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Best Ceramic College?
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Posted 23 April 2010 - 09:57 AM
Every one of us who teaches ceramics at a college will, of course, recommend our OWN school as the best one for you . (http://www.nhia.edu)
Seriously......... please give a bit more information about your goals for "being a potter". That allows people to maybe match up your interests with our knowledge of possibly "matching" academic programs.
Different schools have different strengths and weaknesses. Some offer "skills based" approaches, some offer "conceptual" based approaches, some offer a blend, some are functionally oriented, some are sculpturally oriented, ....the possible list goes on an on. And all schools do HAVE strengths and weaknesses.
Basically, forget the facilities as the first consideration.... the important part is the people who teach there, and the working environment that has developed. The "corporate culture" if you will. Make sure to visit any schools that you are seriously considering and spend some time meeting with the faculty and students. The facilities should be the "icing on the cake"......not the main course.
A good education has to be a two way street. A real match up between the student and the faculty. A school may have "god's gift to ceramic art" teaching there........ but if you and that person do not "mesh"......... or worse are "at odds"......... you are not really going to get much out of her or him.
That does not mean that the faculty member is not challenging to you. THAT aspect is really important. Not letting you "fall asleep at the wheel". Pushing your limits all the time as your limits increase.
But if you can't relate........ then it is a waste of both of your time.
Another thought here....... look in the mirror and identify your weaknesses. Yeah..... the stuff you DON'T want to admit . (No need to list that stuff here.) Then give good consideration to programs that could maybe help you develop in those areas. Building on strengths is important, but addressing weaknesses makes for a well rounded education, and a stronger person and artist in the end.
So, give us all some more ifo on your aspriations..... and I am sure you'll get a lot of recommendations out of the folks frequenting this forum.
adjunct Professor of Ceramics
New Hampshire Institute of Art
John Baymore
Adjunct Professor of Ceramics; New Hampshire Insitute of Art
Former Guest Professor, Wuxi Institute of Arts and Science, Yixing, China
Former President and Past President; Potters Council
Posted 23 April 2010 - 10:44 AM
Head of Ceramics, Central Washington University
Ellensburg WA
CWU offers; BA, BFA, and MFA Degrees, (Post Baccalaureate also available). Images of CWU Ceramics studio can be seen at
Posted 23 April 2010 - 08:18 PM
So, to narrow down my interests. Pottery wise, I'm more into the functional, but I do love to combine a bit of scultural with my pieces. I'm interested in learning about different kinds of kilns and firings too. We fire to cone 10 in a gas kiln at my school, but learning about soda, saggar, wood, salt, raku, pit firings, all that stuff would be aaaaaaamazing(i'm loading my trashcan-pit firing tonight!).
location wise.... I live in central california so itd be prety cool if i could find a good school instate. Preferably, the school'd be near the coast because i looove the ocean-surfing and such. but the mountains are good too, i love hiking and snowboarding as well.
I'm not much of a partier, so no need to consider that kind of a scene.
the best school in my searching that i've found with all of those criterion is Westmont. Its in Santa Barbara and the teacher loves to do functional-slightly scultural work, high fire saggars, and raku... sounds pretty good to me.
but ya, any more suggestions?
I'll go look up the ones you guys wrote.
Posted 25 April 2010 - 02:06 PM
Posted 26 April 2010 - 05:42 PM
Your links alone would make me want to go to school at CWU.
As a studio potter however, I've helped a couple younger people learn to make pottery.
They have lived at my house and helped out in the studio for use of the studio.
Sometimes an old fashion sort of apprenticeship works pretty darned well. Just be really careful
OR think of this, learn by doing. Buy yourself a wheel, take some glaze classes and work your way up. I live in Portland and one of the teachers at the local Rec Center is the most amazing teacher. I've learned so much from him, even though I am an old dog.
There are lots of ways to learn to be a potter and college isn't the only way. That being said, I have two kids in college right now. Send money? Neither one of them is into ceramics.
The cost of a college education will take a long time to pay back.
Just a thought.
Remind me why I'm doing this????
-Beth Ward, Crone Potter
Posted 29 April 2010 - 10:09 AM
austindanson .. The best in Cali for woodfire and all the atmospheric techniques is in Sacramento. But wow the college of the Red Woods is also a great starting point. Money wise maybe go up to the college of the redwoods and get some credits and knowledge and then transfer. San Jose is great for sculpture!! There are so many good schools in your state. Check out Sacramento and the College of the Redwoods! If it were me as a young aspiring potter I would attend the College of the Redwoods and then transfer to Utah Sate in Logan!
Head of Ceramics, Central Washington University
Ellensburg WA
CWU offers; BA, BFA, and MFA Degrees, (Post Baccalaureate also available). Images of CWU Ceramics studio can be seen at
Posted 29 April 2010 - 10:13 AM
The College of the Redwoods has two very good professors!!!!
Scott and Robert are fantastic!!!!
Head of Ceramics, Central Washington University
Ellensburg WA
CWU offers; BA, BFA, and MFA Degrees, (Post Baccalaureate also available). Images of CWU Ceramics studio can be seen at
Posted 06 May 2010 - 08:33 PM
I was a performance major on Flute in college. OMG what a total nightmare.
To be a music major it was necessary to be a megalomaniac. The teacher were very fond of assuring their students that everything they did was wrong. I had to change my embrochure after playing the flute for 8 years. This one particular teacher didn't like it. It took playing nothing but long tones for 18 months.
Most of the music majors I knew did not graduate in music.
Majoring in ceramics is often the same way. You have to change your eye to please your professors. Of course there is always change when developing an art form but still.
I was a performance major and ended up a potter, wonder what would have happened if I had majored in ceramics? Would I be in a symphony?
Take what you can get out of classes but do keep in mind that if you disagree with a prof, it is not necessarily your problem.
I am not anti college but sometimes there is a better way.
Major in business and minor in pottery, then you can set up a great communal pottery place like Cedar Creek in North Carolina. Darn it would be wonderful to have a studio there.
I find it difficult to be alone so much as a potter.
Remind me why I'm doing this????
