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The 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Award CeremonyOrganizers: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Sujit Ghosh (NC State University), Suzanne Lenhart (National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis NIMBioS), Kelly Sturner (National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis NIMBioS), Abdul-Aziz YakubuUpdated on Oct 19, 2016 04:52 PM PDT
Circle on the RoadOrganizers: Selin Kalayciglu (The Center for Mathematical Talent), Berna Ok (The Center for Mathematical Talent), LEAD Diana White (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Brandy Wiegers (Central Washington University)
Bringing together new and experienced leaders of Math Circles and other similar outreach programs, this year's Circle on the Road will include discussions, presentations, and opportunities to facilitate different mathematical problems. In addition, some informal STEM education researchers will join us to further our research and evaluation efforts.Updated on Sep 02, 2016 10:24 AM PDT
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2016: Observing, Evaluating and Improving Mathematics Teaching from the Early Grades through the UniversityOrganizers: Hyman Bass (University of Michigan), Michael Driskill (Math for America ), LEAD Mark Hoover (University of Michigan), LEAD Deborah Hughes Hallett (University of Arizona), Danny Martin (University of Illinois at Chicago), Miriam Sherin (Northwestern University)
The 2016 CIME workshop focuses directly on the teaching of mathematics at the university and precollege levels. Teaching is not easy to examine in disciplined ways because it is so familiar and seems so obvious. Although teaching shapes students' opportunities to learn, what teachers are actually doing is difficult to observe and describe. This impedes work on improving teaching.
This workshop will offer the opportunity to study and talk closely about mathematics teaching through close observation and discussion of video tapes in a setting that will bring together professionals with a range of perspectives, knowledge, experience, and orientations. The goal of the workshop is to develop language and methods for describing, analyzing and evaluating what can be seen in the classroom, with the ultimate goal of helping us shape and improve teaching — our own and more broadly.
Four questions structure the highly interactive design of the workshop:
- What skills are needed for observing teaching in ways that inform improvement efforts? What is involved in observing teaching? What is the teacher saying and doing? What are students saying and doing? What is the mathematics at play? What else is happening? And what do these imply for teaching?
- How can the practice and use of observation be structured in order to improve mathematics teaching? What approaches are available? What are their strengths and weaknesses?
- Observation-based assessment of teaching: Why, what, and how? What are the risks?
- How can we develop and sustain a cross-professional community that observes and evaluates teaching in such a way that different communities communicate with and learn from each other to support a cycle of improvement in the teaching of mathematics at all levels?
The workshop will provide a library of videos of mathematics teaching for study. In addition, participants are encouraged to submit a short video clip of their own teaching, together with a brief background commentary. These videos will provide a central text for our collective work on discussing and assessing mathematics teaching.Updated on Apr 08, 2016 11:41 AM PDT
Math Circle - Mentorship and Partnership ProgramOrganizers: Diana White (University of Colorado, Denver), Brandy Wiegers (Central Washington University)
The next version of Circle on the Road, the MC-MAP Training Workshops will provide a focused training for Novice Math Circle leaders. These workshops launch a one-year mentorship and partnership program to support Novice Math Circles through their first few critical years.Updated on Nov 16, 2015 09:24 AM PST
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2015: Developmental Mathematics: For whom? Toward what ends?Organizers: Duane Cooper (Morehouse College), Mark Hoover (University of Michigan), LEAD Robert Megginson (University of Michigan), Richard Sgarlotti (Bay College), Katherine Stevenson (California State University, Northridge)
This workshop will address the critical issue of developmental mathematics at two- and four-year colleges and universities and the broader dynamic of mathematics remediation that occurs at all levels. It will engage mathematicians, K-12 teachers, mathematics educators, and administrators in a conversation about the goals of developmental mathematics and the contributions that our different professional communities make to this work. Key questions that will be addressed are:
1. How do we teach content in ways that acknowledge and leverage each student's prior learning experiences? In particular, how do we take advantage of a student's maturity while refining his or her learning habits where necessary?
2. How can developmental mathematics instruction move students through mathematics which must be relearned while simultaneously gaining momentum on more advanced mathematics (including the development of mathematical practices needed for meaningful mathematical work)?
3. What are strategies for supporting the needs of the wide range of students in developmental mathematics programs--those developing mathematical skills for life in general as well as those developing the foundation necessary to proceed towards a STEM major? How can we successfully address equity issues raised for students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields? How can developmental mathematics instruction blend synchronous and asynchronous instruction to achieve maximal efficiency and impact?
4. What is the proper balance between addressing the needs of the wide range of students mentioned in the preceding point and keeping instruction and course offerings concise?
5. What are the characteristics, training, and practices of a successful developmental mathematics teacher?
6. What support services enhance the success of a developmental mathematics program?Updated on Apr 01, 2015 03:27 PM PDT
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2014: The role of the mathematics department in the mathematical preparation of teachersOrganizers: Deborah Ball (University of Michigan), Solomon Friedberg (Boston College), LEAD Jim Lewis (University of Nebraska), Despina Stylianou (City College, CUNY), Peter Trapa (University of Utah), Hung-Hsi Wu (University of California, Berkeley), Darryl Yong (Harvey Mudd College)
The 2014 CIME workshop will focus on the role played by mathematics departments in preparing future teachers. As part of this focus, the workshop will consider two broad questions: What mathematics should teachers know, and how should they come to know this mathematics?
The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences publication, The Mathematical Education of Teachers II, recommends that, at institutions that prepare teachers, teacher education should be "an important part of a mathematics department's mission" (p.19). Certainly, at some universities, mathematicians are significantly involved in the mathematical experiences of students who are planning become teachers. But there are many other departments where this is not true. Future mathematics teachers are enrolled in the department's mathematics classes, but no one is attending to the fact that this is where they are developing mathematical knowledge and (from watching their instructors) ideas about how teach mathematics. This role – whether deliberate or latent –– is vitally important for the mathematical preparation of beginning teachers.
The CIME workshop has three core aims: (A) to acquaint mathematicians with basic facts about teacher education and how teacher education intersects with the math department even when no one is taking special note of the department's role; (B) to explore a set of key questions and best practices central to taking advantage of the role that mathematics departments do – or could – play in the mathematical preparation of teachers:
- What is known about effective mathematical preparation of teachers, including curriculum, instructional approaches, and assessments?
- What supports do mathematicians and mathematics departments need to carry out this important role effectively? What are examples of successful models and what evidence exists about their effects?
