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Originally posted by squiz
By all means do it, lets hear it, it's time the gloves come off on this issue.
Originally posted by ngchunter
When you can show me how electric universe theory accounts for the stardust mission result without invoking a conspiracy then I'll be receptive. That's all I'll say so as not to derail things.
Source-Astronomy today.
When it doubt, go back to the basics. That's just what cosmologists have done to explain why our universe seems to be accelerating. The new buzz word in cosmology these days is 'quintessence', borrowed from the ancient Greeks who used the term to describe a mysterious 'fifth element'...
Originally posted by ngchunter
If EU theory was right then stardust shouldn't have recovered any minerals at all (in fact, the probe should have been fried). Not surprisingly, some will try to twist EU to fit ANY result, but the fact of the matter is that if EU's original ideas of comets was correct, they shouldn't have recovered dust or bits of comet from the tail.
The fact of the matter is that just as many electrons flow from the sun as do protons, a fact that EU proponents consistently fail to mention.
The sun is NOT electrically powered. Stardust proved that once and for all by showing that cometary tails are composed of dust, not plasma.
Onboard the ACE satellite is the Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (SWEPAM) which is designed for direct scrutiny of coronal mass ejections (CME), interplanetary shockwaves and the detailed solar wind structure. Using advanced three-dimensional interpretive instrumentation, SWEPAM will coordinate its observations with the Ulysses probe, currently in polar orbit about the Sun at approximately 673,191,000 kilometers distance.One of the more unusual discoveries by the ACE/SWEPAM mission is an electron depletion in the solar wind due to "backstreaming electrons" flowing into the Sun from the surrounding space. These electrons are not in sync with the newest theories of the Sun's activity, since the conveyance of electric charge is not considered apropos by astrophysicists. Consequently, they are left with a mystery when electrical activity presents itself in ways that they do not expect.
Originally posted by RuneSpider
If this experiment goes through as expected, it's results would lean heavily towards the standard model.
Originally posted by squiz
I don't know where you get your information but that is completely wrong.
The dust is a central part of the theory. Did you read the links, the statements and the results?
it also explains the craters and poc marked surfaces.
Originally posted by ngchunter
It's easy to change horses after someone actually puts the "plasma tail" theory to the test. I'm not impressed at all.
it also explains the craters and poc marked surfaces.
Oh right, because regular craters are nothing like that...
The facts are apt to be more stubborn than the theoreticians: Deep Impact kicked up ten times more dust than expected and stimulated the comet's activity a magnitude less than expected. The dust was not a conglomeration of sizes as expected but was consistently powder-fine. The nucleus of the comet was covered with sharply delineated features, two of which were circular enough to be called impact craters. This was not expected for a dirty snowball or a snowy dirtball or even a powdery fluffball.
The craters, of course, weren't actually called impact craters. They must have been caused by subsurface explosions, because they had flat floors and terraced walls, despite the myriad of other craters on rocky planets and moons with flat floors and terraced walls that are called impact craters. All the other circular depressions with flat floors and terraced walls weren't craters because they had "unusual shapes".
Originally posted by squiz
Are you saying comets do not have a plasma tail?
Actually craters are also the result of discharge machining, shall we talk craters? And why and how should comets even have craters if they are dirty snowballs?
Originally posted by ngchunter
When EU first started proposing the plasma tail instead of a dust tail hypothesis, there was no reason to believe it should contain dust as the whole point was to dispute the reason for the appearance of the tail being plasma, not reflected gas and dust. To EU'ers, there was no dust tail, just plasma. The truth is there is a dust AND an ion tail, but this is not what EU'ers originally predicted. The backtracking in recent years is hilarious to watch though. The fact of the matter is that spectroscopic analysis PROVES that cometary dust tails are just that; dust and water.
Comets hit debris in space just the way asteroids do. There's no reason to think they wouldn't be cratered according to the standard model.
If the craters are the result of discharges, where's all the heat? Comets are very cold things as proven by spectroscopic analysis:
So much for that "electric comet" - if that's the reason high temperature minerals were detected, we should still be seeing high temperatures. We don't.
"How did materials formed by fire end up on the outermost reaches of the solar system, where temperatures are the coldest?" asked Associated Press writer Pam Easton.
"That's a big surprise. People thought comets would just be cold stuff that formed out ... where things are very cold," said NASA curator Michael Zolensky. "It was kind of a shock to not just find one but several of these, which implies they are pretty common in the comet".
Cometary Filaments
The Spitzer Space Telescope has returned remarkable images of Comet Holmes 17P, revealing structures that appear to confirm the electrical nature of comets.
An October 2007 Picture of the Day described the behavior of Holmes 17P and noted that many of the observed phenomena could be explained by an electrical theory of comets. Since these pages were first published, Electric Universe theorists have challenged the prevailing "dusty snowball" cometary theory. Comets becoming active at long distances from the Sun—sometimes as far out as Neptune's orbit—contradict the idea of a frozen ball of ice that only grows a tail or emits jets of gas when it gets close enough for the Sun's heat to sublimate its surface.
Hale-Bopp, a naked-eye comet that hung for weeks like an exclamation mark in the 1997 sky, was still active four years after it left the inner solar system. When it was farther from the Sun than the orbit of Uranus it was almost two million kilometers in diameter. It displayed a coma, a dust tail, and an ion tail more than a million kilometers long. Solar radiation will not melt ice at that distance, otherwise the moons of Saturn and Jupiter would be bone dry, so astronomers were unable to explain it.
In August of 2007, Comet Linear broke apart during its closest approach to the Sun. When the cloud of debris was analyzed, astronomers were surprised to find that it contained about 100 times more rocky material than ice.
