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The Class Guide is published quarterly by The Almanac, the Palo Alto Weekly and the Mountain View Voice.
Business, Work and Technology
2225 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto
CareerGenerations offers group sessions to meet specific career needs. CareerGenerations career coaches can help assess talents in the context of today's marketplace, generate career options, improve resumes and social-media profiles, design a successful search plan, and skillfully network, interview and negotiate salaries.
Dance Connection
4000 Middlefield Road, L-5, Palo Alto
Studio: 650-852-0418
Office: 650-322-7032
Dance Connection offers graded classes for preschool to adult with a variety of programs to meet every dancer's needs. Ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, boys program, lyrical, pilates and combination classes are available for beginning to advanced levels.
4000 Middlefield Road, L-3, Palo Alto
DanceVisions, a nonprofit community dance center, offers classes from age 3 to adult. Classes range from modern to hip-hop, lyrical, pilates, jazz, ballet, and contact improvisation, as well as providing a performance showcase.
For the Dancer
Beaudoin's School of Dance
464 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto
Tap, ballet, ballroom and jazz dance classes available for children and adults. Special classes for preschoolers.
Uforia Studios
819 Ramona St., Palo Alto
Uforia Studios specializes in dance (Zumba, hip-hop, Bollywood, Hula Hooping), Strength and Sculpting (uDefine) and Spinning (uCycle). All fitness levels and abilities are welcome.
Zohar School of Dance and Company
4000 Middlefield Road, L-4, Palo Alto
Zohar offers classes to adults in jazz, ballet and modern dance. The studio is under the direction of Ehud and Daynee Krauss.
The Great Outdoors
Lucy Geever-Conroy, Flight Instructor for Advantage Aviation
1903 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
Offering learn-to-fly seminars, private pilot ground school and flying lessons, along with free seminars for pilots.
Health & Fitness
American Red Cross: Silicon Valley Chapter
400 Mitchell Lane, Palo Alto
In a Red Cross First Aid class students learn CPR, choking rescue, bleeding control and treatment of burns, fractures, seizures and more. Adult CPR and First Aid Certificates.
Andy Harader Tennis Camp
Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
Andy Harader, head coach at Palo Alto High School for both girls and boys tennis teams, leads a tennis camp that runs all summer, every week, 9 a.m. to noon, Monday-Friday. Ages 7-16; all levels.
Be Yoga
440 Kipling St., Palo Alto
Friendly community yoga studio with small class sizes and workshops on ayurveda, reiki and meditation.
Betty Wright Swim Center at Abilities United
3864 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Improve health and wellness through aquatic exercise and therapy in the fully accessible, public, warm-water (93 degrees), indoor pool. Classes include aqua aerobics, aqua arthritis, back basics, body conditioning, Aichi yoga and prenatal. Group and private swim lessons.
California Yoga Center (Palo Alto)
541 Cowper St., Palo Alto
The California Yoga Center offers classes for beginning to advanced students. With studios in Mountain View and Palo Alto, classes emphasize individual attention and cultivate strength, flexibility and relaxation. Ongoing yoga classes are scheduled every day and include special classes such as prenatal, back care and pranayama. Weekend workshops explore a variety of yoga-related topics.
CMAC Swim School
CMAC Aquatic Center, 3805 Magnolia Drive, Palo Alto
CMAC Swim School offers lessons for babies, youth and adults. Classes are a half-hour long and each class contains three to four participants.
The Happy Body
305 North California Ave., Palo Alto
The Happy Body Program is a different approach to weight loss. Using a system involving nutrition, exercise and relaxation, teachers Aniela and Jerzy Gregorek help achieve the desired results of a balanced lifestyle featuring improved health and greater youthfulness.
Kidz Love Soccer
Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto
Kidz Love Soccer youth soccer classes are open to boys and girls of all abilities. The curriculum is customized for kids of all ages. Classes encourage a better SELF — Sportsmanship, Esteem, Learning and Fun.
Kim Grant Tennis Academy
3005 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
The Kim Grant Tennis Academy offers tennis classes to minis (ages 3-5), beginner (ages 5-7), intermediate I and II, advanced and elite players.
Palomo Archery
4022 Transport St., Palo Alto
Palomo Archery offers classes for groups, parties and Boy Scout/school classes.
Studio Kicks
796A San Antonio Road, Palo Alto
650-855-9869 (fax)
Studio Kicks is a family fitness center offering high-energy cardio kickboxing classes and martial-arts training for kids 4 and up. Taught by owner/instructor Richard Branden, six-time world champion and original stunt cast member for the "Power Rangers."
Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Taijiquan Tutelage teaches the classical Yang Chengfu style of Taijiquan (T'ai chi ch'uan). Beginning classes start monthly.
Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA
3391 Middlefield Road, YES Hall, Palo Alto
The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA offers classes designed to improve balance, strength and flexibility while promoting relaxation and good health. Beginner classes in Taoist Tai Chi internal art of Tai Chi Chuan are offered for all ages and fitness levels in Palo Alto. First class is free. A nonprofit organization with nationally accredited instructors.
Yoga at All Saints' Episcopal Church
555 Waverley St., Palo Alto
Kundalini-style yoga, combining asana (physical poses), breathing exercises and meditation. Practice is best done on an empty stomach. Please bring a mat and blanket and wear comfortable, easy-to-move-in clothes. If floor work is difficult, exercises can be modified to be done in a chair. All ages. No registration necessary.
Just for Seniors
450 Bryant St., Palo Alto
Avenidas offers classes from balance, line dancing and back fitness to dementia caregiving and computers. Membership costs, fees and class listings are included on the website.
Language Courses
German Language Class
50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
This Palo Alto Adult School class teaches participants how speak, read, and write German, with an emphasis on conversation. Basic grammar and Germanic culture are also covered. The instructor, a college-credentialed teacher, lived and studied in Germany through Stanford, from where she later received a master's degree. June 11-July 16, Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fee: $74.
International School of the Peninsula (ISTP)
151 Laura Lane, Palo Alto
ISTP offers extensive after-school language classes at its two Palo Alto locations. Classes offered in French, Mandarin and Spanish to preschool students (3 to 5 years old). Additional classes taught in Arabic, Farsi, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese and Russian for elementary and middle school students.
The Peninsula Parents Place
Koret Family Resource Center, 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto
The Peninsula Parentsplace offers parenting classes on subjects ranging from strategies for managing picky eaters to making the switch from diapers.
Mind and Spirit
Ananda Palo Alto
2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Ananda Palo Alto offers classes on meditation, chanting and yoga.
Music, Arts and Food
Sur La Table Cooking School
855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
(650) 289-0438
www.surlatable.com/ (Go to "cooking classes" navigation bar, and search "Palo Alto")
Classes are two- to two-and-a-half hours long. Recipes and tasting-sized portions will be provided in the class. Sur La Table offers hands-on classes, demonstration-only classes and classes for kids and teens.
The Silicon Valley Boychoir
600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto
The Silicon Valley Boychoir rehearses in downtown Palo Alto and trains boys in the art of choral singing with an emphasis on vocal coaching, music literacy, and the highest artistic standards. The multi-level choir for boys in grades 1-8 is expanding next fall and adding additional levels.
Art with Emily
402 El Verano Ave., Palo Alto
Emily Young teaches mixed-media, multi-cultural art lessons for children at her fully equipped studio in Palo Alto.
Art Works Studio
595 Lincoln Ave., Palo Alto
Art Works Studio offers a variety of fine-art classes for kids, as well as summer camps.
Art for Wellbeings Summer Art Camp
2460 Park Blvd. No. 3, Palo Alto
In this summer art camp for young people with special needs and their friends, one fruit will be focused on each day and be eaten as a snack. Participants will learn about the seed, plant or tree, growing cycle, and foods made of this fruit. The day will start with a welcome and introduction to the fruit of the day, and participants will then create an art project based on the fruit (and eat it!). For ages 8-18, the camp runs three sessions in July.
Manzana Music School
Palo Alto
Manazana offers lessons for adults and children aged 6 or older on guitar, violin, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, vocal, arranging and music theory. House-call and Skype lessons are also available.
Midpeninsula Community Media Center
900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto
The Media Center offers classes every month in a wide range of media arts, including publishing media on the Web, podcasting, digital editing, field production, TV studio production, Photoshop for photographers, citizen journalism and autobiographical digital stories. Biweekly free orientation sessions and tours.
New Mozart School of Music
305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto
New Mozart provides early-childhood music classes for children 2-7 years old, including violin classes and group Suzuki lessons.
Opus1 Music Studio
2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto
Opus1 Music Studio offers group music lessons for all kinds of instruments to ages 2 and up. Beginners to advanced level.
