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6 Ways Your Sense of Smell Is Secretly Controlling Your Mind
#3. Change Your Moods
Maybe it's not a vivid memory that assaults you out of nowhere, but a feeling, or a mood. You're sitting there, minding your own business, when suddenly you're overcome with dread, or anxiety, or anger. Once again, there's a good chance a faint smell is at play, triggering your subconscious.
Fans of aromatherapy are always talking about "relaxing" scents, but the nose is actually way more useful when it comes to making you anxious, or alert. It works in a good way, too -- studies of "pupillary fatigue oscillations" (a sciencey way of measuring tiredness) found that people exposed to a peppermint scent stayed awake longer than those without it, and people given periodic doses of peppermint smells performed better on tasks requiring a high level of concentration.
"Goddammit, Steve, this looks like a two candy cane vault."
Bad smells not only decrease how well people do at complex tasks, but also have a negative effect as severe as you'd get from exposing people to a distracting noise. Well, duh, you say. So people couldn't concentrate because they were distracted by the stench. That's why it's so hard to study on public transportation! But the point is that the smells had the effect even when at such a low level that the subjects couldn't consciously detect them. We're telling you, it's like mind control over here.
"I'm sorry, but does someone in here have a full bladder?"
But How?
It's down to something called olfactory conditioning: You pair up a smell with something that causes a reaction, and later on that smell will cause a repeat of that reaction, even if the original cause is gone. And we're not talking about obvious things, like the way Rambo freaks out at the smell of napalm. You can actually change the blood glucose levels of diabetics by introducing a smell that you've paired up with giving them insulin in the past.
Like the smell of sugar if it's pressed into their nose, and they sniff really hard.
As for the feelings of anxiety, for whatever evolutionary reason, we are a lot better at detecting and remembering smells when we're in situations that feel dangerous, stressful or emotionally charged. Maybe it helped us remember the smell of bears.
Fun fact: An angry grizzly smells a lot like you pooping yourself.
But the connection between smell and emotion gets stranger still. Your sense of smell can actually ...
#2. Drive You Crazy
There are many things generally accepted as risk factors for depression: genetic predisposition, bad diet, lack of exercise, living in Oregon. But there's another depression predictor that's less well-known: how well you can smell things.
You would think that people who develop anosmia, or lack of smell, get off relatively easy in the big scheme of things. At least visiting public toilets must be easier, and that pretty much cancels out the bad stuff, right? But anosmic people have a high risk of severe depression, and it's not just because they're sad about losing one of their five senses. It's much weirder than that.
It's because they have horse souls.
Studies of depressed people have shown that they tend to have a reduced sense of smell and a smaller olfactory bulb. In fact, one of the easiest ways to bring about depression in lab rats (in order to say, test antidepressant drugs on them, or just because you really hate rats) is to remove their olfactory bulb. De-smelled rats immediately become lethargic, listless and uninterested in rewards or grooming, and they start listening to Morrissey on their teeny tiny little rat headphones.
And if that doesn't have you nervously sniffing the air to find out whether you'll want to get out of bed tomorrow, a bad sense of smell and small olfactory bulb are also correlated with schizophrenia.
Don't tell him, but that painting is made out of ketchup.
But How?
That is how strongly your moods are tied to your sense of smell. Scientists don't perfectly understand the link between sense of smell and mental illness, but we know that depression and schizophrenia both involve persistently flat moods. Apparently if one link in that chain that connects smell and emotions breaks, the whole thing falls apart. Or it could work in the other direction -- if your sense of smell disappears after a lifetime of smell/emotion connection, and all of these subconscious emotional triggers disappear along with it, the flat numbness that results could bring about the depression.
Whatever the connection, it's so strong that scientists are now making "scratch and sniff" tests to predict people's future risks for schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other illnesses. No, really.
"No, ham! I meant ham!"
#1. Make You More Attractive (But Not in the Way You Think)
Entire multibillion dollar industries are built upon the idea that smelling good gets you dates (smell can also influence who you're attracted to). But when we say that your sense of smell can make a man more attractive to the ladies, we're not just pointing out that a quick sniff test of one's clothing before heading out is a reliable start on the path of not dying alone. And we're not talking about those pheromone sprays that promise to make women ignore the crumbs caught in your neckbeard.
No, this is weirder.
Because horse souls smell like fucking.
In a recent study conducted by the University of Liverpool, they had some guys spray themselves with Lynx (the English version of Axe Body Spray). Then they had women rate the men's attractiveness ... via videotape. As in, they were out of smelling range. The men who sprayed themselves down were still rated as more attractive, even though the women couldn't smell them.
But How?
According to the scientists running the experiment, the power was inside the men the whole time. The guys given the scented spray figured they smelled good, so their body language displayed more confidence, and the women who watched them responded to that.
"You don't have to tell me. Johnny Beardface already knows, baby."
So does this mean these dudes were just brainwashed by Lynx's marketing campaign? They actually believed the ads that claim spraying this stuff will have women diving for their junk?
Nope -- the can of spray used in the experiment was unmarked, so the men had no idea what kind of deodorant they were covering themselves with. It seems like pretty much anything that doesn't actually smell like mustard gas will do the trick. It turns out the amazing mind-control powers of smell aren't about making the girl at the bar swoon -- it's about tricking yourself into having a little confidence for once.
"I ... I'm just shy. I can't help it."
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I live in California and I have some friends in Illinois who I would like to swap beers with. What is the best (cheap/safe) way to send a small amount of bottled beer (maybe 1-6 12oz bottles) to someone? It it even legal to mail beer across state lines?
Many people trade beer all the time.
It is legal, except via US Postal Service.
I think the laws around shipping via USPS are in flux, but without confirmation I'll suggest you stick to FedEx and UPS.
More info at:
Pack well and enjoy.
FedEx and UPS both require special alcohol shipping contracts that I assume are not available to consumers. USPS prohibits all alcohol shipments. However, you could just report the contents as "glassware" and I'm sure they would never know.
As for packaging, just use common sense. Glass bottles are not really that fragile — think about how they are stacked and manhandled coming off the beer distributer truck. Just pack them tight so they can't knock together and it should be fine.
Some generic HP toner cartridges come packed in handy cylindrical bubble wrap things that are just the right size for a beer bottle. I've used those successfully, as well as just bubble wrap and paper or peanuts. As long as the bottles will not contact each other or the ground, you should be fine.


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Along with speed, power and dominant pitching — parity has taken a place among the mainstays of Seventh Region baseball.
In each of the past five years a different school has claimed the regional crown and this season, six of the top 25 teams in the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association's preseason poll hail from the region.
No. 3 Eastern leads the pack, followed by No. 4 St. Xavier, No. 6 Male, No. 13 Trinity and No. 19 Ballard.
"I expect us to be right in the mix," said Eastern coach John Morris. "But I'm sure there's about five or six other coaches that are telling their kids the same thing."
The Eagles, who fell to St. X in the regional final last season, are led by a pair of senior UofL signees.
Six-foot-five ace Robert Strader throws a fastball in the mid-80s and went 4-0 with an ERA of 1.0 after moving up from junior varsity late last season.
According to Morris, the lefty "went from a JV pitcher to one of the best pitchers in the state by the end of the year."
Jonah Philley (4-2, 2.13 ERA) is second in Eastern's pitching rotation and is also a linchpin at shortstop. Philley hit .336 last season, including 31 RBI.
St. X returns eight seniors and will look to return to the state tournament under first-year coach Andy Porta.
Senior hurler Alex Mercer, a Western Kentucky University signee, went 5-1 last season with a 2.27 ERA, while senior centerfielder Jake Johnson batted .322 and stole 18 bases.
The introduction of less lively BBCOR bats this season will change the game, according to Porta.
"I think everybody is in the same boat with the BBCOR bats. You have to play small ball, the game's going to change a bit," said Porta.
The bats reduce the trampoline effect during contact and were implemented nationwide this season as a safety measure.
"It's going to make a huge difference," said Morris. "When balls are hit to the outfield, it's probably going to cut down 10 to 15 feet. Home runs are going to be doubles or long fly balls."
The reduction in pop may prove advantageous for the Male Bulldogs, whose modus operandi for years has been a superb bunting game and the ability to advance runners and manufacture runs.