- What are some of the persistent problems or challenges and what are promising examples of addressing these?
and (C) to identify possible action steps to provide more collective capacity for math departments to contribute to teachers' mathematical education.Updated on Apr 04, 2014 09:25 AM PDT
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2013: Assessment of Mathematical Proficiencies in the Age of the Common CoreOrganizers: Mark Thames* (University of Michigan), Kristin Umland* (University of New Mexico), Noah Heller (Math for America) and Alan Schoenfeld (University of California, Berkeley)
This workshop will explore the fundamental problems of trying to assess students' mathematical proficiency, seeking to take a more comprehensive perspective on what it is to learn, know, and use mathematics. The advent of the Common Core State Standards both increases the demand and broadens the conception of what it is to be mathematically skillful, and opens new opportunities and challenges to improving our ability to assess what students understand and can do.Updated on May 13, 2015 03:24 PM PDT
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2012: Teacher education in view of the Common CoreOrganizers: Dave Auckly, Hyman Bass, Amy Cohen-Corwin, and William McCallum
The wide adoption of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) offers a helpful curricular coherence to the environment of teacher education. And so the CCSSM present both an opportunity and a challenge to teacher education. An opportunity because of the greater focus made possible. A challenge because not only of the ambitious level of the CCSSM, but also of the prominent role in them of Mathematical Practices. While most mathematicians will find these congenial, much needs to be done to make them meaningfully understood by teachers and teacher educators, and, still more, how to enact them as an organic aspect of instruction. The CIME workshop aims to gather and stimulate ideas for how to meet this opportunity and challenge.Updated on Sep 09, 2013 09:32 PM PDT
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2011: Mathematical Education of TeachersOrganizers: Dave Auckly, Sybilla Beckmann (chair), Jim Lewis and William McCallum
This workshop will showcase materials and successful teacher education programs, examine the Common Core State Standards and its implications, and explore how mathematics education research can improve practice.Updated on Nov 12, 2014 12:41 PM PST
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2010: Reasoning and Sense-Making in the Math CurriculumOrganizers: Dave Auckly, Scott Baldridge, Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Aaron Bertram, Wade Ellis, Deborah Hughes Hallett, Gary Martin, and William McCallum (Chair)
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has just released a new document, Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense-Making. The Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governor's Association have initiated a state led effort to produce Common Core State Standards, which they hope will move states toward national curricular coherence. The national scene is being transformed through stimulus money aimed at having states adopt common standards. This is a significant time for mathematicians to weigh in for coherence and a focus on thinking, understanding and sense-making. For this reason MSRI will host the seventh Critical Issues in Mathematics Education Workshop on this topic. Themes of the workshop will include international comparisons, the role of a coherent national curriculum in the teaching of mathematics, and the ways in which technology can be used to support reasoning and sense-making.Updated on May 13, 2015 03:10 PM PDT
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2009: Teaching Undergraduates MathematicsOrganizers: William McCallum (The University of Arizona), Deborah Loewenberg Ball (University of Michigan), Rikki Blair (Lakeland Comminity College, Ohio), David Bressoud (Macalester College), Amy Cohen-Corwin (Rutgers University), Don Goldberg (El Camino College), Jim Lewis (University of Nebraska), Robert Megginson (University of Michigan), Bob Moses (The Algebra Project), James Donaldson (Howard University),
Teaching Undergraduates Mathematics will be the sixth in a series of Critical Issues in Education workshops hosted by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley, CA. Whereas previous workshops focused on K-12 education and teacher education, this workshop will focus on undergraduate education.Updated on Nov 04, 2015 11:54 AM PST
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2008: Teaching and Learning AlgebraOrganizers: Al Cuoco, chair, (Center for Mathematics Education), Deborah Ball, ex officio (University of Michigan), Hyman Bass (University of Michigan), Herb Clemens (Ohio State University), James Fey (University of Maryland), Megan Franke (UCLA), Roger Howe (Yale University), Alan Schoenfeld (UC Berkeley), and Ed Silver (University of Michigan).
For over two decades, the teaching and learning of algebra has been a focus of mathematics education at the precollege level. This workshop will examine issues in algebra education at two critical points in the continuum from elementary school to undergraduate studies: at the transitions from arithmetic to algebra and from high school to university. In addition, the workshop will involve participants in discussions about various ways to structure an algebra curriculum across the entire K-12 curriculum.Updated on Nov 12, 2014 12:44 PM PST
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2007: Teaching Teachers MathematicsOrganizers: Deborah Ball (Center for Proficiency in Education and the University of Michigan), Sybilla Beckmann (University of Georgia), Jim Lewis (University of Nebraska) Chair, Ruth Heaton (University of Nebraska), James Hiebert (University of Delaware), William McCallum (University of Arizona) and William Yslas Velez (University of Arizona).
Building on the issues investigated in these previous workshops, this workshop will focus concretely on courses, programs and materials that aim to increase teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching. Both courses and programs that lead to initial certification and professional development of current teachers will be examined at the workshop. In addition, the workshop will examine efforts by colleges, universities, school districts, professional organizations and funding agencies to support people who teach these courses or lead these workshops.Updated on Nov 04, 2015 11:37 AM PST
Raising the floor: Progress and setbacks in the struggle for quality mathematics education for allOrganizers: Deborah Ball, Herb Clemens, Carlos Cabana, Ruth Cossey, Bob Megginson, Bob Moses
This conference will be held at MSRI in Berkeley, CA.
Knowledge of mathematics in the technology and information age has been likened to reading literacy in the industrial age. In each case knowledge is the enabler, the ticket to full participation in society and to some measure of economic well-being. This conference will explore the historical and current challenges to quality and equity in the teaching and learning of mathematics, both in the U.S. and internationally. The exploration will feature case studies of successful and not-so-successful efforts, with the goal of learning together how to improve and refine that which works and correct that which doesn't.Updated on Nov 10, 2014 11:40 AM PST
The Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (K-8): Why, What and How?Organizers: Deborah Ball, Chair, (University of Michigan), Herb Clemens (Ohio State University), David Eisenbud (MSRI), Jim Lewis (University of Nebraska)
Using Math to Teach Math (PDF 5.5MB) Second conference in the MSRI series "Critical Issues in Mathematics Education" This workshop will be held at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California. The conference takes as a premise that improving students' mathematics learning depends on improving mathematics teaching, for which teachers' knowledge of mathematics is a key factor. It will bring together different groups for whom issues of teachers' mathematical knowledge are of critical concern, and explore current perspectives, evidence, and programs. Three questions structure its highly interactive design: 1. Why should K-8 teachers know mathematics? 2. What is the nature of the knowledge of mathematics needed for effective teaching? 3. What can mathematics departments and schools of education do to help teachers develop such knowledge? The conference will foster productive partnerships among research mathematicians, mathematics educators, educational researchers, teachers of school mathematics, and policymakers that will support them in their efforts. This conference is made possible by generous support from The National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov), MfA Math for America(www.mathforamerica.org),Texas Instruments (www.ti.com). Noyce Foundation, and Center for Proficiency in Teaching MathematicsUpdated on Feb 07, 2017 10:17 AM PST
Assessing Students' Mathematics Learning: Issues, Costs and BenefitsOrganizers: Deborah Ball, Hyman Bass, Jim Lewis, Robert Megginson, Alan Schoenfeld
This is the first in a series of workshops on K-12 mathematics education, the goal of which is to engage groups of people with diverse expertise relevant to the framing, investigation, and solution of critical problems in K-12 education. Schedule now available.
