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Saving the Soul of Mali
To the musicians from Mali here, the attempt by terrorists associated with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to suppress music in their country's north goes beyond politics and religion: It's an offense to the soul of the nation, where music is more than entertainment, it's essential to life.
To be sure, it was the French military aided by Malian forces that ousted the terrorists, who in an attempt to impose a radical form of Islam had banned music, dances and festivals in the region, as well as demolished medieval shrines and burned ancient documents. But in their own way, Mali's musicians are fighting, too, leveraging their international reputations as creators of the country's often-inspired music, which ranges from brooding, spiritually minded tunes played on traditional African instruments to a fiery fusion of Afrobeat, rock, R&B and indigenous sounds. It's a melting pot that absorbs the music of other cultures without losing its native identity.
On her next album, "Beautiful Africa" (Nonesuch), out in the U.S. on April 9, the singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré sends a message of support to Mali's women. In Bambara, English and French, she sings: "I want to hear your laughter. I admire your courage. I miss your smile."
Kora player and composer Ballaké Sissoko's latest disc is called "At Peace" (Six Degrees)—a title without irony, he said. Seeking to evoke the serenity the people of his country find in music, he had intended to record it in his courtyard back home in Bamako, Mali's capital. As the terrorists approached, he shut down the sessions and, after a search for an appropriate base, relocated with his Malian cohorts to a studio owned by American jazz musician Ken Carter on the outskirts of Angoulême, France, some 280 miles south of Paris—and 3,400 miles from Bamako. Nonetheless, Mr. Sissoko's album achieves his ambition: The quiet, complex music affirms the sanctity of the Malian musical tradition of griot, in which ancient stories are passed down and commentary on contemporary events form new tales.
Ms. Traoré and Mr. Sissoko spoke to the Journal in separate interviews held last week near the Gare du Nord here. As French military personnel in camouflage gear—assault rifles at the ready—patrolled the Champs-Élysées and rode the Métro, the musicians expressed a muted optimism brought on by their enduring faith in music, despite the succession of events that have destabilized their country: a rebellion in late 2011 by Tuareg rebels in the north, led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA); a coup d'état that ousted Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré; and violent battles between the MNLA and jihadists to fill the ensuing power vacuum, resulting in the takeover by AQIM and associated groups.
"I was totally shocked," said Ms. Traoré, 39, a diplomat's daughter who attended college in Brussels and whose sound incorporates Western music. "The two first weeks after the coup d'état I couldn't sleep. You didn't know the truth.
"But it was important to show we are still making music," she added. "Our culture has been there for centuries." To ensure her young son's safety, she has moved here from Bamako.
"All musicians in Mali know each other and everybody is rather sad," Mr. Sissoko, 45, said. "But we don't have much choice: In Mali, music is our soul." A frequent collaborator with French cellist Vincent Segal, Mr. Sissoko continues to live in Bamako, though he's looking to sublet an apartment here.
Perhaps the most defiant statement against the radical Islamists was made by Fatoumata Diawara, a 31-year-old singer-songwriter who brought together about 40 Malian musicians in a Bamako studio to record her composition "Mali-ko (Peace)."
"It was for the population of Mali," she said in a restaurant here not far from the West African enclave near Montmartre's Sacré-Coeur basilica. "To reassure them and to wake them up to the dangers of losing music."
Featuring musicians highly regarded at home and in the West, including Amadou & Mariam, Toumani Diabaté, Habib Koité, Oumou Sangaré and Vieux Farka Touré, the song promotes Malian solidarity with verses that include, "Do we really want to kill each other? Allow ourselves to be divided? Remember, we are all children of the same mother country." But the song takes a turn: "Our nation will never belong to these people. This great nation will not be their victim. . . . We must take care now or our children will never know the real story of our country." A video of the recording sessions has been posted on YouTube.
Comparing the terrorists to "parasites," Ms. Diawara said she is forming a foundation to continue cultural communication between the north and south. "We have to raise awareness that this wealth of diversity is not a burden, it's a strength. We have to fight for cultural reconciliation."
The three musicians will soon bring their music to the U.S.: Mr. Sissoko will appear in New York on Feb. 28 and begin a brief national tour in Minneapolis on March 8; Ms. Diawara's tour kicks off in Berkeley, Calif., on March 30 in support of her 2011 debut, "Fatou" (World Circuit), sung in the Wassoulou dialect and featuring Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen on drums and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones on bass; and though dates haven't been finalized yet, Ms. Traoré said she will perform in the U.S. later this year. In addition, this summer's Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. will dedicate part of its bill to music from the embattled country; Ms. Traoré will appear.