-Beth Ward, Crone Potter
Posted 06 May 2010 - 09:02 PM
my first choice actually would be to go try to get an aprenticeship in one of the pottery villages in Japan. Unfortunaly, the parents strongly disagre... and they're the ones with the money...
but ya, the college in Sac. looks great! I'll definatly look more into it
Posted 15 May 2010 - 08:22 PM
Thanks so much for the suggestions!
my first choice actually would be to go try to get an aprenticeship in one of the pottery villages in Japan. Unfortunaly, the parents strongly disagre... and they're the ones with the money...
but ya, the college in Sac. looks great! I'll definatly look more into it
Hey Austin,
I found this ad while looking for other stuff in the Ceramic's Monthly Magazine. Who knew? I want to go there.
We make potters. Study pottery with Stephen Lloyd & Terry Gess. Haywood Community College in the mountains of Western North Carolina offers groundbreaking, innovative studio degree professional crafts programs in clay, fiber, jewelry and wood. Explore the creative spirit, develop sound technical expertise, and sharpen marketing and business skills. www.haywood.edu or (828) 565-4159.
Remind me why I'm doing this????
-Beth Ward, Crone Potter
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's daughter is raising eyebrows for her appearance in an Instagram photo.
Thirteen-year-old Willow Smith is seen in bed with shirtless 20-year-old actor Moises Arias. The picture, which has since been deleted, shows a fully clothed Willow lying down in front of Arias, who is best known for his role as Rico on "Hannah Montana." The two don't appear to be touching. Arias is a friend.
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by Glenn Gravatt
Voluime 1
Catalog Instruction Sheets
"They don't make 'em like that any more," is an oft heard expression. This could well apply to the magical apparatus made by Floyd Thayer in the 20's and 30's. The Thayer slogan "Quality Magic" was no idle boast. The workmanship was equal if not superior to the best including Roterberg, Conradi, Bartl, and Willmann.
Many years ago by a stroke of good luck, a fortunate combination of circumstances, I acquired a complete file of Thayer instruction sheets designed to accompany the apparatus. this just may be the only complete collection of Thayer secrets in existence.
Recently, I happened to mention this to Lloyd Jones who urged me to compile these instructions in book form, stressing the tremendous value of such a collection to magicians. This I consented to do but found there was too much material for one book. It was therefore decided to issue these secrets in several volumes, of which this is the first.
All of Thayer's instruction sheets were in mimeographed form. These are reproduced in their original form along with the effect as printed in the Thayer catalog so that the instructions themselves will be better understood.
Some of the instructions may seem a bit sketchy due to the fact that the apparatus furnished needed little explanation. No attempt has been made to alter the instructions as it seemed desirable to preserve the Thayer touch created by Thayer's own wording.
Pages 322 - Softbound
Volume 2
"Volume 2 of this Thayer Quality Magic Instructions Sheets series has selected magic in sixteen categories from several of the Thayer catalogs.
Here are some of the best Thayer illusions, mental magic, escapes, and a wide variety to please every magical enthusiast... Enjoy the best from the Golden Age of magic marketed by its leading dealer, Floyd Thayer."
The second book in this tremendous series covers Balls, Birds, Cards, Dice, Eggs, Escapes, Flowers, Illusions, Liquids, Money, Parlor Tricks, Stage Effects, Rings, Rods, Pillars, Silks, Slates, Spiritualistic Effects, and Mental Magic. Contains catalog description, illustration, and complete instruction sheets for each effect.
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Volume 3
"Volume Three of the Thayer Quality Magic Instruction Sheets brings you over 200 more explanations of magic sold by the leading dealer of the Golden Age of Magic, Floyd Thayer. Choice, exclusive magic in eighteen categories, the secret and presentation explained in nearly the exact words as furnished purchasers of what are now real treasures.
These instructions are from the files of GLENN GRAVATT, a long time friend of Floyd and Jennie Thayer and many of the workmen in the Thayer plant. Mr Gravatt was awarded the Literary Achievement Award in magic at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Magical Arts and Science in March of 1980. A long time contributor to Genii, The Conjurer's Magazine, he is also well known for his many fine books on magical subjects."
The Third book in this wonderful series covers Balls, Cards, Cigarettes, Escapes, Glasses, Bowls, Bottles, Illusions, Money, Parlor Tricks, Stage Effects, Pocket Tricks, Productions, Silks, Spiritualistic Effects, Mental Magic, Tables, Thimbles, and Torn & Restored Effects. Contains catalog description, illustration, and complete instruction sheets for each effect.
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Volume 4
"This Volume Four is the final of the series of Thayer Instruction Sheets. No effort has been made for completeness since many items of any magic dealer matches those of others and here we have tried to select exclusive items and the best accredited to Floyd Thayer.... Magic is indebted to Glenn Gravatt for making these valuable instructions available and preparing them for publication."
The Fourth Book in this great series covers Afghan Bands, Cards, Cigarettes, Club Effects, Stage magic, Dice, Divinations, Floating Effects, Livestock, Matches, Money, Penetrations, Parlor Tricks, Close-up Effects, Pocket Tricks, Silks, Spiritualistic Effects, Tables, Torn & Restored Effects and Memories. This volume also contains the Cumulative Index by Subject and title to the entire four volume set. Contains catalog description, illustration, and complete instruction sheets for each effect.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Effective on July 1, 1955, the recoupment requirements of the Acts of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 571, 584), May 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1274), July 1, 1946 (60 Stat: 357), August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 923), and June 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 211), shall become inapplicable to the unrecouped balances of funds expended pursuant to such Acts.
In order to permit the granting of privileges to the public school board at Walker, Minnesota, that are consistent with those granted other public school boards pursuant to the Act of August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 999), the Act of August 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 459), is hereby amended by striking out the following: "Provided, That in consideration of the amount heretofore appropriated and the amount which may be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section, all Indian children residing in such district shall be admitted to the schools of the district without further cost to the United States for instructional, operation, and maintenance purposes".
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The exemption provided for "religious employers" is so narrow that it fails to cover the vast majority of faith-based organizations, including Catholic hospitals, universities, and service organizations that help millions every year.
The bishops are urging Catholics and others of good will to take action in defense of conscience rights & religious liberty.
North Dakota's Catholic bishops invite Catholics
to pray and fast for religious freedom on March 30
March 29, 2012
Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo, and Most Rev. David D. Kagan, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bismarck, have invited clergy, religious sisters and Catholics throughout North Dakota to join with them on Friday, March 30, in directing their Lenten prayers and fasting in a particular way towards the restoration of religious freedom. Their letter is posted in its entirety at www.fargodiocese.org, www.bismarckdiocese.com and www.ndcatholic.org/conscience.
