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So states paragraph F, section 19, article 11, of Annex 11 (Protocol Concerning Civil Affairs) of the Agreement on the Gaza and the Jericho Area, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation on Wednesday.
It is probably the most telling paragraph in the document, setting up a vivid metaphor for the new Israeli-Palestinian relationship.
'We have the same weather,' the negotiators have decided. 'So we must co-ordinate our weather forecasts. We live on the same patch of land - so we must co-ordinate our lives, to our mutual convenience.'
The agreement has been billed by both Israelis and Palestinians as an agreement to divorce after 27 years of miserable co-existence, in which the strong partner forced the weaker to live under its yoke. In a wealth of painstaking detail, however, the final document talks repeatedly of co-operation, co-ordination, and harmonisation.
Many sections of the agreement show the stronger partner still exerting firm control in the new relationship. But the message is clear: if the agreement is to be successfully implemented, Palestinians and Israelis must work together.
Palestinians and Israelis are going to talk to each other as they never have before. There will be a new Joint Civil Affairs Co-ordination and Co-operation Committee (CAC), which will have 'day-to-day contacts' on employment, hospitalisation, transportation, and licensing. The CAC will convene every month, or at any time at short notice.
On harmonisation of standards, the Palestinians are obliged to bring their standards of health, vaccination, pollution and environmental protection to the standards of Israel. The same human rights obligations and international laws are to be observed by both parties.
Both sides must also allow the other access to holy sites. With the recent Hebron massacre in mind, the document states that all 'visitors to holy sites shall behave according to accepted rules of behaviour in holy sites'.
It is on legal jurisdiction that the two sides most strongly desired complete separation. It is here that the stronger partner insists on exerting overriding controls. But as Annex 111, article 1 of the Criminal Jurisdiction section states, even separation can only happen through co-ordination.
The Palestinian authorities shall not arrest or detain Israelis or place them in custody, states the document. But a Palestinian, committing an offence inside a Jewish settlement, can be detained if the offence is 'security related'. In all such cases, however: 'The Israeli police and the Palestinian police shall co-operate in the conduct of investigations . . . including the exchange of information, records and fingerprints of criminal suspects, vehicle ownership registration records etc.'
The Palestinians have struggled to gain every possible symbol of sovereignty to prove their statehood. But even here co-ordination is called for. Section 26 (Postal Services) says Palestinian stamps may include the term 'Palestinian authority'. The section also says 'both sides will co-ordinate and co- operate in establishing postal rates', and in arrangements for sending and receiving all postal items. No accurate Palestinians census exists, as the Israeli occupiers hold all information on the population. For the first time in 27 years, the Palestinian population registry is to be handed over.
The Palestinians of Gaza and Jericho will have dual identity. They will have new Gaza-Jericho identity cards, while their old Israeli IDs will remain necessary for passage into Israel, or along any of the four designated 'safe passage' routes between Gaza and Jericho through Israel. Travellers on these routes may tune into the Israeli and the Palestinian weather forecasts - and find it is the same.
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Crowded AFL playoff race
Tulsa blitzed Utah 81-51 Saturday night to create a four-way tie for the fourth and last National Conference playoff berth. Tulsa, Utah, Spokane and San Jose are 5-7. Kansas City is 4-9.
More on Utah's third straight loss here and here. The game was another indication of how reliant AFL teams are on quarterback play. Utah's Tommy Grady, after a hot start, has struggled recently and the Blaze don't have Erik Meyer to call on. Meyer became Spokane's signal caller after the Shock acquired him in a trade two weeks ago. Meyer had a solid debut (seven touchdowns, one interception) in Spokane's 75-54 win over Philadelphia on Friday night. Grady, who apparently was battling the flu, had two interceptions returned for touchdowns.
Former Spokane offensive coordinator Matt Sauk served as Utah's interim head coach. Ron James didn't make the trip for medical reasons. Sauk is Utah's O.C. Utah has dropped its last two games by a combined 65 points.
Meanwhile, Tulsa's Justin Allgood, acquired from Philadelphia where he lost the starting job to Ryan Vena, was sharp in his return to his former squad. He had six touchdown passes as Tulsa scored an AFL season-high 81 points. Vena had a pair of interceptions returned for touchdowns against Spokane.
Meanwhile, Arizona continues to roll with a couple of ex-Shockies (Davila, Gray, McCullough).
Spokane plays Utah July 9 in the outdoor game at Albi and visits San Jose on July 16.
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For students of health reporting in the media, last week's headlines over coverage of the latest scientific study into the relationship between cancer and what we eat – or lack of it – were a particular joy.
It comes down to one word: glee. Since 2003 the Department of Health had been telling us that eating five portions of fruit or vegetables a day would help protect against cancer. Now, here was a major nine-year study involving hundreds of thousands of people which found the impact to be marginal. "Fruit diet won't fight cancer," boomed the Mirror; "5-a-day of little benefit," crowed the Daily Record.
Put aside the fact that even the authors of the study said their findings should be treated with caution; nine years may be an eternity in media land, but is as nothing in the world of cancer, plus there was very little follow-up on the all-important lifestyles of the subjects. What was most intriguing was the way the newspaper response highlighted just how fundamental a part of our lives that five-a-day advice has become. We all know what we're supposed to be eating and, regardless of its impact on the big C, that is still a major victory for state intervention in our health.
The fact is that, however much governments may wish it otherwise, it is very difficult for Whitehall to influence our diet, short of introducing rationing. We are instinctively suspicious of that sort of malarkey, for it smacks of attempts to engineer the personal. Talk to those who work in the field of public health and they will tell you that the cost of giving everybody in the country free gym membership for life plus a shiny new pair of trainers would, in the long term, be far smaller than the cost of treating the cancers, heart disease and diabetes that result from our failure to look after ourselves. If only they could ban not just smoking – a no-brainer – but McDonald's, KFC, sweet shops, pubs and the rest, the government would have so much more to spend on other things.
But that sounds like pure, old-fashioned, Soviet-style social engineering and will never fly. Instead, following advice from the World Health Organisation dating from 1990, we have the five-a-day campaign. It was introduced in 2003 and costs less than £1m a year of public money to run. It succeeds because the message is intuitive. In what way could eating loads of fresh fruit and veg not be good for you?
