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Todd Hey Alice/Lee, we've also done Kili and were looking to do Aconcagua. From all reports, Elbrus is much less technical than Aconcagua and Denali, but it's in Russia and it's only a short expedition. I believe a ski lift (or cable car) takes you most of the way up.
Aconcagua is also less technical than the easiest route on Denali. So while it's much higher, I think it's not as challenging. We planned on doing Aconcagua last January, but the required gear stopped us. We are travelling long-term with very small bags, so we basically need to hire and purchase lots of gear. In particular, climbers need plastic boots (or equivalent) for Aconcagua. They're good for nothing else.
I had pretty serious boots for Kili but at least I could use them on other tough treks and in the snow. The boots needed for Aconcagua are only useful for high-altitude climbs or in Arctic conditions. So without anywhere to store all the gear (and the cost of hiring gear), we postponed Aconcagua.
All that said, we may be moving to Chile in December (for other reasons), so that would put us a couple of hours from Aconcagua for much of 2012. Would love to hear how you guys progress with plans.
As an in between climb, there's also Mont Blanc, which is the tallest peak in Europe. It's not included in the 7summits because Elbrus is on the European side of the tectonic plate that divides Russia. I wrote all about the 7summits here: http://globetrooper.com/notes/secretly-enamoured-with-the-seven-summits/
Lee_Y Hmm like this forum seems to be a lot of helpful people.
I can understand peoples concerns on Elbrus, but Russia is not too far from the UK and would be good a experience of climbing in snow without the technical requirements that are needed of Mt Blanc before I attempt anything like Denali. Of course I wouldn't use the cable car if it is possible.
I'm trying ice climbing this year for the first time in Scotland and will probably practice each year, along with the bouldering I already do. Eventually I'll have built up enough skill on confidence to do Mt Blanc on other more technical climbs.
The way I see it these things aren't meant to be rushed unless your are a millionaire that is also a super athlete and I happen to be neither.
After I did the Everest base camp trek 3 years ago I always knew I would come back to Nepal several times in my life and if at one point I had gathered enough experience and fitness to climb the worlds tallest mountain I'd go for it. In the meantime, I'm still young and I've decided to climb a mountain and run a marathon each year of my life and work my way towards going higher and faster but there's no rush.
I reached the summit of Kili in 3 days and was back in my hotel on the 4th day so I know I'm fit but I know how much harder and colder those extra 1000m are going to be. Just read this blog which I enjoyed: http://7summits.com/aconcagua/tripreportsth1.php that is worth a look. If anyone knows of any mountains worth looking at that would be around 6400-6700m I love to hear of them. If I speak to someone who has a lot of experience who thinks I could do it, I'd give it a go next year. Otherwise its unlikely.
Todd good luck with your future possible moves, hope everything works out.
Andy Sparks Lee_Y, for 6400 to 6700m peaks, I'd suggest looking in Bolivia and Peru. I have a friend who climbed Sajama and Huascaran this summer and Chopicalqui last summer. He had great experiences on both trips. There seem to be a lot of great objectives in the Cordillera Blanca (http://www.summitpost.org/cordillera-blanca-range/mountains-rocks/p-152467) and the Cordillera Real (http://www.summitpost.org/cordillera-real-bolivia/mountains-rocks/p-319611). If it has to be over 6400m, then some in Peru and Bolivia that qualify are: Huascaran (over 6700m), Sajama, Illimani, and Ancohuma. If you are willing to extend the search down to 6300m, then Chopicalqui, Illampu, Parinacota, and Chimborazo in Ecuador may be good options. I climbed Chimborazo last January it was a good experience but not my favourite mountain. I thought Cotopaxi was nicer, but it is under 6000m. I've climbed Aconcagua and Denali, both good mountains, but crowded because of their 7 summits status. I've been to Logan in the Yukon, which is a big mountain that feels remote.

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Matt Weiner Says He Quit Mad Men During Negotiations With AMC
Just because mommy and daddy argue sometimes doesn't mean they don't love you.
Matt Weiner and AMC have a notoriously acrimonious relationship, but their protracted negotiations last year got more heated than we thought. "Yes, I quit, at the negotiation. During the negotiation," Weiner tells the New York Times. AMC and Lionsgate executives say they were unaware of that, but all parties are thrilled — just thrilled, thrilled, thrilled — that everything worked out in the end.
On the artistic front, Weiner says the upcoming season, which is mere days away, won't hold the audience's hand in an attempt to reacquaint them with the characters. "Honestly, it's a TV show," he says. "No matter what happens, you'll be able to understand it. It's not Finnegans Wake. There's people, they're in costumes, they're kissing, they're arguing." Ah, but what kissing and arguing it is.


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By Courtney E. Smith
Don't call Daft Punk's Album of the Year GRAMMY win for Random Access Memories an upset. The French electronic duo have been primed for a comeback for years, with teasers and props coming from Kanye West, who sampled them in his mega-hit "Stronger"; LCD Soundsystem, who immortalized them in the indie raver "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House"; and samples dotting a massive number of hip-hop tracks from Busta Rhymes, Lil' B, Janet Jackson and Slum Village, just to name a few. Not to mention the lasting cultural impact the duo have had as the forefathers of the current EDM movement.
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In our Inside Album of the Year mini-documentary on Random Access Memories, we made a case for not only Daft Punk's win last night, but also acknowledged the influential role they've played in music across numerous genres throughout their comparatively brief history. Various experts sounded off in support of the robots. Behold above.
"EDM, as it came to be called, became this huge phenomenon," James Montgomery of MTV News said. "Almost all of the artists who are big, successful stars today to some degree credit Daft Punk with inspiring them to start making music. Without Daft Punk doing anything, their legacy just grew and grew and grew. They're revered."
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Equally as interesting as their win was their performance for the show. The duo's design team, Daft Arts, designed and built a 1970's inspired studio — that looks a lot like the legendary Electric Lady Studios built by Jimi Hendrix in New York City. Television set designer Jim Logiudice worked on the project and posted behind the scenes photos of the building of their set to his Tumblr. "Check out the old school audio equipment integrated into the set. Very cool," Loguidice wrote. "The recording booth is patterned after the 'Mother' space craft control room from the movie Alien. The robots gold mirror mixing console actually worked and was played live."


