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Description of the book "Raw Color: The Circles of David Smith":Raw Color addresses the relationships between landscape, industry, and the works David Smith (1906-1965) realized between 1961 and 1963. The Circle series was his most ambitious attempt to pair painting and sculpture. Painted in raw, inorganic colors but constructed to stand in concert with the dramatic Adirondack landscape in which he lived, Smith's sculptures confront viewers with a conflict. How are we to be modern, responsive to the materials and the technologies of our time, and yet also remain conscious of our respective locales and nature? To demonstrate the importance of place in Smith's practice, historical photographs of Smith's PDF Circle series at his Bolton Landing, New York, home and studio are complemented by new photographs of the sculptures installed at the Clark's Lunder Center at Stone Hill. Noted artist Charles Ray contributes an essay that explores how time, memory, and landscape are embedded in Smith's sculpture.
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Due to world market conditions, the number of delegates has softened somewhat, however in terms of size of conventions, LNG 18 was one of the largest ever held in Perth. Counting direct delegates, contractors, suppliers, event and security staff, some 6,000 people have had an involvement with LNG 18, and the direct benefit to the Western Australian economy has been calculated at fifty million dollars.
"The Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (PCEC) and the Professional Conference Organiser, Arinex, are to be congratulated for delivering a superb outcome featuring delegates and exhibitors from over 60 countries" Ian said.
The temporarily expanded PCEC coped extremely well for such a large event and PCEC Centre Management had excellent support from many Government agencies.
All the sponsors of LNG 18 are to be congratulated, and mention must be made of the State Government, which contributed $2.5 million to ensure the convention went ahead. These funds were mainly used to construct temporary infrastructure to expand the capacity of PCEC. "This temporary expansion clearly illustrates that, into the future, if Perth is to remain competitive on the international conference sector stage, an expanded PCEC is essential" he added.
The not-for-profit Perth Convention Bureau is in its 44th year of operation. It has been bringing conferences to Perth and Western Australia since its establishment in 1972. More recently, its focus on high yielding medical and resources conferences has delivered the highest spending delegates in the visitor economy, spending over 5 times more than a leisure tourist.
But the benefits to the State are far more than in the spend; the social, business, knowledge enrichment and heightened profile of the State is immeasurable. Ian Laurance said that "with long-standing support from the City of Perth and the State Government, and performing at double the efficiency and success of our east coast competitors, PCB will continue scouring the globe to bring larger, high value, international conventions to the City".
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1 tsp baking soda
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1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
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1 cup pumpkin
1 large egg
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Glaze (Combine all ingredients until smooth)
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3 Tbsp. milk
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The Paladins (Les Palotins), sometimes known as the Twelve Peers, were the foremost warriors of Charlemagne's court, according to the literary cycle known as the "Matter of France." They first appear in the early folklore, where they represent Christian martial valor against the Saracen hordes. The Paladins and their associated exploits are largely later fictional inventions, with some basis on historical Frankish events of the 8th century.
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Joan Miro "Lithographe II 1953-1963" (2nd Vol in Five Volume Catalogue Raisonne), Maeght Editeur, Paris, 1975 NO. 147
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Anne, I am looking for information on Isaac Adcock b:Abt 1827 White County Tennessee we believe.His daughter Sarah b:9/12/1851 is my 3rd great grandmother and on her death certificate her son states his place of birth as McMinnville Tennessee.I was wondering if your Adcocks and mine might be related? I also recently found mention of a story of this Adcock family in a book by Richard Fulcher called "The Adcock Family of Sugar Creek".Even after sending a letter to the address listed by the person quoting the book I have been unable to obtain a copy.I was wondering if someone might have come across a copy of the book?
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Ancient Egyptians and the Constellations: Part 9
Side One of the Nermer Plate: The Northern Winter Skies
The Northern Winter Skies. From top left to right: Gemini and Taurus.
From middle left to right: Canis Minor, Monoceros and Orion.
From bottom left to right: Canis Major, Orion's Chair and Eridanus.
The esoteric meaning of the scenes on the Nermer Plate is best explained by working from the top to the bottom of each side. However in the case of the chiefs, which are the top panels where the bulls' heads are, because they summarize the sacred message on the Plate, I decided to decipher them together. As some of the concepts outlined may prove complex for the novice to grasp, to facilitate an easier understanding of the scenes and symbolism on the Plate, as indicated earlier I have included lots of pictures and explanations.
The chiefs on each side of the Nermer Plate
They present an overview of the astronomical event
which occurred on September 21st in 4468BCE
… the Dawn of the Age of Taurus
In the chief on Side One of the Plate, between the two bulls' heads, there is a hieroglyph situated to the side of and beneath "Nermer"; the catfish (ner) and the chisel (mer). As well as representing a temple it is also an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph representing Dawn, the rising of the sun above the mountains, or horizon. In this case it represents the Dawn of the Age of Taurus. This explanation is taken a step further under "The King of the Stars"
chisel not only represents a temple, it is also an Ancient Egyptian
hieroglyph representing Dawn, the rising of the sun above the mountains, or
horizon. In this case it represents the Dawn of the Age of Taurus.
I have translated the full pictogram of the catfish, the chisel and the temple/dawn as "The Nermer Festival". Nermer/Osiris/Orion, the Creation Principle and Lord of Precession, is orchestrating and overseeing the beginning of a New Age in the Zodiac. On the obverse side of the plate the Sun is risen. The Age of Taurus has begun.
chisel not only represents a temple, it is also an Ancient Egyptian
hieroglyph representing the Risen Sun above the mountains, or
horizon. In this case it means that the Age of Taurus has begun.
A further interpretation of the temple hieroglyph is two thrones facing each other. Each of these thrones is the emblem of Isis, both sister and wife to Osiris.
hieroglyph : Two Thrones
facing each other.