Arguing against it would be like trying to argue against the virtues of world peace. As a result, both the food industry and the supermarkets, always keen on a cheap marketing point, have done most of the government's work for it, slapping the news that products from smoothies to a bag of dried raisins could help you reach your target.
Are we actually following that advice? Well no, not yet. The first major study into our nutrition, released earlier this year, showed adults are on about 4.4 pieces of fruit and veg a day. Still, it's getting there. Ask most people why they pay any attention to the advice and they won't give you statistics on incidences of cancer. They won't draw you graphs of diabetes onset or heart disease mortality. They'll tell you it's because it's better for them. The good news is that no number of inky headlines like the ones we saw last week will change that.
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The COEC of the Rochester EHSC has two primary aims: 1. to address the environmental health issues and concerns identified in the community through a Community Advisory Board and partnerships with community groups; 2. to provide information and education related to environmental health issues to concerned citizens, educators, children, and public health professionals. Organizational structure: The COEC became formally incorporated into the EHSC in the fall of 1998 when Dina Markowitz, was appointed COEC Director. Dr. Markowitz was joined by Katrina Korfmacher who was appointed Community Outreach Coordinator in the fall of 2002. Our COEC has played an integral role in translating environmental health science information from our EHSC research faculty (and other environmental health scientists) into information that is widely accessible to members of our community and beyond. Dr. Markowitz actively participates as a member of the EHSC Internal Policy Committee, which provides one of several ongoing forms of communication between COEC and EHSC researchers. COEC programs and issues are discussed and receive faculty-wide input at our monthly Center faculty meetings. In addition, the COEC is an integral part of the Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core {IHSFC), which was formed in 2007. Shaw-Ree Chen, assistant director of the Life Sciences Learning Center, collaborates with the COEC primarily through graphical communication and translation of research to broad audiences. Key audiences: Our outreach efforts span the entire range of the community, from rural to urban residents, and from children through the elderly. Our audiences include local, state, and national government and non-governmental groups. However, local community members are the primary focus of our outreach and education activities. For example, our involvement in state and national healthy homes initiatives has grown from our local work in childhood lead poisoning prevention as we have communicated our local 'lessons learned'to wider audiences. Our interactions with medical students and health care professionals facilitate their involvement in solving the local community's lead poisoning prevention efforts. Similarly, our work with state and national educators is based on experience gained in providing environmental health education to local teachers and students. Diverse outreach strategies: Our outreach programs have grown considerably since our Center grant review in 2004, from a narrow focus on local lead poisoning prevention efforts to a sophisticated local, statewide, and national network of communication and policy advice on issues relating to environmental health. The outreach framework we developed for the lead poisoning issue is now used as a model for a growing number of environmental health issues related to our Center's research and community needs. In addition, we provide education programs on a wide range of environmental health topics to teachers, students, and professionals to increase environmental health literacy. These educational efforts complement our outreach programs by increasing understanding of environmental health research in general as well as providing context for specific issues of local concern. Relationship to Center research: Our COEC reflects the Center's research focus "Environmental agents as modulators of disease processes," by educating diverse audiences about environmental agents and their effects on human health. In 2004, our outreach programs focused primarily on childhood lead poisoning prevention. We chose this focus because of the strong connection between our Center's research on this topic and the local community's interest in reducing lead poisoning rates that were in some neighborhoods over ten times the national average. We continually expand our programs to include other topics related to our Center's research, such as air particulates and phthalates. However, the majority of our outreach programs remain grounded around the local concern about environmental health hazards in low income housing around Rochester. As noted above, our educational programming often involves researchers in development and review of new materials. Center faculty are actively involved in COEC by delivering presentations at community forums and teacher workshops, assisting with development and review of educational materials, and actively participating in our Community Advisory Board.
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20011221
BuildID: 2001122108
The image is not displayed properly. Only a small part is displayed
and that part also shown outside the table. Depends on vertical-align
being set on <A> tag.
Image displays improperly tested on Linux (0.96 & 0.97) and on Windows
Image displays correctly on Netscape 4.7x, Konqueror 2.1.1, and IE 5.1.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.View page given with Mozilla
Actual Results: Image not displayed properly/fully.
Expected Results: Image should have been displayed.
See URL given above and corresponding style sheet.
All pages above pass http://validator.w3.org
Created attachment 63097 [details]
Confirming and reasssigning to HTMLTables.
Temporarily moving to future until a milestone can be assigned.
this can be re-worked around by attaching the align to the image instead of the
anchor. this is a dupe of another bug which i cannot seem to find yet right
*** Bug 163844 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
mass reassign to default owner
*** Bug 87767 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
wfm winxp 2004080708
Mats is that really wfm or do I overlook something?
I think that the top of "XXX" should be aligned with the top of the image,
both aligned at the top of the cell which is high enough to fit its contents.
I think there is a Block/Inline bug somewhere on the align issue (bug 118501?)
Well, after reading the spec, I now think that "XXX" should stay on the baseline.
That is, the testcase should render exactly as if the 'vertical-align' had not
been specified...
*** Bug 269953 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 290614 [details]
testcase without table and anchor
this happens also with generic div and span elements.
this did not work before 1.9 but does now.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 118501 ***
Bernd, is testcase 2 correct in saying that the image should be inside the box in both cases? If that's true, then it still isn't passing for me on 3.0.9. The image bleeds through the top box. On the other hand, given the bug title, I would be inclined to at least say that it's a different bug if it is indeed one.
bug 118509 was fixed in 3.1a1, i.e., after 3.0.*.
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Did you test that your test fails before the bug was fixed? Did you check that it passes in the reftest harness?
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On tap: With the arrival of Week 2, we're back to seven-day scoring periods, and this is a busy one, with 14 of 30 teams scheduled to play every day and the other 16 each playing at least six of the seven days. Playoff contenders battling one another are a recurring theme: Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees at Red Sox and Rangers at Detroit Tigers grace the American League schedule, while Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants are some of the National League's intriguing matchups.
ESPN leagues: Week 2
Week 2 in ESPN leagues will have an early start time because of Patriots Day in Massachusetts, as the Red Sox will host the Tampa Bay Rays at 11:05 a.m. ET. Set your lineups early! These are the start times of the first games by day:
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Probable starting pitchers | Week 2 pitcher rankings | Pitching notes
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Projected starting pitchers
The chart below lists each of the 30 MLB teams' schedules and projected starting pitchers and provides a matchup rating for each day's starter. Pitchers scheduled to start at least twice this week are in gray/beige boxes.
