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In Parts One and Two, we found we found the wife of Leaming Hawkins Bradley and mother of Sherman Abernethy Bradley to be Mary Simmons of the Town of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. We estimated her birth year as 1811 or 1812 and then found that her father very likely was Job Simmons who lived in the Town of Litchfield.
Who Job's Wife and Mary's Mother?
If Job was Mary's father, who was her mother? Unlike most of the Simmons families who moved west from northwest Connecticut into New York in the early 1800s, Job remained in the Town of Litchfield until his death in 1855. Thus, he was enumerated in the 1850 Census as Job Simmons, age 71, a farmer, with his wife Arsena Simmons, 67, both born in Connecticut. They lived in or near the village of Milton in the Town of Litchfield, west of the village of Litchfield and north of the village of Bantam or Bradleyville. [See map for all three villages.]
In 1834, Job Simmons had purchased a 1/8th share of the Simmons Forge located near Milton. Two previous Simmons individuals owning the iron works there were John and Solomon, mentioned in Part Two. Others who owned part of the Simmons Forge at one time or another were Eri Grannis, Guerdon Grannis and Thomas Grannis as well as Chauncey Dennison.
Arsena Simmons was recorded with other variations for her first name. She and Job are buried at the Headquarters Cemetery just south of Milton. There they are recorded on gravestones as Job Simmons, died 20 June 1855, age 76, and Arseneth, consort of Job Simmons, died Feb. 23, 1869, age 86. A consort is a wife.
They can be found in the book Litchfield and Morris Inscriptions and also on FindaGrave with a memorial for Job Simmons and another memorial for Arseneth Simmons. When Fanny B. Simmons died on 25 June 1818 at age 4 years 4 months, her parents were shown as Job and Arcena Simmons. Fanny too is buried in the Headquarters Cemetery. [Note: some sources say she was 7 years 4 months old at death.]
With is no indication that Job Simmons married more than once, it is likely that Arsena or Arseneth is the mother of Mary Simmons while Fanny B. Simmons is her sister. The book History of the Simmons family: from Moses Simmons, 1st, (Moyses Symonson) ship "Fortune" 1621 to and including the eleventh generation lists just one child, the daughter Fanny B. Simmons, likely because she is buried with her parents and official birth records were missing. Some family trees also list a daughter named Caroline, born in 1804.
Key Piece of Evidence
While I believed my theory about the parents of Mary Simmons was a sound one, I really wanted another source for confirmation. That came in the form of a mortuary notice at the time of her death.
On 14 Sep 1854, the Litchfield Republican newspaper carried this very brief notice: "In Chicago, Ill., July 18th, Mary, wife of Leaming H. Bradley, and daughter of Job Simmons of Milton." Here, in less than 20 words, was confirmation that the Mary Simmons who married Leaming H. Bradley was indeed the daughter of Job Simmons who lived in Milton, Town of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Arsena or Arsenth Simmons must have been her mother.
With these multiple sources, I had confimed the parents of one of my third-great-grandmothers on my father's side. The next challenge would be to try to find more about Mary's Simmons ancestors. We'll take that up in Part Four.
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Miles Dewey Davis may have been many things, but he was certainly a forward-thinking artist with an eye out for what was happening at any given time in the musical landscape, and an urge to not repeat himself in his journey toward a newer, "hipper "style, like it or not. Some, myself included, would argue this point vigorously towards various stages of his career output, especially later. This week, the formidable Impex Record company releases one of Miles' most contemporary and timeless albums of music and cultural relevance: 1965's "ESP".
Miles Davis Quintet
So… Miles Davis in 1965? 'Trane releases "A Love Supreme", "Rubber Soul" comes out, Horowitz plays Carnagie Hall, Otis Redding , The Byrds and Bob Dylan release classic, timeless music, and new Miles Davis Quintet members Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock had just presented "Speak No Evil" and "Maiden Voyage" to the universe. Miles' previous band had already left, but he had the next great quintet already assembled, Wayne being the final glorious recruit. "E.S.P." would be their first studio recording together, and what a record it turns out to be, produced by Columbia Records' A&R man Irving Townsend, he of "Kind Of Blue", Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, etc. fame. The cover features a bewildered Miles and an adorable Frances Davis, with Miles sporting quite the flummoxed facial expression. "Man, does she have 'E.S.P.'?"

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I'm recreating Minesweeper because why not? Anyway, I've run into a problem with how I have it coded when I wish to update my mine counter (the box traditionally on top of the screen).
Anyway, I have a JPanel that contains most of the components on the screen (all but the menu bar). I have a separate JPanel that holds the board which contains the game play, etc.
I am at a loss on how to update the mine count (the user-altered and visible mine counter). An action listener seemed to be the obvious choice for me, but there is no action listener for a JPanel.
I have tried a mouse listener, but in order for that to work, I have to depress a mine first and click on the empty places for the count to be updated. Furthermore, when I right click on a square, the mine count should lower by one and raise by one when I click it again, which a mouse listener does not work for me, to the best of my knowledge.
I am unsure on how to listen for a type of event that would suit my needs. Any help would be appreciated.
Edit: Maybe, could I make it so my JPanel that holds the board "throws" or fires an action and then I could listen for that?


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For a couple months, I've been playing the alpha of 7 Days To Die, and while the game is very much not finished, it is more fun than some gold master games I've played. What is it? I'll probably do a write-up on it later but the quick and dirty is if you took The Walking Dead and made a Minecraft-esque survival game, you'd get 7DTD. More on that later.
One of the things I've been playing around with is worldbuilding. It has a random world generator that I used to create a game using the seed 'World War Z'. That said, I've done a bit of customization. For example, the default world is 10,000 radius, mine is 1,000. The reason being, for something that only has generally less than 50 players on at a time, you don't need something that big.
I've also added a handful of prefabs, most made by the community but a few by myself. For example, it includes:
- The Walking Dead prison (by Laz Man)
- Sewer & Subway system (by Slaan)
- Mayan Pyramid (by Curbolt)
- Stonehenge (by magoli)
- Abandoned freight train (by Horst)
- Baseball field (by Curmudgeon)
- Pawn shop (by magoli)
Anywho, I figure I'll redo it when Alpha 15 comes out (but after its stable), but, in the meanwhile, if you want to jump on, you can do so via the Zompocalypse Now page on Envul. I've been hit or miss with that working so you can also find it by going in-game and look for "Zompacalypse Now" in the modded servers (the lightbulb) — don't forget to favorite it to make it easy to find. Or by simply using IP address '184.108.40.206' and Port '11615' at the bottom of that page.
Update: Online Map can be found here: https://cbsm.envul.com/view-7-days-to-die-map-8555/
Update (Sep 19, 2016): The Alpha 15 Experimental patch is currently out! When it goes to a full release for Alpha 15, I'll be updating the server for that. I'll probably include not just a bigger world (thinking either 1500 or 2000 vs 1000 it is now) but also a new world seed so it'll be laid out different (and hopefully not an underwater city this time, heh). No real ETA on that since it depends on the a15e testing but, outside of a few big bugs, it looks like its going really well!


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Get organized for scrapbooking with these free printable photo labels!
When you print your favorite photos, set a goal to quickly go through the pile and document one or two things on the back of each photo to remember later so journaling is a cinch. Write directly on the photo with an acid-free pen or print out these labels, quickly fill them in, and adhere them to the backs of your corresponding photos.
