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Portland Wind Symphony opens its 26th season.
The program features trombone soloist John Warton in Thoughts of Love by Arthur Pryor. The love theme continues with a Suite on Greek Love Songs.
Highlights of the program are the historical and lively Divertimento for Band by Persichetti, and a wind band setting of Richard Strauss' Allerseelen. Selections by Ticheli, Camphouse and Gillingham round out the concert, which will close with Sousa's The Invincible Eagle.
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3 Assists for Reggie Jackson on the night, one of eight Thunder players with an assist
9 Steals by the Thunder, including three by Kevin Martin
13 Rebounds by Kendrick Perkins, setting a new season-high
+17 Point differential in the Thunder's favor in the second and fourth quarters combined
23-10 Advantage in points off turnovers in the Thunder's favor, who also led 14-6 in fast break points
36 Points for Russell Westbrook, a season-high, on 14-for-24 shooting in addition to eight rebounds and five assists
41 Points for Kevin Durant on a season-high 30 shot attempts, including 19 in the fourth quarter
41.7 Shooting percentage the Thunder's defense held the Suns to on the night
48-34 Points in the paint edge for the Thunder, who shot 24-for-40 and held the suns to 17-for-39 shooting in the paint
9 Steals by the Thunder, including three by Kevin Martin
13 Rebounds by Kendrick Perkins, setting a new season-high
+17 Point differential in the Thunder's favor in the second and fourth quarters combined
23-10 Advantage in points off turnovers in the Thunder's favor, who also led 14-6 in fast break points
36 Points for Russell Westbrook, a season-high, on 14-for-24 shooting in addition to eight rebounds and five assists
41 Points for Kevin Durant on a season-high 30 shot attempts, including 19 in the fourth quarter
41.7 Shooting percentage the Thunder's defense held the Suns to on the night
48-34 Points in the paint edge for the Thunder, who shot 24-for-40 and held the suns to 17-for-39 shooting in the paint
By Nick Gallo, Thunder Basketball WriterRECAP:
In crunch time, the Thunder hangs its hat on what it can rely upon the most – its defense.
Each possession is critical during the course of the game, and on every one, the Thunder locks in and tries to force its opponent into the toughest offensive possession possible. When the Phoenix Suns made a push, the Thunder's defense, led by Kendrick Perkins and his season-high 13 rebounds shut them down. By using a 15-4 run midway through the fourth quarter and a staunch defensive effort that held the Suns to 33 percent shooting in the final period, the Thunder left Phoenix with a 102-90 victory.
"It's not a secret," Perkins said. "We're a defensive team first and we're going to keep building on that. Our goal is, every game, we have to keep the team under 40 percent. We're just trying to start of the defensive end. We know we're going to score points. We just have to keep our 'D' up."
Monday night's victory was the culmination of a difficult but impressive three-game road trip for the Thunder that also featured wins in Los Angeles against the Lakers and in Portland against the Trail Blazers. On the night the Thunder held the Suns to 41.7 percent shooting while making nine steals, and eight different players made an assist. It took contributions from every member of Head Coach Scott Brooks' club that saw action, from team leaders like Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook all the way down the line to players like DeAndre Liggins and Perry Jones.
"I thought this road trip everybody stepped up," Brooks said. "That's why we're a good team. We have guys that step up, guys that believe in each other. It doesn't matter who you throw out there, we have schemes that we do defensively, we have sets that we run offensively, but the bottom line is that we have to play as a team, play together and play unselfishly and that's what this team does well."
"It just tells us that we have guys that work hard and coaches that really do a good job of developing our players," Brooks continued. "Our medical staff always has our guys in great shape regardless if they play minutes or not. We take a lot of pride in what we do as an organization and I really thought it showed this road trip."
From Hasheem Thabeet, who played 22 minutes and scored five points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked two shots, to Liggins to Kevin Martin who chipped in 12 points, the Thunder got a positive impact from each player throughout the night in Phoenix. After falling behind to Phoenix early, Thabeet, Liggins, Jones and Reggie Jackson all came in and helped the Thunder end the first quarter on a positive note, which extended into the second quarter as the Thunder built a six point halftime lead.
Team leaders Durant and Westbrook carried the scoring burden, but it was the little things like boxing out, setting screens and making defensive stops by the entire team that led to victory. What was most impressive both Monday and over the past two nights was that the Thunder won despite not having Serge Ibaka, and with Thabo Sefolosha coming back from a sore neck. As a result, players like Liggins and Jones who aren't a part of the normal rotation came in and delivered when needed.
"We have enough guys in this locker room that can come in and be ready to play," Westbrook said. "I think our coaching staff and our organization does a great job of developing guys and making sure they're ready."
As for the Thunder's dynamic scoring duo, who scored 47 of the Thunder's 51 halftime points and combined for 77 total points on the night, it was a night of efficient offensive shot-making. Durant scored 41 points, including 19 crucial ones in the fourth quarter, while Westbrook scored a season-high 36 points on 14-for-24 shooting. In addition, Westbrook had eight rebounds and five assists, while the duo combined to turn the ball over only one time.
"You don't see that often, two guys just take over the game offensively in that second half," Brooks said. "You can't say anything other than just make sure you set good screens and make sure you execute and run the plays… We have a couple of sets that we run where we look for opportunities to get quick baskets. They ran it to perfection."
By getting extra possessions on critical offensive rebounds by Martin and Thabeet, Durant knocked down timely three-pointers, as he and Westbrook scored 28 of the Thunder's 30 fourth quarter points. The win brought the Thunder to 30-8 on the season as the team returns to Chesapeake Energy Arena for one game against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. After that, however, the Thunder has to hit the road for its longest trip away from Oklahoma City on the year, a six-game west coast swing featuring games against the Mavericks, Nuggets, Clippers, Warriors, Kings and Lakers.
"We did a good job of taking care of the road for now," Westbrook said. "I think we did a great job defensively and it helped us to the win… We're just taking it one day at a time. The same thing we've been preaching since day one and I think we've been doing a good job of it."
Turning Point:
The Thunder led only 82-77 with 6:42 remaining in this one, but went on a 15-4 run over the next four minutes to change the attitude of the game completely. It started with two Russell Westbrook free throws, three straight defensive stops by the Thunder, then Westbrook hit a three-pointer. After that, Kevin Durant scored 10 straight points on a three pointer, a jumper, a layup and then an and-one layup. By the time the scoring barrage was over, the Thunder led 97-81 with 2:23 remaining.
Plays the box score won't show, first half:
Nice job of Nick Collison and Russell Westbrook to switch back after a screen and roll, which turns into Collison forcing Luis Scola to travel. Good anticipation by Thabo Sefolosha to see Westbrook's drive to the rim and follow it up for a tip-in. Great hustle play in transition defense by the Thunder to slap away the ball and get a steal. Major concentration on the part of Hasheem Thabeet to catch a tipped pass and make a layup.
Plays the box score won't show, second half and overtime:
Unselfish play by Westbrook on the run out to drop the ball off for Durant for an easy slam dunk. Wonderful job by Perkins to hedge out and trap the man in the corner then recover to his own man. Sweet two-man pick-and-pop play between Sefolosha and Collison as the former hit the latter for a jumper off a bounce pass. Beautiful back-door pass on a timing play from Perkins to Westbrook for a layup plus the foul. Perfect box out by Liggins to draw a foul on a defensive rebound. Incredible hustle by Thabeet to slap the ball off the backboard to himself to get an offensive rebound and an extra possession.
"I just told the guys, we have to find the energy. We have enough guys in the locker room that we have to somehow find it. And they did. I thought the defense really gave us a chance to score in that second half. Kevin (Durant) and Russell (Westbrook) were obviously very good offensively, but a lot of guys helped them score those points." – Head Coach Scott Brooks


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Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that pleasure is the primary or most important intrinsic good.[1] In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximize net pleasure (pleasure minus pain).
