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The split between the human and chimpanzee lineages, a pivotal event in human evolution, may have occurred millions of years later than fossil bones suggest, and the break may not have been as clean as humans might like.
A new comparison of the human and chimp genomes suggests that after the two lineages separated, they may have begun interbreeding.
The analysis, by David Reich, Nick Patterson and colleagues at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass., sets up a serious conflict between the date of the split as indicated by fossil skulls, about 7 million years ago, and the much younger date implied by genetic analysis, as late as 5.4 million years ago.
The conflict can be resolved, Dr. Reich's team suggests in an article published in today's Nature, if there were in fact two splits between the human and chimp lineages, with the first being followed by interbreeding between the two populations and then a second split.
The suggestion of a hybridization has startled paleoanthropologists, who nonetheless are treating the new genetic data seriously. The earliest human-lineage fossil remains, like Sahelanthropus, seem clearly to have been bipeds, walking on two feet, but the ancestors of chimps presumably walked on their two feet and the knuckles of their hands, as do modern chimps.
"If the earliest hominids are bipedal, it's hard to think of them interbreeding with the knuckle-walking chimps — it's not what we had in mind," said Daniel E. Lieberman, a biological anthropologist at Harvard.
Hybrid populations often go extinct because the males are sterile, Dr. Reich pointed out, so hybrid females may have mated with male chimps to produce viable offspring. The human lineage finally re-emerged from this hybrid population, Dr. Reich suggests, explaining the younger genetic dates, while the very early fossils with humanlike features may come from the earlier period before the hybridization.
David Page, a human geneticist at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, said the design of the new analysis was "really beautiful, with all the pieces of the puzzle laid out." Whether the hybridization will turn out to be the right solution to the puzzle remains to be seen, "but for the moment I can't think of a better explanation," he said.
These crucial events in early human evolution are hard to judge dispassionately, Dr. Page noted. "We'd like to have a more Victorian view of our genome," he said, "and this reminds us that we are really animals and gives us a glimpse of our past and of a story that we might like to have told in a different way."
Geneticists have previously made estimates of the human-chimp lineage split, chiefly by drawing up a primate family tree, based on the number of DNA differences in a small section of the genome, and then anchoring the tree to some well-attested date in the fossil record, like the split between orangutans and the other primates.
One such approach, in 2001, suggested the human and chimp lineages split somewhere between 4.6 and 6.2 million years ago, but recent discoveries of fossil skulls have pushed the likely date backward. The Sahelanthropus fossil, found in Chad in 2002, had upright gait, humanlike teeth and lived around seven million years ago.
The Reich team's study is a far more detailed analysis of the human and chimp genomes, and also draws on DNA sequences from the gorilla, orangutan and macaque to iron out ambiguities. Overall, they calculate that the human and chimp lines must have split finally apart at the earliest 6.3 million years ago and more probably 5.4 million years ago, a sharp discrepancy with the Sahelanthropus date.
But besides averaging genome-wide differences in DNA to get on overall fix on when the two species split apart, they have also been able to scroll along the genome and estimate the relative age of each small section.
A principal finding is that the X chromosomes of humans and chimps appear to have diverged about 1.2 million years more recently than the other chromosomes. Females have two X chromosomes, males one X and one Y chromosome.
One explanation for this finding, Dr. Reich's team says, is that there was a hybridization between the recently separated chimp and human lineages. Although the genetics does not specify whether it was the chimp or human lineage that emerged from the hybrid population, Dr. Reich said he favored the idea that it was the human line.
The reason is that chimpanzee ancestors, well adapted for living off fruit in tropical forests, seem to have been adept at spinning off variations, such as gorillas who live on vegetation, and the human lineage, which exploited the drier woodlands that opened up between the forests.
Hybridization could have speeded adaptation to this challenging new environment and is something the emerging human lineage would have had more use for than the chimps in their stable environment, Dr. Reich said.
But the males in hybrid populations are often sterile. So the females may have had to mate with males in the chimpanzee lineage in order to produce viable descendants. In principle, they could have mated with males of the human lineage, but genetic evidence rules out that possibility, Dr. Reich said.
The Reich team's analysis is the first to have examined speciation in such a detailed way at the genomic level. Their suggestion that new species can form through a hybridization event is quite novel — biologists have often assumed that hybrid populations would die out because of hybrid sterility.
David Pilbeam, a paleoanthropologist at Harvard, said the Reich team's report was one of the most interesting he had seen, but he found it unlikely that chimplike quadrupeds and early bipeds would have produced fertile offspring, given their different developmental programs.
Instead of invoking hybridization, Dr. Pilbeam suggested that another explanation might emerge for the very recent date implied by the genetic data for the human-chimp split. The genetic information itself gives relative ages, which are translated into real time by reference to a timescale established by early ape and monkey fossils.
If the splits implied by these fossils are in fact more ancient than currently believed, this might pull the genetic date far enough back to make the hybridization hypothesis unnecessary.
There has long been a tension between paleoanthropologists and geneticists, who look at human evolution from very different perspectives. But the conflicts have often had fruitful outcomes.
"The last 20 years has been a never ending collision between the molecular evolutionists and the interpreters of the fossil record," said Dr. Page, noting the latest was particularly sharp because of the hybridization idea. A specialist in the X and Y chromosomes, Dr. Page sounded not displeased with idea that the final divorce between chimps and humans should have centered on the X chromosome. "That was the last paragraph to be written in the separation agreement," he said.


