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CULTURE- ART FEATURE- Re-collection: Slaughter's sedimental nature
One thing leads to another. Nowhere is this more evident than in an artistic retrospective, where viewers have the chance to see how a snippet of an idea emerging in one image becomes more prominent in later pieces, only to fade again into the background, remaining as a trace while new interests evolve.
What's particularly noteworthy about "Terra Incognita: Anne Slaughter, Forty Years," currently on view at both Les Yeux du Monde and Second Street Gallery, is that the layered consequences of time's passing– evident in the overview of Slaughter's work– is the very thing Slaughter investigates at the microcosmic level in her individual pieces, ranging from large acrylic abstracts to sculptures to small mixed-media studies.
Forgoing strict chronological arrangement, the two-gallery exhibition nevertheless reveals the odyssey of Slaughter's creative imagination. An anteroom located in the main gallery at SSG contains Slaughter's earliest pieces: two precise vistas and a self-portrait in oil from the mid-1960s. Slaughter was just learning her craft, but a sense of melancholia and sympathy for the land already pervades her images.
By the early 1970s, Slaughter has relaxed her brushwork and adopted a stronger palette of acrylics. Her landscapes move away from replication toward abstract and textural expressions of Slaughter's emotional relationship to the land. The artist's attraction to geometric patchwork begins to surface in the 1971 "Winter Fields Mosaic" (although, arguably, it goes further back to paintings of the European rooftops of her childhood).
Slaughter begins incorporating fabric, metal, and other bits of mixed-media into her work in the 1980s, when she also begins to explore interior spaces, both mental and physical, and what gets left behind as time passes. One of her most memorable pieces, "Zagora" (1985), a primarily two-dimensional painting rich in earthy geological verticals, contains a physical fissure, split open to reveal mummified bits of wood and other mysterious relics.
During the same period, Slaughter starts including writing, faded and obscured, in her work, again grappling with time's passage and lost relationships. This impulse reaches its zenith in her achingly nostalgic 1998 "Portal of Memories," a sculptural succession of worn doorways, scarred and embellished with disappearing letters and notes.
Although Slaughter's recent large, frenetic abstracts of looping artificial colors seem a drastic departure from her previous work, they nevertheless grow out of her ongoing interest in lost words. And no doubt they will lead the adventurous, ever-evolving Slaughter to the next thing.
"Terra Incognita: Anne Slaughter, Forty Years," is on view at Second Street Gallery and Les Yeux du Monde through April 29. Second Street Gallery, 115 Second St. SE (in the Charlottesville City Center for the Arts). 977-7284. Les Yeux du Monde, 115 S. First St. 973-5566.


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Best Cabin Locationby Pete Peterson | 1.28.13
What difference does the location of your stateroom make - on a moving ship more than you realize
Pete Peterson is our newest CruiseMates Moderator
New cruisers are always concerned about where on a ship they should get a cabin. Obviously, there's alot of options that go into answering that question. Most of the time they are concerned with three major factors; price, type of cabin, and motion sickness.
Budget and types of cabins are big factors, but rather easy choices to be made. Usually, the biggest concern is if they are going to get seasick. So I thought perhaps this might help you decide the best location on a ship to get your cabin.
Basically, a ship is affected by two motions; I like to call it 'rocking and rolling'. Think of it this way, the dynamics of a ship in water is affected by the waves either from the side or from the front/back.
The rolling motion is the movement of the ship where the waves are coming from the front or the back and the ship 'rolls' over the waves. Because of the propulsion of a ship through the water, this type of movement is going to be felt in the front of the ship more than anywhere else, especially if the waves are coming from the front. So in rough weather, the front of the ship is the least desirable place to be. The aft of the ship will feel some of the rolling motion, but not as much as the front, and the middle of the ship will feel this type of motion the least of the three sections. Plus, the aft of the ship will often feel more vibration from the propellers. Of course, this is becoming less of a problem with the new azipod propulsion systems that are commonplace on newer ships.
As for the rocking motion, this is caused by waves coming from the side of the ship and because of the way a ship rides in the water, the top part of a ship is more affected by this motion than the bottom of the ship. So the most desirable place to be on the ship for this type of motion is as low as you can get.
The absolute best cabin on a ship to be in to avoid any type of motion is low and middle.
With that said, normal operating procedures for ships dictate they try to alter their route so they go directly with the wind whenever possible. This creates a smoother ride and helps with fuel consumption. The next preferred course is directly into the wind, but this causes a higher fuel usage. They normally try to avoid cross winds because of the wind hitting a huge ship broadside tends to push it off course while the rocking motion is also less desirable than a rolling motion.
All modern cruise ships now have stabilizers they can deploy to help smooth out the ride. On the newer ships, they are computer controlled and do a wonderful job. Think of a stabilizer like wings on an airplane - when they are out, they help offset the rocking and rolling motion of the ship. However, when deployed, these stabilizers create a big drag, so they have to ramp up the propulsion system to compensate and this causes higher fuel consumption. This is why some cruise companies are less apt to deploy the stabilizers than some - Carnival is very slow to deploy them for this reason.
If you understand how all this works, then you begin to understand why they put certain venues in different areas of the ship. For example, you won't find the dining room in the front of a ship. They're always going to be in the middle or the back. Funny thing is, they always put the main show lounge in the front, so you can imagine how tough it can be for the performers when the ship is rolling alot.
Keep in mind that cabin price is always going to be controlled by demand. Because the front is the least desirable, this is where you'll always encounter the cheapest prices. The aft is the next least desirable, so you'll find the prices the same as the front or perhaps just a bit higher. Since the middle of the ship is the most desirable, this is where the prices are going to be the highest. The same holds true for cabins going from bottom to top. Those lowest will be the least expensive and the higher up you go, the higher the price.
Also, because of the design of ships, some locations will dictate more or less space in the cabin or the balcony. For example, often the aft cabins (those on the very back of the ship looking straight backwards) have bigger balconies. Of course, often these will also command a higher price. And some ships, like the Carnival Pride, you can get an oversize balcony without paying more if you study the deck plan carefully.
Sorry, didn't mean for this to turn into a dissertation on how a ship moves through the water and the affects of waves on the movement of the ship. But it's important to understand the dynamics so you can decide what's the best location on a ship for you, especially if you're concerned about how well you'll handle the motion.
I've heard many people say they've been on alot of boats and have never gotten seasick, so they don't see cruising on a big ship as a problem. This is one big misnomer for alot of people. The motion on a small boat is quick and jerky. The motion on a big ship is slow and methodical. Two entirely different types of motion and different people handle these differently. So just because you don't get seasick on one type does not necessarily mean the other type won't affect you.
I spent 6 years in the Navy and could tell you some pretty wild stories about being out in rough weather. Those ships are built for speed, not for comfort, so when the seas get nasty, that's when the fun really begins! And because of the over-dramatic nature of the beast, we learned very quickly where to be and where not to be when being thrown around. Needless to say, I'd much rather be on a luxury cruise ship anytime!
Anyway, I hope this helps you in deciding where you'd like to be on a ship when booking your cabin.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Another Weird Thing My Students Do
In my introductory classes, I often have my students write little essays in which I pick an argument we've discussed in class, ask them to state it in a clear way, give some sort of justification for each of its premises, and then give an evaluation in which they present an objection to the argument and explain how it works. This is usually something we've already talked about, too. So, after we've read the sixth Meditation and discussed it in class, the assignment might say, "Explain mind-body dualism, then state, explain, and evaluate Descartes's conceivability argument for this view." Nothing weird so far, I don't think.
But I've noticed that a small but substantial minority of students sort of freak out at this point, especially early in the semester. I get a bunch of emails from students who are worried about plagiarism, and so they don't want to copy arguments and definitions and stuff from the handouts. And I get a bunch of emails asking if I want them to make up their own argument for mind-body dualism. And, relatedly, I get quite a few papers that don't contain anything that remotely resembles anything that Descartes ever said, ever. When I ask the author of the paper about it, I often hear the same stuff about how they were worried about plagiarism and they thought I wanted them to make up their own argument.
I think this is really weird. It is really weird, right? The purpose of in-class handouts is to serve as a guide to understanding the material. Why wouldn't I want my students to make use of them in completing their writing assignments? Are there really teachers out there who would bust students for plagiarizing the handouts they hand out in class?
And why would I want my intro-level students to make up their own Descartes's argument for dualism? Why wouldn't I want to use an assignment like that to check for comprehension of the material we've been discussing in class? And why wouldn't the fact that I say I want them to discuss Descartes's argument for dualism be a clue that I don't want them to make up their own?
