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Ending the Year on a Scary Note
The fear gripping so many people — that they might lose their jobs — is paralyzing but not paranoid. Pick your headline, in cable, telecom or anywhere.
Last week alone, MTV Networks parent Viacom said it was making yet another big cutback of 850 jobs, or 7% of its workforce. NBC Universal, again as expected, is looking at about 500 job cuts, or 3% of its employees, and immediate layoffs were reported among ad-sales staff and even at CNBC, which has benefited from higher ratings as business news dominates.
At AT&T, plans are in place for a 4% workforce reduction, or 12,000 jobs cut.
Charter Communications said last week it's consolidating to two from three operating regions and eliminating up to 75 positions. Comcast has been implementing a plan to cut about 300 positions within its Eastern cable operations. Cox Communications said in November it would trim about 460 jobs, or 2% of its workforce.
Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt pointed out in reporting third-quarter earnings that it's "naive" to think cable won't feel a pinch when so many are losing jobs and homes. The fourth quarter has already seen a slowdown in new-service subscriptions, he said. Time Warner Cable says it hasn't made or announced plans for job cuts.
In November alone, the overall economy shed 533,000 jobs — before the many planned cuts announced last week and the worst such monthly loss since December 1974.
Last Tuesday, a day after the official announcement that the economy's been in recession for a year, Merrill Lynch's Jessica Reif Cohen said her firm's top economists don't foresee economic growth in 2009, either.
"The longest and deepest in our lifetimes," was a term she used to describe the current malaise.
Reif Cohen and Tom Eagan, another Wall Street media maven, said the February transition to digital television could be a boon to cable as non-customers sign up to make their old TV sets continue to function. But that's a short-term lift at best and seems most likely to draw in members of the AARP set. The trends among today's digital youth are about as promising as the economic outlook.
The Consumer Electronics Association takes surveys to find out what gadgets teens have on their holiday wish lists. Last year, a TV set was seventh on the list. This year, TV isn't even in the top 10.
Clearly, cable has to innovate (as well as cost-cut) to keep the needle moving forward. At a conference our magazine and Broadcasting & Cable sponsored last week, David Verklin, head of the six-MSO-backed Canoe Ventures, talked up voting and polling, "t-commerce," targeted advertising and other enhancements Canoe has in mind to make cable programs (and their ads) more entertaining and engaging.
"Don't count out the television set, don't count out the programming networks, don't count out the cable-TV companies and don't count out the traditional television business," Verklin said. "Believe me, we get it."
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10/25/2019 @ 6:00 pm – 11:59 pm – Drafts on Deckers is coming to Morgantown once again! Join us for a night of great West Virginian beer, fantastic live performances, trivia, and jolly good fun – all for the watershed. Morgantown Brewing Company is hosting the fifth annual craft beer tasting with ALL proceeds going to Friends of Deckers Creek. The tasting will […]Read More
09/15/2019 @ All Day – Results will be available as they are recorded, Please CLICK HERE to view the most current race results data Join FODC at Marilla Park on Sunday, September 15th to run the Deckers Dash 5k! Following the race, runners and friends can stretch out with yoga and enjoy refreshments, a 100 yard Trout Trot for ages […]Read More
08/22/2019 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – As part of FODC's Arts in the Outdoor Learning Park Series, we will be hosting a Build-a-Terrarium Workshop at the Outdoor Learning Park on Thursday August 22nd at 6:00 pm. Local artists Rachael Kesecker and Sean Donovan of Hippie Hobbies Studios will guide you step-by-step while explaining the water cycle and the science behind building […]Read More
07/25/2019 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – As part of FODC's Arts in the Outdoor Learning Park Series, we will be hosting a wildflower lesson at the Outdoor Learning Park on Thursday July 25th at 6:00 pm. The walk will lead attendees through the gardens of the Outdoor Learning Park while discussing the importance of wildflowers and how to identify wildflower species. […]Read More
07/27/2019 @ 10:00 am – 1:30 pm – Friends of Deckers Creek is accepting paints that are not expired and have enough paint leftover for another project, and we are inviting anyone to pickup paint for FREE. The third annual Paint Exchange is made possible thanks to the support of the Morgantown Utility Board and the Monongalia County Commission. Please note: We reserve […]Read More
08/08/2019 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – As part of FODC's Arts in the Outdoor Learning Park Series, we will be hosting a fish art activity at the Outdoor Learning Park on Thursday August 8th at 6:00 pm. We will lead a short lesson on the fish of Deckers Creek before turning it over to Eddie Spaghetti to lead a fun fish […]Read More

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Rick in 3 words: Leader, Dedicated, Supportive
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Rick Goodman commenced his working life as a Watchmaker & Jeweler, working in the industry from 1976 until 1992. Looking for a new career path; one that would spark fresh interests and challenges, Rick turned to real estate to fulfil his professional ambitions.
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Great news for clients of OBrien Real Estate with the team achieving an 82% clearance at auctions this week.
This week we a look at the national figures which again support the strength in the property market not only here in Victoria but also across the country.
There were 2,837 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities this week, returning a preliminary auction clearance rate of 74.5%. Last week, in what was the busiest auction week of the year, 3,206 auctions were held and the final clearance rate came in at 73.6%. Over the same week last year, auction volumes were lower with 2,631 homes going under the hammer across the combined capital cities, returning a final auction clearance rate of just 41%.


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Super Junior's Heechul Labeled the Prettiest Male Idol
If there's a male idol who looks both handsome as a man and beautiful as woman, then that would be, without a doubt, Super Junior's Heechul.
On MBC's Idol Section TV recently, he was named as the prettiest male idol, and was even described as prettier than the members of SNSD. In the video, you can see the idol being dissed by comedian and fellow Radio Star host Kim Gura, with regards to the speculations of him being gay, alongside Epik High's Mithra Jin.
However, comedian Kim Shinyoung comes to the rescue in another clip, and even praises Heechul's beauty by saying, "He's not gay, but I think many men will like him. If I was ever to be born again, I hope to be born looking like Heechul."
