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Core Concepts
Adequate Determinism
Alternative Possibilities
Causa Sui
Causal Closure
Chance Not Direct Cause
Chaos Theory
The Cogito Model
Comprehensive Compatibilism
Conceptual Analysis
Could Do Otherwise
Default Responsibility
Determination Fallacy
Double Effect
Either Way
Emergent Determinism
Epistemic Freedom
Ethical Fallacy
Experimental Philosophy
Extreme Libertarianism
Event Has Many Causes
Frankfurt Cases
Free Choice
Freedom of Action
"Free Will"
Free Will Axiom
Free Will in Antiquity
Free Will Mechanisms
Free Will Requirements
Free Will Theorem
Future Contingency
Hard Incompatibilism
Idea of Freedom
Illusion of Determinism
Laplace's Demon
Liberty of Indifference
Libet Experiments
Master Argument
Modest Libertarianism
Moral Necessity
Moral Responsibility
Moral Sentiments
Paradigm Case
Random When?/Where?
Rational Fallacy
Same Circumstances
Science Advance Fallacy
Second Thoughts
Soft Causality
Special Relativity
Standard Argument
Temporal Sequence
Tertium Quid
Torn Decision
Two-Stage Models
Ultimate Responsibility
Up To Us
What If Dennett and Kane Did Otherwise?
Mortimer Adler
Rogers Albritton
Alexander of Aphrodisias
Samuel Alexander
William Alston
Louise Antony
Thomas Aquinas
David Armstrong
Harald Atmanspacher
Robert Audi
Alexander Bain
Mark Balaguer
Jeffrey Barrett
William Barrett
William Belsham
Henri Bergson
George Berkeley
Isaiah Berlin
Richard J. Bernstein
Bernard Berofsky
Robert Bishop
Max Black
Susanne Bobzien
Emil du Bois-Reymond
Hilary Bok
Laurence BonJour
George Boole
Émile Boutroux
Michael Burke
Lawrence Cahoone
Joseph Keim Campbell
Rudolf Carnap
Ernst Cassirer
David Chalmers
Roderick Chisholm
Randolph Clarke
Samuel Clarke
Anthony Collins
Antonella Corradini
Diodorus Cronus
Jonathan Dancy
Donald Davidson
Mario De Caro
Daniel Dennett
Jacques Derrida
René Descartes
Richard Double
Fred Dretske
John Dupré
John Earman
Laura Waddell Ekstrom
Herbert Feigl
Arthur Fine
John Martin Fischer
Frederic Fitch
Owen Flanagan
Luciano Floridi
Philippa Foot
Alfred Fouilleé
Harry Frankfurt
Richard L. Franklin
Michael Frede
Gottlob Frege
Peter Geach
Edmund Gettier
Carl Ginet
Alvin Goldman
Nicholas St. John Green
H.Paul Grice
Ian Hacking
Ishtiyaque Haji
Stuart Hampshire
Sam Harris
William Hasker
Georg W.F. Hegel
Martin Heidegger
Thomas Hobbes
David Hodgson
Shadsworth Hodgson
Baron d'Holbach
Ted Honderich
Pamela Huby
David Hume
Ferenc Huoranszki
William James
Lord Kames
Robert Kane
Immanuel Kant
Tomis Kapitan
Walter Kaufmann
Jaegwon Kim
William King
Hilary Kornblith
Christine Korsgaard
Saul Kripke
Thomas Kuhn
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Christoph Lehner
Keith Lehrer
Gottfried Leibniz
Jules Lequyer
Michael Levin
George Henry Lewes
David Lewis
Peter Lipton
C. Lloyd Morgan
John Locke
Michael Lockwood
E. Jonathan Lowe
John R. Lucas
Alasdair MacIntyre
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James Martineau
Storrs McCall
Hugh McCann
Colin McGinn
Michael McKenna
Brian McLaughlin
John McTaggart
Paul E. Meehl
Uwe Meixner
Alfred Mele
Trenton Merricks
John Stuart Mill
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Thomas Nagel
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Friedrich Nietzsche
John Norton
Robert Nozick
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Charles Renouvier
Nicholas Rescher
Richard Rorty
Josiah Royce
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Paul Russell
Gilbert Ryle
Jean-Paul Sartre
Kenneth Sayre
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John Searle
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Alan Sidelle
Ted Sider
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Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
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Michael Smith
Baruch Spinoza
L. Susan Stebbing
Isabelle Stengers
George F. Stout
Galen Strawson
Peter Strawson
Eleonore Stump
Francisco Suárez
Richard Taylor
Teilhard de Chardin
Kevin Timpe
Mark Twain
Peter Unger
Peter van Inwagen
Manuel Vargas
John Venn
Kadri Vihvelin
G.H. von Wright
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R. Jay Wallace
Ted Warfield
Roy Weatherford
C.F. von Weizsäcker
William Whewell
Alfred North Whitehead
David Widerker
David Wiggins
Bernard Williams
Timothy Williamson
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Susan Wolf
Michael Arbib
Walter Baade
Bernard Baars
Jeffrey Bada
Leslie Ballentine
Gregory Bateson
John S. Bell
Mara Beller
Charles Bennett
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Susan Blackmore
Margaret Boden
David Bohm
Niels Bohr
Ludwig Boltzmann
Emile Borel
Max Born
Satyendra Nath Bose
Walther Bothe
Hans Briegel
Leon Brillouin
Stephen Brush
Henry Thomas Buckle
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Charles Darwin
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Terrence Deacon
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Louis de Broglie
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Max Delbrück
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Hans Driesch
John Eccles
Arthur Stanley Eddington
Gerald Edelman
Paul Ehrenfest
Albert Einstein
Hugh Everett, III
Franz Exner
Richard Feynman
R. A. Fisher
David Foster
Joseph Fourier
Philipp Frank
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Edward Fredkin
Lila Gatlin
Michael Gazzaniga
GianCarlo Ghirardi
J. Willard Gibbs
Nicolas Gisin
Paul Glimcher
Thomas Gold
A. O. Gomes
Brian Goodwin
Joshua Greene
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Mark Hadley
Patrick Haggard
J. B. S. Haldane
Stuart Hameroff
Augustin Hamon
Sam Harris
Hyman Hartman
John-Dylan Haynes
Donald Hebb
Martin Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg
John Herschel
Art Hobson
Jesper Hoffmeyer
E. T. Jaynes
William Stanley Jevons
Roman Jakobson
Pascual Jordan
Ruth E. Kastner
Stuart Kauffman
Martin J. Klein
William R. Klemm
Christof Koch
Simon Kochen
Hans Kornhuber
Stephen Kosslyn
Ladislav Kovàč
Leopold Kronecker
Rolf Landauer
Alfred Landé
Pierre-Simon Laplace
David Layzer
Joseph LeDoux
Benjamin Libet
Seth Lloyd
Hendrik Lorentz
Josef Loschmidt
Ernst Mach
Donald MacKay
Henry Margenau
James Clerk Maxwell
Ernst Mayr
John McCarthy
Warren McCulloch
George Miller
Stanley Miller
Ulrich Mohrhoff
Jacques Monod
Emmy Noether
Alexander Oparin
Abraham Pais
Howard Pattee
Wolfgang Pauli
Massimo Pauri
Roger Penrose
Steven Pinker
Colin Pittendrigh
Max Planck
Susan Pockett
Henri Poincaré
Daniel Pollen
Ilya Prigogine
Hans Primas
Adolphe Quételet
Jürgen Renn
Juan Roederer
Jerome Rothstein
David Ruelle
Tilman Sauer
Jürgen Schmidhuber
Erwin Schrödinger
Aaron Schurger
Claude Shannon
Charles Sherrington
David Shiang
Herbert Simon
Dean Keith Simonton
B. F. Skinner
Lee Smolin
Ray Solomonoff
Roger Sperry
John Stachel
Henry Stapp
Tom Stonier
Antoine Suarez
Leo Szilard
Max Tegmark
William Thomson (Kelvin)
Giulio Tononi
Peter Tse
Vlatko Vedral
Heinz von Foerster
John von Neumann
John B. Watson
Daniel Wegner
Steven Weinberg
Paul A. Weiss
John Wheeler
Wilhelm Wien
Norbert Wiener
Eugene Wigner
E. O. Wilson
Stephen Wolfram
H. Dieter Zeh
Ernst Zermelo
Wojciech Zurek
Konrad Zuse
Fritz Zwicky
Free Will
Mental Causation
James Symposium
Exactly The Same Circumstances
The idea that an agent could not do otherwise in exactly the same circumstances is considered a problem facing both libertarians and determinists. Classical mechanical determinism is "information preserving." And so is the time evolution of the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics.
