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For his latest project, titled the Abyss Table, designer Christopher Duff of Duffy London constructs a detailed cross section of the sea bed from sheets of glass and wood. Inspired by mythology, he designed the piece of furniture to look like one belonging to an ancient deity, capable of pulling up chunks of the earth for his own decorative use. From above, the table resembles a topographical map laid flat, but when viewed from the side, it becomes a multilayered and multidimensional model of a three-dimensional mass forged over millennia.
The brilliance of the Abyss Table lies in part in the conflicting nature of its form and function. By its very definition, the table is not an abyss but the exact opposite: a protruding surface capable of supporting objects. Here, the liquid surface of the ocean is transmuted into an imperturbable solid, and fluid space becomes sturdy and unbroken.
On the website of Duffy London, the preliminary image of the table, which will be released this fall, is accompanied with a line from Friedrich Nietzche's "Beyond Food and Evil:" "And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." This oft-quoted passage, almost always meant metaphorically, finds a very literal manifestation here. Contained in this table, the dark, unknowable emptiness that consumes the human mind moves poetically into the home, merging its mysteries with the normal routines of domesticity. Each image shown here is a digital model from which the actual table will be built. Take a look. (via Colossal)


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At home, Jason stares at the glass phoenix and thinks of Sam. Spinelli comes in and hands him a still from the footage of Lisa's murder. Jason doesn't recognize the person and Spinelli is relieved. He tells Jason it is Matt and why Maxie took the blame, but hopes the image will prove her innocence without revealing Matt's identity. Spinelli hopes Jason and Sam can work out their problems and Jason tells Spinelli he went to see her, but didn't want to make any promises he couldn't keep. Spinelli tells him he can't give up hope for him and Sam. He leaves and Jason thinks about Sam.
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Todd stands up for Carly, Kate and Starr get emotional, and Spinelli seeks advice from Jason.
In the hospital, Sam stares at the dragon and thinks of Jason. Dr. Lee enters and Sam tells her Alexis will be her labor partner and that Jason is unsure he can love the baby. Lee thinks maybe Jason needs more time. She assures Sam Alexis and Molly will be great partners. Then she sees something in Sam's chart. The baby's iron level is low and they need to test the baby for a disease when he is born but assures her she is on track to have a healthy baby. She wants Sam to have fun at the childbirth class tonight.
Shawn and TJ are at the restaurant getting ready for the day. TJ does not want to be late and leaves.
Alexis is rushing around at home because she is running late, and Molly comes down in her robe. Alexis wants to take Molly to school but she convinces her she will make it fine on her own. When Alexis leaves she rips off her robe and opens the door to TJ. He wonders if she is okay going behind her mom's back but she doesn't think they are doing anything wrong. They lean in for a kiss and Michael walks in. He tells her she is not to be anywhere near TJ but she thinks it is totally unfair. She begs him not to tell anyone and he agrees, but warns her Alexis will go ballistic when she does find out.
Shawn and Alexis run into each other outside the restaurant and they talk about TJ and how he is going to school and staying out of trouble after the party crackdown. She tells Shawn that Molly is unhappy about the limits she set on seeing TJ, but that she accepts it.
Over breakfast at the restaurant Michael tells Sonny why he turned Starr into the cops. Alexis comes in and Michael asks about Molly before he leaves, then offers to take her to school. Sonny wants to know if Alexis can get Kate off but she tells him it is more complicated than that. She leaves and then Johnny comes in with something to say. He doesn't want Sonny to blame Kate and tells him she did not sleep with him of her own free will. Sonny wonders why Johnny is telling him this and he says it is the right thing to do because he loves Carly.
At the police station Todd is banned from seeing Starr but he thinks she is in danger because she is locked up with Kate. He pulls out money to bribe the cop, but the cop throws him out.
Johnny shows up Metro Court with a gift for Carly and she is shocked to see a bracelet she wanted as a child. She doesn't remember telling him about it. He begs for another chance and grabs her but Todd comes up and tells him to take his hands off of her. Johnny realizes he is Starr's father and Todd wants to know how he knows Starr. Johnny tells him about the gun and recording contract, but Todd tells him to stay away from her and Carly. Johnny leaves and Carly throws the bracelet away. Todd thinks Johnny is working Starr but Carly doesn't believe Johnny wanted her to take the gun. Todd leaves and she pulls the bracelet out of the thrash. Michael arrives and tells her he was the one who turned Starr in. Todd comes back just in time to hear it.
In her cell, Kate thinks she caused the accident that killed Starr's family. She calls out to Starr and apologizes but Starr tells her it is not her fault. She tells Kate how she got pregnant at 16 and Kate thinks it must have been hard to have a baby so young. Starr says she was lucky because she had her whole family. Kate tells her no one wanted her family to die. She is about to tell Starr about Connie when Alexis comes in and orders her not to say another word. In a holding room, Kate tells Alexis she is ready to let Connie out.
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April 18,2009
Location: Sharon Johnston Park
783 Coleman Road
New Market, AL 35761
Events: American Pit Bull Terrier Conformation, Puppy Treadmill Race, Adult Treadmill Race, and Hang Time
In addition to regular conformation classes, we will have the following fun classes: Judge's Choice, Best Shaped, Junior Handler (0-6 years old and 7 years old and over), Best Red Nose Dog, Best Brindle Dog, Best Blue Dog, and Best Bully Dog.
Please bring an item for the auction. All proceeds will be donated to a family in need. Item does not have to be dog related.
Registration will be from 8:00-11:00 A.M. and show will start at noon.
Fun classes and working event entry fees are $6.00
Conformation class entry fees are $10.00
All members receive a discount on registration fees. Membership dues are $15.00 per household each year.
A full concession stand will be available.
Contacts: Brandie (256) 426-9297 or Brynn (256) 682-9965
Email : firstname.lastname@example.com
NO Drugs or Alcohol - NO FACING OFF OF DOGS - NO DISCUSSION OF ILLEGAL ACTS
Each dog must be in good health - Each dog must have their own crate - Dogs should only be out of their crate when showing or to potty
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office are looking for a woman who was battered by a man outside the Jacksonville Landing prior to a hit-and-run crash in the parking lot across the street.
The battery occurred between midnight and 2 a.m. Friday, police said.
Investigators said they would like to speak to the woman who was the victim of the battery. Police believe she may be a witness to the hit-and-run accident that left a 22-year-old man in critical condition. Police said it does not appear that the woman filed a police report in reference to the battery.
Fights broke out after a crowd left the country bar Mavericks Rock N' Honky Tonk about 2:15 a.m. Friday, and one man ended up driving over another, according to witnesses. Friends of the man run over identify him as Taylor Evans, who's clinging to life at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center.
"We were just walking, holding hands because we were best friends having fun, and there was a bunch of raucous going on with other groups of people," Evans' friend Alexandra Melendez said. "All the sudden I'm looking for my car, I heard a big screech and slam, and I look over to the right two seconds later and Taylor was laying on the ground in a puddle of blood."
Police said there were several fights at Mavericks that continued into the parking lot a few hundred yards away. That's when witnesses told officers a man hit and then ran over Evans. Evans' friends said he was an innocent bystander.
"Taylor wasn't fighting, Taylor wasn't doing anything wrong," Melendez said. "Taylor was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Witnesses told police the man who hit Evans sped off in his white pickup truck. They said he hit other cars along the way. Someone else chased him, and witnesses say stopped him at gunpoint. Then police caught up and took the man in for questioning.
Police said they have not yet made any arrests.
Anyone with any information about this case is asked to call the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office at 904-630-0500 or Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.
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According2g.com's Top Albums of 2012
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So my list of top albums of 2012 will be divided into 3 sections. First will be my top 5 albums of 2012. Next will be 3 albums I like but I don't love and finally will be the three biggest disappointments of the year.
My favorite 5.
1. "Lonerism" by Tame Impala. Lana Del Rey's album had been on heavy rotation with me for the first 9 months of the year and in October, when Tame Impala's 2nd album "Lonerism" was released, I listened to it obsessively and still can't get enough! As a whole, the album is a musical journey and experience of epic psychedelic proportions. Groovy guitars, rockin' beats and lead singer Kevin Parker's voice, which to me sounds like a perfect amalgam of John Lennon and George Harrison. I love this album so much I am already dying in anticipation for their next album (which as of press time isn't coming out any time soon). My favorite track on the album is a song called "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards," which seriously makes me feel like I am floating when I hear it. And if you can track down the non-album bonus track "Led Zeppelin," it's a must hear!
2. "Born to Die" by Lana Del Rey. There are two camps: Lana lovers and Lana haters. It's rare to see such a strong reaction to a singer, when there are artists out there that are obvious targets being completely devoid of talent. Lana Del Rey is gorgeous and has a unique voice that sounds like a tragic torch song singer. Her lyrics are all about being a bad girl and her adventures with bad boys. The music definitely is a throwback to another time and the album is packed with great songs. The heavenly and noir "Blue Jeans" and "Video Games" went viral and put Lana on the map. The album came out in January and in November, she released a special "Paradise Edition" with 8 additional tracks and the songs are just as epic as the regular album tracks.
3. "A Thing Called Divine Fits" by Divine Fits. Divine Fits is a super-group comprised of Britt Daniel from Spoon, Dan Boeckner from Wolf Parade (both on guitar and vocals), Sam Brown from New Bomb Turks (on drums) and Alex Fischel (on keyboards). This combination makes for a solid and quite funky garage rock album. I especially love the songs "For Your Heart" (with a great vocal delivery on the chorus "You better tell me why you keep me searching in the dark for your heart.") and "My Love is Real" (which features another great line – "My love is real until it stops").
4. "Beacon" by Two Door Cinema Club. I love Two Door Cinema Club. Their debut album made my best albums list when it was released in 2010 and I'm so happy to report that I enjoy their 2nd album so much. TDCC has a winning formula – short, sweet and to the point dance/rock songs that are all upbeat and instantly catchy. It's hard to pick a favorite song since I like the entire record and I am so glad that there's no sophomore jinx with Two Door Cinema Club.
5. "Django Django" by Django Django. The debut album from the British (via Scotland) quartet is hard to define sonically. It has elements of pop, rock, dance, shoegaze, grunge, garage rock, 90s alternative, chillwave and is another album that is very cohesive when you listen to it from start to finish. Lead singer Vincent Neff's voice sometimes sounds like David Gilmour from Pink Floyd and sometimes Django's music sounds like Syd Barrett era Floyd, without sounding derivative. So many of the songs including "Firewater," "Love's Dart," "Life's A Beach" and "Default" are so good that you will listen to them on repeat.
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5a. "Wake All My Youth" by Young Empires. When I discovered the music of Canadian dance/funk/punk band Young Empires, I fell in love at first listen. Every one of their songs is danceable and catchy and I had their 7 track EP on repeat for months on end. Since the EP was released, the trio has become a quartet (adding a drummer) and if you think the songs are good on record, wait until you hear them performed live. They are transformed into an even bigger and more rocking dance party and I am praying that 2013 sees a full length release from Young Empires.
Albums I like but don't love.
6. "Elysium" by Pet Shop Boys. You know how I love my boys! Their 2009 album "Yes" ranks amongst my favorite PSB albums and 25 years into their career, that is extra awesome. They decided to work with Kayne West's producer (lord knows why) and record the album in LA, so you'd kind of expect upbeat and punchy songs that you could listen to as you drive down Pacific Coast Highway. Instead, the tracks are mostly slow and subdued. The first song "Leaving" is a perfect upbeat PSB track and the final song "Requiem in Denim and Leopard Skin" is an epic closing track (that sounds incredibly similar to "DJ Culture Mix" that was released in the early 90s). The B-sides from the album are quite good and they are a lot more upbeat than the album tracks and in fact a lot of the album tracks sound like they should be b-sides. It's refreshing that Pet Shop Boys are still capable of making good music because many of their contemporaries have long since lost it.
7. "Banks" by Paul Banks. The lead singer of Interpol has made another solo record (and an EP). Rather than use his alter-ego Julian Plenti, Banks uses his real name for a collection of good but not great songs. He also released the EP "Julian Plenti Lives…" (as pictured above) in 2012. This is not to say there are not great songs on the album. The lead off song "The Base" is excellent (and my favorite track on the record). At the 2:37 mark when Paul sings "So steep," is probably my favorite moment on the record. There are a lot of Interpol-worthy tracks such as "Young Again" and "I'll Sue You," but a some instrumentals and a couple sample heavy tracks leave me thinking this is more like album filler.
8. "Co-Exist" by The XX. This is an album that I really enjoy when I listen to it from start to finish. It's super mellow and is a really good early morning or late night album. The problem I find is that I often like to make a playlist where I put all of my current favorite albums in and hit shuffle and when I hear many of these songs individually, often they are not the right vibe I am looking for. In a way, it's a casualty of the 2-second attention span generation to me. Now, what I'd love to see for both of The XX' albums are remix albums with thumping beats. That would probably propel them into becoming one of my favorite groups.
9. "The 2nd Law" by Muse. The songs on this album that are good, are not just good, they are some of the best songs EVER. Opening up with the epic track "Supremacy," the song is almost like an alt-rock version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen because it has elements of so many kinds of music in it. In terms of epic-ness, the song sounds like a James Bond theme and I freely admit, the first time I listened to it, my mouth dropped open – which is a feat that doesn't occur very often. The lyrics are a continuation of "Uprising" which would become the world's national anthem if it were up to me. The album also features really great and catchy rock songs like "Panic Station," "Survival," (whose first chorus is one of the best rock and roll moments of 2012) "Madness" and "Follow Me." A dub-step instrumental and a handful of weak tracks towards the end of the record as compared to the genius of the way the album opens are the Achilles heel of the record stopping it from it achieving world dominance.
10. "Magic Hour" by Scissor Sisters. When I first heard this album, I had many "WTF?" moments, but the record grew on me over time. It appeared that in desperation to have a worldwide hit record, the very unique band worked with a bunch of "it" producers. I sort of understand this logic as they are huge in other parts of the world and their native United States just doesn't seem to get it. I truly think it's tragic as I've had so much fun over the years seeing them perform and their albums are filled with catchy dance music that is a lot more fun than your typical mainstream fare and perhaps that is why they've been one of America's best kept secrets. If the US seemed to miss it from albums 1-3, the cat was let out of the bag with the summer anthem "Let's Have A Kiki" which is an expression that has deservedly worked its way into the pop culture vernacular.
Albums that really disappointed me.
11. "Push and Shove" by No Doubt. I'm from Orange County, California where No Doubt are from, so not only have I been a fan of theirs for longer than you have, but I've been waiting more impatiently than you for a new record. I think the band started to really lose creativity after their breakthrough album "Tragic Kingdom" was released. They started to sound less like themselves and became "No Doubt lite" in attempt to sell more records. Not to say they didn't have some good songs, but overall both post-Tragic Kingdom albums were stinkers. Lead singer Gwen Stefani's solo albums are both terrible and completely soul-less despite working with every "it producer" under the sun. Setting my standards really low for the new album, it surpassed my expectations and was even worse than I could have imagined! Squeaky clean No Doubt ballads? Obviously the band all has kids now and they've made it known that they would record only in between feeding times and family obligations. The bad thing is, I thought they'd be able to conceal it better, but it clearly shows in the extremely dull tracks they have convinced themselves into saying in public are their best material.
12. "MDNA" by Madonna. Another dull record. Madonna tries to act like someone 20 years younger both on stage and on record – on stage by still showing the world her tits and on record by working with the flavor of the month producers. STOP DOING THAT! Just make a Madonna record! Give us a dance groove that is irresistible and makes us want to forget our cares and throw our hands in the air. That's why the world fell in love with Madonna and that's what people really want to hear. Inserting raps by Nicki Minaj (with her touting how great Madonna is) is fucking embarrassing and not necessary. Her song "I Don't Give A" which is all about how much Madonna multitasks makes me feel as much pity for her as I do for spoiled rotten rich people that are complaining how hard they have it. This mixed bag collection also features songs that sound like pale imitations of old songs, and it makes the listener want to reach for her older music instead. Madonna shouldn't be counted out entirely because she made the song "Gang Bang" which is unlike any song she's ever done before and that gives me hope much more than her "poor me syndrome" and Kaballah filled lyrics give me.
13. "Not Your Kind of People" by Garbage. It's great that mid-90's alt-rockers Garbage have set aside their differences and made a new record. Many of the songs sound like classic era Garbage tracks but they suffer from not having the hooks that make you want to listen to their early stuff on repeat. I love the track "Blood For Poppies" a lot, but I admit that it had to grow on me before I really fell in love with it, whereas I used to find myself falling in love instantly with Garbage songs. Though the album is a little uneven, I won't miss seeing them live because they still know how to rock an audience!
What were your favorites? What disappointed you? Don't be shy. But let's keep the discussion on music, ok?


