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Bernie, Thanks for your great examples. I will be viewing the third tape in this series soon and look forward to seeing it.
Bernie Terrien wrote:
> David and Jennifer,
> I am not sure if I am using this "chat-thing" correctly so please drop me a
> note to let me know if this worked.
> In my 9th grade physical science class I have found that "guided inquiry"
> has helped me to "maintain some control" and or provide "focus." This topic
> is excellently discussed in session three. I found the best primary source
> for this type of inquiry is no primary source. I have stopped handing out
> worksheets or lab sheets completely. I simply ask the kids to get out their
> notebooks and open it up to a clean sheet of paper. I explain the
> investigation that we are going to do for the day, I ask them to title their
> papers, make a hypothesis, and design a data table to collect their data. I
> then explain the procedure we are going to use to proceed with our
> investigation, or show the students the equipment and ask them to design
> their own experiment making sure to pay attention to the control if we need
> one, list the independent variable, and the dependent variable, and then
> proceed to collect their data. Some times this is very guided, sometimes
> slightly guided, and rarely completely unguided. Let me give you some
> examples.
> At the beginning of the year when we are discussing measurements and
> physical properties I do this activity which I call the paper towel lab.
> I tell the students that our task today is to figure out which brand of
> paper towel holds the most water or is the most absorbent. We brainstorm
> different ways that this could be determined: mass difference before and
> after saturation of one square, squeezing the water out of the paper towel
> into a graduated cylinder after saturation, measuring the amount of water in
> the pan before we dip the towel square in it and after the towel has been
> saturated and removed, etc.. The students groups are then set free to
> choose their method and perform their experiment. They collect their data,
> make their conclusions and discuss any difficulties they may have had either
> during their experiment or in making their conclusion or both. We then
> discuss significant differences and the validity of their conclusions. This
> can also lead to spin off investigations involving math such as, which towel
> brand gives you the best economic value per milliliter or gram of water
> absorbed.
> I also do a similar measuring lab involving which brand of bubble gum blows
> the best bubbles.
> As we proceed through the year I use a similar format to investigate more
> formal topics in science. For example, when discussing Charles Gas Law or
> Thermal Expansion I inform the kids that today we will be investigating the
> relationship between the volume of a gas and the temperature of a gas. I
> show them the lab stations have a beaker of boiling water and a bucket full
> of ice and a small balloon. I inform them that they are to blow the balloon
> up, and take the diameter of the balloon with a digital calipers. They are
> then instructed to hang the balloon over the boiling water for 3-5 minutes
> and quickly measure its diameter again. Immediately they are to throw the
> balloon into the bucket of ice for 3-5 minutes after which they take a
> diameter measurement again. They are asked to make a data table, identify
> the control, independent variable and dependent variable, make a hypothesis,
> and then proceed with their data collection and conclusion. After the
> experiment I have a lab report format they follow. After the reports are
> finished I tell them they have discovered thermal expansion and Charles' Gas
> Law and we discuss real life applications of this phenomenon.
> I proceed through the year in this fashion trying to get the kids to first
> discover phenomenon and relationships i.e. friction labs, Boyles Gas Law
> labs, etc..
> I have been dabbling in such inquiry attempts for a few years and it seems
> to make the kids feel like they are "discovering" things like scientist.
> It's by no means a perfect example of inquiry and it is a continuous work in
> progress as I learn more about inquiry and science methods.
> Depending on the difficulty of the concepts, I use all degrees of
> "guidedness."
> David Pruden, I couldn't agree with you more about the difference between
> "hands on" and "minds on" science activities. I see you have been reading
> the National Science Education Standards too. I would like to know more
> about the Research for Better Teaching's Activators and Summarizers.
> Peace,
> Bernie Terrien
> [email protected]
> Green Bay Southwest High School
> Green Bay, WI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer Cronin <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Date: Thursday, March 08, 2001 6:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [Teacher-talkinquiry] reflection on first session
> >David, I too was wondering what specifically I could apply to my curriculum
> as a 7th grade life science teacher. The first video focused on the lower
> elementary grade levels. What about the older kids? How does inquiry work
> with students who are old enough to know that they have a choice in whether
> or not to "buy in" to a class? I can forsee great
> >participation in the kids who are intrinsically motivated, but what about
> the other kids who just don't care?
> >
> >Jennifer Cronin
> >7th grade life science
> >Spokane, WA
> >
> >David Pruden wrote:
> >
> >> One question I am asking myself after the first session is: Why might
> >> students misbehave and/or be bored with the hands on science I am
> providing?
> >>
> >> One answer to this may be that the science is hands on, but not as minds
> on.
> >> These students are very familiar with having their hands on and
> >> investigating, but because the investigations are pre-planned and very
> >> structured maybe the activities are not as intriguing to the students.
> >> Maybe the students see the investigations as simply activities, and not
> >> scientific exploration. If students were struggling with their own ideas
> >> and searching for answers to their own questions maybe I would have more
> buy
> >> in in my classroom.
> >>
> >> I have been using Research for Better Teaching's Activators and
> Summarizers
> >> activities with my students to try and keep them mentally engaged with
> the
> >> learning. Having students discuss ideas and summarize in their own words
> >> will hopefully allow them to own the concepts.
> >>
> >> How do I get them asking their own questions? That question is eating at
> me
> >> (in a healthy way). And them how do I allow them to investigate those
> >> questions in the confines of the classroom, materials, timeframe, etc?
> >>
> >> What primary sources can I use in my 6th grade classroom for physical
> >> science topics such as matter, mixtures and solutions and motion?
> >> The first grade classroom in the first video is a terrific example, but
> what
> >> about physical science in 6th grade? What are the primary sources
> availible
> >> for my students? newspapers, biographies of scientists, reference books?
> >>
> >> just some ideas from my first session...
> >>
> >> david pruden
> >> grade 6
> >> topsfield, ma
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What's your best tip for keeping your home organized during the busy holiday season?
I am a huge list maker. It's the only thing that keeps me sane during any busy time- especially during the Holidays. I'm also an extremely visual person, so seeing things written down- and sometimes color coded- gives me a great sense of what needs to be done and the best way to tackle it. Checking things off of a list is such a rewarding feeling!
I also try really hard not to overcommit. Staying on top of things around the holiday season requires time, and if you commit to more than you actually have time for, you'll find that your house of cards starts to fall very quickly! Say no to the things that don't matter and focus on what's most important.

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Second-year head coach Bill Taylor has announced the signing of seven more men for the 2008-09 school year. This brings the total men signed for the upcoming season to 13.
"I was hired very late last summer and was an interim coach for the first three weeks." said Taylor, "I got a very late start on recruiting for 2008-09.