Information philosophy has a particular importance for this question, because it can be asked whether exactly the same information could ever be present at two different locations in the universe of space and time. Surprisingly, in the classical mechanical deterministic universe all moments of time contain exactly the same information, since complete knowledge of the universe at any time implies the exact situation at all other times, past and present (cf., Laplace's Demon). Perhaps equally surprising is the fact that in our expanding universe where information is being destroyed with the increase in entropy, and simultaneously new information is being created - sadly somewhat less than the increase in disorder - we can say that the exact same circumstances never occur. This dramatic difference is one of the most outstanding disproofs of the metaphysical idea of physical determinism, which is seen to be an illusion.
That the exact same circumstances never occur is nowhere more clear than in systems that clearly store the increased information and so exhibit a record of the change in the universe. Astrophysical objects show signs of their evolution. The geological record of the earth's surface displays a rich past. Most living organisms have encoded traces of their lives. And of course human beings carry a part of their past in their memories.
So, like many philosophical problems, the idea of "exactly the same circumstances" reduces to the practical problem of being in very similar circumstances, which is still an interesting question. Libertarians who think they require a sort of extreme "metaphysical freedom" have argued for what some call a "plurality condition" or a "dual rational power." They want a "rational" decision to be able to do something different in exactly the same circumstances. This is only possible if genuinely new alternative possibilities are generated for consideration by the rational and adequately determined will.
The first philosopher to consider the case of exactly the same circumstances was William James in his 1884 essay The Decline of Determinism.
Imagine that I first walk through Divinity Avenue, and then imagine that the powers governing the universe annihilate ten minutes of time with all that it contained, and set me back at the door of this hall just as I was before the choice was made. Imagine then that, everything else being the same, I now make a different choice and traverse Oxford Street. You, as passive spectators, look on and see the two alternative universes,--one of them with me walking through Divinity Avenue in it, the other with the same me walking through Oxford Street. Now, if you are determinists you believe one of these universes to have been from eternity impossible: you believe it to have been impossible because of the intrinsic irrationality or accidentality somewhere involved in it. But looking outwardly at these universes, can you say which is the impossible and accidental one, and which the rational and necessary one? I doubt if the most ironclad determinist among you could have the slightest glimmer of light on this point. In other words, either universe after the fact and once there would, to our means of observation and understanding, appear just as rational as the other.Peter van Inwagen wrote in his 2000 essay "Free Will Is Still A Mystery" about a thought experiment where God reset the circumstances to be the same, and he imagined the outcome of free decisions which have intrinsic unpredictability because they are indeterministic. Van Inwagen argued that there would be a statistical distribution of outcomes, as the agent did different things following the distribution of indeterministic causes.
Now let us suppose that God a thousand times caused the universe to revert to exactly the state it was in at t1 (and let us suppose that we are somehow suitably placed, metaphysically speaking, to observe the whole sequence of "replays"). What would have happened? What should we expect to observe? Well, again, we can't say what would have happened, but we can say what would probably have happened: sometimes Alice would have lied and sometimes she would have told the truth. As the number of "replays" increases, we observers shall — almost certainly — observe the ratio of the outcome "truth" to the outcome "lie" settling down to, converging on, some value. We may, for example, observe that, after a fairly large number of replays, Alice lies in thirty percent of the replays and tells the truth in seventy percent of them—and that the figures 'thirty percent' and 'seventy percent' become more and more accurate as the number of replays increases. But let us imagine the simplest case: we observe that Alice tells the truth in about half the replays and lies in about half the replays. If, after one hundred replays, Alice has told the truth fifty-three times and has lied forty-eight times, we'd begin strongly to suspect that the figures after a thousand replays would look something like this: Alice has told the truth four hundred and ninety-three times and has lied five hundred and eight times. Let us suppose that these are indeed the figures after a thousand [1001] replays. Is it not true that as we watch the number of replays increase we shall become convinced that what will happen in the next replay is a matter of chance.Although this is consistent with those who think that indeterminism directly affects our actions, it is not at all what our Cogito model suggests. Indeterminism affects only the alternative possibilities available to the agent for choice. These alternative possibilities are likely to vary from circumstance to circumstance, making the agent unpredictable. But assuming for the sake of argument that identical alternative possibilities came to mind, the Cogito model predicts that the agent will make the same determination based on character and values. Those libertarians who want something different to happen have an antipathy to determination like that William James found in determinists with their antipathy to chance.
Van Inwagen, Kane, and Determinism compared to the Cogito ModelWe can make a quantitative comparison of the outcome of 1000 thought experiments (or "instant replays" by God as van Inwagen imagines) that shows how the indeterminism in the Cogito Model is limited to generating alternative possibilities for action. Van Inwagen's results after 1000 experiments are approximately 500 lies and 500 times when Alice tells the truth. Robert Kane is well aware of the problem that chance reduces moral responsibility, especially in his sense of Ultimate Responsibility (UR). In order to keep some randomness but add rationality, Kane says perhaps only some small percentage of decisions will be random, thus breaking the deterministic causal chain, but keeping most decisions predictable. Laura Ekstrom and others follow Kane with some indeterminism in the decision. Let's say randomness enters Kane's decisions only ten percent of the time. The other ninety percent of the time, determinism is at work. In those cases, presumably Alice tells the truth. Then Alice's 500 random lies in van Inwagen's first example would become only 50. But this in no way explains moral responsibility for those few cases. Compare the Information Philosophy Cogito model, which agrees with compatibilism/determinism except in cases where something genuinely new and valuable emerges as a consequence of randomness. In our two-stage model, we have first "free" – random possibilities, then "will" – adequately determined evaluation of options and selection of the "best" option. Alice's random generation of alternative possibilities will include 50 percent of options that are truth-telling, and 50 percent lies. Alice's adequately determined will evaluates these possibilities based on her character, values, and current desires. In the Cogito model, she will almost certainly tell the truth. So it predicts almost the same outcome as a compatibilist/determinist model. The Cogito model is not identical, however, since it can generate new alternatives.
It is possible that among the genuinely new alternative possibilities generated, there will be some that determinism could not have produced.It may be that Alice will find one of these options consistent with her character, values, desires, and the current situation she is in. One might include a pragmatic lie, to stay with van Inwagen's example. In a more positive example, it may include a creative new idea that information-preserving determinism could not produce. Alice's thinking might bring new information into the universe. And she can legitimately accept praise (or blame) for that new action or thought that originates with her. To summarize the results:
* (Alice tells the truth unless a good reason emerges from her free deliberations in the Cogito Model, in which case, to stay with van Inwagen's actions, she might tell a pragmatic lie.)Let's consider the Moral Luck criticism of actions that have a random component in their source. Alfred Mele would perhaps object that the alternative possibilities depend on luck, and that this compromises moral responsibility. On the Cogito Model view, Mele is right with respect to moral responsibility. But Mele is wrong that luck compromises free will. Free will and creativity may very well depend on fortuitous circumstances, having the new idea "coming to mind" at the right time, as Mele says. The universe we live in includes chance and therefore luck, including moral luck, is very real, but not a valid objection to our libertarian free will model (or Mele's "modest libertarianism").
