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Since making the decision that French grad school - yes - seemed a better bet if I was going to be a self-supporting adult then did journalism, I have not given the field as much thought as I did way back when. (Still think I made the right choice! Just this morning I paid for my very own pain au chocolat that I ate at an outside table at Le Boulanger des Invalides while writing the diss...) But I've been semi-paying attention to the recent debates about why girl-journalists are so underrepresented. And I'll admit to having read Conor's list of top non-fiction essays of the past year in that light. Not knowing the gender of the writers mentioned who go by initials, I did not Google them all to get to a final count, but we're not looking at 50-50. Of the six he lists as "bloggers of the year," things are definitively not 50-50. 100-0, all six being dudes.
These are, Conor explains, his "personal picks," and I don't think we're obligated, in our personal reading, to reach demographic utopia ala elite college admissions committees. (Elderly or long-dead Jewish men are so very, very overrepresented in my own book-reading, young female grad students and academics in my blog-reading.) That the list appears not on a personal blog but in the Atlantic, with its six male bloggers to one female, does, however, change the context. It's now both a list of general-interest recommendations and one that tells readers, if you read these, you can hold your head up high.
What I noticed, in looking at the list, was that the question of whether more men than women cover Real News and the opinion field closest to it - the way this is always framed, as in, not enough women are following/confident in their opinions about the news - was kind of irrelevant. More to the point was the inclusion of sports (in the article and blog section) and the exclusion of fashion (again, not an issue if this is how an individual's reading tilts, but we're left with the impression that one is serious-person-acceptable, the other not). The "Food" category seemed like it might make up for that somewhat, but we get nothing to do with gender, women-in-kitchen-or-not, body-image, who actually does the farmers'-market shopping, etc. This is both an individual's list - subjective in a way that's interesting and a good thing - and a man's list, which is where things get more complicated.
While the list is in no way intended as a representation of what Journalism values these days, and is indeed the opinion of one journalist, I think it's fairly consistent with what is and is not viewed as important in the field. And, to reiterate, the issue is not even whether we have as many women as men out there with profound and informed thoughts on whether Pakistan knew. (I, for one, can't help you here.) It's that the fluff that gets covered under the banner of Acceptable Diversion tends to be the kind of fluff smart men follow, whereas the fluff even really, really smart women keep track of is defined as just too silly to be put in respectable publications.
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Posted by Phoebe Maltz Bovy at Wednesday, May 04, 2011
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- PG said...
It's interesting that the section of Friedersdorf's list that probably has the best representation of female writers is "This Is A Business," though I suppose three of them are about sex work in some form (actual prostitution, "bottle girls," Hooters girls).
I was surprised that he didn't seem to have any book reviews on his list, just Zadie Smith's NYRB review of "The Social Network" movie. - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:13:00 AM
- Phoebe said...
I noticed "Business" was the exception, but wasn't sure what to make of it - the rest of the list is what it is. I guess one way to look at it is as evidence that the list was not at all meant to leave out female writers, but is merely an expression of interests that the reader is meant to see as particular (insofar as Conor=an individual) but also universal (insofar as, Best Of, in a major mag, etc.), but not... male. - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:17:00 AM
- Sigivald said...
The "Food" category seemed like it might make up for that somewhat, but we get nothing to do with gender, women-in-kitchen-or-not, body-image, who actually does the farmers'-market shopping, etc.
Good Lord. Seriously?
By which I mean, who the hell wants to read about those things as "food blogs"?
Perhaps the issue here is not so much him as you?
(Issue, not "problem" - because there's no "problem" - but your complaint means there's an issue.)
What I'm trying to say is that, outside of people who already care about those issues (Who shops at farmer's markets? Who cares about farmer's markets?), that's not what most people read "Food Blogs" for.
The people I know (in person) who read food blogs, read them for, well, the food.
Not for Social Commentary or Gender Issues. For food.
Recipes, food-porn, where-to-eat, that kind of thing.
Might you be conflating your rather specialized and uncommon interests (amplified by the internet's ability to make any specialized interest look not-specialized) with those of The Average Person? Or, not so much even The Average Person, as much as any person who isn't into Gender Studies?
(Which brings up your ultimate sentence - after all, not every Very Smart Woman cares about that.
I suspect that plenty of them don't care at all apart from being told they Have To, even if they try to shake it off.
Not because it's an inherently Unimportant subject - any more than it's inherently Very Important - but because being Very Smart doesn't imply anything about what interests someone.)
I suppose in a way this also relates to PG's mention of a lack of book reviews.
Maybe he just doesn't care about book reviews - no one is, after all, obligated to. I certainly don't, having mostly given up on modern fiction outside of genre work, and having never given a damn for mass-market nonfiction.
(I know my interests aren't those of the Average Person, myself - but I also don't waste time on Other People's Big Lists Of Popular Stuff, for that very reason.
I differ greatly from the notional average Atlantic-reading "Very Smart Man", I'm sure, despite being by all available indications a Very Smart Man.
Thus I know from personal experience that lists like this are stupid wastes of time to examine. Literally all one should try and take from them are "what the author likes or wants you to think he likes".
Anything more is, in the end, intellectual self-pleasure.) - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:48:00 PM
- Phoebe said...