Print this 81/2" x 11" sheet of 10 photo labels on paper or on 2" x 4" Avery 5263 labels and attach them to the back of your photos.
For more ideas to keep scrapbooking simple, see the 2012 Simple Scrapbooks special issue from Creating Keepsakes magazine.
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After tasting all of those pure strawberry jams and preserves, we turned our attention to the mixed-fruit varieties.
Given the popularity of strawberry jam, it isn't surprising that so many companies produce it. What is surprising is the number of manufacturers offering a strawberry-rhubarb jam or preserve. A few companies even make this variety without manufacturing a plain strawberry! Strawberry and rhubarb is the most popular combination, by an order of magnitude, among manufacturers who combine strawberries with another fruit or flavor.
A few combinations involving strawberries and cranberries were evaluated, but to this reviewer's taste buds, the cranberry taste invariably overwhelmed the preserve. Strawberries have a relatively delicate flavor, and their taste can be easily "masked" by that of another food item meant to enhance a jam. Combinations of strawberries and liqueurs, hot peppers, herbs, fruits other than cranberries or rhubarb, and even balsamic vinegar were all tested.
Rhubarb, resembling pink celery, is often mistaken for a fruit; but it is a vegetable that is closely related to garden sorrel. It originated in Asia more than 2,000 years ago and was initially cultivated for medicinal purposes. It was not until the 18th century that it was grown for culinary purposes in the U.S. and the U.K. Nutritious and low in calories (a ½ cup has just 15 calories), it is rich in vitamin C and dietary fiber, and also has some calcium. Photo courtesy of Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
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Sunshine, Fem, Eve and I just finished a last minute trip to Baybay in Leyte, Philippines to see Lola - Fem's mum, and all the family. We had to take a bank loan to get there, but it was a great trip thanks to the wonderful hospitality of Mary and Titing, helped tirelessly by Celia and Tintin, and made fun and easier by all the family.
Lola was very old, and restricted to a bed, unable to move, mostly sleeping. It was very sad for Fem and Sunshine to see their Lola this way, knowing that death was not far away, but at least they were able to be with her, if only for a few days. While we were there she had managed to open her eyes and smile at them. Lola died the night we arrived back in Australia, leaving her 7 daughters and 1 son.
Eve the monster
At 14 months, Eve seems to be entering a hyperactive and unsettled phase, coupled with clinginess to her mum. Sunshine endured a total 30 hours of Eve's restlessness going to Baybay, starting from Canberra and a 4 hour drive to Sydney, then a 9 hour flight from Sydney to Hong Kong. Connecting to a 2.5 hour flight to Cebu City where we were met and helped by Santos, Mary, and Fely (Sunshine's uncle and aunties). We all taxi'd to Cebu port where we boarded a ship for the 5 hour night cruise to Ormoc, then a 1 hour bus to Baybay, and finally a putput (cycle rickshaw) to Mary and Titing's house - arriving at 4am local time (6am our time).
We slept the first day away - except for Eve, who went wild playing with all the other kids. It was great to not have to worry for her any longer, and just trust all the family to pass her around. Apart from the journeying, Eve was great to have around, and the family really helped make it much easier.
Mary and Titing's house
Baybay is a charming little town in Leyte Province, with its own port, market, shops, schools and a nearby university. Flanked by mountains to the East, and relatively far from Cebu City, tourism does not appear to be adversely affecting Baybay.
In the Baybay central area buildings appear to be influenced by old Chinese terrace house designs with ground story shop fronts and second story living. Larger 2 story concrete, brick and timber warehouses exist on larger properties. Outside the central areas, formed and reinforced concrete (prepared onsite) post and beam, infilled by brick, is the preferred building material and method. A large number of interesting and intricate timber, bamboo and thatch buildings still exist, but appear to have slowed in use. Termites trouble unprotected timber where it is used at ground level.
Low pressure water is piped to permitted buildings, but is not potable before boiling. Water heating is not common and though it is not used, simple solar heating could save time and fuel for boiling and washing. Low voltage electricity is also wired, but again, simple photovoltaic could be used to supplement the generally low power usage. Gas is bottled and delivered for those who can afford it, otherwise solid fuel such as wood is used for fuel. Rocket stoves would greatly improve fuel efficiency, reduce emissions and improve health for those using solid fuels. I didn't see any use of biogas, and while I heard that pig farming was too costly, I saw no evidence of methane gas generation from pig farms. Sewage is piped, and grey water is allowed to drain into normal water ways. Again, composting toilets and grey water treatment could help I think. Land line telephones and internet is available, but it seems most prefer to go without. Mobile telephone use is common.
On Wednesday afternoon, Uncle Boy picked us up in his 4WD Suzuki mini ute (now on my Christmas wishlist) for a beautiful drive up the Makinhas River Valley, to Fem's home town, Villa (pronounced Vilya). We ate the most delicious feast at Manang Soring and Manoy Badoy's house, again with all the family, and then we walked up to see the progress on Boy and Naty's house (one of Fem's 7 sisters).
Boy (64yo) then challenged me to a mountain walk, and we were both outdone by the Leyson sisters, who led us to survey their 6 acres of coconut farm in a steep mountain re entrant just over Villa.
Hot, sweaty and itchy, we climbed down to Domingo's house (son of Uncle Santos, Fem's only brother) who generously refreshed us with coconut wine, cola and bread. Domingo keeps a spectacular pet bird, native to the Philippines, called a Kalaw.
Japanese were repelled from Leyte, people living in provincial towns such as Villa squatted and farmed coconut, banana, yams and bamboo. At some stage after the war, the Philippines government issued titles for the land to the squatters, charging an annual tax from then on. Today that tax is about 2000 Philippine Peso (PhP) per year for 5 acres of land (Au$47).
Today, land central to Baybay township is of highest value and seems to sell at around PhP1000 per square metre with 1000m2 being a large section. A designed and quality building seems to cost about 20 000PhP per square metre.
Politically, Leyte seems stable and content, with provincial towns governed and administered by committees called Barangays. I did hear of one remote southern provincial mountain town called Monterico, that defends an autonomy from central governance however. Police and security were visible in Baybay, but low key. Their primary role seemed to be in the town central, defending businesses, and the port.
Socio economics
On Wednesday, Sunshine and I had some basic dental work done by a lady easily as skilled and resourced as any Australian dentist I've visited, but affordable, gentle and pleasant! Sunshine had a back tooth seen to, that had chipped away during her pregnancy. I had a clean, and general check up with surprisingly nothing found that I need to worry about. My Australian dentist injected fear and lifelong worry about a toothless old age plagued with deformity, so mine was a PhP1500 well spent!
We caught the fast cat back to Cebu on Thursday, as there were no boats on Good Friday. On Friday we saw a small passion play of Christ's trial and parade, and decided to take a taxi tour south to the St Catherine Church of Alexandra in Carcar City, where devotional crucifixions take place every Easter. Unfortunately this year, they couldn't secure a sponsor for the event! No matter, the tour out to the church and back was worth a look.
Final thoughts
Also, the opportunities that our two country's dollar value disparity presents. It is common for the wealthy classes in many countries in Asia, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, or Taiwan for examples, to hire Filipinos into care roles. I wouldn't hesitate hiring someone like Celia to assist with our family's care needs and preferences, if it were permissible in Australia, as the cost of doing so would be massively less than hiring locally, including flights!