Pacific Art League
668 Ramona St., Palo Alto
Art classes and workshops by qualified, experienced instructors for students from beginners to advanced and even non-artists. Classes in collage, oil painting, portraits and sketching, life drawing, acrylic or watercolor and brush painting. Sculpture. Registration is ongoing.
Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto
Classes and workshops for children and adults in ceramics, painting, drawing, jewelry, book arts, printmaking, collage and more.
School Days
Amigos de Palo Alto
1611 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto
Amigos de Palo Alto is a full Spanish-immersion preschool. Offering parents a safe environment where they may leave their children, both for child care and to begin learning from bilingual instructors how to speak and learn Spanish the same way their native language was learned — naturally. Preschool sessions are offered five days a week.
International School of the Peninsula
Cohn Campus (grades 1-8): 151 Laura Lane, Palo Alto
Cooper Campus (nursery): 3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto
After-school programs for preschool, elementary- and middle-school students. Classes include French cooking, Asian cooking, chess, science, robotics, Chinese dance, art and craft, watercolor, gymnastics, soccer and multi-sports.
Milestones Preschool
3864 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Milestones Preschool, a developmental program, provides children aged 2-5 years an educational environment that promotes their development of the social skills, independent thinking, intellectual growth, and positive self-image they need to succeed in kindergarten and later in life. NAEYC accredited. State of California License 434407984.
Sora International Preschool
701 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto
Sora International Preschool is an English-Japanese bilingual preschool. Sora's mission is to help families that are raising bilingual children as well as those that want their children to begin a second language at an early age.
T'enna Preschool at the Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
Play-based approach develops skills and a love of learning. Two-, three- and five-day-per-week options for 18 months to 5 years with emphasis placed on experiential learning, family involvement, values and fun.
For Kids
Camp Edmo
Palo Verde Elementary, 3450 Louis Road, Palo Alto
At Camp Edmo, entering K-fourth graders participate in arts, science and animation activities designed by Edventure More in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences, the Children's Creativity Museum & the Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA). Palo Verde Elementary in Palo Alto also hosts Camp EdTech, a digital media camp for entering 5th-8th graders where campers create, direct, edit & star in their own short films and animations, develop 2-D and 3-D Video Games or express their perspective of the world in a Digital Photography program. Both camps runs Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. plus extended day and lunch options.
Galileo Innovation Camps for Kids
Walter Hays Elementary School, 1525 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
The world needs innovators. That's where Galileo comes in. Drawing from the innovation process developed by the Stanford d.school (Institute of Design), Galileo runs an evolving series of imagination-sparking programs for kids from pre-K through 8th grade: Camp Galileo (pre-K-5th graders), Galileo Summer Quest (5th-8th graders), The Tech Summer Camps (4th-8th graders) and Chabot Space & Science Camp (3rd-7th graders). Extended care from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Optional healthy lunch program.
Kingdom Rock VBS
Peninsula Bible Church, 3505 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
At Kingdom Rock VBS, kids ages 4 years to fifth grade learn about the Bible through various activities. June 17-21 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Stanford Jazz Camp
Braun Music Center (541 Lasuen Mall) and Dinkelspiel Auditorium (471 Lagunita Drive), Stanford University Campus
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Jazz Camp immerses participants in a fun, focused, and supportive environment. The Jazz Camp curriculum includes master classes, ensemble playing, private lessons, and performance, as well as theory, musicianship and jazz history. The camp culminates in a public recital by student combos. In addition to daily class sessions and rehearsals, students may attend jam sessions and Stanford Jazz Festival concerts for free. Participants can choose to stay on campus in dormitories. For ages 12-17; no audition required for enrollment.
Something for Everyone
Palo Alto Adult School
50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
650-329-8515 (fax)
Hands-on computer, language, test preparation, writing, bird identification, investment, hiking, yoga and certificate courses available. Hundreds of online classes are offered by the Palo Alto Adult School in conjunction with Education to Go.
The Class Guide is published quarterly in the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice and Menlo Park Almanac. Descriptions of classes offered in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Stanford, Atherton, Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley, East Palo Alto and beyond are provided. Listings are free and subject to editing. Due to space constraints, classes held in the above cities are given priority.
The fall Class Guide will publish on August 7 and 9, 2013, with deadlines approximately two weeks prior.
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Concerned by missteps that have left some Baltimore arrestees waiting in jail for weeks before seeing a judge, the public defender's office is pushing a plan to reduce the role prosecutors play in bringing suspects to court.
Dozens of defendants have faced lengthy delays in high-profile cases initiated by the office of Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein, and lawmakers are calling for reforms as officials debate how to improve the process without weakening prosecutors' ability to crack down on violent gangs.
"These are people's constitutional rights; it's not a matter of whether they'd like to fix them, they must fix them," said Del. Curt Anderson, a Baltimore Democrat, noting that the suspects being held had not been tried or convicted.
State law says defendants should get a chance to post bail or ask for release within 24 hours after they are arrested or on the next day courts are open. But a recent Baltimore Sun investigation found that out of 205 people charged directly by prosecutors' grand jury indictments last year, 20 percent waited more than five days for a hearing.
People arrested on the street or after police obtain a warrant have their bail set at Central Booking, but when prosecutors obtain the warrant, they can choose to hold the hearings before more senior circuit judges.
Natalie Finegar, the deputy public defender for Baltimore, said her office wants defendants brought to court automatically, without the intervention of Bernstein's office. Her office has been discussing the issue with prosecutors, the court system and corrections officials.
Under the proposal, newly arrested defendants would be automatically transported to downtown courthouses the next day.
The arrest warrants obtained by prosecutors direct authorities to bring defendants to court as soon as possible, "so they would just be complying with that order," Finegar said.
A spokeswoman for the state's judges said they are committed to fixing the problems so people have "timely access to justice."
"When someone is picked up on any warrant, the judiciary wants to ensure that every individual has a hearing within the time required by statute," spokeswoman Terri Bolling said.
The discussion is playing out as prosecutors press on with the kinds of major multi-defendant cases closely associated with the delays — sweeping up another two dozen defendants this month.
Even if things go smoothly, Finegar said it can take time to arrange a court date — typically defendants' first chance to hear the charges against them, meet a lawyer or request their release.
In addition, the state's attorney's office says other problems come up when large numbers of defendants are arrested at once, overwhelming the courts, or when prosecutors are not notified that someone has been taken into custody.
By having defendants automatically brought to court, Finegar thinks prosecutors would be less likely to overlook or forget jailed defendants. Instead, those suspects would be in court and accessible to prosecutors and public defenders.
Mark Cheshire, a spokesman for Bernstein, said the prosecutors office has been exploring fixes, but he declined to comment on specifics.
"We have been working with our partners for some time on improving processes to ensure that all defendants have their initial appearances in a timely fashion, including improved notification systems," Cheshire said.
The state public safety department, which runs the city jail, confirmed that it has also been involved in discussions but referred questions to Bernstein's office.
Over the past year, 47-year-old Michael Ross waited the longest for a bail hearing — 59 days. He said no one else should have to experience what he did, and was surprised to learn that many other defendants had endured similar delays.
"It just bought back a flood of emotions because it basically validated everything," he said. "People were like, 'This just doesn't happen in this country.' "
Ross said in an interview that he lost his home as a result of being in jail for so long. After a judge released him, he returned to find that the locks on his apartment had been changed.
"I'm still trying to recover from this stuff," said Ross, who faces a drug distribution charge.
This month, prosecutors announced two more cases targeting suspected drug organizations in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello and Belvedere corridor areas of the city, obtaining indictments against dozens of suspected dealers.
"Organized drug operators routinely resort to violence to protect and advance their illegal businesses, putting everyone in their vicinity in harm's way," Bernstein said in a statement announcing 11 arrests in connection with the Belvedere case.
The records in the Coldstream case remain sealed. But in the Belvedere case, they show that while defendants picked up in a first round of arrests saw a judge the same day, others taken into custody later waited from three days to a week.
Anderson, the state delegate, said that if the delays persist, lawmakers could explore giving judges the power to throw out charges when a defendant doesn't get a hearing quickly.
City Councilman Brandon M. Scott warned that a failure to protect defendants' rights to see a judge could lead to them losing their jobs and hurt their families.
"Even those who are accused of a crime have rights," he said, "and our system should be granting them those rights as they are written by law."


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Adventures on Pa'Aerth!
Pa'Aerth (Parallel Earth) is a world that parallels the geography and many of the ancient societies of Earth. Imagine a world where magic thrives, the gods once walked the earth and ancient societies never crumbled. One may travel the world from the dark reaches of the Mayan and Aztec jungles, to the verdant realm of Ancient Egypt, to the misty shores of Camelot. Welcome to Pa'Aerth…
The planet Pa'Aerth is about three times the size of earth. This great size has allowed for greater geographic separation of cultures. Add in some rather extreme natural geographic phenomena and you have cultures that have been able to grow and thrive in isolation.