Plus, it's hard to make up your own philosophical argument. These are students who have literally no background in philosophy whatsoever. Why would I make them do something so difficult so soon? (Of course, it's possible that my students don't realize that it's difficult, or if they do they don't realize what a reasonable guy I am.)
I think this is so fucking weird. I mean, if you were taking an evolutionary biology class, and you had been talking about Gould's theory of punctuated equilibrium, and in the context of that discussion there was an assignment to state and explain Gould's theory of punctuated equilibrium and address some related controversies, nobody thinks you're supposed to make up and explain your own Gould's theory of punctuated equilibrium. Do they?
--Mr. Zero
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Are you sure they're worried about plagiarizing arguments from the handouts--and not from the sources the handouts draw from? If the handouts include material from the primary texts or from class discussions, then it seems a little less strange for them to worry about plagiarism.
I have many students who are confused about whether they can use arguments from the primary text or if they have to come up with their own entirely new arguments. And I have had many students who assumed original arguments brought up in discussion were off limits. So it may not be about the handouts, per se.
- March 3, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
Hi anon 7:48,
I see what you're saying. It's possible, but I didn't get the idea that this is what's going on. It's hard to reconstruct an exact dialog that would be representative, but in talking with these students I have been left with the impression that they were specifically worried about plagiarizing me, not Descartes or whoever.
But even then, the solution is simply to attribute the argument to Descartes. If you attribute the argument to its author, you're not plagiarizing.
I have had many students who assumed original arguments brought up in discussion were off limits.
Yeah. I think that's so strange. I mean, I'm shooting for assignments that connect to the class discussion. I'm not shooting for assignments that proceed independently of what goes on in class.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:08 AM
Aw, introductory students can be so cute!
I bet they're freshmen who, as part of their introduction to college life, have listened to extremely stern lectures about the evil that is plagiarism. So, they're nervous, they're terrified of getting expelled, and they're new enough that they don't understand how to ask for clarification. It's a perfect storm of good intentions and confusion.
That said, what I usually get from students so new to philosophy is not worry about having to create their own brand new argument for some claim, but instead frustration that I don't want them to give me their original arguments. I'm stifling their brilliant creativity by asking them to focus on Descartes's argument, you know.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM
After a semester where 4 members of a class of under 30 plagiarized significant portions of essays from Wikipedia (despite the fact that Wikipedia had relatively nothing to say concerning the assigned essay topic and my repeated warnings to use no sources beyond the primary text) I would look upon paranoia concerning plagiarism as a welcome relief. Your students sound strange but conscientious.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:57 AM
I have had students plagiarize from my handouts. It really can be an issue. When students ask, I sometimes provide electronic copies of the fairly detailed notes I use for class. I've had students give me papers that copied and pasted half a page here and half a page there from these notes, without even bothering to change the font or formatting to fit with their own.
The upshot is that now I never provide notes explaining arguments, at least not if there's any chance of the argument appearing in a student paper. Instead I give handouts that are meant to help the student figure out for themselves what the arguments are.
On a related note, does anyone know of a good plagiarism guide for students? There are plenty of practical "how to write a philosophy paper" guides, but are there any practical "how to remain academically honest in philosophy" guides?
- March 3, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Zero, thanks for the post.
I also am not surprised by the students' reaction. I agree with the earlier comments that they've had DON'T PLAGIARIZE beat into them, and that I'm puzzled by students who want to create their own arguments. When I create an assignment where I'm checking understanding of material, that's not a place for student creativity, but some students think every assignment, regardless of its purpose, should seek out their opinion on the material.
But I'd like to add that they might have real concerns about plagiarism. When they're looking at the book and handout, basically you're asking them to paraphrase, or put in their own words, things that you've probably said more clearly than they can. Or at least that's what the assignment sounds like. So I can see them thinking that anything that doesn't just come straight from your handout is going to wrong, and anything that does will just be copying what you say.
Maybe a better format would be an in-class quiz, where a grade is given just for making a serious effort. Then it's formative assessment, and students know they need to get the skill down because they'll have questions of this form on the exams? Just an idea.
- March 3, 2011 at 9:49 AM
I would echo 8:13's and 8:57's difficulties. Would that I had students who were afraid to jot down random philosophical musings on the material and/or outright copy easily found internet sources that are only broadly related to the assigned topic.
It's certainly odd to find a group of students as thoroughly conscientious as yours, Mr. Zero. I'm wondering if it's not some combination of these three things:
1.) the originality confusion mentioned by 7:48
2.) the intimidation factor mentioned by 8:13
3.) the force of the academic honesty portion of your syllabus
- March 3, 2011 at 9:52 AM
I don't think that students have a very good sense of what "in your own words" means. If you don't have that notion, then the two remaining options are original or plagiarized. Kind of a dumb mistake, but not a "weird" one.
- March 3, 2011 at 10:14 AM
I say it is not weird at all--or if there is anything weird, it is that they care as much as they do. Similar to 8:57, I would be kind of happy to have this problem.
Surely you know that the rise of the internets has both made plagiarism way easier to do and way easier to catch, such that plagiarism is a huge issue on most campuses. And 8:13 is probably right that they have been bombarded with lectures about the matter. Furthermore, they might have some professors telling them that class notes have to be cited (I both had this happen as a student, and know some of my colleagues do it), and that would only add to their paranoia.
And as for philosophy being hard, and the comparison with evolutionary biology--surely you know that while it may be completely wrong, many people think that everyone can have their own "philosophy" while they don't think the same thing about the natural sciences. And Descartes would probably only add to this, because of the emphasis on introspection in the Meditations (it is something we can all do, in our own armchairs). So that part isn't weird either.
- March 3, 2011 at 10:34 AM
I've gotten to where early term writing assignments are just the first part of yours. "I don't want you to evaluate this argument at all. I just want you to explain what the argument is." This keeps it clear what kind of work I'm after, and that using wikipedia or a handout without acknowledgment is giving someone else's summary as if it is your own. And it emphasizes the bigger thing...that before you can evaluate an argument, you have to understand it and, ideally, be able to describe it in a way that the argument's author would recognize and accept. My students aren't initially great at reading and understanding arguments...
- March 3, 2011 at 11:03 AM
"I don't think that students have a very good sense of what 'in your own words' means. If you don't have that notion, then the two remaining options are original or plagiarized."
I think this is the root of the matter, although I agree with what others have said, too. I like this assignment, Mr. Zero, and I think you might mitigate these problems by explaining in more detail what you want them to do ("Tell me, in your own words, how Descartes argues for mind-body dualism.") and why you want them to do it ("I want to be sure that you understand what the argument is, how it works, etc."). And remind them to attribute the argument to Descartes.
One interesting idea I've heard for teaching the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing is to do an in-class activity in which you give them a passage and have them write two summaries of the passage: one that intentionally plagiarizes the passage and one that merely paraphrases it.
Also, I love the phrase "your own Descartes's argument."
- March 3, 2011 at 11:14 AM
I give similar assignments, in which I ask students to explain and evaluate a particular argument. I remember one student emailed me because she didn't really understand part of the argument (I think it was Hobbes' argument that political sovereignty must be absolute). So, I explained it to her, in MY own words (obviously). Then she turned in a paper in which the paragraph I sent her explaining the argument was plagiarized in its entirety.
- March 3, 2011 at 11:51 AM
I've found similar things: students seem excessively anxious about not plagiarizing, for all the stated reasons - fear of punishment, a mistaken belief that they're supposed to be making up "their own Descartes' argument", etc etc.
In my experience, I've found that clear instructions about the goals of the task helps them. Undergraduates seem (increasingly?) to want explicit instructions, to be told whether they're writing summary/exposition or critical analysis. So perhaps if you tell them when setting the task, or in the rubric, "this task is intended to test your comprehension of the material we've studied, and show me that you can follow and explain someone else's philosophical argument," then they tend to be happier, and more likely to stay on track.
Anon 9:34: - One book-length plagiarism guide is Charles Lipson's "Doing Honest Work in College." But there's a shorter test which someone once showed me - ironically, I can't now find the webpage it was on, but I shall not claim it as original. It goes like this -
1) Did you write it? (yes/no)
2) Did you cite it? (yes/no)
If you answered "yes" to 1 and "no" to 2 - congratulations! You didn't plagiarize: you developed your own ideas.
If you answered "no" to 1 but "yes" to 2 - congratulations! You didn't plagiarize: you made honest use of other sources.
If you answered "no" to 1 AND 2 - You plagiarized! Go back and redo it.