The hieroglyph for Isis,
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Sister and wife
to Osiris
the constellation of Orion
the Soul of Osiris
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Taurus the Bull
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the Giant's left hand.
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left hand.
the White Crown
of Ancient Egypt
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the White Crown
Crown of Ancient Egypt
on his head
The Giant in the opening seconds of the Age of Taurus (on Side Two of the Plate) is wearing the Red Crown, which is usually associated with Lower Egypt. Clearly there was no Upper and Lower Egypt at the time of the Nermer Plate. This division was imposed later, possibly by well meaning Egyptologists, when the esoteric meaning of the Red and White Crowns was lost. The White Crown, as worn by Osiris, the Lord of Precession, is a symbol of Precession. (See Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7 for other symbols of Precession.)
Footnote … subtle references to Freemasonry are intentional.
Copyright Audrey Fletcher 1999
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Study finds the Value-Based Payment Modifier program that ran from 2013 to 2016 failed to deliver on its central promise to increase value of care for patients, and may have made things worse.
Medicare's Value-Based Payment Modifier program inadvertently shifted money away from physicians who treated sicker, poorer patients to pay for bonuses that rewarded practices treating richer, healthier populations, according to a study this week in Annals of Internal Medicine.
In addition, components from that failed pay-for-performance prototype that do not account for patient demographics remain its successor program, and could scuttle its chances for success, researchers said.
"As long as these programs do not account adequately for patient differences, which is very difficult to do, they will further deprive practices serving low-income populations of important resources," said Eric Roberts, assistant professor of health policy and management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and lead author of the study.
The research suggests that the Value Modifier may have hit a trifecta of failure. It did not reduce the cost of care, nor improve the quality of the care, nor improve the health of the patients. In fact, it may have made things worse.
The Value Modifier was phased out in January, and was replaced by the Merit-based Incentive Payment System. Researchers said the new program likely will have no better results.
"We've gone headlong into pay for performance despite study after study showing that it doesn't improve quality or lower overall spending," said J. Michael McWilliams, MD, professor of healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School and senior author of the study. "We should expect more of the same from the MIPS because the MIPS is more of the same."
To accurately measure care delivery across different patient populations, it is important to adjust for the fact that different populations have different health outcomes depending on a number of factors, such as preexisting chronic illness and socioeconomic status. The Value Modifier adjusted for only a limited set of risk factors, researchers said.
When the researchers recalculated practices' performance measures after accounting for additional demographic and clinical differences, the performance gap between practices serving sicker or poorer patients and those serving wealthier or healthier patients narrowed by 9% to 68%, depending on the measure.
If the program had accounted for differences in patient populations, up to a quarter of practices would not have been eligible for bonuses provided through the program, while a similar proportion of practices likely would not have been penalized, the study found.
Since the program was budget-neutral, bonuses for physicians and practices that treated healthier, wealthier patients were paid for by penalties applied to those treating poorer, sicker people.
"The current pay-for-performance approach is costly, ineffective and headed in the wrong direction," McWilliams said. "If we want to improve quality, it is time to rethink our approach."
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The Violin Can Be Whatever You Want It To Be :
It's not like people flood to the arenas and theaters everyday to see a violinist. but this artist is somewhat different. Yes, Lindsey Stirling plays the violin, yet she is so amazing at it. The collaborated music between her, her violin and backing sounds and instruments, you would not think you were listening to just one person.
Lindsey Stirling is definitely one of the biggest artist development breakthrough stories in recent years. A classically trained violinist from Gilbert, AZ, Lindsey has entered a futurist world of electronic big beats and animation, leaping through the music industry with over half a billion views on YouTube, Billboard chart-topping hits and sold out tours worldwide.
This 2017 year, she's on fall/winter tour, last year she released her album called Brave Enough and now her soon to be released NEW album Warmer In The Winter will be out in October. You may have heard some of the songs; Brave Enough, Lost Girls or Something Wild. The album isn't even out yet, but the demand is quite high for it already.
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Nature vs. Nurture: "Rationality"
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Resolution: Pro will argue that, on balance, environment is more important than genes in the development of rationality. Con will argue for the opposite position.
Rationality: The combination of intelligence and conscientiousness.
Intelligence: "the ability to learn or understand, or to deal with new or trying situations and/or the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment, or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests.)" Here: http://www.merriam-webster.com...
Conscientiousness: "the extent to which a person is organized, careful, self-disciplined, and responsible." Here: http://www.psychologyandsociety.com...
1) Round 1 is acceptance.
2) Round 2 is opening arguments.
3) Round 3 is rebuttals.
4) Round 4 is final rebuttals, no new evidence/arguments.
5) No trolling, lawyering, or semantics.
I hope that this resolution may come to be agreed upon as the satisfactory one, and look forward to my opponent's acceptance.
I thank my opponent for his acceptance and his willingness to debate such a fascinating topic with me.
Pro Case:
C1: The Flynn Effect. [1][2]
Over the past 60 years or so, the average I.Q. score has steadily risen in the modern countries where it has been tracked. The increase has been so rapid that we have had to periodically update the standards of what constitutes an "average" score (~100.) Each generation has seen an increase of between 5 and 25 general I.Q. points.
It is useful to immediately note that there is a distinction made, however, between something called "fluid intelligence" and something else, called "crystallized intelligence." Essentially, "fluid" intelligence is the ability to reason independently of any previously existing knowledge, in order to solve abstract problems. Each generation has, on average, experienced a 15 point rise in "fluid" I.Q. for the past 60 years. On the other hand, "crystallized" intelligence is the aggregate of our knowledge in specific areas, and the level of skill we have in applying that information. Each generation has, on average, experienced a 9 point increase in "crystallized" intelligence.
