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Ratting Out the Anonymice
Offended by anonymous sources? Turn them in. To me.
Despite the fact that nobody in American journalism professes to like anonymous sources, they keep replicating in newspapers like flesh-eating bacteria. In recent months, both the Washington Post and New York Times have acknowledged the contagion and tried to spritz the anonymice away with tough new memos from the top, dictating the proper use of anonymous sources.
But anonymous sources are as resistant to extermination as their microbe cousins, as two press observers recently noted. Last Sunday (June 13), New York Times Public Editor Daniel Okrent reported the results of a before-and-after census of anonymous sources in Times "Section A" stories. The sample months were December (before the memo) and April (after), and Okrent's findings won't astound you: There was a slight up-tick in anonymous sources in the post-memo period.
In April, Washington City Paper's Erik Wemple gave similar scrutiny to the Washington Post after it reformulated its sourcing rules. The Post memo implored reporters and editors to avoid the vanilla attribution to "sources" and "informed sources," stating a preference for more specificity. The memo states:
Instead we should try to give the reader something more, such as "sources familiar with the thinking of defense lawyers in the case," or "sources whose work brings them into contact with the county executive," or "sources on the governor's staff who disagree with his policy."
Wemple applied the before-and-after yardstick to the "sources familiar with" constructionin the Post and found (no surprise) an increase in this species of anonymice. In other words, Posties read the new memo as an invitation to increase the number of anonymous sources in the paper as long as they were more elaborately identified. Wrote Wemple, "… 'sources familiar with' seems poised to overtake 'senior administration official' and 'Brookings Institution scholar' as the iconic three-word phrase of the Washington Post."
Why can't reporters wean themselves from their overreliance on anonymous sources? The last time I wrapped my mind around this subject, I portrayed Washington reporters as victims: The surplus of journalists and the relative scarcity of knowledgeable sources allow the sources to pick the rules of engagement. If a reporter insists that a source put the information on the record, the source can always say, "Screw you" and shop it to a publication that will agree to anonymity. If what the source has to say is true and newsworthy, he'll find a market. The advantage held by knowledgeable anonymice reduces the likelihood that Washington journalists will ever decrease the number of anonymous sources, let alone eliminate them.
I argued in the same column that news organizations could reduce their dependence on anonymous sources by following the example of the Wall Street Journal: The Journal hasn't eradicated anonymous sources, but it keeps their population under control by giving reporters latitude to assert the truth on their own authority. Okrent came close to endorsing this approach on Sunday, asking, "Finally, it's worth reconsidering the entire nature of reportorial authority and responsibility. In other words, why quote anonymous sources at all? Do their words take on more credibility because they're flanked with quotation marks?"
I haven't changed my mind since my last anonymous-sources cogitation, but I have come up with a few new ideas on the subject. Anonymous sources appeal to those reporters and readers who believe—perversely—that anonymity conveys truthfulness. In their minds, the further a source distances himself from the information, the more honest he'll be. This attitude dovetails perfectly with the widely held viewpoint—correct, I might add—that most official, on-the-record comments are bull. Nearly all speeches, press conferences, press releases, interviews, and all other formal presentations are now thought by the press to be clever lies. Meanwhile, back-corridor whisperings are considered to be candid, spontaneous, surreptitious, and therefore true. Perhaps if officials spoke more honestly when on the record, there would be less demand for anonymous comments. But that's a proposition we won't get to test as long as the Bush administration reigns.
Journalists have become so comfortable with anonymous sourcing that they're often the first ones to propose it. When reporters interview me about press controversies, I'm frank to the point of self-destruction. But about half the time, impatient journalists will interrupt themselves and invite me to "go on background." This is their shorthand for "You're not giving me anything that's very quotable, nor are you likely to. Say something absolutely scurrilous, and I'll credit it to 'a Washington observer' or 'a press critic.' " Either these reporters have conditioned their sources to go off the record, or their sources have conditioned them. Or both. Any way you look at it, it's depressing.
The proliferation of anonymice reflects how much of Washington journalism has become a collaboration between news organizations and official sources. Example: If the Pentagon—or other federal bureaucracy—plans to roll out a big new initiative at 5 p.m., it calls all the reporters covering the beat to an early afternoon "background briefing." There it dispenses the essentials of the story to reporters so they 1) can alert their editors to the impending story and 2) be brought up to speed on the subject by the background briefer. The briefer embargos the information until the 5 p.m. announcement and permits the information—but not his precise words—to be attributed to a "senior official" or some such. This frees him from having to speak with textbook precision, and it also preserves the Official Word for his boss, the secretary of defense. The last thing Donald Rumsfeld wants is for the briefer to spin a wittier sound bite.
This arrangement benefits the Pentagon by allowing it to control the flow of the news. The 5 p.m. embargo gives the Pentagon plenty of time to dispense the information to Capitol Hill and other agencies. For the obvious political reasons, the Pentagon doesn't want to offend the head of the Senate Armed Forces Committee by giving him the big news via the Associated Press. The arrangement benefits the news organizations: This way, nobody gets beat on the story. (Who said all reporters are competitive?) By the time the secretary of defense makes the 5 p.m. announcement, the reporters are ready to ask intelligent questions about a subject they might have known squat about previously. Seller and buyer generally go away happy.
Reporters who cover such government bureaucracies as State, Defense, Justice, and Treasury might occasionally whine about how more briefings should be on the record. But in their hearts, they know they're kept men and women. And they like it. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the reporters on these beats feel hopelessly bound by their official sources. And maybe they'd like to do something about it. If that's the case, here's a chance for kept reporters to rebel: If you cover a federal department or agency and want to drop a dime on your manipulative handlers, send me e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Name your anonymous briefer and point me to a press account of the briefing, and I'll do the rest.
Send your reflections on anonymice to email@example.com.(E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


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Is intention simply wishful thinking, or is it a force that can actually change the world around you? Nobody has made a more comprehensive investigation of the power of the mind to influence the universe than Lynne McTaggart. Her conclusion: thought does shape reality, but much depends on how skillfully the thinker can use his or her intention.
With Living with Intention, this groundbreaking author builds upon her findings from The Field to explore what makes mind-over-matter work, what can interfere with its effectiveness, and how you can use focused thought to enhance your life, help those around you, and transform your world.
Consciousness: The Final Frontier of Physics
"Individual studies neither prove nor disprove the power of intention," McTaggart explains, "but when we take the research as a whole, a remarkable picture of the truth begins to emerge." Her extensive research into the frontiers of science reveals that our understanding of what is physically possible is rapidly expanding to give us a new view of the universe, in which the role of consciousness is as important as the laws of physics. On Living with Intention, she lucidly presents the latest science from the quantum pioneers—and then shows you how to put these discoveries into action.
Learn the Secrets of the "Masters of Intention"
By studying the common traits of "intention masters" from various traditions—such as Buddhist monks, Qigong experts, and intuitive healers—McTaggart has developed a series of practical techniques for getting the best results from your intentions. Now she shares her most reliable exercises for "powering up" your thoughts through visualization, focus, and surrender to the greater universal energy that is the true agent of manifesting your desires.