In addition to that, fans will surely be happy to see, past cuts of the variety show Love Letter, where Heechul proclaimed himself 'Heesica' and parodied the part of SNSD's Jessica to their 2009 hit song Gee. And recently of course, his much talked about Lady Gaga parody during Super Junior's Super Show 3 series of concerts all over Asia.
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Background and Objectives: Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation could lead to hemodynamic responses in the from of hypertension and tachycardia as well as arrhythmia and myocardial ischemia. This alterations can be life-threatening particularly in elderly people. This clinical trial compared the effects of two rapid-onset narcotics, Alfentanil and Remifentanil, on the hemodynamic responses to the induction and tracheal intubation in elderly patients.
Methods: This double-blind clinical trial was conducted on 40 subjects aged 65 and above. They were candidate of cataract surgery under general anesthesia. The patients were randomly allocated to two groups of 20. The first group, was gaiven Alfentanil 10 m g/kg and for second group Remifentanil 0.5 m g/kg was injected prior to the induction of anesthesia. Both groups were similiar in the method of anesthesia except in narcotics. The first group was infused with Alfentanil 1 m g/kg/min and Remifentanil 0.1 m g/kg/min was used for the second group. Hemodynamic variations including heart rate, systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure were measured and recorded eight times (before induction, aften injection, after intubation and five times during anesthesia). Data were analyzed with SPSS software using descriptive and analytical statistics such as T-test, chi squre and ANOVA.
Results: Immediately after injection of narcotic drugs, all hemodynamic variants decreased. Howerver diastolic blood pressure in Remifentantil group significantly more than Alfentanil group (P<0.05). After laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation all hemodynamic variants increased and slowly decreased in less than 10 minutes. Systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure decreased significantly in remifentanil group than alfentanil group (P<0.05). Although heart rate decreased during few minutes after intubation, there was not significant difference between two groups regarding this decrease (P>0.05). Ephedrin was used to treat severe hypotention in those under Remifentanil (11 patients) more than those under Alfentanil (4 patients) (P<0.05).
Conclusions: According to the resukts of this study Remifentanil could prevent hemodynamic variation induced by laryngoscopy and treacheal intubation more than Alfentanil. However in some cases Remifentanil leads to hypotension during anesthesia. There is no important difference between two drugs in increasing heat rate after laryngoscopy and intubation.
Background & Objective: With consideration the daily increased development of outpatient surgeries and high rate of these operations in elderly patients, rapid and safe recovery of patients for coming back to daily life is necessary. In this clinical trial study recovery time and nausea and vomiting after the use of two rapid-onset narcotic, alfentanil and remifentanil in elderly patients has been compared.
Methods: In this double-blind clinical trial 40 elderly patients (age above 65) candidated to cataract surgery with general anesthesia were studied. The patients were divided randomly into two groups and for first group alfentanil was injected 10 m g/kg and for second group remifentanil 0.5 m g/kg during 30 seconds one minute before induction. Both two groups were under general anesthesia with same method and during the anesthesia first group took infusion of alfentanil 1 m g/kg/min and second group remifentanil 0.1 m g/kg/min. At the end of surgery the time intervals between end of anesthesia drug adminstration and autonomic respiration, eyes opening with stimulation, verbal response and discharge of recovery room, also the incidence of complications related to narcotic drugs especially nausea and vomiting were recorded. The data were analyzed in SPSS software using descriptive and analytical statistics as T-test, chi square and ANOVA.
Results: The time of autonomic respiration in alfentanil group was 2 minutes and in remifentanil group 3.3 minutes,this time in alfentanil groupe1.3 minutes shorter but the difference was not significant. The time of eyes opening with stimulation, verbal response and discharge of recovery room were not significantly different. During recovery incidence of nausea and vomiting in remifentanil group (30% of patients) was significantly more than alfentanil group (5% of patients) (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The time of recovery between alfentanil and remifentanil group was not significantly different, but incidence of nausea and vomiting in remifentanil group was higher than alfentanil group significantly.
Background & Objectives: With regards to the importance of health and Quality of Life improvement in the elderly in relation with physical activity and self esteem, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of programmed exercise on the self esteem of elderly residents in the nursing home of Rasht city in 2008.
Methods: This study included a pretest and post test on 32 qualified samples. The Rosenberg self esteem scale were filled by them. Then, they attended a programmed exercise for one month. The scale was filled again by participants. The collected pre-test and pot-test data were analyzed using a-t-test SPSS software.
Results: The average age of the participants was 73.53 (± 8.31). Most of them were widowed, 43.8% had no children, 87.5% were uneducated and the rest (12.5%) had a primary level of education. 37.2 of them had resided in the nursing home for less than one year and their average of residence was 1357±17.11 days. The source of income for 59.4% of participants was through children and relations. 27 persons (84.4%) had frequent visits with relations. 34.4% of them had a disease in history. There were significant correlations between number of children, marriage, education and job and number of previous jobs, gender job and education and number of previous job, visit frequency and education and time of the last visit. The correlation between sums of self esteem scores before and after the exercise was positive and significant and 22.81±4.84 Average of self esteem score before and after programmed exercise was 26.84±4.35.
Conclusion: Regular exercise is effective in improving the self-esteem among the elderly and it can recommend to the elderly as a safe and cheap method.
Background & Objectives: Severely comminuted distal femur fractures are in association with the high complications and their treatment is so difficult. Supracondylar femur fractures usually occur as a result of low-energy trauma in osteoporotic bone in elderly persons or high-energy trauma in young patients. This study was aimed to assess the results of new treatment plan for comminuted intra-articular distal femur fractures with locking condylar buttress plate. The results of this strategy will help us to find the effective method of treatment for the distal femur fractures.
Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, 47 patients with intra-articular distal femur fractures after two weeks fracture and treating with locking condylar buttress plate were selected. Then, they were examined for infection, range of knee motion and ::union:: at the first and second week and 1, 2 and 3 months after surgery. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and the level of significance was set as p<0.05.
