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the argo win easily explained
Quick reaction: The Academy loves well crafted films that are about actors or acting, especially when actors save the day. These films often beat other films. Example: Shakespeare in Love beats Saving Private Ryan; the Kings Speech beats Black Swan, Inception and Social Network. Bonus: Argo had old Hollywood guys saving the day. I still liked it.
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If is is so easy to explain, why didn't you predict it, Fabio? (I did a quick search, I can't find a post where you do that. I'll stand corrected if you have.) It's not like you learned anything new about the nominated films over the past 48 hours besides who actually won. Isn't this just typical of sociological so-called explanations? Once something had happened, a sociologist can "easily" explain it. If Lincoln had won I suppose that, too, would have been a no-brainer for sociology. ;-)
To be fair, Fabio didn't say "the argo win easily predicted," he said "explained." That's different. For a social scientist to make a prediction is clear enough, but we also spend a lot of time explaining. (For example, after the 2010 congressional elections, I posted "2010: What happened?". Explanation is not the same as prediction but it's not nothing. For a famous example, Freudian theory explains a lot but does not often predict, and Freudianism has lots of problems, but it is not an empty theory. The fact that Fabio could've explained a Lincoln win does not make his Argo explanation empty.
I'm sorry the others did not respond to your question seriously, but I think it's worth thinking about.
I must confess, I hold the view that explanations are as good as the predictions they make possible. Once we abandon that constraint, the vague logic of social science is let loose upon all phenomena, and the only effect is that the deliberations of earnest practitioners, whether that be the members of the Academy or the trustees of Deep Springs college, are set aside on the authority of social theory. Let the members of the Academy protest all they want that they considered only the aesthetic merits of the films under consideration, or the trustees, that they weighed the pros and cons of co-education. Sociology knows how it really went down, it knows "quickly" and "easily" the reason why.
But I'm not sure that the light-heartedness of my original jab (and this follow up) is obvious. I hope the irony is clear. Fabio says I'm a postmodernist. And yet I'm arguing for a perfectly positivist concept of explanation!
Sort of missing the forest for the trees here…predictions from theory work well for events that are both manipulable and repeatable, so as to isolate the causal mechanisms that bring such events about — think for example about predictions about the Higgs Boson from the standard model requiring literally millions of runs in a particle collider before physicists had a sufficient distribution of events to try and find the needle in the haystack (the Higgs)
Argo on the other hand if we think in terms of historical conjunction (a Ben Afleck directed and staring spy triller set in 1970s Iran) will probably never happen again. Hence the gains to predicting another such similarly situated good is probably not worth the theoretical effort. But historical explanations why after the fact may warrant doing so in line with Andy Gellmans point above.
This is partly a terminological and partly a substantive issue. When I speak of explanations I mean causal ones. The alternative is not historical "explanation", but simply the interpretation of human events.
But my point is that by appealing to non-aesthetic criteria Fabio is in fact proposing a causal mechanism to explain Argo's Oscar. Like I say, this is just a fun example. Less fun was the case of Deep Springs, where Fabio explicitly set aside the involved party's own understanding of their actions. Here, again, he proposed a cause, an explanation that is external to reasons offered by the participants in history.
I'm not entirely against causal accounts of social events. But I am against quasi-causal ones, i.e., explanations that do not engage in the rich, complicated hermeneutic that historical understanding requires, and do not offer predictions to test the proposed causal mechanism. In the case of interpretation, as in the case of psychoanalysis, by the way, the "explanation" of behavior cannot be accepted until the subject accepts it. That's the whole difference between explanation and interpretation. Where causes can be isolated, we don't have to ask the subjects why they did as they did. In lieu of an isolable cause, we simply must listen to them.
The problem, that is, with the slide from causal explanations to "historical" ones is that it is no longer clear how those explanations might be tested. They now just have to make sense to the highly indoctrinated minds of social theorists, working in whatever theoretical tradition they happen to work in. The social cost of this authority is that historical actors are alienated from their own reasons from acting. And the result of that alienation is the increasing cynicism of social policy makers, who no longer think they have to understand their own policies.
I think that "explanation," even in the absence of "prediction," can be useful in helping us better understand our models. Fabio's Argo explanation helps him elaborate his implicit theory of the Oscars, essentially constraining his theory as compared to where it was before the awards were announced. In that sense, "explanation" is an approximation to Bayesian updating. What "explanation" does is to align the theory to fit the data, which is comparable to the statistical procedure of restricting the parameters to the zone of high likelihood for the observed data.
I'm curious what Fabio thinks of this, as he's the one who created the explanation. I am sympathetic with your (Thomas's) skepticism, but I feel like I get some value from explanations such as Fabio's (or Freud's), so I'd like to adapt my philosophy of scientific understanding to allow a role for such explanations, rather than to follow a Popper-like route and dismiss them as meaningless. Much of my career as a statistician has been devoted to adjusting the foundations to give a place for methods that are evidently (to me) helpful in understanding the world.
P.S. This has motivated me tor write something longer to eventually appear on my blog.
P.S. Also, I don't see Fabio's explanation as being inconsistent with listening to the overt explanations given by members of the Academy. I don't see Fabio's explanation as deterministic; rather, he's giving a (plausible and model-based) story as why an Oscar for Argo is more probable than it would be, compared to other hypothetical conditions (such as, I presume, an award given by a group of outsiders with no Hollywood connections). A fuller explanation would include Fabio-like theory along with direct testimony of the people involved.
Nate Silver predicted Argo, but his prediction here, like his others, was in the form of probabilities, which is what a model gives you. It doesn't give you certainty. The trouble is that post-hoc explanations often sound as though they are claiming certainty. Hans Morgenthau, long ago, was asked at a public forum (maybe about the Vietnam war) what was going to happen. His response: "Well, the answer to that is that I am a professor, not a prophet. I cannot tell you what will happen. I can only tell you why what did happen was absolutely bound to happen."
Note to self: I will not let this blog be tarnished with a Ben Affleck thread. Repeat, I will not…
I take it all back. I just noticed Colbert is pushing this theory too. So I guess it must be true!