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I had to stink of fish to make penguins follow me on screen, says star of Mr Popper's Penguins Jim Carrey
The 49-year-old said: "Penguins are kind of an obsession with me, I really love them. I don't know any other animal I would rather work with.
"I am Ace Ventura so I have had a lot of experience with animals. I rode an ostrich and had a date with a yak but penguins take the cake - they are like puppies times 10. Pure love.
"There are very few animals that strike a chord with people the way penguins do, who just immediately make you feel love. I think they are one of the secrets to joy and happiness. It can't be denied."
The new film sees Jim dancing and sharing a meal with his flightless friends but he admitted it was challenging - even if they were cute. And he ended up stinking of fish.
He said: "I had no idea they would be so difficult to train. It is impossible to train them.
"We thought we would be able to make them jump through hoops. But all they want is fish. I had to have fish in my pant legs, my shoes and in my pockets. That's how we trained the penguins.
"They will follow you anywhere if you stink like fish, so I tried to stink like fish as much as possible."
Back in 1994 when he was Ace Ventura in two movies, working directly with the animals was a must. Nowadays computer-generated images have come so far he could have opted for pretend penguins.
But anyone who has seen Carrey's movies on DVD will know if they watch the outtakes that Jim has too much fun being spontaneous to pass up on the chance of finding out what could happen with six Gentoo penguins.
He said: "There is one scene at the dinner table when they were absolute maniacs - 'Mrraaaa' (he starts making penguin noises).
"They bit me mercilessly but I didn't mind. I was constantly feeding them.
"I had to make them go to different spots when they were on camera and my fingers were bloodied a bit here and there. They weren't unfriendly - they just don't like to be handled."
Carrey's character turns his apartment into a winter wonderland and temperatures on set were minus one (30F) to keep the penguins comfortable.
Then there was their calls, which Jim describes as 'like dinosaurs'.
He said: "I think it was actually one of the sounds Steven Spielberg used to help create the dinosaur noises in Jurassic Park.
"When they start to do this (he starts making crazy noises) it means you have to turn down the temperature.
"Humans really don't matter at that point because you can't hurt the penguins. If you do it is straight to hell. By the way, no penguins were harmed in the making of this film."
Other actors - especially those worth multi-millions and whose films have grossed $2.3billion in total - would feel they don't need the aggravation. But Jim still likes to stray out of his comfort zone.
He said: "I am not afraid to work with animals. I love capturing the spark of innocence and who better than animals and children to bring out that spark? I welcome it and I love the chaos of it."
Chaos has shaped Carrey's career. Now one of Hollywood's leading players, he is probably the best-paid comedian in tinsel town.
Since Ace Ventura he's had hit after hit: The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, The Truman Show, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to name a few.
Jim has also branched out of the funny-guy roles, playing a gay man opposite Ewan McGregor in I Love You Phillip Morris and dramas like The Majestic. So surely he's achieved all his dreams?
He said: "I feel super lucky and incredibly blessed and grateful to make movies like Mr Popper's Penguins. My goals involve approaching things a little bit differently from the way they have been done before and to be as authentic as I can be.
"Even if I am being over the top or crazy I want to do something different and original. The focus for me has always been the person in the seat.
"There is nothing that makes me happier than when someone says, 'I watched your movie The Mask 300 times when I was kid.'
"I look forward to the time when I am 70 or 80 years old and people come up to me going 'It was you, dude'. That's an amazing feeling."
Carrey plays Tom Popper in the movie, a workaholic New York businessman who has neglected his wife and children in order to pursue his real-estate career.
His dad, who neglected him as a child, dies but leaves him six penguins and Tom becomes their full-time carer - losing his job but realising what is really important in life.
It's not the first time Jim has played a character who isn't that nice to start with but gets in touch with their humanity. His role in Liar Liar for example. And, it seems, in his own life.
He explained: "Well I am this guy, or I have been this guy in my life at different times, as many of us have - putting our eggs into the wrong basket, looking and focusing on the wrong things.
"I have been down the wrong road before and have valued the wrong things. And I have experienced life happening to me and have had it spin me around to the point where there was nothing left except what was real. And that is what the movie is about - a man spun around when he is on the wrong track."
Jim, born and raised in Ontario, has been married twice.
The first time was to Melissa, the mother of his only child, Jane. After they divorced in 1995 he married his Dumb and Dumber co-star Lauren Holly in 1996 but the marriage only lasted a year.
He then had a high-profile relationship and engagement with Renée Zellweger, who he met on the set of Me, Myself & Irene.
They split in 2000 and a five-year relationship with Jenny McCarthy ended last year.
In 2010 he became a grandfather when Jane gave birth to her son, Jackson.
Carrey has admitted to suffering from depression but it seems he has finally found peace. He said: "I do not feel jaded in any way.
"There was a moment in my life when I thought 'I am not sure that I want to be part of this big thing that is Hollywood.'
"I looked at it kind of cynically for a minute. Then I sat on my couch and I realised the value of what I do. We get to free people from concern."
Carrey revealed that he started his comedy career as a kid to make his mum feel better.
That led to stand-up gigs in Toronto and at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles before he made his TV break in US sketch show In Living Color.
He said: "I did comedy as a child because we had a dysfunctional family. I was always trying to make my mother laugh because she was sick or depressed. Many comics start out that way - that's how you get good.
"Your drunken grandparents leave and then you turn around as a seven-year-old child and start imitating them.
"That is how it began for me, imitating my family and bringing comic relief to them. People don't just want to see it - they need it.
"I need it more than they do, that's why I am on this side of the camera - I'm really needy."
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State University's Center for Brain Repair has received a major financial gift from Tallahassee parents who know all too well how research can lead to medical relief.
Erwin and Stefanie Jackson's gift of $1 million will establish a fund to support The Brian Jackson Dystonia Research and Discovery Program at the Center for Brain Repair, which is part of FSU's College of Medicine. The program is named for their son, who at age 15 was diagnosed with generalized dystonia. The movement disorder causes involuntary muscle contractions, and Brian Jackson's symptoms got so severe that he spent eight months in a wheelchair. Eventually, doctors implanted electrodes in his brain to tame the contractions.
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Professor Pradeep Bhide directs the Center for Brain Repair in the College of Medicine's Department of Biomedical Sciences. He left the Harvard Medical School faculty in 2011 to become the inaugural occupant of the Jim and Betty Ann Rodgers Eminent Scholar Chair in Developmental Neurosciences at Florida State. Last year, he happened to meet the Jacksons — and learned of their personal connection with a disorder that he has studied most of his career.
"Most other families in this situation likely would rest and rejoice in their hard-fought victory over dystonia," Bhide said. "However, Erwin and Stefanie are working harder than ever on behalf of everyone else who is afflicted with this dreadful condition. Their dedication, commitment and enthusiasm inspire us, motivate us and keep our spirits high as we do our part in the laboratory and the clinic."