With Living with Intention, Lynne McTaggart provides an invaluable resource of information, practices, and scientifically based training for turning thought into reality—and unlocking your true human potential.
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Excellent CD set for learning to interact with our unseen world. I listen to it in my car and on a regular basis to keep the concepts fresh. Taggert brings a fresh view of intention without the typical ties to any organization or philosophies.
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I like the information in this course, but I find Lynn Taggarts overblown ego annoying. If she says a sentence with "I interviewed X" in it the emphasis is on "I" and the credit that would normally be given to the people she learned from is so over shadowed by her vocal emphasis on herself, it is alsmost like their work doesn't count except that it was the amazing Lynn Taggert who they had the good fortune of talking with. That part gets a little sickening.
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This well-researched and data-filled CD not only motivated me to double-down on my intention-based guided meditation program, but also gave me insights into language and procedures that help the mind and spirit to process and act upon intention.
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Sorry, I'm sure Lynne means well with this book, but the science is glib and tenuous, skating over vast subjects in a few sentences and then drawing conclusions from them that are frankly a major stretch and oversimplifications often amounting to wishful thinking.
I totally believe that our intentions can affect the world around us, but I would put this as a brave but rather naive attempt at explaining it. Maybe it gets better - I didn't have the patience to get beyond the first hour.
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It's been a long time since Bracken Kearns has been back in Calgary.
And certainly never under these circumstances.
Since graduating from the University of Calgary in 2005 where he captained the Dinos hockey team, the well-travelled 31-year-old forward has made his living playing hockey and, mostly, slugging it out in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League.
But, in a chain of dreamlike events, Kearns was back in the city he briefly called home after being summoned to the San Jose Sharks earlier this week to fill a void left by the injured Martin Havlat.
"I honestly haven't been back here since school," Kearns said outside the visitor's dressing room after Wednesday's 4-1 pounding by the Calgary Flames. "Yeah, it feels pretty amazing to be back here and, obviously, in the NHL. I was hoping to play (Wednesday), but I didn't get out there. I've got lots of buddies here that I went to school with that still live in the city.
"It's nice to be back."
In what seems like a lifetime ago now, Kearns cracked the Dinos squad back in 2001-02 and spent four years in the city before graduating with an economics degree.
From there, he had stints with — take a deep breath — the Toledo Storm, Cleveland Barons, Milwaukee Admirals, Reading Royals, Norfolk Admirals, Rockford IceHogs, San Antonio Rampage, had a cup of coffee (five games) with the Florida Panthers, and, this year with San Jose's American Hockey League affiliate Worcester Sharks.
As timing would have it, too, Kearns was called up on Sunday just in time for Tuesday's game against the Vancouver Canucks — the team his dad Dennis, a defenceman and veteran of 667 NHL games, used to play for from 1971-1981.
Although vacation plans prevented his dad to watch his game on Tuesday, Bracken Kearns had the next best thing. As a surprise, three of his friends from Calgary flew to Vancouver. They were also in attendance, again, on Wednesday.
"I've actually got a lot of buddies that still live here and are working," said Kearns who calls Vancouver home with his wife Julien and are expecting their first child. "I just love this city. I'm real proud to have played for the Dinos. Tons of good memories here. It would have been nice to play. But that's how it works in business.
"I'm actually coming to Banff in July, but, for whatever reason, I haven't had a chance to come back here . . . I really miss it."
A lifetime ago, for sure. In his final season with the Dinos, he had 12 goals and 23 assists in 43 games. This year with Worcester, Kearns has racked up 13 goals and 17 assists along with 63 penalty minutes in 50 games.
Apologizing profusely for his impaired speech — he recently had his bottom teeth knocked out — Kearns admitted he wanted to suit up against the Flames, but it just didn't work out that way as Calgarian T.J. Galiardi drew in.
Such is life — and he's used to it.
"A real long bumpy road playing in the minors," Kearns said. "Just in the last year — getting that shot with Florida and then getting called up last week. I saw we were playing the Canucks in Vancouver where I'm from and then Calgary (Wednesday), it definitely gave me goosebumps.
"Playing in front of family and friends and playing against the Canucks, where my dad played a long time ago ... there was a lot of pressure but it was an amazing night."
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Your Child's Immunizations: Rotavirus Vaccine
Please Note: By clicking a link to any resource listed on this page, you will be leaving the KidsHealth site.
CDC: Vaccines & Immunizations
The CDC's site has information on vaccines, including immunization schedules, recommendations, FAQs, and more.
The History of Vaccines
The History of Vaccines is an informational, educational website created by The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the oldest professional society in the United States.
Immunization Action Coalition
This organization is a source of childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization information as well as hepatitis B educational materials.
CDC: Preteen and Teen Vaccines
CDC site provides materials in English and Spanish for parents, teens, preteens, and health care providers about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.


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Open source software vendors Red Hat and Novell released updates to their enterprise Linux OSs. Red Hat released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, and Novell released SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2.
According to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 team blog, the version 5.2 release includes enhancements in the following areas:
- Virtualization—Improved support for larger system configurations, including increased physical CPU support for to 64 CPUs per system, and memory support up to 512GB per system.
- Security—Introduced new asynchronous kernel crypto hardware driver APIs. Also added SHA-256/SHA-512 password-encryption support as well as RFC4303 compliant auditing support.
- Clustering—Introduced a Resource Event Scripting Language that enables sophisticated application failover capabilities. Also improved iSCSI support.
- Networking—Improved IPv6 compliance and SNMP IPv6 suppor. Now supports IKE 2 for IPv6 IPSec support. Also includes improvements for the DHCPv6 client and server.
- Desktop—Updates to desktop applications, including Open Office, Firefox, and Adobe Reader.
According to a Novell press release, the SUSE Linux Enterprise SP2 improvements include:
- Virtualization—Full support for virtualized Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003. The company also says the SP2 release is now the only third-party virtualization solution that offers full support directly from Windows Server guests. In addition, extensive updates to the YaST management toolset encompass first-boot enhancements and network module support for new devices.
- Networking—IPv6 support.
- Hardware Upgrades—New network and storage drivers, and support for IBM cryptographic hardware.
- Interoperability—Improved Windows and Microsoft Office interoperability through local NTFS file-system support, and improved Active Directory (AD) integration.
- Wireless—New plug and play support for wireless broadband (i.e. UMTS,3G).
- Subscription Management—Introduced subscription management tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise. Company says it easily manage SUSE Linux Enterprise software updates while maintaining corporate firewall policy and regulatory compliance requirements.
The Novell press release is at www.novell.com/news/press/novell-delivers-suse-linux-enterprise-10-enhancements-in-service-pack-2.
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Whittier Bridge #46May 23. 2013 2:57PM
Old NH Route 125
Ossipee, NH
This is the fifth bridge to be located at this site. The first bridge was a crude open timber bridge, according to Town Records. Most sources credit the construction of the current bridge to Jacob Berry. The sides of the Whittier Bridge were originally closed with the exception of tiny windows. The sides were opened as part of a 1982 restoration. The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic on March 15, 1989.