The timeline of the growth of many societies on Pa'Aerth does not match the timeline on Earth. On Pa'Aerth, the Knights of the Round Table exist at the same time that the Myan Empire is at its height and during the peak of the Roman Empire's strength. Of course the arcane arts and divine powers have played a major role in shaping the course of history and the interactions of nations.
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HOW TO ROOT XPERIA TXBi4ry, a Recognized Developer on XDA have made a script which is able to root any ICS/JB phone but we are only talking about Xperia TX i.e. hayabusa..
STEP-1:ON Your Device Make Sure That you Have Done The Following:
- Go to Settings > Developer Options
- Check USB debugging
- Now go to settings > security
- Check unknow source
STEP-2:On Your PC Make Sure You Have Done the Following:
- Download and install PC companion / Xperia TX driver
STEP-3:DOWNLOAD The Script HERE and FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO ROOT---
- Extract the zip using WinRar or 7zip
- Double click the RunMe.bat (Make sure you have connected the device to the PC)
- Select Normal Mode and it will then root your device..
- It will then ask you to Restore, So Select restore Option in your device and then the device will reboot...
- Congrats you have ROOTED Your Phone Successfully..
- First, you should confirm that it is possible to unlock the boot loader of your phone by checking the service menu. In your phone, open the dialler and enter *#*#7378423#*#* to access the service menu.
- In your phone, tap Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status. If Bootloader unlock allowed says Yes, then you can continue with the next step. If it says No, or if the status is missing, your device cannot be unlocked.
- GO Here and click Yes, I am Sure.
- Read through and accept the legal terms. Click I Accept.
- Enter your name, a valid email adress and the first 14 digits of your phone's IMEI or MEID number (remove the last digit if necessary). Click Submit. You can view the IMEI or MEID number by entering *#06# on your phone.
- The unlock boot boot loader key will be sent to your email. Save it for later use.
- Download and install the latest Android SDK from developer.android.com.
- Download and unzip this file. This is the standard android_winusb.inf-file, with a few lines of code added to enable Fastboot to support Sony and Sony Ericsson devices. Make sure you are running Google USB Driver package revision 4 or higher in your Android SDK. You can see current Google USB Driver package revision in the SDK Manager.
- Place the unzipped file in the usb_driver folder, located in the Android SDK > extras > google folder on your computer. Accept to replace the old android_winusb.inf-file with the new file. If you can't find the usb_driver folder, please install the Google USB Driver Packager using the Android SDK manager.
- Turn off your phone.
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- On your computer, you will be asked for drivers. Point to the usb_driver folder where you placed the android_winusb.inf-file, and select the Android Boot loader Interface-file.
- Go to the tools folder within the Android SDK folder and Open a command window(press shift button and right click on the window and select Open Command Window here).
- Enter fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version, and verify that you get a response back (for example "0.3"). This means your phone is connected properly.
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Henson's Place: The Man Behind The Muppets
DVD Review
$12.50 on Amazon
Ryan Dosier - I'm thrilled to say that Lionsgate has done it again. They've taken an extremely rare Henson special, and released it on DVD for a new generation to enjoy. They started with Song of the Cloud Forest, carried on with Dog City: The Movie, and blew our minds with a release of Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting! Now, they've truly outdone themselves with the release of Henson's Place: The Man Behind The Muppets, a 1984 documentary that takes us inside the world of Jim Henson, giving us a glimpse at how he worked.
This is another Lionsgate DVD release that required the cooperation of the big three: Disney's Muppets Studio, Sesame Workshop, and The Jim Henson Company. It's really incredible that Lionsgate has gotten the three companies to cooperate, and it can only lead my optimistic Muppet fan mind to hope for releases of specials like The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, and A Muppet Family Christmas on DVD some day. But who knows if that's at all probable.
As for the special itself, it's fantastic. I had never seen the documentary before watching it on DVD, and I have no idea why. It was marvelous and funny and thrilling. At one point, Big Bird walks into Jim Henson's office, offers him some chips, and props his feet up on the desk--just like a spoiled actor would do. It was priceless! Also priceless is hearing the likes of Michael Frith, David Lazer, Jane Henson, and more discuss their work with Jim.
The documentary is book-ended by "interviews" with Kermit and Miss Piggy. First, they're asked "Who is Jim Henson?" and the answers are predictably hilarious. At the end of the special their relationship is called into question... and you can probably also predict the hilarity here too, but I think the answers will still delight.
The special highlights Jim's early career with Sam and Friends, and his success with Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and a heavy focus on The Muppet Show. All throughout the special, various Henson high-rollers come in to discuss the genius that is Jim Henson; including Lord Grade and Frank Oz--both of whom are bald. There's a great moment where Frank discusses performing Piggy, Fozzie, and Animal. I had never really heard Frank talk about Animal, and it was awesome.
All in all, this special is wonderful and highly recommended. The whole thing is a delight from start to finish. The DVD is also the best that Lionsgate has released yet. Mostly because it's the first to truly come with a special feature--and it's an amazing one: a look inside The Amphibian, the 1985-1986 Henson Associates "yearbook." It's just incredible to look inside this historical document at all the faces who made up Henson 15 years ago. For me, this feature alone was worth the $10 the DVD cost me. The yearbook is introduced by Michael Frith and then the DVD takes you through every page individually with music playing in the background. It's truly awesome.
Unfortunately, the only place I've been able to find this DVD for sale is online. I've heard rumors that it's available at Fry's Electronics stores, but your best bet is to probably order from Amazon or the like. I can't recommend this DVD enough--especially because if enough people buy it, we're more likely to see more rare Henson specials on DVD.
The only small complaint I have about the DVD is that the picture quality is rather low, but then, what do you expect from a 1984 documentary? It's not enough to take the rating down from 5-Fozzies out of 5, and it really doesn't effect the special at all.
So, in conclusion, Lionsgate has done it again, and you should go support them by buying this awesome DVD!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier


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A significant improvement in the health of seagrass in a central Californian estuary is due to the return of sea otters, according to recent research.
Seagrass decline
Seagrass has been suffering drastic declines worldwide, and coastal California is no exception. Urbanisation has led to a massive increase in nutrient pollution along the state's coast, with run-off from fields treated with nitrogen-rich fertilisers being blamed for the reduction in seagrass beds in the region. However, new research has revealed that the return of sea otter populations to the area may be enabling seagrass levels to recover.
Sea otters were hunted to near extinction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly for their dense pelt which was extremely sought-after for the fur trade. This latest research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), suggests that the drastic reduction in sea otter numbers may have exacerbated the decline of seagrass in the region.
Sea otters are now returning to the area, and, despite the continued pollution of the ocean, the water-dwelling plants are now doing much better. It is thought that the return of sea otters has triggered a complex ecological chain reaction which favours the survival of seagrass.
Seagrass saviour
Scientists assessed seagrass levels in part of Monterey Bay, California, over the past 50 years, mapping increases and declines. A whole host of factors which could potentially affect seagrass levels were studied, but the only one which matched the recorded changes was sea otter numbers. The health of the marine ecosystem relies upon a delicate balance of predator and prey species, and scientists have theorised that it is a readjustment in this balance that is now enabling seagrass to thrive.
Increased nutrients in the ocean due to fertiliser run-off have favoured the growth of a particular type of algae which grows on seagrass, shading the leaves and causing them to die off. Ordinarily, this algae is kept in check by small invertebrates which feed upon it, but with the reduction in sea otters came an increase in one of its main food sources – crabs. Crabs feed on marine invertebrates, so higher numbers of crabs meant fewer invertebrates to keep algae levels down, therefore contributing to the drastic reduction in seagrass.
Testing the hypothesis
To test their theory, the researchers set up experiments in similar estuaries with and without sea otters, and carried out other tests in the field as well as in the lab. One experiment involved putting cages on the seagrass, with some being accessible to sea otters and some not. The results of the tests confirmed the hypothesis.
Fighting climate change
Brent Hughes, lead author of the study, described seagrass as being 'the canary in the coalmine', as it can be used to predict the levels of nutrient pollution in the water. He marvelled at the positive effect the return of the sea otters is having, saying, "This estuary is part of one of the most polluted systems in the entire world, but you can still get this healthy thriving habitat, and it's all because of the sea otters. So it's almost like these sea otters are fighting the effects of poor water quality."
Seagrass plays an extremely important role in the marine ecosystem, acting as a nursery habitat for a wide variety of fish species, and taking in carbon dioxide from the water and the atmosphere, therefore potentially helping in the fight against climate change. In addition to this, seagrass contributes to the stability and protection of the shoreline.