"My first focus was on our existing team, so I had limited time to really hit recruiting hard, and I am also just starting to learn about recruiting in the South. To think that we added thirteen men to our roster in such a short time is an indication of where this program is going and what the potential is here. It's a really great class of guys."
Taylor is expecting to welcome 23 runners for cross country this Fall, the biggest men's team in school history.
"And though we are young, we have talent," Taylor said. "It is the foundation of big things to come. This will likely be a development year as all these freshmen transition from 5k to 8k races and college life. I couldn't be happier with the direction we are going."
The seven new Bisons are:
Ben Fennell (Bearden High School - Knoxville, Tenn.): Ben will be the fourth Bearden runner in the program this Fall. He has an 800m PR of 1:59.66 and has split 1:57 in the relay. His 5k PR is 17:07. Ben is a five time state qualifier in cross country and track.
"I believe Ben has the ability to make a huge impact on the team in the future," Taylor said. "He is a great character fit with the program and has the potential to explode as an athlete in the next year or two."
Andrew Jones (Mt. Juliet High School - Mt. Juliet, Tenn.) : Andrew has the potential to be incredible in the middle distance and distance events for Lipscomb. Although he just started running the 800m midday through last track season, he boasts a PR of 1:57.84 already, which is also the Mt. Juliet school record. He attempted his first season of cross country last year, but was injured early in the season and didn't compete.
"Andrew is a super nice person and has barely scratched the surface of his ability," Taylor said. "To run 1:57 with limited experience is very exciting. I think he can also make a huge impact on our cross country program and will experiment with the 1500m this track season as well."
Aaron Todd (Bedford North Lawrence High School - Bedford, Ind.): Aaron is potentially a diamond in the rough. His 5k PR of 17:01 has been off limited mileage. This year he ran 2:00.27 for 800m and split sub 2min in the relay.
"Aaron is a great fit with our program and has been described by his coaches as a diamond in the rough," said Taylor. "I am excited to watch his development here."
Cormac Carolan-Tolbert (McIntosh High School - Peachtree, Ga.): Cormac has PR's of 16:53 for 5k, 10:20 for 3200m and 4:38 for 1600m. He was the team captain this past Cross Country season.
"Cormac is such a nice person and I believe he is going to develop into a standout distance runner here," Taylor said. "He has the work ethic and attitude it takes. He is a terrific addition to our team."
Josh Taylor (Barr Reeve High School - Montgomery, Ind.): Josh was a solid No.3 runner for his cross country team in 2007 and has a 5K PR of 16:41. This was his first year of track, after playing baseball the last three years.
"I think Josh has the potential to really explode in college," said Taylor. "He has a limited background in distance running since he played baseball. It may take a year to get him the foundation he needs, but if he is patient he is going to do some great things here."
Josh Baker (Ft. Frye High School - Beverly, Ohio): Josh is another recruit with very limited experience. This was his first year of cross country and was also the first year of moving up to the 800m in track. His 5k PR of 18:28 should improve with the training to come as will his 2:10.57 800m PR.
"I honestly don't know what Josh's potential is," Taylor said. "I am certain he can run a lot faster than he has, but until I see him run and start working with him I won't know. He is a character fit with our program, which is always my top priority. If he accepts the challenge of running at this level he will improve dramatically."
Brock Lutes (Franklin High School - Franklin, Tenn.): Brock is an interesting multi-sport athlete. He moved up from the short sprints this year to run the 400m for the first time, and posted a time of 50.60. Brock has also earned all-state honors in bowling, finishing second in the state of Iowa and seventh in the state of Tennessee.
"Brock has a great work ethic and an eagerness to succeed," said Taylor. "When I watched him run the 400m I saw that he has the potential to improve dramatically, and when I asked him to turn out for cross country to build his endurance and strength, he didn't hesitate.
"He has already expressed a willingness to experiment a bit with the 800m this track season as well. When someone has an `I'll do whatever it takes to succeed' mentality it makes it hard to not be successful and it rubs off on teammates. I expect Brock to be a valuable addition to our program."
Lipscomb University is an NCAA Division I member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, located in Nashville, Tenn.


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Sentinel-1 ready for launch
With Sentinel-1A now sitting atop its Soyuz rocket, liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is set for today at 23:02 CEST (21:02 GMT).
Official authorisation to launch was given following yesterday's Arianespace final review. This process confirmed the readiness of the rocket and its passenger, along with the readiness of the launch site and network of tracking stations.
With the weather also fair, everything is currently 'green' and on schedule. The next step will be to fuel the rocket, which starts four hours before liftoff.
Sentinel-1A has been at the launch site since the end of February and has been through numerous tests to make sure that everything is in perfect condition to provide essential radar imagery for Europe's Copernicus programme.
Sentinel-1A marks the beginning of a new era in observing Earth from space. An era that focuses on providing data for everyday applications to improve the way the environment is managed, benefiting us all.
Weather satellites have been providing operational data for years, and now the family of Sentinel missions will do the same for environmental monitoring.
Guido Levrini, the Copernicus Space Segment Programme Manager, said, "On one side, this launch is the culmination of a decade of personal professional investment and on the other side it is the beginning of a large-scale construction. It is the first stone, the foundation of a soon-to-materialise splendid cathedral – we already get a glimpse of its cupola from the distance."
Sentinel-1 is a two-satellite constellation: Sentinel-1B will be launched next year.
A further five Sentinel missions will be launched in the coming years. Each carries state-of-the-art technology to deliver a stream of complementary imagery and data tailored to the needs of Copernicus users.
The data are not only open to users worldwide, but are also free of charge.


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Emily Badger is a former staff writer at CityLab. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
Mitchell Silver spends a lot of time traveling the country in his role as the president of the American Planning Association. In that time, he has learned that there are certain words you just don't use with audiences outside of the urban core. For instance: urban.
"The minute I open about 'urban,' they say it's time for me to leave," Silver says, referring to crowds in smaller towns and rural communities. "When we say 'urban,' they hear it as 'anti-rural.'"
It's possible to forget amid all the talk about our increasingly urbanized world that not everyone lives in urban settings, or wants to, or even wants to hear about urban problems as if they were the only problems on earth. That's not to say we shouldn't talk about cities (Atlantic Cities would never suggest that!). But there is a way to do so without patronizing or triggering the defenses of people who don't live in large metros (or the politicians, like Rick Santorum, who do live there but like to pretend that they don't).
So how exactly should city-lovers navigate this linguistic minefield? Silver suggested we talk to Chuck Marohn, the executive director of the non-profit Strong Towns, about what kind of language prickles non-urban ears.
