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The New York Times (The Perfect Valentine? A math formula 14 FEB 2019) has published an interactive widget from my favourite math website IMAGINARY for Valentine's Day.
Here is the formula:
You'll find IMAGINARY'S interactive LOVE widget HERE.
The New York Times (The Perfect Valentine? A math formula 14 FEB 2019) has published an interactive widget from my favourite math website IMAGINARY for Valentine's Day.
Here is the formula:
You'll find IMAGINARY'S interactive LOVE widget HERE.
According to 'Bored Out of Their Minds', an article by ZACHARY JASON in The Harvard Ed Magazine (2017):
Boredom accounts for nearly a third of the variation in student achievement.
Half of high school dropouts cite boredom as their primary motivator for leaving.
Boredom begins for Math students at Grade 6 when students (Common Core Standards, USA) tackle more abstract concepts such as linear eqns, exponents, probability, geometry and so on.
Math curriculums in the USA, UK & Australia all demand students solve REAL LIFE problems. Too often these are of the type:
Q. Ronaldo has tethered his goat on a 12ft rein in the corner of a 20ft square field. What area can the goat graze?
THE ANS: Who cares?
Students really don't care about Ronaldo's goat, but here are some questions which involve intriguing answers they might want to work out. And many of these questions involve funny or age-relevant activities, which also helps engagement.
1. Mean, Median STATS: Mean, Median and Coffee: Busting an Urban Myth
2. Parabolas: Can you beat the 12-14 yo World Record for a Watermelon Pip spit?
3. Geometry: Build a Freestanding Tower
Rates (Speed) & Units:
4a. The Terrifying Math of Running from a bear
5. Decimals, %, Volume: What Volume of alcohol is lethal for teens?
6. Decimals, Algebra, Weight Units
How much blood can a kid lose and survive?
Graph Hunger Game Math
7. GEOMETRY. Angles
Any Topic:
8. Middle School Math Photo Scavenger Hunt
Space Math Song here
The average time it takes an audience at a conference to switch off is 11 minutes. Keep in mind this audience is, at least, being paid to be bored witless.
We'll start with the GOODCheck out the graph here.
…. and the NOT SO GOOD.
More information at study.com
and the OMG-That's-AMAZING!
Thanks to Slumfe on IMgur
The New York Times (The Perfect Valentine? A math formula 14 FEB 2019) has published an interactive widget from my favourite math website IMAGINARY for Valentine's Day.
Here is the formula:
You'll find IMAGINARY'S interactive LOVE widget HERE.
You will find the background pattern here.
The absolute delight of Spurious Correlations is its craziness. Tyler Vigen is studying law at Harvard Law School, but he puts together the most ridiculous data you can imagine to show the correlation between eg. Per capita cheese consumption AND the number of people who died by getting tangled in their bed sheets, people who drowned after falling out of a fishing boat AND the marriage ration Kentucky. Of course, what Tyler is demonstrating is the basic maths principle, mathspiggies, that correlation is not causation. Here is one of his fabulous graphs:
Here is one graph from Spurious Correlati0ns (above) and the cover of Tyler's New Book (below).
Math with Bad Drawings is run by Ben Orlin. He describes himself as 'a math maths teacher in Birmingham, England. Before that, I taught in Oakland, California. I've taught (or am currently teaching!) every level of mathematics from ages 12 to 18.'
Not only is Ben's humorous and fascinating take on maths interesting, his philosophy of life is worth a read too. e.g. We are all simultaneously experts and beginners, flaunting our talents while trying to cover our shortcomings the way an animal hides a wound.'
Here are two delightful examples of his maths with bad drawings:
Mathspig has written about the fabulous What if? blog before.
Randall Munroe is a pro web cartoonist, maths nut and maths guru who answers crazy hypothetical questions using maths. His home website is xkcd.
His TED lecture is here.
Randall offers this warning to his KXCD blog: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors). Of course, this makes his blog even more interesting. Maths, profanity and silly humour. Bring it on.
How What if? blog asks and answers interesting questions:
What would happen if I dug straight down, at a speed of 1 foot per second? What would kill me first?
Could a bird deliver a standard 20″ New York-style cheese pizza in a box? And if so, what kind of bird would it take?
Here is one example:
And his book What if? Can be found here.
The joy of Yan's One Minute Math blog is his eclectic collection of topics from . Kow-Cheong Yan is a Singapore-based teacher, math consultant, math blogger and maths book author (Grade 1- 6).
The Lighter Side of Innumeracy gives an insight into maths incompetence and superstition in Singapore. It shows that charlatans can still prey on the innumerate. And Yan's critique of Drill-and-Kill texts promoted in Singapore is refreshing in an age where politicians are forever calling for Back-to-basics teaching methods for maths.
But my favourite post on Yan's blog is;
Mathematical Fiction is not optional. The number of novels using maths as a theme is inspiring especially with Yan adding a comment like this:
If you're looking for math, women, sex, and back-stabbing, The Wild Numbers (Philibert Schogt) is a math melodrama unlikely to disappoint.
