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Are humans on the verge of collapse? (2 of 3)
Lesson 13 of 16
Objective: During this second of a three lesson sequence, students will be able to 1) develop a claim about the potential collapse of human society; 2) critically respond to other students' claims with counterclaims; and 3) evaluate a claim by applying the IPAT equation
Big Idea: The growing human population threatens the stability of Earth. How might we understand how human population growth and consumption patterns influence the environment in order to design more sustainable human development?
Can the human species escape the influence of density-dependent limiting factors forever? The purpose of the "Are humans on the verge of collapse?" lesson sequence is for students to refine the skills and concepts developed during this unit through assessment of the future of the human population. What is the current population growth model of humans? How has human growth changed over time? How do visualized data tools such as survivorship curves and population pyramids help us understand the past and predict the future?
The first lesson introduces students to Jared Diamond's idea of collapse. Why do some human civilizations fail? How can the past help us to assess the susceptibility of modern societies to collapse? What does data say about the current state of the world? Students first examine data visualizations to get a basic framework for exploring the idea of collapse. Then, students explore case studies to better understand this question and share out initial understanding with peers.
The second lesson pushes students to engage in more intellectually rigorous dialogue through a "Post-it and Roast it" activity. Students also develop an understanding of the conceptual IPAT equation to support their analysis of human consumption. The lesson ends with students developing an argument for or against the idea that the population of the United States will collapse in the future. These arguments are necessary practice for the CAPSTONE project and will be refined during the third lesson.
Finally, in the third lesson, students hold a peer-mediated debate exploring the idea that "Americans use too much." This work extends to a critical analysis of The Story of Stuff that pushes students to develop a nuanced claim about the impact of the human population on the natural world. As an assessment, students either develop a creative obituary for a natural product or critiques a solution idea proposed by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
By the end of this lesson sequence, successful students will have met the following objectives:
- identify factors that might contribute to the collapse of societies
- accurately interpret data visualizations of human population growth over time
- explain how human populations impact the planet through in-depth case study exploration
- develop a claim about the potential collapse of human society;
- critically respond to other students' claims with counterclaims
- evaluate a claim by applying the IPAT equation
- engage in evidence-based debate with peers
- assess the quality of debate arguments presented
- evaluate an argument against current consumption patterns
- develop prototype solutions to problems posed by current human consumption patterns.
RESOURCE NOTE: The attached PROTOTYPE ACTIVITY GUIDE might be modified by educators for classroom use.
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What is the purpose of this section?
Students compare themselves with the "typical human." By the end of this section students should be able to explain what they have in common with the "typical human." Students should also be able to suggest ways that lifestyle choices in different populations impact the population pyramid of that country.
What will students do?
Students watch this National Geographic presentation of the "typical human" and answer the reflection questions in italics:
Reflection questions:
- How do you compare to the world's most typical person?
- How do you think regional differences in the most typical person influences population pyramids?
WARM UP: Data viz quiz
What is the purpose of this section?
Students practice data interpretation skills. The teacher assesses students ability to correctly interpret data visualizations as well as students ability to appropriately identify the implications of these interpretations.
What will students do?
Students will independently take the quiz (also linked in the Resources section) described in the attached resource and answer the following in addition to each of the five questions: how might this information help us determine factors that cause the collapse of human societies?
What will the teacher do?
The teacher will ask students to describe solutions to each question in front of the whole class and will explicitly model solution ideas when there is an identified need in the class. Needs might include:
- students are not able to draw appropriate conclusions from data
- students do not know how to read a certain kind of map
- students are not able to explain why certain types of data were chosen
- students cannot link data to work from the previous lesson
Essentially, then, this portion of the lesson parallels the data interpretation from the previous lesson and allows for the teacher to gather formative assessment data. Do students make the same mistakes? Are students exhibiting new misconceptions? Is the class ready to move on to more data interpretation?
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What is the purpose of this section?
Students are able to finish their independent explorations from the previous day and have a silent, interactive discussion about their work. The teacher is able to assess student's ability to apply understandings from independent explorations of human impact on Earth to New York City.
What will do students do?
Students will engage in a "Post-it and Roast-it!" activity. Four stations are set up around the room. Each consists of a uniquely colored pack of Post-its, two pieces of chart paper, and directions. Students will describe a takeaway from the previous activity and the implications of this takeaway. Students will also critically respond to two other students' post. This is a variation of "plus and delta"; students must more rigorously define the delta by questioning another student's ideas, and there is no plus. (At this point in the year I am encouraging my students to be less nice and more critical, in an academically appropriate manner of course.)
What will the teacher do?
My key teacher move is to actively engage in "Post-it and Roast-it" by creating "Post-its" and relentlessly "Roasting" students. I try to provide a comment to every student, but this generally only works in groups of no more than 20 students.
Some other tips for implementation include:
- Encourage students to develop a Post-it for any station that they explored (see attached student handout for stations).
- Remind students that "finish" early to check "Roast-it" comments made by other students. Students should use these comments to improve their work.
- Spend the first few minutes reading Post-it and Roast-it comments. Stop the class if students are completely off the mark. This may require a mini-lesson that explicitly teaches how to create these types of comments.
- Make notes of student "blind spots." What do students not understand about this material? When do students fail to correct obvious errors with their "Roast-it" comments?
- Facilitate a debrief session of this activity if doing so aligns with student needs. If there are a lot of errors or you spot the same type of mistake frequently, a debrief can help to assess students' ability to spot errors. It also provides another opportunity for direct, corrective instruction.
What is the attached resource?
This is a sample of the directions that I used this year.
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What is the purpose of this section?
Students will learn about the conceptual IPAT eqaution and apply it to human consumption patterns in America. (I is environmental impact; P is population size; A is affluence; and T is technology. The equation is I=PAT.) The teacher is able model appropriate use of the IPAT equation and gather formative assessment data. What else could be done to help student understand and apply this equation to analysis of human populations?