We asked him, for starters, if he's run into this same problem. "I don't think I've run into it," Marohn says, "as much as I've lived it."
He grew up on a Minnesota farm about three miles outside of the town of Brainerd, population: 13,700. You couldn't even buy shoes there when Marohn was a kid.
"Once a year, we'd take a trip down to the big city and buy all our clothes," he says. "When we got a Walmart, it was this great thing, because now there was shopping up the road."
He became a civil engineer and then started building the kinds of places he saw around him: strip malls, big-box stores, suburban subdivisions. He thought this was great stuff, the stuff that people wanted. But he would frequently encounter engineering and planning literature that insisted it was not.
"I kept getting hit with stuff that was 'new urbanism,' the whole environmental debate," he says. "Quite frankly, I stayed away from it. I didn't like it. I didn't want anything to do with 'new urbanism,' and it was largely because I looked at it as a left-wing, urban-oriented, make-me-ride-the-bus kind of movement."
In retrospect, Marohn blames some of his own ignorance. But he also blames the language of urbanists: sprawl, smart growth, transit-oriented development. This language can seem fundamentally antagonistic, Marohn says (yes, yes, it's equally antagonistic to describe cities as "elite," as somewhere "real" Americans don't live, but we're practicing introspection here, not finger-pointing). "Transit-oriented development" assumes that people have transit to start with. "Smart growth" implies all other living patterns are stupid. "Density" sounds a lot like "sardines." And "auto-oriented" anything can come with a whiff of condescension.
"That antagonistic language keeps us from having this broader dialogue," Marohn says. "It allows us to remain polarized round issues that at their central core are universal. We all want to live in places that we like. We all want to feel safe. We all want access to food, shelter, recreation, entertainment. These are things that are essentially universal."
In his own writing for Strong Towns, Marohn never uses any of these terms.
"To me, it seemed a little preachy," he says. "These people who lived in urban areas would come out and tell me how to live, tell me that you shouldn't enjoy living where you do, you shouldn't like your job, you shouldn't feel good about the lifestyle that you're living because it's bad, and what we're doing is good. What you're doing is dumb and what we're doing is smart. What you're doing is sprawl, and what we're doing is smart growth."
(It's interesting here to pause and ponder if "sprawl" is one of those words that naturally sounds odious – like "phlegm" or "yuck" – or if it has just taken on that connotation as a result of so much sneering).
Marohn says he has realized over the past decade that he and the New Urbanists are actually often talking about the same thing. The urban experience and the small-town experience have more in common than people think. And they've both been distorted by the suburban experiment. The picture looks different. In cities, it looks like an army of surface parking lots has devoured our downtowns. Small towns have also been hallowed out at the core and nipped at their edges by encroaching subdivisions.
But the effect is the same, Marohn says: an erosion of civic space, which has led to an erosion of the financial viability of communities. And this is the language he uses to talk about planning – the language of economics, of debt and prosperity and gas prices.
Sure, economic arguments are often environmental ones, too (saving on gas also saves the environment!). But Marohn only ever mentions this under his breath, like, "oh, by the way, reinvesting in our existing infrastructure is good for the environment, too." He says he sometimes ticks off environmentalists by acknowledging their worldview as an afterthought instead of up front.
"The ones that are intellectually honest kind of get it, that we're talking about the same thing, we're just starting from a different place," he says. "If we want to reach the mass of humanity in this country, we need to start somewhere else."
To Marohn, differences in terms can obscure the fact that our fundamental problems require similar fixes. It's not that cities need "smart growth" and rural towns are destined to die in the mass exodus from dumb farms to sardine-like urban apartments. Rather, everyone needs to figure out how to rebuild communities that aren't caught in the trap of endlessly expanding development – not because this pattern is morally or environmentally problematic, but because it's financially so.
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After a post-recession boomlet, the New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago areas are all seeing their population decline.
In cities like New York, Paris, Rotterdam, and soon San Francisco, car-free streets are emerging amid a growing movement.
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What ranks and titles have you held? I'm just a nobody
Do you have any heroes? Those who make the world better everyday in whichever manner they can.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It is a fulfillment of a quest. I continually test myself and this is another hurdle that I decided to conquer.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? Purdue University – Law & Society with minors in supervision and communications
What was your job before you started fighting? I am the CEO of EDEN – Engineered & DEsigned Nutrition. It's a sports nutrition company.
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A Hidden Life
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American filmmaker Derek Cianfrance takes on too much at all at once in "The Place Beyond the Pines," an over-stuffed, hyper-pulpy, and mostly trite trifurcated drama about family, crime, and moral ambiguity. Cianfrance's film, his follow-up to the similarly lop-sided, but otherwise superior "Blue Valentine," follows four men: a daredevil motorcyclist who becomes a bank robber, a mealy-mouthed smalltown cop who's not the hero his peers think he is, and their respective sons.
Aesthetically, "The Place Beyond the Pines" is an unwieldy mix of psychological realism and visual impressionism, so Cianfrance's characters' dialogue is deliberately coarse while his film's mise-en-scène is distractingly mannered. Ostentatiously composed compositions, manic narrative pacing, and a thunderous Sturm-und-Drang score all strain to make a grand tragedy out of four salt-of-the-earth types' contrived stories.
The worst of these offenses is Cianfrance's over-mannered direction, which slavishly tries to replicate his characters' emotional confusion in visual terms. In one scene, he shows a married couple talking to each other in bed, and takes great pains to plop viewers into the middle of their conversation, so it feels semi-realistic. But Cianfrance also takes great pains to highlight the moon's reflection on both man and wife's up-turned lips as they talk to each other.
That kind of purposeless style-over-substance embellishment is frustrating, but Cianfrance does his talented cast an even greater disservice when he doesn't even show us people's faces as they react to crucial dramatic questions. In one memorably botched exchange, a boy asks his father's friend what his dad was like, and the friend responds with trepidation somewhere off-screen. Both the broad and narrow strokes that Cianfrance and his two co-writers used to sketch out their epic crime narrative are indistinct.
The first of the film's three inter-related storylines concerns Luke (Ryan Gosling), a sideshow motorcyclist who learns he knocked up Romina (Eva Mendes), a Schnectady local, when he last blew through town with a traveling circus. Because speed is understandably the thing in Luke's story, everything happens instantly, leaving no time for us to wonder about Luke's motives. He meets Robin (Ben Mendelsohn), a fellow motorbike enthusiast, they immediately hit it off, Luke moves in with Robin, but Robin can't give Luke much work, so Robin suggests robbing banks together, and they rob banks until one such bank job inevitably goes bad.