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As We Are Now is another wonderful session from pianist Renee Rosnes, finding her nativgating a challenging set of six original compositions and three covers. Rosnes is supported by drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Christian McBride and saxophonist Chris Potter, an impressive lineup that alows Rosnes to stretch her limits. As We Are Now finds the limits of hard bop and pushes it further, resulting in an adventurous, rewarding listen. ~ Leo Stanley


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Student-to-Staff Program
Each year during Annual Conference, the Chapter Relations Office puts together a group of student volunteers from the chapters to assist ALA staff at the conference. To qualify for the Student-to-Staff Program, the student must be a current ALA member and a member of a student chapter, and cannot have previously participated in the program. Each school has its own selection process, and the chosen student's name must be submitted to ALA by the group's faculty advisor. One student will be accepted per chapter.
In exchange for working four hours per day at the conference from Friday, July 10, through Monday, July 13, the student will receive free conference registration, housing, and a per diem for meal expenses. Transportation costs (such as airfare and cabs) are the student's responsibility. To find out how you can participate at the 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., contact your ALA Student Chapter for their selection criteria, or contact Don Wood in the Chapter Relations Office.


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Linux Mint is a derivative distribution of Ubuntu. Its purpose, according to its Web site, "is to produce an elegant, up-to-date, and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution." Unfortunately, it falls short in at least one of those areas, and suffers from several other disappointing shortcomings.
Mint comes in two primary editions: a main edition, which includes proprietary codecs and plugins, and a light edition, which does not. Like Ubuntu, both versions use GNOME as the user interface, though there are other versions of Mint available which include Xfce and KDE.
I installed the main edition of Mint on my test machine, a system that includes an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ processor, 2GB of RAM, and an Nvidia 7300GT video card. No 64-bit version is available, so I was forced to use the 32-bit version instead.
Mint, like Ubuntu, is released as a live CD with a graphical installer that you can use as soon as the live environment is finished loading. In fact, the installer is the same one that Ubuntu uses, with the name of the distribution in renamed to Linux Mint where needed. The install process for me took only around 10 minutes.
Mint 3.1, codenamed "Celena," contains a unique theme that comprises a customized boot, splash, GNOME Display Manager, and GTK themes. The boot graphics and GDM are nice, but the default Murrine theme is not on par with the rest of the eye candy. The default theme layout of Mint includes only one panel as opposed to the two panels used by Ubuntu and most other GNOME distributions. In addition, instead of using the default menu bar to display and launch available applications, Mint instead uses the "Mint Menu," which resembles SUSE's Slab menu, with all applications scrollable within a context box rather than all over the screen. I found it to be a refreshing change.
My first mission with Mint was to enable the closed source Nvidia driver in order to enjoy full hardware acceleration on my machine. In Ubuntu, I was accustomed to the Restricted Drivers Manager notifying me that a binary driver was available for my card, but Mint doesn't offer that. I noticed Envy, a script that eases the installation of proprietary Nvidia and ATI drivers, in my programs list, and used it to enable the Nvidia driver. With just a few clicks, Envy downloaded all the necessary software to compile the driver, and installed the latest version of it from Nvidia's site. Following Envy's request to reboot my machine, the driver was in place.
Mint also includes MintUpdate, a customized software update tool. MintUpdate sorts available updates in different levels, and enables only certain levels by default in an attempt to prevent an update from breaking the system. However, if you like, you can opt for the higher-level updates.
Next, I tested the included codecs and plugins by playing several types of media, including videos on CNN and YouTube (Flash), as well as MP3 and OGG files. DVD support is also enabled out of the box and gave me no issues. Each media type I tried worked as expected without the need to configure anything manually. Even though having most if not all types of media enabled out of the box is nice, recent releases of Ubuntu itself make that easier.
Although Mint's boot process takes noticeably longer than Ubuntu's, the overall speed of the system is just as fast, and the system itself is just as stable as you'd expect any distribution of Linux to be. When it comes to performance while playing games, glxgears displayed the same frame rate as I would normally expect from my card, though I didn't find any games installed by default. Since Mint utilizes the same software sources as Ubuntu, however, installing Neverball and Chromium, two of my favorite Linux games, was effortless using APT.
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Unfortunately my experience with Mint was not without problems. First, while running the install, I clicked on the button to display the release notes, but instead of seeing them, I was taken to the front page of Mint's site.
While previous versions of Mint were available in releases that included Xfce and KDE, the current version is not. If you'd like to use other desktop environments, you have to either use the older version (Mint 3.0 "Cassandra") or use APT to install a different desktop environment.
Upon first booting the machine after the installation finished, you're presented with the Linux Mint Assistant menu, which allows you to choose whether to enable the root account instead of using sudo to run administrative commands. The menu also asks you to choose the default program to handle NTFS/FAT drives, and whether you want to enable Fortune, a program that displays a random quote in terminal windows when they are first opened. While the ability to enable or disable the root account was nice, having options for NTFS mounting and Fortune are unnecessary. Other hard disks on your machine should be mounted without your being prompted, and Fortune is out of place as an installation option. The Assistant menu would be more useful if it included a way of enabling the binary Nvidia driver, since Mint already enables other types of proprietary content by default.
My first login after enabling the closed source Nvidia driver prompted Ubuntu's Restricted Drivers Manager to appear, and pointed to the top of my screen as if I were supposed to click on an icon. Mint, however, uses only the bottom panel, which is where the icon actually was. The Restricted Drivers Manager shouldn't have come up at all, since I didn't use it to install the driver. And while Envy is a good tool to enable proprietary drivers for ATI and Nvidia products, new users might not know how to find it or what it's for.
Mint claims to be an "up-to-date" distribution, but I didn't find that to be the case. While the Nvidia driver that Envy downloaded was the newest available, Mint 3.1 includes GNOME 2.18.1, the GIMP 2.2, Pidgin 2.1.1, and OpenOffice.org 2.2.0, all of which are currently out of date. The current development branch, 4.0 "Daryna," will probably catch up with current software.
The default desktop configuration is also not without shortcomings. At one point I decided to move a file browser window to a second workspace. When it came time for me to access that window, I noticed there wasn't a workspace switcher on the taskbar.
Finally, while Chromium ran just as well as I remember it, Neverball looked great but sounded terrible; it produced an annoying static sound through my speakers. I tried adjusting all of the volume sliders and disabling unneeded sound features from the mixer, but I was not able to get the problem resolved.
Overall, Linux Mint did not perform as well as I expected it to. Mint features great out-of-the-box media support, but the lack of a 64-bit version and various shortcomings throughout have a negative impact on what could be a fantastic release. Mint has great potential, which I hope will be fully realized in future releases.


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Poverty is about more than not having enough money, so when strategies for reforming welfare are put forward they need to improve wellbeing as well as reduce the financial burden on the state. When more people get jobs, then that is good in many ways, not just easing the strain on the government's budget.
In a time of particular financial pressure there are not that many jobs available and house prices still seem out of reach for a lot of people. But these aren't the only social issues we should be concerned about. The Evangelical Alliance has consistently campaigned for restrictions on gambling that help stop people from becoming addicted. We are also interested in how communities and government can counter the damage that alcohol often causes.


