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I don't care how those prissy blond J.Crew-rollneck-wearing sweater girls remember it; high school just sucked. I'm pretty sure it sucked for everyone, too, no matter how close you sat to the cool kids at lunch, or what size bra you wore, or how much (or how little) adoration your parents heaped upon you at home.
Adolescence is a profoundly confusing time -- it was for me, anyway. Life felt like a big swirling minefield of despair dotted with heavy existential questions that no one could satisfactorily answer.
For some teens, all that identity confusion -- "who the hell am I, and who the hell do I want to be?" manifests in supposedly scandalous new pastimes, like wearing all black and listening to nothing but Bauhaus, or dabbling in new religions (oh hey, Wicca and Satanism!), or losing themselves in the world of online gaming.
For a few severely disturbed teenagers -- like Dylan Klebold at Columbine High School or Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook -- an obsession with real-life violence takes over. But, despite how our media likes to spin it, those instances are incredibly rare. Most teenagers -- even the "spooky" ones -- don't shoot up their schools; most don't even think about it. Those few-and-far-between incidents of senseless brutality are awful, of course. But we can't keep letting them taint our entire view of adolescents -- especially the "weird" adolescents, who sometimes feel extra-alienated to begin with. We can't keep blaming death metal for mass murders. Does not compute.
Today, to coincide with the approaching Dec. 14 anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut, author Beth Winegarner is releasing a new book, The Columbine Effect, about all this and more. Winegarner argues that some of the most commonly maligned, misunderstood teen passions are actually helping alienated kids connect, find meaning, and feel less alone. As Winegarner writes on her website, "As police and journalists have rushed to explain other unthinkable massacres, heavy metal music, paganism, Satanism, occult practices and role-playing games have unfairly gotten caught in the crossfire." I asked Winegarner a few questions about her new book.xoJane: How and why did you decide to take on this subject?
Beth Winegarner: I grew up in the 1980s, and I became a music fan (and news junkie) pretty early. I was furious when Tipper Gore created the Parents Music Resource Center and singled out certain songs as offensive or inappropriate for children. I had a similar reaction to Pat Robertson's screeds against astrology and Tarot; I had a passing interest in those things and they seemed pretty benign to me.Then the heavy metal/Satanic Panic hit its full stride; Geraldo Rivera and others began connecting heavy metal, Satanism, and violence, and it didn't make any sense to me that the "cure" to that violence was to take music away from kids. It seemed like a cruel response to a situation that was cruel enough to begin with. It felt like parents were being told to deprive their kids of something beneficial, rather than to discuss situations with their kids. That's still going on to some extent, particularly now with video games, and I wanted to provide an antidote to all that fear-mongering and sensationalism.What does "The Columbine Effect" mean to you?It's the process by which misreported information goes on to hurt others who are essentially innocent bystanders. After the Columbine High School massacre, some kids told reporters that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were goth gamers who liked Marilyn Manson. The press ran with it, but it later came out that some of those kids didn't know either of the shooters, at least one of them didn't attend the school, and that most of the information was wrong. By then, other goth kids and video-game fans were targeted by their schools and treated as though they might suddenly become violent. They were deprived of their ability to participate in their chosen culture, and to dress in a way that was comfortable and protective for them.That kind of reporting can leave a hangover that lasts for decades. Heavy metal and its fans are still coping with the stigma of those backward-message court cases accusing Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest of encouraging fans to commit suicide, even though those lawsuits came out in the bands' favor. Some adults think kids who play video games or role playing games are more likely to lose touch with reality, when there's no evidence for that. More often, it seems like it's the adults who can't find the line between fiction and reality. The kids, including those I interviewed in my book, know right where it is.What were your own teen years like? Do you have any personal history or affinity for the 5 teen pastimes referenced in your book's title?I fell in love with heavy metal when I was about 16. And I was struck, for example, by how a fast thrash song like Metallica's "Damage, Inc." would make me feel giddy and bouncy, instead of surly and angry -- as metal's critics suggested it would. I've listened to metal consistently since I was a teenager and it almost never fails to make me feel good, but until I read academic research on the genre, particularly Jeffrey Jensen Arnett's "Metalheads," I figured I was an outlier. It turns out that most fans of metal say that it calms them down, picks them up, and makes them feel better. That discovery was one of many that sparked my interest in writing this book. I wanted to show that the reality of these pastimes is vastly different from what we hear about in the news.Could you give us a brief history of teen culture, and why our relationship with adolescents has been so fraught with tension and misunderstanding for so long?Socially, we didn't see adolescence as a separate stage of life until relatively recently -- the 1950s, according to my research. But the term "juvenile delinquent" was also popularized at the same time. The mere act of recognizing the teen years as a developmental category seemed to create -- or at least emphasize -- this "generation gap" that exists between parents and adolescents.That, in turn, magnified teens' self-discovery process and their drive to separate from the parent-child bond that is so strong in early childhood. Some teens do this by actively rebelling, by choosing music and culture that might shock their parents. Other teens naturally gravitate toward challenging pastimes, as I did with metal, but it's because they love aggressive music or first-person shooters, for example, and not because they're out to offend someone.How has teen culture grown more transgressive over time?I can't speak to culture prior to the 20th century, but this process by which teens -- or at least some teens -- explore fringe cultural ideas, whether it's rock and roll in the 1950s, psychedelic music and drugs in the 1960s, hard rock in the 1970s, or metal and shock-rock in the 1980s and 1990s, seems to have a liberalizing effect that lasts into adulthood. So if they wind up having kids who are prone to rebellion, those teens will have to find something even more fringe and "out there" to create that separation and sense of independence I described earlier. Some of the folks I interviewed for the book were adults looking back on their teen years, and they wondered how their kids would find ways to shock them!