Save for a risibly anti-climactic car chase where Luke is pursued by cops at every turn despite his best evasive maneuvers, these initial scenes are not only rushed, but they're also too in love with the film's pseudo-raw dialogue. Cianfrance and his co-writers want to make Luke look like a realistic tough guy, so when Romina's husband Kofi (Mahershala Ali) tells Luke to get out of his house, the two men puff out their chests and bark at each other a couple times before either man makes a move. But Luke is vindicated by scene's end: his baby son stops crying after he picks him up.
Despite Cianfrance's slavish attempts at adding superficial nuance, his film's narrative is also consistently neat and unambiguous. It's telling that when Robin tells Luke that, "If you ride like lightning, you're going to crash like thunder," he's filmed in extreme close-up from below, and his make-up is done up in such a way that it underlines the idea that Robin, a lonely, desperate guy, is characteristically talking faster than his brain can process what he's saying. In this scene, the film's screenwriters are speaking louder than their character.
The second storyline in "The Place Beyond the Pines" is the strongest of the three, only because Bradley Cooper gives a surprisingly solid performance as Avery, a cop who gets involved in Luke's story once Luke fouls up a bank job. But Avery's story is also too reliant on pointless aesthetic flourishes, and largely populated by unbelievable characters, many of whom illustrate Cianfrance's banal observations about the pervasive, institutionalized abuse of power (SPOILER ALERT: cops are just as bad as crooks!). The same is basically true of the film's third storyline, in which Luke and Avery's sons settle what their fathers started.
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Scientists at Environment Waikato and Landcare Research are winning international recognition for break-through work on the quality of soils.
Lake Taupo is going into the classroom as a teaching tool.
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What would be one of the biggest alterations in decades to the way golf is played was finally revealed by the ruling Royal and Ancient Club and United States Golf Association after months of deliberations.
But with a number of leading players having complained about the planned move, the final decision has still to be taken and both the R&A and the USGA "will consider any further comments and suggestions from throughout the golf community".
Under the proposal, long putters like those used by Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson and Ernie Els could still be put in the bag in four years' time, but could not be anchored to the body.
The ruling bodies said in a statement: "The proposed Rule 14-1b, which follows an extensive review by the R&A and the USGA, would prohibit strokes made with the club or a hand gripping the club held directly against the player's body, or with a forearm held against the body to establish an anchor point that indirectly anchors the club.
"The proposed new rule would not alter current equipment rules and would allow the continued use of all conforming golf clubs, including belly-length and long putters, provided such clubs are not anchored during a stroke.
"The proposed rule narrowly targets only a few types of strokes, while preserving a golfer's ability to play a wide variety of strokes in his or her individual style."
Peter Dawson, the R&A chief executive, said: "We believe we have considered this issue from every angle, but given the wide-ranging interest in this subject we would like to give stakeholders in the game the opportunity to put forward any new matters for consideration.
"Anchored strokes have become the preferred option for a growing number of players and this has caused us to review these strokes and their impact on the game.
"Our concern is that anchored strokes threaten to supplant traditional putting strokes which are integral to the long-standing character of the sport."
The proposed rule change would take effect on January 1, 2016, in accordance with the regular four-year cycle for changes to the Rules of Golf.
The statement adds: "This timetable would also provide an extended period in which golfers may, if necessary, adapt their method of stroke to the requirements of the rule.
"In proposing the new rule, the R&A and the USGA concluded that the long-term interests of the game would be served by confirming a stroke as the swinging of the entire club at the ball.
"This proposal reflects the R&A's and USGA's responsibility to define how the game is to be played.
"Aspects of how a player must make a stroke have been addressed in past rules changes, such as the century-old rule codifying that the ball must be fairly struck and not be pushed, scraped or spooned and the 1968 prohibition on the 'croquet' style of putting."
Mike Davis, USGA executive director, said: "Throughout the 600-year history of golf, the essence of playing the game has been to grip the club with the hands and swing it freely at the ball.
"The player's challenge is to control the movement of the entire club in striking the ball and anchoring the club alters the nature of that challenge.
"Our conclusion is that the Rules of Golf should be amended to preserve the traditional character of the golf swing by eliminating the growing practice of anchoring the club.
"As governing bodies we monitor and evaluate playing practices and developments in golf, with our primary mandate being to ensure that the Rules of Golf continue to preserve the fundamental characteristics of the game."
The statement also says: "Although anchoring the club is not new, until recently it was uncommon and typically seen as a method of last resort by a small number of players.
"In the last two years, however, more and more players have adopted the anchored stroke.
"Golf's governing bodies have observed this upsurge at all levels of the game and noted that more coaches and players are advocating this method.
"The decision to act now is based on a strong desire to reverse this trend and to preserve the traditional golf stroke."
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"People can be drawn to see social issues in America through the images and witness of the photographer. I have spent over five decades trying to do this with my camera, working on in-depth visual reportage.
The photographers voice is small but important. It is through our photographs that we can inform and participate in the conversations that have helped to create social change and affect the direction of America and its people. Think of Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Frank, and others whose photographs have continued to tell the American story.
I share these artists passion for shedding light on unseen communities and unreported stories. If we would leave this narrative only to historians or corporations, our vision of our time would be far from the truth.
Now more than ever we rely on independent photographers to record and share our concerns, and to ask viewers to see the world with open eyes. As more people become marginalized, we especially need to look deeply at our country and question those things hidden from our view." Ken Light
Ken Light is the Reva and David Logan Professor of Photojournalism at UC Berkeleys Graduate School of Journalism. His work has appeared in over 200 exhibitions and is held in numerous permanent collections, including those of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, International Center of Photography, and the Smithsonian. He has published nine books of photographs, including Whats Going On? 1969-1974; Coal Hollow; Delta Time: Mississippi Photographs; To the Promised Land; and Texas Death Row. Light was the first photographer appointed as the Laventhol Visiting Professor at Columbia Journalism School.
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And so ends another busy and exciting summer season in the long history of D1RC, one of wowing the crowds at car shows and, most importantly, the six rounds of the UK national championship, the Drift Series. Throughout, competition levels in both the novice Club Class and the expert Pro Class was as high as ever with new faces appearing at almost every round, proving that drifting is no longer a niche class in RC motor sport.
Using two club tracks for the 2013 series, Colchester MCC and Eastbourne ECC, three times each, we used all our old favourite drift circuits and even a few new ones, both circuits offering so many course options that so perfectly suit our needs – lots of corners joined by short straights, all joined by cross roads and islands.
The main features of the season were that modified race chassis were no longer competitive. You had to be running a dedicated drift design and, even then, many of us would modify those beyond recognition! The second head line was that of the emerging 2WD drift chassis, with only home brewed examples appearing in very small numbers (though that's due to change) and too late in the season to compete, though as you read this a round of 2WD competition has already occurred in the Winter indoor series.