P: The starting pitcher's matchup rating, which accounts for past history (three years' worth as well as past 21 days), opponent and ballpark. Ratings range from 1-10, with 10 representing the best possible matchup, statistically speaking, and 1 representing the worst.
Tristan's Week 2 pitcher rankings: Top 75
1. Roy Halladay (PHI) -- Mon-@SF (Lincecum), Sat-@SD (Luebke)
2. Justin Verlander (DET) -- Mon-@KC (Duffy), Sat-TEX (Feliz)
3. Jered Weaver (LAA) -- Mon-OAK (McCarthy), Sat-BAL (Arrieta)
4. Stephen Strasburg (WAS) -- Mon-HOU (Weiland), Sat-MIA (Sanchez)
5. Ian Kennedy (ARI) -- Tue-PIT (Karstens), Sun-ATL (Delgado)
6. Dan Haren (LAA) -- Tue-OAK (Ross), Sun-BAL (Chen)
7. Clayton Kershaw (LAD) -- Sat-@HOU (Weiland)
8. Ricky Romero (TOR) -- Tue-TB (Niemann), Sun-@KC (Duffy)
9. Felix Hernandez (SEA) -- Thu-CLE (Tomlin)
10. Cliff Lee (PHI) -- Wed-@SF (Cain)
11. CC Sabathia (NYY) -- Tue-MIN (Liriano), Sun-@BOS (Bard)
12. C.J. Wilson (LAA) -- Thu-OAK (Milone)
13. Zack Greinke (MIL) -- Wed-LAD (Capuano)
14. Gio Gonzalez (WAS) -- Tue-HOU (Rodriguez), Sun-MIA (Johnson)
15. Tim Lincecum (SF) -- Mon-PHI (Halladay), Sun-@NYM (Gee)
16. Jon Lester (BOS) -- Tue-TEX (Lewis)
17. Matt Garza (CHC) -- Wed-@MIA (Buehrle)
18. Cole Hamels (PHI) -- Fri-@SD (Volquez)
19. Tommy Hanson (ATL) -- Mon-NYM (Gee), Sat-@ARI (Saunders)
20. David Price (TB) -- Wed-@TOR (Morrow)
21. Daniel Hudson (ARI) -- Wed-PIT (McDonald)
22. Matt Cain (SF) -- Wed-PHI (Lee)
23. Yovani Gallardo (MIL) -- Tue-LAD (Billingsley), Sun-COL (Guthrie)
24. Madison Bumgarner (SF) -- Tue-PHI (Blanton)
25. Chad Billingsley (LAD) -- Tue-@MIL (Gallardo), Sun-@HOU (Rodriguez)
26. Jeremy Hellickson (TB) -- Thu-@TOR (Alvarez)
27. Jordan Zimmermann (WAS) -- Wed-HOU (Harrell)
28. Justin Masterson (CLE) -- Tue-@SEA (Millwood), Sun-@OAK (Ross)
29. Adam Wainwright (STL) -- Thu-CIN (Arroyo)
30. Matt Moore (TB) -- Fri-MIN (Hendriks)
31. Johnny Cueto (CIN) -- Tue-@STL (Lohse), Sun-@CHC (Dempster)
32. Chris Sale (CHW) -- Fri-@SEA (Noesi)
33. Brandon McCarthy (OAK) -- Mon-@LAA (Weaver), Sat-CLE (Jimenez)
34. Brandon Morrow (TOR) -- Wed-TB (Price)
35. James Shields (TB) -- Mon-@BOS (Bard), Sat-MIN (Pavano)
36. Anibal Sanchez (MIA) -- Sat-@WAS (Strasburg)
37. Josh Johnson (MIA) -- Tue-CHC (Dempster), Sun-@WAS (Gonzalez)
38. Neftali Feliz (TEX) -- Sat-@DET (Verlander)
39. Ubaldo Jimenez (CLE) -- Sat-@OAK (McCarthy)
40. Mat Latos (CIN) -- Wed-@STL (Garcia)
41. Colby Lewis (TEX) -- Tue-@BOS (Lester), Sun-@DET (Smyly)
42. Shaun Marcum (MIL) -- Fri-COL (Chacin)
43. Vance Worley (PHI) -- Thu-@SD (Wieland)
44. John Danks (CHW) -- Tue-BAL (Chen), Sun-@SEA (Millwood)
45. Jaime Garcia (STL) -- Wed-CIN (Latos)
46. Brandon Beachy (ATL) -- Fri-@ARI (Cahill)
47. Wandy Rodriguez (HOU) -- Tue-@WAS (Gonzalez), Sun-LAD (Billingsley)
48. Jonathon Niese (NYM) -- Fri-SF (Zito)
49. Trevor Cahill (ARI) -- Fri-ATL (Beachy)
50. Erik Bedard (PIT) -- Mon-@ARI (Saunders), Sun-STL (Lohse)
51. Johan Santana (NYM) -- Tue-@ATL (Delgado)
52. Cory Luebke (SD) -- Mon-@COL (Guthrie), Sat-PHI (Halladay)
53. Ricky Nolasco (MIA) -- Thu-CHC (Samardzija)
54. Ervin Santana (LAA) -- Wed-OAK (Colon)
55. Derek Holland (TEX) -- Wed-@BOS (Beckett)
56. Ryan Dempster (CHC) -- Tue-@MIA (Johnson), Sun-CIN (Cueto)
57. Jake Arrieta (BAL) -- Mon-@CHW (Humber), Sat-@LAA (Weaver)
58. Hiroki Kuroda (NYY) -- Wed-MIN (Marquis)
59. Yu Darvish (TEX) -- Fri-@DET (Porcello)
60. Kyle Lohse (STL) -- Tue-CIN (Cueto), Sun-@PIT (Bedard)
61. Phil Hughes (NYY) -- Thu-MIN (Blackburn)
62. Juan Nicasio (COL) -- Wed-SD (Richard)
63. Jeff Niemann (TB) -- Tue-@TOR (Romero), Sun-MIN (Liriano)
64. Josh Beckett (BOS) -- Wed-TEX (Holland)
65. Edinson Volquez (SD) -- Fri-PHI (Hamels)
66. Edwin Jackson (WAS) -- Thu-HOU (Norris)
67. Danny Duffy (KC) -- Mon-DET (Verlander), Sun-TOR (Romero)
68. Max Scherzer (DET) -- Wed-@KC (Hochevar)
69. Jeff Samardzija (CHC) -- Thu-@MIA (Nolasco)
70. Joe Blanton (PHI) -- Tue-@SF (Bumgarner), Sun-@SD (Bass)
71. Lance Lynn (STL) -- Fri-@PIT (Morton)
72. Philip Humber (CHW) -- Mon-BAL (Arrieta), Sat-@SEA (Beavan)
73. Dillon Gee (NYM) -- Mon-@ATL (Hanson), Sun-SF (Lincecum)
74. Jason Vargas (SEA) -- Wed-CLE (Lowe)
75. Ted Lilly (LAD) -- Fri-@HOU (Happ)
Two-start options for AL-/NL-only leagues:
Daniel Bard (BOS) -- Mon-TB (Shields), Sun-NYY (Sabathia)
Randall Delgado (ATL) -- Tue-NYM (Santana), Sun-@ARI (Kennedy)
Kevin Millwood (SEA) -- Tue-CLE (Masterson), Sun-CHW (Danks)
Joe Saunders (ARI) -- Mon-PIT (Bedard), Sat-ATL (Hanson)
No-thank-yous, among two-start pitchers:
Anthony Bass (SD) -- Tue-@COL (Moyer), Sun-PHI (Blanton)