Year of Construction: - 1870's
Original Cost: - Unknown
West of N.H. Route 16 at West Ossipee Village on old N.H. Route 125 over the Bearcamp River.
Paddleford truss with added arches. The bridge is 132'7" long with a clear span of 114'0". It has an overall width of 20'6" with a roadway width of 14'10", and has a maximum vertical clearance of 12'6". The bridge is closed to vehicular traffic.


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Why you want to get married in Costa Rica
Nature as your sanctuary
Costa Rica has varied ecology and more than 30% of the country's areas are nationally protected in parks or preserves. Whether it be tropical beaches, pristine waters, rainforests, mountains, or volcanoes, Costa Rica has something for all.
Inspired affordable venues
Costa Rica contains all levels of development from demure settings to international luxury. You can get married anywhere from an eco-rainforest lodge, to a beach-side B&B, to a quaint coffee plantation, to a romantic tropical hotel, or a luxury five star resort.
Agreeable weather
Costa Rica's temperature is warm and varied throughout the country dependant upon the elevation. Most of the country features sunshine nearly year-round; therefore, even during the "wet season" you can get married.
Safe and tourist friendly
Costa Rica is a safe, stable, affordable country known for the hospitality of its people. Affectionately called "Ticos", the locals are nice, caring, and add to the country's reputation as the "Switzerland of the Americas".
Easy to get to
Several affordable flights arrive daily from major hubs in the US and Europe to both San Jose and Liberia International airports.
Something for everyone
On top of just exploring the natural beauty, Costa Rica has a wide range of activities to enjoy before and after you get married. Renowned world-class surfing and sport fishing headline the list. There is an abundance of exciting canopy tours, golf courses, scuba diving, horseback riding, bird-watching, ATV tours, sailing, snorkeling, white water rafting, mountain biking, and much more.
No legal headaches
The legal process of getting married in Costa Rica is simple and handled by a Costa Rican attorney. The attorney handles all paperwork with the Embassy and your internationally recognized marriage license certifies the wedding.
International quality and standard
The mix of people in this paradise has infused the country with International influence clearly seen in the affordable quality food, wine, and service that is available to you.
Wedding flowers, decorations, and details
Costa Rica grows 9,000 flowering plants, so you can choose from a wide variety as you decorate your ceremony and reception. You can select all types of music too, from international DJs to local live bands.
Affordable value
Bridal Magazine rates Costa Rica among the top 5 for "great value" affordable wedding destinations. Wedding costs are at least 50% less than a comparable wedding in the United States and abroad.
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Natural Solutions magazine
May 19, 2009 article
With so many of us and our children suffering from all manner of health challenges, from behavioral and emotional issues to so-called allergies I thought this bit of info would be a major source of reference.
In products such as perfume, shampoo, fabric softener, bleach, air fresheners, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, soap, hairspray, shaving cream, aftershave, deodorants, nail polish remover, and more, synthetic ingredients are used to create fragrance. Many of these ingredients are toxic and can cause adverse reactions. Look for these ingredients in products containing fragrance and avoid them if you can:
Acetic acid, benzyl ester: Targets nerves and kidneys; possible carcinogen.
Benzyl alcohol: Central nervous system (CNS) depressant.
Diethyl phthalate: Possible risk of congenital malformation in the fetus; targets nerves.
Musk ketone: Increases carcinogenic effects of other materials. Remains stored in blood, fat tissue, and breast milk; crosses placental barrier.
Musk xylene: Carcinogenic in animal studies. Stored in blood, fat tissue, and breast milk; crosses placental barrier.
6-Octen-1-ol, 3,7-dimethyl: Extremely destructive to mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract tissues.
Toluene: Carcinogenic, Targets liver, kidneys, brain, or bladder. One of nine major starting materials for synthesis of fragrance chemicals. Addictive.
4-Vinylphenol: Toxic. May impair fertility. Toxic by inhalation. Respiratory and skin sensitizer.
2,6-Xylenol: Toxic. Harmful by inhalation. Material is extremely destructive to upper respiratory system, eyes, and skin. Corrosive.
Acetone: Inhalation causes dryness of the mouth and throat, dizziness, nausea, incoordination, slurred speech, drowsiness, coma in extreme cases. CNS depressant.
Benzaldehyde: Narcotic. Sensitizer. CNS depressant. May cause kidney damage and irritation to the mouth, throat, eyes, skin, lungs, and GI tract, leading to nausea and abdominal pain. Do not use with contact lenses.
Benzyl Acetate: Carcinogenic. Irritating to eyes and respiratory passages. Causes systemic effects through skin. Do not flush to sewer.
Camphor: Irritant and CNS stimulant. Readily absorbed through body tissues. Irritation of eyes, nose and throat, dizziness, confusion, nausea, twitching muscles, and convulsions.
Ethanol: EPA hazardous waste. May cause fatigue and irritating to eyes and upper respiratory tract even in low concentrations. Initial stimulatory effect followed by drowsiness, impaired vision, ataxia, stupor. Causes CNS disorder.
Ethyl Acetate: Narcotic. EPA hazardous waste. Irritating to eyes and respiratory tract; headache and narcosis (stupor); skin drying and cracking; anemia with leukocytosis; and damage to liver and kidneys.
Limolene: Carcinogenic. Irritant and sensitizer. Wash thoroughly after using and before eating, drinking, and applying cosmetics. Do not inhale.
Linalool: This narcotic causes respiratory disturbances and CNS disorder and attracts bees. In animal tests, it was found to cause ataxic gait; reduced spontaneous motor activity and depression; respiratory disturbances leading to death; and depressed frog-heart activity.
Methylene Chloride: On hazardous waste lists. Carcinogenic. Stored in body fat; metabolizes to carbon monoxide, reducing blood�s oxygen-carrying capacity. Headache, giddiness, stupor, irritability, fatigue, and tingling in the limbs. Causes CNS disorder.
a-Pinene: Sensitizer. Damaging to the immune system, irritant to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.
g-Terpinene: Causes asthma and CNS disorders.
a-Terpineol: Highly irritating to mucous membranes. Aspiration into the lungs can produce pneumonitis or even fatal edema. Excitement, ataxia (loss of muscular coordination), hypothermia, CNS and respiratory depression, and headache.