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Building on its successful School of Business online MBA program -- now in its fourth year -- and corporate-based programs in some of its other schools, Clarkson University continues to expand its distance education programs.
The New York State Education Department recently approved addition of the distance education format to all master of science and master of engineering degrees in Clarkson's Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering and the Institute for a Sustainable Environment. Clarkson plans to soon offer all graduate programs through distance learning.
Earlier this year, U.S. News & World Report ranked Clarkson University's online graduate business programs in the nation's top-12.
Kerop D. Janoyan has been appointed director of distance learning. An associate professor and executive officer of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Janoyan will coordinate marketing, policy, licensing and technology, as Clarkson increases its distance education offerings.
"Through his experience in the classroom, laboratory and research collaborations, Kerop brings a qualified perspective to the distance learning environment of the future," said Provost Chuck Thorpe in announcing the appointment. "His energy, experience as an executive officer, prior state and industry collaborations, and marketing and fundraising experience make him an ideal choice for this role."
Janoyan will also head a University-wide MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) Task Force, which will observe the ongoing development of MOOCs and provide recommendations as to how the University should proceed in this area.
Thorpe says that the University plans to work closely with its alumni and corporate partners in planning its distance learning offerings. Janoyan also hopes the University can enable distance components for its current listing of courses.
"We hope that eventually any professional interested in content at Clarkson can take one of our courses through distance learning," says Janoyan. "In addition, it will provide a better educational experience for our undergraduates, especially students on co-op, away for internship or studying abroad, who would be able to stay on schedule for their degree program at Clarkson even while they are off-campus."
Janoyan says that Clarkson's expanded distance learning offerings could also bring about more opportunities for "blended classroom" experiences, in which courses combine a face-to-face component with an online or computer-related component.
"The distance-enabled curricula will also enable Clarkson students to interact with their peers at other universities around the world, bringing an expanded worldview into our classrooms," adds Janoyan.
Janoyan joined the Clarkson faculty in 2002, after receiving his Ph.D. in civil engineering from University of California, Los Angeles.
He has been recognized numerous times by Clarkson's Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering for his excellence in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and by the Albert D. Merrill Award by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department for his contributions toward research and service. Janoyan was elected by-fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University where he spent his sabbatical stay in 2009. He has mentored over a dozen doctoral and masters students, as well as numerous undergraduate research students.
In his announcement, Thorpe thanked Associate Vice Provost for Research William Jemison and Provost Emeritus Thomas Young for the groundwork they have done in distance education. He also recognized the work of Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor & Chair Stefan Grimberg and Bursar Amanda Pickering, the co-leads for the strategic planning process distance and digital learning study group, and Distance Learning Coordinator Laura Perry.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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National Measurement System
A guide to research programmes and other services funded through the National Measurement System.
The National Measurement System (NMS) provides the UK with an infrastructure of laboratories that deliver world-class measurement science and technology.
Published 11 March 2014
Last updated 17 August 2017 + show all updates
Last updated 17 August 2017 + show all updates
- Added information on national measurement strategy for 2017 to 2020.
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If there is one thing that I try to emphasize to visitors to the Artifact Lab, it is that we are NOT unwrapping or cutting open mummies. While this type of examination may have been appropriate and acceptable in the past (think PUM I) we don't do this anymore. As you may gather from the title of this blog and our project, we are focusing on the conservation of our mummies, and we do this by aiming to use non-invasive and reversible examination and treatment techniques as much as possible. Our ability to carry out our work with much less interventive procedures than those used in the past is due in part to advances in technology. And when you see what is possible with new technology, you can see why autopsying mummies just doesn't, errr…cut it.
Take, for example, one of our mummies that was CT-scanned back in 2009.
As part of a larger CT-scanning project funded by the National Science Foundation, Hapi-Men, along with his puppy (Hapi-Puppy) was CT-scanned at the Department of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) (a special thanks to Felicia Williams and Erica Durham for this work!).
Although Hapi-Men had been x-rayed in the past, this type of examination is limited in that it does not provide much detail of any of the preserved soft tissue and other materials (like amulets) included in the mummy's wrappings. But CT-scans can help reveal these details, and they also allow for 3D reconstructions, like the one you can see below, created by Penn graduate Samantha Cox under the supervision of Dr. Janet Monge.
CT-scanning, combined with other imaging techniques such as photogrammetry and laser scanning, leads to some pretty amazing virtual representations of mummies. Most recently, such work has been carried out in a collaborative effort between The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, a group of Swedish visualization researchers, FARO (a 3D technology company) and Autodesk (a software company focusing on 3D design). This collaboration has resulted not only in the capture of new information for researchers, but the creation of an interactive exhibition for museum visitors, scheduled to open in Stockholm in February 2014. The interactive part of the exhibit, created using Inside Explorer will allow both museum staff and visitors to use simple gestures to virtually unwrap the mummies and to explore their multiple burial components.
You can read more about this exciting project, and see several images and videos of the process by following this link.
Our current work to conserve the mummies and funerary items In the Artifact Lab will stabilize some of these fragile objects enough to allow us to CT-scan them, and hopefully so that we can create some of our very own interactive exhibition features in the future.


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Toyota's newest Prius model, the 2012 Prius c, is set to hit dealerships next month. The Prius c is now the smallest Prius model available and sits at the opposite end of the lineup from the "versatile" Prius v. The Prius c five-door hatchback is about the same size as the Toyota Yaris and is powered by Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive system, which in this case mates a 1.5L DOHC four-cylinder engine with a 60-hp electric motor and a 144-volt nickel-metal hydride battery. The total hybrid system has an output of 99 horsepower and gets 53 mpg in the city and 46 mpg on the highway meaning its city fuel economy is the highest of any vehicle currently on the market that doesn't use a plug.
Toyota will offer the Prius c in four trim levels: One, Two, Three and Four. Prius c One ($18,950) is the base model that comes standard with automatic climate control, Bluetooth and remote keyless entry. Prius c Two ($19,900) features a 6-speaker audio system, a 60/40 split fold-down rear seat, cruise control, engine immobilizer and a cargo area cover. Prius c Three ($21,635) is chocked full of technology with a display audio system with navigation that adds a 6.1-inch touchscreen. Music fans will also be happy that this trim level comes with Sirius satellite radio, Pandora radio and HD radio with iTunes tagging. It also gets a standard USB port. The Prius c Three model also gets Bluetooth, a Smart Key system with push button start. A moonroof and 15-inch alloy wheels are optional.
Finally, Prius c Four ($23,230) is the top Prius c trim and comes standard with 15-inch alloy wheels, Softex-trimmed heated front seats, heated outside mirrors and fog lamps. Buyers can add 16-inch alloy wheels and a moonroof for an extra $1,150.


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Destructoid - After the drop in quality between 2009's CSI: Deadly Intent with its crazy cases and the plain mediocre CSI: Fatal Conspiracy in 2010, it appears Ubisoft has moved development of the similar and new NCIS game from Telltale Games to its in-house Ubisoft Shanghai studio.
These games are meant for two audiences only -- fans of the show and achievement hunters -- and NCIS shouldn't disappoint either of them. In fact, it's much better than the current generation's CSI games.


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Latos blanks Cubs for 8 innings in Reds' 2-0 win
Mat Latos threw eight scoreless innings, and Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-0 win over All-Star Travis Wood and the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.
Latos, who had been 3-0 with a 1.73 ERA since the All-Star break, allowed six hits and struck out nine for the Reds, who gained a half-game on idle Pittsburgh and St. Louis in the NL Central.
Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth inning for his 28th save in 32 tries to hand the Cubs their third straight home shutout loss. They have gone 32 2-3 innings without a run at Wrigley Field.
Phillips provided all the offense with his 15th homer of the season. He hit an 0-2 pitch from Wood to score Todd Frazier, who had walked.
Latos (12-3) gave the Reds bullpen a much needed rest after Cincinnati used six relievers for a combined six innings of work Sunday in a 3-2, 13-inning win over San Diego.
After Latos went eight, Chapman did the rest to give the Reds their 10th win in 12 games over the Cubs this season. Cincinnati is 13-1 in its last 14 games at Wrigley Field.
Wood (7-9) posted his 20th quality start but took the loss. He also went eight innings and allowed Phillips' homer among four hits. He struck out four and walked only one, but the Cubs lost for the 11th time in 15 games.
Cincinnati left fielder Ryan Ludwick returned from the disabled list and went 0 for 3. He had been out since April 1 when he tore cartilage in his right shoulder while sliding headfirst into third base against the Los Angeles Angels.
The Cubs didn't get their first hit off Latos until there were two outs in the fifth when Donnie Murphy lined a sharp single to left. Darwin Barney followed with a single that moved Murphy to third. Latos ended the threat by getting Wood to fly out to left.
Wood, facing the team that traded him before the 2012 season, kept the Reds in check, too. He was helped by double plays in the second and fourth innings, and was aided in the third when David DeJesus threw out Devin Mesoraco at second as he tried to stretch a single into a double.
Chicago also made a costly mistake on the bases in the sixth. Junior Lake singled with one out, and when Anthony Rizzo followed with a hit to center, Lake was thrown out at third by center fielder Shin-Soo Choo.
NOTES: The Cubs promoted Kris Bryant, the No. 2 pick in this year's draft, from short-season Boise to Class-A Advanced Daytona. . Mesoraco went 1 for 3 after playing all 13 innings on Sunday. When asked about playing Mesoraco on Monday, Baker cited his average against left-handers (.339), his familiarity with Latos, and his age (25). ... Cubs RHP Scott Baker threw a bullpen session and will throw one more before resuming his rehab assignment at Daytona. Baker, 31, is working back from Tommy John surgery and has allowed 14 earned runs in 12 innings through four combined rehab outings at Class-A Kane County and Daytona. . On Tuesday, the Reds' Homer Bailey (7-10, 3.73) faces the Cubs' Jeff Samardzija (6-11, 4.23). ... Cincinnati optioned OF Derrick Robinson to Triple-A Louisville to make room for Ludwick.


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Login to Google Apps using PayPal
It was great to see Pam setup and configure PingFederate to accept PayPal OpenID and show login to Google Apps.
The following screen cast illustrates:
- User accesses integralcurve.com (a Google Apps domain)
- SAML SP Initiated SSO to PingFederate.
- PingFed redirects to PayPal OpenID endpoint for authentication.
- User authenticates at PayPal.com.
- PingFed accepts PayPal OpenID response, creates a SAML assertion and redirects to integralcurve.
- User is logged in to integralcurve.
Another feature that's not shown here is to configure the solution for user's to select their own IdP at run time. This can potentially allow Google Apps hosted enterprises to offer their employees a handful of IdP options (PayPal, Enterprise AD, Facebook…) and let the employees pick the one they feel most comfortable with.