"There are many ways that the Church can take action in this moment," the bishops wrote. "In the life of Jesus Christ we see that the power of sound argument and protest pales in comparison to the power of spiritual sacrifice and prayer. The current situation of Catholics in America is the result of sin—thus, offering acts of self-denial, in union with Christ's death on the cross, gives us freedom from that sin. We pray, fast and sacrifice because these actions inspire both the conversion of our own hearts and the conversion of others. It is the conversion of hearts, not force, argument or coercion, which will end the injustices against personal conscience that Catholics are facing today in our secular culture. Let us pray to Jesus, 'the Way, the Truth and the Life,' that the truth may awaken in the hearts and minds of all peoples in the United States."
The bishops encouraged people to offer their Lenten penance on March 30 "for the restoration of religious liberty in America. Offer your fast for a conversion of the minds and hearts of every person in the United States of America. We know in faith that even the most hardened heart can be changed."
In closing, the bishops noted, "Jesus Christ conquered death in humility, suffering and obedience. May we conquer injustice by striving to follow Jesus in the same way!"
At its March 13-14 meeting in Washington, D.C., the Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called for a nationwide prayer campaign for the protection of religious freedom and conscience rights from several threats, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate that forces employers, including religious employers, to include contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilizations in their health plans. More information can be found at www.usccb.org/conscience or www.ndcatholic.org/conscience.
Joint letter from the North Dakota Catholic Bishops, Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila and Most Rev. David D. Kagan, encouraging prayer and fasting for religious freedom
March 29, 2012
Dear Fathers, Deacons, Religious and Laity,
We are writing to invite you to join with us this Friday in directing our Lenten fast in a particular way towards the restoration of freedom of conscience in health care. Many bishops in the United States are asking Catholics to fast for an end to religious persecution, on Friday, March 30.
There are many ways that the Church can take action in this moment. In the life of Jesus Christ we see that the power of sound argument and protest pales in comparison to the power of spiritual sacrifice and prayer. The current situation of Catholics in America is the result of sin—thus, offering acts of self-denial, in union with Christ's death on the cross, gives us freedom from that sin. We pray, fast and sacrifice because these actions inspire both the conversion of our own hearts and the conversion of others. It is the conversion of hearts, not force, argument or coercion, which will end the injustices against personal conscience that Catholics are facing today in our secular culture. Let us pray to Jesus, "the Way, the Truth and the Life," that the truth may awaken in the hearts and minds of all peoples in the United States.
Offer your Lenten penance that day for the restoration of religious liberty in America. Offer your fast for a conversion of the minds and hearts of every person in the United States of America. We know in faith that even the most hardened heart can be changed.
Jesus Christ conquered death in humility, suffering and obedience. May we conquer injustice by striving to follow Jesus in the same way!
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila
Bishop of Fargo
Most Rev. David D. Kagan
Bishop of Bismarck
The Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), at its March 13-14 meeting in Washington, called for a nationwide prayer campaign for protection of religious freedom and conscience rights from several threats, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate that forces employers, including religious ones, to provide contraception/sterilization in their health plans.
"We call upon the Catholic faithful, and all people of faith, throughout our country to join us in prayer and penance for our leaders and for the restoration of our First Freedom—religious liberty—which is not only protected in the laws and customs of our great Nation, but rooted in the teachings of our great Tradition," the bishops said in "United for Religious Freedom" a March 14 statement. "Prayer is the ultimate source of our strength—for without God, we can do nothing; but with God, all things are possible."
To support the effort, the USCCB has posted prayer resources at www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/resources-on-conscience-protection.cfm.
The heart of the campaign is a new "Prayer for Religious Liberty" prayer cards, in English and Spanish, and available electronically. They can be downloaded and printed locally. Bulk packages of prayer cards will soon be available. English-language prayer cards feature the image of Mary Immaculate; Spanish-language cards feature Our Lady of Guadalupe. They may be ordered at www.usccbpublishing.org and ready for shipping in April.
The full text of "United for Religious Freedom," prayer campaign resources, and related information on religious liberty and conscience rights, are at: www.usccb.org/conscience.
Bishops Renew Call To Legislative Action On Religious Liberty
Regulatory changes limited and unclear
Rescission of mandate only complete solution
Continue urging passage of Respect for Rights of Conscience Act
WASHINGTON – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have issued the following statement:
The Catholic bishops have long supported access to life-affirming healthcare for all, and the conscience rights of everyone involved in the complex process of providing that healthcare. That is why we raised two serious objections to the "preventive services" regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in August 2011.
First, we objected to the rule forcing private health plans — nationwide, by the stroke of a bureaucrat's pen—to cover sterilization and contraception, including drugs that may cause abortion. All the other mandated "preventive services" prevent disease, and pregnancy is not a disease. Moreover, forcing plans to cover abortifacients violates existing federal conscience laws. Therefore, we called for the rescission of the mandate altogether.
Second, we explained that the mandate would impose a burden of unprecedented reach and severity on the consciences of those who consider such "services" immoral:insurers forced to write policies including this coverage; employers and schools forced to sponsor and subsidize the coverage; and individual employees and students forced to pay premiums for the coverage. We therefore urged HHS, if it insisted on keeping the mandate, to provide a conscience exemption for all of these stakeholders—not just the extremely small subset of "religious employers" that HHS proposed to exempt initially.
Today, the President has done two things.
First, he has decided to retain HHS's nationwide mandate of insurance coverage of sterilization and contraception, including some abortifacients. This is both unsupported in the law and remains a grave moral concern. We cannot fail to reiterate this, even as so many would focus exclusively on the question of religious liberty.
Second, the President has announced some changes in how that mandate will be administered, which is still unclear in its details. As far as we can tell at this point, the change appears to have the following basic contours:
·It would still mandate that all insurers must include coverage for the objectionable services in all the policies they would write. At this point, it would appear that self-insuring religious employers, and religious insurance companies, are not exempt from this mandate.
·It would allow non-profit, religious employers to declare that they do not offer such coverage. But the employee and insurer may separately agree to add that coverage. The employee would not have to pay any additional amount to obtain this coverage, and the coverage would be provided as a part of the employer's policy, not as a separate rider.
·Finally, we are told that the one-year extension on the effective date (from August 1, 2012 to August 1, 2013) is available to any non-profit religious employer who desires it, without any government application or approval process.