For myself, John Turner, and Simon Landgrebe, both Team HPI/HB drivers, the season was good. Both competing in the Pro Class we managed to make quite a few podium places, four for myself and two for Simon, which gave us final positions of 2nd and 6th in a Pro field of 12 drivers. Try as I might, I could not bring down Dave Shaw-Mathews who took the series win with almost a round to spare but it was till close, round on round, packed with some memorable battles. Roll on 2014!
Also worthy of a mention was the Players car show, now a regular in the D1RC calendar and possibly the biggest UK car show of the year. As last year, we were given the prime spot in the main hanger of North Weald airdrome where thousands of spectators were kept glued to our safety fence to watch lots of mini comps and general showing off all day, the HPI T-Drift proving to be the perfect tyre for the resin coated hanger floor!
There was also an indoor event that merits a mention, the Battle King meet hosted by Drift Essex where I managed to qualify first after some 20 battles, none lost, in an all league style qualifying where everyone battled with everyone else. Unfortunately, in the knockout style finals I succumbed to Pete Gray in the final, but 2nd kept me happy!
And for the winter series? With the introduction of the 2WD class I intend to run from round 2 a much modified HPI Pro4 which will buck the trend of front mounted motor. There's so much ballast being used on 2WD cars that what goes where isn't as important as keeping the weight split to the front and rear, creating that slow response that makes the inherently unstable cars drivable – that and HPI's great D-Box, now back in stock!
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Phill Headway isn't lacking any talent — just maybe a few hands. As he is, with just two, he managed to cover every part of the song 'Prince Ali' from Disney's classic movie 'Aladdin.' And we literally mean every part. The vocals? That's Phill. Instruments? Phill. Sounds effects? Yes, also done by Phill!
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Judging by his frequently changing wardrobe, we're guessing it was no easy (or quick) feat to record the song! He even creates the sounds of the parade making its way towards the castle at the beginning of the scene. (Here's video for reference, for those of you who haven't memorized every second of 'Aladdin.')
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Clifton Store Unlawfully Fired Only High-Level African American Manager, EEOC Charged
NEWARK, N.J. – Shopper's Vineyard, a wine and liquor store in Clifton, N.J., agreed to pay $60,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC said in its lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey (Civil Action No. 08-cv-1234 [DMC]), that Bertram Irving of Passaic, N.J., was the only African American front-line manager at the Clifton store. Shopper's Vineyard told Irving in 2006 that he was being laid off because of economic reasons, but according to the EEOC's lawsuit, Irving was actually laid off because of his race. Shopper's Vineyard retained white managers with less tenure and experience and hired many new employees, including four new white managers, within the year after Irving was laid off, the suit charged. Race discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The five-year consent decree settling the case requires Shopper's Vineyard to pay $60,000 to Irving and institute new anti-discrimination policies and procedures. The store will appoint an equal employment opportunity coordinator to insure compliance with Title VII and other anti-discrimination statutes; train managers regarding Title VII requirements on a regular basis; post a notice to employees at the store about the decree; and provide reports to the EEOC and permit the EEOC to monitor its compliance with the decree.
"It is important given today's economic climate that employers remember that one of the central goals of Title VII is to prevent racially motivated employment decisions," said Spencer H. Lewis, director of the EEOC's New York District. "When making layoff decisions, employers must make sure they are complying with laws that prohibit discrimination."
Jeffrey Burstein, the EEOC's trial attorney who litigated the case, added, "The EEOC is committed to the elimination of racial discrimination in the workplace, as evidenced by our vigorous efforts on behalf of thousands of discrimination victims like this every year."
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#RSL Tweets of the Day (@RealSaltLake)
I just want to thanks to all our fans that went to RTS!! Everything happens for a reason & we just gotta be more together for what's next.
Congrats 2 Ben Olsen & @dcunited on their Open Cup Win. Gutted but thx 2 the fans that made it out & stick with us no matter what.
SeBasTian VeLasQueZ @TiaN_Futbol
I Dont Have Words To Express How Bad I Feel About The Game But I Still Want To Thank Everyone For Coming And Supporting Us!
No question of commitment from @realsaltlake... guys gave their all, and they are devastated by result.
What a heartbreaker! We learn, regroup & focus on 2 more trophies. Thanks for the magical #USOC100 ride & see you Sat #RSL. @RealSaltLake
RealSaltLake.com: Highlights: RSL 0-1 DC United
RealSaltLake.com: RSL vs D.C. United | USOC Final, Postgame Press Conference with Jason Kreis
RealSaltLake.com: RSL vs D.C. United | USOC Final, Postgame Reactions: Carlos Salcedo
RealSaltLake.com: RSL vs D.C. United | USOC Final, Postgame Reactions: Ned Grabavoy
RealSaltLake.com: RSL vs D.C. United | USOC Final, Postgame Reactions: Nat Borchers
MLSsoccer.com: March to the Match: One-Hit Wonders?
