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Business is booming for Scottish barber shops as they make a return to High Streets across the country – and it's all thanks to men going back to their roots in search of a more traditional grooming experience.
Research conducted by the British Barbers' Association and men's grooming brand The Bluebeard's Revenge has revealed a surge of 15 per cent in barber shop openings over the past 12 months with the total number of those trading on Scottish High Streets now standing at approximately 1345 – an increase of 175 compared to this time last year.
The return of the short-back-and-sides hairstyle made popular by the likes of celebrities Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham and Gareth Bale has sparked a rise in the number of men paying frequent visits to their local barbers with such high-fashion looks requiring regular maintenance to keep them in shape.
With men now willing to put a greater level of trust in their barbers thanks to rising standards, many are also choosing to part with cash for more indulgent treatments such as the hot towel shave.
It seems Scots are even willing to pay more to maintain their improved image with the average price of a haircut now standing 90p higher than a year ago, at £12.05.
Mike Taylor, director of the British Barbers' Association said: "Men are looking after themselves a lot more and have finally realised that the barber is the best person to cut their hair, rather than a hairdresser
'' There is also a rising demand for hot towel shaves and salons fail to offer this service."
To coincide with the new findings, the British Barbers' Association and The Bluebeard's Revenge have joined forces to launch an exciting new competition this week, in a true celebration of the nation's outstanding barbering talent.
Launching this week, Scotland's Best Barber will see a search the length and breadth of the nation to track down the ultimate skill in men's hair cutting and styling, with Britain's Best Shave 2015 winner Luigi Caterino, of The Italian Job barbershop in Galashiels, preparing to take his place on the judging panel.
Luigi, who was crowned king of the wet shaves earlier this year in a competition run by the same duo, has since been named official barber for Rangers FC - and his success is a testament to the honour that comes with receiving such an industry-respected accolade.
The competition is open to anyone currently practicing their trade on Scottish soil, with the top 25 barbers facing an online public vote where examples of their work will be up for scrutiny. The top 3 scoring barbers will then go on to perform in the national final at the 2016 Scottish Barber trade show, held at Edinburgh's RHC over Sunday and Monday April 24 and 25.


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Later on in the years there are going to be flying objects that help us with our lives. There are going to be more laws because there will be more danger. People are going to have to be more careful and know the expectations of the laws. The cars that people will are going to be hard drive. Their houses are going to be floating in the air. Everything is going to be hard because everything is going to cost more and everyone is going to to try to earn more money.
Robots are going to be be a big discovery. Robots are going to help us by being polite and doing stuff for us. They are going to alert others when we are in danger. People in the future are going to be inventing new and better technology. There might be different robots that are big or small. There is even going to be robots that talk and don't but everyone is going to have robots. We won't understand what it means to be human anymore.
Jobs are going to be hard to find and to work in, especially with technology doing things for us. The future jobs might give you more money than they do today, but fewer people will have these jobs. Jobs are going to be harder to find because there is going to be more technology. Some jobs are going to be fun jobs and there are going to be others that will be boring. People are going to be more hard working and are not going to stay home a lot. People are also going to be smarter, because information will be at their fingertips. Actually, it already is.
Later on in the future there are going to be different technologies. Also there are going to be new inventions. There are going to be new discoveries in the future because of flying objects, robots, and jobs. So, it will be exciting if you have a job and can use the technology. But for everyone else, it might be scary.

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Hot rodding is all about going fast, though it'd be foolish to increase performance without increasing braking capacity. If you've experienced brake fade or simply not been able to bring a car to a stop once you've made performance upgrades, you'll appreciate the importance of improving the "whoa" as well as the "go".
Of course, in recent years, braking and handling have become much hotter topics, as performance has become measured not just in straight line quarter-mile times but on autocross circuits and with the popularity of Pro Touring–style cars. You wanna drive your car? Well, that's what they're for in our opinion, so it makes sense to upgrade the braking system as well as the engine.
There's not much that can beat four-wheel disc brakes, and there's not much that can beat a bolt-in upgrade kit, which is exactly what Classic Performance Products can provide for a number of classic cars, as well as trucks. So after we lowered the '55 Chevy wagon last month, we set about installing just such a kit, prior to owner Paul Gauvry upgrading the motor and trans. Note the emphasis on prior! There's not much point doing it afterward is there?
You already saw the disc brakes going on the front, as CPP supplied their drop spindles and brakes pre-assembled. It saves you work and time, and saves them answering technical queries on the phone! So with the front brakes already installed during the suspension swap, we'll concentrate on showing how you can add rear discs to a stock '55 Chevy rearend. It's a true bolt-in swap, as was the suspension, and is easily accomplished in a few hours. The new master cylinder and booster even attaches to the stock brake pedal.


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Love Correspondence: Letterpress Engagement Book
What does a really classy guy do when it is time to pop the big question? Buy a ring to be sure. But here is another little something - a small book of various emails between the couple, collected, bound and side sewn as a letterpress book. We designed this little gem as a request from the groom-to-be. He compiled all the email notes between the two of them from the past four years and sent them to us. We'll keep the couple and their notes anonymous, but here are the production details: The gutt of the book is digitally printed in black text. The pages have a single hit of blind letterpress on the french folded edge. The pages are side sewn together and tuck into a custom hard bound book cover with black book cloth. We printed a custom liner on the cover interior with silver ink on black paper. The cover of the book and the title page are also letterpress printed in silver ink. The paper is 100 percent cotton Crane Lettra 80 lb text.
We've confirmed that she said yes.


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A New Student Record
Matt Zutell, Class of 2013
College is a time for preparing for the future – acquiring all the right skills, lining up all the right opportunities. And the way Matt Zutell '13 saw it, you don't do that sitting around making plans. Call him impatient, but he wanted to get started already. There is, he knew, only one way to get something done: Do it.
And so he did. He started a recording studio/record label/production company.
"I thought it would be a good way to not only build my portfolio, but make some money too," he says of Coast Records, which he established in 2012 to prepare for a career in the music industry. "I thought it would make sense to create an umbrella for everything I'm involved with musically, whether it's writing, recording, producing, or publishing. There are so many avenues you can take in the music industry – I want to be prepared to do all of them."
Zutell had long known he wanted a career in music. He's been writing songs and playing in bands since middle school. His senior year in high school, one of his original songs, "A Last Farewell," was featured on Life on Tour, an EF Tours reality travel web series from the producers of The Real World.
It wasn't until college, however, that he took interest in producing music. He started by playing around with GarageBand on his Mac and consulted his cousin in Atlanta, who records music and who taught him a lot. By the time he transferred to the College of Charleston, Zutell had upgraded to Logic Pro, honed his recording skills and was eager for more experience.
And, as he is wont to do, he got started right away. In the fall of 2011, he contacted Hootie & The Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan, who founded the boutique music company Chucktown Music Group in 2009, and asked him if he could intern for the company the following summer.
"My first impression was, 'Wow, this kid must be on the ball if he's asking this far out.' He was clearly and sincerely passionate about music, and wanting to learn from experience," says Bryan, who took Zutell up on his offer – and he wasn't disappointed. In fact, he chose "Out of Mind" – an original song that Zutell produced and co-wrote with two other students – for Chucktown Music Group's Song of the Fortnight. He has since hired Zutell to do engineering, mixing and production work on his own solo tracks, and is always impressed by the "fresh ear and approach" he brings to the music. "No matter what task I have worked with him on – registering songs with ASCAP, guitar teching shows, organizing websites and social media – he is able to dig in, troubleshoot if necessary, and get it done."
Getting it done. That seems to be the theme for Zutell. And, when you take the initiative to get things done, that usually means doing them yourself.
Which is one reason Zutell started Coast Records. When he got to the College, he found three things: (1) a lack of music recording club or organization, (2) a real interest in recording music, and (3) a ton of talent among students.
"I wanted to make a hub for all the music going on around campus," he says, shrugging: "I already had people I was working with, so I started it with base clientele."
All he had to do was establish a brand, build a website, lock up the name Coast Records on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and soundproof the walls of his bedroom. (Yes, the recording studio is currently in his bedroom. Baby steps.) By fall of 2012, he was open for business.
"Matt and I were friends before I ever recorded with him, so the vibe and energy went right into the music," says Adam Pierce, a sophomore who produced his hip-hop mixtape A Fistful of Dollars under the name Ace. "Matt gave me the opportunity to put out quality music. He had the skills and means to help me on my pursuit in the music industry."
As for his own pursuits in the music industry, Zutell – an economics major – knows the importance of understanding the business side of things, as well.
"The music industry, like all industries, has its eye on making money. Knowing the value of what you have to offer, how to offer it and whom to offer it to can make or break a career. Especially today, when most of the artists aren't writing their own songs, you have to understand how to market your music and find the right artists to pitch your songs to," he says, noting that – as much as he loves all aspects of the music industry, his ideal career would be writing alternative pop songs. "I'm going to keep writing and recording songs and shop them for the right artists. I want to establish myself as a songwriter for pop/rock artists."
"I think Matt has quite a future in whatever combination of skills he decides to pursue," says Bryan. "It's clearly become more of a do-it-yourself world, and you can go a long way if you can consistently get the job done."
And – whatever the job is – you can bet Zutell has already gotten started.


