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Senior federal Labor figures have talked down the urgency for party reform, arguing voters want the government to focus on the economy and not internal matters.
But the NSW ALP and former prime minister Kevin Rudd have rallied behind a push by party stalwart Senator John Faulkner to make the party more open, inclusive and accountable, in the wake of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry involving state party figures.
Senator Faulkner said in a speech in Melbourne on Tuesday too much power was concentrated in the hands of a few factional bosses and the Labor rank-and-file needed a greater say in ALP matters.
He called for a code of conduct covering MPs and senators, a "one strike and you're out" policy for any Labor member found guilty of acting corruptly.
"A culture has developed in the NSW branch where, for some, being caught out at sharp practices is worn almost as a badge of honour," Senator Faulkner said.
NSW Labor leader John Robertson will now meet with Senator Faulkner to discuss his proposals.
"This party has got to be considered to be a party of integrity, (that) acts on its principles and is beyond reproach," Mr Robertson told ABC radio on Wednesday.
"Whatever it takes to make sure that that is the way this party is viewed - they are the things I will be implementing."
Mr Robertson said the use of "primaries" to preselect candidates, the direct election of leader, independent bodies to handle disputes, better background checking of candidates and weeding out "corrosive" factionalism were all important issues up for discussion.
NSW Labor Left convenor Senator Doug Cameron called on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to convene a Labor leaders' meeting to drive internal changes.
Senator Cameron said although he had benefited from the factional system, it had led the party to "decisions being made that probably shouldn't have been made", including the June 2010 leadership coup that led to the demise of Mr Rudd as prime minister.
Treasurer Wayne Swan said he was focused on the economy and would not be buying into the debate, even though it was an "important thing".
Trade Minister Craig Emerson said party reform had progressed since the ALP national conference a year ago, and it was not the time to dwell further on it.
"People are a bit over politics ... and they just want to make sure that parliamentarians are serving their interests, not the interests of their own grouping," Dr Emerson said.
But Mr Rudd - himself a victim of internal factional warring - supported Senator Faulkner's call, saying power should be taken away from the "effectively unelected factional faceless men".
"There's something sick which needs to be healed," he told Fairfax radio.
Chief government whip Joel Fitzgibbon, a NSW powerbroker, said individual Labor MPs should no longer be bound by the vote of the caucus.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott told reporters in Brisbane the Liberal party did not mete out "draconian, Stalinist punishments" to MPs who hold views different from the party line.
But Education Minister Peter Garrett said groupings in parties were "inevitable", although the NSW example showed parties suffered when factions had too strong an influence.
Former federal Labor minister Gerry Hand said factions provided valuable "discipline" in the 1980s and 1990s.
But if Labor did not respond to the internal problems raised by the ICAC NSW inquiry and Senator Faulkner "they do so at their peril".


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How To Spank Your Wife
Learning how to spank your wife properly will result in increased fun and adventure in the bedroom and more sexual gratification for both of you. A man must set the right tone, create the proper atmosphere, and use the correct implements to do this well. If he masters this task, he will master his wife, and ultimately have her begging for more in the bedroom.
- Tap into her taboos. It is said that the most important erogenous zone is the mind, and your wife may find that role-playing and submitting to you for being "naughty" is a huge turn on. Before beginning to spank your wife, take a commanding tone with her, tell her that she's been bad, and tell her what you're going to do about it. You can even start this during the day, long before you've made it to the bedroom, and let the anticipation build.
- Establish a safe word. In order to spank your wife and have her embrace it fully, it is important that she knows that, despite your power over her, her safety is guaranteed and she still maintains some control. Prior to starting, agree on a word she can use when she wants you to stop. When you hear this word know that you should break character and that she needs a break.
- Get her in the proper position. After you've got her motor running, get her into a position that will make it easy to spank your wife. On her knees with her bottom up in the air is probably best, as it is comfortable for her and gives you a nice target.
- Choose the right implement. When thinking of how to spank your wife, consider that this largely depends on what she likes. She may like your bare hand, as it is intimate and "raw." She might like a soft paddle, a leather strap, or something firm with a lot of sting to it, such as a traditional wooden paddle.
- Keep up the dialogue. A key point to remember when you spank your wife is that the entire session is part of a role play for her. She will want you to tell her why she is being spanked and may want you to call her names. Part of the turn on for her during this is feeling like a "bad" girl, different than her standard role in the office or the house. Talking to her in the right way will add to her enjoyment.
- Start slow, finish strong. The skin around her buttocks is probably soft and tender, so when you spank your wife you can't start off with strokes that are too hard. Begin with light taps and as she responds, both physically and verbally, you will know you can increase the intensity. As she nears the finish line you can likely spank her very hard, and when she reaches her peak she will probably want you to really bring the message home. But as during the entire time, watch her closely for cues so you don't overdo it.
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LAUREL HILL � Laurel Hill School senior Ashley McLeod, 18, hopes to serve as the Florida Future Farmers of America Association�s state officer.
LAUREL HILL � Laurel Hill School senior Ashley McLeod, 18, hopes to serve as a Florida Future Farmers of America Association�s state officer.
"As a state officer, I would act as an ambassador for Florida agriculture," she said. "I even get to travel around the nation through different opportunities."
State officer qualification requires each candidate to earn enough points during a rigorous screening process spanning interviews with FFA officials, individual and group problem-solving exercises and a written exam.
McLeod will compete with a Blountstown FFA member to represent area one of Florida, which covers Escambia to Bay county.
Candidates will learn election results during a June 10-14 state FFA convention in Orlando. During this event, candidates will continue to campaign by handing out resumes and business cards, along with delivering campaign speeches. Results will be announced June 14.
Jerry Gregory, McLeod�s FFA instructor, praised the teenager�s enthusiasm.
"No student has ever approached their FFA career with the desire and determination that Ashley has exhibited,� he said.
McLeod�s passion for agriculture comes from helping out on the family farm in Laurel Hill and by following her sister Stacey�s example by joining the school�s FFA chapter.
McLeod also credited support from her parents, Rhonda and David.
"In any way I need them they are always there for me," she said.
McLeod has been busy campaigning at several FFA banquets within area one, including events at Marianna and Blountstown.
Regardless of the election�s outcome, McLeod will stick with her passion; that means majoring in agriculture communication with a minor in political science, she said.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 4th Aug 2012 02:12 UTC, submitted by KLU9
Eh. Microsoft has instructed its employees to drop the name 'Metro', due to a trademark conflict with an 'an important European partner'. The Verge has learned that Microsoft plans to unveil a new name next week. Considering Microsoft has been beating the Metro drum for quite a few years now, this all seems a bit silly. The European partner in question is believed to be Metro AG, a huge collection of electronic retail stores covering several different chains (I've got a few within a few kilometres of my middle-of-nowhere hick hometown). Depending on what they come up with, I will continue to use the Metro name. I like it, and I don't give a rat's bum about trademark disputes.


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General comments on Links in Member Bio's
I am using Jerry Woodall's bio as an example: http://nanohub.org/members/45455
In his bio, the GaAs, GaAlAs, GaAlAs/GaAs, etc. are links to something?? I get a meaningless list of users. Most of them named Unknown…. Even the named one's make no sense.
I think this is what we want to see. I am assuming the purpose of these links is to find fellow colleagues interested in the same things.
I should see a set of users that meet the following criteria.
1. have this listed as an interest (i.e, nanoelectronics) 2. or have mentioned it their own bios 3. or have published a resource that either has a matching tag or makes mention in the title or descriptive text (abstract)
I think the ideal presentation would be that that we see when we do a search. That is the user's name, and expandable summary of contributions. The ideal situation would be to see the summary only the resources that have a match with the "linked" name (e.i., GaAs, etc.)


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Dressing up Halloween with The Ghosties
Sunday was a scary day in the Art Bar with The Monster Factory hosting an interactive plush party and the launch of their first ever customizable characters: The Ghosties!
Party goers had the chance to stuff, stitch up and decorate their very own Ghostie monster with plenty of fabric markers and paints on hand for customizing, and of course some monster making experts to help along the way.
Here are some of the creative/spooky results:
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TWISP TWISP – Student and adult musicians will perform during Pipestone School of Music's annual Music Days Celebration on May 25-26.
The event features a Pipestone Orchestra concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Methow Valley Community Center, 201 S. Methow Valley Highway, and a student recital at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Admission to the Saturday concert is $15 for adults, $5 for youth and free for children age 12 and younger. Admission to the recital is free.
Pipestone Orchestra, directed by Tara Kaiyala Weaver, will present a program that includes the first movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony.
Nick Saunders, a graduating high school senior, will perform the third movement from Mozart's Violin Concerto in G Major.