Seems you don't want to respond to the substance of my post, which is not surprising given your knee-jerk conservative blech-Gender-Studies response. My point was much less about the list itself than about a broader phenomenon I think it represents.
So I'll respond to what is, I think, addressable in what you wrote: Conor referred to food articles that were about food politics, i.e. that appeal to the niche you're claiming I'm the one bringing to the table. He mentioned Michael friggin' Pollan and the sustainability of tuna! This is not me being all bobo farmers'-market for the heck of it. It's within the context of what he wrote. - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 2:11:00 PM
- PG said...
It's not a matter of whether one "cares" about book reviews. They're a well-established and popular format for discussing the history of an idea and what new contributions are being made to it.
I'm slowly reading a few of the suggested articles. The Hooters in Tokyo one is crap, as was pointed out by many many Slate commenters who know at least as much about Japanese people and breasts as one can learn from the manga section. It wasn't even particularly well-written; I don't know what Friedersdorf was thinking by including it. The Rachel Uchitel one was not bad in itself, though it made me want never to live in NYC again (and magnified my pre-existing prejudices against LA, Vegas and South Beach). The one about actual sex trafficking, despite being the most horrifying in subject matter, did not make me want to stay out of Houston, although it reminded me not to trust the HPD. Mimi Schwartz does a lot of good work in general.
The ProPublica piece about dialysis was very, very good -- I'm familiar with the peculiar status of kidney failure among ailments, but I hadn't realized that the clinics were such a trainwreck. I'm in the middle of the NYT Jihadist Next Door profile, but it's getting on my nerves because the kid really doesn't sound exceptionally bright, but this essay had to have fed his ego like a bucket of KFC. - Friday, May 06, 2011 1:10:00 PM


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neon tetra died. pH too high? I have a 55 gallon tank that's been running for about 2 months. right now the stocking is 9 neon tetra (was 10), 6 zebra danios, 5 julii cory catfish, a nerite snail, and numerous pest snails. Today I found one of my neon tetras dead. I tested the water and ammonia and nitrites are 0. my test kit didn't come with a bottle to test nitrates so I don't know that level. but the pH is 9 (or higher. it didn't quite match the color). Could this be the cause of the neon's death or something else? I did just add the 5 Julii Cories on Saturday but I had quarantined them first for 2 weeks and they all seem fine. Also, how can I bring the pH down? Thanks! |
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What is the hardness, GH and KH of the water? This will both indicate perhaps one factor why it is so high and help to determine what to do to bring it down. What else is in the tank for decor, plants etc? 2 weeks is not long enough of a quarantine period... 6 - 8 is. Having said that I haven't quarantined anything but any here that do regularly, use a much longer period. Jeff. |
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Sand and soil... I assume live plants. If you are on city water the water utility can give you those numbers but they typically aren't over 10dGH which also doesn't typically result in a 9pH. If you are on a well, you should test it. The KH/GH test kit is usually about $10 or less. What else is going on in the tank? There's got to be some reason for the high pH... what is your source water pH and what is your water change schedule? Jeff. |
Woah that is a high ph. Did you ever figure out the cause. Is that ph straight from your tap. That is cichlid range ph and as mentioned you will have long term issues. At 55g I can't recommend buying distilled water. That can be expensive long term. Short term, buy an R/O system. Trying to adjust your parameters with a stocked tank will be a work in process deal. If your not careful some things can turn sour quick. Typically you want to avoid using chemicals to adjust water parameter unless your experienced doing so. Some of us just try to keep our tanks all natural as much as possible. Peat is another way to soften the water but use non fertilized peat and use media bags, panty hose or whatever mesh pouch you may have to make it easier. |
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If you consider yourself either conservative or libertarian, the Commerce Clause keeps you up at night. The recent Supreme Court decision Gonzales vs. Raich-- you know, the medical ganja one-- was decided on account of that most infernal of jurisprudential reasons, the Commerce Clause.
Friend of the blogosphere Sobekpundit recently had two excellent posts covering the Commerce Clause, both as it applied in Gonzales vs. Raich, as well as the 70+ year history of its abuse.
The problem with the Commerce Clause stems from its convenient flexibility. Need a law to prevent racial discrimination? Rely on the Commerce Clause. Need a law to regulate gun ownership? Rely on the Commerce Clause. Need a law to prevent medical marijuana? Rely on the Commerce Clause.
Unfortunately, using the Commerce Clause as the tool of constitutional reform is like using your butter knife as a screwdriver. It may work in a pinch, but eventually it ruins both your knife AND your screws.
Whenever conservatives have criticized this legal kluge, liberals reply with hysterical reproach, using conservative opposition to the legal mechanism as evidence of conservative opposition to the intended reform. Thus, criticism of the use of the Commerce Clause to justify 1960s civil rights legislation is repeatedly confused with criticism of the purposes of said legislation; a handy excuse for liberals to call conservatives racist.
The truth is that any conservative could highlight a number of constitutional provisions that would better apply to this situation without invoking the Commerce Clause (Section 1 of the 14th Amendment should have been sufficient for civil rights cases, although granted, it says nothing about *private* discrimination). Because, as has proven the case, use of the Commerce Clause has spiraled out of control, far beyond whatever rationale the Founders could possibly have intended for this very basic rule.