What do you think the media is missing or overlooking when it comes to teenagers' role in tragedies like Sandy Hook and Columbine?I don't necessarily think it's the media's place, at least in the days and hours after such an event, to try to explain why something like this happens. As a journalist myself, I recognize that we are taught to report who, what, where, when and why. But "why" isn't often established until months or years later. Meanwhile, the instant a perpetrator's name is revealed, reporters descend on that person's family, friends and Facebook page. When we find out that a shooter liked Grand Theft Auto or Slayer, the urge to connect those interests to the crime is almost Pavlovian. But there's always something deeper going on. Always. Years later, Columbine author Dave Cullen discovered that Eric Harris was almost certainly a sociopath, but was undiagnosed because he was so young. With Adam Lanza, it's been a year and we still don't know. It's important that reporters not provide wrong answers, even when they don't have the right ones. Attracting clicks is not a good excuse.Any words of wisdom for young people who feel alienated or misunderstood by parents, teachers, or other adults in their lives?Although I wrote The Columbine Effect so that parents and other adults could hear the voices of teens who might be similar to their own, I think it may also help adolescents find some validation for their interests and some language for discussing them. They may know they feel better while studying Wicca, playing Call of Duty or listening to Watain, but may think they're alone, like I did. Having that understanding -- on both sides -- can alleviate fear and open the door to dialogue. I'd also encourage teens on the fringes to stay true to themselves. If a pastime feels truly helpful and enriching, trust that. Don't give up just because someone is telling you it's harmful. They may simply not know any better.
How did you guys make it through adolescence? What do you think about the connection between "darker" teen hobbies and violence?
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Mamatography: A 365 Day Photography Project. At least one picture per day of what you did that day.
Sunday, while I was upstairs getting ready for church, Isaiah decided he was still hungry. For raw eggs. On the bright side, it all stayed on the table, and he put the shells back in the carton. And, his cracking skills got better as he went on.
Tuesday, we played around. Isaiah wanted to pose and take pictures.
Wednesday, Isaiah made his own bed/chair out of a laundry basket (that usually holds all his stuffed animals, dumped in the background) to watch a movie.
Friday, we had a movie night. We watched Veggie Tales and Mickey Mouse, snuggled up on a blanket on the floor, and had plenty of snacks.
Saturday, Mom, N, B and I got pedicures together as part of N's present to us.

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Published: 22:36 EDT, 14 September 2013 | Updated: 05:55 EDT, 16 September 2013>
Two New Jersey beach towns devastated by Superstorm Sandy will once again need to rebuild, after a fast-moving fire reduced dozens of businesses along the towns' boardwalk to rubble - and Governor Chris Christie has pledged millions of dollars in aid to once again help the devastated community.
Christie pledged $15 million in state aid Saturday for businesses damaged by a massive boardwalk fire in a shore community just getting back on its feet after Superstorm Sandy.
Christie met privately with 30 of the more than 50 business owners who suffered losses in Thursday's fire in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, promising an aggressive response to haul away rubble from the fire and help them rebuild again.
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Help: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has pledged to help businesses ruined by the fire with $15 million in aid
Christie talks to resident Nancy Masterson during a visit to the Seaside Park two days after a massive fire burn a large portion of the boardwalk
Devastated: Firefighters look at the charred area the morning after a massive fire burned a large portion of the Seaside Park boardwalk
Start all over again: The fire, which apparently started in an ice cream shop and spread several blocks, hit the recently repaired boardwalk, which was damaged last year by Superstorm Sandy
In control: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to the media at the scene of the fire While there were no injuries reported, many businesses that had only recently re-opened after Hurricane Sandy, were destroyed in the blaze
Double-hit: This overhead view shows the areas that were affected by Hurricane Sandy last October and yesterday's fire. 'We will not let these fires destroy the efforts we have made in the 10 months after Sandy,' said the Governor
'We had two days to feel sad about this, and it is legitimately a sad thing. But we've got work to do now. A couple days to mourn, now we've got to move on and get back to work,' Christie said.
Christie's office said the New Jersey Economic Development Authority board plans to extend an initial $15 million from programs offered to help in the recovery from Sandy. Those funds would be made available whether or not the fire-damaged businesses were affected by Sandy, according to the Christie administration.
'It was critical that we move quickly to aid the Seaside business community, which was still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy,' said Michele Brown, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, which is expected to formally take action at a meeting Wednesday.
The wind-whipped fire destroyed dozens of ocean-front businesses, including bars, pizza places and T-shirt shops and shot flames 50 feet into the air. Public works crews had to rip up part of the boardwalk to create a makeshift fire break, robbing the advancing flames of fuel. The crews piled sand in the breech creating dunes to hold back fire rather than water.
During his visit Saturday, Christie also greeted residents, many of whom thanked the governor for coming to the shore town that was still recovering from Sandy when disaster struck again.
'I wouldn't be anyplace else,' Christie said, having canceled a weekend getaway to Florida to celebrate his wife's birthday. 'When a crisis happens you have to be here to help organize things, to lend encouragement and deliver help.'
The good news, if there is any, Christie said, is that the fire was contained before it engulfed the entire boardwalk.
Hot spots could keep flaring up for days on a New Jersey shore boardwalk where a fire leveled four blocks and about 30 businesses just 10 months after the same area was devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
There were only minor injuries to responders so far, but the condition of three Seaside Park police officers who fell from a moving pickup truck at the scene Friday morning was not immediately known. Christie said two of them fell on their heads.
'I will not permit all the work we've done over the last 10 months to be diminished or destroyed by what happened last night,' Christie said during a media briefing in Seaside Park on Friday.
President Barack Obama praised the first responders who helped fight the fire and pledged support for state and local efforts to rebuild and recover again.
In a statement released Friday, the commander-in-chief said his administration will continue to support New Jersey after yet another blow to its people and economy.