These changes require careful moral analysis, and moreover, appear subject to some measure of change. But we note at the outset that the lack of clear protectionfor key stakeholders—for self-insured religious employers; for religious and secular for-profit employers; for secular non-profit employers; for religious insurers; and for individuals—is unacceptable and must be corrected. And in the case where the employee and insurer agree to add the objectionable coverage, that coverage is still provided as a part of the objecting employer's plan, financed in the same wayas the rest of the coverage offered by the objecting employer. This, too, raises serious moral concerns.
We just received information about this proposal for the first time this morning; we were not consulted in advance. Some information we have is in writing and some is oral. We will, of course, continue to press for the greatest conscience protection we can secure from the Executive Branch. But stepping away from the particulars, we note that today's proposal continues to involve needless government intrusion in the internal governance of religious institutions, and to threaten government coercion of religious people and groups to violate their most deeply held convictions. In a nation dedicated to religious liberty as its first and founding principle, we should not be limited to negotiating within these parameters. The only complete solution to this religious liberty problem is for HHS to rescind the mandate of these objectionable services.
We will therefore continue—with no less vigor, no less sense of urgency—our efforts to correct this problem through the other two branches of government. For example, we renew our call on Congress to pass, and the Administration to sign, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act. And we renew our call to the Catholic faithful, and to all our fellow Americans, to join together in this effort to protect religious liberty and freedom of conscience for all.
President Obama's February 10 offer of a limited and unclear compromise does not change the urgent need for legislation to correct such threats to religious liberty and conscience rights. The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act has been introduced in Congress (H.R. 1179, S. 1467) to ensure that those who participate in the health care system "retain the right to provide, purchase, or enroll in health coverage that is consistent with their religious beliefs and moral convictions." It is more important than ever that Members of Congress be urged to co-sponsor this measure – or thanked if they are already co-sponsoring the bill. For the list of current co-sponsors, please check H.R. 1179 and S. 1467 at: thomas.loc.gov.
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1. The rule that created the uproar has not changed at all, but was finalized as is. Friday evening, after a day of touting meaningful changes in the mandate, HHS issued a regulation finalizing the rule first issued in August 2011, "without change." So religious employers dedicated to serving people of other faiths are still not exempt as "religious employers." Indeed, the rule describes them as "non-exempt."
2. The rule leaves open the possibility that even exempt "religious employers" will be forced to cover sterilization. In its August 2011 comments, USCCB warned that the narrow "religious employer" exemption appeared to provide no relief from the sterilization mandate—only the contraception mandate—and specifically sought clarification. (We also noted that a sterilization mandate exists in only one state, Vermont.) HHS provided no clarification, so the risk remains under the unchanged final rule.
3. The new "accommodation" is not a current rule, but a promise that comes due beyond the point of public accountability. Also on Friday evening, HHS issued regulations describing the intention to develop more regulations that would apply the same mandate differently to "non-exempt, non-profit religious organizations"—the charities, schools, and hospitals that are still left out of the "religious employer" exemption. These policies will be developed over a one-year delay in enforcement, so if they turn out badly, their impact will not be felt until August 2013, well after the election.
4. Even if the promises of "accommodation" are fulfilled entirely, religious charities, schools, and hospitals will still be forced to violate their beliefs. If an employee of these second-class-citizen religious institutions wants coverage of contraception or sterilization, the objecting employer is still forced to pay for it as a part of the employer's insurance plan. There can be no additional cost to that employee, and the coverage is not a separate policy. By process of elimination, the funds to pay for that coverage must come from the premiums of the employer and fellow employees, even those who object in conscience.
5. The "accommodation" does not even purport to help objecting insurers, for-profit religious employers, secular employers, or individuals. In its August 2011 comments, and many times since, USCCB identified all the stakeholders in the process whose religious freedom is threatened—all employers, insurers, and individuals, not just religious employers. Friday's actions emphasize that all insurers, including self-insurers, must provide the coverage to any employee who wants it. In turn, all individuals who pay premiums have no escape from subsidizing that coverage. And only employers that are both non-profit and religious may qualify for the "accommodation."
6. Beware of claims, especially by partisans, that the bishops are partisan. The bishops and their staff read regulations before evaluating them. The bishops did not pick this fight in an election year—others did. Bishops form their positions based on principles—here, religious liberty for all, and the life and dignity of every human person—not polls, personalities, or political parties. Bishops are duty bound to proclaim these principles, in and out of season.
Source: Sister Mary Ann Walsh http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2012/02/six-more-things-everyone-should-know.html
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Christopher Dodson Letter to Grand Forks Herald
The irony is that many religions teach that faith means more than worshiping in churches, synagogues and mosques. It means feeding the poor, burying the dead, healing the sick, housing the homeless and caring for those in need.
But the federal government has now declared that the more you do that, the less religious you are in its eyes.
Wayne Stenehjem Joins State Attorneys General in Threat to Sue
WSJ Column
It violates the First Amendment and the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Public Discourse
Cardinal Roger Mahoney
Rather, the real question is what protections and guarantees are afforded Americans and our various institutions by the Constitution. Your ill-placed focus should be frightening to all Americans.
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik in Jewish Ideas Daily
The Jewish Daily
Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter
Harvard Economics Professor Greg Mankiw
A. An employer is required to provide its employees health insurance that covers birth control.
B. An employer is required to provide its employees health insurance. The health insurance company is required to cover birth control.
I can understand someone endorsing both A and B, and I can understand someone rejecting both A and B. But I cannot understand someone rejecting A and embracing B, because they are effectively the same policy. Ultimately, all insurance costs are passed on to the purchaser, so I cannot see how policy B is different in any way from policy A, other than using slightly different words to describe it.
Yet it seems that the White House yesterday switched from A to B, and that change is being viewed by some as a significant accommodation to those who objected to policy A. The whole thing leaves me scratching my head.
Rick Garnett in USA Today
Catholic Charities USA
1. We have not endorsed the accommodation to the HHS mandate that was announced by the Administration last Friday.
2. We unequivocally share the goal of the US Catholic bishops to uphold religious liberty and will continue to work with the USCCB towards that goal.
Any representation to the contrary is false.
300 Scholars and Civil Leaders
The reason for the original bipartisan uproar was the administration's insistence that religious employers, be they institutions or individuals, provide insurance that covered services they regard as gravely immoral and unjust.
Under the new rule, the government
still coerces religious institutions and individuals to purchase insurance policies that include the very same services.
Since the final rule actually published has not changed, these reactions are still relevant.