Ethical hedonism is the idea that all people have the right to do everything in their power to achieve the greatest amount of pleasure possible to them, assuming that their actions do not infringe on the equal rights of others. It is also the idea that every person's pleasure should far surpass their amount of pain. Ethical hedonism is said to have been started by Aristippus of Cyrene, a student of Socrates. He held the idea that pleasure is the highest good.[2]
The name derives from the Greek word for "delight" (ἡδονισμός hēdonismos from ἡδονή hēdonē "pleasure", cognate with English sweet + suffix -ισμός -ismos "ism").
History of development
Sumerian civilization
In the original Old Babylonian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was written soon after the invention of writing, Siduri gave the following advice "Fill your belly. Day and night make merry. Let days be full of joy. Dance and make music day and night [...] These things alone are the concern of men", which may represent the first recorded advocacy of a hedonistic philosophy.[3]
Ancient Egypt
Scenes of a harper entertaining guests at a feast was common in ancient Egyptian tombs (see Harper's Songs), and sometimes contained hedonistic elements, calling guests to submit to pleasure because they cannot be sure that they will be rewarded for good with a blissful afterlife. The following is a song attributed to the reign of one of the Intef kings before or after the 12th dynasty, and the text was used in the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties.[4][5]
Let thy desire flourish,
In order to let thy heart forget the beatifications for thee.
Follow thy desire, as long as thou shalt live.
Put myrrh upon thy head and clothing of fine linen upon thee,
Being anointed with genuine marvels of the gods' property.
Set an increase to thy good things;
Let not thy heart flag.
Follow thy desire and thy good.
Fulfill thy needs upon earth, after the command of thy heart,
Until there come for thee that day of mourning.
Cārvāka was an Indian hedonist school of thought that arose approximately 600 BC, and died out in the 14th century CE. The Cārvākas maintained that the Hindu scriptures are false, that the priests are liars, and that there is no afterlife, and that pleasure should be the aim of living. Unlike other Indian schools of philosophy, the Cārvākas argued that there is nothing wrong with sensual indulgence. They held a naturalistic worldview. They believed that perception is the only source of knowledge.
Classic schools of antiquity
Democritus seems to be the earliest philosopher on record to have categorically embraced a hedonistic philosophy; he called the supreme goal of life "contentment" or "cheerfulness", claiming that "joy and sorrow are the distinguishing mark of things beneficial and harmful" (DK 68 B 188).[6]
The Cyrenaic school
The Cyrenaics were an ultra-hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BC, supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene, although many of the principles of the school are believed to have been formalized by his grandson of the same name, Aristippus the Younger. The school was so called after Cyrene, the birthplace of Aristippus. It was one of the earliest Socratic schools. The Cyrenaics taught that the only intrinsic good is pleasure, which meant not just the absence of pain, but positively enjoyable sensations. Of these, momentary pleasures, especially physical ones, are stronger than those of anticipation or memory. They did, however, recognize the value of social obligation, and that pleasure could be gained from altruism. Theodorus the Atheist was a latter exponent of hedonism who was a disciple of younger Aristippus,[7] while becoming well known for expounding atheism. The school died out within a century, and was replaced by Epicureanism.
The Cyrenaics were known for their skeptical theory of knowledge. They reduced logic to a basic doctrine concerning the criterion of truth.[8] They thought that we can know with certainty our immediate sense-experiences (for instance, that I am having a sweet sensation now) but can know nothing about the nature of the objects that cause these sensations (for instance, that the honey is sweet).[9] They also denied that we can have knowledge of what the experiences of other people are like.[10] All knowledge is immediate sensation. These sensations are motions which are purely subjective, and are painful, indifferent or pleasant, according as they are violent, tranquil or gentle.[9][11] Further they are entirely individual, and can in no way be described as constituting absolute objective knowledge. Feeling, therefore, is the only possible criterion of knowledge and of conduct.[9] Our ways of being affected are alone knowable. Thus the sole aim for everyone should be pleasure.
Cyrenaicism deduces a single, universal aim for all people which is pleasure. Furthermore, all feeling is momentary and homogeneous. It follows that past and future pleasure have no real existence for us, and that among present pleasures there is no distinction of kind.[11] Socrates had spoken of the higher pleasures of the intellect; the Cyrenaics denied the validity of this distinction and said that bodily pleasures, being more simple and more intense, were preferable.[12] Momentary pleasure, preferably of a physical kind, is the only good for humans. However some actions which give immediate pleasure can create more than their equivalent of pain. The wise person should be in control of pleasures rather than be enslaved to them, otherwise pain will result, and this requires judgement to evaluate the different pleasures of life.[13] Regard should be paid to law and custom, because even though these things have no intrinsic value on their own, violating them will lead to unpleasant penalties being imposed by others.[12] Likewise, friendship and justice are useful because of the pleasure they provide.[12] Thus the Cyrenaics believed in the hedonistic value of social obligation and altruistic behaviour.
Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of Epicurus (c. 341–c. 270 BC), founded around 307 BC. Epicurus was an atomic materialist, following in the steps of Democritus and Leucippus. His materialism led him to a general stance against superstition or the idea of divine intervention. Following Aristippus—about whom very little is known—Epicurus believed that the greatest good was to seek modest, sustainable "pleasure" in the form of a state of tranquility and freedom from fear (ataraxia) and absence of bodily pain (aponia) through knowledge of the workings of the world and the limits of our desires. The combination of these two states is supposed to constitute happiness in its highest form. Although Epicureanism is a form of hedonism, insofar as it declares pleasure as the sole intrinsic good, its conception of absence of pain as the greatest pleasure and its advocacy of a simple life make it different from "hedonism" as it is commonly understood.
In the Epicurean view, the highest pleasure (tranquility and freedom from fear) was obtained by knowledge, friendship and living a virtuous and temperate life. He lauded the enjoyment of simple pleasures, by which he meant abstaining from bodily desires, such as sex and appetites, verging on asceticism. He argued that when eating, one should not eat too richly, for it could lead to dissatisfaction later, such as the grim realization that one could not afford such delicacies in the future. Likewise, sex could lead to increased lust and dissatisfaction with the sexual partner. Epicurus did not articulate a broad system of social ethics that has survived but had a unique version of the Golden Rule.It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly (agreeing "neither to harm nor be harmed"[14]), and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.[15]
Epicureanism was originally a challenge to Platonism, though later it became the main opponent of Stoicism. Epicurus and his followers shunned politics. After the death of Epicurus, his school was headed by Hermarchus; later many Epicurean societies flourished in the Late Hellenistic era and during the Roman era (such as those in Antiochia, Alexandria, Rhodes and Ercolano). The poet Lucretius is its most known Roman proponent. By the end of the Roman Empire, having undergone Christian attack and repression, Epicureanism had all but died out, and would be resurrected in the 17th century by the atomist Pierre Gassendi, who adapted it to the Christian doctrine.
Some writings by Epicurus have survived. Some scholars consider the epic poem On the Nature of Things by Lucretius to present in one unified work the core arguments and theories of Epicureanism. Many of the papyrus scrolls unearthed at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum are Epicurean texts. At least some are thought to have belonged to the Epicurean Philodemus.
Mohism was a philosophical school of thought founded by Mozi in the 5th century BC. It paralleled the utilitarianism later developed by English thinkers. As Confucianism became the preferred philosophy of later Chinese dynasties, starting from the Emperor Wu of Han, Mohism and other non-Confucian philosophical schools of thought were suppressed.
Christian hedonism
Christian hedonism is a controversial Christian doctrine current in some evangelical circles, particularly those of the Reformed tradition.[16] Christian Hedonism may describe the theology of Jonathan Edwards.[17] In the 17th century, the atomist Pierre Gassendi adapted Epicureanism to the Christian doctrine.
Utilitarianism addresses problems with moral motivation neglected by Kantianism by giving a central role to happiness. It is an ethical theory holding that the proper course of action is the one that maximizes the overall "good" of the society.[18] It is thus one form of consequentialism, meaning that the moral worth of an action is determined by its resulting outcome. The most influential contributors to this theory are considered to be the 18th and 19th-century British philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Conjoining hedonism—as a view as to what is good for people—to utilitarianism has the result that all action should be directed toward achieving the greatest total amount of happiness (see Hedonic calculus). Though consistent in their pursuit of happiness, Bentham and Mill's versions of hedonism differ. There are two somewhat basic schools of thought on hedonism:[1]
- One school, grouped around Bentham, defends a quantitative approach. Bentham believed that the value of a pleasure could be quantitatively understood. Essentially, he believed the value of pleasure to be its intensity multiplied by its duration - so it was not just the number of pleasures, but their intensity and how long they lasted that must be taken into account.