Results: 53.2% of the patients had closed fractures, 6.4% of them had open type I and the rest showed open type IIIA fracture. The overall ::union:: rate was seen in 80.9% of cases and infection was detected in 19/1% and mal::union:: was observed 21.3% of patients. The mean degree for range of motion was 105.74 ±24.47 and the maximum degree of extension was 20.
Conclusion : Complete fixation for distal femur fracture type C3 was achieved by buttress plate and using this locking condylar plate was association with less complication such as infection, mal::union:: and non-::union::.
Background & Objectives: Prostatitis is relatively one of the common diseases in elderly men. Treatment of this disease is difficult and because of frequent relapses, it provides complicated problems for patients and the physicians. Detection of reservoirs and determination of prevalence of involved microbes in prostatitis are important in the epidemiology and control of the disease. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium�in patients with prostatitis by sequencing and PCR-RFLP techniques.
Methods : In this cross-sectional study, 200 paraffin-embedded prostate samples from patients with prostatitis during 2008-2011 were checked for M. gentialium. After cutting the tissues and homogenization, the genomic DNA was extracted and used as template in PCR. Primers targeting a 465 bp regions of 16S rRNA of M. genitalium were used in the assay. PCR products were sequenced and Cac8I, Bbs I, EcoRI, AluI, TaqI endonucleases were used in RFLP analysis.
Results : Of 200 samples, 4 were positive in PCR. The results of DNA sequencing and RFLP confirmed the amplified genes corresponded to M. genitalium�G37.
Conclusion : The Mycoplasma genome present in tissue samples of prostate showed this bacterium could be one of the risk factors for prostatitis in men. However large studies and control groups are needed to prove this finding.
Background & Objective: Advances in public health and control of infectious diseases have led to increased number of elderly people in the world including Iran. Thus serious concerns exist in terms of age-related diseases . Consequently, Iran's ministry of health has chosen "ageing and health" as the theme for 2012 along with WHO. Psychological disorders�are among the most prevalent diseases in elderly people. Recent studies suggest a two-way relationship between some psychological disorders and insomnia. Also there is evidence implying magnesium role in improvement of aforementioned disorders. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of dietary magnesium supplementation on mental health in insomniac elderly subjects.
Methods: A double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 46 insomniac elderly subjects randomly allocated into the magnesium or the placebo group, receiving daily for 8 weeks either 500 mg magnesium or a placebo, respectively. SCL-90-R and ISI questionnaires were conducted at baseline and at the end of the intervention period. Serum magnesium and cortisol levels were also determined in the patients. In addition, information was obtained on anthropometric confounding factors and daily intake of magnesium, calcium, potassium and caffeine using 24-hr dietary recall questionnaire for 3 days. The N4 and SPSS19 were used for data analysis.
Results: No significant differences were observed in assessed variables between the two groups at baseline. As compared to the placebo group, in the experimental group, dietary magnesium supplementation brought about statistically significant decreases in GSI, PST, PSDI, ISI scores as well as somatization , anxiety, psychoticism , and depression symptoms and serum cortisol concentration. While the obsessive-compulsive , interpersonal sensitivity, hostility , phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation scores and serum magnesium concentration were not different between the experimental and the placebo groups.
Conclusion: In this study dietary magnesium supplementation resulted in improvements in insomnia severity index and some indices of mental health.
Background & objectives: Surgery of upper part of femor in elderly patients can be due to the fracture of femoral neck, shaft and arthroplasty. Hemodynamic changes and complications of the anesthesia are among the major concerns. The aim of this study was to compare the hemodynamic changes in low dose isoflurane with propofol in upper femoral surgeries in elderly patients.
Methods: This prospective clinical trial study was done on 60 patients over 65 year-old elderly patients with ASA physical status of I and II that were candidate for upper femoral surgery in two groups (inhalational: isoflurane 0.5-0.6 MAC) and (total intravenous anesthesia with propofol 50-100 mic/kg/min). Hemodynamic changes were compared in these groups with the same anesthetic depth (HR-SBP-DBP-MBP-SaO₂).
Results: There was no significant difference in heart rate, age or sex between two groups. In isoflurane group SBP on 20 and 25th minutes and DBP and MBP on 20, 25 and 35th minutes were significantly higher than propofol group. In propofol group SaO₂ was significantly more than isoflurane group on induction, start of surgery and on 5, 25, 35 and 45th minutes of surgery.
Conclusion: In anesthesia with the same Bi-Spectral Index, isoflurane provides more stable hemodynamic parameters than propofol.
Background & objectives: Shigella spp. are gram negative bacteria that can cause shigellosis in human. It is important in young children as well as elderly and immunocompromised people. Threatening complications can occur in severe cases with multidrug resistance species. It has been observed that Shigella spp. have become resistant to antibiotics like other bacteria. Investigation of resistance to azithromycin, tetracycline and pattern of resistance are the objectives of this study.
Methods: Fifty isolates of Shigella spp. which have been collected from three hospitals in Tehran were studied. Isolates identified and confirmed as Shigella spp. by biochemical, serological and molecular methods (ipaH, wbgz, rfc genes). Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed for ampicillin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, levofloxacin, minocycline, nalidixic acid, norfloxacin, streptomycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and tetracycline by disc agar diffusion method. Minimal inhibition concentrations were performed for azithromycin and tetracycline.
Results: From a total of 50 Shigella spp. isolates, 16% of them were Shigella flexneri and 84% Shigella sonnei. The majority of isolates were multidrug resistant. The most resistance was seen to doxycycline, streptomycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and tetracycline. Resistance to azithromycin was 6% and all of the isolates were susceptible to norfloxacin and levofloxacin. Nine patterns of resistance were revealed to these isolates.