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Visonicom EZCast WiFi dongle VMD-EZ155 is the ultimate universal WiFi display adapter. It is the first all-in-one HDMI WiFi dongle that supports Miracast, Airplay and DLNA at the same time. With this amazing WiFi HDMI adapter users can easily transfer 1080P video, photo, game and files from iPAD/iPhone, Android phones/tablet PCs, desktop PC/laptops, to HDTV or projector through HDMI port wirelessly (to enable EZCast for all users, or EZAir for iPAD/iPhone users, or EZMirror for Andorid phone/Android pad users), or push all the video, photo, and files to HDTV or projector (DLNA).
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Op de Groenplaats met ondergrondse parking zien we het standbeeld van P.P. Rubens. Het is van de Antwerpse beelhouwer Willem Geefs en staat er sinds 1843. Op de achtergrond de Onze Lieve Vrouwkathedraal. In 1805 werd het plein ingehuldigd en kreeg de naam: Place Bonaparte. Voorheen was het een begraafplaats: het Groenkerkhof.
Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. Founding member of the European Union, it covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres and has a population of about 10.7 million. From the end of the Middle Ages until the 17th century, it was a prosperous centre of commerce and culture. Upon its independence, Belgium eagerly participated in the Industrial Revolution and, at the end of the nineteenth century, possessed several colonies in Africa. Today, Belgium's strongly globalized economy and its transportation infrastructure are integrated with the rest of Europe. Its location at the heart of a highly industrialized region helps made it 2007 the world's 15th largest trading nation. Cultural life is nowadays concentrated within each language community and a variety of barriers have made a shared cultural sphere less pronounced. Anyway, the region corresponding to today's Belgium has seen the flourishing of major artistic movements that have had tremendous influence on European art and culture. Text extracted from wikipedia.


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You've taken the Trust Quotient self-assessment. Now it's time to see what others think. Here's all the information you will need to set your Multi-rater Trust Assessment in motion:
Important deadlines for you to be aware of:
October 31, 2016: Self-Assessment & Rater Information Due
November 21, 2016: Rater feedback due
Here are the simple steps:
(1) Identify 5 people you would consider Internal raters (Marketing colleagues including your manager) and another 5 you would consider External raters (CIBC business partners outside Marketing, or agency/vendor partners you work with), for a total of 10 raters. All should be people with whom you have worked fairly closely, but not just all your best fans. Try for a balance.
(2) Invite each person to fill out the questionnaire on your behalf. Here's sample verbiage to ask for someone's participation:
"Chris, as part of a professional development program I am going through here at CIBC, I have the opportunity to receive a Multi-rater Trust Assessment. I've taken the self-assessment, and am now asking a few carefully chosen colleagues if they would be willing to assess me as a trusted advisor. The assessment is a short, 20-question, online survey and is COMPLETELY confidential. I will never see your responses, just the combined responses from all my raters. You'll soon receive an email from "Trusted Advisor Associates" with a private link and instructions for the assessment. It should take you just a few minutes and I really appreciate your help. If you're willing to do this, we need your response by November 21, 2016."
(3) Once all your raters are lined up, fill out the form at the bottom of this page. Be on the lookout for an email confirmation that we received your rater submission.
A private link from Trusted Advisor Associates LLC will be sent to each of your raters. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING RATER INFO & COMPLETING YOUR SELF-ASSESSMENT IS October 31, 2016, AND FOR RECEIVING RATER FEEDBACK IS November 21, 2016.
(4) Your confidential report will be emailed to you a few days before your scheduled workshop. Please take time to read through it so that you can get as much from your coach/facilitator as possible when you convene.
(5) Please plan to set time aside to follow-up with your raters. Suggestions for doing this will be provided by your coach/facilitator.
Technical issues about the multi-rater system should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com or 1-855-878-7801, ext. 1005.
Congratulations on being a multi-rater participant. We are confident you will learn a lot from this process and look forward to working with you.


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TDT doesn't say anything anywhere about a final 2.He has a final 4 listed, and even then it's with question marks. The order they're listed in means nothing?
spoiler belowi believe next week, there is a double elimination, and the secret in the bottle that is shown in the preview is brought to the tribal council, where it is revealed that they will have to have a double elimination with one person NOT making the jury, making a jury of nine and only a final two. the two thought to be eliminated are rebekah and jenny with jenny making the jury.
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Oversized Globe String Lights
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- Short: 9.5' long; comes with 8 bulbs
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Portfolio Icons
This set of 15 icons was created with portfolio sites in mind. With this set you'll be able to quickly enhance the look of your own portfolio site. Each of the icons comes in .png format (64 pixels by 64 pixels) and in vector format (source Illustrator files). The icons were designed by Edisys.