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
RealSaltLake.com: Open Cup Recap: RSL 0-1 D.C. United
RealSaltLake.com: RSL in disbelief after losing Open Cup Final
MLSsoccer.com: Real Salt Lake 0, DC United 1 | US Open Cup Final Recap
MLSsoccer.com: US Open Cup: Real Salt Lake baffled as to how their cold spell undid them at worst possible moment
MLSsoccer.com: US Open Cup: In the game for defense, DC United's Lewis Neal provides yet another big goal
MLSsoccer.com: US Open Cup: In season "terrible from top to bottom," DC United see their Cup focus rewarded
MLSsoccer.com: US Open Cup: From kid fan grown up into title-winner, DC United's Bill Hamid basks in unlikely trophy
MLSsoccer.com: Kick Off: Real Salt Lake left to rue missed chances in US Open Cup final
MLSsoccer.com: Armchair Analyst: Three things we learned from rope-a-doping the US Open Cup final
The Salt Lake Tribune: Real Salt Lake offense, again, burdened with bad luck in final
The Salt Lake Tribune: Monson: RSL chokes away a title and a trophy
Deseret News: D.C. United stuns Real Salt Lake in U.S. Open Cup final
Deseret News: Brad Rock: Open Cup might not be RSL's only loss
Deseret News: Real Salt Lake report card: RSL can't break through in U.S. Open Cup final vs. D.C. United
KSL.com: RSL walks away from Open Cup pursuit empty handed with 1-0 loss to D.C. United
The Washington Post: D.C. United 1, Real Salt Lake 0: United captures U.S. Open Cup
SI.com: Three thoughts on D.C. United's surprising win in the U.S. Open Cup final
American Soccer Now: D.C. United Beats RSL, 1-0, To Claim U.S. Open Cup
Pro Soccer Talk: U.S. Open Cup reaction: D.C. United revel in victory, Real Salt Lake wallow in defeat – Video
Pro Soccer Talk: D.C. United stuns Real Salt Lake in 2013 U.S. Open Cup final
ESPN FC: U.S. Open Cup: D.C. United score historic upset over RSL
Soccer by Ives: D.C. United shock RSL to win centennial U.S. Open Cup title
U.S. Soccer Players: DC United Win the 2013 US Open Cup
For the Fans, By the Fans
RSL Soapbox: RSL cedes US Open Cup to DC United in heartbreaking fashion
RSL Soapbox: Player Ratings: Lackluster showings in all areas send RSL to USOC loss
Real Nation: 1-0 Haunts RSL Again at Home
Keepin' it Real: DC United Wins US Open Cup
MLS, Other News & Notes
MLSsoccer.com: Jurgen Klinsmann: Seattle Sounders' Clint Dempsey probable for weekend, upcoming USMNT qualifiers
MLSsoccer.com: Columbus Crew credit recent run, offensive outburst to playing at "game speed in training"
MLSsoccer.com: Bradley Wright-Phillips "definitely out this weekend" for New York Red Bulls, could be longer
MLSsoccer.com: Vancouver Whitecaps insist consistency, not character needs to improve in playoff push
MLSsoccer.com: Maximiliano Urruti fits right into Portland Timbers' pressing system, and not just for the goals
MLSsoccer.com: Chicago Fire's Mike Magee adjusting to being marked man in breakout year: "That's how it's going to be"
MLSsoccer.com: DC United's Dwayne De Rosario named MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Month for October
MLSsoccer.com: Tough choice approaching Colorado Rapids defender Shane O'Neill: Ireland or US?
Pro Soccer Talk: How special is a 20-goal season in Major League Soccer? We're looking at you, Marco Di Vaio
Pro Soccer Talk: Michael Bradley, Anthony Brooks out, but Clint Dempsey probably in for Thursday's U.S. roster announcement
Soccer by Ives: Bradley ruled out, but Klinsmann still planning on bringing strong squad for upcoming qualifiers
Soccer by Ives: Hard work is paying off for FC Dallas youngster Acosta
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I'm a big fan of GeekWire, so when one of my Twitter followers suggested that I start a regular Q&A column for the site, focusing on consumer electronics and gadgets, I figured "Why not?" I talked with the crew, and the result is Ask Andru.
In case you're curious about what qualifies me to answer your nagging questions about the devices that have become such an integrated part of our lives, well, I've been running Gear Live for over seven years now. If you're unfamiliar, Gear Live is one of the top gadget news and review sites in the world, and I absolutely love what I do. If you've got a question you'd like me to answer, drop me a line at email@example.com, and I'll throw it in the queue.
Our very first question deals with iMessage, a new feature introduced to iOS devices with the release of iOS 5:
After upgrading to iOS 5, sometimes I see an iMessage reference in my text-messaging app, and sometimes not, and it doesn't seem to be correlated to whether or not I'm on WiFi or 3G. I also see different colors. I know the idea is to be able to send text messages without going over the wireless carrier's network, but how the heck does this work and what's actually going on?
iMessage is one of my favorite new features of iOS 5, but Apple could have done a better job of explaining what exactly is going on. When you are sending real, true text messages to someone else when using iOS 5, the "Send" button will be green, along with the color of your chat bubbles. The person you are texting with either has an iPhone that isn't yet running iOS 5, a phone that isn't an iPhone, or has neglected to enable iMessage if they do happen to be on iOS 5. All you need to know is that, when you see green, you are sending and receiving text messages as far as your mobile carrier is concerned. If you don't have an unlimited SMS plan, then you're being docked for each one.
iMessages go through Apple's network, circumventing the mobile carrier SMS system altogether. When you are sending and receiving iMessages, instead of green, you'll see a blue "Send" button and blue chat bubbles. The conversation will work the same, except now, you are just sending data. This works whether you are on Wi-Fi or 3G — as long as you have a connection to the Internet, you can send and receive iMessages. The nice thing here is that they tend to go through much faster, and they aren't text messages. This means that, if you're someone who doesn't have an unlimited texting plan, iMessages don't come out of your monthly texting allowance. Nice, right?
Even better, since iMessages aren't text messages, Apple was able to spread the functionality over to the iPad and iPod touch. Similar to the iPhone, as long as you're connected to the Internet on either of those devices, you can send iMessages. Since neither of those devices support text messaging, you'll always see the blue messages on those, never the green. iMessages can include delivery and read receipts, as well as typing indication, so you know if the person has received your message and if they are typing back
All that said, iMessage has the carriers shaking. For example, right before the launch of the iPhone 4S, AT&T did away with the popular 200 SMS for $5 per month plan, as well as the 1500 SMS for $15 per month plan. Now, you can choose to pay-per-text, or pay $20 for unlimited test messaging. They knew that there'd be plenty of people who were going to downgrade to a cheaper SMS plan now that iMessage was available.
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Emoluments! Get Yer Red Hot Emoluments Here!
A few weeks ago, while attending the Federalist Society's annual lawyers convention, I got to chatting with UCLA law professor (and former member of the Cato Supreme Court Review editorial board) Eugene Volokh about something that a commenter to his well-known Volokh Conspiracy blog had queried: might Hillary Clinton, then just-announced as "on track" to become the next secretary of state, be constitutionally disqualified from that job? I quickly turned to Article I, section 6, clause 2 of my handy Cato pocket Constitution (I carry one in every suit jacket and can attest that they make great stocking-stuffers) to look at the source of the problem: the Emoluments Clause. Nothing against her in particular but indeed, it seemed that Sen. Clinton's appointment — or that of any member of Congress whose term coincides with a cabinet pay raise — would violate the clear constitutional text.
I won't rehash the arguments here, especially because both Eugene and I (and many others, including venerable Supreme-Court-justice-in-waiting-of-Obama's-first-male-appointment Laurence Tribe) blogged about it.
I thought that would be the end of it, but they keep pulling me back in. Today, for example, I have an elaborated version of my earlier blog post in the American Spectator. And tomorrow I'll be appearing at a Judicial Watch forum discussing the issue along with John O'Connor, author of "The Emoluments Clause: An Anti-Federalist Intruder in a Federalist Constitution." (The panel is at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW in Washington, runs 1:30–3:00pm, and is open to the public.)