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Publications: Cumming-Potvin, Wendy
Journal Article
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2019) Agency and Rights in Childhood (Australia). Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies .
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2019) Agency and Rights in Youth (Australia). Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies .
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Martino, W. (2018) Countering heteronormativity and cisnormativity in Australian schools: Examining English teachers' reflections on gender and sexual diversity in the classroom. Teaching and Teacher Education, 74 . pp. 35-48.
Martino, W., Airton, L., Kuhl, D. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2018) Mapping transgender policyscapes: A policy analysis of transgender inclusivity in the education system in Ontario. Journal of Education Policy, 34 (3). pp. 302-330.
Martino, W. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2018) Transgender and gender expansive education research, policy and practice: Reflecting on epistemological and ontological possibilities of bodily becoming. Gender and Education, 30 (6). pp. 687-694.
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Martino, W. (2018) The policyscape of transgender equality and gender diversity in the Western Australian education system: A case study. Gender and Education, 30 (6). pp. 715-735.
Martino, W. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2017) 'Effeminate arty boys and butch soccer girls': investigating queer and trans-affirmative pedagogies under conditions of neoliberal governance. Research Papers in Education, 34 (2). pp. 131-152.
Pearce, J. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2017) English classrooms and curricular justice for the recognition of LGBT individuals: What can teachers do? Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 42 (9). pp. 77-92.
Gardiner, V., Cumming-Potvin, W. and Glass, C. (2017) More than standardisation: Teacher's professional literacy learning in Australia? Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 42 (10). pp. 93-107.
Stout, R.M., Cumming-Potvin, W. and Wildy, H. (2017) Torch bearer, weary juggler, and heckler: Representations of teacher ledership. McGill Journal of Education, 52 (3). pp. 637-656.
Gardiner, V. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2015) Conceptual and contextual contradictions: How a group of primary school teachers negotiated professional learning in a multiliteracies book club. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40 (7).
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Sanford, K. (2015) Countering a 'Back-to-Basics' approach to teacher education: Multiliteracies and On-Line discussions in a community of practice. Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal, 17 (1). pp. 21-41.
Martino, W. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2014) Teaching about 'Princess Boys' or not: The case of one male elementary school teacher and the polemics of gender identity/embodiment. Men and Masculinities, 18 (1). pp. 79-99.
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Martino, W. (2014) Teaching about queer families: Surveillance, censorship, and the schooling of sexualities. Teaching Education, 25 (3). pp. 309-333.
Martino, W. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2014) Teaching about sexual minorities and "princess boys": A queer and trans-infused approach to investigating LGBTQ-themed texts in the elementary school classroom. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 37 (6). pp. 807-827.
Cumming-Potvin, W., Baillie, C. and Bowden, J.A. (2013) Engineering for social and environmental justice: Scaffolding knowledge during collaborative writing journeys. International Journal for Infonomics, 1 (1 (Spec.)). pp. 785-791.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2013) "New basics" and literacies: Deepening reflexivity in qualitative research. Qualitative Research Journal, 13 (2). pp. 214-230.
Gardiner, V., Cumming-Potvin, W. and Hesterman, S. (2013) Professional learning in a scaffolded 'multiliteracies book club': Transforming primary teacher participation. Issues in Educational Research, 23 (3). pp. 357-374.
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Currie, J. (2013) Towards new literacies and social justice for engineering education. International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, 2 (1). pp. 21-37.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2012) Negotiating worlds, words and identities: Scaffolded literacies for pre-service teachers and children. McGill Journal of Education, 47 (3). pp. 379-402.
Martino, W. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2011) "They didn't have out there gay parents-they just looked like normal regular parents": Investigating teachers' approaches to addressing same-sex parenting and non-normative sexuality in the elementary school classroom. Curriculum Inquiry, 41 (4). pp. 480-501.
MacCallum, J., Palmer, D., Wright, P. R., Cumming-Potvin, W., Brooker, M. and Tero, C. (2010) Australian perspectives: Community building through intergenerational exchange programs. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 8 (2). pp. 113-127.
Morcom, V. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2010) Bullies and victims in a primary classroom: Scaffolding a collaborative community of practice. Issues in Educational Research, 20 (2). pp. 166-182.
Cumming-Potvin, W. and MacCallum, J. (2010) Editorial - Mentoring: Promoting learning in collaborative communities. McGill Journal of Education, 45 (2). pp. 181-184.
Cumming-Potvin, W. and MacCallum, J. (2010) Intergenerational practice: Mentoring and social capital for twenty-first century communities of practice. McGill Journal of Education, 45 (2). pp. 305-323.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2009) Social justice, pedagogy and multiliteracies: developing communities of practice for teacher education. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 34 (1). pp. 82-99.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2008) Partners, pedagogy and technology: A year 7 boy's reading progress. Curriculum perspectives, 28 (3). pp. 37-47.
Schibeci, R., MacCallum, J., Cumming-Potvin, W., Durrant, C., Kissane, B. and Miller, E‐J (2008) Teachers' journeys towards critical use of ICT. Learning, Media and Technology, 33 (4). pp. 313-327.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2007) Scaffolding, multiliteracies, and reading circles. Canadian Journal of Education, 30 (2). pp. 483-507.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2004) Disrupting literacy practices in a learning community: Empowerment through voicing. McGill Journal of Education, 39 (2). pp. 199-219.
Cumming-Potvin, W., Renshaw, P. and van Kraayenoord, C.E. (2003) Scaffolding and bilingual shared reading experiences: promoting primary school students' learning and development. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 26 (2). pp. 54-68.
Cumming-Potvin, W., Renshaw, P. and van Kraayenoord, C. (2003) A sociocultural analysis of language learning: New forms of literacy practices in a language and culture awareness programme. Language and Education, 17 (6). pp. 391-407.
McAndrew, M., St-Pierre, A. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (1996) Le technicien en assistance sociale affecté à la prévention de l'abandon scolaire. Canadian Journal of Education/Revue canadienne de l'éducation, 21 (1). pp. 35-49.
Cumming-Potvin, W., Lessard, C. and McAndrew, M. (1994) L'adaptation de l'institution scolaire québécoise à la pluriethnicité : continuité et rupture face aux discours officiels. Revue des sciences de l'éducation, 20 (4). pp. 679-696.
Conference Paper
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Gardiner, V. (2018) Literacy Arts and English Classrooms: Opening conversations about LGBTQI rights. In: Australian Association for the Teaching of English conference 2018: The Art of English, 8 - 11 July 2018, Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre
Cumming-Potvin, W., Richardson, I. and Martino, W. (2014) Digital storytelling and multiliteracies: Challenging inequities faced by LGBTI Youth. In: 10th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, 6 - 7 February 2014, Facultad de Ciencias de la Información Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
Martino, W. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2013) Investigating the pedagogical use of LGBTQ themed texts in the elementary school classroom. In: American Educational Research Association Meeting (AERA) 2013, April 27 - May 1 2013, San Fransisco, CA
Cumming-Potvin, W., Baille, C. and Bowden, J.A. (2012) Engineering education for social and environmental justice: Scaffolding multidisciplinary knowledge through multiliteracies. In: Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2012), 18 - 21 June 2012, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Phillips, R., Maor, D., Preston, G. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2012) Exploring learning analytics as indicators of study behaviour. In: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2012, 25 - 29 June 2012, Denver, CO pp. 2861-2867.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2012) Resisting a technical landscape: Qualitative research and critical pedagogy for literacy education. In: Association for Qualitative Research Conference (AQR/DPR) 2012, 23 - 25 August 2012, Charles Darwin University, Darwin
Gardiner, V., Cumming-Potvin, W. and Hesterman, S. (2012) Transforming professional learning: Scaffolding primary school teachers in a multiliteracies book club. In: 27th Annual Research Forum (Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc) Transforming practice: The value of educational research, 11 August 2012, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia
Phillips, R., Maor, D., Cumming-Potvin, W., Roberts, P., Herrington, J., Preston, G., Moore, E. and Perry, L. (2011) Learning analytics and study behaviour: A pilot study. In: ASCILITE 2011, 4 - 7 December 2011, Wrest Point, Hobart, Tasmania pp. 997-1007.
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Martino, W. (2011) Teaching about queer families in schools: The fear of parents. In: Outgames Human Rights Conference, 25 - 31 July 2011, Vancouver, BC Canada
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Martino, W. (2010) Politics, pedagogy and diversity: Towards Non-normative representations. In: Inclusive and Supportive Education Congress (ISEC) 2010, 2 - 5 August 2010, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Phillips, R., Preston, G., Roberts, P., Cumming-Potvin, W., Herrington, J., Maor, D and Gosper, M. (2010) Using academic analytic tools to investigate studying behaviours in technology-supported learning environments. In: C.H. Steel, M.J. Keppell, P. Gerbic & S. Housego (Eds.), Curriculum, technology & transformation for an unknown future. Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010, 5 - 8 December, Sydney, Australia
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2009) The power of picture books: 'Multiliteracies' for classrooms of the twenty-first century. In: 7th International Association for the Improvement of Mother Tongue Educational Conference, 23 - 26 June 2009, University of Toronto, Canada
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2008) More than teacher education: Interweaving multiple identities of pre-service teacher, parent and literacy educator. In: Paris International Conference on Education, Economy & Society, 17 - 19 July 2008, Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel, Paris, France
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2007) Beyond books: Face-to-face and on-line literacies for preservice teachers and thier children. In: British Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2007, 5 - 8 September 2007, Institute of London, London