What will students do?
Ideally, the whole class will work through student-generated examples of IPAT. The goal is for each student to explain how a change in one variable will change the others. This year, students started with a class example, and then moved to student-generated examples.
First, students watched this short IPAT presentation and define each variable in the equation.
Second, students together applied the IPAT equation to their personal lives. What is the environmental impact of a typical New York City adolescent? They did this by examining the relationships among population, affluence, and technology. The population was simply the students in the school. Affluence was measured by estimating personal daily consumption patterns for a variety of resources. These included:
Agricultural (food, food distribution)
Consumer goods (electronics, clothes)
Infrastructure (subway, sidewalks)
Water (drinking, bathing)
Energy (electricity, batteries)
Finally, students took into technology into account. If the population of Sunset Park doubles suddenly, how might we use technology to maintain current levels of human impact?
What will the teacher do?
My primary role in this activity was to model how changes in variables in the IPAT equation influence human impact. The key to using this equation is to understand how one variable impacts the others. To do this, I mostly asked probing questions to catalyze student insights.
These might include:
- Do populations use more resources as they get larger?
- How do people use their money?
- Does technology help the environment or hurt the environment.
- If population increases, how do other variables need to change to keep human impact the same?
Ultimately, my goal is to support every student in understanding how each of the three variables (PAT) affect human impact (I).
Additionally, teachers should encourage students to generate scenarios from their other classes and apply IPAT to those scenarios. This year, students generated examples from United States history (slavery and the years prior to the Declaration of Independence were popular) and literature (The Great Gatsby was popular this year). Analyzing Fitzgerald's famous "Valley of the Ashes" through IPAT was an exciting experience for students and forged a strong and authentic interdisciplinary connection.
NOTE: The most common student misconception is that IPAT must have numbers. It is crucial for teachers to frame IPAT as a "conceptual equation." This means that the purpose of IPAT is primarily to demonstrate the relationships that exist among variables. IPAT is not used to solve for specific numerical values.
What other resources might be used to teach and learn IPAT?
Two readings are attached as resources. The first is one that students could examine instead of the short video. The second is probably better for teachers that want to study IPAT in greater depth; it might also be used for a curious student after mastering the basics of the equation.
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EVALUATE: Trial by jury
What is the purpose of this section?
Students use IPAT to develop arguments for or against the idea that Americans use too many resources; students selected for a jury will research both types of arguments. The teacher can support students' application of IPAT to a real-world scenario.
What will student do?
Students begin work for a short debate competition that is the primary learning activity for the next lesson. First, students are randomly assigned to one of three groups: for, against, or jury. Next, all groups learn about the format for the debate:
- The FOR group will research information that supports the statement. Students must identify sources. All group members will synthesize research into an opening argument of three minutes to be delivered in front of the class. This argument must include an IPAT equation as part of its argument.
- The AGAINST group will do the same for the opposite position. The opening argument for the against group does not yet respond to claims made by the FOR group. This argument must include an IPAT equation as part of its argument.
- The JURY develops argument for both sides. These arguments must include the IPAT equation. Members of this group actively assess the opening arguments of both sides. The strongest students in a class should be in this group as it has the most complex task.
- After each side has made an opening argument, each side will have five minutes to craft a rebuttal. The rebuttal can be up to two minutes and will respond to claims made by the other side.
- Next, the JURY will deliberate. The for and against groups may listen to the deliberations, but may not respond. The jury may ask up to three follow questions to each group.
- Finally, the jury makes a judgment. Do Americans use too many resources? The jury will decide "yes" or "no" and support this decision with an explanation of the arguments and evidence that were essential to this verdict.
Finally, each group prepares an argument that critically evaluates this statement: Americans use too many resources. Students are encouraged to use CK-12 as content search engine for this process. (A fuller explanation for this choice can be found in the reflection.)
What will the teacher do?
The teacher will moderate this process and gather assessment data. The purpose of this section is for students to develop evidence-based arguments for or against a position. As such, this activity is an excellent opportunity for teachers to measure student progress towards mastery of reading, writing, speaking, and listening Common Core Learning Standards. Teachers will most likely support students by helping to find appropriate resources and to model IPAT equations.
What is the purpose of this section?
Opposing sides offer a "teaser" of their opening argument so that students can make their arguments better by incorporating counterclaims. The teacher can check for student understanding of the material and follow up with students that have misconceptions or make errors.
What will students do?
Each side shares a one sentence summary of its claim. Students are assigned to finish the opening argument for homework. This is a "pre-evaluate" activity. Students will use this work in the opening statements they give in the next lesson.
What will the teacher do?
This is an opportunity to collect data about students' initial arguments. I will use this data to push resources that students will find useful through email or Edmodo. Additionally, I have an opportunity to provide quick feedback to students and remind them that they will need to finalize their three minute opening arguments before the next class.


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That evening, Tim braaied for us again. It is so lovely to sit on his veranda on a balmy evening and relax over a few drinks and great food. He also cooked breakfast on the braai the next morning - delicious!
Breakfast on the veranda with Séan, Tim, David Theresa and Flo.
Tim and David enjoy their full English breakfast!
Eventually, the dreaded moment came when we had to leave. Tim dropped us off at the airport for our journey home, Getting through the formalities was very quick - there was hardly a soul there! The vendors in the departure lounge were crying out for business, but their goods are severely overpriced. I suppose, if you have been dealing in trillions, US$50 doesn't look like much!
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Named after the 1960 hit song by Jessie Hill, Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar aims to uphold the legacy of the local R&B legend by providing more space for local musicians to practice and perform -- and a laid-back spot for fans to get their fill of live music.