If you answered "yes" to 1 AND 2 - that doesn't make sense. Go back to high school.
- March 3, 2011 at 12:17 PM
11:51 - I have the exact same story. The best part of it was how impressed I was when I first read that paragraph in the kid's essay. I was like, damn, his first page and a half were pretty shaky, but this part is right on point...
- March 3, 2011 at 1:31 PM
This is interesting. I wonder if it's symptomatic of the overemphasis on rote memorization. When a student's told to merely memorize and regurgitate, then in effect she's officially licensed to plagiarize. But if you ask her to summarize an argument in a non-verbatim fashion, she's completely at a loss.
- March 3, 2011 at 1:34 PM
And Descartes would probably only add to this, because of the emphasis on introspection in the Meditations (it is something we can all do, in our own armchairs). So that part isn't weird either.
One might avoid this by emphasizing that the point of Descartes's introspection is to identify features shared by all rational, human agents (as opposed to 'that which makes Johnny the unique individual he is').
- March 3, 2011 at 1:46 PM
Just to pick up on what 1:34 says. People have different cognitive styles. Some students are better at rote memorization and slower at breaking down information. It takes greater effort for them to understand the material, or, they understand it, but it's harder for them to break down the info into smaller chunks and recombine them in their own way. So they have to rely on rote memorization of arguments. I had a student who was exactly like this. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, was very good at breaking down info and putting them together in his own way. As a result, the boyfriend's exam answers seemed to evince greater understanding and he got a higher grade, though the female student worked much harder.
p.s. I don't mean to make the generalization that men and women have different cognitive styles. I'm a dude but a slow learner and better at synthesizing ideas in my own way than analytically breaking down other people's ideas. I could understand some of the girl's problems, and I sympathized with her more, so I was sorry to give her a lower grade.
- March 3, 2011 at 5:31 PM
You are an inexperienced teacher.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Wow, 8.22, that was really helpful. Presumably, as someone who feels qualified to call someone else inexperienced, you have some advice from your own experience you want to share? Because if you just came on here to answer someone's question about teaching with "you're inexperienced" - well, that's kind of an asshole thing to do. If you answered your students' question in the same unhelpful way, then - no matter how experienced you were - you'd be a terrible, unjustifably-arrogant little teacher.
- March 3, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Are there really teachers out there who would bust students for plagiarizing the handouts they hand out in class?
Yes! I do a lot of teaching in teams with colleagues from other departments, and I've been surprised at how much variation I see in what they tell their--and so also my--students about plagiarism. One (tenured!) colleague even insisted that a student who included a direct quotation (complete with quotation marks!) in her paper, but without identifying the source by means of a citation, had committed plagiarism, and he was surprised that I disagreed.
- March 4, 2011 at 4:48 AM
oh, anon 8:22, you are a wonderful person who makes productive comments.
- March 4, 2011 at 9:39 AM
You need to improve your manners, Mr Zero. You come across as a rude asshole. If you put your name on this blog, and philosophy departments read it, they would be reluctant to hire you because of the way you treat people who irritate you.
- March 4, 2011 at 4:55 PM
I think this has already been said in one way or another, but my immediate guess is that the students have no idea what an argument is. It's pretty standard in my classes that I ask students to summarize an argument and instead they summarize the paper or chapter in which the argument is found. Given that they have no idea what an argument is--and your explaining it to them fifty times in class often won't help--if you ask them to restate an argument, they think the only options are to (1) copy what you say Descartes is saying (a related point: my students believe me when I say "this is what Descartes is saying here", but they are often incapable of actually seeing that that is what Descartes is saying here; after all, he writes in full words, often long ones, without any smiley faces for punctuation, etc), or (2) come up with something unrelated on their own. You are assigning them something different from these two options, but they can't distinguish what you want from either (1) or (2). (1) sounds like plagiarism to them, thus they go for (2). I think it's weird, but only because I think it's weird to be 18 and not know what an argument is.
Word verification: tweripat
I guess: "Look at that wimp waving a flag; what a tweripat."
- March 4, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Anon @ 4:55 PM,
I disagree. I'd rather work with Mr. Zero than someone who posts insults like yours. Let's hope your name doesn't surface.
- March 5, 2011 at 6:21 AM
I find 4:55's use of 'need' very irritating. Saying someone 'needs' to do something, when in fact they have no relevant need and all the speaker means is that the person ought to do it, that usage has a very kindergarten teacherish feel. Of course, the fact that the content of 4:55 is very kindergarten teacher lecturish aggravates the grating quality.
- March 5, 2011 at 11:34 AM
This is off-topic but: does anyone know where an ad was posted for the job at Univ. of Kansas? (I'm referring to the one implied by the hire listed on the Leiter thread).
- March 5, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- CTS said...
I'm struggling with a related problem: that it is more and more difficult to get students to do as the assignment asks at all. My assignments have become inanely didactic:
You need to do X, then Y, then Z. You must use and cite the required primary source reading, in this case that would be the selections from Plato's Republic (see under Required Readings in red font). Do not write about wr Q or P.....
And, yet, I get papers that do only one of X, Y, and Z - or none of them, papers that make no use of any source or only of the unrequired secondary readings, papers that are devoted to whether Q or P.
I remind, revisit, and so on for every assignment, but there will be some who never seem to be able to do as instructed. Needless to say, my assignments have become less 'creative' to a great extent.
Oh, and I am a very 'experienced' teacher. :-)
- March 6, 2011 at 1:58 PM
1:28, I noticed that as well. I really don't think there was an ad for that job, as given the candidate's AOS's, I would've noticed it and applied. My guess is that it's a mistake... maybe it's the University of Missouri at Kansas City job?
- March 6, 2011 at 9:31 PM
it is more and more difficult to get students to do as the assignment asks at all.
I see this a lot. In fact, I just finished reviewing a random sample from an entire year's worth of assignments in various sections of my department's intro to ethics course, and the most surprising thing to see wasn't how poorly students did on certain tasks (evaluating an argument, say), but how few even bothered to attempt the tasks at all.
- March 6, 2011 at 10:24 PM
I'm puzzled about what's so puzzling; weirded out about why you're weirded out.
I think that's because I've become way too aware of the "Study Group" mentality that has swept our undergrads. They check with eachother on everything, and their written interpretations of texts and arguments tend to converge on a single, recognizable gloss. Usually it's something you said that one of them copied and spread, with some distortion thrown in. Speaking of which, besides "Study Group," there's frantic note-taking, which means if you've ever explained what each step in the argument is saying, it's out there, and probably being used by a number of them, word for word.
For these reasons, they already have -- in some easy form -- the verbatim "answer," at least to the State-the-Argument prompt. They can't imagine that the assignment, supposed to involve reasoning or critical skill (says "philosophy", right?), could boil down to reproducing a ready batch of words. Plus, they know you'll see the uniformity of answers across the study groups, and they don't see the point in that (for you!). So, they wonder, could there be something more?
Makes perfect sense to me, given the way they tend to work these days.
- March 7, 2011 at 2:00 AM
This is veering slightly off-topic, but the reference to "frantic note-taking" in Anon 2:00's insightful comment inspired me to ask a question.
I'm thinking about trying an intro course in which I write very little on the board and mostly just lecture very slowly. Here's my inspiration:
I give short-essay format exams in some intro level classes. Many questions have the form, "What is X's argument that P? [Insert follow-up question here.]" Follow-up questions include things like "What would X say about Y?" and "Explain at least one objection to that argument and how X could meet it."
Many of my students (like yours, probably) respond by writing down, as nearly verbatim as they can remember, everything that I wrote on the board about the general topic, but nothing else, even when what I wrote on the board doesn't actually answer the question.
I'm hoping that if I remove the note-taking crutch of writing down all and only the things that I wrote down, students may be forced to think about what I'm saying when they take notes. Some will probably crash and burn, of course, which worries me.
Has anyone ever tried anything like this? Any advice?
- March 7, 2011 at 6:31 AM
I really don't think there was an ad for that job, as given the candidate's AOS's, I would've noticed it and applied. My guess is that it's a mistake... maybe it's the University of Missouri at Kansas City job?
No, it's not a mistake. It looks to me like an inside hire for a job which was never advertised. I was under the impression that was illegal. But, then again, there are aspects of the profession which continue to surprise me.
- March 8, 2011 at 4:01 AM


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So that's it for 2012. Another 365� days are just about in the books. And it's nearly time for a new year filled with the promise of better things and fresher scandals.
So that's it for 2012. Another 365� days are just about in the books. And it's nearly time for a new year filled with the promise of better things and fresher scandals.
