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Reproductive and sexual health programmes in the developing world are more effective if they engage both sexes, says Priya Shetty.
At a population conference held in London last month, Babatunde Osotimehin, head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), called for action on family planning to curb the growing global population, which is set to hit 7 billion this year.
But Osotimehin isn't just concerned about the burgeoning population. Poor sexual and reproductive health can have serious consequences. Every day, 1,000 women in developing nations die in childbirth or botched abortions. And in 2009, 1.8 million people became infected with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa alone.
The UN will draw attention to these concerns on 11 July, World Population Day, calling on policymakers to strengthen their commitment to sexual and reproductive health. Most reproductive-health programmes target women, but some experts say that this strategy is flawed — sidelining men could mean that such programmes are doomed before they even begin.
Excluding men
In many developing countries, women are less empowered than men, leading health experts to believe that targeting women directly would be more effective than trying to change entrenched social mores. This approach stems from the 1994 Cairo declaration on population and development, which put women's rights centre-stage.
As a result, women's health is higher than ever on the global health agenda. But there has also been collateral damage from this approach.
Scott Radloff, director of USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health, blogged this month (18 June) about the dangers of excluding men. "There is a lack of information among men on the importance of delaying first birth, of spacing births … for the health of the woman and the child," he wrote.
Men often have the role of 'gatekeeper' to women's use of contraception. There is an awareness gap, says Radloff, but "involving men in international family planning programs is an uphill battle".
Sarah Hawkes, a sexual-health expert at University College London, UK, says that improving sexual health relies on engaging both partners. After all, she says, men have sexual and reproductive rights too.
"Fewer than a third of men in many developing countries know that two ways of avoiding STIs [sexually transmitted infections] are condom use and either abstinence or having only one, uninfected partner," says a 2006 report for the UN Millennium Project on reproductive health.
And when they do have an infection, many men don't tell their sexual partners. According to the report, only half of men aged 15–24 in Benin, Mali, Niger and Uganda who had had a sexually transmitted infection in the past year told their partners.
Engaging men
A growing body of research lends support to the argument for including men in reproductive-health programmes. A 2007 report [1.20MB] by the World Health Organization says that programmes that engage boys and men and that promote more equitable relationships tend to be more effective.
For instance, research in Brazil shows that integrated programmes involving both sexes led to more condom use and fewer STIs than programmes that included only women. Vasectomy rates are still fairly low in most developing nations, but more awareness of the procedure could make it more common.
Research in Kenyan antenatal clinics has shown that involving male partners — asking them to come to clinic visits, for example, or including them in counselling — led to a lower risk of HIV infection in babies born to HIV-infected women. [1]
But there is still a dearth of data on men's attitudes to sex and reproduction, especially in the developing world. "Men's roles in decision-making regarding pregnancy and abortion, their roles during the prenatal period and their roles in raising their children, as well as whether and how these roles are changing, are also essentially undocumented," says the 2006 UN Millennium Project report.
The global health community is waking up to the importance of engaging men in reproductive-health programmes. This is one of the aims of MenEngage, a global alliance involving NGOs and UN agencies such as the WHO, the UN Development Programme and the UNFPA.
Last year, the WHO published a report outlining policy approaches to engaging men in reducing health inequities and improving health for both men and women.
Last July, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, which is member of the MenEngage alliance, produced a toolkit outlining how policymakers, organisations and public-health researchers can develop policies that include men in reproductive-health programmes.
Equal partners
These initiatives are encouraging. Yet some organisations seem to rely on male power over women's reproductive choices.
The UNFPA, for instance, has launched 'husband schools' in Niger, where men gather to educate themselves about reproductive health. They then encourage women to give birth in clinics and to vaccinate their babies, taking the women to the clinics themselves. This implies that if the men were not involved, the women's health would be neglected.
Empowering women so they are not reliant on men is a better long-term strategy. Nevertheless, some countries may not be ready for it just yet. As the UNFPA put it bluntly, "Niger is a country where men wield power".
Health programmes must negotiate these social mores with care. Engaging men to improve the health of both sexes is long overdue, and sexual and reproductive health is never just a women's issue. But the solution is not to entrust men with power over women's health — it is to engage both sexes as equal partners with equal rights.
Journalist Priya Shetty specialises in developing world issues including health, climate change and human rights. She writes a blog, Science Safari, on these issues. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist, The Lancet and SciDev.Net.
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[1] Aluiso, A. et al. J. Acquired Immune Defic. Syndr. 56, 76–82 (2011)


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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (03/10/2000) - Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano plans to buy a 75 percent controlling stake in Patagon.com International Ltd., a financial portal aimed primarily at Latin Americans, the companies announced yesterday.
The Spanish bank said in a statement that it valued Patagon.com at US$705 million, which would put the 75 percent stake at $525 million, although this figure was not specified in the statement. Calls seeking comment weren't immediately returned.
Patagon.com's founders and top executives, including company chairman and CEO Wenceslao Casares, will retain control of the remaining 25 percent.
Acquiring Patagon.com is the first step in the bank's expansion in the telecommunications and Internet markets, the companies said.
The Miami-based Patagon.com has country-specific portals for Venezuela, Brazil, México, Chile, Argentina and Spain.
Patagon.com is privately held and closed a financing round with over $50 million in December 1999.
Patagon.com can be reached at 1-305-534-3400 or at http://www.patagon.com/.
Banco Santander Central Hispano, in Madrid, can be reached at http://www.bancosantander.es/.