Hill's daughter, Judy Broadus, and her husband, Brian, opened the bar on Halloween Day 2013 to serve as a home base for Hill's progeny, which include members of the musically gifted Andrews family. The bar's sign touts the hangout as "Home of James Andrews, Trumpet Black, Trombone Shorty," but the stage welcomes musicians from throughout the neighborhood and beyond. The recent and tragic death of Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill in May 2015 was marked with several events at the bar. (He held down the "Blue Monday" gig, now taken over by James Andrews.)
The bar's casual atmosphere also welcomes anyone to grab a fruity "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" cocktail and hit the dance floor to the sounds of the neighborhood's renowned music scene -- whether it's a live band or the patrons' usually excellent soul, funk and R&B jukebox selections. Regular performers include Kid Merv, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Brother Tyrone and others. The bar's Facebook page keeps event listings up-to-date.
Tip: Drop by on any given afternoon and you could meet James and Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews' mother, grandmother, cousins, or other family members and friends.
Location: 1931 Orleans Ave., New Orleans, 504.435.3384
Open: Daily
Parking: Street.
Prices: Beer, $2.50-$5; wine, $5-$7; cocktails, $5-$8.
Crowd: Local musicians and music fans, especially those from the Treme neighborhood.
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Source: Falcons' Jones could miss season
The Atlanta Falcons are legitimately concerned that star wide receiver Julio Jones will miss the remainder of the season with a foot injury, a league source confirmed to ESPN.com.
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A cyber attack on a Ukrainian power plant that resulted in an electricity blackout last month was more widespread than previously thought, according to security software firm ESET.
Prykarpattyaoblenergo, a power company in Western Ukraine, reported an outage on 23 December that affected the nearby area including regional capital Ivano-Frankivsk.
At the time, Ukraine's state security service blamed the attack on Russia and the energy ministry in Kiev set up a commission to investigate the matter.
However, Robert Lipovsky, a senior malware researcher at ESET, said that similar malware was found in the networks of two other utilities, although these did not result in blackouts.
"The reported case was not an isolated incident," he said.
Experts with ESET and two other security firms, iSight and Trend Micro, believe the attackers used a malicious software platform known as 'BlackEnergy' to access utility networks, planting a related piece of malware, 'KillDisk', on targeted systems.
KillDisk is capable of deleting or overwrite data files but the researchers say they have yet to determine whether its job was to knock out power or simply conceal the attack.
Cyber criminals have been using versions of BlackEnergy since 2007 and over the past two years there have been widespread reports that a Moscow-backed group, Sandworm, has been using the software for targeted attacks.
"This is the first time we have proof and can tie malware to a particular outage," said Trend Micro senior researcher Kyle Wilhoit. "It is pretty scary."
Prykarpattyaoblenergo publicly blamed its outage on 'interference' in the working of its system but the Kremlin did not respond to a request for comment.
A string of cyber-attacks on Ukraine's telecommunications system in 2014 were also blamed on Russia by the Ukrainian security agency.


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The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is going to win Mexico's elections today just as it has won every election for the past 60 years. But if Mexico's ruling party winds up with less than 80 percent of the vote, the election will be a slap in the face from the electorate.
More than an annoying insult, some observers believe that erosion of the PRI's usual overwhelming margin of victory could be the first few stones of an avalanche that eventually will crumble Mexico's unique power structure.


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15th > December > 2008 Archive
Mobile spy app pitched at paranoid partners
If you're a bit paranoid, you'll worry that your partner's doing everything from cheating on you to planning world domination behind your back. But buy them a Nokia with Interceptor Software installed and you'll apparently be able to rest easy.
ADSL - the VoIP killer
Over half of UK businesses are avoiding VoIP 'cos their ADSL broadband connections to branch offices aren't up to scratch, according to research coming out of Enterprise-VoIP specialists Viatel.
2008's top three compact cameras
Kit of the YearSummer holidays and Christmas celebrations - the two times when we most want to take pictures. And, for many of us, nothing beats the convenience of a compact. So which small snappers got us excited this year?
Xmas 2008 Prezzy Trail
Gift GuideStuck for inspiration when it comes to last-minute Chrimbo shopping? Fancy Product X but want to see if there's a cheaper alternative? Then look no further as we round up our ten-of-the-best product round-ups and other group tests.
NetApp closes down a replication product line
NetApp is closing down its Snap Mirror for Open Systems product, which came as the main part of its $160 million Topio acquisition.
Browsers fail password protection tests
A beta version of Google Chrome has tied with Safari for last place in tests of how the browsers dealt with password security.
Attack of the quarter-ton, 'fridge-sized' killer jellyfish
The US government has warned that enormous swarms of killer jellyfish - some the size of fridges and weighing up to a quarter of a ton - are ravaging the world's oceans. Particularly aggressive specimens are said to be capable of causing serious damage to ships, and have even managed to knacker nuclear power plants.
Sony readies Walkman assault on iPod Touch
Watch out, Apple - Sony is rumoured to be on the cusp of unveiling an iPod Touch-style Walkman complete with an OLED display and Wi-Fi.
Are iPhone users just tight?
AnalysisCompanies developing software for the iPhone are seeing their creations drown in a sea of one-dollar mediocrity as they struggle to gain visibility in the increasingly cluttered Application Store, and some have taken their complaints to Steve himself.
Asus sexes up Eee PC 1000 series
Asus has sexed-up the 10in end of its Eee PC line with a new-look glossy design it hopes will win buyers who might have otherwise opted for rival netbooks.
Aussie protests over Great Firewall
Hundreds of Aussies turned out to protest against government plans to filter web content.
Roberts RDK-2 kitchen radio
ReviewMany radios are dubbed 'kitchen radios' solely for the reason that this is the room they end up getting most of their use in. Roberts has gone the whole hog and designed a radio specifically for kitchen use.
