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- London couple accused over adopted son's murder in India
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- Mobile phone ban in school relaxed to 'ease friction'
- Jailed British holidaymakers 'to be released soon'
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- How Yorkshire Ripper's terror 'changed the world for women'
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- County lines: Girls under the radar in drug gangs
- Elton John: 'I still want my dad's approval'
- Queen's Speech: Why didn't the Queen wear her crown?
- What's in the government's new environment bill?
- Harry Dunn: Donald Trump meets with parents at the White House
- The world's first artificial womb for humans
- Brexit: What can the UK learn from Norway's EU border?
- Harry's emotional moment during speech over Meghan's pregnancy
- Racist abuse of England players 'utterly disgusting'
- Moment run-over PC is pulled to the ground in Moseley
- The Papers: Johnson 'on brink of Brexit deal' amid late talks
- Woman with severe head condition seeks Spain operation
- US soldiers 'must be held accountable' for Black Watch captain's death
- Brexit: DUP say 'gaps remain' after Johnson meeting
- Climate change: Rallying cry for solution in Wales
- Mum's life a 'living hell' after son's death
- Celebrities who misbehaved in Buckingham Palace
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- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was Feb. 27, 2008. As a visiting researcher with the Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, she was working on almond pollination research with UC Berkeley conservation biologist Claire Kremen.
Klein had earlier (2003) received her Ph.D. in agroecology and zoology from the University of Göttingen, Germany.
Today Klein is a professor at the University of Lüneburg, Germany and continues to study conservation biology and ecological interactions.
And more good news--she's in the Yolo County area for approximately five weeks for continuing almond pollination research, and while here, will present a lecture on the UC Davis campus.
Klein will speak on "Can Wild Pollinators Contribute, Augment, and Complement Almond Pollination in California?" on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at a UC Davis Department of Entomology noonhour seminar.
The seminar, set for 12:10 to 1 p.m., in 122 Briggs Hall, Kleiber Drive, is scheduled to be Webcast. Folks can listen live here. Later her talk will be archived.
Klein will be hosted by her fellow researcher and colleague, pollination ecologist Neal Williams, an assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
On Feb. 17, however, Klein won't be up a tree, but at the lectern.

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Orion Elijah James Bava Young was born!
All 9 pounds 14 ounces of him and don't let anyone tell you different!
Welcome to Women in Charge-- a birth blog project of Wisewoman Childbirth Traditions. This blog is here to empower and encourage women to take charge of their bodies, their babies and their births. Women are powerful and women are strong. We are in charge.
what a sweet entry! those pictures reveal how normal and even joyful homebirth is!
I was drawn to your story because of his name and was startled to see how much he resembled my own little Elijah Rain (born by our fireside, into Daddy's hands, 2002).


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For Global Voices Online: Say the word "roads" to most Russians, and you are likely to end up with an half-hour discussion. Throughout history, Russia has been infamous for its bad road quality. However, now Russian provincial city of Yekaterinburg seems to have come up with a solution to the problem, by making bureacrats get down to work.
Being a road engineer in Russia must be a nightmare. The combination of harsh climate, mud and marshlands, with annual frost and thaw, makes the upkeep of many roads next to an impossible task. During spring, some roads simly float off. Recently, Russian roads were ranked 125 out of 139 in the world by the World Economic Forum 2011-2012 Global Competitiveness Report.
One might assume that most Russians would have resigned to the task, but, whereas in a country like Canada, with similar conditions, few eyebrows are raised, in Russia roads have become a stain on national pride, in man's constant struggle to tame the forces of nature. Thus, last year, then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a massive road construction programme, to double the rate of building.
As with most overambtitious plans, Russians exercise some sound skepticism to its realization, and instead are beginning to take matters into their own hands, such as is the case in Yekaterinburg - Russia's fourth largest city.
"Make the bureaucrat work" is the slogan of a local campaign [ru] run by the regional Internet news agency, Ura.ru. Their solution to the road problem is as simple as it is elegant: They simply spray-paint the portraits of local dignitaries around potholes, with their quotes of promises to fix the problem, and guess what - problem solved! What has taken local politicians years not to do, is now done overnight. The embarrassment of having their portraits so concretely fixed to the potholes of their power, has seemingly made authorities run about like mad to pave over their portraits of impotence, filling the holes in streets and roads.
So, what have been the reactions in Russian social media?
Tweeter @ekalmurzaeva shouts out [ru]:
Вот как заставляют работать чиновников! Портреты чиновников помогли отремонтировать дорогу.
That's how to make bureaucrats work! Portraits of bureaucrats helped repair the road.
LJ user salvatoreha underlines the efficiency of the campaign, but also points out [ru] that it was not a one-hit overnight victory for the campaign:
Напомним, что художники нарисовали на дорогах городских чиновников, причем ямы и пробоины попадали им в рот. Акция оказалась не только эффектной, но и эффективной. Сначала коммунальные службы закрасили рисунки либо удалили слой асфальта. Ночью авторы оставили дополнительное граффити «Закрашивать – не чинить!» К утру коммунальщики полностью заделали все дыры.
Remember how artists painted city officials on the roads, with pits and holes filling their mouths. The action proved not only effectful, but also efficient. At first, municipal services either painted over the pictures or removed a layer of asphalt. At night [campaign] initiators left additional graffiti "Paint - don't fix!" By morning, municipality workers had fully patched all holes.
Others, like Yekaterinburg LJ user Ivan Dmitriyev, adds [ru] some local colour and humour to the affaire:
Десятки информагенств осветили данную акцию. Но в администрации города отнеслись с юмором к произошедшему, сказав, что Евгений Куйвашев собирается вечером гулять по городу пешком, и ему было бы любопытно взглянуть на одну из карикатур. Но кто-то из высокопоставленных коммунальщиков все-таки решил не травмировать психику родного начальника. Уже к следующему утру все дыры были залатаны, асфальт уложен, а лица, с кричащими ртами-ямами, были, следовательно, закрашены. Результат получен – дело сделано, дыр нет. Вот и благо для родного города. Видимо, когда чиновники закрывают глаза на городские проблемы, необходимо им их раскрыть, а к своему «лику» они, как показал екатеринбургский опыт, относятся трепетно.
Dozens of news agencies highlighted this action. But the city administration reacted with humour to what had happened, and said that [Governor] Yevgeny Kuyvashev was to take an evening stroll through the city, and that he was curious to take a look at one of the charicatures. But some senior municipal official still decided not to traumatize the psyche of his local boss. Already by next morning all holes were patched up, asphalt laid, and the faces, with screaming mouth holes, were consequently painted over. The result was achieved - done deal, no holes. What a blessing to one's hometown. Apparently, when bureaucrats close their eyes to city problems, it is necessary to disclose them, because to their own "ranks", as the Yekaterinburg example shows, they remain in awe.