Mathjokes4mathyfolks is run by my good math(s) friend Patrick Vennebush, who lives in Virginia with his wife, twin boys and his Golden Retriever Remy. He loves math(s), laughing and telling jokes. He also runs online projects for National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Patrick believes math(s) should be fun and his blog includes jokes, problems and real-life challenges. His collection of jokes is published in a book and cover the gamete from cool to Dad-style jokes. Here's an example:
Here are some examples from his blog:
Simultaneous Equations and Pizza
Angle of Opportunity looks at the angle a boy should pee in the toilet bowl without splatter fallout!!!!
Here is Math Fail on Facebook. And here is the Math Fail blog run by Self proclaimed Math Geek Mike, who explains that in addition to math fails, you will find a huge collection of geeky math jokes, interesting math facts, dumb math news, puzzles, speed math advice, math related comics, funny math pictures and more!! (It is not a Cheeseburger Fail blog.)
It is just a fun blog to explore. Here are some examples.
Who can be offended? They're just numbers!!!!
Debbie O'Sullivan's pinterest stream Math Puns/Jokes is worth a visit or two.
The Math Cartoons & Humor is pinterest run by Jiji the penguin. Actually, the penguin didn't do it. Jiji the penguin is the mascot of STMath, a commercial education system that teaches math visually, and with minimum language, in the USA. Here are some examples of the humor:
Mashup Math is mind blowing from its math philosophy to its eclectic approach. Anthony Persico runs MashUp Math. He has taught in NY, VA, and CO and runs a YouTube channel. He believes in inclusive math education,that all students learn math differently and that the one-size-fits-all approach is ineffective. The worksheets, teacher resources supplied via mathmashup are FREE!
Here is the Facebook link to Mathmashup:
This is a screen shot of his roller coaster youtube clip on gradient or slope!!!
Here is his Mathsmashup You Tube channel (above), which is designed to help visual learners.
Here are some amazing sports stats (above) from the LA Times. Basketball Legend Kobe Bryant's 30,699th and final field goal came from 19 feet with 31 seconds left against the Utah Jazz. This picture below shows every one of the 30,699 goals he scored. AMAAAAAAZING!
Math Antics Youtube Channel is run by, Rob and Jeremy, who are both funny and clear in their maths clips, which are directed mainly at Middle school. The youtube lessons are free, but Rob and Jeremy do charge teachers US$20 for a year of worksheets.
Their Math Antics website is here.
Base 10 video screen grab.
Order of Operations Screen grab.
So mathpigs, here is a small taste of what you would need to do to land a small aircraft in an emergency if the pilot is unconscious/dead.
Find airspeed indicator on instrument panel.
Instrument Panel Piper PA-28
Check speed.
Knots or mph or kph?
Avoid red zone. Too fast.
Knots outer scale. mph inner scale. Recommended velocity between blue & red.
1. Call MayDay MayDay MayDay
2. Look for plane ID. It will be on instrument panel somewhere.
3. Check fuel.
On the Piper Cherokee there are 2 fuel tanks, R & L. Check both.
Check aircraft operating handbook to see fuel consumption and remaining time in air.
Quick calc.
Follow Emergency Landing Checklist in aircraft operating handbook for Power OFF or Power ON landing.
Keep in mind, if your air speed is too low you can drop from air, but the higher the landing speed the bigger crash.
Crash energy increases with the square of speed. It's a parabola!!!!!
The likelihood of a passenger with
The likelihood of a passenger with
Angels and Demons (2009) Tom Hanks character, Robert Langdon, hero of Dan Brown's jumps from a helicopter and falls thousands of feet into Rome's Tiber River and survives, of course.
Ahhhh! Look up. It's raining Tom Hanks!!!!!The Hulk (2003) The Hulk hops from the Golden Gate bridge onto a jet fighter, whose pilot tries to get rid of him at high altitude. The Hulk falls off and plummets many thousands of feet into the bay. He survives.
There are 2 factors we must consider when jumping or diving from a great height:
1. Surface Impact
2.Water depth
According to the Free Fall website falling into water is not a good survival strategy.
'Someone falling without a parachute from more than 2,000 feet or so would be falling quite a bit faster than 100 miles per hour (161 kph) The folks who have survived falls into water have had streaming parachutes above them, which probably slowed their falls to the 60 mph range (97 kph). Having a streaming parachute helps in another way because it aligns the body in a position where the feet enter the water first.'
The website goes on to explain that water is an INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID. It's like landing on concrete. Landing in mud, on snow, on trees, on circus tents etc helps break the fall. Moreover, jumping off a bridge into turbulent sea may be safer than jumping into calm water.
On 24th Oct 1930, Vincent Kelly, 31, while working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge fell 170 ft (52 m) into Sydney Harbour and survived.
A champion diver he did several summersaults and landed feet first. He broke a couple of ribs as he did not enter the water at a perfect RIGHT ANGLE but rather a few degrees off perpendicular..