Interestingly, though Congress last week passed a "Saxbe Fix" for Sen. Clinton, we now have another emoluments problem, with Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO), whom President-elect Obama has just nominated to be his Interior Secretary.
Leaving aside the constitutional issue, that makes four senatorial vacancies (and two gubernatorial vacancies) created by the victory of the Obama-Biden ticket, including, of course, the Rod Blagojevich mess in Illinois. That has to be some sort of record, but I fear it's the only way the incoming administration will reduce the size of government (and only temporarily at that).


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Speaking through a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) conservation officer who is fluent in Spanish, Macha said he was sitting in some brush in the shade when he heard some noise and turned around to see a bull elk walking uncomfortably close to him. Macha abruptly stood up and ran. The bull elk gave chase and knocked him down, goring him three times before running off.
After the attack, Macha walked about four miles to the camp of his friend, a fellow sheepherder. The following morning, September 4, Macha's friend found several DWR conservation officers and biologists who had been working on the mountain.
Fortunately, one of the officers, Sgt. Ben Wolford, is an advanced emergency medical technician (EMT).
The other officers involved in helping Macha were Dennis Shumway, an Afghanistan War veteran who is fluent in Spanish and has considerable medical training, Lt. J Shirley and officer TJ Robertson.
Within minutes, the DWR officers assessed and stabilized Macha. They bandaged his wounds and gave him oxygen and a saline IV. The officers then called for a medical helicopter to airlift Macha from the scene.
Macha was flown to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, CO, where he is listed in stable condition. He suffered puncture wounds in the chest, back and thigh. His lung had collapsed, and the officers said it appeared his shoulder was dislocated.
Shumway says bull elk are coming into their breeding season (known as the rut) this time of year. Testosterone levels are at their peak. Bull elk are ramped up and ready to fight for dominance.
Officers believe the elk was surprised and startled when it found Macha. Driven by a "fight or flight" instinct, the elk reacted aggressively and gored Macha.


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Who knew a little change of scenery could allow this American city girl living in the Belgian countryside to grow and blossom (pun intended) in so many ways!
I've always harbored an inner passion for flowers and an admiration for all the beautiful bouquets that florists create.
Taking small baby steps toward transforming our field into a gardening paradise, I've found a niche that puts a smile on my face and a twinkle in my eye! Creating bouquets from my cutting garden is what I've always been meant to do. I look forward to including you all in my journey along this winding road to happiness!
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Colorado redshirt freshman Phillip Lindsay: two touchdown runs in scrimmage gave me confidence
BOULDER — Phillip Lindsay, Colorado's effervescent redshirt freshman running back, said the two touchdowns he scored in Saturday's scrimmage gave him added confidence.
Lindsay, a former Denver South standout, scored the TDs during the situational portion of the scrimmage involving plays in the red zone.
One of his touchdowns went to the left, the other to the right. In both scores, Lindsay (5-foot-8, 175 pounds) turned up his speed to another gear and swept around the end.
"It gave me confidence," Lindsay said Wednesday following a morning practice. "But it also gave everybody else confidence. The offensive line was blocking, the receivers were blocking. All the credit goes to them.
"The linemen get excited about that because they want to get us in the end zone."


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Whatever the weather, the Victorinox Brand store with its museum integrated in the Swiss Knife Valley VISITOR CENTER is a great day out.
A visit to the "Swiss Knife Valley" is always worth the trip: it can be combined with a cruise on Lake Lucerne, hiking in the beautiful region of Central Switzerland, a visit to an exhibition, and enjoyment of the culinary delights of the region and seasonal events.
Suggestions can be found on the Swiss Knife Valley website.
An interactive exhibition in the Swiss Knife Valley VISITOR CENTER presents the history of the Swiss Army Knife and the milestones of the company. The top tourist attractions in the Schwyz region are presented in a short multimedia show and a variety of rare knives can also be viewed.
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£66bn invested in banks may be lost
More than £66 billion of taxpayers' cash invested in RBS and Lloyds may never be recovered, a spending watchdog has warned as it criticised the Treasury for making a series of costly mistakes in its handling of Northern Rock.
Officials were slow to react to the banking crisis because they lacked the necessary skills and understanding, according to the public accounts committee.
That made losses on the Northern Rock rescue, which auditors earlier this year estimated would cost £2 billion, difficult to avoid, MPs said.
Margaret Hodge, who chairs the committee, said the sale of the bank was handled well but still led to a loss for taxpayers of nearly half a billion pounds.
Just two bidders were interested in taking it over, sparking fears that the two remaining state-backed banks, RBS and Lloyds, will fail to be sold for a profit.
Mrs Hodge said: "The rescue of Northern Rock is expected to cost the taxpayer some £2 billion. The Treasury was unable to respond promptly when the banking crisis hit because it lacked the right skills and understanding. It was slow to nationalise the bank and that made a loss difficult to avoid.
"The Treasury had spent five months trying to find a private sector buyer before giving up. After nationalisation, it then failed to effectively challenge the optimistic business plan put forward by the bank's management to split the bank."
The run on deposits at Northern Rock in September 2007 was one of the pivotal moments in the financial crash. After nationalisation, the bank was split into Northern Rock plc and Northern Rock (Asset Management), which held its bad debt. The move was supposed to generate lending but it fell well short of its £15 billion target, reaching just £9.1 billion.
Earlier this year, the Treasury's most senior official, Sir Nicholas Macpherson admitted the taxpayer lost out because of five months of "drift" as the crisis unfolded. The Treasury has accepted its part in a "monumental collective failure", according to the report. It has now set up a dedicated team, UK Financial Investments (UKFI), to manage taxpayer shares in banks.
A Treasury spokesman said: "We will provide a full response to this report in due course. The decision to nationalise Northern Rock in 2008 was taken in the interest of financial stability. The sale of Northern Rock plc to Virgin Money last year represented good value for money for the taxpayer, and has helped increase high-street competition."


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The music industry on both sides of the Atlantic will be watching the release of Cults' self-titled debut to see whether a buzzy blog-to-major label transit will now become a regular part of a band's rise to fame (and profitability). The American fuzz-pop duo began popping up on the internet radar in early 2010 and now find themselves on the verge of their major label release. Quick work by Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin. Maybe too quick. The boo-birds are looking for an excuse to cry foul, but they'll have to keep looking, because the debut is simply too adorable to dismiss. In eleven songs Cults soup up the Phil Spector-sound with enough contemporary quirks to make a memorable, if not 'game-changing,' summer record.