What is not said, is often more interesting than what is actually said. Critical voices to the "Make the bureaucrat work!" campaign are hard to find in social media. As noted by one blogger, even attacked politicians appear to look positively on the action, making their bureaucracy get down to work.
As a matter of fact, the method seems so efficient that one wonders how long it will take before the campaign is taken to a countrywide scale, possibly by the lively Russian motorists' movement. As Russia's legislators and police clamp down on political rights these days, perhaps this campaign indicates the growth of alternative popular action, a spontaneously evolving civil society, aimed at solving actual problems in people's everyday lives.


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BABSON PARK, Mass. - Junior Kevin Wheeler was 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs, five RBI's and four runs scored as third-seeded MIT held off seventh-seeded Coast Guard, 15-12, in the semifinals of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament. MIT was cruising as the teams headed to the eighth inning before Coast Guard dropped five hits and took advantage of five errors in the top half of the frame to set the stage for a wild finish.
Coast Guard took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth without the benefit of a hit or an error as Chuck Arena and Brian Lisko walked, Arena took two bases and scored on wild pitch and Mike Mitchell later added a sacrifice fly. MIT quickly answered as Stephen Toth highlighted a four-run fourth with a two-run home run to break a 2-2 tie, while Wheeler served up a two-run single which tied the game at 2-2.
The Engineers scored three times in both the sixth and seventh innings to stretch their lead to eight runs. Wheeler led off the sixth with a solo homer while rookie Stewart Park added a two-run double. In the seventh, Toth had a two-run single to highlight the inning as the Engineers built the 10-2 lead.
In the eighth, Christian George had an RBI double, Lisko had a two-run triple, Adam Reckley had an RBI single and then George pulled the Bears to within one at 10-9 with an RBI single. MIT responded with five runs in the home half as David Nole had an RBI single, freshman Ben Besanti added an RBI triple and Park chipped in another RBI single. Wheeler delivered the big blow in the inning with his second homerun of the afternoon.
Coast Guard didn't go quietly depite entering the final frame down 15-9. Lisko led off with a homer before Ken Franklin and Kevin Higgins drew walks off closer Steven Nunez. Bret Nichols had a one-out RBI single and Reckley added a two-out RBI single, but the Bears left two runners on to end the game.


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Sandhill Cranes at Jasper-Pulaski
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Chain O' Lakes State Park
Oak Leaf
McCormick's Creek State Park
Portland Arch Nature Preserve
Rock Creek Nature Preserve
Anderson Falls
Anderson Falls Nature Preserve
Water detail at Anderson Falls Nature Preserve
Above Cataract Falls
Shades State Park Rocks and Reflections
Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
Tefft Savana
Punch Bowl - Turkey Run
Although I've visited the iconic Punch Bowl many times, I'd never captured a good picture of it. Luck would have it that there was standing water which provided a great reflection of the illuminated trees in the background.
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Does not Gleam for me
This phone is a joke. It drops calls or the person I'm calling can not hear me but I can hear them. Signal strength is about half of my razor. Gets hot on the back when using. It's real easy to drop while trying to flip the phone open one handed. When using the alarm, when it goes off and you flip the phone open it always happens that I hit a button and it goes to snooze. I got to leaving the phone open so that does not happen when the alarm goes off. I am on my second one because of the above reasons.
Verizon customer service said the software was bad. The brand new replacement is not any better. I WOULD NOT BUY THIS PHONE IF I HAD IT TO DO OVER>
AHHHH! horrible
I switched to this phone from the Juke and i was even more disappointed with this one. I returned my first one within a week, the hinge became loose and started to squeek, im now on my second one which i am returning today because the interface keeps freezing on me and i am unable to look at my texts unless i take the battery out.
1. nothing, there is absolutely nothing special about this phone compared to others
1. finger print magnet
2. scratches itself when you flip it open, after about a week of usage, there is a perfectly rectangular scratch spot above the camera lens where the rubber backstop hits it when you flip the phone open, not a big deal but kinda annoying.
3. horrible ring tone selection
although i have ALWAYS had a Samsung phone, the last two i had just didnt cut it for me, im switching my sister my Gleam for her LG VX-8700 today so well see how that goes.
If this one doesnt cut it for me, im getting an iPhone next week :)
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Questionable quality?
I was debating between this, the Lg chocolate and the Lg 8700 and was told by sales reps that this was a great phone. Well 3 phones later I am regretting my decision. I had a hard time with the voice dialing on the first one. After one day the voice dialing started to shout back in a loud robotic voice and I took it back. Well this it the third one and it is doing the same thing. The service rep told me they have not encountered the problem but if if happened again I should go with a different phone. The phone had some good points:
slim phone
fun moving wall paper
pretty decent sound
Horrible voice dialing
Bad speaker phone
I actually had 2 dropped calls(never happened with my old E815)
Great phone
Great phone, good battery life, really nice screens. Easy to see in the daylight. Nice size and weight - it's not a burden to hold this phone when talking on it.
Great phone. real minor issue. and backupassistant works
The Gleam has been out a while. After flipping between the Gleam and the Sam U-540, I went with the Gleam for myself (gf and my parents got the u540).
Nice Bright Large colorful Screen
Music sounds great on the phone with headphones. I used a 1/4 plug the other day. Need to get bluetooth headphones (reason why I went with the Gleam)
Had it for 2 weeks, and really no issues except the Voice Dialing. One of the numbers I call, when I say his name + mobile 1 will go to my voicemail. Others work fine.. still working on it.
I was read that Backup Assistant did not work on this phone (read that 2 weeks ago). Well I ordered the Gleam and then read this. Well I tried to download backup assistant when I activated my new phone and I was able to recover ALL of my numbers!
I only wish you could use the "Sounds" as ringtones and alarm clock, like I did with my GREAT a-950. (dropped it 1 to many times and the screen finally cracked on that).
So deduct 1/4 pt for the problem with the voice dialing. 1/4 pt for not being able to assign "Sounds" to the alarm clock or ringers.
The battery life.. well I charged it 2 days ago, used it quite a bit txting and talking and I still have 1/4 bars left. I will need to charge it, well there is always my VPC...
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Bad Speakerphone!