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Let me take a little time to introduce myself, my name is C-A-M to the E… ummmm… Actually, you can just call me Cameron. I'm the newest addition to the totally radical staff here at My Wonderful World, and I come to you in the form of an intern. My journey to this desk began years ago, when I first developed what some may call my "sense of place". Many of you may be wondering, "What is this 'sense of place' that he speaks of?" It is more than just where something is, it is comprised of a multitude of factors that come together to give you a certain feeling about a space or a place. However, instead of attempting to explain the whole shebang, I'll let you take a look at this site here.
So back to my sense of place, where did it all begin? I graduated in December, 2008, from Oklahoma State University with an B.A. in Geography. When I started my career as a college student, I also had to get a job. Luckily, I ended up at OSU Outdoor Adventure, which was basically the sweetest job that I could have hoped for. At the job, I was tasked to research maps, plan trips, take participants out into nature and show them how to safely have an AWESOME time! Of course, this lifestyle spoke to me and I thought to myself, "I have found what means most to me! I have found my sense of place!" Taking my newfound "sense of place" into account, I narrowed my academic studies down to focus on recreation, specifically outdoor recreation such as backpacking, mountain biking, rock climbing etc. that takes place in our National Parks. Throughout my years working as an adventure educator and outdoor guide, I developed a deep appreciation for intact and healthy ecosystems as well as the recreational opportunities that could be had within these ecosystems. These recreational opportunities are a classic example of human-environment interaction, which is one of the fundamental tenets of geography. What are some of the ways that you interact with the environment? I'm willing to guess that every one of you that reads this has AT LEAST one outdoor hobby. Think about the ways that you impact the environment when participating in that hobby, but don't stop there; think about how the environment affects you as well!
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Planning a Formal Dinner
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Planning a Formal Dinner
Most people set their tables rather informally these days for any number of valid reasons, the lack of time being the main one. Who has time to fuss over linens, crystal, and china, much less polish the silver?
However, if you're planning a formal dinner, do make a special effort. On these occasions attention to detail and doing things right are important.
Place Cards
When you are entertaining more than eight guests for dinner, use place cards even if you have a seating chart.
Place cards are either folded tents or single cards meant to lie flat on the table. The tent-style cards have the advantage of standing up on the table so that you can write the name on both sides. In this way, others at the table can see who's sitting where.
The most elegant and costly place cards are made of thick white or off-white stock, with a narrow border of silver, gold, or another color. They measure about 2 by 31⁄2 inches, and you can purchase them from a good stationer or jeweler.
Never hesitate to make your own place cards from materials readily available in your home. If they serve the purpose, use them.
Place cards can go in any of the following locations on your table:
- On top of a napkin, set in the middle of the plate
- On the table at the upper left of the place setting (above the forks)
- Leaning against the stem of a water or wine glass
- On the table, just above the middle of the plate in the place setting
Write the names in black ink. You may type them for a business meal. The important thing is to make sure the names are readily legible and large enough to see from across the table. If possible, use calligraphy on them or have someone do it for you.
If all the guests know each other at an informal dinner, just write the first name of each person on his or her card. If two or more guests have the same first name, use first and last names on their cards. If not all of the guests know each other, use both names on all of the cards.
At a formal dinner party, such as a business dinner or official function, or any meal at which persons of rank will be present, use only surnames on the cards, for example, Mr. Fleischmann. If two Mr. Fleischmanns are at the table, use full names on their cards: Mr. Daniel Fleischmann.
Use the full titles of military officers and persons who hold or have held political or high appointed office, whether or not they still hold that office or title.
Place cards for the mayor and governor read The Mayor and The Governor. If they no longer hold those offices, the cards read Mayor Rendell and Governor Ridge.
Once an ambassador, always an ambassador. And a military officer is called by his or her retired rank forever.
Menu Cards
Mind Your P's and Q's
Don't forget to breathe before the party. Literally. Give yourself a few quiet minutes—five will do it. This will clear your mind and center yourself. Then you can put all your energy into your guests.
Menu cards can make a dinner more of an event. They also provide useful information to those concerned about diet. For example, knowing that the entree is poached fish might give a dieter license to finish off the cream soup or look forward to enjoying the dessert with a clear conscience.
Menu cards may be typed, done in calligraphy, or written in black ink. Lean them against a glass, rest them flat on the table to the left of the forks, or lay them centered over the plate above the dessert fork and spoon. Two guests may share one card, or each may have his or her own.
Write the date or the occasion at the top of the card. The courses follow in a vertical list. Wines may or may not be included.
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Fun Friday : Meet Matthias Georgi
This week we are happy to introduce you to someone who is not a stranger to different cultures, coding, hacking, building synthesizers and making sick beats. Please help me welcome Matthias Georgi to the team in Berlin!
Hej Matthias! Wie geht's?
First, welcome to the SoundCloud team in Berlin! Can you tell us what your role entails and what you enjoy most about it so far?
As a developer I'm currently working in the app team. That means I fix bugs and implement new features on the actual website like a better Facebook integration. I really enjoy the fact that literally everyone at SoundCloud is brilliant in what they do. Looking over shoulders pays off every day and there are just too many exciting technologies I could learn from my coworkers.
Where are you from originally? I am sensing you are a native German, is this true? How do you like working in such an international office?
I was born in Munich and grew up in Darmstadt near Frankfurt. My father is German and my mother Korean, so I have a natural interest in other cultures. Working in an international office is really interesting and helps me to improve my language and communication skills.
What are your favorite things to do in Berlin so far and what do you like about the city?
What I love most is playing and listening to music and Berlin has lots of amazing musicians. Frequently I hang out with other electronic artists and collaborate on experimental sound projects. Another exciting thing about Berlin is that it is currently evolving into the next silicon valley, especially the area around the SoundCloud office.
How were you introduced to SoundCloud?
As a musician and producer, putting sounds online is one of the essential tasks. SoundCloud was my first choice since it didn't force me to be part of a social network and offered the player with the best audio quality.
What do you like most about being a part of the SoundCloud team?
Combining the two biggest passions in my life, sound and coding, has always been a dream of mine. The opportunity to create software that is being used by millions of users is just mind-blowing. And finally there is the so called Hackertime: From now on I can use 20% of my time to work on interesting side projects, for example check out my current project http://soundcutter.org, a web based multitrack audio editor using the new web audio api. Currently only working in Chrome.
What are your favorite sounds you have found while scouring SoundCloud?
I'm a huge fan of the lesser known genre called Skweee, which originates from Skandinavia and Melkeveien is one of the best producers in this genre. Funnily there are only about 100 Skweee records in existence:
Finally, do you have any fun facts that we should know about?
I like soldering and building synthesizers, which I recently started together with my friend Andrew, who is also my partner in music. He lives in Glasgow and despite the 1000 miles between us we are really productive and therefore probably one of easyjet's best customers. Check out our new album "Eaten by Clowns and Ridden by Devils":
Where can we find you on the interwebz?
Thanks so much for the great interview Mattias! Say hey to him below!


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How to Speak Fifties
Special interest groups and hobbies tend to develop their own unique words and phrases. This is also true of specific eras or cultures. Someone not familiar with that time or activity could have difficulty understanding the lingo. Terms are often contrary to their commonly accepted definitions (e.g., when bad actually means good). The hot rod/custom car culture is loaded with unique terms, as was the whole Fifties pop culture scene.
This Fifties lexicon is presented as a means of gaining a general understanding of the car, music, TV, and youth scene that emerged in 1950s America. Some terms have regional variations, but if you master these words you won't sound like a Poindexter or total square.
A Bomb: Atomic bomb, a cause of much fear and concern.
Angel Hair: Cotton candy-like decorating material used around custom cars at indoor shows.
American Bandstand: Seminal music/dance TV show hosted by Dick Clark that showcased the most popular rock 'n' roll artists.