Due to the tremendous response to the announcement of this workshop, the workshop is now fully booked, and we have had to close registration. For further information, please contact Bob Megginson at firstname.lastname@example.com on Nov 14, 2014 12:54 PM PST
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British middleweight Anthony Ogogo won the hosts' first bout, beating the Dominican Republic's Junior Castillo 13-6 to thrill a raucous crowd at ExCel.
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Efficient and reproducible high resolution spiral myocardial phase velocity mapping of the entire cardiac cycle
Simpson R.,NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit |
Simpson R.,Imperial College London |
Simpson R.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit |
Keegan J.,NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit |
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | Year: 2013
Background: Three-directional phase velocity mapping (PVM) is capable of measuring longitudinal, radial and circumferential regional myocardial velocities. Current techniques use Cartesian k-space coverage and navigator-gated high spatial and high temporal resolution acquisitions are long. In addition, prospective ECG-gating means that analysis of the full cardiac cycle is not possible. The aim of this study is to develop a high temporal and high spatial resolution PVM technique using efficient spiral k-space coverage and retrospective ECG-gating. Detailed analysis of regional motion over the entire cardiac cycle, including atrial systole for the first time using MR, is presented in 10 healthy volunteers together with a comprehensive assessment of reproducibility. Methods. A navigator-gated high temporal (21 ms) and spatial (1.4 × 1.4 mm) resolution spiral PVM sequence was developed, acquiring three-directional velocities in 53 heartbeats (100% respiratory-gating efficiency). Basal, mid and apical short-axis slices were acquired in 10 healthy volunteers on two occasions. Regional and transmural early systolic, early diastolic and atrial systolic peak longitudinal, radial and circumferential velocities were measured, together with the times to those peaks (TTPs). Reproducibilities were determined as mean ± SD of the signed differences between measurements made from acquisitions performed on the two days. Results: All slices were acquired in all volunteers on both occasions with good image quality. The high temporal resolution allowed consistent detection of fine features of motion, while the high spatial resolution allowed the detection of statistically significant regional and transmural differences in motion. Colour plots showing the regional variations in velocity over the entire cardiac cycle enable rapid interpretation of the regional motion within any given slice. The reproducibility of peak velocities was high with the reproducibility of early systolic, early diastolic and atrial systolic peak radial velocities in the mid slice (for example) being -0.01 ± 0.36, 0.20 ± 0.56 and 0.14 ± 0.42 cm/s respectively. Reproducibility of the corresponding TTP values, when normalised to a fixed systolic and diastolic length, was also high (-13.8 ± 27.4, 1.3 ± 21.3 and 3.0 ± 10.9 ms for early systolic, early diastolic and atrial systolic respectively). Conclusions: Retrospectively gated spiral PVM is an efficient and reproducible method of acquiring 3-directional, high resolution velocity data throughout the entire cardiac cycle, including atrial systole. © 2013 Simpson et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Source
Kilner P.J.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit
British Journal of Radiology | Year: 2011
Transthoracic echocardiography is the first-line modality for cardiovascular imaging in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). The windows of access that are possible with transthoracic echocardiography are, however, rarely adequate for all regions of interest. The choice of further imaging depends on the clinical questions that remain to be addressed. The strengths of MRI include comprehensive access and coverage, providing imaging of all parts of the right ventricle, the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins and aorta. Cine images and velocity maps are acquired in specifically aligned planes, with stacks of cines or dynamic contrast angiography providing more comprehensive coverage. Tissues can be characterised if necessary, and MRI provides relatively accurate measurements of biventricular function and volume flow. These parameters are important in the assessment and follow-up of adults after repairs for tetralogy of Fallot or transposition of the great arteries and after Fontan operations. The superior spatial resolution and rapid acquisition of CT are invaluable in selected situations, including the visualisation of anomalous coronary or aortopulmonary collateral arteries, the assessment of luminal patency after stenting and imaging in patients with pacemakers. Ionising radiation is, however, a concern in younger patients who may need repeated investigation. Adults with relatively complex conditions should ideally be imaged in a specialist ACHD centre, where dedicated echocardiographic and cardiovascular MRI services are a necessary facility. General radiologists should be aware of the nature and pathophysiology of congenital heart disease, and should be alert for previously undiagnosed cases presenting in adulthood, including cases of atrial septal defect, aortic coarctation, patent ductus arteriosus, double-chambered right ventricle and congenitally corrected transposition. © 2011 The British Institute of Radiology. Source
Baksi A.J.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit |
Pennell D.J.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit
Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Year: 2014
This review describes and discusses the rationale, technique, applications, and impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T2∗ imaging, principally in the assessment of iron loading within the heart, and highlights how this robust imaging strategy has transformed disease outcome. Until recently, no simple noninvasive measurement was available to reliably indicate severe cardiac iron loading before the development of overt cardiac dysfunction or heart failure. Consequently, the majority of patients with transfusion-dependent anemias, such as A-thalassemia major, died prematurely of cardiovascular complications of severe iron overload. The magnetic properties of particulate iron disrupt magnetic field homogeneity in the CMR environment and consequently influence the CMR parameter T2∗, which describes signal decay relating to both field inhomogeneity and loss of spin coherence. There is a direct relationship between T2∗ and myocardial iron concentration, enabling this to be used to identify and quantify myocardial iron load. Single breath-hold gradient-echo sequences in which a single midventricular short-axis myocardial slice is acquired at multiple echo times enables a myocar-dial T2∗ value to be measured from the rate of exponential decay. The application of T2∗ CMR to assessing cardiac iron loading is rapid, reproducible, extensively validated, and now widely performed. Data have highlighted the profound predictive power of this imaging technique and moreover its ability to inform management strategies such that, over a relatively short duration, outcome has been dramatically improved, and the disease course in A-thalassemia major transformed. Copyright © 2014 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Source
Reference left atrial dimensions and volumes by steady state free precession cardiovascular magnetic resonance
MacEira A.M.,Cardiac Imaging Unit |
Cosin-Sales J.,Hospital Arnau de Vilanova |
Roughton M.,Royal Brompton Hospital |