MacCallum, J., Palmer, D., Cumming-Potvin, W., Wright, P. R., Brooker, M. and Tero, C. (2007) Caravans and 'cyberspace': Connecting community through intergenerational exchange. In: 15th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA), 5-8 July 2007, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2007) Improving pre-service teacher education programs: Stretching understandings for new literacies. In: AARE 2007 International Educational Research Conference, 25 - 29 November 2007, Fremantle, Western Australia
Cumming-Potvin, W. and O'Donnell, J. (2006) Engaging students in multiliteracies: Supporting voices for the 21 century. In: AATE/ALEA National Conference 2006, 8 - 11 July 2006, Darwin, N.T.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2005) Beyond phonics and whole language: A year seven boy's engagement in reading through muliple literacy practices. In: Redesigning Pedagogy: Research, Policy, Practice Conference, 30 May - 1 June 2005, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Cumming-Potvin, W., Glass, C. and Kailis, L. (2005) Planning for critical learning environments. In: AATE/ALEA National Conference 2005, 1 - 4 July 2005, Broadbeach, QLD
MacCallum, J., Palmer, D., Northcote, J.K., Wright, P., Cumming-Potvin, W., Tero, C., Brooker, M. and Wright, P. R. (2005) Turning talking into walking: Practical ideas for intergenerational action. In: Active 2005 Conference, 14-15 September 2005, Fremantle, W.A.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2004) Building an upper primary community: Pedagogy, partners and technology. In: AATE, ACTA, ALEA and PETA Annual Conference 2004: Get Real...and all that Spiel, 4 - 7 July 2004, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia
Cumming-Potvin, W., Schibeci, R., Lee, L. and Lake, D. (2004) ICT in schools: Research supporting professional partnerships. In: Connected Learning Conference: The Power of ICT in the Curriculum, 23 - 24 September 2004, Perth Convention Centre, Perth
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2004) Logging on to new basics in a supportive learning community. In: AARE 2004: Positioning educational research, 29 November - 2 December 2004, Melbourne, Vic.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2003) Enhancing literacy learning in a classroom community: Integrating information and communication technology into a literature based English program. In: 18th Annual Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER) Forum 2003, 9 August 2003, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley Campus
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2002) Spaces for difference: Empowering a primary student to 'try on' a minority group identity. In: The Centre for Applied Language and Linguistics Research Conference (CAL) 2002, December 2002, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2002) A sociocultural analysis of language: Extending students' learning and development in a primary classroom. In: 17th Annual Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Forum (WAIER) 2002, 17 August 2002, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley
Cumming-Potvin, W., Renshaw, P. and van Kraayenoord, C.E. (1998) Using shared reading experiences to promote the inclusive curriculum in early childhood settings. In: Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland International Early Childhood Conference, 20 - 23 June, Brisbane, Queensland
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Lamontagne, J.C. (1988) Integrating drama into the primary school curriculum. In: L'association Professionnelle des Professeurs d'immersion et du Programme Cadre Annual Conference, April 1988, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Conference Item
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2018) Combattre l'homophobie, la biphobia et la transphobie en milieu scolaire: que lest le role des allies? In: Conference publique. Pavillon J.- A. Deseve, 23 October 2018, Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Montreal, PQ, Canada.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2018) LGBTQI + Allyship: Australia, Canada & the USA. In: Australian Ally Conference 2018: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status. Leading the Change, 27 - 28 September 2018, Curtin University, Perth.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2018) When Does Freedom of Speech 'Cross the Line'? University Battlegrounds, LGBTQI+ Allyship and the Chicago Principles. In: LLED Research Seminar Series with Dr. Wendy Cumming-Potvin, 18 October 2018, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (Chair) (2016) Promoting human rights in Australian educational communities for people of diverse genders and sexualities. In: Human Rights Syposium: The Young and Well Cooperative Centre/Murdoch University, 16 May 2016, Kim Beazley Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University.
Cumming-Potvin, W., Martino, W. and Gardiner, V. (2015) Developing inclusive school communities: From heteronormativity to hope through multiliteracies, queer and trans theory. In: Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) 2015, 29 November - 3 December 2015, Notre Dame University, Fremantle.
Cumming-Potvin, W., Martino, W. and Gardiner, V. (2014) Researching gender and sexual diversity in educational communities: Methodological challenges and possibilities. In: Gender and Education Association Biennial Interim Conference Gender and Education in the Asia-Pacific: Possibilities and Provocations, 9 - 11 December 2014, Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Melbourne, Australia.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2013) Curriculum conversations: The place of language, literacy and literature within the Australian curriculum. In: Curriculum Conversations 2013, 11th May 2013, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2013) Teaching about queer families in schools: Erasure and parent surveillance. In: Seminar. Faculty of Education. McGill University, May 2013, Canada.
Phillips, R., Maor, D., Cumming-Potvin, W., Roberts, P. and Herrington, J. (2012) Learning analytics and study behaviour: A pilot study. In: Teaching and Learning Forum 2012: Creating an inclusive learning environment: Engagement, equity, and retention, 2 - 3 February 2012, Murdoch University, Murdoch, W.A.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2009) Pathways from postgraduate student to academic. In: Doctoral Students' Seminar. Faculty of Education., Jan 2009, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2008) Engaging students and pre-service teachers in multiliteracies: Supporting diverse voices for the 21st century. In: Lecture at the University of Victoria, November 2008, Faculty of Education, B.C.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2008) Multiliteracies' and diversity for pre-service teachers and young children: Building and reflecting on worlds and identities. In: Seminar. University of Western Ontario, December 2008, Faculty of Education, Canada.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2008) Research & pedagogy consultancy: Boys' education issues. In: Lecture. School of Distance and Isolated Education, July 2008, Leederville, WA.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2003) Links from Western Australia: Qualitative research and social issues related to mining. In: Seminar. Dept. of Mining, Faculty of Applied Science, February 2006, University of British Columbia, canada.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2003) Literacy learning in a classroom community: Integrating ICT into a literature-based program. In: Seminar. Atwell Primary School, Atwell, WA.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2003) Roles and practices of the literate person. In: Lecture. Saint Simon Peter's Catholic Primary School, July 2003, Ocean Reef, WA.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2003) Scaffolded spaces in a Year 4 classroom: Learning about language and culture in the Australian outback. In: Seminar. Dept. of Language and Literacy, Jan 2003, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2002) Literacy for a changing world. In: Lecture. St. John's XXIII Catholic School, January 2002, Perth, W.A.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2001) Sociocultural analysis in Outback city: A language and culture awareness program. In: Murdoch Research Seminar Series, June 2001, Murdoch University, Murdoch, W.A.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (1998) Beyond the ABC's of learning: Literacy in the early childhood setting. In: Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland Mount Isa , Early Childhood Seminar, 18 July, Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (1998) Beyond the text: Using shared reading to promote diversity. In: Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland Mount Isa , Early Childhood Seminar, 18 July, Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (1992) L'Adaptation de L'institution Scolaire Quebecoise a la Pluriethnicite. In: 60th Conference of the French-Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science, May 1992, Quebec, Canada.
Book Chapter
Cumming-Potvin, W. and Martino, W. (2017) Teaching about queer families: Surveillance, censorship, and the schooling of sexualities. In: Aggleton, P., (ed.) Education and Sexualities. Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group.
Martino, W. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2017) Teaching about sexual minorities and 'princess boys': A queer and trans-infused approach to investigating LGBTQ themed texts in the elementary classroom. In: Blackburn, V.M., Clark, C. and Martino, W., (eds.) Queer and trans perspectives on teaching LGBT-themed texts in schools. Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2012) Critical engagement with literacy and qualitative research: Towards socially just pedagogy in the teacher education classroom. In: Down, B. and Smyth, J., (eds.) Critical Voices in Teacher Education: Teaching for Social Justice in Conservative Terms. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 197-209.
Armstrong, R., Baillie, C. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2014) Mining and Communities: Understanding the Context of Engineering Practice. Morgan & Claypool Publishers, pp. 1-148.
Pearce, J., Gardiner, V., Cumming-Potvin, W. and Martino, W. (2016) Supporting gender and sexual diversity in high schools: Building conversations for LGBTQI human rights in the English classroom. Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
Maor, D., Phillips, R., Preston, G., Herrington, J. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2015) Investigating student study behaviours in Blended-learning environments to enhance retention. Murdoch University/University of Newcastle, Perth, Western Australia.
MacCallum, J., Palmer, D., Wright, P. R., Cumming-Potvin, W., Northcote, J.K., Brooker, M.A. and Tero, C. (2006) Community building through intergenerational exchange programs: Report to the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme (NYARS). Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs
MacCallum, J., Schibeci, R., Kissane, B., Durrant, C. and Cumming-Potvin, W. (2003) Analysis and collection of qualitative data from ASP infrastructure trial. Murdoch University. Centre for Learning, Change and Development, Murdoch University, W.A..
MacCallum, J., Cumming-Potvin, W., Durrant, C., Kissane, B., Schibeci, R. and Miller, E. (2003) Real time teachers: report of the analysis of qualitative data from the ASP infrastructure trial.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2010) Book Review - "Telling stories in book clubs. Women teachers and professional development", by Mary Kooy. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 5 (4). pp. 356-357.
Cumming-Potvin, W. (2001) A socio-cultural analysis of language learning and identity transformation during a teaching experiment with primary school students. PhD Thesis (PhD). University of Queensland .
Cumming-Potvin, W. (1992) L'adaptation de deux écoles primaires francophones á la pluriethnicite : continuité et rupture face aux discours officiels. Maitre es arts (M.A.). Université de Montréale .
Cumming, W. (1988) 5 Courtes pieces. 1. Carrousel Aux Fraises, 2. Quelle vie de chat, 3. Une famille Liberee, 4. Les Diables Noirs, 5. Quelle mouche T'A pique? . pp. 1-33.