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Kavanaugh accuser willing to testify if terms are 'fair'
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North Korea wants second Trump summit
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Buying into a financial services fund may not seem like the best idea, especially with the amount of instability in financial markets right now. But many experts and investors are saying that now is the time to invest in these kinds of funds. With prices so low, they are only going to grow from here on out as the financial climate of the nation continues to be repaired.Financial services funds are a type of mutual fund that is specifically focused on banks, lending institutions and other financial services companies. Mutual funds allow investors to get into the stock market without spending a lot of money on one type of stock. With a mutual fund, you are technically pooling your money with other parties and buying stocks as a group. The manager of the mutual fund will choose the stocks or bonds that will offer the best return for the category.Financial services funds offer a better deal than investing in financial services directly. When you use a mutual fund such as this, you get a number of different advantages. Your money is diversified across many different companies and institutions. If one financial institution has trouble, you aren't left up a creek without a paddle. The rest of your mutual fund portfolio should balance out the hits that the individual company is taking.Another benefit of investing in the financial sector with mutual funds is that you get professional management of your funds. The financial services fund's manager has the experience necessary to be able to determine when to buy and when to sell specific stocks and bonds. Their experience will help your money grow.Pooling your money also allows you to have more cost efficiency. If you have $5,000 to invest, you may be able to buy shares in two to three companies. However, when you invest in a mutual fund in the financial services sector, your money will be spread out far more equally. Mutual funds can contain stocks and bonds for up to 100 different companies. When you invest this way, you'll be able to spread your money over a wide variety of companies which can act as a measure of protection.In late 2008 and early 2009, financial services funds were fairing too well. Based on the trouble with banks and lending institutions due to the stock market slumps, it's easy to see why many people would shy away from investing in this sector. However, history shows that after a financial crisis the financial services industries have been boosted up in the following years. After the early 1990s recession, financial services funds rose 30% in 1992 giving investors a nice profit. Purchasing a financial services fund, or any fund for that matter, is not something that should be gone into lightly. Before you place your money in a fund, you should research the history of the fund, the company that runs the fund and even the fund managers. Once you evaluate this information you can figure out if investing in financial services through mutual funds will be your best bet.
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Put the lentils in cold water and soak for 1 hour; then drain. Combine lentils, stock, water, onion, garlic, bulgur, tomato paste, coriander, tomato, 2 Tbsp. butter, and salt in a large saucepan. Cook on very low heat for about 30–35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soup appears soft and creamy.
Just before serving, stir the paprika and cayenne with the lemon juice into the soup. Let soup simmer for 5 minutes longer. Using the microwave, melt 4 Tbsp. butter in a measuring cup; crumble the fresh mint between your fingers and rub between the palms of your hands. Stir mint into the butter, and drizzle the mixture over the soup when serving.
This recipe for Ezo Gelin includes both lentils and bulgur wheat, two common grains that were included in the soup for the wedding meal because of their importance as dietary staples.
Yield: 8 servings
The authors shared the meal, The Lovers in the Garden, with friends. See how it turned out in this video.
4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire with spikenard,
4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon,with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
"Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear."
7:11 Come my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth; there I will give thee my loves.
7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
Song of Songs 4:12–15; 5:1; 7:11–13, King James Version
These passages, taken from the Song of Songs (also known as the Song of Solomon), reveal one more instance of the way food is used in the scriptures, and its importance to people of the biblical era. Throughout the Song of Songs, the physical features and attributes of the lovers at the center of this epic poem are described with extensive use of plant and animal imagery. Whether one interprets the verses as allegorical or takes them at face value, the reader is treated to a veritable archaeological index of the flora and fauna of the Solomonic era.
The main characters of the Song of Songs are a man and a woman, and in quotable poetic language they repeatedly extol their love for each other, perhaps as a kind of courtship dance leading up to marriage, or, as many interpreters believe, in lyrics of devotion and commitment in the midst of the seven days of the marriage ceremony itself.
In the first poetic proclamation above (4:12ff.), it is the man who is speaking. Some scholars claim that the speaker is King Solomon himself; others believe it is a humble lovesick shepherd who, like Romeo, attempts to seduce his Juliet through flattery and an accounting of his great deeds so that he might earn a place at her side. His true love is a veritable orchard of pomegranates (in Hebrew, rimmon)—a fruit that is fleshy, whose juice is refreshing—an ancient symbol of fertility and eternal life. She is likened to pleasant fruits (from the Hebrew, meged, i.e., "precious') and is the essence of camphire (in Hebrew, kopher, a shrub like privet) and spikenard (in Hebrew, nerd, i.e., "nard"); hence we are given to understand that she was possessed of a spicy sweet fragrance. Continuing the metaphor, the lover describes "the plants' of his spouse's "garden" (that is to say, her finest attributes) as reminiscent of saffron (in Hebrew, karkom, i.e., "crocus'), calamus (in Hebrew, qaneh, i.e., a "reed" or "cane"), and cinnamon (in Hebrew, qinnamon)—inferring that she tastes sweet in so many ways. Finally, he alludes that she is to him like frankincense (in Hebrew, lebonah), myrrh (in Hebrew, mor), and aloe (in Hebrew, ahaloth)—sensual, fragrant, and healing. His love, his spouse, the woman who inspires his poetry, is all these things, and more.
His spouse's presentation of herself is fully satisfying to him—all the spices gathered in one person—and he is joyous, like a man who has his cake and can eat it too. He is blessed with the richness that personifies Israel (milk and honey from the comb; sweet wine). In celebration, he entreats his friends to eat and drink and love as he has been fortunate to do.
In chapter 7, it is the woman who speaks. She pleads with her lover to go with her to the vineyards and fields to partake of their goodness: tender grapes (in Hebrew, semadar, i.e., "tender flower, the bulb"), pomegranates, mandrakes1 (in Hebrew, dudai, also known as "love apples'), and all manner of pleasant fruits. Perhaps because the man views her as a garden of delights, she in response styles herself as a vineyard of love. Or one can understand her invitation literally as one of eager anticipation to consummate their union. This can be seen in her comparison of their love to "fruit stored over the door": in the ancient Near East, fruit was often stored on a transom shelf above the door, hidden high up and away so that it might become ripe and tasty. In effect, she appears to be telling him that she is storing up all her love for him, and that it is his alone to enjoy.
All told, these verses from the Song of Songs are a kind of love allegory expressed through the imagery of eating and drinking at a wedding feast: the couple, having tasted the sweets of each other's goodness, find themselves drunk—intoxicated by the sheer physical love they are now sharing. The man has found his perfect mate and is living out what the author of the Book of Proverbs meant when he wrote, "Find joy with the wife you married in your youth, fair as a hind, graceful as a fawn. Let hers be the company you keep, hers the breasts that ever fill you with delight, hers the love that ever holds you captive" (5:19, JB).
The feast in the Song of Songs, whether real or imagined, was seen in the ancient Near East as the prototype of the love feast for couples getting married. Even today, readings from the Song of Songs are used at Jewish and Christian weddings. Though the text provides no specific menu for the bride planning the day itself, we're sure that at least some of the ingredients mentioned in the above verses made their way onto the matrimonial dinner table. Here is our version, with recipes, of what a bride and groom, using the themes from the Song of Songs, might expect.