Prasad S.K.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit |
Pennell D.J.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | Year: 2010
Background: Left atrial (LA) size is related to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) provides high quality images of the left atrium with high temporal resolution steady state free precession (SSFP) cine sequences. We used SSFP cines to define normal ranges for LA volumes and dimensions relative to gender, age and body surface area (BSA), and examine the relative value of 2D atrial imaging techniques in patients. For definition of normal ranges of LA volume we studied 120 healthy subjects after careful exclusion of cardiovascular abnormality (60 men, 60 women; 20 subjects per age decile from 20 to 80 years). Data were generated from 3-dimensional modeling, including tracking of the atrioventricular ring motion and time-volume curves analysis. For definition of the best 2D images-derived predictors of LA enlargement, we studied 120 patients (60 men, 60 women; age range 20 to 80 years) with a clinical indication for CMR. Results: In the healthy subjects, age was associated with LA 4-chamber transverse and 3-chamber anteroposterior diameters, but not with LA volume. Gender was an independent predictor of most absolute LA dimensions and volume, but following normalization to BSA, some associations became non-significant. CMR normal ranges were modeled and are tabled for clinical use with normalization, where appropriate, for BSA and gender and display of parameter variation with age. The best 2D predictors of LA volume were the 2-chamber area and 3-chamber area (both r = 0.90, p < 0.001). Conclusions: These CMR data show that LA dimensions and volume in healthy, individuals vary significantly by BSA, with lesser effects of age and gender. © 2010 Maceira et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Source
Grasso A.E.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit |
Pennell D.J.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit
International Journal of Cardiology | Year: 2010
We present a case of lateral wall infarction in the territory of an anomalous circumflex artery without significant stenosis. The unusual location of the infarction suggests a causal relation with the anomalous artery through minor plaque rupture, which may have resulted from mechanical stress. © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Source


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Building soars ahead in May
Construction activity rose again in May, with house-building the best-performing sector. The latest Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index for the building sector was 60 for the month, down from 60.8 in April but well ahead of the 50 mark separating growth from contraction. Pay rates grew at their steepest pace since the survey began.
Fewer businesses changing hands
Only 20 British companies were snapped up by foreign rivals in the first quarter of the year, one of the lowest levels on record, the Office for National Statistics said. Domestic acquisitions, in which British firms bought other UK firms, also fell sharply, to 26 transactions between January and March from 59 in the last three months of 2013.
Astra unveils positive results
AstraZeneca has reported positive results for new cancer treatments at the centre of its successful defence against a £69bn takeover bid by Pfizer last month. The Anglo-Swedish firm's chief executive, Pascal Soriot, said the "compelling data… give credibility" to its forecast of £27bn in annual revenues by 2023.
Profits pour in at Wolseley group
Investors in the plumbing supplies group Wolseley are bullish about its prospects despite profits taking a hit from exchange rate movements. The firm's rading profit edged up by 0.6 per cent to £155m after a strong performance in the US and Nordic countries, where it posted its best performance for two years.
Vodafone switches on to British tech
Vodafone is to launch a "product innovation and development hub" in London, called Vodafone xone, as the mobile phone company switches resources from its base in Silicon Valley, California. Vodafone said it hoped to "benefit from a wealth of technology skills and talent" on offer in the UK.
Price inflation dips in eurozone
Price inflation in the eurozone countries fell unexpectedly last month, increasing the risks of deflation and all but ensuring that the European Central Bank will act this week. Annual consumer inflation across the 18 eurozone nations fell to 0.5 per cent in May from 0.7 per cent the previous month.
Yandex lists its shares in Moscow
Shares in the Russian search engine Yandex begin trading in Moscow today in a move that could shield the Nasdaq-listed company from any tightening of Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia. Vladimir Putin has led a drive to woo Russian firms to the Moscow bourse.
Container firms 'reach EU deal'
The two biggest container shipping firms, AP Moeller-Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company, are seeking to end an EU corruption inquiry without paying any fines. They are reportedly hoping to agree remedies that avoid punitive levies, reports said yesterday.
Airline complains about 'too fat' 787
Air India wants compensation from Boeing after it delivered 787 Dreamliner aircraft that do not meet fuel-efficiency targets because the planes are heavier than planned. It said design changes meant some of its 787s were overweight.
Quiksilver sees its earnings wipeout
Shares in the surfwear brand Quiksilver plunged by the most in almost 30 years after it posted wider losses and forecast sluggish sales. Revenues declined by 11 per cent to $408m, missing the $448.8m predicted by analysts.Reuse content


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Students at a North Texas elementary school got a lesson in political correctness when they discovered that a Dallas VA hospital doesn't allow the phrase "Merry Christmas" on Christmas cards sent to veterans. Um, they're Christmas cards.
The kids at Grace Academy in Prosper spent Friday making the cards with plans to hand deliver them on Monday, according to Dallas-Fort Worth Fox WDFW.
"I'm hoping that it might make their day because their family might live far away, and they might not have somebody to celebrate Christmas with and I'd like them to know they've not been forgotten and somebody wanted to say thank you," said fourth grader Gracie Brown to the local Fox station.
Gracie and her brother, Luke, each made Christmas cards for the vets, and proudly showed them off.
"It includes 'Merry Christmas,' and when you open it up, it says 'Thank you for your service' and the American flag," said Luke.
But their excitement over doing a good deed was short-lived when they were told that their cards wouldn't pass muster — no "God bless you," no religious references, not even a "Merry Christmas" are allowed.
Gracie and Luke's mom, Andrea, was incensed.
"This wasn't the country I grew up in, when you couldn't say 'Merry Christmas,' you couldn't say 'God bless you' or reference any scripture," she said.
Susan Chapman, a math teacher at Grace Academy, is married to a veteran and came up with the idea.
"It really didn't occur to me there would be a problem with distributing Christmas cards," Chapman told the station.
She got the bad news when she called Monday morning to schedule the delivery.
"I told him my students made cards, we'd like to bring them down for the veterans," said Chapman. "And he said, 'That's great. We're thrilled to have them, except the only thing is, we can't accept anything that says 'Merry Christmas' or 'God bless you' or any scriptural references because of all the red tape.'"
I agree with Gracie and Luke's mom — this isn't the country I grew up in either.
Watch the report from WDFW.