Thus the music of Mali continues, regardless of AQIM's savage folly. Last week, Salif Keita, the renowned 63-year-old vocalist and blood-descendant of the 13th-century founder of the Mali empire, performed here. The sell-out crowd at the music hall L' Olympia was thoroughly integrated by race and age, and included West African women in traditional garb. Swaying as he sang, a gray bowler hat atop his head, Mr. Keita ran through his hits, emphasizing his magnificent 2009 album, "La Différence." His five-piece band featured musicians on African instruments, an electric guitar and a synthesizer—the last played by a young man in a Yankees cap.
Late in the show, pumping a fist, Mr. Keita shouted: "Like all Malians, we are celebrating our liberation." The crowd roared in support of the sentiment.
Mr. Fusilli is the Journal's rock and pop music critic. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter: @wsjrock.


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Brad was hit in the face by Ronnie. Ronnie got him a banjo to say i'm sorry.
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Library of Birmingham Archive
Some older news items from the Library of Birmingham
©Simon Hadley
Opening date of Library of Birmingham announced
The new £188.8 million Library of Birmingham will open to the public on Tuesday 3rd September 2013, it was announced today, along with a competition to nominate the first book to be placed on its shelves. Find out more about the opening plans and competition.
Birmingham REP brings Theatre to life with Neighbourhood Libraries
Birmingham Repertory Theatre is joining forces with Birmingham Library and Archive Services to bring a range of theatre projects to six local libraries across the city. From Tolkien-inspired 'audio walks' in Hall Green to historical tales in the ruins of Weoley Castle, the project aims to bring some of Birmingham's local stories to life. The Neighbourhood REP projects take place at a time when Birmingham Repertory Theatre's home in Centenary Square is closed for re-development. The theatre will work in partnership with six of Birmingham's community libraries: Spring Hill, Ward End, Weoley Castle, Harborne, Hall Green and Quinton. Each project will be inspired by the local people, history and community of the libraries and will give library users the chance to get involved, through playwriting, storytelling, performing or simply enjoying a performance.
Spring Hill Stories Local residents create new Stories for Spring Hill Library.
Prime Ministers visit the site
Prime Minister, David Cameron and Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte on a recent visit to the Library of Birmingham site. They were shown a presentation by the Dutch architect, Francine Houben from Dutch company, Mecanoo.
Topping Out the Library of Birmingham
In September 2011, Councillor Mike Whitby, Leader of Birmingham City Council, laid the last piece of concrete on the highest point of the new Library of Birmingham at the official Topping Out ceremony. This is a significant marker in the construction of the new £188.8 million building, due to open in 2013.
Mike Whitby was helped by Buta Singh Mahal, 34, from Smethwick, who has worked on the site since building work began in February 2010, when he first mixed the concrete for the foundations to be laid. He also mixed the concrete used for the Topping Out.
The celebration also marked the first performances in the Library's outdoor amphitheatre in Centenary Square, with an appearance by Black Voices, led by Carol Pemberton, a Face of the new Library of Birmingham, and by members of the company from the REP, who performed extracts from Shakespeare.
Public Consultation about the Terraces and Amphitheatre
The Library of Birmingham's garden terraces and amphitheatre have been designed to be family-friendly, interactive outdoor spaces. They will be vibrant, environmentally friendly spaces for performance, socialising and informal learning - relaxing sanctuaries within the city centre. We wanted to tell the public about these features of the new library and ask how library customers and potential customers will want to use these areas. Read the results of this consultation:
Terraces and Amphitheatre
Jacqueline Wilson visited Birmingham Young Readers festival and met a young 'Face of the Library of Birmingham'
Ellise Miles, one of our 'Faces of the Library of Birmingham' had a one-to-one conversation with Jacqueline ahead of the Festival Finale and asked her about her current work and future plans. Ellise said: "It was so exciting to meet Jacqueline Wilson today. Her book, My Sister Jodie, is my all time favourite, so it was brilliant to meet her and ask her some questions. Today was the best thing I've done so far as a Face of the Library of Birmingham. I can't wait for the new library to open in 2013. It is going to have something for everyone and especially places for young people to hang out and meet their friends."