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Q: What is Affinity Sports 2.0?
A: Affinity Sports 2.0 is the next generation of the Affinity Sports Management Platform. This set of features is the beginning of a series of features, modules, integrations, and enhancements.
This first release includes a new Welcome page, Updated User Interface, and Dashboards & Widgets. This update will provide customers with an updated look and feel along with tools and features that will save them time and provide an improved user experience. Customers will be able to access all of the core functionality of the Affinity Sports Platform through a Classic View.
Q: What is a dashboard?
A: Dashboards are used in many software solutions to update a business on what is happening in their business real-time. Dashboards typically provide users with a visual display of key data points and performance metrics used to manage a business, department, or process.
We created a dashboard for each level of your organization in the Affinity Sports Platform.
Our dashboards include search capabilities as well as data and communication widgets that assist our customers in managing their organization.
Q: What is a widget?
A: Widgets are small mini-applications/reports that smartly format data to provide easy access. They include a number of presentation styles including simple numeric metrics, tables and charts. Widgets can also provide snapshots of and link to standard or custom reports.
Q: What widgets are available in the Affinity Sports Platform?
A: Today, we offer several different widgets. These widgets include a welcome page alert, dashboard alert, admin counts, player counts, team counts and a bulletin board widget. Currently, widgets are fixed in place. The welcome page alert, dashboard alert and bulletin board widget content is controlled at the NGB/Association level.
Q: Can I choose which widgets display on my dashboard?
A: Not at this time.
Q: How will these new features impact parents during the online registration process?
A: There will be no impact for parents. Parents will still use the "club" URL to complete the online registration process if they are using Affinity Sports for online registration.
Q: Will this impact My Account profile?
A: There will be no change to the My Account profile at this time.
Q: Can I use the previous version of the Affinity Sports System?
A: While you will not be able to turn off the new user interface and dashboards, you will be able to choose "Classic View" from the top navigation to continue to use the previous Affinity Sports Platform look and core functions.
Q: I can't find a function in the new navigation menu.
A: Not all functions of the Affinity Sports Platform are accessible from the Dashboards screen. To access functionality not included in the dashboard navigation, choose "Classic View" to be taken to all core functions of the Affinity Sports Platform.
Q: When will this new functionality be available?
A: NGBs and Associations will receive access to the new system as part of a rolling launch. NGBs and Associations will have an opportunity to test drive the new feature set before launching on their instance of the Affinity Sports Platform. Please coordinate your test drive and training for your organization with your Technical Account Manager.
Q: Classic view displays my level of access. How is this displayed on the dashboard?
A: Using the same concept as Classic View, we have adopted Levels as part of the Affinity Sports 2.0 dashboards. There is a dashboard available for each level of the Affinity Sports Platform and this level is displayed in the upper right corner of the dashboard screen indicating where a user is in the platform. Levels include Association, District, League, and Club.
NOTE: Please note, some organizations may use slightly different naming conventions for their levels. For example, some organizations use Association, District, Club and Club Details, or Association, Zone, Region, and League.
Q: The NGB/Association dashboard only contains a search option. Are there more tools and features available for NGBs and Associations?
A: This release is the first set of dashboards and widgets created for the Affinity Sports Platform. We are in the process of building a suite of widgets that will benefit all users including NGB/Association staff and volunteers. More details will be shared as new features are developed and become available.
Q: How do I access the Dashboard when I am in Classic View?
A: Choose Dashboard from the top navigation Tabs to access your Dashboard. Access to Dashboards is dependent on feature enablement and user access.
Q: I chose Tournament from the list of Levels and the page is blank except for a pull-down menu. How do I view and manage my Tournaments?
A: Choose the tournament you wish to manage from the pulldown. Then using the main navigation, choose the function you wish to perform.
Q: Will there be training resources provided?
A: Yes. We will host webinar training as well as provide help center articles, how-to videos and user guides. Please coordinate training for your organization with your Technical Account Manager.
Q: Where can I find help?
A: From the top toolbar, choose Help Center and you will be taken to your organization's help center. There will be articles and guides available in your help center.
Q: What if I am not ready to start using the new user interface or dashboards?
A: No problem. You can continue to use the Classic View of the Affinity Sports Platform. Please note, the dashboards are a global setting at the NGB/Association level.
Q: Can I make suggestions for new widgets and features?
A: Yes. We welcome customer feedback however, we cannot guarantee that all comments or feedback will be included in a subsequent release. Please share your feedback with your Technical Account Manager.


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I was recently reading a rather vitriolic comment thread on a blog post related to carbon dioxide and global warming and came across references to the Dunning-Kruger effect, in which people who made what seemed to me like outlandish statements about climatology while admitting that they had no formal training in any related field were advised to look up the Dunning-Kruger effect and then come back to the conversation. One commentor did and when he came back he was highly offended that anyone would say the Dunning-Kruger effect would apply to him. Intrigued, I resolved to look into the Dunning-Kruger effect myself and see what the fuss was all about, and, I must say, I find it both intuitive and fascinating at the same time.
Essentially, the Dunning-Kruger effect is simply that the less competent a person is in a given field the less ability that person has to recognize just how incompetent they are so they actually end up with a vastly overinflated view of how competent they are. Or, as Dunning and Kruger wrote when they published their results in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology:
People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it. Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd. Several analyses linked this miscalibration to deficits in metacognitive skill, or the capacity to distinguish accuracy from error. Paradoxically, improving the skills of participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities.
Fascinating, no? But what, I can hear 10,000 Birds readers asking, does this have to do with birding? The answer, of course, is that the least competent birders, people who probably shouldn't even be referred to as birders, have the most overinflated view of their own birding ability!
If you are someone who spends time in the field carrying binoculars anywhere near where Bald Eagles might be a possibility you have probably had a conversation like this.
Mr. Incompetent: Hey, did you see that eagle?
You: No. Where did you see an eagle?
Mr. Incompetent: Over there, sitting in that tree [points]
You: [putting binoculars up] Oh, that's a Red-tailed Hawk.
Mr. Incompetent: No way, that bird is way too big to be a hawk. I know all about eagles and that's an eagle.
You: [sighing] It has a red tail! And Bald Eagles are much larger and have white heads and tails!
Mr. Incompetent: Young eagles don't! That's probably why it is smaller. I even heard this eagle scream and everyone knows only eagles scream.
You: [Give up and walk away]
So, did that sound familiar? Note that the Mr. Incompetent was correct in that subadult Bald Eagles have neither a white head nor a white tail but that Mr. Incompetent was completely oblivious to the fact that Bald Eagles never, ever, scream but Red-tailed Hawks do! But the truth is that one single fact does not make a person competent, and that little tiny bit of knowledge, which might have been gleaned while flipping channels and momentarily pausing on a nature show, only made Mr. Incompetent more sure of the fact that he was actually Mr. Competent, a nice illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect, if I do say so myself.
What I am going to share with you now might shock some of you, but, well, here we go: I have not always known as much about birds as I do now (not that I know anywhere near as much as people who have birding their whole lives but I know which end of the binoculars to look through anyway). And, not too many years ago, I can remember having the conversation below with a more experienced (and very patient) birder:
Me: Hey, what other raptors besides Bald Eagles scream?
More Experienced Birder: I don't understand what you mean.
Me: Well, I was out birding the other day and this raptor went over but it was not big enough to be an eagle, but it screamed like they do. What do you think it was?
MEB: Corey, I hate to break it to you, but Bald Eagles don't scream. [hand up to stop me from interrupting] I know, I know, it seems like every time you see an eagle on TV or in a movie it screams but that doesn't change the fact that they simply do not scream. What you saw was the raptor that does scream, a Red-tailed Hawk.
Me: Well I feel like quite the dummy…
Now, I was stunned and amazed and felt both stupid and angry. How could I not know that eagles don't scream? And how could there be this vast conspiracy in the entertainment industry just to make poor unwitting fools think that they do? But, I must admit, learning this bit of information in such a nice way made me realize that there was a whole heck of a lot more about birds that I didn't know than what I did know. It also made me realize that though my folks were amazed at my ability to tell a Purple Finch from House Finch I still had a long way to go (and still do) before I could be considered anything close to an expert. So while my birding skills might only have increased a small amount that day, my metacognitive skills in relation to birding took a great leap forward.
The fact is that there are thousands, if not millions, of people out there that might take a passing interest in birds, who might own a field guide or put out seed, who might, on occasion, get a bird completely wrong but not want to admit how wildly off they were in their identification. Understand that it is not their fault that they have no idea how incompetent they are, but it is merely their lack of metacognition and make it your duty to teach them more so that the incompetent and overconfident can become the mildly competent and insecure, and eventually, maybe even competent, which is the best most of us can hope for!
So, the next time you encounter someone in the field who is a blowhard know-it-all but actually knows not very much at all, well, try to teach them. Remember that the more that they learn the more likely they will be to understand the limits of their own competence, the less likely they are to have an overinflated view of their own skills, and the less likely they will report a misidentified rarity to a birding listserv and have you waste your time and energy chasing it!
Finally, I am not in any way competent when it comes to psychology so, if I managed to misunderstand something here and have fallen victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect myself, well, please forgive me and feel free to correct me in the comments.
This post was originally published on 22 September 2009, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives!
The part that intrigued me about the effect (or what I heard about in other people's comments, at least) was that apparently while incompetent people over-estimated their competence, truly competent people tended to underestimate theirs. So the people least likely to speak up about a subject may tend to be exactly the people who should.
If it's any consolation, the entertainment industry does not help dispel myths about birds in general and eagles screaming in particular. Movies and TV use two bird calls almost exclusively, I've found–a loon call and a red-tailed hawk scream. The calls are used to help set a "tone" and are sometimes heard where no self-respecting loon or redtail would ever be heard. The loon call is used, once I remember in a desert, to represent something forlorn or slightly scary, and the redtail scream is used to represent something lonely, such as when the hero is lost somewhere.
I am strictly an amateur birdwatcher. It is fun for me (read: not an obsession). I started this hobby late in life, after my own chickadees flew the nest. I recognize the phenomenon you describe, and have no doubt that it happens just that way. But let me also say, from my inexperienced point of view, that "real" birders can be just a tad intolerant of the rest of us.
Corey, lets be honest here. I have had that conversation with you many-a-time and we have switched roles on occasion.
Even good birders fall into that from time to time.
Kind of like one of my wife's favorite sayings. "The one who argues the
loudest or protests the most is usually wrong" (or in terms of Corey's
post the most incompetent).
Yes, we must all strive to get beyond the point of knowing just enough to be dangerous. It often comes as a revelation, "Oh man, I didn't know diddely three years ago."
@ Carolyn H.
So true! The loon call in the completely wrong habitat is a classic — although I think my favorite Hollywood bird call remains the Canada goose sound track in "Dances with Wolves" as the sandhill cranes fly overhead.
I've probably been guilty of this from time to time.
In case it makes you North Americans feel better:
The scream of the Red-tailed Hawk, strictly an American species, is a prominent feature even in European movies, e.g. when a Golden Eagle is shown in a sentimental "Heimat" movie from the Alps or – most remarkable – when Europeans produce a Western (e.g. the Winnetou series) and a bunch of Old World Vultures (most often Griffons or African White-backed vultures!!) circle over the remains of dead indians / cowboys / farmers / cavalry soldiers etc.
Actually, there is one citation from Rumsfeld (and geez am I ever unlikely to cite HIM if I can help it! Just throw "Old Europe" at me and see me go off!!) that I thought was very remarkable and that realtes to the Dunning-Kruger effect (I am not sure I get the citation right word by word but the meaning should come across):
There are known knowns (things we know we know), known unknowns (things we know we don't know) and unknown unknowns (things we don't know we don't know).
The more unknown unknowns there are, the more (overly) confident people tend to be and the more expertise people gain (learning about the existence of unknowns), the more aware people get of the number of (now known) unknowns which makes them far more cautious. Ideally a birder would eventually get from the known unknowns to the known knowns by researching the unknowns to turn them into knowns, but despite so much good recent literature, that's still a long and winding road.
By the way, that was a hard comment to write for a non-native speaker.
And of course the moment you become aware of unknown unknowns, you realize that there is an unknown number of unknown unknowns.
I brought this page up during a meeting at work today to describe some of the people in our company.
Having worked the back side of the Great Backyard Bird Count for five years I think if anything we are underestimating the extent of this effect in birding 🙂
"vast conspiracy in the entertainment industry"
Same goes for other creatures: cats announce their presence at night by going "yaaow" once; and horses invariably make that stock "way-way-wuh" sound.
I had read about this a while ago. One of the most unfortunate things is that the best birders are likely to overestimate the birding skills of others! Also, the worst birders are incapable of seeing the skills of better birders as better than their own and thus won't improve their skills by learning from much better birders. *sigh*
The example with the bald eagle and the red-tailed hawk made me laugh.
Red-tails occasionally perch in the trees at my parent's apartment complex. One day while visiting I noticed a red-tailed hawk in the trees. When I went into the apartment my father asked if I had seen the bald eagle, and I replied oh that was a hawk not a an eagle. My father countered by saying that he knew it was an eagle because he had seen eagles on TV.
That being said, I cam fall into the trap where I sometimes overestimate my birding abilities too.
I love knowing about the Dunning-Kruger effect–can't wait to mention it to some of my conservative relatives the next time they start lecturing me about my views. (Lovely folks in all other respects, but the non-facts they fall for, oh my! At least I use fact-checker websites, even on some liberal statements that I agree with.)
On the birding front, it makes me feel much better about being unsure of a lot of ids; at least I know I don't know. I've sometimes (lots of times, actually) felt bad about it, thinking "I should know that bird, even at that distance, or brief look, or (esp. with sparrows and shorebirds and gulls), long look." Thank you for sharing this again.
Speaking of Hollywood goofs – I'm nowhere near being a birder, but I DO know what hermit thrush sounds like and I enjoy getting outraged when I I hear them in a soundtrack in a densely populated suburban setting. I believe "Parenthood" has one such example. Or maybe it's a wood thrush. That would be a known unknown.
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The Iceland international started his professional career with the Royals before moving to Hoffenheim in 2010 after impressing at the Madejski Stadium.
His stock continued to rise and after an impressive loan spell with Swansea last season, Tottenham signed him on a permanent deal in the summer but McDermott did his best to get him back in a blue and white shirt before the transfer deadline passed last night.
"We tried to bring him back. We had spoken to Spurs and we made three offers," said McDermott, giving away that it was in fact Sigurdsson and not Blackpool's Tom Ince that his club were planning on paying a club-record fee for.
"I thought at one stage we had a real chance of doing a deal, but unfortunately, we couldn't manage to do it.
"Gylfi is a Tottenham player, but we've known him since he was 12/13 years old and it would have been great to bring him back."
McDermott revealed on Tuesday that he had lodged a bid for Ince, one of the most sought-after players in the country, while he also signed Sheffield United striker Nick Blackman.