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tcgass wrote:Hi
I did NOT manage to install papywizard - neither on my mac (I'm using 10.8), nor on my PD Windwows 7 or my Acer Netbook with Windows 8. I simply can't figure out how to set up the virtual com ports for the bluetooth connection - but that's another theme I will put in a thread in the appropriate forum.
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I recently bought a Panogear with Panoshoot to replace my GigaPan Epic100 I was using for several years. The Panogear looks great, and after the lecture of the manual it was rather easy to install Panoshoot, make the update to the newest SW release and hop out for a test shooting. I did NOT manage to install papywizard - neither on my mac (I'm using 10.8), nor on my PD Windwows 7 or my Acer Netbook with Windows 8. I simply can't figure out how to set up the virtual com ports for the bluetooth connection - but that's another theme I will put in a thread in the appropriate forum.
I have a couple of questions regarding Panoshoot:
1. In "Camera Profile" under FoV, orientation gives choices of landscape.left and landscape.rigth. What does left and right refer to? The position of the Panogear to the camera or vice versa? If I have set up Panogear to the rigth of my camera shooting in landscape mode, do I have to select .left or .right?
2. Under "Smart Calibration" i see an iPhone picture and the message: "Smart Calibration not available on this device". ??? Does that refer to an iPhone or is smart calibration not available on my Panoshoot module?
3. Under "Config" I see the entry "default joystick runner" - what's the purpose of that?
4. When shooting a panorama, is it possible to change the shot sequence to columns first and then rows, and how can this be achieved?
Thanks for all your input and help
tcgass wrote:Hi panoramicessentials.com
thanks for your detailed explanations! That's of great help! Hopefully I will soon be able to fix everything - I simply don't want to go back to my old GigaPan, on the other hand... this all seems to be very complicated and complex to set up correctly... :-/
tcgass wrote:Hi Andrew,
thanks for your explanations! I tried again, but still I'm not able to connect papywizard to my Panogear. As far as I understood, when shooting far from any WiFi network, I have to connect to the panoshoot module via it's IP 192.168.245.1, which works fine (I can also use the built in UI). So within papywizard under "plugins" I have to set the ports to bluetooth, and then trying different virtual comports unter "driver", correct? This might also be a bluetooth issue, since when trying to chose the MAC address of the gear, I get an error message telling me that "no bluetooth adapter is detected"...
I work on an Acer netbook with Windows 8 and Bluetooth 4.0 installed - however, as I said before, I'm a MAC guy and only use Windows because of papywizard and am not very common to Windows 8... Do I need an additional bluetooth adapter?
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Another Suspect Surrenders to Police in Tyler Motel Homicide
One of four suspects wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred at the American Inn turned himself in to Tyler police Monday morning.
Lawrence Charles Murphy Jr., 20, was the first suspect identified by police in connection with the murder of Wesley Lester, 26, of Tyler, who was found shot to death inside a motel room June 15 in Tyler.
Murphy apparently fled to the Dallas area after the murder and returned to Tyler on Monday to turn himself into Tyler Police.
A second suspect, Darin Pilkinton, 18, of Tyler turned himself into authorities June 21 after a capital murder warrant was issued for him.
Tyler police also identified a third suspect, Michael Tekielleon Browning, 34, of Tyler, who is also wanted for capital murder. The identity of a fourth suspect is being withheld pending an arrest warrant to be issued.
Anyone with information about the suspects involved in this crime is urged to contact the Tyler Police Department, at 903-531-1000, or Crimestoppers at 903-597-CUFF (903-597-2833). Crimestoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest and charges filed against the suspects in this case or any felony case.