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Denise ("DeeDee") is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bench International. With an indefatigable entrepreneurial spirit, she has taken the company from its founding in 1974 to its eminence today as the premiere specialized retained executive search firm focused on Life Sciences in the world. "DeeDee" is deeply committed to properly "shattering" the glass ceiling for women in the Life Sciences. She has spent more than a quarter of a century developing and promoting a network of women leaders in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. To that end, she has been a Hall of Fame Inductee of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Board Member for the West Coast Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association, Founder of The Forum of Global Pharmaceutical Diversity and Inclusion (FRxDI), Member of the Board, Learning Forum International as well as Member of the Board, Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF). In addition to her leadership and management roles, DeeDee recruits in the areas of Research and Development; Corporate Leadership; Clinical Development; Regulatory Affairs; Science and Medical Advisory Boards; and Boards of Directors. DeeDee holds double masters degrees in auditory and speech pathology and is a highly sought-after speaker and contributing writer for the industry.
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Cathy has over 30 years of healthcare executive recruiting and consulting experience. She has committed her entire career to the architectural integrity of human resource strategic planning, leadership, the development of talent identification and the "fit" factor essential to organizational growth and development. Cathy originally joined Bench International in 1990 to build and launch Bench's global strategic partnership effort throughout the Life Science sectors. Under her leadership, Bench International was honored to build long-term relationships that supported and sustained companies that were undergoing critical transformations. Under her leadership, her team brought in Bench's clients unique talent, creating an impact that lasted for decades. Cathy returned to Bench in 2012, and now helps steward clients through the major transformation currently underway across Life Sciences industries. She finds unique, new-thinking leaders who are able to navigate with fewer people and less resources. Cathy holds a BS with honors, from San Diego State University with an emphasis in Human Resource Management, and a graduate certificate from the Joint International Executive Management Program of Harvard University and the University of Western Ontario Canada.
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Karen has 23 years of senior recruiting and consulting experience and re-joined Bench after spending three and a half years leading TRIOS Search Partners, Inc., a retained recruiting and consulting practice. Prior to running TRIOS, Karen worked for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in their Global Staffing organization. At Pfizer, Karen supported recruiting activities in their San Diego, CA, San Francisco, CA and Groton, CT sites. Throughout Karen's career, she has led searches spanning pre-IPO organizations, to fast moving mid-size companies, to large multinational corporations. Karen also has a great deal of experience in training and mentoring staffing professionals in external executive resourcing and market development at major medical and scientific conferences and has presented at numerous specialty sessions. Karen serves as part of the Bench senior leadership team and spearheads global recruiting efforts in all areas of R&D. Originally from the Midwest, Karen has lived in Southern California for 25 years and was recently elected to the Manhattan Beach Board of Education. Karen graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in Psychology and Marketing.
J. Christopher Giffin
Senior Vice President
Chris' career in biotechnology has spanned 20 years, including 16 years with biotechnology pioneer Amgen where he held roles in research, human resources, product licensing and corporate development. During his tenure in human resources, Chris led the company's recruitment activities during some of the company's most dramatic periods of growth as it evolved from a biotechnology research and development organization into a fully-integrated pharmaceutical company. As a result, his recruitment responsibilities spanned the spectrum of the company's operations including research, clinical development, manufacturing, and commercialization. As a business development executive with Amgen, Chris played a leadership role in the evaluation and negotiation of multiple corporate collaborations and partnerships focusing on both product and technology opportunities. Following Amgen and prior to Bench, he held executive management positions with two privately held biotechnology companies, where he played a leadership role in business development and financing activities. Chris holds a B.S. degree in microbiology from the University of Oklahoma, and an M.S. degree from the University of California, Riverside.
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Fred joined the Bench team in 2005 with over 10 years of experience in senior-level recruitment for myriad leading companies, with particular emphasis in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arenas. He has successfully recruited numerous leaders in line and staff functions within development stage ventures, public biotechnology companies and major pharmaceutical companies. Fred began his career in professional services with Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in the Business Assurance group. His clients included large, multi-national pharmaceuticals such as Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (now SanofiAventis) and small, privately-held companies in a variety of industries. Fred holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Delaware.
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Gail joined the Bench team in 2001, following careers in both corporate law and international management. After working as a corporate attorney, she served as the Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for an international management company. Gail particularly enjoys working in a global environment and brings extensive business, contract, licensing, marketing and intellectual property experience to Bench. Gail received a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University (Summa Cum Laude) and a Juris Doctorate degree from Benj. N. Cardozo Law School in New York City.
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Erik Estrada to appear at Glen Allen church screening of 'Finding Faith'
Glen Allen Baptist Church will screen a new faith- and family-friendly film on Jan. 26, in addition to hosting stars of the film, including Erik Estrada.
Estrada is best known for his role as Ponch in the television series, ChiPs. Since playing that role, he has appeared in a long list of movies, television shows, and reality programs. Estrada is also the national celebrity spokesman for the Safe Surfin' Foundation, the creators of the film Finding Faith.
Finding Faith is a full-length narrative motion picture that tells the true story of a family's struggles to find and rescue 14-year-old 'Faith,' who accidently falls victim to an online predator. The film, based entirely on true events and observations from experts, highlights Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force efforts to rescue children from predators – often just in time to save children from great harm. The film is designed to inform parents, educators and concerned citizens of the ways children are targeted, and to caution that even the most closely-knit families or most guarded parents have difficulty stopping predators who have perfected their trade.
The screening at Glen Allen Baptist Church is part of a national awareness tour conducted by Estrada and the film's creator and executive director of the Safe Surfin' Foundation to raise awareness about the issue. Parents concerned about their elementary-aged child learning to use search engines or about their high school student's
growing dependency on social networking sites will find the information in the film especially valuable.
The screening will take place at 5 p.m. Jan. 26 in the church sanctuary at 3028 Mountain Road in Glen Allen. For details about the film, visit http://www.FindingFaithFilm.com.
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St. Joseph's Villa's Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
NAEH annually recognizes proven programs and significant achievements in ending child and family homelessness.
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Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.
Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.