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A practical lawsuit against China internet censorshipYou can support us by digging it at lawsuit against China Internet Censorship..
You can simply send me email yetaai at gmail.com to say what you think about it.
On 2007 February 28th, I found that I could not connect to a web site of mine, http://www.realcix.com/. The 'traceroute' command told me that the problem came from a router inside the China Telecom network. As a customer of China Telecom, I asked for a fix, for 'maintenance' in computer jargon.
After a month and many messages back and forth, China Telecom investigated. They told me that the problem was caused by a "*non replicable reason*". They could do nothing. Also, China Telecom cannot or will not provide a reason on paper. Such a reason could be acknowledged by a court. China Telecom will only tell me by telephone.
Many people know that internet censorship in China is a big obstacle to the progress of democracy. How can we use law to improve this situation?
In China, there is no clear, legal statement about the human right to know truth or to make approaches towards it. Moreover, legal suits may only involve direct stakeholders. You may not sue a legal entity with an indirect connection. The dynamic nature of the internet makes facts hard to prove.
Here I will tell you about a legal suit that could greatly change the situation of internet censorship in China. I even hope to improve the Chinese Constitution.
But I can only do this with your support! At the same time, I want to show to everyone that democracy can be reached by peaceful methods.
Help wanted! Please, link to this article, email this article to your friend, or just let more of your friends know. This will help! Even better, come to court!
The website, RealCIX, introduces our personal finance software. It is located in the United States. Not long ago, we made our software freely redistributable with the GNU General Public License, the GNU GPL.
You can see our intent on http://sourceforge.net/projects/realcix. (The old site, http://www.realcix.com/, has not yet been updated.)
Neither site should offend anyone in this planet. We want to update http://www.realcix.com/ but are located in China. We cannot access that site easily. Only with special routing technology can we update it at all - and transfers are slow and full of error.
Outside of China, people have no trouble looking at the site. From inside China, people can only see it when they use special routing technology. (Please remember, as I write this, that http://www.realcix.com/ has not yet been updated. To see the intended update, look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/realcix.)
From the very beginning, I knew about the Great Chinese Firewall - and ignored it. Friends persuaded me to obtain a new domain name and a new host. I did not know that someday that would hurt me. Now it has. I am hindered in accessing and updating http://www.realcix.com/.
Many would give up. The Americans have an expression, "You can't fight city hall", meaning you cannot fight a government or a government controlled monster.
However, I believe that with the help of today's internet, the morality of public community, I can win this case. I can even make a contribution to improve Chinese democracy. My plan is to raise a lawsuit and try to get support from both domestic and international community.
There are several points I would like to make clear:
- China Telecom, whom I am suing. Nobody knows officially who is responsible for the Great Chinese Firewall and nobody can help. And even if we did learn, according to Chinese law, I would most likely lack any direct legal relationship. So I would not be able to sue it.
However, I am a customer of China Telecom. This relationship can be demonstrated by my contract and by the bills I pay monthly. Using their equipment, I fail to access a website. A trace says the problem is inside them.
- My Purpose. China Telecom has done more than simply prevent me from accessing my own web site. It has done that. In addition, and more to the point, it has violated my human right to know truth or approaches to truth. Unfortunately, there is no statement about truth in the Chinese Constitution. And there is no law.
I can only claim that China Telecom is in a breach of contract. The problem is their responsibility. According to the contract, China Telecom should solve the problem or explain why it cannot be solved.
- Proof. It is an extremely difficult case. Regarding the reason http://www.realcix.com/ is blocked - China Telecom has not provided me with anything written. It has not provided any documents that a court can acknowledge.
I went to a Shanghai notarization office. In China, those offices are more or less a branch of Government. Notarization also provides a public service and earns money. It cost me a total of 2,000 CNY, 1,000 for the computer operation, 1,000 for the notarization letter posted to China Telecom office.
Two notaries and I went through several steps to access http://www.realcix.com/ with IE (Internet Explorer).
We used the notaries' hardware and software, as they are a 3rd party. (China Telecom and I are 1st and 2nd parties. The notaries' machine has only Windows and IE installed.)
Without any proxy, IE showed a business advertisement page in the main part of screen and there was a short message in its upper right corner that said http://www.realcix.com/ could not be accessed.
With a proxy located outside of China, the home page of http://www.realcix.com/ was displayed. That demonstrates that http://www.realcix.com/ was available. A screen copy of the command "tracert www.realcix.com" shows that the problem is a router inside China Telecom. (See the bottom of this article, the last scaned image.)
Note: I am lucky that proxy was available when we saw the notary. The internet is always changing and even a network expert may have trouble.
Special routing software may be used, too, but neither notary would accept mine for fear that I was cheating.
- Beyond this case. Can we improve the Chinese Constitution to contain a statement that the government should protect the human right to know the truth or approaches to the truth?
If censorship is unavoidable, how it can be monitored and made transparent? With monitoring and transparency, errors can be corrected. Certainly, China Telecom should have an official (and helpful) answer. With one, I could learn why I am blocked and to whom I can ask in order to recover access from China to my website.
The text in these scanned images is in Chinese. In some browsers, an image will show only a single vertical bar. In that case, copy the underlying link, paste it to an address bar and type 'enter'. Then you should be able to see.
- The first image is page 1 of the notarized text. It describes the steps taken.
- The second image is page 2 of the notarized text.
- The 3rd image is the screen copy of IE accessing http://www.realcix.com/ without a proxy. The result screen displayed a business advertisement page with only a short message of "the site you are accessing is not reachable." in the upper right corner. Hundreds of millions of Chinese people are limited in what they may seek.
- The 4th image is the screen copy of setting a proxy outside of China for IE. If this proxy is set, IE may gain access to http://www.realcix.com/. If IE succeeded, we will know that we had been restricted without proxy.
- This is the real page of http://www.realcix.com/. Considering the thousands sites blocked in China, for example, http://www.wikipedia.org/, hundreds of millions of Chinese are limited in what they may seek.
- The route trace demonstrates that the router is inside China Telecom.


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With growing demands that governments must increase taxes on the rich, the so-called one per cent, there's a strong possibility that some participants at the upcoming G20 finance ministers meeting in Washington will take aim at the banks with renewed calls for new taxes.
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has so far opposed additional bank taxes on the grounds that Canadian banks didn't need government bailouts in the last financial crisis. Yet ironically, Canada already has a bank tax in place.
Prior to 2008, the federal government applied capital taxes to large financial institutions in addition to income taxes. The capital tax was levied on the existing capital stock (debt and equity) of a bank or insurance company. Financial institutions are now allowed to offset their capital tax payable by the income tax they paid in the current fiscal year, and a prescribed number of previous and future years. Financial institutions have been sufficiently profitable in recent years to make the existing capital tax essentially a non-issue.
The change to the capital tax regime was good policy. Capital taxes rank dead last in terms of efficiency behind corporate income taxes, personal income taxes, and consumption taxes. In other words, the tax is the worst possible type in terms of a negative impact on capital investment, productivity, and economic growth. A 2002 Fraser Institute study described capital taxes as "Canada's most damaging tax." Since the study was published, there has been a shift away from capital taxes.
However, in addition to the remaining federal capital tax, some provinces still have a capital tax on financial institutions. For instance, Ontario applies a capital tax, known as the SAT, on life insurers.
Although large financial institutions have been able to successfully offset capital taxes through the income tax they have paid, there are reasons why capital taxes may become binding in the future.
Profitability will likely be eroded by new regulatory requirements. For instance, banks will be required to hold more regulatory capital through the implementation of Basel III, an international agreement by solvency regulators that covers regulatory capital standards. In addition to downward pressure on bank returns on capital, this will result in banks holding more capital subject to a capital tax. A further reason why capital taxes could become binding is that corporate tax rates have declined while the capital tax rate has remained fixed at 1.25 per cent.
Following the last financial crisis, authorities globally have been paying more attention to systemic risk. This is the risk that problems at one institution could adversely affect the financial sector as a whole and the broader economy. For regulated financial institutions such as banks, capital taxes are particularly harmful from a solvency perspective because they result in a deterioration of capital, even when an institution is losing money. Capital serves as a buffer against unexpected losses thus reducing the risk of insolvency. The worst time for the federal capital tax to become binding is right after one, or more major financial institutions experience severe losses resulting in a significant loss to its capital as the tax will erode capital even further.
"It's counterproductive to tax financial institutions and reduce their capital by taxing them when the issue is capitalization and liquidity," Flaherty told the news media.
Flaherty is absolutely right. And he should follow up on this logic by phasing out the remaining capital tax on large financial institutions.