Demolished: Two people walk near the destroyed remains of businesses along an iconic Jersey shore boardwalk. Many businesses that had only recently re-opened after Hurricane Sandy, were destroyed in the blaze
Fun town? A Jersey Central power and light worker dismantles a transformer. The fire blazed out of control for hours, moving several blocks into neighboring Seaside Heights
Supporting each other: The investigation into what sparked a devastating fire on Thursday that destroyed dozens of businesses along one of the most famous boardwalks on the Jersey Shore has not yet determined a cause, said Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey
No assumptions: 'We need to let the fire investigators do their job,' Mr. Christie said at a news conference Friday. Even as local business owners speculated about how the blaze was started
Burnt out: The extent of the damage became clear Friday morning, as firefighters continued to hose down smoldering embers and search for other hot pockets that could pose a danger
The fire, which broke out on Thursday afternoon, zipped up four blocks of boardwalk in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights. It was driven by strong gusts and fuelled by tar roofs on the pizza shops, bars, ice cream shops, an arcade and other businesses.
The fire was finally stopped around 11 p.m. Thursday when officials decided to dismantle a section of the boardwalk, even though that meant moving firefighters and letting some buildings continue to burn.
Images from the air showed a once-colorful area reduced to a monochromatic pile of charred dark gray rubble. Among the places wrecked was FunTown Pier, an amusement park that had not yet reopened after being damaged last October by Sandy.
At least 30 businesses were damaged by the fire, Christie said, including such Jersey Shore favorites as Bubba's Dog House, Kupper's French Fries and Maruca's Tomato Pies.
'It's piles of rubble, it's piles of just char and debris, caved-in buildings with no walls and no roofs,' said Brian Gabriel, chief fire coordinator for Ocean County. 'It just looks like a bomb went off.'
Friday, firefighters were pouring thousands of gallons of water on the smoldering remnants of the fire.
About a quarter of the 400 firefighters who battled the blaze Thursday remained on the scene Friday morning, and heavy equipment was poised to move in and start poking through the rubble once firefighters extinguished the last burning pockets.
'There's not much left' in the affected areas, said Brian Gabriel, Ocean County's fire coordinator. 'It looks like a couple of bombs went off. It's pretty much complete devastation.'
Disbelief: People look at the remnants of the boardwalk after the massive fire. Two New Jersey beach towns devastated by Superstorm Sandy will once again need to rebuild
Surveying the damage: About 100 firefighters remained on the scene on Friday, putting out remaining hot spots after containing a fire that started at a frozen custard stand in Seaside Park on Thursday and blazed out of control for hours
War zone: This aerial photo shows aftermath of a massive fire that burned a large portion of the Seaside Park boardwalk. The fire, which apparently started in an ice cream shop and spread several blocks
Ruined: The Music Sound shop was one of dozens of businesses reduced to rubble in Seaside Park after Thursday's tragic fire
Authorities began making tentative plans to rebuild the boardwalk, most of which had just been redone in time for Memorial Day weekend and in time for a visit from Prince Harry in May. The fire destroyed a length of boardwalk containing perhaps 30 businesses, officials said.
Boardwalk merchants were numb as they pondered the second major disaster to befall them in 11 months.
'We just reopened June 1, went through the whole summer trying to stay open, and now this happens,' said Daniel Shauger, manager of Funtown Arcade, which was one of 32 Seaside Park boardwalk businesses damaged in the fire. 'We're wiped out again. It's just unimaginable.'
He said business was down by two-thirds this summer because of the fallout from Sandy, which filled his arcade with water and sand and ruined inventory, game machines and computers.
'It was just enough to survive,' Shauger said. 'We were really looking forward to next year. And we're still looking forward to next year.'
Seaside Park officials began plans Friday morning to rebuild their part of the boardwalk, at the southern end where the fire began Thursday afternoon near a frozen custard stand. Bob Martucci, the borough administrator, said it will cost $600,000 to rebuild the borough-owned boardwalk; individual businesses are privately owned and would not be included in that cost, he said.
Wrecked: People gather at a barricade to catch a glimpse of the destruction. Officials said that some 50 businesses were damaged or destroyed. The area is being treated as a crime scene
Shattered: This aerial photo shows aftermath of a massive fire that burned a large portion of the Seaside Park boardwalk
Blaze: The iconic beach boardwalk of Seaside Park, New Jersey as it looked on Thursday afternoon from above
'Wrench in the recovery': Seaside Park's boardwalk was largely intact after Sandy but is now in ruins
Arson investigators began looking into the cause of the fire Thursday night and continued Friday morning, which is routine with a fire of this size. Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, said there was no indication Friday that the fire appeared suspicious, though a cause had not been determined.
Investigators are asking the public to come forward with any videos or photos they might have shot before or during the fire to help investigators as they try to piece the circumstances together. Individuals can call 732-929-2027 with information.
WCBS-TV reported, however, that witnesses said they saw electrical wires under the custard stand catch fire. The fire then burned through the stand and spread, the witnesses told WCBS-TV.
Seaside Heights was the setting of MTV's reality show 'Jersey Shore' and more recently became famous as the site of one of the most memorable images of Sandy: a roller coaster that fell into the Atlantic Ocean, where it stood, partially submerged by the waves.
The blaze destroyed businesses over a total of six blocks in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, officials said. Both communities were badly damaged during Sandy in October 2012.
'We're going to go up and do an assessment and put everything back together as soon as possible,' Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers said on CNN. 'If there's a silver lining, we just built it, we have the specs, we know what we're doing and we'll get it out to bid and we'll get it back up.'
Officials on Friday were urging people to stay away from the towns as fire crews and inspectors finished their work.
Now what? Fire officials stand near the area where a day earlier a massive fire burned a large portion of the boardwalk
Updates: A crowd of journalists attend a news conference with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He called the blaze 'unthinkable'
Obliterated: Firefighters walk through the scene. While there were no injuries reported, many businesses that had only recently re-opened after Hurricane Sandy were destroyed in the blaze
Devastating: Daniel Shauger, manager of the Funtown Arcade, tries to comprehend the damage that has occurred as a result of the blaze
Back to square one: Funtown Pier, nearly destroyed by the hurricane, collapsed in flames. And nearby, the fire appeared to have ruined a historic carousel that had been painstakingly restored after the storm and reopened just months ago
It could have been much worse. On Thursday, as the fire pushed northward despite the frantic efforts of firefighters to contain it, Seaside Heights officials tried a Hail Mary: They ripped out a 25-foot swath of the boardwalk they had just finished rebuilding five months earlier. And they filled the void with giant sand piles — makeshift dunes designed to halt the spread of flames and save the northern portion of the boardwalk upon which the community relied for its financial survival.