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Tsunami debris causing controversy in Hawaii
Finding a boat that washed up on Oahu raised the hopes of a Hawaiian family — but their dream of keeping it apparently was dashed when the government seized it as tsunami debris.
PUNALUU, Oahu — Two days before Christmas 2012, Leilehualani Kane-Tapado found a 24-foot fishing boat on the beach across the street from her home on the windward side of this island. The craft was upside-down and had Japanese characters on it.
IN JAPAN: Recovery slow 2 years after tsunami
She'd always wanted a boat but could never afford one, so it seemed like a gift from the sea.
But there's a problem: The boat is, for all intents and purposes, a piece of debris that floated ashore from the 2011 Japanese tsunami. (Japan is marking the second anniversary of the tsunami on Monday.) And as such, it is at the center of a firestorm of controversy over tsunami debris and Kane-Tapado's right to keep what she found.
Kane-Tapado, a health-care worker and mom, has claimed the boat as her own. Local neighbors helped turn the boat upright, and she brought it to her home and celebrated by dancing a hula on it. Her family had a feast with the barnacles that were attached to the hull.
She imagined a boat would change her family's life. The boat would help her teach her son about navigation and the old Hawaiian ways. It could provide them with food and exercise.
"This boat is perfect for net fishing," says Rhamil Tapado, Kane-Tapado's husband. He believes the boat will make his family more self-sufficient.
The newfound boat attracted a lot of attention. At first it was neighbors, then local news organizations, and finally the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).
Last month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began to take an interest. The boat is among the 17 confirmed pieces of tsunami debris certified by NOAA. Others include two floating piers, two soccer balls and a motorcycle that washed ashore between Alaska to Oregon.
Tsunami debris landing in the Hawaiian Islands is cause for concern, not celebration, according to the U.S. government. "The boat is a foreign vessel that has entered Hawaiian waters; we have to investigate it," says Paul Sensano of the DLNR. For instance, he said, the department is concerned about the non-native species of green clams that were attached to the boat.
The natural resources police seized the vessel three days after Kane-Tapado found it. They removed the boat from the backyard of a church in Punaluu where Kane-Tapado brought it to be blessed. DLNR moved the boat to a dry-dock facility in Honolulu and reported its registration numbers to the Japanese consulate in the hopes of finding the owner.
"If no one (from Japan) claims the boat we have to keep it till the statute of limitation runs out — that's 7 years. After that, the first person who found the boat would have a (valid) claim, but it would have to go to civil court," says Sensano.
Kane-Tapado and many native Hawaiians are sensitive to U.S. government involvement in Hawaiian affairs. This boat touched tender nerves. Kane-Tapado sees the seizure of the boat as another example of how the American government is intruding into Hawaiian affairs.
"They take away our land, they disrespect our culture," she said, "and now they take this boat from us." Kane-Tapado believes this is strictly between her and the Japanese owner. "The government has no jurisdiction here," says Kane-Tapado.
Recent cases regarding boat salvage have sided with the original owner. Anyone finding a boat is required to return it. The person may or may not receive compensation depending on how difficult or dangerous it was to retrieve the boat. In Kate-Tapado's case, the boat was simply righted and pulled ashore.
Kane-Tapado thinks the state has ulterior motives. She suspects the DLNR is interested in collecting some of the $5 million the Japanese government has pledged to the U.S. to help clean up tsunami debris. "For the state, it's all about the money," says Kane-Tapado.
Kane-Tapado is sympathetic to whoever lost the boat. She posted a message about the missing boat online and even looked on the Japanese Coast Guard website to find the owner.
"(For now) I want to be a steward of the boat. I will treat her like the special warrior she is. If the owner is found and he wants it back, I'll give the boat to him. For now we can make use of it. It would be such a help to our family," says Kane-Tapado.
It doesn't seem likely that Kane-Tapado will get her chance to use and care for the boat. The state of Hawaii is waiting for direction from the Japanese consulate. Even if the owner can't be found, Kane-Tapado says she can't afford to fight the state in court to claim the boat.
Ultimately, Kane-Tapado hopes the boat's owner is found and he'll decide to let her family keep the vessel.
Japan marks the 2 year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed some 20,000. VPC