Bishop Aquila Responds
Fargo Communications Story
violates their religious freedom
Senator John Hoeven in Grand Forks Herald
North Dakota Leaders Respond
Christopher Dodson Letter to Grand Forks Herald
The irony is that many religions teach that faith means more than worshiping in churches, synagogues and mosques. It means feeding the poor, burying the dead, healing the sick, housing the homeless and caring for those in need.
But the federal government has now declared that the more you do that, the less religious you are in its eyes.
Bishop Kagan Responds
Christopher Dodson Letter to Forum
Like the federal officials behind the new mandate, Ahlin has the audacity to declare that religious providers of social services are engaged in a mere "business," not a religious activity.
NY Archbishop Dolan in WSJ
The Amish do not carry health insurance. The government respects their principles. Christian
Scientists want to heal by prayer alone, and the new health-care reform law respects that.
Quakers and others object to killing even in wartime, and the government respects that principle
for conscientious objectors. By its decision, the Obama administration has failed to show the
same respect for the consciences of Catholics and others who object to treating pregnancy as a
U.S. Bishops Vow To Fight HHS Edict
White House Misrepresents Mandate
Archbishop Gomez in First Things
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offers the following clarifications regarding the Health and Human Services regulations on mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.
1. The mandate does not exempt Catholic charities, schools, universities, or hospitals. These institutions are vital to the mission of the Church, but HHS does not deem them "religious employers" worthy of conscience protection, because they do not "serve primarily persons who share the[ir] religious tenets." HHS denies these organizations religious freedom precisely because their purpose is to serve the common good of society—a purpose that government should encourage, not punish.
2. The mandate forces these institutions and others, against their conscience, to pay for things they consider immoral. Under the mandate, the government forces religious insurers to write policies that violate their beliefs; forces religious employers and schools to sponsor and subsidize coverage that violates their beliefs; and forces religious employees and students to purchase coverage that violates their beliefs.
3. The mandate forces coverage of sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs and devices as well as contraception. Though commonly called the "contraceptive mandate," HHS's mandate also forces employers to sponsor and subsidize coverage of sterilization. And by including all drugs approved by the FDA for use as contraceptives, the HHS mandate includes drugs that can induce abortion, such as "Ella," a close cousin of the abortion pill RU-486.
4. Catholics of all political persuasions are unified in their opposition to the mandate. Catholics who have long supported this Administration and its healthcare policies have publicly criticized HHS's decision, including columnists E.J. Dionne, Mark Shields, and Michael Sean Winters; college presidents Father John Jenkins and Arturo Chavez; and Daughter of Charity Sister Carol Keehan, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States.
5. Many other religious and secular people and groups have spoken out strongly against the mandate. Many recognize this as an assault on the broader principle of religious liberty, even if they disagree with the Church on the underlying moral question. For example, Protestant Christian, Orthodox Christian, and Orthodox Jewish groups--none of which oppose contraception--have issued statements against the HHS's decision. The Washington Post, USA Today, N.Y. Daily News, Detroit News, and other secular outlets, columnists, and bloggers have editorialized against it.
6. The federal mandate is much stricter than existing state mandates. HHS chose the narrowest state-level religious exemption as the model for its own. That exemption was drafted by the ACLU and exists in only 3 states (New York, California, Oregon). Even without a religious exemption, religious employers can already avoid the contraceptive mandates in 28 states by self-insuring their prescription drug coverage, dropping that coverage altogether, or opting for regulation under a federal law (ERISA) that pre-empts state law. The HHS mandate closes off all these avenues of relief.
Additional information on the U.S. Catholic bishops' stance on religious liberty, conscience protection and the HHS ruling regarding mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs is available at http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/index.cfm.


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- The Social Graph is Neither
A lengthy look at how the social graph model is flawed.
- fakecall.net – helping polite introverts stay productive
An automated service to request a phone call in order to avoid talking with someone bothering you in real life.
- Byword for keyboard nerds
A bunch of great information on using the keyboard for navigation and text manipulation in the great Byword editor for OS X
- Apple's Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers
A look at some of the supply-chain tactics used by Apple; the ability to build and ship product consistently is one of the company's big strengths.
- Haven't Had Time to Blog
Chris Brogan looks at the various excuses and circumstances noted by those who "haven't had time to blog." It's about choices made and how one chooses to prioritize their time, not about blogging being an impossible time-suck.
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A benefit rock concert in memory of a beloved Redlands volleyball coach will net scholarships for players and serve up kids' holiday gifts for distribution through the 20th Spark of Love Toy Drive.
Paradigm Volleyball Club coach Christina Little, who died of breast cancer in 2007, knew all about gift-giving, says Tim Watkins, the father of a volleyball player and one of the organizers of the concert. She frequently used her coaching stipend to pay club fees for kids who couldn't afford them, he said. Club parents established the scholarship in her name. Money raised at the benefit concert will support the scholarship fund, which pays club fees for promising players who would not otherwise be able to participate.
"We knew that we wanted to continue to make this a community event," said Watkins. "We knew the Redlands Fire Department was engaged with the ABC7 Spark of Love fundraising. It just seemed natural to put the two together. There's plenty of room for giving."
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Amnesty urges Jordan to free political activists (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/31/12)
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Amnesty International on Saturday urged Jordan to free six political activists charged with insulting King Abdullah II, as police broke up a demonstration in Amman demanding their release.
The human rights watchdog "is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of six pro-reform activists held for ´insulting´ the king," it said in a statement.
"Amnesty International believes them to be prisoners of conscience held solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression and that they are being punished for their pro-reform views and peaceful activities."
The six men were arrested and charged by military prosecutors in mid- March after a demonstration in the southern city of Tafileh. If convicted, the six face three years in prison each.
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Infant reflexesPrimitive reflexes; Reflexes in infants; Tonic neck reflex; Galant reflex; Truncal incurvation; Rooting reflex; Parachute reflex; Grasp reflex
A reflex is a muscle reaction that happens automatically in response to a certain type of stimulation. Certain sensations or movements producespecific muscle responses.
The presence and strength of a reflex is an important sign of nervous system development and function.
Many infant reflexes disappear as the child grows older, although some remain throughout adulthood. The presence of an infant reflex after the age at which the reflex normally disappears can be a sign of brain damage or damage to the nervous system.
Infant reflexes are reflexes that are normal in infants, but abnormal in other age groups. Such reflexes include:
- Moro reflex
- Sucking reflex (sucks when area around mouth is touched).
- Startle reflex (pulling arms and legs in after hearingloud noise).