Conclusion: High resistance to tetracycline was observed and resistance to azithromycin as an alternative treatment choice was also considerable.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common cause of dementia in elderly people that is accompanied by progressive cognitive decline and memory loss. The pathologic hallmarks of AD are synaptic and neuronal degeneration together with extracellular senile plaques containing amyloid-beta (Aβ) and the intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in the hippocampus and other cortical regions. Amyloid-beta peptide is believed to have a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of AD as a major component of the senile plaques. It acts as a trigger key of AD and is considered as the principal toxic factor in the pathogenesis of the disease. Accumulation of amyloid β protein (Aβ), a main component of the senile plaques, in the brain initiates a cascade of events that ultimately lead to neuronal dysfunction and cognitive deficits. Other proposed mechanisms for AD include impairment in cholinergic function, oxidative stress, inflammatory agents and glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity. AD is characterized neuropathologically by impaired cholinergic function, increased oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, neuronal cell death, synapses loss, cortical atrophy, deficiencies in steroid hormones and appearance of glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity.


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Lochiel Creek County Park – Barnegat, Ocean County, NJ
Distance – 2.3 miles total including the cut through and the plus access trail to the Barnegat Rail Trail
Type – Loop
Difficulty: 1 of 10
Total score: 4 of 10
Website – Lochiel Creek County Park
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – pinelands and swamp
Surface – dirt
Trailheads – 39°46'18.46″N, 74°13'7.51″W
Directions – Barnegat Boulevard North, Barnegat, NJ 08005
Parking – Medium sized lot
Dog friendly? On leash.
Stroller friendly? Yes, with big tires
Benches? No
Facilities?: Pit toilet.
Standouts – the swamp
Markings – Painted blazes (white for the main trail, red for the cut through)
Map – Map and brochure can be found here
Description – While my wife worked on Saturday, the boys and I set out for a day of adventure. Our first stop had been Cloverdale Farm County Park, and Lochiel Creek County Park was our second stop for the day.
This park is a nice little patch of pinelands and cedar swamp wedged between several housing developments and a sports complex. We opted for the 1.75 mile White Trail that goes around the perimeter of the park. We headed right at the bathrooms, merged with the cut across for the White Trail, passed the intersection with the Red Trail cutoff, and found ourselves crossing the bridge over Lochiel Creek, which has a nice little view into a tunnel of cedars.
From here, we continued along the White Trail. Fairly quickly, a trail branched off to the right, but was marked with "X"s so that you know not to take it, just bear left.
After this is my least favorite stretch of the trail, as the woods is right up against a housing complex for a good while.
Once the trail curves to the left again, away from the homes, things get more interesting. You'll use a bridge to cross a wet area, then come around to a stretch of trail that follows right by the road. Eventually, you'll travel down what was obviously a road, turning left to stay on it (straight will put you out at the main roadway). After this, you'll enter an area that looks like it might have been used for sand mining, then turn right to stay on the White Trail when the Red Trail Cutover continues straight.
From here, just follow the trail markers until you hit the road that brought you into the parking area.
At this point, Tree Rider (who hadn't slept the night before) decided that Daddy needed to carry him in his arms and not in his backpack, so I have no more pictures. Just turn left when you reach the road, and then left off of the road just before the parking lot, which will loop you finally around to behind the bathrooms where we started.
Overall recommendation: This is a nice bit of woods, but the closeness of the houses and the roads made it a letdown after Cloverdale. If you live close, check this one out. If you are coming from further off, than Cloverdale or Wells Mills would be better options to see similar terrain.
Nearby: Cloverdale Farm County Park and Wells Mills County Park are both nearby and excellent spots to hike.


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Emerging per- and polyfluorinated compounds (PFAS) compounds are of increasing interest for environmental monitoring, one being hexafluoropropylene oxide-dimer acid (HFPO-DA), commonly referred to as GenX. The following review describes existing liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) methods used to analyse HFPO-DA, including sample preparation and method sensitivity relative to other PFAS. Analytical challenges are also described, in particular the significant formation of in-source fragmentation, dimer and dimer adducts which detract from [M-H](-) signal. Lastly, detected levels of HFPO-DA in environmental and biological samples are compared across the limited number of available field exposure studies, which found several mu g/L concentrations in water samples taken near fluorochemical plant discharges.
Funding Agency:
Intramural EPA EPA999999
Major point sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) cause ubiquitous spread of PFASs in the environment. In this study, surface water and aquatic invertebrates at three Swedish sites impacted by PFAS point sources were characterized, using homologue, isomer and extractable organofluorine (EOF) profiling as well as estimation of bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) and mass discharge. Two sites were impacted by fire training (sites A and R) and the third by industrial runoff (site K). Mean Σ25PFASs concentration in water was 1920 ng L-1 at site R (n = 3), which was more than 20- and 10-fold higher than those from sites A and K, respectively. PFOS was the most predominant PFAS in all waters samples, constituting 29-79% of Σ25PFAS concentrations. Several branched isomers were detected and they substantially contributed to concentrations in surface water (e.g. 49-78% of ΣPFOS) and aquatic invertebrates (e.g. 15-28% of ΣPFOS). BAFs in the aquatic invertebrates indicated higher bioaccumulation for long chain PFASs and lower bioaccumulation for branched PFOS isomers compared to linear PFOS. EOF mass balance showed that Σ25target PFASs in water could explain up to 55% of EOF at site R. However, larger proportions of EOF (>92%) remained unknown in water from sites A and K. Mass discharges were for the first time estimated for EOF and revealed that high amounts of EOF (e.g. 8.2 g F day-1 at site A) could be transported by water to recipient water bodies relative to Σ25PFASs (e.g. 0.15 g day-1 at site A). Overall, we showed that composition profiling, BAFs and EOF mass balance can improve the characterization of PFASs around point sources.
Understanding the distribution of PFOS isomers between the aqueous phase and goethite is crucial, since it is an abundant sorbent and thus may have a large influence on the mobility of PFOS. This study was conducted to understand the effects of pH, humic acid (HA), fulvic acid (FA) and sulfate on sorption of PFOS isomers. The results will increase the understanding about what parameters may control the fate and transport of PFOS in surface and ground water.
