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This list does not purport to include all independent U.S. outlets worth highlighting, but it does illustrate the rich and varied landscape in the independent (non-conglomerate) media sector.
Center for Public Integrity – "original investigative journalism" since 1989
Consortium News – independent investigative journalism since 1995"
ProPublica – foundation-funded "journalism in the public interest"
– news and entertainment website with original investigative
stories, breaking news, essays, blogs
Fair Observer -- Nonprofit outlet that "aims to inform andeducate global citizens of today and tomorrow"
The Media Consortium is "a network of the country's leading progressive, independent media outlets" with several dozen members, including:
· Alternet – "online community with original journalism" plus "the best of hundreds of other independent media sources"
· The American Prospect – print/online magazine offering "liberal intelligence"
· The American Independent News Network – "impactt journalism that not only covers the news but shapes it"
· Mother Jones# – "investigative, political, and social justice reporting"
· The Nation – "a really critical spirit" since 1865
· The Progressive – "peace and social justice since 1909"
· Talking Points Memo – "original reporting on government and politics"
· Truthdig – "drilling beneath the headlines"
· Truthout – "independent voices, under-covered issues"
· The Uptake – "Will journalism be done by you or to you?"
· Washington Monthly – "what really matters in Washington"
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CommonDreams – "breaking news and views for the progressive community"
CounterPunch – "radical muckracking" web and print newsletter
Dissident Voice – "in the struggle for peace and social justice"
ShadowProof – "journalism, analysis and commentary relentlessly focused on . . . pervasive injustices [and] inappropriate control exerted by institutions of power"
Toward Freedom – online magazine that "advances movements for human rights, peace, justice and enlightenment"
Z Magazine / ZNet – "dedicated to resisting injustice"
The American Conservative – opinion magazine cofounded by Patrick Buchanan
National Review – "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for Republican/conservative news, commentary"
Brave New Films – "championing social justice issues; moving images to . . . empower viewers to take action" TMC
Democracy Now!– daily TV/radio news program hosted by Amy Goodman/Juan Gonzalez on 850+ stations, "largest public media collaboration in US"
Free Speech TV – "progressive and independent TV/multimedia network" TMC
The Laura Flanders Show – "in-depth interviews, field reports, and commentary distributed weekly" (syndicated) TMC
Link TV – "television without borders" TV channel TMC
Real News Network – viewer-sponsored reporting on national/global issues TMC
The Young Turks (TYT Network) – online news show covering politics, economics, pop culture, social trends and lifestyle TMC
Alternative Radio – weekly one-hour progressive show featuring speeches and in-depth interviews
CounterSpin– weekly half-hour media-watch program from FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting; full disclosure: FAIR was founded by PCIM director Jeff Cohen)
Free Speech Radio News – "daily half-hour progressive newscast owned and managed by news reporters" TMC
Hightower Commentary – populist Jim Hightower's daily two-minute commentaries
Inquiring Minds – free podcast offering weekly "in-depth exploration of the place where science, politics, and society collide"
Making Contact – weekly half-hour documentary-style public affairs program TMC
Pacifica – "listener-supported community radio network" owning 5 stations
Thom Hartmann Program – daily "news, opinion, debate" TMC
INDY PRINT (newspapers, magazines, newsletters; also online)
Adbusters – "journal of the mental environment"
Dissent magazine – "quarterly magazine of politics and ideas" TMC
Harper's magazine – the nation's "oldest general interest monthly" on politics, society, environment, culture
Hightower Lowdown – monthly populist newsletter from Texan Jim Hightower TMC
The Indypendent – "a free paper for free people"
In These Times – "newsmagazine committed to political and economic democracy" TMC
Ode magazine – "positive news about the people and ideas that are changing our world"
The Sun – "personal, political, provocative, ad-free" monthly with long interview, nonfiction, fiction, poetry, photographs and reader-submitted thematic writing
Washington Spectator – biweekly bulletin offering "behind the scenes insight"
Yes! magazine – "solution-oriented journalism covering peace, justice and sustainability" TMC
Black Agenda Report – "news, analylsis, and commentary from the Black left"
America Media is "a nationwide association of over
3,000 ethnic media organizations," mostly independent,
Colorlines – "journalism in service to racial justice" TMC
News Taco – "the Latino daily"
Voices of NY – "best of the community and ethnic media"
OUTLETS FOCUSING on ECONOMICS/CORPORATIONS
CorpWatch – "holding corporations accountable"
Dollars & Sense – "real world economics"
Economic Hardship Reporting Project - "reporting on economic struggles in 'unseen America' "
Economic Update with Professor Richard D. Wolff – the current economic state plus "alternative ways to organize enterprises, markets, and government policies" (audio)
Left Business Observer – "accumulation and its discontents"
Multinational Monitor – (archived; 2009 and earlier) monthly magazine examining multinational corporations
SourceWatch – a project of the Center for Media and Democracy that tracks "corporate front groups, PR firms, 'experts,' industry-friendly groups…"
OUTLETS FOCUSING on GENDER
America Blog – "a blog about gay politics in the USA and the world"
Bitch magazine – feminist "commentary on our media-driven world"
Feminist Magazine – "news, views, politics, culture . . . with a feminist perspective"
Feministing.com – "young feminists blogging, organizing, kicking ass" TMC
51 Percent – public radio show on "women's issues" and "topics that concern us all"
Ms. Magazine – "more than a magazine — a movement" TMC
Women's eNews – "nonprofit daily Internet-based news service"
OUTLETS FOCUSING on JOURNALISM
Columbia Journalism Review – "encourages and stimulates excellence in journalism in the service of a free society"
FAIR/Extra!, "offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship" (full disclosure: founded by PCIM director Jeff Cohen)
OUTLETS FOCUSING on SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, NATURE
Audubon magazine – "where nature enthusiasts, outdoor adventurers and socially conscious consumers can discover, connect with and be inspired by the natural world"
Circle of Blue WaterNews – "reporting the global water crisis"
DeSmogBlog – "clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science"
E, the Environmental Magazine – bimonthly with news and resources for people concerned about the environment
Earth Island Journal – "hard-hitting exposés and inspiring stories of grassroots movements" TMC
EcoWatch – "uniting all shades of green" to "drive fundamental change"
Grist – "a beacon in the smog; environmental news and commentary with a wry twist" TMC
High Country News – "informs and inspires people, through in-depth journalism, to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities"
Inside Climate News – "covers clean energy, carbon energy, nuclear energy and environmental science—plus the territory in between where law, policy and public opinion are shaped"
Kaiser Health News - "in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics," largely funded by the Kaiser Family Foundation
Living on Earth – weekly environmental news radio program
Orion magazine – inspiring "a cultural force for healing nature and community" TMC
Radio Ecoshock – show/audiocast hosted by Alex Smith covering "science and issues of climate change, oceans, forests, pollution, Peak Oil, the economy, and peace."
Sea Change Radio – "weekly show covering the shifts to social, environmental and economic sustainability"; syndicated and podcast
SkyTruth – providing "remote sensing (satellite images) and mapping for environmental conservation: If you can see it, you can change it"
Note: A TMC designation indicates the outlet is a member of The Media Consortium.