The European Space Agency's Giotto probe met Halley's Comet on March 16, 1996. Among several discoveries, the comet was found to be covered with a black crust. Bright jets of ionized gas, or plasma, blasted out from its surface in three highly localized areas. Water was present in Halley's coma, but according to Horst Uwe Keller of the Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie: "We discovered that a comet is not really a 'dirty snowball' since dirt is dominant, not ice. Instead of being spherical like a warm snowball, a comet nucleus is elongated. The physical structure of a comet's interior is defined by its dust content rather than its ice content."
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragmented into several large pieces that plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere during the summer of 1994. It was hoped that the remnants of the fractured nucleus would expose fresh ices that would then sublimate. Spectrographic results from the Hubble Space Telescope showed no evidence for volatile gases in the debris clouds around the fragments. Auroral emissions were also detected in the atmosphere of Jupiter after the impact of fragment K, something that was unexpected and then attributed to "snowplow" effects as shock waves pushed the atmosphere aside.
Now, with the latest news release from Spitzer about Holmes 17P, scientists are again confounded by the workings of comets. "The data we got from Spitzer do not look like anything we typically see when looking at comets," said Bill Reach of NASA's Spitzer Science Center at Caltech.
What are called "streamers" have been found inside the shell of gas and dust that makes up the haze around the comet's nucleus. Spitzer team members have not yet determined why the twisted threads of material continue to point in the same direction. They remain in the same alignment as they had since their initial formation. Despite several months of travel, they have not rotated to stay aligned with the Sun. As has been discussed in previous Picture of the Day articles, the braided filaments are the sign of helical Birkeland currents.
Outbursts like those on Holmes 17P are how Electric Universe theorists expect comet tails to be produced. Because electric discharges are capable of removing solid material from surfaces, no volatile gases exploding out of "trapped pockets," then pushed away by radiation pressure, are necessary. A comet will produce a tail when electrical stress reaches a critical point and its plasma sheath starts to glow. Irrespective of its composition, a comet will obey the fundamental behavior of charged objects interacting with one another.
A comet's tail is created when its electric charge is struck by solar discharge plasma, conventionally called the "solar wind." As a comet approaches the Sun, its nucleus moves through envelopes of increased charge density. Its surface charge and internal polarization, developed in deep space, respond to the Sun's charged environment, changing its electrical potential.
As it moves away from the Sun, a comet's electrical balance with respect to the outer solar system will be different than when it was on its inward trajectory. If it meets another electrified plasma field of some kind it could begin to discharge again. What more electrically dynamic region than the one that exists around the gas giant planets?
Recent revelations about comets are more easily understood within the electric comet theory than within theories that depend on gravity and sublimation. The black, burned nuclei; the craters and rocky landscapes instead of ice fields; the narrow, energetic jets; the ion tails pointing toward the Sun; the sulfur compounds that require high temperatures to form; and the abundance of ultra-fine dust all point to electricity as their common source. Most important of all, water vapor is more prevalent farther away from the nucleus than close in—surely the exact opposite of what should be found if water ice and frost are what drive cometary jets.
The faster a comet's electrical environment changes, the more likely that flaring and fragmentation will occur. It seems probable that Holmes 17P is traveling through conductive strands of plasma that are energizing it enough for its "shell" to enter a glow-mode discharge state. The filamentary steamers are significant evidence for that contention.
By Stephen Smith
As Cassini swooped upward from a death-defying 52-kilometer (31-mile) plunge past Enceladus two weeks ago, it skirted the edge of Enceladus' south polar plume, scooping up particles and gases to sample their composition. To the evident surprise of the Cassini science team, the gases that were tasted by Cassini's Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) bore a strong resemblance to the gases that issue from comets. Whether the particles in Enceladus' vents also "taste like comet" cannot be said, because an error in new software uploaded for the flyby prevented the Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) from collecting data during the close approach.
The spectrometer on Cassini, the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) discovered a surprise: the ice particles are electrically charged.
"What are particularly fascinating are the bursts of dust that CAPS detects when Cassini passes through the individual jets in the plume" says Jones. "Each jet is split according to charge though", adds Arridge, "Negative grains are on one side, and positive ones on the other".
Arridge said that perhaps, as these charged grains travel away from Enceladus, their paths are bent by electric and magnetic fields in Saturn's giant magnetosphere.


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Mount Melleray Abbey
Mount Melleray Abbey, Cistercian Monastery, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.
If you are staying in Clogheen for any period of time then a trip to Mount Melleray Monastery, over the border in Waterford, is well worth the effort.
Mount Melleray Monastery, or Mount Melleray Abbey as it is often referred to, is about 18km from Clogheen on the road to Cappoquin. You'll find it on the left if you turn left at the Cats Bar.
The Monastery is famous worldwide as one of the most spectacular you're likely to come across no matter where you travel. It is also set in very tranquil and spectacular surroundings.
There is a guesthouse there should you wish to stay overnight and there is also a lovely little Cafe should you just wish to have a coffee or something to eat during your trip.
If you like walking then you'll find an absolutely gorgeous walk at the back of the Monastery (follow the signs from behind the museum through the farmyard that say 'To Cross"). The cross to which it refers is the Holy Year Memorial Cross, erected in 1950. We don't have our own track on this one yet, but hope to do so soon. In the interim you'll find it here on ViewRanger should you wish to download it to you phone. We've not walked the route from this download so we can't vouch for its accuracy, but it will give you an idea of the route in any case.
You will find Mount Melleray at the following Loc8 Code – YWN-92-YC9 and you can find the Monastery's own website here.
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Do you live independently? Yeah. Me too.