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For much of this season, the debate has raged as to whether the line centered by David Krejci or the one with Patrice Bergeron in the middle was the Bruins' No. 1 line.
Well, over the last 10 days a third candidate has emerged. The line of Chris Kelly centering Brian Rolston and Benoit Pouliot is on fire, and that trio of forwards combined for six points in Boston's 3-2 win Sunday night in Anaheim.
Pouliot scored his 13th goal of the season 5:59 into the second period on a feed by Chris Kelly. Rolston then cashed in on another Kelly feed at 13:06 of the third after Pouliot started a breakout while getting leveled by a Bobby Ryan hit. The Rolston goal proved to be the game-winner.
The numbers since this trio was assembled March 15 at Florida are astonishing. In the six games since then, Rolston has 3-8-11 totals and is on a six-game point streak. Kelly has 3-4-7 totals and is on a five-game point streak. Pouliot has put 3-5-8 totals.
If it wasn't for the so-called "third line" the Bruins might be battling for one of those bottom Eastern Conference playoff berths rather than now being a little more comfortable perched atop the Northeast Division (with a five-point lead on Ottawa and a game in hand).
And to think, even Peter Chiarelli mentioned that Rolston was being brought in to provide depth. We never heard about him being an offensive volcano ready to erupt. Such much be the way it goes when you're 39 and you're emancipated from the bowels of Long Island and put into a championship-caliber lineup.
Meanwhile, Pouliot is starting to thrive the way the Bruins hoped when they signed him last summer. He's never going to live up to being a No. 4 overall draft pick, but he's learned to use his speed, take the body and – most importantly with the Bruins – take care of his own end first before thinking offense.
And what can you say about Kelly that hasn't already been said? This is a guy whose strengths aren't supposed to show up on the score sheet. Well he now has 19 goals, 18 assists and a plus-31 rating. That doesn't come close to summing up Kelly, though, because he provides the Bruins with so much more in so many different areas. The only hope now is that he's not pricing himself out of the Bruins' price range next summer when he's an unrestricted free agent. That's in the far-off future, however, and for now Kelly's salary drive is the Bruins' gain.
If the Bruins' other would-be top-two lines can thrust Kelly's line back into its place, Boston could be catching offensive fire at just the right time of the season.
▪You can't say enough about Marty Turco, who redeemed himself after the disaster that was his first Bruins start in Tampa a couple weeks ago. Turco stopped 25 of 27 shots and made several difficult saves. The win was his first since Feb. 1, 2011 when he was with Chicago against Columbus. For more on Turco and his victory's effect on Tim Thomas, read my CBS Boston column.
▪Rich Peverley made his long-awaited return to the lineup after 19 games out with a knee sprain. He skated a regular shift with Bergeron and Brad Marchand and also worked on both special teams. He finished with two shots on net in 16:44 of ice time. His hands might've been a little rusty, but his wheels and instincts looked fine.
▪Defenseman Andrew Ference was felled by a Bobby Ryan shot early in the third period. He left the game and wasn't putting weight on his left leg. But he returned and finished with 18:54 of ice time.
▪With his goal, Zdeno Chara has now scored in three of the Bruins' last four games.
▪Boston's penalty kill was 7-for-7 over its last three games and killed off Anaheim's first chance before Teemu Selanne took over fourth place on the all-time power-play goal list with a score at 9:11 of the second period that cut the Bruins' lead to 2-1.


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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona has gotten better with each game this season, the margins of victory growing, its talented freshman becoming more confident and comfortable.
But after rolling over Long Beach State in their last game, the 10th-ranked Wildcats have an eight-day break before their next game.
A potential momentum killer?
Arizona coach Sean Miller doesn't see it that way.
He sees the extended time off as a chance re-iterate what the team has done right, work on the few things it has done wrong.
``I think every team in November is on a quest to get better and continually improve,'' Miller said after Arizona beat Long Beach State 94-72 on Monday night at home. ``We have a great opportunity now to learn through our game experience and now build.''
Arizona entered the season with plenty of expectations, thanks to a roster loaded with proven veterans and another stellar recruiting class by Miller.
The Wildcats have lived up to those so far, pulling away from Charleston Southern for an opening 82-73 victory, then rolling over Texas-El Paso 72-51.
Arizona played its best game of the regular or exhibition season Monday night, racing out to a 22-point lead in the first half and shooting 53 percent in the never-in-doubt win over the 49ers.
Through those first three games, the Wildcats' returning players have played well.
Forward Solomon Hill finds a way to fill up the stat sheet whether he shoots well or not, guard Nick Johnson has shown poise in his second season and Kevin Parrom appears to be back to being the player he was before being shots before the 2011-12 season.
Those talented youngsters haven't been bad, either.
Forward Grant Jerrett looked comfortable with the college game right off the bat, opening the season as a starter. Center Kaleb Tarczewski struggled in the opener against Charleston Southern's smaller players, but has played better in stretches the past two games as his teammates have gotten the ball to him down low.
Forward Brandon Ashley earned the start against Long Beach State with his hard work in practice and had a superb debut, hitting all six of his shots while scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
The Wildcats are deep, talented and on a roll to start the season, looking forward to the chance at getting better.
``You don't really get holidays around here, especially when you're playing,'' Hill said. ``It's nice to enjoy (Thanksgiving) as a team - we're going to get together as a team - but the goal is to win, so you can only take so many days off.''
It hasn't been perfect.
Arizona has had trouble getting the ball into the low post consistently, particularly to the 7-foot Tarczewski, who is far more effective when has the ball around the rim.
Point guards Mark Lyons and Jordin Mayes have combined for 16 assists and 14 turnovers as they try to mesh with a roster that has several new players at key spots.
There also have been times when the Wildcats have fouled too much, particularly late in the shot clock, bailing out shooters at the last second after playing good defense to that point.
The biggest concern is defending the 3-point shot.
Charleston Southern spent most of the opener casting up 3-pointers, shooting 28 - compared to 22 from inside the arc - and making 10. Long Beach State also took more than half its shots from 3-point range, making 14 of 32.
Arizona had some trouble defending the 3 in exhibition games, too, and teams are hitting 39 percent of their shots from the arc so far.
``At this break, that's a real big focus for us to be able to take away the three-point shot,'' Miller said. ``That's one of the main things we're going to try to get better at during this break.''
The Wildcats will have plenty of time to work on it before their next game, against Northern Arizona on Nov. 28, which is fine by their coach.