The Library of Birmingham at the BBC Public Space
During the Easter and early May Bank Holiday period, members of the public young and old visited the BBC Birmingham Public Space in The Mailbox. They were invited to contribute their local knowledge and personal recollections of Birmingham in days gone by at www.thepeoplesarchive.org, which makes available online for the first time one of the Library's most popular photographic collections, the Warwickshire Photographic Survey. This records in fascinating detail buildings, street scenes and events in the city between the 1880s and the late 20th century. This pilot of a new interactive historical resource, if successful, could be an exciting new feature of the Library of Birmingham online. More details about the People's Archive at the BBC.
New design images of the interior of the library
As the first anniversary of the start of building work at the Library of Birmingham approaches, new design images, produced by architects Mecanoo, offer a first look inside the building.
Please click on the picture for larger images.
David Cameron Puts Trust in Library
Prime Minister, David Cameron joined Leader of Birmingham City Council, Mike Whitby and Brian Gambles, Assistant Director, Culture at the Library of Birmingham site on 4 October 2010 to review progress on the landmark project and reveal plans to create a Library of Birmingham Development Trust. Find out more about the Prime Minister's visit to the Library of Birmingham site.
Kevin McCloud visits siteIn Birmingham to promote the opening of Grand Designs Live design guru, Kevin McCloud took time to visit our very own grand design, the Library of Birmingham site. Read an interview with Kevin McCloud by Ian Halstead.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey visits
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey visited the Library of Birmingham construction site on 5 October before moving on to view Face to Face, a major retrospective exhibition of one of our most illustrious photographers, Brian Griffin, in the city of his birth. Following the exhibition, Griffin will be donating work from the exhibition to Birmingham Central Library. This is an important addition to the library's world-class photographic collection which will be given a new home in the Library of Birmingham when it opens in 2013. Read more about Brian Griffin's Face to Face - www.briangriffin-facetoface.co.uk
New Partnership with Writing West Midlands
Local writers are set to benefit from a new collaboration announced between the Library of Birmingham and Writing West Midlands, the regional literature development agency. Recently appointed Birmingham Poet Laureate, Roy McFarlane, joined Project Director, Brian Gambles, and Director of the Birmingham Book Festival, Sara Beadle, at the site of the Library of Birmingham to unveil details of the new collaboration which will enable local writers to tap into a wealth of resources and activities shared by the two organisations. This latest literary link-up is part of the Library of Birmingham's strategy to forge a series of creative partnerships in the region and beyond by the time it opens in 2013. The partnership will generate a high-profile programme of literary events during the opening year and will see the Birmingham Book Festival adopt the Library of Birmingham as its new home.
Partnership announced between the Library of Birmingham and BFI Mediatheque
This exciting partnership will give free access to hours of classic films, television, documentaries and even home movies to visitors to the BFI Mediatheque. Many of the rarest and most extraordinary titles in the BFI National Archive will be available when the Library of Birmingham opens in 2013.
Community Engagement
A big thank you to everyone who took part in a focus group or activity and for giving us your views on what you wanted in the new Library of Birmingham. This report shows how we have made changes to the design based on what you told us". Report on Community Engagement May - June 2009
The first nine apprenticeships have been awarded under a training and employment agreement between Birmingham City Council's Employment Access Team (EAT) and Wolverhampton-based Carillion, the official contractor appointed to build the new library.
Archaeological dig unveils the pastFollowing successful completion of the archaeological excavation of the former car park site, the team from Birmingham Archaeology moved into the Centenary Square part of the Library of Birmingham site in November 2009. A public viewing platform, with a wheelchair and push-chair friendly ramp, enabled closer viewing of the site works as excavations continue. It also featured information panels about the history of the site. Two public open days took place in 2009, when archaeologists were on hand to explain to members of the public what the excavation was revealing. The archaeological excavation of the site has uncovered remains from the city's industrial past not far below the car park surface. Archaeologists from the University of Birmingham recorded the canal arm and factory remains before construction work for the new library began.
The Civic Centre car park next to The REP closed permanently in July 2009 to enable the excavation to take place. Alternative car parking is available in other car parks nearby, including Brindley Drive multi-storey, Brunel Street multi-storey and the National Indoor Arena. Additional disabled parking bays have been created on the road in Brindley Drive (outside the multi-storey car park) .