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Cancer Registrar: Laura Sims-Larabee, BS, CTR, (603) 653-9029
Cancer Registrar: Darlene Austin, CTR, (603) 653-9027
Case Finding: Linda Holbrook, (603) 653-9028
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Cancer Registry has been in existence since 1958. The Registry collects information on the demographics, cancer stage, treatment, and survival of all patients who are diagnosed at DHMC or receive any part of their initial course of cancer treatment at our locations in Lebanon, Manchester, or St. Johnsbury.
Abstracting and follow-up procedures
Within 180 days after the initial identification of a new patient with cancer, the medical record is reviewed to collect complete information regarding the diagnosis, cancer stage, and treatment. The 180-day lag period allows for completion of any treatment planning and for the filing of all treatment documents in the medical record. All patients are followed annually for vital status.
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All DHMC Cancer Registry data are coded according to the standards established by the American College of Surgeons. These codes are widely accepted as the standard for cancer registries throughout the United States.
The SEER General Summary Staging scheme was developed by the U.S. National Cancer Institute and has been used since 1973, allowing for direct comparison of SEER cancer stages across many years. Prior to 1973, cancer stages were recorded as localized, regional, or distant metastases. The SEER stages are defined as: localized disease, regional extension to adjacent tissues, extension to regional lymph nodes, and metastatic disease.
The TNM staging scheme was used since its inception in 1988 through 2003. The TNM staging scheme has been updated several times since then, making direct comparison of TNM stages across several years a difficult procedure.
In 2004, Collaborative Staging, established by the American College of Surgeons, was introduced. Collaborative Staging involves the collection of site-specific information necessary for conversion algorithms. The SEER and TNM stages are then derived, thus providing the "best stage" utilizing all available information.
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Furthermore, this silicone hose is recommended especially when the inner product is abrasive or has to be seen to control the flow. It has smooth inner and outer appearance.
- Can be equipped with 316L stainless steel fittings on each end with a roughness value of less than 0.8 μm (or 0.5 μm on request).
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One package to rule them all ... and that package belongs to David Beckham ... so says Tommy Hilfiger who tells TMZ Sports the soccer icon is the GREATEST male undie model of all time.
This clip is actually pretty great ... it starts with our photog asking Tommy for a modeling job -- and in what may be the nicest "Don't call us" moment of all time, Tommy sings Beckham's praises as the "Underwear model of the century."
The interesting part -- Beckham never modeled for Tommy ... in fact, DB only ever modeled for the competition (Armani, H&M).
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As the title says - any recommendations gladly received, either fiction or non-fiction. Recently I've been enjoying Claudia Rankine's 'Citizen: An American Lyric' (apparently described by some as a book-length poem, but I'd describe it as poetic prose), while David Peace and Olivia Laing are other recent favourites. Anyone who's clearly influenced by poetry as much as by prose - or indeed is a poet themselves.
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Benjamin Reed commented on ZOOKEEPER-368: ----------------------------------------- hey i'm looking at the patch, can you comment on the VIEWCHANGE message? does that refer to ensemble membership change or the subscribe to a subtree that was mentioned. > Observers > --------- > > Key: ZOOKEEPER-368 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-368 > Project: Zookeeper > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: quorum > Reporter: Flavio Paiva Junqueira > Assignee: Henry Robinson > Attachments: ZOOKEEPER-368.patch, ZOOKEEPER-368.patch, > ZOOKEEPER-368.patch, ZOOKEEPER-368.patch, ZOOKEEPER-368.patch, > ZOOKEEPER-368.patch > > > Currently, all servers of an ensemble participate actively in reaching > agreement on the order of ZooKeeper transactions. That is, all followers > receive proposals, acknowledge them, and receive commit messages from the > leader. A leader issues commit messages once it receives acknowledgments from > a quorum of followers. For cross-colo operation, it would be useful to have a > third role: observer. Using Paxos terminology, observers are similar to > learners. An observer does not participate actively in the agreement step of > the atomic broadcast protocol. Instead, it only commits proposals that have > been accepted by some quorum of followers. > One simple solution to implement observers is to have the leader forwarding > commit messages not only to followers but also to observers, and have > observers applying transactions according to the order followers agreed upon. > In the current implementation of the protocol, however, commit messages do > not carry their corresponding transaction payload because all servers > different from the leader are followers and followers receive such a payload > first through a proposal message. Just forwarding commit messages as they > currently are to an observer consequently is not sufficient. We have a couple > of options: > 1- Include the transaction payload along in commit messages to observers; > 2- Send proposals to observers as well. > Number 2 is simpler to implement because it doesn't require changing the > protocol implementation, but it increases traffic slightly. The performance > impact due to such an increase might be insignificant, though. > For scalability purposes, we may consider having followers also forwarding > commit messages to observers. With this option, observers can connect to > followers, and receive messages from followers. This choice is important to > avoid increasing the load on the leader with the number of observers. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.


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Vladimir Abramov has criticised Hulk and Axel Witsel for impacting negatively on Zenit Saint Petersburg's fortunes since their arrivals from Portuguese football.
The Russians suffered a 1-0 defeat to Anderlecht in the Champions League on Tuesday, which saw them drop to last position in Group C with just three points to their name after four matches.
In an attempt to explain their recent poor form, the agent feels the pressure of the €80 million spent on both the Porto striker and Benfica midfielder is proving an excessive burden on Zenit's game.
"There's too much talk about money," he told reporters. "We all believed that Zenit would become stronger after buying Hulk and Witsel.
"They are really good players, but Hulk gets the ball and just rushes forward while Witsel tries to do something on his own. It must be said that with their arrival, Zenit's game has fallen apart. They aren't a unit anymore."
Abramov then reflected on how the team looked prior to Hulk and Witsel's arrival, highlighting facets of their play which were missing during the match against the Belgians.
"Zenit was always known for their European style of play, with a lot of forward passes and high intensity, but during the game in Brussels, my only hope was that Vladimir Bystrov would race down the flank and cross the ball onto someone's head," he concluded.
The Russian title holders, who sit third in the league, are currently preparing for their match against Volga on November 11.


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The HSE released a new design of the statutory Health & Safety Law Poster in April 2009. The old version must be replaced by April 2014
Includes a unique, serial numbered hologram to ensure its authenticity
It is easier to read and understand, providing benefits from increased awareness to both workers and employers
Unlike the previous poster, there is no need to provide the name and address of the enforcing authority for the premises
Reduces the administrative costs for employers, who no longer need to include and update additional information
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Rigid Plastic: Lightweight, gloss white PVC with high impact strength. Suitable for both internal and external safety signs. Easily drilled for wall fixing.
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One of the benefits of working at Apple, it appears, is easy access to a strong cup of joe from its in-house brew team.
But what sort of perks do those human percolators get?
Apply for the job of iCup Technician and if you get the gig, you ll find out.
The Apple iCup Services is specially designed to provide a fresh brew coffee to all Apple employees within their department, says the ad, posted over the weekend on the company s online job board. The iCup staff is also available on call during business of operation.