"That's what we do — get them on, get them over and get them in," said Male coach Todd Driskell. "We try to play percentage and strategic baseball … because we just don't have those guys that are going to come up and hit it out of the ballpark."
PRP King of 6th
In the Sixth Region, all roads to the state tournament must go through Pleasure Ridge Park.
The No. 7 Panthers, regional winners in four of the last six years, are led by juniors Hunter Johnson (P/1B, .370) and Josh Beams (3B, .400).
Veteran Coach Bill Miller is entering his 33rd season and needs only five victories to move to No. 2 on the state's all-time wins list.
Here's a snapshot of Louisville-area teams:
Region Seven
No. 3 Eastern
Coach: John Morris (11th season).
Last Season: 31-8, lost to St. X in regional final.
Key Players: Robert Strader (Sr., LHP), Jonah Philley (Sr., P/SS) and Michael Davis (Sr., CF/P, .405, 21 RBI)
Coach Morris' Outlook: "We have a good nucleus of guys; good pitching and defense. Our Achilles' heel is going to be our hitting and how well we put runs together."
No. 4 St. X
Coach: Andy Porta (first season).
Last Season: 28-11, lost to Central Hardin in state semifinal.
Key Players: Alex Mercer (Sr., P, .301, WKU signee), Jake Johnson (Sr., CF, .322, 18 stolen bases), Colin McFarland (Sr., P/INF, .333) and Andrew Willinger (Sr., 1B/DH, Florida Southern signee).
Coach Porta's Outlook: "I like our chances. I love our team speed, defense and pitching. We're not going to be the type of team that's going to make mistakes and run ourselves out of innings and try to do too much."
No. 6 Male
Coach: Todd Driskell (17th season).
Last Season: 27-7, lost to Eastern in first round of regional tournament.
Key Players: Trey Simpson (Sr., LHP), Blake Oyler (Sr., P) and Tyler Adams (Sr., DH).
Coach Driskell's Outlook: "We have a solid team. Almost every single team (in the Seventh Region) has one legitimate pitcher that can shut you down. We're trying to be patient and keep things in perspective…we'd like to be playing our best baseball at the end of the season."
No. 13 Trinity
Coach: Steven Tompkins (10th season).
Last season: 17-13, lost to St. X in first round of regional tournament.
Key players: Austin Warner (Sr., LHP, Bellarmine signee), Connor Hill (Jr., SS) and Tyler Marshall (Jr., 2B)
Coach Tompkins' Outlook: "We are young, but a lot of players gained valuable playing experience last season. With our strength of schedule, we will be very competitive at the end of the season."
No. 19 Ballard
Coach: David Trager (second season).
Last season: 27-10, lost to Eastern in regional semifinal.
Key Players: Travis Kelley (Jr., CF), Dayton Rausch (Sr., SS, .400) and Wes Phan (Sr., 3B/P).
Coach Trager's Outlook: "We're going to have to pitch well and play defense to compete at the highest level."
Rounding out Region Seven (2011 records in parentheses):
Christian Academy (24-10) lost four of its top five hitters to graduation, but returns senior Ian Holbrooke (LF/1B), who notched 10 home runs last season. The Centurions entered this week with a 4-0 record, including a 10-inning win over St. X on March 19.
Whitefield Academy (20-10) is looking to capture its fourth-straight district title and should get a boost when senior pitcher/catcher Cameron Smith (1.91 ERA, .385) returns. Smith underwent ACL surgery in November and is due back soon.
Manual (11-19) will be led by senior catcher Josh Bynum, who has signed with St. Joseph's College (Ind.).
Third-year coach Josh Wolff characterized Bynum as possibly "the best defensive catcher in (the) region and state." In their second game of this season, the Crimsons knocked off PRP 5-1.
Jeffersontown (18-13) returns seven starters, including senior P/1B Des Avis (.484) and senior P/SS Cody Maerz. Maerz, a Murray State signee, had a 2.00 ERA last season.
Atherton (11-20) returns seven starters including Spalding signee Javier Guerra (P/OF), who recorded seven double-digit strikeout performances in 2011.
Seneca (4-21) is led by Larry Williams, a 1992 alum, and will take the reins at his alma mater. The Redhawks return four starters, including seniors Ryan Fowler (P/SS) and P/2B Ryan Dichiara.
Waggener (14-14) returns four starters from a team that fell to Trinity in the district tournament. Senior catcher/3B Walter Frederick hit .350 last season.
KCD (16-6) will likely get major production from junior P/3B/catcher Will Smith, who hit .458, stole 16 bases and went 6-2 on the mound with a 0.87 ERA.
Moore (18-16) seniors Tyler Richards (P/SS, .323, 15 stolen bases) and Mark Hoff (1B, .378, 30 RBI, 20 stolen bases) headline a team that features four returning starters and a new coach in 22-year-old Trevor Moore.
Region Six
No. 7 PRP
Coach: Bill Miller (33rd season).
Last season: 31-8, lost to Mercer County in state semifinal.
Key Players: Hunter Johnson (Jr., P/1B), Andrew Bramley (Sr., P), and Josh Beams (Jr., 3B).
Coach Miller's Outlook: "This is probably the least experienced team that I've had in quite a few years. They're not going to start out as good as we'd like them to, but it's where you end a season."
Coach: Greg Lauder (5th season).
Last season: 23-7, lost to Holy Cross in first round of regional.
Key Players: Blake Beamer (Sr., P/OF, 3.12 ERA) and Dallas Adkins (Jr., SS/2B, .412).
Coach Lauder's Outlook: "After losing 12 seniors we will have a very young team with limited varsity experience."
Bullitt East
Coach: Jeff Bowles (10th season).
Last Season: 24-9, lost to PRP in the regionals.
Key Players: Coulten Maupin (Sr., P/CF, .340, 1.38 ERA), Tyler Minogue (Sr., SS, .376, 15 stolen bases) and Hunter Wood (Jr., catcher, .389).
Coach Bowles' Outlook: "We return lots of experience from a 24-9 team that expects to contend for the 24th District and 6th Region titles."
Coach: John Hodges (first season).
Last season: 19-16, lost to PRP in the regional final.
Key Players: Hunter Tipton (Sr., P/1B, Bryan College signee), Patrick Remines (Sr., P/1B) and Blake Dewsnap (Sr., catcher).
Coach Hodges' Outlook: "We are a senior-loaded team with very little experience. It is a very talented group, but the big question is how will the lack of experience hurt us."
Rounding out Region Six:
Holy Cross (1-18) returns senior Chad Conway (P/3B, .405, 25 RBI) after suffering a torn labrum midway through last season.
Valley (3-17) returns seniors Jake Allgood (P/CF) and Matt Owens (2B).
Western (1-10) first-year coach Jared Baker inherits six returning starters and will look to improve.
Doss (6-21) returns eight starters and will lean on shortstop Sherson Shermon for production. The senior hit .321 last season.
Evangel's (2-14) senior SS/P Timmy Janes will be the team's top arm.
Iroquois (1-8) junior P/2B Desmond Gibbs will lead Iroquois (1-8), which returns two starters and has a new coach in Travis Bell.
Portland Christian (4-14) first-year Portland Christian coach David Blake inherits all nine starters from last season's squad that fell to Central in district play.
Fairdale (12-21) Coach David Hicks will lean on three-sport star Boo Crabtree to guide a squad that is lacking varsity experience. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound junior P/SS is also the Bulldogs' starting quarterback and averaged 12.5 points and 8 rebounds last season for the basketball team.
North Bullitt (17-21) junior shortstop Clayton Kelly (.364) returns for the Eagles after missing the last 15 games of the 2011 season with a broken jaw.
Southern (14-16) returns seniors Scott Belt (P/SS), Sam Rein (P, INF), Blake Hall (utility) and Chris Fisher (CF) will anchor coach T.J. Graves' first season.
Central (10-17) coach Grady Foster is expecting a "breakout season" from junior outfielder Kevin Campbell. Kamahl Hess (Sr., SS, .456) also returns.
Schools not listed did not respond to requests for information.