You can download an information leaflet containing a map of the Council's car parks at www.birmingham.gov.uk/parking
Going underground for 'green' energy system
The Council's construction partner for the Library of Birmingham, Carillion, has conducted preliminary tests for an aquifer ground source system, a renewable energy resource that will utilise ground water to supplement the energy source for the new library and provide chilled water to the air conditioning system. Using a production well, groundwater will be abstracted from an aquifer. Following heat rejection via a heat exchanger in the building, the groundwater will then be discharged back to the aquifer via an injection well. Constant groundwater temperature can thereby be maintained throughout the year with this open loop system. Two 150 metre-deep bore holes were drilled in Centenary Square and on the Cambridge Street side of The REP to check the suitability of the areas for the aquifer system. Preliminary trials to check the water flow rate concluded in November 2009. If the results are successful, the renewable energy resource will help the library greatly minimise its CO2 emissions.
Planning application approved
A detailed planning application for the Library of Birmingham was submitted to the local planning authority in August 2009. The planning application shows that the design for the new library has evolved but not significantly changed since the concept design was unveiled in April 2009. The height has been reduced by one level in response to consultation and other elements of the design have been refined, such as the amphitheatre and its relationship between the library and Centenary Square. The detailed design also confirms that the historic Shakespeare Memorial Room will be located in the roof level rotunda. On 26 November 2009 the Planning Committee agreed planning consent for the Library of Birmingham (subject to some conditions). Further detailed design work is continuing, with the detailed design work to RIBA Stage D completed this autumn. Summary of the planning application The full planning application is available at Planning Online. The number is 2009/03897/PA.
Designs for Library of Birmingham
In April 2009, Mike Whitby, Leader of Birmingham City Council, unveiled the design concepts for the new Library of Birmingham by the acclaimed Dutch architects Mecanoo.


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The 8th grade B team came out fighting against Clearwater Thursday night and beat them in two games 25-19 and 25-9.
Amber Henley scored 16 points for the team on serves and Jessica Johnson scored 8. Emily Domke led the team in kills with 3 and Johnson also had one.
The 8th grade A team was defeated in two games, losing 20-25 and 12-25.
Leading scorer was Caedyn Reinhardt with 7 on serves and 3 kills. She was followed by Kylea McArdle with one.
In 7th grade action the Cats A team defeated Clearwater 25-11 and 25-9.
Hollie Gregg led scorers with 9 points and Chelsie Meyer followed with 7.
The 7th grade B team was victorious as well winning 25-19 and 25-14.
Allyson Skillman and Rianne Showalter led with 7 points each.
The Cats play next on Oct. 4 at Rose Hill.
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I just got an Electra Townie 8i bike and the gears are acting weird. I hear clicking noises when pedaling and sometimes it slips down to a lower gear. This is especially true for 4th gear.
Is this a known issue for these internal gear systems? How can I fix it? Is this something an amateur can repair?


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(Durban) King Shaka International Airport
PO Box 57701, King Shaka International Airport, 4407 Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Telefon: 032 436 6758.
Website: www.airports.co.za
The airport is located 35km (22 miles) north of central Durban.
How to get there
From central Durban take the N3 highway west for a short distance, and turn north on to the N2 highway, which passes the airport, and from which the terminals are signposted.
Information about parking possibilities at the Durban International Airport
Access by public transport
Regular shuttle buses operate to Durban city centre between 0500-2200. Coastal Motor Transport (tel: 031 465 5573; www.airportbustransport.co.za) provide these services; journey time is around 40 minutes. There is also an hourly shuttle (which must be pre-booked) linking the airport with Durban and Umhlanga hotels, the Durban beachfront and the International Convention Centre. Contact the airport information desk (tel: 031 451 6758) for more information. Buses depart from outside the Arrivals area.
Taxi services are available from outside Departures, among companies offering cabs are Al Hassan Taxis (tel: 031 564 0734); Aussies Radio Taxis (tel: 031 309 788); Boshoff Taxis (tel: 031 306 6330); Checkers Radio Taxis (tel: 031 465 5573); and Eagle Radio Taxis (tel: 031 337 2442).
Information desk
An airport information desk (tel: 031 451 6758) is situated in the Departures area, while Arrivals has a tourist information counter.
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On page 236 of Falko Lorenz's "Algebra Volume 1: Fields and Galois Theory", exercise 4.2(c), the author asks
$\\$ Let $R$ be a unique factorization domain. If $P$ is a directory of primes of $R$ and $K =$ Frac $R$, the multiplicative group of K satisfies $K^x \cong R^x \times\mathbb{Z}^{(P)}$.