Apple declined to comment. But the posting said the position requires that you know how to refill coffee machines and service broken machines. Apparently, there are certain routes that involve making service calls (on-site repair, coffee deliveries, etc.). And when you re not doing a Milk delivery, you ll be expected to Fully rebuild and clean machines.
Qualifications, you ask?
Apple insists that applicants have Prior work experience with coffee machines, perhaps to avoid any unpleasant accidents while visiting the iPhone 6 team. Applicants need Excellent customer service skills to deal with all those prima donnas down in the top-secret iWatch bunker. And applicants must have the Ability to multitask, just in case the Apple TV folks want more cream just as the Mac guys are calling for more sugar.
Oh yeah: Some computer skills will be needed since this is, after all, Apple.
Last but not least, and hardly surprising for the notoriously secretive folks at One Infinite Loop: applicants MUST Maintain the highest standards of conduct and confidentiality.
In other words, loose and highly caffeinated lips sink ships.
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Universal Music Group can trace its history almost as far back as recorded music has been offered for sale to the public. Great music, then and now, has always been central to the company's success—proven by an artist roster that is an authentic who's who of music through the decades. Today, Universal Music Group leads the industry, with a one-third share of the global market.
It's maintained that leading position by being able to change its business model to accommodate the needs of consumers as they have evolved. And how consumers want their music today has changed music business models out of all recognition. Global digital music revenues to record companies are growing at an ever faster rate—up 8% to USD5.2bn in 2012. And as the digital revolution proceeds, it has driven major change and innovation in the way that Universal Music manages and distributes its content to a growing range of business partners, retailers and direct to consumers.
As early as 2007, Universal Music recognized a growing challenge with its digital supply chain. With a fast-developing range of partners requiring digital content, the spread of mp3 players, and ceaseless innovation creating new channels to market, the company needed to find a way to manage all of its digital assets without incurring significant additional costs in meeting new and emerging demand.
Universal Music concluded that it needed to make a decisive shift to a digital supply chain solution that could continuously adapt to consumer preferences as they evolved. The decision to change generated a number of key questions—principally whether to make the major investments in hardware and software to build a platform in-house, or to find an alternative approach with a partner.
Having assessed the capabilities and assets required to make the successful transition to a flexible and agile digital supply chain, Universal Music selected Accenture as its long-term outsourcing partner.
Accenture managed the roll out of the Digital Supply Chain platform (DSC), providing Universal Music with a sophisticated platform that provides total transparency into all of the activities taking place across its entire digital operations at any one time.
Accenture and Universal Music continue to work together to develop and improve the platform and what it offers in line with changes in consumer and business demand. Recent developments include creating direct to consumer capabilities providing a retail environment that generates a more direct connection between the company's artists and their fans. In addition, the platform is also able to make a considerable back catalogue available as well as other forms of previously unused material and formats—such as artist interviews, electronic press kits and high-definition video content - that are now enabling new ways to generate revenues and increase the appeal of Universal Music's content.
In the DSC, Accenture has delivered and operates a dynamic platform that continues to adapt as the market changes and Universal Music responds accordingly to capitalize on new and different opportunities. Today, the DSC enables Universal Music to serve 1,000 business partners in 200 territories across the globe. If required, this platform can ramp up quickly to meet demand and can deliver 1,000,000 products to Universal Music's business partners in a day. In addition, in 2012, it enabled the distribution of 25,000 new product releases.
The DSC delivers a compelling value proposition that consists of five pillars:
Automation and consolidation
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With the demand for digital music growing at an unprecedented rate, the DSC continues to provide a platform for growth and innovation that will position Universal Music for high performance well into the future of the digital music industry.
"Now I can shift my focus from dealing with problems to look at what needs to be built in the system to serve future needs. We need flexibility now more than ever and we need Accenture to complete our mission" Stephan Garandet, VP Systems & Strategy and VP Digital Operations, Universal Music Group International.


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DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica football team set a program record by rushing for 427 yards and Cory Gebhard hauled in three touchdown passes as the Saints cruised to a 47-10 victory over Iowa Wesleyan College in their home opener Saturday evening at Malosky Stadium.
The Saints averaged 8.7 yards per play, while holding the Tigers to just four yards per play. CSS finished with 682 yards of total offense, which is the second-most in a game in program history (700 vs. Presentation, 2011).
This game marked Iowa Wesleyan's first as part of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference and its first conference game as a NCAA Division III member. It was also head coach's Tom Parkevich's homecoming to CSS. Parkevich was the defensive coordinator for the Saints from 2008-11.
The Saints got the ball first and drove the ball right down the field and the drive was capped off on a Tyler Harper to Cory Gebhard 29-yard pass connection to make it 7-0.
After the teams traded punts and interceptions, the Tigers got on the board on a 32-yard field goal by Brandon Baker to make it 7-3 at the end of the first quarter. The score was tight despite the fact the Saints out-gained the Tigers in the half 205-57 and ran 13 more plays.
It was the totally the ground game that led CSS's second touchdown to begin the second quarter as Jake Jensen ran the ball five times on the drive and walked in from seven yards out to make it 14-3.
After a three-and-out by Iowa Wesleyan, Harper found Gebhard for a second time this time on 14-yard TD reception to make it 21-3.
The Saints tacked on three more points before the half as Mike Theismann connected on a 42-yard field goal to make the halftime score 24-3 St. Scholastica. The 42-yard field was the second longest in program history.
The CSS defense held the Tigers to just 63 yards of total offense in the first half, while the Saints offense accumulated 373 yards, including 212 yards on the ground. Jensen had 153 yards rushing at the half.
Iowa Wesleyan (0-2, 0-1 UMAC) began the second half by turning it over on downs at the CSS 28-yard-line. On the ensuing possession the Saints converted a third-and-26 when Harper found Gebhard, who made a couple of people miss to gain 27 yards on the play. That drive ended when Harper found Mitch O'Neil for a 20-yard TD reception to make it 31-3.
Harper threw his fourth touchdown pass of the day and the third to Gebhard on CSS's next possession from 19 yards out to make it 38-3 at the end of the third quarter.
A Chris Gassert 73-yard run setup a 32-yard Theismann field goal early in the fourth quarter to extend the CSS lead to 41-3. The 73-yard run was the third-longest rush in program history. Gassert then scored the final Saints touchdown of the day on a 37-yard scamper to make it 47-3. Iowa Wesleyan added a late touchdown to make the final score 47-10.
Harper finished the day 20-of-28 through the air for 255 yards and four touchdowns. Harper also ran for 72 yards on 10 attempts. Gebhard had seven receptions for 121 yards and three scores. His three TD receptions tied a program record. Jensen carried the ball 23 times for 174 yards and a score. Gassert had just four carries for 112 yards and a score.
The defense was led by Alex Mangan, who finished with six tackles. Blake Cedarleaf recorded three sacks on the day, which is the second-most in program history. The CSS defense finished with six sacks, which was one shy of the program record. Mike LaValley had the one interception for the Saints.
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The end of Episode 7 Blonde Thunder. Yay!