But I also get to wondering why more Australians don't consider retirement in places like Baybay - where Australian Dollars can go so much further, and the quality and extent of services being so much more...
An inspiring visit, staying with an extremely welcoming and hospitable family, gave us such a valuable incite into the life and culture of people living in and around Baybay, and pause to reflect on our own conditions for living in Australia. For one, our family units are relatively broken down compared to what I saw in the Leysons. We don't have the level of interdependence in our families that people in the Philippines seem to have, and I think we are poorer for it. Also, the opportunities that transnational income disparity presents people from both regions. There's more to this than meets the eye of course, and I'm looking at things through the eyes of Illich as usual, where he would say of Australia and all industrialised societies, and as a warning to regions undergoing post colonial industrialisation:
[e]lite professional groups . . . have come to exert a 'radical monopoly' on such basic human activities as health, agriculture, home-building, and learning, leading to a 'war on subsistence' that robs peasant societies of their vital skills and know-how. The result of much economic development is very often not human flourishing but 'modernized poverty,' dependency, and an out-of-control system in which the humans become worn-down mechanical parts.The rest of our photos are here, and videos here.
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A trip to nationals is on the line for Konstadt, Stokes and the Crimson (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
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The Harvard sailing team will compete Saturday and Sunday at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Western Semi Finals at Sail Sand Point in Seattle, Wash., looking to book a trip to the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship June 1-3 at Wisconsin.
Fans can follow Harvard in action with live results and updates via the @ICSAWESTSEMIS page on Twitter and the regatta's official site. Additional coverage, including race videos, will be available on Sailgroove.
The Crimson is one of 18 teams from across the country competing in Seattle and can land in the national regatta with a top-nine team finish. Harvard is joined by New England neighbors Yale, Roger Williams and Salve Regina.
St. Mary's, SUNY Maritime, Hobart/William Smith and Old Dominion will represent the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association, while Eckerd and Miami qualified from the South Athletic region. Host Washington, Stanford and UC Irvine are sailing from the Northwestern and Pacific Coast conferences. Tulane, Texas, Minnesota, Saint Thomas and Notre Dame are representing the Southeastern and Midwest regions.
Harvard's competing squad will consist of skippers Alan Palmer, John Stokes and Tedd Himler and crews Meghan Wareham, Michelle Konstadt and Quincy Bock. The Crimson is coming off a sixth-place finish at the New England Dinghy Championship, where Palmer and Wareham placed fifth in the A division while Stokes and Bock took seventh in the B division.
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During our visit to India last year, we had been to Kumarakom house boat which was an amazing experience. We had great relishing meal prepared by the on-board crews and rasam was one of them. Rasam is a South Indian watery soup and varies slightly from region to region. There are several types of them like tomato rasam, lentil rasam and pepper rasam to name a few. Some uses dal/lentil to thicken the soup, but I haven't used it mainly because I wanted to keep it simple, watery, and I was too lazy to cook dal and mash it. I have used the spices as mentioned in the little book that own, but you really can get instant rasam powders from supermarkets these days. I dont think you really need to get all those readymade stuffs. It is not that tricky to make it home and i found it quite easy and instant.
The other day I was preparing lunch and all of a sudden I got this craving for rasam that I had from the houseboat. Thanks to the social Networks, I got hold of my dear friends Nisha Rosh and Dhanya KP instantly, who approximately gave me their recipe. My tomato rasam is a result of their recipe and valuable tips combined with another recipe from my favourite book Lalitha Pachakam by Nikhila Govind. I normally mix and match few recipes to make something. I am not sure if I am doing the right thing but I have always been like that. Thanks you guys for the recipe and tips; it was simple, fuss free, delicious, and just the way I wanted it to be. A thin tomato soup with tantalising aroma and flavour with a note of heat from the crushed pepper was the result. Just perfect for a cold afternoon.
Tomato Rasam (Spicy South Indian Tomato Soup)
serves 4-6
4 medium/350g/2 cups finely chopped tomatoes
4 cups boiling water
1 tbsp tamarind
¼ cup hot water
salt as necessary
A handful of coriander leaves with stem on
To temper:
2-3 tbsp coconut oil
½ tsp black mustard seeds
6 shallots
5 fat cloves of garlic
2 twig curry leaves
¼ - 1/2 tsp asafoetida
¼ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp pepper corns
4 dried red chillies
1. Boil tomatoes in water for about 10 minutes until it is soft and cooked. Pass it through a sieve and squeeze all possible pulp out. Reserve the strained liquid and discard the seeds and skin in the sieve.
2. Mix tamarind in hot water and squeeze to loosen its tough pulp. Pass it through a sieve again and pour it into the strained tomato juice.
3. Pour the tomato and tamarind mixture into the tempered oil or viceversa. Add in coriander leaves with stalks, salt and cook until it starts to boil.
4. Just before serving discard the corinader leaves and have it before your regular meal or pour it into plain rice along with dal and sambhar.
To temper:
1.Using a pestle and mortar gently crush the garlic and shallots just to break them up. Keep it a side.
2. In a dry pan roast cumin and pepper for about 30 secods or until they leave aroma. Pound them to fine powder.
3. Heat a pan and add oil. Add in mustard and cumin and let them crackle. Once they start crackling, add red chillies broken into two, curry leaves, onion and garlic. Once they go soft and trasnparent, add in roasted and ground cumin and pepper, asafoetida, turmeric and stir for few seconds.
Even though it mentioned gently crushed garlic and onion, I finely chopped garlic and shallots in the recipe and I dint like the feel of chopped onions. I would be using gently crushed garlic and shallots next time.


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A new article by Jeff Conrad has been posted
Intoduction to DOF.
Please feel free to leave any contructive comments in this thread.
A new article by Jeff Conrad has been posted
Intoduction to DOF.
Please feel free to leave any contructive comments in this thread.
This is an excellent paper for those who enjoy to understand where DOF theory exactly comes from, and who are not satisfied with copies of copies of old things carried from one old book to another old out-of-print book and eventually from one un-verified website to another ;-).
DOF being probably THE FAQ#1 in MF/LF photography, Tuan's LF web site does provide a Public Service by publishing this ;-)
This is a great paper. Though most of it I was already familiar with, it's nice to se it all presented well, and it's something I can send a link to for people struggling with it.
I still stick to telling people the same two basic ideas: All else being equal, bigger lenses will let you have less depth of field. And all else being equal, the more light your photo is made out of, the nicer it will tend to look.
Jeff, this is a really well written article with everything that is needed. Thanks a lot.
This is an excellent introduction to the basic principles of DOF. It handles several important points that are often glossed over.
Of course one could always ask for more, but that would lead to a book length treatise. This essay provides virtually everything that even the most technically minded large format photographer needs to know about basic DOF.
Now Jeff should address his considerable talents to describing DOF when the film plane and lens plane are not parallel. The basic ideas are quite simple, and several attempts have been made to explain them, including mine, but I don't know if anyone has succeeded at the level of clarity in Jeff's essay.
Thanks to Emmanuel and Struan Gray for reviewing the section on an
asymmetrical lens.
I would urge anyone interested in DoF to look at Paul van Walree's
excellent treatment of the subject at http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/dof.html. We reach much the same
conclusions, but Paul includes several excellent images illustrating what I
cover only mathematically.
I hadn't looked at the cross-format relationships before - just relied on my empirically determined instinct. Clear, concise, and readable. All the makings of a classic!