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The 5 Most Needlessly Evil Movie Villain Strategies
#2. Good Morning, Vietnam -- Sergeant Major Dickerson
In any movie about a rebellious, hilarious wise-cracker who plays by his own rules and flouts authority, there has to be an unreasonable, stick-in-his-ass authority figure to oppose him. If the main character is a student, then the bad guy is usually the school's principal (see: The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off), and if the hero is in the military -- as in Good Morning, Vietnam -- then it's some mean commanding officer.
Now, we realize that it might be a little annoying to have to hear the comedic stylings of Robin Williams when you're busy trying to fight the Vietcong, so even though bad guy Sergeant Major Dickerson is, well, a dick, his motivations in Good Morning, Vietnam are understandable. After all, when the Army DJ continuously disrespects his superior officer, starts bar fights and reports classified information without clearance, someone has to take some sort of action.
But mainly it's the "having to hear the comedic stylings of Robin Williams" part.
Also, the guy has a controversial habit of playing some of that wildly offensive rock 'n' roll music (mainly the Beach Boys).
The Pointless Evil:
What doesn't seem so reasonable is the key plot point where Dickerson sends Williams to an almost certain death on a road he knows is infested with Vietcong combatants. Because he was a bad DJ. That's right, Robin Williams is so annoying that he single-handedly causes a perfectly normal army officer to turn into a war criminal.
"Let's see how wacky you are when I assign you to landmine-stomping duty."
Earlier in the movie, Dickerson does try to get his superior officer, Brigadier General Taylor, to kick Williams out, but Taylor sticks up for him. This is the moment in every '80s high school movie where a parent firmly tells a bully to back off, which usually has the exact opposite effect. The same thing happens here -- Dickerson, like a typical bully, hates Williams because he's the unconventional new guy who's causing a stir among the students and becoming close with the main cheerleader.
Played here by Forest Whitaker.
The difference is that instead of giving him swirlies or atomic wedgies, Dickerson's bullying consists of sending Williams and his friend on a deliberate suicide mission. It's like when the bully rats out the new guy to the principal and they send him to detention, except "detention" in this case means "five years drinking his own piss in a prison camp." These are all adults fighting a war against a common enemy, and you'd think there would be more pressing things than an interpersonal rivalry regarding the quality of the army's music.
And then there's also the fact that the soldiers (for whatever reason) absolutely love their new DJ -- even if Dickerson was physically incapable of laughing, he had to have realized the importance of troop morale.
"I've had it up to here with how effective you're making our soldiers!"
Obviously Williams survives (thanks to the help of some natives he had befriended), so what does Taylor do when he realizes that Dickerson is actually a dangerous psychopath? He transfers him to Guam, which is apparently the army equivalent of switching a priest to another parish if he gets fresh with the altar boys.
#1. The Fifth Element -- Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
You might recall The Fifth Element under its working title, Die Hard ... In Space! Bruce Willis plays a space prosti-- er, futuristic cab driver and retired army officer who finds himself in the wrong place (the universe) at the wrong time (right before the end of the universe). Meanwhile, Milla Jovovich.
"Does this lack of an outfit make me look fat?"
The bad guy is Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, played by Gary Oldman, who has been paid to help precipitate the aforementioned end of the universe.
The Pointless Evil:
Wait, what? Someone is paying this guy to destroy everything that exists ... including himself? How could he not see the problem with that plan?
The same way he can't see the problem with that comb-over, apparently.
Zorg isn't a supernatural entity capable of withstanding universal annihilation, by the way -- he's just a businessman, motivated entirely by greed. He also happens to be the wealthiest and most powerful person in the universe, which means that he's actually the one who stands to lose the most if all of existence should blow up. Which, we can't stress this enough, is exactly what he's trying to do.
Maybe his reward will be spiritual, like he's some sort of worshiper of death or something? Nope: At one point we see him talking on the phone with the "Great Evil" that hired him, whom he warns that his "costs have tripled." He's definitely doing this for money (that he'll never be able to spend). There's a huge chance that Great Evil, having laid dormant for the past five thousand years, doesn't even have access to that type of cash, but that makes no difference whatsoever because there's no scenario in which Zorg will get to collect his reward.
"A bajillion dollars, you say? Sure. I can promise a naked Marilyn Monroe, too, while we're at it."
Well, what if Zorg simply doesn't know what his boss is up to? As if the fact that he can't talk to Great Evil on the phone without his head spontaneously starting to bleed didn't tip him off, Zorg uses surveillance bugs to listen to a conversation in the president's spacecraft in which Great Evil's purpose is spelled out, and he still agrees to help it. A last minute double-cross is out of the question, too, because Zorg knows that Great Evil can't be destroyed by any human weapons, only through five elemental stones -- the same stones Zorg is actively trying to destroy.
The closest explanation we get is a scene where Zorg breaks a glass and a bunch of little robot helpers immediately come in to clean it up, as Zorg explains that "all life comes from destruction" ... but that makes no sense in this context, because there'll be nothing to clean up after the universe explodes and no one to do the cleaning.
Also, the surveillance bugs we mentioned were actual bugs, so maybe the guy was just easily confused.
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College, receding from reach
One of our most-read stories in recent weeks has been Hollis Phelps's piece on student loan debt -- the total of which nationwide now surpasses $1 trillion (second only to home mortgage debt), with the average student owing close to $30,000 on graduation. As Hollis notes, a big reason for that is that in real dollars the cost of attending a four-year school has more than tripled in thirty years, while family incomes have stagnated. Commencement is a rite of passage closely associated with this time of year, but for many new college grads and rising freshmen (along with their families) it's now accompanied by the jolting reminder of just how much is owed or will need to be financed.
During a recent college visit with my son, the voluble and eminently capable tour guide was ultimately asked a general question about financial aid. She prefaced her general response with uncharacteristic bloodlessness: "We are a private, high-priced liberal arts college." Commend her for being forthright, but the framing—no doubt formulated and tested by the administration—hints at what in a different context might be called multitudes: some people can afford this school, but it may be unaffordable for you; we can help arrange a financial aid package that relies in no small part on loans, but you might be better off applying to a public university.
Of course, paying even for a public, "low-priced" college presents, for many people, a financial burden. A big reason is that public schools are themselves becoming more private in terms of how their operations are funded. According to the State Higher Education Executive Officers' latest annual report, states are covering less and less of the costs they used to, with students now on average providing almost 50 percent of what's known as educational revenue—the money that goes to teaching and administration; in some states, students cover as much as 85 percent of those costs. Jordan Weissman at Moneybox:
Government cuts are part of the privatization story, but so are increasing expenses. States tend to cut funding to colleges in the wake of recessions, which forces tuition up. When the economy heals, they often restore some of it. But even if they do, tuition generally doesn't drop much. Instead, the previous hikes tend to get locked in, as schools accumulate new expenses. But whether you think heartless legislators or feckless administrators are to blame, the end result is the same: Students are paying a growing share of costs, and the public's share is shrinking.
The report comes on top of new a study showing America's middle class is no longer the world's richest, and Tuesday's Supreme Court decision affirming Michigan's ban on considerations of race in making decisions on admissions to public universities. A college education has long been held by acclimation as a way to aid entrée into the ranks of the solid middle class, a notion given something more than gauzy symbolic appeal via concrete public and legislative mechanisms for making it at least a viable option for as many people as possible. And yet now that option is daily becoming less viable, even when more employers are making a college degree part of their hiring requirements. Sometimes it's hard to ignore what looks like intent behind the dismantling of structures built to allow equal access to opportunity, and the disregard for the circumstances of the people who seek simply that access (these usually go hand in hand, of course). Charles P. Pierce is explicit about this in his comments on Tuesday's ruling, and—importantly—references other recent court decisions in making his point:
The decision was written by Anthony Kennedy, who lives in that wonderful world where the law is a pure crystal stream running through green meadows, unsullied by the grit and silt that piles up in the actual lives of actual human beings. … [This decision] is pure majoritarianism -- grotesquely so, if you consider the ongoing shenanigans at the state level regarding ballot access and voter suppression. There will be a real impact on real people -- just as there will be with the gutting of the Voting Rights Act and with the cascade of money that this Court has unleashed on the political system ….
