creativity and control over the evolution of the world in its entirety? Can we, as a whole organism be more creative in addressing those behaviors that are not good for the whole, and therefor not justified? It seems to me that this would be the natural thing to do:>)
Helen Hupe
Aug 24 2011: I don't think so.
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Aug 25 2011: Helen,
What do you mean? You don't agree with part or the whole comment? You have another idea?
Aug 25 2011: She'll let you know after posting four cryptic messages.
Jang hun
Aug 28 2011: Dear Steen,
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That's a very difficult question for me.
Ultimately, we don't have solution for this matter..I think.
Definitions and words have INNER problem..I think.
So, If we have to solve this problem to better way,
I think it's important that people's consent of definition.
So, we have to many discussion about definitions and words to give more clear meaning.
Sorry, maybe my expression of my opinion has many many problem.
It's very though work for me..to express my opinion in English.
Jang hun
Aug 27 2011: We all have the problem about definitions and words..
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These definitions and words have a inner limits to express real world.
And Tan's Question has same limit and problem. I think.
Aug 27 2011: Jang,
Yes. We all have problems about definitions and words, and our definitions and words have limits. How can we solve this problem?Aug 28 2011: Dear Jang,
It is a difficult challenge for all of us. You are right...we have to have discussions about definitions and words to give more clear meaning. Thank you for your valuable opinion:>)
If you have time and interest, I am interested in your opinion on this Ted talk:
"How can we cultivate courageous, non-violent dialogue between youth and power- Alex Blanes"
Jang hun
Aug 24 2011: I think it's a definition problem :)
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Aug 24 2011: Dear Jang,
We must be telepathically connected!!! At the same time you were writing "it's a definition problem", I was writing the definition...I LOVE it!
Do you think it's a "definition problem"? Or is it our interpretation as individuals that causes the challenge? The definition seems pretty clear to me:>)
Jang hun
Aug 27 2011: :) I think it's a definition problem..I'm a Korean and I really don't familiar to English.
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But I think it's clear to Tan's Message has problem.
I think Tan has problem with English as it has mime..
Sorry about my English grammar. I visit this site for my English skill..
Aug 27 2011: Dear Jang,
I will practice english skill, and explore this topic with you if you want. I think I understand HJ Tan, and we seem to agree.
Why do you think the definition is a problem? Do you understand his questions, and how the questions may be important to us?
Jang hun
Aug 28 2011: Dear Steen,
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First, Thanks for your suggestion. I'm very pleased to your kindness.
I think he's question is metaphysical, and so It has no ultimate answer.
People have preferrence for this question each other, and there's no right answer.
In my opinion, of coursely human is part of nature, but that's not meaning
of we assume all acts of human behaviors are natural.
Our science has been amazingly progressd, but that is not meaning it's going right way.
And "right way" is no where. We human being has no ultimate goal except to survive, I think.
So, everything except survive have to have agreement.
I think people's agreement, consent is important because there's no "right way"or "right person".
And I think there are some noises but it's working through human history.
Maybe I am a optimistic person.
Human beings have been crashed many problems and have been make many mistakes
but slowly progressed, I think. Many past problem is now not a problem.
And I don't think there's no ultimate "right thing" or "natural thing". That is illusion.
Sorry about my discursive sentences and my poor English grammar.
I'm not good at English. I wish to my grammar will progress.
Aug 28 2011: Hello Jang,
I'm very pleased for your reply:>)
You think the question is "metaphysical"?
Do you mean "supernatural"? Or "highly abstract"? Both of these could mean metaphysical.
I think you mean "abstract"? I agree.
HJ Tan askes..."what is your opinion?". I appreciate your opinion Jang. We may not be looking for one "right" answer. Perhaps it is an opportunity to explore the topic?
I agree that survival is a goal. You say "everything except survive have to have agreement".
You think we could work better together to survive and be in agreement?
I am optimistic too Jang, and I think you are a very wise young person (your photo looks like a young student...yes?)
Your English is very understandable, and I wish I could speak Korean as good:>)
Tyler Davis
Aug 28 2011: Dear HJ Tan,
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Well I think is a dangerous thing to say all human actions are natural and there for Justified. Justified being the dangerous word. Some Action's are justified in a purely scientific view like rape, however they are certainly not just from a moral standpoint.
