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Speech Communication Courses
Course numbering system
Speech communication courses use the following numbering system for digits following the prefix (319):
First Digit -- Level
1 Freshman
Second Digit -- Area of Study
1 Public communication (performance)
319-11000 Public Communication HU LA 3a
Exposure to a variety of speaking situations as a means to more comfortable, effective communication. Brief unit on language followed by exercises in various kinds of influential speaking. Emphasis is placed on the ethical responsibilities of the speaker and on the need for a critical posture by both speaker and listener. 319-11000 may not be taken if student has received credit for 319-11500. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
319-11500 Business and Professional Communication HU LA
Study of public communication skills used in business and professional settings; emphasis is placed on presentational speaking and motive analysis; opportunity for individualized skill development provided. 319-11500 may not be taken if student has received credit for 319-11000. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
319-12000 Communication, Culture, and Rhetoric HU LA 1
Introduction to fundamentals of rhetorical theory and rhetorical approaches to the study of communication. Emphasis is placed on the discovery and critical analysis of the rhetorical impulse in a variety of forms of persuasion. Includes a basic survey of rhetorical forms such as speeches, essays, advertising, films, and television. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-12400 Courtrooms and Communication HU LA 1
An investigation of trials and legal advocacy as communication phenomena. The course includes observations of live criminal trials and participation in mock trials. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-13200 Storytelling FA LA 3b
Introduction to the practice, history, and theories of storytelling as a performing art. Emphasis is placed on cultural dimensions of oral/folk narrative through study of tales and traditions from different cultures and ethnicities. Students examine a variety of situations and functions for storytelling (e.g., bardic, theatrical, religious). 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-14000 Small Group Communication SS LA 1
Examination of the dynamics of small group communication with a focus on problem-solving groups. Topics include leadership, cohesiveness, norms, roles, conflict, problem-solving techniques, conformity and deviance, networks, and listening skills. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
319-14900 Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication SS LA 1
Introduction to basic principles of interpersonal communication. Presents a theoretical perspective integrated with activities in and out of the classroom. Topics include interpersonal perception, language, nonverbal communication, self-concept, social roles, conflict management, and dynamics of intimacy. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
319-15000 Introduction to Communication Theory SS LA
Survey course studying a range of theories within the discipline. Included are the processes of communication (such as attitudes, listening, language, and nonverbal); contexts of communication (such as interpersonal, small group, organizational, public, mass, intercultural); and methods of research. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
319-21500 Argumentation and Debate HU LA
Study of the philosophy of argument and logic in persuasion, debate forms, construction of the debate case, and responsibility for reasoned discourse in a society. Prerequisites: Two courses in the humanities and/or social sciences. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-21800 Speech Communication for the Classroom Teacher HU LA
Familiarizes students with communication in the classroom from the standpoint of the teacher. Students are exposed to a variety of communication situations, such as lecture, discussion, and simulation, that typify the educational setting, and are required to demonstrate proficiency in directing and critiquing in-class experiences of various types. Designed for nonmajors. Prerequisites: 6 credits of coursework in major academic area. 3 credits. (S,E)
319-21900 Speech Communication Practicum U NLA
Practical experience in speech on campus, at the intercollegiate level, and in the community at large; debate and legislative assemblies; discussion, oratory, impromptu, and extemporaneous speaking; oral interpretation and readers theater. The instructor will designate the minimum activities required to receive credit. May be repeated for a total of 8 credits. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor; participation in one of the department's cocurricular programs (such as debate or readers' theater). Pass/fail only. 1 credit. (F-S,Y)
319-22500 Health Communication SS LA
Introduction to the field of health communication, including origins and development. Presents theories of health behavior and communication and how they relate to one another in practice. Examines communication between health professionals and clients, and the roles media play in the health care industry and the delivery of health services. Cross-listed with 640-22500. One may not receive credit for both 640-22500 and 319-22500. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-23000 Analysis and Performance of Literature FA LA 3a, 3b
Introduction to the art of oral interpretation of literature, including communicative and literary analysis, oral performance, and performance criticism. Survey of basic performance and analysis techniques for fictional prose and poetry. Prerequisites: Two courses in the humanities and/or social sciences. 3 credits. (S,Y)
319-24300 Interviewing SS LA
Focuses on the theory and practice of interviewing. Applies communication theories during several classroom and field interviewing opportunities. Several opportunities to apply communication theories to classroom and field interviewing experiences. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-28900 Selected Topics SS/FA/HU LA
Topics of current interest. Examples include nonverbal communication, campaign rhetoric, listening, intrapersonal communication, and legislative and parliamentary procedure. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisites: Three courses in the humanities and/or social sciences; additional prerequisites as appropriate to the topic. 3 credits. (IRR)
319-29700 Directed Readings HU/SS LA
Study of an extensive selection of literature, compiled by an instructor, on a topic of special interest. This literature should further student development within a relevant topic area that is not otherwise covered in an available course. Offered on demand only. Prerequisites: Three credits in speech communication; sophomore standing; approval of the speech communication faculty. 1-4 credits.
319-31100 Advanced Public Communication HU LA 3a
Advanced public speaking, with three complementary goals: (1) to develop a professional level of oral skill before a live audience; (2) to practice advanced communication skills in the public sphere as speakers, speechwriters, and consultants; and (3) to be exposed to a variety of speech types and criteria by which speeches can be judged. Prerequisites: 319-11000 or 319-11500; three courses in the humanities and/or social sciences. 3 credits. (S,Y)
319-32400 Rhetoric and Social Order SS LA
Study of the rhetoric and persuasion of social groups. Focuses on communication strategies used by leaders and/or members of social groups in advocating social change, and the communication strategies of social control in response. Prerequisites: Three courses in the humanities and/or social sciences. 3 credits. (IRR)
319-32600 Classical Theories of Rhetoric HU LA 3a, h
Study of various theories of persuasion from the Platonic era through the Roman-Christian period (Plato to St. Augustine). Prerequisites: 319-11000, 319-11500, or 319-15000; junior standing. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-32700 Modern and Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric HU LA
Rhetorical theories offer a particular way of exploring the practice of communication. This seminar addresses one or more theoretical themes in the rhetorical approach to communication. Objectives include understanding the nature and value of communication theories in the modern world, as well as being able to put theories into practice. Prerequisites: 319-11000 or 319-12000; junior standing. 3 credits. (S,Y)
319-32800 The Uses and Methods of Communication Criticism HU LA
Advanced course that approaches criticism, one of the primary research methods in this field, as a way of knowing comparable to scientific and social-scientific ways of knowing. Addresses different methods of criticism through student-driven projects and presentation. Considers practical uses of criticism and reflects on the philosophical assumptions critics make. Prerequisites: 319-12000; junior standing. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-33200 Folklore and Cultural Performances FA LA
Survey of the major forms and traditions of folklore and cultural performances ranging from everyday conversations to rituals and celebrations. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of aesthetic, rhetorical, and group dimensions of folkloric/oral performances. Narrative forms to be studied include personal storytelling, jokes and humor, legends, and tales. Larger performance forms are also included, such as spectacles, holidays, and festivals. Prerequisites: Nine credits of courses from one or more of the following departments: anthropology, cinema and photography, English, sociology, speech communication, theater arts. 3 credits. (S,O)
319-33300 Analysis and Performance of Prose FA LA
Study of analysis, cutting, adaptation, and performance techniques appropriate to oral interpretation of expository, descriptive, and narrative prose literature. Solo and ensemble performance experience, and performance evaluation experience. Prerequisites: 319-23000, or three courses in speech communication and/or theater. 3 credits. (F,E)