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"I'm disappointed because I don't believe people want District 150 to succeed."
That's what Grenita Lathan said last week. Since then, that statement has echoed in my head. As heat intensifies against the District 150 superintendent, I can't make sense of her words.
Think about the core of her words: "I don't believe people want District 150 to succeed." That's a serious allegation. In the world of school boards and administrations, it's a public charge tantamount to treason. I mean, who is so low as to want schools to fail?
She made that comment Feb. 10 to reporters after a tense board meeting involving the ongoing imbroglio at Charter Oak Primary School. This week, I sent an email to District 150 spokesman Chris Coplan, asking for more insight about her statement — from him or the superintendent. The crux of my email: "Why does she feel that way? Are people saying ... that they want District 150 to fail?"
Coplan replied in a brief email: "There was much more context to the statement ... I think Dr. Lathan addressed several issues."
Coplan sent me a 21-minute audio recording of her comments. But, after listening to it several times, I still don't get what she's coming from.
Lathan said privacy laws prevent her from revealing details that would explain Charter Oak matters more clearly. That's fair.
She also said — repeatedly — that some people are "negative." That's true. They're upset, about Charter Oak and otherwise. People might not like administration policies or district changes or the superintendent herself. They can get unfair or mean or over-the-top.
But that goes with the territory. Work in the public eye, especially for a public paycheck, and you'll get beaten up, over and over — guaranteed. Lathan knew that before she got here four years ago.
Is she allowed to fire back? Sure. When she made her "I don't believe" statement, she was discussing her reaction to a growing public opposition to changes at Charter Oak and elsewhere:
"It's disappointing. I'm disappointed because I don't believe people want District 150 to succeed. Because if they would take a look and see the things that have been put in place, how hard principals and teachers and central office staff are working, and when they lay what we have in place in our district across the county compared to other districts, they'll see we're moving in the right direction."
That last sentence? People can judge for themselves. Yet at the very least, it's fair for Lathan to offer her opinion regarding the district's trajectory.
But that previous sentence? She's out of line.
"People" can have a differing stance than Lathan yet harbor no intent to torpedo the district. Really, who wants children to fail? Who wants District 150 to continue its stigma of underachievement? It doesn't help lure residents or business to Peoria. It doesn't help at all.
During that Feb. 10 conversation, a reporter brought up the "I don't believe" statement to Lathan again. She offered no correction or clarification. Instead, she pushed further about her disdain for criticism: "People have gotten fixated on the negative. .. I think they like saying all of the bad things about District 150."
Of all of the "bad things" to say, perhaps the worst would be the claim that local residents want District 150 to fail. Can you imagine what outsiders think? "Peoria must be one weird place. They want kids to fail. It must be true, because that's what the superintendent says."
Over the past 25 years, I've heard people say a lot of "bad" and "negative" things about District 150. But I've never heard anyone say they want the district to tank.
Perhaps I'm not the only one to bristle at Lathan's statement. At a rally before this week's City Council meeting, the vice president of the new Change150 group said, "We do not wish District 150 to fail." Later that night, Mayor Ardis said, "I don't think anybody can say the community doesn't want improvements."
If Lathan really believes in the existence of a pro-failure faction, she needs to explain that better — with serious evidence.
But if she merely picked the wrong words in a moment of anger? She should apologize for painting Peoria as a place that supports failure. Right now, her words alone sound like a big part of the problem.
PHIL LUCIANO is a Journal Star columnist. He can be reached at email@example.com, facebook.com/philluciano, 686-3155 or (800) 225- 5757, Ext. 3155. Follow him on Twitter @LucianoPhil.
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"I'm disappointed because I don't believe people want District 150 to succeed."


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How to Lie With Statistics
How to Lie With Statistics is a breezy but accurate introduction to the use of statistics, with an emphasis on applying critical thinking to statistical presentations in order to asses their underlying validity. The book, first published in 1954, has a light, humorous style that makes the author's points easy to understand. As one might guess from the title, this is a "how not to do it book", like Daniel Boorstin's The Image.
While some of the examples are dated, How to Lie With Statistics has been remained bestseller in its field, with over a half-million copies of the English language version sold, and it has been translated into numerous foreign languages.[1]
The author, Darrell Huff, was not as interested in writing a textbook in statistical technique as he was in examining how statistics can be used to persuade and influence. Statistics are rarely used to provide objective facts to a reader, he contends, but are instead used to persuade. "The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify," warns Huff.[2] His purpose in writing the book is to highlight the manipulative potential in presented statistics, and to equip his readers with a basic level of statistical literacy to allow them to interpret statistics instead of accepting them blindly.
The value of this of the book for learning critical thinking can be summarized by the last chapter, "How to Talk Back to a Statistic", where Huff presents five questions anyone should ask when presented with a statistical "fact":
- Who says so?
- How does he know?
- What's missing?
- Did someone change the subject?
- Does it make sense?