The blistering fifty-eight page dissent of Justice Sonya Sotomayor has received a lot of attention for both its impassioned tone and its swipe at Chief Justice Roberts's 2007 quip that "the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race": "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race," she said, "is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination." She also came armed with data, noting that in the time since Michigan voters approved the ban on race-based considerations in 2006, the proportion of black freshmen among those enrolled at the University of Michigan declined from 7 percent to 5 percent, even though the proportion of black college-aged persons in Michigan increased from 16 to 19 percent." This comports with data from other states, like Florida and California, where similar measures are in place.
Yet according to a new Pew poll, Americans overall support affirmative action, by a margin of two-to-one, as a way to increase the number of black and minority students on campus; 83 percent of black Americans support it, as do 55 percent of white Americans. Justice Kennedy wrote in the Court's plurality opinion that "this case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be resolved. It is about who may resolve it." In other words, it was up to Michigan voters. And it still could be, in Michigan and elsewhere, as some observers hopefully point out, and not just on the race front but maybe on the access-and-affordability front as well. The middle class, poorer than before, more racially diverse, and finding itself less able to attain that which once determined what it is to be middle class—such as a college education—still has numbers. Yet whether in its weakened state it can actually effect the kind of change required to restore and strengthen measures that would put college back within reach of as many Americans as possible is a different question.
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I will have two in college in the fall. I can speak from experience that the price of my state's flagship school is, in real dollars, virtually the same (actually a little more expensive) than what my parents and I paid for my private, Jesuit college education in the late '70's and early '80's.
Dominic, your post points out many opportunities for us to hold our elected officials accountable:
- We must hold our state officials accountable to the promise of an affordable, high-quality education at public colleges and universities
- We must hold these same officials accountable to the principle that a state's public universities are for residents of the state, rather than prestige factories that educate students from all over the nation and the world (greater attentiveness to this principle might improve the percentage of African American enrollees at Michigan)
- If the courts will not enforce just affirmative action and equal opportunity admissions, then we must hold these same elected officials accountable to enact these just rules via the legislative process
- Most importantly of all, we must hold state and local officials accountable for delivering decent primary educations to persons of all incomes and races. We must make real the notion that a well-educated and well-prepared poor or minority applicant should have nothing to fear from admissions committees
It seems like we should hold Catholic colleges accountable too - why must it cost so much to go to these schools and where is all that 'helping the less fortunate' ethos - sure they have financial aid and scholarships but so do all schools. The state college I went to in California now charges approximately $3,000 while Georgeown U charges approximately $46,000.
By Justice Kennedy's reasoning, it should have been up to the voters of Alabama and Louisiana in 1954 to decide how to solve the problem of racial preferences. What a lot of trouble white racistrs could have been saved if he had been on the court then,
I think that some college should be brave enough to move to a model providing students with barebone instruction. Whe money is tight, you tighten your belt and forego expensive vacations and hobbies to focus on the essentials. It makes no sense to me that a student will go into heavy debt to fund a college lifestyle including access to all sorts of expensive extracurricular activities.
If a college had no expensive sports (let the students go kick a soccer ball on the field if they want to get some exercise), no formal orchestra (let the students get together and create their own orchestra themselves if they like music), no chaplains (let the students join the nerest town parish if they want to go to church), no individual tutoring (let the students form student groups if they want to), no extra-curricular (let the students form their own clubs if they have some specil interest), no shuttle buses at night (let them organize themselves to walk in groups if it's not safe at night) no fancy trips abroad, but focused on providing the basics only - great instruction in cramped classrooms, good libraries, cheap monacal style dorms, bad food, and basic healthcare - surely it would be much, much cheaper. The students would still be able to get a top level education, and it would simply delay by a few years the country club style that they might have wished for. They would pay for it themselves with their first job, if that was what they wanted to do with their money. I inderstand that this style of study is much more austere, but the alternative of going into debt for a few years of the good life makes no sense.
Let's look at some of the big reasons college costs so much today as contrasted with the immediate the 40's and '50s. I know some of the reasons first hand having gone to college with the vets of WWII in the 40-50s. Here are some of the reasons college cost less per student in those days.
.The university system at that times was not trying to educate half of the older adolescent population, so endowments went further. and the states could afford more per student. There just weren't as many kids in college proportionately, even though the number did increase a great deal.
College teachers often made much less, often less than skilled workers such as electrician. (Though the salaries of teachers have gone up, on average they still doesn't match the income of other professionals, e.g., doctors and lawyers, so you can expect continued pressure there, or you'll soon have to settle for not-very-smart Ph.Ds. (The grad students are catching on that they've been used badly.)
The cost of healh care for college employees was not as expensive -- partly because serious illness couldn't be helped as much in the 50's as it can now, and old faculty died younger. Plus there were no student health plans (except for a nurse if you sprained an ankle or something trivial).
The technical support for the sciences was not nearly so expensive, e.g., no computers.
Colleges offered few side-dishes, so to speak, e.g., no junior year abroad, no student involvement in local volunteerism, fancy dorms. That sort of "overhead" adds up, especially in the private colleges. (Many of the WW II vets lived in wooden barracks that had been moved at the end of the war from military installations to college campuses.)
People, including the vets, were willing to live extremely simply during the course of their college years-- not many cars, tiny vacations if any, few new clothes, though this was not true of many middle class kids, Students also typically didn't have jobs, but graduated in four years, not five or six.
School Administrators were paid nowhere near what they're paid now. I can't find the recent article I read on their current salaries, but as I remember, for instance, the president of Harvard makes $4,000,000 -- per YEAR. And college administrators seem to multiply like rabbits. Well-to-do rabbits.
In other words, the system was much, much, much simpler and much, much cheaper in many, many ways.
So what are the solutions? Obviously, higher taxes. But the middle class is already hurting, so that leaves the 1% -- 10% of the super rich.
Which brings me to Thomas Picketty, apparently the biggest thing since Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes. His thesis is that capitalism as it has operated so far impels the rich to get richer at the expense of the poor. This implies capitalism as we know it is not self-correcting, as the conservatives have held. It's not a new thesis (Marx said the same thing a long time ago). But Picketty has reams of data for something like 30 countries, some of it going back to the 18th century. His argument is so strong that even many very conservative economists are taking him very seriously indeed. Here's a review of his new "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" from the conservative old Financial Times of London. (It's up at the top of Amazon's best seller list along wih the likes of with Stephen King!!)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century', by Thomas Piketty - FT.com
Paul Krugman has gone bonkers over it.
Notes on Piketty (Wonkish) - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com
Want to know how to change the system so all the bright kids will have a chance at college? Check out Picketty.
Thanks Ann; Picketty is the subject of a piece in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
As to the list of reasons you provide for increased costs, I'd like to add this for consideration. The Jesuit college I attended, after a long period of incremental increases in price, raised its tuition/room-and-board by almost 80 percent between my freshman and senior years, from $7,000 to more than $12,000 (mid-to-late 1980s). In response to student outcry, the administration stated it wanted a "sticker price" that made the school "competitive with Harvard and Yale." Not "competitive" as in cheaper, but "competitive" as in the same league with. To many it was obvious the school had succumbed to you-get-what-you-pay-for thinking; if it charged as much as Harvard or Yale, it would be thought of in the same way as Harvard or Yale by prospective students. Whether Harvard or Yale--or any school now with an advertised price of $50,000 and up--are worth what they charge is a separate issue; in the past few years, my alma mater has appeared more than once in Forbes magazine's list of America's 10 Most Expensive Colleges.
According to DegreeRegistry.org , a general MBA can be obtained for as little as $6k and as high as $120k. If students would do a little research, they would find that it is not nearly as expensive to get a college degree
If a college had no expensive sports (let the students go kick a soccer ball on the field if they want to get some exercise), no formal orchestra (let the students get together and create their own orchestra themselves if they like music), no chaplains (let the students join the nerest town parish if they want to go to church), no individual tutoring (let the students form student groups if they want to), no extra-curricular (let the students form their own clubs if they have some specil interest), no shuttle buses at night (let them organize themselves to walk in groups if it's not safe at night) no fancy trips abroad, but focused on providing the basics only - great instruction in cramped classrooms, good libraries, cheap monacal style dorms, bad food, and basic healthcare - surely it would be much, much cheaper.
Hi, Claire, "cramped classrooms, good libraries, cheap dorms, bad food and basic healthcare" pretty much describes my college experience in the 1980s. And it was considerably cheaper than it is now.