It worked.
In much the same way as forest fire crews rip out vegetation to deprive an advancing fire of fuel, the boardwalk gambit succeeded in halting the fire's extension any farther into Seaside Heights.
'That appears to have done the trick,' Seaside Park Mayor Robert Matthies said.
'It's unimaginable,' said Seaside Park city councilwoman Gail Coleman as she directed traffic on one of the town's streets. 'It's heart-wrenching. All of these businesses borrowed money, rebuilt with a lot of blood, sweat, tears and hope,' Coleman said.
Standing next to a large hose piping water in from nearby Barnegat Bay, Coleman urged motorists to stay out of town.
'You have to call your boss and tell him it's an emergency,' she told one driver. 'If your boss doesn't like it, tell him to call the governor.'
Christie declared a state of emergency on Thursday after surveying the damage and declaring that it made him want to 'throw up.'
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text: Chapter 10: Immunization Matthew F. Daley; Sean T. O'Leary; Ann-Christine Nyquist View Full Chapter Figures Only Tables Only Videos Only Print Share Email Twitter Facebook Linkedin Reddit Get Citation Citation AMA Citation Daley MF, O'Leary ST, Nyquist A. Daley M.F., O'Leary S.T., Nyquist A Daley, Matthew F., et al.Immunization. In: Hay WW, Jr., Levin MJ, Deterding RR, Abzug MJ. Hay W.W., Jr., Levin M.J., Deterding R.R., Abzug M.J. Eds. William W. Hay, Jr., et al.eds. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics, 23e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; . http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1795§ionid=125737570. Accessed August 22, 2018. MLA Citation Daley MF, O'Leary ST, Nyquist A. Daley M.F., O'Leary S.T., Nyquist A Daley, Matthew F., et al.. "Immunization." CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics, 23e Hay WW, Jr., Levin MJ, Deterding RR, Abzug MJ. Hay W.W., Jr., Levin M.J., Deterding R.R., Abzug M.J. Eds. William W. Hay, Jr., et al. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, , http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1795§ionid=125737570. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager Mendeley © Copyright Tools Search Book Top Return Clip Autosuggest Results ++ INTRODUCTION ++ Immunization is widely recognized as one of the greatest public health achievements of modern times. Largely as a consequence of immunization, the annual incidences of diphtheria, paralytic poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in the United States have fallen by more than 99% compared with the average annual incidences of these diseases in the 20th century. Invasive pneumococcal disease in children less than 5 years has declined steeply since routine pneumococcal vaccination began in 2000. Similarly, rotavirus vaccination has been associated with substantial declines in hospitalizations and emergency department visits for diarrheal illnesses in young children. Childhood immunization has also led, through herd immunity, to significant decreases in several infectious illnesses in adults, including pneumococcal, rotavirus, and varicella disease. ++ Every year, roughly 4 million children are born in the United States, and successful immunization of each birth cohort requires the concerted effort of health care providers, public health officials, vaccine manufacturers, and the public. Public perceptions about immunizations, particularly routine childhood immunizations, are generally positive. However, parent concerns about the safety of vaccines have risen in recent years, in part fueled by unfounded speculation about an association between various vaccines or vaccine components and autism. Modern vaccines have a high degree of safety, and serious adverse events following vaccination are rare. Nonetheless, health care providers need to be prepared to discuss the benefits and risks of vaccination with uncertain parents, providing factual information in a clear and empathic fashion. ++ This chapter starts with general principles regarding immunizations and the recommended pediatric and adolescent vaccination schedules, followed by a discussion of vaccine safety. Each routinely recommended vaccine is then discussed. Vaccines that are only given in special circumstances are discussed in the final section. Several acronyms that are commonly used in this and other vaccine-related publications are summarized in Table 10-1. ++Table Graphic Jump LocationTable 10-1.Vaccine-related acronyms.View Table|Favorite Table|Download (.pdf) Table 10-1.Vaccine-related acronyms. 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Top homemade banana cupcakes with a rich chocolate frosting for a fruity sweet treat that kids and adults alike are sure to love.
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Make cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin and 4 cups of another tin, or line with paper or foil liners. (Pour 2 Tbsp. water into each empty cup.)
In a bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in banana, yogurt and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool in tins on a wire rack for about 15 minutes, then remove from tins to racks; let stand until cooled completely.
Make frosting: In a heatproof bowl set over a pan of just-simmering water, melt chocolate. Let cool to room temperature. In a bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light, about 3 minutes. Beat in milk, vanilla and chocolate until smooth.
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Forays in Photography
Posted 04 August 2009, 22:02 | by zhaph | g+ | Perma-link
Inspired this morning by Scott Hanselman's tweet:
Some AMAZING High Dynamic Range photos. These are REAL photos. http://bit.ly/kParz
I was inspired to do something. Limited by flat batteries, and missing the 5 minutes of exciting sunset this evening, I ended up with this image of the picture we bought on holiday last month, that is now hanging in the study. It's a mass produced photo on canvas, but quite nice:
(Click for large version etc.).
I thought I'd also quickly run through the steps I went through on this. I started with three seperate photos taken from my camera, each taken manually, at the same focus, aperture and shutter speed, but with three different Exposure Compensations: -2EV, 0EV and +2EV - I went straight for the extremes:
The three exposures: Left to Right: -2EV, 0EV, and +2EV (click for large versions etc.).
I then dropped all three images into one layer in GIMP, in increasing order of exposure. this obviously resulted in the same image as the +2EV one above, however, once I started playing around with the layer modes, interesting things started to happen:
The -2EV base layer, with the 0EV exposure with a layer mode of "Soft Light".