But before we bid adieu, here are the top five Pennsylvania political stories of 2012.
Pennsylvania was thrust into the national spotlight as forces on both sides of the state's controversial voter identification law squared off before Commonwealth Court Judge Robert E. Simpson, a onetime Northampton County jurist.
The question: Whether Simpson should grant a request for a temporary injunction filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups, which argued that the Republican-written law requiring people to show photo identification to vote would disenfranchise tens of thousands — minorities, the elderly and students — who traditionally vote Democrat.
Lawyers for the state argued that they'd made their best efforts to get proper identification into the hands of voters who needed it by Election Day.
In October, Simpson ruled that voters lacking photo identification Nov. 6 could vote anyway and would not have to cast provisional ballots. Questions of the law's constitutionality remain. Simpson said he expects to schedule a trial for next summer.
In February, Gov. Tom Corbett signed a law imposing a locally levied impact fee on the state's Marcellus Shale natural gas industry.
It came over the objection of environmentalists, who had pushed for a tax tied to how much gas drillers take from the ground. The impact fee, meant to cover the public cost of gas drilling, has so far generated $204 million.
Critics also knocked the law, which calls for state and local governments to share the money, because it left it up to county governments to decide whether to impose the fee.
Seven municipalities filed suit in Commonwealth Court challenging the legality of limits on local governments' ability to zone and regulate drilling. The court overturned the zoning rules in July, and the state Supreme Court heard arguments in October. A ruling is pending.
Forget the old adage: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
Pennsylvania's five-member Legislative Reapportionment Commission modified it to: "Try, have your map thrown out by the state Supreme Court; try again, have that map appealed to the state Supreme Court; and then use the decade-old map you already have while you wait for the high court to decide on your revised map. And then maybe try again after that."
The commission (made up of leaders in the state House and Senate and a nonpartisan chairman) had a simple task: Come up with a new map of 50 Senate and 203 House districts to reflect population losses in western Pennsylvania and gains in the east.
This process was supposed to result in a long-sought single state Senate seat for Monroe County and a new House district to reflect Allentown's growing population.
But critics, including a Northampton County piano teacher named Amanda Holt, successfully convinced the Supreme Court that the new districts cut through too many municipal boundaries. The justices sent mapmakers back to the drawing board.
A few months later, the panel returned with a new map. Holt and her allies sued again. And with the clock ticking down to Election Day, the map that had been in place since 2001 was used for the 2012 state legislative elections. At this writing, the high court still hasn't made a ruling.
Kane, 46, a former assistant district attorney from Lackawanna County, made history on Election Day when she became the first Democrat and first woman to be elected Pennsylvania's top cop in the four decades that it has been an elected post.
Kane defeated Republican David Freed, the DA of Cumberland County, who was handpicked by Corbett.
She did it through a mix of geography, Philadelphia turnout, voter dissatisfaction with Corbett, lingering questions over the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal, missteps by her competition, her gender and hard work.
In November, Democrat Brian Sims of Philadelphia became Pennsylvania's first openly gay state lawmaker, winning the city's 182nd District seat in the House.
This month, Rep. Michael Fleck of Huntingdon County became the state's first openly gay Republican lawmaker, as he came out during an interview with his hometown newspaper.
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Financial Analysis of Seagate Technology - February 14th, 2011
Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) is the world's largest hard drives[2] and storage solutions manufacturer. Incorporated in 1978[3] as Shugart Technology,[4] Seagate is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland[5] and has its principal executive offices in Scotts Valley, California.
Seagate Technology Holdings (NYSE: STX) is the largest manufacturer of hard drives with $9.81 billion in sales in 2009.[1] The company produces drives for use in desktops, mobile applications, enterprise, and consumer electronics, and mainly sells components to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In 2006, Seagate acquired competitor Maxtor, which had 12% market share at the time, for a stock transaction valued at $2 billion. This merger expanded Seagate's market presence, in particular its retail channel, which now includes the popular line of OneTouch external hard drives. However, profitability may be affected in the short term before redundant costs are being eliminated.
Seagate is the undisputed market leader in terms of sales with a market share of 35%. However, it faces intense competition from rival Western Digital (WDC) and "captive" manufacturers Hitachi, Samsung, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. Captive competitors bundle hard drive sales with other products, so they are able to sell drives at break-even profit or, sometimes, even lower. In addition, advances in solid state devices (SSDs) containing flash memory threatens Seagate's revenue, because SSDs have many advantages over traditional hard drives, especially in mobile applications.
Seagate was the first to make perpendicular recording a commercial success. This technology allows for greater data capacities and faster access speeds. Seagate currently offers 3.5" drives in capacities up to 750 GB using perpendicular recording, the largest of its kind in the industry. The company is moving to transition all of its products to incorporate the technology.
1 Company Overview
1.1 Business Segments
1.1.1 Enterprise Storage[2]
1.1.2 Mobile Computing[2]
1.1.3 Desktop Storage[2]
1.1.4 Consumer Electronics Storage[2]
1.1.5 Branded Solutions[2]
1.2 Maxtor acquisition
2 Trends and Forces
2.1 Flash memory
2.2 Perpendicular recording
2.3 Commoditization of PCs
3 Competition
4 References
Company Overview
Seagate Technology is engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disc drives. Hard disc drives are used as the primary medium for storing electronic information in systems ranging from desktop and notebook computers, and consumer electronics devices to data centers delivering information over corporate networks and the Internet. The Company produces a range of disc drive products addressing enterprise applications, where its products are used in enterprise servers, mainframes and workstations; desktop applications, where its products are used in desktop computers; mobile computing applications, where the Company's products are used in notebook computers, and consumer electronics applications, where its products are used in a variety of devices, such as digital video recorders (DVRs), gaming devices and other consumer electronic devices that require storage. In addition to manufacturing and selling disk drives, Seagate provides data storage services for small- to medium-sized businesses, including online backup, data protection and recovery solutions.
The Company sells its disc drives primarily to major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and also market to distributors under its brand names. During the fiscal year ended July 3, 2009 (fiscal 2009), approximately 64% of its disc drive revenue was from sales to OEMs, of which Hewlett-Packard (HP) was the only customer exceeding 10% of the Company's disc drive revenue.[2] Seagate offers a range of disc drive products for the enterprise, mobile computing, desktop, consumer electronics and branded solutions markets of the disc drive industry.
Business Segments
Enterprise Storage[2]
The enterprise storage consists of Cheetah SCSI/SAS/Fiber Channel Family; Savvio SCSI/SAS/Fiber Channel Family, and Barracuda ES SATA Family. The Company's Cheetah 3.5-inch disc drives ships in 10,000 and 15,000 revolutions per minute (RPM) and in storage capacities ranging from 36 gigabyte to 600 gigabyte. Commercial uses for Cheetah disc drives include Internet and e-commerce servers, data mining and data warehousing, mainframes and supercomputers, department/enterprise servers and workstations, transaction processing, professional video and graphics and medical imaging. Savvio, its 2.5-inch enterprise disc drives, ships in 10,000 and 15,000 RPM and in storage capacities ranging from 36 gigabyte to 300 gigabyte. The Company's Barracuda ES 3.5-inch disc drives ship in 7,200 RPM and in storage capacities ranging from 250 gigabyte to 1 terabyte.
Mobile Computing[2]
The mobile computing consists of Momentus ATA/SATA Family. The Momentus family of disc drives for mobile computing disc drive products, ships in 5,400 and 7,200 RPM and in capacities ranging from 80 gigabyte to 500 gigabyte. Commercial uses for Momentus disc drives include notebook computers tablet computers and digital audio applications. Its Momentus 7200.4 is a 7,200 RPM disk drive for high-performance notebooks.
Desktop Storage[2]
The desktop storage consists of Barracuda ATA/SATA Family and DiamondMax Family. Seagate's Barracuda 3.5-inch disc drive delivers storage capacities of up to one terabyte at 7,200 RPM and is used in applications, such as personal computers (PCs), workstations and personal external storage devices. Seagate's DiamondMax 3.5-inch disc drives deliver storage capacities of up to one terabyte at 7,200 RPM and are targeted at PC's, non-traditional advanced technology architecture (ATA) and external storage applications.