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I have been blessed with the privilege of becoming a mom to this beautiful, creative, and smart little girl, who has the gift of a sensitive spirit and strong leadership. I'm not being sarcastic here. I am blessed. Completely and undeniably blessed. But there are moments when that little sensitive spirit and those strong leadership qualities really test my inner strength. As cute as this picture is (I mean, really, let's be honest… this kid is adorable, even when she is teething), this was not a day that I was feeling particularly confident. It was an exhausting, draining, and frustrating day full of teething and sickness. If you're a parent reading this, I know you get it. This is just a small picture of the journey I have been on since day 1 of Jayden's life. And although I have been loving this amazing opportunity, there are times when I just want to run into a closet and scream. I want to be the toddler for just a few moments… throw a tantrum on the floor, hit and kick a few random objects, all while I angrily yell several unrecognizable words (or just really, really terrible ones). I just want to throw a fit at God because I can't seem to understand why in the world He would trust me to be the parent of a such a strong-willed child. I mean… really, God? But sometimes you just have to smile and choose to believe that all will be okay. Yeah, He kind of knows what He's doing…. and, remarkably so, He actually trusts you. (Although, I do have to admit, it does help to picture yourself acting out like a complete, out-of-control idiot. If anything, it will bring a smile to your face…. and a smile to others if you choose to act it out.)
This is not an unusual scenario for me. These moments of trying to be strong in the midst of chaos, feeling like I'm falling apart on the inside but trying to look confident on the outside… no, they are not new to me. It's something I've struggled with my entire life… and I think many of us do. It's part of the human experience, really. To wrestle with that inner question, "Do I have what it takes?". Yes, you do. How do I know? Because the God of the universe created you for this time and this place; to be responsible for the tasks you are and to be surrounded by those who love you. He trusts you with the task at hand. He created you for it. So, if the God of the universe trusts you…. shouldn't you trust yourself?
I say all this to make the point that the root of our self-confidence is in Him. If, even after failure, we can still look inside and see that He did choose us for this time and He did so believing in us, then we indeed have some sort of self-confidence. But sometimes, a little doubt creeps in… or maybe a lot of doubt. And that really just messes things up because not only are we no longer trusting ourselves, we are choosing to not trust God. And that is a road that leads to many frustrating avenues. I know a little bit about that one and I'm thinking you might, too.
I am not saying that it's all about us or our confidence in ourselves, for without Him we can do nothing (John 15:5). We only have what it takes when we choose to remain consecrated to Him, and only then can He cause us to produce amazing things. He chose to create us, to love us, and to believe in us. And every day He chooses to pursue a relationship with us simply because He's God and He wants to. I'm so grateful for that.
So the foundation of it all, really, is to be continuously pursuing a whole-hearted trust in God. That is where I want to be. To fully confide in Him at all times, without a doubt in my mind, so that I can live life to the fullest and experience complete freedom in my relationship with God and others. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? If this is something that resonates with you, I invite you to join me in this journey of being in strong pursuit of a whole-hearted trust in God, so that you can walk in complete confidence, taking on the task He has given you. He trusts You. But will you choose to trust Him?


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Making an update to this posting from some of our first days working on 40K models. You'll read below that we learned the hard way about working with resin - learning not to try plastic glue; trying super glue (failing); and finding success with epoxy glue.
We've since learned about super glue accelerators - and some success, while certainly finding the hazards of using it.
Here is a link to our super glue accelerator write-up.
And, below is our original posting :)
We are certainly in need of help!
We heard at Bay Area Open that using a Thunderfire Cannon is a good angle for a Space Marine army. Cool tech marine who can repair stuff. And, the cannon does lots of damage. (Down-side - cannon has only a 3+ armor save).
So, we ordered up a Thunderfire Cannon (with help from our Gator Games friends) and picked it up yesterday.
Challenges! It's a RESIN MODEL!
*** How do you glue this stuff together? Well, we know one way NOT to try (any more). Don't try using the Testors "Liquid Cement for Plastic Models". That doesn't work.
Read that some people use super glue. Had thought that this Testors stuff WAS a super glue type material. Guess not!
We had already had a bad experience with Ghazghkull Mag Uruk "the-still-unglued" Thraka. (And, with a growing Space Marine army, the Pink Orkys could sure use help if we can figure out how to glue resin!!!).
So, we washed all the parts very carefully. We have read about that being very important to get glue to stick. (We even washed them twice to remove the lotion which was added to the bathroom sink washing concoction during the first washing.) Washing didn't seem to help. :(
We have reached this point so far. The Tech Marine is glued together using old-school epoxy.
*** And, working on the gun barrel, found that it's not really straight - and have it clamped together while we wait for the epoxy to harden.
And, here's a photo of our arm repair job....
Leaves us with some serious questions....
- Which brands of glue do everyone find to work well?
- Is one of these really a super-glue?
- Does it happen often that parts are "warped" and need to be straightened out? Does heating really work? How hot do you go for?
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Whether you are currently unemployed, underemployed or possibly still a student searching for a job, a well-written and formatted resume will help you land the best job for your qualifications. Creating an impressive resume is a critical skill which will enable you to move up in your chosen career field.
Many highly skilled and knowledgeable adults are underemployed in America. One contributing factor to this problem is an inability to present your value to the prospective employer in a resume. This is something that you can fix in a day or so with some good training.
Maybe you have decided to pursue a higher paying position after reading my post 5 Better Solutions Than A More Competitive Minimum Wage. Perhaps you don't currently have a job. Until you land a job, hunting for a job is your job. Either way, a well-written resume is one of the tools you will use to land the ideal position.
A Well-Written Resume Leads to Interviews
Maybe you have applied for positions, but not received a callback, invitation for an interview, or job offer. The cause might be that your resume does not adequately convey your unique qualities to your desired employer. Reshaping a resume to emphasize your strong points pertaining to the position you desire doesn't take long.A Well-Written Resume Leads to Interviews Click To Tweet
There are a myriad of preferences that hiring managers might want to see. Having served in the process of hiring about 400 employees, I have seen a range of resume styles and qualities.