The next issue is, if you are going to dive or jump into water from a great height and, miraculously, survive the impact, how deep should the water be?
Olympic divers often practice their dives in a bubble pools (like a spa). This reduces the impact for a bad dive but the water must be much deeper. Sports Smart Canada recommends a water depth of double the height of the drop. But is this realistic if, say, you are jumping or diving from the top of a waterfall into aerated water.
You can work out approximate depths needed if you were jumping into calm water from heights such as below:
How deep do you plunge? The answer is surprising because, in fact, you decelerate really fast in water.
See REd Bull Jump Science here
Thanks to Rod Vance for the Fluid Engineering Calcs (done by hand … not by computer program) for calculating the depth of water when your feet stop moving. That is the minimum depth of water needed for the jump (See graph below)
NOTE: Even with this fancy maths assumptions must be made about the transition epoch-half in/half out of the water.
Assuming you survive the impact and you breath out through your nose – to stop water going up your nostrils really fast- then you will not go any deeper than approx 4 m or 13 ft from a platform of 20 m (65 ft) or less.
If you're diving into water from, say, a helicopter as in the Demons & Angels movie you don't need extremely deep water. Assume Langdon was at 100m (328 ft) or the height of The Statue of Liberty(above) or a 33 story building when he jumped, then extrapolating the graph (above), maybe, a depth of 5m (16 ft) would do.
If you want to see what looking down from a 58.8 m (193 ft) platform looks like check out thisWorld Record Jump by Laso Schaller.
This is a rework of a previous post with full calcs.
Every volcano disaster movie from Volcano (1997) with Tommy Lee Jones to Dante's Peak (1997) with Pierce Brosnan someone somewhere tries to out run a lava flow. Is this possible?
The answer is maybe. You will find everything you want to know about lava flows here.
On January 10,1977, at Nyiragongo lava sprang from the sides of the volcano moving at speeds up to 40 miles per hour. About 70 people were killed.
Measuring the temperature of lava. Photograph by R.L. Christiansen, U.S. Geological Survey, January 9, 1973.
The fastest Lava flows recorded were in Hawaiiin 1950 when Mauna Loa erupted. The lava traveled at 6 miles per hour through thick forest. But once the lava flows became established and good channels developed, the lava in the channels was flowing at up to 60 mph.
Speed of average sprinter = 10 – 15 mph
This is a rework of a previous post with full calcs.
Every volcano disaster movie from Volcano (1997) with Tommy Lee Jones to Dante's Peak (1997) withPierce Brosnan someone somewhere tries to out run a lava flow. Is this possible?
The answer is maybe. You will find everything you want to know about lava flows here.
On January 10,1977, at Nyiragongo lava sprang from the sides of the volcano moving at speeds up to 40 miles per hour (60 km/hr). About 70 people were killed.
Measuring the temperature of lava. Photograph by R.L. Christiansen, U.S. Geological Survey, January 9, 1973.
The fastest Lava flows recorded were in Hawaiiin 1950 when Mauna Loa erupted. The lava traveled at 10 kilometers per hour through thick forest. But once the lava flows became established and good channels developed, the lava in the channels was flowing at up to 97 kph.
Speed of average sprinter = 16 – 24 kph
Star Stuntman Monte Perin (pictured) has involved many films, including "Spider-Man," "Star Trek, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and portraying Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunt double in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
Perhaps his most difficult stunt was landing his Harley in an open boxcar of a moving train for Disney's 2008 Adam Sandler movie "Bedtime Stories". In a career of over 25 years Perin has broken "almost everything" including both his arms, legs, knees, feet, ankles, several ribs, his back and his pelvis. See Confessions of a stuntman
Veteran stuntman Evel Knievel (1938 – 2007) was the pioneer of many stunt jumps. Here he is jumping 10 cars and 3 vans in 1973.
His injuries are legendary:
More Evel Knievel
The angle of the kicker in ramp design can vary from 100 – 700 (See below)
The Problem?
If the ramp angle is too high, the stunt jumper also goes high, but doesn't travel very far.
If the ramp angle is too low, the stunt jumper doesn't stay in the air for very long and therefore doesn't travel far. (see below0
The stunt jumper wants the OPTIMUM RAMP ANGLE.
As any bike nut knows increasing speed at ake off will increase jump distance.
Here is a graph from final gear for speed vs angle to jump 90m.
METHOD 1 is approximate (See STEP 1 & STEP 2 above), but as METHOD 2 produces the same ans (See above), it is very useful.
You will find a thoroughly detailed calc for STUNT JUMP MATHS here:
And everything you ever wanted to know about PHYSICS OF STUNT JUMPS here.


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Quick Look: Auto Collection Series on Roku is identical to the Auto Collection Series channel that was released several months ago consists of nine episodes of a weekly web series of the same name from Internet Television Entertainment and News. The show highlights local builders, car shows, races and more.
An example video from this channel can be seen below and additional episodes can be found on their website.