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CKE Restaurants Teams With vitaminwater to Expand Beverage Options
Nov 24, 2009
Carl's Jr. Now Offering vitaminwater
CARPINTERIA, Calif. - November 24, 2009 - CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) today announced it is offering vitaminwater® at all of its 1,212 Carl's Jr.® locations. Carl's Jr. will feature three flavors of the great-tasting, nutrient-enhanced water: vitaminwater xxx, vitaminwater revive and vitaminwater essential. Each vitaminwater variety provides a range of functional benefits to address whatever life throws at you.
CKE Restaurants has a long-standing partnership with The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), which owns vitaminwater. Coca-Cola products have been served in Carl's Jr. since 1981. vitaminwater will be available at most Carl's Jr. restaurants in 16 oz. bottles priced at $1.69. Prices may vary slightly at other locations.
"Carl's Jr. has long been known for our innovative menu offerings," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Carl's Jr. "Once again we are leading the industry by offering our guests a great tasting vitaminwater to go along with their favorite big, delicious burger. As the saying goes, vitaminwater puts more go in 'to go.'"
Both Carl's Jr. and vitaminwater are featured in a humorous digital video celebrating the new relationship on their respective Facebook pages, www.facebook.com/carlsjr and www.facebook.com/vitaminwater. The video, a spoof of oldies music compilation CDs usually advertised on television, features Carl's Jr. mascot Happy Star and a bottle of vitaminwater enjoying their new "relationship" while listening to love songs such as "Truly, Madly, Beefy" and "Drink Me Up."
CKE Restaurants, Inc.
Headquartered in Carpinteria, Calif., CKE Restaurants, Inc. is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CKR." As of the end of its fiscal 2010 second quarter, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,140 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,212 Carl's Jr. restaurants and 1,915 Hardee's® restaurants. For more information about CKE Restaurants, please visit www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.
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Miroslav Stiburek-Slixy Watch
At Design Interviews
Interview with Miroslav Stiburek : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Miroslav Stiburek : Bringing the classic and traditional look of a watch back to the market through targeting teenagers. This is achieved by using many colour combinations. The presented design is white leather strap with pure stainless steel watch. We either colour the strap and the watch, or just the strap, making the watch fun to wear and combine with other fashion gear. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Miroslav Stiburek : Purity. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Miroslav Stiburek : Bringing it onto the market. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Miroslav Stiburek : 6 months. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Miroslav Stiburek : Actually this was my first industrial design piece, and it was more an act of self-realisation. I was in fashion, I had my own fashion boutique, but I was not fulfilled, and I basically out of nothing decided to design a watch and realised that I'm pretty good at this. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Miroslav Stiburek : I'm still evaluating options. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Miroslav Stiburek : An act of intution. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Miroslav Stiburek : No. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Miroslav Stiburek : Teenagers, or people who want something simple, elegant yet fun to wear. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Miroslav Stiburek : Purity and colourfulness. These images don't show the coloured version, but in total I have 8 other colours. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Miroslav Stiburek : The goal I was so desperately after was to pass onto fellow ladies and gentlemen the feelings we all desire, the irreplacable feelings of confidence, love, sexiness and uniqueness. After roughly 50 hours of brainstorming, introspection, connecting and abstraction, I came up with two words that characterised exactly the products and feelings I would like to produce and evoke - the words slick and sexy. After splattering these two words onto a chalkboard, I started drawing some logotypes and I was pretty happy with the name slick&sexy, but after a while I felt this inner dissatisfaction and figured that something was missing. I eventually started realising its needless length and descriptive nature. I wanted an original and a suggestive brand name. It finally hit me, when I started shuffling these two names in reverse SLICK-SEXY, SEXY-SLICK. And finally SLIXY, a new word came out of it and I had what I wanted and could pursue my vision. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Miroslav Stiburek : Pen and paper. Photoshop. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Miroslav Stiburek : The simple rounded look with the slightly arced side. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Miroslav Stiburek : Yes, the manufacturer helped me with engineering. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Miroslav Stiburek : I usually conduct social research, so I think about the people using it, their needs and wants. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Miroslav Stiburek : I placed high emphasis on details and willingness to not stop until I produce something marketable. This was something my manufacturer was struggling with, as I never stopped improving it and they would have stopped long before I was done with. Either way, a product is never fully finished, as I had realised that a couple of years later I will have had a different perspective as my mind changes every day. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Miroslav Stiburek : I felt that this was a good experience and a chance to gain more insight into the world of design and see what the design world is like, as I'm new to industrial design. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Miroslav Stiburek : Dramatically. .
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Creamy smoked salmon, leek & potato soup
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal240
- fat11g
- saturates6g
- carbs23g
- sugars2g
- fibre3g
- protein14g
- salt1.58g
- large knob of butter
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 2 large leeks, halved and finely sliced
Like garlic and onion, leeks are a member of the allium family, but have their own distinct…
- 1 bay leaf
- 1kg floury potatoes, diced
The world's favourite root vegetable, the potato comes in innumerable varieties. A member of…
- 1l chicken or vegetable stock
- 100ml double cream
- 200g smoked salmon, cut into strips
- small bunch chives, snipped
Heat the butter in a large saucepan and add the leeks and bay leaf. Cook over a low heat for 8-10 mins or until the leek is really soft, then stir through the potatoes until coated in the butter. Pour over the stock and cream and bring to the simmer, then gently bubble for 10-15 mins until the potatoes are really tender. If freezing at this stage, slightly under-cook the potatoes, then defrost and bring back to a simmer to finish cooking them and continue the recipe.
Add two-thirds of the smoked salmon, stir through and season. Serve the soup in deep bowls with the remaining smoked salmon and snipped chives on the top.


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Cameron University will mark the midpoint of the semester with Spring Break from March 17-21. Administrative offices will be open, operating on normal business hours, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; however, no classes will be held during this time.
The Cameron Library will be closed Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 15-16. The library's Spring Break hours will be 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday thru Friday, March 17-21. Normal business hours will resume on Saturday, March 22.
From March 17-23, the Aggie Rec Center will be open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Sunday from 1 – 6 p.m. Normal business hours will resume on Monday, March 24.
Operating hours for the Cameron University Bookstore (including U.S. Postal Services), located in the McMahon Centennial Complex, will be 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. from March 17-20. The bookstore will be closed from Friday to Sunday, March 21-23. Normal operating hours will resume on Monday, March 24.
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Not a day goes by that we don't see a news clip, hear a radio report, or read an article heralding the miraculous new technologies of the information age. The communication revolution associated with these technologies is often heralded as the key to a new age of "globalization." How is all of this reshaping the labor force, transforming communications, changing the potential for democracy, and altering the course of history itself? Capitalism and the Information Age presents a rigorous examination of some of the most crucial problems and possibilities of these novel technologies. Taken together, the essays reveal how the new information technologies have been grafted onto a global capitalist system characterized by vast and growing inequality, economic stagnation, market saturation, financial instability, urban crisis, social polarization, graded access to information, and economic degradation.
Contents & Contributors
- The Political Economy of Global Communication by Robert W. McChesney
- Modernity, Postmodernity, or Capitalism? by Ellen Meiksins Wood
- Virtual Capitalism by Michael Dawson and John Bellamy Foster
- Democracy and the New Technologies by Ken Hirschkop
- Global Village or Cultural Pillage? The Unequal Inheritance of the Communications Revolution by Peter Golding
- The U.S. Rules, OK?: Telecommunications Since the 1940s by Jill Hills
- The Privatization of Telecommunications by Nicholas Baran
- Selling Our Children: Channel One and the Politics of Education by Michael W. Apple
- Challenging Capitalism in Cyberspace: The Information Highway, the Postindustrial Economy, and People by Heather Menzies
- Work, New Technology, and Capitalism by Peter Meiksins
- Fighting Neoliberalism in Canadian Telecommunications by Elaine Bernard and Sid Schniad
- Propaganda and Control of the Public Mind by Noam Chomsky
- The Propaganda Model Revisited by Edward Herman
- Information Technology and Socialist Self-Management by Andy Pollack
Anyone concerned about the direction the information revolution is taking should read this book. The subjects covered are far-ranging… [The] essays are clearly written, making the book accessible to a broad range of readers. In short, highest recommendation…
Explains in very concrete terms how the global communication revolution is still firmly controlled by capital, and that the 'freedom' of expression we enjoy today is really shaped by a few mega-corporations who own virtually all of the media and entertainment industries.


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Hi ya all. Here's a detailed method of etching that I use. In this How To, I'll explain what's going on from a chemistry point of view, and what are the dangers that you might need to protect from. There are many different ones already all over the internet, but I hope this one would be clear and helpful to many of us... (edit: you can find some similarities with bajaman's thread here, though the etchant is not the same... )
So here we go.
You need:
- Your circuit laser-printed on a transparency (reversed so that the printed side is in contact with the copper).
- UV light (I use an adapted facial sun lamp mounted as an UV box).
- Presensitized copper clad.
- A 7g/L sodium hydroxide solution (made from a more concentrated solution that's quickly available in DIY stores).
- Hydrogen peroxide (I use a 110vol (=33%) solution) (10€/L)
- Chlorhydric acid (23%) from the DIY store (1€/L)
- A bucket of water (you never know).
- Some acetone and cold tinning solution if you want your PCB to be cold tinned.
- Gloves and glasses in a open area...
Nota bene: you may use a less concentrated peroxide solution (like in the video above). I have to try it myself to tell, but it may be less harmful and provide a more gentle etching...
1) Preparing the PCB:
Cut the PCB to size, and file the edges with sandpaper or a file...
Then peel off the protective film.
Place the resin-side onto the transparency.
Close the box an turn the UV light on for the appropriate time (For me it's 1'45", but it depends on your equipement).
What's happening: well, the UV light will degrade the exposed resin. Since your printed image blocks the UV light, then it will remain intact, which will be useful afterwards.
You can now put your gloves and glasses.
2) Removing the exposed resin:
When the exposure is done, you have to dip your PCB into the sodium hydroxide solution to get rid of the degraded resin. This step takes up to 30 seconds.
From the start:
And then the circuit lightly appears:
And it's over now:
You rinse it nicely, and you can see now the copper sheet with your circuit in resin up above. This resin will protect the future tracks from being etched...
3) Etching the copper:
I use a 50/50 of acid and peroxyde mix. Recipes may change, affecting mostly the speed of the etching, but the chemistry is the same.
For this How To, I used 25mL of each reactant. No more is needed. You can even lower the quantities provided your etching tank is deep enough...
Open the window or go outside. Dip your PCB in the mix. It bubbles instantly and the solution turns green-blue.
Very soon (10" in my case) it's all done. I did it at 15°C/60°F, but it was slower this winter...
Dispose of your etchant by pouring it in the bucket of water. This turns your etchant in a harmless solution.
You have it now. You can solder on the resin if you like. I'd rather tin the PCB, but I'll detail it after the chemistry part...