"It's what we call a foundation species, like kelp forest, salt marsh or coral reef," said Hughes. "The major problem from a global perspective is that seagrass is declining worldwide. And one of the major drivers of this decline has been nutrient inputs from anthropogenic sources, via agriculture or urban runoff."
A ban on sea otters that was in place to prevent them from impinging on fisheries in the southern California area was lifted last year, and so the findings from this latest research are particularly relevant.
"That's important because there's a lot of these kind of degraded estuaries in southern California because of all the urban runoff from places like Los Angeles and San Diego," said Hughes. "Coastal managers will now have a better sense of what's going to happen when sea otters move into their systems. There's a huge potential benefit to sea otters returning to these estuaries, and into these seagrass beds that might be threatened."
Read more on this story at BBC News – Sea otter return boosts ailing seagrass in California.
See more photos and videos of sea otters on ARKive.
Learn more about the importance of food chains and food webs in our exciting Web of Wildlife education resource.
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I have long been intrigued with the biological interface between hosts and etiological agents, and the resulting patterns of morphological lesions, especially lesions caused by infectious disease agents. The morphologic, cytokine/chemokine, transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic patterns of host and pathogen responses provoke a series of fundamental questions, e.g. what is the molecular pathogenesis of these lesions?; how does the host genome manipulate the pathogen or vice versa?; what host and pathogen cellular pathways are perturbed and dysfunctional in the disease processes?; what is the cause of death?; can we apply genomic pathology (the convergence of 'omics' and morphology) and systems biology to more fully understand infection biology as the basis for improved prediction of host and pathogen mechanistic genes and pathways critical to health and clinical illness? In response to these questions, my research is focused on the: 1) investigation of the comparative molecular pathogenesis of zoonotic intracellular bacterial pathogens in natural target host animal models, particularly salmonellosis, brucellosis and mycobacterial diseases, 2) development of vaccines and host gene expression-based diagnostics for zoonotic and select agent caused diseases, and especially 3) development of in silico host:pathogen interactome predictive models based upon bi-directional in vivo host (bovine/murine) and Salmonella enterica Typhimurium interactions at the target organ interface, enteric Peyer's patches.
The vision to develop improved animal models for salmonellosis originated in the early 2000s in association with my collaborators, Drs. Andreas Bäumler and Renée Tsolis. From our very successful and continuing collaboration grew the idea to develop a computational infection biology model based on temporal neonatal calf in vivo RNA-Seq and microarray-based transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of the acute Salmonella, Brucella and Mycobacterium infection process. We expanded our research team by including Drs. Sara Lawhon, Kenneth Drake and Harold 'Skip' Garner, focusing on an envisioned systems biology analysis of both host and pathogen comprehensive transcriptomic and proteomic datasets derived from our in vivo biological model. We next computationally fused the datasets based on actual Salmonella proteomic data (performed by Dr. Mary Lipton at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and computationally predicted bovine host structural proteins to identify maximum likelihoods of host and pathogen protein:protein interactions as the basis for our preliminary in silico interactome model to predict mechanistic genes and linked perturbed cellular pathways. We then established in vitro phenotypes of S. Typhimurium deletion mutants (provided by Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis) of the predicted mechanistic genes for attachment, invasion or survival in murine RAW 264.7 macrophages to confirm almost half of the modeled predictions. Finally, over half of the model-predicted and in vitro-confirmed S. Typhimurium genes were validated to have in vivo phenotypes in our bovine ligated ileal loop model. We subsequently performed siRNA knockdowns in RAW 264.7 macrophages of predicted host proteins interacting with Salmonella proteins and validated in vitro phenotypes in almost half of the predicted host genes.
By fusing higher quality genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic datasets derived from in vivo S. Typhimurium comparative infection models in mice, calves and non-human primates, we propose to further enhance the predictability and validation of in silico interactome model as a tool for the ultimate practice of "precision human medicine" as envisioned by the report of the National Academy of Sciences. As our publications document, we have also developed in silico interactome modeling tools for intracellular bacterial pathogens, Brucella melitensis and Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis, all based on in vivo datasets. Our team has published 52 peer-reviewed manuscripts on salmonellosis using animal models, confirming our combined abilities to perform complex series of in vivo and in vitro experiments and developing high level in silico predictive models as we propose here. My long term role as co-developer of our in vivo based in silico interactome predictive model and personal collaborations with each of our team of investigators and core directors enables us to envision developing the in silico interactome predictive model for the biomedical research community.
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text: MERCOSUR: Venezuela's presidency vetoed - its future in the bloc is uncertain Latin America Alert Share this OCT 5 2016 By: Marlon Meza* Allissa A.R. Pollard Christina P. Maccio Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, the founding countries of MERCOSUR, South America's trade bloc, signed a "Joint Declaration for the operation of the MERCOSUR and the Protocol of Adhesion of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the MERCOSUR" on September 13, 2016. The Declaration prevents Venezuela from taking its turn as president of MERCOSUR and threatens to suspend Venezuela unless it meets the organization's membership obligations by December 1, 2016. Expulsion from the trading bloc could further isolate Venezuela. Background The MERCOSUR presidency rotates among the bloc's main members every six months, in alphabetical order. In July, it was Venezuela's turn, but the Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay blocked Venezuela from assuming the position. At the time, Uruguay took the position that the pre-established order should be followed and the founding members agreed revisit the issue. All founding members have now agreed that Venezuela should not take on the rotating presidency. Instead, the position will be filled this term by a commission of coordinators from the founding countries. The Protocol of Adhesion admitting Venezuela to MERCOSUR was signed between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela on July 4, 2006. Venezuela became a full member of MERCOSUR, with all the rights and obligations inherent to this status, on August 12, 2012, 30 days after the Protocol was ratified by the five signatory countries and deposited with the organization. The same Protocol of Adhesion established that Venezuela had the obligation to adopt, over time, the entire set of rules of MERCOSUR − estimated to encompass more than 300 standards. From the date that the Protocol of Adhesion entered into force, Venezuela had four years to comply. That period expired in August 2016. Obligations breached by Venezuela The set of rules that Venezuela needed to adopt as a result of its incorporation into MERCOSUR includes a significant group of trade treaties and protocols and agreements that require parliamentary approval to be incorporated into Venezuelan domestic law. In addition, Venezuela should also have adopted the common nomenclature of MERCOSUR and the bloc's external common tariff, adjusting its domestic legislation to MERCOSUR regulations, to facilitate import and export operations and to enjoy free trade with all MERCOSUR member countries. In the four years since its entry into the bloc, Venezuela's progress in meeting those obligations has been slight. What is happening instead In the first half of this year, the rotating presidency of MERCOSUR was held by Uruguay. Venezuela was scheduled to take on the rotating presidency for the second semester of 2016. However, the other member countries blocked Venezuela from taking on that role, due to Venezuela's failure to fulfill its legal obligations to the bloc as well as objections to Venezuela's human rights record and democratic deficits. Instead, in agreeing that Venezuela should not take on the rotating presidency, the bloc's chancellors decided that the position will be filled for the rest of 2016 by a commission of coordinators from the founding countries. MERCOSUR continues, but the future of Venezuela inside the bloc is uncertain The veto against Venezuela, some observers note, could have swiftly crippled MERCOSUR or could even have destroyed it entirely. The news agency MercoPress quotes Jose Luis Cancela, Uruguay's foreign minister, stating that if Uruguay had not supported the Joint Declaration, "MERCOSUR would have been launched into a period of full paralysis." Venezuela initially reacted negatively, calling the Joint Declaration "deceitful," but it has also announced that is willing to dialogue with its MERCOSUR partners. At this point, it appears that the consensus reached in the Joint Declaration has effectively ensured the continuing operation of economic and commercial matters of MERCOSUR − the most important commercial bloc in Latin America − as well as its negotiations with other countries and groups of countries, in particular the free trade agreement that MERCOSUR is negotiating with the European Union. The Joint Declaration grants Venezuela an extension of time to fulfill its obligations under its Protocol of Adhesion. That extension has been interpreted by some analysts as an ultimatum. If by December 1, 2016 Venezuela does not fulfill the commitments it made in joining MERCOSUR, it may be suspended from the bloc. However, should such a suspension actually come about, potential terms are unknown. There is only one legal support for such a suspension, and even that one is not clearly relevant: MERCOSUR's 1998 Ushala Protocol, which states "that a member state may be suspended in case of a 'rupture of the democratic order' in that state." How and whether this protocol could be applied in this instance remains unclear. What next? It seems unlikely that Venezuela can catch up with its unfulfilled obligations in the short term set out in the Declaration. However, some chancellors of the founding countries have affirmed that there is no interest in expelling Venezuela from MERCOSUR. They say that when the new deadline expires on December 1, 2016 they will see where things stand and then decide on next steps. Learn more about the implications of the Joint Declaration by contacting any of the authors. This article is also available in Spanish. *Marlon Meza is a Venezuelan lawyer working in DLA Piper's Houston office as a Texas Board Certified Foreign Legal Consultant.