- Step reflex (stepping motions when sole of foot touches hard surface).
Other infant reflexes include:
The TONIC NECK REFLEX occurs when you move the head of a child who is relaxed and lying on his back to the side. The arm on the side where the head is facingreaches straight away from the body with the hand partly open. The arm on the side away from the face is flexed and the fist is clenched tightly. Turning the baby's face in the other direction reverses the position. The tonic neck position is often described as the fencer's position because it looks like a fencer's stance.
The TRUNCAL INCURVATION or Galant reflex occurs when you stroke or tap along the side of the spine while the infant lays on the stomach. The infant will twitch his or her hips toward thetouch in a "dancing' movement.
The GRASP REFLEX occurs if you place a finger on the infant's open palm. The hand will close around the finger.Trying to remove the finger causes the grip to tighten. Newborn infants have strong grasps and can almost be liftedup ifboth hands are grasping your fingers.
The ROOTING REFLEX occurs when you stroke the baby's cheek. The infant will turn toward the side that was stroked and begin to make sucking motions withthe mouth.
The PARACHUTE REFLEX occurs inslightly older infants, when you hold the child upright and then rotate his body quickly face forward (as if falling). The baby will extend his arms forward as if to break a fall, even though this reflex appears long before the baby walks.
Examples of reflexes thatlast into adulthood are:
- Blinking reflex -- blinking the eyes when they are touched or when a sudden bright light appears
- Cough reflex -- coughing when the airway is stimulated
- Gag reflex -- gagging when the throat or back of the mouth is stimulated
- Sneeze reflex -- sneezing when thenasal passages are irritated
- Yawn reflex - yawning when the body needsmore oxygen
Infant reflexes can occur in adults who have:
- Brain damage
- Stroke
When to Contact a Medical Professional
The health care provider usually discovers abnormal infant reflexesduring an exam that is done for another reason. Reflexes that last after they are supposed to have gone away may be a sign of a nervous system problem in the child.
Parents who are worried about their child's development, or who notice that baby reflexes continue in their childafter they should have stopped should tell their health care provider.
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
The health care provider will perform a physical examination and ask questions about the child's medical history.
Questions may include:
- What reflexes did the baby have?
- At what age did each infant reflex disappear?
- What other symptoms are also present (for example, decreased alertness or seizures)?
Review Date: 12/1/2011
Reviewed By: John Goldenring, MD, MPH, JD, Pediatrician with the Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, San Diego, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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text: Jennifer Aniston picked the wrong time to be promoting a movie. Oh, or maybe Angelina Jolie knew exactly what time to get married. In any event, Jen is out promoting her new movie and is in the middle of a long week of interviews. What everyone wants to know from her since the baby question gets really old really quickly is what she thinks about her former husband getting married to the woman he cheated on Jen with and whether Jen even knew they were getting married. Well, as much as you would like to know the answers to those questions, Jen has made it clear she will walk out of any interview that asks that question. She could walk out of or hang up on some local television station or radio station. If someone on one of the morning shows had the guts to do it she would be forced to answer the question or come up with some kind of response. The problem is the morning shows are all spineless and don't want to miss out on other celebrities to fawn over every morning so ask questions that are vanilla and basic and banal and plain and whatever other term you can use to describe a question that is not really even a question. I can also see why Jennifer doesn't want to talk about it, but it has been a decade and she talks about other guys she had sex with who cheated on her. Come to think of it, maybe she doesn't. The only guy she really talks about or interacts with that she dated is Jason Bateman and that was a long time ago and he had a bit of a substance abuse issue then so maybe she has let that one slide.


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Transurethral resection for bladder stones #38727
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Yes, you're starting completely from scratch, yes I realize that many consider this a PITA, but it is the "Best" way. Can you do it other ways? Yes, but the absolute "Best" way is the way I just described (& the way I do my phone with each update & jailbreak).
Ok now I know trying to keep all AppStore data/settings is not "best" practice, but it seemed ok the past week on 6.1 (so I'll try it again on 6.1.2)
I guess since PKGbackup backs up ALL my AppStore data/settings, I could go that route. (clean restore, jailbreak, restore app data via PKGbackup, then reinstall those apps one at a time via AppStore) The next biggest pain is getting on my groups I created for the many apps I have organized once again.
Decisions Decisions, Trial Error here I go. I noticed the Official Evati0n instructions make no mention of best practice DFU restore.
Don't forget to back up Themes and iWidgets and all the rest to your computer with iFunBox before restoring. If PKG worked as it has in the past - it's a huge timesaver. But not in 6.
Consider yourself warned.
I have tried different cables and different ports of USB , even restarted both my mac and iphone 5 and gone to DFU but still it says the firmware is not compatible , why is this so ?
this is the link of the file I downloaded and its about 1.04GB
Hmmm so are you saying we can still restore our AppStore Apps/data AFTER we jailbreak??? I thought once you do any type of backup restore you lose Cydia. (help me understand) If this is true, then it's not a big deal I'll be able to keep everything, just didn't know. People were saying you had to start over from scratch and save nothing.
If not, I guess I need to jailbreak AFTER the AppStore/Data restore via iTunes (like I usually do, with all jailbreaks)
I'd rather do what's best though for maximum stability so please chime in and let's get this cleared up for me and everyone else
Everything is saved in your local or iCloud backup, so far you only need to sync the apps back to your phone (mines used to autodownlaod with iCloud) and for Cydia you need to manually download every tweak you had but if it had custom settings they will be added from the backups.
Woot! Donating another $100 when I get home. GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN EVASI0N CRU!!!
Restore to new firmware
Jailbreak (do it at this point because jail breaking a nearly empty phone is faster.)
Restore from iTunes backup (last one that saved all your stuff)(you will NOT lose Cydia)
Reload Cydia stuff one by one
There we go folks, why is this kind of info not ever talked about? (or at least in the Readme) This makes sense now instead of letting people assume on their own thanks.
So I actually did the jailbreak AFTER the full restore from iTunes. (and so far so good)
I also restored all my Cydia apps & settings via PKGbackup. I made sure to disable ALL other restore options PKGbackup offers and only restored the Cydia apps, and sources. Everything cydia related was restored, rebooted, and wham my phone is just like it was before!
Things are zippy and I tested the heck out of everything with no problem so far.
In the future, I'll try it the way you explained above though
And to correct you on one thing - there a SEVERAL "Sticky" (ReadMe) threads on the forum about the restore process with a jailbreak. You didn't look very hard, bro.