I live in a house with my partner. We both have jobs. I buy food, pay rent and bills, and drive my car. I am raising six children. I care for our pets. I clean the house, wash clothes, garden, and grow some of our own food. I go to appointments, deal with necessary bureaucracy, and I vote.
By societies definition I am independent.
Except I'm not.
I rely on the support of my partner for a great many things. The above paragraph could just as truthfully read
We live in a house with each other. We both have jobs. We buy food, pay rent and bills, and drive cars. We are raising six children. We care for our pets. We clean the house, wash clothes, garden, and grow some of our own food. We go to appointments, deal with necessary bureaucracy, and we vote.
When I am having difficulty with a decision I talk to him about it and he helps me clarify my thoughts. I do the same for him. When I am overwhelmed with something he is beside me offering support. I do the same for him. When I have run out of time to complete tasks I wanted to get done around the house he pitches in. I do the same for him. When I don't want to attend an appointment alone, he comes along. I do the same for him.
I have friends who I share my problems with and receive emotional support from. I support them too. Some of my friends and I look after each others children sometimes. Last time I moved house a group of wonderful friends helped me with a truck, and helped with packing and shifting boxes. In my local community, we support each other and help each other however we can. In the international community I am part of I have friends I value and who value me. We share opinions, information, advocacy, and laughs.
I also receive help and support from my children. They contribute to the house work. The older children watch over the younger children sometimes. They ask me if I am okay if they notice I seem down. They add humor and joy to the day.
Admittedly, on a day when I am tired and "over it" I may be guilty of muttering to myself over the kitchen sink 'why am I the only one who cleans up around here?', but that is frustration, not fact. Same goes when one of the kids says 'you never help me'. They know it's not true. We try to be gracious about frustrated outbursts, as another way of supporting each other.
The truth is, in our house we share the load. We make mess together. We clean up together. We learn together. We make mistakes (sometimes together). We work together. We play together. I don't expect anyone in my family to do all the things on their own, and they don't expect me to either. We all contribute what we can when, we can. We all have value here.
We are interdependent.
The prefix inter- means 'between; among: mutually; reciprocally'
The word dependent means contingent on or determined by: requiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other support: unable to do without:
Interdependent: (of two or more people or things) dependent on each other
Yes, interdependent describes our family well. I suspect it describes a lot of families. In fact, I'd go as far as to say it describes our society well. We each offer something different. Some of us grow food, some of us treat illness, some of us teach others, some of us remove waste, some of us provide clothing, some housing, some tools, some toys. Some of us are storytellers, some of us are artists, some are supporters, some are enforcers, some are protectors. All these things add value to our society.
We are interdependent.
Unfortunately we are also competitive. Many of us think that doing (and doing more, bigger, better, and for more money) is the only way to add value. I don't think that is true. I think we all add value just by being. Just the same as in my family, our society works on the basis that we all contribute what we can, when we can. We all have value and we all add value.
There are times when a member (could be any one) of my family has nothing to give but their presence. There are times when I have nothing to offer than just being here. There are people in our society who are the same. Sometimes there is a reason they can't do for a short while, sometimes they can't do for a long while. Sometimes some of us can only offer that we are here. There is nothing wrong with that. It all still works. The contribution of being is just as valuable as the contribution of doing. We need all of us here. We need the diversity that naturally occurs in humanity to make us what we are. We all have value. We are interdependent.
Which leads me to a few questions.
Why are we so infatuated with the idea of independence?
Why are we so uncomfortable with the idea of interdependence when it is, in reality, the way we all live every day?
Why is the concept of independence touted with such enthusiasm as the greatest of great achievements, when none of us are actually capable of true independence anyway?
And why, when independence is unattainable for any of us, do we inflict the goal of independence on disabled people, then use their lack of independence to shame them?
I see this happen a lot…..
"That persons opinion is not valid- the don't even live independently".
"You can't possibly know how I feel about this, or how hard my life is, my child will never live independently, I need support".
"You must put your child in 40 hours a week of intense behavioral therapy or they will never live independently".
All of the above statements overlook the fact that every life has value and adds value, no matter the persons functional capabilities- their ability to do stuff, and they are all based on the pursuit of the myth called independence.
Now, Parents, before you jump in to tell me that you have rights to support and I am minimizing your struggles, let me assure you that is not my intention. I know parenting is a tough job. I get it. I live it. I know there are very real worries when you are supporting a disabled child. I experience those. I live with those. I completely understand the need for support in your role as a parent. I am not diminishing that at all. I need support too.
What I am doing is questioning whether we are aiming for the right goals? Should we be focussing on pushing our children toward independence? It is not something even we have achieved, and doing so comes with a very real risk of causing our children distress and harm.
What I am doing is suggesting that the above 3 statements are fear based silencing tactics used to dismiss the rights to self determination, dignity and privacy, and to scare parents into spending large amounts of money trying to make their children appear normal.
What I am doing is asking you to think about changing the goal you set for your child from "achieves independence" to "is equipped to live their life as the best person they can be, has the resources to meet the goals they set for themselves, and is surrounded by community that sees their value and accepts them as part of an interdependent society". Isn't that the way we all want to live?
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Nashville, Tennessee --- Board of Parole Chairman Richard Montgomery has been appointed to serve on the Tennessee Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision. Gov. Bill Haslam announced the appointment last week.
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- 2 slices cheese
- 2 slices brown bread, buttered
- cherry tomatoes and cucumber to decorate
- 1 tsp soft cheese spread (for glue)
- carrot, grated with a lemon zester
- Place a slice of cheese between the pieces of bread. You can use a small knife to cut a chunk out of the top slice to make a cheesy mouth. You can also cut the bottom of the sandwich into a semi-circle to make a chin.