-- Information is current as of September 24, 2018
Developer's Channel Description: Short series focusing on cars and custom motorcycles, including news from the auto industry.
CHANNEL STORE CATEGORY: Special Interest
DEVELOPER: 495 Communications
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What a perfect way to celebrate May Day, starting with the arrival of Michael's beautiful fresh baked bread and sweet chilli Jam!
May Day celebrations have deep roots in myth and symbolise the joy of the reuniting of the Daughter and the Mother ( Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone) which gifts us every year with Spring! Happy Day!
Many thanks Michael!
Pat C.
Thank you so much Michael.
I too received some delicious bread and chilli jam... Such a treat...and a great joy for May Day.
Carmen and Jon.


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While walking through the old town, it is difficult to overpass a café serving khachapuri Machakhela on Freedom square. The building consists of 3 floors, and in good weather it is better to sit on veranda so you have fantastic views of the historic part of the city and Metekhi Church.
Machakhela is one of the most popular cafes in Georgia. It is a networking of cafes with Georgian cuisine, which includes more than 15 institutions. The main specialization of Machakhela is khachapuri. Here you can choose from more than ten types of this dish: with meat or without, with lobio, vegetables, cheese, Megrelian, Imeretian and so on + the size varies from small to huge (these giants can serve 2-3 people easily)! In addition to the khachapuri in the restaurant there are plenty dishes to choose: there is a large selection of khinkali and other Georgian dishes in the menu. House wine has a good quality, and is very inexpensive. For dessert, you can enjoy a Cup of Turkish coffee with sweets. The prices are more than reasonable. The only negative thing is that in the evening during the tourist season it can be difficult to find a free table and most likely you will have to wait until your order is served. But a great location and affordable prices make many tourists return again and again despite everything.
Our Opinion:
The service is not always perfect.
Can be very crowded in the season.
Barbecue in Machakhela can be better, but the khinkali and khachapuri are tasty.
In a warm season try to take a table on the veranda, you will not regret. By the way, it should be noted, since a large part of the local population smokes, if you don't smoke try to choose a place outside.
Address: Tbilisi, Meidan Square, 26
Another popular restaurant chain in Tbilisi is Taghlaura. It includes 4 restaurants, located in different parts of the city. In contrast to the Machakhela with a fairly modest interior, Taghlaura has a very nice design. While entering the restaurant, you find yourself in the picturesque Georgian interior based on the national style. In addition, in the evenings there is a live music (Georgian folk music), which only enhances the atmosphere of this place.
In Taghlaura try their signature light and dark beer, which is made by a brewery and their bottled lemonade, prepared according to traditional recipe made of Georgian fruits and berries. Wine lovers should try inhouse Kakhetian wine, which is made especially for this restaurant.
The choice of tables in Taghlaura is huge – you can sit on the street in front of a small waterfall, on the veranda etc. In contrast to the Machakhela there are no problems to book a table here.
Our Recommendations:
Restaurants are located not in the historical center of Tbilisi, they can be reached by taxi.
The musicians begin at 20.00 daily.
Lovely authentic interior and a great selection of tables make the restaurants of this network a great place for dinner with friends or for a big company.
Be sure to try khinkali, cheese with mint leaves ("nadugi") and their signature lemonade.
By the way, in all Georgian restaurants 10% service charge is added to the bill.
Another popular Georgian restaurant, with inexpensive but high-quality Georgian cuisine and a good level of service – "Shemoikhede Genatsvale". It is located in the city centre, the menu includes Georgian and European dishes. Among the pros: pretty good service, the restaurant is open late. Since the opening of the restaurant in Tbilisi in 2005 to the present time has been already opened several cafes with this name in the franchise.
Be sure to order the crown of the Georgian chicken soup "chikhirtma" and khinkali stuffed with chakapuli.
Address: Tbilisi, Kote Aphazi 25 and Cavchavadze Avenue 50
If you want to try Georgian cuisine without embellishment, be sure to visit the tavern "Racha" in the historical part of the city. The tavern is a small tavern, a former popular in the old days in the Caucasus. With the mind of the spirit "Racha" is a completely unremarkable establishment, which, even with the map, not so easy to find, even though it is close to Hiking trails. The interior of this small restaurant is more than modest, and therefore pre-warn you that if your plans did not include opening of new authentic places in Tbilisi, and you planned to have dinner in the modern restaurant, you here should not go! The majority of visitors were local residents. The menu is only in Georgian, so if you don't know the language, to do the explaining on fingers. Ordering cooked very quickly, the service is also not satisfactory. But the most important is, of course, excellent taste of the dishes that you bring. Be sure to try khinkali and abkhazura".
Our recommendations:
Very cheap and cheerful, but yummy!
Address: Tbilisi, Lermontov St. 6/20.