text: What does it means to be a bad woman? Watch Elena Nicolaou who is an entertainment writer at Refinery 29 host a panel consisting of authors: Georgia Clark (The Bucket List), Naima Coster (Halsey Street),Carola Lovering (Tell Me Lies) and Camille Perri (When Katie Met Cassidy) who discuss their flawed fictional heroines in a no-holds-barred literary event. Are women allowed to be more "unlikeable" in fiction or in life? How does it feel to write about women who don't behave or defy expectations?


text: The AAT4610A SmartSwitch is a current limited Pchannel MOSFET power switch designed for highside load switching applications. This switch operates with inputs ranging from 2.4V to 5.5V, making it ideal for both 3V and 5V systems. An integrated current-limiting circuit protects the input supply against large currents which may cause the supply to fall out of regulation. The AAT4610A is also protected from thermal overload which limits power dissipation and junction temperatures. It can be used to control loads that require up to 1A. Current limit threshold is programmed with a resistor from SET to ground. The quiescent supply current is typically a low 9A. In shutdown mode, the supply current decreases to less than 1A.


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Nominees for the 64th Primetime Emmys include several former Chicagoans, continuing a trend from years past. The 2011 winner for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series, Plainfield native and "Mike & Molly" star Melissa McCarthy, was again nominated in that category as well as outstanding guest actress for her much-lauded performance as host on "Saturday Night Live."
The list of nominees only reinforces Chicago's reputation as an influential comedy training ground, with former iO performer Amy Poehler and Second City veteran Tina Fey nominated for outstanding lead actress on "Parks and Recreation" and "30 Rock" respectively.
Both came up in Chicago's sketch and improv scene in the 90s, as did nominee and Second City alum Stephen Colbert, whose "Colbert Report" was nominated for outstanding variety series and outstanding writing. Nominated writers on his show include Tom Purcell and Evanston native Peter Gwinn (Second City Touring Company veterans) as well as former mainstage performer and Chicago native Paul Dinello.
Northwestern alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who also sharpened her comedic chops at Second City, was nominated for her performance on "Veep."
From "Saturday Night Live," which has always had its fair share of Chicago transplants, writers (and former Second City mainstagers) Michael Patrick O'Brienand Shelly Gossman were nominated along with Alex Baze, John Mulaney and head writer Seth Meyers.
Others with Chicago ties include past Emmy winner Eric Stonestreet, who co-stars on "Modern Family" for producer and Rockford native Steve Levitan (also a past winner), who was nominated for outstanding comedy series as well as outstanding direction.
Former Chicago theater stalwart Denis O'Hare(who was in the Goodman Theatre's original 1990 production of "The Iceman Cometh") was nominated for outstanding supporting actor for his work on "American Horror Story." Steppenwolf ensemble member Martha Plimpton picked up a nod for guest appearance on "The Good Wife" (which is set in Chicago but filmed in New York) and Oak Park native Kathy Griffin was nominated for her stand-up special "Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker." Joan Cusack, who was raised in Evanston, was singled out for her work on "Shameless" with a guest appearance nomination. And "Boardwalk Empire," which co-stars former Chicago theater actor Michael Shannon, was among the shows nominated for outstanding drama series.
And finally, Kathryn Joosten was nominated for supporting actress for her work on"Desperate Housewives." The former psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese hospital turned actress died in June at the age of 72.


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The Proposed Elimination of the Exclusion of Earned Income Abroad From United States Income Taxes
by NATHAN MCCLURE Partner, Deloitte, Plender, Haskins & Sells, Caracas Office
Presented before the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, Washington, D.C.—April 1968
ALL AMERICANS in foreign business service are aware that our busi-ness and political position in Latin America is dependent upon many things and that not the least of these is tax policy. It seems appropriate, therefore, that we of the American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America should view with consternation and alarm the type of punitive tax legislation against non-resident business sponsored in Congress by our Treasury Department.
The latest example is Senator Gore's bill to eliminate all personal income exclusions. I estimate that this will load American business in Latin America with many millions of increased costs.
We recognize and respect the sincerity and dedication of the fine citizens in the Congress and the Department who no doubt would believe that by this approach they would be serving our country's best interests. Our first-hand foreign experience indicates, however, that they are embarked
on a hazardous course for our country. We believe that they need, and probably strongly desire, our viewpoints and supporting evidence.
The fact that Americans in all foreign countries are not affected by the immediate problem raised by Senator Gore's bill does not mean that they too will not be affected by future legislation. So they too will share our concern over the matter and will join our ranks to resent a basic policy that I believe will harm American business abroad.
We all know that any increase in taxes on foreign-employed Americans
is in reality a tax on the businesses that employ them. This basic objection to increased taxation is, however, only one of the important objections, which we will discuss later.
The cost to American business of Senator Gore's bill alone I estimate to be many millions of dollars. Its value to our national budget is infinitesimal;
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I'd use "pay your debt" in all your examples. If you're going to compare their old homework [which they have previously failed to hand in], then you may as well carry on with the analogy.
English Teacher
I guess the sentence in the title would sound "clumsy" to a native speaker. Could you please help me convey my idea to students in the following situation:
For various reasons not all of my students do their homework on time. For homework they may have to make up a dialogue with their partner and then reproduce it in class, or I can ask them to practice reading words, sentences, or short texts with the proper intonation at home. Sometimes they are to prepare monologues in which they should include new collocations or set phrases we've studied. And as time goes, some students have "debts" they are to "pass" to me in class. It's not actually homework (of course, it was once given for homework, but now it's a "debt", or "old homework", if you know what I mean)
So, in my language I would ask them like this:
1) Is anyone going to "pass" their "debts" today?
2) Who is going to "pass" their "debts"?
3) What "debts" are you going to "pass" today, Ivan?
How should I word it all properly?
If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up. :-)
I'd use "pay your debt" in all your examples. If you're going to compare their old homework [which they have previously failed to hand in], then you may as well carry on with the analogy.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
Thank you, emsr2d2!
Most of the homework they get is to be done orally. So, will it be all right if I say;
1) Who's going to pay their debt today?
2) Is anyone ready to come up with their "old" monologues /dialogues/ debt?
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If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up. :-)
I wouldn't use come up with + debt. I would come up with the money (to pay their debt).
And how can I ask them to reproduce a dialogue which they had to make up for homework?
If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up. :-)
Perhaps, I failed to explain it properly. I sometimes give my students sample dialogues to read and practice in class. Then (as many English teachers all over the world do) I may ask them to change (transform) the dialogues a little to match the situations they meet in their life. I've found an example of a similar activity online:
Free English Dialogues for Learning English - Buying Clothes
Now, supposing we didn't have enough time to do it in class, so this activity was assigned to them for homework (to make up a new dialogue based on the sample one, practice it and then present it in our next lesson). I think it's a very useful activity when students transform dialogues adapting them to real life situations they may find themselves in (they may add some new vocabulary they learned in class when transforming their dialogue out of class).
So, what shall I say if I want the students "to present" the dialogues they had prepared at home (they are supposed to find time to practice the dialogues with a partner after classes and then reproduce them in class)? Of course, I can say (and usually do so) something like this: "Are you ready with your dialogues? Who wants to be the first? etc " But I am not quite satisfied with the way I word it. I feel like starting with "Is anyone going to .....(present their dialogues????)..... today? because I want to see if there are any volunteers willing to "present their dialogues". Is there a way to expess my idea using the structure in bold type? The phrase "to present a dialogue in class" sounds unnatural, does it?
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If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up. :-)
1) If it's not a dialogue, but a monologue that I gave them for homework(they do speak up their minds in class (unprepared speech), but I also ask them to prepare for a 1-2 minute talk on various topics at home so that they could find some useful vocabulary by themselves (prepared speech). So, if it's a monologue,how should I ask them to "present" it? To act out a dialogue and to ....... a monologue?
2) The second problem is the one I started with))) I still have a little hope that you will help me with it - Is there a shorter and / or better way to say the following terrible phrase:"You guys owe me some imporatnt tasks. Is anyone going to pay their debt and act out the dialogues or "present" the monologues you haven't "presented" so far?
I feel that you (native speakers) have almost got it))) I don't need any technical terms. I am just wondering what you would say if, by some misfortune ))) you found yourselves in a situation like mine.
Last edited by englishhobby; 22-Dec-2012 at 19:41.
If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up. :-)
The idea of homework being "debt" that you owe your teacher is just not a metaphor that works for me. It is true that we say that homework is "due" but that doesn't make it a "debt."
You guys had an important assignment. Who wants to take the stage?
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I took the advice from some of you out there that suggested that I make a tutorial on "how to draw Amy Rose easy", step by step. Since a lot of you wanted her, here she is. I know that by the looks of Amy, she has this intimidating appeal making her look difficult to draw. But believe me, she will be fine to replicate as long as you take your time and follow the steps that I have provided. Amy Rose from the Sonic series has gained more and more popularity over the years. More so over the past two years than ever. I grew up playing the Sonic video games, but back then Amy rose never popped out to me as a character. Now I see her all over the place when ever I type in the anything that has to do with Sonic. I love how her face came out, and I'm pretty sure that you too will love how your drawing comes out once you are done with the sketch. Well that's about it for now, I still do have one more tutorial coming your way so stay put, or you'll loose a foot. Hmm, that was just a failed rhyme. Peace people!
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Hello All,
I am seeking advice on any information on applying for phd in Australia, (entry requirements, choosing unis, funding etc).
I have my BSc (Biochemistry) and MSc (Molecular Medical Microbiology) from UK universities, however, I didnt do my schooling there. For admission, I wasnt required to sit for English examinations - I have a GCE O'Level in English.
My original plan was to apply to US universities but since i dont want to do GRE (since I am somewhat poor in vocabulary), I am working on Plan B.
Are there any official websites to search for Phd opportunities in Australia? So will I still be required to write an English Language assessment test?
My contract with my current employer ends in Feb 2009 and I am hoping on starting on my phd some time after that. So, When will be the best time to contact the university for phd opportunities? When does the academic year start in Australia or is there no set admission period for phd? How feasible is it to obtain funding?
Any info you may provide will be beneficial to me since I am in my preliminary stages of preparation. If there any entry requirement prerequisites to be obtained by then, I can commence to work on them right away.
Btw, I am interested in oncolytic virotherapy research.
Thanks in advance.