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James Franco and Ashley Benson fall asleep watching Skyfall
James Franco enthusiastically denied a rumored romance between him and his "Spring Breakers" co-star Ashley Benson in a blog post for Huffington Post Entertainment in October. "I also hear that I've been dating Selena Gomez, Kristen Stewart and Ashley Benson. Hot damn, am I a lucky guy," Franco wrote on Oct. 24, debunking rumors that linked him to the three actresses. "As for Gomez and Benson, those are Bieber's girls and I wouldn't dare tangle with the Biebs. I heard he wants to kick my ass. Yikes!"
But some people are just not letting go of the idea. The New York Post reports that Franco, 34, and Benson, 22, were looking very much like more than just friends when they attended a screening of the new James Bond flick, "Skyfall," in Hollywood late last week.
"They tried to stay incognito catching a late show together. But both James and Ashley fell asleep. They were woken up by theater staff at the end of the movie," a source for the publication said. Let's hope that the pair's Harmony Korine-directed comedy doesn't elicit a similarly snoozy reaction.
In his most recent HuffPo entry, James writes
Hmmmm, what else? My first chapbook came out, Strongest of the Litter, but people seem to be more interested in who I'm dating than poetry. Oh yeah, I got nominated for a National Entertainment Journalism award for these HuffPost blogs, but no other outlet is going to run that story, right? Hahaha -- why would Gawker or the New York Post want to publicize that an actor/Yale doctoral candidate is nominated for an award for something that they are doing themselves? I'm pretty proud of it, but I can see why they must hate me.
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Rally for Reason Updates and Parking for Rally
Here is the latest on the Rally for Reason.
Also, please see: www.rallyforreason.com
Y'all come y'hear.
#1235 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5/25/07
It's "Yabba-dabba-doo!" versus empirical science, good teaching
Eighty-two years after the infamous "Scopes Monkey Trial," the issue
of Darwinian evolution versus fundamentalist religious accounts of how
the universe and human life came to be is still being debated.
Contrary to the expectation of most scientists, museum officials and
cultural historians, creationism -- the Christian doctrine that claims
Jehovah fashioned the Earth and human beings about 6,000 years ago as
vividly described in the book of Genesis -- remains a belief embraced
in some form by a near-majority of Americans. A 2004 CBS News poll,
for instance, revealed "Americans do not believe that humans evolved,
and the vast majority says that even if they evolved, God guided the
process." Worse yet, and reflecting widespread scientific illiteracy,
"Just 13 percent say that God was not involved."
Once shunned as a form of fringe belief confined only to back-woods
evangelical Christians and cranks, acceptance of creationism has
become wide-spread and even mainstream. This weekend, for instance,
creationist advocates along with international media and protesters,
will be arriving in Boone County, Ky. for the opening of the "Answers
in Genesis Creation Museum." The 69,000-square-foot facility, built
at the cost of over $27 million, boasts state-of-the-art exhibits, a
gift and book shop, and meeting space all designed to counter current
scientific findings about evolution. According to founder Ken Ham,
the museum is firmly based on "biblical supremacy," and hopes to cater
to the growing number of Christian Americans who see evolution as the
root of all evil, a curse identified with Atheism, Humanism and a
potpourri of social and cultural problems.
For Ham, acceptance of evolution lurks as the cause of everything from
rampant feminism and gay rights to abortion, gangs, war and ... well,
you name it.
Not so, says Edwin Kagin, a Boone County resident who lives within a
short drive of the new AIG museum, and is a long-time opponent of
creationism. Kagin serves as National Legal Director for American
Atheists, and is co-founder Camp Quest, an initiative to provide
Atheist and other non-believer youngsters with summer camp learning
and fun.
Along with a network of sympathetic Atheists, Freethinkers and
Humanists -- and even local clergy and religious groups -- Kagin has
put together a "Rally for Reason" (http://www.rallyforreason.com) that
will take place this Memorial Day, Monday, outside of the grand
opening of the AIG Creation Museum.
"We're not challenging the right of Answers in Genesis to promote
their views," said Kagin. "But we are saying that Creationism is a
doctrine not based on science and empirical evidence, and that people
should be cautious before they accept this religious belief as the
For Kagin and others, much of the Creation Museum sounds like a trip
to the religious version of Oz. Mr. Ham and his associates, thanks to
plenty of funding, have skillfully blended the language of science
with high-tech, sophisticated exhibits to promote a theological
fantasy. Critics cite one claim made by the creationists, that
dinosaurs once co-existed on the Earth with human beings.
The weekend promises to be "interesting," said Mr. Kagin. Media
organizations from around the world including the BBC are dispatching
crews to cover to the protest and opening of the AIG museum.
Hundreds, maybe even thousands of demonstrators are expected to show
up for a peaceful protest, including a program of speakers, and
entertainment by the Smalkowski family Blue Rocket Band.
On Sunday night, May 27, the Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati and
Northern Kentucky will host a "Rally for Reason Speak-Out" with
lectures and an open microphone.
Kagin suggests that people on all sides of this issue come to the
Speak-Out and protest, and even visit the Creation Museum to see the
evidence (or lack of evidence) for themselves.
WORTH NOTING -- THE LATEST PRESS COVERAGE, CREATIONSIM v. SCIENCE
A glimpse inside the new Answers in Genesis Creation Museum along with
coverage of this weekend's RALLY FOR REASON.
"The opening of Boone County's Creation Museum later this month won't
come without protests..."
"The guy who developed the Jaws and King Kong rides at Universal
Studios is behind the new Creation Museum..."
"Where did it all come from? For the answers, the folks at Answers in
Genesis look no further than the Bible's first book, Genesis..." An
excellent article with great pics on the opening of the AIG Creation
Fred Flintstone meets Genesis?
,0,7993512.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines KY.
"Flat-screen TVs, special effects used to tell Bible's history..."
"Tyrannosaurus rex was a strict vegetarian, and lived with Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden... Exhibits showing all this and more will
be at the Creation Museum, a $27 million religious museum set to open
next week in northern Kentucky..."
Smalkowski Family Rock Band, Zindler, Kritsky & More
FREETHOUGHT activist Herb Silverman will MC Monday's giant "Rally for Reason" events as we gather outside the gates of the new Answers in Genesis Creation Museum (see the op-ed piece below from the Los Angeles Times for background.)
Herb is a long-time rabble-rouser and articulate spokesperson on behalf of Atheism, good science, and the separation of church and state.
Others tapped for the speaker roster at the Memorial Day event include:
* DR. LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS, Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Case Western Reserve University, author of numerous article and books including "The Physics of Star Trek," columnist; member of the advisory boards of the Campaign to Defend the Constitution, an organization dedicated to opposing the religious right, and Scientists and Engineers for America which focuses on promoting sound science in public policy.
* FRANK ZINDLER, Editor of American Atheist Press, biologist and science writer, and a nationally-prominent figure in the debate over evolution v. Christian creationist pseudo-science.
* CHUCK SMALKOWSKI AND FAMILY. Daughter Nicole Smalkowski was expelled from her high school in Hardesty, Oklahoma for refusing to join in a recitation of the "Lord's Prayer" after a basketball game. Her father, Chuck Smalkowski, was dragged into court on trumped-up charges. Defended by Edwin Kagin and American Atheists, Chuck was found "not guilty.". The Smalkowskis have a lawsuit pending in Federal Court in Oklahoma City. Their BLUE ROSE ROCKET BAND will be performing at the Rally for Reason demo!
* DR. GRETCHEN MANN, physician, outspoken opponent of creationism.
* CARLY NICHOLS, a housewife and mother from Northern Kentucky, Carly is one of the organizers for the Rally for Reason.
* DR. GENE KRITSKY is an evolutionary biologist from Cincinnati, author, and expert on the life of Charles Darwin.
* DR. HELEN KAGIN is a retired physician, and Co-director/Co-Founder of Camp Quest, a nationwide summer camp for non-believing youngsters.
* REV. MENDLE ADAMS, ordained Christian Minister, and Pastor of the United Church of Christ in Cincinnati. Rev. Adams is a supporter of sound science and has spoken out against creationism for years.
* HEMANT MEHTA, freethought activist representing the Secular Student Alliance.
* ARLENE-MARIE, Michigan State Director for American Atheists and President of Michigan Atheists.
* BLAIR SCOTT, Alabama State Director for American Atheists.