Consumer Electronics Storage[2]
The consumer electronics storage consists of Pipeline HD and DB35 SATA Family, Pipeline Mini SATA Family and LD25.2 Family. It also sells some of its 3.5-inch Pipeline HD and DB35 disk drives for use mainly in DVR's. These disk drives are optimized for digital entertainment. DB35 ranges from 80 to 250 gigabyte and Pipeline HD ranges from 160 gigabyte to 1 terabyte. The Company sells its 2.5-inch, 5,400 RPM Pipeline Mini disk drives, with capacities ranging from 80 gigabyte up to 500 gigabyte, for use in low-profile DVR's, gaming consoles, home entertainment devices and small footprint media PCs. Its LD25.2 Series 2.5-inch disk drives deliver storage capacities of 40 gigabyte and 80 gigabyte at 5,400 RPM, a solution with optimized capacity and size for notebook computers.
Branded Solutions[2]
The Company's branded solutions business provides storage products, including various home and office storage appliances. The Company ships external backup storage solutions under its Free Agent and Maxtor OneTouch product lines. Both of these product lines utilize its 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch disc drives, which are available in capacities up to two terabyte and 500 gigabyte, respectively.
Maxtor acquisition
In 2006, Seagate acquired rival hard drive maker Maxtor in a stock transaction worth $1.9 billion. Before the acquisition, Seagate and Maxtor held 29% and 12% of the hard drive market respectively. The merger solidified Seagate's position as the market leader, gave Seagate rights to Maxtor's popular "OneTouch" line of external hard drives for consumers, and expanded Seagate's retail business. Although Maxtor was posting losses before the merger, the two companies intend to save $300 million in redundant costs. However, it is uncertain how soon these cost savings can be realized, and the acquisition may reduce short-term profitability.
Trends and Forces
Flash memory
Advances in flash memory technology and growing sales have put pressure on the hard drive market. Unlike hard drives, flash memory are solid state devices, so they contain no moving mechanical parts, use less power, are smaller and less likely to break. These advantages make flash memory very attractive for use in portable devices such as digital music players and cameras. Flash memory has not replaced hard drives because cost is higher, transfer speeds are slower, and there is a limit of approximately 100,000 read/write operations. However, each of these limitations are being gradually overcome with technological advances.
The next advance for flash memory would be to replace hard drives in hard drive-based digital music players, such as iPods, and laptops. Flash memory makers such as SanDisk would have the most to gain from adoption of the new technology, while hard drive manufacturers such as Western Digital and Seagate would have the most to lose. Diversified companies like Samsung would be less affected, because they manufacture both types of storage or other types of products. Samsung and SanDisk have both announced or released solid state disks (SSDs) up to 64 GB, which can effectively compete with smaller sized hard drives. Dell has already began shipping ultra-portable laptops with SSDs. Although hard drives are still the dominant storage device, hard drive manufacturers are wary of the threat of flash memory.
Perpendicular recording
Perpendicular recording is a data recording technology that allows for greater data densities, which leads to greater drive capacities and faster access speeds. Traditionally, bits of digital data are stored as magnetic information on the hard disk platter with the magnetic poles aligned along the plane of the platter. There is a physical limit to how closely data can be packed while maintaining data stability. However, perpendicular recording technology overcomes this limit by aligning the poles of magnetic information perpendicular to the platter using a different writing mechanism and recording material with higher magnetic fidelity. Whereas traditional longitudinal recording has an estimated limit of 100 to 200 gigabits per square inch, perpendicular recording allows for densities of up to 1000 gigabits per square inch.
Hard drive manufacturers are expected to adopt the technology rapidly because current data densities are near the physical limit. Seagate was the first to successfully implement the technology, and is currently shipping 3.5" drives with capacities up to 750 GB. In comparison, Western Digital's largest 3.5" drive, which uses traditional longitudinal recording, has a maximum capacity of 500 GB. Seagate has announced that it will intend to eventually make perpendicular recording a standard feature in all of its drives.
Commoditization of PCs
Over the last few decades, PCs have become an increasingly important part of our daily domestic and work lives. PC's are used for tasks ranging from rudimentary email and word processing to advanced computer programming. Commoditization is a process that transforms the market for a unique, branded product into a market based on undifferentiated price competition. The commoditization of PCs would hurt PC manufacturers and OEM component suppliers such as Seagate, as they face intense pressure to lower prices.
Seagate Technology competes with Western Digital (WDC), Fujitsu Limited (6702-TO), Hitachi (HIT), Samsung Electronics (SEO:005930), Toshiba (TOSBF), Iomega (IOM), Lacie (EPA:LAC), Micron Technology (MU), Samsung Electronics (SEO:005930), and SanDisk (SNDK).
The market is divided into "independent" and "captive" manufacturers. Seagate and Western Digital are independent manufacturers, meaning that they are entirely focused on manufacturing hard disk drives. Captive manufacturers Hitachi, Samsung, Toshiba, and Fujitsu are more diversified companies with a hard drive division. Captive competitors may sell hard drives at break even profit or even at a loss when it can bundle drives with other more profitable components, such as computer memory, for example. This makes competition especially intense and sometimes irrational for independent manufacturers like Seagate.
Due to the similarities in market share and business focus, Seagate and Western Digital are chief rivals in the market. The two companies' offerings cover 97% and 90% of the market respectively. Both companies produce desktop, mobile, enterprise, and consumer electronics products, and sell mainly to OEMs. Thus, many of the same market forces such as seasonal changes in sales and commoditization of PCs affect the two companies in the same ways.
One particularly important rising competitor to hard drives are flash memory-based solid state devices (SSDs). Unlike hard drives, flash memory are solid state, so they contain no moving mechanical parts, use less power, are smaller and less likely to break. These advantages make flash memory very attractive for use in portable devices such as digital music players and cameras. Flash memory has not replaced hard drives because cost is higher, transfer speeds are slower, and there is a limit of approximately 100,000 read/write operations. However, each of these limitations are being gradually overcome with technological advances. Samsung and SanDisk have announced or released SSDs up to 64 GB that have already began to replace hard drives in ultraportable laptops. Although hard drives are still the dominant storage device, SSDs represents an impending threat to Seagate's business.
Seagate was the first to make perpendicular recording a commercial success. This technology allows for greater data capacities and faster access speeds. Seagate currently offers 3.5" drives in capacities up to 750 GB using perpendicular recording, the largest of its kind in the industry. The company is moving to transition all of its products to incorporate the technology.
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copyright, Art Streiber.
If you haven't seen Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, get yourself a Netflix account and block out tomorrow night for some old time movie watching (two bowls of popcorn should do the trick). The crop duster scene is riveting. And demonstrates that, in 1959, a master director like Hitchcock could create an action scene comparable to anything possible today. Without the need for those really expensive computer graphics.
On a side note, that's one sexy mutha of a suit, Cary.
But I digress. On to the lighting. Art Streiber was tapped in 2008 to help shoot Vanity Fair's 14th annual "Hollywood" issue, an homage to Hitchcock featuring recreations of 11 of his most iconic scenes. Art was assigned this shot (one of my favorites of his) and nailed each and every detail of the original. Right down to having Seth Rogen's replica suit recreated by the same tailor of the original (oh, and yes, that's also a real biplane, shot in-camera). Art used 2 lights and some early morning westerly sun to create this jealousy-inducing image.
DSLR, with 85mm f1.2 lens.(revised due to sync-speed comment below from Matt) Medium format, digital, with 150mm lens. Set on a tripod mounted to the back of a flatbed truck. Shot at 1/1000 1/800, f16, ISO 200.
Lighting: This shot's lighting challenge was to balance the fill flash on the front of Seth's body with the strong sunlight to camera left. Art uses two generators on the truck to power the two, 2400 watt packs. Two magnum reflectors at f11 (-1 stop) are staggered on one c-stand and set high, just to camera left. The sun is directly to camera left of Seth at f32 (+2 stops) and lends those gorgeous highlights.
Comments: Seth is not – by profession, hobby or genetics – a runner kind of guy. He's a hilarious actor and that's where he excels. To ensure Seth gave it his 110% and sprinted away from the plane on every take, Art hired a local dog trainer. She brought three, male Rottweilers, none of which were overly fond of runners, to set. Without any leashes.


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Touch your throat when you say the sound- when it is voiced, you should be able to feel a vibration.
I know that voiced sounds are followed by /z/, /d/ sounds, such as 'plays', 'played', while unvoiced sounds are followed by /s/, /t/ sounds, such as 'likes', 'liked'.
And I hear voiced sounds are sounds made in your throat and unvoiced sounds are ones made in your mouth.
However, I can't tell the difference between voiced and unvoiced.
How can you tell one from the other? Is there an easy way to tell the difference? I hope someone will help me.
Touch your throat when you say the sound- when it is voiced, you should be able to feel a vibration.
Thank you very much, tdol.
Now I can tell the difference!!!