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WASHINGTON – For the second time in as many seasons, the Houston Dynamo are going to MLS Cup.
D.C. United, meanwhile, are staying home.
Boniek García's goal in the 33rd minute helped propel fifth-seeded Houston to a 1-1 draw Sunday evening at a sold-out RFK Stadium in the second leg of the Eastern Conference Championship as the Dynamo won the series 4-2 on aggregate. Midfielder Branko Boskovic scored for second-seeded D.C. in the 82nd minute.
The draw, only Houston's ninth result on the road this season, sealed the club's fourth conference championship in seven seasons as the Dynamo advanced against the side with the most MLS Cups in league history on a chilly evening in the nation's capital.
OPTA Chalkboard: Boswell, Dynamo put the clamps on United
D.C. controlled possession for a majority of the first half before a defensive breakdown led to Houston's pivotal first goal.
After a trio of Dynamo players came together at the top of the box, midfielder Brad Davis worked his way toward the end line and touched the ball beautifully to García, who one-timed it over United goalkeeper Bill Hamid.
Houston now await the winner of Sunday night's second leg of the Western Conference Championship between LA and Seattle for the Dec. 1 MLS Cup showdown, while D.C. will carry an 18-match unbeaten streak at home into next season.
United were short-handed from the start. Leading scorer Chris Pontius was kept out of the 18 with a groin injury and ironman center back Brandon McDonald didn't play. Hamid started despite a sore back and first-choice right back Andy Najar was serving the second half of a two-game suspension. Midfielder Marcelo Saragosa played a half before being replaced by Lewis Neal.
For Houston, the injuries that held key players out of Sunday's first leg healed in time for them to make an impact in the second. Ricardo Clark, Adam Moffat and Jermaine Taylor all returned to action as members of the starting XI.
Dwayne De Rosario, last season's MLS MVP, entered in the 62nd minute in coach Ben Olsen's last-ditch effort to generate offense. It was De Rosario's first appearance in a game since being injured on Sept. 11 while playing for the Canadian national team.
United generated a fair amount of scoring opportunities in the second half once De Rosario entered, including a pair of near-misses by Hamdi Salihi, but it wasn't until Boskovic sliced through the defense and beat Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall with his right foot that United put one away.
Houston produced a fair amount of chanced in the second half as well, the most dangerous of which was Mac Kandji's point-blank shot that Hamid saved in the 76th minute.
Houston Dynamo (14-9-11, 3-1-1) vs. D.C. United (17-10-7, 1-1-2)
MLS Cup playoffs Eastern Conference Championship – Leg 2
November 18, 2012 – RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 20,015
Scoring Summary:
HOU: Boniek Garcia 1 (Brad Davis 3) 33
DC: Branko Boskovic (unassisted) 83
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe; Adam Moffat, Ricardo Clark (Luiz Camargo 66), Brad Davis (Giles Barnes 84); Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 77), Macoumba Kandji
Substitutes not used: Tyler Deric, Andre Hainault, Warren Creavalle, Brian Ching
D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Robbie Russell, Emiliano Dudar (Dwayne De Rosario 62), Dejan Jakovic, Chris Korb; Branko Boskovic, Perry Kitchen, Marcelo Saragosa (Lewis Neal 45), Nick DeLeon; Lionard Pajoy (Hamdi Salihi 57), Maicon Santos
Substitutes not used: Joe Willis, Raphael Augusto, Daniel Woolard, Brandon McDonald
Misconduct Summary:
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Referee's Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Corey Parker
4th Official: Matthew Foerster


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Reynolds, Mark - 2012 Hall of Fame
Mark Jeffery Reynolds
"Fifty three years later, it's still special — I just really enjoy sailing the Star Boat."
November 2, 1955 —
Birthplace: San Diego, California
As a young Star sailor, Mark Reynolds says he would always have a song in his mind on the race course. One of his favorite lyrics was from Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues : "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." That could have been Reynolds mantra.
He was fated to sail Stars. His father, Jim Reynolds, won the Star World Championship crewing for Dennis Conner in 1971. But Mark Reynolds went further, becoming a skipper and winning 10 Continental Star Championships, seven Bacardi Cups, two Star North American and two Star World Championships, three Kiel Weeks, and three Olympic medals – two gold, one silver – in seven campaigns.
Reynolds has ventured away from Stars a few times. He won Kiel Week in a Flying Dutchman in 1979. In 2002, he was Farr 40 World Champion. That same year he raced the 875-mile Miami/Baltimore leg of the Volvo Race. "I got more sailing in on that leg than I normally do in a year," he said afterwards. But his Star was always on the trailer, prepped and ready.
"Mark has always started well, been one of the quickest upwind, and he's mentally tough as rocks," said Steve Ericson, who crewed for Reynolds in the 2004 Olympic Class Regatta that they won. That year, Reynolds changed an old habit. He and Ericson ate lunch going upwind so he and Ericson wouldn't miss precious downwind training. It paid off.
A sailmaker and life long resident of San Diego, Reynolds' sails have won 13 of the last 15 Olympic medals in the Star class. "In this business, I have to be real open with everybody," Reynolds says, "but that seems to work out. I learn from them as well, so it helps my sailing."
At 57, Reynolds still has the touch. His latest win was in the Master category of the Zagarino Star Masters in 2012.
- Roger Vaughan
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Links of Interest:
Wikipedia entry for Mark Reynolds
June 28, 2004 Interview in Sailing World Magazine
Sailing Anarchy Interview with Mark Reynolds
Scuttlebutt Interview with Mark Reynolds talking about the 2016 Olympics
America3 website sailing resume for Mark Reynolds
Sports-Reference.com entry for Mark Reynolds