I then set the +2EV layer at the top with a layer mode of "Hard Light", and ended up with the image that started this post, which strangely seems to have more light coming from it that the original picture
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It is normal for teenagers to believe in "the personal fable": they think they are special and unique (no argument there!) and invulnerable to harm. So naturally they believe that unprotected sex will not result in pregnancy. Couple this belief with the normal pubertal rise in hormones, sexual feelings and curiosity, and we have a problem! About half of all teens have sex before they graduate high school. By the time they realize that they have no special "immunity" to an accidental pregnancy, it is often too late.
One 14-year-old girl was brought to me by her mother, who was concerned because she had not menstruated for the previous four months. In fact, my patient was pregnant—and was stunned when I told her. Another teenage girl had taken birth control pills for many months, never skipping a dose. Then her prescription ran out; after missing several pills, she got pregnant.
The personal fable becomes more powerful when mixed with drugs and alcohol. Some boys have told me that the only time they didn't use a condom was when they were under the influence, and now they are teenage fathers.
How big is the problem of teen pregnancy? According to a recent report, about 750,000 teen pregnancies (equivalent to half the population of Philadelphia) occur each year in the United States—and 82 percent are unintended.
Failing grades. People have tried many courses of action to prevent teenage pregnancy. Here's the report card for some of them and they get failing grades:
- Abstinence-only education – "F". Abstinence-only education has not been shown to be effective.
- Condoms – "F". Almost all sexually active teens have used condoms, but only half used them the last time they had sex. Seem like a harsh grade? Think about it: sex just once without a condom is enough to get pregnant.
- Birth control pills – "F". On average, teenagers start using birth control one year after their first sexual experience, but most teen pregnancies happen within that first year. Ideally, if a young woman thinks she may have sex, she should start on birth control pills if she has no major health-risk factors such as migraines with aura.
Making the honor roll. There is one course that has the potential to make the grade:
- Teens being honest – "A". Teenagers will likely talk to their parents and doctors if we give them the opportunity, time and support. But instead of giving them a pop quiz about sex, here's my advice: Start a dialogue.
Talk with teens about ...
... the correct use of condoms. When teenagers use them every time, pregnancy and many sexually transmitted infections (STI's) can usually be prevented.
... the correct use of birth control pills (always with condoms to prevent STI's!). Birth-control pills are highly effective if taken at the same time every day. I suggest girls set the alarm on their cell phones. How crazy is this? A doctor prescribing cell phone use for a teenager!
... hormone injections (always with condoms to prevent STI's!). These are very convenient – one injection every 12 weeks - and helpful for teens who don't remember to take a daily pill.
... Plan B, a.k.a. the "morning after" pill or emergency contraception. Accidents happen. So girls and boys who decide to have sex need to know how and where to get emergency contraception.
The lesson: There are effective ways to prevent teen pregnancy, but they only work if teens learn about them and use them correctly.
Parents are powerful teachers. Peer pressure is very powerful, but teens say that parents have even more influence on their decisions about sex, love and relationships than peers. For more information on avoiding unplanned pregnancy, visit StayTeen.org with your child for terrific teen-oriented media. Going on the computer with your teen - now that's social networking!
Tell us: Do your teens believe in the personal fable? Can you help them to "make the grade" in preventing accidental pregnancies?
Rima Himelstein, M.D., is a Crozer-Keystone Health System pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist.


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Headley spoke quietly while pleading guilty to the 12-count indictment. Security at the hearing was tight and included bomb dogs outside the courtroom.
Under the agreement reached with federal prosecutors, Headley will not be extradited to India, Denmark or Pakistan to stand trial on the Mumbai massacre. That agreement is expected to anger Indian authorities, who had been asking for access to Headley for interrogation and prosecution.
Read Headley's final plea agreement | Read the U.S. Department of Justice Press Release
"His conduct contributed to the harm of many people," said Robert Seeder, Headley's attorney. After the hearing, Seeder said Headley has had "regret and remorse...from the day of his arrest became a cooperating individual."
The plea deal eliminates the possibility of the death penalty.
"The death penalty is off the table," said John Theis, Headley attorney. Theis said Headley will get a sentence of anything up to life. "He has agreed to be questioned by foreign governments in connection with overseas terror investigations, as long as they come to him."
According to the agreement, Headley must "fully and truthfully participate in any debriefings for the purpose of gathering intelligence or national security information, and Headley further agrees that, when directed by the United States Attorney's Office, he will fully and truthfully testify in any foreign judicial proceedings held in the United States by way of deposition, video-conferencing or letters rogatory."
Sentencing will be deferred until after Headley's finished cooperating.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who personally supervised the case, was in court for the plea bargain hearing, which lasted less than an hour.
Headley, 49, is a U. S. citizen of Pakistani descent. He admitted to helping to plan the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed 164 people and wounded hundreds more. He also admitted to a second attack also in November 2008 on a Danish newspaper, a plan that included decapitating editors and throwing their heads out of windows.
Headley also admits to attending terror training camps in Pakistan between 2002 and 2005 and conducting surveillance for the Mumbai attacks.
Headley pleaded guilty to
Retired Cook County judge Ben Mackoff and his wife Carol were in the majestic Taj Mahal hotel that fateful day in November, 2008. They knew that terrorists were storming Mumbai, India because they heard the gunfire and saw three gunmen through the peephole of their hotel room door, where they would be captive for 42 hours.
"We didn't have time to be scared, we were just trying to survive," said Mackoff.What they didn't know was that a man from their hometown 8,100 miles away - David Headley of Chicago - had a guiding hand in the deadly assault.
Headley helped Pakistani terrorists select and scout targets in Mumbai.
"I want to make it clear that Mr. Headley was never involved in any kind of plot involving United States soil or United State's citizens," said Seeder.
Headley's co-defendant, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, has pleaded not guilty to similar terrorism charges.


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Muhammad Ali Quotes About GoldQuotes about: Gold
I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat. Thought I'd put them on the spot. I sat down and asked for a meal. The Olympic champion wearing his gold medal. They said, "We don't serve niggers here." I said, "That's okay, I don't eat 'em." But they put me out in the street. So I went down to the river, the Ohio River, and threw my gold medal in it.
Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them.
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If I can convince other people to travel the world through my images then my job is done.
Travelling the world is not about the destination but the journey to get there. The people you meet along the way and the experiences that we have, whether good or bad. If you stop and look around, you might discover the hidden beauty that is right in front of you.


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I work in a pharmacy and we have a patient who has an infant with diabetes. She wants to if there is such a thing as a glucose suppository to treat hypoglycemia when her infant is unable to take glucose orally. Can you help me out?
No, but the glucose gels can be given in the cheek and are absorbed. The really best message is to prevent the lows. I know easier said than done, and I don't push infants.
[Editor's comment: You can use a very soft toothbrush to get the gel into a small child by gently using it to rub the gel into the child's gums or inside the cheek. This parent should also have (and know how to use) a Glucagon Emergency Kit. SS]
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Fruit of the Vine
Here's the argument...There is a gold rush under way in Virginia. But the treasure under pursuit is not a precious metal. Rather it is a fruit, a golden-colored grape.
From Berryville in the north down to Roanoke in the south, dot-com millionaires, celebrities, retired civil servants, governors and apple farmers are turning fallow pastures and orchards into row after row of wine grapes........
The winemakers of Virginia, an intrepid group of conservationists, realize they could share goals with local governments to save Virginia from the encroaching sprawl by ensuring that much of Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley in peculiar, remained as agricultural land - which is to say, vineyards - forever.
With development companies eyeing large swaths of land in the valley, local officials must begin to set up an area plans. Realizing that you couldn't halt development, officials must decide to strike a bargain. Anyone who wants to build would have to set aside land that could be used only to grow grapes.
It would not work for county officials to say, you can never build anything here. That takes away folks personal property rights. However, you're looking at a viable agricultural business that can save farmland and the farmers as well as hopefully bring tourism into the area, which also helps other local businesses. Developers must essentially offer a trade. For each house built, and for each acre of land they wish to use, they must buy an easement on 1 acre of land that guarantees its use either to plant vines or trees, or for open space.
Luring wine tourists
It could result in a sort of planned wine country, complete with golf courses and a green belt not at all unlike NAPA Valley. This will make the valley an increasingly pleasant option for day-trippers and other visitors who don't feel like enduring the slog that a trip to the Washington D.C. metro area can often entail.,
Not sure this plan would keep whatever wild places there are in the Valley wild, but it would be pretty.


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November 05, 2011, 01:31:44 PM »
I am currently in the Navy. Over the past three years I have been working on my degree in accounting. I received my associates in business admin with a 3.79GPA from the College of Southern Maryland. I am now attending ( or participating online) University Maryland University College. They are regionally accredited and a member of Maryland's school system.
I have about 1.5 years left in the Navy and I was considering law school after I finish the remaining 30 credits towards my undergrad. My main concern is not my GPA or my LSAT but where I am going to get my undergrad. Will a T14/ Tier 1 (Maryland) discredit my application because I went to UMUC? Will any soft factors ( Veteran, Sailor of the Year, Honor Cordon 2009 Presidential Inauguration, Official Maryland Citation Letter, etc.) help negate any misgivings the admissions panel may have?
I want to go into Business/ Corp. Law and I have to stick around the Maryland/ D.C. area due to my wife's teaching job.
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November 05, 2011, 02:33:35 PM »
I think with the grades you're talking about, you'll be a strong candidate, regardless of undergrad institution.
The first swipe the admissions officers take is probably purely based on LSAC numbers. If the LSAC accepts your GPA, you're fine. (And they accept any regionally accredited college gpa.)
The reality is that comparing one college undergrad GPA to another is pretty much like comparing apples to porno movies. There is absolutely nothing that, say, a degree in biochemical engineering from Harvard has in common with a degree in communications from a tiny liberal arts school somewhere. Nothing. At. All. To compare a 3.5 from one to a 3.5 from the other is just idiocy. They might as well be comparing hair length and eye color.
However, one of the decision criteria is undergrad GPA. if you've got one, that's what they'll use. If it's a good one, good for you. Although I could see you being at a disadvantage when it comes to, say, admission to Yale, that's only if you are up against an equally qualified candidate from an obviously superior undergrad education.
However, the more prestigious the school, the more likely they are to look at the intangibles you mentioned. So, it's quite possible that an admissions officer would say, "Well, it's a 3.8 from UMUC, and this other guy has a 3.8 from Wisconsin-Madison, but frankly, the guy from UMUC has a lot more impressive extracurriculars, including keeping our nation safe."
My opinion is that once you get away from, say, the top 3, the UMUC thing won't be that much of a disadvantage if it is one at all. And even within the top 3, they take a lot bigger look at the whole candidate than most other schools do.
The key for you is to nail a monster gpa, which you are already doing. Then, to nail down a comparably monster LSAT. Apply with a 170+ LSAT and a 3.8 from UMUC and you're going to have more than one T14 acceptance to chose from.
That's my decidedly non-expert opinion, but I think you're going to be in great shape.
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November 12, 2011, 09:18:51 AM »
I was going to suggest you go to school outside of MD. MD public school are named oddly and people don't know UMUC isn't UMD, College Park. Obama's information tech sectary did his grad work at UMUC and the reporters in DC (if anyone would know it would be someone in the area) assumed it was UMD and called him a fake. Of course they made a mistake, the guy said UMUC and even they assumed it to be UMD in a resume fact check.
My point is- if it is an issue, which it probably is not, even in a neighboring state they think UMUC is UMD. You should still be fine in MD though. I doubt its a big deal at all and they may even give you preference because UMUC is part of the MD system like both of the law schools in the state. I don't know if either UB or UMD Law lists the institutions of their class, but if they do see if you can find UMUC in their student profile. Good luck.
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Very informative post. I am in the army and also attending UMUC. I will be graduating with a degree in Political Science within the next few months and hope to attend law school once I am finished with the military in a couple of years.
I have also wondered if graduating from an online school such as UMUC would be looked upon as a negative when I apply for law school.