The first movement from Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor will feature Linda Mendro and the Pipestone Jazz Ensemble.
Keeley Brooks, age 10 and winner of Pipestone's Christine Cherrington Merit Award, will perform the Violin Concerto in A minor by Antonio Vivaldi, accompanied by Nancy Acheson.
On Sunday, students will display their talents in violin, viola, cello, guitar, piano and flute in the same location.
Pipestone School of Music is the educational branch of Cascadia, the Methow Music Association.
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Dog's tale of survival opens door in cancer research
By Erin Kirk, USA TODAY
Navy's cancer was back. Marion Haber knew that her golden retriever pup was going to die if she didn't act fast.
"Without surgery and treatment, Navy would have had three months to live," says Haber, a fourth-year student at the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in Boston. But traditional treatments, such as amputation, chemotherapy and radiation, would have meant Navy, then only 18 months old, wouldn't be able to swim at a nearby lake or go for long walks.
So Haber opted for an experimental treatment that eliminated Navy's cancer within 10 weeks without any of the side effects associated with traditional therapies.
Today, 16 months later, all traces of her cancer are gone.
Now, the same kind of treatment, named the "Navy Protocol" in honor of Haber's dog, is being tested elsewhere in veterinary medicine. And researchers are excited enough by Navy's success that they will begin testing the treatment in human cancer patients later this year. They caution, however, that it might be several years before they know whether the treatment, one of many avenues of cancer research, will work in humans. Even in veterinary medicine, Navy is their only total success.
The treatment is a cocktail of so-called anti-angiogenic drugs, which have been widely researched for more than a decade and work by starving tumors of their blood supply. Researchers say the three-drug combination, which Haber mixed into Navy's regular dog food, targets the cancer from many angles.
Haber, 24, knew about this form of experimental cancer treatment because she had worked as a research fellow at the Angiogenesis Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Cambridge, Mass. Created in 1994, the foundation promotes research on angiogenic treatments by teaming drugmakers with scientists.
Haber persuaded researchers at the foundation to design a treatment for Navy. No one thought the pup had a prayer.
Haber had first found cancer in Navy's chest while practicing examinations on the dog in September 2000. That tumor was removed by a surgeon, who to be on the safe side removed extra tissue and five ribs, replacing them with three prosthetics. When the tumor appeared on Navy's leg just weeks after the surgery, Haber knew that was very bad news. That's when she sought the anti-angiogenic treatment.
Navy's treatment began on Christmas Day 2000. By early March 2001, her veterinary oncologist could not find a trace of cancer. "That's a remarkable achievement, for the dog to have no side effects and the tumor be gone," says Judah Folkman, the father of angiogenesis.
An entirely new field
Folkman, a researcher at Children's Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston, discovered in the 1970s that angiogenesis — the growth of new blood vessels — plays a significant role in the development of cancer. Since his discovery, an entirely new field of cancer research has developed.
Doctors now are testing drugs that stop the growth of the blood vessels that tumors rely on for nutrients. They're known as anti-angiogenic drugs, and they deprive a tumor of its life source by killing the blood vessels that feed it.
Today, more than 50 anti-angiogenic drugs are being used as therapy for cancer patients. At least 10,000 cancer patients have been treated with anti-angiogenic drugs, and $4 billion has been devoted to angiogenic research to date. This year, the amount of money spent by the federal government and the pharmaceutical industry on cancer research is expected to exceed $10 billion.
The first clinical trial for cancer patients using anti-angiogenic drugs was conducted in 1992. In the late '90s, the popularity of anti-angiogenic drugs grew, resulting in many more clinical trials.
In 1998, when news reports suggested that anti-angiogenic drugs, such as endostatin and angiostatin, held promise that a cure for cancer was within reach, clinical trials using those drugs skyrocketed. Everyone wanted the "miracle drugs."
But researchers were chagrined that the news reports inflated the public's expectations. Folkman says those drugs should never have been painted as a cure.
Instead, he says, "the idea is to convert cancer into a chronic manageable disease."
Anti-angiogenic drugs are showing a great deal of promise in that respect. So far, researchers have been able to "freeze cancer in its tracks" in some cases using the drugs, says William Li, president of the Angiogenesis Foundation.
Doctors hope to stabilize the cancer while maintaining the patient's quality of life. The drugs have no documented side effects. They don't appear to make patients sick, and they don't cause patients to lose hair. That makes them an appealing option for humans — and their pets.
The field recently expanded to include veterinary medicine. Navy is viewed by some as a pioneer in veterinary oncology, and her success is raising awareness about cancer treatments for animals. And though Navy is only one dog, Folkman says the success of her treatment is important. Navy never had chemotherapy, and her cancer wasn't just stabilized — it vanished.
When researchers heard that Navy was cancer-free after receiving a cocktail of drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration — Celebrex, tamoxifen (sold as Nolvadex) and doxycycline — the treatment became known as the Navy Protocol.
Navy's treatment was designed using what researchers call a "multi-targeted" approach, meaning that each drug targets a different angiogenesis growth factor. These growth factors are like switches that "turn on" angiogenesis, signaling the body to grow new blood vessels that feed the tumors.
Using the Navy Protocol, doctors "sent in three smart bombs" to attack the growth factors, Li says. If the growth factors can't send signals to the rest of the body, angiogenesis can't take place. Then researchers can "pull the rug out from under the cancer," Li says.
What researchers have found by attacking these switches is a new method of early detection for animal cancers. Now, veterinarians can use a simple blood test to look for signs of the disease.
"If you see an elevation in an animal's angiogenic growth factors, that's a red flag to look for a tumor," says Chris Bonar, associate veterinarian at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Bonar collaborated with the Angiogenesis Foundation and Antony Moore, head of the Harrington oncology program at the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, to design and monitor Navy's treatment.
Navy's treatment was practical and easy. Navy snarfed the pills down every morning in her food.
Today, Navy is living a dog's life in North Grafton, Mass. Technically, her cancer is in remission, and she has periodic checkups. She spends her days chewing on a rope or playing with a fuzzy monkey that squeaks. She is always up for a walk; her tail wags at the jingle of her leash. On Haber's days off from school, she delights in taking Navy to swim at nearby ponds.
High cost of treatment
Angiogenic therapy began with humans. Now, "an unexpected benefit is being able to treat pets," Folkman says. And pets need better treatments, just as humans do.
According to a Morris Animal Foundation survey, the No. 1 concern of American pet owners today is cancer. Domestic animals are living longer because of improved health care and nutrition, so they naturally develop more cancers.
The cost of treating animal cancers is steep: Pet owners spend from $2,000 to $9,000 to save their pets' lives, according to Jack Stephens, a cancer survivor and former practicing veterinarian, who founded Veterinary Pet Insurance, based in Brea, Calif. His company offers special plans that reimburse up to $8,000 for cancer treatment.
Navy's treatment, though experimental, cost $2,000. Haber says the cost would have been about the same had she opted to give Navy chemotherapy or radiation. Donations from Haber's classmates at Tufts helped pay for the treatment.
More veterinarians are specializing in the treatment of cancer in animals. The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine certified five veterinary oncologists this year, bringing the total to 122 specialists worldwide.
Although the Navy Protocol appears promising to cancer-ridden pets, Li says, the foundation is not pushing the cocktail as the only way to treat canine cancers. Other anti-angiogenic drugs, such as Abbott Laboratories' ABT-510 and ABT-526, also are being used in pet clinical trials.
The benefits of these drugs can be seen in zoos, too. Cancer afflicts certain species of exotic animals, such as tigers, Tasmanian devils and polar bears, as often as it does people and pets, Bonar says.
Tigers in captivity are especially prone to mammary cancers, while Tasmanian devils can develop all kinds of cancers, and polar bears tend to have a higher incidence of pancreatic cancer.
Recently, a polar bear at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo developed an angiosarcoma, a tumor of the blood vessel, on its paw. Because the tumor was aggressive, it needed to be removed surgically, and the bear was given a cocktail of anti-angiogenic drugs as a secondary measure.
The cocktail, similar to Navy's, consisted of Celebrex, Thalidomide and doxycycline. Bonar says he "mixed the medicine up with something sweet and tasty, like cherry pie filling, and the bear gobbled it up."
Later, the bear was euthanized because of an infection unrelated to the tumor. As he did an autopsy, Bonar found the beginnings of pancreatic cancer. He believes the anti-angiogenic drugs suppressed the cancer. It would have been in its acute stages had the bear not been on the drugs, he says.
Navy gets the word out
"Cancer is an artifact of captivity because our animals generally live longer than they would in nature," he says. "It's a disease of old age."
Bonar says he has seen lymphomas and uterine cancers in primates. But, he adds, laughing, "I haven't seen lung cancers because there are no cigarette smokers among my patients."