Native Client d**k-swinging met with fake Googasm
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The power of OS X hot keys unlocked
Mac SecretsWhen I kicked off Mac Secrets, the first thing I looked at was "a better way to build OS X preferences." In this installment, I'll be looking at various undocumented aspects of PreferencePanes.framework that happen to be a documented framework.
Managing the IT-IT-business relationship
Last week, we broached the subject of whether there was a gap between development and operations in IT. It's a difficult one, not least because its very easy to make generalizations (but we have garnered some great feedback).
Germans offer MoD hope of Eurofighter postponement
Germany may offer a cash-strapped UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) a temporary reprieve on the cripplingly expensive Eurofighter superjet programme, according to reports.
Microsoft releases first flaky iPhone app
Those well known Apple fanboys down at the Microsoft ranch have released the company's first application for the iPhone before adding the app to its own Windows-based mobile platform.
MS issues brown alert over unpatched IE 7 flaw
Hackers have upped the ante by launching more attacks against an unpatched IE 7 flaw.
Original lightsabre sale brings big, big bucks
Luke Skywalker's original lightsabre has sold at auction for around $56,000 (£37,000/€41,000) more than the estimated guide price.
Hitachi Data Systems SSD flashes into view
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Centera Belgian development centre to close
EMC intends to close down its Centera development centre in Belgium, putting 50 jobs at risk, but absolutely denies that the Centera product is coming to the end of its life.
Virgin Media opens bandwidth choke for 50Mb launch
Virgin Media's new 50Mbit/s broadband offering has gone on sale today to about 1.5 million homes, costing up to £51 per month, plus £50 installation fee. For a while at least, it will be the only cable broadband package without a bandwidth-throttling policy.
Quasar scrutineers use entire galaxy as telescope lens
A team of crafty astroboffins say they have managed to probe the guts of a quasar ten billion lightyears away - using nothing less than an entire galaxy as the main lens of their telescope.
The £3 phone
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2TB Caviar drive too good to be true?
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Flab-fighting EV powered by pizza
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SGI slashes 15 per cent of its workforce
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Couple to get hitched in Halo wedding
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Cryptic colour clock
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The role of the application platform
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Pret customers get free Wi-Fi
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Fifth man pleads guilty over Citibank ATM hack scam
A cybercrook who got greedy and careless has admitted using hacked ATM codes to loot Citibank accounts.
Verari, Rackable look to leasing
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FCC kills Puritanical wireless vote
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Apologies after teacher's 'Linux holding back kids' claim
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AMD spins dual-core Phenom Cartwheel
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Google hints at the End of Net Neutrality
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Web who's who botches secure sockets layer
New research has uncovered flaws in the encryption certificates used to protect the websites of hospitals, banks, and even top-secret government spy agencies, raising questions about whether they are complying with regulations requiring them to adequately safeguard their online visitors.


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The March for Science is scheduled for 10:00 am, and will then move to Military Park for Earth Day Events.
Show your support for science! Bring a group, bring signs, and be a respectful presence for our leaders to see.
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Katherine Mayfair is finally coming back to Wisteria Lane.
Former cast member Dana Delany, whose return was announced earlier this season, will appear in Desperate Housewives' series finale, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
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Katherine left the series at the end of Season 6 to run off to Paris with girlfriend Robin (Julie Benz). In real life, Delany left the Sunday soap to star on another ABC drama, Body of Proof, which just wrapped production on Season 2.
According to TVLine, which first reported the news, Benz will not be coming along for the ride.
Dana Delany, Kyle MacLachlan returning to Desperate Housewives
Delany told TVGuide.com back in August that she would love to return to Desperate Housewives and seemed hopeful for a happy ending for Katherine after years of heartbreak that included her divorce from second husband, Adam, and the end of her engagement to Mike, who ditched her for Susan.
Desperate Housewives' series finale airs Sunday, May 13.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Rachel is Stupid: Episode One
First, we must flash back to a few days ago, when I told Adrienne that she could use my pots and pans to make some pasta, as her kitchen supplies had not yet arrived. I had already made my pasta and was halfway through my delicious Italian dish when Adrienne came into my room. The following conversation ensued:
ADRIENNE: Hey, what did you use to take he pot off of the stove?
ME: (is this a trick question?) My hand?
ADRIENNE: Well, I just thought that since the handle is metal, it might be really hot.
ME: Oh, yeah...
And now we come to today's instances. I had no classes so I decided that, before my appointment that night, I'd check some things off of my to-do list: do laundry, go to the library, check out the gym, buy some actual dinner food, etc. So I make to do the first on the list- laundry.
I had been very responsible. Though I have no laundry bag and cannot find one ANYWHERE to purchase, I'm a former Girl Scout, and therefore had been stashing my laundry in a sturdy cloth bag from Curves. I picked up this bag and also my wallet, because I thought maybe laundry wasn't free to do here as it is at my home school. 'I am so prepared,' I thought. 'I am a laundry-doing wizard. I will go down in the history of laundry-doing. I am the Rudolph of laundry.'
So I made my way to the laundry building (no machines in the dorms) and when I got there, I couldn't get in. I pulled on the door, but nothing happened. I pushed, because here, doors have handles and not flat metal panels when they want you to push them. Still, nothing happened. Then I noticed an electronic black box to the right of the door and waved my card in front of it- bingo! I went in with my laundry to find that thankfully, the machines were basically the same as at Arcadia. It did indeed cost money to do the laundry, which kind of sucks- guess I won't be doing it every week like I do back home. So I loaded up the machine, fed in the coins, closed the door and tried to leave… and I couldn't. The door was locked. There was a lock above the handle of the door- maybe if I twisted it… Nope. It just twirled around and around and wouldn't let me out.