Of course, the near-infinite flexibility of the Commerce Clause as it is presently interpreted serves activist liberals very well, because it provides the fundamental principle for the "living Constitution." If anything can be read into the text of the Constitution, then the Constitution does not exist. This may be expedient for the laws that we can all agree are desirable-- such as basic civil rights legislation-- but such an interpretation eviscerates the protection that we require from the laws that everyone but an activist judge can agree is undesirable.
I find myself increasingly wondering-- if I could rewrite the U.S. Constitution today, what would I add? What would I delete? What would I clarify, and what would I obfuscate?
What would *you* do?
--- UPDATE: In Friday's Washington Post ("free" registration required; jerks), Charles Krauthammer wrote about the judicial philosophy of Justice Thomas, including a discussion of the Commerce Clause.
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I have iPod but I got mine because mine is my gaming console. It is also useful. I take French at skool so I have ihandy translater. Thanks Tonks
having bought my ip4 and running a small business, the attraction of getting the iPad2 for me is the consistent compatibility (i.e. against getting an android or wm tablet) of programs, and you buy say a business package, it is installed on both devices for the one price (M$ should take note). having the iPad is also a degree if disaster recovery, if i loose my phone (which i did) i can buy a payg and use my iPad2 data to carry on. other deal makers is the truly instant on, the battery life of about 10 hours for watching movies is just brill for those long plane trips. my wife has an android LG 500 phone and a generic Android tablet, tbf for £65 of ebay it will do about 3.5 hours watching films and reading, but no where near the image quality, sort of old 405 tvl V Blueray - but she is happy lol! high end androids may now be much better than earlier versions, but do in want to trust this assertion with my money? - no, they are also getting near the price of the ios devices which are renown for being thoir extreme reliable with very little lock ups from day one. it has taken how long for Android to be of even a reasonable reliability? with M$ the jury is still out on their latest offering powering Nokia, blackberry enjoyed 2-3 years as a favoured business option but seem to me to have dropped behind and be heading left field, much as Nokia did by releasing very poor handset, so when spending this sort of money, i just can't see a reason not to play safe, even sensible and go Apple.
I got mine as a gift, but I wanted it because you can't "curl up" on the couch with your MacBook and the iPod isn't the most ideal device for web browsing.
Simple. My brother-in-law showed up for a visit with an iPad and my seven year old daughter was instantly hooked. The iPad didn't really fill a big technology "gap" in the household. It overlapped with my smartphone on one side and my two laptops on the other. And had I been purchasing it purely for my own requirements, it wouldn't have come close to meeting them. A device along the lines of the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet or the ASUS tablet would have been a better choice since each has local storage expansion options and a file system that's considerably easier to work with without jailbreaking. On the other hand, the wealth of applications for kids on the iPad was a feature that none of the Android tablets could match. And since the iPad is a "family" device that my daughter loves, that was the deciding factor. As it turns out, the iPad has also turned out to be very useful in my business travel. Previously I had carried a small 11" notebook when I flew simply because fitting a 15"+ laptop on a tray table crammed into a middle seat in coach was an impossibility. The iPad combined with an Origami Workstation and Apple Wireless keyboard is considerably more convenient than the notebook. And though it lacks the multiple windows of the notebook and true multitasking, it's quite adequate for long flights especially given the excellent battery life. If I were facing the decision today, I'm not sure I'd make the same choice. We now have a Kindle Fire in the household and its even more portable than the iPad. For content consumption it comes close to the iPad, even with the smaller screen. Today I might well select a the KF and a 13" ultrabook for travel, enabling me to ditch the heavy laptop on trips. But one always has to make technology decisions based on what's available at the time and the iPad has been a good purchase. I certainly won't be tempted by the iPad 3, at least based on rumors of its features. I see no point in a retina display on a device that still can display only one window at a time. And on a 10" screen, displaying multiple windows is simply silly imo. More processing power is largely wasted on a device whose operating system is essentially designed for a phone so I wouldn't be tempted by the a quad core processor even if it's included (which according to most rumors it won't be.) All in all, the iPad has been a great success in the household. My daughter loves it. It can be stretched to support at least some content creation. And that makes it worth the premium price over the KF for my purposes.
Mine is basically a toy for me. It totally runs my business and social life for me, but that's something I can live without if pushed. I got an iPad basically because I just wanted one. I loved the ipad2 styling when it was released. I wanted to be able to surf the web wherever I was, I wanted to use Skype, I wanted to draw pics, make music, watch dvd's etcetcetc. I have an old iPod touch, but I was certainly due an update. I still love the iPhone/touch, but, after using the iPad, I CAN'T STAND going back to a small screen anymore. Best barrel full of cash I ever spent
Mostly so I would have a portable system that I could easily take with me and use anywhere. I also like gadgets and techy stuff so it served the nerd in me too. Laptops, while more powerful than any tablet are just too bulky and have dodgy battery life. No way around it. Lovin it
I wanted a tablet for years, and iPad was the first one that was functional enough for me. I knew tablets were going to be great eventually because of their form factor, but someone had to get software and interface right. There's still plenty of room for improvement, but iPad is a good start.


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Isn't "magical negro" a Daily Show joke?