Regarding athletics: I suspect it helps the public universities, who are dependent on state funds, to keep a high profile in football, basketball et al. You may also know that Title IX regulations require comparable treatment between men's and women's athletics. Whether a big-time athletics program at a university is a profit center or a loss leader, I don't know.
Having visited a number of college campuses the last few years, I note that all of them seem to be in some stage of construction. My alma mater, Loyola in Chicago, was knocking down buildings and replacing them with other buildings a couple of years ago. That can't be cheap.
Dominic --
Yes, sounds like the administrators of your school were of the type who are more interested in building up their own egos than in providing education. Unfortunately, there are too many "educators" like that in the university system. Another reason that I think that universities are not what they used to be is the fact that in the old days you didn't get to be president of a university unless you were a scholar/teacher. Nowadays boards of directors seem more likely to hire businessmen to run the schools -- presidents don't even need Ph.D.'s. And there's another big change in the system -- the getting a Ph.D. used to mean that the earner had learned what intensive scholarship really is.
Not that the universities aren't providing some important sorts of training. They are. But . . . we need about 20 new threads on the subject. The situation is terribly complex.
At Brigham Young University tuition is $4850.
I am told that once of their principles is to not borrow money: they don't start a new building unless they have the money to pay for it. How much of the budget of other universities is spent servicing debts?
APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE: I probably am trying to make too many points in this comment.
The Millennials are beginning to question the value of a college education ... and well they should. They're taking on the burden of mortgage-like debt by age 22 or 23, and often without the guarantee that they'll wind up in a better job than a kid who went to a trade school. My guess is that in another generation or two, there will be fewer people taking four years of their lives to get a degree before getting a job, there will be more targeted "skills" courses, and online learning will have gained more respectability.
College teachers often made much less, often less than skilled workers such as electrician. (Though the salaries of teachers have gone up, on average they still doesn't match the income of other professionals, e.g., doctors and lawyers, so you can expect continued pressure there, or you'll soon have to settle for not-very-smart Ph.Ds. (The grad students are catching on that they've been used badly.)
I'm not sure I agree with this entirely. It depends on which college teachers we're talking about. Tenured or full-time profs in a college's most prestigious programs make a good living. However, many colleges rely on high numbers of part-time adjunct instructors (my institution's adjunct ratio is about 90 percent), and they earn much less. This is certainly no incentive to get an advanced degree. For more on the status of adjuncts (or to browse your college of choice, visit the Chronicle of HIgher Ed's Adjunct Project: http://adjunct.chronicle.com/
FWIW, my kid is going to a community college, and we have urged him to think about earning a two-year degree that would get him into a "starter job." For kids like mine, who are talented and bright, but who do not fit the "academic achiever" mold, this seems like a prudent course that will keep costs down until the kid "finds himself." We have too many friends who sent their kids to prestigious schools only to have them drop out after a semester or two of partying or playing video games with their friends. As one mother e-mailed me, "We might just as well have taken that tuition money, put it in a bucket, and lit it on fire." (Their son is fine now, but it took two years at home busing tables and taking community college courses to redeem his academic record.) National service seems like a good idea for some of these kids.
Right now the "magic bullet" answer for overcoming poverty is to go to college.
But what does it mean when college becomes iunaffordable for so many?
And what will it mean when getting a college degree turns out not to be the magioc door opener to a financially secure middle class status?
The oligarchs that control our country are engaged in a disturbing enterprise to determine who gets into, and who gets discarded by, our economy. They are supportimng charter schools on the premise that some of the poor can be rescued through these schools. They are hard-headedly willing to see other poor pubic school students stay poor.
A society that continues to have a robust, if shrinking, middle class can tolerate a huge concentration of wealth at the top and a permananet state of poverty for a large precentage at the bottom. Brazil is an example. The oligarchs know this. They know thay can prevent any liberal rwam of a more equal socioety in the US from happening. They have achieved the ability to paralyze the federal government. eliminating it as an agent for greater equality.
The "good as Harvard" scam is dead. What matters to even slightly informed applicants is who recruits at your college. Are many, or even some, some the same as the recruiters at Harvard? And if they are, do these employers recruit for the same positions or a lower tier of positions?
Harvard et al are gateways to institutional power. Other colleges aren't really. Their graduates can hustle and get good jobs and some can even make a big living. But access to institutional power is largely limited to the A list of universities and college.
I have advised a number of high school students (in an informal capacigty) to get a certificate (four to six classes) at a community collge, then study whatver they want in college. As a result they get very well paying summer jobs.
I have also advised some liberla arts graduates, expcially those who want to work locally, to skip graduate school and get an inexpennsive certiicate at their local community colleges. A liberal arts degree, plus on of these jobs skills certificates, is a great foundation for good, lifelong salaries.
Of course in many creative fields you have to make yoir own way, and many of the best opportunities are dependnet on location, not just talent. But a design edcation obtained cheaply is a smart move.
What about taking the difference in the cost of a community college two year Assocaiate degree and the tuitiion at an expensive college and investing it for the student? Or half for the student and half for the retirement of the parents?
Almost every community college has an articulation agreement for easy admisssion into strong four-year colleges. Of course the transitioning community college student will miss the endless socializing and beer parties that college "bonding" involves, and will enter that four year college far more mature and therefore not necessarily ready to "bond" in some of the wastrel ways of college students and may be less "popiular." There are costs to eveything.
John McGrath, yes, students who earn the massage therapy certificate at the private "career college" where I teach are in high demand if they pass their tests. They will earn far more than someone in an unskilled job, and, if they enjoy people, it's a good job.
Investing the difference in tuition between community college and four-year university seems like a very good idea if parents have families in their 20s or 30s and can start doing this when the kids are small. We were dumb and had our son in our 40s. But the upside of this is that our mortgage will be paid next month, and we can use that money to help defray expenses for his education as well as our brand spankin' new Obamacare health care insurance poilicy!
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NEW MANCHESTER - The Magnolia football team finished the regular season with a 48-13 victory over Oak Glen Friday night on Senior Night at the Bears Den.
The Blue Eagles are to 9-1 and will be the No. 2 seed in the West Virginia Class A playoffs.
"We ran into a very-good team," first-year Oak Glen Ian Whittington said. "They are a great football team. They are a very disciplined. They are well-coached. Coach (Mark) Batton does all of the right things."
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PASING FANCY — Oak Glen quarterback Bub Haddox throws a pass during Friday's 48-13 loss to Magnolia.
Drew Keller led the way for the Blue Eagles with 189 yards and four touchdowns on 22 carries. Keller also recorded four catches for 50 yards.
Magnolia opened the scoring when Cage Deem hauled in a 4-yard pass from Tanner Hanna. Clemens Raitmayr recorded the extra point for a 7-0 lead.
Drew Keller hauled in a 29-yard reception to go along with a 28-yard run down to the Oak Glen 7 on the drive.
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Magnolia 48, Oak Glen 13
Magnolia 13 7 14 14 - 48
Oak Glen 0 0 7 6 - 13
M: Deem 4 pass from Hanna (Raitmayr kick)
M: Walton 12 pass from Hanna (kick fail)
M: Keller 1 run (Raitmayr kick)
M: Keller 16 run (Raitmayr kick)
M: Keller 3 run (Raitmayr kick)
OG: Hartley 1 run (Weltner kick)
OG: Staley 2 run (kick fail)
M: Rohde 19 run (Raitmayr kick)
M: Keller 9 run (Raitmayr kick)
RUSHING: Magnolia 40-260-5 (Hanna 3-(-13), Rogalski 3-30, Keller 22-189-4, Rohde 8-46-1, Anderson 3-8, Brill 1-0); Oak Glen 34-152-2 (Haddox 7-(-16), Steed 9-39, Swiger 1-33, Smith 3-7, Staley 4-17-1, Flowers 6-72, Hartley 1-1-1, Campbell 2-15, Tropek 3-18, Porter 1-(-4)).
PASSING: Magnolia 11-17-147-2-0 (All by Hanna); Oak Glen 3-11-48-0-0 (Haddox 2-9-16-0-0; Hartley 1-2-32-0-0).