319-33400 Group Performance of Literature FA LA
Study of the principles and practice of readers' theater as a creative and presentational art form. Includes study of adaptation and compilation scripting; direction and performance of ensemble interpretation projects. Prerequisites: 319-23000, or three courses in speech communication and/or theater. 3 credits. (S,E)
319-33500 Analysis and Performance of Poetry FA LA
Exploration of vocal and performance behavior appropriate to poems written in the lyric, epic, and dramatic modes; evaluation of the student's oral performance in each of the modes and in various periods of English literature. Prerequisites: 319-23000, or three courses in speech communication and/or theater. 3 credits. (F,O)
319-34100 Communication Research Methods SS LA
Prepares students to be competent and critical readers of published and unpublished reports of scientific research on communication phenomena. Emphasizes critical evaluation of communication research literature based on both quantitative and qualitative methods. Topics include the philosophy of social science, design of research, problems of measurement, basic statistical analysis, participant observation, interaction analysis, interviews, narrative analysis, scientific arguments, and ethical issues in research. Prerequisites: Three courses in speech communication; junior standing. 3 credits. (S,Y)
319-34600 Gender and Interpersonal Communication SS LA 1
Advanced theoretical examination of interpersonal communication, concentrating on nonverbal communication, language, power, gender, and characteristics of and problems in interpersonal relationships. Prerequisites: 319-14000 or 319-14900; two courses in the social sciences; sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-34700 Intercultural Communication SS LA 1, g
Introduces speech communication processes in intercultural, interracial, interethnic, and international contexts. Presents other cultural groups, patterns of thought, perception, and communication, and examines students' own cultural assumptions. Prerequisites: 319-14000; 319-14900; three additional credits in speech communication. 3 credits. (F,O)
319-34800 Family Communication SS LA 1
The family from a communication perspective. Studies the dominant theories and methodologies that illuminate communication about and within the contemporary American family. Emphasis is placed on the central role communication plays in determining expectations and realities in a diversity of situations (e.g., nuclear, extended, single-parent, blended, voluntarily childless, or gay/lesbian-led families). Prerequisites: 319-14000 or 319-14900; two courses in the social sciences; sophomore standing. 3 credits. (S,E)
319-35300 Language and Social Interaction HU LA
Studies how symbolization reflects and generates a particular view of reality. Emphasizes how certain methods of describing the world determine the orientation a person has toward the world. Focus is on the reality structures of American language. Prerequisites: Three courses in speech communication; junior standing. 3 credits. (F,Y)
319-38900 Selected Topics SS/FA/HU LA
Topics of current interest. Examples include small group dynamics, research methodology, interracial/intercultural communication, conflict management, and male/female relationships. May be repeated for credit for selected topics on different subjects. Prerequisites: Three courses in the humanities and social sciences; additional prerequisites as appropriate to the topic. 3 credits. (IRR)
319-39500 Internship NLA
Work-study project designed by the student in consultation with a sponsoring faculty member and an on-site practicing professional. The proposal must define the work to be done, the theories to be explored, and the student's plan for submitting a written report based on his or her experience. Offered on demand only. Credits earned with this course may not be used as upper-level elective credit toward a speech communication major. Prerequisites: Cumulative GPA of 2.30; permission of speech communication faculty. Variable credit.
319-39700 Directed Readings HU/SS LA
Study of an extensive selection of literature, compiled by an instructor, on a topic of special interest. This literature should further student development within a relevant topic area that is not otherwise covered in an available course. Offered on demand only. Prerequisites: Nine credits in speech communication; junior standing; approval of the speech communication faculty. 1-4 credits.
319-42900 Seminar in Public Communication HU LA
In-depth study of a specific topic in public communication, such as the speaking of a particular person (Nixon) or type of person (president), communication strategies of a movement (women's), or a kind of rhetoric (famous pleas). Prerequisites: Senior standing or equivalent in speech communication. 3 credits. (IRR)
319-43900 Seminar in Literary and Cultural Performances HU/FA LA
Detailed study of special topics in fields such as linguistics, literary composition, prosody, and rhetoric as they relate to the oral presentation of prose, poetry, and the play. Prerequisites: Six credits in analysis and performance of literature. 3 credits. (IRR)
319-44900 Seminar in Interpersonal Communication SS LA
In-depth study of a specific topic in interpersonal communication, such as stages in relational development, language behavior and interpersonal communication, nonverbal codes and relationships, interpersonal apprehension, and other similar topics. Prerequisites: 319-14000; 319-14900; any 3-credit course identified as an "applications in speech communication" course. 3 credits. (IRR)
319-45100 Communication and Social Influence SS LA
Examination of current theories of social influence and their relationship to communication. Focuses on analyzing current persuasion practices in terms of theories such as social learning and self-persuasion, attribution theory, information processing, and social change. Prerequisites: 319-14000; 319-14900; one level-3 or above course identified as an "applications in speech communication" course. 3 credits. (S,Y)
319-45900 Seminar in Communication Theory SS LA
Detailed study of special topics. 3 credits. (IRR)
319-49500 Internship NLA
Work-study project designed by the student in consultation with a sponsoring faculty member and a cooperating practicing professional. The proposal must define the work to be done, the theories to be explored, and the student's plan for submitting a written report based on his or her experience. Offered on demand only. No more than 6 credits may be used toward the major. Prerequisites: Speech communication major, with a cumulative GPA of 2.30 and 3.00 in the major; permission of speech communication faculty. Variable credit, up to 12 credits.
319-49800 Directed Research LA
Research project arranged at student request an individual instructor in speech communication. Offered on demand only. No more than 3 credits may be used toward the major. Prerequisites: 319-22800; speech communication major or minor, with a cumulative GPA of 2.30 and 3.00 in the major; junior standing; permission of speech communication faculty. 1-4 credits.
319-49900 Independent Study U LA
Special reading and research under the supervision of the department. Must not duplicate standard coursework. Application must be made to the speech communication faculty before preregistration for the semester in which the study is to be undertaken. Offered on demand only. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits. Prerequisites: Cumulative GPA of 2.30 and 3.00 in major; junior or senior standing; permission of speech communication faculty. 1-4 credits.
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In her version, we were both working out at the NYSC. That much is true. She was on the stairmaster and I was apparently standing right next to her climbing the stairs on the same machine. That's the only way her version makes any sense. But I digress. Suddenly, along comes a big, bad muscle man who declares that he intends to turn the fans off in the room because it's too cold and his muscles need to be warm at all times. The Colombian protests and tells him that she and her fellow stair climbers are really hot and she'd appreciate it if he left the fans on. In the midst of some form of roid rage, Schwarzenegger then calls the Colombian a "fuckin' cunt." Upon hearing the insult, instead of defending her honor, I immediately run away in fear for my life, leaving her to fend for herself against a crazed, fire-breathing, musclebound troglodyte.
In the true version that would be revealed at the end of the episode, I was in another part of the gym when this all went down. When the Colombian told me the story, I suggested she report the guy to the management because a. he could be dangerous, and b. if he is dangerous, he's more likely to kick my ass than hers. The end.
I know the Colombian is just teasing me when she tells her version. Plus, I think she gets a kick out of saying "fuckin' cunt" in a New Yawk accent. But now all her friends think I'm a pussy, which I am, but that's none of their business.


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Flo Rida Releases Reworked Version of 'Run' With Redfoo
Flo Rida has unveiled the proper version of the up-tempo dance song 'Run' that will appear on his upcoming album 'Wild Ones.' The song features a guest appearance from Redfoo of LMFAO, who sums up the carefree vibe of the track when he raps that he wants to "wiggle wiggle wiggle in my Underoos."
An early recording of 'Run' that leaked back in January featured T-Pain providing the hook, but in the new mix the rapper has been replaced by a female voice delivering a more suggestive interpolation of Bryan Adams' 1984 hit 'Run to You.' She sings, "I want to run to you / I wanna get you alone so we can do something wrong / I want to run to you."
Flo Rida raps about juggling ladies from the club to the afterparty. He teases in the pre-chorus, "You see me all over her, you want me all over you / Soon as I get rid of her, tell me what you gonna do." Redfoo promises "You can have a little bit of fun with Foo" and even repeats a certain Drano-related lyric from LMFAO's 'Party Rock Anthem.'