The Song of Songs is one of the books attributed to King Solomon, who succeeded his father, King David, as ruler of a united Israel. Solomon was the son of David and Bathsheba, whom David had taken as wife under less-than-honorable circumstances. Nevertheless, Solomon, and through him all of Israel, was blessed by God. Under Solomon's forty-year reign (some scholars date it to the 10th century b.c.e.; others, to the 9th or 8th), Israel remained at peace with all of its neighbors. Consequently, concerns turned from warfare and the consolidation of power to other matters. The people of Israel constructed the Temple at Jerusalem and made it the center of religious life for all the people. Commerce flourished, and the city became a hub of international trade; visitors came from all nations to wonder at the wealth of Israel, including the Queen of Sheba, who journeyed from Ethiopia (or Yemen), according to tradition. They also came to absorb the erudition of the Hebrew court, as Solomon had become legendary for extraordinary wisdom in his own lifetime. Though there is no conclusive evidence, rabbinical tradition attributes the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Wisdom to Solomon's own hand. Unfortunately, the golden age would not last. To forge political alliances and maintain the peace, Solomon took seven hundred wives; he also had three hundred concubines, and untold numbers of children. With such a large family, it is understandable that one person, no matter how wise a leader, could not be in touch with everything each member of the household did, said, thought, or believed; and since so many of his wives had not been raised according to the Covenant, a larger portion of his family began to revert to their former religious rituals. The Israelites considered these foreign practices to be idolatrous and blamed the king for allowing them to take place under his own roof. As Solomon's reign wore on, criticism of his neglect of family affairs began to fracture the unity of the Israelites, and finally the situation became so untenable that God pronounced judgment on Solomon: the kingdom would be divided, and Solomon's heir would rule over only a tiny portion of the nation. Upon Solomon's death, severe tensions developed between the northern and southern portions, and within a few years ten of the original tribes of Israel had split off to form a northern kingdom.
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Next Tuesday, the day before St. Patrick's Day, Kathy Brownell will bring the wonders of Irish stories and Leprechaun tales to the Jamestown library from 3 to 3:45 p.m.
This delightful program includes audience participation and the audience is "encouraged to come with your imaginations wide open!" The program is free and open to the public for children ages 6 and up and their caretakers. Leprechauns are also invited to stop by.
Welcome to the island, Fuzzy and Biscuit.
Fuzzy, a brown Wheaton mix about 5 years old, was rescued from the streets of a Missouri town by a woman farmer who took him home and put him up in her horse barn. Ernie Savastano read about Fuzzy on the Internet and arranged for him to be brought east by Pets' Transport. Ernie said he still smelled like horses when he arrived.
Biscuit had a shorter trip. He was adopted from the Potter League for Animals by Nicole Fortenberry as a gift to her daughter, Colette, on her sixth birthday. Biscuit is a 4-month-old puppy of mixed breed. "Of what we're not sure, we'll see what develops," Nicole said. She added that Biscuit is a family name. Her husband had a dog by that name when he was growing up. Colette and Biscuit are getting along "fabulously" and are in puppy training at the Potter League, where Colette and her mother are both volunteers. "The Potter League is a great asset to the community," Nicole said.
Spring is in the air and the island's Kettlebottom Outdoor Pursuits' videos are back with outdoor adventures Mondays at 9:30 p.m., Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. on Cox Sports (Channel 3).
Capt. Robb Roach said the crew has a new "KB fishing machine." A 32-foot Aercoat with a custom pilothouse will be taking charters this summer to chase everything from Block Island bass to Narragansett Bay fluke and Canyon tuna.
Robb said he will have lots of videos on Cox's On Demand (Channel 1) starting soon. "See all the KB tips and tricks, outtakes and short adventures when you want to," he said.
For the latest, check in with Kettlebottom Productions at www. kettlebottom.com.
We hear that reader Phyllis Whitehouse in Elyria, Ohio, has had a tough time lately. We hope you're feeling better. Go Tribe!
Why did the pugilist who John Wayne played in the 1952 multi award-winning film "The Quiet Man" return to Ireland?
Elizabeth Mancini and Peter C. Pemantell both say that Dennis Morgan played Chancellor "Chauncey" Olcott in the movie "My Wild Irish Rose." Elizabeth said that Olcott composed the title song and also wrote the lyrics to "When Irish Eyes are Smiling."
The two also had the poser as "Peg O' My Heart." Peter wrote,
"'Since I heard your lilting laughter, it's your Irish heart I'm after.' Boy did this one bring back some memories. When I was a boy, I used to take part in the St. Mark Minstrel Show that was usually put on at the recreation center. Mrs. Gillis was the coordinator and played the piano and assigned the songs and tasks to all the children involved. One year, I was to sing the song in question "Peg O' My Heart" and instead ended up singing a song named "Harrigan" written by George M. Cohan. Those were great days in Jamestown!"
B.J. Whitehouse has an Irish poser. "As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair...."
From Dorothy Strang: How many Jamestown street names can you find for each of the following categories: Girls and women's names, American presidents, trees and shrubs, historical figures/local, historical figures/New England and compass points?
"Lyla and I have found at least three for each, but you will find more."
What other categories can you come up with?
Robert Fleming's question last week asking who lived on High Street and made it big in Hollywood received conflicting responses. Bob said it was Van Johnson, and Elizabeth Mancini and Shirley Hull agree with him. However, Nancy Smith O'Brien and Peter Pemantell say it was Nelson Eddy. Anybody else want to wade in?
*** Beginning Thursday, March 18, the Jamestown Arts Center will of- fer a six-week class on essay writing by islander Leslie Banker at the Jamestown Gallery, 47 Conanicus Ave. Go to the JAC website, www. jamestownartcenter.org to register.
Also on March 18 at 7 p.m. at the Jamestown library, Jamestown Press gardening columnist Roger Marshall will call on his 40 years of gardening experience for a lively discussion and PowerPoint presentation entitled "Grow Your Own Garden This Year." At the event, eighth-grade students from Lawn Avenue School will kick off their spring garden bulb fundraiser with monies to go toward their class trip to Washington, D.C. in June.
Congratulations to island sculptor Jillian Barber, who has been accepted to the Art League of Rhode Island.
In reply to Jan Tabit's comments in last week's column, Larry Lewis writes, "Jan Tabit misunderstands the thrust of my comment about Presidents' Day (in all its varied spellings). I believe she's actually referring to Washington's Birthday as being celebrated in the D.C. area. The differences are subtle, legal and real, but very convoluted. Briefly, the federal government has never recognized Presidents' Day, even defeating a bill to do so. Check with the federal Office of Personnel Management or, better, the U.S. Code, Section 6103(a) of title 5, to be precise...it's 'Washington's Birthday' there.
"Presidents' Day was the result of many attempts to consolidate and shift assorted presidential tribute holidays. A handful of states recognize 'PD,' but not the feds. It's more a marketing name than anything, mostly favored by furniture stores advertising liquidation sales.
"I checked several websites devoted to the D.C. area. Some call the day Washington's Birthday and others, Presidents' Day. Again, this confusion is very common and forgivable. Oh, Walrus, what have ye wrought with your question on spelling?"
Tonight's movie at 7 p.m. at the Jamestown Philomenian Library is "Vitus" (Germany/Switzerland, 2006). It's free and open to the public.
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Boeing (BA) acknowledged on Friday that it may not be able to deliver its 787 as fast as hoped.
The company said it has told customers expecting the next 787 deliveries that those planes have either been delayed, or at risk for a delay.
- Boeing flying 787 Dreamliner from Texas to Wash.
- NTSB chief: 787 battery approval should be reconsidered
- Investigators: Short circuit in 787's lithium ion battery led to fire
Boeing is still building the long-range, fuel-efficient planes, and it said on Friday that it has no plans to slow production.