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Improving governance to support better livelihood security and ecosystem management in the drylands of Africa
Oases are fertile land areas that occur in a desert wherever a permanent supply of fresh water is available. They vary in size from about 2,5 acres (1 hectare) around small springs to vast areas of naturally watered or irrigated land. Underground water sources account for most oases; their springs and wells are supplied from aquifers whose intake areas may be more than 800 km away. Oases in North Africa are threatened by the over-use of the aquifers (deep pumping for intensive agriculture irrigation), the disruption of traditional management practices and institutions and the associated social and economic problems.
The location of oases has a major role as communication routes for both biodiversity and people. The threats previously commented are causing enviromental degradation, rural abandonment and the loss of traditional knowledge. Today, peoples's livelihoods and their farming systems are under heavy pressure from a number of interlinked bio-physical and socio-ecnonomics factores affecting the fragile sustainability of the oases socio-ecosystems. The underlying cause of this degradation is basically the present governance systems and the poor involvement of local communities in managing these socio-ecosystems and their access to land and water.
IUCN-Med's role
The drylands programme of IUCN ESARO is implementing a project component titled ''Improving governance to support better livelihood security and ecosystem management in the drylands of Africa'' of the global project managed by IUCN Headquarters and funded by DFID Governance and Transparency Fund titled ''Improving Natural Resource Governance for Rural Poverty Reduction''. IUCN Med will implement the sub-component 'Tunisia Improving Governance in Oasis Socio-ecosystems in Tunisia' in the Kebili region and the Tozeur region of Tunisia.
Objetives and results
The project aims to work towards the following outputs:
- Approaches for improving governance structures for better management of oasis socio-ecosystems identified.
- Capacity of local communities, institutions and government bodies enhanced for more participative decision-making.
- Lessons shared and experiences exchanged for sustainable collaborative management of natural resources and marketing of goods and services
IUCN members in North Africa and the Mediterranean and IUCN ESARO Office
University and research centers: Institute of Arid Lands of Medeninne (Tunisia)
UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Started October 2009
More info: [email protected]
IUCN-Med receives core financial support from the Ministry of Environment of the Junta de Andalucia, the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) among others


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This Will Be the Last Summer You Can Ever Buy Waterproof Sunscreen
When you're buying sunscreen, do you look for words like 'waterproof,' 'sweatproof' and 'sunblock?' If so, don't bother — they may not be as bulletproof as they seem.
Last year, the FDA mandated that sunscreen manufacturers had to stop using the above descriptions because no product is truly waterproof or sweatproof, and even the best sunscreens don't completely block harmful rays. And although the ban was supposed to be in place this summer, makers now have until this winter to comply.
Products claiming to be 'waterproof' or 'sweatproof' will have to prove it with standard testing and state exactly how long a product will stay on the skin after being exposed to water or perspiration.
In addition, terms like 'sunblock' will be replaced with 'broad spectrum' as long as a product has an SPF rating of at least 15 and protects the user from both UVA rays (associated with skin cancer) and UVB rays (which can cause sunburn).
That said, sunscreens on the shelves are still effective and the FDA encourages their use, saying, "The ingredients in FDA-approved sunscreens marketed today have been used for many years, and FDA has no reason to believe these products are not safe."