This is counterintuitive. We might think that, with the passing of each generation, their main advantage would be in having a more detailed and advanced pool of knowledge to draw on, and to learn from. This is partially true, apparently. However, the increase in abstract problem-solving ability is surprisingly more significant. I account for it by one, or both, of two factors: 1) Educational systems have improved the manner in which they teach children how to think on their own, and more importantly, 2) Our everyday environment has become increasingly abstract, complex, and fast-paced. What cannot explain these changes is any inheritable genetic factors, because the timeframe is simply too brief.
My favored explanation agrees with that of Flynn, who "favors environmental factors," and who Restak indirectly quotes as saying that, "The direct effect of genes on I.Q. accounts for only 36% of I.Q. variance, with environmental differences making up the remaining 64%..."
C2: Neuroplasticity. [1][3][4][5]
For quite some time brain researchers thought that the brain was static. They believed that it was as unchangeable as skin color, height, or eye color. Recently, however, that trend has been broken and research increasingly finds evidence that the brain is a dynamic, adaptive organ that "wires" and rewires itself in response to our habits and environment.
This process is referred to as "neuroplasticity." It follows two fundamental rules, worded very rhythmically as, 1) "Use it, or lose it," and 2) "Cells that fire together, wire together,"
1) Use it or lose it:
The maximum number of neurons our brain will ever have is achieved at the end of our most critical period of brain development, the 2nd trimester of our gestation period. By the time we are born, this number has already decreased. A newborn, however, still has significantly more neurons than an adult. In infancy, as the number of neurons drops, the number of connections between neurons -- synapses -- increases.
A synapse is literally a physical manifestation of learning. The infant immediately starts using its high neuronal potential to "make connections" (i.e. learn) about its new environment. It logically follows that if an infant's environment provides more opportunities for learning and positive stimulation, then that particular infant will carry more of those synapses out of infancy with them. And if they continue to live in a stimulating environment, and/or maintain cognitively challenging habits, then they will probably avoid much of the full 40% loss, by adulthood, of synaptic connections that people experience on average.
2) Cells that fire together, wire together:
Another paradigm shift in neuroscience has lead to the revelation that people who practice distinct skills have distinctive brains. In other words, a neuroscientist can tell the brain of a musician from that of a circus juggler. Both activities, by the way, that they would recommend to improve your brain's performance, and increase neuroplasticity (i.e. the ability to make new connections.) As another example, they have also found distinctive changes in the brains of meditators, which highly correlate with the number of years practiced. Meditators, especially experienced ones, it is especially worthy of noting here, are masters of conscientiousness.
The most interesting and recent development in this area is a study conducted that demonstrated that, for one thing, the I.Q. of individual teenagers can vary (it can go up or down) by as much as 20 points in four years. For another, it demonstrated that these changes can happen in both verbal and non-verbal intelligences. And finally, it demonstrated that specific changes in verbal I.Q. were associated with changes in the verbal circuitry of the brain, while changes in non-verbal I.Q. were associated with the non-verbal movement circuitry of the brain. It is unlikely that these specific, physical brain changes were predestined by the genes, and therefore it can be concluded that they were probably a result of changing environmental influences in the children who did experience the biggest changes in I.Q.
C3: Early education improves I.Q. and success later. [6][7]
The "Abecedarian" project intervened in the lives of low-income families, putting half of their babies into high-quality day care programs. The study reported that these children were four times more likely to graduate college (23% v. 6%) than the controls, they were more likely to have consistent employment (75% v. 53%), and less likely to use public assistance.
Norway extended their compulsory middle school attendance by two years in 1955. What they found was a 3.7 point increase in I.Q. for each additional year of school. Taken together with the abecedarian study, this strongly suggests that both I.Q. and conscientiousness can be significantly affected by positive environmental influences. And that the earlier, the better.
C4: Nature vs. Nurture: There can be only one! Well, almost... [8][9]
A study of the genes of surviving elderly Scottish people, aged 65 and older, who had taken I.Q. tests at age 11, has been carried out along with a re-testing of the group. The study used advanced genetic testing, referred to as genome-wide complex-trait analysis, to determine the influence of genes on lifelong cognitive change. The study's conclusion is that genes account for 24% of I.Q. variability across a person's lifetime. Therefore, about 76% of the changes in our I.Q. can be accounted for by environmental influences, which means that the smarter we are about selecting that environment, the smarter we are likely to become.
[1]Restak, Richard. Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance. New York: Penguin, 2009. Print.
[3]Doidge, Norman. The Brain That Changes Itself. New York: Penguin, 2007. Print.
==Pro's Case==
Pro explains the Flynn effect by citing better education and a more intellectually stimulating environment, but fails to provide any evidence for these claims. More likely, it is the result of having less malnutrition and disease, both of which can stunt development—this is also why average height has increased over time. [3] This would explain why the Flynn effect has stopped, and perhaps even reversed, in recent years—because those things are no longer an issue in the developed world. [4] [5] This stagnation cannot be explained by Pro's explanation of the Flynn effect—has our education system declined and the world become less stimulating over the past few decades? So while environmental factors may have played a large role in the past, when we were much poorer, they don't anymore.
If Pro's claim about the environmental influences on child brain development were correct, surely there would be some evidence of it in twin and adoption studies. But there isn't. [1] [2] Why, if this sort of environmental influence is so important, are the IQs of twins raised by different families pretty much the same as twins raised together?
Pro claims that meditating physically changes people's brains, as does practicing other skills like music and juggling. But this proves nothing. Practicing something makes you better at that specific thing, but that isn't the same as improving intelligence or conscientiousness. Pro claims that meditators are "masters of conscientiousness"—but provides no evidence of this claim. This sort of claim requires proof, not just intuitive appeal. Even if you accept that meditation can improve conscientiousness, you'd need some sort of scientific study to measure the effect, to show whether it is a large or small effect.