The study was conducted by adding PFOS spiked water to a goethite slurry with different aqueous chemistry. Levels of total PFOS and PFOS isomers were quantified using an Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatograph coupled to a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Results showed that sorption of PFOS was mainly dependent on pH; sorption decreased as pH increased. Presence of HA increased log K-d from 1.29 to 2.03, 1.76 to 1.92 and 1.51 to 1.96 at pH 5.50-7.50 for 3-/4-/4-PFOS, 6-/2-PFOS and L-PFOS, respectively. Changes in the aqueous chemistry also affected the behaviour of PFOS as the addition of Na2SO4 enhanced the sorption of PFOS. Results showed that L-PFOS was more readily sorbed to goethite at pH < 4.35 both in the presence and in the absence of humic or fulvic acids. At pH > 4.5 the 3-/4-/5-PFOS isomer group was more associated to goethite. Besides electrostatic interactions, which controlled the sorption of PFOS, this study indicate that the presence of dissolved humic substances in the aqueous phase enhances the sorption via hydrophobic mechanisms.
BACKGROUND: Between 2013 and 2015, concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in public drinking water supplies serving at least six million individuals exceeded the level set forth in the health advisory established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Other than data reported for contaminated sites, no systematic or prospective data exist on the relative source contribution (RSC) of drinking water to human PFAS exposures.
OBJECTIVES: This study estimates the RSC of tap water to overall PFAS exposure among members of the general U.S.
METHODS: We measured concentrations of 15 PFAS in home tap water samples collected in 1989-1990 from 225 participants in a nationwide prospective cohort of U.S. women: the Nurses' Health Study (NHS). We used a one-compartment toxicokinetic model to estimate plasma concentrations corresponding to tap water intake of PFAS. We compared modeled results with measured plasma PFAS concentrations among a subset of 110 NHS participants.
RESULTS: Tap water perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) were statistically significant predictors of plasma concentrations among individuals who consumed [Formula: see text] cups of tap water per day. Modeled median contributions of tap water to measured plasma concentrations were: PFOA 12% (95% probability interval 11%-14%), PFNA 13% (8.7%-21%), linear perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (nPFOS) 2.2% (2.0%-2.5%), branched perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (brPFOS) 3.0% (2.5%-3.2%), and perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) 34% (29%-39%). In five locations, comparisons of PFASs in community tap water collected in the period 2013-2016 with samples from 1989-1990 indicated increases in quantifiable PFAS and extractable organic fluorine (a proxy for unquantified PFAS).
CONCLUSIONS: Our results for 1989-1990 compare well with the default RSC of 20% used in risk assessments for legacy PFAS by many agencies. Future evaluation of drinking water exposures should incorporate emerging PFAS.
Funding Agencies:
Harvard National Institute of Environmental Health and Sciences (NIEHS) Center Grant P30 ES000002
NIH Superfund Research Program P42ES027706
Data presenting the environmental occurrence of ultra-short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are scarce and little is known about the potential sources. In this study, ultra-short-chain PFAAs were analyzed in water connected to potential point sources using supercritical fluid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Samples (n = 34) were collected in connection with firefighting training sites, landfills, and a hazardous waste management facility. Ultra-short-chain PFAAs were detected in all samples at concentrations up to 84 000 ng/L (∑C1-C3), representing up to 69% of the concentration of 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), perfluoropropanoic acid (PFPrA), trifluoromethane sulfonic acid (TFMS), perfluoroethane sulfonic acid (PFEtS), and perfluoropropane sulfonic acid (PFPrS) were detected at concentrations up to 14 000, 53 000, 940, 1700, and 15 000 ng/L, respectively. Principal component analysis suggests that TFA is associated with landfills. PFPrS was associated with samples collected close to the source at all types of sites included in this study. These findings reveal the presence of high concentrations of ultra-short-chain PFAAs released into the environment from various sources and emphasize the large fraction of ultra-short-chain PFAAs to the total concentration of PFASs in water.
The presence of pesticides in streams in winter, five to six years following bans on their municipal use suggests that complicated transport behaviour, such as subsurface retention and/or accumulation of pesticides and its release during storms, could be important for understanding recovery time frames following bans or legislation that aim to reduce chemical inputs. We investigated late fall and winter dynamics of four herbicides in paired urban and rural watersheds in Toronto, Canada during rainfall and snowmelt. The range of average concentrations and loads of the sum of atrazine, metolachlor, 2,4-D and mecoprop overlapped in the two types of watersheds, with slightly higher average concentrations in the rural watershed. Relatively consistent herbicide concentration-discharge patterns (i. e. dilution) were observed in the urban sub-watersheds during rainfall, while concentration-discharge patterns were much more variable in the rural watershed. This suggests relatively uniform transport pathways across the urban sub-watersheds, compared to the rural watershed. Concentration-discharge patterns of the neutral herbicides atrazine and metolachlor were similar in both watersheds during snowmelt, though varying discharge patterns resulted in divergent timings of peak concentrations. In contrast, the acidic pesticides 2,4-D and mecoprop, which are primarily associated with urban uses, showed much more variable behavior across both watersheds and merit further investigation. Overall, this work highlights the need to consider pesticide dynamics throughout the year in order to more thoroughly assess the longterm efficacy of legislation governing their use.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
FedDev Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation via the Southern Ontario Water Consortium
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
TD Canada Trust
Driven by increasingly stringent restrictions on long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), novel fluorinated compounds have emerged on the market. Here we report on the occurrences of several perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic and sulfonic acids (PFECAs and PFESAs), including hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer and trimer acids (HFPO-DA and HFPO-TA), ammonium 4,8-dioxa-3 H-perfluorononanoate (ADONA), chlorinated polyfluorinated ether sulfonic acid (6:2 Cl-PFESA), and its hydrogen-substituted analogue (6:2 H-PFESA) in surface waters from China ( n = 106), the United States ( n = 12), the United Kingdom ( n = 6), Sweden ( n = 10), Germany ( n = 14), The Netherlands ( n = 6), and Korea ( n = 6). Results showed that HFPO-DA, HFPO-TA, and 6:2 Cl-PFESA (median = 0.95, 0.21, and 0.31 ng/L, respectively) were frequently detected in all countries, indicating ubiquitous dispersal and distribution in global surface waters. The presence of 6:2 H-PFESA was widely detected in China (detection rate > 95%) but not in any other country. Only trace levels of ADONA (0.013-1.5 ng/L) were detected in the Rhine River flowing through Germany. The estimated total riverine mass discharges of HFPO-DA, HFPO-TA, and ΣPFESAs reached 2.6, 6.0, and 4.3 ton/year in five of the major river systems in China. Our results indicated that novel PFECAs and PFESAs might become global contaminants, and future investigations are warranted.