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Photo: Dorothea Lange | Colorization: Sanna Dullaway
The photograph that has become known as "Migrant Mother" was a 32-year-old mother of seven children photographed in February of 1936 by Dorothea Lange.
Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt | Colorization: Sanna Dullaway
LIFE's Alfred Eisenstaedt captured this scene amid the joyous chaos of August 14, 1945, his "V-J Day in Times Square" has become one of the most famous photographs ever made.
When Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway colorized a series of historical works from the likes of Eddie Adams and Dorothea Lange her intent was not to re-create history or take credit for adding a new twist to these historical images. All Dullaway wanted to do when she posted a link on Reddit was to show off her talents as an artist.
Photo: Eddie Adams | Colorization: Sanna Dullaway
Vietcong Execution in Saigon in 1968 was one of the most iconic images of the Viet Nam war.
"I only wanted to show everyone a new perspective of the past black & white world." She wrote in an email. "The sun shone on our grandparents too."
"I felt the famous photographs would best reach and touch everyone who saw them," Dullaway continued.
When the colorized images went viral, with websites like Gizmodo writing about her works, she realized the impact of what she did. "I never claimed them being my own work nor did I want to 'improve' or 'replace' them as some people might want to think."
When Dullaway realized that she might have infringed on copyrights, she immediately informed imgur to take down the offending material and apologized for her actions on her deviantart.com website. She added this to her status, "Please note I do not take credit for the iconic photos I colourized," she wrote. "Focus on the photos, not me."
Needless to say her images are out there and alive on the internet, and as I look at the manipulations, I have to wonder how many times can history be re-written and when does a piece of art ever stop being modified?
Gizmodo blogger Jesus Diaz wrote today that these colored famous photos are so much more powerful than their black and white originals, but I have to disagree. Eddie Adams' photo of the execution captured on the streets of Saigon is more powerful, because it is real. That black and white photo raised the global conscience about the conflict in Vietnam, and helped bring an end to the war. Color or not, it's one of the most important photos of the 20th century.
I understand that these images were done not to modify history and should only be taken as entertainment. It's not the first time that works of art have been digitally altered and it's definitely not the first time black and white classics have made the leap to color. I remember the first time I saw Ted Turner's colorization of Casablanca. It looked unnatural and like many others I preferred the black and white original. However, on a completely different tune, when DJ Dangermouse mashed the Beatles White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album to create the Grey Album, I had to commend the creativity. But that's art of a different color.
Ultimately for Dullaway, her experiment got the job done. People are talking about her new colorization business, around the globe, and in this day and age, that's more than half the battle for an artist. The ability to self-promote is important and she should enjoy the buzz while it lasts, because after it's over, an artist needs to stand on their own talents and not gimmicks.
Related links:
- View Sanna Dullaway's flickr stream
- Check out Sanna on deviantart.com
- See other images from her colorization project
- Read more about the 'Migrant Mother' photo
- Read more about the Eddie Adams image
What do you think? Discuss this post in the comments section or hit me on Twitter @sweeneyjon.
Editor's note: I though it would be worth mentioning that this blog post was modified from its original. Dullaway posted a link to her creations on Reddit, and not a personal blog.


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A legislative committee yesterday passed a resolution condemning Prosecutor-General Huang Shih-ming (黃世銘) and the Special Investigation Division (SID) of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for holding the legislature in contempt after SID officials failed once again to attend the committee's meeting yesterday to answer legislators' questions.
Lawmakers on the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee voiced their anger after SID spokesman Yang Jung-tsung (楊榮宗) and SID prosecutor Cheng Shen-yuan (鄭深元) — who was in charge of wiretapping Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) and the legislature's switchboard — failed to attend the meeting.
Yang and Cheng were both also absent from the committee's meeting on Thursday last week.
Legislators, who believe that Huang has instructed the pair not to meet with the committee, passed a resolution condemning Huang and the SID and referred Yang and Cheng to the Control Yuan for investigation.
The Committee's convener, DPP Legislator Wu Yi-chen (吳宜臻), said that since Yang and Cheng failed to appear at the meeting on Thursday last week, legislators requested that Huang tell the two to attend yesterday's meeting, but "obviously Huang has ignored the committee's request."
When answering reporters' questions before the meeting started, Minister of Justice Lo Ying-shay (羅瑩雪) said that "it's inappropriate for lawmakers to ask prosecutors to be present at legislative meetings and to answer legislators' questions related to cases of which they are in charge."
"In such an arrangement, it is like having prosecutors face a public trial, and legislators might misjudge the scope of questioning the prosecutors on public affairs and specific judicial cases should accept," Lo added.
Lo said that prosecutors are not under constitutional obligation to be present before the legislature and take questions from lawmakers.
Meanwhile, the Prosecutor Association, ROC (Taiwan), the nationwide organization of prosecutors, issued a statement saying that legislature's rights of investigation and interpellation cannot apply to questioning prosecutors about specific cases, citing the Council of Grand Justices' Interpretations No. 325, No. 461 and No. 585.
"Prosecutors exercise their authority independently, in accordance with the Constitution, and their investigations cannot be interfered with by political powers," the association said.
It said that the request by the legislature is unconstitutional and leaves open the possibility that lawmakers might interfere with judicial affairs.
The association also launched a signature motion yesterday inviting prosecutors nationwide to protect prosecutors' rights.
DPP lawmakers criticized the prosecutors' refusal to attend a Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee meeting and the Prosecutor Association's "distortion" of the grand justices' interpretations.
The committee asked the prosecutors to attend the meeting to hear their opinions about the ministry's special panel, which had released a report on the wiretapping controversy, not to collect information on ongoing investigations or specific cases, DPP Legislator Wu Ping-jui (吳秉叡) told a press conference.
The association's citing of the Interpretation No. 461 was a mistake and a distortion, Wu added, because the interpretation only discussed whether the chief of the general staff is required to be interpellated by lawmakers.


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An exorcism? Let's hope this one doesn't get made into a movie
I don't think William Peter Blatty will be worried that any cinematic version of planned prayers of "exorcism in reparation for the sin of same-sex marriage" will reduce the luster of his 1973 classic (which I never ever want to see again, by the way), but I am a little worried that news footage of the event won't be good press for Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki (but I don't think he cares either). The leader of the Illinois state capital's Catholics is planning a service in Springfield's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception next week when Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs Illinois' same-sex marriage legislation into law.
Paprocki is particularly angry about Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's use of Pope Francis' now famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) "who am I to judge" remark regarding gay priests on his way back from Rio last summer. Madigan's out-of-context use of the pope's words was meant to "help" (or provide cover for) some Catholic House Democrats vote in favor of the bill. "It is scandalous that so many Catholic politicians are responsible for enabling the passage of this legislation and even twisting the words of the pope to rationalize their actions despite the clear teaching of the church," said Paprocki in a statement. It's worth noting that Gov. Quinn is also Catholic.
Paprocki goes on to point out that then-Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio also used the language of the demonic in opposing same-sex marriage legislation in his native Argentina, calling it a "a 'move' of the father of lies who wishes to confuse and deceive the children of God"; of course, Bergoglio also supported a parallel civil institution for same-sex couples, just not one called marriage, admittedly as the "lesser of two evils"--though he was unable to convince his fellow Argentine bishops to go along.
Either way, I'm not sure what is to be gained by this church service, except to further alienate the church from its gay and lesbian members. Catholic dioceses have understandable concerns about how expanding recognition of same-sex marriage affect their ministry and the church's role as an employer. I have argued in the current Sounding Board posted on this website for a more robust distinction--a separation, actually--between civil and sacramental marriage, though I doubt the bishop would agree. But I do think it's particularly unkind to characterize anyone's partnerships as demonic, and I don't think it will do anything to advance dialogue or healing on this matter. I hope at least the bishop can find some way to affirm the dignity of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people and encourage LGB Catholics--but I fear styling his liturgical response an "exorcism" is not going to leave much room for that message to be heard even if he attempts to offer it.


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Yes, Holimones©! I think it is a great description of what many of us women feel this time of year. And, if you are a middle aged female you can really understand this because of the sleep disruption associated with this period of life.
Picture her at the Post Office, sliding her packages through the winding que only to get to the counter and find out she used the wrong marker for the address. She melts down and a neighbor in line remarks to another "she is normally a very nice, courteous person but, you know those Holimones©…!"
She's the one online at 3am ordering the Sponge Bob Chia Pet. What right-minded person would do that?
There she is, like Gumby on acid, dusting the living room at midnight, while cookies bake in the nearby kitchen. Sleep can wait until the 26th!
She is winding the last package with ribbon as she walks out the door for her next holiday party.
And, guys, you're not off so easily? What happens with middle aged men and their hormones? What else?
Holirones ©
Life is good!
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Bezirk wrote:I made the mistake of going to an auction today and a Super C followed me home.
Bezirk wrote:THe problem being that three old iron pieces have followed me home this week . A 49 Cub , this Super C and an Oliver 77. Wallet deflated , storage sheds full, however they are all a lot of fun !
Gee, in highway gear, a Super C shouldn't travel more than, say, 25mph. You must of been taking your time gettin' home!!! As for the deflated wallet, the solution is to DRIVE FASTER!!
Post a pic of the Oliver and the Cub, we'd love to see 'em. Thanks!!