If you're thinking of buying a Gleam, be sure to check out the speakerphone. It is pretty bad! Sound is very low in volume and if you try to turn it up it sounds distorted. In contrast the less-expensive LG 8350 has an excellent stereo speakerphone! (I'll admit the 8350 needs to go on a diet) Yes the Gleam is sleek no doubt. Main competition is the LG 8700 but the store didn't have one for me to test its speakerphone...duh.
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id have to say the phone is the coolest phone for a regular flip phone ive used in a while. the screen is nicer than my u740 though it lacks the keyboard, the buttons are easier to use since they are quite a bit larger. the buttons dont respond as well compared to the razr v3, but quality of it overall is insane compared to most phones ive used. reception hasnt been an issue what so ever. gets the same if not better than the u740.
phone looks great. call quality is good. reception is good. buttons are nice just like the screen and camera.
phone froze up first couple days before i returned it... quit doing it all together. doesnt text as fast as the razr at first but keys seem to not move as easily till you send about 1000 text. lol
The Gleam is a GREAT phone
I love this phone. It was given to me as a concession line at work. I really enjoy the fact that is is a nice streamline phone but it has a bit of weight to it so it feels like a real phone. The only issues I have with it are as follows:
FINGERPRINTS!! I have to keep a leather case on i have trouble texting as fast as I usually you when it is on.
The ringtones sound GREAT on the phone but the songs from the music player get a bit distorted when the volume is up all the way...but it is minimal.
For a 2.0 Mega Pix cam the quality could be a bit better...however it works sufficiently for how how often I take pix.
I would recommend it to customers when they come into the store
I'm not gleaming, yet.
Long time VZW customer.
Sleek, comfy, readible display, especially, as you input a number to call. Choice of Fonts and Font Sizes is a nice improvement.
Ringtones finally offer a Phone-like sound which I like. I bought a 4GB micro card and it looks like it can hold 400+ songs! Also purchased the music essentials kit which is downloadable for free but, you need the USB cable. Always buy accessaries online for less (3rd party). I have to recharge the battery at lunch but, I listen to music all day long with it. I've listened for 4 hours and the battery still had life. Bought a Horizontal Belt holster, online, and like it very much. Camera has all kinds of options.
Called Customer service who put me in contact with a local tech support that helped me get my 250 contact address book on the phone. Software for the phone STILL isn't out so Backup Assistant STILL can't be used. Oh well.
Excellent Phone
I've only had this phone for about a week and it is exceptional in all aspects. Screen clarity is superb, reception is outstanding and the signal is as good or better than my previuos phone with an antenna. The fonts are easy to read as they are larger than most other phones. The only weakness I have experienced is the battery life, which has only been about one day. I only use the phone to speak. No texting or use of other bells and whistles. I hope the battery will get better life or will have to go to an extended one. Overall a great little phone and I highly recommend it.


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This week's Etsy Thursday finds will encompass a variety of wedding dress styles. If you are a little unsure as to what this means, just take a peek below! I've found Etsy wedding dress styles for a variety of brides. See if you have a favorite style or dress below! We'd love to hear from you, so please make sure to leave your comments and thoughts at the end of the post! Without further ado….
Tea Length Tulle Dress: perfect for the bride that wants a less formal, flirty dress. Endless options when it comes to accessories to make this dress really pop (feather accents, rhinestones/jewels/pearls/bling, flowers, sash, or combination of any of these, etc). The beautiful thing about this dress is that you can dress it up to mirror your style on your special day!
Tissue Chiffon Whimsical Dress: For the whimsical bride this silk chiffon dress is a perfect mix of vintage and elegance with a overriding whimsical characteristic. This dress can be styled to fit your personality with the perfect shoes, earrings, and headpiece!
Romantic Grecian Wedding Dress: Want to feel like a Goddess on your wedding day? Take a peek at this Etsy find!
Vintage/Literature Inspired Bridal Dress: Oh Vintage, how I love thee! I love the back details of this dress and the lace is gorgeous!
Victorian Dress: In love with corsets and ballroom styled skirts? Then this Victorian beauty is for you!
Eco Friendly Wedding Dress: What a great way to show off your assets and be GREEN at the same time with this eco-friendly dress!
Trumpet Mermaid Style Dress: Are you a gal that loves frills and thrills, then this elegant and lovely trumpet mermaid style may just suite you best!
Sweetheart Dress: This sweet and simple dress is a combination of vintage and eco-friendly style in a short dress with a sweetheart neckline.
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Is science a religion? Or is it the polar opposite of religion, a belief in empiricism over dogma?
This thorny issue has theorists' heads in a spin, because science and religion are both systems of thought with rich literatures and traditions, both (supposedly) dedicated to discovering the real truth behind reality. And yet their methods are polar opposites, one seeks truth through "revealed knowledge" (ancient literature, spiritual leaders, subjective intuition) while the other proclaims a philosophy of eternal skepticism, the polar opposite to dogma. Don't believe in anything!
The issue is simply resolved by giving a name to something that all (real) scientists already believe in, and that is SCIENTISM. I am a Scientismist! I believe in science as the most reliable path to the truth. And so do all the rest of us scientists, otherwise we wouldn't bother with science! Nobody ever proved that Scientism is right, but I believe in it anyway because it has proven itself over the centuries at least to my satisfaction. If you too are persuaded, they you also believe in Scientism.
This one admission of faith as the foundational pedestal underlying science, changes the whole equation, and opens the possibility for a new religion dedicated to the REAL discovery of REAL truth. And it opens the possibility of devising a system of ethics and morality based on reason, without recourse to supernatural belief!
Check it out and post your comments: Are you a Scientismist?
Scientism: A system of ethics based on reason without recourse to supernatural belief
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Science has nothing to do with ethics. Ethics is a field of philosophy, it's not a field of science.
Correct. But ScientISM does! Thats the point.
To answer the question, am I a Scientismist? I have to say 'no'. For me science is about verifiability. It's a process, to verify how things work, based on our five senses.
So you reject dogma and superstition and faith? Thats a belief system! You believe in science!
???, Science is a process to explain stuff. But a path to the truth?, You need to define what truth is first.
Science does not tell us which questions we should ask. That is up to us. But when we raise a question to which we want an answer, science is the most reliable path to that truth.
All of our systems on earth are based on reason already. China, Iran, Russia all have ethical and moral systems in place that are based on human reason. If you are not happy with some of these systems then the problem is with you and not the system.
But I don't believe or have faith in the theory of relativity, I don't believe or have faith that it is true. For me it's more about understanding how it all works.