Appletons: Aftermarket chrome spotlights popular on custom cars.
Baby Moons: Small, unadorned chrome hubcaps.
Bailon, Joe: Customizer credited with inventing Candy Apple Red paint.
Barris, George: King of the Kustomizers.
Barris, Sam: Famed bodyman and George's older brother/partner. Credited with chopping the first 1949 Merc.
Bathtub Nash: Early Fifties Nash Ramblers noted for their upside-down bathtub styling.
Beatniks: Nonconformist Beat Generation followers influenced by writer Jack Kerouac. Stylized garb often included a beret, dark sunglasses, and sloppy clothes. Beatniks liked to hang out in coffee houses and listen to avant-garde music and poetry.
Beehive: Women's hairstyle where the hair is wrapped high on the head.
Bettie Page: Legendary pinup model who influenced current retro pinup models.
Big 'n' Littles: Street rod tire and wheel combination where the rear tires are considerably taller and wider than the front tires.
Blown (or Blower) Engine: A supercharged engine.
Blue Dots: Accessory blue "jewel" taillight inserts that make a purple glow when the brakes are activated.
Bomb Shelter: A windowless underground or basement shelter designed to protect families from nuclear radiation.
Bondo: Plastic body filler often used by novice or budget customizers.
Boneyard: An automotive wrecking yard or junkyard. Also, a cemetery.
Bongos: Bongo drums; a small, connected pair of drums played by beatniks and often displayed on the package tray of custom cars.
Boxed: Frame rails reinforced with welded steel plates.
Bread: Money.
Brylcreem: Popular men's hair product promoted by cartoon characters with tag lines "A little dab'll do ya" and "Watch out, the girls will love to run their fingers through your hair."
B-Side: The backside or non-hit song on a 45rpm record.
Butch Wax: Very sticky men's hair product used to keep flat-tops stiff and erect.
Caddy: A Cadillac.
Candy Apple Paint: A translucent topcoat that allows the undercoat (usually gold or silver) to shine through for greater depth and brilliance. Originally red but expanded to include other colors.
Carhop: Waitress at a drive-in restaurant.
Carson Top: Padded, chopped, removable, non-folding custom top.
Cat: A cool guy; a cool cat.
Channeled: The process of raising the floorpan so the body can be lowered over the frame rails.
Cherry: Extremely nice condition, often an original, unmolested older car.
Chick: An attractive female, or a general term for a woman.
Chopped: A lowered roofline.
Cold War: Tension between the Soviet Union and the United States based on ideological and political differences.
Columbia Rear: A two-speed overdrive rear axle.
Commies: Communists, especially Russians; feared Cold War enemies.
Continental Kit: Covered spare tire attached to the rear bumper.
Cream or Creamed: Badly damaged a car. Also, a decisive sporting triumph.
Cruisin' for a Bruisin': Looking for a fight or trouble.
Cubes: Engine displacement in cubic inches. Also, slang for squares or dull people.
Cushman: A small motor scooter.
Custom: A modified car where style is more important than performance. Most custom cars are vintage 1949 and newer. Sometimes spelled with a "k," as in "kustom."
D-A or D.A.: Men's hairstyle pointed at the back of the head to resemble the rear view of a duck. Also known as a ducktail.
Daddy-O: A general greeting; a positive term for a friend or acquaintance, usually male.
Dagmars: Twin Cadillac bullet-like front bumper guards named after a statuesque television performer.
DJ (or Dee Jay): Disc jockey, a person who played records on AM radio.
Deuce: Any 1932 Ford is a deuce. The term doesn't apply to other cars manufactured in 1932.
Dibs: To claim something.
Dig it: To understand or approve.
Dipstick: An uncool person.
Drag: A side-by-side car race. Also, a boring event.
Dropped Axle: A solid front axle that lowers the car by raising spindle height.
Dullsville: A boring event.
Fiesta Spinners: Mid-Fifties Oldsmobile Fiesta wheel covers with three-bar "spinners."
Filled Top: Replacing the factory fabric sedan or coupe roof insert with steel.
Fink: An undesirable person, a snitch, a tattletale; someone who isn't cool.
Flathead: A valve in block engine design that makes for very thin or "flat" cylinder heads. The term is most commonly applied to 1932-1953 Ford V-8s.
Flat-Top: Men's crewcut hairstyle where the hair on top of the head stands straight up, usually aided by butch wax.
Fordillac: A hopped up Ford with a Cadillac V-8 engine.
Freed, Alan: Pioneering Cleveland disc jockey credited with popularized the term "rock and roll."
Frenched: Any body part that is normally separate, but has been molded to the main body. Frenched taillights are molded to the body rather than bolted on.
Fueler: Top Fuel dragster.
Fuelie: Fuel injected engine, usually in a 1957-and-later Corvette.
Full Fendered: A hot rod with its original front and rear fenders, plus running boards.
Fuzz: Police.
Glass Packs: Minimalist mufflers filled with fiberglass to suppress exhaust noise.
Ginchiest: The most cool.
Going Steady: In a committed relationship.
Hairpin Radius Rods: Aftermarket suspension components used to locate the front axle.
Halibrands: A traditional, slotted "mag" wheel manufactured by the Halibrand Company.
Headers: High performance tubular steel exhaust manifolds.
Hemi: Short for hemispherical, the term refers to Chrysler V-8 engines with spark plugs in the center of the cylinder heads.
Hood: Sheetmetal engine cover. Also, a criminal, gangster, or juvenile delinquent.
Hot rod: The generic term for an older car modified for better performance. Street rod is the more contemporary, gentrified term.
Hula-Hoop: A popular toy/exerciser approximately three feet in diameter and made of plastic by the Wham-O Corporation. Users spun it around their gyrating hips.
I-beam axle: A solid front axle with an "I" cross-section profile.
Ike: President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Injected: Fuel injected.
J-D: Juvenile delinquent.
Juvy: Juvenile detention hall.
Kemp: Custom car.
Kookie: Highly popular character on TV show 77 Sunset Strip played by Edd Byrnes. Known for his T-bucket hot rod and constantly combing his D-A hairstyle.
Lakes Pipes: Externally mounted exhaust pipes.
Lay Rubber: Spin the rear tires so as to leave rubber on the pavement.
Lead Sled: A custom car. Early customizers used lead body solder for modifications.
Lid: Hat.
Little Pages: Digest-sized car magazines.
Long Green: Money.
Louvers: Air vents stamped into steel panels such as hoods and deck lids.
Merc: Mercury car, most commonly a customized 1949-1951 Mercury coupe.
Mickey Mouse Rings: Fake white walls.
Moola: Money.
Moon Disc: Spun aluminum, flat wheel covers originally designed for racing. Developed by the Moon Equipment Company.
Moon Eyes: Distinctive, forward leaning pair of cartoon eyes used as the logo (and popular decal) for the Moon Equipment Company.
Moon Tank: A small, spun aluminum auxiliary gas tank manufactured by the Moon Equipment Company.
Mopar: Chrysler Corporation cars.
Mouse Motor: Small-block Chevy V-8.
Nailhead: A Buick V-8 (1953-1967) with distinctive upright cylinder heads.
Nerf bars: Small tubular bumpers used in place of stock bumpers.
Nomad: A top-of-the-line 2-door 1955-57 Chevy Bel Air station wagon with a unique B-pillar, side glass, and sloped tailgate.
Pad: House or home.
Payola: Bribing disc jockeys to play records.
Pearl Paint: Paint with a high iridescent content reminiscent of real pearls. Originally made with fish scales.
Pee Chee: A folder for carrying homework.
Pez: A small hard candy that came in pop-up dispensers that resembled cigarette lighters.
Pink Slip: A car's title or registration. In California, the owner's copy was pink.
Platter: Record disc, usually a small 45rpm recording.
Poindexter: An overly serious student, not one of the cool kids. A nerd.