In Georgia it is impossible to stay hungry. Even if you are just walking through the old town, you can find countless number of excellent restaurants with a very different price category. In this article we told you about just a few popular choices, but frankly, the list is endless. If you have your favorite restaurants in Tbilisi that we forgot to mention in the article, please let us know in the comments below! 🙂


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Title: Sensitive Dependence of Optimal Network Dynamics on Network Structure
(Submitted on 3 Nov 2016 (v1), last revised 6 Dec 2017 (this version, v3))
Abstract: The relation between network structure and dynamics is determinant for the behavior of complex systems in numerous domains. An important long-standing problem concerns the properties of the networks that optimize the dynamics with respect to a given performance measure. Here we show that such optimization can lead to sensitive dependence of the dynamics on the structure of the network. Specifically, using diffusively coupled systems as examples, we demonstrate that the stability of a dynamical state can exhibit sensitivity to unweighted structural perturbations (i.e., link removals and node additions) for undirected optimal networks and to weighted perturbations (i.e., small changes in link weights) for directed optimal networks. As mechanisms underlying this sensitivity, we identify discontinuous transitions occurring in the complement of undirected optimal networks and the prevalence of eigenvector degeneracy in directed optimal networks. These findings establish a unified characterization of networks optimized for dynamical stability, which we illustrate using Turing instability in activator-inhibitor systems, synchronization in power-grid networks, network diffusion, and several other network processes. Our results suggest that the network structure of a complex system operating near an optimum can potentially be fine-tuned for a significantly enhanced stability compared to what one might expect from simple extrapolation. On the other hand, they also suggest constraints on how close to the optimum the system can be in practice. Finally, the results have potential implications for biophysical networks, which have evolved under the competing pressures of optimizing fitness while remaining robust against perturbations.
Submission historyFrom: Takashi Nishikawa [view email]
[v1] Thu, 3 Nov 2016 20:00:05 GMT (557kb,D)
[v2] Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:00:22 GMT (562kb,D)
[v3] Wed, 6 Dec 2017 06:33:22 GMT (765kb,D)
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06 January 2007
Isn't it nice to start a new year?! I used to dislike the New Year's celebrations because I saw it as a loss of the old-- instead of focusing on the clean slate of the new. This year for New Year's eve- Douglas and I watched Audra McDonald sing on PBS and drank a bottle of Champagne, in Pittsburgh, after a long weekend of fun in NYC and a wedding in New Jersey.
Anyway, for the new year I decided I would like to reinvent myself-- a la Madonna. I bought 2 new lipsticks and Douglas surprised me with a fantastic pair of new spectacles-- which I really don't need- but they are a very fun accessory. I feel very intellectual and chic in them. THe lipsticks are in colors I am not used to wearing-- one is a tangerine color with gold flecks while the other is a bright Bold pink. I still can't decide if I like it or it's a little too Barbie doll gone bad- but it's fun and exciting to try something new for a change. Let me tell you about the wedding of my cousin Sandy and her new husband, Pierre. They are both foodies! He is a chef and she is a pastry/chocolate chef. The ceremony was held at a restaurant in NJ and the food was something! Here's the menu:
A delicate Lobster Soup, Duck Confit-that is shredded duck on top of some type of chip laying in a squash sauce, Braised Ribs with sweet potato puree and string beans, and for dessert, a luscious Lemon tart that I could only eat half of due to its tarty sweetness- and then yummy chocholatey truffles with booze and assorted cookies . It was a fun evening and Congratulations to the happy couple. Douglas and I stayed in a hotel that night and early the next morning- we took a bus into Manhattan. We checked in at the Ramada East and went straight to the MoMA. There is just too much to see at MoMA, the art, the people, the building, its very easy to get saturated/ information overload- so of course, our first stop was the cafe where we shared a portobella panini. Then we started from the 6th floor and worked our way down. There were a few things that really stood out in my mind and one thing in particular I can't stop thinking about. A Cezanne still-life. The web image doesn't compare-- this painting was so gorgeous and luscious in the use of reds, oranges. I wanted to pluck the apple from the table and bite into it because it would have been just the right combination of crunchy and sweet. WOW-- it is a magnificent painting!
Other highlights include a video installation by Jane and Louise Wilson-- two adjacent screens in opposing corners of a darkened room. The films show objects and a woman levitating and/or moving very strangley through a space. This scene alternates with the view from the floor of a lift elevator where you can see out beyond the guard gate into the hall as you move up and down. It was very eerie and atmospheric.
Last but not least New Photography by Barbara Probst. This was very clever work! Probst uses multiple cameras set up from different angles and focused on the same subject. The cameras are synched to take a picture simultaneously. In one image a girl is seen jumping in a Swiss Alps setting. In the next image, we are looking down on a NY rooftop with a view of the city. At closer inspection, we see that two people are holding a large print of the swiss alps- and the girl is jumping in front of it.
Later that night, we ate a scrumptious meal at the Orchard-- recommended by Honey! and it was delish! We ate the Yellowfin Tuna Tartare, Sliced Lamb Tenderloin, and the best--Butternut Squash Agnolotti. WOW- it was good! It just melted in your mouth, and in combination with the lamb, Magnifique!