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Given the warm weather lately, Saturday's RVA Polar Plunge Winter Fest, benefiting Special Olympics Virginia, might actually be enjoyable! Other weekend events you're sure to enjoy include the 14th annual Richmond Kids Expo at the Richmond Raceway Complex, the Richmond Symphony and The Taters in concert at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, and the Richmond Ballet Minds in Motion Team XXL performing at the Henrico Theatre. This is also the last weekend to check out HATTheatre's production of "Bill W. and Dr. Bob." For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Mars Academy
Posted by Paul Hayne
Topics: citizen science, Public Outreach, Mars
Most planetary scientists can name a key influence early in life – a person, an image, a book – that opened up their world and offered a glimpse into the vastness of the cosmos. Combined with a little imagination, such a glimpse can turn the stars and planets from vague abstractions into real places, each with its own personality. Given children's natural imagination, exposure to scientific ideas early in life can spark curiosity and initiate a process that, for some of them, may lead to careers of scientific discovery. Although we often take for granted that all kids have the opportunity to experience such inspiration, many of the world's children live in poverty, simply struggling to survive. For these kids, the cosmos often ends at the edges of their small neighborhood.
A new project aims to expand this cosmic horizon and offer a broader sense of opportunity for at least one group of underprivileged children. "Mars Academy" is an effort to bring NASA science and the joys of discovery to an impoverished neighborhood in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Four young scientists (including myself) and a filmmaker will travel to Brazil this summer, to work with children in Rio's City of God neighborhood, teaching lessons on the planets, space exploration, and the origins of life. Students will also go on field trips to nearby natural laboratories, where they will develop hypotheses, take data, and draw conclusions using the scientific method. They will make connections between their own explorations and those of NASA spacecraft visiting and investigating the planets of our Solar System, particularly Mars. All of this will be captured in a documentary, to share the process of discovery with the world.
Following this week-long course, the students will select a site on Mars to study in detail using NASA's HiRISE instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Working with the instrument operators and scientists, the children will acquire images of their region of interest, which they will then study over several months. As practiced during their explorations of the Brazilian rivers, rainforests, and ocean, students will develop hypotheses and use data to test them and draw conclusions. In this way, "Mars Academy" will plant the seeds of inspiration for these children to explore their world, incorporate evidence-based decision making into their daily lives, and maybe even consider a career in science.
"Mars Academy" has already made key contacts in Brazil, and lined up a classroom to participate: the Developing Minds Foundation's City of God school. The Foundation has long been recognized for the effectiveness of its technology-based facility, which offers lessons to over 700 students per year. The project is partnering with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro to provide service-learning opportunities; education and development consultants will help measure program effectiveness and ensure that the benefits last long after martian images are beamed back to Earth.
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Haim H. Bau
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Honors and Awards: Fellow of the ASME, Presidential Young Investigator Award - 1984, ASME-Heat Transfer Division Best Paper Award - 1982
Research Expertise: Computational Mechanics | Fluid Mechanics | Mechanics of Materials
Haim's current research interests are in nano- and macro-fluidics, with applications in biology and medicine. His lab has developed means for the directed positioning of individual molecules, and the study of their mechanical and electrical properties. They have also developed methods to transport liquids and particles through nanopipes. They are working on carbon nanopipe-based devices for cell surgery, and are constructing laboratories on chips for disease detection at the point of care.Member of:
PhD Mechanical Engineering 1980 - Cornell University
MS Mechanical Engineering 1973 - Technion in Haifa Israel
BS Mechanical Engineering 1969 - Technion in Haifa Israel
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- Terrain following and applications: Caenorhabditis elegans swims along the floor using a bump and undulate strategy, Yuan, J. | Ko, H. | Raizen, D.M. | Bau, H.H., Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2016
- Translating nucleic acid amplification assays to the microscale: Lab on a chip for point-of-care molecular diagnostics, Mauk, M.G. | Song, J. | Tong, Y. | Bau, H.H. | Liu, C., Current Analytical Chemistry, 2016
- A high-efficiency superhydrophobic plasma separator, Liu, C. | Liao, S.-C. | Song, J. | Mauk, M.G. | Li, X. | Wu, G. | Ge, D. | Greenberg, R.M. | Yang, S. | Bau, H.H., Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology, 2016
- High-throughput, motility-based sorter for microswimmers such as C. elegans, Yuan, J. | Zhou, J. | Raizen, D.M. | Bau, H.H., Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology, 2015


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Looking through your glassy gaze,
What do you see?
What do you feel?
A dream of which
Her terror scars-
Death strikes
With her fleeting might
Veiled in sin,
And clothed with blood,
Death speaks-
Pointing at you
With her skeletal finger-
She rasps the words
Of ancient sorcery.
The pure-white aura
Seeps through your lips
And then Death finishes
Her ancient works.
Shuddering violently,
Screaming in terror-
You go through the torture
That Death has cursed.
With a final jolt,
And a scream so piercing-
You lay there,
Looking through your glassy gaze.
What do you see?
What do you feel?
Your blood has frozen
And your heart has stopped;
But with a sudden movement,
You stand.
Death has cursed you
With her effortless words
Her kiss does pass,
But her curse bends fate.
For you, once unconscious
Are now cursed of the ancient-
A dead immortal;
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Cows produce up to 25% of methane emissions, and methane is a particularly potent greenhouse gas. It's no joke, then, to talk about limiting emissions from cow farts. We've written before about new breeding techniques and feeds, which could help cows better digest their food so they produce less gas. Now comes an idea for collecting up the gas, and making energy from it.
Well, sort of. The project from Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology is only a proof-of-concept at this stage. But it is intriguing. Researchers put plastic backpacks on cows, then inserted tubes into their rumens (their biggest digestive tract). They extracted the methane—about 300 liters a day. That's enough to run a car, or a fridge for 24 hours.
Pablo Sorondo, INTA's press officer, says the project isn't ongoing. The point is to show that it's possible to collect methane from cows and use it for energy. That's unlikely to be as part of the mainstream system. But perhaps it could be viable on remote farms, he says (Argentina has 51.2 million cows).
"[We] believe that such technology could be used to collect methane on larger scale, and even imagine a future farm with a couple of these cows used to provide energy to satisfy the farm's needs," Sorondo says.
"It could also be possible to think in an association of farmers in a certain area, cooperating to provide the community with this source of energy."


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This talk introduced an idea to marry social media, micro-finance, portable renewable energy and information communications technology to create a global workforce of clean economic developers for the 1.5 billion poeple with no access to electricity. The idea is that this new workforce would be young women entrepreneurs, seeded with financial resources from women with greater access. Warren Buffet made billions by investing in "under-valued" assets and then waiting for the rest of us to catch up. Young women in the developing world are the biggest under-valued asset the world has seen in some time.