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This is an annotated list of databases produced by Massachusetts State Agencies listed by producing agency. To add a database to this list or to fix a broken link, either do it yourself as this is a wiki, editable by anybody, or send an e-mail to len DOT adams at library DOT umass DOT edu, the documents specialist for this page.
Return to State Agency Databases listing.
- 1 Agricultural Resources, Department of
- 2 Board of Library Commissioners
- 3 Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- 4 Education, Department of
- 5 Fisheries and Wildlife, Division of
- 6 General Court (Legislature)
- 7 Labor and Workforce Development, Executive Office of
- 8 Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT)
- 9 Public Health, Department of
- 10 Public Safety and Security, Executive Office of
- 11 Revenue, Department of
- 12 Secretary of the Commonwealth
- 13 State Library of Massachusetts
- 14 Transitional Assistance, Department of
- 15 Trial Court
Agricultural Resources, Department of
- A-Z Index of Programs and Services - Portal to all things agricultural in Massachusetts. Agricultural programs, farmers markets, inspections and regulations, statistics, are a few of the many topics available.
Board of Library Commissioners
- Massachusetts Library Directory - Advanced Search - Searchable by Region, Municipality, Organization, Library Name, Library Type, Branch Name, Department Name, Individual First Name, Individual Last Name, and Individual Job Function.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Commonwealth Communities - Find information on population, housing, finance, government, local contacts and more for all cities and towns.
- Health Care Providers - Directory of doctors and hospitals. Links to community services, programs for children and families, immunization, and women's health.
- Online Services - Are you a resident? Find job listings, services for families, elders, veterans, health. Are you a visitor? Find information about tours, activities, history and culture, visitor resources. Are you in business? Find out about starting a business in Massachusetts, licensing and permits, funding sources, and taxes. Also, find information about local and state government, find your representative or senator, and more.
- State Agencies - "This page provides an alphabetical listing by keyword of branches of government, Constitutional offices, and the departments under them, and provides links to those with websites."
Education, Department of
- School/District Profile - Select reports by type of school, school district, or individual school within a district. Contains reports and statistics on enrollment, MCAS results, per pupil expenditure, teacher data, and special education.
Fisheries and Wildlife, Division of
- Massachusetts List of Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species - Includes vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and plants. Links to information about each species. Lists species by town.
General Court (Legislature)
- General Court Search - Search Massachusetts General Laws (MGL), text of bills, journals of the House and Senate, and session laws from 1997 to the present.
Labor and Workforce Development, Executive Office of
- Economic Data - Links to employment, labor force and unemployment, wages, and occupations by state, labor market area, and/or cities and towns.
Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT)
- Research - Tourism is a very important industry in Massachusetts and good statistics on tourism are hard to find. However, MOTT's Research database provides interesting, important, and up to date statistics and reports on tourism in Massachusetts.
Public Health, Department of
- Health Topics A-Z- Provides links to a categorical index of programs and information on such varying topics as adolescent health, mad cow, obesity, prenatal care, lyme disease, women's health and much, much more.
- Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP) - Provides community level information on many topics including - The percentage of mothers receiving adequate prenatal care, The number of admissions to substance abuse treatment programs, The birth rate for teenagers, The percentage of current smokers, Public school expenditures per student and much more. Brooke @ Hinsdale describes it this way, "This database is not for the average user or the faint of heart. Oh no, we aren't messing around now boys and girls. When you MUST have health information, and you must be able to do strange things with a whole bunch of funky data, this is the one you go to."
- Publications and Statistics - Excellent database to acquire all sorts of health statistics for Massachusetts, reports on health topics, regulations, and links to resources in state government.
Public Safety and Security, Executive Office of
- Annual Reports - Court commitments by race, sex, age, gender. Also reports on inmate statistics, release statistics, and recidivism statistics
- Crime Statistics - 1960-2002, statistics are state totals. Later years list offenses by county, city, and town. Includes crimes on college and university campuses. Not all communities or colleges reported.
Revenue, Department of
- Cherry Sheets - Official notification to municipalities and regional school districts of estimated state aid to be paid and charges to be assessed over the next fiscal year. Named for the cherry colored paper on which it was originally printed.
- Monthly Revenue Reports - Monthly report of tax collections from June 1996.
- Municipal Data Bank Reports - Provides financial and demographic information on Massachusetts' cities and towns. Spreadsheets containing current and historical socioeconomic, financial, budget, property tax and assessment data for all 351 cities and towns are available for downloading.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
- Citizen's Guide to State Services - "This guide contains information about state services, agencies, and contact points. You can find services arranged by broad subject headings, or search for specific words, or use the index."
- Elections - Everything you need to know about Massachusetts elections. Includes state and federal election statistics from 2000, registered voters from 1948, statistics on ballot measures from 1919, Congressional district maps, and directories of districts, political parties, cities and towns.
State Library of Massachusetts
- Town Reports Database - Search by town for annual reports dating back to the 1850s. Reports themselves are in paper at the State Library of Massachusetts.
Transitional Assistance, Department of
- Basic Needs - Database for statistics and reports on public assistance: financial assistance, food and nutrition, housing and shelter, and births, deaths, and marriages.
Trial Court
- Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) - Search by CMR citation or by alphabetical index. Includes FAQ section. Includes important regulations such as the State Building Code, Electrical Code, and Septic (Title 5). However, some regulations may not be available electronically.
- Massachusetts City and Town Bylaws - Currency, completeness, and quality dependent upon the community. Some communities have not yet contributed.
- Massachusetts Court System - This site includes the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the courts, judicial profiles, press releases, recent court opinions, juror information, court statistics from 2001, and a variety of other useful information.


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CHICAGO -- With a summer wedding approaching for producer Nick, Pat Tomasulo put on his wedding planning shoes and took him to the Luxury Bridal Expo here in Chicago.
They tried on tuxedos, sampled cake, practiced wedding pictures, and watched a wedding dress runway walk while sipping champagne.
It's safe to say that Nick's wedding is in good hands with Pat planning it.
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Get involved with chanting, war cries and cheering at blockbuster sporting events in Queensland. From Cricket to the Rugby League World Cup and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, you can be courtside, ringside, poolside or field-side watching the world's best athletes and players.
Our sports calendar kicks off with the Brisbane International in January and offers non-stop action through to the Australian PGA Championship in late November.
Queensland is home to the North Queensland Cowboys, Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans, and the Queensland Reds and we love our Rugby League and Rugby Union. Games are hosted across the state with the finals and cup matches held at the Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast or in Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium, which is also home to the annual Brisbane Global Rugby Tens tournament.
When it comes to cricket, the best of best descends on Queensland and grace the cricket grounds of The Gabba every year. And following close behind, is their army of supporters and fans who create an infectious atmosphere. If you've never been to the cricket before, grab a ticket and flaunt your best costume.
Queenslands first grade teams are the Brisbane Lions and the Gold Coast Suns. Games are hosted at The Gabba in Brisbane or at the Metricon Stadium or the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. Catch the electric action and watch as the stadium comes to life with a roaring crowd.
Home to the Brisbane Roar, you can catch home games at Suncorp Stadium and watch Queensland's best players take on national and international soccer teams.
Watch thoroughbreds reach high speeds and back a winner at Queensland's most iconic horse racing events. Flaunt your race day outfit at the Brisbane Racing Carnival, witness horses race along the beach at The Magic Millions Carnival on the Gold Coast, or bring your craziest costume to the Birdsville Races in the Outback.