Wei-Yin Chen (BAL) -- Tue-@CHW (Danks), Sun-@LAA (Haren)
Freddy Garcia (NYY) -- Mon-MIN (Pavano), Sat-@BOS (Doubront)
Jeremy Guthrie (COL) -- Mon-SD (Luebke), Sun-@MIL (Gallardo)
Francisco Liriano (MIN) -- Tue-@NYY (Sabathia), Sun-@TB (Niemann)
Carl Pavano (MIN) -- Mon-@NYY (Garcia), Sat-@TB (Shields)
Tyson Ross (OAK) -- Tue-@LAA (Haren), Sun-CLE (Masterson)
Drew Smyly (DET) -- Tue-@KC (Chen), Sun-TEX (Lewis)
Kyle Weiland (HOU) -- Mon-@WAS (Strasburg), Sat-LAD (Kershaw)
Pitching notes
• Baseball Challenge staff watch: Anytime the Washington Nationals (Price: 7.0) get to pitch Stephen Strasburg twice in a given week, their pitching staff will be a good value in Baseball Challenge, and in Week 2 they top my rankings for the game. Seven home games include four versus the light-hitting Houston Astros, who will be making their final stop in a two-city road trip, and three versus the Miami Marlins, a team off to a slow start offensively. Newly acquired Gio Gonzalez, the Nationals' other two-start pitcher, followed up a poor 2012 debut with seven shutout innings in the Nationals Park opener on April 12. Among my other recommended picks: Philadelphia Phillies (@SF-3, @SD-4), Los Angeles Angels (OAK-4, BAL-3), Arizona Diamondbacks (PIT-3, ATL-4). If only the Diamondbacks had rookie Trevor Bauer, rather than Josh Collmenter, in their rotation, they might have ranked higher.
• Though their weekend series at Boston's Fenway Park presents matchups challenges -- remember that the Red Sox will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of their ballpark on April 20 -- the Yankees stand out in a significant way, pitching-wise, during their four-game, week-opening series versus the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium. In the past three seasons (2009-11), Yankees pitchers are 17-4 with 13 quality starts (61.9 percent), a 3.35 ERA and 1.36 WHIP in 21 games versus the Twins. Phil Hughes, Wednesday's starter, limited the Twins to one run on two hits in 7 2/3 innings in their Aug. 19 meeting last year.
• Among the bargain-bin success stories of Week 1, who should remain in your lineups this week? Jeff Samardzija, who followed up a solid spring training finale with a brilliant 2012 regular season debut and whose improvement in terms of command (24 K's, one walk, counting the spring) bodes well as he faces a free-swinging Marlins team (48 K's, 10 walks as a team); Barry Zito, who might be facing a David Wright-less New York Mets team at Citi Field; and Lance Lynn, who has a 2.22 ERA in his past five starts (spring included) and will be facing a Pittsburgh Pirates team batting .199 through its first six games.
Streamer's delight
Among streaming starter -- something I define as a single-start option in daily leagues among pitchers owned in 25 percent of ESPN leagues or fewer -- options for Week 2, here are my picks by day:
Monday, April 16: Joe Saunders versus Pittsburgh Pirates
Tuesday, April 17: Kevin Millwood versus Cleveland Indians
Wednesday, April 18: Juan Nicasio versus San Diego Padres
Thursday, April 19: Phil Hughes versus Minnesota Twins
Friday, April 20: Jonathon Niese versus San Francisco Giants
Saturday, April 21: Philip Humber at Seattle Mariners
Sunday, April 22: Joe Blanton at San Diego Padres
Past picks
Thursday, April 5, Erik Bedard: QS, 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Friday, April 6, Jake Arrieta: W, QS, 7 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Saturday, April 7, Chris Capuano: 4 2/3 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 4 K
Sunday, April 8, Juan Nicasio: QS, 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Monday, April 9, Tommy Milone: W, QS, 8 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
Tuesday, April 10, Trevor Cahill: QS, 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 6 BB, 5 K
Wednesday, April 11, Erik Bedard: 5 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Thursday, April 12, Chris Capuano: W, 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Week's total: 8 GS, 3 W (37.5%), 5 QS (62.5%), 50 IP, 34 H, 11 ER, 19 BB, 31 K, 1.98 ERA, 1.06 WHIP
Season total: 8 GS, 3 W (37.5%), 5 QS (62.5%), 50 IP, 34 H, 11 ER, 19 BB, 31 K, 1.98 ERA, 1.06 WHIP
Hitting ratings
The chart below lists each of the 30 teams' total number of scheduled games, home games and games versus right- and left-handed pitchers and provides a matchup rating for the week's games in terms of overall offense, offense for left- and right-handed hitters and base stealing. Matchup ratings for each individual game are listed under the corresponding date.