'Run' is the latest preview of Flo Rida's 'Wild Ones' album, which drops on July 3 and also includes 'Good Feeling,' 'Whistle' and the hit title track featuring Sia. Just in case the song itself isn't enough to compel you to listen, Flo Rida has released an unofficial video clip that features nothing more than a woman in a bikini running on a beach in slow-motion. Check it out below.
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Dave Matthews Band Asks Fans for Help With New Video + More
– The Dave Matthews Band is asking fans to help create a new video for 'Mercy,' the first single from their upcoming 'Away From the World' album, which will be released Sept. 11. Fans can go to the band's website to find out how to submit home-made video or photography for use in the clip. [USA Today]
– In exchange for performing at the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics in London, Paul McCartney, the Arctic Monkeys and the other notables who appeared on global television, received a grand total of one British pound in compensation, which equates to $1.57. McCartney probably earns more than that every time he blinks. [Ultimate Classic Rock]
– The unlikely, and possibly unholy, pairing of Feist and Mastodon has released a digital version of their single, 'A Commotion' / 'Black Tongue.' The songs were first released as Record Store Day exclusives back in April. There is also a video for 'A Commotion' that allows fans to go back and forth between the two versions. [Death + Taxes]
– Moby has re-recorded 'Extreme Ways,' the song that has been used as the soundtrack to the Jason Bourne movies. With 'The Bourne Legacy' coming out on Aug. 10, Moby felt it was time for a new version, this time with a full orchestra. [Spinner]
Jaz Coleman, the lead singer of Killing Joke, is missing. His disappearance follows a recent controversy, where someone claiming to be him insulted the Cult and the Mission UK on Facebook in advance of a tour featuring the three bands. "He is now AWOL and has not been contacted by any of his bandmates. We are deeply embarrassed by this and offer our sincere apologies to all involved. We are all concerned about our missing singer's welfare," the band posted to its Facebook page. [Noisecreep]


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Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: "omnishambles."
Oxford University Press yesterday crowned the word — defined as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations" — its top term of the year.
Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year. The publisher typically chooses separate British and American winners. This year's American champion is "gif," short for graphics interchange format, a common format for images on the Internet.
Coined by writers of the satirical television show The Thick of It, omnishambles has been applied to everything from UK government public relations blunders to the crisis-ridden preparations for the London Olympics.
Oxford University Press lexicographer Susie Dent said the word was chosen for its popularity as well as its "linguistic productivity."
She said "a notable coinage coming from the word is "Romneyshambles" — a derisive term used by the British press after US presidential candidate Mitt Romney expressed doubts about London's ability to host a successful Olympics.
Omnishambles was chosen over shortlisted terms including "mummy porn" — the genre exemplified by the best-selling "50 Shades" book series — and "green-on-blue," military attacks by forces regarded as neutral, as when members of the Afghan army or police attack foreign troops. (For American English speakers, it is "mommy porn.")
The Olympics offered up finalists including the verb "to medal," "Games Maker" — the name given to thousands of Olympic volunteers — and long-distance runner Mo Farah's victory dance, "the Mobot."
Europe's financial crisis lent the shortlisted word "Eurogeddon," while technology produced "second screening" — watching TV while simultaneously using a computer, phone or tablet — and social media popularized the acronym "YOLO," you only live once.


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The rising senior has verbally committed to pitch for Division I Marshall University on a partial athletic scholarship.
Dupler also received interest from Ohio, Cincinnati and Xavier, but says Marshall was the only school to pull the trigger on a scholarship offer.
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The Chopard 150th Anniversary Party at Palm Beach, in Cannes, was one odd event: yes, models and A-listers and the creme de la elegant were there. But so were Paris Hilton. And LiLo.
Besides everything else, this event had a wild range of getups. Natch, Lindsay showed gams.
Naomi Watts opted for classic, safe elegance.
Emmanuelle Beart? Demented sea nymph.
Kate Beckinsale brought the obligatory senior-package to Atlantic City.
And Meg Ryan went for Mennonite.
In the Hilton clan, it was sister against sister. Paris was conservative: classic, bored trophy-wife.
Nicky, however, rebelled, going for virginal schoolgirl.
Butter wouldn't melt in Naomi Campbell's mouth. On the lace side-panels of her dress, however, is another matter.
I'd say something quizzical about the be-feathered shoes, but apparently she and Frederique Bel know something we don't.
Eva Herzigova isn't content to let her feet get all the glory - or humiliation.
The key to pulling off Studio 54 jester? It's all in the jaunty attitude.
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IT Managers Speak Out on Tablets in their Enterprises
It is no secret that alternative communication devices including tablets are taking a big chunk of the market away from what normally would be "PC territory". Clearly the popularity of tablet form-factor devices is soaring. The craze started in the consumer space and has definitely made waves in the enterprise market, too. If you do a search for "tablets in the enterprise" you'll likely see north of 79 million results.
Cisco wanted to know what was top of mind for IT managers when it comes to tablet form-factor devices hitting their networks. So we asked them—1500 of them, from the US, UK, Canada, France, Spain, and Germany.
What were their thoughts on the "bring-your-own-device (BYOD) to work phenomena? Which country has the most security concerns? Which country leads in tablet requests from employees? How do they feel about issues like access to company applications?
This infographic shows some of the results that we found most intriguing; read our press release for more.
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- Tablets vs. smartphones: which win? Globally, IT departments report employees place one tablet request for every three smartphone requests today.
- Which countries lead? Of the countries surveyed, the US and France are tied for tops—each report a tablet is requested by 21% of the workforce. Senior executives are most likely to be issued a tablet in the US (38%) and least likely to be issued one in the UK (27 percent)
- Who's most excited? Spain tops the list, with 90% of IT managers believing the tablet will become more popular in the next two years. More stats in the press release…
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Zhongshan Lu is a historic shopping street in Xiamen where pedestrians rule the roost. The scent that lingers among the colonial buildings here changes with every step, from perfume wafting out of boutiques to the spicy aromas of food stalls. Whether you're looking for candied hawthorn fruit or silk embroidered fabrics, you're sure to find an irresistible local specialty here.
Merchants from Europe alighted in Xiamen hundreds of years ago thanks to its close proximity to the Maritime Silk Route. This trade route has left its mark on the city: you will find hundreds of shops, warehouses and restaurants along Zhongshan Lu, the city's most prosperous street. There is so much to see along this road, which cuts through the historic centre of Xiamen, that it can be hard to believe it's only a kilometre long.
In the evening, as the intricate façades of colonial buildings light up, beautiful Zhongshan Lu truly comes to life. And because shops here only close their doors late and many of the eateries are open non-stop, nobody seems to be in a rush. The popular department stores Hualian and Paris Spring offer products such as local embroidery – amazing designs of mythical animals portrayed in brightly coloured silk on black fabric. And the Chinese are great fans of gold as well: the jewellery chain Jinlu is a popular window-shopping destination.
"Zhongshan Lu really comes to life at night"
Zhongshan Lu starts and ends on the waterfront, so the sea is never far away. Fresh lobster, crabs and shellfish are displayed on handcarts and stir fried into delicious dishes on the spot. In other food outlets, steamed morsels of dough and shrimp are showcased in bamboo baskets. And a little further on you'll find fish sticks sizzling on baking trays.
One of the traditional dishes from Xiamen is peanut soup, which you can sample for a song in the restaurant at number 20. The roasted and candied peanuts are also turned into candy bars. The Chinese are definitely not averse to sweets either: stalls on Zhongshan Lu sell "tanghulu", a snack from Beijing consisting of a bamboo stick on which fruit (traditionally Chinese hawthorn) is threaded. The fruit is dipped in sugar syrup to neutralise the sour taste and to give it a sweet twist. Do you prefer something seriously sweet? Try this treat: a skewer with pieces of pineapple, kiwi, tangerine and strawberry, dipped in syrup!
Zhongshan Lu Shangquan, Siming Qu, Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China, 361001


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Graduating senior exemplifies job market preparedness thanks to liberal arts experience
April 27, 2011
Undergraduate Campus
Jonah Geil-Neufeld's four years at Lewis & Clark didn't go exactly as he had imagined. When he arrived in the fall of 2007, he had a scholarship to study trombone and a plan to pursue a sociology major. This spring, Geil-Neufeld will graduate with a degree in Hispanic studies and hands-on experience in web communications.