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The Narcissistic Defense
"When the patient is frustrated, the appropriate way to discharge his feelings is to put them into words. If he is prevented from doing so when frustrated and feeling deprived by the analyst, he usually bottles up the aggression: in other words, he turns these feelings inward and begins to attack the self. This is referred to as the narcissistic defense." (Spotnitz, 1976b, pp. 56-57, emphasis original).
Freud's idea was that the "narcissistic wall… brings us to a stop," and that "…(o)ur technical methods must accordingly be replaced by others; and we do not know yet whether we shall succeed in finding a substitute." (1917, p.423). Spotnitz, however. "… discovered that the analyst resolves the adult patient's repetitive self-attacks by changing the flow of destructive impulsivity." (1976b, p. 56).
From the root of the word narcissism, it might at first appear that the problem is excessive "self-love," yet not all narcissism is "disordered:"
"We commonly recognize the value of narcissism, as well as the vital role it plays in creative activity. If we regard sleep as the quintessence of absorption in the self, we agree that narcissism is essential for self-preservation.
Need I point out that 'narcissistic defense' does not involve these kinds of normal activity? What we are concerned with is narcissism in a pathological sense, with self-love that serves as a cloak for self-hatred. The polarities of self-hatred and self-love are linked together in the defensive system, but the nuclear problem is the self-hatred." (Spotnitz, 1976a, p. 104).
How might an individual develop the narcissistic defense? According to Spotnitz, the foundation is likely to be found in early childhood and:
"… is not total emotional deprivation... The defense seems to originate in a relationship which was gratifying to the infant in some respects, especially in meeting his biological needs for the intake of stimuli, but failed to meet the need of his mental apparatus for cooperation in discharging destructive energy. Nevertheless, he was not totally abandoned; he was sufficiently gratified to develop a strong craving for more gratification and, consequently, to place an unduly high value on the source of this bounty." (Spotnitz, 1976a, p. 104).
Could it be that for the infant it is a question of survival? In the minds of very young children thoughts may have magical properties. If we have horrible thoughts; i.e., that mother frustrates us, or that we hate her, or worse; even for an instant – mother might leave us forever. Or, our violent thoughts might actually kill her; or maybe if we're so monstrous as to think those thoughts, she might actually die, as punishment for our bad thoughts. We need to protect her at all costs.
Spotnitz hypothesizes that…
"(t)he infant got to understand that his mother might be damaged by his rage; perhaps she discouraged such reactions by withholding her favors. At any rate, the infantile ego which was not trained to release mobilized aggressive energy towards its object in feelings and language responded to prolonged periods of frustration by internalizing its destructive impulses. Much of the energy that would otherwise have been available for maturational processes was expended to bottle up this impulsivity…
The child who started out to console himself with self-love thus compensates for a specific type of damage incurred in the course of maturation by becoming the object of his own hatred. Sacrificially, he attacks his ego to preserve his external object." (1976a, pp.104-05).
Modern psychoanalysts have a greater understanding and a wider range of techniques available to outflank Freud's "stone wall of narcissism," and "…(i)f the analyst provides the proper environment, the patient will re-experience emotional reactions in his relationship with the analyst that resemble those he had at some point in the past when his maturation was blocked." (Spotnitz, 1976b, pp. 57-58).
With proper treatment, the narcissistic defense can thus be made unnecessary, allowing patients the full range of options and emotions available to mature individuals.
Freud, S. (1917). Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (Part 3) in the Standard Edition of the Complete Works of Sigmund Freud, (James Strachey, et al., Ed., 1953-74), London, Hogart Press and the Institute of Psychoanalysis, 16:243-463.
Spotnitz, H. (1976a). Psychotherapy of Preoedipal Conditions, N.Y., Jason Aronson.
Spotnitz, H. and Meadow, P. (1976b). Treatment of the Narcissistic Neuroses, NY, Man. Center For Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies.
Spotnitz, H. (1985). Modern Psychoanalysis of the Schizophrenic Patient: Theory of the Technique, Second Edition, NY, Human Sciences Press.
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Tinariwen: With their hypnotic rhythms and weaving guitars touching on influences both familiar and exotic, this nomadic band is a hardened road crew -- their first gigs were in the Saharan desert. Tapes of their music circulated throughout Africa before breaking through to Western audiences in recent years. Dancing a must, 9 p.m. Friday at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., $26 (advance) and $29; etix.com.
Bad Examples: Ralph Covert is best known today as the "Ralph's World" children's entertainer, but he was once a mainstay in the city's power-pop community with the Bad Examples. The quintet, including three original members, released "Smash Record" (Waterdog Music) earlier this year, 9 p.m. Saturday at FitzGerald's, 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, Ill., $10 (advance) and $12; www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com.


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Quantifying Uncertainties in Climate Science
Another date for your diaries - the Royal Met Soc's meeting on uncertainty in climate science.
Climate models produce different projections of future climate change under identical pathways of future greenhouse gases. This meeting will highlight recent studies that have attempted to quantify those uncertainties using different approaches.Programme:
Time No. Presenting author Title 16:40 Prof Reto Knutti, (ETH Zürich) Projection uncertainties: The multi model perspective. 17:10 Dr Paul Williams, University of Reading. Climate models: The importance of being stochastic. 14:10 Dr Jonty Rougier, University of Bristol Background and philosophy 14:40 Dr David Sexton, UK Met Office UK climate projections. 15:10 Dr Tamsin Edwards, University of Bristol Palaeo-constraints on climate sensitivity. 16:10 Dr Lindsay Lee, University of Leeds Constraining aerosol models.
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Two Year-End Events Celebrate University's Commitment to Egalitarian Education
"When Gleason Archer established Suffolk University, it was quite revolutionary to be enrolling people based on academic merit alone," says University Records Manager Michael P. Dello Iacono. "He was determined to make sure that education was available to all qualified candidates, regardless of race, religion or background."
Building on the promise of its founding, Suffolk University continues to attract and inspire a diverse student body. Today there are 20 groups and associations representing various backgrounds and cultures. To celebrate the 2013 graduating class' commitment to diversity, Suffolk will host two special events: the 29th Annual Passing of the Gavel ceremony on Thursday, April 18 and the 1913 Celebration on Friday, May 17.
The Passing of the Gavel recognizes the outgoing and incoming e-boards of Suffolk University's Cultural Affinity Student Groups.
"We are excited that the Rainbow Alliance is participating," says Jacinda Félix Haro, director of the Office of Diversity Services. "Rainbow members were previously honored at a different event, however we have always wanted them to be part of this celebration, which brings everyone together as a community."
Student affinity groups, a vital part of Suffolk University, "enhance the ways in which we welcome, value and support diverse members of the campus community," says Haro.
The 1913 Celebration
In 1913, Thaddeus Alexander Kitchener from Kingston, Jamaica, was the first student of color to graduate from Suffolk Law School. One hundred years after conferring Kitchener's degree, Suffolk has become an internationally acclaimed university with students from 107 countries. Forty-two percent of the student body is diverse – representing different cultures, backgrounds, genders and sexual orientation.
In honor of the centennial anniversary of Kitchener's graduation from Suffolk and the school's commitment to diversity, a signature event will take place during commencement week on Friday, May 17. The 1913 Celebration, sponsored by the Alumni Association, the President's Diversity Commission, the Office of Diversity Services and the Office of International Student Services is a recognition ceremony for graduating LGBTQ students, international students and students of color.
"This new event offers a great opportunity to meet and network with alumni who are actively involved with the Office of Diversity Services," says Elizabeth Conley, director of Student & Young Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving in the Office of Advancement. "We hope that they will be inspired to continue their affiliation with us as they become Suffolk Alumni."
During the event, Dean of Students Nancy Stoll will distribute stoles and tassels with Haro. Each affinity group has a unique stole design, which will be worn during graduation.
Morijieta Derisier, '08 is the 1913 Celebration's keynote speaker. While at Suffolk she was a Trustee Ambassador, Step Team president, a member of the Caribbean Student Network, Black Student Union and the Sociology Society. She established her own law practice after graduating from Massachusetts School of Law and is the co-founder of Morning Dew Realty.