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H: Hitters' matchup rating, which accounts for the opposing starting pitcher's past history (three years' worth as well as past 21 days) as well as ballpark factors. L: Hitters' matchup rating accounting only for left-handed hitters. R: Hitters' matchup rating accounting for only right-handed hitters. S: Base stealing matchup rating, which accounts for the opponent's catchers' ability to gun down opposing base stealers. Ratings range from 1-10, with 10 representing the best possible matchup, statistically speaking, and 1 representing the worst.
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• Though three games at pitching-friendly Safeco Field might appear poor matchups for hitters, keep in mind the Chicago White Sox will face three middling right-handers in them: Hector Noesi, Blake Beavan and Kevin Millwood. Adding the three right-handers the White Sox will face during the week-opening, four-game series versus the Baltimore Orioles, this can be considered a critical week for Adam Dunn, off to a slow start to 2012 following a brutal 2011. Dunn's most notable struggles come against left-handers; he has six career homers in 19 at-bats versus Millwood and homered in his only at-bat versus Noesi and he has two doubles and a homer in 13 at-bats versus Thursday starter Jason Hammel. Left-handed Alejandro De Aza, a .331/.387/.537 hitter versus right-handers during his White Sox career, is another attractive Week 2 option.
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The Gabba has become the permanent venue for the first Test of an Australia summer and, having remained unbeaten there in 17 matches, it is easy to see why. England have won only two Tests in Queensland in the last 70 years and, after an erratic summer against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, they will need to improve if they are to keep the urn out of Ricky Ponting's hands.
England won three and lost one of the six Tests they played this summer - I am not counting the forfeited victory at the Oval - but their cricket has, at times, been far from convincing. On the occasions when they played to their potential, England were very good, closely resembling the team that defeated Australia in 2005. But there were days when they were poor, producing performances that would have resulted in certain defeat against the world champions.
It is the inconsistent nature of the team that will be causing Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, the biggest concern as he turns his attention to the Ashes. Fletcher accepts that the side he selects in Brisbane will not contain three of last summer's heroes. Michael Vaughan has already been ruled out and, despite making positive noises, Ashley Giles and Simon Jones have little chance of making England's Ashes squad, as does James Anderson.
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Despite an appalling run of luck with injury, England used only 15 players, and they managed to find out quite a lot about those in the seven Tests they played. Kevin Pietersen was England's star batsman of the summer scoring over 700 runs at an average of about 60. Strauss played well, too, accumulating 600 runs in his 12 innings.
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Collingwood continues to make the most of his ability, with the highlight of his summer being the 186 he scored against Pakistan at Lord's. His gritty competitiveness and superb work ethic symbolise the strengths of this England team but he will probably make way for Flintoff in Brisbane.
Collingwood could keep hold of his place if England decide to play four bowlers at The Gabba, but this would be a negative move for a team whose best chance of retaining the Ashes is to attack. The decision would also place a heavy workload on Flintoff as a bowler, something England would be reluctant to do.
Marcus Trescothick was the only batsman to fail. After a traumatic winter, in which he returned home early from England's tour of India, the opener scored a hundred against Sri Lanka. But in the next six Tests he accumulated only 217 runs at an average of 19.7. Trescothick's weight seemed to be on his back foot and it is a problem he must address before he arrives in Oz.
It is Fletcher's obsession with having a number eight who can bat that raises the possibility of England reducing their bowling options even though they play their best cricket with a five-man attack. It was hoped that Liam Plunkett would fill the hole left by Giles but his batting has been unreliable to date.
The dilemma places unfair pressure on Monty Panesar, who was, by some distance, England's bowler of the summer. It would be unrealistic to expect Panesar to travel to Australia and compete with Shane Warne but, since his debut in India, he has given his team exactly what they want, namely control and the ability to take wickets. Australia's batsmen will attempt to unsettle Panesar by attacking him whenever they can, but the way in which he bowled against Pakistan suggests he has the nous and ability to cope.
It would be interesting to see who England would pick if Giles proved his fitness. Fletcher is a huge fan of Giles, even though he must realise Panesar is a far better left-arm spinner. Selecting Giles would be a defensive alternative when England's best option is to attack.
England got by with a four-man attack against Pakistan but the performance of the seamers was sketchy. Stephen Harmison took 20 wickets against Pakistan but did not bowl particularly well.
On the hard, bouncy pitches of Australia, Harmison and Flintoff will be England's two most important bowlers and Kevin Shine, the bowling coach, needs to get them both fit and firing. Matthew Hoggard looked tired against Pakistan, and Australia, a destination where he took six wickets at 63 four years ago, will test him once again.
Plunkett's side injury gave Sajid Mahmood three Tests against Pakistan and he bowled a couple of good spells but the pair of them must become more consistent if they are to keep Stuart Broad out.
Chris Read benefited from England's last change of the summer, regaining the wicketkeeping position from Geraint Jones. Read looked good in the two Tests he played but he needs to keep performing because Jones will come into contention for Brisbane. Series result - sorry, 2-1 or 3-1 to Australia.
Possible side for Brisbane: A Flintoff (capt), M E Trescothick, A J Strauss, A N Cook, K P Pietersen, I R Bell, C M W Read (wkt), L E Plunkett, M J Hoggard, S J Harmison, M S Panesar.
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NXNE Day 1 – Jim Cuddy, Oh, Susanna, Royal Wood, Jenn Grant, Kevin Hearn, Jason Plumb @ Lee's PalaceThe night was called "Outlaws and Gunslingers" and some of Canada's premier country/alt country artists took the stage last night for an evening of good music and beer. I got to Lee's Palace on Bloor St. just as opening band, The Swallows, were ending off their set. I managed to hear four songs and did like what I had heard. I would love to see them again. Glen Milchem has a good voice but struggled a bit in his upper register, that could easily have been just a bad night because his middle/lower registers were very nice. The last song, "Penny", off their 2006 release "Awkward Situation", showed a punkish side that really rocked the crowd. This showed Milchem's split personality because it had more in common with his former band, Holy Fuck, than with Blue Rodeo who he currently drums for. The crowd really were solidly behind this band and showed their appreciation with some raucous applause at the end of the set. This is a good band that is worth checking out if you happen to see them playing anywhere close to you. You can find The Swallows CD's at bluerodeo.com and Maple Music for more information you can go to their official website although it doesn't seem to have been updated in a while (Ed note they update their myspace).