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News and Events Archives
Friday, August 01, 2008
(COLUMBIA, Mo.) � Columbia College entered into a partnership with the U.S. Navy in May to open a new campus at Naval Weapon Station Charleston in South Carolina. The addition of the NWS Charleston campus brings the total number of Columbia College campuses to 34, of which 17 are located on military installations.
The campus offers bachelor�s degrees in criminal justice administration, business administration, management information systems and general studies. Students can also complete an on-campus Master of Business Administration degree at NWS Charleston. Classes on-base will be available to military personnel (active and reserve) and family members; retired military and their families; and Department of Defense contract and/or civilian employees. Registration is currently underway for the fall semester, which begins Aug. 11, 2008.
�We�re excited to provide a terrific educational opportunity to service members at the weapons station,� said Keith McIver, NWS Charleston campus director. �If you did not know Columbia was on base, you know now. We look forward to helping you reach your goals.�
Columbia College offers an accelerated program that features small classes, experienced faculty and academic excellence. Students may take eight-week classes, five sessions a year starting in August, October, January, March and June.


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6 hours of PlayStation Network maintenance scheduled for Easter MondayWritten by: / / 5 Comments
Sony has announced that the next round of scheduled PSN maintenance will kick off this coming Monday, April 21st.
The maintenance window extends for around six hours from 4:50pm GMT (6:50pm South African time) until 10:50pm on Monday, and will affect PS4, PS3, PS Vita and PSP owners.
The following services will be inaccessible during the maintenance window:
- PlayStation Store
- PlayStation Home
- Account Management
- Account Registration
- Transactions via the console
- sonyentertainmentnetwork.com website
Users may still be able to sign into their PSN account during the maintenance window provided they have logged into the network any time since April 16th.
Additionally, users can sign into PSN before the maintenance begins at 4:50pm GMT on Monday if they want to play online during the downtime.
Sony recently shared new details regarding the PlayStation 4's upcoming 1.70 firmware update so it's likely that one of the functions of this latest round of maintenance is to prepare the Network for this imminent system software patch.
Source: PlayStation Community Forums
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When Steven S. Matt returned home from work one recent Friday evening, he maneuvered through his one-bedroom apartment around buckets of broken glass. He then switched off a Toys R Us rock tumbler which was running all day while he was at work, turning the sharp, broken shards into smooth beach glass.
"I have literally 300 pounds of glass sitting in my living room," he said. The glass bits are in three red, five-gallon paint buckets, placed between his sofa and living room window.
Mr. Matt, a digital advertising producer and sometimes community contributor, became interested in the pieces of broken glass in 2009, when he tripped while jogging in Fort Greene Park and punctured his right palm on a piece of broken glass. Continuing along the path, he noticed more and more jagged pieces. In the summer of 2010, in an effort to make the park safer and cleaner, Mr. Matt, 28, organized the first Fort Greene Park Glass Cleanup.
After organizing four glass cleanups over the last two years–the largest, in 2011, lured 25 recruits and hauled in over 100 pounds of glass – he's started a jewelry business, creating fashionable earrings out of the smoothed glass. He says the businss spreads the cleanup message to his customers, while helping to maintain park cleanliness by giving a portion of the profits to the Fort Greene Park Conservancy.
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Hello All,
Please bear with me, I'm quite new to this. I want to shoot VR tours for hotel rooms, but also the odd outdoor VR would be nice too. Here are a few questions I have.
1. I have a D300 and the Nikon 12-24mm f/4 lens. Am I good to go with this lens, or should I pick up a 10.5mm fisheye?
2. I see in the supported equipment list that the NN3 MKII is fine for this setup, but somewhere here in the forums, I saw someone recommending the NN5 as a better option. Any thoughts on this? Which of the two should I purchase? Do I need any other hardware to make this work?
3. I'm planning on using easypano software for the stitching and VR creation, but I haven't ordered it yet. Is this an appropriate choice for what I'm going to do?
Thanks in advance for any advice/opinions!
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Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
Demon Hunter
Eos, Paperback, 9780061976018, 374pp.
Publication Date: February 1, 2010
There were many staff at Kensington Palace, fulfilling many roles; a man who was employed to catch rats, another whose job it was to sweep the chimneys. That there was someone expected to hunt demons did not shock the new Queen; that it was to be her was something of a surprise.