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The ever growing complexity of market processes continues to increase the importance of knowledge as the organization's core capability to maximize business performance. Current conceptions of knowledge and knowledge representation, however, prove to be highly unproductive. A fundamental problem here is that insight into the nature of knowledge is an inevitable requirement for adequate knowledge management that, nevertheless, is hardly met in business. In this article, we claim that adopting a functional view of the nature of knowledge reveals and restores the relation between knowledge and corporate effectiveness. In a functional approach to conceptualization, functional equivalence instead of observable similarity serves as the basis for classification. The sets of conditions that have to be met in a particular situation are here taken as functional demands. These functional demands may vary across situations, thus precluding the valid possibility of a static one‑on‑ one connection between functions and individual objects. Not the objects as potential instances of classes, but the relationships between objects given their properties and situations, defined in terms of functional demands, become central. These relationships define the concepts, and thus what we know. Classification amounts to relational matching of specified situations to specified objects. The functional view not only enables content improvement through rational classifications, but also enhances process designs, implementations and process maintenance. It also aligns information technology to the new demands set by the knowledge economy by enabling goal‑oriented, transparent and easy‑to‑use‑and‑modify knowledge structures. The paper further describes a real world case taken from the financial services industry to exemplify how a functional analysis of knowledge ‑including to the functional view aligned MatchÂ' Technology‑ realizes great improvements in business performance.
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Hudson River Boat Crash: Body Believed to Be Best Man Found
(NEW YORK) -- Searchers found a body Sunday believed to be the best man in a wedding party, who along with a bride-to-be was thrown overboard from a speed boat that slammed into a barge on the Hudson River, police said.
Mark Lennon, 30, has been missing since he and the future bride were ejected from a 21-foot Stingray powerboat in the Hudson River that struck three connected barges in the water by the Tappan Zee Bridge in Piermont, N.Y., at approximately 10:40 p.m. Friday night.
Authorities said six people were onboard the boat, including groom-to-be Brian Bond, 35, and his fiancée, 30-year-old Lindsay Stewart. The group was on their way to Tarrytown, N.Y., when the accident occurred.
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Jojo John, 35, of Nyack, N.Y., the operator of the boat, was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter and vehicular assault. Officials said they believe John was drunk behind the wheel of the boat when the crash occurred.
"At this point, we have probable cause to believe [John] operated the boat while intoxicated, and that's the basis for the charge," Rockland County Undersheriff Robert Van Cura said.
John was arraigned in his hospital bed and was ordered to be held on $250,000 bond, ABC New York station WABC-TV reported.
Bond, John and two other men onboard were injured in the accident and taken to local hospitals. Bond was knocked unconscious and suffered a fractured eye socket, WABC-TV reported. When he regained consciousness, he called 911 to report the crash.
The future bride and the best man at her wedding, just two weeks away, were reported missing after the crash.
Stewart and Bond were to be married on Aug. 10, Stewart's mother said.
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FBI Pushing Real-Time Metadata-Harvesting 'Port Readers' On Service Providers
from the when-will-it-be-'enough'-data? dept
The FBI seems to be of the same mindset as the NSA -- it's better to have it all and not need it than to show any sense of restraint when it comes to harvesting data. Declan McCullagh at CNET has uncovered yet another surveillance program aimed at collecting vast amounts of data simply because the current legal climate allows it.
The U.S. government is quietly pressuring telecommunications providers to install eavesdropping technology deep inside companies' internal networks to facilitate surveillance efforts.Isn't that great? Carriers don't know what effects the FBI's new toy will have on their systems and are perhaps even a little concerned that they're violating their customers' last remnants of privacy by allowing this, but turning down this "opportunity" means facing contempt charges. The situation presents only unappealing choices.
FBI officials have been sparring with carriers, a process that has on occasion included threats of contempt of court, in a bid to deploy government-provided software capable of intercepting and analyzing entire communications streams. The FBI's legal position during these discussions is that the software's real-time interception of metadata is authorized under the Patriot Act.
Attempts by the FBI to install what it internally refers to as "port reader" software, which have not been previously disclosed, were described to CNET in interviews over the last few weeks. One former government official said the software used to be known internally as the "harvesting program."
The FBI quickly responded with a statement declaring its actions to be "playing by the rules," as well as expressing its pure desire to help telecoms and service providers become better corporate citizens.
"Pen Register and Trap and Trace orders grant law enforcement the authority to collect dialing, routing, addressing, or signaling information associated with a target's communications. This information includes source and destination IP addresses and port numbers. In circumstances where a provider is unable to comply with a court order utilizing its own technical solution(s), law enforcement may offer to provide technical assistance to meet the obligation of the court order."The FBI statement specifies "pen register" and "trap and trace," but the port readers gather far more information than the limited data available to those processes.
Federal law says law enforcement may acquire only "dialing, routing, addressing, or signaling information" without obtaining a wiretap. That clearly covers, for instance, the Internet Protocol address of a Web site that a targeted user is visiting. The industry-created CALEA standard also permits law enforcement to acquire timestamp information and other data.Knowing that the FBI is harvesting much more than basic metadata calls into question the recent court decision declaring warrantless cell phone location tracking constitutional. According to the majority's argument, metadata created by phone usage is nothing more than a "business record." something that is freely available to law enforcement and intelligence agencies because it carries with it no reasonable expectation of privacy.
But the FBI has configured its port reader to intercept all metadata -- including packet size, port label, and IPv6 flow data -- that exceeds what the law permits, according to one industry source.
At what point is that "expectation" reestablished? If the court's argument holds for location data, it will likely hold for any sort of metadata created, no matter how specific it is. The same warrantless process is being used by the FBI to capture metadata on internet usage, email and phone information -- all without being challenged for privacy violations.
There's every indication that the FBI has had more metadata than pen registers/trap and trace were ever intended to harvest for quite some time now. Late last year, hackers broke into an FBI laptop which contained a .csv file full of iPhone users' data.
[The csv file contained] a list of 12,367,232 Apple iOS devices including Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), user names, name of device, type of device, Apple Push Notification Service tokens, zipcodes, cellphone numbers, addresses, etc.Why an agent had the data of 12 million iPhone users stored on his laptop is inexplicable. According to the narrative, any "inadvertent" data gets swept into storage where it can only be "asked questions." This file dump shows the FBI isn't necessarily discarding or segregating "irrelevant" information, a problem that is only worsened by each additional form of "metadata" it scoops up.
At a bare minimum, the outdated laws applying to the limits of pen registers and trap and trace need to be updated, as does the general argument that phone users' interaction with their providers (via calls, internet usage, etc.) create nothing more than "business records." Continuing to ignore the fact that these agencies are abusing outdated laws to scoop up massive amounts of metadata on non-targeted users will only ensure this problem will get worse in the future.
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Clothing retailer Tilly's has reportedly agreed to remove marijuana-themed items from its Huntington Beach store after a parent's organization complained about some of the store's merchandise.
Members of Youth Matters, a 4-year-old committee within the Parent Teacher Student Assn. at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, sent letters to the store requesting the removal of some of the items because they desensitized youth to drugs and alcohol.
"There's leggings, there's a bandeau top, there's a bathing suit… there's quite a few items," Youth Matters Chair Kim Greene said. "The more (kids) see (marijuana) and the more it's in their face and the more it's normalized, the less likely they will be to be shocked."
Greene said that in an email conversation with Tilly's that the store has agreed to remove items from their Huntington Beach store. She said that the store had mentioned removing the items from all its stores in Orange and Riverside counties.
"We said 'Here's why we're concerned, we do shop there…plenty of parents in this community shop there and we want to keep shopping there and we will come back to shopping there when (the items) are removed," Greene said.
Greene said that Tilly's responded within a few days and agreed to remove the items.
Greene added that a partnership may be possible with Youth Matters and Tilly's in the future, as Tilly's is involved in a community outreach program aimed at 12 to 18 year olds.
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Deadline is reporting that Walters is going to announce her retirement at the end of this season of The View, but we spoke to a source at ABC who told us that she will be retiring at the end of next season in 2014, with a series of specials and tributes honoring her trailblazing career.