RECEIVING: Magnolia (Ritz 1-23, Keller 4-50, Deem 2-6 TD, Rogalski 3-43, Walton 1-12 TD); Oak Glen (Weltner 3-48).
FIRST DOWNS: Magnolia 17, Oak Glen 8.
PENALTIES-YARDS: Magnolia 4-43; Oak Glen 4-35.
FUMBLES-LOST: Magnolia 1-0; Oak Glen 5-3.
The Blue Eagles' second score came on a 12-yard pass from Hannah to Ryan Walton for a 13-0 cusion.
The touchdown was set up by a 38-yard punt return by standout Stephen Rogalski down to the Golden Bears' 23-yard line.
Hanna was 11-of-17 for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Rogalski caught three passes for 43 yards. He also ran three times for 30 yards.
Keller scored three-rushing touchdowns to put the Blue Eagles up 34-0 late in the third quarter.
Keller's first score came on a 1-yard run for a 20-0 lead with 1:15 left to play in the first half.
Keller's second score covered 16 yards for a 27-0 advantage with 5:54 left to play in the third quarter.
His third score came on a 3-yard run and a 34-0 lead with 3:15 left to play in the third quarter.
The Blue Eagles totaled 407 yards of offense on 57 plays. Magnolia ran for 260 yards on 40 carries.
The Golden Bears ended up with 200 yards on 45 plays. Oak Glen rushed for 152 yards on 34 carries. The hosts also threw for 48 yards.
"Our seniors have meant everything to the program with their hard work and dedication," Whittington said. "They provide a lot of leadership. They led the younger guys. They are helping to shape my program."
Oak Glen got on the scoreboard on a 1-yard run by backup quarterback Chase Hartley. Josh Weltner converted the extra point to make the score 34-7 with 35.6 seconds left to play in the third stanza.
The touchdown was set by a 52-yard run by Clayton Flowers to the 4. Flowers ended up with 72 yards on six carries.
The Golden Bears followed the touchdown with an onside kick, and Hartley recovered the ball at the Magnolia 49.
Zack Staley capped the drive with a 2-yard run making the score 34-13. Weltner's PAT sailed wide, keeping Magnolia up 21 points with 10:15 left to play in the game.
Weltner caught three passes for 48 yards for Oak Glen.
"There were a lot of mistakes made this year," Whittington said. "We are going to try and learn from those mistakes. There were a lot of good things that happened, and there were a lot of bad things that happened. We are going to learn from those mistakes."


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I built a potato gun and wanted to calculate the muzzle velocity. I remember from physics that I could run the numbers by calculating time from launch until landing. After pointing straight into the air and launching the potato was air-born for 8.2sec.
Without air resistance that comes out to a muzzle velocity of around 90mph which is probably consistent as we can't see the projectile leave the muzzle.
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Newer Vitamin D Tests Often Inaccurate: Study
June 25, 2012 -- Two new lab tests to measure blood levels of vitamin D are inaccurate more than 40% of the time, according to a new study.
Researchers say newer tests tend to overestimate the number of people who are deficient in vitamin D, a problem that could cause patients to be anxious about their health and may lead to over-treatment.
The study, which was presented at ENDO 2012, the annual meeting of the endocrine society in Houston, is adding to concerns felt in many laboratories and hospitals around the country that the results of vitamin D tests, which have become some of the most frequently ordered blood tests in medicine, are widely unreliable.
What's more, experts say, vitamin D testing is often ordered under circumstances where there's little solid scientific evidence to support its use.
"It's a huge problem," says researcher Earle W. Holmes, PhD, a pathologist at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, in Chicago.
Experts who were not involved in the research agree.
"The biggest problem is that they're not even consistent," says Ravinder J. Singh, PhD, director of the Mayo Clinic's Endocrinology Laboratory in Rochester, Minn. "At least if they were consistent, you could say, values are half or double, compared to other tests. You can never have confidence" in the results, he tells WebMD.
The new tests, made by Abbott and Siemens, were approved by the FDA last fall.
They're part of a wave of faster, less expensive tests designed to help laboratories keep up with a boom in demand for vitamin D testing.
Abbott took issue with the study results, pointing to a company-funded study that showed their vitamin D test delivered results that are accurate and comparable to a widely used reference method.
Siemens also defended their test, saying they are reviewing the validity of the study.
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It's not the first time questions have been raised about the accuracy of vitamin D tests, however.
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28 Jan 2013 2:08 AM #1
Avoid trailing comma in array and object literals code review.
Hi All,
I am analyzing JavaScript code quality in Sonar.
Its reporting "Avoid trailing comma in array and object literals." in the below code, which is highlighted in red color .
Ext.apply(Ext.form.VTypes, { usPhone: function(v) { return /^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$/.test(v); }, usPhoneText: 'Please enter a US Phone number in the format 999-999-9999', usPhoneMask: /[\d\s\(\)\-]/i });
Ext.define('AddressState', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', fields: [ {type: 'string', name: 'abbr'}, {type: 'string', name: 'name'}, {type: 'string', name: 'slogan'} ] });
If I remove highleted in Red comma Ext js will not accept.
How to fix this issue. Please help me on this... we have 40 blockers all issues are same.
Thanks in Advance...
28 Jan 2013 2:48 AM #2
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It's not wrong because the alternative is not valid syntax. Define is a method, the class name is the first parameter, the class definition is the second:
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28 Jan 2013 3:00 AM #3
Hi Evant,
Thanks for your response..
I am using JavaScript plugin in Sonar.
Is there any best plugin to check javascript code as per the coding standard.
28 Jan 2013 3:42 AM #4
Try a linter like javascriptlint or Douglas Crockford's original JSLint.Product Architect
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31 Jan 2013 2:15 AM #5
Hi Westy,
I am using sonar server for code review. Sonar has java script plugin in built.
I am not aware how to use javascriptlint or Douglas Crockford's original JSLint in saonr.
If any body know how to use please let me know.
31 Jan 2013 10:27 PM #6
Hi All,
Please help me how to use javascriptlint or Douglas Crockford's original JSLint in sonar.
Thanks in Advance...!


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New HRI Group Opposes Preventative Detention
Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute has formed the Detention Without Trial Working Group (DWTWG) to counter supporters of specialized terror courts and long-term preventative detention of terrorism suspects.
The group also hopes to influence President Obama's administration, which will be confronted with key decisions about future treatment of terror detainees.
The effort, coordinated at Columbia by the co-director of the Law School's Human Rights Institute, Professor Sarah H. Cleveland, includes two partner organizations: the Center for American Progress and the National Litigation Project at Yale Law School.
"Much of the intellectual energy in legal academia has been devoted to developing proposals for national security courts and the long-term detention of terrorism suspects," said Cleveland, the Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights. "The goal of our working group has been to encourage scholarly thinking, research, and debate as an intellectual counterweight to the pending reform proposals, and to provide scholarly guidance to the advocacy community."
The DWTWG is comprised of legal academics as well as experts from other fields, including the U.S. military and the FBI. Together, they are exploring the legal and policy implications of current proposals for the detention without trial of terrorism suspects, Cleveland said.
Cleveland and other members of the working group met with members of the Obama transition team and incoming administration officials in mid-December to discuss issues surrounding the closure of Guantanamo. Working group members urged the transition team to conduct a broad, independent review of the basis for holding the 200-plus remaining detainees, and to capitalize on the Obama administration's international goodwill by using all diplomatic tools at the administration's disposal to secure receiving states for most of the detainees. On the president's second day in office, he issued an executive order to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
The DWTWG has issued more policy recommendations for the new presidential administration, including calls to end existing military commissions and specialized terror courts and to apply a zero-tolerance rule regarding torture and cruelty.


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The Australian band Big Scary made its Boston debut Sunday night at Brighton Music Hall, sharing its first American tour with Barsuk Records labelmate Say Hi for an evening of infectious contemporary sounds from a grand total of three musicians.
Despite the name, Big Scary is just singer/guitarist/keyboardist Tom Iansek and drummer/vocalist Joanna Syme. Their album "Not Art" is just out in the United States, but it was nominated in 2013 for Australian Album of the Year. The Melbourne duo had released their debut album "Vacation" in 2011, and have also released seven EPs since forming in 2006.