Saturday, Douglas and I first went to visit his Aunt and Uncle who live in this gorgeous penthouse apartment across the street from the planetarium. Douglas's beautiful Aunt works at the Guggenheim and has a spectacular art collection- when I first walked in the door- there was a large James Casebere photograph in the hallway! I was knocked on my socks! It wasn't this image below- but here's an example. Anyway, this apartment was beautiful with plenty of art to boot. We also went to visit with my Aunt and Uncle for a nice 2:30 tea break!
We had 8 o'clock tickets to see the Drowsy Chaperone
and it was super!
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Welcome to The Joint Chiropractic - Tucson Northwest! We live for family chiropractic because we live for knowing the impact regularly seeing a chiropractor can have on your overall health. We're devoted to spine health -- and that covers a lot more than fixing lower back and neck pain. A healthy spine can help provide relief for migraines and sciatica pain, and raise the function of your immune system. Today's chiropractic is a pathway to wellness using a natural, drug-free approach to healthcare.
No matter your health history -- maybe you've seen a chiropractor in the past, maybe you haven't -- finding a local chiropractor near you in Tucson can be a life-changing experience. The Joint Chiropractic - Tucson Northwest is different from any healthcare experience you've had before.
Here are a few reasons why The Joint Chiropractic in Tucson is the best destination for pain relief and prevention:
It's clear that chiropractic care provided by the licensed chiropractors at The Joint provides you and your family with an affordable, convenient and accessible solution.
Licensed chiropractors exercise manual manipulation of the spine to deliver the highest standards of chiropractic care to help restore and maintain communication from your brain to your body; it does this by relieving subluxations, or misalignments, of the spine. Restoring proper alignment and removing these restrictions and dysfunctions can assist with pain relief and prevention of:
Whatever aches, pains or "symptoms" you or your family may be experiencing, visit our Tucson chiropractic office today! Why wait to improve the overall health and well-being of your family (or yourself)? And keep in mind that you never need an appointment, so visit us when it's convenient. See you soon!
Dr. Joseph Andris, D.C. was born and raised in Belpre, Ohio and has been seeing a chiropractor of his own since he was 14. His doctor encouraged him to consider chiropractic as a career and Dr. Andris has never looked back. Dr. Andris graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, MO in 1997 with his Doctor of Chiropractic degree. He had been in private practice for his first 16 years as a doctor in Ohio and Michigan until moving to his new home state of Arizona and joining The Joint Chiropractic in Tucson.
Dr. Andris believes that in all things we must give thanks, and he is overly thankful for his patients. He loves establishing relationships with each of his patients and providing a tailored adjustment and treatment plan to each individual. Over the years, Dr. Andris has treated a variety of patients varying from families, newborns, grandparents and athletes. Because of the diversity in patients in Tucson he has also mastered treating a range of ailments such as sciatica pain, migraines, neck pain, lower back pain and dozens of other symptoms.
Dr. Andris finds his passion in not only helping others, but educating them. Routine chiropractic care can help each and every one of his patients live happier and healthier lives. One well-adjusted spine at a time, Dr. Andris is making a difference in Northwest Tucson.
When Dr. Andris is not working at The Joint Chiropractic in Northwest Tucson, AZ, he is playing baseball, working on home improvement, woodworking or spending time with his wife Michelle.
Dr. Kevin Jenkins was born and raised in Idaho, and recently relocated to Oro Valley, AZ to become the local chiropractor for The Joint Chiropractic in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Jenkins attended Palmer College of Chiropractic where he obtained his Doctor of Chiropractic in 1996.
Dr. Jenkins first became interested in chiropractic as a profession after his experience as a patient.
"Chiropractors get people better faster.. As an athlete that impressed me and when I started being treated I immediately saw how what chiropractic did fit my own personal philosophy about health."
Dr. Jenkins loves being able to have a direct impact on his community, and help the people of Tucson live their healthiest and best lives.
Dr. Jenkins has learned to serve a range of patients all with varied symptoms and ailments. Including, migraines, upper back pain, lower back pain, neck pain, arthritis, sciatica and more.
When Dr. Jenkins isn't working at The Joint Chiropractic Tucson, AZ, can be found on the golf course or spending time with his wife, Amy.
Dr. Melissa Ellyn Cox, D.C. was born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in Beardstown, IL. She attended Logan University where she received her Bachelor's degree in Human Biology in 2012 and her Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 2014. Dr. Cox grew up wanting to follow in her father's footsteps, and did just that. She saw her father helping their local community, bettering people's lives and educating them as a chiropractor.
Throughout her professional journey as a chiropractor, Dr. Cox has learned to serve a variety of patients from babies to grandparents and a range of cases, including migraine relief, sciatica pain, neck pain, and lower back pain through the use of manual manipulation. She has been The Joint's local chiropractor in Tucson, AZ since October 2017 and is honored to serve the Casa Grande community as well.