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Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has admitted that the side are "inconsistent" and have allowed Manchester United and Manchester City to create a "significant gap" from them in the Premier League.
The Gunners dropped to 10th in the table following Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Swansea City, which saw Arsene Wenger's side thoroughly outplayed by Michael Laudrup's men - although both Michu's goals only arrived in the final few minutes.
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In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories
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I Spy Something Bloody
Espionage was always a game, but now British spy Mark Hardwicke wants to retire and settle down with ex-lover Dr. Stephen Thorpe - if Stephen will have him.
Unfortunately, Stephen has other plans - and so do the terrorists who want Mark dead.
I Spy Something Wicked
It's All Hallow's Eve and Mark Hardwicke's past has come back to haunt him. The Old Man needs Mark to go on one last mission to the wild, lonely hills of Afghanistan - a mission Mark knows he can't survive. Even if he does make it back, Stephen has made it very clear Mark is out of second chances. Should Mark place his lover and his own happiness before duty undefined?
I Spy Something Christmas
Nothing says Christmas like a bullet with your name on it. Mark is used to death and danger. Stephen will never be okay with violence - or Mark's attitude toward it. Like the holidays weren't tough enough on a romance.
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- Heather
- 14-10-2013
Great set of stories and the perfect narrator. Josh is a wonderful writer, he is on my immediate purchase list of authors, and now that he has the rights to most of his stories he is making sure that his characters come to life with the right voice(s) Alexander J. Masters is amazing. Don't waste your money on "I Spy something Bloody" buy the complete set with "In From the Cold"
10 of 10 people found this review helpful
- 11-10-2013
Perfect! suspenseful and romantic
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would definitely recommend this audiobook. The story is so good - suspenseful and romantic, it's about decisions and fears and how they can affect someone's life, and you feel everything right along with the characters. Plus, the narration is one of the best i've heard, it really enhances how one experiences this story.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The two main characters are both favorites for different reasons, so since i cannot choose between them, I'll go with one of the secondary characters, namely Lena, the housekeeper. She's kind and sensitive and tough and observant. She knows how to pick her battles, she's fiercely protective, and she's willing to set aside her personal likes and dislikes so that someone else's happiness may prevail. I just love her.
Which character – as performed by Alexander J. Masters – was your favorite?
Mark, by far. Alexander does a superb job of bringing to light every nuance of this very complex character. I've never heard such a good rendition of character in an audiobook before.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Oh yes. I couldn't put it down when i read it, and i didn't want to stop listening once i started either. Very engaging.
Any additional comments?
I really liked how the flashbacks were done narration- and sound-wise. So cool.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
- Jennifer
- 12-10-2013
Very satisfying listen
Alexander J. Masters does a very nice job of narrating.
His interpretation of Mark starts by portraying the lack of emotion one would expect from a spy dealing in lies, then shows Mark's psychological healing by bringing emotion into Mark's voice.
Josh Lanyon's characters are never flat, they make tough decisions in a realistic fashion.
I preferred listening to this collection rather than reading them.
Highly recommended.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
- Dan
- 25-10-2013
Pay Attention To The Category!
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I ordered this book thinking it was a collection of short stories about espionage, because that is what I searched for. I started listening to it one day on my way home from work. When it was revealed that the main character was gay, I thought, "Hmm, a gay spy, that's different". Then the first of many explicit homosexual fantasy scenes happened and I almost ran off the road. I was not expecting that!
The narrator is very good though, and I'll probably finish it anyway.
11 of 14 people found this review helpful
- pierre-luc
- 26-01-2014
Well-done, not fully engaging for me
I wish to first note the wonderful performance by Alexander Masters, whose British voice perfectly fit the narrator. Josh Lanyon also did a very good job using British turns of phrase where appropriate, to further delineate the main character.
The story and romance are fine, and standard for Josh Lanyon who normally delivers quality writing.
I did find the main character difficult to care for, especially in contrast to the more endearing love interest. I found it hard to understand what had driven the characters together in the first place, and made them willing to rekindle a relationship.
Overall, while not a stand-out, it is a recommended read for those who enjoy the genre or the author.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Riva
- 29-10-2013
A warm cup of coffee by the fire
This is a collection of the first three I Spy novellas. It was really a pleasure. The narrator was great as well as the stories;but be warned they are short. I'm glad Mr. Lanyon put them in one collection, otherwise it would not be worth a credit.. The romance between Mark and Stephen was sweet and they have some adventures, but it is mostly about them rekindling their relationship after a two year absence by Mark. I really liked that Mark (the younger of the two) actively pursues Stephen (who is 50). In the age of youth, it was a very pleasant change. I look forward to a continuation of the series, although I will buy as this type of anthology due to the length of the stories. As a anthology, worth a credit.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Moana Martine
- 27-01-2019
I spy something... beautiful
Three stories involving an English spy and an American doctor. Really interesting and emotionally deep. Strong thinking about life, love and what being in a relationship involves. The narration by Alexander Masters is perfect.
- Kindle Customer
- 19-06-2015
A Masterfully Told Trilogy
What made the experience of listening to In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories the most enjoyable?
Alexander J. Masters brings the story to life like no other book narrator I've ever heard. I was reminded of old radio shows when the performers acted out the parts. His voice, his inflections, his accents, his inner dialogue... perfection.
What was one of the most memorable moments of In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories?
The ending of the first book - the home invasion and the defending of hearth and home - is both action-packed and tender.
Which scene was your favorite?
Hard to say what scene was my favorite. There are three stories in this series and the ending of each is very sweet.
Who was the most memorable character of In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories and why?
Definitely Mark. The story is told from his point of view so it was a treat to get into his mind and learn how his (sometimes faulty) reasoning worked. His is a very enjoyable, albeit frustrating at times, journey.
Any additional comments?
This series was my first real foray into audio books and I couldn't have chosen a better 'gateway drug.' I really enjoyed the series when I first read it, but hearing the characters brought to life by Mr. Masters has endeared the books to me even more.
- Carolyn AKA The Reader
- 22-04-2015
Wonderfully Emotional and Gripping
I've been in the mood for a spy thriller, so I was happy to have this book in my library. Although the I Spy Stories are set in the time after Mark's trying to leave espionage behind, that world hasn't quite left him behind. We're thrown into Mark and Stephen's romance after its virtually over. This isn't the falling in love story, it's the real romance, when trust has been broken and hope is distant, but with a deep love that's not ready to be buried. It was wonderful to watch these two grow back together. I *almost* miss seeing what they were like the first time around, but the brief story we get about the older doctor and younger spy falling for each other and how their separation hurt them is enough to tell us what we need to know. The various intrigues were done well, not just as action but giving the emotion in their relationship resonance. Really solid storytelling.
Alexander J Masters' narration blew me away. He embodied each character so well, it was like listening to different actors each time someone new spoke. I think there were at least 4 or 5 different countries he had to be from, and while I'm not an expert on voices, I was impressed. Besides their dialect, each personality shown through: dry wit, stalwart pain, confused hurt, etc. It was all there. I'll be looking forward to the next time I listen to his narration.
- undrwo
- 02-04-2015
a little slow, but a fun guilty indulgence
There was something off about the pacing in this book- well, it's partially that it's not actually a book, but rather a series of short stories. Still, the narrator's slow, slow, slow drawl, the long and thoughtful pauses, the flashbacks, the exposition re-hashing things that were covered in the previous short... I found it hard to stay interested in what should have been a much more compelling story.
Now for the good; MAN OH MAN is this fun, when it's at the good parts. An emotionally indulgent love story that actually made my eyes burn in sympathy for the poor hero, maybe lacking little nuance yeah but WHATEVER this is basically porn! I really liked both main characters and the dynamic between them was hot and fun and I'm going to look for more by this author for sure.
- Leyanne
- 25-02-2014
Not what I was hoping for
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
No. It was not as good as I have come to expect from Josh Lanyon. The characters didn't draw me in to the story at all.
If you've listened to books by Josh Lanyon before, how does this one compare?
Not a patch on the Armed and Dangerous series and way below par compared to the Adrien English mysteries.
Would you be willing to try another one of Alexander J. Masters's performances?
No. As a Brit I found his 'british accent' rather annoying.
Could you see In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
I have no idea, the characters didn't engage me enough to care.
Any additional comments?
I may have enjoyed this better in print format, it's hard to say.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- mee
- 09-08-2018
An American doing British
While I've previously enjoyed the story in written form, I found the audio version hard going. The 'British' accent used sounds like a life-less theatre performance and in no way suits the character, it made him very hard to connect to.
Also I really REALLY hate the effect used for flashbacks, the first time it happened I thought my headphones were malfunctioning, it's unpleasant and echoey.