IQ can vary a lot during childhood, but still has substantial genetic influence—probably around .45 heritability. [6] And then environmental influences disappear after adolescence. Note that this doesn't mean that a good environment can raise IQ during childhood, and then that raised IQ sticks after you become an adult. You revert to your genetic potential whether your family environment raised or lowered your IQ during childhood—this is shown by twin studies. During their childhood, twins raised apart may have had very different IQs—but once they became adults, such changes disappeared, and their IQs converged, going back to a .76 correlation. [2] Since environment is, at most, only slightly more important than genes during childhood, and much less important than genes during adulthood (in which we spend most of our lives), genes are, on balance, more important than environment for intelligence.
If the results of this program were really caused by changing environmental factors, then surely such benefits would show up in other early intervention programs, like Head Start. But according to the Department of Health and Human Services, "Once the children enter school there is little difference between the scores of Head Start and control children. . . Findings for the individual cognitive measures—intelligence, readiness and achievement—reflect the same trends as the global measure. . . By the end of the second year there are no educationally meaningful differences on any of the measures." [7]
The differences in IQ in the Abecedarian Project emerged at 6 months of age—1.6 months after the mean entrance age of 4.4 months—then stayed constant during the rest of the program's intervention, until age 5, and beyond. [8]
Which seems more likely—that the Abecedarian project caused permanent IQ differences, while other early intervention programs couldn't, after just 1.6 months in the program, and then was unable to make more improvements during the next several years of the program, or that the two groups had genetic differences in IQ before the program?
The variability over a person's lifetime is different from the variability between people. This is an important distinction. The study Pro cites is about how much a person's intelligence changes over their life. Imagine that there are only 4 genes that affect IQ. People with the A gene have an average IQ of 115, and people with the B gene have an average IQ of 85. People with the C gene have a slightly wider IQ variance over their life, and people with the D gene have a slightly narrower IQ variance over their life. People have either AC, AD, BC, or BD.
Imagine that environment can affect your IQ 5 points over your lifetime. Since the C and D genes affect the change over a lifetime so little, environment can play a larger role in the change over a person's lifetime than genes, even if it plays a small role overall. Supporting this is the fact that people's IQ doesn't change very much over their lifetime.
==My Case==
C1: Heritability of IQ
By adulthood, adopted siblings aren't more similar in IQ than any 2 random strangers picked from the population. [1] The correlation of IQ between identical twins raised together is .86, compared to .76 for identical twins raised apart. [2]
C2: Heritability of Conscientiousness
The heritability of conscientiousness is estimated to be .18-.49. [10] The effect of shared environment (family environment) is negligible, and 'unique environment' accounts for the rest. [10]
C3: Shared Environment vs. Unique Environment
'Shared environment' is what most people mean by 'nurture.' It is everything adopted siblings living in the same home would have in common—parents, school, socioeconomic status, neighborhood, etc. 'Unique environment' is everything that isn't genes or shared environment—which means that it doesn't imply environmental influence.
The burden of proof is on Pro to show that 'unique environment' means environmental influences. I contend that for traits like conscientiousness, much of 'unique environment' is individual choice. Much of how responsible and careful you are isn't 'determined' by outside influences, but rather is just something you choose to be. I challenge Pro to provide a specific part of an environment that he thinks accounts for 'unique environment.' All of the environmental influences he has named so far are part of 'shared environment'—which has little measured effect.
[1] Bouchard TJ (April 1998). "Genetic and environmental influences on adult intelligence and special mental abilities". Hum. Biol. 70 (2): 257–79.
[2] Scarr S. 1997. Behavior genetic and socialization theories of intelligence: truce and reconciliation. In R. J. Sternberg & E. Grigorenko (Ed.), Intelligence, Heredity, and Environment (pp. 3-41).
[3] www.econ.upf.edu/docs/seminars/baten.pdf
[4] Cotton, S. M.; Kiely, P. M.; Crewther, D. P.; Thomson,, B.; Laycock, R.; Crewther, S. G. (2005). "A normative and reliability study for the Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices for primary school aged children in Australia". Personality and Individual Differences 39: 647–660.
[5] Sundet, J.; Barlaug, D.; Torjussen, T. (2004). Intelligence 32 (4): 349–362.
[6] Neisser, U.; Boodoo, G.; Bouchard, T. J. , J.; Boykin, A. W.; Brody, N.; Ceci, S. J.; Halpern, D. F.; Loehlin, J. C. et al. (1996). "Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns". American Psychologist 51: 77.
[7] Ruth McKey et al., "The Impact of Head Start on Children, Families, and Communities," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS 85–31193, June 1985. p8-11.
[8] Spitz, "Some Questions about the Results of the Abecedarian Early Intervention Project Cited by the APA Task Force on Intelligence," p.72.
[9] Spitz, "Does the Carolina Abecedarian Early Intervention Project Prevent Sociocultural Mental Retardation?": pp.228–229
[10] http://genepi.qimr.edu.au...
Pro Case:
C1: Con is correct to say that I should have supported my speculation with evidence, so I admit that those specific points are no longer as relevant. However, he then claims that the Flynn effect was most likely caused by improved nutrition and medicine, which is probably true, but clearly supports the idea that environmental influences have a large impact on the expression of intelligence.
With that being said, our education system has declined, in the United States at least;
"Over the past 30 years, one country after another has surpassed us in the proportion of their entering workforce with the equivalent of a high school diploma, and many more are on the verge of doing so. Thirty years ago, the United States could lay claim to having 30 percent of the world's population of college students. Today that proportion has fallen to 14 percent and is continuing to fall.
While our international counterparts are increasingly getting more education, their young people are getting a better education as well. American students place anywhere from the middle to the bottom of the pack in [student] achievement...in the advanced industrial nations."