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Fukuda Rika's Food Theory
I recently listened to a really good Japanese podcast episode that I felt was relevant to animators so I decided to translate a part of it for anyone who is interested. It was an episode from RhymeStar Utamaru's Weekend Shuffle that aired on 4/21/2012 featuring Fukuda Rika, a snack researcher and writer. It's a pretty rough translation and the actual program is conversational so this is a summary, not a transcription.
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Fukuda Rika is a writer who has developed a film theory that analyzes how Food is used as a storytelling device. In this particular episode she concentrates on the works of Miyazaki Hayao.
General Food Theory Principles:
1. Good characters eat food enjoyably (like it's delicious).
A character who opens their mouth really wide and scarfs down their food, "shows the bottom of their stomach" (a Japanese figure of speech that means to reveal their intentions and emotions.) The audience unconsciously feels affinity towards and can trust the character who does this.
2. A character who is hiding their true colors does not eat food.
A character who needs to remain out of reach in a story doesn't show "the bottom of their stomach" by eating too extravagantly. For someone to remain shrouded in mystery or, the artist shouldn't hint at the biology of the character that allows the audience room to think "they're just humans after all, like me."
This applies to both good and bad guys, for example characters like Lupin and Jigen shouldn't be presented as too relatable since that diminishes their "coolness" and "super-manness", which is why Fukuda Rika believes that the spaghetti scene in Castle of Caligostro is an instance of failed food grammar. Miyazaki's Castle of Caligostro was heavily criticized by Monkey Punch and Lupin fans for depicting Lupin out of character. This kind of eating works for pure characters like Conan and Jimsee in Future Boy Conan, and probably what was carried over into this film.
3. A villain wastes food.
This applies whether they eat or don't eat food. Food theory has a direct connection to the audience's basic animal instincts, so if you see a person eating food enjoyably you feel good about them, but if you see someone wasting food we feel like our basic biological/preservation instincts are being wronged.
A good example of the use of Food as a device in film, is during the scene in Inglorious Basterds where Colonel Landa is eating the strudel. At the beginning he eats it tastefully and comments on how good it is, and you start to think food-theory wise, "Oh he's starting to be kind of sincere," but at the end of the scene he commits this unthinkable action (of putting his cigarette in his half-eaten strudel.) That's a moment where food is used to twist the audience's emotions. And it's not even a significant performance of his villany, and the action itself is quite minor within the syntagm of the film. But seeing that this character can easily do something that goes against our basic instincts (to waste food by putting out his cigartette in it) connects to the idea that this character is one that can also easily kill other human beings, which also goes against our human instincts. So that's food theory in a nutshell.
Food theory in Miyazaki Anime
A lot of people think of Miyazaki's film and think plainly along the lines of "There are a lot of scenes where the food looks good." But the role food plays in Miyazaki's films is not at such a vague level. Miyazaki is a rare artist who employs the grammar of feeding characters who deserve to eat, and will never allow for communal eating between people that have no emotional connection to each other.
How he got to this point - he originally set out to be a comic artist and fortunately when he entered university there was no Manga research organizations - so instead he joined a Children's Literature research chapter. And in Children's Literature, food is extremely important. Hooking children's interest by depicting food is key, seeing as sexuality is still insubstantial at that point and violence is scary. For example, Nakagawa Eriko's "Guri to Gura".
Specific Works
Lupin the 3rd Castle of Caligostro - Cigarettes play a key role in this film and adds to Lupin's nihilism (and contradicts the spaghetti scene mentioned earlier), but also plays as a device to prevent one from talking = they have something they can't talk about. The depiction of cigarettes in this film is totally spot on. Opening credits sequence/ Clarisa thanks Jigen and he drops his cigarette from his mouth/ Zenigata and Lupin share a half smoked cigarette in the underground tunnel, which has the significance of maintaining just the right amount of distance between the two characters.
Spaghetti acting is much better in Porco Rosso where in Milan the ladies in Picolo's factory make spaghetti before they start working. Miyazaki really wants to show the exchange of energy between his characters' actions and their consumption of food. Also he really romanticizes food, in the same way another director might romanticize guns or love.
Grey Food Theory
Rarely carried out successfully but there is a good example with the herring pie in Kiki's Delivery service. The grandmother and Kiki prepare it in the wood oven (after the electric one fails), then on her way there it starts raining so Kiki goes so far as to cover the pie with her skirt to keep it warm while becoming soaked herself, and when she finally delivers it, the granddaughter ungratefully says "Beh, I don't know why she keeps making this I dislike it." And shuts the door on Kiki. It's easy to hate the granddaughter character, but I'd guess more often than not that the audience can relate more to the granddaughter than to Kiki. Most people have strong likes and dislikes when it comes to food and have had the experience of resenting something prepared by a relative (or a relative who keeps giving you food that you used to like but now don't, or a relative who grew up during the war and continues to serve too much food etc.) And reflecting that for the audience in this character is a stabbing didactic tool on Miyazaki's part. There might be significance in that the word "herring" in Japanese is nishin, a homonym of the word ni-shin, which means to be double-faced/double-dealing.
You can't fight if you're hungry.
Characters in films from Ponyo to Laputa will always pack food when they are about to go out on a journey. Most directors don't show characters eating for energy- say if you watch a James Bond movie, you just assume that martinis are not the only thing they've consumed before fighting. Perhaps this is a distinguishing feature between live action movies and animated ones, where it takes more convincing to give cartoons biological gravity, otherwise they are just drawings. What a character brings with them when they are suddenly forced to run away really reveals what their priorities are, whether it's food, money, weapons, etc. In Miyazaki's films, if a character doesn't pack their amenities they are often seen acquiring them in town, such as with Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke. Master Yupa in Nausicaa, is a knight, and contrary to the custom image of a knight as a silhouette on a singular horse, Yupa has a second horse/bird who carries the just the supplies for his journey, and it really brings home the point that this man's journey is long and arduous. It's rare for an artist to successfully illustrate this without making it look silly - getting that to add gravity to the story rather than appearing superfluous.
Animals also get hungry.
Nausicaa feeds animals before she eats herself, and this shows her character. (The goji berries, a sign of love for the princess by the village children, plays a key role as a sign of hope in the last shot where its seed has sprouted into a young tree in the miasmic forest where she'd eaten them.) In Spirted Away, Lin - the girl Chihiro becomes friends with, feeds the kurosukes candy, and she brings Kamajii (a yokai, not a human) water and tendon. There are empty dishes by him that suggest that this goes on regularly and necessarily. These subtle visual cues hint at the life and relationships of these characters without verbalizing them and bringing attention to the fact. In Princess Mononoke, Ashitaka is a prince, but he feeds Yakul first - out of his hand, and then eats the leftovers from the same hand, and then proceeds to feed Yakul from that hand again. This reveals how much he values Yakul and also shows the nobility of his character as a prince who puts his subjects before himself. Jiji in Kiki's Delivery Service starts out by eating with Kiki at the table, but when they grow away from each other and their worlds diverge she starts eating either on the floor, or carries the food away showing the emotional development of these characters as they brecome independent. Animals in Miyazaki's films aren't treated like stuffed animals and are faithful to the fact that forming relationships with animals is often done through feeding them rather than pats or gambols.