- Cut eyes out from the other slice of cheese using small round cookie cutters or the nozzle from a piping bag.
- Using a vegetable peeler takes a slice of cucumber and makes small irises for the eyes using a small cookie cutter. Place the irises on the eyes and position them on the top slice of bread. You can use a small blob of cheese spread as glue.
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Nebraska Revised Statute 23-1514
- Revised Statutes
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- 23-1514
Chapter 23 Section 1514
Numerical index; entries.
It shall be the duty of the register of deeds on receiving any conveyance or instrument affecting realty, including construction liens, to cause such conveyance or instrument to be entered upon the numerical index immediately after filing if such conveyance or instrument contains or has an exhibit attached containing the full legal description of the realty affected. Instruments purporting to release, assign, or amend a conveyance or instrument previously recorded shall contain the book and page number or microfilm or computer reference of the previously recorded instrument and a full legal description of the realty affected.
- Laws 1885, c. 41, § 8, p. 223;
- Laws 1887, c. 30, § 10, p. 367;
- R.S.1913, p. 5629;
- Laws 1990, LB 1153, § 53.
Numerical index and general index should both be checked by abstracter. Crook v. Chilvers, 99 Neb. 684, 157 N.W. 617 (1916).
Failure to enter mechanic's lien on numerical index does not defeat the lien if the claim for lien has in all other respects been properly recorded. Drexel v. Richards, 50 Neb. 509, 70 N.W. 23 (1897).
If deed is taken to office and fees paid therefor, it is valid as against world. Deming v. Miles, 35 Neb. 739, 53 N.W. 665 (1892); Perkins v. Strong, 22 Neb. 725, 36 N.W. 292 (1888).
Fees for certified copies of numerical index must be reported. State ex rel. Frontier County v. Kelly, 30 Neb. 574, 46 N.W. 714 (1890).
Error in entering on numerical index, where otherwise properly indexed and recorded, cannot be urged by subsequent purchasers. Lincoln B. & S. Assn. v. Hass, 10 Neb. 581, 7 N.W. 327 (1880).


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Last week, my classmates and I started to realize we are halfway through our semester. While it feels like I just arrived, I have also been here long enough for it to start to feel like home. I finally have settled into a "routine" of classes, family dinners, tea, and weekend train rides to explore far away towns and ancient temples. In that routine there has been some extremely non- routine things as well, mainly the birth of a baby.
Kavya gave birth to a healthy baby girl two weeks ago! Life was very busy here, with even more family members coming to visit and everyone caring for baby and mother. Kavya and I became very close in the time that she stayed here, and she told me "Mike, you better be at the hospital the day my baby comes." Being there waiting anxiously with soon to be grandparents and Kavya's pacing husband was an intimate glimpse into their lives. It was not a situation I have even been in at home, and I think it will always pop into my head when I meet new babies. The look on everyone's face when they pulled the curtain aside to give a peek of the clean baby girl is impossible to explain. Listening to Kavya say "Hey, hi!" to her baby through the window (she had to be in the ICU for a day after she was born due to some complications) was the most amazing sound. I never really understood parents when they talk about how it feels to see your baby for the first time, or why the hell Brenna wanted to be a midwife, but being in the hospital that day I got a little glimpse.
|The host dad!
About a week before the baby was born, we had a special religious ceremony to ensure a safe and painless delivery. I thought I would just sit in the corner and watch, but my host dad pulled in me in. As my host aunt put portu on my head, they laughed and said "Mike, you are part of the family now!" Being part of an Indian family who welcomed a new member was an experience I'll cherish. First of all, it was amazing to see how my host parents welcomed Kavya and her mother in for almost two months without batting an eye. The baby didn't seem to even cause a disturbance. Rather than baby proofing the house and stockpiling toys and clothes and god knows what, life went on as they patiently waited. Bringing her home was an ordeal of course, but at the same time, the baby was simply laid in the bed next to Kavya with a blanket and everything continued, the same but so so different. After the pregnancy, Kavya's mother and mother in law, and whatever aunties were in the house that day kept a constant vigil in the room with mom and baby. My host mom cooked for 7-10 people every night without a worry, relatives came to stay the night with a bag of flour, whiskey, or some oil to offset this cost (I assume). I forgot how tiny babies were, and that stupid wonderful feeling you get when you hold them. They were surprised I knew how to hold a baby "Even I don't know how to hold her Mike" Kavya whispered to me one day. She seemed to care for her baby so naturally, I was glad to find out even she had moments of cluelessness. Babies terrify me. I'd say I don't like babies, but I've never had a friend who had a baby until now. It was pretty exciting. We were very sad when Kavya left last week, but happy for her because it meant they were both healthy enough to go back to their hometown.
With the quiet house, I started to focus on how I missed a full house and my own family (whether it be five sisters or the house full of guys at PLU). For some reason, I fancied myself as a world traveler, and thought I wouldn't get homesick. I thought since people go off in the army for years, they immigrate, they live as refugees, so I shouldn't get homesick. My host family's daughter, Divya, got married in December and moved to New Jersey. Every night they Skype her to say good morning. Some nights I hear her crying, talking rapidly in Telugu about how she misses them, misses India. My host parents tell me it makes them less lonely to have me here. They make me feel like I have a home. The other weekend, my host mom and some aunts spent two days preparing snacks to mail to her. I'm awaiting my own package of American snacks (mainly peanut butter). Though my homesicknesses isn't permanent and I can't compare it to Divya's, I do miss Washington.