This was embarrassing. I was locked in the laundry room. How was I going to get out? Adrienne and Laura were in class, so I couldn't even make a humiliating "LIBERATE ME FROM THE LAUNDRY ROOM!" call. I kept trying to get out, trying to look like I was just chilling by the door when people passed (because normal people just chill by doors.) Finally, I looked around desperately and noticed a few buttons that looked like light switches on the side. I contemplated what might happen if I pressed them. They might blow up the building. But then at least I'd be out. So I pressed one. And lo and behold, the door unlocked! I was free! But I still felt stupid for being stuck in there for so long (even though it was only about three minutes.)
While my wash was washing, I thought I'd go to the library, print out a receipt I needed and get a play I am supposed to read. As I mentioned, the library is kind of intimidatingly large. I went to a computer to try and log and it wouldn't let me, so I found a librarian. "Could you tell me how to print out a receipt for a booklet I need for class?" I asked. They stared at me. "A book for class?" the woman asked. "Yes, a receipt for it. I heard we have to have it printed out in order to actually get it." More staring. "We don't deal with the books for the departments," the man said. "You'll have to speak to your head of department about that." "Where did you buy it?" the woman asked. "On the e-shop," I answered. "No, we don't deal with that," the man insisted. "We only have books and journals to check out, not to purchase." "No," I insisted. "It's not a book, it's a- a- a- a…" I couldn't think of the word that they called it. I was creating a language barrier that didn't exist. I had begun to use odd, jerky hand motions to try to represent a book that wasn't a book but a collection of papers bound together by a wire. Obviously, I wasn't doing it well, because they stared like it was their job. I was frustrated and therefore close to tears because crying is my response to everything.
I did not cry, though. Eventually, I got it across that I just needed to print something out, did so, and went in search of the play I needed. I followed the directions to the drama section with my call number, which began with PR. The last section was PN. Okay, it must be in the adjacent room. I entered and looked at the first shelf; PT.
WHAT?! The shelf I needed was the Grimmauld Place of shelves, except I wasn't the Secret Keeper and so had no idea how to find it. Eventually I did and got a copy of the play with the proper editor and made my way to the checkout area.
Here's the thing about checking out books at Queen Mary. There is not a person involved, save the student doing the checking out. It's a machine. This was completely new to me. Basically, what you do is you scan the barcode on your i.d., punch in your PIN number, and then lay your book in this glowing blue box underneath the screen. I kind of expected it to be beamed somewhere, but then the machine spit out my receipt and bade me remove the book from the (non) beaming machine. Thus ended my adventure in the giant library.
But my day wasn't over (nor is it now, as I wrote this.) Because I still had more on my to-do list. I needed to get some real food and so did Laura, so we headed off to Sainsbury's. We decided to take the bus because it's been kind of cold today. As you know, I just got my Oyster card yesterday, so I thought I was set… until the low, disapproving beep (as opposed to the high, "welcome on board!" beep) sounded when I pressed my card to the "touch in" button in the bus.
I didn't know what to do, but I figured I'd ask the bus driver on the way back. I probably should have gotten off the bus; technically, I hadn't paid. But I didn't. And punishment for this was swift. Sainsbury's is only a few stops from the school, and we were just one stop away from the one we needed. At this stop were literally twenty neon green-vested police officers, and it seemed that they were checking the buses for people with offended passes, a.k.a ME.
I tried to act nonchalant, but it's like when you're onstage (or anywhere, really) and you're told to just act normally and you suddenly go, "…How do you do that?" Two policemen got on either end of the bus and started working toward the middle, where Laura and I were standing. The front policeman found that a man next to me was holding a problem card and kicked him off the bus, but before he got to me, he was distracted and went to the front of the bus again. The back policeman was still coming closer, and I knew that I was going to be kicked off. How humiliating. Their scary scanning was just like 1984, and I wondered, if they found out that I was a holder of an offending card, if I might be exposed to the rats. But just as the back policeman raised the scanner to look at my card, his colleague outside called the him, he got off the bus, and we pulled away. WHOA. Once I recovered, I was just annoyed with my card. I was not allowed on the bus on the way home; I have no idea what's wrong with my card, but I have to find out before my appointment today so I can actually get there.
So there are all of my adventures before three p.m. today. When I got home, I engaged my drug of choice to help me calm down: Gilmore Girls. And after the theme song had played, I heard a knock on my door. A girl was standing there. "Hi," she said in an English accent. "Are you watching Gilmore Girls?" "Er… yes," I replied. "I thought so! I love that show, and when I heard the music, I thought that I wanted to meet the person watching it. Hi, I'm Emmie!" So I've finally met one of my flatmates. She's very nice and invited me to hang out with the others in the flat, which is a relief, because everyone in the flat has basically been scurrying around Adrienne and me, the only two new people in the flat. Now maybe we can get to know them :)
Oh, and by the way, thanks for all of the comments, everyone! My inbox was filled with them when I got up this morning and it was wonderful to read all of your thoughts! Comments are love :) Check back where you wrote, because I'll be responding!
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- DivaDea said...
Look, you little twerp, I cannot be laughing out loud like this at work! ;)
I have Gilmore Girls on my list. Hope to get to it soon. But I've just started Desperate Housewives, so it could be a while.
- January 11, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- Rachel said...
Haha, sorry, I'll try to contain myself ;)
GG is AWESOME. My roommate last semester and I watched the first six seasons in order and it just underlined to a fan of many years how good it is. I always feel wittier after I've watched it.
- January 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Mrs. Flury said...
Oh, my, Rachel! I just love the way you write--I'm there with you in your thoughts. My favorite from today is "the Rudolph of laundry."
I, too, would have been freaked about being locked in the laundry room. You don't know it's going to be for only three minutes while you're stuck.
But, I am proud of you for being resourceful and figuring things out in all of these situations. By mid-semester, you'll be ready to star in an episode of "Sherlock"!