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and the Angiogenesis Foundation hope that exotic animals will be among those that benefit from anti-angiogenic therapies, even if the Navy Protocol does not turn out to be the answer.
Since Navy's success, the Angiogenesis Foundation is working to help pets and their owners overcome cancer on a case-by-case basis. The foundation continues to receive telephone calls from pet owners and veterinarians who have heard about Navy.
Over the past three weeks, the foundation has helped administer the Navy Protocol to a dozen dogs. There have been changes in the dogs' tumors, but Li says it is still too early to tell whether the results will be as dramatic as Navy's.
Meanwhile, Haber says Navy is quite a celebrity in the labs of Tufts vet school.
"I'm not even Marion anymore," she says. "I'm Navy's owner."


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Five US carriers, nearly identical devices, millions and millions of pre-orders, virtually simultaneous launch - and that's just the US. The Galaxy SIII might be hideous, Samsung is still doing something right here. No surprise, then, that Apple has, once again, decided to compete in the court room instead of on the shelves: they're asking for a US import ban on the SIII [FOSS Patents link].
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RE: South Korea should retaliate
by Alfman on Thu 7th Jun 2012 00:54 UTC in reply to "South Korea should retaliate"
"I think that the South Korean government should return the favor and ban imports of ALL Apple products. That might get their attention."
Won't be enough...the whole world needs to ban US products entirely until the gov is more or less forced to deal with the broken patent system. Might as well tack on the corruption of copyright policy while we are at it.


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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Sour Gummi Bears
Months ago YumSugar urged me to try the Sour Gummi Bears from Bristol Farms, and I didn't. Most of the time when I go into Bristol Farms (which may be five or six times a year) I opt for the Licorice Pastilles or some imported chocolate bar. But this time I not only remembered, I found a bag that was mostly clear ones (that means Pineapple, my friends!). This didn't stop me from picking up that Italian torrone as well.
YumSugar wasn't wrong, these are tasty gummi bears. They're rather like the Sour Patch Kids - a sour sand covers a traditional fruity gummi bear. I suspect that these are made by Farley's & Sathers. I'm actually concerned that these are not labeled correctly, the ingredients said: Corn Syrup, Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Fumaric Acid, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Artificial Colors. What's missing on this list is some sort of jelling agent, like Gelatin. I actually sent Bristol Farms an email, but it's been over a week and there hasn't been even an automated response (so much for trusting them with my top dollars).
The bears come in the normal Gummi Bear flavor array: green apple, lemon, pineapple, strawberry and orange.
The gummis are soft and chewy (and most definitely gummis with some gelatin in them, you can't get this texture with corn starch). The flavors aren't deep, the sour sand keeps everything on a tangy + sweet level. The orange one reminds me a lot of orange jell-o with a hit of orange pixy stix. They're not quite as tart as Sour Patch Kids, but of course they're also a different flavor set, so it's not an apples to apples comparison.
I was especially thrilled at the high ratio of Pineapple ones, which is a flavor that goes so well with the sour sand it's ridiculous. The least favorite flavor out of the bunch, oddly enough, was the green apple, which I would have thought would do well. The red was strawberry instead of cherry, so the assortment scored points there.
I'm sure there are cheaper places to get these, especially if they are made by Farley's & Sathers, which are a really well priced, good quality brand.
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September 21, 2008, 01:10:07 PM »
So I have a really great relationship with my adviser in my major and I asked him for a recommendation almost a year ago when I went back to visit my alma mater. I have been in touch with him throughout the year and he told me to contact him at the beginning of this semester to remind him about the letters. I have been trying to reach him for almost a month now, and he hasn't been responding to email or to voicemail! I called the department and he is on leave for the academic year, and now I am worried that I won't hear back from him in time for my applications. There are other professors that I could ask, but his letter was going to be *pure gold*. Should I submit some sort of addendum noting this or just suck it up and hope that he'll re-surface/that the other professors will write strong recs?
Also, since I work in academia/research, I was wondering if a letter from my boss (who is both a professor and a principal investigator) could substitute for one of the academic recommendations?
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September 21, 2008, 01:19:15 PM »
I would not write an addendum; it will likely just come across as excuse-making. This is frustrating though!--I assume you've tried all the ways you know to contact him; if he doesn't get back to you in time, you may just have to hope for the best with the others. If your current boss can attest to your abilities in research and analysis, that seems like a feasible option.
But as I think about it, I don't know--I mean about the addendum. If it were me, I would definitely want to explain the situation...but it still may not be the best idea. Does the school have a private number for him? Or an emergency number? I'd hate to think you'd have to lose out on a great reference because of something like this.
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September 21, 2008, 01:22:32 PM »
That sucks
I don't think writing an addendum would help. It just seems weird, and I don't think it would be that helpful. "My adviser said he'd write a rec for me, but he took off on sabbatical and forgot about me." I don't think the school would assume he would have written you a good recommendation regardless of how you word it.
But I do think that one from your boss would be a good one...recs should speak to your academic ability and since you work in academia/research I would imagine he would be a good judge of this. hth!
PM me! I'll read your PS.
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September 22, 2008, 10:47:54 AM »
That's tough. I guess I'd say to others out there who are planning ahead--set up your LSAC account and get the LOR straightway, since LSAC'll save them for you.
The department must have a way to contact this professor. Like, a super-secret stealth way. Maybe if you are super nice to his assistant or something, she'll spill the beans on his bat-phone?
That's rough, man--I feel for ya--
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September 22, 2008, 11:06:18 AM »
I had a similar situation in getting LOR's last year. I asked one of my teachers in May. She told me to remind her throughout the summer. I got in touch with her again in August. I ended up either emailing or calling her once a week because she kept "forgetting" to send it. She finally sent it towards the end of November. So I basically pestered her for 3 months (in a nice way of course). I had another professor who said she would write one for me after my last class with her (December). When I went to email her (her school email account) in September, a message was kicked back to me saying she no longer worked there and had gone back to Canada...and gave a new email address on how to reach her.
I would bet your school has a way of getting in contact with your professor. If you can't get it from the school itself, try one of the other professors in the department. If he was good friends with another professor I bet he gave them a way to stay in touch.
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Thanks everyone for the advice. I think that I've decided to keep bothering him about once a week or every other week and hope that he surfaces.. worst case scenario he can write a late letter that will be added to my record. Like I said, he and I are very good friends, so I have his cell phone number and I've left him 2 messages. I have a feeling that he is in India (his home country) and I don't know if he has his cell phone/is checking his email. I may ask another professor in the department to confirm for me and to see if he left any alternate means of communication.
I definitely agree with pre_JD_2be's advice re: setting up the LSAC account early. Since I'm applying to PhD programs too, I decided to wait and ask for all of the letters at once, rather than feeling like I was nickel-and-diming them every time I needed a letter.
In any case, I am going to have my boss write a letter and I'm going to scrounge up a letter from another prof, just in case. It won't be as strong, but I think that it is better than having only one academic letter.
Finally, how late is too late to send a letter?
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Ahh he's in India. DEFINITELY e-mail him. Unless he's in the middle of a black hole, I know for a fact he has access to at least a cheap internet cafe on every corner (personal experience).
Good luck, this is such a sad situation. I'm in a similar boat, have a prof who's already written a rec for me, so all he has to do is edit it for law school and send it off, but he's in some dark corner of Southeast Asia and may never return, so then what?
Definitely talk to your boss, if your prof DOES come through, then the boss rec can just be "inactive" on LSDAS.
Good luck!
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Pawlenty shoots small buck in Governor's Deer Opener
THIEF RIVER FALLS -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty shot a small buck during the second Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener in 2004, but since then, the Republican governor's hunting success has been more elusive than a Democrat who likes his conservative spending policies.
That almost changed Saturday morning. The governor got a shot at a nice buck while hunting east of Middle River, Minn., but the deer ran off, and his brother, Dan, and others still were tracking its blood trail Saturday afternoon.
"They're looking for it, and they're hopeful they can find it," Pawlenty said in a press briefing late Saturday morning. "We hope, we pray they do."
Pawlenty didn't join in the search because he had to leave for a speaking engagement Saturday night at a GOP fundraiser in Iowa. The two-term governor, who has decided not to seek another term, is considered a probable candidate for the White House in 2012.
Bipartisan effort
Thief River Falls was host community for this year's Governor's Deer Opener, the seventh annual. The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association oversees the event, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources, Explore Minnesota Tourism and this year, the city of Thief River Falls.
No doubt, Pawlenty said, Thief River Falls rolled out the welcome mat.
"We're here not just to have fun, we're here to promote deer hunting," Pawlenty said. "It's significant to our heritage as Minnesotans."