American rock fans will find some immediate parallels to the White Stripes, especially since that guitar-drums duo also included a female drummer, and also explored new sonic palettes and sweeping dynamics. But Big Scary delves more in pop with electronic flavors, and a steady hand on the dancefloor potential of its music.
Still, when the duo, enhanced by Eric Elbogen (who is Say Hi) on bass, was romping through "Belgian Blues" with its cascading drums, rock-steady guitar tones, and cooed vocal wails, I was thinking they'd achieved some sort of maniacal synthesis of Led Zeppelin doing house music at a psychedelic rave. Big Scary ended up doing seven of the 11 tunes on the new album last night, along with some earlier choices, before about 100 young fans at Brighton Music Hall.
One factor Big Scary shares with Led Zep is song titles that don't always have a lot to do with the actual lyrics, but we managed to persuade Syme to give us a setlist after their set. The opening "Invest", for instance, introduced with haunting piano filigrees from Iansek, has a lovely soul chorus of "You waited far too long.." Then, the jarring stop-and-start rhythms of "Twin Rivers," framed by lightly soaring keyboard lines, and Iansek's wistful vocal, featured a chorus of "I don't want to have to wake up again.." That latter song also boasted a later segment where Iansek's keys mimicked a harp, for some really delectable melody over Syme's muscular drumbeats.
"Hello My Name Is.." was more a throbbing rock-out, as Iansek moved to guitar and crafted booming power chords. Big Scary's song "Phil Collins" has an opening where Syme's haunting thunder-drums intro evokes Collins' mega-hit "In the Air Tonight," before Iansek's knife-edge guitar chords took over the melody, as Elbogen, switching to keyboards, provided a vibrating kind of foundation.
"Long Worry" might have been the best romantic ballad of the night Sunday, a subtly built midtempo tune, riding a trance groove as Iansek sang of "trying to find my way back to you." That song had all of the duo's strengths, from Iansek's wounded vulnerability in the vocal to their jarring, almost experimental manner of working the drums, guitar and bass against each other in new and unexpected ways. Right after that, the barnburning take on "Belgian Blues" was simply a dazzling moment of musical mash-up.
"Luck Now" was a mini-opera to ponder, from its booming bass-and-drums rhythms to Iansek's plaintive vocal singing romantic musings, to the disembodied piano lines weaving through its latter half. It seemed to be a tale of obsession, depicted artfully and unforgettably through its hypnotic groove. Elbogen retired, to prepare for his set, for the final two songs by Big Scary.
"Falling Away" worked off a lovely but melancholy piano figure, as the drums came up gradually behind it to add backbone, and then shifted the dynamics throughout the rest of the tune. The older tune "Purple" contrasted an infectious guitar riff against Syme's drum march, and cavorted through all sorts of crescendos in a dizzying display of dynamics to conclude Big Scary's tantalizing 45-minute set.
Say Hi (originally Say Hi to Your Mom) was launched in 2002 in Brooklyn by Seattle native Eric Elbogen, who essentially plays all the instruments on the act's albums. Say Hi music has been featured in a variety of media, from a Cadillac tv ad to Showtime's "Shameless," to the movie "Scream 4." Say Hi's latest album, "Endless Wonder" is due out June 17, although there were some available at the merchandise table Sunday night. Elbogen, 37, has been quoted as saying his eighth album is focused on "the presence and absence of love, in every flavor imaginable."
In concert Elbogen gets around the issue of playing everything himself by simply having a laptop, and a keyboard where he plunks away at melody lines, when not dancing joyfully..if oddly. Say Hi's music is more in the electronic dance music (EDM) category than Big Scary, but Elbogen, in his suit and tie, exudes a certain geeky charm that is undeniable. For fans of tv's Big Bang Theory, imagine if Leonard started a band where he was the only member, and then woke up to find himself an unexpected, unassuming rock star.
A song apparently called "The Devil Got My Number" was an early highlight for Say Hi, a sultry soul groove contrasted with Elbogen's enthusiastic-if-clunky dance moves. "Take Ya Dancing" was another pounding house music sort of piece, as Elbogen's shy type of voice seemed almost an afterthought. Taking audience questions between songs, someone asked Elbogen how it felt to be a rock star. He replied that he preferred playing bass in someone else's band, but on these solo gigs he just felt like any other person playing music with friends.
Elbogen's lo-fi style even allowed him to foist a couple of vampire-themed songs on the crowd. "Blah Blah Blah" from 2006 was the best, riding a nice midtempo rhythm, as he crafted simple keyboards hooks, and gently sang "I Want to take Your Blood." Later on, he introduced a song about robots, and the spectral organ sounds overlaying "Yeah, I'm In Love with an Android" made it mysterious for sure, but ultimately it was a bit too downbeat.
Throbbing guitar lines prodded a "Song About a Spaceship" into bouncy delirium, and Elbogen ended his weirdly entrancing 50-minute set with "Sicko," a midtempo, heavy bass groove where his brief synthesizer forays were like otherworldy hooks.
If there's something fascinating about the primal sounds and genre-smashing rock of Big Scary, Say Hi was more like the soundtrack to a dance club in a science fiction movie.


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What are the good tips while planning for camping for 1 or 2 nights near a beach. I am talking about East Coast Park in Singapore. We pretty much have nothing to fear there, but I would still appreciate any tips in general for campers planning a night out. Tips which would make the experience all the more exciting.
East Coast Park is a nice place for camping especially in Singapore. The first thing is that you'll need to get a camping permit, which you can book online or at AXS self-service machines. You will only be able to do this if you have permanent residence or a long-term visa for Singapore as the permit requires you to enter an IC number or FIN (and AFAIK, AXS machines only accept NETS payments for this particular transaction). You aren't allowed to have open fires, but there are many places in campsites that hire out BBQ pits for cooking for which again you can book online via AXS. Bringing your own BBQ pits isn't allowed unless on specific occasions (public holidays, etc) so that's not an option. The list of camping sites and zones can be found on Singapore's National Parks website (and to be honest, information doesn't get more comprehensive than that). There isn't a lot you'll be left wanting for that cannot be solved by a quick trip to a convenience store, so camping at ECP is easy that way.
Cycling is a one of the major activities to do when camping at ECP and the trails are fairly easy to attempt, can be done as a family activity I would say. You rent cycles for a day at fairly reasonable prices (S$6-12).
Pulau Ubin is another place to consider camping; feels a bit more secluded as it's not on the mainland, and if you're into off-road biking there are some good trails there. Camping at Pulau Ubin does not require a permit.
Camping tips in general are very broad, but I think I can list some tips:
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Last year we had two families over for a mother's day brunch. This year, we went crazy and had 20 people over. It was, if I do say so myself, a grand success! Both kids and parents stuffed themselves to capacity with purely vegan fare and no one made a single joke about bacon. So, let's take a look at the spread:
In the front on the left are two spinach and sun-dried tomato frittatas, based on Isa's swiss chard frittata from Vegan Brunch.
I had two bags of baby spinach I had intended to use in an Indian dish this week but never got around to making. I figured sun-dried tomatoes would make the perfect accompaniment (they did). I was a little worried about the whole thing holding together so I added 2 tbsp of chickpea flour. The end result was amazing: nice and tender and bursting with flavour. I scaled back on the soy and seasoned with black salt to get a nice eggy flavour.
On the front right is polenta rancheros, also from Vegan Brunch. What you are looking at is a bowl of soft polenta, a bowl of black beans in rancheros sauce, and a variety of fixins (red onion, tomato, cashew sour cream, guacamole). This is a fantastic dish. You start with some beans, add a dollop of polenta, then garnish. This one is going into my brunch rotation.
In the back are oven roasted potatoes, and piles of pancakes (also Isa's recipe from Vegan Brunch.)
I also made some whole wheat bread for toast.
Son#1 made these signs for all the homemade jams and jellies.
In addition to cinnamon buns, I made these thumbprint rolls from Reinhart's Artisan Breads for Everyday. These are a sweet roll filled with fruit and glazed with icing, and they disappeared pretty quickly. I put the fruit filling in a piping bag and I found that to be an effective way to get maximum filling in without making a huge mess.