Like so many of his fellow graduates, Geil-Neufeld explored a wide range of academic and extracurricular experiences that have equipped him with skills and work experience for his job search after graduation.
From his studies in the music and foreign language departments to his work-study position as a website assistant, Geil-Neufeld capitalized on the opportunities Lewis & Clark offered him—and those he found on his own. In this video, he discusses how his Lewis & Clark experience evolved, the faculty support he received along the way, and what he hopes to do next.
About Commencement 2011
On May 8, Geil-Neufeld will join his peers in the class of 2011 at the 139th commencement ceremony of Lewis & Clark College. Approximately 440 students will earn degrees during the 2010-11 academic year.
New York Times correspondent and author Timothy Egan will deliver the commencement address. Egan began his career as a reporter for the Times, and his beat was his native West. On assignment, he covered the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the collapse of small-town American in the Great Plains, and the O.J. Simpson trial. After leaving the Times as a reporter, he moved back to Seattle and published six books. His book The Worst Hard Times won the National Book Award in 2006.
Aukeem Ballard '11, who was selected as senior speaker, will deliver an address on behalf of the graduates.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Three Years Ago Today: Old Burner
I remember seeing a lot of these burners while traveling in Oregon and California (especially Oregon) during my younger years, and so I associate them with my childhood. For some unknown reason, I have also come to associate the burners with the sickly smell of paper mills, even though sawmills and paper mills didn't (usually?) occur in the same locations.
The stench of a paper mill — a strangely fond olfactory memory of sorts, because paper mills remind me of my grandparents' old house — is nearly indescribable: it is strong and penetrating, sharp to the nose, sometimes intolerably so if the wind is in the wrong direction or if the air is just hanging and not moving. I've heard some say that the thick smoke smells like rotten egg, a typical sulfur smell, which would make sense because one of the key ingredients of the output of paper mills is hydrogen sulfide, one of several TRS compounds (TRS = total reduced sulfur). In my memory, the smell is something stronger or sharper or sicklier than that of rotten eggs, and some have mentioned rotten cabbage or rotten broccoli (eew!).
This compilation shows that zero sawmills are located in Oregon at present.
A Few Relevant Links:
Wigwam Burners / TeePee Burners on Flickr
List of remaining burners in the U.S.
Odors from Paper Mills
Pulp and Paper Industry Odors
Total Reduced Sulfides
Total Reduced Sulphur Compounds
That reeking paper mill keeps Franklin running
9 comments:
- Gaelyn said...
I remember the paper mill smell in Bellingham, WA when I was in collage. It's gone now. Not pleasant!
- Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 10:54:00 AM PST
- Lockwood said...
I arrived in OR just in time to see the last of these still being used. Most were dismantled fairly quickly, but I think I saw one a few years back still standing. Don't remember where, though.
- Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 5:00:00 PM PST
- Cole Kingsbury said...
I was in Truckee last summer and I remember seeing on of them somewhere along the road between Truckee and Lassen. I think the one pictured could be the one I saw. Cool!
- Friday, January 21, 2011 at 3:45:00 PM PST
- Silver Fox said...
@Gaelyn: It's really amazing how strongly the smell of paper mills has stuck with me over the years!
@Lockwood: I know there's one in Adin, CA, on the road between Susanville and KFalls, and I see that one every other year or so. I'm not sure where I've seen them in Oregon recently - that one link shows all the remaining ones at least until 2007.
@Cole I was really surprised the first time I saw this one, and it would be closer to Truckee, but on a road that would take you to Lassen. I think they are all cool. :)
- Friday, January 21, 2011 at 4:52:00 PM PST
- Dude Diligence said...
I love these old burners. Back in the 1960s, we did a lot of family camping in Oregon. I remember these burners, especially at night, belching a constant stream of sparks into the night air. I've run across a few during my recent travels in the Pacific Northwest and photographed them. I started the Flickr group and it has really become a wonderful archive of these burners.
- Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 9:34:00 PM PST
- Silver Fox said...
The Flickr group really is a great thing; besides archiving the photos, it encourages people to go out and photograph the remaining burners.
- Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 7:25:00 AM PST
- Silver Fox said...
Oh, and I just added this photo to the Flickr group.
- Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 8:38:00 AM PST
- Cujo359 said...
Having moved into this area after those burners were decommissioned, I'd always wondered what they were used for. Thanks for explaining that mystery.
OTOH, for anyone living near the Tacoma Tide Flats, the smell of a pulp mill is no mystery. It's nice that it brings back fond memories for you. For most of us, it's just a reminder that the wind is blowing in the wrong direction.
- Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 11:10:00 AM PST
- Silver Fox said...
Cujo, it's an odd kind of "fond" memory - just one of those "strong" (as in very strong) olfactory associations, in this case a bad smell retrieves good memories!
- Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 12:50:00 PM PST


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Concord Road re-construction in the works
The Concord Road widening project has been a work in progress since 1997, but in the next year, Public Works director Patrick Donart says the city hopes to have the project underway.
The one-and-a-half mile stretch between E. Lucas and Highway 105 has been in dire need of expansion for years because of the amount of traffic that uses the roadway."Based on the volume of traffic that travels Concord on an everyday basis, the numbers indicate a four-lane roadway is needed," Donart said. "Drivers have to be more cautious as opposed to other city streets. As far as volume is concerned, essentially we have enough traffic to fill a four-lane roadway stuffed to two lanes."
In October 1997, it was added to the city's Capital Improvement program and listed as "Other Projects for Future Consideration." And in 2003, the city entered into an agreement to receive over $7.5 million from the Federal Highway Administration and Texas Department of Transportation for Concord Road. The remaining cost of the $21 million project will be funded through the city's capital program and the sale of bonds for capital improvement projects.
After approving an agreement with the two entities, the project was marked as a current project, a design of the project was created, and an anticipated start date of 2007 was projected. The design increased the lanes from two to four and added sidewalks for pedestrians.
But as drivers have noticed, the project did not start in 2007 and has yet to begin, but Donart said that's caused by red tape that has to be sorted through before anything can get started.
"When working with these agencies, everything has to be approved by both organizations," he said. It wasn't until 2009 that the city received approval from TxDOT for the environmental assessment and the schematic design for the project. But that was just one hurdle.
"There was legislation that was passed in Washington that ordered bike lanes," Donart said. "We did a feasibility analysis – which is a cost-benefit ratio – to see if we should pursue the federal funding."
The city decided to move forward to get the federal funding and Donart said the city should be done with revisions to the design by the middle of March, at which time it will be sent for review by TxDOT.
The new design will include room on the outer lanes for a bicycle lane, much like the lanes along the completed portions of Calder Avenue.
In preparation of the expansion, the city has spent the last weeks acquiring 61 plats of land along Concord for the project, and bonds for funding have already been sold. If the City Council approves the acquisition of properties slated for the Tuesday, March 8, agenda, there will be about 20 plats left for the city to purchase, which puts them on track for a July 1 deadline.
Donart said the city mayseek bids for the widening around February 2012 if everything goes according to plan. He also said one issue that is favoring the city's efforts is the fact that there is less construction taking place, so bids the city has received are more competitive as of late.
"The climate has changed. When we would go out for bids a few years ago, we would get four or five back (from contractors). Now when we have go out for bids, we will get eight to a dozen," he said. "There is less development going on so when we go out for bid, we will get several back and they're all competing, so prices are coming in lower."Construction is expected to last more than a year, and in that time there will be some major alterations to the roadway, which will see the movement of some utility poles to make room for the new lanes and sidewalks. Where Concord curves near Sienna Trails will also see a facelift when the curve is straightened and a new bridge is constructed. Donart said it is not anticipated the roadway will be closed while undergoing construction, but there will be delays.