Pawlenty's morning hunt also had a bipartisan twist. The governor and his brother were hunting property owned by Wally Sparby and Jerry Cwikla. Sparby, a Democrat, was a longtime legislator in the Minnesota House of Representatives who now serves as an aide to Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn.
"Even though we come from different political parties, we realize deer hunting is for everybody," Pawlenty said. "They couldn't have been more gracious and kind."
After the morning luncheon and press briefing in Thief River Falls, Sparby returned to help the governor's brother track the buck.
"We're going to keep going until dark," Sparby said when reached by cell phone Saturday afternoon.
Plenty of deer
Organizers kept a tight lid on the identity of Pawlenty's host until the governor returned from his morning hunt.
Not even the hosts knew for sure until a few days ago. As opening day approached, Sparby said his biggest concern was that the two packs of timber wolves that started howling near the hunting camp Friday night would chase away the deer.
That wasn't a problem, as Pawlenty saw four deer Saturday morning.
"I saw more deer today than I have the last couple of years combined," Pawlenty said.
Pawlenty's morning hunt was just one part of the weekend festivities. Friday, the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls took on the appearance of an outdoors show, with a variety of exhibits and seminars, along with a student "field day" that drew about 185 sixth-graders from schools in Thief River Falls and Red Lake, Minn.
John Edman, Explore Minnesota Tourism director, said the response to this year's Governor's Deer Opener was unprecedented.
"By far, this community has come out in ways I haven't seen before," Edman said, congratulating organizers Saturday. "You've taken this Governor's Opener to a new level."


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I had an argument with a Facebook friend the other week that led to others joining in with her against my expressing my views about her beliefs, and the politics attached to them.
She is Catholic, and was expressing support for the bishops who are suing the US government to stop them "being forced to supply contraceptives".
I linked some article about the absurdity of people - particularly women - who allow their lives (and in particular reproductive lives) to be dictated to be a bunch of celibate men. She deleted my post, and a row ensued, whereby I said that the Catholic church was "founded on a lie which has been allowed to fester for the past 2000 years".
It subsequently lost me more Facebook friends who, I imagine, see me as some kind of "monster" for criticizing this woman's "beliefs". I think I'm just making the woman think.
Am I alone in thinking there are more ways than one of putting an atheist message across? And that although gentle discussion has its place, the occasional blast of "This is how it is" is necessary?
Personally, I'm tired of treading on eggshells around religion. I think it's time to let the Emperor know in no uncertain terms that his new clothes don't exist, and that he's making a fool of himself - even if it means losing friends doing so.
I'm of the opinion that religion isn't just some benign nonsense, but that it has political consequences, and it's an absurdity that causes a lot more problems than it fixes. And that it's about time we made more noise about it.
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It's self-hypnosis really, all it boils down to.
Shit like "god never gives you more than you can handle," or the entire notion of an afterlife. Clearly these are the products of a prophet who wanted his subjects to stop bitching about their misery and giving their lives for him..
I was in debate with christian whose best argument was that science can't explain itself. Desperate stuff.
Self-hypnosis or mass-hypnosis?
Well I think in part it's because a lot of people don't like to stand out from the crowd. There's safety in numbers, and many people think that because a lot of people think a certain way then they must be right.
And so they go along with the crowd.
After all, they are expected to be sheep: "The Lord is my Shepard" says it all...
And sure enough, they discard all responsibility for themselves and everything else, because "God" will take care of them.
No wonder they're happy!
Until, of course, the farmer takes them to market...
I like the arm swinging analogy. Everybody has the right to swing their arms around, but that right ends at the noses of others. If you swing your arm and hit my nose, be ready to have your arm broken.
Fighting intolerance does not mean you have to be a doormat. We aren't Christians, and even Christians don't turn the other cheek. We really don't have to do that. If someone is starting to attack, the right thing to do is to defend.
Likewise when followers of ideology try to perpetuate what I feel is a primitive and inferior idea such as intolerance, through the method of shaming those with the superior principle of tolerance, I do not just sit there and let them get away with their attacks. It is a strategic balancing, and at times you have to resort all the way to the level of humiliation if a really bad idea is viciously being perpetuated in order to balance out the nonsense.
The same goes with religion. If someone perpetuates the oppression of others on account of it being a part of their faith, then I attack their faith. I wouldn't need to do that, however, if tolerance was widespread. It is a situational ethics lesser of the two evils decision.
The problem I have with the rabid antitheists is that they oppose religion because it causes harm, yet they don't oppose what makes religion mainly cause harm in the first place. Yes, religion causes harm, and it is wrong because it perpetuates a lie and the truth matters.
However, intolerance is something that causes more harm than religion ever has. That is a fact. Most of the harm caused by religion, has been on account of intolerance.
Rabid antitheists give intolerance a free pass in order to fight a lesser evil which is religion. It is undeniable that logic dictates intolerance is the greater harm. Yet they refuse to submit to logic. Not only that, they use the greater harm to bring about a better world? How dumb is that? It is bizarre, that you can make a better world by using the worst thing in the world.
Yes, religion without intolerance is still bad because it is a perpetuation of a lie that still leads to misconceptions. But the thing antitheists love to attack about religion is the intolerance within. Yet the fools continue to perpetuate it in the new and better system they are trying to create.
Logic dictates that intolerance is the greatest social cause of harm in history. They plug their ears about that.
It is one thing to resort to intolerance as a temporary means to an end, it is another to perpetuate it as a good value toward anything you disagree with in the better world you are trying to create.
I love how you always talk in absolutes. Makes it even funnier.
Starting or even engaging in a fight will simply drive them deeper into their positions and stop them from listening. I'm surprised you haven't drawn that lesson from your Facebook experience. I think setting an example is probably the best way to go.
I use to preach tolerance in my younger days, but the older I got the more I realized the damage I was doing. I was an enabler and the humane race was the addict. Sooner or later society will have to make a conscious decision, either we keep these silly mythologies around and stagnate or we finally cast it aside and prosper. Religion has been holding us back for far too long. Don't feel bad about voicing your opinions. It's the chisel that chips away at the marble stone we call religion. After the artist is done the real masterpiece will show.
"I was an enabler and the human race was the addict".
The Emperor has no new clothes, and has been standing naked in the middle of the room for way too long.
Personally, I'm bored with having to pander to everyone else who doesn't have the guts to speak up.
It's time to tell the emperor to get lost as well.
I agree. I'm not sure if any "handbooks" exist regarding tactics to use when debating a Theist, but I do know that they have their own apologist books and "Witnessing to an Atheist" books. I feel like I need one to help build my confidence. My friends are beginning to confront me and I find myself using soft tactics with them - which are too weak to be very convincing.
Sometimes soft tactics work. Sometimes they don't. All I'm saying is that we should be sure to use hard tactics now and then.
Take for example the fact that there are seven US states where atheists can't hold office.
I'll say that again. THERE ARE SEVEN U.S. STATES WHERE ATHEISTS CAN'T HOLD OFFICE.
Do you really think that quietly defending atheism, and never attacking the absurdity of religion is EVER going to change that?
Being meek doesn't get the job done. Realise that, and you might be halfway towards beginning to affect change.
I was changed by a combination of a few things: argument with atheists, as I tried to protect my ever thinning belief in "spirit"; a good, gentle intellectual argument put forward by Richard Dawkins; a harsher, more brutal argument from Christoper Hitchens, and some fine ridicule of religion from George Carlin.
Attack from all sides: that's the way to go.


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I agree with Senshikaze about BB treating every customer poorly. If I want customer service I shop at a local (non-chain) retailer and have also found that some Staples stores have good service.
Anywho, getting back to BB - I generally use the place as a showroom - go and look - buy elsewhere - generally through Amazon. I bring a tech friend if I actually need to buy anything there because getting assistance is darn near impossible.
I really cannot fathom why they felt the need to draw the line between the Apple and the Orangutan (or your choice of two completely unrelated items) as absolutely no one would have cared that the guy worked for Best Buy versus anywhere else.


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San Jacinto Peak Climber's Log
Klemmer - Oct 4, 2003 3:58 pmRoute Climbed: Round Valley Date Climbed: August 24, 2003
Great hike. Just a little rain & lightning on the way down. Got "buzzed" ("Whooshed?") by gliders while on the peak. Seriously crazy dudes. Wingtips within ~10 ft. of peak rocks, and NOT above them! Fun day with 5 others..
kk6yb - Sep 30, 2003 11:44 amRoute Climbed: Devil Slide Trail Date Climbed: Aug 2001
Day hiked with Alejo from Humber Park, starting about 8:30pm, summitted about 2:20 pm and back at trailhead about 6:30pm. Beautiful clear day.