- Other proponents, like Mill, argue a qualitative approach. Mill believed that there can be different levels of pleasure - higher quality pleasure is better than lower quality pleasure. Mill also argues that simpler beings (he often refers to pigs) have an easier access to the simpler pleasures; since they do not see other aspects of life, they can simply indulge in their lower pleasures. The more elaborate beings tend to spend more thought on other matters and hence lessen the time for simple pleasure. It is therefore more difficult for them to indulge in such "simple pleasures" in the same manner.
Contemporary approaches
Contemporary proponents of hedonism include Swedish philosopher Torbjörn Tännsjö[19] and Fred Feldman.[20]
Michel Onfray
A dedicated contemporary hedonist philosopher and writer on the history of hedonistic thought is the French Michel Onfray. He has written two books directly on the subject (L'invention du plaisir : fragments cyréaniques[21] and La puissance d'exister : Manifeste hédoniste[22]). He defines hedonism "as an introspective attitude to life based on taking pleasure yourself and pleasuring others, without harming yourself or anyone else."[23] "Onfray's philosophical project is to define an ethical hedonism, a joyous utilitarianism, and a generalized aesthetic of sensual materialism that explores how to use the brain's and the body's capacities to their fullest extent -- while restoring philosophy to a useful role in art, politics, and everyday life and decisions."[24]
Onfray's works "have explored the philosophical resonances and components of (and challenges to) science, painting, gastronomy, sex and sensuality, bioethics, wine, and writing. His most ambitious project is his projected six-volume Counter-history of Philosophy,"[24] of which three have been published. For him "In opposition to the ascetic ideal advocated by the dominant school of thought, hedonism suggests identifying the highest good with your own pleasure and that of others; the one must never be indulged at the expense of sacrificing the other. Obtaining this balance – my pleasure at the same time as the pleasure of others – presumes that we approach the subject from different angles – political, ethical, aesthetic, erotic, bioethical, pedagogical, historiographical…."
For this he has "written books on each of these facets of the same world view."[25] His philosophy aims "for "micro-revolutions, " or revolutions of the individual and small groups of like-minded people who live by his hedonistic, libertarian values."[26]
The Abolitionist Society is a transhumanist group calling for the abolition of suffering in all sentient life through the use of advanced biotechnology. Their core philosophy is negative utilitarianism. David Pearce is a theorist of this perspective and he believes and promotes the idea that there exists a strong ethical imperative for humans to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life. His book-length internet manifesto The Hedonistic Imperative[27] outlines how technologies such as genetic engineering, nanotechnology, pharmacology, and neurosurgery could potentially converge to eliminate all forms of unpleasant experience among human and non-human animals, replacing suffering with gradients of well-being, a project he refers to as "paradise engineering".[28] A transhumanist and a vegan,[29] Pearce believes that we (or our future posthuman descendants) have a responsibility not only to avoid cruelty to animals within human society but also to alleviate the suffering of animals in the wild.
There is a critical point where the value of hedonistic properties is affected by actual age and the depreciation schedule turns upward.
It is argued that if social constructionism is going to come to grips with morality and agency, it must abandon explanations that invoke the necessary causation of metaphysical abstractions such as hedonism.[30]
See also
- Affectionism
- Hedonistic relevance
- Libertinism
- Paradox of hedonism
- Pleasure principle (psychology)
- Psychological hedonism
Further reading
- Fred Feldman (2006). Pleasure and the Good Life: Concerning the Nature, Varieties, and Plausibility of Hedonism. Oxford University Press.
- Fred Feldman (1997). Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert: Essays in Moral Philosophy. Cambridge University Press
- Fred Feldman (2010). What Is This Thing Called Happiness?. Oxford University Press
- Michel Onfray (2002). L'invention du plaisir : fragments cyréaniques. Le Livre de Poche.
- Michel Onfray (2006). La puissance d'exister : Manifeste hédoniste. Grasset & Fasquelle
- David Pearce. The Hedonistic Imperative
- Torbjörn Tännsjö (1998). Hedonistic Utilitarianism. Edinburgh University Press
- Notes
- ^ a b Hedonism, 2004-04-20 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- ^ Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics 6. p. 567.
- ^ Антон Дробович (2012). №2. Практична філософія. pp. 184–185.
- ^
- ^ Антон Дробович (2012). №2. Практична філософія. p. 185.
- ^ p. 125, C.C.W. Taylor, "Democritus", in C. Rowe & M. Schofield (eds.), Greek and Roman Political Thought, Cambridge 2005.
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 86
- ^ Reale & Catan 1986, p. 274
- ^ a b c Copleston 2003, p. 121
- ^ Reale & Catan 1986, pp. 274–5
- ^ a b Annas 1995, p. 230
- ^ a b c Annas 1995, p. 231
- ^ Copleston 2003, p. 122
- ^ Tim O'Keefe, Epicurus on Freedom, Cambridge University Press, 2005, p.134
- ^ Epicurus Principal Doctrines tranls. by Robert Drew Hicks (1925)
- ^ Christian Hedonism Forgive the Label, But Don't Miss the Truth - Desiring God
- ^ Jonathan Edwards, A treatise concerning religious affections (Dublin: J. Ogle, 1812)[1](accessed on Google Book on July 26, 2009)
- ^ , Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology for Edexcel A2 Biology 2009.
- ^ Torbjörn Tännsjö; Hedonistic Utilitarianism. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (1998).
- ^ Fred Feldman(2006). Pleasure and the Good Life: Concerning the Nature, Varieties, and Plausibility of Hedonism. Oxford University Press and (1997). Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert: Essays in Moral Philosophy. Cambridge University Press
- ^ http://www.amazon.es/Linvention-plaisir-Fragments-cyr%C3%A9na%C3%AFques-Biblio/dp/2253943231
- ^ http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/2290054526/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=479289967&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=2253083976&pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_r=055JCMT72GK8V673HPSR
- ^ http://newhumanist.org.uk/1421 "Atheism à la mode"
- ^ a b Introductory Note to Onfray by Doug Ireland
- ^ Michel Onfray: A philosopher of the Enlightenment
- ^ France, Media, Michel Onfray, A self labeled Anarchist
- ^ "The Hedonistic Imperative".
- ^ "The Genomic Bodhisattva". H+ Magazine. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Criação animal intensiva. Um outro Holocausto?". Revista do Instituto Humanitas Unisinos. 2011.
- ^ Gantt, Edwin. "Social constructionism and the ethics of hedonism". US: Division 24 of the American Psychological Association, the Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology.
- Sources
External links
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry
- Manifesto of the Hedonist International
- The Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, volume 6, page 567
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Stimulating the brain with a very small electrical current through the forehead could boost a student's ability to learn and remember basic mathematics, a provocative experiment suggets.
The work, published online Thursday by the journal Current Biology, could help those who struggle with mental arithmetic. But the study was small and the long-term effect wasn't profound.
The study tested something called transcranial random noise stimulation, a technique that sends a tiny current to the brain.
The current, generated by a small electronic device, is delivered through two electrodes attached to the temple. The electricity seems to affect the brain's neurons, which themselves use electrical signals to communicate with each other.
The results are preliminary, and alpha parents seeking an edge for their children shouldn't risk electrocution. "Do not try this at home," says Jackie Thompson, a psychologist at the University of Oxford in the U.K.
Some studies suggest that up to 1 in 5 of us has difficulty learning basic math, according to Thompson. Thompson and her colleagues thought that very slight electrical stimulation could help. Electrical stimulation has sometimes been shown to boost basic cognitive skills, Thompson says.