Very similar to treatments I have read in older out of print books eg. "Photographic Priciples" (DOVER). A more complete treatment of choices for the circle of confusion diameter than most.
I prefer to express everything in terms of the magnification from the out set, even Eqs 4 and 5, which then read
Un = U/(1 + ( c/d*M) ) and Uf = U/( 1 - (c/d*M) )
where d is the aperture diameter and M the magnification. From these one can see more clearly the independent contributions. Plus these are so easy to remember!
The formula for M = (f/u)/ ( 1 - f/u ) completes the picture.
I will defer to others on the accuracy of the information but I don't see this as an introduction to the subject. I want to know how to use depth of field in the field, not on paper. I want to know how to use dof in typical situations. I don't find articles like this helpful at all.
Don, buy a copy of Al Blaker's little book Applied Depth of Field. Long out of print, try Amazon.com or abebooks.com or addall.com


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Two years after a Stanford professor drew 160,000 students from around the globe to a free online course on artificial intelligence, starting what was widely viewed as a revolution in higher education, early results for such large-scale courses are disappointing, forcing a rethinking of how college instruction can best use the Internet.
A study of a million users of massive open online courses, known as MOOCs, released this month by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education found that, on average, only about half of those who registered for a course ever viewed a lecture, and only about 4 percent completed the courses.
Much of the hope — and hype — surrounding MOOCs has focused on the promise of courses for students in poor countries with little access to higher education. But a separate survey from the University of Pennsylvania released last month found that about 80 percent of those taking the university's MOOCs had already earned a degree of some kind.
And perhaps the most publicized MOOC experiment, at San Jose State University, has turned into a flop. It was a partnership announced with great fanfare at a January news conference featuring Gov. Jerry Brown of California, a strong backer of online education. San Jose State and Udacity, a Silicon Valley company co-founded by a Stanford artificial-intelligence professor, Sebastian Thrun, would work together to offer three low-cost online introductory courses for college credit.
Mr. Thrun, who had been unhappy with the low completion rates in free MOOCs, hoped to increase them by hiring online mentors to help students stick with the classes. And the university, in the heart of Silicon Valley, hoped to show its leadership in online learning, and to reach more students.
But the pilot classes, of about 100 people each, failed. Despite access to the Udacity mentors, the online students last spring — including many from a charter high school in Oakland — did worse than those who took the classes on campus. In the algebra class, fewer than a quarter of the students — and only 12 percent of the high school students — earned a passing grade.
The program was suspended in July, and it is unclear when, if or how the program will resume. Neither the provost nor the president of San Jose State returned calls, and spokesmen said the university had no comment.
Whatever happens at San Jose, even the loudest critics of MOOCs do not expect them to fade away. More likely, they will morph into many different shapes: Already, San Jose State is getting good results using videos from edX, a nonprofit MOOC venture, to supplement some classroom sessions, and edX is producing videos to use in some high school Advanced Placement classes. And Coursera, the largest MOOC company, is experimenting with using its courses, along with a facilitator, in small discussion classes at some United States consulates.
Some MOOC pioneers are working with a different model, so-called connectivist MOOCs, which are more about the connections and communication among students than about the content delivered by a professor.
"It's like, 'The MOOC is dead, long live the MOOC,' " said Jonathan Rees, a Colorado State University-Pueblo professor who has expressed fears that the online courses would displace professors and be an excuse for cuts in funding. "At the beginning everybody talked about MOOCs being entirely online, but now we're seeing lots of things that fall in the middle, and even I see the appeal of that."
The intense publicity about MOOCs has nudged almost every university toward developing an Internet strategy.
Given that the wave of publicity about MOOCs began with Mr. Thrun's artificial-intelligence course, it is fitting that he has become emblematic of a reset in the thinking about MOOCs, after a profile in Fast Company magazine that described him as moving away from college classes in favor of vocational training in partnerships with corporations that would pay a fee.
Many educators saw the move as an admission of defeat for the idea that online courses would democratize higher education — and confirmation that, at its core, Udacity, a company funded with venture capital, was more interested in profits than in helping to educate underserved students.
"Sebastian Thrun put himself out there as a little bit of a lightning rod," said George Siemens, a MOOC pioneer who got funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for research on MOOCs, and last week convened the researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington to discuss their early results. "Whether he intended it or not, that article marks a substantial turning point in the conversation around MOOCs."
The profile quoted Mr. Thrun as saying the Udacity MOOCs were "a lousy product" and "not a good fit" for disadvantaged students, unleashing a torrent of commentary in the higher-education blogosphere.
Mr. Thrun took issue with the article, and said he had never concluded that MOOCs could not work for any particular group of students.
"I care about education for everyone, not just the elite," he said in an interview. "We want to bring high-quality education to everyone, and set up everyone for success. My commitment is unchanged."
While he said he was "super-excited" about working with corporations to improve job skills, Mr. Thrun said he was working with San Jose State to revamp the software so that future students could have more time to work through the courses.
"To all those people who declared our experiment a failure, you have to understand how innovation works," he wrote on his blog. "Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation. We are seeing significant improvement in learning outcomes and student engagement. "
Some draw an analogy to mobile phones, which took several generations to progress from clunky and unreliable to indispensable.
Mr. Thrun stressed that results from the second round of the San Jose experiment over the summer were much improved, with the online algebra and statistics students doing better than their on-campus counterparts. Comparisons are murky, though, since the summer classes were open to all, and half the students already had degrees.
Some San Jose professors said they found the MOOC material useful and were disappointed that the pilot was halted.
"We had great results in the summer, so I'm surprised that it's not going forward," said Julie Sliva, who taught the college algebra course. "I'm still using the Udacity videos to support another course, because they're very helpful."
Mr. Siemens said what was happening was part of a natural process. "We're moving from the hype to the implementation," he said. "It's exciting to see universities saying, 'Fine, you woke us up,' and beginning to grapple with how the Internet can change the university, how it doesn't have to be all about teaching 25 people in a room.
"Now that we have the technology to teach 100,000 students online," he said, "the next challenge will be scaling creativity, and finding a way that even in a class of 100,000, adaptive learning can give each student a personal experience."


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Before There Were Lights: A History of Electricity in the U.S.
For thousands of years, people all over the world have been fascinated by lightning. Some people must have wondered how to put that kind of power to practical use. But it wasn't until the 18th century that the path to the everyday use of electrical power began to take shape.
|Ben Franklin proved that lightning was a form of electricity.
Maybe you have heard about the famous kite experiment by American Founding Father and inventor Benjamin Franklin. In 1752, to prove that lightning was electrical, he flew a kite during a thunderstorm.
He tied a metal key onto the string and, as he suspected it would, electricity from the storm clouds flowed down the string, which was wet, and he received an electrical shock. Franklin was extremely lucky not to have been seriously hurt during this experiment, but he was excited to have proved his idea.
Throughout the next hundred years, many inventors and scientists tried to find a way to use electrical power to make light. In 1879, the American inventor Thomas Edison was finally able to produce a reliable, long-lasting electric light bulb in his laboratory.
By the end of the 1880s, small electrical stations based on Edison's designs were in a number of U.S. cities. But each station was able to power only a few city blocks.