text: Allright, my boss is keeping me busy with wips (not that I mind) in all the spare time I have away from work(which really isn't much especially this time of year). He's a southpaw and this is his only Jknife. It was a gift along with a sushi class over 10 years ago. Apparently it was a PITA to get a lefty knife and she complained about the price. There are a few rust spots I need to take care of first. The knife is also rusting into the handle-something else I am going to clean as well. So this handle sucks. Ho wood, which I don't mind and an awful plastic ferrule. They didn't craft a lefty D handle either, just flipped a righty. What are my ferrule options? can I keep this handle and just replace the plastic with a better material? Also, does anybody know the kanji(s)??? [/IMG] [/IMG] Thanks, knerd


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These baby animals that I have been uploading lately have been doing really well. Today I will be teaching you all "how to draw baby pitbulls", step by step. There is so much mixed emotions about this dog breed and even though there has been lots of deaths, and injuries from attacks by the pitbull breed, but most of the attacks are a direct result from how the owners raise their dogs from puppyhood, up until adulthood. Don't get me wrong, there are also pitbulls that have awesome homes and get lots of love, but still attack a family member or even another dog for no reason at all. Anyways, enough of the negative talk let's talk about how incredibly cute baby pitbulls are when they are small, and even when they are older. There are many lines of pitbull, but one of my favorite is the American Staffordshire terrier. They are thick sturdy dogs that have massive heads and awesome coloring and markings. This tutorial is going to be fun and exciting because I know there is plenty of you that love this dog breed. So go ahead and have fun with drawing baby pitbulls, step by step. Thanks guys and enjoy!
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Most of the treats that appear on Lisa's Kitchen are savory, but bleak fall days call for dark and decadent solutions. Rather like chocolate cake, these brownies are based on a Nigella Lawson recipe. I wanted a moist, gooey brownie, without the crunch, so I added some dried fruit instead of nuts. The flavor of the fruit pleasantly underlies the rich chocolate taste, and adds a bit of chewiness besides.
|Brownies with Dried Fruit
|Recipe by Lisa Turner
Published on November 15, 2008
Simple, rich and gooey dark chocolate brownies with chewy dried fruit
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Other brownie recipes you will be sure to enjoy:
Cocoa Brownies with Peanut Butter Chocolate Icing
Peanut Butter Brownies
Quick and Easy Fudgy Brownies