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Teresi's Budget Suggests Another Small City In Crisis
What does $33.6 million buy these days?
It's a good question for Jamestown residents who have spent the last week or so mulling Mayor Sam Teresi's $33.6 million 2014 budget proposal. The budget comes with a proposed 2.68 percent tax levy increase, small cuts in support for the James Prendergast Library, Fenton History Center and Jamestown Senior Center and little in the way of reinvestment in city infrastructure and equipment.
It doesn't pay for much in the way of youth or senior citizen programs. It doesn't include much funding for neighborhood initiatives. Most of the things for which city residents have come to rely on the city actually come from federal Community Development Block Grant or state CHIP funding. There simply isn't any money in the city budget for such initiatives.
So, Jamestown residents, here is roughly what your $33.6 million will buy this year: basic police and fire protection, basic road and park maintenance and code enforcement. Roughly 76 cents of every dollar in the budget goes to wages and benefits – a percentage that hasn't changed much in more than a decade and which makes each city budget narrative look eerily similar. Teresi has merged departments and implemented more than 50 cost-saving measures during his time as mayor – but the most important facts haven't changed.
The city remains at more than 90 percent of its constitutional taxing limit. Employee salaries and benefits continue escalating even though city officials are taking a hard line with the unions representing city workers. That hard line at the negotiating table hasn't changed the basic fact that fewer and fewer workers are eating up a larger chunk of the budget than in years past.
Because so much of the budget pays for salaries and benefits, there is little in the budget for infrastructure and road repair or for equipment to help city workers provide services. There is precious little money for city-supported services to help residents improve their day-to-day lives.
Negotiated or arbitration-imposed minimum manning clauses mean the city can't simply downsize its workforce. Increases to city health insurance plans must be negotiated, something the city has worked on for more than a decade with some success. Pension system increases have become a huge cost each year, but those are set each year by the state comptroller. To make matters worse, the city pays more for retiree health benefits than it does for active employees.
Such costs mean Teresi and taxpayers find themselves in the same position each year – hoping to keep tax increases as small as possible, settling once in a while for no tax increase and hoping in the best of years for a miniscule tax cut.
Mayors across the state – Teresi included – have begged the state for help over the years. To his credit, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature came through with some half measures this year with a pension smoothing plan, the use of which kept Jamestown from eclipsing its constitutional taxing limit this year, and some binding arbitration reform, though it is unsure if the reforms will help Jamestown anytime soon. City workers work very hard for their paychecks and benefits. The city has dedicated police officers, firefighters, public works employees and office staff who are as dedicated to their craft as their private sector counterparts. The issue isn't with the work performed by city workers – it is getting that work for a price taxpayers can afford. Cities can't balance their budgets on the backs of employees, but somehow cities and employee unions must come to agreements friendlier to taxpayers.
Mayors have asked the state to implement maximum health insurance contribution levels that could save money as well as spur easier negotiations with bargaining units as well as requiring retiree participation in Medicare Advantage Plans, which offer comparable benefits to municipal plans but cost municipalities less.
The state also must revamp the Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law, which states all terms and conditions and provisions of an expired public employee contract remain in effect until a new contract is approved. If the expired contracts contain provisions for automatic salary increases, such increases continue without a new contract. The amendment complicates productive negotiations with employee unions because step and longevity increases continue after a contract lapses – especially since municipalities are trying to negotiate cost savings as part of the agreement that are diametrically opposed to the philosophy of bargaining units. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said the right things in this regard recently, including creating a Tax Relief Commission. Cities like Jamestown, however, have precious little time left for talk. It is time for decisive action.


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How about The Red Vineyard
The Red Vineyard was made by the famous Holland painter Vincent Van Gogh in November 1888. The painting depicts the woman picking grapes trees. Van Gogh deliberately designed the vine in very expressive red. The painting is the only one sold before Van Goghs death.
The Red Vineyard was made by the famous Holland painter Vincent Van Gogh in November 1888. The painting depicts the woman picking grapes trees. Van Gogh deliberately designed the vine in very expressive red. The painting is the only one sold before Van Goghs death.
Van Gogh wishes to show the wine ferment and drunkenness and reeky maddening. His noisy colors imply the unrestrained revelry, and the vineyard is regarded as the abnormal promoter and the main source. This painting shows Van Goghs usual profound sense of space. He uses the red to describe the red vine, which is so expressive that it echoes with The Harvest of Red Vineyard of Gauguin. Van Gogh also paints the Al couple dressed in local Breton.
In 1887, because of the continuous development of contemporary French art movement, Van Gogh used much brighter palette and exhibited his works in the working-class cafes. And he began acquainted with Pissarro, Degas, Seurat, and Cezanne and was greatly influenced by impressionist and post-Impressionist theory techniques. He started tired of life in Paris and liked the southwest of France with brighter sunshine and more beautiful colors. Then he created Père Tanguy and began to make sunflowers paintings.
1888 was Van Goghs Al Period (from Feb.21, 1888 to May.3, 1889). In Feb 1888, Van Gogh was recommended by his friend to go to Al which was a small town in the south of France and he quickly fell in love with it. Strong sunlight and harsh field made him crazy. And his creation reached its peak. Although affected by French Impressionism and Japanese ukiyoe, his work had great personality stemming from the unique perspective and sensitive character. He loved the nature and life. He was not satisfied with the rational "imitation of external image", but took advantage of paintings to express the subjective and emotional ideas of artists to make the paintings more personal and unique (the quotations were Van Gogh's words). Therefore, Van Gogh painted with his whole heart. He rented a yellow house in the town square to build a home for painters. And later Gauguin came to. Unfortunately, the long-term heavy working load and burning sun made Van Goghs insanity. He often quarreled with Gauguin, which resulted in the cutting ear event. Under the protest of Al residents, Van Gogh was forced to leave and voluntarily went to the Saint Paul mental hospital for treatment. Van Gogh created a large number of paintings, but he still could not sell them to support himself. The Red Vineyard was created under this circumstance.
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A while back, Steve Yegge wrote a post on Emacs and its future. My executive summary of his post is that Emacs needs to compete or die - and the competition is the browser.
This got a little thread started on the Emacs development list, but not much activity. If Steve's line of reasoning is correct, then I surmise Emacs is dead b/c the Emacs development team is not at all interested in competing with the browser. Heck, they recently had a discussion on moving from CVS to a modern (distributed) version control system - and while there appears to be a tentative decision to move to Bazaar for version control, main development is still on CVS.
I personally think Emacs is a niche product. Like Unix, it has a dedicated fan base and will be around for the foreseeable future. But, it is never going to grow a large base of end-users. It has got a lot of ...
baggagehistory that turns some people off: GPL, RMS, lisp, (lack of) speed, text-based, carpal tunnel, etc.
I love Emacs and do most everything inside Emacs, but it is not and probably will never be hip, exciting, new, or perceived as leading edge technology.
What was my point? Oh, right, Ubiquity was recently announced at Mozilla Labs.
I watched the 6 minute video demo. And my first impression? It is Emacs, only instead of
M-x you use
C-SPC. Soon, people will tire of typing things out and come up with shortcuts based on various key combinations, and it'll turn into Emacs.
Of course, if Ubiquity does that, it'll be cool/hip, and people won't complain about the key-bindings.
It's just like XML over Lisp. The reaction to Lisp is, "OMG! Parentheses! Run!" On the other hand, XML (with twice the number of
parenthesis</>) is cool/hip and folks have flocked to it.
Steve was right about the competition, the browser has fired the first salvo, and it looks a lot like Emacs.
Mozilla Labs » Introducing Ubiquity
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Web Interface Is Morphing Into Emacs
A while back, Steve Yegge wrote a post on Emacs and its future. My executive summary of his post is that Emacs needs to compete or die - and the competition is the browser.
4 comments:
- Matt Donahoe said...
How do Emacs key bindings work? Are they more like keyboard shortcuts or auto-suggest?
What I like about Ubiquity (and Enso before that) is how I invoke commands by typing them, instead of having to remembering shortcuts. It includes an auto-suggest feature so that I can stop typing when I figures out my command.