Although the majority of people living in larger towns and cities had electricity by 1930, only 10 percent of Americans who lived on farms and in rural areas had electric power. At this time, electric companies were all privately owned and run to make money. These companies argued that it would be too expensive to string miles of electric lines to farms. They also thought farmers were too poor to pay for electric service.
|Workmen string lines to bring TVA electricity to Valley farmers. (Photo courtesy of the New Deal Network)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt believed strongly that America's farming areas should have the same access to electricity as cities did. In 1935 the Rural Electric Administration was created to bring electricity to rural areas like the Tennessee Valley.
By 1939 the percentage of rural homes with electricity had risen to 25 percent. The Tennessee Valley Authority also set up the Electric Home and Farm Authority to help farmers buy electric appliances like stoves and washing machines. Farm families of that time found that these helpful electric appliances made their lives much easier.
Today, Americans' standard of living has risen as nearly everyone has electric power at home, school and at work. Read more here about life in the Valley before electricity and how TVA power changed things for the better.


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As much as they'd love to, not all MMO publishers can be a Blizzard or even Sony Online Entertainment, holding massive annual fan gatherings. That's where the Looking for Group Expo comes in.
The Looking for Group Expo is planned as a fan gathering for everyone who plays massively multiplayer online games, from the most obscure Korean import to the World of Warcraft player who couldn't get into BlizzCon. The show's goal is to "provide the ultimate experience for all MMOG and virtual world fans to check out what's new in the world of MMOs as well as meet friends across all games and participate in exciting MMO related events." Events like LAN parties, concerts, private screenings, guild meetings, and game demonstrations.
The first annual show is being held on June 25th through the 27th in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which could possibly be the most neutral ground on the planet. The event is being organized by Last Straw Productions, itself an MMO Studio and organizers of the annual Independent MMO Game Developers Conference.
Events and exhibitor listings are still pending, though the show does have a website you can keep track of, as well as a rather primitive-looking CG advertisement video, which you can check out below.
It's a great idea, but we won't know how the Looking for Group Expo pans out until the first one goes down. We'll see what happens come June!


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2010-2011: following Strand Life Sciences acqusition of image indexing technology from 100X Imaging Inc, Nenad served as the Product Manager for the image visualization and database system for microscopy. Responsible for specifying all features of the AVADIS IMG product, as well as creating marketing strategy for academic customers. Currently AVADIS IMG platform is offered as the enterprise solution for large image management installations. In 2012 the system was adopted by the Institut Curie, Paris.
2008-2010: co-founded 100X Imaging Inc., a microscopy automation company. Served as President/CTO and directed development of data management and High Content Screening software.
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Game 1: Grading the Nuggets
LOS ANGELES – Chris Dempsey's player-by-player Nuggets grades from Game 1
Carmelo Anthony: A+
The Nuggets' best player played one of the best games in his career, barely missing a shot and scoring from everywhere on the court. Lost in all of the talk about points were his six rebounds, four assists and one block. Anthony was superb all night.
Kenyon Martin: B+
Martin played a fantastic floor game with 14 points (7 of 14 from the field) eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. About the only thing he did wrong was foul Kobe at the end. He also had a difficult time keeping Pau Gasol off the boards – but so did every Nugget who guarded the Lakers' big man.
Nene: C-
If this was just a first half grade, Nene would get near an 'A.' But after dominating in the first half, here are the gory second-half details: 12 minutes, 0-for-2 shooting, two rebounds, five fouls. Not good.
Dahntay Jones: C
In 15 minutes, Jones was 0-for-3 from the field, had one rebound, three fouls and three turnovers. He was part of the Nuggets' successful effort to stop Kobe early, but was not on the court at any point in the fourth quarter when Bryant exploded.
Chauncey Billups: B+
Billups was a facilitator in the first half (six of his eight assists) and more of a scorer in the second (13 of his 18 points). He only turned the ball over once, but missed three straight free throws at the beginning of the game.
J.R. Smith: C
There were clear jitters in his first WCF game. He had odd turnovers as a result, but had just three in the game. Smith did not shoot it well (2-of-7 overall), but did give a good effort on the boards with five rebounds. He was 1-of-4 from the field in the fourth.
Chris Andersen: B
Andersen was an unsung hero Tuesday night. His eight points were accompanied by five rebounds, two blocks and a steal. He was active most of the night and stayed away from foul trouble. He'll still need to be a bigger part of the Nuggets' effort to keep Gasol and Andrew Bynum off the boards.
Anthony Carter: D
Unfortunately, he'll be remembered for The Pass. But he was also 0-for-4 from the field. He did have three assists to one turnover, but that one was critical. No one felt worse than Carter afterward and he'll bounce back from it.
Linas Kleiza: INC
Kleiza played just seven minutes in the game and was largely invisible with just a personal foul and a steal in the stat sheet.
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FOXBOROUGH — Former Missouri receiver T.J. Moe isn't very big (about 6 feet, 200 pounds). He's strong and he's white. He is called "tough" and "gritty" by scouts and wasn't drafted.
So naturally he's compared with Wes Welker.
"It's an honor to get compared to a great player," said Moe, who was signed by the Patriots last week. "I'm not worried about that, I'm worried about trying to make the Patriots roster and trying to do everything they ask me to do, so from start to finish here we'll be listening . . . I'll let the comparisons [be] left to you guys."
Moe was invited to the NFL scouting combine; Welker was not when he came out of Texas Tech. While Moe's 40 time wasn't impressive (4.74 seconds), he was a top performer at his position in bench press (26 reps of 225 pounds) and the three-cone drill (6.53 seconds), an agility test the Patriots weigh more than other combine events.
A St. Louis area native, Moe grew up a Rams and Cardinals fan, though he said if he sticks around he'll start following the Red Sox, too. He met Danny Amendola last year at Rams training camp and is eager to get pointers from his new teammate.
The Patriots have a good record of keeping undrafted rookies.
"To them, I don't know how much it matters that you're first-, second-, third-rounder as much as it does you show up and produce," he said. "I don't think they worry about money, they're worried about production."
Moe's goal is to show the Patriots staff "that I care, that I'm into it more than anybody else here. So pick up the playbook that they're throwing at you in spurts here, but you pick it up as fast as you can and show them that you care about football more than anything else."
So about that Rams-Patriots Super Bowl?
"I don't want to talk about that," Moe said with a laugh.
Vega gets ahead
Brockton native and former Northeastern standout Jason Vega has been at the Patriots' facility for a couple of weeks already. Since he signed as a free agent after his Canadian Football League contract ended, he was able to join the team at the start of the offseason workout program.
At 25, he is the oldest rookie on the roster, having spent two seasons in the CFL.
"I guess the way I look at it is that I really don't have any regrets in terms of where I've been and the things that I've done because I've always tried to appreciate it for what it is and know that it's just another step in the direction I want to go in," Vega said.
He has gotten a headstart on learning the playbook and has met with coaches.
"I've been here since the beginning of April so I've been able to get in with [defensive line] coach [Patrick] Graham and [defensive coordinator Matt] Patricia a little bit, when we could of course, to go over the defenses and all that stuff. Now it's just a little bit more intense."
Prep course
The Patriots signed two undrafted rookies out of Penn State — cornerback Stephon Morris and center Matt Stankiewitch. They played last season under former Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien.
Morris said it's easy to see some of Bill Belichick's influence on O'Brien, and O'Brien passed on some valuable advice on how best to get along in Foxborough: "He told me to keep my nose clean, work hard, and stay off social networking."