Throughout the process of hiring all those people, I had weekly meetings with our recruiters and dealt daily with the hiring managers of various departments to get the best candidate for each slot. The number of times that I had to go to the recruiters asking for a specific application of a candidate known by a reputable employee was staggering.
When I reviewed these resumes, it was hard to understand why the recruiters did not send it up with the rest. A couple of common reasons were recurring. One was that applicants did not apply for the position that the hiring manager was filling. If this fits your situation, my suggestion is to stay in touch with any contact that you have at a company where you applied and make sure that the human resources/recruiters have your application aligned to the correct position. This is hard to do from outside. Let your contact help you. You know what they say about "…it's who you know".
Keep in touch with hiring managers and HR to ensure you have applied for the correct position.
Resume Writing Assistance
There are lots of places to find basic guidance on writing a resume. Templates are available in most word processors and from plenty of sources online. This post is intended to help you take a basic resume and make it effective with a few tweaks.
I have had my resume reviewed by a couple of groups that offered the service for free and have gained some valuable writing skills in the process. You can find plenty by googling 'resume review'. I used a service tailored for veterans by Orion International.
There are a lot of people between the hiring manager and the screening machine. The manager has a job to do that does not include programming the recruiting website. Some companies even outsource applicant screening to a completely different company. Many of the online recruiting sites use one of very few tools.
Getting Your Resume Seen by a Human
One of the rising problems a job seeker has to contend with is employer's increased use of automated resume screening programs before a human actually lays eyes on your application. If your resume does not get past the screening machine, a person will never see it, much less the right person. The only potential candidates the hiring manager even has the opportunity to look at are those that got past the screening software. So those machines are hindering both ways. Keeping well-qualified applicants out and preventing hiring managers from seeing them.
These tools only see the words of your resume, not the layout, font, paper quality or all the other aspects that have an appeal to a manager. With that in mind, it might be a good idea to present a hard copy of your best-looking resume into the hands of the hiring manager. Bring a few copies to all interviews.
With automation currently being used by hiring companies, resumes now have an additional challenge of getting past an automated screening program. Now I will introduce you to a tool that I have seen work very well with this part of the problem.
On-Line Resume Evaluating Tool
After I completed my Master's Degree, Trident University sponsored a webinar demonstrating the automated resume reviewing process. The tool that was introduced during this webinar is called Jobscan. I have used the tool a few times to get past the automated scanner. You simply copy and paste your resume in one box, and the job description you are applying for in the other box in the tool. The tool shows you how well your resume matches the job description. At that point, present your skills and abilities using the same key words that the screening computer is looking for in your resume.
Let's talk about the advantages of jobscan. As I said before, I have had and seen success by using this tool. The first application I used it on resulted in a returned email offering an interview with a recruiter in the company that I applied for.
Don't you get tired of seeing computer generated email responses to your applications? They might say something like, "sorry your resume does not indicate that you have the qualifications for this position"? That can be so aggravating when you know that you have done a similar job already and it is on your resume. The problem is that the machine can only match words; it does not have cognitive ability to recognize synonyms for the word it is searching for.
Using Jobscan
Jobscan can help you get by that. The way to make it work for you is to have a master resume that you have written and had reviewed by a trusted expert. These people are easy to find online. They like to help job hunters connect with employers and will not only help you get your resume in good shape, they will get your resume in front of employers that will compensate them for screening resume and pitching good candidates their way.
Take that master resume and put it into jobscan with the position you are applying for and then save a copy of your master resume with a name that will let you know what job you are editing for. Now make adjustments based on the results you got from jobscan. Think of jobscan as a thesaurus and state your same experience using the words that the screening machine will be searching for. It is that easy. Let me know how that improves the responses you get from employers. You might want to go back to the past 10 or so jobs you have applied for and try again with a revised resume using jobscan.
It's worth the effort
You might be thinking that you don't want to waste time editing your resume for every job. And you make a good point that this will take a little extra time. First, like any other skill, you will get quicker at it the more you use it. Think about this. Why waste time going through the long process of applying online just to be rejected by a stupid machine? Investing a little time adjusting your resume to pass the screening process will be well spent once those offers start coming in.
Jobscan will let you submit a certain number of job posts for free! This is great if you are 'keeping an eye out' for a better position. This is the mode that I have been in. However, if you are in the hunt for a new position, you can subscribe for unlimited use of the tool. If you are in need of a new job for whatever reason, this might be some of the best money you have spent. Check with your tax adviser, but I know that certain job hunting expenses are deductible on your taxes. I'm pretty sure that the jobscan expense would qualify for that. Be sure to confirm that with a tax professional. In my case, working on a government contract, there is always the possibility that you will need a new job on short notice.
Summary of Steps
Start here once you have the basics and use these tips to go from well written basic resume to a Job-scoring masterpiece
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The next step once your resume does its job is to present yourself to the hiring manager. This might call for phone skills or in person interview skills. We'll cover that in another blog post.
Match the words used to describe your skills and experience found in the job advertisement you are applying for. Have a master resume that contains all the important components and represents you well.
Make sure you tailor your resume and apply for every position that you want to be hired for.
Provide an aesthetically pleasing version of your resume to anyone you know at the company you are applying at. The HR department and automated system can only do so much. The Hiring manager's impression of you based on the resume counts.
You can hire experts to smooth your resume and make it appear more professional. If it lands the right job, then it is money well spent. Investing a little time and energy to learn how to make it effective also goes a long way.
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ITV reveals 2008 comedy line-up
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has now announced the network's early 2008 schedule. Their winter line-up will be heavily drama-focused, however there are a number of new comedies peppered through the listings.
We've reported these comedies previously, however we now have more detail about each...
Thank God You're Here
A new series hosted by Paul Merton based upon a hit Australian show of the same title. The show will bring together a group of talented and well known personalities and ask them to take on the ultimate dramatic challenge - to step through a door into a scene they know nothing about. They'll be given a costume, props and a set... the only thing they won't have is a script.