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Solve the equation: $$2^x=1-x$$
I know this is extremely easy and I know the solution using graphical approach. Basically, I can see the solution, but I can't work it out algebraically.
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Solve the equation: $$2^x=1-x$$
I know this is extremely easy and I know the solution using graphical approach. Basically, I can see the solution, but I can't work it out algebraically.
A different perspective on an algebraic solution: you know that for negative $x$, $2^x\lt 1$ but $1-x \gt 1$ (since the latter is $1+(-x)$ and $-x \gt 0$); contrariwise, for positive $x$, $2^x\gt 1$ but $1-x \lt 1$. This means that the only possibility for a solution is $x=0$, and of course by quick algebra that does in fact work.
By inspection $0$ is a solution. As the left side is increasing with $x$ and the right decreasing, that is the only solution. Equations that mix exponentials and polynomials usually need the Lambert W function for a "closed form" solution.
Solution is $1-W(2\log(2))/\log(2) = 0$, using the Lambert W function. [added Mhenni's answer shows the steps to derive this.]
And for the non-real solutions, use the other branches of the Lambert W function. $$\begin{align} &\dots\\&5.430858450 + 42.90897219 i\\ &5.090239758 + 33.81905797 i\\ &4.642925846 + 24.71686730 i\\ &3.988583083 + 15.59001288 i\\ &2.732900763 + 6.418080468 i\\ &0.000000000 + 0.000000000 i\\ &2.732900763 - 6.418080468 i\\ &3.988583083 - 15.59001288 i\\ &4.642925846 - 24.71686730 i\\ &5.090239758 - 33.81905797 i\\ &5.430858450 - 42.90897219 i\\ &\dots \end{align} $$
I posted a solution to a problem related to this where I used the Lambert W function which is the solution of $ y {\rm e}^{y}=x $. A solution to a more general form $a^x=bx+c$ is here.
Let $ 1-x = y $, then we have
$$ 2^x = 1-x \Rightarrow 2^{1-y} = y \Rightarrow y \,2^y = 2 \Rightarrow y\,{\rm e}^{y\, \ln(2)}=2 \Rightarrow \frac{z}{\ln(2)} {\rm e}^{z} = 2 \Rightarrow z {\rm e}^{z}= 2\,\ln(2)$$ $$ \Rightarrow z = W( 2 \,\ln (2) ) \Rightarrow y = \frac{W(2\,\ln(2))}{\ln(2)} \Rightarrow 1-x=\frac{W(2\,\ln(2))}{\ln(2)} \Rightarrow x = 1-\frac{W(2\,\ln(2))}{\ln(2)} = 0\,, $$
since $W(2\,\ln(2))=\ln(2)$. More on Lambert W function.
Here is a method for finding complex roots that should be understandable to those of us who didn't learn the Lambert W function at our father's knee. $2^{i\phi}=e^{i\phi\ln 2}$ is on the unit circle in the complex plane. Say we put in some fairly large value of $\phi$. Then $1-x=1-i\phi$ is going to be pretty close to the negative imaginary axis. To make the l.h.s. and r.h.s. of the equation have about the same complex phase, we can just pick a value of $\phi$ such that $2^{i\phi}$ is on the imaginary axis. Suppose we try $\phi=(3\pi/2+10\pi)/\ln 2\approx 52.1$. Now the two sides of the equation match pretty well, except that their magnitudes are mismatched. To fix this, tack on $\ln 52/\ln 2\approx 5.7$ as a real part, giving $x=5.7+52.1i$. This is pretty nearly a solution. Now play around with the real and imaginary parts to minimize the error, and you can converge to a pretty good numerical approximation, about $5.7061+51.99191i$. By replacing the $10\pi$ with other multiples of $2\pi$, it should be clear that you can get as many solutions as you want.