If One where to define human action as natural, then yes all human action is nature. However if you define natural as instinctual behavior as natural then, no not all human actions are natural, and humans do not run entirely on instinct (in fact there's parts of our brain devoted to fighting instinct).
As it's been said, it's a problem with definitions, so in order to properly answer your question HJ, you'll need to answer the first two questions before you can properly move on to the others.
I would define Nature as Our biosphere Earth, and human actions as a natural progression. Our actions as a race, and as individuals can be explained in an evolutionary view. Humans are a new force in our word (relatively speaking) And we're causing an upheaval, but so did photosynthesizing micro-organisms some 3 billion years ago. (oxygen is nasty stuff: See oxidization)
However I'm still shy of using the word Justified for the way some people have been known to misuse it.Aug 25 2011: Something is only unnatural until we figure out how to do it. As of right now, time travel, willing yourself temporarily out of existence, and making decent vegan cheese all fall under unnatural acts because no one is capable of doing it. As we learn new skill we broaden the definition of what is natural. Whether this is good or bad it is interesting.
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Aug 25 2011: I find this definition lacking. A pack of Orca uses hunting technique, and monkeys use sticks. If this is not natural, what is?
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Aug 25 2011: The finer point being that, whichever definition of natural we use, humans fall into the natural category.Aug 24 2011: As conscious, intelligent beings, it is beholden upon us to adopt a stance of stewardship for all of nature and its well-being. Why? Because all other creatures behave and respond to instinct, they follow a natural trajectory of evolution and they live and die according to the innate rules of sustainability. We, as humans, do none of those things.
No doubt the 'Logic Police' will pull me up on this, but James Lovelock's Gaia Theory illustrates this point well - in that the planet should be regarded as a single, self-sustaining organism. Where, I wonder, are we placed in that system? Are we a virus? Are we a parasitical organism? Or could we be become as sustainable as the other creatures we share this planet with? The choice is ours...
Aug 24 2011: You underestimate how developed certain of our Ape cousins are. It doesn't all come down to instincts.
Aug 27 2011: Maybe so, but when an intelligent creature evolves away from an instinctual existence over the course of many generations, there is then the probability that such an emerging intelligence would modify its own environment to suit its own existence - possibly at the cost of other creatures, and even whole ecosystems. Such unmediated intelligence is fatally flawed, because inherent greed and centrism would eventually bring about its own extinction.
Intelligence simply has to run concurrently with empathy, and the knowledge that our every action has consequences on something, or someone else.
Kent Spencer
Aug 24 2011: Natrual is a possible tendancy of the living. Human nature involves the result of one acting upon common normal emotions. There are natural results such as sadness=tears. But as humans get smarter, human natures goes into another level reguarding what's right and wrong. With great knowlege comes great responsibility. If one understands their actions and possible consequences when making a decision...........all I'm trying to say is one is driven my by the nature of their knowlege. So what you know determines you nature. Acting on the nature of feelings is almost a thing of the past in some cases......animals act like that 24/7. Humans have come a long way
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Aug 24 2011: It is a question that crossed my mind few times in my life and my personal answer to that with my humble knowledge is that EVERYTHING HUMAN DOES IS NATURAL. We are there, inside there, changing things there without thinking to much until lately thats all. Ethical or "green" is something elseSep 7 2011: When you look at nature, be ignostic, practice the thinking with the respects to the ying-yang.
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Unnatural is as natural as anything else in nature.. What we "perceive" or create a conscious consensus on as "unnatural" is a human short coming. Intelligence exist in the universe, thus only perception can be what is "real".. must create a perception that is natural as well as humanistic. Because we are both apart of nature as well a species in the universe..
"Justifiable" is just another idea, some how we as people automatically know the difference between "right" and "wrong" because we think we know what these words mean... You may think this is "better" or "worse" but unless you know this and that, this and that, this and that about "this" you do not know the full extent of "this"... This being pretty much any idea or thought, belief or fact, reality or unreality in respects to your conscious mind.