- September 3, 2008 at 2:52 PM
- Drew said...
I don't think the audience here is what you think it is. The people who will use things like Ubiquity are the type of people who will keep using emacs. The huge majority of the market doesn't use keybindings at all.
I've done some tech support and I've asked users to log in many times. I nearly have a stroke when I see a user click on the username field, type their password, then click on the password field, type in their password, then click on the login button.
This stuff is so niche that it will never get the development a browser gets.
In the mean time, I'm using vimperator so that my browser acts as much like vim as possible. :)
- September 3, 2008 at 4:22 PM
- [ dut ] said...
the only way to resolve this is to add mouse gestures to Emacs. ;) where do i send that feature request, exactly?
- September 3, 2008 at 4:24 PM
- brandon said...
Gee, and all this time I've been looking for a vi plug-in for text fields. ;->
- September 4, 2008 at 11:40 AM


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Seth Rogen visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday not to discuss the legalization of marijuana, nor to shoot the third season of Netflix's "House of Cards." No, Mr. Rogen went to Washington to make a case for Alzheimer's disease research.
Yeah, we're just as surprised as you are.
The "This Is the End" star, 31, who serves as an Alzheimer's Assn. celebrity champion, addressed a Senate committee about the neurodegenerative disorder and opened up about the plight of his mother-in-law, Adele, his authenticity punctuated with self-deprecating humor during a hearing about the rising cost of Alzheimer's.
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"I came here today for a few reasons. One, I'm a huge 'House of Cards' fan. Just marathoned the whole thing, had to be here," quipped Rogen, who started the Alzheimer's organization Hilarity for Charity.
"Two, is to say, people need more help. I've personally seen the massive amount of financial strain this disease causes and if the American people ever decide to reject genitalia-driven comedy, I will no longer be able to afford it. ... I can't begin to imagine how people with more limited incomes are dealing with this. ... The third reason I'm here, simply, is to show people that they are not alone, so few people share their personal stories."
Rogen, who explained how he was personally affected by the disease, said that it's the most costly condition in the United States, trumping heart disease. He said deaths from Alzheimer's have increased almost 70% in the last 15 years, adding that more than 5 million Americans have it, with as many as 16 million Americans projected to have it within the next 35 years.
He said that when he met his wife Lauren Miller's mother, Adele, she was 54 and was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's shortly after.
"I thought it was something only really, really old people got and I thought the way the disease primarily showed itself was in the form of forgotten keys, wearing mismatched shoes and being asked the same question over and over," he admitted.
That period lasted a few years for Adele, he said, before he "saw the real ugly truth of the disease."
"After forgetting who she and her loved ones were," Rogen continued, she "forgot how to speak, feed herself, dress herself and go to the bathroom herself, all by the age of 60."
His and Miller's personal plight with Alzheimer's opened his eyes to the "shame and stigma" around the disease and prompted them to "actually try and do something to change the situation."
Hilarity for Charity, a fund with the Alzheimer's Assn., is meant to raise money to help families and support Alzheimer's research in pursuit of a cure.
"That's right, the situation is so dire that it caused me -- a lazy, self-involved, generally self-medicated man child -- to start an entire charity organization," he quipped. "It was through this that we felt we weren't just complaining there was nothing to be done but actively taking steps to do something. Instead of being disappointed that young people were so misinformed about the reality of the disease, we started to educate them."
Rogen was joined by National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins as well as National Institute of Aging Director Richard Hodes. He even got a few laughs from Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who humorously unmasked himself as "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey and indicated that it was the first time the record has ever used the term "Knocked Up."
"Americans whisper the word Alzheimer's because their government whispers the word Alzheimer's," Rogen said. "And although a whisper is better than the silence that the Alzheimer's community has been facing for decades, it's still not enough. It needs to be yelled and screamed to the point that it finally gets the attention and the funding that it deserves and needs."
Though the actor took to Twitter to share his testimony, he also seemed disappointed about the turnout.
"Not sure why only two senators were at the hearing. Very symbolic of how the Government views Alzheimer's. Seems to be a low priority," he tweeted.
Rogen also called out Sen. Mark Kirk for leaving before he testified, after the Illinois Republican tweeted about the actor's appearance.
".@SenatorKirk pleasure meeting you," he wrote. "Why did you leave before my speech? Just curious."
"All those empty seats are senators who are not prioritizing Alzheimer's," Rogen continued. "Unless more noise is made, it won't change."
The actor reportedly called out senators who left early or dozed off during his comments in an appearance on "Hardball" that will air Wednesday night.
Coincidentally, Oscar winner Ben Affleck also visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify on issues in the Republic of Congo at a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing.
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Outward Bound
America may be turning inward, but thank goodness the rest of the world isn't too.
As the U.S. Republican presidential primary has staggered on over the past few weeks, one candidate was forced to sing "America the Beautiful" to shore up his patriotic bona fides after having been accused of speaking French. But there is good news for those who believe that talking in the language of l'amour is the first step to a socialized medical system that will force priests to distribute condoms with communion wafers: Fewer and fewer schools are actually teaching French.
In fact, a decreasing number of primary and secondary schools are teaching any foreign language at all. That's one sign of a continued disengagement between Americans and a planet they have such a big impact on — and could gain so much from engaging more closely with. Perhaps it helps to shore up Fortress America by ensuring fewer and fewer people inside the walls know anything about what is beyond them. But it does seem like a lost opportunity.
There are some helpful signs when it comes to Americans' interactions with the rest of the world. Some 260,000 U.S. students studied abroad in the 2008-2009 academic year, up from around 75,000 20 years ago. More than 1 million Americans reported volunteering abroad in 2008. And of course, a lot of people come to the United States to visit or stay. Just shy of 60 million tourists came to the United States in 2010, according to the World Bank. Add to that the 723,000 foreign students studying in the country and all those who come to the United States to work. A little over 6.3 percent of the U.S. population is non-citizen, and another 5 percent are naturalized, according to the Census Bureau. But the other 89 percent really need to get out more. Most Americans are still incredibly insular, and that costs the country dear.
What do Americans know about the rest of world? A 2006 survey prepared for the National Geographic Society of 18-to-24-year-olds found that fewer than four in 10 could find Iraq on a map of the Middle East, and only one in 10 could find Afghanistan on a map of Asia. Better news was that nearly seven out of ten could find China on the Asia map, which is more than could find Louisiana, Mississippi, or New York state on a map of the United States. Still, the gaps are considerable — and they also show up when it comes to language. Four in 10 18-to-24-year-olds in the United States claim to speak a foreign language fluently, but only 14 percent of Americans as a whole know conversational Spanish. Any other language is way behind that.
Unfortunately, chances are that those numbers will go down rather than up in the future. The percentage of U.S. elementary and middle schools offering foreign-language instruction fell between 1997 and 2008 — from 75 percent to 58 percent in the case of middle schools, according to the Center for Applied Linguistics. On top of that, the number of languages offered also declined. For example, French used to be offered at nearly half of U.S. middle schools in 1997, but was offered at less than a quarter 11 years later. Chinese, as you might imagine, saw big gains (well, relatively): A little more than 2 percent of middle schools offer the language, up from below 1 percent in 1997.
Don't worry, though. Not many Americans will get lost on their way overseas or be confused when they get there, because they aren't going overseas in the first place. In 2008, the United States actually saw fewer of its citizens travel abroad as tourists than Britain or Germany, despite having a considerably larger population. Only one in five 18-to-24-year-olds in the United States even has a passport.