text: Guitarist Allan Holdsworth is widely considered to be one of the finest instrumentalists in all of jazz fusion, yet has never truly received the recognition that he so rightfully deserves. Born on August 6, 1946, in Bradford, Yorkshire, Holdsworth was originally taught music by his father, who was a pianist. Holdsworth didn't pick up the guitar until he was 17 years old, but learned the instrument quickly. After playing in local outfits (and learning the violin), Holdsworth relo... Read more


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Utah Compact has had national impact, signers say on eve of document's 1st anniversary
When community activist Tony Yapias first heard about the Utah Compact last fall, he had a lot of questions. "I didn't know what the Utah Compact was. What is this thing? Where did this come from?" On the eve of the first anniversary of community, business, political and faith leaders publicly endorsing the document, Yapias calls the statement of principles "one of the inspired documents of our time."
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Last week's episode focused on Max, an African grey parrot, which stood (or perched) as the sole witness to an horrific murder. This week's instalment, "The Stalker", concerns the case of postman William Kinsley who, having met new recruit Tom McIlvane, was then faced with a series of death threats, as McIlvane blamed Kinsley for his subsequent sacking. What was the outcome of this disagreement? This is America, remember, so the man with no post burst into Kinsley's depot (fortunately for Kinsley on his day off) and proceeded to shoot dead most of Kinsley's pals, before turning the gun on himself. Result? Kinsley's subsequent "imprisonment" in a nowhere PO with nothing to do, effectively blamed for McIlvane's violent breakdown.
The old "scapegoat" word immediately leaps to the fore, as Kinsley exposes the crooked justice system before the interrotron - a device that allows subjects to look directly into the camera lens, while looking at a live image of the interviewer. The result is an intense, personal account of post office politics - Postman Pat would have been horrified.
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An active member of the Lions Club of Sudbury, he has served as president, and was one of the youngest members to do so. He has co-hosted the CTV Lions Club Christmas telethon numerous times. A licensed funeral director, he works with the city's cemetery services department.
Q: What has been your biggest challenge?
A: I'm constantly trying to find ways to make sure my two boys have a memorable childhood and have everything they need. I want to be involved in their lives as much as possible because they change so quickly at a young age. Rylan and Bryston have brought so much joy and laughter into my life.
Q: What was your toughest decision?
A: One of my toughest decisions was to put my career as a funeral director on hold a few years back after almost 15 years in the profession. I still have my licence but I'm not active in the profession at this time. I made this decision to spend more quality time with my little family.
Q: What are three things you can't live without?
A: If you were to ask some of my closest relatives and friends this question, all of them, with a laugh, would most likely say; "Steph can't live without his Pepsi and his sweets." I would have to agree with them. Something else I can't live without is my barbecue. Even at -30 C, I will get out there on my deck, clear out the snow and throw burgers or steaks on the grill.
Q: How do you unwind after a long day at work?
A: Do parents of very young children ever get to unwind? Sometimes, I do get to unwind a little while I sit down with the boys to watch one of their favourite shows, The Wiggles. Usually around 10 at night, after many house chores have been completed, my wife and I get to start relaxing and watch the news.
Q: What are you currently reading?
A: I am too much of a busy body to sit down for long periods of time to read a book. When I am at work on my coffee break or lunch hour, I do like to read newspapers and keep up with the current events.
Q: Who is your most valued mentor and why?
A: My parents have helped me to grow and develop into the person I am today.


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mystery snail leaving shell
My apple mystery snail has left his shell today. Will he grow a new one? What do I do with the old shell?
He's moving around the tank and seems to be ok, but I just don't know what to do now.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I've never heard of a snail leaving it's shell. In fact, I was pretty sure they couldn't. If it is still alive, I doubt it will be for much longer.
Nope, sorry to tell you but hes a goner :( Mystery snails have like a huge tendon or muscle or something attaching them to their shell and if it snaps then they will die.
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The famous inscription in the Rector's Palace "Obliti privatorum, publica curate" ("Forget about personal things, take care about the public"), was the motto towards which every nobleman should strive in the conduct of public affairs.
Besides Rector there were three main institutions of the Dubrovnik Republic were: the Large Council (Veliko vijeće), the Small Council (Malo vijeće) and the Senate (Vijeće umoljenih).
Only male members of nobleman families were entitled to enter into councils. Dubrovnik's noble families were recognized by their surnames - Gučetić, Gundulić, Getaldic, Sorkočević, Palmotić. Today in Dubrovnik Old Town many streets are named after noblemen's families.
Large Council (Veliko vijeće) was the main legislative body and consisted of all male nobleman older than 18. There were cases when certain nobleman were expelled from membership: Lovro Menčetić was expelled from the Council because he married a commoner despite the legal ban. In whole Europe Dubrovnik nobility probably had the strictest regulations on the prohibition of marriages outside their classes.
Small Council (Malo vijeće) was the executive body of the government. At first consisted of 11 members and after 1667 of 7 members. Members of Small Council were appointed by Rector and had the role of ministers in todays' governments.
Dubrovnik Rector had a term of one month. Such methods should prevent excessive consolidation of power and prevent the introduction of the self-government. During the mandate, the Rector had to live in the Rector's Palace without his family. He was not allowed to leave the Palace except for important republic businesses. The Rector did not receive any compensation as the position of Rector was an honor. A person was eligible for reelection after two years.
The Senate (Vijeće umoljenih), was a consultative body. It consisted of 45 appointed members members who had to be over 40. Over the years the Senate overtook the main role in governing the Republic.


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Alienable Rights is a daunting, powerful narrative of slavery and racism in America. The authors posit that "the drive for African-American equality has never had the support of the majority of Americans." They argue that despite statements and sentiments of political leaders and the devastation of the Civil War, racial progress was only attained through the commitment of a "militant minority" of abolitionists and civil rights advocates, and that each advance has been met by a backlash of those committed to restoring white privilege.
As is the case in John Leland's Hip: The History (albeit with a dramatically different focus and purpose), the authors here address the very substantive differences in American slavery when contrasted with the rest of the world; indeed, they ponder how slavery became "so firmly entrenched in the colonies, when it appears never to have received the approval of English law?" The basis for this contention is that in 1772, prior to the Revolutionary War, the chief justice of the King's Bench adjudicated the case of James Somersett, an African slave who had been brought to England from Virginia by his master.
Somersett had run away but had been recaptured, taken aboard ship, and held there against his will. Demanding his client's freedom, Somersett's lawyer petitioned Mansfield for a writ of habeas corpus, which the chief justice reluctantly issued, affirming that Somersett could not be held, because "as soon as any slave sets foot upon English territory, he becomes free." Mansfield's decision, which resulted in the uncompensated emancipation of as many as fourteen thousand blacks resulting in Britain, not only made it clear that slaves automatically gained their freedom the instant they arrived on English soil, it also asserted an even more fundamental principle: that slavery could have no legal standing in a society unless "positive law" existed that provided it with an unequivocal legislative mandate. Slavery was so odious, Mansfield maintained, that its legality could not be based on mere custom or usage. Anything short of statutory action, which had the power to preserve slavery's mandate long after the "reasons, occasion, and time … from which it was created . . . were erased from memory," was insufficient to give it legitimacy.