Rockopotamus - Sep 27, 2003 9:39 amRoute Climbed: Date Climbed: 26 September 2003
My Friday morning started off with a nice drive from San Diego to Mount San Jacinto via I 8 to hwy 79 - hwy 371- hwy 74- hwy 111...that was a very relaxing drive... I was facinated (not hard for a Marine) by the beauty of the country side. I would recommend this route if your not in a hurry. After stopping several times to get some photos I finally made it to the Palm Spring side of the mountain and with two gallons of water and my trusty day pack I made my way up the steep grade in the parking lot on the way to the ticket booth and rode the tram up to the mountain...I don't think I like that tram and will probably assault that peak from Humber park. Meet several hikers at the summit, took a few pictures and enjoyed the beautiful weather. The Park Rangers were spread through out the area and most asked to see your hiking pass...You don't have to wait for the station to open, just grab a pass fill it out, drop the original off and keep your carbon! On the way out drop off the carbon copy!
madclimber - Sep 26, 2003 12:39 pmRoute Climbed: Devil Slide Date Climbed: November 22, 2002
Excellent night hike! Did it in ~8hours. Cold at night with the wind chill, but worth the climb. Summit Hut door kept opening with the wind and didn't provide wind block like we expected.
kk6yb - Sep 2, 2003 2:05 pmRoute Climbed: Deer Springs Trail Date Climbed: Sept. 1, 2003
Third summit for me (first via Deer Springs), first summit for my wife, Gabriela. We summited about 6:05 am from Little Round Valley so we could watch the 6:12 am sunrise. Spectacular sunrise! See my trip report for details, water locations, and you can click here to see my photos.
Note: the summit register in the hut is full and people are leaving scraps of paper. Someone needs to bring up a new log book.
thebeave7 - Aug 21, 2003 4:16 pmRoute Climbed: Marion Mountain Trail Date Climbed: August 21, 2003
My first time up, decided on a sunrise ascent. Left a little later than expected, got on the trail at 3:25am. Almost got lost a few times on the hike up, being dark and all. It was a beautiful night, lots of stars, a half moon, and not a soul in earshot. Just made sunrise by 5min.
tyler_durden - Jul 23, 2003 11:38 amRoute Climbed: Round Valley Date Climbed: July 20, 2003
Second time.
kk6yb - Jun 23, 2003 9:38 pmRoute Climbed: Devil's Slide Date Climbed: May 18, 2003
We made it this time! engineer_charley and I on our second attempt to make it thru the snow. Beautiful view from the top. Couldn't find the summit log, maybe under the snow? Lots of people on the summit but most took the easy way and rode the tram from Palm Springs.
mookyee - Jun 16, 2003 3:54 pmRoute Climbed: cactus 2 clouds Date Climbed: june 14 2003
left ramon street at around 7:00a and hit the tram with our group of eight around 3:00p. Not too bad, even with 100 degree heat - it gets cooler as you go up. After a quick nap, headed for the summit at 4:30p but turned around at wellman junction around 6:00p so we wouldn't miss the tram and have to walk down. nice trip, bring as much water as you can drink! the sign says "1.5 gallons", i'm more like bring 2 gallons in tha summer. I'd probably leave a little earlier to make a summit bid next time, too. Good times . . .
engineer charley - Jun 9, 2003 10:18 amRoute Climbed: Devil's Slide-->PCT-->Wellman Divide-->top Date Climbed: 17-18 May 2003
2nd attempt, 1st success (tried in March, but snow shoes = slow shoes, especially w/ full packs--see trip report, *sigh*). Overnighted at the state/natl boundary where the trail out of Saddle Junction meets the PCT at the top of the ridge (so, could this be called the Wilderness Divide?). Snow fields under the trees were firm in the morning, soft towards lunchtime. Got to the top just after scads of trammers came down, so had some firm pack to crampon up in. Great view of Gorgonio, but the coast all haze, and could barely make out the Salton Sea. The hike out was okay, but those last two miles back to Humber were a tired trudge. But we made it this time!
Reiksgib - Jun 8, 2003 8:31 pmRoute Climbed: Long Valley - Round Valley - straight up the saddle between Jean Peak and San Jacinto Date Climbed: March 2, 2003
This climb was only a few days after a big storm dumped about 2-3' of fresh snow on the mountain. The snow was so light we were sinking in up to our waist even with snowshoes!! Awesome time to climb the mountain. Clearest day I've ever seen in So Cal. I'll be back next winter!
395guy - Jun 5, 2003 11:45 pmRoute Climbed: Round Valley Date Climbed: Sat, September 14, 2002
Great hike from tram station. Good weather. Decent visibility for a summer day (read: less smog than a normal southern California day).
Michael Tolchard - Jun 5, 2003 1:38 amRoute Climbed: Marion Mountain Date Climbed: 1 June 2003
3rd ascent of San Jacinto. Zillions of Ladybugs floating around. Smoggy day, so visibility wasn't so hot, but cold see what the snow situation was on San Gorgonio, my next victim, and last warmup before Whitney.
Michael Tolchard - Jun 3, 2003 11:20 pmRoute Climbed: Marion Mountain Date Climbed: 22 September 2002
My second ascent of San J., but the first via the Marion Mountain Trail. Nice workout.
Michael Tolchard - Jun 3, 2003 12:27 amRoute Climbed: Round Valley Date Climbed: 28 July 2002
First peak I ever bagged. Enjoyed my headache and getting dizzy in the thin air. The last little bit of uphill just before the Tram station must be a cruel joke....
Deb - May 21, 2003 11:18 pmRoute Climbed: Round Valley Date Climbed: 21 May 2003
Phew, silly SoCal chick headed for the summit in shorts and a tanktop, but I will not be discouraged by a little snow, albeit hip deep in some places! Beautifully warm and sunny with an occasional splash of snow to the legs. This was my first solo ascent however ill-planned. Too hazy to see Catalina but I enjoyed the view of various birds in flight.
climber46 - Apr 28, 2003 8:24 amRoute Climbed: Tram; Round Valley Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2002
At the top of the tram, I set out to climb the remaining 5.4 miles, 2,300 vertical feet to the actual summit of Mt. San Jacinto. The first mile was easy but then I ran into icy hard-packed snow. The trail was difficult to follow at times but I was able to follow the tracks in the snow and ice. However, I then got to around Wellman's Divide and I could not make heads or tails of where the trail went. So I set off to the north—the direction I believed the summit to be. The mountains to the north were very beautiful. However, I got myself lost. Everything started looking the same. I even crossed a ridge without realizing it. I did know to point my compass to the east in order to return to the tram. I walked that direction for 15 minutes and found the trail. I headed back to the tram, defeated in my quest to conquer San Jacinto. Maybe next time. Any of you have an idea where I went wrong??? I would appreciate any input.
RickF - Apr 24, 2003 3:35 pmRoute Climbed: Devil's Slide Trail Date Climbed: May 19, 2001
I took my brother on his first hike. I never told him that I had intended for us to bag the peak. We did it and I was afraid he would never hike with me again. But, now he is my regular peak-bag partner. The coolest thing we saw that day was a sail-plane doing a fly-by only about 30 feet above the summit ridge.
Elwood - Feb 20, 2003 10:28 pmRoute Climbed: Marion Mountain & Round Valley Date Climbed: 92, 93, 94 95, & 96
Wow! Have I enjoyed this mountain. My first two trips were via the Marion mtn. & Round Valley during the summer. Then I spent the next three winters trying to climb it in Feb. Every year we got completely dumped on! And finally, we made it after our third attempt! I think this is a great way to indroduce oneself to winter mountaineering! Just did a nice overnight in May of 08, up Fuller Ridge, excellent hike!


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City kicking off its final NFL audition
In the 16 weeks since the New Orleans Saints fled Hurricane Katrina and landed on San Antonio's doorstep, what began as a baby-sitting job became the city's mission to gain custody of a team of its own.
So Saturday afternoon, when a crowd expected to top 60,000 packs the Alamodome for the third time in three months, it won't simply be another NFL game.
It will be San Antonio's closing argument.
"We've made the case," said Christian Archer, Mayor Phil Hardberger's chief assistant. "We've done everything we can do to prove we're an NFL city. Now it's up to the commissioner."
How NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue responds to the city's case is yet to be determined. Though Saints owner Tom Benson is pushing to keep the team in San Antonio at least through next season, Tagliabue said no decisions regarding the Saints' future would be made until next month.
And though officials expect a sellout for Saturday's Saints-Detroit Lions game � which would put the Alamodome's three-game attendance average above 62,000 � the league isn't convinced that the Saints, or any other NFL team, belongs in San Antonio.
Tagliabue met this week with Benson and an eight-owner advisory committee, and a league spokesman said the commissioner remains focused on returning the Saints to Louisiana next year.