Why don't you go to church and find your understanding there? Many find their "truth" in God. Because you don't believe in that path, nor the "truth" it claims to reveal, you choose the path of reason because you are a reasonable person. That belief in reason is itself a belief system, and you only find difficulty recognizing it as a belief system because it is so reasonable that it doesn't require belief. But that is only because you already believe. You are already a Scientismist, that is your belief system, otherwise you'd seek your truth from unreasonable sources.
"People shouldn't use the word truth unless there's an "s" at the end of it."
~ John Hiatt
After the assassination of MLK in 1968, the fires and riots in Anacostia, I returned to my classroom and for a full mile and half the town was ashes and falling bricks. When I opened my classroom and sat to ponder the events women started coming, quietly, few words, someone brought a thermos of coffee another brought baked goods, and we sat. No words, not even any emotion. We sat in silence. One of the women started singing "Jesus loves me" and we all joined in. Overwhelmed by human events and out of control anger and frustration, the citizens of this little bedroom community to Washington, DC could not reason our way through this. We were stunned. Helpless. Emotionless. The only thing these women could hold onto was that Jesus loved them. Born out of centuries of slavery, suffering, broken families, forbidden to learn to read and write and do arithmetic, all they had was faith.
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You have good ideas, but your communication could be better.
I would throw away the word 'scientism' and speak more precisely of specific values and beliefs.
I would start with David Hume's maxim: "reason is ... the slave of the passions".
Hence you should order your ideas as: emotional value X is desired, and is best fulfilled by strategy Y. That way, you and your readers get a clear picture of what emotional values are driving you, rather than being muddled in the word "scientism".
I'd start with the ultimate driving value of maximising happiness, which you seem to agree with as "the urgent propensity to survive and to thrive".
I would rephrase "I believe in science as the most reliable path to the truth" to:
"I value reliable beliefs because they are effective/efficient means of maximising happiness". (truth is an ungraspable concept, so I'd avoid the word).
And then you can make arguments for whatever else you value: capitalism, survival of the fittest, animal rights, transhumanism, whatever. Demonstrating how each one maximises happiness.
You to seem to favour a politics/lifestyle that matches our fitness/ability. I like this idea. A lifestyle that matches what our biology is geared for is one that will be self-sustaining, low maintenance, and lasting.
Transhumanism has good and bad. We always welcome big and better tools. But I don't want to see our appearance morphed into some alien freakery.
Can science develop an optimal lifestyle/ethics that maximises wellbeing? In theory, I guess so, but that's a long way off.
Reply to Michael R:
I respectfully disagree. The word Scientism pre-existed my use of it, and although it has had an entirely different connotation than what I intend, its definition is exactly the way I use it.
Scientism has been used as a pejorative term, as if it were a paradoxical contradiction in terms. A belief in science is not science, it is belief, and therefore as a scientific hypothesis it is absurd nonsense. And this has always been a sticking point for us devoted atheists because we supposedly don't believe in anything.
My point is that that is not true! We DO believe in something that is a real philosophy, but that belief in science is not itself a scientific hypothesis, it is a belief system like any other belief system, with the unique feature that it happens to be true (or at least WE believe it to be true) so it does not feel like we are believing in something, we think we are just being rational.
I think it is a vital, indeed novel contribution to the debate between religion and science, because it puts us on an equal footing with believers, because we can now shamelessly acknowledge our dogmatic "religious" faith, the only prime distinction being that that which we believe in is reason itself, the first truly reasonable religion, and indeed, a kind of religion that could even be seen as the religion to beat all religions.
To proclaim a belief in REASON is a positive declaration of faith in something we truly believe to be "Good". We can now even claim tax exempt status and establish "churches" and educational institutions dedicated to the belief in reason!
Can you imagine setting up a fund to establish churches of reason in the dark un-enlightened corners of the earth, and send forth missionaries to preach the clear true word of reason! Hell, I would even dedicate my life to service in such a noble cause! This is a true belief system to live and die for! It is nothing more than an extension of the age of enlightenment, a final resolution to the age-old debate between reason and dogma.
There's a difference between knowledge and belief. Even if we do not have evidence that our reality is not just a mere dream or hallucination, because we experience it as real, even if it was some matrix-like illusion, it is our reality, so there's no need to believe in it.
"I think therefore I am." Descartes
As for scientism, I'm not very familiar with the word, but elegance is in simplicity, and the simplest and most elegant rule is that knowledge and believe are two different things, as another member already explained, knowledge relies on evidence and methodology for creating empirical facts. You cannot simply equate the scientific method to some belief system, or tool someone needs to believe in. The scientific method only requires the use of logic. I do not need to believe in the theory of evolution to understand that this is the best explanation of how the world came to be as far anybody know, but that potentially one day it might be disproved by contradictory evidence.
Knowledge does not require belief, and belief does not require knowledge. They are like two circles that share common area, but also have distinct areas, dogma being that area proper to belief, and reason being proper to knowledge. You focus only on the area that they both share, because you believe people believe in sciences, but scientists in their very methodology absolve themselves of any belief, for it is the very goal of science to be objective.
To have faith you have to believ in something that isn't true?
That is nonsense! I have faith the sun will rise every morning for the rest of my life. Does that make it become untrue? It is only FALSE faiths that are untrue!
If you have faith that science will tell you what you need to know, then you, sir, are a Scientismist, whether you acknowledge it or not.
That doesn't mean you are unreasonable, quite to the contrary: It means you are committed to reason and truth. That is a GOOD faith because you believe in something that is ACTUALLY true, not just some dogma that CLAIMS to be true.
Scientists must abandon their distaste for faith, there is nothing wrong with faith, it is only irrational or baseless or false faiths that are wrong.
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Bus tour shows 'collateral damage' from school closings
The Chicago Teachers Union took reporters and elected officials on a "School Closings Bus Tour" Thursday. It was not an unbiased bus tour. The teachers union is the biggest, most well-funded opponent of school closings, and the union is fighting the district's plan to shutter 54 schools.
So, with the bus bouncing over South Side potholes, the union's Jackson Potter told riders that school closings are more of a business plan than an education plan—a way to privatize the system. And he drew a parallel to Chicago's public housing...
"...Where we were told that in order to improve housing we had to destroy it," Potter said into the bus's microphone. "We're very concerned about it, and so we want you to see the collateral damage of these decisions and why we really need to raise the alarm and assess and analyze carefully before we make such drastic choices."
Reporters on the bus sat next to clergy and union backers and elected officials. There were three state reps, two congressmen, and seven aldermen. The first stop: Mahalia Jackson School on 88th and Sangamon. Across the street from the school, one alderman, Bob Fioretti, addressed reporters, the neighborhood's tidy brick bungalows behind him.