Jim Cuddy/Oh, Susanna/Royal Wood were next up and they took the stage promptly at 9PM. Lee's was, by now, packed and the crowd was a pretty good mix of older and younger people, such was the appeal of the nights performers. The three performers took turns singing and also provided vocal harmonies to each others tunes. They were joined by Blue Rodeo bassist, Basil Donovan, and drummer, Glenn Milchem. These two provided a good, solid base for the melodies and Milchem's drumming was stellar, driving the songs along when necessary but providing a softer, more mellow beat when called for.
Royal Wood was first up with his beautiful song, Juliet. This is a beautiful love song that normally I would find cliché but his voice and the simple charm of the song saved it for me. Wood has been compared to Ron Sexsmith and Rufus Wainwright, not without merit, and he's had songs that have been featured on shows such as "Grey's Anatomy", "Regenisis", "This Is Wonderland" and the soundtrack for the Food Network's production, "The Surreal Gourmet". His final song, I'm So Glad, was a nice quiet love song whose melody put me in mind of Tiny Dancer from Elton John but without the urgency. A graceful tune that enchanted the crowd. "At the end of a long, long day/There is not much more to say then love/I'm so glad I met you", a simple heart-felt lyric delivered simply. After his gig at NXNE, Wood will be performing at the Danforth Music Hall on June 30. I really wouldn't mind catching him then. For more information on tour dates and to listen to his songs, you can visit his MySpace page.
Oh, Susanna (aka Susan Ungerleider) provided a welcome female presence to the stage. She is a good writer, her songs are firmly rooted in good old Americana folk/country but with a bit more of a contemporary edge to them. She delivers them with passion and confidence and has a warm and intimate stage presence. She seems like you could really sit down over a few beers and have a good laugh over just about anything. Her songs are good bar crowd fare, filled with lyrics about love and personal struggles. She wouldn't sound out of place on stage with the likes of Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash or John Prine. Her voice blended well with Jim Cuddy's and Royal Wood's when she was required to sing back-up or harmony but on it's own I think she could have projected it better. I'm not a fan of country music and would probably not go out of my way to see her again but if she showed up on the same bill as an artist I like, I wouldn't walk out. You can find out more about her, including tour dates, by visiting her Myspace page.
Jim Cuddy was the other performer in the second set of the night. He, of course, really did out-class the others. Cuddy provided what everyone has come to expect from him – solid song writing, solid vocals, charm and charisma. His turn at the mic had the crowds attention and he provided a nice counterpoint to Wood and Oh, Susanna. He started off with All I Need, a rocky song about love set to a catchy melody that had me humming it when I got up this morning. He also did a song that he said he didn't normally do, it was an old song and I didn't hear the title but it was a lovely song with nice vocal harmonies provided by Oh, Susanna. He really was the class of that set and the crowd was appreciative not wanting to let him go. You can get more info on Cuddy by visiting his official website or by visiting his MySpace page.
The next set was the one I had been anticipating. I had heard all kinds of good things about Jason Plumb but wanted to hear him for myself, the fact that he was playing with Kevin Hearn and Jenn Grant was just a bonus. I had heard Grant before, I caught her a couple of years ago at the CMW's but she didn't really impress me then. She is a much different performer now, more confident with a lot more stage presence and a more polished sound. This set was structured very much like the previous, with each performer taking a turn at the mic, this meant that everyone got to do at least three of their own songs. Grant opened the set and her unique vocals really caught the crowds attention. In fact, the crowd was very attentive to each artist throughout the set. Grant is often compared to Feist, Sarah Harmer and Sarah McLaughlin and her writing is definitely reminiscent of them, solidly written with sharp lyrics and melodies but I think her unusual delivery and sound has as much to do with her own innate creativity as it does to any her influences. I do have to say that her phasing and delivery do remind me of early Jane Siberry (now known as simply Issa). She still isn't my cuppa, I much prefer her albums than her live shows, I just find her voice is much harsher live than on her CD's. I have to give her props, though, for covering a much-loved Neil Young song, Only Love Can Break Your Heart. It's not easy, I'm sure, tackling such an iconic song and she did it well if a little too heavy-handed for me. You can find Jenn Grant on MySpace and at her website.
Paper Airplanes featuring Buck 65 by Jenn Grant
Kevin Hearn is best known for his work with The Barenaked Ladies and The Rheostatics. He has a lovely voice that can be delicate or hard-edged. His songs were interesting but I was standing in the wrong spot because I had trouble hearing him. It didn't help that there were two women who were laughing and talking loudly but the crowd was so thick that it was hard to move to a different spot without ending up out the door. The one lyric I did manage to catch belonged to a, I thought, humorous song about a relationship. I would definitely go see Hearn again, if only to hear what I missed last night but also because the stuff I did hear was intriguing enough to pique my curiosity. I also like his stuff on his MySpace. I'm sure a lot of people will be familiar with his songs, Lancaster Bomber and Map Of The Human Genome both of which I have heard on the radio.
Map of The Human Genome by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle
Lastly, Jason Plumb. As I said previously, I had heard a fair bit about him and was not disappointed. When it was his turn at the mic, you really could not take your eyes off him. His stint with the Walton's did not get wasted because I'm sure he has taken that experience and used it as a jump-off point for his own career. His three songs were the best of the night, they built from simple acoustic guitar to epic endings that had everyone on stage playing full-out. Glenn Milchem got to show his sizeable drumming skills on these few songs propelling them along and never letting up. Plumb knew how to control the crowd, we never stood a chance from the first note. I'm not familiar enough with his songs to know them by sound and I didn't hear the introductions so I'm guessing here but I think he did Empire On The Plains. If this was the song I think it was, then it was as dynamic a song live as it is on record. It started unpretentiously enough with acoustic guitar but built to a crashing ending with everyone on stage playing flat out. Wonderful. I would go see him again in a heart-beat. Get him on stage with Jim Cuddy and you've got yourself a party. He will be playing C'est What tomorrow (June 20) and I will try to get down to see him but there are other bands (Young Galaxy, Band Of Skulls, Emma Lee) I would like to see as well. Anyway, if you aren't doing anything and you like alt/country go see him, you will have a great time. You can find out more into by visiting his MySpace page. And, as always, you can find all these artists music on iTunes.