London, 1838. Queen Victoria is crowned; she receives the orb, the scepter, and an arsenal of bloodstained weaponry. If Britain is about to become the greatest power of the age, theres the small matter of the undead to take care of first. Demons stalk the crown, and political ambitions have unleashed ravening hordes of zombies even within the nobility itself.
But rather than dreams of demon hunting, Queen Victorias thoughts are occupied by Prince Albert. Can she dedicate her life to saving her country when her heart belongs elsewhere? With lashings of glistening entrails, decapitations, zombies, and foul demons, this masterly new portrait will give a fresh understanding of a remarkable woman, a legendary monarch, and quite possibly the best demon hunter the world has ever seen.
In another incarnation as a more serious (though still satirical) author, A. E. MOORAT has won critical acclaim and been shortlisted for awards. Here, however, he was chained in the dungeon, fed tea and ghost stories, and kept busy writing the adventures of Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter.
"[T]he effect is that of a lost Gilbert and Sullivan operetta written under the influence of opium, absinthe and black pudding."
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CU Law School student Jocelyn Jenks so enjoyed going out to teach state high school students about the Constitution in 2012 that she came back this year to participate as an alumna.
"The experience was wonderful, and I jumped at the opportunity to work with high school students again this year," said Jenks (Law '12).
More than 50 Colorado Law students and dozens of alumni taught lessons on the First Amendment in up to 70 high school classrooms throughout Colorado in recognition of Constitution Day. The students and alumni visited classrooms in Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Broomfield, Colorado Springs, Denver, Glenwood Springs, Greeley, Fort Collins, Lafayette and Westminster.
Constitution Day is a national event that commemorates the document's signing on Sept. 17, 1787. The Constitution Day Project was launched in 2011 by the law school's Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law.
This year's lesson plan, created by law students with the guidance of law Professor Melissa Hart and several high school civics teachers, focused on the boundaries of freedom of speech. The lesson begins with a review of the basic structure of the Constitution and then focuses on the text of the First Amendment. After reviewing the law, students are guided through a debate about whether a student's inflammatory words at a political protest amounted to fighting words in violation of the Constitution.
"The students really engaged with the First Amendment question our hypothetical case presented and saw that the question was not an easy one to answer," said Hart, director of the Byron White Center. "There were arguments on both sides and students had to admit that the decisions judges have to make interpreting the Constitution are hard."
Laura McNabb (Law '12) fondly recalled her experience with Colorado high school students last year, including a visit to the city of Wray near the Nebraska border.
"From my perspective, one of the most valuable things this project teaches students is that it is not always clear how the law should apply to specific facts and that there is almost always a valuable counter-argument," McNabb said. "This reality forces students to really listen to each other and think critically about what their peers are saying in order to develop a thoughtful response. I am continually impressed by the deeply thoughtful arguments these students can articulate in such a short period of time."
Last year's lesson involved the Fourth Amendment and a student's expectation of privacy for his or her cell phone, followed by student debates. This year, the center also will discuss the First Amendment with CU-Boulder undergraduate students.
"We all benefit from having informed and engaged citizens," McNabb said. "By providing young people with impartial information about the Constitution specifically, and the law more generally, this project helps students hone the knowledge and skills that they need to effectively participate in our democracy."


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Children's Health
Food Allergy Reactions in Kids Undertreated
June 25, 2012 -- Severe allergic reactions are common among young children with food allergies, but nearly two-thirds do not get the emergency treatment they need, a new study shows.
To find out how food allergy exposures happen and how often, researchers followed more than 500 kids with allergies to milk, eggs, or peanuts from the time they were diagnosed in infancy.
During the three-year study, close to 3 out of 4 children experienced a reaction caused by exposure to the food they were allergic to, and around half had more than one such exposure.
Around 1 in 10 reactions was severe, but just 30% of these dangerous allergic events involved treatment with epinephrine, an injection that can mean the difference between life and death for severely allergic children and adults.
6 Million Kids Have Food Allergies
Nearly 6 million children in the U.S. have food allergies, with most cases occurring among preschool-age children.
The new study, which appears in the June 25 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is the first large-scale investigation of the frequency and circumstances surrounding food allergy exposures in preschool-aged children.