==Pro's Case==
Pro argues that the education system has declined, and that now, environments are too stimulating. While I think that our education system isn't actually declining, but just declining relative to other countries, it is irrelevant. Surely, we can agree that whatever the overall state of education in the United States, it is good in some schools and bad in others. And yet, twin studies find that shared environment—which would include which school your parents send you—doesn't matter that much. If schools were important, then family environment would certainly matter, because it affects what school you're sent to. Same with how "stimulating" an environment is—surely, some family environments in the U.S. are more or less stimulating than others.
Pro concedes my explanation of the Flynn effect—and while this shows that environmental influences used to have a significant impact, they no longer do, which is why the Flynn effect has stopped.
Pro argues that people with a genetically higher IQ might seek out environments that raise their IQ even further—presumably educational resources. But if this were the case, surely shared environment would have a closer relationship with IQ. Shared environment includes what school a person goes to, what opportunities their parents provide for them—and this appears to have very little effect. For twins, their IQs are correlated at .86 when they're raised together, compared to .76 raised apart. It's plausible that these factors Pro mentions are responsible for that .1 difference. High IQ twins raised together might both benefit from their parents sending them to a good school, while twins raised apart might be sent to different educational environments. But if such things were more important than genetics, it would show up in shared environment—being self-directed toward education isn't the only way your education is affected, your parents play an important role. If 'study habits' were relevant, then shared environment would be relevant—parents have a significant effect on study habits.
I do not ignore Pro's evidence about high IQ variance during childhood—I merely point out that such changes are temporary. If a stimulating environment raises your IQ as a child, then it goes back down once you're an adult.
Exercise and meditation may help people, but showing that isn't enough—Pro have to also show that the effect is significant relative to the effect of genes.
Pro cites an article about a study showing that brain training tasks can improve fluid intelligence, but this study has been debunked. It only used 1 test of fluid intelligence, and the control and experimental groups were different in an important way—the experimental group had to come in regularly for training, while the control group just went home and did whatever in between tests. [1] The experimental group may have had more motivation than the control group. A new study, using the same brain-training techniques, but with 8 intelligence tests and better controls, found no evidence that this brain training has any effect. [2]
The higher IQs explain the other things Pro mentions—IQ is associated with all of those things. If one group had a genetically higher IQ than the other, then there's no evidence that the intervention had any effect.
The Norwegian study does show that education can have an effect, but I don't think it shows a permanent effect. The measure was done 3 years after the schooling ended—the gains could have faded out since then. This is supported by the fact that people reach their peak intelligence at 26, not 19. [3] If schooling was a relevant causal factor, it would have also shown up in twin and adoption studies. The quality of schooling in America is very different depending on where you live—and yet, adopted siblings aren't more similar to each other in IQ than any 2 random people, and twins raised together aren't much more similar than twins raised apart.
Again, I concede that IQ may change quite a bit because of environment during childhood. But then it goes back to your genetic potential and stays there. Con's evidence does not contradict this—in fact, it supports my conclusion. My theory would expect childhood intelligence to be different from adult intelligence, because the effects of family environment fade out.
==My Case==
Since we haven't found all of the genes responsible for intelligence, it would be impossible to find out exactly how much IQ is genetically determined using the kind of study Pro cites. That's why we use twin studies. Pro fails to provide a substantive criticism of twin studies—saying correlation is not causation is not enough, you have to provide a more plausible theory of causation that explains the correlation. Surely IQ doesn't cause genes—but what explains the correlation then, if not that genes cause IQ?
No, it shows that conscientiousness is more influenced by 'something other than genes/family environment' than genes. This is not necessarily environment.
I am not asking Pro to argue for "only one type of environment." He can cite any environmental influence he wants—as long as it's actually an environmental influence. I would like Pro to cite a definition of 'environment' that includes the choices of the person in question.
A school (or parents) instilling values in the child that makes them more conscientious—teaching responsibility, for example. This is an environmental influence. A person choosing to save money rather than spend it as soon as they get it? This is not an environmental influence—and yet, it would be included under 'unique environment' because 'unique environment' simply means 'not genes or family environment.' Identical twins raised in the exact same environment could still make different choices—have different levels of conscientiousness. For IQ, this doesn't really apply, but conscientiousness is just how responsible and self-disciplined someone is—something people can choose to change regardless of their genes or environment.
[1] http://www.smartplanet.com...
[2] http://scottbarrykaufman.com...
[3] McArdle, John J.; Ferrer-Caja, Emilio; Hamagami, Fumiaki; Woodcock, Richard W. (2002). "Comparative longitudinal structural analyses of the growth and decline of multiple intellectual abilities over the life span.". Developmental Psychology 38 (1): 115–42.
Pro Case:
Con claims that the decline in education is irrelevant because it's only a relative decline. This simply can't be true. The way we value education is precisely how it is doing as compared to other educational systems, past or present. For example, we know we're worse off now because we were better off before. And, we know we're not doing that well now because most advanced nations are doing better. Obviously, some schools will be better than others within the country, but even the overall state of education in the U.S. has been relatively outmatched by the overall states of other nations. There are certain countries with much more intensive school programs that do better than the U.S. on tests of IQ.
I used "stimulating" as an oversimplification for describing the addictive nature of media-based technology and the adverse, drug-like effects it is being demonstrated to have on the human brain and mind in a growing body of research. This, for one thing, cannot be cast aside as impact-less or unimportant, as the effects are quite significant (they're physical and behavioral), and the scope of those affected is only going to grow. Second, it is a perfect example of a "shared" environment that is also a "unique" environment, as the Internet, cell-phone networks, and even cable television are a sort of shared environment, whereas the interaction of each individual with their devices and programs is a unique environment. So clearly, both "shared" and "unique" environments (put together they might simply be called "experience") still have substantial effects on IQ.