It is easy enough to blame the media or schools for American disengagement with the world. A number of commentators noted recently that Time and Newsweek vary their domestic and international cover stories, picking fluffy stories for U.S. readers over breaking news abroad. Clearly they have decided that articles about Glenn Beck, Thomas Edison, and anxiety are of more interest to magazine-rack browsers in the United States than the throes of the Arab Spring, the rise of China, or international asylum-seekers. In editors' defense, they're surely right, and it only reflects a broader disengagement of the media from international affairs. The Tyndall Report notes that for 2011, three international stories were among the top five in terms of network news coverage — Libya, Egypt, and the Japanese quake. But total coverage of international news was still below the level of the early 1990s, and those top three stories (plus the British royal wedding and the Syrian uprising) accounted for half of all foreign coverage on the ABC, NBC, and CBS television networks. That doesn't leave much space for covering a banner year for African growth or progress toward global elimination of polio.
In fact, as a rule, the foreign news that is reported is about death, violence, and despair. "If it bleeds, it leads" holds for international news as much as local coverage — it just takes a lot more pints of blood to get on the television if it isn't from American veins. An analysis by Boston University's Denis Wu looked at foreign news coverage in two weeks of 2003 on CNN and the New York Times print edition. It found 560 stories covering foreign affairs. Iraq alone accounted for one-quarter of all stories. Add in the rest of the Middle East and Afghanistan, and that climbs to 38 percent. China got 3 percent; Brazil got 1.6 percent. And if the news is focused on war and tragedy, perhaps it's unsurprising that few Americans realize the rest of the world is increasingly healthy, wealthy, peaceful, and educated. That's a shame, because all this health and wealth provide incredible opportunities for Americans — not least to trade, invest, or travel abroad for education and health care.
And there's a lot of work for America to do out there. While U.S. exports have been climbing, 140 economies (out of 146 with export data from the World Bank in 2010) exported more than the United States when measured as a share of their GDPs. Only Nepal, Brazil, Haiti, Ethiopia, and Tonga did worse than the U.S. export share (13 percent of GDP), according to the World Bank. Afghanistan outdid the United States by 2 percentage points of GDP. And China's export share was more than twice as big, at 30 percent.
Or look at investment trends. According to World Bank data, in 2010 U.S. net outflows of foreign direct investment — where American investors were taking a 10 percent or larger share of a foreign company — amounted to 2.4 percent of U.S. GDP. Twenty economies were above it in that share — compare Germany on 3.3 percent of GDP, Chile at 4.1 percent, or Singapore on 9.5 percent. Meanwhile, U.S. undergraduates overseas accounted for only 0.4 percent of the global total of people studying abroad for their tertiary education — and nearly half of those brave enough to venture outside America's borders got only as far as Britain. That hardly counts as exotic in an era where Brits win half the Oscars and present the Golden Globes every year.
If there is a silver lining to this cloud of Americans' disengagement, it is that other countries aren't doing so badly. We have seen there are 20 economies with a higher share of GDP going to foreign direct investment that the United States, and 140 that are exporting more. These countries are reaping the gains of closer global engagement — in terms of stronger economic performance and greater technology transfer. There's at least the hope that the closer economic ties will make them less likely to go to war, too. Americans benefit from being in that richer and more pacific world — even if they could do even better by venturing out into it a little more often.


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Firefox 22: Look Ma, No Plug-ins!
Jun 26, 2013 10:54 AM PT
Firefox 22, launched by the Mozilla Foundation on Tuesday, supports voice calling, video chat and peer-to-peer file sharing through the browser without plug-ins, thanks to full support for the WebRTC application programming interface.
Firefox and Google Chrome support WebRTC, but currently Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Apple's Safari browser do not.
WebRTC will be on by default in Firefox 22, but the developers are still working out some kinks.
"What's great about WebRTC is that we can have true cross-platform communications that are vendor independent and work between mobile and desktop platforms," Mike Kaply, founder of Kaply Consulting, told TechNewsWorld.
However, true cross-platform communications might not be realized with WebRTC because Microsoft and Apple are not on board, and "I'm sure Microsoft will provide a competing standard that will be a different flavor of WebRTC," commented David Stein, a principal at the Stein Technology Consulting Group.
"There's core functionality, and then you have functionality that vendors have to use -- proprietary technology -- to deliver the functionality that users want to buy," Stein explained.
Firefox 22 is still evolving, and new features will continue to be added, Mozilla said. It's based on Gecko 22.
New Stuff in Firefox 22
Firefox 22 implements the HTML5 data element. Support for the multipart property on XMLHttpRequest and multipart/x-mixed-replace responses in XMLHttpRequest has been removed. Devs can use Server-Sent Events, Web Sockets, or inspect responseText from progress events instead.
PeerConnection and DataChannel, which enable P2P data sharing and video/audio calling respectively, have been added to Firefox 22.
Mozilla and game-engine developer Epic ported the latter's Unreal Engine 3 to asm.js, and published a 3D first-person shooter game called "BananaBread" to run natively in Firefox without any plug-ins.
More on WebRTC
WebRTC lets devs integrate video and voice calls and file sharing into Web apps with a few lines of code.
"You'll be able to lower development costs," Stein told TechNewsWorld.
Initially, plugins will be required to use WebRTC, "but I think that as people work towards one standard, that will go away," Kaply said.
In that case, why bother to use WebRTC? wondered Stein. "Why not just go along the way we have and use Skype? You've got a billion users that have a third of all the minutes in the world over Skype. Why is a new solution necessary?"
In the future, WebRTC will be used to communicate between mobile devices and desktop PCs, Kaply predicted.
Issues With WebRTC
Mozilla devs are working to improve video calls with multiple participants, which currently may be sluggish with Firefox 22. They are also working on improving echo cancellation, and are working on a fix for a problem that causes audio delay relative to the video.
Users may have trouble connecting if they're protected by a particularly restrictive network access terminal or firewall, and the Mozilla devs will add support for media relaying employing the Traversal Using Relays around NAT, or TURN, protocol to resolve this in Firefox 23.
More work is needed to fully enable WebRTC on mobile.
"The issue is the mobile devices -- their power and battery life," Stein said. "The horsepower of the smartphone is an issue, and then there's the quality of the experience. WebRTC will eventually get to be a standard, but I think it will take time."
WebRTC "is just an incremental improvement, although I think it will be a keeper," Stein opined.


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Sunrayce 99: Or, Trouble-Shooting from D. C. to Orlando, June 1999
(Reprinted by permission from Paydirt, the students' newspaper.)
New Mexico Tech's Sunrayce '99 team members didn't take the checkered flag at this summer's solar-energy, collegiate racing competition, but they still came home winners.
Where other teams had bigger budgets and professional mechanics, Tech students had the experience of a real hands-on project, with educational benefits beyond the nuts and bolts of the solar car itself.
Not that nuts and bolts weren't important.
Tech's team was towing its entry, the Corona, from a preliminary event inWest Virginia to Washington, D.C., where the race was to begin, when one of the hinges on the top of the car broke. The latch failed and the top flipped over, destroying many solar-collecting cells and breaking parts of the body.
"The team was up all night, getting the car in shape so it could race," said Dr. Richard Ortega, chief of Tech's Office for Advancement, and the only crew member to have been involved in all four Sunrayce competitions since Tech started participating in 1993. The race is held every two years.
"They had to use what materials were on hand -- some two-by-fours and quite a bit of ingenuity. By morning, the car could race, but with only 40 percent of its array functional. Where other schools were collecting 600 watts of power, we were collecting about 300, so we couldn't be competitive," he said.
Tech's Corona crossed the finish line in Orlando, Fla. one car ahead of last place, but the team already had won a key competition.
Sunrayce 99 started out with 64 accepted proposals, meaning these plans were deemed adequate to produce a vehicle capable of a cross-country, solar energy race.
Prior to the main event and held in West Virginia was something called "scrutineering," where the cars were, quite literally, put through their paces. "Fifty-two cars showed up," said Ortega. "Only 29 qualified." Among the schools whose teams didn't make the scrutineering cut were Texas A&M, the University of Texas at Austin, Florida A&M, the University of Colorado at Denver, and Cal Poly San Obispo -- all recognized as good engineering schools.
"We were the last team to qualify," Ortega said. "But a lot of teams wished they were in our position."
Ortega said Tech had enough money to build a good car with a budget in excess of $100,000 (even though the average solar racing team spent close to five times that amount).