To find out if it could help with more complex brain functions, the team tried mathematics. They took 25 students and asked them to memorize a series of made-up mathematical equations. For example, 4 # 12 = 17. The idea was to test their ability to memorize sums that they hadn't seen before.
All the students had two electrodes stuck to their foreheads, but only half received the tiny electrical signal. The signal was too small to be felt, and even the researchers conducting the tests didn't know who had received a signal and who hadn't.
When they went back and checked, they found that those who had received the stimulation appeared to memorize their sums faster and better than those who hadn't. Moreover, the effect seemed to last for six months after the stimulation. But it wasn't as strong.
Researchers aren't quite sure how it works, but co-author author Thompson says that the electrical signal may get brain cells synchronized: "Kind of like if you have eight rowers in a boat, if they're all rowing together they go faster," she says.
Researchers hope that their new technique could eventually be developed into a tool to help those with learning disabilities, or anyone who finds they are severely math challenged. But Thompson says that more research is needed to see what method of stimulation works best.


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Enhance the experience of the film Keep On Keepin' On by spending the evening with one of its star subjects: the exciting blind jazz pianist Justin Kauflin, with his Trio composed of drummer Billy Williams, and bassist Christopher Smith. With introduction by Quincy Jones.
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Justin Kauflin is an award-winning jazz pianist who lost his vision due to a rare degenerative eye disease at age 11. After losing his sight, music and the piano became the driving force of Justin's growth as a child. Kauflin met drummer Billy Williams during high school and has counted him as one of his favorite live collaborators. After his time at William Paterson University, Justin added bassist Christopher Smith to his lineup to create his Trio.
During his college years, Justin had the chance to meet and be mentored by the great legendary trumpeter Clark Terry. Clark and Justin's relationship has been chronicled in the recent documentary, Keep On Keepin' On co-produced by Quincy Jones. Kauflin is working on recording a new album for release at the end of the year.
The elegant acoustics of the Triple Door create the perfect venue for the extraordinarily talented. Don't miss this opportunity to hear SIFF 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Quincy Jones introduce in person one of this year's Face the Music stars-and a future jazz great-live during SIFF's 40th anniversary.
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Paper Vs. Poly Feed Bags I am hoping to get some opinions here about paper vs poly feed bags. I work for a feed manufacturer who would like to get the horse owner opinion on this. Do you prefer one over the other? Do you recycle or throw away bags? Have you had any issues or good experiences with either? All thoughts and opinions would be appreciated. Thanks!:lol: |
I prefer paper because it is easier and more eco-efficient to depose of. I really like the ones that have the tabs on top to make opening easier. That being said, it's more important what is in the bag rather then the bag itself. I would not switch to a different feed just because of the bag. |
I also prefer paper but the feed I buy now is in poly bags. I do re-use a few of them to put out fly bait on in my barn. When we used to get paper bags, I used them as starter for my fire pit. |
We get both types, for different feeds. I like the poly because they take up less space, but the paper are easier to fold nicely and stack inside another bag. We reuse them, both types, for trash around the barn and garden. |
Poly, the resist moisture better if the floor is damp and they make great trash bags. I shovel the contents of our pigpen into one when I clean it. Neat, tidy and clean to then carry to the dumpster. |
Poly are easier to reuse, and wont get damp. I never really thought about it though. I honestly cant remember what my usual food come in. Instead of worrying about the bag howabout NOT putting made in CHINA ingredients in the bag. |
Hmm.. I dont really care, but if I had a choice, paper... Because they are easier to cut, and with poly, I always end up with pieces of poly in my grain- its not the company, it just comes loose and falls into the grain when I cut it.. |
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Both. I prefer paper because it's easier to dispose of but I like poly because they don't let water into the feed as easily if you happen to get rained on, on the way home. Not that I've seen rain recently or remember what it is.....:-) I use both types when lining my feed barn trash cans so I can then put them into the weekly trash. |
I prefer paper but my cubes are in a poly bag. They do indeed make excellent shopping bags!!! You could put a truck in them. |
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Posted on: 19 October, 2016
Haunted tours of East Central University's Dorothy Summers Theatre in Science Hall are available, from 8 p.m.-11 p.m., Oct. 24-29, as the ECU Chorale, a student musical singing group, hosts "Choralloween." Admission is $5 if you dare to enter and snacks will be available for purchase. Questions or reassurances can be addressed by calling 580-559-5993 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Posted on: 17 October, 2016
Senior Environmental Health Scientist Vince Radke will speak on "Smallpox: Eradicating the World's Deadliest Disease – A Personal Experience" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, in East Central University's Stanley Wagner Ballroom of the Memorial Student Union.
The event is free and open to the public and is being co-sponsored by ECU's Environmental Health Science Club and Tri-Beta Biology Club. Refreshments will be served.
Posted on: 13 October, 2016
East Central University's Foundation Hall in the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center will be the setting for the first Oka' Institute Water Sustainability Conference, Wednesday-Thursday, Oct. 26-27.
After a 5 p.m. reception on Wednesday, Oct. 26, Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby will deliver the keynote address shortly after dinner to open the conference. Anoatubby will be introduced by Chancellor Glen Johnson, of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
Posted on: 12 October, 2016
Thousands of high school marching band members will take to East Central University's Norris Field at Koi Ishto Stadium for the annual Tigerpalooza Band Contest, Saturday, Oct. 15, at 12:30 p.m. Tigerpalooza was organized in 2010 in memory of Bron Warren. Proceeds from the marching band contest go to provide a scholarship to an outstanding student in instrumental music at ECU. This photo is from 2015 as members of the Warren family pose with members of the winning Deer Creek High School band. Admission to the contest is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 7-12.
Posted on: 12 October, 2016
Bringing awareness and breaking down stigmas to mental illness in teens of Pontotoc County is the goal of the new Project Aware Grant Program at East Central University.
The grant, written by Holli Witherington of the Brandon Whitten Institute, was awarded to ECU in the fall of 2015 and is part of a national program sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Posted on: 11 October, 2016
The East Central University School of Nursing recently received a $51,943 grant to renovate part of the school into a simulation lab, which will assist nursing students. The funds came from the Valley View Health and Wellness Foundation, which awards grants to organizations that promote area residents' health and well-being. Presenting the check at far left is Tom Bolitho, of the Valley View Foundation. Also pictured on the front row (from left) are Leah Lyon, ECU director of sponsored programs and research; Lori Wightman, president of Mercy Hospital, Ada; Dr.
Posted on: 11 October, 2016
Craig Kurtz, proud East Central University alumnus and basketball player for legendary head coach Wayne Cobb, is the new chief executive officer of the ECU Foundation, Inc.
For Kurtz, the return to ECU is a chance at reconnect with friends and build relationships with valued alumni.
"It's fun to have the opportunity to meet graduates. Not many people love the university more than I do," Kurtz proclaimed.
Posted on: 11 October, 2016
In an effort to pitch a business idea and trade on a virtual stock market, high school and college students are invited to participate in the East Central University Tiger Tank Competition set for Thursday, Nov. 3, in ECU's Stonecipher School of Business at the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
The competition goes from 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. with the Leonard Limes Lecture and lunch to follow from 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. in ECU Foundation Hall of the CBCC.


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Normally, after swallowing, a valve between the esophagus and stomach opens to allow food to pass, and then it closes to prevent stomach contents from "refluxing" back into the esophagus. For people who suffer from GERD, the valve is dysfunctional and unable to prevent acid from refluxing into the esophagus.


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My friend and I would like to know your thoughts on Sarah Whitmore's column where she complains about the WMA not getting an opportunity to race on Sunday at the Nationals and how she is going to lose out on sponsorship money. Correct me if I am wrong but, don't people go to the nationals to watch the AMA Lites and Motocross riders race? When I am paying a thousand dollars for airline, rental car, hotel and tickets to a race it's not to watch a bunch of women roll around the track. It's to watch riders, in awe, as they make the difficult look easy.