Con is right that both being self-directed toward education and parent-directed toward education are important environmental (i.e. experiential) factors in affecting IQ. However, that was my argument. It is much more likely that a person with a slight, inherited advantage in IQ will be both self-motivated and parent-motivated to do well in school, thus reinforcing their advantage. Conversely, someone with a slight, inherited disadvantage in IQ will be less motivated to do well in school academically, and their parents might encourage success in sports or some other activity. This can explain why twins correlate on their IQs even when separated.
It's obviously difficult, if not impossible, to describe the relative impact on IQ and conscientiousness from meditation and exercise at this time. The studies didn't measure IQ in any of them, let alone study their genes. They look more at behavior, brain structure, and health. Suffice to say that these types of behaviors may or may not change your genetic potential, but they certainly help you express it maximally.
As for the large IQ changes associated with brain changes, Pro presents no evidence to support his claim that these can't last. And as for the improved fluid IQ, some studies have "debunked" it while others have replicated it. I would say the jury is still out.
Con's alternate explanation for the abecedarians is plausible, but how likely is it considering that the improved group was taken randomly out of another group of low-income children, and that the remainder of that group served as the controls and did much worse on these measures of lifelong achievement? The group that did 4 times better in graduation just happened to have higher IQs in the first place, is what Con appears to be arguing. Con has no evidence of this, so I think the better explanation is that intervention did help.
As for the Norwegians, even if the improvement did fade, hat would suggest an even larger improvement than the measurement, which was a significant improvement of 4 IQ point per extra year of education. It's unlikely that IQ accelerates at that rate naturally when rising to its peak at 26. The problem with twin/adoption studies shows itself here as well. Regardless of which shared environment you're in, your genetic tendencies usually tend to be reinforced by appropriate unique environments, whether its due to motivation from others or yourself.C4:Con's response is simply not what the research concluded. It concluded that the genetic variance of one's own IQ was 24% across the whole lifetime, or a very large portion of it (11-79.) So the fact that IQs are somewhat similar, but also somewhat different, at the end of that period doesn't lend itself more to either case, but Deary's conclusion about the genetic variance does.
Con Case:
Deary is very careful in his approach and I wouldn't think that he would put forward such numbers unless he had taken measures to work Con's concerns into his conclusions. This is probably why he somewhat widely described the genetic variance of IQ between individuals as between 40-50%. My criticism of twin studies isn't concerned about the method0logy per se, even though it doesn't actually take information about specific genes into account, but about the misled conclusions it's responsible for in the public mind. Saying correlation is not equal to causation is important, because if all you do is cite .70 or .80 correlation for twins, it leads people to thinking that IQ is 70% or 80% genetic, when the more detailed research (Deary) shows that this is probably a large overestimation. The main problem is that IQ, like education earlier, is a trait valued on a relative basis. What makes the IQ of a genius special, or a mentally-disabled person unfortunate, is the difference between it and the average. These differences are what we call variance, and Deary's research has made the best scientific attempt so far at estimating the causes of these differences. His best hypotheses so far are that the variance between individuals is 40-50% genetic, meaning 50-60% is experiential (all of the controversial types of 'environments" combined), while the variance within an individual lifetime is only 24% genetic, meaning 76% is environmental (i.e. experiential.) Thus, the problem with trying to analyze IQ in terms of similarities is that it's a relative trait whose differences are more important, and since these differences are mostly caused by external, as opposed to inherited, factors then the "environment" affects it more than genes.
Con here says the differences in conscientiousness are caused mostly by whatever is not genes or shared environment, which is generally described as "unique" environment, but what I would call individual experience. And I would argue that this is, as for intelligence, the determining factor in most of the differences.
I apologize to my opponent if we've had a bit of a misunderstanding, but my interpretation of "nurture" and "environment" is essentially everything that is not genes. i.e. experience. This is what I am and have been trying to prove is more important than inheritance in 'determining' IQ. I'm sorry if he judged me as having a similar outlook on these words as most people, and if I have not been clear enough. However, this is clearly what Deary means when he says that the rest of the variance between IQ that he has not accounted for with genetics is probably due to "environmental influences." Therefore his evidence, along with the growing neuroscientific research into brain changes associated with behavioral and performance changes associated with all sorts of specific activities, and the obvious benefits of optimizing certain kinds of shared environmental influences, is sufficient to demonstrate that in the case of rationality, nurture edges out nature and beats it.
==Pro's Case==
Pro completely ignores my argument about the differing quality of schools within the U.S.—" Surely, we can agree that whatever the overall state of education in the United States, it is good in some schools and bad in others. And yet, twin studies find that shared environment—which would include which school your parents send you—doesn't matter that much. If schools were important, then family environment would certainly matter, because it affects what school you're sent to."
If the genetic advantage was slight and that slight advantage resulted in different experiences that then caused variance in IQ, then twin and adoption studies would not show what they show. If this were the case, children with different genetic parents adopted into the same family would be much more similar than they are. Their genetics would give them slight differences, but surely being raised in the same family would have some noticeable effect, if Pro's argument was correct. Pro's argument implies that slight genetic differences make these children seek out environments that are so radically different, and the parents treat their adopted children so radically differently, that their IQs don't end up being correlated at all. This is absurd.
If these results can't be measured, then they aren't important to this debate. They could work—but then again, they could prove just as ineffective as 'brain-training' exercises.
I did provide evidence showing that IQ changes don't last. There's a lower correlation between twins IQs during childhood, when shared environment has a measurable effect, then the correlation goes back up when they're adults, and the effect of shared environment drops to nothing.
The jury most certainly is not "still out" on the effects of 'brain-training' exercises. I showed why his single study was flawed, and provided a study that didn't have those flaws that found that these exercises have no effect.
I do not think that the experimental group with the higher IQs "just happened" to have better graduation rates, I said that the higher IQs caused the higher graduation rates and other life outcomes. My point was that it is implausible that the intervention caused the higher IQs, since the difference showed up after 1.6 months and then stayed the same for the rest of the intervention.