Sam Harris is right to say science can answer moral questions, but that doesn't mean morals are easy business.Aug 28 2011: Well I don't know if this is a problem. If then we are natural, does that mean we will use the term 'natural process' to justify everything we do? If we do, then that is the problem. If there is one characteristic about human beings that is unique, it is the ability of personal evolution and that is where we have the space for creativity. We can self evaluate. And, therefore whatever the definition of "nature" and how much ever we see of ourselves in it we cannot use it to justify ourselves. We need to self evaluate and figure it out. There are so many natural processes like massive earthquakes, sunstorms, hurricanes and tsunamis we do not excuse from our judgement. We call "nature" cruel and a mystery. If so, that is our commonality with nature as an entity and us as society and individuals. We are cruel and we are a mystery to ourselves. Maybe, let's try and define this personally for each of us and then let's share without making much generalisation. :)
Lovely discussion!Aug 27 2011: What is natural?
Wild animals in the wild act natural. If you keep them in the zoo they often behave unnatural because they are limited in expressing that natural behavior.
Civilizations are some kind of self-made zoo's.Aug 26 2011: nature is total material in universe.
human has two part: body (material) and soul
body is natural. but not soul.
Intend can not be from nature.
according to physics laws a material can not be the starter of a action (move) and can only transfer the move.
so there is something that starts the move. there is a point in brain that first starts the command of move of a part of body. but how that first point/cell/molecule starts working? it is incompatible with laws of science and nature that a cell/molecule can START working/moving. material only can transfer move/energy/Momentum
acts of human can not be justified because human has free will and who has free will will be responsible for his/her acts.
animals have not free will and so not responsible
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Aug 27 2011: SR, what is soul? can soul exists without materials?
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"acts of human can not be justified because human has free will and who has free will will be responsible for his/her acts.
animals have not free will and so not responsible"
what you mean by free will?
Aug 27 2011: "SR, what is soul?"
soul is agent of move. agent of Intend. and has memory and has eye (the eye you see with it in sleep dream when your eye of head is closed. soul manages body and thinks and has memory. soul is not material at all but controls body by using brain. brain us like a terminator that transfers information and orders from/to soul. animals have soul. soul of human is from soul of God. soul is not material so can not be detected by empirical science in lab.
soul is non-material part of human. for example in deja vu human see future in sleep dream. but according sciense material can not go to future. this shows human can go to future. also Intend. how a material can START move Initially? material can not and soul can. material does not have Intend. consider a robot. can only and only itself alone decide to start move? it needs program and program for start needs a button and button should pressed with using INTEND of human.
"can soul exists without materials?"
yes sure. soul can leave body. when you sleep your soul leave your body and at morning back again.
"what you mean by free will? "
decide between doing a good or evil deed.
for example you can tell lie or not tell. you think and decide to do good or evil. but animals have not such thing. good and evil deeds has no meaning for animals. their deeds all are neutral. they are reprogrammed.Aug 28 2011: "so there is something that starts the move. there is a point in brain that first starts the command of move of a part of body. but how that first point/cell/molecule starts working? it is incompatible with laws of science and nature that a cell/molecule can START working/moving."
Well I would have to disagree with you. The Thought to move a body part come from an other thought, not from no where, like every other impulse or thought. And your very first mental impulse could likely be programmed into our genetic code. And never make the mistake of saying that something doesn't work with in the laws of physic because you don't know, as no human being or group of human beings know all the laws of physics. A Much safer phrase to say is "is doesn't work with in the know laws of physics." Though in the end I must disagree with you regardless of your choice of words.Sep 5 2011: THere is not a single atom in your body not acting according to the rules of physics.Aug 25 2011: .................
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.
........(from Terence's Heauton Timorumenos).
I am human, nothing human is foreign to me.