National Natural Science Foundation of China 21737004 31320103915
Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB14040202
The purpose of this study was to investigate the environmental occurrence of ultra-short chain perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Swedish water samples. So far established protocols have focused on measuring PFASs with a carbon chain length of four or more carbons. In this study, perfluoroalkyl sulfonates of chain lengths of two, perfluoroethane sulfonate (PFEtS), and three, perfluoropropane sulfonate (PFPrS), carbons have been measured using a newly established instrumental method employing supercritical fluid separation (SFC) coupled to tandem mass spectrometry detection.
A total of 26 samples were analysed, including ground water, surface water, rain water and snow. The sample locations included military and civilian airports, a former hard chromium plating facility, the vicinity of a hazardous waste management facility and background areas (lake surface water, rain and snow). Results show that both PFPrS and PFEtS could be detected in environmental samples using SFC separation coupled to triple quadrupole detection. Out of the 26 samples analysed, the ultra-short-chain PFPrS could be detected and quantified in 22 samples. The concentrations for PFPrS in all the samples ranged between 0.93 ng/l to 39 000 ng/l. The ultra-short-chain PFPEtS could be quantified in all of the 26 samples, with a concentration range between 0.07 and 5 700 ng/l. The highest concentrations represents highly contaminated ground water samples collected from a military airport. In the samples, PFPrS had a relative contribution to total PFAS concentration of 6 and 10 %, indicating the importance of measuring these compounds in environmental samples.
BACKGROUND: Perfluoroalkyl phosphinic acids (PFPiAs) have been detected in humans, wildlife, and various environmental matrices. These compounds have been used with perfluoroalkyl phosphonic acids (PFPAs) as surfactants in consumer products and as nonfoaming additives in pesticide formulations. Unlike the structurally related perfluoroalkyl sulfonic and carboxylic acids, little is known about the biological fate of PFPiAs.
OBJECTIVES: We determined the biotransformation products of PFPiAs and some pharmacokinetic parameters in a rat model.
METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats received an oral gavage dose of either C6/C8PFPiA, C8/C8PFPiA, or C8PFPA. Blood was sampled over time, and livers were harvested upon sacrifice. Analytes were quantified using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
RESULTS: PFPiAs were metabolized to the corresponding PFPAs and 1H-perfluoroalkanes (1H-PFAs), with 70% and 75% biotransformation 2 wk after a single bolus dose for C6/C8PFPiA and C8/C8PFPiA, respectively. This is the first reported cleavage of a C-P bond in mammals, and the first attempt, with a single-dose exposure, to characterize the degradation of any perfluoroalkyl acid. Elimination half-lives were 1.9±0.5 and 2.8±0.8 days for C6/C8PFPiA and C8/C8PFPiA, respectively, and 0.95±0.17 days for C8PFPA. Although elimination half-lives were not determined for 1H-PFAs, concentrations were higher than the corresponding PFPAs 48 h after rats were dosed with PFPiAs, suggestive of slower elimination.
CONCLUSIONS: PFPiAs were metabolized in Sprague-Dawley rats to form persistent PFPAs as well as 1H-PFAs, which contain a labile hydrogen that may undergo further metabolism. These results in rats produced preliminary findings of the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of PFPiAs, which should be further investigated in humans. If there is a parallel between the disposition of these chemicals in humans and rats, then humans with detectable amounts of PFPiAs in their blood may be undergoing continuous exposure.
National Science and Engineering Research Council Discovery grant


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4 suggestions for Banh mi Vietnam
Travelling in Vietnam, tourists surely see several Banh mi vendors. Banh mi is considered an indispensable fast food of Vietnamese people. Not high in fat and variable choice of the insides, Banh mi Vietnam can be picked as daily meals. Vietnam travel tours
As there are so many kinds of Banh mi with different ingredients insides, how to know the ones you expect to enjoy. The following contains popular Banh mi in their Vietnamese names so that you can have an overview of Banh mi Vietnam
Banh mi Pate – Cha lua- Banh mi Vietnam
It can be said that Banh mi Vietnam has its origin from French baguette as Vietnam used to be under the colonial period. On referring to Banh mi, people mean all kinds of bread.
Banh mi is made of rice flour and wheat flour, which helps creating the crisp cover with soft and airy inside. Banh mi Pate – Cha lua, not very different fillings compared to sandwiches, is one of the most favored types. Banh mi Pate – Cha lua is served with Pate, Pork Roll (Cha lua) and sometimes Cured Cold Cuts.
Especially, liver pate, mayonnaise and cheese are all added to make it buttery.
Also, pickled vegetables and cucumbers are included insides to make it tastier and healthier.
Banh mi Thit xien (Bread with Grilled Pork)
Thit xien (Grilled Pork) is made from fresh pork sides, carefully marinated with oyster sauce, fish sauce, bee's honey and other additives. Pork sides are then grilled on charcoal grill to have the best ripe.
With a similar bland bread, replacing the fillings gives eaters a new flavor. Grilled pork breads are also filled with mayonnaise and chili sauce or slides of fresh chillies.
Banh mi Trung Op la
Fried-egg breads are extremely favored breakfast for Vietnamese. There are two ways to enjoy this kind of bread. The first one is that breads are filled with fried-eggs and picked vegetables. Also, soy sauce is added to make it tastier.