Seems To Me by Jason Plumb and The Willing


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Officials need to be held responsible for recognizing and acknowledging systems of inequality and injustice within their organizations. As leaders, as deans, as CEOs, as presidents, as the heads of operations for companies, educational institutions, governments, etc. individuals and teams of individuals holding leadership positions should be held accountable for the systems of inequality that are allowed to persists under their leadership. A now infamous example of such an instance is the University of Missouri's former president Timothy Wolfe. Wolfe's resignation came from the culmination of inaction from a series of events that promoted racial inequality on his campus. It was not until the university faced extreme financial obligations from an impending fine did Wolfe finally resign as opposed to resigning for the reasons initially called for which was the recognition of racial prejudices and overt discriminatory acts that were happening throughout the campus. more...
With all the Star Wars hype this past month the fandom seems to have awoken once more. The newest installment of Star Wars not only reinvigorates long-time fans but inspires a plethora of new comers to the franchise. Star Wars: The Force Awakens gives the world a new hope in representation as it showcases two of its main characters, a British woman as its protagonist and a Nigerian Brit as the deuteragonist. From the many hours of fan-made footage to the canonical expanded universe of the happenings in that galaxy far, far away, Star Wars has always been about the individual and what one could take away from the adventure set forth before them. Some see it as a metaphor for political implications while others see religious metaphors within the meaning of The Force. I view the saga as a metaphor for society, its ebbs and flows, the institutions that can restrict or advantage entire groups of peoples, and even popular culture metaphors from the much revered Jedi, to the Rebel or Resistance Pilots, and even various Sith Lords. more...
On Tuesday, Marlon James' A Brief History of Seven Killings was awarded the Man Booker Prize for 2015 at the City of London's Guildhall (an institution about which I wrote for Sociology Lens last year). James' book is an imagined retelling of the attempt made on Bob Marley's life in 1976, and the first novel by a Jamaican writer to win the Prize, which now comes with a £50,000 cheque, having been introduced with a purse of £5,000 in 1969. Jamaican poet Kei Miller has suggested that James' win heralds a new era in Caribbean writing, rejecting the apparent choice between the poles of 'sacred' reverence and gentle, mocking 'satire' that seem to have characterized Caribbean fiction to date. This new era, argues Miller, is one propelled by "a new generation of writers who had all the resources of creolised Englishes and the uncanny stories that they witnessed first-hand growing up on the islands, but who would also gain other, technical, resources from taking creative writing courses across the world and forming a community with other writers." And here, in James' win, and Miller's response to it, can be found all that has, perhaps surprisingly, made the Booker Prize a favourite topic not only of literature professors, but of sociologists and management scholars too.
Being a WOC (Woman of Color) or MOC (Man of Color) in a graduate program is a unique experience. The opportunities made available to you become a great resource for networking, strengthening a skillset, and producing valuable research that provides a unique contribution to your field. Some departments offer grants to their graduate students while some pay for tuition waivers, however some students are left to fend for their own sources of funding. During this period of learning to become a graduate student and all that the title entails, it can become difficult for one to navigate. While the majority of graduate students have to go through an adjustment period, there are certain adjustments that graduate students who hold a minority status have to deal with that many students who meet the requirements of being a member of a dominant status group do not have to experience. While many scholarships and awards are available and designed to seek out minority students, it is still the case that the majority of scholarships go to White students. Similarly on the receiving end, many MOC faculty, and especially WOC faculty consistently receive lower student evaluations and retention rates from their universities of employ (Pittman 2010). These statistics are the result of various interactions that have taken place over time that some would describe as the consequence of racial microaggressions.
Racial microaggressions are derogatory and negative insults or interactions that occur on a day-to-day basis against a specific person or racial group. These insults can be overt or covert but the result is an active form of racism that serves to perpetuate beliefs, ideas, and prescribed stereotypes about racial groups. Given that it has become less socially acceptable to display overt forms of racism, covert displays of microaggressions serve to single-out, disadvantage, or invalidate a person of a specific racial group; even if the intent of the microagression is unintentional, the result is the same. more...
Recently I found myself at a bar in New York City on a Friday night with another female friend, where we had a starkly twenty-first century encounter. A polite man in his early thirties who was alone at the bar helped my friend and I find adjacent bar stools. He then sat on the stool next to my friend, and some other young women were sitting on his other side. I had a strange urge to study that man and saw him pull out his phone shortly after everyone in the immediate vicinity was seated. Not long after, he opened the Tinder application. For the next few hours, he sipped on his drinks and swiped away at pictures of women on this popular dating app, while physically surrounded by various women in their mid to late twenties, many of whom could possibly be single and available.
Maybe that doesn't sound very strange to most people in 2015, but I was pretty taken aback, as the sociologist in me wondered what this man's actions meant for society and its future. Somehow within the last few years, online dating has transformed from a deviant and stigmatized social practice to one of the most normative forms of meeting potential romantic partners. Therefore, we have to talk about its implications.
In many ways this is great news: we don't like unsubstantiated social stigma, and this sure allows for a wider range of the community – including those that may experience trouble approaching potential suitors because of a myriad of potential social anxieties – to explore romantic possibilities. In the Western world and countries like the U.S. a substantially large population has access to this system: really all you need is a mobile device and Internet connection. It is at once the most socialist and capitalist forms of dating, too. Most people have equal access to these platforms and the users within these platforms, yet those with the highest erotic capital are the most likely to succeed. While this is slightly concerning in that any hierarchical distribution of human beings is concerning, it is not all that different from the non-virtual social world. People are attracted to people they find attractive – excuse my tautology – whether because of inherent or socially conditioned preferences, both online and offline. I'm not qualified to discuss the problems associated with that at length; however, I would like to address a tangentially related, possibly much larger social problem that online dating seems to have gotten some reputation for perpetuating: that of race and racially based discrimination.