Poncho: Pontiac.
Portholes: Iconic Buick front fender vents. Also, the auxiliary side windows on 1956/57 T-Bird removable hardtops.
Pound: Beat up; to harm someone in a fight.
Quick Change: A rear axle with easily removable gears. These rear ends were originally designed for circle track racing.
Rails: Tubular frame dragsters. Also known as rail jobs.
Rat Fink: Ed Roth's satirical cartoon version of Mickey Mouse.
Razz: To bother.
Real Gone: Crazy, in a good way. A term of admiration.
Record Hop: A dance with recorded music.
Reds, Red Menace: Communists.
Rocket 88: Oldsmobile with a high performance V-8 engine.
Roth, Ed: Legendary pinstriper, customizer, who popularized "Weirdo" or "Monster" airbrushed T-shirts. Affectionately known as Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.
Rumble Seat: An auxiliary seat under the deck lid of a roadster or coupe. The deck lid is bottom-hinged with a seat cushion attached to the lid.
Running Boards: The flat section of metal between the front and rear fenders.
Scallops: A decorative style of custom painting featuring long, tapered, parallel panels of paint that typically contrast the primary color.
Sectioned: When a horizontal band of metal is removed from the midsection of a body to lower the overall height of the vehicle.
Shaved: Any time an emblem, hinge, door handle, trunk handle, or trim item is removed.
Shoebox Ford: 1949-1951 models.
Slicks: Treadless racing tires.
Small-Block: A smaller displacement (generally 400ci or smaller) V-8 engine. The term most often refers to Chevy engines, but can apply to other makes.
Sock Hop: A dance, usually held in a school auditorium, where shoes weren't allowed in order to protect the wood floors.
Sombreros: Smooth, early Fifties' Cadillac wheel covers.
Spaz: An uncoordinated person. A term of derision.
Split: To leave.
Split Wishbones: Early Ford front axles were located with a triangular "wishbone" brace. A hot rod trick was to cut or split the wishbone and move the mounting points outside the frame rails.
Square: Uncool person, often a parent or authority figure.
Steady: A committed boyfriend or girlfriend.
Steelies: Solid wheels made of steel. Usually accented with trim rings and small hubcaps.
Stroker McGurk: Cartoon character drawn by Tom Medley for Hot Rod Magazine.
Stroker Motor: An increased displacement, high torque engine created by installing a crankshaft with longer throws.
Stovebolt: Chevy six-cylinder engine.
Submarine Races: Parking in a car for the purpose of making out.
Suede: Primer or semi-gloss paint.
Suicide Doors: Rear-hinged, forward opening doors that were prone to blowing open (before the advent of modern safety latches).
T-Bird: Ford Thunderbird from 1955 onward.
Threads: Clothes.
Three Deuces: Three two-barrel carburetors.
Three-On-The-Tree: A three-speed manual transmission with the shifter mounted on the steering column.
Tin Indian: Pontiac.
Track T: A fenderless Model T Ford roadster with a smooth, rounded nose influenced by circle track racers.
Tri-Five Chevy: Any 1955, 1956 or 1957 Chevy.
Tri-power: Three carburetors.
Tub: A canvas top phaeton or touring car.
Tuck 'n' Roll: A style of automotive upholstery characterized by stuffed pleats.
Tudor: Ford's name for a two-door sedan.
Uncle Miltie: Comedian Milton Berle, known as "Mr. Television."
Von Dutch: Iconic Fifties pinstriper, real name Kenneth Howard.
Wax: Music records.
Wide Whites: Extra wide whitewall tires.
Woodie: A vintage station wagon with a body made out of real wood from the cowl back.
Zoomies: Upswept racing style exhaust headers.
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Blown, Moon Tank, Rails, Slicks, Zoomies
Blown rail job dragster with slicks, zoomie headers, and a Moon tank.
Flathead, Tri-power
Flathead Ford V-8 with tri-power carburetors.
Custom, Chopped, Merc
Chopped, full custom Merc with Buick headlights and side trim.
Caddy, Dagmars
Caddy convertible with Dagmars.
Moon Discs, White Whites, Portholes
Moon discs and wide whitewalls on a Buick with three portholes.
Tub, Tuck n Roll
This Model T tub has tuck 'n' roll upholstery and chrome reverse wheels.
Scalloped, Shaved
A scalloped 1957 Ranchero with shaved emblems and door handles.
Continental Kit
Continental kit.
Fiesta Spinners
Olds Fiesta 3-bar spinner wheel covers.
Woodie wagon.
Dropped Axle, I-beam Axle
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Discover artifacts found at the Chinese Laundry site in Stockton.
There were many brown and green glazed stoneware containers found that would have held preserved foods brought from China, such as pickles, ginger, bean curd, oil rice wine, and soy sauce.
Sharing food is very important in Chinese culture. The laundry contained many pieces of Chinese bowls, cups, spoons and food remains such as pork bones. This tells us that eating in traditional Chinese ways was very important to the laundry workers.
Drinking tea was important in many Chinese households. The tea was made in teapots and drunk from small, porcelain cups without handles that were brought from China. Tea drinking was also very important to Euro Americans in the 19th century, who sometimes used fancy teapots and matching cups and saucers. Teapots, like the ones found at the laundry, were sometimes used to brew traditional Chinese medicine from herbs.
These little vials once contained Chinese medicine. Bottles for both Chinese and Euro American medicine were found at the laundry site. One of the artifacts was a bottle stuffed with preserved herbs and the remains of five crows. This bottle would have been filled with alcohol to make a type of traditional Chinese medicine used by the laundry workers.
Traditional Chinese medicine was very different from Euro American medicine in the 19th century. The artifacts tell us that the laundry workers tried Euro American medicine, but that they also liked to use familiar remedies from China.
Children in the 19th century played with toys, including dolls, marbles, and cast-metal figures. The heads, legs, arms and dolls were often sold separately in the 19th century. Then they were sewn on to a cloth body to be formed into a doll.
In the latter part of the century, more and more people bought toys from stores or catalogs, rather than making them themselves. The toys above are from families who lived near the laundry. We did not find very many toys at the Chinese laundry, which may suggest that children did not live at the Chinese laundry site.
Shown in the photo are parts of Chinese ink stones. Chinese workers at the laundry made ink by rubbing water into the stone. In the U.S. in the 19th century, most people wrote using bottles of ink and pens with nibs.
Paper was expensive so children wrote their lessons on slate boards with slate "pencils". Afterwards, the boards could be wiped clean and used again.
The artifacts told us that the Chinese laundry workers wrote with Euro American inks and pens, but they also liked to use traditional Chinese ink and brushes.
Archaeologists found part of a traditional Chinese oil lamp. They also found the glass base of an oil lamp that was common in non-Chinese American homes in the 19th century. The oil lamps burned sperm-whale oil, other animal fats, and kerosene. The lamps became covered in soot and had to be cleaned almost every day. When gas and (later) electricity were introduced, lighting the laundry became much easier.
Finding these lamps tells us that Chinese workers at the laundry used both traditional and Euro American technology to light their home.
Bones from archaeological sites tell us what people ate. At the Chinese laundry we found a great many bones from meat that had been butchered or cut up. Some of the meat came from cows, pigs and sheep, or from birds like chickens. We also found the bones of both freshwater and saltwater fish.
Most of the meat came from pork, which was traditionally very popular in China. The fact that the laundry workers ate so much pork tells us that they probably liked to eat food similar to what they did at home in China.
Bones not only tell us about the food people ate; the bones found on archaeological sites could also be from pets, farm animals, vermin like rats, or even from medicine. At the laundry, we found a bottle that contained the bones of cut-up crows. The crows, together with medicinal herbs, were probably steeped in alcohol to make a type of traditional Chinese medicine.
We found many bottles that contained foods, medicine or alcohol drinks used by the Chinese laundry workers.