Listed at 5-8, 186 pounds, Morris played in 49 games with 24 starts at Penn State, finishing with 148 tackles, 8½ tackles for a loss, 13 passes defensed, and 1 interception.
He was asked how O'Brien changed the culture of the Penn State program that was reeling after the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Morris, a little flustered, said, "To be honest, I'm really not supposed to answer questions like that, but that's in the past."
Though he grew up in Washington D.C., Morris said he was a Patriots fan as a kid, during Tedy Bruschi's heyday.
"I've wanted to be a Patriot for a long time. This is a dream come true," he said. "Hopefully I can impress the coaches and it will still be a dream come true."
Brothers in line
Chris McDonald, the younger brother of Patriots offensive lineman Nick McDonald, was signed as an undrafted rookie out of Michigan State.
Chris, also an offensive lineman, knows that it is on him to make it hard for the Patriots to let him go.
"My brother being in the NFL is not going to help me stay in the NFL," he said.
Both brothers went undrafted. Nick latched on with the Packers for a season before coming to New England. Now it's Chris's turn.
"It's not just Nick, there are a lot of guys here who were free agents," Chris said. "I think [Nick] was excited, but I was more excited to be part of an NFL team."
Sizable prospect
Tight end Zach Sudfeld, signed as an undrafted free agent out of Nevada-Reno, is 6-7, 252 pounds. His twin brother Matt is 6-0 and 185 pounds and played receiver at Brown.
"People say he got the looks and the brains, and I got the size," said Zach.
Sudfeld's first five seasons with the Wolf Pack were forgettable as he had more surgeries (six) than receptions (two). But the NCAA granted him a sixth year of eligibility and he made the most of it. Last fall he had 45 catches for 598 yards and eight touchdowns. He also earned both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree.
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72 thoughts on "Campos Knocks It out of the Park Again"
Wow. Campos pretty much spells out in words of two syllables and under how ridiculous the idea of "overweight" is.
What I don't get is the lumping together of all risks for that 5'4″ person. The overweight BMI range is tiny whereas the obese range is very large. If she weighs over 175lbs then her risk is seen as being the same as someone who weighs 600+lbs.
This seems somewhat scientifically suspect, let alone the premise that all people of the same BMI will have the same outcome and are therefore denied medical intervention on this basis. Yep, the BMI is a crock of shit.
I hope Campos keeps getting opportunities to put his/our points across.
FJ – I stupidly just read the comments and now I feel ready to slap some bitches! The ignorance and prejudice of the general public is pretty vile.
Thanks for posting that link! I was talking to a coworker about this same idea just yesterday. These studies that say "overweight" people have such higher risks than "normal weight" people never appear to take the people's family history into account. Results from a study on heart attacks and weight cold easily be skewed by one person who has a family history of heart disease; that may be completely unrelated to the person's weight!
Anyway, the BMI scale is so skewed I find it sickening. Kudos to Camos!
I too read the comments. I especially enjoyed the one from the man who said that if I wanted to be a beloved film or television star or if I wanted into his bed, I better be thinner.
The article itself = awesomeness.
FJ, I went off of SanityWatchers. My SanityWeighIn is going to be depressing this week. :-( But I did find this gem, so maybe it was worth it:
**I teach high school and see young people have horrible self worth because of their (real) weight issues.**
Wow, apparently fat causes some sort of medical process that lead to low self-esteem! That MUST be what's going on there!
Jesus H. I went right to the article and read all of the comments before coming back here. I don't even know what I would DO if someone said something like that to me in person. Fuck that teacher; it is absolutely astounding that individuals who choose to take on so much responsibility for children can be such total asshats.
Wow, if I were ever in Sanity Watchers, I just failed.
There's one interesting comment (actually 2) that actually gives numbers and figures. His suggestion, however, was that we change our definition of "OK" BMI to 20-30, and reserve our nastiness for people with a BMI over 30. Because, clearly, people with a BMI over 30 aren't human or anything. *grmph*
It's just all the same fat hate bingo, even when it pretends not to be.
*goes to eat another sandwich, with processed cheese and white bread and OMG mayonnaise*
Don't fill up on babies! Leave room for donuts.
I love Paul Campos.
Those comments are just so disturbing. These people just take leave of their brains when it comes to fat I think. That woman who wrote about hating the obesity, but loving the person (she also said that fat people miss more work, need more accomodations, etc) later said that we need to get out of the blame game in this country. Seems like someone needs to think about where she's placing blame, to me.
Kate, have you got any fresh babies. I only have baby jerky, but apparently that's too full of salt to be healthy for me.
I've been lurking on this site for a long time now, this is my first post and I have to thank you for all the things I've learned thanks to you! I wish I knew about fat acceptance when I was in my early teenage years I could've helped a friend of mine then.
This article scared me a bit at first I must say because my parents and my brother are skinny and I'm myself not skinny but definitively thin. My 77 yo grandmother is the only fat person in my family and she's a happy healthy person. She never went on a diet despite doctors annoying her about that .
How should I interpret the study ? It doesn't mean that we should try and put on weight to be healthier ?
Wouldn't be healthy mean be in your set weight range whatever that weight is ?
I mean if you're eating normally your body is supposed to be at its optimal weight no ?
I don't know but there's so many confusing stories about what's healthy , what's not ect ect that I think it's wiser to listen to your body .
I don't dispute the truth of the study of course but since there's nothing you can do about your weight it's pointless .
Well except maybe we should call the 'healthy weight 'range
underweight and the so called "overweight " healthy weight since it's closer to the truth ! Never gonna happen of course but still it would be funny to see people losing their 'but fat is unhealthy' card. :D
Mmmm, extra baby.
I just think its funny how many people believe that the world revolves around them and that they have a right to a world where people who are unattractive to them have to struggle until they are attractive.
I was watching YOUTUBE the other day and these two teenagers had written a song called fat girls who think they are hot piss me off or fat girls who wear tight clothes piss me off or something like that.
I just wanted to sit them each down and say, Why? why does it piss you off?
Why does it piss them off?
Paul Campos scores again, I do feel grateful for him ( and Sandy)!
As for the comments, I'm finding it increasingly difficult not to pity the haters, they seem so desperate and what's funny is they don't seem at aware of how much they are letting it hang out. It really is quite pathetic at times.
Why is he the only one in the paid media (just about) who will say it? If the "health problem" of being "overweight" is really the risk of "obesity," why is there not an equivalent "health problem" for "normal weight" people in potentially becoming "underweight," which is just as risky health-wise if not more so, and often requires less of a weight change to attain? If C. lost 20 pounds, he'd be scared to death. If I lost 20 pounds, nobody would notice, other than maybe my parents.
In an aging population, especially, this is NOT a trivial or petty issue, because a lot of "normal weight" people are going to find themselves becoming "underweight" as they age. And nobody who is being paid to write dares raise the issue but him. Nobody. Hence the brainwashed commentariat. (Dude, anymore I don't need Sanity Watchers to keep me away from those comments, they are already soaked in Meowser Repellent!)
I also broke my SanityWatchers =/ And what really got me was the complete and total lack of reading comprehension displayed in many of the comments. So many people replied with: "You're wrong, obesity is so unhealthy!" which… that's not what the article was about. The article was not about obesity. The article did not discuss obesity. I'm not sure the article even mentioned obesity. It was about overweight. So when people replied with stuff about obesity, I had to wonder, did they even read the article?
Look, no one will listen, they're all in the mindset that thin=attractive=healthy.