I find myself getting homesick for weird things like the nasty salty smell when the tide goes out, a rainy walk to class, an oatmeal packet for breakfast. I wish in the evenings I was watching Parks and Rec or Office reruns with my sisters rather than the really awful Telugu series my host family watches. At forst I thought I'd use it as language practice. By now I have developed an unhealthy hatred for all the underdeveloped characters and sad plot line to use this as a learning opportunity. , so I sit and make highly offensive and inappropriate dialouges for what I wish they were saying and incorportate the few Telugu words I can decipher.
My host family makes me feel at home and homesick at the same time. There's nothing like getting ill to make you miss your mother and sisters. After a trip to Hampi (where I found the real dirtbags, more in next blog post!) I had a little food poisoning, and my host parents ensured I was well taken care of with a highly specific regimen of how to get better.
"Lay on the couch so we can watch you Mike!!" "Now eat these because vomiting on an empty stomach leads to dehydration" "Now sit for 10 minutes. Drink some water" "Now sleep for two hours" "Ok now eat some curd rice with salt" me: *vomits* "Ok now eat the rest of the curd rice slowly" "Take this tablet" "Sit for 1 hour, then go to bed." Curd rice is what it sounds like; a delicious combination of curdled milk and rice, with a little salt sprinkled on top. Try it next time you feel like vomiting.
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Published: 2005/06/02
by Pat Buzby
Can You Feel It? – Campbell Brothers
A few years back, Ropeadope and producer John Medeski brought attention to Robert Randolph and Sacred Steel music. Now, the label and producer return to the same genre, but their new artist choice is firmly out of the gospel well. Can You Feel It? feels like a peek behind the walls at the kind of churches that don't pick classical music or watered-down pop as their method of reaching for the spirit; instead, fervent grooves, keening guitars and a few sassy vocals carry the show.
The three Campbell Brothers make for a contrasting set of guitar talents: Darick's stinging lap steel counters Chuck's sweet pedal steel, while Phil gets in a couple of jazz-flavored digressions on the regular guitar. Phil's son Carlton anchors the rhythm section on drums, while Medeski is only subtly in evidence, swelling in the background on organ and taking only brief solos. It's a notable contrast to listen to this after encountering Jon Hassell's critique of "no-to-life Fundamentalism" last month; some of the Campbell Brothers' target audience and perhaps even the musicians might advocate some no-to-life ideas, but Can You Feel It?'s blues and gospel celebrates with a simple infectiousness that Hassell's electronic world-jazz seldom offers, and the inclusion of the mildly secular "A Change Is Gonna Come" points towards liberal ideas.
Can You Feel It? connects at the beginning, but, like many discs in this genre, the impact wanes as the lack of variety pushes affairs from exciting to merely pleasant. Also, the recording gets in the way a bit at times, with odd gating and distortion that leaves me uncertain whether Medeski was trying to say something or just could have used a bigger budget.
Overall, though, Can You Feel It? makes the case for Sacred Steel. Any disc that offers a fresh look at "Amazing Grace," spiced with some jazzy chords, is worth something. And in a time when religion and art often find themselves at war, it's good to get a reminder of how thoroughly the spiritual and the expressive can work together.


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Higher Education and Societal Change: The Vanguard Personality Syndrome of University Students.
Whittaker, David
Higher education and its impact during times of societal changes is addressed within the context of studying student behavior and the institution's adaptation to new social issues. To help do this, an institution of higher education needs an assessment of the socio-psychological makeup of university students, their personalities, their longitudinal change and development during their university years, their value systems, and their subcultures, within the context of societal changes. The Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) results in a profile on 14 scales, all within the realm of normality, and is useful for psychologically describing individuals and subgroups in terms of attitudes, values, and interests particularly relevant to the socio-psychological and intellectual ego-functioning of university students. Six studies have used the OPI to analyze different youth subgroups involved in social changes of the past. Higher education is often the intermediary, the go-between, during times of social change when value systems are coming into question. How higher education addresses these issues can effect the future direction of social systems, society itself, and even internationalism. If higher education cannot encourage and accommodate innovation, this inability inevitably will lead to stagnant conditions on and off the campus. Contains 15 references. (GLR)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Change, Educational Responsibility, Higher Education, Psychological Testing, Social Action, Social Change, Social Psychology, Student Behavior, Student Evaluation, Student Subcultures
David Whittaker, The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education, 2125 Main Mall, University Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z5.
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By Jen Heger – Radar Assistant Managing EditorDuring a status hearing in the ongoing bitter divorce battle between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, the NBA star's lawyer told the judge they had been unsuccessful in attempting to serve subpoenas for the reality star's boyfriend, Kanye West and momager, Kris Jenner to be deposed, RadarOnline.com is reporting.Media reports circulated Wednesday morning that the hearing would be "d-day" for Humphries, and that the judge would set a date for the divorce trial, despite the fact that Kim hasn't been deposed yet. Instead, the judge set another status report hearing for November 28, 2012.PHOTOS: Hollywood's Dirtiest Divorces"Kris is prepared to see this through to the end and for him that means a very public trial. Kris wants Kanye West and Kris Jenner to be deposed under oath. Kris isn't intimidated by Kim or her lawyer, Laura Wasser. Kim's deposition will likely take place in the next several weeks, it's just a matter of coordinating everyone's calendars," a source close to the situation tells Radar.During the hearing Wasser said that her client had racked up over $250k in legal fees and that she would attempt to recoup those costs from Humphries. "Kris will do whatever is legally asked of him and if he is ordered to pay Kim's legal fees, then he will. Again, this isn't about the money, it never has been," the insider says.PHOTOS: Celebs Who Have Slammed The KardashiansAs previously reported, Kim is growing increasingly impatient with the ongoing divorce proceedings with her estranged husband because the reality TV star is already talking marriage with Kanye."Kim has told her lawyer that the case is dragging because Kris is determined to keep his name in the press and drag her name through the mud. Kim is ready to get engaged to Kanye but doesn't want to until her divorce is finalized. Kim feels that Kanye is the man she is going to spend the rest of her life with and she doesn't want to wait. Kim's deposition will likely take place in the next few weeks, but she feels nothing is going to be gained by it," the source previously told Radar.PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian's Style EvolutionMeanwhile, it's extremely unlikely that Kim's divorce to Kris will be finalized this year. "A status conference has been set for the end of November and Kris' lawyers won't be available during December to go to trial because they are engaged in other matters involving their other clients," the insider said.RELATED STORIES:Kris Humphries Being Advised To 'Settle' With Kim Kardashian In Light Of Love Child ScandalKeeping Up with the Kardashians: Khloé Annoyed With Sisterly Advice Upon Return To L.A.Kanye West Wows The Crowd & Kim Kardashian During Revel Resort ShowKris Humphries To Demand Paternity Test From Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend
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Today I've got a bit of a mixture of links to a range of things, a couple of interviews, a review, a blog post, and a giveaway and so without further rambling, here's the list :D
I recently started working with an ace group of writers who've banded together under the name Quill. We're a cross-genre bunch trying to share interesting content and win fans - for my part you can check out a short interview and my post: Intro to World Building - Making it Stick.