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I was going to wait until after Christmas to share my latest new love with you guys, but I couldn't. I loved this product so much that I had to write my review now. Kitchen Table Bakers was nice enough to send me several samples of their products to review. I couldn't wait to break open these crisps. The crisps, as KTB calls them, are made completely of cheese! And are they ever good! They have several different varieties. My favorite so far are the Aged Parmesan Mini Crisps.
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Carleton College Announces Faculty Promotions
The Carleton College Board of Trustees recently approved the promotion of eight faculty members, effective September 1, 2012.
The following faculty have been promoted from associate professor to professor: Stacy N. Beckwith, professor of Hebrew; Amy Erickson, professor of physical education, athletics, and recreation; Gretchen E. Hofmeister, professor of chemistry; David R. Musicant, professor of computer science; Lori K. Pearson, professor of religion; and Linda Rossi, professor of art.
Stacy N. Beckwith, professor of Hebrew, earned a BA in international relations and Hebrew from the University of Toronto and a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Minnesota. She completed research for her doctoral dissertation at the University of Tel Aviv with the support of a Fulbright fellowship. Her scholarship focuses on expressions of collective memory and national identity in modern Israeli, Palestinian, and Iberian Spanish literature. Beckwith established Carleton's full time Hebrew program in 1999 and was at the forefront of bringing Arabic to the College in 2007. In 2010 she helped to create the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and has served as chair for the past three years. She has also directed Carleton's program in Judaic Studies since 2008.
Amy Erickson, professor of physical education, athletics, and recreation, earned her BA in psychology from Moorhead State Univeristy and a MS in kinesiology from Michigan State University. She came to Carleton in 1998 as the interim head softball coach, later assuming a full-time faculty position later that year. Erickson teaches badminton, weight training for women, theory of coaching and rock climbing. Outside of the classroom, her teaching also extends to the softball field where she is Carleton's all-time winningest softball coach, entering this season with 166 wins, more than double the next closest total. Erickson has guided the Knights to double-digit win totals for nine straight seasons, a new program standard.
Gretchen E. Hofmeister, professor chemistry, earned her BA in chemistry from Carleton College (Class of 1985) and her PhD in synthetic chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. She was an NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a faculty member at Gustavus Adolphus College before coming back to Carleton College in 2002. Her research is focused on developing and understanding catalytic processes in order to improve the selectivity and efficiency of chemical transformations and reduce the adverse impacts of chemistry on the environment. In the classroom, Her primary love is teaching organic chemistry, where she emphasizes reactivity and understanding reaction mechanisms. She has developed laboratory experiments at the intermediate and advanced levels that are designed to provide students with research-like experiences and expose them to sophisticated and modern synthetic techniques. Hofmeister also currently serves as the chair of the chemistry department at Carleton.
David R. Musicant, professor of computer science, earned a BS in mathematics and a BS in physics from Michigan State University, and MS in computer science, an MA in mathematics, and a PhD in computer sciences from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Musicant came to Carleton in 2000, and currently serves as department chair for his third year. He teaches a variety of computer sciences classes, including both introduction to computer science and data structures, and specializes in teaching the upper-level electives of artificial intelligence, data mining, database systems. He has also taught programming languages for ten years. Musicant's research in data mining and machine learning is driven by a passion for uncovering secrets hidden in large sources of data, with a particular interest in doing so within interdisciplinary applications. He has collaborated with atmospheric scientists in studying datasets of airborne aerosol particles, which are known to contribute to climate change. He has also worked extensively with Wikipedia in a variety of capacities, studying how it has worked historically from a social dynamics perspective, and he has also built tools to help improve the quality of its content. A Wikipedia-related paper he collaborated on recently won the best paper award at an important conference in the field, and two of his past research students have gone on to win National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
Lori K. Pearson, professor of religion, earned her BA from St. Olaf College in philosophy and religion and her MTS and ThD from Harvard Univeristy. Pearson taught at Luther College before coming to Carleton in 2003, where she specializes in the history of Christian theology with particular interests in 19th-century German Protestant thought, modern philosophy of religion, and contemporary theories about culture, race, and gender. For six years, Pearson has been chair of the Nineteenth-Century Theology Group of the American Academy of Religion. At Carleton, Pearson's teaching focuses on a wide range of topics in the study of Christianity, including historically-oriented courses on the New Testament and the Protestant Reformation, and thematic courses on modern Christian theology in relation to questions of truth, religious pluralism, power, and liberation. She also contributes to the programs in European studies, women's and gender studies, and African and African American studies.
Linda Rossi, professor of art, earned a BFA in painting and drawing from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Prior to coming to Carleton, Rossi designed and headed the photography program at the U of M's College of Visual Arts. For 15 years she taught in the media studies undergraduate and graduate programs at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) in addition to the Philadelphia College of Art, the University of Minnesota and the American School in London. At Carleton, she teaches introductory and advanced film and digital imaging, color photography, and experimental photography. Rossi has worked as an installation artist since 1977 when she presented electronic sculptures and photographs at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in their photography gallery. As a multi-disciplinary artist, she has created theatrical works with Laotian Hmong performers for the Minnesota History Center and a video and sculptural installation with several Russian poets for Intermedia Arts. She has exhibited nationally and internationally at such venues as the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia; the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran; the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum; and the Sol Mednick Gallery in Philadelphia. Rossi is the recipient of two Minnesota State Arts grants, three McKnight Foundation grants, and two Jerome Foundation grants. Rossi's work is in numerous permanent collections including those of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts and the Cray Foundation. Her work has been published and reviewed in an assortment of periodicals, including The World of Design, International Quarterly Illustrated Journal, Aperture's "The Making of a Collection," and "Fresh Air" on National Public Radio. Rossi currently serves as chair of the Department of Art and Art History
The following faculty have been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor: Luciano Henrique Battaglini, associate professor of physical education, athletics, and recreation; and Robert S. Carlson, associate professor of physical education, athletics, and recreation.
Luciano Henrique Battaglini, associate professor of physical education, athletics, and recreation, earned his BS in psychology from Oklahoma Christian University and his MS in Family Science from Oklahoma State University. He began teaching at Carleton in 2007, where he also serves as the head coach of the women's tennis team. The team has flourished under his leadership, winning the 2011-2012 MIAC championship and receiving the ITA All-American Academic Award and advancing to the NCAA national tournament. Battaglini is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2011 Wilson/ITA Division III National Coach of the Year award. In the classroom, he specializes providing students with a sociological, psychological, and philosophical framework to address contemporary athletic issues such as performance-enhancing drug use, Title IX, and the role of athletics in society.
Robert S. Carlson, associate professor of physical education, athletics, and recreation, received a BA in political science from St. Olaf College and an MEd from Loyola University in Chicago. In 1997 he came to Carleton to serve as the head men's soccer coach. Under his leadership, the men's soccer program has won MIAC titles in four of the last six years. In 2008 he was voted National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) Regional Coach of the Year and in 2007 and 2008 he was named MIAC Men's Soccer Coach of the Year. Carlson has been equally successful in the classroom, embracing Carleton's distinctive culture and serving as "a great ambassador for Carleton sports."
For more information, contact the Carleton College Dean of the College Office at (507) 222-4303.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — San Diego State led New Mexico State by eight points with 1:20 left on Thursday night and frittered it all away.
The Aztecs, luckily, rallied in overtime to avoid one of the worst collapses in recent NCAA tournament history.
If was for that reason alone San Diego State fans couldn't celebrate early Saturday against North Dakota State, even after star guard's Xavier Thames' layup put the Aztecs up by 10 at the four-minute mark.
This time, though, the lead was safe and San Diego State finished with a flourish in a 63-44 win at the Spokane Arena.
"I reminded the guys before the second half started we can't come out flat again like we did against New Mexico State," Thames said.
Thames, who had a key turnover Thursday that led to New Mexico State tying the game in regulation, was brilliant Saturday, finishing with a game-high 30 points.
The win advanced San Diego State (31-4) to this week's West Regional in Anaheim, where the Aztecs will face Sunday's Arizona-Gonzaga winner in San Diego.
It will be a familiar travel route for Steve Fisher's team, which got to the Round of 16 in Anaheim in 2011 before losing in the semifinals to eventual national champion Connecticut.
"We were good enough that year to win the national championship," Fisher said.
This year's team had to fight to earn a No. 4 seeding and has been a pleasant surprise in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year. The Aztecs were picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West Conference.
"This year nobody thought we would be what we are, so it was almost like a hall pass," Fisher said.
Led by Thames, a senior transfer from Washington State, the Aztecs have overachieved all the way to the Sweet 16.
This team doesn't have a Kawhi Leonard, the star of the 2011 run, but it has a pretty good catalyst in Thames.
He missed his career high Saturday by a point and once again was the orchestrator for the Aztecs' suffocating defense.
North Dakota State entered the tournament leading the nation in field goal percentage at 51%
The long, lanky Aztecs though, shrank the basket and made it look like opposing Bison were shooting into a thimble.
San Diego State held the Bison to 31.9% shooting for the game (15 of 47).
"Make them go over you to shoot balls," Fisher told his team.
The Aztecs silenced Bison star Taylor Braun, the Summit League player of the year, who made only two of 14 shots.
Junior Dwayne Polee II, the Aztecs' skinny 6-7 junior forward, spent a lot of his defensive time frustrating Braun.
"We really wanted to make an emphasis to cut his water off," Polee said.
By game's end, Braun, a senior, was tapped out.
"You don't want to go out like this," Braun said. "I'm two for 14 in my last college game? I don't know what to say, I just couldn't ... I don't know."
Lawrence Alexander, the hero of the Bison's overtime win over Oklahoma, missed eight of his nine shots against San Diego State.
North Dakota State finished the year at 26-7.