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The war in Iraq is dominating daily life unlike any other conflict since the Vietnam War. From the media to protesters on street corners to yard signs to everyday conversations, the "war saturation" makes it difficult for kids not to notice, or for parents to shield their children from it.
"It's a very confusing time for kids as well as adults," says Dr. David Wade, Psy.D, a psychologist with Gorge Counseling and Treatment Services. He says one of the most important things parents can do to help their kids deal with current events is to listen and ask questions.
"Listen to the kinds of questions kids are asking," Wade says. "And it's also important for parents to ask their kids questions, because some kids will become very quiet and not say a thing." Wade recommends asking general questions to see what their child's thoughts and feelings are about what's going on.
While parents might have a desire to screen their children from the war, Wade says it's important to remember that "kids are going to be exposed to this somewhere."
"If (parents) totally try to avoid it, then my concern is, what's the message being sent to the child? That it's not okay to talk about it?"
Limiting television exposure is important, as well as Internet access, Wade says. But when a child sees images of the war, it's important for parents to be there to discuss it — and to realize kids don't have the cognitive skills to process information the way adults do.
"Kids — especially younger ones — will fill in the blanks," Wade says. "If they see Baghdad being bombed, they'll wonder if we're going to be bombed."
It's also important for parents to recognize that some unusual or "different" behavior might be simply the way their child is trying to process events.
"Younger kids might raise the same question over and over and over again," he says. "Rather than becoming irritated or brushing it off, take time to talk about it. This is how they're trying to work it out." Similarly, some kids might "work it out" through play.
Signs that a child may not be successfully dealing with their feelings and fears include difficulty sleeping, changes in appetite, irritation and crying. Some children might become "clingy," Wade says, or show regressive behavior.
"This is their way of looking for nurturing and comfort," he says. If a parent sees these signs, "open the door for discussion," Wade says.
Along with the war in Iraq, kids are having to process "the conflict we're having here in the U.S.," Wade says, referring to the war protests.
"Again, this can be very confusing for kids of all ages," he says. "Talking about that is important."
Wade stresses the importance of avoiding stereotyping or "grouping" people when talking to kids about the war. For instance, some kids might think that "all people from the Middle East are bad," he says.
"It's important for parents to be looking out for this and helping their kids understand not to make those generalizations," he says.
One way to help make kids feel "normal" is to stick to regular routines and schedules.
"Eat meals together, maintain regular bed times," Wade says. "These things can help children feel more safe. It makes things more predictable." And focus attention on positive things going on.
"Look around," he says. "What are people doing (that's positive)? Don't just focus on the negative. This can help kids with anxiety."
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Yes it IS just a game... no it shouldn't affect me like this... and good god how liberating it would be to just say "i don't like it, no sir, not even looking at that again".... But my disordered thinking and tendencies dictate otherwise for me.
I've gotten over compulsively 100%-ing anything from Squeenix at least.
The only time I don't finish a game is if it sucks BAD. That being a broken or un-interesting game.


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|2011-06-30, 18:51
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Aquarion EVOL - generic discussion thread
Few new faces, but Okada's probably the one that drew in the most attention at this point. Also joint Satelight and 8-bit's pretty good news as well (although probably expected by many).
Something to chew on while suffering Macross withdrawl from re-watches and waiting for 2nd movie's BR release?
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|2011-06-30, 19:15
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They're really making it 12,000 years after the first series? I always suspected that they might given the theme line on the main webpage "A new series passing 12,000 years,", but I always wondered how the heck they would handle the technology difference? And yeah, looking at the main webpage, it's obvious at least Apollo and Touma are coming back in some way.
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Strange we didn't get a thread till now, but then again this is Aquarion after all, so I don't think there is that much interest around here.
My experience with the first Aquarion wasn't a memorable one to be perfectly honest. I can't say it left much of an impression on me, but it was okay for the most part I guess ... I mean I'll most likely watch this since the designs seem interesting, the location choice is pretty cool (as cool as a Pokemon movie modeling it's location on Venice, but still cool) and there is Yoko Kanno and 8-Bit and stuff.
On the other hand, lots of stuff to be weary off for myself. Aquarion like I said wasn't the biggest fan of, Okada is ... Okada so this might end up ... not being that ''clever'' to say the least. And Kawamori is ... Kawamori.
So on cautious mode for now.
Oh, wait, I already done that ... Aquarion EVOL it is then ...
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Glad they do this, though I have mixed memories of Aquarion. The music was haunting and easily it's most memorable feature. I liked the story and characters and it had an overall good start, apart from the horrendous and silly transformation sequences. As the series went on the story became a bit dull and things generally went down the drain but it was enjoyable throughout.
I'm glad, really glad they do this 12'000 years after the first one. For one because it was a recurring theme throughout the series and more importantly because of the ending. My god, I raged at the ending. Not only was it overall not very satisfying but there was one thing I particularly couldn't stomach. I was waiting all series long for it to happen and when it finally did he's all like "Yo, Ima sacrificing myself. See ya in another 12'000 years. Maybe."
I really hope they conclude it this time, for good. And they have another shot at Aquarion. Maybe they'll make something amazing out of it this time.
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|2011-07-10, 13:42
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I found the original Aquarion pretty... average, but my sister really liked it so I'll probably watch this together with her.
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Will give this a look just out of curiosity on how it will turn out. Although expectations do seem low for me.
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why does this picture remind me of macross frontier. With the purple haired girl Sherry and the green haired Ranka .... though the mc guy is no where near Alto.
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My only experience with Aquarion so far is Super Robot Wars Z and the cast didn't really do much for me. I kind of found Apollo annoying and the brother and sister incest duo equally so. Then of course theres' the whole docking and having orgasm thing. The show just seems like it must be really weird from what I saw there and what I've heard the MAHQ crew discuss. Mid to Late 90's Tomino shows come to mind actually.
I don't know, I think like Tomino, Kawamori is one of those directors who just got weird for some reason as opposed to creative and interesting in how he directs his shows. He was rock solid during the 90's, but then everything since has been....weird. I honestly can't think of any other word to describe his later work.
Sadly his shows seem to be the only chance that we get to hear Yoko Kanno anymore (since other weird director Yoshiyuki Tomino seems to have called it a career....funny how these two guys have worked with Kanno more than perhaps any other director and both are famous for their earlier work and people have mixed feelings about their later stuff) so I'll be looking to this soundtrack if nothing else to see if it returns her work to her stronger days after the Macross Frontier OST which I found below average for her standard. I guess when you set the bar so high it's hard to keep reaching that level, but I'd love to see her reach those heights again.
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more aquarion is nice, as a SRW player. You really can't say no to a 120 morale access 1-14 MUGEN PUNCH and the 130 morale access Element System(Main pilot gets the better pilot stats from the other two)
The only issue with SRW is that it doesn't do justice to its plot. Because the out of combat parts are by far the more crucial developments.
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|2006-11-01, 14:21
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I think Raito is still too full of his damn self. Always performing good scores and all...
Unfortunately, he butts in a shadow (L) he can't see or grab, which is envelopping him little by little.
Yes, L, in the current state, is outsmarting Raito, unless Raito enters seriously the game of "who's gonna catch the rabbit first".