Xenolon: Actually, Spike Lee coined the term. See the link to the Wikipedia article that Ces provided.
Chris Rock also has a routine about Migger, the Magic *cough*.
Yea I heard thats Spike Lee's "term"…interesting stuff…
If you guys like movies….check out this new post from my partner Mike James…
Before anyone says it, Barack Obama doesn't count because he's the protagonist. The definition of a magical negro by today's standards should include, "…and make millions of dollars by playing this role."
And if he's not Morgan Freeman, you've been cheated.
I don't know. I think Samuel L Jackson could pull it off. He'd probably scream you deaf in the process but guided you would be.
PS: Is there a reason why we have to refer to this dude as Samuel L Jackson? As if Samuel Jackson was too vague.
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For its ongoing "Visionaries" campaign, ABSOLUT launched a three-month digital exhibit of Helmut Lang's Alles Gleich Schwer, a set of print artworks.
Beginning today, users can download a rotating variety of prints from the site, put together by Great Works.
At left is the one I downloaded. The image isn't much of a stunner, but note that my IP, location and download number and download time have been printed at left.
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Renegade is a little bit different than the other customs I've painted because his lettering reads vertically; up his back, over his head and down the front of his body. The lettering along his base is only half legible, therefore living up to his name as a renegade amongst my typical creations. I incorporated blade-like shapes into his design, and chevrons (a military insignia), and contrasted that imagery with a full heart and the colours of love: pink & red. These colours are divided down his body, and if you look closely you can see that even his eyes are two different colours too! The heart over his throat suggests that although he is a rebel, everything he does is fueled by love. In fact he is soaked & dripping in it.
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I have also taken Adderall, but have recently stopped. I got the prescription from my regular doctor. I gave her my report from the psychologist who diagnosed the add, and she took it from there. Unfortunately, she doesnt know much about adderall, but I thought that I did and kinda winged it. We did try other stuff first though. Try you reg. physician. Most doctors will give the perscription and work with the psychiatrist. Good luck, let me know what happens.
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I just finished the expansion process for breast reconstruction after a prophylactic mastectomy and stopped at 425cc. After the 350cc fill the left breast developed a line across the center, which is from the alloderm. Is that normal? Will it go away, and if so, how long does it usually take? I have 11 more weeks until the implant exchange and hope it's gone by then.
Alloderm Line Across Breast After Reconstruction- Normal? Permanent?
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It is difficult to say without an exam that what you are describing is attributable to the underlying Alloderm. If it is, simple capsulotomies through the Alloderm may release any "bands" at the time of exchange. If you are seeing an area of tightness or deformity from the underlying Alloderm, your mastectomy flaps are probably quite thin. Fat grafting may improve these contour deformities post-exchange.
Web reference: http://www.drbogue.com
What you are describing is likely the transition zone from your AlloDerm and your pectoralis muscle. Your skin is likely very thin from your mastectomy and the expansion process. I have seen this on a very rare occasion. Over time, the fullness or "line" you describe does get better b/c the muscle at the transition zone likely atrophies. Best of luck.
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The problem you are describing is possibly due to the Alloderm, however without pictures and more detail I can't say more about it. If it is Alloderm, then this is something that can be addressed and corrected at the time of your implant exchange procedure.
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You may be seeing demarcation line at the border of the muscle and alloderm. It is more likely the muscle. It is difficult to say whether it will get better or not.
What you are describing may well be the line of demarcation formed by the junction of the ADM (Alloderm in your case) and the pectoralis major muscle. The underlying cause for this is that the pectoralis muscle (which lies along the upper part of the breast) is elastic and is able to stretch, while the ADM which lies below is inelastic. The line usually only becomes apparent on inflation of the expander. This can be addressed at the time of your second stage surgery. Your surgeon should be able to take care of this for you.
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The research group of Systems Biochemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology (http://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/) invites applications for a PhD position in Biochemistry/Biophysics.
Our research: The central goal of our research is to understand the mechanisms by which cells polarize to establish asymmetry in the distribution of their constituents. Cell polarity is based on a complex interplay between the cell membrane and cytoplasmic molecules, most notably the cytoskeleton. We study (i) how cellular membranes can self-organize to break symmetry and (ii) how membrane polarity can be harnessed by cytoskeletal systems to drive shape changes. To investigate the fundamental principles of self-organization we are using minimal, synthetic systems reconstituted from purified components1,2.
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Pre-race routine: 4:15 wake-up, shower. Nutrition was apple, nut bar, and banana in transition while setting up. First time I did not have coffee before a race, no spots were open. Event warmup: Short swim in Lake MI, no running/biking. Swim
Comments: Came out to strong and struggled with breathing early on. Settled in and had a pretty good swim based on previous results. What would you do differently?: Get a few more open water swims in Lake MI before race. Transition 1
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A late try by Rhys Evans salvaged a 20-20 draw for the Super League favourites, Warrington, at Hull. The home side had made all the running, partly thanks to two tries from Danny Tickle. "I thought we did enough to win," said their new coach, Peter Gentle, but Evans had other ideas.
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The Braves activated Chipper Jones from the disabled list before Sunday's game with the Blue Jays, sending outfielder Jose Constanza back to Triple-A.