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|President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has said external forces and desperate politicians mobilised miscreants and thugs to the Ilorin Eid praying ground on Thursday [Sept. 24] in a failed attempt to embarrass the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Theeagleonline reports.
Saraki and his entourage were briefly at Ilorin Eid praying ground on Thursday.
The APC said according to reliable information and the confession of one of the apprehended thugs, the miscreants and thugs were conveyed from a neighbouring state and Lagos State to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday.
A witness was quoted to have said: "Shortly after the senate president and other dignitaries arrived, some people started throwing stones and sachet waters in the direction of the Senate President and other important people". "They started chanting Ole Ole Ole (thief), "Pay us our salaries", "Where is our bailout money" and "Don't use bailout money to service Abuja politics."
APC party said they had planned to use sachets of pure water and other yet unidentified arms to cause confusion at the Ilorin Eid praying ground but it took the intervention of the vigilant and conscious people of Kwara State to thwart the evil plan and apprehend some of the thugs.
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"We call on the Kwara State Police Command and other security agencies to immediately start clinical investigation on the activities of the imported miscreants and their sponsors. The investigation should start with the already-apprehended miscreants forthwith."
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The platform was passed easily today by the RNC. These lowlights are taken from the Boston Globe. Which of these remind me why I left the Republican party as a young man? Trick question. All of them.
MARRIAGE:I really don't have to go further. My rights are apparently less important than a fertilized egg.
The platform affirms the rights of states and the federal government not to recognize same-sex marriage. It backs a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
''Voter fraud is a political poison,'' the platform says. It praises legislation to require photo identification for voting and to prevent election fraud.
We know what that means and who it affects. It's a solution in search of a problem.
GUN CONTROL:Here is a problem ignored. There is no reason that anyone has a "right" to an assault weapon. This is toeing the line of the NRA.
The party says it opposes legislation intended to restrict Second Amendment rights by limiting the capacity of clips or magazines or otherwise restoring the assault weapons ban passed during the Clinton presidency.
ABORTION:I am not a woman, but if I were I would not want an abortion. I would like the right to choose.
The party states that ''the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed.'' It opposes using public revenues to promote or perform abortion or to fund organizations that perform or advocate abortions. It says the party will not fund or subsidize health care that includes abortion coverage.
Why anyone who is a self respecting gay man or lesbian, non-white, female or a responsible gun owner would support any Republican boggles my mind.
And then there is health care, social responsibility and job creation by the government ala FDR. Some many ways for the Democratic Party to define the differences. Please let them,


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In its latest survey, the College learned
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Today on the podcast, I have the pleasure of introducing my very favorite veterinarian to the Chinese Medicine Central community. Neal Sivula is a long-time reader and student of Chinese Medicine Central, but that's the least of his many distinctions! He founded and practices at Dancing Paws Animal Wellness Center in Richfield, OH, and has a number of distinctions you can read all about over at his about me site. He has helped the classical Chinese medicine message reach a wider audience by helping me be accepted to speak at the Midwest Veterinary Conference two years in a row and I'll be joining him here in Portland at the AHMVA in September. This is a pretty wide ranging conversation - I ask him to lay down a lot of basic information about how Chinese medicine is integrated into veterinary practice, so that dominates. But, we also talk about the profession of veterinary medicine and how it works with holistic medicine, among other things. Neal was kind enough to provide a list of resources related to some of the topics we covered, which you can find below. As always, the interview is joined by the three features I've been working with I discuss something interesting in our community (the Oregon Association for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) move into a tip of the week (how to work on patient cases using a few tech tools), and finish up with something interesting on the Chinese Medicine Central site. Please let me know topics and interview subjects you're interested in hearing, and provide whatever general feedback you've got in your heart and mind over at the podcast feedback page. Next week, you can look forward to me discussing a critical business issue mentioned in Podcast 30 in great detail... Links mentioned in the show Legendary Herbs Classical Pearls (I said .com in the show, but it's actually .org - sorry Heiner) Nuherbs Spring Wind Herbs Mindmapping programs : Mindnode Pro, Mindmeister, Personal Brain (actually now called "The Brain") Devonthink Pro Office (the database program I discussed) Evernote (the other database program I mentioned) Posts about mindmaps on Chinese Medicine Central : Using Personal Brain in learning Chinese herbs, there's some Mindmap material in this post about 甘草 Gancao. Posts about databases on Chinese Medicine Central : Using Devonthink to learn about Ling gui zhu gan tang, Evernote system for learning Chinese herbs. The Chinese Medicine Central newsletter Podcast interview with Spring Wind'Read more »


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This calculator computes the voltage gain and output impedance of a common-cathode amplifier. Output impedance represents the ability of a circuit to drive the next stage. An output impedance of zero ohms signifies that the driving circuit is a pure voltage source. It can supply any amount of current to the next stage. A non-zero output impedance represents the amount of voltage sag that occurs depending on how much current is required. This concept is portrayed by the so-called Thevenin Equivalent Circuit, which represents the driving circuit as a pure voltage source in series with its output impedance.
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Several of our online calculators require knowledge of the output impedance of the driving circuit. In many situations the exact value is insignificant. For example, if the output impedance is from a typical guitar pickup (usually less than 10k) or a cathode follower (usually less than 1k), the actual value is very low in comparison to traditional guitar amp circuits.
Higher output impedances are important to consider, but often easily computed. The output impedance of a guitar with its controls at less than maximum depends on the guitar circuit and its potentiometer settings, but is relatively easy to determine. Pentodes have a very high plate resistance, so a typical pentode amplifier has an output impedance approximately equal to its plate resistor value RL.
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This wonderful video arrived in my inbox from Benjamin Boré who created this perfectly executed liquid brick installation as part of a collaboration at Raum à La Box in France. Meant to "question the harshness of the city" the idea is really quite simple, to embed a water-filled pouch beneath the city streets, and the effect is pretty charming, especially for the kids clamoring all over the thing. Music by Mansfield Tya. Thanks Benjamin!
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In his first post Harry Potter offering, Daniel Radcliffe stars as a young lawyer in The Woman in Black.