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Despite what your barista says, a jug-sized latte, even with all that milk and sugar, isn't a meal. "For most busy women, breakfast is based on convenience, which can backfire nutritionally," says Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D., author of Read It Before You Eat It. Your brain needs certain nutrients early on for all-day concentration and problem solving.
More: 12 Fast and Easy Breakfast Ideas
Anatomy of a Perfect Breakfast
A too-big start can make for a too-big you. Shoot for getting 25 to 30 percent of your daily calories: about 400 if you're trying to lose, 500 if you're maintaining or 625 if you're very active. Here's the ideal breakdown:
53 Percent Carbs
"During the night, while you sleep, you burn through your stores of blood sugar, which is your body's preferred fuel source," says David Grotto, R.D., author of 101 Optimal Life Foods. "Carbohydrates replete these stores quickly." But simple carbs (muffins, doughnuts, sweetened cereal) are a no-go: They burn fast and trigger crashes and cravings. Instead, opt for complex ones (oatmeal and whole-wheat bread) that are high in hunger-fighting fiber, digest slowly, and give you sustained energy. Your goal = 35 to 65 g carbs; 6 g fiber
More: Instant Hot and Healthy Breakfast for Athletes
27 Percent Fat
Go for the heart-healthy unsaturated fats found in nut butters or whole nuts, avocado and olive oil. Avoid the saturated fat in butter, bacon and full-fat cheese. Fat digests slowly, preventing those mid-morning munchie attacks. Your goal = 7 to 15 g fat
20 Percent Protein
"Protein makes you feel full longer by turning on and upping levels of natural hunger-busting hormones, like cholecystokinin, and keeping the hunger-inducing hormone ghrelin in check," Grotto says. You may need to combine multiple sources (e.g., egg whites, nonfat yogurt or skim milk) to get enough. Your goal = 15 to 25 g protein
More: How Much Protein During a Workout?
Excuses, Shmexcuses
In our Facebook poll, nearly 30 percent of you said you skip breakfast at least once a week. Eat it!
Cop-Out #1: You're on a diet.
Friendly reminder: Shunning breakfast can lead to weight gain. "It makes you more likely to snack impulsively later," explains Cindy Moore, R.D., a nutrition consultant in Cleveland. But beginning your day with healthful foods helps steady your blood sugar level and regulate hunger hormones, which means you munch less and curb weight creep.
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Finance Minister P Chidambaram today indicated that growth of the economy has slowed to 5.5 per cent in July-September quarter of the current fiscal from 6.9 per cent during the year-ago period.
"When our growth declined to 5.5 per cent in the first quarter of this financial year, and when growth is likely to be around 5.5 per cent in the second quarter of this financial year, it goes without saying that we face a difficult situation," Chidambaram told reporters here. The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) is scheduled to release the GDP figures for second quarter on November 30.
Indian economy, which was growing at over 8 per cent before 2011-12, has slowed due to both global and domestic reasons. The growth in the first quarter of the fiscal was 5.5 per cent, lowest in a decade.
Chidambaram further said that to overcome the difficult economic situation, there is a need to find innovative ways to increase output of goods and services. "We have to overcome this difficult situation through innovation, through finding ways of increasing the production of goods and services," he said adding that finding new ways to help the poor depends on high economic growth both for jobs and income.
The Finance Minister called upon the banks to play an active role in reviving the economy. "I genuinely and sincerely believe that banks represent the heart of the financial system and it is banks that will drive the revival of India's economy and putting India's economy on high growth path," the minister added.
The Reserve Bank has scaled down India's economic growth prospects for the fiscal to 5.8 per cent from 6.5 per cent.
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I am not the only one. Our kids have become progressively more feral the more rain we suffered.
I noted on Friday that I was yelling like a banshee before school. I knew it wasn't going to be pretty by the afternoon. In the end we were saved by an invitation to play at one of Nugget's classmate's place (his Mum and I run together sometimes). It was a lovely way to fill the time between school and swimming lessons.
I thank swimming lessons for the 'early' night our children had (sadly we saw the return of 'the running man' legs). I went to bed early too, which meant that when Saturday rolled around, all blue skied and warm temperatured, we were all ready for a better start.
My day started with a bath with the twins while I swatted the end of one of my day overdue library books. I was happy I had.
We returned our library books and got ourselves some new ones. I am sure I saw the librarian cringe a little when we entered with me giving the usual 'you need to be quiet' pep talk.Afterwards, we visited the Geege at his store and had a bit of lunch. We then slipped to the park for a play and a scoot, where we met up with another of Nugget's classmates. Dew Drop found a giant puddle to play in and one thing lead to another. By the time we went home they were covered in mud from head to toe but they were full of stories and happiness and working so well as a team that I just couldn't be mad.
Our day didn't end there. We popped over to Sister B's for a play and a swim. Well, Doo Dah had a swim. Nugget wasn't into the cold water (apparently salt water feels 'different' to a connoisseur). And then it was home and another good night's sleep for all.
Today started with a bike ride and then a trip to a local grower's market. We got some stuff done around the house including, drumroll please, finishing the chicken coup and setting up the compost bin (which was given to us by the talented Mum who runs the eco-garden at the school). I baked for school lunches and played Scrabble with the boys. A bit of Young Talent Time, yet another nit shampoo (the Minx and Nugget have now been infested while patient A (Dew Drop) and myself seem to be in the clear) and the weekend is complete.
Except it isn't. They have all been put into bed. And they have all been back out. Going to the toilet. Complaining about being hot/cold. Needing a drink of water. Any excuse.
It is so draining, but all part of the picture of this little home.
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Chris Kreider, Ryan Bourque, Roman Horak, and Jesper Fasth
to represent their native country in the elite tournament
New York, December 22, 2010 – New York Rangers' prospects Chris Kreider and Ryan Bourque have been selected to represent Team USA at the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York. The tournament will take place from December 26 – January 5. This will be the second appearance for both players in the tournament, having captured the Gold Medal with Team USA last year.
Kreider, 19, has registered five goals and six assists for 11 points, along with 10 penalty minutes in 16 games with the Boston College Eagles of Hockey East (HE) this season. He is tied for second among Boston College skaters in game winning goals (one) and shorthanded goals (one), and fifth in goals, points, and points per game average (0.69). Kreider led Team USA and ranked third in last year's tournament with six goals, including a hat trick (three goals) against Latvia in the first round on December 29, 2009, en route to capturing the Gold Medal at the 2010 World Junior Championship. He became the first player to win a World Junior Championship Gold Medal, Conference Playoff Championship (Hockey East) and NCAA Championship in a single season. A native of Boxford, Massachusetts, Kreider was the Rangers' first round selection, 19th overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Bourque, 19, has registered 20 goals and 19 assists for 39 points, along with seven penalty minutes and a plus-10 rating in 27 games with the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) this season. He is tied for first on Quebec and ninth in the league in goals and power play goals (six), second in points per game average (1.44), third in points, and tied for sixth in assists. In last year's tournament, Bourque recorded three assists and a plus-three rating in seven games to help lead Team USA to the Gold Medal. The Boxford, Massachusetts native was originally selected as the Rangers' third round choice, 80th overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Forwards Roman Horak (Czech Republic) and Jesper Fasth (Sweden) are also expected to represent their respective country at the 2011 World Junior Championship.
Horak, 19, has registered 15 goals and 23 assists for 38 points, along with 30 penalty minutes in 30 games with the Chilliwack Bruins of the Western Hockey League (WHL) this season. He ranks second on the team and is tied for fifth in the WHL with 10 power play goals, and ranks first on Chilliwack in points per game average (1.27) and second in goals, assists, and points. This will be the second appearance for Horak, having represented the Czech Republic in the 2010 World Junior Championship, recording two points (one goal, one assist) in six games. The Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic native was originally selected as the Rangers' fifth round choice, 127th overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Fasth, 19, has registered 10 points (four goals, six assists) in 26 games with HV71 of the Swedish Elite League (SEL) this season. He has also recorded 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in six SuperElit games with HV71 J20 prior to joining HV71. This will be Fasth's first appearance in the elite tournament. A native of Nassjo, Sweden, Fasth was the Rangers' sixth round selection, 157th overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.


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Chapter 1
How Apuleius was taken and put in prison for murther.
When morning was come, and that I was awaked from sleep, my heart burned sore with remembrance of the murther I had committed the night before: and I rose and sate downe on the side of the bed with my legges acrosse, and wringing my hands, I weeped in most miserable sort. For I imagined with my selfe, that I was brought before the Judge in the Judgement place, and that he awarded sentence against me, and that the hangman was ready to lead me to the gallows. And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men. Howbeit the Assyrian Diophanes did firmely assure unto me, that my peregrination and voyage hither should be prosperous. But while I did thus unfold my sorrowes, and greatly bewail my fortune, behold I heard a great noyse and cry at the dore, and in came the Magistrates and officers, who commanded two sergeants to binde and leade me to prison, whereunto I was willingly obedient, and as they led me through the street, all the City gathered together and followed me, and although I looked always on the ground for very shame, yet sometimes I cast my head aside and marvelled greatly that among so many thousand people there was not one but laughed exceedingly. Finally, when they had brought me through all the streets of the city, in manner of those that go in procession, and do sacrifice to mitigate the ire of the gods, they placed mee in the Judgement hall, before the seat of the Judges: and after that the Crier had commanded all men to keep silence, and people desired the Judges to give sentence in the great Theatre, by reason of the great multitude that was there, whereby they were in danger of stifling. And behold the prease of people increased stil, some climed to the top of the house, some got upon the beames, some upon the Images, and some thrust their heads through the windowes, little regarding the dangers they were in, so they might see me.
Then the officers brought mee forth openly into the middle of the hall, that every man might behold me. And after that the Cryer had made a noise, and willed all such that would bring any evidence against me, should come forth, there stept out an old man with a glasse of water in his hand, dropping out softly, who desired that hee might have liberty to speake during the time of the continuance of the water. Which when it was granted, he began his oration in this sort.