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Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film about the fortunes of a British man and his group of friends as they wonder if they will ever find true love and marry.
- Directed by Mike Newell. Written by Richard Curtis.
- Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to drag you from your delicious desserts. [pause] There are just one or two little things I feel I should say, as best man. This is only the second time I've been a best man. I hope I did OK that time. The couple in question are at least still talking to me. Unfortunately, they're not actually talking to each other. The divorce came through a couple of months ago. But I'm assured it had absolutely nothing to do with me. Paula knew Piers had slept with her sister before I mentioned it in the speech. The fact that he'd slept with her mother came as a surprise, but I think was incidental to the nightmare of recrimination and violence that became their two-day marriage.
- [Carrie asks Charles's opinion on her wedding dress] It is dangerous! You know, there's nothing more off-putting in a wedding than a priest with an enormous erection, yech!
- Tom: The great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid: People are less suspicious of you.
- Gareth: A toast before we go into battle. True love. In whatever shape or form it may come. May we all in our dotage be proud to say, "I was adored once too."
- ["I was adored once too" Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, 2.3.180, spoken by Sir Andrew]
- Matthew: [At Gareth's funeral] Gareth used to prefer funerals to weddings. He said it was easier to get enthusiastic about a ceremony one had an outside chance of eventually being involved in. [Pause] In order to prepare this speech, I rang a few people, to get a general picture of how Gareth was regarded by those who met him. Fat seems to be a word people most connected with him. Terribly rude also rang a lot of bells. So very fat and very rude seems to have been a stranger's viewpoint. [pause] On the other hand, some of you have been kind enough to ring me to tell me that you loved him, which I know he'd be thrilled to hear. You remember his fabulous hospitality... his strange experimental cooking. The recipe for "Duck à la Banana" fortunately goes with him to his grave. Most of all, you tell me of his enormous capacity for joy. When joyful, when joyful for highly vocal drunkenness. [pause] But joyful is how I hope you'll remember him. Not stuck in a box in a church.
- Charles: How do you do, my name is Charles.
- Old man: Don't be ridiculous, Charles died 20 years ago!
- Charles: Must be a different Charles, I think.
- Old man: Are you telling me I don't know my own brother!
- Charles: No, no.
- American wedding guest: Do you actually know Oscar Wilde?
- Gareth: Not personally no. But I do know someone who could get you his fax number. Shall we dance?
- Charles: Sorry.. look. Sorry, sorry. I just, ehm, well, this is a very stupid question and... , particularly in view of our recent shopping excursion, but I just wondered, by any chance, ehm, eh, I mean obviously not because I guess I've only slept with 9 people, but-but I-I just wondered... ehh. I really feel, ehh, in short, to recap it slightly in a clearer version, eh, the words of David Cassidy in fact, eh, while he was still with The Partridge Family, eh, "I think I love you," and eh, I-I just wondered by any chance you wouldn't like to... Eh... Eh... No, no, no of course not... I'm an idiot, he's not... Excellent, excellent, fantastic, eh, I was gonna say lovely to see you, sorry to disturb... Better get on...
- Carrie: That was very romantic.
- Charles: Well, I thought it over a lot, you know, I wanted to get it just right.
- Charles: There I was, standing there in the church, and for the first time in my whole life I realised I totally and utterly loved one person. And it wasn't the person next to me in the veil. It's the person standing opposite me now... in the rain.
- Carrie: Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed.
- Charles: Let me ask you one thing. Do you think - after we've dried off, after we've spent lots more time together - you might agree not to marry me? And do you think not being married to me might maybe be something you could consider doing for the rest of your life?...Do you ?
- Carrie: I do.
- Gareth: Scarlotta! Fabulous dress. The ecclesiastical purple and the pagan orange symbolizing the mystical symbiosis in marriage between the heathen and Christian traditions?
- Scarlett: [pause] That's right.
- He's quite engaging. She's otherwise engaged.
- An Outrageously Funny Affair
- Five good reasons to stay single
- Love is on the air, run for cover
- Hugh Grant – Charles
- Andie MacDowell – Carrie
- James Fleet – Tom
- Simon Callow – Gareth
- John Hannah – Matthew
- Kristin Scott Thomas – Fiona
- David Bower – David
- Charlotte Coleman – Scarlett
- Rowan Atkinson – Father Gerald
- Anna Chancellor – Henrietta ("Duckface")
- David Haig – Bernard
- Sophie Thompson – Lydia