"We all know a home that is foreclosed impacts the property values about two blocks in every direction. What will a school do? And how much will it take down our community?"
The tour did not include the inside of schools. But grandmother Jymmetta Penson told the tourers Mahalia Jackson already has all the sweeteners the district is promising for receiving schools.
"We have a library, a gym, a cafeteria, resource rooms," Penson rattled off. "We have two computer labs, we have a science lab, we have laptops—we have iPads on order.".
All those things will be inventoried—that begins Friday. And a worldwide logistics firm will figure out how to move everything from this school to the receiving school, Fort Dearborn, which sits across the Metra tracks. The tracks run at street level here.
"I don't want them coming across the tracks. One, because of the danger of the trains going back and forth, and two, because of the gangs. And they do fight when they come across. They know who lives on this side of the tracks, they know who lives on that side of the tracks," Penson said.
The bus rolls north into Englewood, where on some blocks, vacant properties outnumber lived-in homes. The bus parks outside the biggest abandoned building in the neighborhood, Guggenheim Elementary, closed last year. The school's marquee still notes that June 14 is—was-- the last day of school.
Jasmin Murphy and her mom get on the bus. Jasmin had attended Guggenheim since kindergarten, lived right across the street. She attends a higher scoring school now, Amandla Charter School.
"The school I'm at now, it's a really good school," Jasmin tells the people on the bus. "But it's just hard because I knew everyone and it was easy to get help and… I just really miss it."
The reporters snap pictures of the sixth grader's face, wet with tears. Jasmin's mom says she's grateful for the higher performing school. But she worries that school closings hurt kids' health: Depression. Having kids feel like their low test scores caused their schools to close.
The next stop was Jackson and Kostner.
This is the far edge of Melody Elementary school's attendance boundary. The district's plan calls for Melody students to walk to Delano next year.
As we set out, we quickly get to a burned out, abandoned two-flat. The door is swung wide open. Front windows broken out. Everybody stops.
"I mean, look at this!" says a union organier as we get to the house. "This isn't even closed. They could easily take a child right in that building."
"I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't sleep in there--people who are homeless," Congressman Danny Davis said .
This school closings tour has really become a tour of Chicago's ghettos. A tour of disinvestment and unemployment and neglect… a tour of all kinds of issues the school district did not create, but issues that complicate shutting down 54 schools.
When we get to Pulaski, a mom points out that because of the proposed school closing, little kids—kindergartners, even—will be crossing this very busy street to get to school. Pulaski is rough, too.
"What you see on this corner—trash," she said. "You have all these—I don't have any other word for them, but crackheads… and these children have to walk past these every day. Liquor store. You've got a liquor store, you've got the currency exchange that the crackheads hang inside. And then you have…this used to be a car lot, but you still have all the drug dealers standing on these corners."
In response to the bus tour, Chicago Public Schools sent out a statement that reiterated all the upgrades students will have at their receiving schools—air conditioning, counselors, better computer labs. "The bottom line is that every student will be in a better facility in the fall than they are this school year," the statement said.
Outside Delano school, which was a 20- minute walk and not far enough to qualify students for a bus , Congressmen Danny Davis and Bobby Rush remembered other promises by other mayors and decided to remain skeptical.
"I don't have any reason to believe that that's necessarily going to happen," he said. "Education is based on the teachers being well trained, children being motivated, parents being stimulated, communities being activated…having all the materials that you need to work with, that's what will cause the children to learn better. I'm not sure that just being in another building is going to determine their ability to learn."
Rush added, "And don't try to appease these suffering people with air conditioning on the inside, and on the outside chaos and demolition and destruction on the outside."
With that, reporters and politicians, except for Congressman Davis, who represents this district, got back on the bus.


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The actress, who plays sassy Eva Price in the ITV soap, said she was amazed how her life had changed in the year since she met her fitness trainer boyfriend Tom Pitfield.
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Banged-up LeBron sits out 1-point win over Blazers
An ailing LeBron James sat out Miami's win over the Portland
Trail Blazers on Saturday night, the first game the Heat star has
missed this season.
James injured his right groin Friday night in a 108-103 overtime
loss at Sacramento that snapped Miami's six-game winning streak. He
stayed in that game and finished with 33 points, eight rebounds and
eight assists.
James, selected The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
this week, also tweaked his left ankle in the loss.
The four-time NBA MVP warmed up before the game against the
Trail Blazers, but was declared inactive about an hour before the
opening tip.
"These guys are competitive. They all want to play, but he
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them. We were thinking health first and big picture. He understood.
When he went out there he knew he wouldn't be able to push
James was replaced in the starting lineup by Michael Beasley,
and the Heat edged the Blazers 108-107 on Chris Bosh's go-ahead
3-pointer with 0.5 seconds left. Bosh had a season-high 37 points
and added a team-high 10 rebounds.
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rebounds and 6.5 assists. He was not available for comment before
or after the game.
The two-time defending champions also were without Chris
Andersen (sore back), but Ray Allen (right knee tendinitis) and
Dwyane Wade (rest), who both missed the game against the Kings,
played against Portland.
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"When he's in the game we rely so much on him offensively and
when he is out of the game our package is so much different," Wade
said. "We just wanted everyone to be aggressive."
During the Sacramento loss, James passed Larry Bird (21,791
points) and Gary Payton (21,813 points) to move into 29th place on
the NBA's career scoring list.
With 21,819 points, the next player in front of James is Clyde
Drexler at 22,195.
James has given the Blazers trouble at the newly renamed Moda
Center. In 10 games in Portland, he has averaged 29.6 points, 9.9
rebounds and 7.2 assists.
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Pitching deeper into games tops Darvish's wish list
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Yu Darvish has a simple goal in mind for 2014.
"I want to throw more innings," Darvish said after pitching five efficient ones in an 8-2 victory over the Reds on Monday afternoon at Surprise Stadium.
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Yu Darvish has a simple goal in mind for 2014.
"I want to throw more innings," Darvish said after pitching five efficient ones in an 8-2 victory over the Reds on Monday afternoon at Surprise Stadium.
In those five innings, Darvish demonstrated how he can achieve his goal this season. The original plan was for him to throw 65 pitches over four innings in his third outing of the Cactus League. But when he retired nine straight hitters to start his outing and got through four innings on just 48 pitches, Darvish was sent back out for the fifth.
When his day was finally finished, Darvish had thrown 63 pitches while allowing two runs on five hits over five innings. He struck out one and did not walk a batter. The 12.6 pitches per inning were much better than the 16.5 Darvish averaged last season, 12th highest among qualifying American League pitchers.