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John Tauler
German Dominican and mystic
Johannes Tauler entered the Dominican order at Strasbourg about the age of fifteen and probably studied in the Dominican studium generale at Cologne, where he may have been taught by Meister Eckhart. He was certainly influenced by the latter and by the contemplative movement known as the Gottesfreunde (Friends of God). He remained a loyal and orthodox member of the church.
Tauler is one of the four outstanding figures in the amazing flowering of mystical experience and writing that took place in late-medieval Germany. This phenomenon included the unlettered Beguine Mechthild of Magdeburg and Tauler's fellow Dominicans Meister Eckhart and Heinrich Seuse. Tauler's sermons, written only in German, circulated widely in the Middle Ages in Germany and the Low Countries. Since Martin Luther made marginal notes on his copy of the 1508 Augsburg edition of Tauler's sermons and obviously valued him highly, Tauler's works were later read by Protestants as well as by Catholics. Tauler was less erudite and more practical than Eckhart, and his teaching was built on the devotional habits of his day. As a result he was able to transmit much of Eckhart's basic teachings when Eckhart himself was branded as heretical. Some of Eckhart's sermons were preserved under Tauler's name and found their way into print in the 1521 Basel edition of Tauler's works.
Works by John Tauler
Following of Christ instructs Christians to follow the selfless life of poverty demonstrated by Jesus Christ. Tauler describes poverty as the adherence to God's authority over any earthly desire. God has created us as free individuals with the power and capacity to choose a life of service to Him. Tauler teaches Christians how to set aside material interests and instead seek God inwardly. When we surrender ourselves freely to God, He transforms us internally, giving us the grace to perform godly works. Once we have freed ourselves from earthly burdens, we are able to receive divine truth. Following of Christ is both spiritually and intellectually fulfilling. All audience will be enriched by the practical wisdom in Tauler's words.
John Tauler was a German Dominican mystic living in the 14th century. He is known as one of the Friends of God, an informal group of Catholic mystics who strove to deepen both their communal relationship as well as their inner spirituality. Tauler was a leader of this group. His sermons demonstrated his mastery of combining the mystical with the concrete, the spiritual with the practical. 25 of his sermons are included in this volume. He also taught that each human has a desire for God which is satisfied through detachment from earthly things. Also in this volume is a biography of Tauler, which allows readers to gain better insight into this ancient religious man's life and work.
A 14th century Dominican, John Tauler was a renowned preacher of the middle ages. Although not as speculative or poetic as some of his contemporaries, Tauler's sermons are among the noblest, showing his gift for clearly expressing spiritual truths. Inner Way is a collection of his festival sermons. Often called a Christian mystic, Tauler emphasized the "blessed contemplation" of God. However, his emphasis on divine contemplation was always tempered with practical advice for daily Christian living. Inner Way is consequently a true gem. It is historically valuable, spiritually enriching, and ideal for the liturgical season. Many believers--including Martin Luther--have found these sermons engaging and instructive. They are well worth the read.
This book has everything a reader needs to explore the world of German mysticism. William Inge begins with an introduction of histories, biographies, and summaries of the movement, and his scholarly articles will prove useful for the student of mysticism. Then he includes in the book many examples of the writings of the 14th century Dominicans, the Friends of God. These friends were an informal group of Catholics who strove to deepen both their communal relationships as well as their inner spirituality. Eckhardt, Tauler, and Suso were the major proponents of this theology, and each is represented in Inge's collection. This book is a unique and convenient volume that will assist readers interested in the fascinating movement of German mysticism.
In his series of 45 meditations, John Tauler reflects upon the many stages of Jesus' ministry and passion. Tauler begins his mediations with a confession, in which he asks the Lord to open his heart and cleanse him from his unrighteousness so that he might be worthy to praise God's name. Throughout his meditations, Tauler shares the painful, yet redemptive, details of Christ's last days on Earth, from the washing of His disciple's feet to His final words on the cross. Tauler's meditations offer Christians a vivid illustration of Christ's sacrifice for us, encouraging us to draw near to Him. Meditations of the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ is an excellent resource for Christians who are striving to emulate the compassionate qualities of Christ--humility, grace, and forgiveness.
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Jennifer Lopez in Versace but really it was silver body Spanx with a white curtain on top. And, ironically, not very flattering. In some of these shots it's like she has a phantom leg. Some of you even suggested, from a blurry distance, she could have been Celine Dion. She probably wouldn't appreciate this comparison. Much love to my French Canadian cheese, but it's not a compliment either.
But these award show appearances from JLo are getting embarrassing. Because she's supposed to be some kind of icon. I mean this is her reputation. But on music's biggest night, could JLo ever deliver a live performance true to the occasion?
And it's not like she's a songwriter either.
Her new album Love? is supposed to drop in April. This, I guess, has been the official promotional purpose behind the public appearances. If Louboutins is any indication... well... we're not looking at any nominations next year.
By the way, just a quick note re: celebrity break ups and the Brange etc. At this time last year, several mainstream outlets were reporting that Jennifer and Marc Anthony were on the verge of a split. That they were serenade each other on Valentine's Day and say goodbye for good. It was pretty much a slamdunk. And then... nothing. All bullsh-t. There was no separation. Even though so many of you at the time were like "where there's smoke there's fire", JLo and Marc remain intact.
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Why, Oh Why, Didn't We Listen to the Eastern Europeans?
They told us this could happen.
Eastern Europe is not a geographical expression. It is a collection of worries. During the Cold War, it comprised the captive nations of the Soviet empire. Some of them resented the "eastern" tag (Prague, the Czechoslovak capital, is hundreds of miles west of "Western" capitals such as Helsinki, Vienna or Athens). Some felt abandoned after the West acceded to the surrender of Eastern Europe at Yalta and did nothing to counter the Soviet invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
When the Berlin Wall came down, the worries changed. How quickly would "new Europe" integrate into "old Europe"? Would democracy take root and capitalism flourish? Could the former Soviet bloc nations ever catch up with the luckier half of the continent?
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Those worries about being left behind abated after the 2008 financial crisis. First, because it was clear that the "transition economies" of the "east" had weathered the storm rather well: Poland, the largest of them, was the only country in the European Union that did not experience a recession at all. And, second, because it was clear that the biggest problems were elsewhere: in Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.
But now there are new concerns – verging from mere worries to outright fears of a new generation of abandonment by the West provoked by Russia's land-grab in Ukraine and the Western weakness it has exposed. The old assumptions of NATO and EU solidarity, in the eyes of the countries most at risk, are being tested as never before. Some are privately wondering about new regional security relationships and arrangements to deal with the Russian threat. The existing Nordic defense cooperation, Nordefco, is gaining weight; it includes Sweden and Finland which are not NATO members. The Baltic states and Poland are eyeing it closely, and it also enjoys American and British backing. Russia by contrast regards this with deep disfavor. A recent commentary published by RIA Novosti, an official Kremlin news agency, said that NATO's ties with Sweden and Finland were part of a planned "Western military blockade of the entire western frontier of Russia."
The new regional arrangements are controversial inside NATO, because they imply a failure of the existing system. Turkey objects fiercely to any NATO involvement with countries outside the alliance, fearing that it would set a precedent for NATO cooperation with Israel. That has jinxed experiments such as trying to get Swedish and Finnish warplanes involved in policing the airspace of Iceland, a defenseless NATO member. Any new arrangements are best sold as a complement to NATO — but in the background, the countries involved appear to realize that they may have to be a supplement, or in the worst case even a substitute.
The countries of the region between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea have never been sanguine about Russia. Even during the Yeltsin era in the 1990s, when the Kremlin was ostensibly a friend and partner for the United States and Western Europe, these countries fretted. They worried about Russia's use of gas and oil pipelines to create patronage and apply pressure. They noted the subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle tricks of Russian diplomacy. They noticed that Russian spies were numerous, active and all too effective.
Western countries tended to patronize and ignore the easterners. Russia was nothing like the threat of the Soviet Union, or so went the line in Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin and Washington. It was silly to pretend otherwise. The West thought the east Europeans – particularly the Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles and Czechs — were traumatized by their historical experience and prone to scaremongering.
That continued during much of the Putin era. Europe's territorial defense as an issue was not just a non-subject; it was a career-killer. The conventional wisdom crystalized around the idea that Russia was not and would not be a threat. Anyone who thought differently in officialdom, especially in the foreign-policy, security, intelligence and military worlds, was wise to keep silent. Even as Russia became steadily more authoritarian and hostile, the West doubled down on its Russia policy. Even as Vladimir Putin adopted a more confrontational stance, NATO and the EU insisted that all was well and the answer to Russian snarls and sneers was yet more dialogue and integration, not confrontation or deterrence.
American policymakers failed to see that the planned missile-defense installations in Poland and the Czech Republic, though directed against a putative Iranian threat, were of vital importance as a symbol of continuing American commitment to the region. When the Obama administration cancelled those plans — clumsily and abruptly on the anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 — it seemed not to realize that the "reset" of relations with Russia needed to be coupled with a big dose of reassurance to its most loyal European allies. It has been struggling to catch up ever since.
Ignoring the east Europeans was a mistake not only in a narrow tactical sense (treating allies brusquely does not encourage them to spill blood and treasure for you in future). It was also a mistake because America could have learned something from them. Western policy-makers are now reluctantly facing up to the fact that the people who knew the Russians best, those scaremongering Eastern Europeans, have been right about them all along. Russia has sent its military spending soaring – nearly doubling it in real terms in ten years. The economy, for all its corruption, bottlenecks and narrow base on natural-resources, has proved remarkably resilient. Russia has bought allies and influence in the West, and promoted economic interdependence, to the point that implementing serious sanctions is difficult.