Some of the bottles contained either Chinese of Euro American wines or liquors. The workers at the laundry may have used them for cooking, or for relaxing with friends after work.
Many of the bottles found at the laundry site originally contained medicine called "bitters" that helped with kidney or liver problems. Once the medicine was taken, the workers reused the bottles to store bluing dye. This was a type of dye that was often added to washing to make clothes look whiter and cleaner.
Chinese factories in the U.S. used glass bottles to ship their products to Chinese communities throughout the country. At the laundry, a bottle was found with Chinese writing on the label, which once contained ginger beer made in San Francisco.
Archaeologists from Sonoma State University completed an exhibit of selected artifacts from the Chinese Laundry site. The exhibit is located in the lobby of The Hotel Stockton and is open to the public. Lobby hours are 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sing Lee Chinese Laundry Exhibit at the Hotel Stockton contact Richard Faryl (209) 463-4381
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In the midst of a furor of a nightmare of screams, it is nearly implausible to discern the whispers: the soft, gentle pleadings of the Spirit within us, to find ourselves and pursue a precious path.
We become the victims–the auditory slaves of foolish men and women who have succeeded in providing us decibels without hope.
It's loud.
It's brash.
It's bloody.
It's irreverent.
It's irrelevant.
And it's often meaningless.
But the sheer brute blast of this storm of stupidity seems to be the cultural forecast, threatening to blow us all away.
Into such a climate Jesus of Nazareth also came.
Just like us, he was surrounded by mayhem–a nasty empire, brutal religion, vendettas, bigotry, prejudice, gender bias and ignorance that rebuffed knowledge.
He chose not to yell.
He found a space and made his place.
If you're determined to be recognized, wealthy or even famous, you will be worthless to this time–because the natural flow of human degradation will determine whether you will be ushered in for consideration, and unless you are willing to be as crazy as the world around you, you will probably be considered unnecessary.
You can find your space and make your place.
- Jesus was profoundly simple.
- Jesus was deemed uneducated because he chose this path.
- Jesus was mocked as unaware because he would not join into the political fiasco and the religious ramblings.
- He was simple.
He offered three ideas to humanity which still trigger our best efforts and initiate the only march to beauty that we have ever marshalled:
1. Consider.
Stop being sure. Don't recite all the things you learned as a young'un. Don't repeat the bigotry of your benefactors. Consider. Consider your life, consider an intelligent approach–even consider a lily.
2. Watch.
Sometimes he said to go ahead and while you're doing that, pray. But always watch. Don't be so quick to pull the trigger on your support. Listen for the buzz words that talk of healing, forgiveness, reconciliation and creativity.
Watch what is before your eyes carefully instead of merely lining up for the next I-Phone.
3. Cheerful.
"Be of good cheer" is the match. It lights a fire that warms instead of burns. For after all, joy is the best treatment for insanity.
These were the three messages of a simple man. They will never be outdated but unfortunately, they will also never be regaled as "trending."
It will take you and me to close our ears to the screams, and listen to the whisper of "consider, watch and be of good cheer."
The good news is that living such a life is far less exhausting.
The better news is, only this simple life is truly fulfilling.
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Dwayne Bowe ARRESTED -- Weed & Speed
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was arrested Sunday ... after cops say the NFL superstar was speeding around Missouri with marijuana in his car.
According to the Riverside PD, officers noticed Bowe doing 48 in a 35 in his 2011 Audi R8 ... and pulled him over for speeding.
During the stop, cops say the officer noticed a strong odor of pot ... and asked Bowe, along with his two passengers, to get out of the vehicle.
Cops say a K-9 unit searched the car and turned up a black bag with 2 sacks of weed totaling 14.6 grams.
One of the guys in Bowe's car told cops the pot was his -- and he was also arrested for marijuana possession. Cops also found 2 joints on the passenger.
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Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36
Daniel 3.26,27
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36
IN THOSE DAYS, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came to him, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.


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The Oklahoma offensive tackle was the top performer in five drills and impressed evaluators with his speed and agility in positional work.
Johnson said media trainers from Oklahoma helped him prep for the team interview process in Indianapolis, though he acknowledged a meeting with the Cincinnati Bengals left him scratching his head.
"One thing caught me off guard. I was meeting with Cincinnati, and I went in there and they told me to remember five things," Johnson told XEPRS-AM in San Diego (via SportsRadioInterviews.com). "They just listed five things like a bear, a flower, a tree, a man and like a dog. And they told me to remember those terms, at the end of the meeting to see if I could remember them.
"And from that point on, they listed numbers. They said, like, 9167, and then told me to repeat them in reverse order. So that was probably the weirdest meeting I've ever been a part of."
Remember, teams get only 15 minutes with these guys. It seems odd the Bengals believe an evolutionary version of "Simon" will help them determine if Johnson is capable of protecting Andy Dalton.
For what it's worth, Johnson says he got four of the five memory tests correct. It's unclear if his 20 percent failure rate will take him off the Bengals' draft board.


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Ontario this month unveiled
tough unfair new drinking and driving laws. They have met with widespread opposition.
Around the same time, the 630 CHED put out a poll about drinking and driving, which I post below:
Why on earth are those the only two options? What's wrong with "no, lets not worry about things that aren't crimes"?
I don't like that it implies if you chose the latter you aren't serious about drunk driving (though personally I'm not), and if you chose the former that you are an unsafe driver just because of your BAC.
Drinking and driving (is awesome)
Ontario this month unveiled
Drinking and driving (is awesome)
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WDSU has an opening for a strong, take-charge producer who knows how to create memorable newscasts. The right candidate will have a track record of being creative, aggressive, have the ability to make decisions and communicate the plan in a clear, concise manner. We expect excellent news judgement and a can do attitude. Candidates must have a proven track record of winning the big story, breaking news and weather. Candidates must be fast and calm under pressure and able to play well in a room of same-minded pros.
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First Trailer for RICKI AND THE FLASH Starring Meryl Streep
Synopsis: Three-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep goes electric and takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in the uplifting comedy Ricki and the Flash. In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family. Streep stars opposite her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer, who plays her fictional daughter; Rick Springfield, who takes on the role of a Flash member in love with Ricki; and Kevin Kline, who portrays Ricki's long-suffering ex-husband.
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A Firefox Trojan has been found to force the Internet browser to save user passwords and then use those passwords to create a new user account on the infected computer.
Most security researchers recommend that users tell Firefox not to remember their passwords, since saved ones are so easily extracted by malware.
The Trojan-PWS-Nslog malware discovered by security company Webroot, however, gets around user preferences altogether by actually deactivating the Firefox code that asks if it should save those passwords when the user logs into a secure site.
"Before the infection, a default installation of Firefox 3.6.10 would prompt the user after the user clicks the Log In button on a Web page, asking whether he or she wants to save the password," Webroot researcher Andrew Brandt explained in a blog post on Wednesday. "After the infection, the browser simply saves all login credentials locally, and doesn't prompt the user."
Specifically, the Trojan adds a few lines of code and "comments out" other portions of code from the Firefox file called nsLoginManagerPrompter.js, with the result that all passwords get saved locally without any input from the user.
Clues Left Behind
With that information, the Trojan creates a new account under the name "Maestro" on the infected computer. It then "scrapes information from the registry, from the so-called Protected Storage area used by IE to store passwords, and from Firefox's own password storage, and tries to pass the stolen information onward, once per minute," Brandt added.
The Web domain intended to receive the stolen data has already been shut down, but code inside the malware revealed the author's name and email address, which led Webroot to a Facebook page for a hacker based in Iran who provides a free keylogger creator tool targeting users of Microsoft Windows.
Webroot can easily identify and remove the Trojan from infected machines, it says. To fix the modified Firefox file, users should download the latest Firefox installer and install it over the existing installation. No bookmarks or add-ons will be lost in the process, Brandt said.