Japanese language doesn't have unvoiced sounds, you know, although there are some exceptions such as sh or ssh which means 'Be quiet'.
We usually pronounce the word 'book' like 'booku' when we talk in Japanese.
So it has been very difficult for me to understand what unvoiced sounds mean.
Are there any other languages which are only consisted of voiced sounds?
I'm honestly not sure- I'll try to find out, though.
Japanese has voiceless/unvoiced sounds, but they are hard to pin down because Japanese is a syllabic language: Its segments are comprised of consonant-vowel pairs e.g, ka, ki, ku, ke, ko. All vowels are voiced in Japanese, so when the consonant and vowel are pronounced, the voiceless sound [k] seems voiced, but it's not. (It's called onset timing, by the way, or when the vocal folds get ready to produce the vowel just as the voiceless sound is being pronounced.)Originally Posted by Sstupid
Here's a list of Japanese voiceless sounds:
p, s, t, ts, sh, k, h
By the way, voiced sound are made by vibrating the vocal folds, whereas voiceless sounds are made by not vibrating the folds. If your first language is a syllabic language, here's a trick to help you pin point the voiceless sounds: Say the segment "ku" as slowly as possible; try to separate the consonant from the vowel. It's not easy; it takes practice.
Voiceless sounds in English are:
f, p, s, t, sh, k, h
Thank you very much, Casiopea.
Now I know about my native language a little better than before.
But I still have a question.
I completely agree with you when you say Japanese is a syllabic language:Its segments are comprised of consonant-vowel pairs. However, I disagree with you when you say p, s, t, ts, sh, k, h are Japanese voiceless sounds.
Voiceless sounds are voiceless and not voiced. It is true in any languages.
And yet I don't think Japanese language has pronunciation of voiceless sounds pronounced independantly except for sh. (I am not sure, though.)
Can we say Japanese has voiceless sounds in such a case?
In words like, say, shite (do), pronounced as shte, wherein the vowel is elided, or omitted is evidence of a process called palatalization. Both "sh" and "i" share the feature [high], or rather the same place of articulation, so the vowel's phonetic contribution is redundant. The same is true with a voiced initial consonant (e.g., zhite => zhte). Palatalization is a universal process. It's found in Russia, Portuguese, and many other languages, including Japanese.Originally Posted by Sstupid
As for "Voicing", all human language, be they syllabic or not, have voiceless sounds. A distinction is made between voiced and voicless sounds, and Japanese is not an exception. They are called contrastive sounds (e.g., p and b, t and d, s and z, and so on). With syllabic languages, since the segments are consonant-vowel pairs, it's often the case that speakers will pre-voice the consonantal part of the segment in anticipation of the vowel part of that segment (i.e., onset timing). That is, vibration begins mid-way through the pronunciation of the voiceless consonant, making it appear as if the consonant is itself voiced. But that's not the reality of it, physiologically speaking. "t" is voicless, and we know this because it is contrastive:
tai (party, company, band; sea bream)
dai (subject, theme, title; stand, rest)
If "t" were voiced, then "tai" and "dai" would be pronounced the same, and yet they are not, are they? "t" is voiceless and "d" is voiced. They are contrastive, and that's why we know they are different.
I am very much obliged to you for your kind explanation, Casiopea.
Now I understand that sometimes the vowel's phonetic contibution is redundant because of palatalization, and that vibration begins mid-way through the pronunciation of the voiceless consonant, and so forth.
I would like to say again, "Thank you very much for your help."
You're welcome.Originally Posted by Sstupid
(ganbatte => gambatte; /n/ is pronounced [m] before [b]. It's called regressive assimilation. Both [m] and [b] are produced with the lips.)


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The Only Other Job I Think I Would Want/
I am happy. I have a great mission in front of me. I can't think of anything else I would rather be doing. Well, except running Manohla's studio with her:
""If I were running a studio (ha!), I would take the money that I'd set aside for the next bad idea (like a remake of "Total Recall") and give a handful of directors, tested and less so — Todd Haynes, Barry Jenkins, Kelly Reichardt, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Aaron Katz, Benh Zeitlin, Damien Chazelle — $10 million apiece to make whatever they want, as long as the results come in with an R rating or below and don't run over two hours."
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Listing Status
- Federal Status: Threatened
- FL Status: Federally-designated Threatened
- FNAI Ranks: G3/S3 (Rare)
- IUCN Status: VU (Vulnerable)
The Florida scrub-jay is a blue and gray bird that reaches lengths of 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) with a wing span of 13.5 inches (34.3 centimeters) (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology 2011). A blue-colored necklace surrounds their neck, separating their whiter throat from their grayish breast. Florida scrub-jays also have a gray back and underparts, along with a blue head, tail, and wings (C. Faulhaber pers comm. 2011).
The diet of the Florida scrub-jay primarily consists of insects, frogs, toads, lizards, mice, bird eggs, and acorns.
Florida scrub-jays live in family groups that consist of a breeding pair and their offspring. Scrub-jays begin breeding around the age of two to three years of age, and will continue breeding throughout their lifetime. Scrub-jays are cooperative breeders, as the young will stay with their parents for one or more years to help raise other young and defend the territory (C. Faulhaber pers comm. 2011). Scrub-jays have a short breeding season as eggs and juveniles are typically found in nests from March through June. Nests are developed from twigs and palmetto fibers and are built three to ten feet (.9 – 3 meters) off of the ground in shrubby oaks. Scrub-jays typically use the same nest each year. Florida scrub-jays usually have one brood (the young hatched from a single clutch) per year. The average clutch size for the scrub-jay is two to five eggs per nesting (C. Faulhaber pers comm. 2011). Eggs are incubated for 18 days and the juveniles are able to depart the nest 18 days after hatching. Non breeding scrub-jays will stay with their families for a year or two before they separate and develop their own territory.
The Florida scrub-jay is the only species of bird that is unique to Florida. Scrub-jays inhabit sand pine and xeric oak scrub, and scrubby flatwoods, which occur in some of the highest and driest areas of Florida – ancient sandy ridges that run down the middle of the state, old sand dunes along the coasts, and sandy deposits along rivers in the interior of the state. Scrub-jays do best in areas that contain large quantities of oak shrubs that average 3.28-6.56 feet (one to two meters) (C. Faulhaber pers comm. 2011).
The primary threats to the Florida scrub-jay are habitat destruction, fragmentation, and degradation from development and agriculture. Much of the scrub-jay's habitat has been altered for agricultural lands and development (C. Faulhaber pers comm. 2011). Habitat fragmentation is steadily increasing, and in turn causes populations to become smaller and more isolated. Increasing fragmentation causes populations to spread further apart. As populations become further apart, fewer scrub-jays are able to travel between the patches of habitat as they typically do not travel long distances (C. Faulhaber pers comm. 2011). Small populations are at risk of disappearing because of this. Fire suppression degrades the scrub-jay's habitat, as the habitat becomes too dense and tall to support the species. The scrub-jay population has declined 90% in the past century due to these threats (Florida Natural Areas Inventory 2001). Vehicle strikes are particularly dangerous to the population as the rate at which breeders die exceeds the rate at which young scrub-jays are produced (Johnson et al. 2009).
Conservation and Management
The Florida scrub-jay is protected by the U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is also protected as a Threatened species by the Federal Endangered Species Act and as a Federally-designated Threatened species by Florida's Endangered and Threatened Species Rule. Prescribed burning is an essential element to conserving the Florida scrub-jay.
Florida Natural Areas Inventory. 2001. Field guide to the rare animals of Florida. https://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Aphelocoma_coerulescens.pdf
Johnson, S. A., Miller, K. E., & Blunden, T. (2009, June). The Florida Scrub-Jay: A Species in Peril. Retrieved May 11, 2011, from University of Florida IFAS Extension: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw306
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With partnership deadline looming, NH health reform committee meets
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � New Hampshire lawmakers who will play a key role in how the state implements President Barack Obama's health overhaul law are holding their first meeting of the new legislative session.
Republicans who opposed the overhaul passed a law in 2011 requiring the state insurance department to get the approval of a legislative oversight committee before implementing major changes under the law. They also passed a law banning the state from establishing an exchange to serve as a marketplace for consumers to find insurance, meaning New Hampshire's exchange will be run by the federal government.
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Dover Recreation Basketball programs
DOVER — Dover Recreation would like to announce that sign-ups are on-going at the McConnell Center (door # 3) for all of our basketball programs. Programs are offered for grades K – 12, as well as sign-ups for Men's Leagues. Early sign-ups help us plan and can help you save! Our youth programs offer a discount for early sign-ups! For more information on all of our programs, please call 603-516-6401 or log onto www.dover.nh.gov/rechome.htm.