The second type is eating bland breads with fried eggs served in a small pan. Nowadays, people start to put pate, pork rolls, cheese and even cold cuts above to make the meal more delicious. Also, picked vegetables, tomatoes and, especially chips are included. This type is usually eaten with soy sauce and chili sauce. Such breakfasts help people have an energy day.
Banh mi Xiu mai (Bread with Pork Meatball)
Meatball can be made from pork or beef, but when it comes to "Xiu mai", Vietnamese understand that it is made of pork. A pork meatball has ground pork, fish sauce, chili sauce, cornstarch, garlics and green onions as basic ingredients. North Vietnam tours packages
Banh mi Xiu mai is not added cheese or mayo as pork meatballs have puree on cooked. Such sauce is used to make the bread tastier. Banh mi Xiu mai can also be enjoyed in two similar ways to Banh mi Trung Op La.
There are still much more fillings for Vietnamese Banh mi but these suggestions should be on your priority. Banh mi with these appetizing stuff insides will make you want to stay in Vietnam longer.
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Hey guys, first post here beyond introducing myself.
In my introduction, I mentioned that my budding interest in the concept of airships drew me here. I spend most of my days in class, and from time to time a fellow gets bored and either stares out the window, or idly doodles in the margin of his notes.
During these spells of daydreaming, I've begun to think it would be entertaining to write some short pulp-esque stories about a ragtag crew of an 'airship for hire'. This leads me to a problem.
I honestly don't have much idea of how an airship would work, what manner of airship I would want my group to be in, or even how many it would take to run such a thing. In my head, I'm seeing a light freight carrying ship, something of a 'tramp ship'. No fixed routes, no home base to operate from. Simply going where the work takes them, and getting into wild adventures along the way.
I've seen some steampunk concepts of airships, which seem to mostly consist of wooden vessels below a large gas bag. I'm looking for something more robust. However, if I stick with large engines and props to keep my vessel aloft (and abandon the hydrogen/helium), it seems like there should be something else producing lift as well.
I'm not sure if this is posted in the right section or not. However, all I'm looking for are some suggestions, and maybe some insight as to what would define a dieselpunk airship. I've seen some designs ranging from the zeppelin to the vanships in the anime show The Last Exile.
Also, some links!
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If you want to learn how an airship works, go down to the dollar store and buy a helium balloon.
Take it home. Play with it. Try to float things with it, and watch the way it moves when it's weighted down.
When you see a WWII era airship, it was usually just a big outer casing for a bunch of inner "bladders" filled with lighter-than-air gas. Think of it like putting a nice looking bag over your helium balloon to keep it protected from the elements (and enemy fire).
The next thing to do is to think of the air as a vast invisible ocean. It has currents and storms, and it is too great to be conquered by man's tinker toys. All we can do is dive in (or take off), and hope against Fate that the winds were going our way. You can force yourself against them for a short while with your motors, but it's like swimming against the waves. Sooner or later, you're going to get tired, and the only way to go at that point is with the winds or straight down.
To get a better idea of the logistics behind real airships, I recommend "The Story of the Airship" by Hugh Allen. It's a good book that doesn't get loaded down in minutiae.
Here are some more links that might be helpful.
"The Great Dirigibles" by John Toland
"The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division" by Douglas H. Robinson
"Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships: Graf Zeppelin and Hinde..." by Harold G. Dick
Tome beat me to the punch with the advice and links, so I'll just add a link to the basics of buoyancy and suggest that you take note, as an airship is all about bouyancy in air. The exact same rules apply to an airship floating in air that apply to a submarine floating under water. Think of the airship more like a flying submarine than a flying ship: it has a certain bouyancy due to its hydrogen (H) or helium (He)*, which will make it want to float at a certain altitude. High enough and the air pressure will be lower, so it'll be less bouyant and have less lift until it reaches a "ceiling" it can't ascend above. Temperature will affect this, affecting both the lift of the H/He and the pressure of the surounding air, adjusting the ceiling. You need to add balast or downward thrust with your engines to descend from the airship's natural float point. Real airships often carried water as ballast and could expel this water in emergencies when losing lift (note: possible action point!). I might also suggest researching submarine travel and combat as a potential analog to what your crew will face.
* Note: He is safer but rarer & less bouyant (usually only found in the Diesel era as a byproduct of certain types of oil wells), H is readily available by electrifying water to seperate the H from the O and is more bouyant, but is highly flamable (see Hindenburg, fate thereof) which means more danger and therefore drama for the crew.
Naturally, GREAT suggestions from Tome and the Cap'n!
I would suggest that you also might want to take a look at some of the fiction already on the shelves that contain some of the same elements as you are entertaining. = The Tales of the Ketty Jay series by Chris Wooding. The Crimson Skies series, by various authors, with Crimson Skies by Eric Nylund and Pirate's Gold by Stephen Kenson in particular.
We Sky Junkies ALWAYS need more high flying adventures so PLEASE WRITE!!!
Thanks for the fantastic responses! I don't often try and put my daydreams to paper, and it's good to know I've found a place where I can consult people more knowledgeable and resourceful than myself.
Honestly, it never even occurred to me to think of an airship as a submarine. It makes a remarkable amount of sense though, and I'm somewhat embarrassed I never considered that similarity before. That definitely makes the zeppelin concept a little more appealing, especially if I can somehow building around main body. Also, keeping those concepts in mind I could make my own airship seem at least somewhat physically possible. I'm a biology major, not a physicist, and don't want to get too bogged down in details and math (ugh!).
Also, I've been looking at Interbellum and WWII bomber designs, and have been thinking of incorporating some of those elements into my airship as well. Something about the domed turrets of a B17 just appeal to me.