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Boxing's been an Olympic event since 1904, but you won't see any boxers from the olden days showing up under the Irish flag because back then Ireland had yet to recover its freedom. While things have calmed down somewhat since The Troubles, a sports rivalry will likely always exist between the Brits and the Irish, especially in a sport both nations hold to be especially dear: boxing.
Women's boxing, meanwhile, is new to the Games this year, but the womens' bouts have had just as much punch (pun intended) as the men, and with perhaps less scandal (knock on wood). Here's one shot from Ireland's Katie Taylor in her quarterfinal win against Great Britain's Natasha Jonas, a punch that quite literally knocked the snot out of Jones.
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IBM - I've Been Marginalized
Nothing on Mr. Dean, I'm sure he is a clever fellow.
IBM has been losing relevance since upper management started the process of swinging the ax and writing themselves bonus checks.
Who knows, perhaps shared systems will come back into vogue and they will be able to sell AS400/big iron again.
But typically and as Mr. Dean has said they will extricate themselves from this commodity market and give it over to a competitor or make their own as they did with Lenovo.


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Big trout are good on Sabine Lake
The water temperature is right around the mid-50s on Sabine Lake, but that has not affected the catches of trout and reds so far this winter. In fact, regardless of how many late-winter fronts Old Man Winter sends our way, fishing in East and Southeast Texas has been pretty darned good. For example, there was a 10-pound trout caught on Sabine Lake last week. And Sam Rayburn catches of crappie are steady on live minnows fished deep along the Angelina River channel on the upper end of the lake.
On Sabine Lake, the heaviest trout to be caught this year that I'm aware of is a 10-pounder caught by a wade fisherman last week. Numbers of trout are improving on the upper end of the lake at Coffee Ground Cove and at the islands on the far north end of the lake. Some of the best lures are silver/black Rebel jointed minnows and pink/gold or bone colored One Knocker Spooks.
But if you're out to catch a boatload of fish, head to the Sabine River for white bass.
White bass are very good on the Sabine River about 22 miles above Toledo Bend. Best lures are 1/4-ounce Road Runners in pink/silver or chartreuse/silver. Boats trolling small cranks are also picking up good numbers of the heavier females. Waders working the down-current side of the sand bars are taking some of the heavier whites as well.
On Sam Rayburn, the water is in good shape and about 55 degrees. The lake is about 3.40 feet low. Crappie are very good on the upper end of the lake. Live minnows are best when fished about 25 feet deep around trees along the channel. Catfish are steady on worms and cut perch fished on trotlines over humps. Largemouth bass are best in the creeks and off extended points on Carolina rigged worms and lizards.
Fishermen on Toledo Bend report that the lake is clear on the upper end and a little murky down south. Bass are best on soft plastics and jig/craw combos. Spinnerbaits and cranks are good in 6 to 10 feet of water over brush and at the mouths of creeks. Channel cats are best in the creeks on cut perch and shrimp. Blue and yellow cats are very good over main lake humps in 8 to 12 feet of water on live perch.
Feds want to hear your take on red snapper regs
Here's your chance to voice your opinion on federal red snapper regulations. Hearings are set to be held at a number of areas along the Gulf Coast. Unfortunately none are near the Southeast Texas area. The nearest public hearing will be held March 19 at 6 p.m., in Webster at the Hilton Garden Inn, 750 W. Texas Avenue.
"Over the past several months, we have asked members of the Coastal Conservation Association to engage the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to beat back a number of bad ideas related to the management of red snapper, mostly related to schemes to privatize the fishery," says CCA's Ted Venker.
The Gulf Council is holding a series of public hearings over the next two weeks to update the outdated, inaccurate 30-year-old allocation of red snapper between the commercial and recreational sectors.
CCA is asking you to help build a better future for recreational angling in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Setting the allocation correctly in a fishery is like fixing the foundation of a house that has fallen into disrepair," said Venker. "Before you patch the cracks in the walls or level the floor, you have to fix the foundation. Our opponents in the commercial sector and the environmental community don't see it that way. They'd rather do nothing on reallocation and watch the house come crashing down on top of us.
"If possible, make plans to appear at one of the public hearings. Offering your support for the reallocation of red snapper will take just a few minutes, and your appearance at a hearing will speak volumes."
If it's not possible for you to attend one of the hearings, you can still make your voice heard by commenting online. Comments on Reef Fish Amendment 28 will be accepted at bit.ly/MS14U0.


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How to Make a Passionate Kiss Cocktail
Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 7:01PM |
Looking to celebrate Valentine's Day with a tropical drink? Woo your sweetheart with a Passionate Kiss. As with many cocktails there are many variations on a recipe, but here is one common recipe that is pretty good. To make a Passionate Kiss put the following in a cocktail shaker:
- 1 cup Ice
- 1 oz Southern Comfort
- 1 oz Chambord
- 1 oz Peach Schnapps
- 4 oz Pineapple Juice
Shake the ingredients together really good. This will make the drink foam up really nice when you pour it into the glass.
Nothing says, "I love you." Like a tropical drink.


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Opinion: Best of the Mail
Best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto on the feminist backlash to his columns chronicling the war on men and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill's hold on Gen. Helms.
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Young Miss Holmes Casebook 1-2 by Kaoru Shintani
Pretend for a moment that Sherlock Holmes has a 10 year old niece as obsessed with puzzles as he is and just as smart. That's what you get in Young Miss Holmes. Young Miss Holmes, Lady Christie Hope, tackles several of Sherlock Holmes lesser known cases such as The Red Headed League and the Dancing Men, where she uses her own brand of sleuthing to solve the cases with her uncle.
This manga reminds me a lot of Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama. It's funny, and you have a pint sized detective who has to constantly prove their smarts to adults. Christie has a large dog named Nelson that she can saddle and ride like a dog. Her two maids are constantly trying to make her act more appropriately, but one carries two guns, and the other a whip to protect their mistress. I spent the entire comic dying to know their back story. At times Christie can be childish and she keeps bucking against being the type of nice young lady that society wants her to be. But she is as smart as Sherlock Holmes and at times actually figures out the case before him. She also drives everyone around her nuts. Christie is constantly sneaking out or manipulating people so that she can investigate whatever mystery comes her way. Her shenanigans often lead her into danger or back her into a corner. She thinks nothing of putting her life on the line to get to the bottom of the case, adding an element of danger to the comedy. It's no wonder her maids are well armed at all times. They never know when they will need to go running after Christie to save her life.
Those looking for a straight forward serious manga version of Sherlock Holmes will be disappointed, but if you want a fun new take on the Sherlock Holmes' adventures checkout Young Miss Holmes.


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EPA finds contamination at former rocket test site
(AP)—Federal environmental regulators say they have found lingering radioactive contamination at a rocket engine test site outside of Los Angeles.
The Environmental Protection Agency undertook a $42 million study to look at contamination at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The lab tested rocket engines, conducted nuclear energy research and developed nuclear reactors for four decades. A reactor had a partial meltdown in 1959.
Technicians collected some 3,700 soil samples from an area where most of the testing was done. Of those, 10 percent contained radioactive concentrations exceeding background levels.
An EPA official says there are some Superfund sites in the western United States that are more polluted than Santa Susana.
The state of California and various agencies face a 2017 deadline to clean up the site.
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