Filmed in front of a live audience, each week's guests will be unaware of the scenario that they are about to walk into. They could be dressed in anything from a policeman's uniform to a cheerleader's outfit. They will be guided through a door by Paul to be greeted by the line, "Thank God You're Here." After that, they'll have to survive on their wits alone and blag their way through the scene.
It's about bluffing. Pretending you know what's going on when it's patently obvious you're completely out of your depth.
Paul Merton will be returning to his improvisation roots by starring in his very own scene each week too.
Here's a YouTube clip from the Australian version which gives a good idea of what the show is about.
CGI Britain
Using the latest 3-D computer generated animation and hottest writing voice talents around, CGI Britain is satire at its most cutting edge.
From Gordon Brown to Jordan, Vladimir Putin to Prince Harry, David Cameron to Jennifer Aniston - no-one is safe. You'll watch Mohamed al Fayed's World of Conspiracies and Dames Helen Mirren and Judi Dench picking on Kate Winslet (and sounding remarkably like south London schoolgirls).
The show is written by the cream of British writing talent, responsible for Little Britain, Black Books, Harry Hills's TV Burp, Spitting Image and The Peter Serafinowicz Show among others. The voice artists include Katy Brand, Kayvan Novak (from E4's Fonejacker) and Omid Djallili.
Teenage Kicks
Sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson, based on the BBC radio sitcom.
Why are teenage dreams so hard to beat? Meet Vernon, a switched on, plugged in, super cool kinda guy. He's an ex-front man of rock roll punk band that lived breathed anarchy every turn. At least that's what he'd have you believe. Unfortunately for this couldn't be further from the truth.
Following a spectacularly nasty divorce, Vernon (Adrian Edmondson) moves in with his teenage kids. A rebel in his youth (or so he thinks), he is genuinely excited about living in their student flat, seeing this new found freedom as an opportunity to 'get down with the kids' and be young and reckless again.
Vernon has spent the last two decades living off his high-flying wife while spending vast quantities of his time in a comfy pub in the 'wild, party capital' that is Godalming. Now he's back in the 'real' world: free, with no ties and no responsibilities. OK, he's alone, unemployable, and the local kids keep nicking the wheels off his car but these are just minor set backs. At least now he can rekindle the embers of his glorious youth and be as hedonistic, as irresponsible and as selfish and idle as his kids. Naturally, his kids, Max (Ed Coleman) and Milly (Laura Aikman), and their flatmate David (Jonathan Chan-Pensley), are mortified.
Teenage Kicks is written by Adrian Edmondson (The Young Ones, Filthy Rich, Catflap, Bottom, The Comic Strip Presents) and Nigel Smith (The Bill, Doctors and Nurses and Vent).
Benidorm, created and written by award-winning writer Derren Litten, returns for second series to the delights of the all inclusive Solana Resort in Benidorm, bringing together fiesta of bullfighting, arm wrestling, romance, night-time beach activities and... cucumber.
Back at the popular resort are The Garveys: Mick (Steve Pemberton), Janice (Siobhan Finneran), kids Telle and Michael, and outspoken grandma Madge (Sheila Reid). There's also two new arrivals to the family: Mel (Geoffrey Hutchings) – owner of five sun bed shops and Didsbury's answer to Julio Inglesias - and 17 year old Telle's new baby, Coolio.


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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 98, No. 4, June, 2003, pp. 519-521
Plesiophysa guadeloupensis ("Fischer" Mazé, 1883)
W Lobato Paraense
Departamento de Malacologia, Instituto
Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Received 31 January 2003
Code Number: oc03113
A description is presented of the shell and anatomic characters of the planorbid mollusk Plesiophysa guadeloupensis ("Fischer" Mazé, 1883), based on topotypic specimens from a pond in Borricaud (Grande Terre, Guadeloupe). Comparison with previous descriptions of nominal species of Plesiophysa points to its identity with P. ornata (Haas, 1938), of which it is a senior synonym.
Key words: Plesiophysa guadeloupensis - Plesiophysa ornata - Mollusca Planorbidae - synonymy
The present species was named by Mazé (1883 : 30): 55, Physa (Plesiophysa) Guadeloupensis, Fischer.
Hab. Dolé, bassin de la Digue (Beau, Schramm) ! Altitude 223 mètres, température 30 à 31 degrés. Massif de la Soufrière, morne Goyavier, bassin Beauvallon (Schramm) ! Altitude 957 mètres, température 34 degrés.
Obs. Localisée dans les eaux thermales simples, où elle arrive à supporter des températures de 30 à 34 degrés, cette espèce se tient sur les feuilles ou les tiges des plantes qui vivent près des sources ou dans les bassins qu'elles forment.
Le corps de l'animal est de couleur jaune terne, teintée de brun. _ Devient rare.
Le Physa guadeloupensis qui, ainsi que l'espèce suivante, appartient au sous-genre Plesiophysa, recémment proposé par le Dr P. Fischer, semble en voie de disparition. Les sujets diminuent graduellement de taille, depuis quelques années, et ce n'est plus qu'à de longs intervalles qu'on en retrouve dans la dernière des localités dénommées plus haut, ou l'espèce abondait autrefois.
As seen above, the original description of P. guadeloupensis only refers to the color of its body. According to Bequaert and Clench (1939) the species' name was taken from a manuscript by P Fischer.