Rochester Sports Hall of Fame nominations
ROCHESTER — The Rochester Elks Sports Hall of Fame Committee is currently seeking nominations for the 23rd Hall of Fame event to be held in May, 2013. Nominations are being accepted for athletes and contributors who are at least 21 years old. Forms are available on the website at www.rochestershof.com or at the Rochester Elks Lodge and may be submitted online or mailed to PO Box 385, Rochester, NH 03866. Nominations must be received before January 1, 2013 to be considered for the 2013 class.
Spartans basketball tryouts
PORTSMOUTH — The Spartans travel basketball tryouts will be held Nov. 2 at New Heights Gym, 100 Campus Ave., Portsmouth.
Tryouts on Nov. 2 for girls in grades 3 to 8, 6 to 7 p.m.; and tryouts for boys in grades 3 to 8, 7 to 8 p.m.
Roger N. Allen Baseball meeting
ROCHESTER — Roger N. Allen Baseball will hold its end-of-the-year meeting on Nov. 3, 11 a.m., in the Rochester Community Center's Conference Room 1.
Parents, coaches, league officials and the general public are invited.
Marshwood Memorial Cup Fall Classic
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — On Sunday, Nov. 4, the Marshwood Wrestling and Marshwood Hockey Boosters will be coming together to hold the first Memorial Cup Fall Classic golf tournament to be held at the Links at Outlook in South Berwick, Maine. The proceeds from this event will help offset some of the expenses for these two booster clubs for the upcoming season. The cost is only $95 per golfer, which includes green fees,cart,T-shirt and a meal after your round. This will be open to the first 128 golfers (32 foursomes)who sign up. This will be a scramble format with an 8:30 am. shotgun start. Dinner tickets and sponsorship opportunities are also available. For a players application or for more information on how you can participate in this event call Ralph Hyson, tournament director, at 1-207-252-3152 or e-mail at email@example.com.
Newmarket has coaching openings
NEWMARKET — Newmarket Jr. / Sr. High School has the following anticipated openings for the 2012-2013 coaching season: Junior high girls basketball, JV boys basketball, JV girls basketball, varsity indoor track & field, junior high baseball, varsity outdoor track & field. All interested applicants should send a letter of interest, resume, and three letters of recommendations to Kristin Krantz at the following address: Kristin Krantz, Athletic Director, 213 South Main St., Newmarket, NH 03857.
Fall basketball clinic
NORTHWOOD — There will be a Fall Basketball Clinic for boys in 5th-8th grade on Nov. 3 and 17 at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy. The clinic will run from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Smith Hall Gym on both days. There is a $25 registration fee that covers the cost of a T-shirt and both days of the clinic. The current varsity basketball team will be helping players further refine their basketball skills as well as learn new techniques to enhance their overall abilities. Please contact Andrew Langdon at firstname.lastname@example.com for the clinic brochure and registration form, or with any questions.
Men's 50-plus basketball league
DOVER — Registration for the Dover Men's 50-plus Basketball League's 2012-13 season will be held until Nov. 5. The registration fee is $135.
The program is designed for individuals who are 50 years old or older as of Feb. 28, 2013. Games are generally played at the McConnell Center Gym on Wednesday nights from Nov. 28 to March 27.
Registration forms can be picked up at the McConnell Center. Registration forms, along with payment, can be dropped off at the McConnell Center or mailed c/o Steve Towne, 124 Court Street, Dover, NH 03820.
For more information, please contact Steve Towne at 742-6815, or Ron Anderson at 767-9353.
Farmington Sports Hall of Fame on Nov. 10
FARMINGTON — The sixth Farmington 500 Boys & Girls Club Sports Hall of Fame will be held Nov. 10 at the Henry Wilson Memorial School gym.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased until Oct. 31 at Mills Market and Farmington High School.
The 2012 inductees include athletes Steve Mosher, Tim Mucher, Casey Howard and Marshall Gibbs, and contributors Reggie Charette, Jim Black, Dave Hagar, Dave Vachon and Cheryl Peabody.
The Thayer family will receive the Ellison Award and the 1952 youth baseball teams will be honored on the 60th anniversary of the first youth baseball season in Farmington.
Hoop It Up Girls Basketball Clinic
SOMERSWORTH — The Hoop It Up Middle School Girls Basketball Clinic will be held Nov. 17-18, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Somersworth Middle School.
The cost is $45 and the camp directors are Gordond Hilliard and Cecelia DeMarco.
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John Mayer was interviewed last night by New York Times so-called Pop Critic John Pareles, in a benefit at the Al Hirshfeld Theater in New York City.
You'd think the New York Times would have a writer capable of keeping up with the inchoate but interesting ramblings of a twenty-something Pop Star whose public persona is a lightweight, breathy kid wishing he could show those guys back in High School how he's turned out--when in fact he is an enormously talented guitarist, singer and songwriter who wants desperately to shed his current skin and take on a more sober, mature blues coloration to his music.
But no. Pareles sat there like a deer caught in headlights, mouth agape, barely able to mutter a "well, you know..." and make some trite observation, leaving Mayer to fill in the gap with his own bursting-at-the-seams-with-talent-and-conflict riffs on fame, his old stuff ("that's not where I am") and his new stuff, of which he performed one song that was worth the entire evening if merely to grasp how he approaches his craft.
The most obvious comparison here is Eric Clapton, who worshiped the blues and felt guilty enough of his success in the three-chord world of rock to dither away a decade or two on drugs as strong as heroin, before he matured into a strong, confident songwriter and guitarist who could easily swap one world for the other--and go back again, as it pleased him.
Did Pareles see the parallel? Nope--not until Mayer himself said "Well, Eric Clapton's the template" for what John Mayer has in mind about moving from pop stardom to a musical career. Towards the end of the evening Pareles entirely lost control of the event, letting one impatient audience member interrupt Mayer by shouting "Play something!" To which Mayer responded "What, am I a monkey?" before a smattering of encouraging handclaps and screams from the half-teeny bopper/half adult audience, and Pareles' ineffectual attempt to restore the dialogue, forced Mayer to pick up his guitar and deliver a stunning version of "Daughters."
Ironically, "Daughters" is the very type of John Mayer song Mayer wants to leave behind. But he sang it, knowing the audience expected it.
Our observer went to the evening with his 16 year old daughter expecting very little of John Mayer except to be disappointed by the dialogue between a mature adult music critic and a talented, spoiled, unbearable, famous-before-he's-ready kid. He came away disappointed with the adult--Pareles was completely overmatched--and impressed with the kid.
As he whispered to his daughter during one of Mayer's interludes with the guitar, "this guy has outrageous talent."
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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Running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my MSI CR 400x!! I am just a beginner for Linux OS.
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This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the MSI CR400 laptop.
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For full specifications see the MSI CR400 specifications page.
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Running Ubuntu 10.04 on MSI CR400:
To make the OS run you should use the nomedeset option when booting both from the Live CD and from the HD.
Almost all drivers are installed correctly, but the video driver is not. I solved the problem by downloading the graphic driver directly from the nvidia website.
The Fn keys for increasing or decreasing the luminosity doesn't work on this version of Ubuntu, unless you set the boot option acpi=off, but by using this method the computer doesn't turn off correctly.
The battery works for 2 hours and 30 minutes using Ubuntu.
You can enter a summary of how well the MSI CR400 works with Linux here.
Updated information
Recently did a fresh install of Linux Ubuntu 11.10 - excellent experience. The Unity (3D) interface works fine.
1. Bluetooth:
I am using a Nokia BH503 bluetooth stereo headset successfully since the last 2 weeks. The laptop is also recognized on other devices for networking and/or file storage. I could also connect LG-S365 phone and transfer data.
2. Card Reader: I used the steps given on below link to setup the driver:
But, the miniSD (through adapter jacket) could be read sometimes and sometimes input/output error was there. Also, it would autorun on fresh system start but once unmounted it would not be recognized on inserting again.
1. Upgrade:
Few days back I did a live upgrade of 9.10 to 10.04. But after the upgrade, my USB mobile broadband wouldn't get recognized. So, I backed up my data and then tried a fresh install of 10.10 (from a live-cd). The install froze a few times and finally got done. But now the system would freeze at boot time. I checked in recovery mode that it had to do something with the RT20nn (wireless networking) drivers. There was no suitable help on any forum for this. As a lot of time was already wasted, I decided to go back to 9.10 for the time being.