Norwegian Air Shuttle confirmed that it got such a warning from Boeing. The Oslo-based budget airline's spokesman, Lasse Sandaker-Nielsen, said that delivery of the planes, scheduled to be flying for the airline in May or June, might not be possible. He gave no reason for the delays.
Norwegian is one of Europe's fastest-growing airlines and had planned to begin its first long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok with the Boeing 787s.
The world's fleet of 50 787s has been grounded since Jan. 16. Boeing and investigators are trying to figure out why one aircraft battery caught fire and another one smoldered and forced an emergency landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board is still probably weeks away from determining the root cause of the Jan. 7 battery fire in a Japan Airlines 787 parked at Boston's Logan International Airport, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman told reporters this week. In about 30 days the board plans to issue an interim report on its investigation and post online all the test results and factual information gathered in its investigation, Hersman said.
The 787 is the first commercial airliner to rely heavily on lithium-ion batteries. Each plane has two of the 63-pound blue power bricks, one near the front to provide power to the cockpit if the engines stop, and one near the back to start up the auxiliary power unit, which is essentially a backup generator.
One of the big unknowns right now is whether Boeing will need to drop the lithium-ion batteries in favor of a battery more like that used on other planes.
The NTSB's detailed update on Thursday said the fire on the Boston plane started when one of the battery's eight cells short-circuited, causing it to heat up. The heat in turn caused swelling in neighboring cells, and they short-circuited, too.
The focus on the battery's charging, design or manufacturing process seems to limit the risk of a larger problem "and is somewhat of a positive development for Boeing," Jefferies (JEF) analyst Howard A. Rubel wrote in a note on Friday. "We believe the risk of a major re-design has declined."
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"We're results-oriented," noted Ted Barduson, co-owner, along with his dad, Gene, of the venue at 7660 Fay Ave., Suite F.
The father-son team, whose studio more closely resembles a doctor's office than a gym, are pioneering the MyoMetrix Method.
A science-based fitness mode, MyoMetrix measures a number of body factors, including body fat and muscle mass, to create an efficient workout pinpointing body areas needing improvement.
MyoMetrix also balances a person's biochemistry, adjusting the level of two critical body chemicals — the stress hormone cortisol and lactic acid produced during stressful workouts — both of which inhibit muscular development.
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Ted Barduson said their research has shown that "the intensity of the exercise is far more important than the duration."
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The Barudsons believe negating stress is integral to promoting wellness.
"You meet stress head-on, not bury it," Ted said.
"Other fitness modalities don't focus on stress," Gene said, adding that "wellness is as much about the emotional and spiritual as it is about the physical."
Gene Barduson said research has shown many people are discouraged from working out in standard gyms because it's time consuming and they don't like the atmosphere. He said those issues have been properly addressed at La Jolla Wellness Studio.
"We wanted to create a place you could go where a workout is easy to do, it's not a big chunk of time, it's a nice environment and you don't get sick of it," Gene said.
Inconsistency in working out is a big problem with getting people to become and stay fit, say the Barudsons. "They'll do it for a period of time and then stop," Ted said.
"Our instrumentation gives you measurements you can use for a lifetime," Gene noted. "It's our improvement formula."
Ted invited the public to drop by for a visit, try out the equipment and hear about the studio's innovative new fitness strategy.
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It really disappoints me to open every thread here and see bigs5068 commenting on them. I really hope people don't take his advice seriously.
Well I am glad that we have your 4 postings to gain wisdom from.... anyway....
Well the intellectual power is just to much for me to comprehend. Maybe in layman terms you can help someone as dumb as me understand how if you have 100 people taking a test more than 20 could finish in the TOP 20%. As I understand it 1-10 would be in the top 10%, 11-20 would be in the top 20%, 21-30 would be in the top 30% and so on. I feel like if you finished 24th you would not be in the top 20% of 100 test takers, but I have not done much math since I have been in law school so maybe I am mistaken.
i was preparing to take the february lsat after 7 months of studying (literally 3-4 hours a day, and i spent 6-9 hours a day during christmas break - not much of a vacation i know) im in a kaplan prep course and i scored a 156 on my 5th practice test tonight (my first score was a 148) and this was the best score i've gotten yet. i know i should probably postpone until june for taking the test but after all of the hard work ive done i almost feel like ill never get the score i want (a 163 or 164 is my ultimate goal) does anyone have any advice? am i being paranoid or am i at all correct in my fears of just never improving my score enough to get to my goal? i may have even been studying TOO hard (didn't know there was such a thing..) and studying along with 18 credits for my college classes has been difficult, to say the least. has anyone else had this same kind of discouragement? i'd appreciate any advice anyone may have (minus the every test gone be hardest ever remarks of course - not that those arent absolutely hilarious) thanks so much for even reading my post!Rachel


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One of Margaret Thatcher's former aides has criticized Meryl Streep for failing to mention the ex-British Prime Minister in her Oscars acceptance speech.
The Hollywood icon walked away with her third Academy Award after winning the Best Actress prize at Sunday's ceremony for her portrayal of the U.K.'s first female leader in The Iron Lady.
Streep thanked her husband, Don, and her Hollywood pals, but did not remember Thatcher in her emotional speech, and Lord Norman Tebbit, who served with Thatcher in government for six years, has been left fuming by the exclusion.
He tells Britain's The Sun, "I'm not at all surprised she didn't mention her.
"The film was about Meryl Streep, not Lady Thatcher. If Margaret Thatcher had been like the woman portrayed by Meryl Streep, she wouldn't have lasted six months as Prime Minister."
Meanwhile, Thatcher's former press spokesperson Sir Bernard Ingham also slammed the movie for focusing on her deteriorating health and battle with dementia.
He adds, "I don't propose to see somebody making money out of somebody's age. I think it demonstrates poor taste."


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Adware firm sues over adware classification
Zango fights spyware software again
Adware company Zango is taking another crack at suing a desktop-security software firm for deeming its software undesirable.
Zango filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court in Seattle Tuesday, against PC Tools and its free Spyware Doctor program bundled with Google Pack.
The filing claims that Spyware Doctor illegally removes Zango software from users' PCs without their expressed permission. Zango (formerly 180solutions) adware is classified in the program as an "elevated" threat.
Zango is asking for $35m in damages for the "irreparable harm" caused by the classification of its software which has been "consensually installed by millions of users". The company attempted a similar action against Zone Labs in 2005 for the firm's personal firewall software labeling the advertising client as spyware.
In 2006, US Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Zango over complaints over sneaky adware installs by its affiliates. Zango agreed to pay $3m and agreed to make sure its software is only installed with user consent.
A week after the settlement, security researchers discovered pages on MySpace containing YouTube videos bundled with a Zango Cash adware installer - an application that loads pop-up advertising software in PCs. Surfers were lured into a site called "Yootube.info," and asked to accept an end-user licensing agreement to watch the video. If the user accepted the video, Zango Cash would install on the computer.
Zango claims that it has cleaned up its act since then. ®
At the blog of rival anti-spyware firm Sunbelt Software, Alex Eckelberry points out that Spyware Doctor does, in fact, appear to give a warning before deleting Zango software.