Glad you're up and running.


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WATCH: Eagle Steals Camera
On the Margaret River in Western Australia a sea eagle took a motion sensor camera that was intended to monitor crocodile behavior. Months after the camera's disappearance a park ranger found the missing camera nearly 70 miles away from its original location. The sea eagle in question has been determined to be a juvenile, park rangers say adult eagles are prone to dropping what's in their talons mid flight. The rangers plan on bolting down their cameras in the future.
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Hold bag at a 90° angle about 1/4 inch above cupcake surface. Squeeze letting the icing build up to make the star shape. Stop squeezing then lift the tip away.
Turn your wrist in toward you before piping. Hold bag at a 90° angle. You will turn wrist a full twist, slowly turning your hand as icing pipes out of the decorating bag. Stop squeezing and lift the tip away.
Keeping the tip slightly above the surface, squeeze out icing to form a star. Without releasing the pressure on the bag, move the tip in a tight complete rotation, starting at 9:00, moving to 12:00, then to 3:00 and 6:00, ending back at 9:00. Stop pressure and lift tip away. Swirls can be sprayed with Color Mist color, dusted with Pearl Dust or Color Dust, or left plain.


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It's just a mockup, and I have no knowledge in coding, so if anyone wants to take this and make it have full rights, just contact me and I'll give you everything I have. But it's very different to what is out there at the moment, not focused on images or conventional layouts that you see in a lot of other skins. It still seems to look quite user friendly, while looking clean and getting information across. I haven't figured out how I would go about the other screens e.g. library, but can probably knock some bits up if there's interest.
It look's alot like a webpage, but when viewed in fullscreen, and with a few adjustments wouldn't look so weird.
Here is the visual chocolate/disaster.
and here is a version in grey with orange
and here is a inverted version at request.
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Is it rude not to buy your kid's teachers a gift for Christmas?
I was asked recently if I wanted to participate in a kid's pollyanna for each child (I have two kids). The cost is $10 per gift. I wanted to also get the four teachers a $10 gift card to a coffee shop in the area but that would total $60. And, I really don't have the money to do that.
I still have my family to get gifts for.
To make a debate out of my dilemma.
When your kids are in daycare/preschool is it a must to give gifts to the teachers during the holiday season? How much do you spend?


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HiPlease tell me how to make the text of a link come in the middle of the box.I have a horizontal navigation bar. but the texts like, home, contact us, etc. displayed as blocks, are at the top of their boxes. increasing the margin or the padding makes the whole box come down. i want to bring the text in the middle.I hope u understand what im talking about :).Any help please? i have attached an image of the navigation bar.
html code:

About Us

Portfolio

Contact Us

About Us

About Us

About Us long

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/*border:#00F 1px solid;*/
margin: -45px 0px 0px 0px;
.right1 {
background:url(../images/rr2.gif) right no-repeat;
.navigation {
background:url(../images/header_tub.gif) left no-repeat;
.center1, .center1 ul {
width: 630px;
background:url(../images/g_h2.gif) center repeat-x;
.center1 ul li {
.center1 a:link, .center1 a:visited {
padding:0px 0px;
border: 1px solid red;
.center1 ul li a span {
padding:0 15px 0 0;
border:1px solid orange;
.center1 li a:hover {
background:url(../images/ahover-bg.png) left top no-repeat;
.center1 ul li a:hover span{
background:url(../images/spanhover-bg.png) right top no-repeat;
replace this in your css
.center1 ul li a span {
padding:6px 15px 0 0;
border:1px solid orange;
^ Hm, that might work: because the height was adjusted (made smaller), the adding top padding shouldn't be able to screw with the total height of the box.
increasing the margin or the padding makes the whole box come down.
Because padding is added to the height or width of a block. So see that Vineet has lowered the height of the box from 36px to 30px... then you can add the 6px padding and the size is the same as before.
There's also a popular trick where the line-height is set equal to the height of the box the text is in (so in the span, if it's 30px high then the line-height would also be 30px).However that trick fails once you get text long enough to wrap.
Add a line height the same height as your height to your list items
.center1 ul li {
This will automatically center them in the middle.
Only reason we might not want to do that, Tom, is because of the last link:
s/he called it "About Us long" and I'm expecting some actual long text might appear there.
Since the sites I build have long dutch words, I often am not able to use the line-height trick because once you get text wrapping, it's too big (you'll have 36px of line height for each line of text).
So while at first I thought line-height would be best, with that "long" sitting there, I think Vineet's is a better idea for now (to be honest I'd rewrite all the HTML and CSS differently and possibly would try to use vertical-align: middle instead).
It worked! thanx.lol it was so simple! and i had spent hours wondering and fighting with the code.whats wrong with using line-heights?
Just take your HTML and make the text of one of your buttons really really long (multiple words I mean). Like, "Check Out Our Products!"
You'll see it.
If all your text fits, though, then it won't be a problem (until someone has larger text... so you might also want to test with some text-enlargement (not zoom)).
ok i get it about the line-heights.yes my code is not perfect. im just a learner yet. hoping to master it. (soon i hope!)
yes my code is not perfect. im just a learner yet. hoping to master it. (soon i hope!)
Ain't none of us masters, but some of us have lost hair in the trenches : )
But using the "vertical-align: middle" I thought that wouldn't just solve the issue unless you also used line-height? I maybe wrong, but thought vertical-align only really worked on table cells with out the use on line-height.
Vertical-align: middle wouldn't work with the original code posted, no.
However it does work on inlines, not just in table cells, though my understanding of it working with inlines is screwy enough that half the time when I try to implement it, I do it wrong.
What it does is let an inline align itself vertically to the (state where, bottom, baseline, middle, top, or the rest) of an adjoining element (here's where I get confuzled, I forget if this other element also has to be inline... I thought so).
So for instance I'll use it a lot for lining a text input with a submit button, or lining up a checkbox or radio button with a label. Since they're all either inlines or inline-blocks, they can line each other up with their lines, since inlines have those lines listed above (baseline etc).
Edit: here's another link, one of those oldies but goodies.. I have to re-read it every once in a while cause I always forget the little details: http://phrogz.net/CSS/vertical-align/index.html
*edit3 I forgot this but of course vert-align also works with the CSS property display: table which you can put on non-table elements (except in IE7 and below).