Dear Ed,
Ed is mad because Sarah is faster photo: Simon Cudby
You dirty, narrow-minded, male chauvinist pig. That is completely sexist and inappropriate. (That was to keep "White Chocolate" and our female readers from jumping me at the next race I attend) The truth is that the women's race can be fun to watch, especially if Jessica "UFC" Patterson starts throwing punches like a Fox-clad Tito Ortiz with mammary glands after the moto. And they do have more value to sponsors if they are racing as part of the men's races because more people are watching them race, even if it is just by virtue of close proximity. And I think they should be able to make some money from their sponsors. Sure, the main show is certainly the Lites and Motocross riders but what's wrong with throwing in the gals here and there? Let me ask you this… Can you ride as fast as those women? Or is that what's making you so angry?
Ping- first off, love the column. Recently you replied to an email about tracks shutting down in Orange County, at the end of the reply you said "get out of California as fast as you can." Sounds great and all but I ask you please to never say things like that ever again. I am from Montana, not unlike yourself, and I would hope that you have noticed the massive growth in North Idaho and Montana regions. Because if you have been up I-15 past Utah you have noticed the moving trucks coming from California by the convoy. So please don't encourage the tree-hugging, democratic liberals that fill California to move and spoil the rest of the western states. We're running out of places normal people can live.
Max Horner
Dear Max,
Let me clarify that statement because I think some people may have gotten the wrong idea. What I meant was that people should leave California and go anywhere but Montana. In fact, everything west of the Rockies is pretty much off limits. My suggestion is that folks head someplace super-sweet like Arkansas or, like, Oklahoma. Or, if you want to live somewhere with a funny name, take up residence in Troy Adam's hometown of Homosassa, Florida. Try saying that without giggling… You can't do it! Homosassa. That's just plain funny.
There, Max, I hope that helps. You know what, though? Even if people did decide to try out life in Big Sky Country, they would come running back to southern California's smoggy mess after one Montana winter. I think we're going to be okay.
Hey Ping,
I'm 17 years old and love riding i sneak out to the tracks when I can but my parents are goofs and hate the idea of me racing. Can you help to get through there thick skull that racing isn't all about 4th gear soil samples that lead to a trip to the hospital?
MX is a great sport for the entire family photo: Simon Cudby
Dear Brad,
So, they don't want you to participate in a family-oriented sport that teaches kids about work ethic, discipline, sportsmanship and competition? Maybe you should tell them that if they aren't willing to support you then you'll just start hanging out with the local high school burnouts and partying every single weekend. You might end up drinking alcohol, smoking, doing drugs and maybe even picking up a nice little criminal record from your delinquent escapades but at least you won't crash on a motorcycle. Nice work, mom and dad; way to think that one through.
Honestly, Brad, your parents think they are doing the right thing for you and that is commendable. The problem is that they don't understand the sport of motocross. Get them out to a race or two and explain to them that not only is it a sport that you are passionate about but it is something you can do as a family. I don't know how they can argue with that.


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One Child Matters is an organization with a long history and hope for the future. As an internationally respected child development ministry, One Child Matters seeks to demonstrate the love of Jesus to children in poverty by meeting their basic needs and providing opportunities for development and growth. Our goal is to show each child that he or she matters in this world – matters to us, the sponsors, and most importantly, to God.
This was a prayerful and exciting decision several years in the making. Three years ago, Mission of Mercy changed its tagline to One Child Matters, believing it captured the vision of our ministry to ensure children knew their true worth in God's eyes.
We believe that our new name puts our ministry focus front and center: children. When you sponsor a child or donate to our programs, you help confirm a child's worth and value. In Matthew 19:14, Jesus told his disciples to "let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." We believe that as a sponsor, you are the hands and feet of Jesus bringing hope, truth, life, love, and mercy to those who have very little – and that's a ministry after God's own heart.
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Of course! If we do anything, we want to communicate that each and every child matters, especially in God's eyes. For many people, however, the problem of poverty seems so vast and overwhelming that it can be difficult to know what you can do to make a difference.
That's why we focus on the individual child. We believe that one person can change the life of one child for eternity. In Jesus we saw that one person can change everything for another – and we choose to apply the same model of ministry to our work with children. The problem of poverty can be overwhelming, but by stepping up for one child, you can change the world for many.[back to top]
No – the heart of our ministry is the same. We still want to equip children in developing nations to reach their God-given potential by creating opportunities for spiritual, physical, social, mental, and emotional development. Sponsorship brings hope, truth, life, love, and mercy to a child who can then go on to change his or her own community and world.
The program your child attends will continue to meet your child at his or her point of need in a caring, compassionate way. Our staff in the field have already expressed that our new name and tagline help them more clearly frame the work they are already doing. We like to think that our name will also remind each child that the reason they have a sponsor and attend our programs is because they matter not only to us but to God.
Aside from some signage and print materials, few things will change for our international staff. We are always looking for ways to increase the impact we have on children in the developing world, and the staff who work directly with the children see this as an opportunity to reemphasize who we are in their community. The ministry and programs, however, will not change.
Since Mission of Mercy was incorporated in 1974, there has always been a special emphasis on helping children. In the past 10 years, however, that focus intensified and the ministry became completely child-centered.
The name One Child Matters was born out of a series of staff brainstorming sessions several years ago and became our tagline. As we felt God leading us toward making this name change, we spent over a year in prayer and sought wise counsel from other trusted ministry partners and leaders. Recognizing that One Child Matters focused on the positive impact one person could make on the life of a child and thus captured our goal and purpose in ministry, our board of directors unanimously approved the name change and set the course for the transition for late fall in 2012.
The entire staff brought One Child Matters into focus. A team of staff members also worked on initial logo concepts for several months. Some wonderful partners at a creative design company helped synthesize those ideas into the colorful heart you see today with the One Child Matters name.
Our in-house communications team then shepherded all of the changes needed to transition from Mission of Mercy to One Child Matters. As a staff, we feel strongly that God led us and helped us make this an efficient and effective change so that more children will be reached.
We praise God that we have been able to avoid the costs usually associated with such a change. Typically, an outside consulting firm is hired to guide the changes, but we were able to do much of the work in-house.
The main costs were incurred in printing new materials such as sponsorship brochures, booklets, and other pieces. However, we carefully managed that inventory so that our reprinting would occur just as we made this transition. All the new pieces fell neatly into our existing budget.
Of the few costs incurred during this transition, all were offset by specific donations to support the ministry's growth. No sponsorship funds were used in this transition. We are committed to the principles of good stewardship for the sake of the children, and God continues to bless our efforts to make our ministry as efficient as possible.
In the coming weeks, you will see many changes to our website and communications designed to keep the focus on the children. We are thrilled that the new logo and bright colors add energy and reemphasize our outreach to children, but that the heart of the ministry remains the same.
No, if you already follow us or have liked us on Facebook, that connection will remain. You will see our name change from Mission of Mercy to One Child Matters on Facebook, but Twitter and our other avenues of social media outreach are already using the One Child Matters name.
Our old website URL (www.missionofmercy.org) will automatically redirect you to www.onechildmatters.org . You'll also notice the look of the website will change to reflect that logo we love so much!
Our current processes remain the same; however, you will notice that the look and feel of the stationery you use to encourage your child has been redesigned. You can send an electronic letter via the My Account feature on our website, and we will continue to explore additional methods of writing and speaking truth into your child's life.
If you had already signed up for Electronic Fund Transfers or direct debits from your credit or debit card, those will continue. You may notice on your bank statement that our name will be listed as One Child Matters/Mission of Mercy for the next year.
If you don't give automatically, please consider signing up for EFT. The more we can save on processing and bank fees, the more funds we can direct toward the children. You can learn more here.
To learn more about the heart behind this change, please watch the video from our president, Mark Pluimer which you can find here.
You can also read stories about the process and why we're so excited to continue in this ministry by visiting our blog, www.onechildmattersblog.org .
If you have further questions, please call as at 800.864.0200 Monday –Thursday, 8:00 AM-5:30 PM (Mountain Time), and 8 AM-2 PM on Fridays (Mountain Time). You can also send your questions to email@example.com and we will respond as quickly as we can.