"This study really highlights a number of ways in which things go wrong," says researcher Scott H. Sicherer, MD, of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at New York City's Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "The good news is that these are addressable issues."
Among the key findings:
- The most common food involved in allergic reactions was milk (42% of reactions), followed by eggs (21%), and peanuts (8%).
- Caregiver vigilance issues, such as failure to check ingredients, cross-contamination, forgetfulness, and misreading labels, were involved in most exposures.
- About half of the exposures involved non-parent caregivers.
Intentional Exposure Not Uncommon
One of the most surprising and disturbing revelations, Sicherer says, was the finding that around 1 in 10 exposures was not accidental, with parents or other caregivers intentionally feeding the problem food to the child.
It was not clear if this was done as a test to determine if the child was still allergic.
While many children do outgrow food allergies -- especially those to eggs and milk -- food challenges should never be done outside of medical settings, says pediatric allergy specialist James Fagin, MD, of Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York.


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The Department of Child & Adolescent Development operates a campus laboratory preschool which accepts children from throughout the community. The preschool offers two different programs for children ages two through five years.
Classes meet approximately September through very early December and February through early May. We usually offer a summer program during the month of June.
Openings in the Preschool
There are often openings in both toddler programs (M/W or T/Th) and the afternoon preschool (M-Th). To apply, complete and send us the application form [pdf].
The toddler program is designed for children who are two years old by the early fall. Children do not have to be toilet trained to enroll. The program for 14 children is staffed by a teacher who is assisted by two-four adult students who are majoring in Child and Adolescent Development. Children attend two days per week, either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday from 9:00 - 11:00.
The preschool multi-age group is designed for three-to--five-year-old children (they must be toilet trained to enroll). Children attend Monday - Thursday in either the morning (9:00 - 11:30) or the afternoon (12:30 - 3:00) session. A teacher, a part-time aide (morning only), and four-six adult Child and Adolescent Development students work with about 24 children in each session.
We accept applications to our program throughout the year. Each application is dated when it is received. We fill vacancies from our waiting list in order of the date of receipt of the application. The director or the teacher calls new families about openings as they become available. Once on the waiting list, there is no need to call the preschool about openings.
In March we re-enroll current families for fall. In late March/early April by mail we notify families on our waiting list about openings available for the next fall. Parent have approximately two weeks to decide whether to accept the opening.
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A four-year-old Bowling Green girl continues to struggle, despite a bone marrow transplant.
It's been five months since Presley Nash was admitted to a Minneapolis hospital for a transplant to treat a rare bone disease known as mannosidosis. The surgery took place last October and her parents say it has slowed the progression of the disease considerably. However, Presley is still suffering numerous complications.
Family members say Presley's upper respiratory tract is swollen as a result of a virus she developed during radiation and chemotherapy. She received a tracheostomy early this month and was weaned from a ventilator...but doctors still haven't found a trach that fits properly.
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I tried HTML5 audio on my first game but I could not get it to work perfectly (lag for the first time the sample is played etc).
SoundManager2 looks ok and I tried it a bit in a demo. For the next game I will use it as it has functionality to fall back to HTML5 audio in case Flash is not available.
From what I gather, HTML 5's audio potential has a long long way to go. Firefox 4 Beta apparently has a cool audio API but it's going to be a little while before we see the major browsers provdie comprehensive support for the W3C Web Audio API Standard
As of recent Google Chrome updates (13.0.782.32) the HTML5 audio tag has been working perfectly for me.
Both Webkit (specifically chrome) and Firefox have come a long way since this question was asked:
Google's recent recreation of the moog synth using webkit's audio context API made me decide to finally try to build something for webkit. They used a flash fallback for other browsers, and I may do that or I may just wait until the browsers standardize an API for audio and then adapt to whatever that is. The real question is: how soon does this need to be ready? For me, it's experimental and for fun and resume building, so I don't care if I don't have a shippable product for a year or so. But if you need it to work on all browsers NOW, flash is the safest bet. See this article regarding the IE dev team and why they had to use flash audio for Cut the Rope:


text: A star falls In 2001, highly paid consultants dubbed Connecticut's answer to Dodge City, Hartford, "New England's Rising Star." The city renowned for its narcissism embraced the slogan because it was so validating. The reality is downtown is the definition of a Potemkin Village, and despite the infusion of billions in state tax dollars, Hartford's star never got above the horizon. To this day, its leaders and the Capitol's most influential denizens refuse to accept the best that can be said about Hartford is it's within driving distance of places where people would rather be. Now, the city has a new slogan: "Hartford Has It." Sadly, there's not enough penicillin in the world to get rid of what Hartford really has.