* MELISSA HARTMAN, Rally for Reason
* FRANK BICKNELL, member of the Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
* EDWIN KAGIN, Rally for Reason, National Legal Director for AMERICAN ATHEISTS, Co-founder of Camp Quest.
From the L.A. Times
Yabba-dabba science
Note to would-be Creation Museum visitors: the Earth is round.
May 24, 2007
THE CREATION MUSEUM, a $27-million tourist attraction promoting earth science theories that were popular when Columbus set sail, opens near Cincinnati on Memorial Day. So before the first visitor risks succumbing to the museum's animatronic balderdash — dinosaurs and humans actually coexisted! the Grand Canyon was carved by the great flood described in Genesis! — we'd like to clear up a few things: "The Flintstones" is a cartoon, not a documentary. Fred and Wilma? Those woolly mammoth vacuum cleaners? All make-believe.
Science is under assault, and that calls for bold truths. Here's another: The Earth is round.
The museum, a 60,000-square-foot menace to 21st century scientific advancement, is the handiwork of Answers in Genesis, a leader in the "young Earth" movement. Young Earthers believe the world is about 6,000 years old, as opposed to the 4.5 billion years estimated by the world's credible scientific community. This would be risible if anti-evolution forces were confined to a lunatic fringe, but they are not. Witness the recent revelation that three of the Republican candidates for president do not believe in evolution. Three men seeking to lead the last superpower on Earth reject the scientific consensus on cosmology, thermonuclear dynamics, geology and biology, believing instead that Bamm-Bamm and Dino played together.
Religion and science can coexist. That the Earth is billions of years old is a fact. How the universe came into being and whether it operates by design are matters of faith. The problem is that people who deny science in one realm are unlikely to embrace it in another. Those who cannot accept that climate change may have caused the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago probably don't put much stock in the fact that today it poses grave peril to the Earth as we know it.
Last year, the White House attempted to muzzle NASA's top climatologist after he called for urgent action on global warming, and a presidential appointee in the agency's press office chastised a contractor for mentioning the Big Bang without including the word "theory." The press liaison reportedly wrote in an e-mail: "This is more than a science issue, it is a religious issue. And I would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA."
With the opening of the Creation Museum, young people will be getting another side of the story. Too bad it starts with "Yabba-dabba-doo!"
Sunday, May 27, 2007 ~ 7:00 PM EDT
The Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati will host a special "Speak Out"
event the evening before the Rally for Reason demo.
Rally for Reason will take place the following day (Memorial Day,
Monday 5/28) at the opening of the "Answers in Genesis" Creation
Museum in neighboring Boone County, KY.
The Speak-Out will feature talks by Arlene-Marie (Michigan Atheists);
Frank Zindler (American Atheists); Rev. Mendle Adams (Minister and
critic of creationism); evolutionary biologist Gene Kritsky; former
physician and Camp Quest co-founder Helen Kagin and others. There
will be an open mike after the formal presentations, and the news
media has been invited.
WHAT: RfR "Speak Out" hosted by the Free Inquiry Group, Cincinnati
WHEN: Sunday, May 27, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
WHERE: Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati Airport, 7373 Turfway Rd., Florence,
KY. Phone 859-371-4400
MORE INFO: http://www.gofigger.org and Rally for Reason.
http://www.rallyforreason.com .
The RALLY FOR REASON
Media: Edwin Kagin
859-384-7000 or
Sun-Mon. May 27-28, 2007
A broad coalition of secularist, religious, and educational groups and other advocates of "good science" will be protesting this Memorial Day weekend at the opening of a Creationist Museum in Kentucky.
The Answer in Genesis Creationist Museum is a 60,000-square-foot facility that will feature state of the art exhibits and other presentations arguing on behalf of an Old Testament view of how human beings and the universe came into existence. It is meant as a statement against Darwinian evolution, and scientific findings that the cosmos is billions of years old, and that human beings evolved, along with other present-day creatures, from earlier life forms. Instead, "young Earth" creationist groups like AIG preach that the Earth is only about 6,000 years old. The museum will reportedly have exhibits reflecting the dubious claim that dinosaurs and human beings co-existed, contrary to scientific evidence.
The RALLY FOR REASON includes groups and individuals who support objective science and high standards for science instruction in public schools. It includes religious and non-religious groups ranging from the Clergy Letter Project to the Institute for Humanist Studies and American Atheists.
Edwin Kagin, organizer of the Rally stated that the protest does not challenge the right of AIG to present its views. "They can teach that things fall up if they wish," said Mr. Kagin. "We're simply trying to show that their views are based on a particular and narrow religious doctrine, not on good scientific evidence."
The RALLY FOR REASON will take place on Monday, May 28 2007 beginning at 9:00 AM in front of the Creation Museum, Petersburg Rd., Boone County, KY. More information can be found at http://www.rallyforreason.com.
There will be a RALLY FOR REASON SPEAK-OUT hosted by the Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky on Sunday, May 27, 200 at the Hilton Cincinnati Airport Hotel, 7373 Turfway Rd., Florence, KY beginning at 7:00 PM. Speakers will include Rev. Mendle Adams; Frank Zindler (biologist, geologist); Dr. Gene Kritsky (evolutionary biologist); Helen Kagin, physician and others. For info on that event, visit http://www.gofigger.org .
Media: For commentary and further information on the RALLY FOR REASON, contact Edwin Kagin (firstname.lastname@example.com) -- phone: 859-384-7000 or visit http://www.rallyforreason.com
RALLY FOR REASON update
MEMORIAL DAY (THIS MONDAY) May 28, 2007
The RALLY FOR REASON announced today that Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Case Western Reserve University, has joined the speaker roster for Monday's demonstration outside the gates of the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum in Boone County, KY.
RALLY FOR REASON is a coalition of secular, religious, educational and other groups defending "good science and the teaching of good science in public schools" against religion-based attacks on evolution and other areas of the scientific enterprise. The Rally will begin at 9:00 AM on Memorial Day (this Monday) May 28, 2007.
Dr. Krauss is the author of several best-selling books including "The physics of Star Trek," "Fear of Physics," and "Quintessence." He was born in New York City, and received undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Physics from Carleton University. In 1982, he received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has appeared regularly in national media as a staunch advocate for science, and spoken out against so-called "intelligent design" and Old Testament-based "creationist" accounts.
Dr. Krauss joins an already-impressive line-up of scientists, civic activists, educators and others who will be speaking at Monday's rally.
THOUSANDS OF Atheists, Freethinkers, and Humanists will be joining other advocates of secular education and good science to protest at the opening of the "Answers in Genesis" Creationist Museum in Boone County, KY. on Memorial Day -- Monday, May 28, 2006. We do not oppose the right of AIG or other religious groups to express their opinions, no matter how inaccurate or fanciful. We do support the scientific enterprise, and the teaching of good science.
THE EVENING BEFORE this historic event, the Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati will host a "Rally for Reason Speak-Out"at the nearby Hilton Cincinnati Airport Hotel. Speakers will include Arlene-Marie (Michigan Atheists); Rev. Mendle Adams, opponent of Creationist fantasy and misinformation; Frank Zindler (American Atheists Science Policy Advisor); Dr. Gene Kritsky, evolutionary biologist; Dr. Helen Kagin, physician and many others. There will be an open microphone for comments and Q&A. The FIG web site is at http://www.gofigger.org .
* The Rally for Reason will take place beginning at 9:00 AM, Monday (Memorial Day) May 28, 2007 outsides the gates of the "Answers in Genesis Creation Museum," set to open that very day. The venue is Bullittsburg Church Road, Exit 11, off of 275 West from I-75, Petersburg Road in Boone County, KY.
* Lodging and other services are within a few minutes drive, so check the RfR web site at http://www.rallyforreason.com . We suggest, though, that you bring water, some food, and dress appropriately for the event.
* Bring signs and banners. We urge you to keep the message polite and simple. Visit http://www.rallyforreason.com web site for more.
* Endorse the Rally for Reason! Local, regional and national groups are supporting this important protest on behalf of good science and sane public policy. Give your endorsement, and send your logo, to the RfR web master at email@example.com .
* If you need directions or other information, visit http://www.rallyforreason.com . You may also contact Mr. Edwin Kagin, Kentucky State Director for American Atheists at email@example.com
* The RALLY FOR REASON Speak-Out will be held the night before the rally and is hosted by the Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati. Get more information at http://www.gofigger.org.
WHAT: The RALLY FOR REASON Speak-Out
WHEN: Sunday, May 27, 2007 (the night before the Rally), 7:00 PM EDT
WHERE: The Hilton Cincinnati Airport Hotel, 7373 Turfway Road, Florence, KY. (Yes, the Cincinnati Airport is actually located in Kentucky, but is right across the Ohio state line and near Cincinnati. The Speak-Out and Rally are all taking place within a proximate area.).