If we can imagine gods (who are arguably better than us depending on the region, people and time of the imagining) then we can imagine better behavior of ourselves, and it is every bit as "natural" as the behavior we started with on the savannahs of Africa millions of years ago. There is nothing inherently 'bad' about value judgments and prejudices, it is in a way natural to us to have them and to try to make others accept them. We just need to find a better way to do so, or better values.Aug 25 2011: Good question. Humans are part of nature as everything else. Their appearance changed the face of the earth what in itself is a new step of natural development, an expansion of consciousness.Aug 25 2011: I once heard a quote that "Nature is Satan's church." This is the idea that all life will do what it takes to survive despite circumstances, consequences, or rewards.Aug 25 2011: I thought about my reply and I wasnt trying to be lame by riddling an answer its just that the conversation really goes to the source here. And that is "Are we as humans operating in a certian framework" Imo and some may disagree and that sok I love a good conversation....Is that natural and justified are both moral inquiries. Nature may superceed morality or it may even exsist beyond that sort of thing. I have never been a tree (yet) so I cant answer that. I guess what Im saying is. Do you feel that in regards to something being justified or natural that it is relative to this conversation to talk about a moral framework or lackthereofAug 25 2011: I heard once this kid asked a philosophy professor " How do I know I exsist" and the professor said. " Who shall I say is asking?" Sort of the same thing here I think because if you ask if somehting is natural you presuppose it is a natural question to ask. I guess what Im saying is asking the question is most of the answer.Aug 25 2011: thanks to history we know that it does not repeat itself, human nature tends to be consistent. since we no longer rely on nature for survival, most believe that nature works against them. we now rely on macines and other humans for suvival. is morality found anywhere in nature besides the human species? where is nature in a factory? a supermarket? when every man can feel the sweat on his brow, the sun on his back, and the fruitlfulness of good soil, or plentiful waters,is this nature? how can man made inanimate objects find peace and harmony in nature? there are no charging stations in a forest or jungle. the acts of men besides that of cultivation and procreation are a desperate attempt to break away from the animal kingdom for some reason i am unaware. we did not descend from apes, we ascended from the primates if anything. is the creative intelligence we possess even natural?Aug 24 2011: The real question is what is normal? Normal doesn't exist it's what we believe to be sane.Aug 24 2011: I think it's our nature to try to improve our life and our chances of survival, sometimes at the expense of other natural "beings". But we sometimes want to be green, or not cruel to animals. most organisms don't worry about that. Are we being altruistic, or do we just like taking walks in nature?
If we truly want to be green and uncruel for altruistic reasons as well as personal gain, then i think it's a bit unnatural. If we only want to help the environment to better our chances of survival, or for our pleasure, then it is only natural.
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India has once again refused consent to allow the A380 — the world's-largest commercial aircraft — to fly into the country. Singapore had recently sought permission for its airlines to operate the aircraft to India.
Within days of the national carrier reducing free check-in baggage limit by five kilograms, Jet Airways has followed suit, showing the first signs of how the government's new unbundling airfare policy will make air travel expensive. Soubhik Mitra reports.
Air India is set for a major transformation. The full-service carrier will soon start charging passengers travelling economy class on domestic sectors for food. Tushar Srivastava reports.
The government has approved a proposal received from the aviation ministry for the constituion of an inter-ministerial committee to suggest measures to overcome bottlenecks in the development of aviation hubs at various airports in India.
Air India (AI) will restart Dreamliner operations from May 15 with the first flight from Delhi to Kolkata. The first international flight with the Boeing 787 will restart from May 22. The entire Air India board will be on the Delhi-Kolkata flight. HT reports.
Passengers will continue to pay more for flights for the next six months at least, courtesy the government's new airfare policy. The policy that came into effect a couple of weeks ago allows airlines to charge separately for specific services such as check-in baggage, seat preference and on-board meals.
Air India has sought compensation from Boeing for Dreamliners not meeting the 20% fuel efficiency claims as the airline could achieve only a tad over 17% fuel economy by its six 787s, a source said.
Unhappy with airlines putting a large number of seats under the 'privileged' category for which they can charge the fliers separately, the civil aviation ministry has asked the carriers to limit such seats. HT reports.
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Call them store brands, call them private labels -- but whatever you do, don't call them "generics."
It's a word that consumers often use to refer to low-priced products made directly by retailers -- like Target's Market Pantry Brand or Wal-Mart's Great Value Brand -- but the term makes store executives flinch, says retail expert Jim Hertel.
Hertel, the managing partner of the Illinois-based consulting firm Willard Bishop, said that "generics" conjures unpleasant memories of an earlier era.
"Back in the late '70s, early '80s, no-name generics were there -- the white box with the black letters on it," he said. "The product quality in those things was suspect, at best, and I think it's taken years, if not decades, for the industry to kind of crawl out from that."
Hertel said that, over the last decade, the quality of lower-priced, store-made items has improved and their sales gradually climbed. These days, with the recession in full swing, even more consumers are making the switch.
"It's just accelerated since the economy really tanked," he said. "I think this is going to be really a defining moment for national brand suppliers."
Some retailers, besides offering their low-priced store brand goods, have also established "value-added" brands that come with higher prices -- sometimes even exceeding those of national brands -- but also feature higher quality or unique ingredients.