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\/ Because we don't see that much of L. in an episode its harder to believe his theories. He doesn't nearly get as much face time on screen as Light, which means he has less time to explain the reasoning behind his theories. This laso means that the shorter explanations givin by L. are weaker. Where as Light gets all the time he needs to explain himself. And as for Light being too rash, I'll admit that Light comes off as irrastional but he only explins the currnet step he his on at a givin time in his master plan. We know that he is going to purify this world of all the rotten people in it and bcome the God of this new world all while useing the Death Note to do this. But we don't know exactly how he is going to do this, but understand that Light is a ginuse and he isn't the type of person to get fly by the seat of his pants. Light is always thinking four to five steps ahead.
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not sure if up to episode 6 counts as a first impression, but L seems to be at an advantage in spite of the lives that were lost. i can't imagine light picking up L's identity at this point, where by 6 L seems REALLY close to light's identity. one more hint to get light, but L seems so much farther away.
as for pre-bus-jacking, it feels like L is playing a much tighter game, but light has a (super)natural advantage. i would say even ground up to then.
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I'd say that Light has the upperhand, and has been for the most part. They're both pretty equal in intelligence (I'd say L is smarter, though), but Light has the Death Note, which ups his chances quite a bit, even though L is extremely cautious.
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Hmm, well. After episode 7 I'm kinda torn. Maybe because there was not much shown from, L whereas we got to see a lot of Lights inner thoughts and fears and also how well he dealt with them.
At first, I felt he panicked a bit too hastily and I was about to "lol", and mock him at how mediocre he had become at the first sign of trouble but he immediately turned it around by exhibiting what I would call, "world class shrewdness." The guy's ability to pick up on the slightest detail and use it to his advantage is second to none. Extraordinary even!
So, with what looks like up to now his only real threat gone, plus the fact that his father is on the task force... No, scratch that. I feel that factor will ultimately be pivotal in a rather negative way for Kira in the future plot. But for now I guess it is an advantage, however, a swiftly depleting one.
I'm going to give this round to Kira. Spontaneously and luckily as it was for him to bump into Naomi at such a time, I feel the whole desperate encounter has given him an edge. I believe, or at least I hope, our young megalomaniac has gained something from the reality of almost being exposed. Well, knowing, Light, unpredictable as he is, I guess he will either prosper from the incident, or immaturely rise in confidence... Who knows…?
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I voted Light. Not because he's "smart" or has the death note, but because he seems to have a form of arbitrary main-character shield which makes things always work out his way in the end.
If I were to vote based on actual character behaviors, I'd vote for either "L" or, given the option, "Light bungling something up by virtue of being psychotic and not as smart as he thinks he is."
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Well I haven't read the other responses but I'd say Light still has the advantage and will continue to have it...Light has the death note and the help of his reaper which gives him an ultimate advantage...Now if the question is merely whether or not Light will get caught I'm not sure the answer but in-terms of him simply having the overall advantage he still does...He is a bit too psycotic and arrogant for his own good but he has the death note at his beakon call...Even if he was to get caught or cornered in some way he'd still have the option of giving away half of his life to see names(Not that he would want to, but if it's him and L trapped in an ally who knows?)...After episode 8 I think the writer wants the audience to believe Light is being cornered, but I see it more of L being too brazen in his analysis (For obvious reasons we know this--L is going to over-analyse to the point he'll make mistakes aswell)...Light has to be more careful than he has been up to this point, but even with mistakes in judgement the death note gives him the upperhand especially if he's forced to play it...
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Hm, that's exactly what's been bugging me about Light, circumstances generally working out in his favor by extraordinary coincidence. But yeah, that and Ryuk undeniably gives him a bit of an edge. Without it, he'd have been in big trouble already.
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Maybe he watched Hikaru no Go too ^^? I know back around ep 3 or 4 I was thinking it would be only a matter of time before his scheduling painted him as a student in much the same way Waya surmised the "Sai" was a child.
I do somewhat agree with you, however. The way it was described by the police in that episode did certainly make it sound like it could be anyone holding down an 8-to-4 job.
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For the show to progress, L must learn more and more of Kira, which by definition will make L's position more advantageous. Kira has yet done anything that would damage L's life in any way. Even if the current investigation stops, you think the show will stop on a lame reason like "nobody would work with L anymore?"
So far, everything that kira did that would hinder the investigation at best gets him a draw. he's never confused or misled L enough to force the investigation into a totally wrong direction.
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My key thing is L can have signed affidavits, paperwork, official documents, strategies and schematics, or anything else you can discuss that points to him being on the blood-trail of Light (And I mean everything but the finite evidence), but no matter who wants to use the blind-folded "Scales of Justice" for examination,... the bottomline is, a name and a face is all that is needed for Light's side of that mutual scale...You can put 1,000 tons of $hit on L's side of the scale, but a name and a face for L will equate it or easily tip the scales in Yagami's favor...Worst case scenerio Light has to give up half his life to easily attain it...Worser case even is if L somehow reveals "Kira's" identity, but the contrast to that is L must still prove how and what he's been doing...Light has no such hurdle to pass if he has a sheet of death loose-leaf, a face, and a name...He even has the ability to cause confusion after that fact by manipulating others via the deathnote(He could start a war if he wanted right in the heart of Japan just to stall if need be)...IMO, L won't have the advantage until he HAS THE ADVANTAGE (Clearly--which means he has Light at death point)...L has the awesome task of figuring out who, what, and why, while Light's task is only figuring out the who part with an invisible shinigami who aids him and the deathnote at his disposal for the ultimate endgame...As great as L has been and despite the mistakes Light has made up to this point, until L has clearly won he's still at a disadvantage...completley (He's doing a damn good job though despite this HUGE disadvantage he can't even fathom)...
LOL he simply can't kill others with the stroke of a pen guys...
|2006-11-28, 03:33
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I don't see why you think it's some trivial matter for Light to discover L's identity when L is in fact substantially more covert in his actions and behavior than Light is. Or at least to the degree where he can't hide behind the invisble hand of the Death Note, so he actually puts thought into covering his tracks.
Light doesn't strike me as deep-thinking enough to legitmately cover his tracks well enough to say "discovering his identity is near impossible" (supporting events: entire fbi "arc", and the end of ep 2).
Additionally, even if you want to say L only wins if he can send Light to jail... I don't recall them telling us that Light's been destroying or burning pages from the death note as he's been using it. Having a log book of all the people he's suspected of killing will be pretty incriminating, especially any unreported deaths or causes of deaths. Let alone the ability to see Ryuk at that point, who may even just explain what's going on.
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Also don't discount the fact that police or agents may be much less willing to work for L given the deaths of many agents already which puts him at the disadvantage in man-power (and the ability of the men he does have who may fear "Kira" thus not produce results)...He'll he had to come out of hiding to devise a new plan with a localized unit who's chief is "Kira's" dad...How can L not be at the clear disadvantage I ask??
Honestly though, L's mistakes cost lives, Light's mistakes cost Ryuk's his red-apples...