MORE INFO: http://www.gofigger.org and http://www.rallyforreason.com
PLEASE make plans now to attend these historic events... We'll see you at the Rally for Reason demo and speak-out!
The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 25, 2007.
Museum's unveiling days away
Believers and opponents expect to attend Monday's opening
When the gates of the new Creation Museum in Petersburg open Memorial Day, several groups will be inside - and outside - waiting to see what all the fuss is about.
Many of those people will be followers of the creationist faith, believing in the literal Bible. They think the world is about 6,000 years old, that dinosaurs and man co-existed and Noah built an ark to save God's creatures from a massive flood.
Others will be there to protest the museum and its ministry, Answers in Genesis. Some will have religious and political agendas, while others do not believe in God at all. Some are concerned the museum's teachings will warp children, while others say the ministry uses bad science.
All protesters will remain outside the gates, according to museum officials.
Mark Looy, vice president of outreach for Answers in Genesis, said this week there is no way to determine how many visitors will turn out on opening day. But 2,000 people came to a "behind the scenes" tour given to charter members a few months ago. Looy said they could expect at least that many for the opening.
No one knows how many protesters will show up.
Because of the media attention the museum already has received - from CNN, "NBC Nightly News," PBS, the BBC and Thursday's New York Times - a spirited plethora of protest is expected.
Some, like Martha Heil, editor and strategic planner of the 140,000-member American Institute of Physics based in College Park, Md., hope to talk to the media about science.
"We don't want to be there screaming that it's wrong," said Heil, who plans to attend the opening with area physicists. "We are not against religion or houses of faith. We are against the misuse of science in religion, and you don't have to go through the museum to see it. You can see it on (the Answers in Genesis) Web site."
Her group wants to teach - not preach - to the crowd. Though there's also nothing wrong with preaching, they say.
"Others may be anti-religious, but we are not," she said. "We're very modest, and we want to be unified and talk to reporters about how (Answers in Genesis) are using deliberate scientific untruths."
Inevitably, Heil will be surrounded by others who will be more vocal.
The Campaign to Defend the Constitution, a national group that opposes the religious right, drafted petitions against the museum. They claim Answers in Genesis markets its unscientific ideas to children, much in the same way R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. used its "Joe Camel" cartoon character to promote Camel cigarettes. The group says so far 3,000 people have signed its petitions.
"We agree they can build this museum and believe what they wish," said Clark Stevens, co-director of the Washington-based group, which claims 125,000 members nationwide and 7,000 members in the region. "But we feel they can't try to convince children that this is true."
Atheists and those Christians who are not creationists could be standing side-by-side Monday, and for once they will believe the same thing: that the Creation Museum is bad for the area.
Edwin Kagin, a Union lawyer and the national legal director of American Atheists, is urging members of his group to walk through the museum.
"We want to let the world know that most rational people do not share the primitive world view of creationists that the Earth is only a few thousand years old, and that humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time," he said. "Various groups, representing both religious and secular orientations, will join together to protest this destructive world view."
Others will stay home - and protest in their own ways.
"We don't get into protests," said Frank Traina, of Wilder, who is vice president of the nonprofit Society for Evolution Education, or SEE. "But we were rather inspired by the Creation Museum's presence."
The following letter was received by Rally for Reason. It is representative of a criticism we have heard of our effort.
My answer follows.
The name of the sender has been redacted.
I have been following the planning and building of this "museum" since
the beginning. I am equally dismayed that visitors will be mis-informed
by the exhibits, but what are you going to do? People will believe
what they want to believe, what they are taught to believe. And they
have already been taught these un-truths in their churches and in their
homes. At least the children will hear the other side of the story at
school and will have the opportunity to choose for themselves.
I firmly believe that this too will pass. Many fine, respected museums
are struggling financially to stay open. The Freedom Center in
Cincinnati for one. The Creation Museum will not be around for long.
Too few people will take it seriously. As long as government money is
not involved in keeping it open, I plan to ignore it. I'll laugh when
people bring it up, but I will save my anger and passion for greater threats to the Constitution.
Thank you for your good work.
(Senders Name Redacted)
You are quite correct when you say that people will believe as they will.
And we do not in any way contest their right to do so. They can believe that things fall up when dropped with no complaint from me.
The "Rally for Reason" is to let people know we will not permit this mythical world view to take us back to another Dark Ages.
It is to let legislators, who may be toying with the idea of teaching religious fundamentalism as science, that there are educated adults who intend to prevent them from doing so.
Government money is already being spent to advertise the museum of nonsense that Ken Ham built.
Consider just why, as you say, "Many fine, respected museums are struggling financially to stay open," while the "Creation Museum" has raised 27 Million dollars and will open debt free.
At this moment, bills are pending in both Ohio and Kentucky to teach Bronze Age mythology in science classes.
That is a substantial threat to our Constitution.
Come and join us in saying that we do not want to have to retake the same ground that knowledge has previously so painfully won.
Come and help us say NO to the idea that science is bad.
Come and help us hold back the darkness.
Edwin Kagin
National Center for Science Education
Reactions to creation "museum"
With the young-earth creation ministry Answers in Genesis scheduled to open its lavish creation museum in northern Kentucky over the Memorial Day weekend, there is a great deal of concern among the scientific and educational communities in the adjacent states about its impact on the public understanding of evolution. NCSE executive director Eugenie C. Scott told ABC's Good Morning America (May 25, 2007) that her fear is that students will "show up in classrooms and say, 'Gee, Mrs. Brown, I went to this spiffy museum last summer and they say that everything you're teaching me is a lie.'"
Early reports from the museum suggest that its exhibits are just as scientifically misleading as expected. Edward Rothstein of The New York Times (May 24, 2007) offered a bemused review of the museum, which impressed him with its "sheer weirdness and daring." In a report in the eSkeptic newsletter (May 23, 2007), Stephen T. Asma, the author of a book on the history of natural history museums, said that skeptics will find the museum quirky and amusing, but added, "When I think, however, of the young children who are unprepared to critically assess the museum, my sense of humor fades."
Over 800 scientists in the three states surrounding the museum -- Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio -- have signed a statement sponsored by NCSE reading, "We, the undersigned scientists at universities and colleges in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, are concerned about scientifically inaccurate materials at the Answers in Genesis museum. Students who accept this material as scientifically valid are unlikely to succeed in science courses at the college level. These students will need remedial instruction in the nature of science, as well as in the specific areas of science misrepresented by Answers in Genesis."
Additionally, the Campaign to Defend the Constitution (or DefCon) is sponsoring two petitions denouncing the creationist pseudoscience on display at the museum: one for educators, signed by over 3500 teachers, and one for the general public, signed by over 15,000 signatories. "The main problem," Lawrence Krauss, a professor of physics and astronomy at Case Western Reserve University and a member of DefCon's advisory board, told the Lexington Herald-Leader (May 25, 2007), "is that this is a museum of misinformation." In his opinion column in the Louisville Courier-Journal (May 22, 2007), Krauss was similarly outspoken, describing the museum as "an educational travesty."
And a protest called Rally for Reason is scheduled to take place outside the museum on Memorial Day, with a press event to be held on the preceding Sunday. Rally for Reason's organizer Edwin Kagin told the Cincinnati Enquirer (May 25, 2007), "We want to let the world know that most rational people do not share the primitive world view of creationists that the Earth is only a few thousand years old, and that humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time." "Various groups, representing both religious and secular orientations, will join together to protest this destructive world view" at the rally, he added.
The editorialist for the Los Angeles Times (May 24, 2007) cut to the heart of the matter, lamenting, "Young Earthers believe the world is about 6,000 years old, as opposed to the 4.5 billion years estimated by the world's credible scientific community. This would be risible if anti-evolution forces were confined to a lunatic fringe, but they are not," citing the political influence of creationism. The editorial concluded, "With the opening of the Creation Museum, young people will be getting another side of the story. Too bad it starts with 'Yabba-dabba-doo!'"
May 25, 2007
Warning: If you are a religious fundamentalist who believes the earth is only some 6,000 years old and that humans were made from dirt, please do not read further in this message!
Through scientific methods that would be baffling and inexplicable to you, and by using an ancient Babalassian Methodological Interface, we have spotted you and programmed your computer to do bad things if you proceed further, like wiping out all of your data and sending all of those things you don't want anyone to know you have in your computer to everyone in your church.
So, for your own good, do not proceed. You have been warned!
For those remaining, here is how you park at the Rally for Reason.
1) Under Kentucky law, there is no off road parking on any of the roads leading to Answers in Genesis. This will be enforced by the Boone County Sheriff's Office. They will cooperate with us in every way possible, but who will also uphold the law.