Jones, 40, hadn't played since May 23 after suffering a bruise when he was hit by a one-hopper. Jones had surgery on May 26 to drain a hematoma he developed on the spot of the bruise. He had his stitches removed last week and played in two games for the Braves' low-Class A team in Rome, Ga. He had one hit and two walks in four at-bats for the Rome Braves.
Jones was eligible to come off the disabled list on Friday, but wasn't activated until he played his two minor-league rehab games. He is in the team's lineup on Sunday against the Blue Jays, batting in his customary third spot.
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my car got a lil scratch on it last night..but like the paint came off, its not that big..but is there anything you can get to fix it, besides a whole new paint job?
You could try Meguiars Scratch-X it works real well on small scratches. But if its to bad you'll probably just need some touch up paint. I really woundnt reccomend doing the touch up yourself though without alot of practice. See if you cant find the touch up paint you need at Wal-mart or some auto store (if not you'll have to find a place to mix it for you) then go to a paint and body shop. Or even a professional detailer. If you want to try it yourself heres what I'd do after getting the touch up paint. 1. Clean area to be free of any wax or polish. 2. Apply the paint in layers (very light coats) with a very fine tipped brush. 3. Build up the coats tillthe scratch is filled. 4. Let dry overnight. 5. Buff and wax


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AllThingsD, which has an accurate track record in revealing Apple's new product media events, is reporting that Apple will hold an event to launch the iPad 3 in the first week of March.
Sources say the company has chosen the first week in March to debut the successor to the iPad 2, and will do so at one of its trademark special events. The event will be held in San Francisco, presumably at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple's preferred location for big announcements like these. No word yet on a street date for the iPad 3 (assuming that's what it's called), though my guess is retail availability will follow roughly the same schedule as that of the iPad 2: Available for purchase a week or so after the event.The report's sources also corroborate some of the basic rumors surrounding the device, claiming that it will feature a "much faster chip", improved graphics capabilities, and a high-resolution display.
Last year, Apple introduced the iPad 2 with a media event on March 2, following that up with the first round of launches on March 11.
Update: As he frequently does, the reliable Jim Dalrymple at The Loop corroborates AllThingsD's claim with a simple "Yep."
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Cannot wait! :D Anyone else think we will see a 128GB model this time around? (Due to the 4S getting 64GB)
They've had two generations of 64GB. I say its time for an upgrade. :cool:
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Well yesterday BGR/YDM already reported that iOS 5.1 (http://www.yourdailymac.net/2012/02/operator-profiles-show-that-ios-5-1-may-be-released-on-march-9/) could be coming in the first week of March, which isn't unusual for Apple to release them both at the same time. :apple:
SD slot, talking about unlikely.
I know it's very unlikely, but a SD slot to allow additional memory would be even better....
SD slot, talking about unlikely.
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Cannot wait! :D Anyone else think we will see a 128GB model this time around? (Due to the 4S getting 64GB)
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This will be a sad day for Apple's competitors. The iPad3 will make their piece of @!#$ (http://cl.jroo.me/z3/y/t/a/a/a.aaa.jpg) tablets look like even more piece of @!#$ (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qMJCGeRTeco/TOHP0dGELOI/AAAAAAAACUg/MHTleyfxmLU/s1600/crap.jpg) tablets.
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Skipped ipad2 and will pass on my original to my daughter at college when this launches. Really glad I skipped the last one as I feel Ive got fantastic value, nearly two years use from original. Every second year to update seems far more logical to me
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You see, just like everyone else, I've been playing Diablo III.
I'm one of those who never played Diablo, probably because I wasn't really playing much more than Sims at the time Diablo II came out. Don't get me wrong. I don't have my head in the sand. I just never thought it would be something I would like. I had it in my head that it was a Heaven vs Hell / Good vs Evil game. Which I guess it is. But when I think of such things it reminds me of my Catholic upbringing, and I didn't want to go there.
Now, having played a bit of Diablo III, I can't believe I never tried Diablo II. This is right up my alley. I love the dark themes. The slaying of undead and demons. And Tyrael is remarkably not as holier-than-thou as I thought an angel would be. Perhaps the loss of his wings helped some.
The farthest I've gotten so far is a little ways into Act II, with a Monk named Amaranth that I am playing with my partner's Barbarian. We make a pretty awesome team.
My solo character for when he is not around is a lovely Demon Hunter named Melanthe. She's only level 9, and not yet done with Act I. I'm taking her slow because she is perhaps my prep for trying Hardcore mode. Which would have already been a failure for her, as I think she has died a few times already.
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A note on the life-cycle search and matching model with segmented labor markets
Recently, there has been renewed interest in labor search and matching models that incorporate a life-cycle structure by assuming finite horizons. Existing studies provide detailed analyses on the age dynamics of job creation and destruction, assuming that workers of all ages search for jobs in the same market. This paper examines a related environment that has drawn less attention, where the labor market is exogenously segmented by age. The paper finds sufficient conditions for the model to yield unambiguous predictions on the age profiles of key variables, and compares them with the corresponding conditions in models with a single market. The paper further examines the age profiles of these key variables in the efficient allocation. In particular, with no persistence in idiosyncratic match productivity, the efficient allocation is found to exhibit monotonic age profiles for the job finding and separation rates.