Friday Fortnight Interview
A while back Kerry J Donovan conducted an interview on his blog - check it out if you're looking for a chuckle :) (And while you're there, if you like Crime-Thrillers have a look at his DCI Jones Casebook series, they're ace.)
With the release of Crossings not too far off (I'm gunning for October) I'm offering 3 ways to win a copy during the lead up :)
1. Visit Goodreads and add the book to your 'to-read' shelf and you'll be automatically notified when the Goodreads Giveaway goes live. (This one opens in Nov.)
2. Visit the 'newsletter' sign-up page in the top right of the site and that's it - you're in the running to win an e-copy of Crossings and you'll also receive the eBook for A Whisper of Leaves upon sign-up. (The newsletter comp will be announced in Oct.)
3. Visit the Crossings page and check out chapter one (or click here, it's probably quicker) and answer a simple question:
What does Lisa find on her doorstep?
Once you find the answer, just let me know by leaving a comment on this post OR by sending me an e-mail to mountain0ash[at]gmail[dot]com. The first two people to answer will win a print copy of Crossings :)
The Lost Mask
Some early reviews are in and it's a weight off my mind to see readers who enjoyed City of Masks are finding that The Lost Mask lives up to their expectations!
Here's a link to them on GR. Thanks to everyone who has read it already and let me know what they thought, it makes a big difference :)
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PERTH AMBOY — Where's the best place to open my restaurant? Are there any incentives to relocate my manufacturing plant? How will I find employees to work in my general merchandise store? Those are just a few of the questions that may arise when opening, relocating or growing a business.
Getting these answers and doing the proper due diligence when opening a business can be extremely tedious and stressful. Researching on the Internet, calling and visiting numerous city offices can leave a business owner frustrated and annoyed.
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After months and months of planning, deliberating, sending emails and promoting, the Spring & Heels Bloggers Party was finally here! Yesterday was the big day! For me and the other planners the party even started a few hours before the event, as we went grocery shopping and getting everything ready. We were so excited and couldn't wait to meet all the bloggers.
Enjoy the pictures.
|DELICIOUS cupcakes made by Jen
We had delicious and colorful vanilla & chocolate flavored cupcakes, cute sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies, candy and cold beverages.
Besides sitting down, chatting and laughing with each other, we had come up with a few activities for the bloggers to socialize in a fun way. The first one was a Fashion & Beauty Quiz. We asked the bloggers 20 questions and the ones with the highest score got a lovely scarf that was sponsored by Loved by Blanche. Congratulations to Daphne & Rozanne!
|This was me keeping the score of our first activity: The Fashion & Beauty Quiz!
Our second activity was one where the bloggers in groups of 2 or 3, had to create one outfit from items in two Fashionista magazines and in one Grazia magazine. The theme was Fashion week, and the bloggers had to think about the complete look, so the outfit, the hair, the makeup, the shoes and the accessories. They were so excited, which made us even more excited! We gave them about a half an hour to get cutting, get sticking and get creative. The looks they came up with was so great, but unfortunately only one group could be the winner.
|Group1 :Jamie, Anouk & Rozanne
|Group 2: Carre & Daphne
|Group 3: Dianthe & Fenna
After the creating time was up, we let each group present their look. And afterwards me, Gia, Jen and Omaily went at the back to deliberate about all the looks and chose the winner.
|The judges all agreed that group 3 (blue paper) was the WINNER! We loved how they combined all the different patterns and still make it look good all together! Congratulations to Fenna & Dianthe. They also got to choose a Loved by Blanche scarf.
We had one scarf left over, but 3 girls that didn't win one yet. So we decided to raffle it. Gia thought of a number and the girl that guessed it first got it!
|Carre guessed it first!