Options for game sites there are Baton Rouge's Tiger Stadium � which averaged 40,310 tickets sold in four games this season � and the Katrina-damaged Louisiana Superdome, which New Orleans officials said could be ready by Nov. 1.
"The NFL has never been positive on San Antonio, and it still isn't today," County Judge Nelson Wolff said. "We just have to wait and see how it plays out."
But if Benson feels strongly enough about keeping the Saints in San Antonio, where they've been based since Sept. 2, there's a chance he could do it even without the league's approval. Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis paved the way for such a move when he won a legal battle that allowed him to move his team to and from Los Angeles.
Katrina's aftermath, however, has made such a showdown a sensitive issue.
The NFL doesn't want to give the appearance of abandoning New Orleans while the city attempts to rebuild. San Antonio officials, most notably Hardberger, have toned down their rhetoric after some public comments about moving the Saints resulted in their being portrayed as looters.
Benson also has kept quiet. But he's severed the organization's ties to several staff members who were in favor of returning the Saints to Louisiana, and he's been reluctant to commit to returning the team to its headquarters in Metairie, La. That facility was declared to be in "first-class" condition by Tagliabue two weeks ago.
Because the Saints still don't know where they'll live, play or practice next season, many players, coaches and staff members are in limbo, unable to line up housing or make family plans beyond the next couple weeks.
"This team really needs some stability," said Archer, the mayor's chief assistant. "I think that's the case that Mr. Benson is making to Mr. Tagliabue."
After a tour of New Orleans two weeks ago, Tagliabue said he expected the Saints would play another split schedule next season, with games in Louisiana and San Antonio.
To Benson, the Alamodome is more attractive than Tiger Stadium because he can make more money off concessions and parking and because San Antonio has drawn larger crowds.
But few consider the Alamodome � as it presently stands � a long-term solution. Its capacity and luxury suites are well below the NFL average, and Wolff said the Saints have "said through intermediaries that they want a new stadium."
Still, there is optimism among local leaders that the city has made enough of an impression to make it a viable option. They drummed up significant support in the business community, and the first two regular-season NFL games in San Antonio history, played Oct. 2 and Oct. 16 at the Alamodome, drew an average of 62,215 fans.
The second game was a sellout, and after a holiday ticket push that included increased marketing and group discounts that cut the price of many $70 tickets in half, the Saints are expecting to fill the 65,000-seat Alamodome on Saturday.
Said Archer: "This is a city that really got it and really rallied behind the Saints. I think it's pretty clear that at least for the 2006 season, if not beyond, that San Antonio has absolutely made a strong statement for the league. That will speak for itself."
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RE: San Antonio kicking off its final NFL audition
Sorry we couldn't see that here, nor could we see a winner. Their play in Tiger Stadium has been some of the worst I've seen.... oh sorry no, the Green Bay 55 - 3 spanking by the 3-11 Packers this year and 55 - 21 point drubbing by the Colts on Monday night football in 2003 were pretty bad.
I actually hope the Saints get spanked in San Antonio, truly. I want their hometown croud to feel it and see how they react.
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Discounts in San Antonio and not in Baton Rouge? Big advertising in San Antonio and not in Baton Rouge? Tom Benson is the biggest p.o.s. on the planet.
Halo, I appreciated your interview with Jeff Crouere wherein you stated that Benson could have been a true "Saint" in New Orleans but chose to be satan instead. I'm paraphrasing but that's basically what you said.
This guy is has no heart. He shouldn't even be welcome in New Orleans.
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Need a Challenge? Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University
What do you want to get out of your college education? If you said you want to learn differently and challenge yourself to reach your full potential: you might want to check out an Honors College like the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University! My College Guide got in touch with Kerry Rosen, Admissions Counselor at the Honors College, for answers!
Isn't college hard enough already? Why consider a Liberal Arts Honors College like the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University ?
Honors colleges and programs aren't necessarily harder – but they do require a different kind of academic work, academic work that stresses critical thinking skills rather than mere memorizing. The Wilkes Honors College at FAU is a place for students who are interested in becoming better readers, writers and thinkers, so that they will be better prepared for graduate and professional programs and a life-time of learning.
The Harriet L Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University calls itself an all-honors education at an all-honors college. What does that mean?
At Wilkes, students take all four years of courses at the honors level – something unique for honors programs that are part of larger universities.
What are some of the unique features of the Honors College ?
The curriculum at the Wilkes Honors College stresses learning that crosses the lines of traditional disciplines and requires that students take a certain number of team-taught courses. Some examples of this would include: The Aging Process (Psychology/Biology), Ethno-mathematics (Math/Anthropology), and Punishment (Philosophy/Political Science).
And on the non-academic side, our students live in modern residence halls that offer single bedrooms in four-person suites!
Are there any special annual events or programs that Honors College students particularly look forward to?
Every spring we have a Research Symposium, where students present their research and creative projects. We also have student art exhibits at our campus museum and a whole raft of social activities and traditions such as the Homecoming Carnival and the annual Student-Faculty Softball Game. We have a wonderful 18-hole disc golf course that is heavily used and because we're located in sunny South Florida , students can play year-round. Ultimate Frisbee and soccer are other popular activities on campus.
Did we see something about a Senior Year thesis paper?
Every student completes a senior thesis before graduation. This is a major project in their area of academic concentration and is the culmination of their four years of study. Upon completion, the theses are published and placed in the library; they are also available electronically on our college website for other scholars to use. Many of these theses actually are published in professional journals. We also require all students to complete an experiential learning component, which can be either a study-abroad experience or an internship or both.
Do you have any advice for a college bound high school student who thinks they might be interested in an Honors College like Florida Atlantic University's?
They should come and visit – meet current students and faculty, see how they think they will fit in, and see if this kind of education is what they are seeking for themselves.
Is there anything they can do to prepare themselves and to gain a better chance of acceptance?
We are looking for students who have demonstrated that they have a good chance of being successful here, those who are interested in learning and being active participants in their own learning. We consider the student's transcript, test scores, resume as well as a sample of their academic writing.
What about college scholarships?
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Minors and Concentrations
Stretch your mind: Minor in Humanities and Social Sciences
Do you love your major—but hate being limited? Do you find it fun to explore all your interests—but wish you could get some official credit for doing that?
Maybe you're an engineer with a passion for history . . . or a biologist who wants to look at scientific advances in a social context . . . or a future business owner interested in government and politics . . . or a computer scientist who's always reading and thinking . . . or . . . . If versatile describes you, read on.
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences offers three kinds of minors: disciplinary, thematic, and individually designed. Each consists of a coherent set of five courses beyond Great Ideas, at least three of which must be taken at Clarkson, plus completion of a minor portfolio.
Disciplinary Minors:
- Political Science
- History
- Literature
- Film
- Philosophy
- Anthropology
- Sociology
Thematic Minors:
- Internaltional and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- Science, Technology and Society
- Literature and the Arts
- Global Studies
- War Studies
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
Design Your Own Minor:
Working with a faculty advisor, students draw on their own interests to propose a list of courses and explain how these courses, taken together, make up a coherent area of study. Once the proposal is approved, it functions as a road map for the completion of the minor.
The Minor Portfolio
After completing the minor courses, students work with their faculty advisors to compile a minor portfolio that represents their learning experience in the minor. Typically it will include samples of student work and a brief essay focusing on the ways in which their work in the disciplinary or theme area has contributed to their learning experience at Clarkson.
For more information, contact Professor Bill Vitek, Chair, Humanities and Social Sciences, at 268-4424 or email@example.com


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In the past decade, several Supreme Court cases have reconsidered how juvenile offenders are sentenced. In the majority opinion for Graham v. Florida (2009), the case which decided life in prison without parole was cruel and unusual punishment for non-homicide offenders under the age of 18, Justice Elena Kagan wrote, "developments in psychology and brain science continue to show fundamental differences between juvenile and adult minds."
It is not the first case to cite brain science as a mitigating factor in the courtroom-and it will not be the last. Many neuroscientists, legal scholars, and policy makers have strong opinions about how, where, and why neuroscience should be considered in the legal system. But as Nita Farahany, professor at Duke University's School of Law pointed out in her Neuroscience 2013 lecture, "Blaming the Brain: Behavioral Sciences in the Courtroom," the cat is already out of the bag. Even today, neuroscience's reach transcends mere sentencing recommendations.
Neuroscience vs. the legal system, today
During her presentation, Farahany presented a unique data set made up of more than 1,500 majority and plurality judicial opinions spanning from 2005 to 2012. To better understand the way lawyers are introducing neuroscience-related findings, she examined 84 different variables across these cases, including the date, the state, the types of offenses committed, and the types of brain-related claims made by defendants.