How to Make Firefox Forget
Mozilla's Firefox ranks second in global browser market share, according to Net Applications, with 23 percent of the browser market in September. The first beta release of Firefox 4 for Android phones just debuted this week.
By default, Firefox does remember passwords. To tell it not to, go to the Tools menu and select Options. From there, open the Security tab and uncheck the appropriate box, Webroot advises.
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Dragon Age: Origins - Return to Ostagar
The battle of Ostagar laid waste to your order and claimed the lives of many great men and women, including the brash King Cailan and your mentor, Duncan. Now, there are rumors that a fellow survivor of the battle has escaped from captivity and is seeking the Grey Wardens' help. The time has come to make your return to Ostagar and exact revenge upon the darkspawn. Includes: (1) A return to the battlefields of Ostagar, now thick with darkspawn encamped amidst the snow. (2) An opportunity to regain the lost arms and armor of a king. (3) A second chance to add Dog to your party. To find the survivor: (1) Play through Dragon Age: Origins until after the village of Lothering. (2) Travel to Bann Loren's Lands along the Bannorn's northwest border. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
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Bass won't challenge Shaheen in N.H.
Former Rep. Charlie Bass (R-N.H.) will not challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen next year, a big blow to Republicans' chances of making the race competitive.
"After much thought and several discussions with my family, friends and colleagues, I have decided that I will not be a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014," Bass said in a statement Monday morning. "Though I am confident that a strong Republican nominee will defeat Democrat Jeanne Shaheen next year, my current personal and professional responsibilities preclude my candidacy."
Bass represented New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2007 and from 2011 until this year, after he was defeated last November by Democrat Ann McLane Kuster.
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The former congressman was in Washington last week meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Jerry Moran, further fueling the speculation that he might run.
The GOP field already has two declared candidates, Sen. Jim Rubens and conservative activist Karen Testerman.
Bass's decision is a big blow to Republicans' hopes of taking down Shaheen next year: polling shows her far ahead of all potential GOP challengers, and Bass was seen as the candidate most able to make the race competitive. A WMUR Granite State poll last month found Shaheen leading Bass by 17 points, 51 percent to 34 percent. Shaheen would fare even better against Rubens, though: she leads the former state senator by 25 points, 53 percent to 28 percent.


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As the first day of spring approaches a scientific mystery will soon return with a roar— the 2013 return of the east coast b rood of cicadas, or Brood II. Now a team of scientists hint they may have a solution as to why this brood and its fellows bizarrely emerge only after lulls more than a decade long—to control their surroundings in ways that may lead to crashes in numbers of predatory birds.
Periodical cicadas are the longest-lived insects known. After childhoods spent underground living off the juices of tree roots, broods of red-eyed adults surface in precise cycles— 13 years long in the southeastern U.S. and 17 years long in the northeastern part of the country. Fifteen broods are known to exist today on Earth, all native to North America. Brood II is set to emerge this spring in New York State, Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia with choruses of males bent on wooing mates with their din. It remains an enigma why these cicadas only emerge together in the adult stage every 13 or 17 years, as opposed to some other duration — other cicada species are not so synchronized.
"The 'periodical cicada' problem is one that's been kicking around for nearly 350 years at this point," says behavioral ecologist Walter Koenig at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "The first known mention of periodical cicadas was in Volume 1 of Philosophical Transactions, the first real scientific journal ever published, in 1665 . The fact that these insects still pose some of the most challenging problems there are in evolutionary biology is impressive."
A number of possible solutions to this mystery have been suggested over the years. For instance, researchers have speculated that the lengths of these strange cycles may reduce unwelcome interbreeding and competition for resources among broods — even if there was any geographic overlap of 13- and 17-year cycle broods, the lengths of the cycles would ensure that they only emerged simultaneously once every 221 years. Little such overlap exists, however, weakening this argument. Others have suggested these cycles may help periodical cicadas avoid predators or parasites that have shorter, even-numbered life cycles, but no strong evidence exists in support of these ideas either.
Now Koenig and his colleagues suggest the lengths of the cycles may somehow cause the numbers of cicadas' predators—insectivorous birds—to drop. "Our hypothesis is, frankly, hard to believe, even by us, if for no other reason because we know of no mechanism to explain how cicada emergences could be driving a cycle in the birds that is so long—13 or 17 years," Koenig says. "Because of this, I don't blame anyone for being skeptical. Unfortunately, it's not easy to study animals that only show up two or three times during one's scientific career."
The scientists analyzed 15 predatory bird species living within the geographic ranges of periodical cicadas that could potentially feed on the insects, including red headed woodpeckers, blue jays and gray catbirds. They focused on population data gathered over a 45-year period via the North American Breeding Bird Survey.
The researchers discovered the numbers of these birds dropped significantly during the years cicadas emerge. When it came to the 13-year broods, potential predator levels rose immediately after emergences followed by a crash in year four and a dip in year 10 as well as the emergence year. When it came to the 17-year broods, the levels of these birds rose slowly after emergences, peaking in year 12 and then declining afterward, reaching a nadir again in emergence years. Koenig and his colleague Andrew Liebhold detailed in the January issue of The American Naturalist.
It remains uncertain specifically how cicadas might orchestrate the behavior of other species over such long time periods. Koenig and his colleagues suggest the giant pulse of nutrients represented by a cicada emergence might influence tree growth and a host of other environmental factors, triggering a chain reaction that leads bird numbers to surge and then decline before the insects reemerge. "We are basically claiming that, at least indirectly, the cicadas are engineering bird populations and their environments," Koenig says. "Still, I don't claim we have a good mechanistic explanation for how that occurs."
Indeed, evolutionary biologist David Marshall at the University of Connecticut feels there is no conclusive evidence that birds' numbers actually are declining. "The studies of the Koenig group have not yet sufficiently excluded a simpler hypothesis that can explain apparent bird population 'declines' during cicada emergence years—acoustic interference of loud cicada choruses with bird songs that are used by observers to locate birds," Marshall says. "In other words, there may be fewer bird observations in those years because the birds are more difficult to detect."
Koenig and Liebhold argue that bird levels in cicada ranges dropped during emergence years of broods even in areas where cicadas were not chorusing, suggesting their cacophony was not influencing reports of bird numbers. Marshall also notes, however, the current study treated sites as having cicadas present or not based on county-level distribution data. "Many papers have been published in the past decade and earlier showing the inadequacy of these maps. Periodical cicada populations are notoriously patchy, far more so than other North American cicada populations," Marshall says. "Adults can be abundant in one woodlot and completely absent one kilometer away."
"The cicadas are probably affecting the bird populations in some way—after all, many bird populations use the cicadas as food during emergence years—but I do not think that the patterns in this study prove that the cicadas are inducing delayed bird-population changes that occur 13 or 17 years after emergence," Marshall concludes.
As such, these periodic cicadas remain a cacophonous springtime mystery.


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Ravens coach John Harbaugh didn't need to spend any time during the bye week studying the team's remaining schedule. To him, everything beyond Sunday's road game against the Cleveland Browns is irrelevant right now.
It doesn't matter that after Sunday's visit to Cleveland, the Ravens will play five of the next seven weeks at M&T Bank Stadium. It doesn't matter that they have two games ahead against the Cincinnati Bengals, the team that is ahead of them in the AFC North. A rematch against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thanksgiving night should be good theater, but that's not on Harbaugh's mind either this week.
"We have to go to Cleveland and find a way to win," Harbaugh said Monday.
The Ravens returned to practice Monday after getting the mandatory four days off for the bye week. Harbaugh said that the bye week provided players with a good opportunity to get some rest and spend some time with their families, and all of them came back on time and "with a lot of enthusiasm."
The Ravens have historically played their best football after the bye. They are a league-best 10-1 following the bye week since 2002. Under Harbaugh, they are 5-0 in such situations and their average margin of victory in those games is just over 16 points.
They're hoping to continue that trend against the Browns, who are 3-5 and have lost three straight games, but took the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs to the wire before falling, 23-17, at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.