One inning more than expected per game will certainly help Darvish pitch more innings this season.
"My goal today was to throw a lot of fastballs -- two-seamers [sinkers] and cut fastballs, and let them hit the first pitch," Darvish said.
The Rangers don't want Darvish worrying about pitch counts. Manager Ron Washington has made that clear from the beginning of Spring Training. Washington simply wants Darvish to improve his fastball command and that will take care of everything else.
On Monday afternoon, Darvish reinforced what his manager has been saying: better fastball command leads to lower pitch counts.
"He was really economical today," Washington said. "He used his fastball and pitched off his fastball. I didn't see a whole lot of breaking balls. He was using his fastball to get ahead in the count and he got four outs on first pitches."
Darvish, who led the league with 277 strikeouts last season, only had one against the Reds. Darvish still has plenty of stuff to get strikeouts when the situation dictates it, but needs to recognize when it's time to make the opposing team put the ball in play and when to go for the big whiff.
"Between the two, I'll take the first-pitch outs and make them put the ball in play," Washington said. "But there will be times when he needs the strikeout and he still has the stuff to get it."
It's not the strikeouts that inflate pitch counts, but the many foul balls off a variety of offspeed pitches that come with it. That's what gets Darvish in trouble more than the strikeouts and that's what the Rangers are hoping will be reduced with well-placed fastballs early in the counts.
"I really don't know what my pitching style will be this year," Darvish said. "I know there has been a lot of talk about my pitch counts and I am also aware the team wants me to pitch a lot of innings. There will be some games like this and some games that aren't like this."
Darvish needed just 34 pitches over three innings in going through a Reds traveling lineup that did not include first baseman Joey Votto, second baseman Brandon Phillips and third baseman Todd Frazier. The Reds finally got a baserunner leading off the fourth when Billy Hamilton reached on a bunt single and he scored on a one-out double by Jay Bruce. Darvish then helped keep his pitch count down another way by picking Bruce off second base.
Darvish retired the first two hitters in the fifth before giving up a two-out single to Chris Nelson and a run-scoring double to Ramon Santiago. Henry Rodriguez followed with a single to center and Santiago was thrown out at the plate by Leonys Martin to end the inning. That was the last batter Darvish faced.
"I gave up some runs after the third inning, a lot of them coming on two-seam fastballs," Darvish said. "It was an experiment, something I was trying to do. I don't think I'll be doing that in the game this season. Here in Arizona, there is not that much movement on my two-seam so I'm not worried about it."
Darvish has three different fastballs he can use among his bewildering myriad of offspeed pitches. The two-seamer is the sinker and the cut fastball breaks straight inside to left-handed hitters. Then there is the classic straight fastball that averaged 93 miles per hour last season.
Those are the three pitches that he needs to command, locate and get quick outs with. Do that and everything else will be fine.
"The game is going to dictate it," Darvish said. "My forte is making adjustments for each game. There will be games when I throw a lot of pitches that they put in play and obviously games where I go for the strikeouts. If I can control that, I will have a good season."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.


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DaffodilEssential Southern Plant
Looking for easy-to-grow bulbs that come back every year? Here is your plant.
- Amaryllidaceae
- Perennials from bulbs
- US, MS, LS, CS (northern third)
- 9–1, except as noted
- Full sun or partial shade
- Regular water during growth and bloom
Native to Europe and North Africa, these are arguably the finest and most valuable spring bulbs for the South. They are long lived, increasing naturally from year to year; they stand up to cold and heat; they have many garden uses; and they offer a fascinating array of flower forms, sizes, and colors. Given minimal care at planting, all thrive with virtually no further attention. They do not require summer watering (although they'll accept it) and need only infrequent division. Finally, rodents and deer won't eat them.
Flowering commences in winter in the Lower and Coastal South, in early spring elsewhere. The basic colors are yellow and white, but you'll also find shades of orange, apricot, pink, cream, and even red.
Gardeners tend to use the names "daffodil" and "jonquil" interchangeably. Technically, however, "daffodil" refers to large-flowered kinds with flat, straplike leaves. "Jonquil" denotes N. jonquilla and its hybrids; they feature smaller, fragrant, clustered blooms and cylindrical leaves with pointed tips, reminiscent of quills. If you stick to calling them all "narcissus," you can't go wrong.
All have the same basic flower structure. Each bloom has a perianth (six outer petal-like segments) that surrounds (and is held at right angles to) a central corona (also called the trumpet or cup, depending on its length).
Most types reach 1–1 1/2 ft. tall. Flowers usually face the sun; be sure to keep this in mind when choosing a planting spot. Use narcissus under high-branching trees and flowering shrubs, among ground cover plantings, in woodland and rock gardens, or in borders. Naturalize them in sweeping drifts. Grow them in containers. They make fine cut flowers, though they should have a vase of their own; freshly cut stems release a substance that causes other cut flowers to wilt.
Plant bulbs as soon as they are available in fall. They should feel solid and heavy and be free of discoloration. "Double-nose" bulbs will give you the most and largest flowers the first season after planting.
After the blossoms fade, let the leaves mature and yellow naturally―if you cut the foliage before it yellows, subsequent flowering may be reduced or eliminated. Lift and divide clumps when flowers get smaller and fewer. To make this job easier, dig clumps just after the foliage withers so you can tell where the bulbs are. Separate the bulbs and replant them in freshly amended soil.
Like other plants, narcissus bulbs need food. Bonemeal used to be the recommended fertilizer, but no more: it lacks the nitrogen that promotes healthy foliage. Special bulb fertilizers are much better; look for a 10-10-20 formulation with controlled-release nitrogen. Mix fertilizer into the soil at planting time. In subsequent years, sprinkle bulb fertilizer over the bulb bed each fall at the rate specified on the bag, then scratch or water it in.
The most serious pest is the narcissus bulb fly. An adult fly resembles a small bumblebee. The female lays eggs on leaves and on necks of bulbs; when eggs hatch, young grubs eat their way into bulbs. Check bulbs before planting and destroy any grubs. Planting at the recommended depth will reduce infestations.
Surefire Daffodils for the South
These daffodils bloom dependably in most areas and increase with little care: 'Avalon', 'Carlton', 'February Gold', 'Geranium', 'Hawera', 'Ice Follies', 'Jack Snipe', 'Jetfire', 'Minnow', Narcissus odorus, 'Quail', 'Saint Keverne', 'Salome', 'Tête-à-tête', 'Thalia', and 'Trevithian'.