One Child Matters is a child sponsorship ministry helping to meet the physical and spiritual needs of children in poverty-stricken areas of the world. Through One Child Matters programs, children directly benefit from:
Your sponsorship opens a door of opportunity to children who have known little else but poverty. The commitment you make allows program staff to love and encourage your sponsored child in a stable and supportive environment.
Our mission is to equip children in developing nations to reach their God-given potential by creating opportunities for spiritual, physical, social, mental and emotional development.
One Child Matters recognizes that children are extremely important to the kingdom of God. Our programs vary by country and area based on need. One Child Matters focuses on holistic growth in child development centers, schools, and children's homes, among others. For more information on how we work, visit this page.
The vision of One Child Matters goes back to 1954, when missionaries Mark and Huldah Buntain arrived in Kolkata (Calcutta), India to begin more than three decades of ministry among Kolkata's poor and needy. God was moving, and the ministry was incorporated as Mission of Mercy in 1974. In the year following Mark Buntain's death in 1989, Mission of Mercy came under the leadership of Bethesda Ministries who committed to provide administrative and financial support to the organization.
Although the ministry's focus began to expand beyond India to other countries, the intent remained the same: continue to proclaim the message of the grace and redemption available through Jesus Christ while meeting the practical needs of the poor, one child at a time.
Our purpose and calling was confirmed in that vision – focusing on the one, just as Jesus did when the crowds pressed in around Him. Our goal to find others who believe that one child matters and empower them to change that child's life moved from a statement of belief to the core philosophy of our ministry, to the actual name of our ministry itself.
Today, One Child Matters is working in 15 of the poorest countries in the world, bringing hope, truth, life, love, and mercy to more than 40,000 children through child sponsorship. To God be the glory!
One Child Matters is currently working in 16 countries on three continents, in low-income and developing areas. Visit our Where We Work page for more information about sponsoring children in specific countries.
One Child Matters' headquarters is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Brian and Ashley McCann's son Colt Michael was born at 2:03 p.m. 7 lbs 1 ounce. Everybody is good. McCann plans to play tomorrow (Carroll)
— David O'Brien (@ajcbraves) July 13, 2012
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Congrats to Brian & Ashley McCann on the birth of their son, Colt McCann! WIth that name he is almost assured of being a star athlete #fact
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It's never been easy to access -- much less analyze -- the vast amount of data available to, for example, determine changes in customer behavior or sentiment, optimize routing of telephone switches based on call patterns, or analyze financial portfolio pricing or risk. Traditional business intelligence systems rely on highly structured (and usually transactional) data stored in massive data cubes and data warehouses, which requires significant upfront work to decide what is being analyzed and to ensure all the data is consistent with that goal -- that is, you know what you are looking for. But that approach isn't useful for exploring trends or patterns, especially in external data that wasn't formatted for your needs.
And there is lots and lots of that data -- recently been coined "big data" -- out there that could provide insight if only you could access it and analyze it. To address this need, Appistry today announced CloudIQ Storage, a new addition to its CloudIQ Platform analytics service. CloudIQ Storage lets you store vast amounts of unstructured and semistructured data -- the company claims its architecture can handle petabytes of information -- to which you can then run exploratory analytics on.
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Appistry says its distributed-file-system approach reduces the risk of bottlenecks in the access to and storage of the data. When used with its CloudIQ Platform, Appistry says CloudIQ Storage lets the analytics application "workloads" be run wherever the data is stored. By moving the workloads to the data, rather taking than the traditional approach of moving the data to the application, Appistry says the analytics results are available faster.
The company also announced a version of CloudIQ Storage for use with Apache Hadoop, an open source "big data" analytics project that relies on the MapReduce software framework for distributed processing created by Google. Appistry says the Hadoop version of CloudIQ replaces the Hadoop "namenode" -- the metadata repository -- with a clustered version that distributes the repository across multiple nodes, both to reduce the chance of a repository error bringing down the whole system and to allow for distributed workload processing. (Hadoop is used by several database providers, including IBM, Teradata, and Sybase, and by cloud analytics provider CloudEra.)
CloudIQ Storage is expected to be available by July for both private cloud and public cloud environments.
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The Mess in Texas
Texas's Unwanted-Baby Boom
The war on women is a nationwide phenomenon, but nowhere are women in more danger of having their reproductive health undermined at every turn than in Texas. Under the leadership of Gov. Rick Perry and a Republican Party completely in the thrall of the religious right, Christian fundamentalists have launched a three-pronged attack on the well-being of women of the state: undermine access to contraception by eliminating government funding of it, eradicate sex education so that young people don't know how to use contraception effectively, and shut down abortion clinics so that women cannot safely and legally terminate all those unwanted pregnancies. As a result, being a woman in Texas is now a very different proposition than being a woman in a more liberal state like New York, creating the sort of inequality between citizens based on nothing but geography.
The recent filibuster of a massive abortion bill during the first special session of the state legislature in Texas drew national attention to the attacks on abortion access in the state. While Republicans lost that round, their determination to wage war on Texas women didn't wane, and Perry called another special session, this one just for the purpose of eliminating most of the abortion providers in the state and all providers for those living in the western half of Texas, which includes major urban areas like El Paso, Lubbock, and Midland-Odessa, as well as the entire Rio Grande Valley area. The requirements, a hodgepodge of regulations including bogus admitting privilege requirements and utterly unnecessary demands that clinics meet state standards for ambulatory surgical centers, are projected to shut down 37 of the state's 42 clinics.
The impact of this loss would be severe for Texas women. In 2008 84,610 women had abortions in Texas, for a rate of 16.5 abortions for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. That means each individual clinic is seeing dozens of patients a week, but the number per clinic of women trying to get abortions will expand exponentially if most of the state's clinics close. That makes it impossible for all the women, or even most of the women, who need an abortion to get one—something anti-choice legislators are counting on.
Anti-abortion activists would have you believe that the thousands upon thousands of women who want abortions but can't get them will be turned into either happy, glowing mothers or saintly birth mothers giving their babies up for adoption as a result of this sudden loss of access. The truth is much darker. Already declining access in the state has created a black market for abortion. Women go to Mexico to buy ulcer medications that induce miscarriage and are available over the counter, or even at flea markets, and often end up in abortion clinics anyway, trying to fix the half-aborted pregnancy that results because they took the wrong dosage. If more clinics disappear, it could turn this haphazard strategy into a major underground, quasi-legal operation. Unfortunately, thanks to the new anti-abortion legislation, there won't be clinics there to clean up the damage, and women might have to press their luck in emergency rooms instead.
Of course, there will be plenty of women unable or afraid to take matters into their own hands and therefore forced to bear children against their will. And while this is exactly what anti-choicers want, let's be clear: they have no desire to deal with the negative outcomes of this.
After all, Texas is already suffering the ill effects from the last brilliant idea that Perry and the Texas GOP ginned up to advance the religious-right agenda by undermining women's access to contraception and abortion. Texas Republicans have been slashing family-planning funding and, in an unprecedented attack on contraception access, rejected $30 million in Medicaid funding that's earmarked for contraception and gynecological care—money that explicitly cannot go to abortion—in a direct attempt to shut down as many affordable family-planning clinics (like Planned Parenthood) as possible. There was some weak abortion-related excuse, because many of these clinics also offer abortion, but in the end, it was simply an expansion of a longstanding campaign against contraception use by the anti-choice movement, a campaign that's most well known for introducing anti-contraception propaganda into classrooms under the guise of "abstinence-only education."
The result of this whimsical experiment in separating women from their contraception was not widespread recommitment to abstinence, despite Perry's jovial insistence that it's the only acceptable option for those who aren't in a procreative spirit. The state's health commission projects a drastic rise in the unplanned birth rate, predicting 24,000 extra unplanned births in 2014–15. That's just counting the ones who don't manage to get an abortion in time. A little under half of women who have an unplanned pregnancy abort it, so we can expect to see that projected number rise precipitously if this abortion bill is passed—though by how much is hard to say, because it's impossible to know how many women will go out of state or avail themselves of black- and gray-market drugs to abort pregnancies in lieu of seeing safe, legal providers within the state. Right now the projected excess of 24,000 births is expected to cost taxpayers $273 million just in Medicaid costs; with the thousands more that added that wanted but couldn't get an abortion, the cost to the taxpayer will also blow up.