This study is based on 8 specimens from a pond in Borricaud (Grande Terre, Guadeloupe, April 1967) and 11 specimens from a pond in Hato Mayor (province El Seibo, Dominican Republic, May 1967). Since at that time I used no relaxing agents, the following protocol was adopted. A specimen freely moving about, with its head and foot well exposed, is carefully picked up with a forceps, so as to prevent it from retracting back to the shell. The shell aperture is kept upward, and the snail is gradually plunged into hot water at about 70°C for 30 sec. If the shell is plunged to the level of the aperture for the first 15 sec, the animal usually does not retract and then, after being completely submerged, will die. The dead animal is plunged into cold water and gently pulled by the head-foot with a small forceps, so as to disconnect the insertion of the columellar muscle. The whole animal is then drawn out of the shell, which remains unbroken and filled with water, which dilutes the blood residuum avoiding its putrefaction within the shell. The animal is fixed in slightly modified Railliet-Henry's fluid (distilled water 930 ml, sodium chloride 6 g, formalin 50 ml, glacial acetic acid 20 ml), where it must remain for at least 24 hr before dissection. One change of the fixative after the first 24 hr is advisable. The amount of the fluid should be not less than 10 times the volume of material to be fixed.
Voucher specimens are deposited in the Malacological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (CMIOC-1504, 1560).
The adult shell (Fig. 1) is sinistral, elongate ovate, translucent, from pale amber to brownish, with 3.5-4 rapidly expanding whorls separated by a deep suture. Its color and translucency vary according to the degree of saturation or incrustation with environmental material. The body whorl is exceedingly swollen, as compared with the inner ones. The apex is bluntly flattened. The aperture is very wide, and about twice as long as the spire. The lip is very thin and the columellar fold reflects over the umbilicus. The shell surface is sculptured with fine spiral striae, which intercross with the growth lines. The largest specimen is 9 mm long and 5 mm wide.
The exposed soft parts are light gray, excepting the head and the axis of the tentacles, which are deeply pigmented. The tentacles are slender and very extensible. The foot is oblanceolate.
The roof of the pulmonary cavity is irregularly pigmented black, leaving many irregular spots unpigmented. Internally it is widely occupied by the renal organ (Fig. 2), which extends from the left of the heart to the region of the pneumostome, bends on itself up to the heart auricle, turns again in a sharp curve to descend along the right margin of the previous loop, and finally bends leftward to open inside the mantle aperture. A small vesicle, the "pericardial organ" described by Harry and Hubendick (1964) in P. granulata, lies on the right side of the heart. A dorsolateral ridge runs on the left of the renal organ, reflecting ventrally at the back of the pulmonary cavity to proceed cephalad as the rectal ridge.
The pseudobranch and the digestive system (jaws, radula, salivary glands and alimentary canal) are similar in all respects to those of P. ornata and P. dolichomastix, as described by Paraense (2002a, b).
The reproductive system is shown in Fig. 3. The ovotestis consists of numerous club-shaped diverticula (70 to 110 in four specimens), most of which are unbranched. The seminal vesicle shows no special features. The albumen gland is comparatively voluminous, reaching in some specimens about half the size of the nidamental gland. The oviduct is short and twisted, emptying into a bulky nidamental gland that suddenly narrows into a wrinkled uterus followed by a short vagina. The spermatheca has a rounded or ovoid body, partly embedded in the wall of the nidamental gland, and a duct about as long as the body emptying into the vagina. The spermiduct runs adnate to the nidamental gland; at the level of the spermathecal body it receives the prostate canal and proceeds cephalad as the vas deferens. The prostate consists of a small number of diverticula (2 to 7 in the present sample); they are long, club-shaped, unbranched to trifurcate. The vas deferens runs to a point at the level of the left tentacle, interweaving fibers of its outer coat with those of the surrounding tissue. At that point it loops back into an ascending limb to reach the penial complex (penis sheath, penis and prepuce). The penis sheath is furnished with a pair of short flagella and is about a third as long as the cylindrical and much wider prepuce. Its distal end is encircled by eight glands, and contains a verge somewhat longer than it with a subterminal outlet and a cuticularized tip.
So far six nominal species of Plesiophysa have been described: P. pilsbryi Aguayo, 1935 (substitute name for Physa striata Orbigny 1841, preoccupied by Menke, 1830, given to a true Physa), P. granulata ("Shuttleworth" Sowerby 1873), P. guadeloupensis ("Fischer" Mazé 1883), P. ornata (Haas 1938), P. hubendicki Richards & Ferguson 1962 and P. dolichomastix Paraense 2002. They are indistinguishable by the shell characters, so that their recognition must be based on their anatomy.
Orbigny was doubtful about the type locality of his Physa striata _ Cuba or Martinique _ where it has not been recorded thenceforth. P. granulata, recorded from Barbados, has not been found by more recent exploration of that island, including by myself in April 1967
Harry and Hubendick (1964) studied as P. granulata specimens from Puerto Rico, considering it as senior synonym of guadeloupensis, hubendicki, pilsbryi, and possibly ornata. Comparison of their specimens with our P. guadeloupensis shows important differences: about 12 unbranched ovotestis diverticula (not figured), uterine wall smooth, prostate diverticula emptying directly into the vas deferens, penis with a terminal opening on a non-cuticularized tip. Pointier (1974) recorded as P. granulata specimens from Guadeloupe, giving a brief description and a figure of its shell. P. hubendicki does not differ significantly from our specimens of P. guadeloupensis. P. ornata is undoubtedly a synonym of P. guadeloupensis (see Paraense 2002a). And P. dolichomastix differs anatomically from the other species.
In conclusion, a comparison between the present sample and those of P. ornata studied previously (Paraense 2002a) shows that they are taxonomically indistinguishable and consequently P. ornata is a junior synonym of Pl. guadeloupensis.
The taxonomic status of the older available names _ Physa striata (= Plesiophysa pilsbryi) and Pl. granulata _ is still undefined by lack of knowledge of the anatomy of topotypic specimens.
To Mr J Eduardo Prado for the preparation of figures.
Copyright 2003 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz
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Unto the members of the College of Arms, and to all who read these words,
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Herein are the Acceptances and Returns for the meeting of 23 August 1992: for submissions from Atenveldt, 23 April 92; Meridies, 26 April 92; East, 10 May 92; Trimaris, 15 May 92; Middle, 16 May 92; Atlantia, 17 May 92; Calontir, 19 May 92; An Tir, 21 May 92; Atenveldt, 25 May 92; and Caid, 25 May 92. My apologies for not getting these results out to the College sooner; believe me, the last four weeks (what with a new job, moving to a new house, and preparing for the September meeting) have been hectic.