- January 11, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Stennous said...
My dear, dear Rachel, I have a question, first: Does this mean there will be an Episode Two? If so, can we submit suggestions or ideas for Rachel's next near-mishaps in which she is saved by her own wit and the vicissitudes of fat?
This sounds like it would make an excellent short film--maybe we can make it the next Enscribe short. I can just imagine Jon being very amused at the title... On second thought, considering your close call with the police and Enscribe's history with authority, perhaps we should forget about it. Although I do somewhat enjoy the idea of rat exposure. :p
I suppose the laundry room incident now fully qualifies you for that espionage position you wanted after that trip to DC. You can add that to your resume when you apply for the job. Rachel Diamond: Professional Laundry Room Door Opener.
I am both amazed and appalled that you have befriended a British person solely through Gilmore Girls. I shudder at those awful memories of subjection to G.G. in your living your. The hours. The pain. I think I've been scarred for life. But I am glad to hear that you've acquired a delightful British friend.
To be wholly honest, I believe my favorite part was the beaming library self-checkout machine. I suddenly envisioned Scotty beaming up your play, and a very curious Spock examining it after its arrival on the Enterprise. Kirk: "Status report, Mr. Spock." Spock: *raises eyebrow* "Fascinating, Captain. I don't believe I've ever seen an original in this good a condition before." Dr. McCoy: "I didn't think Vulcans could appreciate the emotional undertones of literature." Spock: "On the contrary, Doctor...." And so forth.
- January 11, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- Rachel said...
Stuart, there will most definitely be an episode two; remember who is writing this blog. And considering how close I came to getting into trouble with the police, I can't believe I wasn't on an Enscribe mission, LOL.
Re: the espionage crack- hey, I didn' WANT the positon, they RECOMMENDED me for future missions. I am an in-demand spy.
GG is the elixir of life.
- January 12, 2011 at 2:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
at least you got all these awkward moments done early in your stay.
- January 12, 2011 at 6:54 AM


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This is the Miss Fortune's AD/AP build. Pro's and cons of this build are...
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Use Double tap to control your lane. This is why we pick up the long sword first, the extra 10ad help. Kill some minions, and pick up the Amplify Tome and your Boots of Speed. With the extra boost form your Tome will make your Make it rain spell a better set up for your Double Tap, and the boots can help you chase down your opp. Save up and farm, try to get a kill or two, but don't over commit. Once you have enough, pick up the Revolver and the B.F. sword. Kill and farm. Take any opportunity to help out your team in team fights, and push lanes. Once you get your Gunblade use it's active to finish off you opp, and once you pick up the Deathfire Grasp make sure you use it's active at the beginning of your fights, you'll be able to set them up and knock them down. By this time your
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Conservatives abhor abstractions, but mass, majoritarian regimes live by abstractions and slogans as their means of conveying and gathering information. Honest and good government requires patience, sagacity, critical thinking and a breadth of knowledge–"the people" possesses little or none of these. Perhaps recognising their own limitations, "the people" entrusts its fate to increasingly arbitrary leaders, who inevitably mislead them because there cease to be any consequences to misleading them and who inevitably abuse their power because they will have a loyal coterie of followers according to party no matter what they do.
Perhaps there is something in the human constitution that lures us to this excessive willingness to trust powerful people whom we do not know, and this tendency seems to only be strengthened when the powerful people whom we do not know claim to "work for" us. While this putative relationship of employer and employee (or perhaps master and servant is more apt) should make us less tolerant of politicians' incompetence and wrongdoing, it actually makes us more indulgent. Is this willingness to trust in "leaders" a religious impulse gone awry, the replacement for a decayed faith, or a means to increase one's own importance by some association with an ostensibly great personage? No one can say for sure. But the overall conclusion could not be more clear: mass participation in the political process strengthens all of the worst tendencies of government to commit abuses and guards against virtually none of them in any effective way.
The same evils exist in other regimes, but none of the others so seductively ensnares the subjects with the promise that they are the ones who actually rule, and therefore none of them induces such base and disgusting servility in the face of blatant wrongdoing. So long as the public is lulled into the sleep that the government answers to them, they will not rail against injustice but become the more resigned to its actual practice in the false belief that the system will eventually root out abuses and punish those who violate the public trust. No other sort of regime lends what would otherwise be recognised as the most dreadful, dishonourable and dishonest actions the air of credibility and virtue that popular approval bestows.
In our current regime, until such time as an overwhelming majority repudiates the lie (and it was a lie–there is no other word for it) that Iraq had WMDs or ties to al-Qaeda or 9/11 the other side of the debate is forced to take this ridiculous opinion seriously, and its purveyors continue to be respected as intelligent and informed individuals. This is perhaps the greatest mockery and the most astonishing aspect of mass majoritarianism.
The average citizen, led on by his chosen demagogues, will believe the demagoguery he finds more soothing to his preconceived notions. As the latest polls indicate, those who refuse to believe the President was wrong will not be swayed by anything so secondary as evidence. Critical thought is not even in the picture. This is why liberals fell over themselves to call for Serbian blood when Clinton was bombing Yugoslavia and why Republicans have made such fools of themselves backing up every single falsehood put out by this White House. None of them is interested in truth, and none of them is primarily interested in the national interest properly understood. The chief interest is in silencing the opposition, ridiculing it and dismissing it to the fringes. That is perhaps a reality of political life, but we should cease kidding ourselves that it provides us with either good or accountable government. It creates two rival gangs of slaves who grapple with each other to amuse and gain honours for their owners. Let's not have any illusions about what parties are: they are systems of owning one's allegiance and one's own will, but in a way that offers no reciprocity, no promise of protection, no care for dependents. Our fathers warned us against faction. Once again, they knew better than we.