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- Arnaud Chéron & Jean-Olivier Hairault & François Langot, 2013. "Life-Cycle Equilibrium Unemployment," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 31(4), pages 843-882.
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- Chéron, Arnaud & Hairault, Jean-Olivier & Langot, François, 2008. "Life-Cycle Equilibrium Unemployment," IZA Discussion Papers 3396, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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Scientific Name: | Bokermannohyla carvalhoi |
Species Authority: | (Peixoto, 1981) |
Taxonomic Notes: | This species was previously within the genus Hyla but has recently been moved to the genus Bokermannohyla (Faivovich et al. 2005). |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2004 |
Date Assessed: | 2004-04-30 |
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Assessor(s): | Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Ana Maria Telles |
Reviewer(s): | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
Justification: Listed as Least Concern although its range is only about 2,000 km², it is very abundant, its habitat is largely within protected areas, and its population is not believed to be in decline. |
Range Description: | This species is known from Serra dos Órgãos, (Teresópolis, Petrópolis, Guapimirim and Mage), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The true range of this species is most likely larger, in particular occurring between known sites. It has been recorded from around 1,750m asl. |
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Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Major Threat(s): | The habitat of this species is wholly within protected areas. |
Conservation Actions: | The species' entire range is protected within several protected areas. Maintenance and conservation of this habitat is required. More research into the species' Extent of Occurrence is also needed, as it might be much larger than is currently known. |
Citation: | Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Ana Maria Telles. 2004. Bokermannohyla carvalhoi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55434A11310977. . Downloaded on 25 March 2017. |
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By Ellen Goodman
British researchers reported that a totally unresponsive 23-year-old woman showed signs of awareness on a brain-imaging test. What we can't know, however, is whether someone actually wants to keep living like that.
BOSTON—Of all the headlines on the story, this one took the prize for provocation: "Woman in Vegetative State Plays Tennis in Her Head.'' I suppose this is what happens when science throws up a startling piece of new research and the media slams it into the court of public opinion.
In Britain, researchers have reported that a totally unresponsive 23-year-old woman showed signs of awareness on a brain-imaging test. When asked to imagine playing tennis, her brain lit up the same neural pathways as a healthy brain. When asked to imagine walking through her house, the MRI revealed changes in specific brain regions that mimicked those of healthy people.
The exuberant lead researcher, Adrian Owen, said the results "confirmed beyond any doubt that she was consciously aware of herself and her surroundings.'' A colleague even raised the possibility that some vegetative patients have "a rich and complex internal life.'' Tennis in her head.
What are we to make of this? An editorial in Science magazine where the research was published was quick to warn that this case is nothing like that of Terri Schiavo. The British woman has something Terri did not have: a cortex. She suffered an injury, not a lack of oxygen. She was in her unresponsive condition for five months, not 15 years. She was not in a persistent vegetative state.
Nevertheless, those who play politics in their heads have found this research useful. The pathways to the pro-life blogs describing Terri's death as murder also lit up. Terri's father, Robert Schindler, declared game, set, match in the controversy: "This new case is not surprising to our family.''
But what about the rest of us who were fully aware that Terri had no inner life, rich or poor? What about those of us who believed all along that Terri was, ironically, one of the easy cases. Surely, as one bioethicist said, this research creates another shade of gray in the understanding of gray matter. And in decisions that revolve around life and death.
We don't know if similar patients will show the same level of awareness. Indeed there are some who believe that the British researchers overinterpreted what they saw. But an estimated 6,000 Americans are in vegetative states and 100,000 more Americans exist in some state of partial consciousness. We know there is a bell curve of consciousness, a range of symptoms and prospects for recovery among such patients. A 23-year-old accident victim has a different prognosis than an 88-year-old stroke victim.
But we do not know if the researchers who suggest that vegetative patients may be "aware'' of themselves and their surroundings have given us a hopeful story line or a horror story.
As University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Art Caplan says, "It's not necessarily good news that someone might have some form of consciousness but not be able to interact emotionally, socially or communicate in any way shape or form. To spend your life dimly aware but unable to let anyone know you are in there is more the subject of Stephen King or Edgar Allan Poe than some sort of medical hope.''
For families who already are left with the hard choices about life and death, about treatment and nontreatment, this research, says Caplan, "will generate more guilt than light."
How often science drives ethics into a ditch. Brain imaging may eventually help to answer the most poignant family question about a profoundly injured member: Does she understand me? If doctors can eventually determine which people can "come back'' and how far, the technology may be worth the emotional and financial price. But they are unlikely to make hard decisions any easier.
No MRI can say whether that "rich, inner life" is a tapestry of hope or a nightmare. Which cliche fits a locked-up awareness? "While there's life there's hope"? Or "a fate worse than death"? The researchers, in all their enthusiasm, cannot answer the fundamental question that was indeed raised by the Schiavo case: Would you want to live like this? Nor can technology with all its power tell us what is right and wrong, humane and inhumane.
Nearly a year after the accident, the British patient had advanced into a state of minimal consciousness. She could follow a mirror with her eyes. But no machine can tell her family or doctors whether she wanted to live "like this." The deep family conversations that were prompted by Terri Schiavo's fate are not simplified by this science, but, rather, expanded.