I don't understand Pro's argument that "even if the improvement did fade, hat would suggest an even larger improvement than the measurement." It most certainly would not—it would suggest no improvement if the higher IQs faded away.
Pro fails to address my argument. My point was that the part of the lifetime studied includes childhood. I conceded that environmental influences can cause a large amount of variance in childhood IQs, but then the environmental influence stops. This isn't inconsistent with the study Pro cites.
==My Case==
I have no doubt that Deary's work is careful, my concern is that I don't see how he possibly could find the genetic influence of intelligence if we haven't found all of the genes coding for intelligence yet. Pro is sure that he takes my concerns into account, but fails to explain how exactly he does so. Given that Pro failed to explain exactly why the heritability found by twin studies is wrong or how Deary accounted for the problems I mention, he has failed to meet his burden of proof.
See C3 about shared vs unique environment.
I asked Pro to delete the term 'acquired traits' from his definition of environment, because it would include everything that isn't genetics, during our previous attempt to do this debate that bugged out and had to be deleted. Pro says that by environment, he meant "everything that isn't genetics, i.e. experience." But my argument is that 'experience' isn't the only possible non-genetic factor—there is personal choice. No reasonable definition of 'environment' includes free will. To repeat my argument from last round: "A school (or parents) instilling values in the child that makes them more conscientious—teaching responsibility, for example. This is an environmental influence. A person choosing to save money rather than spend it as soon as they get it? This is not an environmental influence—and yet, it would be included under 'unique environment' because 'unique environment' simply means 'not genes or family environment.' Identical twins raised in the exact same environment could still make different choices—have different levels of conscientiousness."
Pro argues that this is the way a source he cited meant 'unique environment' when talking about IQ--but this is irrelevant. I conceded that the 'unique environment' measured in IQ studies could be actual environmental influences, because you can't choose to have a higher IQ. My point was that conscientiousness is different, and could be chosen.
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Question about Canon PIXMA iP4200 InkJet Photo Printer
None of the colours print on my documents. The black one prints fine. I use refilled cartiges, I've reseted the printer. Suddenly all the colours disappeared. I've washed the printhead, to be sure it isn't cogged. Did I distroyed it? What should I do next?
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What I did, I didn't figure out by myself. Here is the advice I followed to clean the clogged printhead (http://reviews.ebay.ca/Cleaning-A-Clogge...)
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This guide is written specifically for the Canon PIXMA series printers which use the BCI-6 cartridges. It should, however, also be appropriate to any removable printhead of the same type. If you are at the point where you are going to replace it anyway, give it a try. At the worst, you will ruin a printhead that was being discarded anyway.
(You can skip this section and jump right to the basic cleaning process if you like)I mentioned this method of unclogging a printhead in my Review of the Canon iP6000D and promised to write a guide with details, but I hadn't gotten around to it until now. However, I've had so many inquiries wanting the process I finally wrote a draft to send out, and this Guide is based on that with a few additions. I've answered at least a couple of dozen emails, and everyone who wrote back, about half, had a positive experience. So even if this did not work for all the rest, it would have a 50% success rate, and I'd guess much higher. I've unclogged three different types, all three Canon and using either the BCI-6 or the CLI-8 cartridge. So that's a total of six or seven cleanings, and one way or another I've been able to clear the clogged inkjet on all or them. I've noticed that CLI-8 inkjet carriage (the part you clean) has a more extensive printed circuit board on it that you might want to be careful with. These printers try to foil refillers by including a circuit on each cartridge that not only tells the printer when it's empty, but also if it's been refilled and reinstalled. The printer manufacturers haven't yet included the technology to completely shut down the printer if you install a refilled cartridge, but I'm sure it's not because it's unavailable. That is probably coming, but of course there will be a way to defeat that too. Right now, the PIXMA iP4200, using the CLI-8 just annoys you everytime you print with what amounts to a scolding for using a refilled cartridge... and then gives you a work-around to stop the scolding but reminds you that they will continue to punish you by showing your refilled cartridge as empty everytime you print. There's probably too much competition in the printer market, and too much profit in selling a dimes worth of ink for $15.00, for them to ever make you jump through hoops like the big software manufacturers are starting to do to fight copyright infringement, and lets hope it stays that way. Anyway, that's a subject for another time, and you came to learn how to unclog your printhead, right. See my Guide on refilling your inkjet cartridges and save a bundle!
First, remove the ink cartridges from the carriage and seal the orifice where the ink is released on each. You are sealing them from drying out, not leaking, so you can just place a strip of cellophane tape over the hole and sit them tape side up, so that the ink won't run out. (Or simply wrap them all in a damp cloth... one that you plan to discard. The ink will leach out onto anything that it touches.)
Second, raise the mechanism that holds the printhead and ink cartridges in place and remove the entire printhead from the printer. Run hot water over the printhead until it runs clear. This may take a few minutes, because you have to rinse all the colors out, not just the one (usually black) that is not printing. If you don't rinse them all well, you will have a rainbow of colored water getting all over everything. Place the printhead in hot water and let it soak for half an hour or so. Then, concentrating on the clogged passage or passages, try to force the hot water into the opening that the ink flows into. You can do this by holding it under the faucet and using water pressure if you don't have any other way. I used a large plastic syringe (like a turkey baster) that came with my ink cartridge refill kit. Without the needle attached, it's tip is about the same size as the opening in the printhead, and I got a lot of pressure on it by holding it tight and pushing hard on the syringe, forcing the water through. If you get more color out, you know that you are doing good. Keep it up until there's no color. Then let the printhead drain for a few minutes and dry it off, but don't let it dry out... blow as much water as possible from the ink passages or your first prints will be watery... I used canned compressed air that's sold at computer stores and it worked pretty well. A compressor at 10-20 psi works better.