The university was the team's primary sponsor, as well as the New Mexico Tech Research Foundation and the Student Association. Jack and Bebe Kruppenbach (Class of 51) were the largest individual supporters, and over 200 alumni, staff and friends backed the effort. First State Bank and the City of Socorro were among the local sponsors.
While a bigger budget might have been nice to have, money wasn't the main problem. It was time.
"It's a very complex, detailed project," Ortega said, "and students try to do it in their free time while working on a degree at Tech."
Team leader Matt Channon and faculty sponsor Dr. Ken Minschwaner agreed.
Channon said he averaged 50 hours a week on Sunrayce, approaching 100 hours per week just before the race. He graduated in May and now works for Sandia Labs.
"If I had to do it over again, I would probably put in less time, but make sure the time I put in was put to better use," he said. "Countless hours were spend sanding, and by contracting out mold construction, and making the design simpler, the time could have been spent doing more worthwhile things.
"I also learned a great deal about the importance of fund-raising, to make designs practical first, and innovative second, and how to organize one of these projects correctly," Channon said.
Minschwaner, a professor of physics at Tech, actually took over the reins as the university's Sunrayce faculty sponsor right before the 1997 race, but this year's competition was the first he witnessed.
If asked to return as sponsor for the 2001 event, Minschwaner said he would serve if asked, but next time around would insist on some firm deadlines.
"I'd make sure the car was done way ahead of time. This year, things kept getting pushed back," he said. This, he said, doesn't mean just getting things finished in time, but finished way ahead of time, and taking into account the human nature side of people to
Minschwaner said he was "drafted" as the team faculty advisor, and was told it wouldn't take up too much of his time. "You'll just need to sign some things," he said he was told.
Well, he found out that being Sunrayce advisor was "more involved than being advisor to the skateboard club. . . you put in as much time as you can and hope for the best."
It's like teaching, he said. "It can consume all of your time if you're real conscientious about it -- and there's always more you can do."
There were, to be sure, other lessons learned and some intrinsic benefits besides.
"Companies that sponsor Sunrayce -- such as General Motors and the Department of Energy -- heavily recruit Sunrayce participants," said Ortega. "They see its value in the science and the commitment. Even if they're not sponsors, some future employer is going to look positively at a student's Sunrayce experience," he said.
Some students, he added, postpone graduation just to be a part of Sunrayce.
"This is one of those projects that demonstrates the strength of a Tech education in a very tangible way," Ortega said. "There's the car itself: You can see engineering mechanics in the suspension, electrical engineering in the array design . . . this is something that can capture the imagination of the general public."
The project also allowed Tech students to use their own imaginations.
"The students did the work -- it was their project," said Minschwaner. Other school advisors served as team foremen and managed every detail. "They clearly were involved in a lot of the construction and details of the car.
"In our case, it was in essence a student-conceived-and-built project. . .as advisor, my role sometimes was to bring some wild ideas back down to earth. We were careful not to spend time and money on something that was way out there," Minschwaner said.
Some teams even had full-time mechanics -- "machine shops on wheels," he said. "Our students had a much more difficult time. They did it themselves, but they also got more out of it. On some teams, students were no more than go-fers."
To Minschwaner, the most important lesson students learned was how to trouble-shoot, "a trait I think is very important in the real world -- you don't get a lot of experience in that in course and lab work."
Students learned to improvise, he said, "to fashion parts out of whatever we had on hand." They also learned how to work as a team, and gleaned insight into the importance of planning and design.
"If they'd like me to stay involved, there's a good chance I'd do it again, because I learned a lot, too," said Minschwaner. He had the opportunity to see first-hand "the whole enterprise of racing solar-energy cars, and what it takes to be among the top three or five.
"I also learned how to make something like this succeed with students of diverse skills, backgrounds and motivation."
What about Channon? "I learned in events such as this, you never have enough money, enough time, or enough people to help you to get things the way you want them, so you should take that into account when you plan things out, rather than hoping things will change," he said.
What advice would he give to Tech's Sunrayce 2001 team? "I'd tell them to keep it simple, go fund-raising like gangbusters, and to keep it fun."
It's 5:30 in the morning, somewhere between Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Fla. Richard Ortega doesn't hit the snooze bar on his alarm clock; there's no time for an extra 10-minutes of sleep.
He climbs into his car and begins to scout around for a 24-hour market. New Mexico Tech's Sunrayce student team members, meanwhile, are on their way to get the Corona to either point it toward the sun, or do what they can to keep it dry.
Once he finds his market, Ortega buys breakfast: orange juice, bagels, cream cheese, donuts ("they really like donuts") and lunch fixings -- Kaiser rolls, deli meats and cheeses, fruit and trail mix.
One of his Sunrayce jobs is to make and pack sack lunches for the team: two sandwiches, fruit and snacks for every student go into ice chests, along with water, Gatorade and sodas. Each day of racing takes about eight hours, including charging and towing time. Dinner is eaten "out": usually fast food, said Ortega. "Sometimes we'd go to a nicer place, but generally, we get fast food because of the time element."
Ortega also is in charge of finding lodging for the night -- either in an inexpensive hotel, or sometimes in the homes of Tech alumni families. "We typically check into a hotel after 9 p.m. when the solar cars are impounded for the night," Ortega said.
He also drives the lead vehicle, and serves as the official team photographer. "It makes for some very long days," he said.
The race itself spans 10 days, but the team is on the road for twice that long. "It's a lot of fun," said Ortega. "It's also a lot of work."


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Victoria's Secret model Kylie Bisutti says that she "felt like a piece of meat" working for the lingerie giant and now the company is firing back saying that she was never an "Angel."
"I was being paid to strip down and pose provocatively to titillate men. It wasn't about modeling clothes anymore; I felt like a piece of meat," the 23-year-old model said in a first-person piece published in the New York Post on Wednesday.
In the article, she rails against the lifestyle she led as an up-and-coming model living in New York and her issues with eating disorders and insecurities.
"The curves that made me 'too fat' by runway standards were perfect for Victoria's Secret. And even though I was only 19, a newlywed and growing in my relationship to God, I didn't think twice about strutting my stuff in skimpy bikinis and underwear in the TV contest," she said.
The model, who is a devout Christian, beat 10,000 other models in the 2009 Victoria's Secret Angel Search competition, which bore with it a one-time walk in the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which subsequently launched her modeling career.
"During the Angel competition, I was encouraged to play down my marriage to Mike, because I was supposed to be flirting with everyone all the time. A lot of models don't talk about their relationships unless they're married to a celebrity, like Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom, which is more of a draw to the brand," she wrote.
Bisutti, who has been photographed for FHM and Maxim and was offered a gig in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, said she decided to quit modeling soon after racey images from a lingerie shoot were uploaded to a porn site. The shoot didn't seem to be associated with Victoria's Secret, but was one she was contracted for with modeling agency IMG.
"I quit being a VS model to be a Proverbs 31 wife," she tweeted about her decision to quit modeling. Her Twitter handle, @VSKylie, bears the company's initials.
And now she's penned a book called "I'm No Angel: From Victoria's Secret Model to Role Model," to tell her story and explain her decision to quit her career because she didn't want to promote anything that "sold sex." But Victoria's Secret isn't too happy about its involvement in her coda.
"Ms. Bisutti has made numerous fabrications and misstatements of fact regarding her brief association with Victoria's Secret," the company told People in a statement.
Victoria's Secret said that after she won the "amateur" modeling competition in 2009, she hadn't worked for the company much since except for participating in a swimsuit shoot.
"That was the extent of Ms. Bisutti's involvement with Victoria's Secret. She was never a Victoria's Secret 'Angel' as defined by the terms of our Angel model contract," it said. "And contrary to Ms. Bisutti's claims, she was never offered any subsequent modeling contracts or opportunities with Victoria's Secret despite her multiple appeals for further work. She has repeatedly fabricated her work experience with Victoria's Secret — including a relationship that simply did not exist."
Well, they sure know how to make a girl feel like fashion roadkill.
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