"What we see now is a steady increase over this eight-year timeframe of the use of neuroscience in criminal cases," she says. "What I'm coding for here is any time a judge actually talks about the use of neuroscience by a criminal defendant."
She found that most cases involved some type of homicide charge but defense attorneys were also "blaming the brain" in cases involving drug crimes, assaults robberies, burglaries, rape, kidnapping and fraud. And while many of the highest profile cases in the media show how neuroscience is mitigating sentencing recommendations, Farahany says it's a myth that's the only area of the law where it is being considered.
"We see quite a bit of it during pretrial. We see it at competency determination at pretrial, during trial waiver, withdrawal of guilty pleas, competency to stand trial, competency to assist with one's own defense," she says. "It's used quite successfully in a lot of those cases, too."
Despite what popular TV crime shows may suggest, neuroscience hasn't proven to offer that much in determining guilt or innocence during criminal trials (though it does provide a bit more help in juvenile cases). After all, a brain scan or neuropsychological battery has to compete with the more gruesome details of some fairly serious crimes. Yet, Farahany argues, brain science is changing the legal in subtle and somewhat surprising ways. Her data set showed that approximately 20 percent of brain-related claims involved ineffective assistance of counsel.
"Even in horrific crimes, courts have upheld that failing to investigate a reasonable likelihood of a brain abnormality constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. The test for establishing constitutionally effective assistance of counsel is very stringent," she says. "In fact, even in some cases where defense counsel was asleep during substantial portions of the trail, courts said it wasn't ineffective assistance of counsel, as long as they were awake during the important parts. So imagine that merely failing to inquire about neuroimaging and a potential brain injury can be labeled ineffective assistance of counsel, while being asleep is not."
How should neuroscience be used?
At a conference press event discussing delinquency and deviant behavior, Joshua Buckholtz, director of the Systems Neuroscience of Psychopathology Laboratory at Harvard University, says that he is concerned about the way his research may one day be used in the courtroom. "There are assumptions I make and understand about my data that other people don't understand," he says. "The most important of them is the group-to-individual-difference problem. When we do our studies, we collapse the individual differences across all the data. And, in doing so, we can't, on the basis of a general trend, go back to an individual brain and make any claims about that person. It's a nuance that often escapes the legal system."
But Kent Kiehl, a neuroscientist from the University of New Mexico who studies the criminal brain, is less circumspect. "If imaging can add more and help us understand the truth, which is what good science is about, why shouldn't attorneys use it to help their clients?" he asks. "Neuroimaging is just one variable to be considered in the risk equation. It is incumbent on neuroscientists to educate those in the legal system how much variance a particular result really explains and then let the math dictate how it's weighed. Like any scientific result, neuroimaging has to earn its weight."
Rethinking our assumptions
In response to criticisms like Buckholtz's, Farahany agrees with Kiehl that public education is key. Neuroscientists should be on the hook to explain the nuances of their data, to allow each brain scan or neuropsychological battery to, as Kiehl puts it, "earn its weight."
"Refrains of, 'This evidence shouldn't make it into the courtroom,' are basically too late. It's there, it's spreading, it's expanding," she said. "If the jury is the public, and if they're meant to adjudicate and understand the role of this kind of evidence, then a broader education is essential to equip them to do so."
Farahany makes the important caveat that her data set is only a "narrow, tiny sliver of the universe." Yet, she argues, it's the best glimpse we have of how neuroscience is being used today in the courtroom. And perhaps, she says, neuroscience's most important contribution to the legal system is that it is challenging some strongly held folk psychological concepts about the retributivist nature of criminal punishment (the idea that punishment is the best response to crime).
"Neuroscience is leading many of us to ask questions about what the purpose of punishment is, and whether a better understanding of human behavior should lead us to change whether, why, and how we punish individuals. It's leading many people to make calls for rehabilitation instead of incarceration," she says. "The science may pressure us to actually confront those philosophical questions. But they cannot answer them for us. This is a societal conversation that neuroscience is just one small part of."
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When it comes to frying up a bird this year, there may be no better experts than bearded duckmen Si and Jase Robertson, according to a news release from State Farm Insurance.
When it comes to frying up a bird this year, there may be no better experts than bearded duckmen Si and Jase Robertson, according to a Tuesday news release from State Farm Insurance.
The members of the "Duck Dynasty" family teamed up with State Farm to reinforce the importance of turkey fryer and cooking safety with a hilarious, but educational new video.
"So you want to deep fry a turkey? Excellent choice. As far as I'm concerned, there are two basic food groups, fried and deep fried," Jase Robertson says in the video as a frozen turkey crashes through the window of his truck.
The video cautions viewers to "hang on a minute and think before you fry."
A frozen bird dropped in grease is only a good idea if you want the bird to fly again.
"Use your fryer outdoors … away from wooden structures," Jase Robertson says as he rings the doorbell on the flaming wooden frame of a demolished home where his uncle Si is cooking.
The two-minute clip, full of tips and disaster examples, is aimed at decreasing the number of grease and cooking-related claims.
South Carolina (in a tie with Georgia) ranked sixth in the nation for claims on Thanksgiving Day during a seven-year period from 2005-2012, according to State Farm statistics. North Carolina ranked 11th (tied with Oklahoma and Iowa).
"Cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries," said State Farm spokesman Justin Tomczak in the release. Based on data from State Farm, more cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year.
The good news is that, nationwide, State Farm's cooking fire claims on Thanksgiving Day have been reduced from 66 in 2010 to 29 claims in 2012, the lowest number in a decade.
But injuries and damage to property from turkey frying still occur each year, although most turkey fryer and cooking fires are preventable. Recognizing common mistakes is a critical step in reducing the risk of a fire or potentially fatal burns.
Before you break out your bird this holiday season, remember to hang on a minute and do it right.
State farm offers the following cooking safety tips:
- The leading cause of fires in the kitchen is unattended cooking. It's important to be alert to prevent cooking fires.
- Have a "kid-free zone" of at least 3 feet around the stove and areas where hot food or drink is prepared or carried.
- Keep anything that can catch fire — oven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels or curtains — away from your stovetop.
- Keep an extinguisher approved for cooking or grease fire nearby.
The insurer offers these fryer safety tips:
- More than one-third of fires involving a fryer start in a garage or patio. Cook outdoors at a safe distance from any buildings or trees and keep the fryer off any wooden structures, such as a deck or patio.
- Avoid a hot oil spill-over by first filling the pot with cold oil and then lower the thawed turkey into the pot to determine how much oil should be either added or removed.
- Shut off the fuel source or flame when adding the turkey to the hot oil to prevent a dangerous flare-up if oil does spill over the rim.
- Make sure your turkey is properly thawed before lowering it slowly into the pot.
- Never leave a hot turkey fryer unattended.
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Non- fiction submission:
Where's the Bull?
Last weeks contributor was David Stearman. David's first novel, Hummingbird, will be released this June by Trestle Press. You can find and friend David on FB.
Adorable! I love it.
Thank you for the short and sweet diversion. For all the trouble he caused, I hope the bull at least left some fertilizer for the garden :)
"My name is _________. I live at _______ Ave.
The blanks stopped me.
If it were a manuscript I would read on. A published book? Maybe not.
Thanks for updating your picture Diana! Now you look like you!!!
LOL Sharon, thanks re the new pic. Long overdue!
The blanks were so you all would not know the name of the contributing author until the reveal next week. Sorry for the pause. :-)
Oh, non fiction. Okay.
I don't know. Being from the south and living in the country, I can't see why she's upset enough to cry. Just stay in until it's gone...
I'm not sure what I am supposed to feel in this submission. At first I thought maybe it was humorous, but then the tone felt more serious. I would like the writing to solidly tell me what type of book this is.
I think this would work much better if the author played up her active imagination and city girl ignorance of country living more. I think she should start with that. Tell us that she and her husband were excited to move to the country and hint at their inexperience, then tell us about how she over-reacted to the bull. I'd understand and be sympathetic if I knew first where she was coming from. As is, she's seems a little silly to be afraid of a bull.
I like the story! I'm a city girl too who has encountered a bull before and I understand her uncertainty! I'd read on, I expect it to be humorous laced with faithfulness.
Yep, I'd check it out further. Like the premise (cause we had a "wild" bull! Fortunately, our sweetheart neighbors were VERY understanding. lol) Needs work, but what work of ours doesn't?
I agree with some of the other commenters that it's a humorous story (and I probably would keep reading), but some early mention of her being a city girl would make her reaction a lot more understandable. Nobody's afraid of livestock where I'm from. :-) :-) :-)
Agree with most of the above comments, but would definitely read on anyway.
Thanks for your comments, everyone! Lots of others have beeen reading on since Two Scoops of Grace with Chuckles on Top released; it was #10 on Amazon in the Christian Humor/Family/Parenting category last week!