Not that Texas Republicans seem to care too much about how this will hurt women, children, and taxpayers. They're too worried that there are still young people in the state that think they get to have sex like they're free human beings with rights. During the debate over the abortion bill before the July Fourth holiday, a Democratic state representative, Donna Howard, expressed a desire to improve contraception education for young people in order to lower the demand for abortion in the first place. Her Republican colleagues angrily disagreed, with one representative, Steve Toth, claiming that sex education is bad because it gets teenagers "hot and bothered."
Beyond just being laughably obtuse—there is nothing less sexy in this world than watching your gym teacher explain how to use a condom—Toth's comment illuminated what's at the heart of all of these struggles over reproductive rights in Texas. Texas Republicans are deeply, obsessively worried that people, especially young people, aren't abstaining from sex, and they really, really want them to. They can't make them stop screwing, so they're going to move to the next best option: make the consequences of sex as painful and hard to avoid as possible. That means cutting contraception funding, eliminating sex education, and, of course, making sure that, once young women are pregnant, there's no safe way out of their dilemma. To satisfy their moralizing obsession with sex, everyone else will just have to suffer.


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by Helen Dunne on 06/11/2009 13:34:00 in CorpComms Online | share me: del.icio.us | digg | reddit | Tweet
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When 'Greek shipping tycoon' Achilleas Kallakis sold a penthouse in St James's Square for a reported world record £115 million in March last year, it seemed inevitable that he would soon seek to develop his other property on the Georgian Square.
Unfortunately, the tenants at number 32 were not aware of the illustrious history of Kallakis. And this week those tenants, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, revealed that trusting their former landlord would result in a £700,000 loss this year.
Exactly one year after his record-setting property sale, Kallakis was under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office with relation to an estimated £1 billion spending spree that included the Victoria-based headquarters of Telegraph Media Group, the Home Office's Immigration & Nationality Directorate in Croydon and the Department of Health in Vauxhall.
He also owns Orion House, the tallest building in Covent Garden, which is home to financial PR consultants Maitland - for which he paid £80 million last year.
Indeed, from his rented apartment at Carlos Place in Mayfair and an address in Monaco, Kallakis managed to build up a 1.6 million square foot property portfolio - marginally bigger than White City!
The high stakes poker player, who is known as 'The Don' in gambling circles and once won $1 million in one game, even looked into acquiring the Honda Formula 1 racing team when it was put up for sale.
But behind the wealthy façade - his wife Pamela and four children lived in a £4 million townhouse on Brompton Square in Knightsbridge - all was not what it seemed.
Indeed, while a paid-for listing on Who's Who in America implies Kallakis is a wealthy international businessman and ambassador of the Republic of San Marino to the Sultan of Brunei - allowing him to use the honorary title 'His Excellency' - he is actually Stefan Michalis Kollakis, who 14 years ago was convicted of conspiracy to commit forgery. (It seems unlikely that he is related to the Greek shipping family that bears the Kallakis name.)
The conviction followed an investigation by Cambridgeshire police into claims that he was selling fake Hong Kong passports for $50,000 each.
When the police raided the home of Kollakis, who then worked in a Croydon travel agency, they found hundreds of forged documents and learned that he was selling false 'lordships' to Americans, Australians and Arabs for £85,000 apiece.
The Guardian reported that Kollakis bought the titles from the Manorial Society of Great Britain, subdivided them into districts and offered them for sale in newspaper adverts. He claimed that the process of splitting and increasing the number of titles, known as subinfudation, was legal, even though it was banned in 1290.
Kollakis actually used forged passports and false names to establish the Institution of Heraldic Affairs.
Eight years ago, the newly named Kallakis emerged on London's property scene and presented himself to commercial lenders, including Allied Irish Banks, as a bona fide developer. He failed to mention the string of failed ventures, including SS Manxman, a floating disco boat moored at West Waterloo Dock in Liverpool, and Dewsbury nightclub Electras.
Kallakis claimed that his company Atlas Management Corporation ran his Pacific Group property investments, which generated considerable rental income.
It was only when Allied Irish Banks conducted an internal review of its property portfolio last year that it uncovered some problems with the paperwork relating to Kallakis's companies.
When presenting the bank with proof that Atlas Management Corporation could repay the interest on any loans, Kallakis included paperwork claiming that a major property company had taken an interest in his mortgaged buildings and had guaranteed a minimum level of income.
It emerged that the paperwork was bogus. The Serious Fraud Office believes other 'financial institutions have also been deceived by the suspects'. AIB has since sold many of the properties on which the loans were secured, booking a £56 million loss.
Indeed the only beneficiaries from this sorry tale appear to be Westminster Council, who insisted that Kallakis pay £4 million into a fund for affordable housing when he acquired 7-8 St James's Square for £120 million in September last year, and applied for permission to convert the seven storey Thirties office block into eight flats.
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Behavioral segmentation divides a population based on their behavior, the way the population respond to, use or know of a product. Consumer behavior is a subject studied in depth over time in marketing management. This is mainly because there are several factors which a consumer takes into consideration before taking a decision. Thus consumer decision making is affected by his behavior and that is exactly how the behavioral segments are targeted.
Lets take a simple example of behavioral segmentation. I am writing this article in the month of December which is Christmas time. Christmas is on the 25th of December. Would you start targeting your segment on the 23rd or 24th of December? You will probably start targeting that segment from 1st December itself. After Christmas we have new year. Thus both of the occasions are such that companies would have to finalize which behavior they want to target. They cannot target both as it leaves only 6 days for the marketing of new year. Example – Hotels and restaurants will target new year as they will have more customers over the new year which is a moment of outdoor celebration whereas Christmas is more of a family celebration. Several other mass marketing companies strategically target "Christmas and new year".
Forms of Behavioral segmentation
Buying on occasions – As mentioned in the above example, buying on occasions is the first form of behavioral segmentation. Products such as chocolates and premium foods will sell on festivals. Similarly, confectioneries will sell when there is a party. Thus these products are generally targeted by behavioral segmentation.
The best example of targeting buying on occasions is Hallmark cards – greeting cards for all occasions. The primary targeting of hallmark was that be it any occasion, you will find the right kind of card for you. Thus you have the perfect option to express yourself.
Benefits sought – Several products are targeted towards the benefits sought by the customer. Recently, there has been a war between Colgate and sensodyne to target the people who have sensitive teeth. Similarly, there are other toothpastes which are targeted towards whitening of teeth. Hair shampoos are targeted towards split ends, anti dandruff or others.
The above examples explain what is the role of benefits in behavioral segmentation. Thus a marketer can divide a population based on the benefits they seek within a product.
Loyalty – There are two ways to grow a business. First is to acquire new customers and second is to retain your existing customers. The more loyal your customer is to you, the more your customer base will increase. That's one more kind of behavior which marketers target. The strategies for brand loyal customers is very different from that used for acquiring new customers.
The best example of behavioral segmentation by loyalty is observed in the hospitality segment wherein airlines, hotels, restaurants and others give their best to provide the best service possible such that they can retain their customer. The hospitality sector is the one with the best loyalty programs ever. Thus the loyalty of the customer can also be used for behavioral segmentation.
Usage rate – In residential or commercial segment, the usage can be demonstrated in the form of heavy usage, moderate usage or lesser usage. Lets take the example of beauty parlors or personal care. There are some customers who use a lot of personal care products whereas others do not use personal care products much. Thus depending on their usage the customers can be targeted.
Another example of usage rate segmentations can be seen in the electronics as well as the FMCG industry in industrial buying. FMCG and electronics works on the basis of a channel with dealers and distributors. In these segments, the maximum discount goes to the one who buys the maximum whereas others get lesser profits as they also get lesser discounts.
Any product which is not targeted towards the masses generally used behavioral segmentation. It is also an excellent form of segmentation for products which are niche in nature and are targeted towards the wants and demands of customers.


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Dextrocardia is a condition in which the heart is pointed toward the right side of the chest. Normally, the heart points to the left. The condition is present at birth (congenital).