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As noted above, Laurel has moved his home. That means Laurel's Post Office Box remains the same, but his phone number has changed: (310) 376-4894.
The Laurel Ombudsman on the Board of Directors will be moving shortly. As of 1 October, his new address will be: Dave Thewlis, 2301 "C" Street, Eureka, CA 95501; (707) 443-1427.
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The Palimpsest Herald, Marten Jeros Broker, is retiring due to burnout. We wish him well, and hope that he might recover enough to rejoin us someday. His successor is the former Dragon Herald, Talan Gwynek; please retain him on your mailing lists, moving him to the Laurel Staff category.
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Having been reliably informed (by more than a few people) that a year's lead-time is hardly too much, I've decided to open bids for the 1994 Symposium starting in January 93. Please have your bids out to the College by the end of February; the College's responses should be to me before the May Laurel meeting. With this much lead-time, we should have some excellent bids!
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One of Master Da'ud's final rulings (LoAR of June 92) reversed a long-standing prohibition on the use of the field of Bavaria (Lozengy bendwise azure and argent): "[This precedent] appears to have been based on the use of the field by corporations in Bavaria 'as a sign of the fact that they were in Bavaria'. It does not seem to me that this is sufficient grounds for a restriction on the use of this field." [DiA, June 92, p.4]
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"This field is used extensively in German civic heraldry, especially in those parts of Germany that are now or were under Bavarian influence. ... Furthermore, although it usually appears in modern civic arms as a plain chief or base, or as a quarter or half of a shield, it can also be charged, as in the arms of the 'Landkreis' of Riedenburg: Bavaria charged with a harp Or and on a chief gules three roses argent, seeded Or. (Unter rotem Schildhaupt, darin nebeneinander drei silbern heraldishe Rosen mit goldenen Butzen, die mit einer goldenen Harfe belegten bayerischen Rauten.) (Deutsche Wappen: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Band I, Die Landkrieswappen. Klemens Stadler, Angelsachsen-Verlag, Bremen, 1964)." [Nereid LOC, 5 Jan 84, p.2]
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Further examples are found in Neubecker & Rentzmann's 10 000 Wappen von Staaten und Städten, pp.53-54. I must conclude that, in Germany, the field of Bavaria is used in very much the same way as the arms of France were used in France. I therefore restore the prohibition of Lozengy bendwise azure and argent in Society heraldry, as well as artistic variants such as Paly bendy azure and argent. I hope that, by doing this promptly, I have minimized any inconvenience to our submitters; to them, my apologies.
On membership requirements for Society activities
At their meeting of 26 July 1992, the Board of Directors discussed the privileges that should go with Society membership. Their discussion was based on the results of the survey in Tournaments Illuminated #102; there were 328 responses, from throughout the Known World. Membership is already mandatory for certain Society activities: e.g., fighting in Crown Lists, or being an officer. It was decided to extend that requirement to some other activities, such as general combat, serving as a Territorial Baron, etc.
The item on the survey of greatest interest to the College of Arms was the question of whether membership should be required to register a name or device. A strong majority of respondents favored such a requirement. The philosophy seems to be that, when resources are limited, members should not be disadvantaged by non-members. (A case could even be made for members receiving preferential treatment; there should surely be some benefits to membership. But at the very least, members shouldn't be at a disadvantage against non-members.)
The Board has therefore directed me to consult with the College of Arms, as the group most closely affected, and develop a system that would protect members' submissions against: a) undue delays in the registration process caused by non-members' submissions in the queue; and b) undue returns for conflict against non-members' submissions.
Two points should be noted here. First, the Board has not ordered us to require membership for name and armory registration. If the College of Arms debates the point, and can devise a system that accomplishes the above goals without requiring membership, it will certainly be considered. Second, the Board explicitly does not want us to require membership to maintain registration; such a policy, they agree, would prove prohibitively difficult. Any prerequisites for registration should be applied to the time of submission, but not thereafter.
The philosophical basis for the policy was strongly supported by the survey, but not universally so; like most articles of faith, the issue is far from cut-and-dried. However, the philosophical side of the policy is not the issue placed before the College; implementation, the practical side of the policy, is our focus at the moment. Given the above two goals, how best might we carry them out?
I confess that I haven't thought of a system that would aid members over non-members, without requiring membership. The College should certainly debate this further; but for the moment, I will work on the assumption that any system we devise will require the submitter to be a member. Is there a way to ensure this easily and simply?
I believe there is a way: the same system we use to implement our current requirement that territorial heralds be members. It's the Honor System. The College announces that membership is henceforth a requirement for submitting names and armory; when a submitter hands over his forms, he's asked "Are you a member?" If he says yes, the forms are accepted. Philosophically and pragmatically, the Honor System has its advantages.
There are variations on this scheme, ranging the spectrum from easy to hard, depending on how thorough we wish to be in ensuring membership:
* We could add a line to the submission forms, where the submitter must write his SCA membership number (as found on his membership card and mailing label);
* We could require the submitter to provide photocopies of his SCA membership card or mailing label;
* We could arrange for the Registrar to send monthly membership lists to each Kingdom College of Heralds, and every item on an LOI be checked before being sent out;
* We could arrange for the Registrar to send the monthly membership list to Laurel, and every item on an LoAR be checked before being registered.
(The last variation, I note, would not address the first of the Board's stated goals, to prevent undue delay in the members' registration process.)
Some Kingdom Colleges are already requiring proof of membership, while others are charging higher fees for non-members. From those Kingdoms, particularly, I would like details of when and why they started checking membership, how the task is done, and how well it's worked.
I'll need a week or two to collate your commentary before the Board's deadline, so my own deadline on this topic is 15 Dec 92. Please send your thoughts, remarks, and comments to me by then. Some of the items you may want to address include (but aren't limited to):
* How thoroughly must we check membership? I.e., what would be an acceptable error rate?