After they are reasonably dry, replace the ink cartridges and print. It may take a page or two to get the ink flowing. If it works, print something using a lot of black ink (or the color that was clogged) to run some ink through it. The ink itself flowing through the inkjet seems to help dissolve and dissipate any remaining dried ink particles and help keep the path free of clogs. Print something every day for a few days, and try not to go over a week or two without printing something. I have most of my clogged printhead problems when I go extended times between printing. I have a Xerox laser printer for black and white printing, so I sometimes go too long between prints with the Canon, and when I do print from it, I use less black ink than any other. It has always been my black ink passage that clogs.
It's really not as hard as it may sound. Each time you clean your printhead, it gets a little easier and you get a little faster... I can do a basic cleaning in about 10 minutes if I skip the soak process, and it usually works just as well.
If the above basic cleaning does not work you may have to get more serious about it.
Follow the above procedure, but after you dry the printhead, blow out the ink passage that's clogged, put a few drops of solvent in it and let it set 10 minutes. The solvent will evaporate fast, so add some every minute or so to make sure it doesn't dry out. Then try to force some of the solvent through the ink passage using whatever you have... a straw and lung-power if nothing else... but you need to force it through in order to get past the clog and dislodge any ink particles that may not have dissolved. Leave it a couple of hours in a closed container of solvent if necessary. The solvent I first used came with my ink refill kit, I think it was for cleaning up ink. However, any non-petroleum based fluid that's not too strong should work. Alcohol or something that evaporates fast. I used 180 proof Everclear once, and it worked fine. Acetone may melt plastic, so I don't recommend lacquer thinner or the like.
I've used all of the above methods in every combination over the past few years and I've never failed to clear the clog... eventually, using one of these methods. If you ever have to replace the printhead, when you see the cost you'll see why it's worth all the trouble to fix your old one..
Feel free to let me know if these methods work for you, and any variations you may come up with, and I'll update my review with the best methods and any innovations.
Good luck.
Joe L.
Houston, TX
Same problem and the head cleaning fix worked. I've been refilling my cartridges for the past year without any problems, however recently the cyan stopped printing. Head cleaning in the machine didn't work, so I followed Karmi's warm water process and used a baster to force water into the ink inlets. I didn't have to soak it, just cleaned it thoroughly, then shook it dry and used the baster again to blow the ink inlets dry. Voila! All colors now work and I'm a happy camper again.
Hi i am a Canon certified tech for this machine.the orignal problem you had most likely was not your printhead but since you washed it most likely it is ruined. the problem most likely is the purge unit. the purge unit is the unit to the far right of the machine. this unit cleans and purges ink from the ink tanks to the printhead. to do this it uses 2 pads one for black and one for color. these pads can be flushed with water to soften up any ink. i would also replace the printhead which can be ordered by calling 1-800-OK-CANON or by going to their website. one other tip, refilled ink cartridges cause more clogging of printheads and purge unit then OEM ink. this is because the ink is thicker then the OEM ink. hope this helps to clairify.
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Mater478, you say the purge unit can be flushed with water - how?
I can see the pads (they both look black but guess this is due to the mix of colours) but you do not say how to remove the pads/unit.
if you don't remove them, short of dunking the whole printer under water you would not be able to flush the unit.
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If you support Theresa May and Nick Timothy in their drive to bring back these engines of social division, you'd better be very sure your kids, your grandkids, and your friends' and neighbours' kids if you care about them too, are going to pass the 11-plus. Because you really, really don't want them ending up at a secondary modern.
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NATICK, MA--(Marketwired - Dec 19, 2013) - Dr. Keith Crawford first came across ELA® adult stem cells while doing research for his Ph.D. thesis in 1994, but it would be twelve years more before he would confirm the breakthrough stem cell discovery. When he did, he realized that his team discovered the adult stem cell platform with dozens of potential therapeutic applications in the growing field of regenerative medicine. In 2013, Dr. Crawford joined Parcell Laboratories to continue his research, and today that company announced that he has been promoted to Chief Visionary Officer.
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Dr. Crawford earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1997, and his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical School in 1986. His postdoctoral training and appointments include tenures at Howard University Hospital, where he served as surgical resident; the Boston Children's Hospital (Center for Blood Research), where he served as a postdoctoral fellow in pediatrics. Dr. Crawford also serves as an instructor at the Harvard Medical School; director of the Center for Molecular Orthopedics at Brigham and Women's Hospital; assistant faculty director in the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School, and a visiting professor at his alma mater, Prairie View A&M University, where he graduated summa cum laude. In addition, Dr. Crawford served as the scientific director of the STARS summer biomedical enrichment program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and as a scientific advisor for the Harvard Catalyst Biomedical Enrichment Program at Harvard Medical School.
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n WyldLife, we love middle school kids! They are full of life and yet experiencing profound emotional and physical changes. Middle school is a time when kids make important decisions about who they are and what they believe. And so WyldLife leaders — who range from spiritually mature high school and college students to moms, dads and retirees — consider it a privilege to be involved in their lives. We seek to model and express God's love to our young friends by learning their names, hearing their stories and honoring their God-given desire for a life of fun, adventure and purpose.
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"Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men." (Chinese proverb).
Over the years I've become interested in phenological signs as an indicator of when to plant things in my garden. Phenology is the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate and plant and animal life. Historically, this is how farmer's determined when to plant, by observing changes in plant and animal life coinciding with the changing seasons. I find this fascinating and have begun to employ some of these signs when planting my garden, with good results. Soil temperature and weather conditions are your most accurate indicators of when to plant, not just a date range alone, and Mother Nature is pretty good at letting us know when these conditions are right. Phenology isn't infallible, but it is very interesting and I enjoy trying out some of the theories. Here are some of the signs that I'm looking for this spring:
Plant peppers and eggplant outside when bearded iris is in full bloom.
When daffodils begin to bloom, time to plant peas.
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