Vertical-align and line-height have no corrolation whatsoever. THey can be used together but one does not depend on the other to work
It is a tricky subject and even Eric Meyer has troubule with it. I sometimes have trouble implimenting it but if you truly understand the inline formatting module, even small sections, then you can piece together how to get it working.
Gary Turner does a good job explaining how to get it working on his workshop
Yes, he does : )


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WATCH: Skrillex pays tribute to Bingo Players' Paul Baumer
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Skrillex's "Takeover Tour" has been pretty eventful so far. Aside from Dave Chappelle crowd-surfing the first night of the San Francisco leg of his tour, Skrillex took a moment to honor Paul Baumer of Bingo Players, who passed away late last year after a battle with cancer.
While taking over San Francisco, on the second stop of the tour at the Regency Ballroom, Skrillex got on the mic to take a moment for Paul. He said:
"Raise your hand if you're a fan of the Bingo Players. If you're a fan of the Bingo Players, you know we lost a friend named Paul, who was the first half of the Bingo Players, and I got the pleasure of touring with him years ago in Australia. He was a good buddy of mine. So to conclude an amazing night, of the second night of the San Francisco Takeovers, this one's for Paul everyone! If you know this record, let's have a good time. We're gonna rage one more time for Paul!"
His set concluded with one of Bingo Players' biggest hits, "Cry."
Check out the touching moment below:
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No. 1: You will need to think about big data
Big data analysis got its start from the large Web service providers such as Google, Yahoo, and Twitter, which all needed to make the most of their user-generated data. But enterprises will big data analysis to stay competitive and relevant.
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You could be a really small company and have a lot of data. A small hedge fund may have terabytes of data, said Jo Maitland, GigaOm research director for big data. In the next couple of years, a wide number of industries -- including health care, public sector, retail, and manufacturing -- will all financially benefit by analyzing more of their data, consulting firm McKinsey and Company anticipated in a recent report.
There is an air of inevitability with Hadoop and big data implementations, said Eric Baldeschwieler, chief technology officer of Hortonworks, a Yahoo spinoff company that offers a Hadoop distribution. It's applicable to a huge variety of customers. Collecting and analyzing transactional data will give organizations more insight into their customers' preferences. It can be used to better inform the creation of new products and services, and allow organizations to remedy emerging problems more quickly.
No. 2: Useful data can come from anywhere (and everywhere)
You may not think you have petabytes of data worth analyzing, but you will, if you don't already. Big data is collected data that used to be "dropped on the floor," Baldeschwieler said.
Big data could be your server's log files, for instance. A server keeps track of everyone who checks into a site, and what pages they visit when they are there. Tracking this data can offer insights into what your customers are looking for. While log data analysis is nothing new, it can be done down to dizzying new levels of granularity.
Another source of data will be sensor data. For years now, analysts have been speaking of the Internet of Things, in which cheap sensors are connected to Internet, offering continual streams of data about their usage. They could come from cars or bridges or soda machines. "The real value around the devices is their ability to capture the data, analyze that information, and drive business efficiencies," said Microsoft Windows Embedded General Manager Kevin Dallas.
No. 3: You will need new expertise for big data
When setting up a big data analysis system, your biggest hurdle will be finding the right talent who knows how to work the tools to analyze the data, according to Forrester Research analyst James Kobielus.
Big data relies on solid data modeling. Organizations will have to focus on data science, Kobielus said. They have to hire statistical modelers, text mining professionals, people who specialize in sentiment analysis. This may not be the same skill set that today's analysts versed in business intelligence tools may readily know.
Such people may be in short supply. By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills, as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions, McKinsey and Company estimated.
Another skill you will need to have on hand is the ability to wrangle the large amounts of hardware needed to store and parse the data. Managing 100 servers is a fundamentally different problem than handling 10 servers, Maitland pointed out. You may need to hire a few supercomputer administrators from the local university or research lab.
No. 4: Big data doesn't require organization beforehand
CIOs who are used to rigorously planning out every sort of data that would go into an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) can breathe a little easier with big data setups. Here, the rule is collect the data first, and then worry about how you will use it later.
With a data warehouse, you have to lay out the data schema before you can start laying in the data itself. "This basically means you have to know what you are looking for beforehand," said Jack Norris, vice president of marketing for MapR. As a result, "you are flattening the data and losing some of the granularity," he said. "Later on, if you change your mind, or want to do a historical analysis, you've limited yourself."
"You can use a [big data repository] as a dumping ground, and run the analysis on top of it, and discover the relationships later," Norris said. Many organizations may not know what they are looking for until after they've culled the data, so this kind of freedom "is kind of big deal," he said.
No. 5: Big data is not only about Hadoop
When people talk about big data, most times they are referring to the Hadoop data analysis platform. "Hadoop is a hot-button initiative, with budgets and people being assigned to it" in many organizations, Kobielus pointed out. Ultimately, however, you may go with other software.
Recently legal research giant LexusNexus, no slouch at big data analysis itself, open-sourced its own platform for analysis, HPCC Systems. MarkLogic has also outfitted its own database for unstructured data, the MarkLogic Server, for Big Data style jobs as well. Another tool gaining favor is the Splunk search engine, which can be used to search and analysis data generated by machines, such as the log files from a server. "Whatever data you can extract from your logs, there is a good chance that Splunk can help," noted Curt Monash of Monash Research.


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what type of punk ass got to lie about where they live...?
F.Y.E. KRU (Fuk You Expekt)
^ya who the fucks lies bout where they live, u prob dont even know where/what steel town is an how the fuck supposed to know where i live
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How are those clash cans up front??
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A Krink K71 marker in Red and 2 Montana Hardcores - Red and Black.
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Thornton was originally selected by Oakland in the 23rd round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Oregon. In 2011, he was named to the Midwest League mid-season All-Star team after posting a 5-4 record, 2.39 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 40 relief appearances for the Burlington Bees.
Since making his professional debut in 2010, Thornton has gone 11-6 with 21 saves, a 3.29 ERA (169.2ip/62er) and 187 strikeouts in 107 career minor league relief appearances.
The 19-year-old Medina posted a combined 1-3 record, 4.14 ERA (50.0ip/23er) and 50 strikeouts in 11 games (seven starts) between the GCL Orioles and Aberdeen IronBirds in 2012.
Medina was originally signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent on December 14, 2009. Since making his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Orioles in 2010, Medina has posted a 9-10 record, 3.15 ERA (166.0ip/58er) and 159 strikeouts in 35 games (30 starts) in the minor leagues.