According to data collected by OkCupid, another popular online dating platform, racially based bias in choosing potential romantic partners has increased between 2009 and 2014! People have less control over who occupies physical spaces traditionally popular for meeting people, such as bars or cafes, so they are more likely to meet and approach people from different racial backgrounds. However, in online dating, the options are numerous, allowing for the room to discount any potential candidate for any reason whatsoever. To provide a non-race related thought experiment: an extremely left-of-center woman, whose politics are integral to her life, encounters an attractive man at a bookstore and decides to approach him. They talk and there is instant spark, so they go on a few dates. On their third date the woman finds out the man's political beliefs are extremely right of center. Whether or not it is a deal breaker in this scenario depends somewhat on the first two dates. In the online dating version of this, there probably wouldn't be two dates to begin with because people often have information like political beliefs listed on their profile, and because there are so many choices, this hypothetical woman would have little need to give this hypothetical man a chance.
The problem is: alignment of political beliefs is a matter of compatibility, whereas specific racial preferences are a matter of institutionalized differences that reinforce racial bias. Whether or not attraction to specific physical attributes – particularly skin color – are intrinsic is an ongoing debate; however, it is difficult to argue that online dating has made these kinds of selection practices easier.
So, to go back to the man who was using Tinder alone at the bar: he was a white male, physically surrounded by women of color, as he "swiped right" – the Tinder equivalent of a "like" – for only white women. The man's personal preferences for romantic partners matters little; however, the implications here are important to keep in mind: online dating allows for a more covert form of racial bias in the dating world.
Further Readings
Emerson Collins Blog: "Dating – Preference or Racism?
Time: "What Keeps Online Dating Segregated (and How to Fix It)"
You have to hand it to the Daily Mail. Their writers have perfected the art of pressing people's buttons; of making highly divisive clickbait, or, as my dad might've said, of stirring up sh*t. Last week's article about British tourists in Greece being outraged by the influx of refugees coming from Turkey caused plenty of outrage and counter-outrage both online and in other parts of the British press. Even by its own standards of outrage, this was outrageously outrageous. Job well done Daily Mail.
The Mail highlighted the incongruous mix of outsiders that have been arriving on the island of Kos in recent weeks. One group are refugees from Syria and Afghanistan, who are seeking refuge in Europe from war, homelessness, and complete desperation back home. The other group are middle- or working-class white holiday-makers from the UK who go to Kos for sun, sea, booze and food. These two groups are not supposed to meet. This isn't in the script. They might gaze upon at each other's worlds briefly on TV or computer screens, but physical co-presence between these two worlds is not supposed to happen. more...
Yesterday, in Quito, Ecuador, hundreds of Indigenous people from around the country, including those from the Amazon, the Sierra and the Coast, gathered outside the offices of CONAIE (the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador), in the north of the city, to continue the fight against a government plan to close the organisation's headquarters. CONAIE is among the largest and longest standing Indigenous organisations in Ecuador, and its work focuses on defending the rights, territories, culture and lives of millions of Indigenous people who make up approximately 25% of the country's population.
I am writing this blog post to encourage academics and activists from around the world to sign the open letter, drafted by CONAIE, in support of the organization and the indigenous peoples that it represents in their struggle to maintain control of the building, which is a key strategic part of the indigenous political community. more...
I have been reading the most recent posts on Sociology Lens and I was surprised to see that there has not been a post on the recent grand jury decision in not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. For weeks, a large portion of news coverage has been on the death of the unarmed 18-year-old black teen. Then Wednesday, a grand jury declined to indict another white police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, in the death of unarmed Eric Garner. There seemed to be so much to discuss but many of us remained silent.
Many bloggers, reporters, scholars, and writers will tell you there is an obvious problem in our society; a society where black men and boys are perceived as such a treat that they are being handled with deadly force by our police department. However, I feel there is another epidemic that is equally problematic in our culture, white men and women disengaging from this topic and failing to understand how race relations impact everyone of our daily lives, albeit in different ways.
Over the last two weeks two videos have repeated shown up on my social media pages: "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman" and "3 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Homosexual." Both videos aim to illuminate the often unnoticed topic of street harassment. And both videos clearly illustrate what day to day life is like for some women and gay men. However, it is important to frame both videos within the context of location, race, class, and presentation.
"10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman" was created as a collaboration between Hollaback and Rob Bliss Creative, a video marketing company. In the video, actress Shoshana B. Roberts dressed in jeans, black t-shirt, and tennis shoes walked through various Manhattan neighborhoods recording the actions and comments of men she encountered with a hidden camera and microphone.
In a previous post (which can be found here), I mentioned the 'impostor phenomenon' and how I and many people I know who work in academia have experienced it in some form or another during their career. The 'imposter syndrome' (identified by Clance & Imes, 1978, pp. 1-2), the feeling that leads the self-declared impostors to believe that they are not intelligent and that anyone who thinks otherwise has simply been fooled, is usually accompanied by a fear that one day some significant person (a colleague, boss, parent, or partner) will catch them out and realize that they are a fraud. It is incredibly common among academics and is even more common among those who are not in the 'elite' category normally associated with academia, i.e. white, wealthy men. Thus, impostor phenomenon is particularly prevalent among women, ethnic minorities and/or any under represented populations (see e.g. Peteet, Brown, Lige & Lanaway, 2014).
As impostor phenomenon has entered mainstream discourses surrounding academic success (and failure), numerous books and articles (such as Clance, 1985, this Forbes article, or this advice for new students at MIT) attempt to offer ways to understand and deal with this newly acquired insecurity; the fear of failing because you feel like an impostor. Oftentimes, it is said that feeling like an impostor is something that we need to overcome, and that 'faking it' is an important part of doing so (for example, Amy Cuddy's TED talk, 2012). This is almost certainly the case for people in academia who are undermining themselves unjustly, particularly women and first generation graduate students who tend to face significant internal barriers to success (see e.g. Gardner, 2013). I would argue, though, that in some instances (particularly in my own experience) feeling like an impostor can be a legitimate emotion, because that is exactly what we are.


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Ditto from me. For what it's worth...remember dogs live in the moment;
there's no apprehension or fear of what is to come, just what is
happening now. That can be a factor in deciding either way.
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On Feb 26, 2008, at 6:33 PM, Andrea Hodges wrote:
> Hi all-I've been hemming and hawing for months now about the health of
> my 12
> 1/2 year old chocolate lab Gracie, and I think I've come to the
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