Other acts have made a similar buzzy blog-to-label jump, though Cults have the dubious distinction of a particularly thin resumé. With one 7-inch to their name ('Go Outside': released by boutique label Forest Family Records) and limited performance experience, Cults are being given the star treatment appropriate to a much more seasoned outfit. The signing announcement from Columbia Records included a perhaps unprecedented number of URLs as the major label scoured the internet for praise justifying its commitment. But however much the moneymen wring their hands over the details, no one has yet found cause for complaint in the music. Cults make singles. That's it. They have been a singles factory since 'Go Outside' in the ruthlessly catchy vein of Sixties pop jingles.
The publicity people have tried, in vain, to connect up Cults' sound with a wide swath of musical influences. (One of the more hilarious suggestions: Jay-Z) Don't buy it. This band couldn't be more Wall of Sound if Phil Spector had them at the end of a shotgun. If Cults weren't two white hipsters, you'd call them the Ronettes v2.0. Maybe you will anyway. Thunderous reverbed choruses; chunky snares; helium-drenched lovesick refrains; endless layers of keyboards laying the foundation for hummable guitar licks: this basic configuration describes every song on the album. Only the occasional wrinkles – the snapping fingers of 'You Know What I Mean' or the sampling of 'Oh My God' – lend the listener a hint that the CD isn't stuck on repeat.
The vocal work mostly belongs to Ms. Follin, whose tween-toned hipster mewing is expertly layered until it approximates a real voice. Credit solid engineering work to Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, Sleigh Bells) who has a gift for lending substance to attractive, if sometimes shallow, pop concepts. The self-titled debut has a warmth of tone that is noticeably absent from the 7-inch. Towards the end of the album Mr. Oblivion makes a more extended vocal cameo on 'Bumper' with some light Sonny and Cher-style back-n-forth. Charming enough; but no more than a change-of-pace between the anthemic Ronettes numbers.
Closer 'Rave On' leaves us with a gorgeous chorus and not much else. There is a hollow quality to the song, and to the album as a whole, which may leave one to wonder what the fuss is about. Are the boo-birds right? Are Cults blogfail or blogfab? They received an imprimatur from a small circle of music industry groupies (read: bloggers) before testing their metal in the usual venues. (Clubs – remember those? Bands played in them before the internet) Did they miss a vital stage in the musical maturation process? The debut album mostly sidesteps the too much, too soon concern by clinging to tried-and-true vintage sounds and pop melodies the way a toddler clings to his blankie. The result is a pleasant, occasionally beautiful, collection of singles that doesn't take itself as seriously as the buzz surrounding it (so you don't have to either). Perhaps that's best – it's just a pop record, not an industry panel.
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Via Slacker Manager we found Mike Rogoway's December 19, 2005 The Web's wizard of working together, an article about Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the "wiki". Definitely worth a read.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
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You have a good sense of self control and hate to show weakness.
You say whatever is on your mind. Other people's reactions don't phase you.
You tend to have one best friend you hang with, as opposed to many aquaintences.
You have one big dream in your life, and you never lose sight of it.
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The conflict in the Middle East has displaced millions, cost the world economy billions, and taken thousands of lives. While most of the solutions to these problems suggested in the media tend to focus on military action, the World Bank is taking steps to deal with the aftermath of these conflicts.
With the intention of creating 100,000 new jobs for displaced Syrian refugees, the World Bank's Board of Directors agreed to provide $100 million (US) in financing to Jordan. Jordan has accepted a disproportionately high number of refugees from the conflicts with ISIS. The World Bank also announced that it would give the aid at an interest rate usually reserved for only the poorest of nations.
While these steps are highly unusual for the World Bank, it was decided to offer these measures due to the extremely difficult situation facing both the refugees of the terrible Middle Eastern conflicts, as well as the Jordanian hosts that have accepted them. The World Bank hopes the aid will foster a partnership between the Jordanian government, other donor countries, and other organizations hoping to help social and financial development in Jordan.
The World Bank's announcement regarding this aid was made during a visit by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the Middle Eastern Kingdom. The visit was part of an effort by these organizations to reaffirm the world's commitment to overcoming the humanitarian crisis through assistance and long-term development planning.
The two groups hope to influence Jordan into finding innovative solutions to address the economic impact and social stresses caused by the enormous refugee influx. The World Bank hopes to help Jordan shore up its basic social services, create job opportunities, and turn the crisis into an opportunity to drastically expand the nation's financial development.
"The Jordanian government has done an exceptional job in helping to meet the challenges posed by the large flows of refugees," according to Kim. "It is now up to the international community to do more to help Jordan – and provide it with the innovative financing it needs to continue hosting refugees. It's also important for Jordan to enact necessary reforms that will attract investments needed for the economy to grow and provide shared prosperity for all Jordanians."
The announcement by the World Bank came just three days after it announced a separate $100 million financing package aimed at supporting educational opportunities for displaced Lebanese and Syrian refugee children. The terms of that aid package will be similar to the ones extended to Jordan.


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In an uncertain economy, process optimization is no longer an option for retailers. It's a must. Just ask the industry's high performers. Accenture's High Performance Business research shows that the high performers in retail really appreciate the power of process—in up cycles and down.
The industry's high performers have outpaced their competitors consistently and continually because they have invested in simple, streamlined, transparent and end-to-end business processes to achieve process excellence—the key to the flawless, customer-focused execution that distinguishes leading companies from their peers.
If retailers want to achieve competitive advantage, maintaining their market position in tough economic times and positioning for market leadership in a brighter future, they need to invest in the processes that can drive inefficiencies and waste out of the operating model. A unique collaboration, Accenture and SAP can provide the right combination of capabilities to make such investments successful.
Accenture and SAP can provide the right combination of capabilities to make such investments successful. We have been working together for more than three decades in an alliance relationship that balances SAP's global leadership in ERP solutions with Accenture's unmatched depth of retail industry experience, research-based knowledge and breadth of global assets. We offer the benefits of a unique collaboration.
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The Accenture Global Retail Process Model provides the process architecture to drive waste and inefficiencies out of the operating model and achieve process clarity. The model incorporates best practices from thousands of different Accenture projects to extend and sustain its relevance to individual clients. It also maps at the sub-process level to the Accenture Retail Business Solution for SAP to enable rapid access to SAP configuration guides and other document templates contained in the Solution.
The Accenture Retail Business Solution for SAP is a pre-configured instance of SAP for Retail and a library of document templates designed to jumpstart delivery while reducing both costs and risks throughout the lifecycle of a project. It provides requirements documents, business process designs, configuration designs and Conference Room Pilot scripts that can be used to simplify projects, improve quality and shorten project timelines. The solution incorporates best practices from multiple previous SAP for Retail engagements—every time SAP upgrades so do we—and can be customized to suit individual client needs.
The Accenture Global Delivery Network, which clients can leverage to cut costs and improve performance.