Dr. Cox's passion is seeing her patients live healthier and fuller lives as a result of her chiropractic efforts. Maximizing the connection between the brain and body through a well-adjusted spine leads to each of her patients achieving their health and wellness goals. She particularly enjoys helping those who are skeptical and try chiropractic as a 'last resort' and end up loving it and become passionate about routine chiropractic care.
When she is not working at The Joint Chiropractic in Tucson, AZ, Dr. Cox spends her time reading, running or working out. She also can be found spending time with her husband Jordan and her two children.
Dr. Valerie Tolen, D.C. was born and raised in Gibraltar, MI and first became inspired by chiropractic after serving in the U.S. Air Force. She enlisted at the age of 17 and had the good fortune to not only save lives, but also travel the world working in the medical field. When she left the Air Force, Dr. Tolen attended Cleveland Chiropractic College. While she was working towards her Doctor of Chiropractic degree, Dr. Tolen also received several awards for service and outstanding achievement in research and scholarship.
Dr. Tolen has been practicing chiropractic since 2012 and considers herself to be a holistic practitioner. She is knowledgeable on the many benefits of manual medicine for overall health and wellness, as well as many specific techniques such as Gonstead, Graston, Flexion/Distraction, Thompson, Prenatal, Pediatric, and animals.
Over the course of her career, Dr. Tolen has also had the opportunity to work with a breadth of patients ranging from infants to athletes and Air Forceman, and has learned to treat a range of cases including sciatica pain, neck pain, lower and upper back pain, arthritis pain, and migraines.
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Dr. Mike McGurn joined The Joint Chiropractic family of local healthcare providers when he arrived at the Tucson clinic locations in December of 2019. He earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1980 and is well-suited to meet the needs of local Tucson, AZ patients.
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Over the course of his professional career, Dr. McGurn has learned to serve a range of patients, from grandparents to infants and athletes, all with a range of cases including arthritis, sciatica, low back pain, migraines and more.
When Dr. McGurn is not working at The Joint Chiropractic he enjoys staying active and reading.
Dr. Karen Kolarik recently relocated to the Tucson area and joined "The Joint Chiropractic" in June of 2020. She spent the past 26 year practicing in the Boston area as well as guest lecturing at Harvard University and teaching at Wellesley College.
Dr. Kolarik grew up in a family of nine in Wisconsin. She attended Life Chiropractic University in Georgia and has lived all over the United States.
Her passion is serving as a chiropractor and helping people live healthier, more productive lives. She loves getting to know her patients on a personal level and watching their lives change with chiropractic care.
When Dr. Kolarik is not working, she love's spending time with her family, her church, cooking and all the outdoor activities Tucson has to offer.
Read what our amazing chiropractic patients have to say about our chiropractors and care at The Joint Chiropractic - Tucson Northwest in Tucson, AZ
In a recent Consumer Reports study, chiropractic outperformed prescription medication, deep-tissue massage, yoga, pilates, and over-the-counter medication therapies, in treating back pain. 1
1 Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center. Back-Pain Treatments. ConsumerReports.org; July 2011.
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It wasn't astronauts who were drunk. It was aliens.
I have a somewhat different interpretation though, as posted in the comments:
Alien researcher #1 "See?"
Alien researcher #2 "No. I still don't get it."
Alien researcher #1 "They do it because it's funny!"
Alien researcher #2 "But it's not. We just wrecked some dude's crop."
Alien researcher #1 "Well, maybe we just didn't do it right."
Alien researcher #2 "I'm tellin' ya, they do it to worship invisible people in the sky."
Alien researcher #1 "You mean us? Nah, they're not as dumb as you think they are."
Alien researcher #2 "Are you kidding? Have you seen that guy they put in that big white house?"
Alien researcher #1 "Good point. Maybe we should just come back in a few thousand years."
Alien researcher #2 "I don't think we'll need to bother."
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That image is from the UK Metro, and as a linking thumbnail for parody should qualify as fair use
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THE Bahamian construction industry is moving closer to having regulatory oversight, after the Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) resubmitted its nominees for the Contractors Board.
That Board will oversee enforcement of the Construction Contractors Act, with the BCA revising its nominees after the initial slate was deemed not sufficiently diversified to represent all the sector's different trades and professions. Desmond Bannister, minister of works, yesterday said: "They have resubmitted their names. I will take it to Cabinet ,and once Cabinet approves it we will make the appointments."
Mr Bannister had previously told this newspaper that while the BCA is supposed to nominate six members from various disciplines within the construction industry, its only prior submission lacked the necessary variety. Confirming a pledge by the BCA's president Leonard Sands, the Minister said the BCA had resubmitted its nominees.
The Act, when implemented, will introduce a system of licensing and self-regulation, where Bahamian contractors are certified according to their qualifications and scale/scope of work they are capable of undertaking.
This would place them on a 'level playing field' with foreign contractors, enabling them to better compete for multi-million dollar contracts on foreign direct investment (FDI) projects that come to the Bahamas because their capabilities are certified.