"I'm looking forward to seeing how we respond in terms of how we play," said Harbaugh whose team has beaten the Browns 11 straight times.
Certainly, Harbaugh and his players had plenty of time to consider the gravity of the challenge that lies ahead. With a 3-4 mark — the latest in a season that a defending Super Bowl champion has had a losing record since 2006 — the Ravens are 2 1/2 games behind the Bengals, who have now won four straight games. It's much too early for the Ravens to concede the division that they've won in back-to-back years, especially since the teams still have yet to play this season.
As far as the early wild-card picture, two teams — the San Diego Chargers (4-3) and the New York Jets (4-4) — are currently ahead of the Ravens for the sixth and final playoff spot.
The Bengals (6-2), New England Patriots (6-2) and the Indianapolis Colts (5-2) currently own multi-game leads for first place in their division. In the AFC West, which was billed as one of the NFL's weakest divisions in the preseason, the Denver Broncos (7-1) currently trail the Chiefs (8-0) by one game.
However, whichever AFC West team doesn't win the division and the Chargers certainly can't be discounted yet from the race, will be in comfortable position to secure a wild-card spot.
All the scenarios don't mean a whole lot to the Ravens now, but they do know that they have a significantly less margin of error at this point of the season than what they've had the past couple of years. The fact that they'll be home for much of this month and the start of December certainly provides some hope. However, it won't mean anything if the Ravens don't find their way out of this stretch of three losses in four games.
"We've got to get it done, and at the end, we'll see where we stand," Harbaugh said. "So, the race, it is what it is now. It's where it stands. But it's where it stands after 16 games that matters, and that's what we're looking forward to."
At this point, it appears that the Ravens are prepared to go with what they have. They signed reserve running back Bernard Scott on Monday, but he's more of an insurance policy behind starter Ray Rice and backup Bernard Pierce, who is dealing with a hamstring injury.
On the injured reserve with a designation to return list since the start of the season, tight end Dennis Pitta (dislocated hip) is eligible to start practicing this week. However, the Ravens never viewed that as a realistic return date. While there is growing optimism that Pitta will play again this season, he's still believed to be several weeks away from a return.
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As far as any other potential acquisitions, the NFL trade deadline is at 4 p.m. Tuesday and the Ravens are always monitoring the market to see what's available.
A lack of salary cap space — the Ravens will have a little over $1.5 million left after the Scott signing — and the fact that the front office has already dealt away three picks in the Eugene Monroe and A.Q. Shipley deals seemingly works against another trade.
Harbaugh wouldn't comment about whether he anticipates any deals, saying "it's probably best just to stay away from that."
To Harbaugh, anything beyond the Ravens' opponent this weekend just didn't matter.
"We're just getting ready to go play a football game this Sunday in Cleveland," he said.


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[Beliefnet, April 13, 2007]
Last summer we had a houseful at the beach, with our children and their spouses and the seven (soon to be nine) little grandchildren. The cousins don't see each other much, so they splashed and ran and shouted, the wind tearing at their voices. But Adam, then four, stayed by himself. He moved along the edges of the dunes, circling the family like a silent satellite. Last year, Adam received a diagnosis of autism.
Adam is a beautiful child with a cream-and-rose complexion and clear blue eyes. He wasn't quite two when, at a backyard party, he walked over to the cars parked in the yard and began reading aloud the license plate letters and numbers. No one had taught him this. He developed a fascination with the alphabet, words and numbers, maps and globes, and any repeating pattern (he loves M. C. Escher images). When he was evaluated at three and a half his cognitive level was that of a seven-year-old. Ever since his toddler days Adam has surprised us by coming out with things no one could recall teaching him, and it was sort of unnerving. I kept thinking we were going to find a bill from the University of Phoenix in his crib.
But talking—that's different. When Adam began trying to talk, the strain was evident in his face and tender eyes. In photos from his first birthday, he looks worried and lost. Sometimes words would come out too loud, sometimes too soft, usually flat and expressionless, always halting and reluctant. Adam looks like someone who doesn't speak English and is laboring to translate word-by-word in his head. I told his mom, "When God made him, he must have put in the Japanese module by mistake."
So there's a ring of silence around beautiful Adam. He doesn't interact much. If you ask him a question, he's likely to repeat it, or just ignore it. He isn't interested in other children, and doesn't have friends outside the family. He is remote, a space station overcharged with data, orbiting silently, far away.
The silence is what hurts. Parents don't only love their children, they also crave to know their children. I've heard moms in the delivery room say to their newborns, "Open your eyes so I can see you!"—though they can see every inch of the baby but his eyeballs. A baby is a present you can't unwrap all at once. It takes years of reading his eyes, learning what makes him laugh, watching him run and tumble with friends, hearing his bedside prayers. But with an autistic child much of this can be impossible.
When you think about it, language is a pretty tricky operation. It's the thing that allows us to communicate, but also the thing that makes communication frustrating. The speaker must hike down to his scrambled storehouse of words and pick out ones that fit, more or less; then he hauls them back up and tips the bucket into the empty air between him and the hearer. The hearer receives the words sequentially, as each pebble hits the ground. He must gather them up and cart them back down to his own dictionary-storehouse; there they will jostle meanings and associations unanticipated by the speaker.
What a cumbersome muddle all of this is, and so complex that it's amazing anybody ever gets it right. You can understand why an autist, finding this even more difficult than we do, might opt simply to withdraw.
Adam announces, "I am going to go off of the world." He is going to be an astronaut, and go away in a space ship. This is his latest interest. "You"—here he pokes a forefinger into your arm—"you will stay here."
Adam plans to go far away from this confusing, difficult place. Sometimes even non-autists can find that idea appealing. There are so many ways for us to misunderstand and hurt each other, and even when things are at their best a sense of separateness shadows our joy. We look at others from the outside, making guesses about they're thinking. We reach out, and the very skin that allows us to touch is the barrier that keeps us apart. The most that two people can be is two planets in a common orbit, and it's at the happiest of times that we recognize this limitation. Maybe that's why people cry at weddings.
The problem that autists have with other people is just an extreme form of the alienation that troubles us all. Autists have a bad case of the Human Condition.
Parents of autists may feel: if even the best human relationships are sadly limited, what hope is there for my child? A tragedy some years ago gave me unexpected light on another way—the only effective way—to be deeply connected with those we love.
When my father died in a car accident, I was 29. Our relationship still had lots of knots and tensions from my teen years—a different kind of communication difficulty than parents of autistic children have, but still a sad example of the pain that all humans who try to love each other know. But as I listened to the prayers and Scriptures at his funeral, it hit me that, from his perspective, all the confusion was over. He was standing in the searching light of God, where all things are made clear and all truth is known. That meant that, from his perspective, our relationship was for the first time perfect and whole, in a way it could never have been on earth.
Though I don't yet have that perspective, I can still grasp its truth. The only place I can ever meet my father again is in the presence of God, who understands us both, perfectly—much better than we can understand ourselves. And even though he sees right through us, his response is endless love.
When we're bewildered, lonely or hurt, when the futility of efforts to connect is too painfully obvious, we can relinquish our confusion to the Lord. He knows every heart from the inside, and "in him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17). His love is the life streaming through all Creation. So even in this life we are connected with those we love through God, something we can barely grasp now, but which will one day flood our awareness.
Parents are pained by their inability to reach an autistic child; he's only a few feet away, at the other end of the sofa, but might as well be circling the dark reaches of space. But he is known by God. He is transparent to the light of God, who shines through us all, who understands us and our children, and everyone we know, and everyone we don't. Only in him will we one day love each other the way we want to, the way he already does. St. Paul writes, "Then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood" (I Corinthians 13:12). We have been fully understood, even the least explicable among us, and one day we will rest in tranquil full communion.
Adam says, "I am going to go off the world. You will stay here. But I will come back to you. I will come back soon."