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|CSIP Update 2017-2018
|Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Updating Our Strategic Plan 2017-2018
The Pattonville School District is working with parents, students, community members, staff and area leaders to update its strategic plan with a series of CSIP (Comprehensive School Improvement Plan) meetings during the 2017-2018 school year. The updated plan will focus on ensuring all students become "success-ready graduates" and planning for and addressing any critical issues that may arise in the areas of facilities, safety, staffing and finances. Minutes and other information from these meetings are posted below.
Sept. 5, 2017 Meeting
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Minutes - Student achievement subcommittee
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Loyola University New Orleans alumnus Ramon Vargas '09, former sports editor of The Maroon and current staff writer for The Times-Picayune and NOLA.com, will help ring in 100 years of Wolf Pack athletics history at the All Athletic Reunion Thursday, April 11 from 6 to 8 p.m.
From the first official football team in 1922 to the many student athletes who back the Pack today, the reunion tells the story of Loyola's student athletes and offers a chance for athletes from different eras and sports to gather, reminisce and meet others.
Sponsored by the Alumni Association and Wolf Pack Athletics, the event is set for the St. Charles Room located in the Danna Student Center on Loyola's main campus. Tickets to the reunion are $30 per person or $50 per couple and include heavy hors d'oeuvres with an open bar. Loyola's mascot Havoc T. Wolf will also be on hand for the celebration.
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Hi everyone,
I've been an Atheist Nexus member for awhile, but I've never posted anything before. I'm an all-around addict... alcohol, pot, prescription drugs, and possibly biggest of all, food.
I'm a nurse (which has given me lots of access to substances I don't need to be around), but I'm not working right now because I'm taking care of my mother, who is in poor health. She requires 24 hour a day care, and I get no help from anyone else in her care. My stress level is extremely high, and I'm craving every mind and mood altering substance I can think of. To make it more difficult, my mother wants nothing but junk food and sugar, sugar, sugar.
For me, eating sugary foods is just about as harmful as drinking. Mom wanted chocolate last week, and the bowl of candy on the kitchen counter might as well have been a bottle of Southern Comfort. I have violent mood swings on sugar... alcohol "just" makes me suicidally depressed.
Because I get no help with Mom, I rarely get to leave the house to do anything for myself. I can leave occasionally for an hour or two, and my stress level and level of craving is bad enough that I'm actually considering going to a 12-step meeting a couple of times a week.
Years ago, before I realized that my discomfort with the whole "God" thing was due to the fact that I was an atheist, I used to go to a lot of 12-step meetings. I have always had issues with the pushing of "God" in the 12 steps, but now I don't even know if I could stand it.
I don't hide my atheism, but I also don't shout if from the rooftops. Most of my friends and family know that I'm an atheist, and even the strong xtians among them are accepting and supportive of my beliefs. I just don't know how the 12-step nazis would handle it. I'm not sure I'd even be welcome.
I just don't know what to do. I need to get out of the house. I need to be around some people besides my Mom. And I need to have some support in my (what is right now very fragile) recovery from my addictions. But I don't want a god I don't believe in shoved down my throat. I don't want someone telling me that I can't stay sober without "God."
I don't know what to do.
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Hi I have problems with alcohol too so I'm in the same boat as you. I hope we can learn a lot from each other. It's hard for me to post in groups and I've mostly been a lurker on this site.
Is it possible to get some help from hospice or a home health agency for you mom? You shouldn't have to take care of her 24/7. You need time for yourself too. I wish you luck in finding a local group that does not force religion into its recovery program.
I have an eating disorder (30+ years now) and OA has been the only group of humans I have found that help me. Unfortunately I am having serious trouble with the God/HP talk.
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A BIKE shop is the last business you might expect to leave Fremantle.
But for Fleet Cycles on Adelaide Street the bike boom is over.
Owner Mikey Boulton told the Herald falling trade and a lack of planning vision is failing big parts of the port city. SOS surf shop next door closes in September.
"Freo is a great place for coffee and festivals but as far as shopping districts go … it's losing its way," Mr Boulton says.
Halfway through his five-year lease of the council-owned store, he says he can no longer afford his rent nor risk seeking alternative premises in Fremantle.
By June 30 the 400sqm shop will be empty, with stock and staff transferred to his store in Mandurah, where he is doing a roaring trade.
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Asus EN9800 GTX Review
The 9 series graphics cards from Nvidia were released to the world just over a month ago. The launches started with the mid range 9600GT, progressed to the multi GPU, single PCI-E slot solution with the 9800GX2, making quad SLI a reality. Each of these cards outperformed the previous cards they replaced in the Nvidia lineup. The 9600GT replaced the 8600 series and gained an impressive 70%+ in performance based on my testing. With both of those launches, speculation about the performance of the unreleased 9800GTX was everywhere on the web. Let the speculation end, because the 9800GTX is here.
The Asus EN9800GTX features a GPU clock speed of 675MHz, a shader clock speed of 1688MHz, 512MB of high speed GDDR3 memory running at 1100MHz. Using 128 stream processors running at 1.69GHz, this card should perform above the level of its predecessor, the G80 based 8800GTX. Not only does the EN9800GTX have the performance tools needed by gamers, it has the High Definition crowd covered with Pure Video enhancements, and for the energy conscious, Hybrid power makes saving power a reality. Will the EN9800GTX be all it's expected to be? Let's find out.
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The 9800GTX comes in a large box with plenty of room for both the video card and the accessory bundle. The front panel showcases the fact that this card has 512MB of DDR3 memory and is PCI-E 2.0 ready. Included software utilities are the Gamer OSD, a utility that offers real time overclocking and benchmarking and capturing in-game screen shots. Smart Doctor is both a monitoring and overclocking tool that allows the user to set up software based overclocking protection. The rear panel shows some of the specifications and expands on the software utilities mentioned on the front panel in several languages. The phrase on the front panel is "Rock Solid- Heart Touching," kind of appropriate that the phrase fits the Warrior Queen on the front of the box.
Opening up the package allow access to the 9800GTX and the included bundle of accessories. The card is encased in a foam block easily protecting it from the wrath of the shipping companies. The bundle is stored between the two levels of the box.
The bundle that is included with the 9800GTX includes a quick setup guide, the manual on a disc, the driver disc, one DVI to D-sub converter, S-video to component adapter and a dual 4-pin molex to PCI-E power adapter. The power adapter is not the ideal solution for bringing power to the 9800GTX, but there are people that still do not have a power supply with two dedicated PCI-E power connections.
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The end of the latest kerfuffle in Washington marks the beginning of new problems for the U.S. economy.
It was the last thing the fledgling recovery needed. Fourth-quarter economic growth was already laboring under a number of uncertainties, mostly political in nature. Now the shutdown and debt ceiling scare have all but knocked the economy for a loop:
-- we've suffered lost wages;
-- lost jobs;
-- lost confidence.
Wages were lost both in and out of government (except for those "nonessential" federal workers who wound up getting a two-week paid vacation). And because many private sector activities were affected adversely, lots of jobs were either lost or simply not created.
The loss in confidence should not be taken lightly. As we have seen time and again whenever the government was shut down, citizens are replete with worries, such as 'When will I get my government check?' 'Who will defend us if we are attacked?' 'What happens to other government services?' Many times these concerns caused cutbacks in spending and a dip in overall economic activity.
As a consequence, you may expect fourth-quarter growth in gross domestic product to be shaved by a half-point or more – bringing the rate of growth down to 2% or less. Some of this might also carry over into the first quarter – especially since this brouhaha could well see a return engagement come early 2014.
In this environment, both stocks and bonds will have major headwinds. Stocks will have to deal with the fallout from the government shutdown and bonds from our brush with default.
All of this occurred because the current crop of pols that inhabit Capitol Hill never learned how to get along with others when they were children. Unless and until the system is changed, you may expect more political brinkmanship in the future.
Here's the problem: we know how to fix the dysfunction inside the Beltway, but it requires approval by the same pols that created this mess in the first place!
First of all, we need to abolish the debt ceiling. It's an anachronism that shouldn't have been created in the first place and only causes trouble no matter which party controls the Congress.
You see, Congress mandates debt whenever it passes a budget that calls for more spending than expected revenues. And remember what I said last week: "The president proposes while the Congress disposes." How dare Congress blame the president for deficits and debt?
Second, we must also enact term limits for members of Congress. This way the pols won't have to worry about losing the next election. I suggest one four-year term for the House and one six-year term for the Senate. Along with the already-mandated eight-year maximum for the president, these limits should prevent a small group of extremists from hijacking the U.S. economy to serve their own needs.
Will these suggestions ever come to fruition? With two-thirds of the electorate looking to oust the current crop of incumbents, it's not impossible.


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