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The facts: the original Melrose Place is probably my favorite television show of all time. I could write an essay on why, but let's just leave it at "it is" for now. I have waited patiently for a decade, and now at long last my beloved Melrose has been remade for a new generation...but will it be any good? That is what I will explore here each Tuesday night (or Wednesday evening) in the Melrose Memo. I understand that those of you coming here for comics, movie or general geek news probably have little to no interest in hearing my thoughts on this program, but people--it's Melrose Place.
Now, as my friend Sean would say, read on if you wish, but do not allow me to spoil the elaborate mythology of this show for you; in other words, watch before reading!
-Ok, before the show even started, I was not in the best place to view it because fellow Marvel Melrose fan Jim McCann texted me while Megan was still watching 90210 to let me know there was no opening theme. I'm hoping maybe because this was the pilot that was a one-time only deal. C'mon, Hollywood, why have you forsaken the time-honored tradition of opening themes?! And the original MP had one of the best themes ever! Anyhow, again, hoping it was just the pilot and we get an updated version of the classic tune next week.
-That said, get past the lack of a catchy theme and this episode had a great opening! Right off the bat we get a sense of all the key characters as David (or "new Jake") gets a call from Sydney (as he is totally scoring with some chick!), who is in trouble, and quickly makes the rounds at the club he's at so we can meet the other principals, then calls another one over the phone. More importantly, the atmosphere definitely feels grown-up and hot--you know you did not accidentally tune in an hour early, in other words.
-David (played by relative newcomer Shaun Sipos) is a bit rough around the edges, but he definitely reminds me of original season one Jake in terms of his manner and his look. I don't think he's necessarily the guy to build the show around because frankly he's surrounded by far better actors, but he's a solid piece of the puzzle.
-It is both very cool to see the old sets (or reasonable facsimiles) like the hospital and of course the apartment complex and yet trippy to see 2009 special effects and camera cuts being used within them.
-Laura Leighton has not missed a fucking beat as Sydney Andrews, one of the best characters in television history! 12 years after exiting the original Melrose, she still knows exactly how to step into Syd's shoes and it was awesome to see. Her "I'm threatening you...oh wait, I'm so vulnerable" turn with David in her first scene was classic Sydney! She also looks damn good for 41; she may showed her age in a couple shots when she pursed her lips, but she still looked smokin'.
-Onto the pivot of the show: the "new Billy and Alison" happy couple, Jonah (Michael Rady) and Riley (Jessica Lucas). After one episode, they're already more likable together than Billy and Alison. I dig the fact that they've been together five years when we meet them, so we don't need to go through the whole getting to know you phase with them; there are plenty of other characters on the show for that (overall, in fact, I like that the whole cast of character has an established shared history). The decision to make Jonah an aspiring filmmaker who loves comics is of course a slam dunk for me personally and I'm betting they hooked a lot of other random dudes who may have been watching with their girlfriends (maybe). And the fact that his main cross to bear is that his fiancee wants him to grow up but deep down she still loves him being a manchild is fucking money. Shit, I am totally emotionally invested in this TV couple and am going to be a wreck when they are inevitably corrupted and ruined, I know it--I've missed you, Melrose!
-"Douchebags get to me." Great line from David while in interrogation for Sydney's murder.
-Oh, did I not mention Sydney is found dead face-down in the pool before the first commercial? Yeah, we all knew it was coming since EW reported it months ago. Like most MP fans I was pretty pissed upon learning we were getting Sydney back only to lose her again, but ok, now I'm game to see it unfold. I was worried the central murder mystery would overwhelm the rest of the show, but at least in the first ep they did a good job of making it just another intriguing subplot, so hopefully that keeps up.
-Jeez, Megan and I just saw Adam Kaufman on an episode from the first season of Mad Men earlier tonight at which time I noted he was also on Buffy and Veronica Mars--dude is following me!
-Thumbs up to giving Laura Leighton and Thomas Calabro the "Special Guest Star" spot once occupied by Heather Locklear--nice nod to history!
-The creators of the show clearly already understand a key aspect of what is necessary to make this thing work: it must take place at a breakneck pace. On most shows, the fact that everybody is going about their lives, hitting on one another and going to work like any other day hours after their landlord got murdered would be weird, but on Melrose Place it is perfect.
-Abra Calabro! The great Thomas Calabro returns as Michael Mancini, the role he played to brilliance on the original Melrose for seven glorious seasons. The bombshells drop right off the bat as he is David's dad, "happily" married with another kid, and was sleeping with Syd (again) before she died. Given that Michael was married six times on the original to four different women and all of his marriages ended in infidelity, it was interesting to see him as supposedly matured and subdued, but you could just tell the old Michael is bubbling beneath the surface, particularly in his last scene, as the camera pans over his blissfully sleeping wife and son to Calabro, wide awake in a state of obvious discontent. Can't wait for the beast to be unleashed once more! And Calabro is 50?! Get out.
-Oooh...wasn't sure if they would touch on the fact that Syd supposedly died in the season five finale of the original show so soon, but we already learn that Michael helped her fake her death somehow and the incident left her addicted to painkillers; I am intrigued (and glad we're going to continue to get copious amounts of Laura Leighton, even if only in flashback).
-I don't exactly what qualities she possesses that make it so, but Katie Cassidy, who plays Ella, most definitely fits the model of an actress who belongs on Melrose Place. Her frenetic bitchy persona definitely calls back Amanda, as does her seeming unlikely interest in puppy dog Jonah. The Ella-Jonah-Riley triangle should be a good one as it's three of the stronger actors on the show and the two girls are very different but both have good chemistry with the guy. Oh, and she's (very) openly bisexual, which I suppose won't hurt the ratings.
-Ok, I was admittedly feeling a bit old seeing my old favorites like Sydney and Michael as the senior citizens of the show, but apparently Jonah is 25, and he seems like one of the younger characters, so I'm ok.
-Sydney and Michael back onscreen together: magic.
-The core of Melrose Place is putting good people in bad situations and seeing what happens, so Jonah being given the opportunity to advance his career via blackmail and Lauren (Stephanie Jacobsen) being hard up for cash and possibly turning to prostitution to pay for med school again demonstrate that the folks making this show get it.
-I haven't mentioned Auggie (Colin Egglesfield) or Violet (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz) yet because I found them (along with Lauren) to be pretty bland, but in the final moments, both start to show there is likely more to them than meets the eye. I think Simpson-Wentz has the chops to bring Violet around, though I'm less convinced about Egglesfield/Augie (dude sure can look menacing on a dime though).
-Jonah and Riley announce their engagement at Sydney's funeral by the pool--and everybody is all smiles! Wonderfully inappropriate!! Wonderfully Melrose!!!
-Montage! Dark secrets! David steals paintings to make cash! Lauren decided to become a hooker after all! Violet grabbed a picture of Syd from the funeral and seems to know her despite having just moved in! Auggie rides his motorcycle to an alley and tosses some bloody clothes in a fire then looks super intense! And Michael is not happy!
-This was a very good first episode and they're already light years ahead of the original Melrose Place's bland first season, so if they just follow the tried and true groundwork, this is going to be a great show. They're still in that necessary period where everybody is friends and nobody has traded romantic partners yet, but when they all turn against one another and things get crazy, that's when shit's gonna truly get real--but they have to earn that and they understand it, which is awesome.
-Welcome back, Melrose Place.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Melrose Memo I: Pilot
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I think I'm going to read these only while watching the replay of the episodes on Sunday night. I'm not sure the show can keep my interest without your Wizard-esque "Director's Commentary."
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Freedom of the Press
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Freedom of the press is enshrined in the constitution, and is generally respected in practice. However, defamation and libel remain criminal offenses. While freedom of information legislation is in place, the government has been criticized for gradually narrowing the categories of public information that are accessible under the law. A Data Protection Act to provide for the protection of certain personal data and information was passed in June 2011, but had yet to be proclaimed by President George Maxwell Richards at year's end. Critics of the new law, including the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) and the Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA), argued that it does not contain specific exemptions for journalism, literature, and art, or for the publication of material on the grounds of public interest. They also voiced concerns that it is too ambiguous and will only serve to undermine press freedom.
There were a number of reports of government intimidation of journalists and interference in the work of media houses in 2011. In April, journalists at the state-owned Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) expressed their concerns about increasing political interference, noting that they felt pressured by managers to publish only positive news about the government and did not feel free to focus attention on controversial policies, expose corruption, or hold politicians accountable to public opinion. Foreign Affairs Minister Surujrattan Rambachan denied that there was any political interference in the CNMG. On December 29, around 20 police officers raided the newsroom of Caribbean Communications Network Television 6 (CCN), the largest private television broadcaster in the country. They were executing a search warrant to seize a tape of a Crime Watch program aired in late October.
For the most part, journalists can cover the news freely, and there were no reports of physical attacks against the press. However, two journalists with the Trinidad Express newspaper received threatening e-mails on January 30 in relation to their reporting on the questionable appointment of a Strategic Services Agency employee. An investigation revealed that the e-mails had been sent by an adviser to the prime minister, who denied any involvement.
There are three daily newspapers—Trinidad and Tobago Express, Newsday, and the Trinidad Guardian—and three political weeklies, all of which are privately owned. Four television stations are in operation, including the state-owned CNMG. There are about a dozen radio stations, including three operated by the CNMG. Due to the high literacy rate in the country, print media are an important source of news. Concerns regarding the use of advertising to influence content occur occasionally. In October 2011, the TnT Mirror Group, which publishes a biweekly newspaper, claimed it had suffered a significant decline in advertising since a government-imposed boycott was initiated in June. The company said the boycott, by government ministries and state agencies, occurred after the paper resisted government pressure to drop a story. Publisher Maxie Cuffie reported that attempts to engage in dialogue with the government had been unsuccessful. A similar type of boycott also reportedly affected the I95.5 radio station.
There were no government restrictions on the internet, which was accessed by 55 percent of the population in 2011.


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The recent designation of several New Jersey higher education institutions as universities has some people asking, "what's in a name?"
In New Jersey, an institution that offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in a variety of academic disciplines and professional fields may seek status as a comprehensive university. Such institutions emphasize teaching, and are distinct from the state's six research universities, which place a heavier emphasis on basic and applied research and Ph.D. programs.
Being granted university status recognizes the level and diversity of programs that the institution already offers, and does not authorize the addition of doctoral programs or other new degrees.
The process by which a qualified public or independent college can seek recognition as a comprehensive university was implemented in 1993. So far, six institutions have completed the rigorous review required for university designation.
Montclair State University was the first institution to do so, followed by Rider, Monmouth, Rowan, William Paterson and Kean universities.
To qualify for university status, an institution must meet national standards for inclusion as a master's college or university in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and demonstrate that it has met New Jersey eligibility criteria for at least five years.
These New Jersey criteria require the institution to demonstrate that it has:
While some states have acted legislatively to confer the university designation to all qualified public institutions en masse, New Jersey has opted instead for a rigorous review process that enables public and independent colleges that meet these criteria to seek university status. Not every institution that offers graduate programs will choose to do so.
The process begins with a petition of intent and a detailed proposal filed with the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, the state coordinating body for higher education. Then, two recognized authorities on graduate education who are independent of all New Jersey higher education institutions must complete a comprehensive review and report favorably on the proposal. Finally, the Commission considers the matter, voting to confer university status and approving a name change if it finds that the institution meets all requirements.
Institutions often find the process itself as beneficial as their new designation -- the self-examination and outside review help them to clarify and refine their mission and future direction.
University status itself does not enable an institution to expand its current mission or program offerings, and permission to offer doctoral degrees must be sought through a separate and equally rigorous process. Therefore, gaining university status does not inherently impose additional costs on students or taxpayers. The new designation simply permits an institution to change its name to reflect its status more accurately and in a manner consistent with peer institutions around the nation.
New Jersey is fortunate to have a strong higher education system with 56 two- and four-year institutions that meet the needs of its diverse population. We can all be proud of the institutions that have achieved university status. In an era when knowledge and technology are advancing at a breakneck pace, their commitment to graduate-level education bodes well for New Jersey and its citizens.