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Date & Time:Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 6:30pm
Creative quilt makers designed patterns that contained messages and directions that slaves used to help them reach safety and freedom along the Underground Railroad. Join us as we hear the story of The Patchwork Path and discover the hidden messages in the quilts. We'll complete paper quilt squares using the same designs and patterns.
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Most and least dangerous tags to answer (among the tags with 1000+ questions)
Turns out that MS-Access answers get a 10% chance of a downvote.
Good thing I steer clear of MS Access!
Most and least dangerous tags to answer (among the tags with 1000+ questions)
Turns out that MS-Access answers get a 10% chance of a downvote.
Good thing I steer clear of MS Access!
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Since I learned MS Access in the 10th grade, It's been a policy for me to steer clear of MS Access at all times.
As someone who answers only MS-ACCESS questions (and topics related to it), I'll tell you that the reason there are so many downvotes in questions tagged MS-ACCESS is because there are SO MANY REALLY BAD ANSWERS.
These fall into three general classes:
If you do any of these things you are very likely to get a downvote for your answer FROM ME or from one of the handful of other SO users who monitor MS-ACCESS questions regularly.
Personally, I am not at all reticent to spend reputation points on downvotes because I'm not grubbing for reputation -- my motivation for answering questions about MS-ACCESS on SO is in learning and in helping other people (just as I've been helped enromously in the past in other forums). This is the exact same motivation that leads me to post in all the other Access forums in which I regularly participate (and have participated going back to 1996), and none of those have reputation tracking systems.
It just might be that the overabundance of downvotes is due entirely to my downvotes, as I have registered almost as many downvotes as upvotes. I don't really care if this is not the way most people behave on SO. I feel it's necessary to downvote WRONG answers in order to police the three problems I outlined above. It seems to have worked, as the proportion of wrong MS-ACCESS answers is less than it was during the first few months after I started posting on SO in September 2008. My goal in downvoting is to make SO better by insuring that when people come to SO for answers regarding MS-ACCESS, they get good solutions to their problems. Downvoting wrong answers is one way of helping accomplish that goal.
And lest people think I'm mean and shoot first and ask questions later, for recently-posted wrong or misleading answers, I generally post a comment asking the poster to clarify or correct before I downvote. In those cases, it's only when a few days go by without a fix (or a refusal to correct) that I register my downvote. On the other hand, with answers that are entirely wrong (as opposed to wrong or misleading only in some of the details), I don't hesitate to downvote. I also am willing to reverse my downvote in cases where the original poster corrects the mistake.
If this all makes people hesitant to answer MS-ACCESS questions, I think that's A GOOD THING.
If your answer has good information to offer, you're not going to get a downvote from me or anyone else who is fairminded.
If your answer lacks that and the high likelihood of a downvote for weak or sloppy or wrong answers causes you to hesitate, it seems to me that the system is working just fine.
Interesting, these are not the results I would have expected. It makes me wonder how many people downvote answers because they're wrong, and how many downvote because they don't like the topic or think the question belongs elsewhere. (
Accounting for the -2 cost of downvotes and the +10 gain for upvotes, the least dangerous tags to answer are:
For kicks, I modified the query slightly to come up with a similar "Most rewarding tags to answer" list:
I find it rather disheartening that subjective is number one.


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We are thrilled that you are considering applying to WPI. As you'll see from our admitted student profile, admission to WPI is selective and competitive. We have high standards for applicants, but we look for more than just outstanding academic performance. There are two sides to the admissions coin at WPI. One is the data-driven side. To get in, you have to fill out a few forms and get us lots of information that will help us figure out if you've met the basic requirements for admission.
Then there's that other side, the one that's a little harder to paint in black and white. If you've read the preceding pages, you know our approach to education is a little different from what you'll find at other schools. And, frankly, it's probably not for everyone. That's why we take care to make sure to admit students who we know will thrive here. Who are they? They tend to be students who
- are creative and curious.
- like to work in teams to get things done.
- are comfortable making their own decisions and setting their own course.
- love math and science, but feel just as passionate about other things, too, like music, art or movies.
- have a pretty good idea they'll be leaders, not followers.
- can't wait to do things that will make the world better.