2. Webcam:
Even I was a bit flustered in the beginning with getting the webcam to work but found later that it's quite simple actually. Please note, this tip pertains to version 9.10 - I have not used 10.04, but I guess there shouldn't be much difference.
First of all, go to
System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager and install "cheese" webcam software.
(in case synaptic is Greek to you:
just type cheese in the quick search text box on top of the Synaptic Package Manager;
the first name that comes up in the package list is the one you need;
click on the check box beside it and select "mark for installation";
now click on Apply in the top panel)
The package is under 3 MB and should be installed within minutes.
Now, anytime you need to use the webcam -
Press Fn + F6 together;
Go to Applications > Sound & Video > Cheese Webcam Booth.
Also, if you want to use the webcam in Google Video Chat, you need to install the relevant plugins as suggested by Google - that is all pretty user-friendly.
My CR400 came preloaded with Windows 7 home basic. It seemed okay at first but within a week it started corrupting sectors on the hard disk i.e., it would crash and every time it would report some new area of disk was not readable. And, in the 3rd week it crashed totally and would not restart. No OEM recovery either - that partition too got damaged. I had ignored to BURN recovery CD and the situation was I was supposed to ship the laptop to the MSI country (India) support centre so they could re-instate it to the factory preset (no, they wouldn't ship me a recovery CD even against payment).
Now, I had lot of critical data on it that could not be risked being wiped out. I had an Ubuntu LiveCD and booting from it I managed to backup all my data to an external (Transcend) HDD. Then I thought, what the heck, if I was going to wipe the hard disk, I might as well install and test Ubuntu.
That was in April 2010. That chance install is still up (October 2010) and I am now extremely happy using Ubuntu 9.10 and I wonder why I was stuck in windows all these years! Anything I can do in windows I can do in Linux and then some more! Even my USB Mobile Broadband device is recognized and I get excellent speed.
I am able to use each and every component of the CR400 to the extreme with full satisfaction. With windows the 2 GB RAM did not seem sufficient but Linux is a breeze. I would go so far as to recommend to MSI that they should save their customers some money by shipping Linux Ubuntu instead of Windows!
I bought my msi laptop with Lucid Lynx ( ubuntu 10.04) and it seems to work quite well.
I am not able to see the webcam ¿could you guide me on that?
I looked through ubuntu forums and found nothing… I been using ubuntu since 8.10 but never on a laptop.
¿did you upgrade from 9.10?
thanx a lot :)


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When selecting coconuts, shake the husk and listen for the sound of the liquid within, since coconuts dry out after being picked. Coconuts with little liquid will have a firmer meat within. The coconut should feel somewhat heavy, free of soft spots and contain liquid that can easily detected. Check the bottom of the shell to make sure there is no mold or moisture forming around the eyes. When the coconut is opened, the meat should be bright white in color, firm in texture, and sweet tasting. The thin skin that holds the meat to the husk or shell should be dark brown and not contain patches of discoloring or white areas.
To begin to open the coconut, pierce one of the eyes or holes in the bottom to release the milk. Strain the liquid if it is to be consumed. The coconut can then be heated or frozen to assist with the cracking of the husk to remove the meat. By heating the coconut at 325º in an oven for 15 to 20 minutes, the meat softens releasing its bond to the shell. Remove the coconut from the oven, wrap it in a towel, and then use a hammer or mallet to tap the shell around the outside to assist with releasing the meat from the shell. The hammer or mallet can then be used to crack the shell and peel away any remaining meat. The method of freezing the coconut to remove the meat may be slightly simpler than oven baking. First, freeze the coconut for day or overnight and then when ready to remove the meat, defrost the coconut and crack it open after it has fully defrosted. The meat can then be peeled away from the cracked husk. Aften oven baking or freezing, the meat will still contain a dark skin on one side, which can be removed by using a vegetable peeler or knife.
Shelled coconuts that have not been opened can be stored refrigerated for 2 to 3 weeks. Meat that has been removed but not shredded can be refrigerated in an airtight container for 8 to 12 days before it begins to deteriorate. Shredded coconut can be kept refrigerated in airtight containers for approximately 4 days. Freezing coconut will allow it to be stored for approximately a year. For best results when freezing, cut the meat into chunks and for each cup of meat, sprinkle a tablespoon of sugar over the chunks, and store in airtight containers. A medium coconut will provide approximately 3 cups of shredded meat.
Coconut is available fresh, canned or shredded. It can be purchased in whole shells either as white shelled coconuts or dark brown shelled coconuts. White coconuts are picked when they are young prior to turning dark brown, with an outer husk that still has a significant amount of hair. Shelled young coconut meat is available as whole fresh pieces wrapped in plastic or packaged in sealed containers. Shredded coconut is available packaged in bags or cans. The milk of the coconut is most often available canned, but fresh milk may also be available.


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Easy Pepper Steak
This Easy Pepper Steak recipe can be ready to go in 30 minutes, and is full of the great Chinese pepper steak flavors we all love!
Ok, friends. Instead of raving about how much I love pepper steak today, wanna learn a little behind-the-scenes secret about food blogging?
Most of the "dinner" recipes I make for the blog actually are not cooked anywhere near dinnertime.
I know. (Insert sad-faced emoji.)
Instead, just about every recipe I make for the blog is cooked around 10am. (Insert sunshine emoji! How do I type anymore without emoji's?!?)
It's true. When I began food blogging, and learning more about photography, I learned that natural light is
king queen when it comes to getting good photos. And in my place, it just so happens that the best light seems to happen between 10am-2pm. Gah.
So cocktails? 10am. Decadent chocolate desserts? 10am. Easy Pepper Steak? You guessed it.
I call it the early-early-early food-blogging-bird special. :)
Still, that doesn't mean that I don't snack along the way. And then count down the hours until I can reheat all of these delicious food at a, you know, normal time of the day — as I did yesterday with this pepper steak. After a crazy day of meetings and errands and cooking, I was so excited to come home to this delicious comfort food for dinner. We used to make pepper steak all the time growing up, and it is still a classic that can't be beat in my book.
And it can be made in 30 minutes, give or take time for marinading the beef. Score.
Often times I load it up with many more veggies, but I decided to go "classic" with just peppers and scallions for this recipe. Although for a fun twist, I used those cute little sweet mini peppers (my favorite!), and served it over quinoa instead of rice.
However you make it, and whatever time of the day, I guarantee it's a good one.
Easy Pepper Steak
This easy pepper steak stir-fry is full of great flavor!
Marinade Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. corn starch
- 1/8 tsp. coarsely-ground black pepper (or more/less to taste)
Pepper Steak Ingredients:
- 1 lb. thinly sliced flank steak or sirloin, cut diagonally across the grain into thin strips
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 12 mini sweet peppers, thinly sliced (or 2 regular-sized bell peppers, thinly sliced)
- 2 scallions, sliced diagonally into 1 inch pieces, white and green pieces separated
- 2 Tbsp. minced fresh ginger
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
To Make The Marinade:
Add all marinade ingredients to a large bowl or ziplock bag, and stir to combine. Add the sliced steak, and toss in the marinade. Cover/seal and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
To Make The Pepper Steak:
Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the sweet peppers and white part of the scallions, ginger, garlic, and saute for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer to a plate.
Add the remaining 1 Tbsp. oil to the saute pan. Remove half the steak from the marinade with a slotted spoon (reserving the marinade) and saute about 2-3 minutes until browned, stirring occasionally. Transfer steak to plate with the veggies. Saute the remaining steak, then transfer to plate.
Add the reserved marinade to the skillet and cook for 1 minute or until thickened. Add the steak, veggies and green parts of the scallions to the skillet, and stir to combine. Cook for an additional minute, then remove from heat.
Serve immediately over rice or quinoa.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
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This is so good! I didn't have scallions in the fridge, but I had a couple of leftover shallots, so I used those. Fantastic! And easy prep for my night shift. Just as good warmed up for a midnight dinner as right off the stove. Thanks!
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Do you think this could be made ahead of time and then frozen?
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I made this for dinner tonight. My husband and I loved it. This recipe will definitely go into rotation. Thank you!
Made this my family love it! Want to make it for a friend but she can't eat red meat. Can this be made with chicken? Looking to make next week for her visit.
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Do not freeze scallions, they develop an off taste and texture.
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Hi. Can regular onions be used or will it alter taste? Thanks.
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This was so yummy. We made it tonight and everyone just loved it. Thank you for the recipe.
Tonight was the second time, the first time I went easy on the ginger and peppers and it was good, but not fabulous, tonight I made it exactly as written, and the flavors were really balanced and so delicious! Thank you!
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