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Melson had spent 12 years as a director of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board, lecturing throughout the nation on the wisdom of giving his organization absolute authority over procedural, ethical and certification requirements governing forensic labs in the United States.
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The purpose: keep Obama's gun-grabbing base happy by manufacturing an outcry for more restrictive gun legislation in the U.S.
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The smart money said he would resign under pressure a week ago, taking one for the team. But Melson had other ideas. "The acting director of the federal [ATF] is standing his ground and resisting pressure to step down," reports the L.A. Times, adding that Melson "does not want to be the fall guy."
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The Magpies must win and hope Tottenham and Arsenal drop points in order to finish third, whilst Moyes' men need all three points to guarantee seventh ahead of their local rivals
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Everton will be without Jack Rodwell due to a hamstring injury while Victor Anichebe will also miss out with a groin problem.
However, Leighton Baines, Darron Gibson and Phil Neville all resumed full training this week and are in contention to return to the starting line-up.
Alan Pardew will again be without defender Danny Simpson, who was ruled out for the remaining two games with an ankle problem, and Leon Best did not travel because of a thigh injury.Danny Guthrie is set to return to the squad and should make the bench for the game after overcoming his calf problem.
- Everton are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League matches, currently the longest such run in the league.
- The Toffees have had 17 different goalscorers so far this season, a joint best along with Arsenal.
- David Moyes' men have the third-best defensive record in the league, only the two Manchester clubs have conceded fewer goals than Everton this season (39).
- Newcastle's Demba Ba (pictured right) is yet to score in a league game in which he has started alongside his fellow countryman Papiss Cisse.
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Superzoom camera group: Image stabilization
With this latest generation of superzooms we've again seen another increase in maximum focal length and with zoom lenses as long as 560mm (equivalent) optical image stabilization has become an even more important feature than it already was. It is essential at the longer zoom settings to avoid camera shake and blur ruining every shot, especially when shooting in anything other than bright sunlight. All nine cameras here offer either lens or sensor shift image stabilization to counter the effects of camera movement. Of course camera shake is only half the problem; blurring caused by subject movement can only be avoided by the use of a higher shutter speed, which in all but the brightest conditions will involve increasing the ISO setting.
All cameras apart from Kodak additionally offer some kind of digital image stabilization which simply increases the sensor sensitivity when required, and thereby increasing the shutter speed which the camera is able to use to get a correct exposure. Shooting at higher shutter speeds minimizes the risk of camera shake and/or subject movement but the higher ISO settings that are required to do so inevitably involve a degradation of image quality. Some models (Canon, Fujifilm, Panasonic) offer more than one stabilization option, usually 'continuous' and 'shoot only'. The former has the advantage of stabilizing the live preview (which makes framing a lot easier) but the latter is, theoretically, better (though in our experience the difference is minimal). Both sensor and lens shift systems stabilize the live preview when the shutter is half-pressed and the focus locked, though in our tests the two lens IS cameras here (the Canon and Panasonic) produced a far more stable preview image at the long end of the zoom than any of the sensor shift cameras.
The amount of (unwanted) blur you'll see in your shots is affected by several factors:
- How still you can hold the camera (your own stability and the camera's design)
- How effective the camera's stabilization system is
- The focal length
- The shutter speed, which is influenced by:
- ISO setting
- Maximum Aperture
- Scene brightness
In the table below you can see how the various cameras in this group compare:
IS type |
Max Focal Length |
Max Shutter Speed |
Max Aperture at full tele |
Canon SX 20 IS | Lens | 560mm |
1/3200 |
Casio EX-H25 | Sensor | 520mm |
1/2000 |
Fujifilm HS10 | Sensor | 720mm |
1/4000 |
Fujifilm S2500HD | Sensor | 504mm |
1/2000 |
Kodak Z981 | Sensor | 676mm |
1/2000 |
Nikon P100 | Sensor | 678mm |
1/2000 * |
Panasonic FZ35 | Lens | 486mm |
1/2000 |
Pentax X90 | Sensor | 676mm |
1/4000 |
Samsung HZ25W | Sensor | 624mm |
1/2000 |
* 1/8000 in sport continuous mode
None of the systems we tested can do miracles but some perform better than others. Having said that the differences are fairly small with the best systems giving you an advantage of just over two stops and the worst of approximately one stop. So, no matter what cameras you are shooting with, it's always worth switching the IS on. In terms of results the cameras in this group test can roughly be divided into two groups. The better half includes the Panasonic, Canon, Fujifilm HS10, Nikon and Pentax which all deliver around two stops of advantage over unstabilized shooting.
The second group is formed by the Samsung, Casio and Fujifilm S2500HD which all give an improvement of around one stop. Within these two groups the differences are marginal. Since on the Kodak Z981 the image stabilization cannot be deactivated we could not measure the difference the system makes but looking at the camera's results it's probably fair to say the Kodak IS is less efficient than most rivals in this test. Ours isn't necessarily the most scientific test in the world, but it should give you an idea of how much you can expect from an IS system in what we consider 'normal' usage conditions.
Image Stabilization test
To get an idea of the effectiveness of each camera's stabilization system we performed a slightly modified version of the test we use in our SLR reviews.