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Handy H. Wood, 35, was charged with exposing himself to a McDonald's drive-thru clerk on May 17. Mr. Wood was also charged with exposing himself to a woman in the Giant/Rite Aid shopping center parking lot on May 29. Finally, Mr. Wood was arrested for exposing himself to a woman in another shopping center parking lot on June 7.
A woman said she saw him inside his mini-van with his pants around his knees, Lower Paxton Twp. police said.
Wood drove along side the woman and just nodded, police said.
Duncannon man, Handy Wood, charged with lewdness in 2 incidents [PennLive]
Harrisburg, Duncannon men arrested for exposing themselves in public, police say [PennLive]


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Obituary: Jim Holzwarth dies on Feb. 18
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Jim, who made his home in Blue River from 1991-2002, was an avid hiker with the Summit County Mountain Goats, and good friends to many here. He passed peacefully on Feb. 18, at a hospice near his residence in Salida. He was preceded by Niki, his wife of 59 years, in 2004. He is survived by two sons, a daughter and three grandchildren. A memorial will be held by his children and local friends at the Salida Community Center, 305 F St., Salida on Saturday from 1-3 pm. Please call the center at (719) 539-3351 for more information.
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The Quail Dunes Golf Course in Fort Morgan was the setting for the 13th Annual Morgan County Rural Electric Association's Invitational Tournament, held on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2-3.
The tournament was lucky enough to see the Touchstone Energy hot-air balloon at both days of the event. The award-winning balloon team tours the nation and makes appearances at various events on behalf of Touchstone Energy, the national electric cooperative's marketing brand.
The four-person scramble drew 34 teams – 136 golfers – from all over Colorado and several other states to compete in the two-day event. Proceeds from the tournament go toward the Morgan County REA Lineworker Scholarship program. Armando Munoz and Corey Ritchey, both from Wiggins, were each selected to receive a $7,500 Morgan County REA Electric Lineworker Scholarship in 2014.
The invitational tournament is an A-B-C-D format and utilizes a Stableford scoring system that awards points for holes under par and subtracts points for holes above par.
The foursome of Robert Meininger, Justin Highberger, Jack Stevenson and Herb Norton garnered first place in the tournament after winning a sudden-death playoff on hole one against the second place team of Kelly Siebrands, Damon Mussman, Mark Jilek and Ace Ward. Both teams ended the tournament with 41 points. With 39 points and in third place was the team of Dan Jilek, Steve Frasier, Chad Unrein and Dave Schafer.
The next three placing teams each ended the tournament with 38 points and participated in a putt-off contest to decide their ranking. Capturing fourth place was the team of Chris Bledsoe, Dudley Snyder, Randy Nicklas and Patty Mussman. The team of Brian Reynolds, Amy Graff, Brandon Schiel and Frank Torres earned fifth place, with the team of Shane Highberger, Dick Volz, Jeff Hohn and Bill Midcap coming in at sixth place. After another putt-off contest, the team of Bill Holland, Trey Smith, Al Larson and Cory Schmeling took seventh place.
"Morgan County REA sends a sincere thank-you to all the tournament sponsors and players, along with gratitude to all those who volunteered to make the tournament a success again this year," said the orginization in a press release.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- More than three dozen protesters were arrested Monday during a chaotic run through downtown San Francisco that snarled traffic and train service during the evening commute.
The demonstrations started small at about 5 p.m. in the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency's Civic Center platform, where two dozen protesters gathered to vent their frustration over BART's shutting wireless service in its downtown San Francisco stations Aug. 11 to quell a brewing protest that day.
BART police arrested four demonstrators on the platform for trespassing on transit property, closed the station and forced the remaining protesters above ground onto the city's busy Market Street.
The Civic Center and nearby Powell Street stations remained closed during most of the three-hour protest, angering commuters unable to catch trains home and competing for scarce cabs that were stuck in a massive traffic jam caused by demonstrators blocking streets.
From the Civic Center station, the protesters grew to more than 100 and marched up and down Market Street for the next three hours, with occasional splinter groups breaking off down side streets. Along the way, they tipped over trash cans, threw firecrackers and shouted at police. Police asked an upscale mall to briefly close as the demonstration passed by and one man was arrested for attempting to start a fire at a nearby corner.
Most of the protesters were arrested in a police "encirclement" after they refused orders to disburse near Civic Center Plaza at about 8:30 p.m.
Police spokesman Albie Esparza said officers were still processing arrestees and the exact number wouldn't be known until Tuesday morning. He estimated that San Francisco police arrested about 40 protesters.
The demonstration was the second in seven days in protest of BART's cutting wireless service on Aug. 11 in a successful bid to disrupt a protest that day over transit police shooting and killing a transient on July 3.
The social activist group Anonymous organized the last two demonstrations.
The protest Aug. 15 was larger and prompted the brief closure of four downtown stations as more than 300 protesters marched through downtown San Francisco.
Monday's protest lasted longer as protesters kept San Francisco and BART police busy keeping them from blocking traffic and approaching subway stations. Small groups splintered from the main marchers, making it difficult for police to monitor them all.
"I don't care about the cellphone stuff," said Tony Wallace, a homeless man standing in front of the payday loans store watching the protesters after BART police closed the station below and forced everybody onto the streets. "I do care about them shooting people. They are out of control, for sure."
Despite the smaller turnout, transit police showed less tolerance and patience than the previous demonstration.
"This has been an ongoing process," BART Deputy Chief Daniel O. Hartwig said of the decision to make arrest protesters on the subway platform for the first time.
Hartwig said the four will be charged with trespassing on rail transit property. BART prohibits demonstrations on its platforms, citing safety concerns.
San Francisco police arrested four more during the march above ground.
The social activist group Anonymous called for the protests Monday and last week in response to BART shutting wireless service at four of its stations Aug. 11.
The transit agency cut wireless service that day after learning organizers of a protest of the transient's shooting death were planning on issuing last-minute instructions through social networks and text messaging designed to disrupt the rush-hour commute.
The Aug. 11 protest failed to materialize after the BART tactic was implemented, and the commute went smoothly. But the transit agency drew worldwide criticism and is now at the center of a heated debate over free speech, social networks and public safety.
"I don't even own a cellphone, but what BART did was wrong," said David Kubrin, 72, of San Francisco. "We are seeing elements of a police state more and more every day."
The nine-member BART board of directors has scheduled a special meeting Wednesday to discuss the policy. BART police kept the wireless service on during the last two protests.
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Kushner, Wolitzer and Juanita look beyond the "Mad Men" era, to the messy 60s and 70s
Are we finally moving on from mid-century madness?
For years now, the country's been ga-ga for mid-century modern design, architecture, and characters on television.
But the post-mid-century nostalgia fire, first fanned a couple years back by Patti Smith's intoxicating memoir "Just Kids," is now in full burn on the bookshelves. A few new novels are adding fuel, suggesting that we'll continue to turn our collective attention – at least on the literary end of things – to the 1960s and 70s.
Perhaps the strongest case comes from Rachel Kushner, a National Book Award-nominated author whose new title, "The Flame Throwers," follows an over-her-head aspiring artist who in 1975 moves from Reno to New York, where she takes up with Warhol Factory kids, subversive leftist activists and sexually-adventurous artists.
The scrappy, semi-dangerous Lower East Side in this book bears no resemblance to the current incarnation of that neighborhood, which features Michelin-starred restaurants and boutique hotels: "He went walking down Houston to Allen. Down the Allen Mall, as we called the pedestrian walkway between north and south traffic, to Delancy. Past Ratner's, which was filled with late-night diners. He climbed the steps of the Williamsburg Bridge and began to cross. He could see the yellow neon of the sugar refinery across the East River, the halogen safety lights of the Navy Yard, the electrical substation to the south of the Navy Yard, its dark smokestacks blinking red. He'd forgotten how magnificent that view could be. But passing along the graffiti-pasted walkway he felt the gun in his pocket and began to wonder if he was going to be mugged again. Surely it couldn't happen twice in one night."