Dextroversion; Dextrorotation
During the early weeks of pregnancy, the baby's heart develops. Sometimes, it turns so that it points to the right side of the chest instead of the left side. The reasons for this are unclear.
There are several types of dextrocardia. Many types involve other defects of the heart and abdomen area.
In the simplest type of dextrocardia, the heart is a mirror image of the normal heart and there are no other problems. This condition is rare. When this occurs, the organs of the abdomen and the lungs will often also be arranged in a mirror image. For example, the liver will be on the left side instead of the right.
Some people with mirror-image dextrocardia have a problem with the fine hairs (cilia) that filter the air going into their nose and air passages. This condition is called Kartagener syndrome.
In the more common types of dextrocardia, other heart defects are also present. The most common of these include:
The abdominal and chest organs in babies with dextrocardia may be abnormal and may not work correctly. A very serious syndrome that appears with dextrocardia is called heterotaxy. In this condition, many of the organs are not in their usual places and may not work properly. For example, the spleen may be completely missing. The spleen is an important part of the immune system, so babies born without this organ are in danger of severe bacterial infections and death. In another form of heterotaxy, several small spleens exist, but they may not work correctly.
Heterotaxy may also include:
Possible risk factors for dextrocardia include a family history of the condition.
There are no symptoms of dextrocardia if the heart is normal.
Conditions that may include dextrocardia may cause the following symptoms:
There are no signs of dextrocardia if the heart is normal.
Conditions that can include dextrocardia may cause the following signs:
Tests to diagnose dextrocardia include:
A complete mirror image dextrocardia with no heart defects requires no treatment. It is important, however, to let the child's health care provider know the heart is on the right side of the chest. This information can be important in some exams and tests.
The type of treatment needed depends on the heart or physical problems the infant may have in addition to dextrocardia.
If heart defects are present with dextrocardia, the baby will most likely need surgery. Babies that are very ill may need to take medicines before they can have surgery. These medicines help the baby grow larger so surgery is easier to perform.
Medicines include:
The baby might also need surgery to correct problems in the organs of the abdomen.
Children with Kartagener syndrome will need repeated treatment with antibiotics for sinus infections.
Children with a missing or abnormal spleen need long-term antibiotics.
All children with heart defects may need to get antibiotics before surgeries or dental treatments.
Babies with simple dextrocardia have a normal life expectancy and should have no problems related to the location of the heart.
When dextrocardia appears with other defects in the heart and elsewhere in the body, how well the baby does depends on the severity of the problems.
Babies and children without a spleen may have frequent infections. This is at least partially preventable with daily antibiotics.
Complications depend on whether dextrocardia is part of a larger syndrome, and whether other problems exist in the body. Complications include:
Call your health care provider if your baby:
Seek emergency care if your baby has:
Some syndromes that include dextrocardia may run in families. If you have a family history of heterotaxy, talk to your health care provider before becoming pregnant.
There are no known ways to prevent dextrocardia. However, avoiding the use of illegal drugs (especially cocaine) before and during pregnancy may lower the risk of this problem.
Talk to your health care provider if you have diabetes. This condition may contribute to your risk of having a child with certain forms of dextrocardia.
Zahka KG. Cardiovascular problems of the neonate. In: Martin RJ, Fanaroff AA, Walsh MC, eds. Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:part 8.


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Point Park narrowly loses to No. 8 Indiana Wesleyan at Northwood (Fla.) Classic
Dec. 29, 2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Point Park University women's basketball team opened the Northwood (Fla.) Classic with a narrow loss to No. 8 Indiana Wesleyan, 64-59, Tuesday.
Point Park (7-3 overall, 3-0 AMC) trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half and still trailed by 10 with eight minutes remaining. But the Pioneers made it a two-point game, 59-57, with 39 seconds to play.
But Indiana Wesleyan (12-3), which was rated as high as No. 4 in the NAIA Division II this year, held on for the five-point victory by making 5 of 6 free throws in the final 35 seconds.
Point Park had its five-game winning streak snapped and lost for the first time since Nov. 21. The Pioneers registered season lows for points and field-goal percentage after shooting 32 percent (20 of 63) from the field.
The Pioneers face American Mideast Conference rival Cedarville Wednesday at 12 p.m. The Yellow Jackets (10-3, 2-1) defeated Northwood, 67-59, Tuesday and are ranked 11th in the country.
Freshman point guard April Austin (Penn Hills/North Catholic) paced Point Park with 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals. The 5-6 Austin had a cold shooting day, however, making just 5 of 18 field goals.
Senior guard/forward Brittney Wilson (West Mifflin/West Mifflin) had nine points in the first half and ended up with 13 points and five rebounds on 5 of 11 shooting.
Katy Auth (Bellevue/Northgate), a senior guard, came off the bench to chip in 10 points and four rebounds.
Point Park got off to an early lead at 7-4, but Indiana Wesleyan mounted to big runs in the first half to take control. The Wildcats used an 11-0 run to lead 15-7 at the 13:34 mark. After Point Park got within 16-12, Indiana Wesleyan rattled off a 13-0 spurt to take its biggest lead, 29-12 with 6:05 left in the half.
The Pioneers responded with a 10-2 run to make the score 31-22 with under two minutes to go. Heather Swedish (Sewickley/Avonworth) started the rally with one of her two 3-pointers and Austin capped off the spurt with a trey of her own.
Indiana Wesleyan took a 34-25 lead into the halftime locker room, although Austin hit a 3-pointer late in the half to get the lead under 10.
At the start of the second half, Point Park quickly cut the lead to five points, 34-29, but the Wildcats bumped the lead back to 10, 39-29, just as quickly.
Indiana Wesleyan, which is just three years removed from winning the NAIA Division II national title in 2006-07, led by 12, 48-36, with 12:58 to go, and was still ahead by double digits, 52-42, with 8:00 to go.
But a 10-3 Point Park run, which was highlighted by 3-pointers from Austin and Ashley Henderson (Greensburg/Greensburg Central Catholic), brought the Pioneers within 55-52 with 3:12 left.
Indiana Wesleyan was clinging to a 57-54 lead with 1:14 to go when its All-American candidate, Elaine Hessell, missed the front end of a one-on-one. But Hessell, who had 18 points and nine rebounds, got the offensive rebound and made a layup to put the Wildcats ahead, 59-54.
Austin then converted an old-fashioned 3-point play with a jumper and a free throw to pull Point Park within 59-57 with 39 seconds on the clock.
After that, Indiana Wesleyan made 5 of 6 free throws, to seal the win. Kayla Thompson made two trips to the line and made all four shots. After Thompson's first two foul shots, Point Park missed a 3-pointer, and when Thompson made two more free throws, the Indiana Wesleyan lead was 63-57 with 22 seconds left.
Thompson wound up with 15 points and was 2 of 6 from 3-point range to join Hessell as the only other Indiana Wesleyan player in double figures. The Wildcats had 10 players reach the scoring column and shot 43 percent (20 of 43) from the floor.
Point Park forced 19 turnovers and committed 11 turnovers. Both teams made 20 field goals, but Point Park had 17 more field goal attempts. Indiana Wesleyan held a 45-33 advantage in rebounds although 13 of Point Park's boards were on the offensive end.
Joncelyn Peterkin (West Mifflin/West Mifflin) chipped in five points, six rebounds, four blocks and two steals for Point Park.
Indiana Wesleyan won its first 10 games this year to reach No. 4 in the national rankings. Since then, the Wildcats have lost three times, but each of those losses have come to teams ranked in the top 15. A member of the Mid-Central College Conference, Indiana Wesleyan has been to the NAIA Division II tournament the last three years, which included a 38-0 record and a national title in 2006-07.
Indiana Wesleyan returned four starters from last year's team, which went 24-10 and reached the Sweet 16 of the national tournament. The Wildcats were ranked No. 14 in the preseason poll.
Wednesday's game versus No. 11 Cedarville will be broadcast on internet radio by the Cedarville radio crew. Visit the Point Park women's basketball web site for links to the broadcast, which begins at 12 p.m.


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