The time went by so fast, so when it was almost time to go, we gave all the bloggers a little goodiebag as: 'A BIG THANK YOU' for coming! Luckily they were so happy with it.
|Our sweet Thank You note!
|New blogger friends: Fenna, Dianthe, Daphne, Carre, Anouck, Rozanne & Jamie
After it was time for url-sharing and before the goodbyes, we took one group photo to remember this event by! I want to sincerely thank everyone that was part of this whole event. Thank you to all the sponsors: Diewilikhebben, LovedbyBlanche, My-Jewellery, DeSchoenenkast, Wear for Love, and Fashionista! Thank you to all the bloggers that attended (some of them had to travel from afar!): Carre, Daphne, Jamie, Anouk, Rozanne, Fenna & Dianthe. And especially a thank you to Omaily, Gianni & Jen! I could have never done this event (and probably pass for my assignment) without any of them.To all the bloggers that did pay for their ticket, but didn't show up..please let us hear from you! is everything okay?, was there a problem with public transport? or couldn't you find the place? Please send us an e-mail ;)
|InStyle EventCrew: Jen, Omaily, Me & Gia
We received so many emails and tweets from bloggers asking if we are planning to organize another bloggers event, since they couldn't make it to this one. And the answer is, we would love too. But for right now, we can't promise anything yet. But we will try our best to do so, we would love to meet other bloggers ;)
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|Cardiac catheters have become an essential element of current cardiovascular practice with several hundred thousand used each year in both diagnostic and angioplasty procedures. Uke many other disposable devices they are also increasingly being reused as hospitals attempt to cut costs.' The general progression of device reuse seems to follow rather directly the rise in the expense of medical equipment and procedures. For example, in 1976, only 14% of United States' hospitals reported reusing single-use devices, while in 1982, 90% of hospitals admitted practicing reuse.2 As for the government's regulation of such reuse, 1981 saw the FDA issuing guidelines practically proscribing the reuse of catheters when their average cost was only $10-$25.~ Even as late as 1987, however, only 2.4 full-time FDA employees and $19,000 were dedicated to monitoring the reuse of nondurable devices.4 The General Accounting Office concluded that the FDA knew of less than 1% of medical device problems occurring in hospitals.5 On the heels of the longstanding debate about the reuse of hemodialyzers and the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 and 1992 Medical Device Amendments, it appears as if the FDA is more receptive to tightening regulatory control over medical device reuse.
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The command line. For some it can be daunting. But it definitely is useful. If you need to do something quickly, like running scripts and utilities or to compile a program, then the command line is the way to go. One thing I don't like is having to open a terminal window when I want to use the command line. Sure, I could keep a terminal open always but I don't like the clutter on the desktop.
Instead, it's easier to have the terminal window appear and disappear when I press a hotkey. That's what I get with Tilda.
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A little background
Tilda is a terminal emulator that's based on the drop-down terminals that are found in some first-person shooter games like Quake or Doom. It hides under your panel, and appears or disappears literally at the push of a button.
Get Tilda by downloading it from the Web site. If you're using Ubuntu, the version in that you install from the software repository doesn't play well with the window manager in any variation of Ubuntu. Tilda drops down when triggered, but instead of a terminal you get a gray box.
Unfortunately, you have to compile the download version. That includes going through the dance of installing the GNOME VTE library and libConfuse. The pain is worth it, though.
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Configuring Tilda
Once Tilda is installed, you should add it to your list of applications that start up after you log in. To do this, select Preferences > Preferred Applications. Or, you can launch it manually by pressing Alt-F2 and typing tilda in the Run Application dialog box. When the Tilda window drops down, right click and select Preferences to open the configuration dialog.
The tabs that you'll most be interested are:
- General, which lets you set the font in the Tilda window and specify where Tilda should appear -- for example, on all workspaces, always on top, start hidden, and the like
- Appearance, which gives you control over the size of the Tilda window as well as its position
- Colors, which changes the text and background colour
- Keybindings, which lets you set the hot key to make Tilda magically appear. I set this to F6
When you need a terminal, just press your hot key (in my case, F6). Then, type your commands. When you're done, remember not to type exit as you would in a regular terminal. Just press the hot key again. If you type exit, you'll need to restart Tilda.
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Not the only game in town
If you find that Tilda isn't quite to your liking, there are other drop down terminals you can use like YeahConsole, Yakuake, and Guake. Check them out. After using them, you might change your opinion of the command line.


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HOUSTON --A Houston man is charged with sexually assaulting a woman and videotaping the attacks.
Ted Dwayne Stevens, 46, is charged with sexual assault of an adult. He is accused of assaulting a woman during their sexual relationship on at least two occasions in November 2010.
The 44-year-old victim told an investigators with the Harris County Sheriff's Office special victims unit that over time Stevens had recorded several sex assaults of her.
Court documents state that officials viewed the video evidence and discovered about 65 video clips that show the victim being sexually assaulted by Stevens.
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Cloud resources are not standardized; therefore, the underlying hardware and architecture heavily impacts the performance of a virtual machine found on the public cloud. Often, the topic of performance is not considered until the newly migrated infrastructure causes problems, and the business must operate reactively rather than proactively.
About this report : Cloud Spectator, an independent analyst firm focuses cloud performance on the areas of performance and cost analytics of the cloud IaaS marketplace. This report compares the cost and performance of four different public cloud offerings: Amazon WebServices (AWS), IBM SoftLayer, Microsoft Azure and NxtGen ECS. Cost is examined and performance is later applied to illustrate the noticeable difference between price and price-performance value.
Cloud Spectator benchmarked the price performance of NxtGen's Enterprise Cloud Services with that of Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM SoftLayer and Microsoft Azure evaluating the raw performance and price-indexed performance for two common workloads, web servers and databases. The study examined the relative performance of major VM components including CPU Performance, disk IOPS, memory bandwidth, and internal network throughput that impact application performance and end-user experience.
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Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation, Vol. 9
The objective of this study was to evaluate radiographic, clinical and esthetic parameters of a new type of nonsubmerged 2-piece implant placed in patients in need of single-tooth replacement.
Carlo Prati/
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Chiara Pirani/
Lucio Montebugnoli/
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Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation, Vol. 9
The objective of this review was to determine the distance from the apices of mandibular first and second molars to the inferior alveolar canal (IAC) using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).