12 Divisions of Daffodils
Trumpet daffodils.
The trumpet is as long as or longer than the perianth segments; one flower per stem. The best known is yellow 'King Alfred', a top-selling old selection that is quickly giving way to better performers. Newer 'Arctic Gold', 'Dutch Master', and 'Marieke' are superior yellows. Pure white selections include 'Mount Hood' and 'Empress of Ireland'. Bicolors with white segments and a yellow trumpet include 'Bravoure', 'Holland Sensation', and 'Las Vegas'. Among selections with yellow segments and a white trumpet are 'Honeybird' and 'Spellbinder'.
Large-cupped daffodils.
The cup is shorter than the perianth segments, but always more than one-third their length; one flower per stem. Solid yellow selections include 'Camelot', 'Carlton' (possibly the most popular daffodil of all), and 'Saint Keverne' (a great choice for the Lower South). Solid whites include 'Birthday Girl', 'Misty Glen', and 'Stainless'. Selections with white segments and a colored cup include 'Accent' (salmon pink cup), 'Ice Follies' (yellow cup), 'Pink Pride' (pink cup), 'Redhill' (red-orange cup), and 'Salome' (apricot-yellow cup that fades to salmon). Those with yellow segments and a colored cup include 'By George' (peachy pink cup), 'Ceylon' (red-orange cup), and 'Fortissimo' (orange cup). 'Avalon' has yellow segments and a white cup.
Small-cupped daffodils.
The cup is no more than one-third the length of the perianth segments; one flower per stem. Selections include 'Audubon' (white segments and pale yellow cup banded with pink) and 'Barrett Browning' (white segments and orange-red cup).
Double daffodils.
Doubling of the cup, perianth segments, or both; one or more flowers per stem. Flower looks more like a peony than a typical daffodil. Examples are 'Cheerfulness' (white with yellow flecks), 'Golden Ducat' (golden yellow), 'Replete' (white segments, pink cup), and 'White Lion' (white segments, yellow cup).
Triandrus hybrids.
Cup at least two-thirds the length of perianth segments; several nodding flowers per stem. Diminutive 'Hawera' has four to six lemon yellow flowers per stem; it is good for naturalizing and will spread by seed. Old favorite 'Thalia' offers elegant white, fragrant blooms.
Cyclamineus hybrids.
Early bloomers with one flower per stem. Perianth segments strongly swept back. Popular selections include 'February Gold' (solid yellow), 'Jack Snipe' (white segments, yellow cup), and 'Jetfire' (yellow segments, red-orange cup).
Jonquilla hybrids.
Each stem bears one to five small, very fragrant flowers; leaves are dark green and very narrow. Choices include 'Baby Moon' (bright yellow); 'Intrigue' (lemon yellow segments, yellow cup fading to white); 'Pipit' (yellow segments, white cup); and 'Quail', 'Sun Disc', 'Sweetness', and 'Trevithian' (all solid yellow).
Tazetta and Tazetta hybrids.
Heat zones 10–7. Early-blooming types bearing clusters of 3 to 20 flowers on each stout stem; many have a musky-sweet fragrance that can be overpowering indoors. The most heat-tolerant group, they do well in central Florida; hardy only to about 10°F. 'Avalanche' ('Seventeen Sisters') produces clusters of 15 to 20 blossoms with white segments and a yellow cup. 'Falconet' and 'Scarlet Gem' feature yellow segments and a red-orange cup. 'Geranium' has creamy white segments and an orange cup; 'Minnow' has a pale yellow cup and pale yellow segments that fade to cream.
Related: Gardening Ideas: Angel's Trumpets
This division also includes the popular paperwhite narcissus that are forced into early bloom indoors. Plant them in bowls of pebbles and give them cool temperatures (50–60°F) and bright light. 'Early Splendor' has white segments and an orange cup; 'Grand Soleil d'Or' has golden yellow segments and an orange cup. 'Nazareth' has soft yellow segments and a bright yellow cup; 'Paper White' is pure white.
Poeticus daffodils.
Fragrant flowers with white perianth segments and a short, disk-shaped cup with a green or yellow center and a red rim; one blossom per stem. 'Actaea' has the largest flowers (up to 4 in. across) and is the best known. These daffodils are sometimes given the name "pheasant's eye," but this term is correctly applied to the heirloom Narcissus poeticus recurvus.
Split-corona hybrids.
Cup is split for at least one-third its length into two or more segments. 'Cassata' (white perianth segments, yellow cup), 'Colblanc' (all white), and 'Palmares' (white perianth segments, peachy pink cup) are three of the more readily available selections in this small but growing class.
Heirloom species.
These old favorites often can be seen blooming at old homesites and graveyards and along roadsides throughout the South.
N. bulbocodium. Hoop Petticoat Daffodil. Grows to 6 in. tall. Small, upward-facing flowers are mostly trumpet, with very narrow, pointed perianth segments. Deep and pale yellow selections are available. Spreads by seed; good choice for naturalizing.
N. 'Butter and Eggs' ('Golden Phoenix', 'Aurantius Plenus'). Double yellow flowers. An old Southern favorite similar to N. pseudonarcissus 'Telemonius Plenus', but flowers open dependably throughout climate range and are softer in color, without streaks. Grows 16–18 in. tall.
N. cyclamineus. Backward-curved lemon yellow segments and narrow, tubular golden cup; 6 in. high.
N. jonquilla. Jonquil. Semicylindrical, erect to spreading, rushlike leaves. Clusters of early, very fragrant, golden yellow flowers with short cups. To 1 ft. tall.
N. medioluteus. Twin Sisters. Grows to 14 in. tall, bearing two flowers per stem; white segments, small yellow cup. Very late; last daffodil of the season.
N. odorus. Campernelle Jonquil. A sweet-scented, old-fashioned favorite. Often found in older gardens and cemeteries in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Grows to 1 ft. tall. Early in the season bears golden yellow, bell-like cups with recurved round segments; two to four flowers per stem. Rushlike leaves. Tolerates heavy clay and limy soils. 'Plenus' has double flowers.
N. poeticus recurvus. Pheasant's Eye. Old favorite. To 1 ft. tall. Small yellow cup with green central "eye" and red rim; pure white, reflexed segments.
N. pseudonarcissus. Lent Lily. One of the oldest daffodils―in cultivation since 1200 a.d. Grows to 12–14 in. tall. Long yellow cup; twisted yellow perianth segments that are swept forward, giving the blossoms a dog-eared look. Blooms early. 'Telemonius Plenus' (considered by many to be identical to 'Van Sion') has double yellow flowers with green streaks. Flowers of this selection often fail to open properly in the warm, humid springs of the Lower and Coastal South.