The basic point, according to authors Adams and Sanders, is this: the Somerset decision meant that "no English precedent had been established to justify slavery in Britain's colonies," even though over the course of the preceding 150 years the American colonies at least had developed an elaborate and extensive legal code around the bondage of other human beings.
Alienable Rights documents the arrival of the first black slaves in America, the struggles many leaders had with whether slaves should be Christians (or allowed to convert to Christianity), and the quick shift in treatment afforded African bondsmen as opposed to other indentured servants. For example, the authors point to the 17th century case of John Punch, a runaway who escaped with two other indentured servants ("a Scot and a Dutchman"). While the two white men received sentences of four additional years of service for their escape, Punch was ordered to "service his master or his assigns for the time of his natural life here or elsewhere."
While in a constitutional law class years ago, I was struck by the dissent written by Justice John Marshall Harlan in the Plessy v. Ferguson case (the decision in which the Supreme Court placed a judicial stamp of approval upon the misleading social doctrine of "separate but equal" accommodations for blacks and whites). While Harlan offered powerful statements like the notion that the Constitution should be "color blind," and that "all citizens are equal before the law," he nonetheless believed in the dogma of the day that blacks and whites were two separate "races" and that whites were somehow naturally superior to blacks.
As Adams and Sanders note, however, such beliefs were not limited to one particular person; they were largely systemic. Consider that in 1784, Thomas Jefferson said, "Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior . . . and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous." Despite all that can be said in positive terms about the Founding Fathers, it remains true that the economy of the southern states would have been devastated by a recognition of blacks as the equal of whites; such a recognition would have required a wholesale reconsideration of the morality of enslaving other human beings. According to the authors:
Southerners sustained the system on which their lives depended by believing that the gulf between the two races could not be bridged. This radical racism, which not only insisted on white superiority but locked blacks into a permanent position of inferiority, arose out of necessity. In practical terms, it provided the rationale that allowed masters unbridled freedom in the treatment of their bondsmen and, even more important, assured southerners that even if they had no way out of their moral dilemma they could at least leave things unchanged and prosper indefinitely.
From the first American naturalization act in 1790, which restricted citizenship to "free white persons only" and assured that Africans were not Americans to the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the desegregation following Brown v. Board of Education, Adams and Sanders recount the painful history of the struggle for racial equality. While the authors seem to despair of any lasting equality or anything beyond "uneasy peace" between whites and blacks, they also tend to adhere to the notion that the improvements of the past forty years are largely illusory (rather than significant steps forward, as many whites might believe). Of successful athletes and entertainers such as Michael Jordan, Halle Berry, Tiger Woods, and Oprah Winfrey, they write that such figures are unlikely to be "more than a footnote to the political and economic struggle for black equality," and that while their fame creates "an illusion of freedom," such figures are "closely controlled by the owners and advertisers of media corporations."
There are many who might disagree with the authors' ultimate conclusions regarding present or future race relations. It is also true that Adams and Sanders paint unflattering portraits of the Founding Fathers, that they rely at times on secondary sources rather than primary ones, and that they seem rather wedded to their view that race relations create irreconcilable differences in perspective that break down along the white/black divide.
Still, students of the Holocaust recognize it as one of those shocking events which embodies the darkness and evil which man is capable of inflicting upon his fellows, and the Holocaust is studied largely to remind us of that fact. Alienable Rights reminds us that in the examination of the peculiar institution of slavery we can see similar cruelty and self-delusion in terms of how it is possible to regard another human being as inferior and unworthy of basic respect, and that we should never assume the past is dead and irrelevant to the present. The arguments about history contained in Alienable Rights make it a worthwhile read, even if it is possible to contrast the authors' ultimate interpretation of events with those of other scholars.Powered by Sidelines


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- Backflash (2012) TV episode, Played by Martin Donovan
- Mania (2012) TV episode, Played by Martin Donovan
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Mayor Tom Kane: She didn't die. Chicago PD found her. Did she know what the files were? The ones you leaked to Miller?
Ezra Stone: No.
Mayor Tom Kane: Why did you do it?
Ezra Stone: Because it was no longer tenable. I could no longer abide by the ideas keeping you, keeping us, here in this position.
Mayor Tom Kane: Why?
Ezra Stone: Because it became clear that you were no longer ruling for the good of the city. I've done, we have done, too many terrible things in the course of running matters but I've always known why. It was always in the end because it mattered that we ran the city. Because we were best equipped to provide that which was good for its people. And if elements got in our way, elements that needed to be torn down, I could justify even the most ruthless of measures in how we dealt with them because I knew we were preserving what was good for the city by preserving this. If I could justify the end to myself, my conscience, I could pursue it by any means.
Mayor Tom Kane: What changed?
Ezra Stone: You. You got sick. You're judgements wavering, your decisions no longer justifiable. You began to act out of a sense of pure personal preservation. Stay in place at any cost. I could no longer see the end justifying our means because the only end that matters to you now is you. Your personal survival. I can't abide by that. I can't do what I need to do for you to stay where you are.
Mayor Tom Kane: When did you decide this?
Ezra Stone: Your handling of Cullen. Your denial of his quest for another term was a bad decision. Was personal, emotional, disproportionate.
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Chuck, your comment about only needing two months of chilling for <all>
seeds seems to contradict a lot of what I've read of other people's
experiences planting seeds outdoors in climates where they certainly get
more than 2 months chilling in the first winter.
Including seeds I've planted outdoors before I started burrito'ing.
Don Spoon recommends 4 months.
Joe Ghio had unintentional second year germination that included
STARRING. No idea how much chilling the first winter provides in his
Mohr did some experiments in a greenhouse in Kentucky cycling thru
repeated chilling and germination temperatures and got additional
germination after each additional cycle. I think he told me it was
published in the Bulletin - maybe in the 70s?
I'm not going to be convinced that 2 months is enough for all crosses
until someone does some controlled experiments in pots of soil using
some of the same parents that have required more chilling than that here.
Linda Mann


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Once upon a time, there was a princess with a heart full of goodness who dreamt that one day her prince will come and marry her. She waited and waited, until he came, only to leave her heartbroken. Her heart turned bitter and poisoned her mind. The hopeful princess died, and what has risen out of her was a monster - perhaps the most frightening of them all.