And then there's "Virgin Soul," by Judy Juanita, which chronicles a young woman's coming-of-age in the Bay Area in the mid-1960s, where the Black Panther Party gestated and radicals reigned: "I had missed angry arts week because of work, and I had to study for zoology. But I wasn't going to miss Stokely Carmichael. My cousin Corliss met me in downtown Berkeley, and we caught the UC shuttle to the Greek Theatre. Walking up the steep ramp, we could hear Stokely's distinctive West Indian accent broadcasting across the stadium: "It's a privilege and an honor to be in the white intellectual ghetto of the West." We were perspiring our asses off to get inside. They had to hold a Black Power conference on the hottest day of 1966. Even so, it was mostly white students and hippies. I didn't care. I had been reading about Stokeley and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for weeks. SNCC. You had to squinch your nose just to say it – "Snick."
And there's Meg Wolitzer's "The Interestings," which, while it spans several decades, has its roots in 1974, when the six friends at the center of the Franzen-esque panorama form a friendship at summer camp: "Later in the summer, Nixon would lurch away, leaving his damp slug trail, and the entire camp would watch on an old Panasonic that had been trundled into the dining hall by the owners, Manny and Edie Wunderlich, two aging Socialists who were legendary in the small, diminishing world of aging Socialists." The novel quickly moves out of the 1970s, but the central characters, who were formed in that roiling, messy decade, never really leave it.
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A Spirit Airlines plane had to return to O'Hare International Airport soon after takeoff when part of the housing for one of its engines fell off, officials said.
No one was injured when the cowling for the right engine on Flight 409, headed for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., became detached and the flight crew had to return to O'Hare a little after 5:30 a.m., said Misty Pinson, spokeswoman for the Florida-based airline.
About 5:45 a.m. after the plane took off, a passenger saw that the engine cowlings on the right side of the Airbus A319 were missing, FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said. The crew "received an indication of a possible mechanical issue," and declared an emergency, Pinson said in an email.
One passenger who took pictures of the engine after the cowlings fell off said he didn't at first know what was going on. He heard "No loud noises or anything."
When flight attendants made vague announcement saying the pilots were aware of what was happening, the passenger, Chad Musolf, "thought someone was sick. Didn't take too long to realize what happened after glancing out the window."
The plane returned to O'Hare and landed soon after, Cory said.
The plane was brought back to the gate, and customers were able to leave the plane safely with crew help, Pinson said. Those who wanted to were able to get on another plane that headed to Fort Lauderdale, while those needing to make connections were rebooked. Customers also were offered refunds if they preferred.
"Spirit seemed to do a pretty good job getting all the passengers rerouted, especially those with connections," said Musolf. "That said, it took them a while to figure everything out after we got off the crippled aircraft ... A lot of passengers were confused and frustrated."
The Chicago Fire Department declared an aircraft standby response for the incident, which includes six ambulances being dispatched, but no one was injured, a fire department spokesman said. The right engine cowlings were found on airport property, and Spirit crews were inspecting the plane and the cowlings, Pinson said.
The FAA was to take possession of the cowlings as part of its investigation of the incident, Cory said.
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Our self-image also affects our attitude toward God. Those with a poor self-image tend to be bitter and resentful toward God. They find it hard to trust Him and believe in His love for them. God wants us to have a proper self-image. He wants us to think rightly about ourselves. So, lets look at who we are. We were created by God in His image. The Bible says, "I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." Man's primary function is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.
All of our natural characteristics and abilities come from God. Since this is true, there is no place for pride on our part. God is the creator of all men and He is not ashamed of His handiwork, and neither should we be. Accepting ourselves is based on trusting the love and wisdom of God. We can go through life with a poor self-image, feeling bitter and resentful about ourselves or we can have a proper self-image by accepting ourselves and trusting God's love and wisdom. Even those things, which seem to be against us, can work together for our good, if we trust God. Accepting ourselves as God made us sets us free. We don't have to try to impress other people or struggle for recognition. We don't have to try to be somebody great. We are what we are. We are loved and accepted by the One who created the universe.
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Honeymoon with Ewan
Zara Phillips was married two weeks ago. Then she had to go right back to riding horses. Then on Wednesday (August 10) she was at the Artemis Challenge, a charity regatta around the Isle of Wight. Ewan McGregor was one of her teammates for a 10,000 pound prize. Click here for more information about the race. I mean, I guess if you can't go on a proper honeymoon, hanging out on a boat all day with Ewan McGregor isn't exactly sh-tty. Especially when he looks SO good.
You know, you hear a lot of Hollywood people saying a lot of the time that they're really so "un-Hollywood" and they cite a list of "un-Hollywoody" things that they do to prove it which actually only makes them seem totally Hollywood. I would say that Ewan is more "un-Hollywood" than most. Not only because of his Long Way Round and his low key undercover approach to fame, but also because I think he doesn't actually suck as much cock his peers. He tries to play the game as little as possible. Ultimately some of it is required, the way all of us, in any job, have to swallow some protocol and diplomacy once in a while. But I don't think I've ever heard anyone call Ewan a famewhore. And when it comes to faking it to get ahead, I don't think it comes all that easily to him either, if at all. Have you read his comments about making a sequel to Trainspotting and getting f-cked over by Danny Boyle?
They kept promising him the part. And then they gave it to Leonardo DiCaprio. And here's how he recounts it to The Times magazine:
"You just don't treat your friends like that. They absolutely made me think that I was playing the character in The Beach and we talked about (filming) dates and moving dates and so on, and all the while they were keeping me there just in case Leonardo pulled out - which is really nasty. And then afterwards, I just didn't hear from Danny for years. When he told me, he was very conflicted and he was very upset, and I spent a lot of time making him feel better and saying, 'No, it's alright, I understand'. And when I went home, I thought 'F-ck!That doesn't feel very nice.' And my wife was furious. I phoned up the producer Andrew (Macdonald), who I felt was part of the team. And I said, 'Andrew, I've just had lunch with Danny and I don't understand. I didn't think that's really what we were about. I thought we were about something else. I really thought we stood for something.' And he went, 'Come on, it was gonna happen sooner or later'. And then I never heard from them for years. I shouldn't really talk about this, but they wanted me to do... Porno. So I got a semi-apology: 'Feel like we didn't handle that very well... anyway, would you like to do Porno?'" (Source)
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Clyfford Still Museum adds to Denver Art Museum's Vincent van Gogh Extravaganza
The Clyfford Still Museum is piggybacking on DAM's major exhibit of Vincent van Gogh paintings this fall with a special show connecting the two painter's ideas and inspirations.
"Vincent/Clyfford" opens Sept. 14 in the Still's Hugh Grant and Merle Chambers Gallery with DAM's "Becoming Van Gogh" closely behind starting October 21. Both shows close January 20.
The connection may seem like a stretch, but not if you consider that each painter was known for their strident attitudes and willingness to paint their visions, even when it wasn't all that pleasant to look at.
Here's how David Anfam, the Still's adjunct curator, put it in the press release:
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text: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab at infradead.org> wrote: > I'm aware that your solution seems to be more code-complete than Steven's > proposal. > > But the recent activity on the mailing list regarding his idea (and its, > so far, positive feedback) and the fact that I was anyway planning to > have a discussion about the future of the DVB-API at the Linux Plumbers > Conference 2008 are supporting me in my idea of post-poning such a pull to > a point in time shortly after this event. I understand peoples frustration in waiting for multiproto since I'm one of them as well. However, I believe the support for Steven's proposal is largely because people aren't aware that multiproto is now in a ready-state and has a pull request pending. Over the last several months I've seen many question when/if multiproto will be done, or if it is dead... I think we all agree that it has taken quite some time for multiproto to get to a point where it's ready but that time has come. Multiproto -can- be pulled in right now, and if that happened, drivers could be written immediately, finally providing users with what they've needed for so long. In my opinion it makes no sense to throw out a robust api that is ready right now just because of frustration and past personal grudges (whether anyone will openly admit to this or not, it -is- a part of this). The questions for consideration -should be-... Is the code ready? Can it handle future specs? Is it missing anything that should be included? If the code is ready and is robust, then the final question is what benefit is there in making people wait yet longer for another api to be written? Will this new api proposal offer anything that multiproto doesn't already? It seems we can finally move forward and now instead of incomplete code stopping it, politics are.


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