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As far as life-changing events go, there's no doubt that having my children changed me in an instant. And not just as a parent, but as a teacher too. Parenthood didn't cause me to change my teaching philosophy or create new classroom procedures, but it did give me a valuable perspective. Immediately, I understood the implicit hope that the world would be good and just and full of opportunity for my children. I also understood, viscerally, what parents need from teachers: to recognize the infinite potential in each student, even when he can't see it in himself; to know that fair and equal aren't the same; and to be fully present with the children we work with.
Yet, as a person who has met and talked with tens of thousands of teachers from across the country, I also know that teachers can't do this work alone. We come into this profession because we have the same implicit hopes for your children as you do. Why is it, then, that I hear far too many stories of teachers and parents working at odds, rather than as partners? Here are a few things parents should know about teachers and the work they do, in order to truly support your child's education.
Teachers are Professionals
By the second week of June, I've usually fielded several of these comments: "Oh, you're a teacher? You're so lucky to have your summers off." I always cringe inside when I hear this. Actually, we don't get our summers off. Most teachers I know end up working most of June and most of August. Whether they're taking classes, attending professional development or working in their classrooms, teachers are busy long after the kids are gone and far before the kids return.
Teachers also work 12 months in the space of 10. We are deliberate craftspeople who spend countless hours designing lessons, continuing our education, collaborating with other teachers, and thinking about--caring about--the children who walk through our doors each day. Everyone's work is tough and skilled and demanding in its own unique way; the classroom is no different.
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Recently, I overheard a conversation between a father and a teacher. With his daughter sitting next to him, he said, "I want my daughter to be responsible, but only if you're doing your job first." I was struck by the way she sat up taller, more smugly. This is the first step to undermining a productive partnership. Teachers want to help students solve problems; in fact, problem-solving is a fundamental part of what we teach. But this was clearly a conversation about blame, rather than one intended to solve a problem. I found out, later, that this same student all but demanded an A for the semester because she had "worked hard and was getting an A in all of her other classes." Luckily, the teacher coached her through different ways to advocate for herself, but imagine what the lesson would have been if she hadn't.
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Partnerships can become doomed when communication breaks down. One way to invite strained communication is by avoiding teachers and talking to their administrator first. So many times I've heard administrators recall a phone conversation where their first response was, "Have you talked to the teacher yet?" If the answer is "no," then an important piece of the conversation is missing. A teacher explanation can usually fill in the gaps and start the problem-solving process. We really do want to know when something is amiss, but starting with mistrust can make for a tenuous partnership.
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A great way to forge a new kind of partnership is to be present when you can. When you show interest in school and in education, the children will too. Make every effort to come to parent/teacher conferences. In fact, it's one of my favorite parts of the year: I get to learn something about my students that only their parents can share. Volunteer if you have time or check the school's website to see what is going on.
There's just one exception to this: Respect the rules of the classroom. If you have to contact your child during the day via his cell phone, make sure he knows that doesn't mean he has to answer it. Just last week, a phone rang in class. I glanced in the direction of the sound thinking I'd see the student putting it away, but instead I heard his voice, "Hello?" I asked why he was answering a phone call in the middle of class. He replied, "It was my mom. She needed to tell me where I'm supposed to go after school." I reminded him that's what a lunch break and the front office are for. We want to see you involved and aware, but not interrupting class with a call.
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Our school has an online grade program where teachers record grades as they give them. It's supposed to create more fluid communication, but more often than not, it creates an emphasis on the commodity of school, rather than on the learning. When we focus on points, quibble over a tenth of a percentage, or check the grade program 37 times in one day (one of my student's parents actually did this) we're sending a very clear message: it doesn't matter what you learn, only what you appear to have learned.
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We know that you're sending to school each day the very best child you can. And we're sure you know that we're trying to send home every day, the very best child we can. It reminds me of the second realization of motherhood, right after implicit hope: implicit knowledge that I was going to make some mistakes. But as my 5-year old daughter recently reminded me, "it's not a mistake, Mom, if you learn from it."
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This past weekend, Portland hosted one of the coolest food events in the world: Feast Portland. Over the course of three days, food was eaten, chef tricks were learned, tweets were sent, and memories were made! Tillamook couldn't have been more honored to be a part of the festivities.
We started the week by giving out 6 pairs of tickets to the Sandwich Invitational and Grand Tasting through a Haiku contest through email and Twitter. They were all amazing, but you can read some of our favorites here.
To kick off the weekend, Tillamook participated in the Sandwich Invitational, featuring 15 top chefs, including Paul Qui, Duff Goldman, Tommy Habetz, Nick Wood and winner Adam Sappington! Tillamook made a few funky and delicious sandwiches of our own: Pretzel Crunch (pretzel, peanut butter, bananas, honey and Tillamook Sharp Cheddar), Dark Ginger (dark chocolate, candied ginger and Tillamook Special Reserve Extra Sharp Cheddar) and Berry Waffle (marionberry compote and Tillamook Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar on a waffle).While sampling nearly 600 sandwiches to the hungry crowd, we asked attendees to vote for their favorite Tillamook sandwich… and Dark Ginger won! Check back soon for the recipes for our tasty sandwiches.
At the Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting, Tillamook served over 4,000 samples of what we fondly call "America's Best Grilled Cheese." Using America's Best Sharp Cheddar and America's Best Monterey Jack, the sandwich had the sharp bite and an incredible creaminess from the Monterey Jack. Visitors could also grill their faces onto a sandwich using the Tillamook Cheese'wich app at our photo booth!
In addition to these events, we hooked up some lucky folks with a Tillaphone. What is a Tillaphone, you ask? It's a phone that when used between 11pm and 3am, will get you a delicious Tillamook grilled cheese sandwich delivered to you for free. Chefs, media, and lucky local Portlanders used their phones to order one of three Tillamook sandwiches: the Triple Threat (celebrating our awards at this year's ACS competition with Tillamook Colby Jack, Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar, and Sharp Cheddar), Spicy BBQ (bacon, BBQ sauce, caramelized onions, and Tillamook Sharp Cheddar) and the Dark Ginger from the Sandwich Invitational. Check out #ComfortCall on Twitter or Instagram for more!
If you were able to make Feast, what was your favorite part? Did you meet your favorite chef, eat the most amazing grilled cheese sandwich you've ever had, try the best wine of your life, or realize that great food can be life changing? We can't wait to hear your stories! See ya next year!
Wow. I'm headed to the grocery story RIGHT NOW to pick up ingredients for my own grilled cheese invitational. These all sound incredible. Well done!
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Exceptionally Troubling Ruling In The UK: Owners Of Links Site Guilty Of 'Conspiracy To Defraud'
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Unfortunately, however, the court has found Anton guilty of "conspiracy to defraud" for which he faces 10 years in jail. 10 Years. His wife was found not guilty. Of course, FACT and other entertainment industry interests are cheering this on as a huge victory, and promising to use this to stifle all kinds of useful innovation... er, go after any other site they consider to be "pirate" sites, even if those sites have perfectly legitimate and non-infringing uses. The broadness of the law, and the vague and contradictory standards with which it has been applied in the UK should be exceptionally worrying to people -- especially those in the UK. It is no longer safe to try to create a useful service to help people find entertainment content, because you may get raided, private companies may get your computers and you may end up in jail. London has been building itself up as a tech/startup hub of Europe, but with rulings like these, don't be surprised to see entrepreneurs move elsewhere.