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Anyone else notice they changed their food? I stopped to pick up a bag tonight, went and grabbed the green bag like I usually do, the lamb. Got home and I noticed it said oatmeal on the bag... Looked closer and it said lamb meal and oatmeal - it used to be lamb and rice.
I just checked the website and all the food changed... lamb meal, chicken meal, beef meal, venison meal. When did this happen????
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In [[eukaryote|eukaryotes]], nascent RNA transcripts must generally be processed from ''pre-mRNA'' into mature mRNA, via ''RNA processing'', before they are exported from the nucleus to be translated into proteins.
In [[eukaryote|eukaryotes]], nascent RNA transcripts must generally be processed from ''pre-mRNA'' into mature mRNA, via ''RNA processing'', before they are exported from the nucleus to be translated into proteins.
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a family of biomolecules which perform several essential functions within all cells. As a type of nucleic acid, RNA is structurally and chemically very similar to DNA; the two largest differences being that RNA contains ribose instead of 2'-deoxyribose and uses uracil instead of thymine as one of its four bases.
Unlike DNA, which is primarily used as a template for transcription, RNA molecules perform a diverse set of functions within the cell. Subsets of RNA are generally classified by their function, which can range from acting as the template for protein synthesis ("messenger RNA" or "mRNA") to performing enzymatic functions. Additionally, many viruses use RNA instead of DNA as their genetic material (e.g. retroviruses).
As with DNA, RNAs can exist in single-stranded (annotated "ssRNA") or double-stranded ("dsRNA") forms; however, the vast majority of cellular RNAs are single-stranded. dsRNAs generally function in post-transcriptional gene regulation or as viral genetic material. Targeted degradation of dsRNAs is a major intracellular defence mechanism against viruses.
Every nucleotide of RNA consists of a ribose molecule with a nitrogenous base attached to its 1' carbon and a phosphate group attached to its 5' carbon. Individual RNA nucleotides are linked by a phosphodiester bond between the 3' carbon of one nucleotide's ribose and the 5' carbon on the next.
The four nitrogenous bases used in RNA are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil. Adenine and guanine are the purine bases, cytosine and uracil are the pyrimidine bases. Like in DNA, these bases can hybridize through hydrogen bonds; adenine hybridizes with uracil and guanine hybridizes cytosine.
Hybridization of nucleotides within RNA molecules allows for the formation of secondary structures such as RNA hairpins, these secondary structures give RNA molecules an overall tertiary structure which is often essential for the RNA to perform its function. Additionally, RNAs can hybridize through base pairing with other RNAs or with complementary DNA sequences.
RNA performs a wide variety of functions within the cell. Types of RNA are specified by the functions that they perform.
Messenger RNAs (mRNA) are the template molecules which are translated into proteins by ribosomes. They are generally synthesized by transcription of a DNA template (a gene) by RNA polymerase, although some viral mRNAs are directly transcribed from an RNA template.
In eukaryotes, nascent RNA transcripts must generally be processed from pre-mRNA into mature mRNA, via RNA processing, before they are exported from the nucleus to be translated into proteins.
Ribosomal RNAs (rRNA) are the RNA molecules that form a major component of the ribosomes. There are three rRNAs in prokaryotes and four rRNAs in eukaryotes and archaeans.
The genes encoding rRNAs are among the most highly conserved (low level of sequence variance between individuals and species) genes in any genome. As such, rRNA sequences are often used to generate very precise phylogenetic trees.
The 28S rRNA (23S rRNA in prokaryotes) is a ribozyme, and is responsible for the aminoacyltransferase (polypeptide-lengthening) activity of the ribosome.


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Obama: 'I don't know why ... folks leave stuff until the last minute'
President Obama complained Wednesday about the down-to-the-wire culture of Washington deal-making, as he held out hope that lawmakers will pass a bill to stop deep spending cuts from taking effect on March 1.
"I don't know why it is in this town, folks leave stuff until the last minute," Obama said in an interview with Baltimore's CBS affiliate, WJZ, one of eight local interviews he did Wednesday to gain support for his plan to prevent the cuts from taking effect.
"There's no other profession, no other industry where people wait until the 11th hour to solve these big problems. And obviously, it creates a lot of uncertainty in our economy," he said.
The president also spoke directly to federal employees worried about their jobs.
"What I say to them is that there is no reason they should be furloughed. There is no reason they should lose their job or be laid off," he said. "This is a problem that Congress can solve. you know, these automatic spending cuts that were put into place back in 2011, were designed to get Congress to actually avoid them, by coming together with more sensible approaches to deficit reduction."


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GREENVILLE, Ill. – Greenville College Men's Baseball (8-18, 7-5 SLIAC) battled SLIAC foe Westminster and cold/windy conditions on Saturday for third place in the conference standings. GC came up short in the double-header, slipping to fourth in the conference while dropping the opener 16-2 and losing game two by way of a 9-7 decision at Robert E. Smith Field.
Despite the losses, senior Daniel Covert remained hot at the plate. Covert went 2-for-2 in the first game with an RBI and followed with a 3-for-4 effort with a run and seven RBI delivered by way of a grand-slam homer and RBI double in the capper. The Trenton, Ill. product currently tops the SLIAC in batting average (.469), slugging percentage (.704), and hits (38), and ranks near the top of all other statistical hitting categories.
In game one, the Panthers notched only six hits in the seven-inning contest while producing a meager two runs. Westminster scored seven in the first and continued to pour it on through the contest, winning by a margin of 16-2.
Cody Hinterscher (1-3) was charged the loss with seven earned on three hits in one-third of an innings work.
Game two opened much the same as the opener, with Greenville falling behind early and facing an 8-0 deficit heading into the sixth. However, a bases loaded homerun by Covert delivered four runs and placed GC just within striking distance heading into the final inning. Westminster added an insurance run in the seventh, but Covert would again make things interesting in the bottom of the final inning. His three-RBI double put the Panthers within two but would not be enough to push past the Bluejays. Westminster closed the deal 9-7.
Greenville's freshman pitcher Tyler Mitchell (1-2) picked up the loss in the contest. Mitchell tossed 3.1 innings with one earned on six hits.
Baseball will return to action Tuesday, April 19 as they play a make-up game against Westminster at Maryville University and look to avoid the series sweep.


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Reviewed By GINA A (MIDLOTHIAN, VA) Reviewed for a 2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser —10/10/2013 11:28 AM
very nice addition to vehicle. Two areas that can be approved upon. Drivers seat cover slits on side don't align properly with the levers on seat so some excessive gathering of material happens making it difficult to adjust seat positions. Armrest cover is a bear...had to remove armrest and cut round circle in material to fit correctly. Other option would be to cit a slit in the cover itself to go around armrest bolt. Impossible to install without doing one of these things.