Yeah, if ya can't be in the cockpit, there ain't nothing like a big plexiglass bubble sporting a pair of heavy cals to make ya feel like you're in the center of the action! LOL
There are a lot of fantasy airship designs scattered about the net and bookshelves as either fiction or artwork. Everything from dreadnought carriers to small craft. I tend to think of them as an Airborne version of Star Wars. Star Destroyers vs the Millennium Falcon and/or Luke's X-Wing. With Sci-Fi/ Tekno Fantasy just about anything goes. And ~ I ~ sure don't have a problem with that!
It seems that the REAL challenge for a writer these days is stepping back from the Fantasy and spinning a story/ universe around a technology that is more ~ Reality ~ based. I guess you would call it "Hard Sci-Fi". Not very much of that seems to surface within the Steam or Diesel fired multiverses currently on the market. In fact, I can only think of one that has tried. = ZRS. More Military Fiction based than you are looking for perhaps, but still an interesting read for anyone with Airship Combat on their minds.
Either way, if you write it . . . THIS Sky Junkie will be sure to read it!
I tend to lean more on the 'anything goes' end of the spectrum, but I still like to see some sort of justification for why something flies (no matter how fantastic the reason might be!).
Upsidaisium ???
There is ALWAYS a a perfectly rational "reason" why something ~ works ~ within the hallowed halls of Sci-Fi. If the writers don't come up with one, then the fans certainly will. LOL
Thus my personal preference for the term = Teckno-Fantasy. It beats the heck out of always having folks telling me to, "Sit back. Shut up. And just enjoy the bloody ride!" LOL
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I tend to lean more on the 'anything goes' end of the spectrum, but I still like to see some sort of justification for why something flies (no matter how fantastic the reason might be!).
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Although the title of Chomsky's latest work implies a discussion on the " miseducation" of America's students, there is little about education here. The bulk of this. Yet until now, no book has systematically offered Chomsky's influential writings on education. In Chomsky on MisEducation, Noam Chomsky encourages a. In this book, Chomsky builds a larger understanding of our educational needs, starting with the changing role of schools today, yet broadening our view toward.
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It can be found independent of the book though as it is basically his speech to Loyola University in Home Contact Us Help Free delivery worldwide.
On MisEducation (Critical Perspectives)
Today Chomsky is highly regarded as both one of America's most prominent linguists and most notorious social critics and political activists. Just a moment while we chommsky you in to your Goodreads account.
Eye-opening and important, but very dry and not really what I was looking for. Today Chomsky is highly regarded as both one of America's most prominent linguists and most notorious social critics and political activists.
Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews. The rest of the essays are educational but stray to other topics such as lack of democracy, politics war Aug 05, Michal Wigal added it Shelves: You can read his essays and books, or listen to him speak over and over again, and each time you learn something new. He is the author of many books, including Literacies of Power and the forthcoming Ideology Matters, coauthored with Paulo Freire.
Overall the book wasn't bad nor good. User Review – Flag as inappropriate In developing countries, the education system and consequently intelligensia are highly and deeply influenced by the imperialistic and capitalistic views of developed countries of Europe and Americas. Chomsky on Miseducation Noam Chomsky Limited preview – Miseducayion was a bit bummed because it focused more on propaganda and US support for anti-democratic regimes in the Third World than education.
Popular passages Page 7 – I will say then chomsku I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry miseducatkon white people; and I will say in addition to this miseducayion there is a physical difference between the white and black races He also helped spark the cognitive revolution in psychology through his review of B.
Chomsky on Miseducation
Looking for chkmsky books? Not one of his better books. So understood, democracy is a system of elite decision and public ratification, as in the United States itself.
I tried to read this book once before, but had little success. Paperbackpages. I thought it might be an exception because of the fact that it is labeled as a book on education, but it barely touches upon these topics before getting back into the timeworn topics he always discusses, Nicaragua, Central America, South America, Vietnam, Israel, US atrocities, ect.
He conducted much of his research at Harvard University. However, this is touched on only briefly in the first chapter, an interview with the editor, Macedo, and then in the best part of the book, an essay on John Dewey and the connection between education and real democracy.
Check out the top books of the year on our page Best Books of I'd read this a few years ago and forgot every bit of it. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
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This was pretty standard Chomsky. The rest of the book consists of various lectures, speeches, and debates Chomsky has given, with the implication that doctrinal education is partly I picked this up hoping for a good discussion of the ills of the current school system, how they came about, and alternatives to it.
However if your new to Chomsky this book will be a real eye-opener and perhaps awaken you to what is going on around yourself and dis-information. Chomsky received his Ph.
Chomsky on Mis-Education : Noam Chomsky :
Mighty nations do not want let them free Although the title of Chomsky's latest work implies a discussion on the "miseducation" of Misedcuation students, there is little about education here. Description Noam Chomsky's prolific writings have made him one of the most-quoted educators in history–the only living writer on a most-cited list that includes Plato, Shakespeare, and Freud.
Miseudcation on Miseducation Noam Chomsky Snippet view – His academic reputation began with the publication of Syntactic Structures in This collection of Chomsky's influential writings on education builds a larger understanding of our educational needs, starting with the changing role of schools today, yet broadening our view toward new models of public education for citizenship.
Ward Chair of Modern Language miseducatiom Linguistics. Children are not valued with having an innate self-worth in which education assists in guiding a pedagogy based on encouraging investigation, questioning, and discovery of truth. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Chomsky on Mis-Education –
Giroux, McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest Judged in terms of power, range, novelty, and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive today. Fu Fuck Noam Chomsky.
Starts off as a great critique of the indoctrination aspects of schooling in the U. mizeducation
My favorite part of the book is when Chomsky gives an example of what education is. The connection is important and sound, but it is not what I felt the book was going to be or ought to be.
This is a lazy and misleading piece of compilation by its editor. I'd actually give 4 or 5 stars to the piece 'Democracy and Education' taken from Chomsky's speech at Loyola endorsing and defending John Dewey.
If that's not review enough, I'll elaborate. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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The fire happened around 3 a.m. Sunday and the home, which two were renting, sustained smoke and water damage from the blaze.
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The Canadian Red Cross have arranged emergency lodging for the woman and man and will help with the purchase of clothing and food.


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