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For more than 400 years the Catholic Church maintained a list of prohibited books.
Such a list was officially first issued during the reign of Pope Paul IV (1555-59) and frequently was revised until 1966, when the list was ended. Historically known as the Index of Prohibited Books, it impacted printers, readers and authors alike. But why did the Church get into the business of prohibiting books? What was the purpose behind denying certain books to Catholics?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that the Church magisterium, its teaching office, is tasked "to preserve God's people from deviations and defections and to guarantee them the objective possibility of professing the true faith without error" (No. 890).
In the early centuries of the Church such deviations, defects or falsehoods were largely spread by the written word. As a result, the Church sought to limit certain written materials — specifically, unauthorized vernacular translations of the Bible, books and other literature authored by heretics, superstitious works such as astrology and magic, obscene works and books promoting philosophies not sanctioned by or in accordance with Church teaching.
Scripture scholars often cite the Acts of the Apostles as biblical evidence of dangerous books being destroyed (see 19:16-19). In Acts, Paul is depicted as traveling throughout Ephesus, teaching the Gospel as well as curing the sick in the name of Jesus. Jewish exorcists or magicians also invoked the name of Jesus, in the manner of Paul, while attempting to drive out demons and cure the afflicted. They were unable to do so. The magicians immediately realized that the grace and gifts from Jesus were much stronger than any magic power to which they could lay claim. As a result, they sought to become followers of Christ and, to prove their sincerity, voluntarily burned the books that contained their "magic" formulas.
The Council of Nicaea is an early instance where writings were burned by Christian leaders. At that council in 325, Emperor Constantine called all the Church bishops together to deal with the heresy of Arianism that claimed that Jesus was not God. The council condemned and excommunicated both Arius and his followers. Subsequently, Constantine directed that all the writings of Arius be burned so that his philosophies could not pollute anyone else.
As Christianity began to take root, there was a need to determine the legitimate books that should make up the Old and New Testaments. There were many opinions regarding which writings were divinely inspired and those that were not inspired. In 405, Pope Innocent I sought to clarify the situation in a letter to Bishop Exsuperius of Toulouse, specifying the books accepted as canonical — that is, those that should be included in the Bible.
The letter also enumerated and condemned writings that were not proven to be genuine, or were considered forged or illegal, including works alleged to have been written by the apostles John and Peter, and others by Matthias, James the Less, Leucius, Andrew, Nexocharis, Leonidas and Thomas. In 496, Pope Innocent's list of condemned writings was included in an official papal decree, Decretum Gelasianum, attributed to Pope Gelasius I (r. 492-496).
There were other instances in the early Church when writings were banned or burned. In 435, Emperor Theodosius II had all the writings of Nestorius of Antioch destroyed because Nestorius advocated that Mary was not the Mother of God. In 446, Pope Leo I the Great ordered books destroyed that advocated positions not in accordance with Church teachings and directed punishment of individuals who read or possessed those books. Following the Third Council of Constantinople, held in 680, writings associated with the heresy of monothelitism were also burned.
The writings of the heretical Albigensians were burned in the 12th and 13th centuries. Likewise, during the 15th century, the books of John Wycliffe and John Hus were banned or burned. Selected books promoting Jansenism were also condemned in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Until the 15th century all writing was done by hand, mostly by monks, and there existed few copies of any one publication. Thus the Church could mostly control books that it found contrary to the teachings of Jesus. That kind of control forever changed with the invention of the printing press in 1440.
During the Fifth Lateran Council (1512-17), the bishops acknowledged the value of the printing press, but wrote: "Complaints [as a result of the printing press] from many persons, however, have reached our ears and those of the apostolic see. In fact, some printers have the boldness to print and sell to the public, in different parts of the world, books … containing errors opposed to the faith as well as pernicious views contrary to the Christian religion and to the reputation of prominent persons of rank. The readers are not edified. Indeed, they lapse into very great errors not only in the realm of faith but also in that of life and morals" (Tenth session, May 4, 1515, promulgated by Pope Leo X's bull Inter sollicitudines).
The council then directed that no book could be printed, under threat of excommunication, without approval of appropriate Church officials.
Clearly the Church of the times worried about the impact of the printing press on the moral fiber of the laity, and worries heightened with the 1517 revolt of Martin Luther. Luther's theology and the capability to spread that theology led to the first printed Vatican list of prohibited books, historically known as the Index Prohibitorum, or Index of Prohibited Books. Issued by Pope Paul IV in 1559, this index was part of the 16th-century Roman Inquisition that was created to counter the spread of Protestant heresy. Protestant writings were often burned, and individuals possessing the books were punished.
The famous Council of Trent, summoned to implement a thorough reform in the Church and held in several sessions from 1545 to 1563, took as one of its later objectives to establish a separate commission to draw up a new list of forbidden books. This list, known as the Tridentine Index, was issued in 1564 by Pope Pius IV and not only included a list of banned books but the guidance and procedures used during all future revisions and changes to the index.
In April 1571, a formal office was decreed for overall responsibility to deal with the issue of prohibited books. This organization was called the Sacred Congregation of the Index. In addition to maintaining the index, it was charged with identifying necessary corrections that would make a particular work acceptable. While over the centuries the name of this congregation would change and its authority amended, the congregation would carry out its duties of responding to false teachings and heretical writings until the mid-20th century.
Revisions to the Index of Prohibited Books differed in manner of presentation and content. The first list issued, in 1559, forbade all the works of certain authors, selected works of other authors, books written by heretics and erroneous translations of the New Testament in the vernacular. That index also contained the names of 61 printers whose works were banned. As expected, the Council of Trent focused primarily on printed materials authored by Protestants.
A significant change to the index came during the reign of Pope Benedict XIV who, in 1753, issued enhanced rules on the process of censoring new books and how the rules would be enforced. His bull Sollicita ac Provida clarified that any written material in question had to be examined by nonpartisan scholars and two of three had to agree that the book should be banned. The recommendation of the scholars was then sent to a committee of cardinals for a decision.
Following the First Vatican Council, and during the tenure of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), revisions gave more attention to principles that would guide Catholics in discerning what they should read. The last index was published in 1948 and included 4,000 titles.
In 1966, the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, the congregation responsible for the Index of Prohibited Books, was reorganized in accordance with the apostolic letter Integrae servandae, issued by Pope Paul VI. The letter renamed the congregation the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and established rules for the congregation, but made no mention or reference to the Index of Prohibited Books.
When the newly formed Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith received inquiries regarding prohibited books, they responded that the index no longer enjoyed the force of Church law and was thus suppressed. The response went on to indicate that the ethical obligation of not distributing or reading books that impact morals and faith still exists, and that this was not a compromise. The responsibility for avoiding such material is now on the conscience of the faithful under the guidance of the bishops. While the Index of Prohibited Books has been ended, the Church will always act as necessary to guard against the "gangrene" of false teachings (see 2 Tm 2:17) and will always preserve the deposit of Christian faith and protect the true message of Jesus Christ.
D.D. Emmons writes from Mount Joy, Pa.
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