At a range of shutter speeds (from 1/1000 to 1/15 sec) we take a total of twenty hand-held shots were taken of a static scene, ten without stabilization, ten with IS turned on. For these tests we used each camera's longest focal length setting and the test chart was approximately 7.0m away from the camera. The camera was held with two hands, just as you would normally take your pictures with cameras of this type, and we're looking for how much improvement the IS modes offer, not an absolute measurement of 'how low you can go' with the shutter speeds. Every effort was made to hold the camera still in all cases.
The resulting images were then inspected at a pixel level on-screen and given a blur score from zero to three where zero represented a very blurred image and three a sharp image with no noticeable blur (see crop examples below). Obviously the amount of blur which is acceptable will depend on your personal taste and the final image size (for instance a '2: Soft' will still look fine as a 4x6 print or in a web gallery).
0: Very blurred | 1: Blurred |
2: Soft | 3: Sharp |
Canon SX20 IS
The SX20 IS uses lens shift image stabilization that offers three modes (continuous, shoot only and panning). In our tests Canon's IS system proved its worth, giving an advantage of around 2.0 stops and allowing us to capture sharp or only slightly blurred shots at shutter speeds down to 1/15 sec.
Canon SX20 IS @ 560mm, IS OFF results | Canon SX20 IS @ 560mm, IS ON results |
Casio EX-H25
The Casio EX-H25's sensor-shift stabilization can be combined with digital IS but here we've tested the abilities of the optical system. The Casio IS makes a difference but it's as big as we've seen on some other cameras, giving an advantage of only about one stop. On the plus side even at shutter speeds as slow as 1/15th you still get a fairly large proportion of at least usable shots.
Casio EX-H25 @ 520mm, IS OFF results | Casio EX-H25 @ 520mm, IS ON results |
Fujifilm HS10
The Fujifilm HS10 has the longest zoom lens in this group test and therefore relies more than any other camera in this test on an efficient IS system. The Fujifilm's two modes (continuous and shooting only) deliver almost identically decent results. The system gives you an advantage of approximately two stops and even at shutter speeds as slow as 1/15th sec we got an impressive 90% of usable results with the HS10.
Fujifilm HS10 @ 720mm, IS OFF results | Fujifilm HS10 @ 720mm, IS ON results |
Fujifilm S2500HD
Like on its bigger stable mate HS10 the S2500HD's two modes are very similar but the end results is, despite of the considerably shorter focal length, not quite as good with the Fujifilm's system giving you an advantage of approximately one stop. Nevertheless even at very slow shutter speeds you've still got some chance of getting a usable image if you take a few 'safety shots'.
Fuji S2500HD @ 504mm, IS OFF results | Fuji S2500HD @ 504mm, IS ON results |
Kodak Z981
The Kodak Z981 is the only camera in this test that does not allow you to disable its IS system. Therefore we could only collect data for the active system which is doing a very decent job, giving you a 100% usable shots at 1/30 sec. However, at shutter speeds even slower than that the success rate drops steeply and quickly.
Kodak Z981 @ 676mm, IS ON results |


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Camera Upgrade Sought for School District Buses
About half of the buses operated by the School Board of Highlands County in Sebring, Fla., have security camera systems that use video cassette recorders.
By SSI Staff · August 12, 2014
SEBRING, Fla. — The transportation director of the School Board of Highlands County, located here, wants to replace VHS tape recording equipment on the county's school buses.
When the 2014-15 school year starts next week, outdated video surveillance technology will be in use every school day on about half of the school district's buses, according to Highlands Today. Transportation Director David Solomon realizes that and wants to get rid of the old cameras.
"We want to get rid of those old VHS cameras; that's our project this year," he told the newspaper. "We know we won't be able to get rid of all of them, but at least on our 'route buses' we would like to get rid of those old cameras."
Solomon said the district needs about 50 digital cameras. Currently, the district has 51 digital cameras and 101 routes, he said.
The district purchased about 15 digital cameras last year and they will try to buy 18 this year and get them installed in buses, Solomon said.
The district has 10 older buses, from 1996-1998, which are used infrequently for back-up purposes and don't have any security cameras, he said. When digital cameras are installed in the route buses, the VHS tape video cameras that are removed will be installed in these back-up buses.
The newspaper asked Solomon if there been any times when the bus cameras have helped the school district review an incident.
"We have had a couple of incidents where we have pulled the cameras and the tapes were all chewed up, you know, the old VHS tapes," Solomon said. "That's the reason why we are replacing them; they aren't reliable anymore."
It's not only difficult to get tapes for the VHS cameras but the heat and the old cameras chew up the tapes, he added. "We kind of lose our credibility when stuff like that happens."


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Japanese firm develops record-breaking optical fiber
September 21st, 2012
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and its partners have jointly developed an optical fiber capable of transmitting data at record-breaking pace, The Nikkei reports. NTT, together with Fujikura Ltd., the Technical University of Denmark and Hokkaido University, announced the development during the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications in Amsterdam on Thursday. The new …


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Blackpoll Warblers make one of the most impressive migratory journeys. They gather along the New England coast, then fly 3000 kilometers nonstop across the western Atlantic Ocean to northeastern South America.
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