* At what point in the submission process should checking take place? Local herald, Kingdom, Laurel?
* Should we double-check? I.e., should commenters check membership as they do conflict?
* What if the submitter's membership lapses during the submission process?
* Is there another way besides membership checks to protect the rights of members?
* How does the Laurel office enforce the policy?
Remember, this isn't the forum for discussion of the philosophy of the Board's policy; keep your comments focussed on implementation I look forward to hearing what ideas you come up with.
The bevil made me do it
Two of this month's submissions featured Per bend sinister bevilled, and there was considerable discussion over whether the bevilled treatment was used in period. The answer depends on whether one is speaking of an ordinary or a field division.
The charge usually blazoned a bend bevilled (figure A) is found in period armory, in the arms of Lorks, late 15th Century. It wasn't blazoned bevilled in period, however: Legh's Accidence of Armory, 1586, blazons it as a bend double daunce. The term appears to be a corruption of double-downset, with the second word confused with dauncet (i.e. dancetty). All the mundane examples of a bend bevilled, or double-douncet, show it as in figure A; the charge is often misdrawn in Society emblazons as in figure B.
The field division bevilled is also found in Legh -- but not in the form known today. Legh gives the field as in figure C, and says: "He beareth party per Bende Bevile, Argent and Purpure. Never charge this, for there cane bee no better cuned cote careed." I haven't yet determined whether this was an actual coat, or was one of Legh's inventions to illustrate his book; but he does make it clear that the bevilled field should not be charged.
One of this month's submissions (Tyrkir von Bremen) went to some lengths to document the bevilled field division. Most of the pertinent examples were of coats with similar zig-zag field divisions: e.g. Fromberg, blazoned by Rietstap as Mi-coupé, failli en partant et recoupé vers senestre, d'argent sur gules (Half-per-fess, broken thus and continuing per fess towards the sinister, argent over gules) . The citations from Woodward and Rietstap were of similar zig-zag field divisions; but the submission did not explicitly document Per bend (sinister) bevilled. The examples it did cite, as with Legh's example, are uncharged. (Of the other citations, Parker's is of a chief bevilled, not a field division; and von Volborth's is simply from a list of complex lines, neither part of a coat nor even dated to period.)
I could accept the field division as documented from Legh (figure C); even if not actually borne by some family, at least it appears in a period heraldic tract. From the examples of other zig-zag divisions, I could accept an extrapolation from the documented bend bevilled; that would be drawn as in figure D. I might even accept them used with charges (in a balanced way), despite the indications that charges weren't used with these fields in period. But the submissions received this month both used charges, and both emblazoned the field treatment as in figure E. That variant of bevilled is supported neither by direct evidence nor by extrapolation from the ordinary. A variant treatment might legitimately require a single leap of faith from period practice; but it shouldn't require two such leaps.
In returning the two submissions this month, I have tried to leave open the usage of Per bend (sinister) bevilled for SCA use. If the gentles care to resubmit with correctly drawn bevilling (and perhaps a more balanced use of charges), the College would be pleased to consider them anew.
A final note, on LoAR subscriptions
Please remember that the subscription rate to the LoARs was increased, from $18 to $25 per annum. I have recently received several subscription renewals, at the old rate. I've accepted these, pro-rating them proportionately. (If you'd like to check your own subscription, the expiration date is listed on the mailing label.)
Please believe that I remain,
Ever your servant,
Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme,
Laurel King of Arms.


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2. Fibre Channel Configuration Overview
Administering Multipathing Devices
To Get a List of Multipathing Support That Can Be Administered by the mpathadm Command
To Get the Multipathing Support Properties
To Get a List of Initiator Ports Discovered on the System
To Get the Properties of a Particular Initiator Port
To Get a List of Logical Units Discovered on the System
To Get the Properties and Associated Path Information of a Particular Logical Unit by Name
To List All Logical Units Associated With a Particular Target Port
To List a Logical Unit With a Particular Name Derived From the Hardware Used by the System
To Configure Auto-Failback for a Particular Multipathing Support
4. Configuring Multipathing Software
7. Configuring IPFC SAN Devices
8. Solaris 10 10/08 x86/x64 Fibre Channel Operating System Booting Procedure
9. Persistent Binding for Tape Devices
A. Manual Configuration for Fabric-Connected Devices
C. Multipathing Troubleshooting
You determine and configure Solaris OS multipathing support by using mpathadm commands. Starting with the Solaris 10 Update 3 OS, the mpathadm command enables multipathing administration through the ANSI standard Multipath Management API. The terms used in this chapter to denote a path, initiator port, target port, and logical unit are consistent with the T10 specification.


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Four Seasons teeters on brink of collapse
The biggest private care home operator in Britain could be heading for administration as a large interest payment looms and amid a growing dispute between its owner and its main bondholder.
The loss-making and heavily indebted Four Seasons, which looks after 17,000 elderly patients in 343 care homes, faces a £26 million interest payment to its bondholders led by H/2 Capital, an American hedge fund, next week.
Four Seasons has already warned that it cannot make the payment. If it doesn't, the care home chain, which is owned by Terra Firma private equity, could fall into administration.
This would represent the biggest collapse of a care home operator since Southern Cross failed in 2011. Moreover, it would highlight the precarious nature of the care home…


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This week we read the story "Let's Go to the Moon!" which is in our Tx Journeys reading series. At the end of this week, I had the students list one way the Moon and the Earth were the same and one way they were different. I gave very little guidance for this, in fact, we didn't discuss it at all, I just handed them the paper, read the questions and they got busy writing. I figured we have done a bazillion Venn diagrams and comparisons already this year and I wanted to see what THEY knew. I was pleased with the results.
And yes, I know there is a mistake on the worksheet. That's what I get for deciding to do this last minute and typing it up right quick while students were working. I have fixed it and you can get a mistake free version HERE.
(in this next example, he is referring to what we learned in our story - the astronauts drove a Lunar Rover on the Moon)
(I know I get carried away with samples, but I just LOVE when they start writing like this!)