I think my favorite part of the article the discussion on the 110lbs woman vs. the 150lbs woman. The idea that one would be at higher risk for health issues 10lbs lighter and the other would have to gain 100lbs to be at the same risk was just GREAT. Because, you know all 150lbs women will gain 100lbs because all they do is eat and sit on the couch anyway.
Do these people, seriously believe women who weight 146-175lbs are immobile? I weighed in at 175lbs the last time I checked and I'm certainly nowhere NEAR housebound.
F*&*(in' IDIOTS!
Hey, there are bookmarks? What about keychains? I would totally refrain from reading comments for a silver-esque keychain.
Also, what about fat vegetarians who don't get to chow down on nice, fresh baby? Are there any substitutes? Bofy? Tofinfant?
But Meowser what are the "normal weight" people who'll find themselves unerweight supposed to do ? try to gain weight ? If you can't control your weight I don't see what one can do about it ? That's why I think the study is interesting but pointless. I read it as "well you're at a higher risk of health problems because of something you can do nothing about too bad for you! "
Well the good thing is that people who diet to be at a "normal weight" can benefit from gaining weight and I agree that they should be encouraged to stop dieting.
Wow that's actually a proof that dieting increase your risks of health problems!
Because, you know all 150lbs women will gain 100lbs because all they do is eat and sit on the couch anyway.
When I was 150 pounds I wore a size 8, and I'm just a shade over five feet tall. Size 8! And yet I've heard that number ( or 200 pounds! or 300 pounds!) referred to as the cut-off point for when a woman becomes absolutely, unquestionably horrible to look at and a burden on society.
Ugh. People like those commenters can kiss all of my ass.
Oh and as for "I'M NOT ATTRACTED TO FAT PEOPLE" comments….first off, no one beyond you and the person you're screwing give a rats ass…secondly, it's likely, as we'd discussed here before, that the majority of these folks have no idea what the BMI overweight category looks like. You say overweight and immediately we're all starring on a TLC show about eating 14,000 calories a day.
But Meowser what are the "normal weight" people who'll find themselves unerweight supposed to do ? try to gain weight ? If you can't control your weight I don't see what one can do about it ?
I don't think it would be crazy for the thin to take extra good care of their bones and immune systems as they age. Maybe medical researchers should look into that instead of banging the FATBADZOMG!! drum.
And now I will stop posting like a crazy person.
Sniper, your last words made me think of this:
"Oh, you can kiss the fattest part of my ass!"
I heard it on TV somewhere, but it definitely works for me. I'm the socially unacceptable female over 300 pounds. No doubt my self-esteem has taken a beating over the ignorance of others though.
Wouldn't be healthy mean be in your set weight range whatever that weight is ?
I mean if you're eating normally your body is supposed to be at its optimal weight no ?
Jade, this is what I would suspect… however, I don't think there are any studies out there actually investigating this (and it probably would be hard to get enough subjects who never tried to mess with their weight…)
Even IF certain weights are associated with a higher risk for certain health problems I am pretty sure that not obessing about your weight whatever it may be is very good for your psychological well being (which in turn does of course feed back on your physical health). That alone would be a good reason to eat intuitively if you ask me.
Oh yeah, and for all the ones who comment on the high school teacher's response… I loved how she was promoting "tough love". Yeah, right. As someone who was a fat kid and adolescent I can tell you that I got enough tough love to last for a life time. It just makes me said that now – ten years after I graduated from high school – kids are still going through exactly the same or even worse shit when it comes to weight and body image.
Thanks for your answer Kate. I truly hope one day people will accept that they can't do anything about their weight. It's scary to see the consequences that one false belief can have on millions of lives.It makes me wonder about other false things I may buy into without knowing you know ? developping a critical mind is important. I feel sorry for the people who harm themselves in vain just because of a myth. It's nice that movement like the fat acceptance movement exist and try to make people see the truth.
You guys are waaaaay to fast for me… Kate basically said what I wanted to say. So, sorry for the repetition.
Actually, it should be boFU ;)
Jebus, people! Stop with the flying fingers already… give a girl a chance to catch up! *grumble* *grumble*
Jade, this:
I truly hope one day people will accept that they can't do anything about their weight. It's scary to see the consequences that one false belief can have on millions of lives.
ain't gonna happen until more people are actually TOLD – with PROOF – that there's really nothing you can do about your weight. The fat-haters are so prevalent because they actually DO believe that dieting is just a matter of willpower and the only reason we're still fat is because we're lazy.
Hell, *I* really, truly, 100% believed that it was MY fault I was this fat until just over a month ago, when I found Kate, FJ, SM, and the Fatosphere. It was only through reading the several articles and studies and whatnot that Kate and others have linked to that I realized "Hey, they're not full of shit… this stuff is really true. It really ISN'T MY FAULT."
Sadly, it's going to take a lot before we can get the message more widespread.
Regrettably, the focus of Campos' article was on the "overweight" and he neglected to point out that the Flegal data actually showed lower risks for most people labeled "obese," too. Risks ASSOCIATED
with obesity didn't measurably increase until the highest BMIs and even then weren't significantly tenable. And, of course, we all know that still doesn't mean that obesity was the cause for the risks.
But Meowser what are the "normal weight" people who'll find themselves unerweight supposed to do ? try to gain weight ?
Oh, I don't think so. If you have euphagic eating patterns and don't exercise like a gerbil all day long and you're still very thin, you're likely to stay that way unless and until Mother Nature decides to flip a switch on you, and thus you're probably at the right weight for you. Besides, unless restrained eating patterns have something to do with being a very low weight, it's unlikely you can change it very much.
All I'm saying is, we keep hearing endless, relentless hype about how "dangerous" it is to be "overweight" because it could lead to "obesity" and thus Instant Booga Booga Death (despite the fact that there are tens of millions of us fatasses who remain stubbornly alive and More and More of Us Everyday — if Fat Kills, shouldn't the numbers be going down?), but we never hear about the reverse being even the slightest bit risky. (And of course, all health risks associated with weight loss itself are tidily swept under the rug as well.)
There's such fetishism of the Normal Weight Zone, so much hype that once you're there nothing "bad" could ever happen to you, and such glamorization of "underweight" women in this culture (oh yes there is), you can't get a fact in edgewise. I don't want thin people to freak out and hate themselves and try to gain weight which they probably can't keep on anyway. All I want is for people to acknowledge that risk exists for each and every one of us, and that there is no "magic weight" that will keep that at bay.
P.S. Internet Exploder STILL SUX.
Yellowhammer, I'll answer your question. They're pissed off because, well they're teenage boys, and I'd be pissed too if I was wracked with hormones with little to release them but my hand and an abundance of internet porn.
But, also because they're taught by our media, our society and by internet porn that women are there for their consumption and pleasure. They're likely NOT to divert from societial norms and are thusly attractive to your average thin blonde with implants (not that there is anything wrong with that). Therefore, when someone, fat girls in this instance, chose to display themselves and their self confidence in a manner that isn't necessarily about them. Well it just pisses them OFF! It's not about ME! It should be about me. They shouldn't do that because it's not what I want.
They'll likely learn as they enter adulthood that it isn't always about them or what pleases them and begin commenting on blogs about what does please them, so the rest of us know, just in case we cared.
Meowser, I'm having trouble with IE and this site too. It was working so well for a few weeks and now it keeps crashing on the comments for this post and the previous one.