N. triandrus. Angel's Tears. Clusters of small white or pale yellow flowers on stems to 10 in. Rushlike foliage.
This category contains all types that don't fit the other divisions. 'Tête-à-tête' and 'Jumblie' (both yellow) have flowers like those of the Cyclamineus hybrids, but they're dwarf plants that reach a height of only 6 in.
Forcing Daffodils for Early Bloom
For early bloom indoors, set bulbs close together in a pot with their tips level with the soil surface. Place the pot in a well-drained trench or a cold frame and cover with 6–8 in. of sand, chopped leaves, or pine straw. Look for roots in 8 to 10 weeks (carefully remove the soil mass from the pot). Then move the pot to a cool room or greenhouse and watch for blooms. Keep well watered. After the blooms fade and the last frost is past, transfer the bulbs to your garden.


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In the northwest corner of Africa, one of the world's longest-running, yet most-forgotten conflicts continues over the continent's last colony: the Western Sahara. The Western Sahara is a territory of largely desert land about the size of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is home to large phosphate reserves, rich fishing waters, and potential oil deposits. It is also home to the Saharawi people, who have been struggling against the Kingdom of Morocco militarily and diplomatically for over 35 years to gain self-determination and freedom for their homeland. Tens of thousands of Saharawis wage the now "peaceful" war from refugee camps in neighboring Algeria under the leadership of the Polisario Front, while thousands more oppose the occupation from within the Moroccan-occupied territories of the Western Sahara.
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The House Financial Services Committee voted 31-26 Wednesday in favor of moving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding under the authority of an appropriations panel.
The House budget panel instructed the financial services committee to find $29.8 billion savings over the next 10 years. Republicans on the committee elected to shed $35 billion in costs from the Dodd-Frank Act orderly liquidation authority, the Home Affordable Modification Program and redirect any funds the Federal Reserve would send to the CFPB back to the Treasury Department.
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Republicans claimed by moving the bureau to under an appropriations committee, the bureau would have more accountability.
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Democrats charged the GOP with attempting to defang the new agency.
"When we have oversight hearings in which the absent oversight is lamented, no one has lamented what the bureau has done. In fact, it has drawn praise," said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.
Frank and Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., made a move during the session Wednesday that silenced some on the Republican side. Each filed separate amendments to the bill that would place Office of the Comptroller and Federal Reserve regulatory spending under an appropriations committee as well.
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Frank and Miller each said their amendments were bad ideas, but argued removing independence from a consumer protections agency was also troubling.
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"The Fed and the OCC are responsible for ensuring our financial system remains solvent. Their mission is different. One can question whether they were up to the task. One cannot question maintaining independence of safety and soundness," said Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif.
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Topic Overview
Children are more likely than adults to get an environmental illness , because they are still developing. Also, some ways that children behave, such as crawling and putting things in their mouths, can expose them to dangerous substances. Children in urban areas are most affected by environmental illnesses. The prevalence and number of deaths from asthma is highest among poor urban children. Because of their exposure to pollutants, allergens , cigarette smoke , pesticides, lead , and toxins in our environment, research shows that children may be increasingly affected by:
- Asthma. In the past 15 years, the number of children with asthma has more than doubled. Now, more than 7 million children younger than 18 have this disease. footnote 1 Each year asthma accounts for about 14 million missed school days. footnote 2
- Childhood cancer. From 1975 to 1990, the number of children with cancer increased, but the childhood cancer rate has stayed the same since 1990. Leukemias and central nervous system tumors are the most common types of cancer in children. footnote 2
- Developmental disorders. Some developmental disabilities in children can be caused by infections or exposure to toxic chemicals before or after birth.
Some environmental factors affecting children's health include:
- Air pollution. Air pollutants found indoors and outdoors may harm the lungs of children and lead to breathing problems, such as asthma. Some substances that might cause problems include pesticides, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and ozone. footnote 2
- Lead. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 out of 20 children in the United States has elevated levels of lead in his or her blood, which can cause developmental problems. The most common sources of lead are lead-based paint, dust, toy jewelry, and some imported toys. In 2007, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) found high lead content in many children's toys and jewelry made in other countries. For a complete list of recalled products, see the CPSC website at www.cpsc.gov.
- Pesticides. There are more than 1,055 substances used as pesticides in the U.S. footnote 3 Children can get exposed to pesticides in food, from products used in the house or on yards or parks, and in water. Problems that can be caused by pesticide exposure include skin rashes, nerve damage, and cancer. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children have as little exposure to pesticides as possible. footnote 4
Evaluate your home and your child's school for toxic chemicals and other hazards
Parents may be concerned that their children are being exposed to environmental hazards at home and in school. Think about the following questions, and talk to your child's doctor if you are worried your child may be at risk for environmental illnesses:
- What is the condition of your home? Is there peeling leaded paint or mold growth from water damage?
- Are you renovating your home? This could cause exposure to lead paint or other toxic substances.
- How do you heat your home? Are your heating sources properly maintained and vented? Do you use a fireplace or woodstove? Do you use a gas stove for cooking?
- Do you have carbon monoxide and smoke detectors?
- Do you use pesticides inside or around your home?
- Do you use glues or paints, solvents, or other chemicals for hobbies or crafts?
- Do you possibly bring home toxic substances on your clothes or shoes from your workplace?
- Are there renovations in progress at your children's schools? Does your child have symptoms that get worse or better at school?
- Do you live near a chemical plant or hazardous waste site? Have there been any chemical leaks in your area lately?
- Do you smoke in your home, car, or elsewhere around your children? Do other family members smoke?
Related Information
- Akinbami LK, et al. (2011). Asthma prevalence, health care use, and mortality: United States, 2005-2009. National Health Statistics Reports, 32: 1-16.
- Woodruff TJ, et al. (2004). Trends in environmentally related childhood illnesses. Pediatrics, 113(4): 1133-1140.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2007). Assessing health risks from pesticides. Available online: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/riskassess.htm.
- Council on Environmental Health (2012). Pesticide exposure in children. Pediatrics, 130(6): e1757-e1763. Available online: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757.full. [Erratum in Pediatrics, 131(5): 1013. Also available online: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/5/1013.3.full.]
Other Works Consulted
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2005). Lead poisoning from a toy necklace. Pediatrics, 116(4): 1050-1051.
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2005). The need for vigilance: The persistence of lead poisoning in children. Pediatrics, 115(6): 1767-1768.
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