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Füley István wrote: > PCI-Express has nothing to do with PCI, they're different slots. > I'm selling hardware, and as I said before, current motherboards does > not have 5 PCI slots. > The last boards with 5 PCI slots were these: Asus P5P800, with AGP port, > socket 775 on board 10/100 LAN, DDR 1 support.
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When the iPhone 4 launched, Apple made a huge deal about the stainless steel band that wraps around the device, but unfortunately because the external antenna isn't coated, your skin, when held over the antenna, interferes with the reception of your iPhone. That issue, dubbed lovingly by the press as Antennagate, was considered one of the major tech follies of 2010. Come 2011, SmartPhone Medic is releasing photos of what is reported as an updated case design for the next-generation iPhone.
The new stainless steel antenna band that wraps around the sides of the phone has been updated with different placements for the seams and cuts, hopefully in an effort to alleviate reception and connectivity problems that are associated with Antennagate. With the old design, if your skin bridges the seams of the phone, usually on the lower lend hand side when your fingers bridge the seam when in a call, a drop call or drop in signal would result.
It's unclear if the updated design would be used on the next-generation GSM-based iPhone 5, the successor to the iPhone 4, or if it will be used on the Verizon iPhone, which could be either CDMA/EVDO or CDMA/EVDO/LTE 4G.
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Pouring it down the side of the glass is indeed the best method.
The first sentence of the abstract reads… "Pouring champagne into a glass is far from being consequenceless with regard to its dissolved CO2 concentration".
"On the Losses of Dissolved CO2 during Champagne Serving". Gerard Liger-Belair, Marielle Bourget, Sandra Villaume, Philippe Jeandet, Herv Pron, Guillaume Polidori. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2010 58 (15), 8768-8775
"Figure 3. Time-sequences illustrating both ways of serving 100 mL of champagne into the flute: the champagne-like way of serving (this way is the traditional way of serving champagne and sparkling wines in bars, clubs, and restaurants) (a) and the beer-like way of serving, traditionally reserved for serving beer (to prevent an excessive formation of foam) (b). (Photography by Grard Liger-Belair.)"


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WASHINGTON — FBI agents investigating the espionage ring that John A. Walker Jr. is accused of heading have focused their attention on women friends of Walker's to see if they aided or protected him, sources close to the case said.
One suspect, Laurie Robinson, has failed a polygraph test given by the FBI, a source said. Robinson, a close friend and business partner of Walker's, denies any knowledge of an espionage ring and said Thursday that agents are ''grasping at straws.''


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Sony's PS Vita promises a new world of gaming while on the move, with a portable console that is the equal of the domesticated PlayStation 3. But the gaming landscape is different to that when the PlayStation Portable was launched. Can the Vita be a success?
Reviewing the PS Vita in isolation and you can't help but fall in love with the hardware. Sitting in your hands it just feels right. My thumbs fell naturally onto the digital cross-pad, and the classic star-circle-square-triangle buttons. Both the analogue sticks (one for each thumb) are tiny works of engineering art with real movement on then. Surprisingly accurate, they are low on the unit, but not enough to unbalance it while using them exclusively.
The only issue that cropped up for me was the right hand stick is very close to the "X" button and that meant the occasional accidental press on the button or swipe of the stick, notably while playing the futuristic racing game Wipeout 2048.
That's been the only time the Vita has felt cramped. It's not a small unit, packing a 5 inch touch sensitive OLED screen between the controls, but neither does it feel too big. It is a shock going back to the original Playstation Portable devices, which feel child-like in comparison to the excellent workmanship on show here.
It really does feel like a matured version of the platform, and when you look at the gaming on offer, that's no surprise. Technically there is compatibility with the PSP range of titles, although less than 300 are available for digital download at launch, more are on the way, which is good because I'm waiting to get Gran Turismo on this screen. Upscaling of older titles works in the same way as we've seen in iOS, and you can change colour palettes and the scaling methodology to get the best look. You can also reassign the second analogue stick to duplicate a PSP function (as the older device only had one analogue control input).
But it's in the new games that the promise of the Vita is hinted at. To be fair no launch title will take full advantage of a platform, simply because the developers haven't had time to play around beyond the basic implementations.
I wanted to point that out because in the glorious adventure that is Uncharted: Golden Abyss, the kinetic racing fury of Wipeout 2048, and the twitchy adrenalin rush of Super Stardust Delta, I can't help think that there is so much more the Vita will be delivering in a year's time, let alone in six years if it stays in the market as long as the PSP has done.
The specs on the Vita at this moment in time are cutting edge - they have to be because Sony are playing a long game here with the promise of a stable platform. This isn't the life cycle of smartphones, but of a home console.
Make no bones about this point, the Vita is a games console. There's no need to add portable or pocket in front of it, because that would sully the almost no compromise approach I think Sony has taken on this device. It's been a long time in development, and the hope is for a long commercial cycle to deliver a hit for Sony, and the game studios and developers they hope to attract to the system.
And when you step back and look at the whole consumer electronic market, the Vita is... a bit of a gamble.
Yes it has internet connectivity (the base model has Wi-Fi, with a slightly more expensive model also including 3G connectivity), but it's not a smartphone, and has no pretensions in trying to be. It doesn't have the network subsidy that brings the price of a £600 smartphone down to £50 with a monthly contract; it's not a multi-purpose unit (the addition of Facebook and Twitter clients is not a statement of intent, they feel more like tech demos); and you will need to carry another device you.
It's not replacing your smartphone, and that will cause a little bit of an issue. You see, smartphones play games as well. Mostly casual games, at a very low price point, and it's going to be an interesting challenge for Sony to convince people that £40 for one of the major Vita games is worth the price. There are mini games at a lower price which deliver a wonderful gaming experience - I don't see how an iPad can compete with Super Stardust Delta, a digital only download costing £6.459, even when Apple have nicely trained us to think that a game costing more than 79p is a rip-off.