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Mon, 13 April 2015
Twisted Monk Talks About Responding To Recent Fetlife Controversy
Mistress Matisse listens and talks with Twisted Monk, as he discusses the problems of women on Fetlife being targeted for data-scraping and reposting by online harassers, and possible responses that users can make to that. This is a serious topic, and it is intended to spark more conversations. For example: how can we create more safety for people online? And how do we respond to businesses who claim to be part of the BDSM community, but aren't responsive to the needs of that community?
Direct download: fetlife.podcast.mp3
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Thu, 9 April 2015
This is an informal test podcast, about 12 minutes. Monk and I talk about one time when I walked in on him when he was getting ready for a BDSM session in my space, and the things were not...quite what I expected. #sexwork #BDSM
Direct download: test_podcast.mp3
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Sat, 26 February 2011
Twisted Monk and I read a letter from someone who wants her boyfriend to have a two-man threesome with her. He refuses to do so, she wants advice on how to change his mind.
We talk about how we get a lot of letters from listeners/readers who ask: how do I get my partner to do X? It's a tough thing to give advice on. We propose that if you want good advice on that sort of subject, we need to hear both sides of the story!
Direct download: Segment_6.wav
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Mon, 13 September 2010
BDSM techniques, in today's new podcast: Monk and I talk about putting Altoids mints and Listerine Breath Strips in female pink parts. Naturally, I talk some about boy bits as well. Plus, why you'll want some milk on hand for this type of play. About nine minutes, not work safe!
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Wed, 18 August 2010
Monk and I have a brief discussion about our ability to fight off an attack by maniacal clowns. Then we answer a letter from a woman who wants to be a sex worker, and who made the mistake of asking strippers for advice about being an escort. So, thoughts about sex work hierarchies, and how sex work businesses are like Fight Club. Hope it's educational…
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Wed, 11 August 2010
In this episode, Monk and I briefly discuss how the Zombie Apocalypse would affect my diet Mountain Dew consumption. A letter from a dominant woman who feels nervous about her scenes. Key point: she's eighteen years old. How should a young kinky person build confidence?
And I also have to blow a kiss to Monk, because this is the Official Weeklong Celebration of His Birth! No mere birthDAY for Monk, no no! He has a week! (Perhaps longer, if the bourbon and cute girls hold out.) So Happy BirthWeek to you, sweetheart!
Direct download: Segment_2_1.mp3
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Sun, 18 July 2010
In this podcast, Monk and I riff about phallic microphones and then read and discuss a letter from a reader pondering how to begin a polyamorous relationship. How do you treat the other significant others?
Direct download: Segment_1.mp3
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Sun, 30 May 2010
Monk and I have been so busy the last month, we have had no time to get down to the studio where we usually record our podcasts. So while it offends Monk's production-quality sensibilities, I persuaded him to record what I will call some "Quick and Dirty" audio files, on a little consumer-grade digital voice recorder I have.
I personally think the sound quality is perfectly fine for what it is, and it means that we can read some of the letters that are stacking up. In this podcast: a kinky college student asks about how to handle kink-negative parents. (About ten minutes.)
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Sun, 30 May 2010
TwistedMonk and I recorded what I am calling a "Quick and Dirty" podcast last week. We didn't have access to our usual sound-studio, so this is lower quality than we prefer, but it's better than nothing, right?
In this edition, we answer a reader's fashion question, and discuss using one's kinky attitude to get the attention of dismissive salespeople. About ten minutes.
Direct download: VN520005.WMA
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Wed, 24 March 2010
Time for another podcast! In this one, Monk reads an original poem – or at least, we hope it is original – sent to him by a reader. And he reads it in the voice of William Shatner, because the William Shatner-voice makes everything better.
Moving on, we read a letter from a kinky person asking basically, how to keep a pleasant sexual tension alive in a long-term relationship. This is a type of question that we get a lot, so we both have plenty to say about it. As a man who's been happily married for over twenty years, Monk waxes particularly eloquent. High point: he compares BDSM to Pokemon. I'm serious.
About fourteen minutes.
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Latvia holidays
Group tours to Latvia are a simple and easy way to explore the highlights of the country, and all the Baltic States. Explore the winding streets of Riga alongside like-minded travellers.
Since regaining independence in 1991 and joining the EU in 2004, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are flourishing. The countries' rich and colourful histories can be best appreciated in their capital...
We have highlighted the standard of accommodation featured on a tour immediately above the tour itinerary.
In some cases, tours include some departures in one category and some in another: you can see and select the different tour types under 'tour variations'. For these tours, the itinerary is generally the same and just the standard of accommodation varies. However, if there are any variations in the excursions included, these are shown within the itinerary.
Superior: Most Cox & Kings tours fall under this category and are based in 4- or 5-star accommodation, or the best available.
Luxury: These tours will usually feature 5-star de luxe accommodation throughout.
Standard: Simpler in emphasis, these itineraries typically feature 3- and 4-star accommodation throughout.
Discovery: This type of holiday is best suited to the hardier traveller, as it will typically include some quite basic accommodation, possibly longer and rougher road journeys and, in some cases, more arduous activities, such as trekking.


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Today, we took the bus down the hill from Assisi to S. Maria degli Angeli, the location of the Porziuncola of St. Francis.
Afterwards we were at McDonald's – so sue me, it's the first time in about 2 weeks and it's right there by the train station/bus stop – dining in the midst of a couple dozen Italian high school students and a few young families.
Time to evangelize!
This group of mostly sisters, with a few young laypeople, had been handing out flyers in front of the Basilica – I said "no Italiano," as I do many times a day, but just my quick glance indicated that it was advertising for a youth/family event of some sort.
And what better place to spread the word than a McDonald's full of young people at lunch?
They hit every table, spent time with those that responded, regrouped at the end, then walked off together back to the Basilica.
It was impressive.
Reaching out, inviting, dialoguing, going into the place where young people gather in person, not just virtually, not just waiting for them to come to you.


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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Disaster Prep Wednesday: Postponed Due to Bad Weather
We're about to get hit by Phase 2.
Yes, I know, wherever you live or have lived that gets snow all the time you would have handled it better.
But we don't live there and make do with what we have on hand.
Which is sometimes very interesting.
UPDATE: See here. Now, nothing but blue skies and slush.
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Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has filed a consumer-protection lawsuit against Edgemont Marine and owner Gary Eubanks
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has filed a consumer-protection lawsuit against a Cleburne County business accused of failing to turn over proceeds of consignment sales to former owners of watercraft the business had sold.
Edgemont Marine and owner Gary Eubanks enter into contracts with consumers who wish to sell their personal watercraft. Eubanks agrees to display the boats at his business and sell them on consignment on behalf of the original owner, typically for a 10 percent commission. However, McDaniel's complaint alleges that Eubanks has kept all the money from watercraft sales for himself in at least three instances.
These actions leave the selling owner with no proceeds from the sale and the buyer with no clear title to the boat, according to McDaniel's complaint.
"Consumers who wish to sell their property on consignment should have the assurance that they will receive what is owed to them, and buyers need to know their transactions are legitimate," McDaniel said. "This is no way to run a business in our State."
According to the complaint, Eubanks contacted consumers who were selling their watercraft on the website Craigslist and offered to sell the watercraft by consignment. Eubanks also used newspaper and radio advertisements to promote his business.
The Attorney General accused Eubanks and Edgemont Marine of violating the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. McDaniel asked the court to order Eubanks to stop the illegal practice and pay restitution and costs.
The complaint was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court.