The guests brought muffins, fruit salad and trays, juices, and coffee and tea.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
2nd Annual Mother's Day Neighbourhood Vegan Brunch
Last year we had two families over for a mother's day brunch. This year, we went crazy and had 20 people over. It was, if I do say so myself, a grand success! Both kids and parents stuffed themselves to capacity with purely vegan fare and no one made a single joke about bacon. So, let's take a look at the spread:
26 comments:
- kmouse said...
Wow, amazing!!! Everything sounds so good.
- May 9, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- DJ Karma said...
One word: awesome!
- May 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM
- Cara Sheppard said...
What a fabulous tradition you've started, and a beautiful looking brunch. Yum!
- May 9, 2010 at 10:02 PM
- Kitchen Witch said...
Wow, What a spread! Those little jam buns looks tasty!
- May 9, 2010 at 10:45 PM
- Noelle said...
WOW! What a feast!
- May 10, 2010 at 12:40 AM
- sophia said...
those rolls are so beautiful!
- May 10, 2010 at 1:57 AM
- amymylove said...
Wow what an amazing spread! I wish I was invited... Lucky neighbors!
- May 10, 2010 at 3:00 AM
- BJ in TX said...
Ohmygosh...I want to move to your neighborhood just for this brunch! Very impressive - you're doing an incredible job spreading the good news about vegan cooking!
- May 10, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- Kiersten said...
Everything looks gorgeous! You did a great job.
- May 10, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- Becki said...
I make Isa's pancake recipe every Sunday morning and have found that if you replace at least half to all of the flour with spelt, they turn out much fluffier. Also try adding macaroon style coconut shreds to the batter. The texture this gives the pancakes is AMAZING!!!!
- May 10, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- tofuandcollards said...
Wow! My husband came upon your blog this morning and we just love it!! Everything looks so good and yummy ^_^
- May 10, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Peace, Love and Veganism said...
Beautiful spread! We had sushi at a new sushi bar - tempura sweet potato is my new fav! Wish my hubby was as talented in the kitchen as you :)
- May 10, 2010 at 3:44 PM
- Stephanie said...
that looks amazing!! lucky vegan mom.
- May 10, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Babette said...
What a feast this must have been!
- May 10, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Call Girl said...
I have been slowly making my way to veganism and your site has been my main source of inspiration. Thank you for the great recipes!
- May 10, 2010 at 7:11 PM
- Kate said...
I would move to your neighbourhood just to come to this. :D
- May 10, 2010 at 11:57 PM
- HiHoRosie said...
Wow! Looks incredible! Glad it was a grand success!
- May 11, 2010 at 1:02 AM
- birdfeed said...
Now that sounds like an amazing time.
Great looking food too. That's so cool so many people came.
- May 11, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- dreaminitvegan said...
That is an amazing feast of good food! Those thumprint rolls look delicious. Can I fly up with my family next year? hee hee!
- May 11, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Eric said...
Wow, that entire table full of food looks amazing..!
- May 11, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- kara said...
Wow - homemade Jam and Bread! That's wonderful!
- May 11, 2010 at 5:52 PM
- Karyn said...
Wow! It all looks so yummy and it just sounds like so much fun, too.
I wish I lived in your neighborhood!
- May 11, 2010 at 7:01 PM
- Hannah said...
Man, this makes me wish I lived in your neighborhood...
I peek at your blog every day to see what you're up to in the kitchen, and I browse the archives often for recipes. Basically, I'm addicted. So thanks for that!
- May 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- beingpeggy said...
looks like a delicious feast! my mother's day brunch (for my mom) came complete with bacon jokes :(
- May 12, 2010 at 3:38 PM
- yasmin said...
Your brunch spread looks amazing!
- May 14, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- SelahWrites said...
It all looks GORGEOUS!
- May 15, 2010 at 4:43 PM


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Husani Foote scored a game-high 22 points to lead Naugatuck over Sacred Heart, 68-63, in overtime Monday in Naugatuck Valley League Copper Division action in Naugatuck.
Gabe Pulliam added 15 points for Naugatuck (3-0) while Brandon Kuczenski had 12.
Malik Petteway led Sacred Heart (0-3) with 17 points, and Tyran Flowers added 14.
Chase Collegiate 63, Stamford Academy 51: Kyle Bonicki netted 14 points and grabbed five steals to lead Chase Collegiate over Stamford Academy (5-2) at Chase Park House in Waterbury.
Ryan Shiel recorded 10 points and five steals for the Highlanders (4-3) while Charles McClain chipped in with 14 points.
Matt McClain added 13 points.
Watertown 51, Woodland 30: Abby Collier, Jamie Zoldy and Becca Breive each scored in double figures Monday to pace the undefeated Indians to the easy NVL victory in Beacon Falls.
Collier scored 13, Zoldy 12 and Breive 10 for Watertown (4-0), which led 27-15 at the half.
Woodland (0-3) was led by Andrea Piccolo with a game-high 18 points.
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"I have a huge wisteria hanging outside my house," said Jones, who explained its flowers in August give off "the most amazing kind of carnation peppery scent; that was what [the fragrance] was really based on."
In tandem with the launch, Comme des Garçons' Trading Museum in Paris is for a month showcasing 14 of Jones' white archive hats. The oldest dates back to 1985, the first season Jones worked with Rei Kawakubo.
"I wanted to pick white hats from the past linked to white flowers," he said, adding with a laugh: "And actually, there are no white floral hats in the display. The thing is, the white florals don't actually stay very white for that long in a hat."
Since a teenager, Walter Van Beirendonck has sported Caron's Yatagan, calling it "my all-time favorite."
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Henry Pincus, who created the two-minute, in-store film for Wisteria Hysteria, said he doesn't wear fragrance, but that if he did it would probably have "a little bit of something metallic about it — something that felt like it had some edge."
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Seating: Seating is general admission. Friends and family can get as close as possible, but be advised that there is NO SEAT SAVING for other guests.
Floor: Family and friends are not allowed on the floor. Floor access is reserved for graduates only.
After the Graduation: We ask that parents meet their graduates outside on the West Plaza, closest to Gate C and the Georgia World Congress Center, for photo opportunities instead of inside the building.
Ticket Information: This is a non-ticketed event.
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Lower: Aisle L38, Gate D, extension 3582.
Contraband: Not allowed: helium balloons, laser wands, TVs, weapons, bottles, cans, outside food/ beverages, coolers, flags on poles, thermos bottles. Still cameras and video cameras are allowed. There is a bag check for this event. Wrapped packages are subject to being unwrapped and inspected.
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When traveling by air, it's common to hear bells, chimes, tones, whatever-you-call-them over the speaker system. It seems like a single tone is just a passenger pushing their call button. But what do the other ones mean? Are they unique to each airline, or are they universal country-wide or world-wide?
Right, firstly according to Airliners.net forums, each airline has different chime meanings.
However, on Yahoo, we have a list of all of the chimes - but presumably it's for a specific plane, and it doesn't say which:
Generally they are as follows:-
This is confirmed again on Airlines.net, where they show that for Canadian Airlines it's as follows:
The same forums have another page with information on NW, Continental and others, so it would certainly seem to vary from company to company.


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I am using the Facebook C# SDK.
Is there any way, using the API as written, to see the exact URL that the SDK sends to Facebook? Especially for GET requests (though POST requests would be nice, too -- and seeing what was POSTed as well!)
I want to keep a log of these requests and the success / failure of each call. It would be extremely useful for diagnosing issues.


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Is there a difference between when to use one or the other? Both translate directly to fire truck.
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This is an issue about 书面语(words that are used for writing articles) and 口语 (words that are usually used in oral Chinese)
The two words have the same meaning. However, 消防车 is more formal, it's used in most of the written materials. 救火车, on the other hand, is usually used in spoken Chinese, it's rarely used in formal documents.
As an example, 妻子 and 老婆 are both Chinese words for "wife". 妻子 is 书面语 while 老婆 is 口语.
I think they are same thing in most situations. But, in particular time ,the "消防车" ' range are bigger. In use,
"救火车" the name is called, for its reason -- directly to put off fire.
"消防车" is not only to do that, they can be used in other disaster situation, such as
In addition, we called "119" as "火警" when fire happens. But now, we call "119" for more difficulties : stuck in somewhere, lost, etc.