I have never commented here, but I read every day. I love this site!!
I have to say to Yellowhammer, who looked at the guys on Youtube singing about fat chicks, it is very obvious that these boys (and they are BOYS, barely even 13 probably) are probably so petrified at the obvious sexuality that fat women project that they have to write really bad songs about it. They protest too much!!!
PS Just wanted to share a quick story I about things you can do in public to make people think. My friend (also large) and I were at a movie and the trailer for Norbitt came up. Well as you can imagine, people were laughing left and right, because fat, sassy, black women are comedy gold! So at the end of the trailer, when it got quiet again in the theater, I yelled out "Ha!!! Fat people are funny! It's funny cause she's fat!!!"
You guys are awesome!
I was going to link to the hufu website, but apparently it's closed. Woe! It was hilarious.
Apparently my sister is overweight. Even though to be thinner she'd pretty much have to stop eating. She's gearing up to start playing three sports this winter. THREE. And yet because she's a shade over the BMI limit she's overweight. Which is saying nothing about the fucked-up ideas she has about how fat she is because she hangs out with girls who are either anorexic or genetically teeny. I don't miss high school at all and I can't wait till she's out of there.
For some reason, this article (which I read before you linked to it) and the Fantasy of Being Thin seemed to go together really well for me, I think because of the part where Campos talks about how the apologists say that well, being fat still impaiirs your quality of life and keeps you from moving around and doing things.
I mean, how many 200+ pound people does this guy Manson actually know? For that matter, how many people who weigh 120 lbs. and are in fragile health does he know?
It's such a shame that my having a BMI of 34.5 has stopped me from exercising 6 days a week, taking a bike ride of 33.5 miles, working my way up to swimming a half mile at a time, working a full-time job plus having regular game nights at my house, doing housework and mowing the lawn, and having a fulfilling sex life…
…oh wait, it HASN'T!
whoa – i have so many thoughts, i don't know where to begin…
1. I've just started reading this blog in the last few weeks so maybe this has been mentioned, but the book Thinner than Thou although not the best book I've ever read, sure predicted what seems to be the new religion of weight loss, and it is crazy how much of the book has started to come to life! SCARY SHIT!
2. Heidi – I hope to be able to yell that out at some point in my life too! I just about died laughing in my office chair when I read that. Kudos!
3. Why are confident, happy fat women so fucking threatening to others? I'm happy, I'm fat…get over it!
I think we've done a pretty good job of balancing out the comments at TNR.
I'm tempted to submit another to that idiot who wouldn't date a fat women along the lines of: "hey, jackass — I wouldn't want to date an ignoramous like you. Snap — you've just been rejected by a FAT woman!"
But I will refrain from such childishness.
Oh, and did anyone happen to see the CDC's news today?
Apparently, spread of The Obesity EpidemicTM appears to be coming to an end:
Obesity Rates in US Leveling Off
I'm sure diet dishers will be proclaiming victory, others will pop up to warn us not to become "complacent" and absolutely no one will talk about the fact that the "increase" in fat people was bound to stop eventually, because just as you can't make a naturally fat person thin, it's virtually impossible to make a naturally thin person fat.
wow, paul campos can have my babies.
That article was so spot on perfect in every way!
also, in the article jmars linked:
"The report also found that about a third of obese adults had not been told by a doctor or health care provider that they were overweight, although women heard such an assessment more often than men."
ZOMG THE DOCTORS DIDNT TELL TEH FAT PEOPLE THAT THEYRE FAT! maybe because they didnt go to get TREATED FOR FATNESS you eejits.
…i want to write eloquently but it just doesnt happen ;_;
Jmars, I'm bracing myself for them to say it's because those fatties are starting to die off because they were so fat.
..that we fat people are the new smokers. Only this time the evidence against us is faked.
The thing against the smokers always bugged me, too. Because we know it's unhealthy, yeah, but smokers are people. Often, they're poor people. When I was a waitress, they were also the best tippers. *g* I don't think that was ever studied, but it sure seemed like a rule of thumb in my area: work the smoking section!
I don't know: it just seems ridiculous to think that just because you don't have a particular weakness, you can castigate and hate on all people with that weakness. Everybody's got weaknesses. It just seems like there are some that think their weaknesses don't count.
ok, the eating babies and donuts and baby flavored donuts was just too funny. Thank GOD for you guys. With gems like these, I can read those asinine comments on the Campos article and still laugh.
I used to be one of those obnoxious anti-smoking people, until I got fat and the anti-obesity campaign started ramping up. (It seems like those things started happening at the same time, or maybe I only started noticing it once I got fat). Then I realised that what was being done to me as a fat person is exactly the same thing that's being done to smokers, and if I don't deserve it, neither do they. Now I realise how ridiculous I used to be – it's not like smokers haven't heard of the health risk associated with smoking. It's not like they don't hear it every day. If they choose to smoke anyway, that's really, really, not any of my business.
what are the health risks associated with smoking babies?
Commenter: if you want to date me, then you must fall within the "healthy weight" range.
So, let me get this straight.
1. I'm fat.
2. Therefore, I can't date this guy.
This seems to be evidence in favor of obesity = increased quality of life.
I don't know if they're still around, but when I was in my early 20's, I kept seeing these "No Fat Chicks" window stickers everywhere – ironically enough, almost always on a truck. Every time I saw one, the thought that went through my head was "even if I WAS thin, I wouldn't want to date a guy who would put that on his truck!"
That's what that one guy reminds me of. We may be fat, but he's a shallow, vain asshole. I'd rather be fat than be an asshole any day of the week.
I don't know if they're still around, but when I was in my early 20's, I kept seeing these "No Fat Chicks" window stickers everywhere – ironically enough, almost always on a truck.
This reminds me, over Thanksgiving I drove up to my cousins house (in lovely suburbia where the world is perfect ) and written in spray paint below the word "Stop" on the stop sign were the words "fat chicks." Stop fat chicks. All I could think was, stop fat chicks from what? From living? From going through this intersection? What exactly is it that you, oh insecure, sheltered, teenager with too much time on his hands, want to stop fat chicks from doing?
Ellie, you hit it exactly.
I want a sticker to put on my car that says "shallow assholes" with a big circle around it and a line through it. But somehow, if you are opposing some form of intolerance, you are supposed to be hypertolerant, which is ridiculous.
No fat chicks is wrong on so many levels.
I mean, were there fat chicks lining up to date these guys, they had to beat them away with sticks, so they had to adopt this policy?
I have fantasies where I have a big baseball bat and when I see a sign like that on a truck window, I smash it, and if confronted (arrested?) I say I was removing the sticker.
Wouldn't an I (heart) skinny chicks window sticker be a much more positive message?
I wish we used the energy we spend on limiting and stigmatizing children's food choices and spent it on better critical thinking and reading comprehension education.
Oooohhh, look. A pipedream. Shiny!
littlem, on November 29th, 2007 at 4:49 am Said:
I wish we used the energy we spend on limiting and stigmatizing children's food choices and spent it on better critical thinking and reading comprehension education.
Oooohhh, look. A pipedream. Shiny!
LOL! at work, with bronchitis, not a good combo.
I just found this whole community due to the WaPo article. I wish I'd known about you all Long, Long, Long ago, before I started trying to diet my metabolism into submission instead of accepting that my health issues aren't tied to my weight so much as my struggle to LOSE weight! (Go figure!)
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