The PS Vita is in an asymmetrical gaming war, because most people will compare the price of the unit and the games to a smartphone and titles like Angry Birds, and the PS Vita will lose in that style of statistical comparisons. To come back to Sony's gamble, that's it in a nutshell. Over its lifetime, the PS Vita will shift less units than a smartphone. Will it sell enough?
I think it deserves to. It's the only choice for gamers looking for console gaming while out and about. The build quality is fantastic, there's a lot of technology that will be utilised well for many years. The launch titles cover a huge amount of ground and genres, with more to come.
As a multi-year investment in your own leisure time, I can't think of a better way to spend your money.


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Pumpkins and apples and cider, Oh my!
|Pumpkin Patch
|So many pretty pumpkins! A difficult choice ahead of us...
|Beautiful Jonathan apples just begging to be picked and made into pies or applesauce!
|The hubs. Loving the fake smile...
|Our bulging half-bushel of apples.
If you can find a place to pick your own apples this month, do it! You won't regret it. (Don't forget to sample the fruit warm from the sunshine of the branches. Oh! And pick up some freshly pressed cider!) Or at least find a nearby pumpkin patch and snip your own pumpkin off the vine instead of settling for what you can find at the store.
Want to go where we went? Visit Paradise Valley Orchard in Cache Valley, Utah.
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I ran into the found of Mixed Chicks, Kim, at my gym. I overheard her talking about her company so I asked her about it. First of all, Kim is wonderful and beautiful and has this hair care company that she told me about. Of course, I was dying to try it. After all, Halle Berry raves about this stuff! A couple weeks later, I got some hair products in the mail. Now, let me begin with saying that Mixed Chicks is typically made for people of mixed descent who have frizzy and unmanageable hair. I have straight, thin hair. So I gave some of the products to my cousin who has got very tight curls and my boyfriend whose hair looks like a brillo pad, to say the least. I did use some and I'm hooked, so this stuff, while made for curly haired people, is also great for people with thin – straight hair!
I tried the shampoo and deep conditioner. Let me say, I have stopped using all the organic product that I've sworn by in the past because this takes the cake. Why? The shampoo is super lathery and is a great deep clean. Plus, I love the smell- it smells like a fancy hair salon. Yes, that's the best I can come up with!
The deep conditioner is a wonder. My hair is really long and usually I have to use TONS of conditioner to detangle and still my hair comes out in knots. This deep conditioner is so strong that you only need a dime size – literally – I am not kidding. It detangles and smells great. My own beef with this is that I wish it came in a squeeze bottle. I hate having to unscrew the tub every time.
I gave the leave in conditioner to my cousin as well as a sample set which included both of the above and the hair silk serum. She loves it all, and notes that the leave in conditioner is a bit thick, so you really have to work it in, but works wonders, nonetheless. And LADIES, the HIS MIX is perfect for your man. Same great smell as the Mixed Chicks for you. The best part is that you can use it too when you're at his house!


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Shoot Shoot, Bang Bang
The visceral cinema of Kathryn Bigelow '79SOA has heady theoretical roots.by Paul Hond Published Winter 2009-10
She's acting out desires. She represents what people want to see, and it's upsetting, because they don't exactly know what to do with it.
— cultural theorist Sylvère Lotringer
Baghdad, 2004. An explosive ordnance robot rolls along a dusty city street toward a pile of white burlap sacks. Soldiers, American, leap from armored vehicles, cradling their M16s. They must evacuate the women, children, and old men, who could be killed or maimed if they don't move faster. Cars race past, horns blaring. Soldiers yell and push. Closer to the kill zone, three members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit — Thompson, Eldridge, and Sanborn — huddle around a monitor, watching the feed from the robot's camera. Sanborn controls the robot by moving small joysticks on a board. The robot's pincer grasps a snatch of burlap and slowly parts the material, revealing the head of a dark gray bomb. "Hello, mama," Sanborn says.
The team calls the robot back and hitches a small wagon to it with a payload of charges to detonate the device. The robot goes off again on its miniature-tanklike tread. As it bumps over a pile of rocks, the rickety little wagon falls apart. Shit. Now Thompson has to go down there and lay the charges himself. Thompson, who has the heroic jawline of an aging quarterback, is the leader, the guy who wears the 100-pound steel-plated bomb suit and the helmet and gets up close to the deadly thing and touches it. His buddies zip him up, set his helmet firm, and wish him well.
Thompson walks toward the pile, breathing heavily in the desert heat. There are sand-colored buildings, burnt-out cars.
Above, a shuddering helicopter crosses the sun. Eldridge and Sanborn cover Thompson from a distance, scanning the windows and storefronts through the scopes of their rifles. Thompson reaches the bags, kneels before them. Slowly, delicately, he lays the charges. Then he straightens up, turns, and begins walking back toward Sanborn and Eldridge and the Humvee.
Suddenly, Eldridge sees something. He looks through his scope: there, across the road, in front of a butcher's shop, amid the skinned animals strung up in the heat, is a man in a white smock, and he is holding something. A switch flips inside Eldridge: "Sanborn!" he yells, and runs toward the shop. "Butcher shop, two o'clock, dude has a phone!" The man in the smock waves, smiles, the picture of innocence, but Eldridge is locked in. "Drop the phone!" he shouts, sprinting now. Sanborn, in pursuit, calls, "Burn him, Eldridge! Burn him!" But there's no clear shot, and the man pushes the buttons, and we then see Thompson running in his bulky suit, still within the zone, and the ground behind him erupts in a gush of pewter gray, and you cover your eyes as Thompson, our quarterback, is blown forward in slow motion, and the earth spews skyward like a volcano.


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