2) It is strongly suggested that you car pool as much as you can. Get as many people as lawfully possible into one car and leave the other cars at your motel or wherever.
3) The driver of your car should let everyone off as near to the entrance to Answers in Genesis as possible. See directions and map here: http://rallyforreason.com/Rally_4_Reason_files/R4R.htm
4) As a practical matter, the closest you may be able to reasonable get is the intersection of Highway 8 and Bullittsburg Church Road. Once they are let off, the persons in your car can walk the fairly short distance to the Iron Age gates that hold the Bronze Age fantasies of the "Creation Museum." It is important that they walk on the edge of the road and not in the road.
5) The Rally for Reason will take place in the area to the left of Bullittsburg Church Road just across Deck Lane, which runs parallel to the gates of AiG. Stay within the area that should be marked with yellow caution tape.
6) After letting off passengers, the driver of the car should continue along Hwy 8 to Stevens Road. Stevens Road is one mile on the right after you get off at Exit 11 (Petersburg) off of 275. So, if you are going West from 1-71 / I-75, take Exit 11, turn right, stop at Bullittsburg Church Road (which will be on the left), and then proceed without passengers to Stevens Road.
7) At Stevens Road, turn right and go about one mile to First Farm Inn. That is where we will be parking. The address is: 2510 Stevens Road, Petersburg, KY 41080. It can be identified by white fences on the right side of the road.
8) Turn right in the parking area indicated. There should be signs and volunteers to help if needed.
9) A car driven by a Rally for Reason volunteer will then take you back to the Rally for Reason.
10) When your party is ready to leave, you can get a ride back to the parking area with a Rally for Reason driver, get your car, and then pick up your passengers.
11) There will be volunteers for the Rally for Reason wearing brightly colored safety vests with Rally for Reason on the back (see photo on www.rallyforreason.com) to help you out and to answer your questions after you fail to carefully read these instructions.
12) This should work. Can't think of any reason why it should not.
13) However, it has been said that if you want to make god laugh, tell him your plans.
Oh, and please do not forget to bring water, snacks, something to sit on, a hat, and rain gear.
May random chance operate in your favor.


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Stunning scenery and intriguing pastoral history, the Gawler Ranges have plenty of wide-open spaces for travel goers.
Where: Gawler Ranges National Park (GRNP) – 55km north of Wudinna, SA. Access through Minnippa, Wudinna or Kimba on Eyre Highway.
Mt Ive Station (MIS) – 200km west of Port Augusta, SA.
When to Go: Avoid the hottest months – spring and autumn are perfect. Contact Mt Ive for timing of planned station activities such as mustering.
Accommodation: GRNP – camping $8/night per car plus one-off $10 park access fee. MIS – $20/unpowered site; $25/powered site or stay in the shearer's quarters from $50/night (BYO bedding) to $80/night for furnished rooms in the stone huts.
Driving Conditions: In dry conditions access roads and tracks are largely 2WD. Wet conditions can see major deterioration and some GRNP tracks require 4WD. High clearance and lockers handy for some of Mt Ive tracks.
Gawler Ranges National Park
The Gawler Ranges are less publicized than the well-marketed Flinders Ranges, and so the South Australian landscape of stony hills, with its historic and geographic features, also has the added bonus of being the road less travelled.
Coming in from the west, enter the Gawler Ranges through Minnipa and check out the endless cresting wave of Pildappa Rock. The easy climb to the top provides the perfect opportunity to clear the long itchy Eyre Highway from your eyes and enjoy the sunset looking out over the farmlands towards the Gawlers.
It's about 40km into the Gawler Ranges National Park which was established in 2002 by combining Paney Station (one of the earliest pastoral landholdings in the region) and areas of Pine Lodge and Scrubby Peak stations into a 166,000ha reserve.
The roads are generally good and many are suitable for 2WD – as long as the weather is dry. Even a small amount of rain and the slippery clay rapidly deteriorates into sticky wheel-sucking ruts – clearly evident on some of the park's trails.
Gawler is semi-arid country. It's largely saltbush or fast growing, low-lying plants and grasses that quickly vanish in harsh summer heat. Autumn is the perfect time to visit – after some rains to freshen the lands and a throw of greenery lacework add a colourful contrast to the harsh flaming rock. You'll enjoy soft sunny days and comfortable cool nights.
Access and fees
There are self-registration points at each park entry with a single fee for day access and additional fees per night for campers. There are at least six camping sites but most are simply cleared bushland with NO toilets, bbqs or picnic tables. You need to be fully self sufficient – especially in terms of water.
Yandinga Falls, some ten minutes into the park, is easily accessible even if towing a caravan. The falls are a trickle between peaceful pools unless recent rain has fallen. It's a comfortable fifteen-minute scramble up to enjoy the views from the top of the rocky outcrop.
There are plenty of other campsites located off the 4WD tracks that circle the park – off-road campers will enjoy peaceful surroundings at Chillunie or Mattera. If it's been too long between showers, head to Kolay Hut, one site where you can obtain water. You'll need to light up the old donkey boiler at the simple shed but the hot shower is worth all the hard work.
One of the beauties of the Gawlers are the interesting rock formations among the dark ochre of volcanic rock hills that are estimated to be 1500 million years old. Weathering has exposed thousands of "organ pipes" as the volcanic rhyolite is commonly described. Formations can be shallow and wide like the rotten teeth of a grinning giant or long and elegant like the cathedral organ. Some point to the sky, others lean forward as the soil erodes from the base, creating convenient caves favoured by rock wallabies.
The park contains scattered remnants of its pastoral history including an old stone dam, and the recently restored Poondanna Outstation (available for hire). You can walk through the four-room Old Paney Homestead where station manager William McKenzie lived in very close proximity with his wife Jessie and their eleven children in the late 1800s.
With a highly active fox baiting and feral goat shooting program, and the reinstatement of water supplies, the park has seen a good bounce back in native fauna and you'll see plenty of emus, euros, red and grey kangaroos plus twenty other rare and endangered species including birds like the Major Mitchell cockatoo. There's an excellent chance of spotting the endangered yellow-footed rock wallabies at Yandinga – as long as they move. This cute critter is brilliantly camouflaged by a grey body, tan paws and feet, extra long striped tail and occasional "bandit" mask of white and black. They can be difficult to spot when they sit motionless amongst the shattered rocky landscape.
Mt Ive Station
Head north through the park to the Kingoonya-Iron Knob Road for a stay at the Mt Ive Station. It's hard to miss the station entry marked by what appears to be a submarine breaching out of the red gravel. When Joy and Len Newton bought the property in 2002 as a secondary sheep station, the camping ground was more like a scrap metal yard than a welcoming rest stop. Gradually clearing the area, they were a bit stumped with what to do with the massive old boiler tank – the hot riveted body was an excellent example of good old-fashioned metal smithing and it seemed a shame to scrap the old girl.
For those who'd rather explore rocky trails with the short stick firmly engaged; Mt Ive has over 250km of tracks open for access. For a small fee, mud maps are available and you can spend a day or three travelling the various circuits spotting eagles soaring back to their high nests, gazing out over the panoramic views from the tops of the ranges or scrambling the tyres over the rocks on tracks that rapidly change from easy gravel to challenging twists and turns through creek-beds and up and down steep inclines.
While a great destination for any 4WD enthusiast, Mt Ive Station is particularly good for a club outing. With plenty of powered sites, bush camping or simple but comfortable shearer's quarters, Mt Ive can comfortably accommodate very large groups. It has provided a base for Australian and international media crews shooting feature films, music videos and commercials keen to capture the unique beauty of the local landscape. Miranda Kerr and Hugo Weaving have bunked down at Mt Ive. One Taiwanese rock-star filmed a commercial and years later his fans are coming through to "stay where HE stayed".
Visitors to the working station are welcome to tag-along and watch sheep mustering and shearing, or trapping and culling the hardy goat population. However, no visit would be complete without heading to Lake Gairdner, which directly adjoins the property. You'll need to obtain a key for the locked access gate (fee applies) and head back out to the main road – allow around 45 minutes depending on road conditions.
The salt lake has many moods to offer photographers. When the sun beats down overhead the vast flat white expanse mercilessly reflects with hard clear crystalline intensity and the horizon and lake appear to melt together. Sunrise and sunset turn the snowy white to palest pink or soft warm apricot. Any water on the surface shimmers in a breathtaking path to the sun hanging low in the sky. Some sections of the lake are smooth and solid like an ice-skating rink; others are giant cobblestones. At times the lake butts hard into the shore with solid determination, at others the salt is roughened and broken like ocean waves beating against the startling contrast of the crimson flamed rocks.
With so many scenic options built around some interesting tracks, even if you're not adding a visit to the area onto an east-west odyssey, the Gawler Ranges are a worthy destination in their own right.


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