Target's Archer Farms brand, for instance, includes pasta sauce that's more than twice as expensive as its bargain-priced Market Pantry brand. On its Web site, Target advertises Archer Farms products as being "of the highest quality," and "made with the finest ingredients."
Premium brands, Hertel said, help build customer loyalty. They "can provide the consumer with unique benefits, creating the possibility of a repeat trip," he said.
National brand suppliers, meanwhile, have maintained that they are still competitive with store brand goods.
A.G. Lafley, the chief executive of Procter & Gamble -- the company behind more than 100 name brands, including Bounty paper towels, told attendees at a lecture sponsored by The Wall Street Journal last spring that he believed consumers would stick to name brands instead of generics. Lafley said that, while his company's products might cost more, consumers are familiar with their quality. With a store brand, there is no such guarantee.
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It is a welding position for various government agencies. WG means Wage Grade. The 10 on the end is pay grade that you will be. It would be a Wage Grade 10 job. the 4 numbers in the middle are the series number. Each position in the government has a series number. That is the identifier for "Welder." If you operate a bulldozer then the middle numbers would be 5716 and the rest would be the same. If you are interested in a government job then go to USAJOBS. But just be prepared to take lots of crap and not do anything. That seems to be how the government operates.MillerMatic 251
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Welcome study of local taxes
Next year, Indiana governments will mark the 40th anniversary of using local income taxes. LOITs have become increasingly important to city and county budgeting, and their current use to ease the burden of property taxes will only increase that importance.
The LOIT system has also become more complex, making it hard for taxpayers to understand what they're paying and where the money goes. So the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute and the Indiana University Public Policy Institute have issued a report on the state of the system and suggested areas for policy discussions. The General Assembly should heed that suggestion.
Some of the suggested-at changes made in the report are obvious needs. Some are less so, and some are problematic. But it's never a bad idea for discussions that can clarify the issues for voters and taxpayers.
Encouraging freedom flickers
During President Obama's unprecedented trip to Burma – the first-ever visit to that country by an American chief executive – there were a few verbal miscues. Obama called President Thein Sein "President Sein," an awkward, overly familiar reference that most Burmese would cringe at. He mispronounced that name of opposition leader and Nobel Peace Price laureate Aung San Suu Kyi several times. And he referred to the nation as Myanmar, the name arbitrarily chosen by the military junta 23 years ago, rather than Burma, the name still favored by dissidents and pro-democracy advocates and the "official" name recognized by the U.S.
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What you promise taxpayers is one thing. What you can actually deliver is quite another.
Pence made a 10 percent income tax cut a major pledge of his gubernatorial campaign. But now the two top legislative Republicans – House Speaker Brian Bosma and Senate President Pro Tem David Long – are expressing serious doubts that the cut can or should be made. The government's economic future, they argue, is not as certain or as rosy as the state's $2 billion surplus might lead one to suppose.
The cut would reduce tax revenue by $500 million a year at a time when financial pressure is being felt from a number of sources.
A lesson in being thankful
Many Americans seem to be in an unnecessary panic over the possible demise of Twinkies and Ding Dongs if the Hostess Brands bakery goes under. Even though talks between the company and union failed, it is probable somebody will pick up those signature snacks at the bankruptcy sale. Twinkies will survive if some enterprising capitalist decides there is a reasonable profit to be made and a realistic chance to make it.
That "reasonable profit" part is Economics 101, but apparently a mystery to members of the unions that seemed intent on striking themselves out of their jobs. For many reasons, it was getting harder to make that profit. The unions had cooperated with management before, but, ironically, their patience may have run out just when it was needed most. "Lousy jobs with a company that doesn't love us" are far better than "no jobs."
Don't discount reform just yet
Nothing like losing an election to have everybody turn on you. Indiana Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett was widely hailed as the architect of the "most aggressive, far-reaching school reform package in the nation." Now he's on his way out after losing to Democrat Glenda Ritz, and The Associated Press remarks on "the ouster of an official widely regarded as a national champion of conservative education policy." And the Indiana Supreme Court is being asked to invalidate the state's voucher program, largest in the nation and "a centerpiece of a conservative education overhaul."
Yeah, no bad public schools here. No need for reform. It's just those silly conservatives with their wild, extremist ideas. No wonder Bennett was booted. Move along, move along, nothing to see here.


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