Not only did his gothic horror movie wow critics in the U.S., it also took in a whopping $21 million at the box office over opening weekend.
Set in the early 1900's, this dark tale finds him in investigating an evil haunting from a vengeful ghost terrorizing a small town.
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Heavens to Murgatroyd exhibition - some thoughts
I know, the exhibition's been closed for weeks, so why am I bothering reviewing it? Well, certain features of this show and how it portrayed itself stuck in my throat, so here goes.
First, check out the above, still-live link, the description of this exhibition - or just take my word for how grand it all sounds.
Remember a day when art didn't need a slew of justification, an ocean of context, a swaying stack of theories? And I had reservations about the title - it's the expression of the 50s cartoon character Snagglepus. Wikipedia lists no magical dimensions to this pink lion, so unless the presenters of this show have some personal thing going about the magic of Snagglepuss, this title strikes me as shallow and lazy.
Still, we're all acrobats of the double- and triple-bluff these PoMo days, so we went anyway; the whole shtick promised a real breakout thing.
- but 8 pieces? And the 'installation' that we are told 'will wrap the exterior of the Arts Gallery' turns out to be a poster, admittedly a gigantic one, in the window.
I wasn't going to bother reviewing this little show. After all, I've seen more beautiful, freaky postmodern art objects on a single IOT altar. Many times.
And this is what bothered me and made me write this: the objects on those altars were contextualized to magic, whereas it seemed to me that the objects in this show didn't engage at all with the actual functions of either magic or mysticism; neither did they challenge the consensus ghettoization of magical thinking. This exhibition felt as if it was embarassed by its association with such flaky notions, choosing instead to hide behind the skirts of this glittering, empty culture in order to pay the rent.
This is a kind of cultural imperialism, like explorers arriving at an isolated village and carting away all the cult objects to show back in WestCiv; these artists have appropriated a style - mystery - and isolated it from its meaning, so they can sell it. Or maybe more that they've visited a ghetto, appropriated the style of the original, vital artwork and then gone away and made a fashion statement out of it, its shallowness reflected in the choice of the show's name.
So what could artists be doing with magic? Maybe try engaging with it a bit more; that engagement would surely show through in your theory-blurbs.
Or take a lesson from artists who have managed the interface between art and magic much more interestingly, such as the artist known as Snakebeings (http://www.snakebeings.co.nz/index_2.php ). He approaches the issue from the other end - with a starting point of Catholic magic as found in Compostela, he constructed strange engines for belief, theurgy and divination: here, the irony did not overbalance the seriousness of the questions the pieces asked. This is an artist who is moved and maybe conflicted about magic, not limply theoretical.
Perhaps the most telling exchange was the one my lover had with the woman who was minding the exhibits; she asked her why the Dream Machine in the corner wasn't working. The reply was along the lines of 'the artist thought it was appropriate that it degenerated over time'.
Oh dear, what sad, pretentious hippy crap to justify laziness. Not good enough! Try harder!
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Hi, I just saw this post - hilarious! I'm the accused lazy hippy from the show. I agree with many of your criticisms, in particular of the press text. But this was not written by either an artist, cultural theorist or magic practitioner, so could not have lived up to your vested interests. It certainly did not speak for me. There was a descent 'in conversation' with Christina Oakley Harrington which perhaps you would have found more engaging (or maybe even more frustrating!) - she was very generous and gave us a wide berth to be indulgent 'hippies'/artists in discussing our 'work'.ReplyDelete
Whatever our disjointed failures in this long forgotten venture, I am glad that I was able to rile your apparent Protestant-cum-Western Esoteric (great) work ethic! Recognising that I come from a new world (conquered) approach to magic, which is functional, improvisational, and irreverent, I still don't understand how your magical ilk doesn't recognise the inbuilt contradiction of criticisms towards pop/profane/troglodyte magics. What with all the rhetoric about 'Chaos' and 'Do What Thou Whilt', there sure seems to be an unchallenged continuity of rules, regulations, and proper etiquette, adhered to with evangelical verve.
I hope you don't take too much offence to this, but I can't help but be a bit bristly about being called a 'lazy hippy' from one within the ranks of magic and mystery. There is a whole world out there ready to accuse anyone of this, for no more cause than a mis-recognition of what another does which might constitute another form of labour, knowledge, or mode of exchange, and so is seen as worthless. Criticality must have a wider lens than this, in magic or otherwise.


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DD2 just gave me a 3 minute dissertation on how wearing the right boots can cover up a fashion faux pas. Like wearing pants that are too short. (Specifically about pants that are too short, in fact.) She was well prepared, I'm surprised she didn't have note cards. Instead of an expected power point presentation? My darling daughter had thought outside the box. She had dressed the part, thus providing me with real life visual aids.
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* Revenue up 9 percent to $521.8 million
* Shares unchanged
* Second-quarter adjusted EPS $0.53 vs Street view $0.49
* Still sees adjusted 2012 EPS $2.00 to $2.05
* Revenue up 9 percent to $521.8 million
* Shares unchanged
By Bill Berkrot
Aug 2 (Reuters) - PerkinElmer Inc reported
higher-than-expected second quarter profit on Thursday as solid
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United States and emerging markets offset declines in Europe.
Bucking a trend seen with some of its peers that had to pull
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"You've got a little bit of a headwind with the strength of
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The weak euro versus the dollar decreases profits of goods
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"They are more naturally hedged from a currency standpoint
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Excluding items, the company earned 53 cents per share,
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The maker of scientific instruments, medical testing
equipment and environmental safety monitoring products, posted a
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cents per share, compared with a profit of $29.1 million, or 26
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Not unexpectedly given the challenging economic conditions
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"At some point, the business has to match the headlines and
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He said sales in the Americas grew by mid-single digits and
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Based on strength in the first half of the year, Friel said
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Friel said he was particularly pleased with the 17 percent
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Revenue rose 9 percent to $521.8 million, shy of Wall Street
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PerkinElmer shares were unchanged in after hours trading
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