I purchased these two units from Abby Mullins at her TpT store and we had some serious fun this week learning about astronauts and the moon.
One of the activities from her unit that we did was to taste astronaut ice cream, then we tried a little regular vanilla ice cream for a comparison. We made this class graph:
Then there was a recording sheet for the students to fill out and do some analysis. I recommend these two units (especially if you are using the Journeys reading series).
You can grab a copy of her units here:
I would like to give a big THANK YOU to Mrs. Smyth at New Adventrues in First Grade for awarding me this award:
The rules are:
1) Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them.
2) Tell 7 things about yourself.
Here goes:
J I have a wonderful hubby and two amazing boys (ages 19 and 12)
J I LOVE to watch my two boys play golf! They both have amazing talent!
J I went to first grade in Cairo, Egypt.
J I went through an alternative certification program to get my teaching certificate. I also have a B.B.A. degree in General Business
J I love to read! (a teacher who loves to read, imagine that . . .)
J I am a night owl and would love it if school started at 10 am. (not a morning person)
J I am in the process of giving up Diet Dr. Pepper. I went 5 days and caved by giving myself a treat which turned into two. I am now back on track.
3) Pass this award on to 15 newly discovered blogs.
OK, I am sorry. I have looked and looked for someone who hasn't gotten this award and am still looking. I apologize for not following through. (I am currently working on a lesson I am teaching at our service center and that is taking up ALL my extra time.) This will have to be a "work in progress."


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Rae is the companion of Kennen, the Alliance stable master at Firebeard's Patrol[60.4, 58.2] in the Twilight Highlands.
Prior to Patch 4.0.6, Horde players were able to tame Rae, something unusual with stable master pets. Tamed Rae was bugged, however, and would not attack normally or growl. Rae was later changed to an untamable NPC.
Patch changesEdit
- Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): No longer tamable.
- Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added


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Many people in the last two hundred years have discovered the wonder of homeopathy.
There are most probably over a hundred thousand American homeopaths, millions of Indian homeopaths, hundreds of thousands of South American homeopaths, and tens of thousands of European homeopaths.
This list does not include the many hundreds of thousands of homeopaths from other countries, including Iran, the Far East, the Middle East – in fact homeopathy has spread to every country in the World – and this list does not include any of the many millions practicing homeopathy today.
This homeopathic history project is focused on the hidden history of Europe, as told by the homeopathic journals and publications which are, to some extent, only now coming to light with the advent of Google. Continue reading Homeopathy A – L


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9 thoughts on "August 7, Update"
From a good article, anything in your experience that is similar?
Start of quote;
When I came home from Iraq in 2008, friends frequently asked me what I learned "most" from the experience. That's a tough question to answer, and it depends greatly on context. I learned many things about my faith, my family, and my country, but if the question relates to the war itself, I'd tend to say something like this: "I learned the enemy is more evil than you can imagine, and I learned that a deployment is more difficult than you can imagine." But while the deployment was the hardest thing I've ever done, the chance to play a very small part (surrounded by a band of brothers) to fight this extraordinary evil made it the most meaningful year of my life.
That neo-con rag should be read for entertainment purposes only.
I never bought the stuff about Iraqi insurgents being evil after I returned in 2004. Even in country I remained conscious of the fact that I might very well be doing what they were doing if, say, a foreign army invaded and occupied the US.↓
"That neo-con rag should be read for entertainment purposes only."
At least it is not your roots, current Libertarian websites…
He wrote an article that you might have. Look for the dots of
KGB, FSB, GRU, Putin, Cheka, and other Russian involvement.
So you endorse suicide bombers?
You endorse the Donetsk thugs method of shooting anybody
who wants to quit their organization?
USA may not be perfect but still better than Cheka.
Who are Strelkov, Borodai, et al?
After this is studied, read:
For an understanding of what Ukrainians can expect after Russia wins:
A line from Paul Ryan's link above. " In this Progressive vision, self-government should give way to technical expertise, to professional bureaucrats governing according to centralized plans." Then follow up article, by Jim De Mint, Big govement, Big business.
As I've mentioned before, too many lawyers in all 3 branches of goverment,… and too many burearucrats.
Industrailisation has done to business what progresives did to the govement. They are too complex. The benefits of technology are great but it has it's problems too.
Controll is the issue with progressives, mangers and totalitarians.
A great read on the managers manging the world see this;
Wow, this is a bit of a shock. This probably comes from the same place as the pro-Palestinian sentiment. You can criticize the American government which I do all the time, as well as the Ukrainian, Israeli, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, etc governments (all of these are nations which are friendly with Ukraine). I certainly agree with the libertarian principle "government is necessary evil". Come to think of it, there has never really been a Ukrainian government with that much popular support, because our people are very cynical. We don't blindly follow anyone. Just like Israelis, Georgians, Americans, and the rest of our friends. So far all we've had are leftists and neocons, but, Roman, I bet even if there was a western nation with a true libertarian government, I think you'd probably not support them for the simple reason, and this goes for me too, that no one wants to be seen as being pro-establishment.
But my main criticism is why the fuck should we support Islamic terrorists? We have nothing in common with them, and now ISIS is running around butchering Christians and all non-Sunni Muslims basically.↓
Banderiwets. I'm tired of your re-framing, and name calling. You seem incapable of making honest arguments. Can I ask you simple questions? What is your opinion of the open calls being made in Israel for genocide of Palestinians? What is your opinion of the open calls being made in Israel for the destruction of the Dome on the Rock?
Also, who is "we"? As in "we" have nothing in common with Muslims.↓
I would add that Ukraine faces pure evil in Putin, FSB, GRU
and the so called rebels in the east.
If you have ever had a chance to be exposed to pure evil, it
never leaves you.
Pure evil does not just occur with Jihadists. It is found in
criminals and those without regard to others.
Pure evil gets your attention. It is more than asking for bribes,
lying, stealing. Evil exist in people and only after you have
been exposed to it, do you recognize it.
Too many just do not comprehend the power of pure evil.↓


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