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This is the way creationism ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper.
According to scientists, teachers, and civil libertarians, the Taliban has invaded Ohio. Creationists have devised a theory called "Intelligent Design" (ID) and are trying to get Ohio's Board of Education to make sure it's taught alongside Darwinism. Unlike creationism, ID accepts that the Earth is billions of years old and that species evolve through natural selection. It posits that life has been designed but doesn't specify by whom. Liberals call ID a menace that will sneak religion into public schools. They're exactly wrong. ID is a big nothing. It's non-living, non-breathing proof that religion has surrendered its war against science.
Creationism used to be assertive and powerful. Darwinism wasn't allowed in schools. As Darwin gained the upper hand, conservatives fought to preserve creationism alongside evolution. They lost the war on both fronts. Courts struck down the teaching of creationism on the grounds that it mixed church and state. Meanwhile, scientific evidence discredited the belief that the Earth was created in six days and was only 6,000 years old. Like the Taliban, creationists were washed up. Their only hope was to flee to the mountains, shave their beards, change their clothes, and come back as something else.
What they've come back as is the Intelligent Design movement. Gone are the falsifiable claims of a six-day creation and a 6,000-year-old Earth. Gone is the God of the Bible. In their place, ID enthusiasts speak of questions, mysteries, and possibilities. As to whether God, the Force, or ET created us, ID is agnostic. "We simply ask the question as to whether something can form naturally or if there must have been something more, a designer," Robert Lattimer, an ID proponent in Ohio, told the Columbus Dispatch. "Our main contention is that [evolution-focused curriculum] standards are purely naturalistic and leave no room for the possibility that part of nature can be designed."
This soft-headed agnosticism matches the soft-headed arguments for including it in the curriculum. They're the same arguments leftists have made for ebonics. According to ID proponents, the committee in charge of Ohio's science curriculum is too "homogenous" and lacks "diversity." It marginalizes alternative "points of view" to which students should be "exposed." A conservative state senator says some people "think differently, and all those ideas should be explored." A conservative member of the state education board says Ohioans deserve a science curriculum "they can all be comfortable with."
Behind these pleas for diversity is the kind of educational relativism conservatives normally despise. "Biological evolution, like creationism and design, cannot be proved to be either true or false," writes one ID enthusiast in Ohio. Since evolution is an "unproven theory," says another, "belief in it is just as much an act of faith as is belief in creationism or in the theory of intelligent design."
The response of liberals, teachers, and scientists has been hysterical. They accuse the ID movement of peddling "intolerance," fronting for the Christian right, and trying "to force a narrow religious ideology into our schools." If Ohio lets ID into its curriculum, they prophesy, the state will become an "international laughingstock," triggering a corporate exodus, a decline in property values, and the collapse of Ohio's standard of living. They refuse to acknowledge a difference between ID and creationism. "This is just a new paint job on the same old Edsel," says an Ohio University physiologist.
The analogy is inside out. Creationists haven't repainted their Edsel. They've taken out the engine and the transmission. Without distinctive, measurable claims such as the six-day creation, the 6,000-year-old Earth, and other literal interpretations of the Bible, creationism no longer materially contradicts evolution. The reason not to teach intelligent design isn't that it's full of lies or dogma. The reason is that it's empty.
Advocates of ID do offer interesting criticisms of Darwin's theory of evolution. They argue that natural selection doesn't account for the rise and fall of species, that many biological mechanisms wouldn't make organisms more fit to survive unless those mechanisms appeared all at once, and that the combinations necessary to create life are so complex that it would be statistically impossible to generate them by chance. My colleague Bob Wright answered these criticisms in Slate last year. I don't know whether they stand up to his rebuttal or not. But I do know this: They don't add up to a theory.
A theory isn't just a bunch of criticisms, even if they're valid. A theory ties things together. It explains and predicts. Intelligent design does neither. It doesn't explain why part of our history seems intelligently designed and part of it doesn't. Why are our feet and our back muscles poorly designed for walking? Why are we afflicted by lethal viruses? Why have so many females died in childbirth? ID doesn't explain these things. It just shrugs at them. "Design theory seeks to show, based on scientific evidence, that some features of living things may be designed by a mind or some form of intelligence," says one ID proponent. Some? May? Some? What kind of theory is that?
As Wright explains, Darwinian theory makes predictions that can be tested. It predicts that the average difference in size between males and females will correspond to the degree of polygamy in a species, and that in species in which females can reproduce more often than males, females will be more sexually assertive and less discriminating about their sex partners than males will be. These predictions turn out to be true. Darwin claimed that humans had descended from apes. If fossils unearthed since his death had exhibited no such connection, his theory would have been discredited. What empirical predictions does ID make that, if proven untrue, would discredit the theory?
John Calvert, the country's principal exponent of ID, answered that question in a treatise he presented to the Ohio board. Calvert described the "methods" by which scientists can "detect" design in nature.
In summary, if a highly improbable pattern of events or object exhibits purpose, structure or function and can not be reasonably and rationally explained by the operation of the laws of physics and chemistry or some other regularity or law, then it is reasonable to infer that the pattern was designed. — the product of a mind.
That, in a nutshell, is ID. It offers no predictions, scope modifiers, or experimental methods of its own. It's a default answer, a shrug, consisting entirely of problems in Darwinism. Those problems should be taught in school, but there's no reason to call them intelligent design. Intelligent design, as defined by its advocates, means nothing. This is the way creationism ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper.


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