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Ingredients (makes 2-3 servings):¼ Kampung /Free Range Chicken, chopped
200 g Lotus Root, peeled and sliced
1 small carrot, chopped
1 ltr Water
Salt to taste
Chinese Celery for garnish
- Wash chicken pieces under running water until water running clear OR scald the chicken with boiling water and drain.
- Arrange chicken, lotus root and carrot, add in water and bring to boil on medium heat. Then turn the heat down, let it simmer with lid on for at least 30 minutes.
- Add salt to taste and let it simmer for further 10 minutes or so.
- Transfer to serving dish, garnish and serve warm.
Lotus Root Soup (莲耦汤)
Comments :
- Mat Gebu said... on
- 21 January, 2008 15:01
Sky..kalay kat M'sia, lagi bagus u makan ayam kampung...Eh lotus root tu rasa macam mana?..nak try beli nanti..
- tigerfish said... on
- 21 January, 2008 19:55
I guess using kampung chicken should bring more good natural flavor to your soup. And kampung chicken is just like free range chicken, isnt it ? "P
- Lydia said... on
- 22 January, 2008 23:45
Mat, lotus root tu rasa mcm kacang tanah rebus sikit. supnya tak rasa sgt lotus root. ada orang suka masuk lotus root tanpa potong (buang kulit lah), bila nak makan baru potong... so texture dia lain lepas masak.
Tigerfish, i think kampung chicken is the same or similar to free range chicken but kampung chicken in Msia is much better than the FR chicken i had in Aust. I guess what they feed the chicken make the diff.
- Dwiana P said... on
- 30 January, 2008 04:09
oh dear, this soup looks enticing!
- Anonymous said... on
- 01 June, 2010 15:57
is so called 'Malay chicken' equals to kampung chicken?
- Lydia said... on
- 02 June, 2010 10:17
I think it is also called malay chicken (malai kai).
- Alexia said... on
- 01 December, 2010 05:16
sis, mana recipe? lol


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I had never been to the US before, I did not know the difference between Maine and Florida, and when Bowdoin said they wanted me, I felt flattered and accepted the offer. Why did you decide on your major? I have wanted to be a psychologist ever since I was the age of twelve. Understanding the human mind for some reason gives me pleasure and I find helping people relieve their own pain to be a rewarding experience. As for my Russian major, before communism fell, Russian as a language was a compulsory part of the schools' curriculum in Bulgaria. I was in third grade when the "curtain" fell and as a result, I only received two years of Russian. When I got to Bowdoin, I wanted to learn a third language and I picked Russian as a sign of recognition to my past and also because it's phonetically close to Bulgarian. In the past eight years I have lost close to 96% of my hearing so learning a totally new language would have been impossible for me. Russian is phonetically close to Bulgarian, but still a different and difficult language. What's the best class you've ever taken at Bowdoin? Professor Barbara Held's Threesome Personality, Abnormal Personality and Philosophy, Psychology and Psychotherapy have been the highlights of my Bowdoin education. I grew up with the idea that psychologists are omnipotent professionals who know about you more than you do. Well, these three courses exposed me to certain truths about the homogeneity of psychology as a field and the effectiveness of therapy and medication. I learned that psychology has more academic problems than solutions. On the background of the psychology department, I think Professor Held's courses are the best ones to present you with the current debates and problems in psychology. In academia, sometimes there's the tendency to impose empiricism as the method and I do not find her guilty of such a thing. What extracurricular activities do you participate in? I dedicate a lot of my time to FORWARD, the campus group of people with disabilities. My job is to organize activities that create campus awareness on issues affecting people with disabilities. I am loyal to the people at FORWARD because I understand their difficulties and they understand mine. I like the fact that the group has the power to bring disabilities into the attention of people and in this way foster understanding and acceptance. As a sophomore and junior, I was active with the International Club. At that time we had a large, strong group of people and we did a lot of things together. I do a few other things on campus and I also work with several Bulgarian foundations on disability rights and problems of hard of hearing people in Bulgaria. Most of my non-academic time I like to devote to my friends. My friends and family are the most precious thing I have so I like to give them a lot of attention. What's your best Bowdoin memory? Last May two of my friends showed up in my apartment at about 5pm and asked me to go to Land's End with them. I am no writer, it will be somebody else's job to describe the ride to Land's End with all the bridges and the smell of mud from the low-tide. It was spring. We were listening to Jean Wyclef and The Fugees, listening toThe Score, pretending to smoke cigarettes. It was one of the first warm days of spring and sitting in a pair of men's shorts at Land's End was fantastic. We talked about everything and anything and started to go back because one of us wanted to go to a lecture about the abstract creations of the human mind. Go figure. He was late for that anyway, so we sat in Cook's Restaurant for a while, just talking. At the restaurant, they had a map with pins on the places where some of their customers come from. They did not have one on Bulgaria, so my friend went to the manager and told him to put a pin there. "I had to be very specific," he said when he came back. It was cute of him. After dark we drove back to campus, stopping once on the last bridge to listen to more Fugees. What's your strangest or funniest experience while at Bowdoin? Well, most of my bizarre experiences do not fit the format of this profile. One strange experience was the first freezing rain I saw at Bowdoin: It always amazes me when the rain falls and immediately freezes on the ground, forming a deadly sheet of ice (I've never fallen). Have you done any independent study/honors projects? I did an independent study with Professor Putnam's Toddler Project. The course was designed to aid his psychological study on the relationship between parenting and child temperament and at the same time provide the students in the course with the opportunity to take part in a real-life psychological study. Because of my accent, some of the children would have had a hard time understanding me, so I mostly filmed sessions and coded data. Other students took part in the study acted as experimenters in the sessions. Have you studied away during your time at Bowdoin? I spent a semester in Yaroslavl, Russia. It's a small city four hours north of Moscow. I went because I wanted to see Russia and how things are going there after the fall of the Soviet Union. As one of the other people on the program put it, "We were not living, we were surviving there." Life for most Russians is very hard right now and just witnessing their hardship was a tough thing to do. With time I learned that Russia's beauty is not readily available just as say, Venice's beauty is. You have to look for it, you have to create your own joy. What are your plans for after graduation? I am planning to do lower lever social work for a year or two and then pursue an international master's degree in social work somewhere in Europe. Is there anything else about Bowdoin or your experiences here that you would want prospective students to know? If prospective students would accept my advice, I would say: Don't expect that things you want will be readily available at Bowdoin. Bowdoin offers valuable resources, but your own experience is whatever you make of it. Story posted on March 22, 2004 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Going down memory lane, I see. Yes, that was quite the conference.
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"The reason for our insistence that the Zionist regime should be wiped out and vanished is that the Zionist regime is the main base for imposing oppression and harbors the main terrorists of the world," Dr.Ahmadinejad said in a meeting here on Sunday...
President dismissed the US allegations about the hunt down of the Al-Qaeda Leader, Osama bin Laden, as an act staged on the world scene to secure a victory for the US ruling party in upcoming elections. "We have precise information that the person they have recently killed has long been in the hands of the US militaries," Dr.Ahmadinejad said.
and, of course no Terrorism conference is complete unless someone claims that the holocaust is a lie, and that muslims were not responsible for 9/11:
When president Ahmadinejad at the Summit Conference Hall said that "If the black box of the Holocaust and September 11 is opened, many of the realities will come to light. But unfortunately despite worldwide demand, the American government has not allowed it," he received a thundering applause from the delegates...