Shahnawaz Khijmatgar/
Chitta Chowdhury/
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Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation, Vol. 9
This article describes a technique of the creation of a virtual wax-up and design of a wax prototype used as a pattern for the fabrication of posterior metal–ceramic and anterior pressed lithium disilicate restorations for a patient with a severely worn dentition.
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Roger Arce
Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation, Vol. 9
Suture threads used after oral surgery may be colonized by pathogenic microorganisms which could infect the surrounding tissue and impair the wound-healing process. Therefore, the postoperative use of antimicrobial mouthwashes is highly recommended. In this study, a mouthwash containing zinc-substituted nanohydroxyapatite (Zn-nHAp) and zinc L-pyrrolidone carboxylate (Zn-PCA) was compared with a product containing chlorhexidine for its efficacy in reducing microbial adherence to suture threads.
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Simone Marconcini/
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Olivia Marchisio/
Marco Lelli/
Norberto Roveri/
Anna Maria Genovesi
Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation, Vol. 9
The objective of the study was to assess the influence of the implant neck designs and neck surface treatments on periimplant tissue health and radiographic bone loss after 3 years of functional loading of implants with the same body and prosthetic connection.
David Peñarrocha Oltra/
Natalia Ribes Lainez/
Alba Monreal Bello/
María Ángeles Fuster Torres/
Peñarrocha Diago Miguel
Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation, Vol. 9
The aim of this study was to investigate the barrier effect of a high-density polytetrafluoroethylene (d-PTFE) membrane left intentionally exposed in post-extraction sockets grafted with an allograft biomaterial and removed after 5 weeks.
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Roberto Luongo/
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Dr. R.LATHA, M.Sc., B.Ed., MCA, M.E., M.Phil., Ph.D., an easily approachable person of dedication towards education and experience in Computer Science , Computer Applications and Engineering Education. She is having 29 years of teaching and research experience as Faculty, Professor and Head of the Department in various Institutions and in St.Peter's, currently Controller of Examinations of St.Peter's Institute of Higher Education and Research, St.Peter's University.
Dr. R.LATHA received her Doctorate Degree in Computer Applications for her research on Parallel and Distributed Simulation from Dr.MGR University in 2011. She has completed her Master of Philosophy from Bharathidasan University in 2004. She has completed her Post Graduation in Applicable Mathematics & Computer Science from Department of Mathematics, Bharathidasan University in 1988, Master of Computer Applications from Periyar University, Master of Engineering in St.Peter's , Bachelor of Education from Annamalai University in 1995 and graduated Mathematics from Government College, Thanjavur in 1986.
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A raspberry-blowing, skateboarding ape, dodgy politicians, glamorous much-married mayor, gay ex-rugby player, teenage hoodies, a charismatic police inspector for love interest, third-rate mobsters, and a mariachi band from Bognor. A laugh-aloud book whose opening sets the story off on a trajectory of bizarre characters and quirky humour. Movie buff and community rights worker Kat Shakespeare is one heart-pounding step from insolvency when she lands a contract to troubleshoot a housing makeover project, but when a skeleton is discovered under a demolished tower block she turns detective, determined to both bring in the project on time and solve a thirty-year-old mystery.
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I love and can teach the art of Calligraphy, including mainly French and Arabic calligraphy.
I earned a BA in Linguistics from UC Berkeley and have acquired and developed a lot more academic skills that I'd be happy to transmit (see my list of subjects).
I'm also a mother of 2 little boys and a little girl, 5 and 2 years old and a 9 months old- my real full time job these days! I still do my best to remember to take a break and breathe to become a better human being through meditation I'd be happy to teach you what I know.
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Blogs, including "news" blogs, may or may not have the same standards as traditional media outlets.
Bloggers may print speculation or unconfirmed information that would not be published or broadcast at a traditional news outlet. Some journalist/bloggers defend that practice, however, saying readers understand there's a different standard at a blog site.
Gina Chen, a veteran journalist, has a list of 10 'journalism rules' you can break on your blog. Some bloggers have adopted their own code of ethics, like this group of blogging food critics, who cite standards on accountability and independence, among other things.
Some traditional news organizations have modified their ethics guidelines or established new policies for staffers who blog, officially or unofficially. The Washington Post blog policy, for example, prohibits "personal opinions...that would not be acceptable in the newspaper." Researcher Martin Kuhn has drawn up a simple blogger code of ethics that's worth having a look at. Meanwhile, here are some other issues to think about when blogging:
Accountability: Blogs have helped news organizations be more transparent. The editor of the Sacramento Bee, for example, often uses her blog to discuss what goes on behind the scenes at the paper and how decisions are made. She includes comments from readers, giving the public a way to hold the news organization accountable for its actions.
Accuracy: Because they are so easy to update, blogs allow for immediate corrections. And the greater interactivity between reporters and readers can mean that mistakes are caught sooner.
Independence: Reporters have to be careful about revealing personal information or expressing opinions on a blog, even a personal site; that could raise questions about their independence. During the 2008 U.S. presidential election, CNN fired a senior producer for expressing views about one of the candidates on a blog that did not identify him as a CNN employee. While Gina Chen says "readers appreciate knowing that journalists have feelings, opinions, lives that shape how they view the world," she draws the line at opinions on stories she's covering.
Tone: Blogs are typically less formal than news stories, and are often written in first person. Journalists who let their personalities come through on blogs may get a better response from readers, who begin to see them as "real people." But it can be difficult to show a human side while maintaining enough detachment to avoid charges of bias, and too much blog "attitude" may alienate some readers of the core news product.
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