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Can the Redskins avoid an 0-3 start? Find out that and other stories to watch in Week 3.
Another 2-0 team is heading into Week 3 of the NFL season without its left tackle.
The Houston Texans on Saturday ruled All-Pro left tackle Duane Brown out of Sunday's game at Baltimore with a toe injury. Brown had initially been listed as questionable but was left home in Houston when the team traveled Saturday.
Brown has started 78 games in his career – every game in which he has been allowed to play since he was drafted No. 26 overall in 2008. He was suspended for four games in 2010.
The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks will also play Sunday without their left tackles after Denver's Ryan Clady and Seattle's Russell Okung were placed on injured reserve this week because of injuries suffered in Week 2. Okung has been designated to return and could play again on Nov. 17. Clady's season is over.
For Houston, veteran Ryan Harris will start at left tackle against Baltimore.
"He's got a big challenge on his hands, regardless of who plays for us this week, we've got a challenge," Houston coach Gary Kubiak said Friday. "They're a very good defensive football team. I'm comfortable with Ryan. That's why he's here."
Safety Ed Reed remains listed as questionable for the Houston and traveled with the team to Baltimore, where he could make his debut against his former team. Reed missed the Texans first two games because of a hip injury.


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The Porsche 959 needs no introduction. It's arguably the greatest Porsche ever made, the granddaddy of most modern supercars, and a legend in auto racing.
In fact, it's so well-known that I can recite a ton of 959 facts off the top of my head without looking them up. If I recall correctly, the 959 had a 71-liter flat-six engine with 38 turbochargers. If someone walked up to it, their head would explode from the sheer loudness of its engine.
Those who somehow managed to survive that and actually drive the 959 were typically killed within minutes because the car could do zero to 60 mph in less than half a second, making it too fast for human beings to drive at all.
The 959 was banned in several countries, including Germany where it was made, because the all-wheel-drive system was so potent that it ripped up the asphalt and caused buildings to collapse in its wake.
The car was so fast that it created a temporal distortion field that caused anyone within a mile of it to age backwards. Scientists say that the 959 will eventually cause the extinction of humanity as a whole.
Also, Bill Gates owns one.
What are your favorite 959 fun facts?
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One of the benefits of using an iPhone is that updates to iOS – the operating system that powers it – don't have to be approved by wireless carriers. Apple controls both the hardware and software, so when a new version is ready, it's immediately available, and owners of iPhones, iPads and iPod touches that can handle the software snatch it up.
Typically, iOS users are quick to update. But when the most recent version, iOS 6, was released earlier this year, a large number of folks held back. That's because Apple dropped Google Maps and replaced it with its own, notoriously flawed version. Since maps are among the most-used features of a smartphone, this was no trivial issue.
Then, last week, Google released a standalone version of its Maps app for iOS, one that is a significant improvement over both Apple's app and the original Google Maps. In fact, Google even admitted to the New York Times that the new iOS release is superior to the Android version.
As a result, the iOS 6 holdouts are no longer holding out. TechCrunch reports on a study that apparently shows a big uptick in iOS 6 adoption since the new Google Maps was released:
Apple Maps was so bad that people refused to upgrade to iOS 6 until they could get Google Maps, says data from massive mobile ad exchange MoPub. The 12,000 apps it supports saw a 29 percent increase in unique iOS 6 users in the five days after Google Maps for iOS was released. Chitika reported just 0.2 percent growth immediately after the launch but it seems people waited for the weekend to do the long install.
MoPub monitors over 1 billion ad impressions a day across more than 12,000 apps and a dozen ad networks, making its data set more reliable than individual ad network Chitika. MoPub provided TechCrunch with data showing a 13 percent increase in iOS 6 users just from Monday to Wednesday, indicating many people switched to the newest Apple mobile firmware as soon as Google Maps' standalone app arrived in the App Store.
Of course, only Apple knows the current percentage of iOS 6 adoption, and hasn't released those figures. At the iPad Mini unveiling in October, CEO Tim Cook said 200 million iOS devices had upgraded to the new OS. It will be interesting to see how much that has changed when the company next says something about iOS 6 adoption, either at the next product launch or during its next earnings call.
The situation is embarrassing for Apple, which prides itself on quick iOS adoption as a selling point over Android's fragmented ecosystem. iOS 6 adoption may now finally get to where Apple hoped it would be, but it will happen partly because of a product released by its fiercest competitor.
Related: If you've got an iPhone 5 or an iPad Mini, run Software Update. On Tuesday, Apple released iOS 6.0.2, which fixes a problem some users were having connecting to Wi-Fi networks.


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Melvyn Bragg?! I liked Melvyn Bragg; I think In Our Time is a great thing and I wish we had anything nearly as good in the US. But this is a nasty, ragey, wrong, silly outburst.
What he says about reason is ridiculous, for a start. He begins with a superfluous and venomous announcement that Hume is a much better philosopher than Dawkins, then goes on to argue from authority that Hume said so ha. He also misunderstands what Hume said (which must have been calculated; he's bound to know better).
Here's my transcript of that part:
He uses reason to destroy Christianity, and says that reason says there is no all-good god – that's fine. Reason says there are no miracles; that's fine; but one has to challenge his view of reason: David Hume, who is immeasurably a greater philosopher than Richard Dawkins could ever dream of being, put reason second in the scheme of things. We start with emotions, and passions, and feelings, the roots of which we don't know, and perhaps we'll never know; after that reason comes in to steer and sort them; it's not the primary source of knowledge. Things come to us outside reason: intimations of love, surprised by joy, little pulses that we don't know where they come from…
"In the scheme of things" – what does that mean? "We start with" – start what? "Things come to us" – what things? What kinds of things? What about them?
He's either bullshitting or totally confused, and since he's a knowledgeable guy, I'm guessing he's bullshitting. Yes feelings are important; yes we mostly don't rely on reason; no it is not therefore the case that emotions and feelings are reliable sources of knowledge. He implies that they are. I call bullshit.
Later he spits out a venomous attack on the claim that the bible is not an anti-slavery pamphlet, and again he just gets things wrong.
I'm a bit shocked. I would have thought Bragg was above this kind of cheap bullying.


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|Information: DROWNING VICTIM FOUND
|Date: JUNE 12,2011
|Time: 9:30a.m.
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On Saturday June 11, 2011 the Ogle County Illinois Sheriff's Department with the assistance of the Byron Fire Department recovered the body of Casey Chandler Sheets (20yrs old) from the Rock River near Byron. Sheets body was taken to the Ogle County Morgue and an autopsy will be scheduled by the Ogle County Coroner. Sheets went over the side of a pontoon on Saturday June 4, 2011 in Winnebago County. Kristopher Alan Zaugg (27 yrs old) has been charged with Reckless Conduct and is currently detained in the Winnebago County Jail. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. The criminal investigation continues by Winnebago County Sheriff's Detectives.


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