The event culminated in a standing ovation for president Ahmadinejad when, at the end of his speech, said: "There are those who believe that the goal of 9/11 was to revive the Zionist regime, reinforce stability in the region, divert US public opinion from the poor economic state. In terms of reference and benefits, 9/11 is very similar to the Holocaust. The American government used the attacks as a pretext to occupy two countries, and kill, injure and displace people in the region." (chinapost.com.tw, 26.06.2011)
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Part of Supreme Leader's Speech at Imam Khomeini Naval Academy in Noshahr
Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality on the basis of psychological and sociological principles, they will be prevented from publishing their work. How is it that these people feel obligated to respect freedom of expression? Whenever it comes to evil Zionist policies which require them to violate ethical principles of peoples and to corrupt young generations, freedom of expression becomes meaningless and nobody has the courage or permission to publish anything against wicked and malicious Zionist policies or against an issue like the Holocaust, but this is not the case with insults against what is held sacred in Islam, insults which are aimed at making Muslim youth in Islamic countries lose respect for what is held sacred in Islam. Nobody would believe their claims. Nobody would believe that the American regime is a supporter of democracy, a regime that supported a person like Hosni Mubarak for thirty years and a person like Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for thirty five years in spite of all those crimes he committed in Iran. Nobody would believe that their invasion of Iraq and their attacks against Saddam Hussein were an effort to fight dictatorship. They create dictators. It is their support that has enabled the regional dictators - who have ruled in our Islamic region during different eras - to bully and oppress their own people and make them suffer from discrimination. How can they claim to support democracy? Nobody would believe their claims.
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whitelion553, quoting "The Supreme Leader", wrote: ...in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality...
Ah, yes. Iran, the perfect Islamic utopia where homosexuality doesn't exist:
"In Iran, we don�t have homosexuals like in your country. We don�t have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I do not know who has told you that we have it." President Ahmadinejad, to a group of American students at Columbia University, 2007
Why, oh, why, is Iran blessed with an abundance of perfect, sinless, highly intelligent, leaders, while here in the west all our governments, newspapers, and businesses are controlled by them there homosexual Jews. What I wouldn't give to live in Tehran, where:
"...all the streets are paved with gold,
and no one ever grows old..."
Alas, woe is us...
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Former Minnesota Vikings draft pick WR Chandler Williams passed away Saturday, Jan. 5, while playing flag football in a tournament in Florida. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, and he spent time with the Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins, as well as two teams in the Canadian Football League.
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Josh Looney, of KCChiefs.com, reports the Kansas City Chiefs have signed CB Jackie Bates, DE Robert Greenwood, RB Kestahn Moore, OL Jermail Porter and WR Chandler Williams to futures contracts. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. All five players finished the season on the Chiefs' practice squad.
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D. Orlando Ledbetter, of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports Atlanta Falcons WRs Eric Weems, Brian Finneran and Chandler Williams as well as CB Brent Grimes worked as punt returners during the team's scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 8.
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After the launch of the 40nm GT210/GT220 series, Gainward released the Gainward GT 240 series of graphics card, featuring with 1 GB of DDR3 memory. The new card promises to offer even higher performance than the GT210/GT220 solutions. As always, Gainward releases improved versions of Nvidia's reference designs and the GT 240 series we have in our hands is "Golden Sample" featuring increased memory and core clocks.
Below is a comparison among various Nvidia-based products and their retail prices as they are found in online stores:
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The Gainward GT 240 is packaged in a small box compared to other graphics cards.Of course there is no need to use a larger box since the card's board is rather small.
Gainward's card retails for around €129 (including VAT), which is almost twice the price of a Gainward GT220 card.
The package is easily identified with a light green color and the the GT 240/1024 GDDR5 and Golden Sample logos on it:
As we see with the most of the samples we test, the graphics card is well-packaged into an anti-static bag. Other than the card, the box includes an installation kit and a CD-ROM with drivers and software. These is the typical bundle for a low-priced graphics card so don't expect to find any extra games or connectors here:
As you may notice, there are similarities between the board of the GT 240 and the one met with the GT 220 series. However, the GT 240 has a much bigger cooler covering the GPU area. In addition, the GT 240 will occupy two empty slots at the back of your PC, but fortunately not any external power supply due to its 40nm design.
The Gainward GT 240 comes with a VGA, an HDMI and a DVI-D output, making it a truly universal product for most of the users.
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The University of Nebraska is hosting the 2012 Big Ten Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25 at the Devaney Center Indoor Track.
The Huskers, who are hosting the first combined men's and women's indoor championships and the first Big Ten Championship at NU, will be competing for the conference title against some of the nation's toughest competition. Ohio State is the defending Big Ten indoor champion on the women's side, while Minnesota took the men's title in 2011. The Husker women captured Nebraska's 103rd conference title in 2011, while the men last earned an indoor conference crown in 2007.
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Heptathlon 60m (men)
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Heptathlon Shot Put (men)
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Heptathlon High Jump (men)
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Pentathalon High Jump (women)
2:00 p.m.
Pentathalon Shot Put (women)
3:15 p.m.
Pentathalon Long Jump (women)
4:55 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.
Men's Pole Vault (trials & finals)
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Women's Shot Put (trials & finals)
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Women's Long Jump (trials & finals)
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Women's 60m Hurdles (trials)
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Men's 60m Hurdles (trials)
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6:50 p.m.
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10:00 a.m.
Heptathlon 60m Hurdles (men)
11:00 a.m.
Heptathlon Pole Vault (men)
1:30 p.m.
Heptathlon 1,000m (men)
11:00 a.m.
Women's High Jump (trials & finals)
11:00 a.m.
Men's Triple Jump (trials & finals)
11:10 a.m.
Men's Weight Throw (trials & finals)
2:00 p.m.
Women's Triple Jump (trials & finals)
2:00 p.m.
Men's High Jump (trials & finals)
12:30 p.m.
Women's 5,000m (unseeded section) (finals)
12:55 p.m.
Men's 5,000m (unseeded section) (finals)
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Women's Mile Run (finals)
1:30 p.m.
Men's Mile Run (finals)
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Women's 400m (tfinals - 2 sections)
1:50 p.m.
Men's 400m (finals - 2 secitons)
2:10 p.m.
Women's 60m (finals)
2:20 p.m.
Men's 60m (finals)
2:40 p.m.
Women's 800m (finals)
2:50 p.m.
Men's 800m (finals)
3:10 p.m.
Women's 60m Hurdles (finals)
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Men's 60m Hurdles (finals)
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Women's 600m (finals - 2 sections)
3:50 a.m.
Men's 600m (finals - 2 sections)
4:00 p.m.
Women's 200m (finals - 2 sections)
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Men's 200m (finals - 2 sections)
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Women's 5,000m (seeded section) (finals)
4:45 p.m.
Men's 5,000m (seeded section) (finals)
5:00 p.m.
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