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"It speaks to the disrespect members of this chamber have toward members of color," said Sen. Emanuel Jones (D-Decatur), who introduced a similar resolution that sailed through the Senate. "It's a sad day."
But Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons Island) said Democrats' unwillingness to budge on the wording sealed the resolution's fate. Keen and Rep. Austin Scott (R-Tifton), who first objected to it, wanted to change wording that makes it seem the entire House supported Obama's political positions.
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Published on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 by CommonDreams.org
An Open Letter to the U.N. about Colin Powell
by Dennis Hans
Greetings, members of the United Nations.
I am writing on the eve of Secretary of State Colin Powell's February 5 presentation on Saddam Hussein and Iraq's alleged links to al Qaeda and its possession of and/or ongoing attempts to develop banned weapons of mass destruction. Many of you will read this after February 5, and that's fine. You will be debating and discussing the import and details of Powell's presentation in the days and weeks that follow, and you will be aided immeasurably by a fuller understanding of the man and his standards.
Judging from the following excerpt of an article in Sunday's Washington Post ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12652-2003Feb1.html), European diplomats in particular have far too rosy a view of Powell's character and credibility:
"Any hope of an agreement, a European diplomat said, rests with Powell. He is widely trusted by council governments, and many said his words this week will have a heavy impact. 'You are lucky to have a representative for this administration that is as credible as he is,' the European diplomat said. 'If you didn't have him, you'd really have much, much greater difficulties working with a whole lot of Europeans.'"
Secretary Powell is a brilliant man, but I ask that you leave open the question of trust and credibility. For starters, you might ask Hans Blix to expound on this portion of a recent New York Times article: "Mr. Blix took issue with what he said were Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's claims that the inspectors had found that Iraqi officials were hiding and moving illicit materials within and outside of Iraq to prevent their discovery. He said that the inspectors had reported no such incidents" ( http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/international/middleeast/31BLIX.html).
If Blix is correct, this suggests that Powell is willing to deceive on matters that are easily checked. What would such a man be capable of when presenting "evidence" that is not subject to verification?
Although our immediate focus is Iraq, I include below a postscript that offers evidence and citations from reputable human rights groups of Powell's "fictitious" certifications to Congress on aid to Colombia, as well as his devotion in the 1980s to murderous governments and rebel forces in Central America and Africa whose depridations would make that European diplomat's skin crawl.
Iraq: Powell for the prosecution
U.N. members, if you prepare properly for Powell's presentation, you can make an invaluable contribution to your own and the world's understanding of the true extent of Iraq's threats to its neighbors and the global community, as well as its links, if any, to al Qaeda. If you're not prepared, you could make a horrendous mistake with unfathomable repercussions.
Powell's presentation will be in the form of "here is the unvarnished truth as we understand it." But his will be a case for the prosecution and should be viewed as such. He will present only those tidbits that strengthen his case while suppressing tidbits that undermine it — and he will have a great advantage over a prosecutor in an American court.
You see, that prosecutor would earlier have taken part in what is called the "discovery" phase. The rules differ by state and by type of case, but the idea is that both sides in a trial get access to just about all the information and evidence the other side has gathered. You, on the other hand, will not be privy to the mountain of evidence from which Powell has selected his damning tidbits. You won't have access to the material that places each accusation in its proper context, or the material that weakens or directly contradicts each accusation.
Nor will you know if certain evidence is unreliable because it was obtained through torture. On Monday Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, wrote a letter to Powell ( http://hrw.org/press/2003/02/powell-ltr020303.htm) urging him to denounce the use of torture and not to include in his presentation any "information" obtained through torture or severe mistreatment. (An in-depth story in the Dec. 26 Washington Post, cited by Roth, indicates the administration now countenances torture.) Would the Bush administration permit U.S. intelligence agencies to torture directly and/or ship detainees to foreign torture centers in hopes of extracting the magic words "Saddam and al Qaeda — all for one and one for all"? You might want to ask Secretary Powell.
The tubes: What did Powell know and when did he know it?
Powell has known for many months that officials in his own State Department, as well as experts in the Energy Department, doubted that those aluminum tubes Iraq tried to purchase were intended for use in a nuclear-weapons program. Yet Powell stood by as President Bush delivered three major speeches where he stated as incontrovertible fact that Iraq's purpose for the tubes was nuclear. If the president wanted to mislead the American people — to scare them into supporting his desire for war — that was just fine with Powell.
It was in President Bush's September speech to your body, the United Nations, that he made his first categorical statement that Iraq had attempted to purchase aluminum tubes necessary for building centrifuges for the enrichment of uranium. He didn't say that the tubes "could" be used in a nuclear project, or that "we have grave concerns" that this might be the case. He didn't say what he and Powell knew to be true: "Even though we lean hard on all our intelligence pros to put the worst possible spin on Iraqi actions, the truth is that many of our best people make a persuasive case that the tubes are for a non-nuclear program."
Bush repeated his categorical statement about the tubes' nuclear purpose in a national address October 7. He repeated it again January 28, in his State of the Union address. Between the two speeches, evidence continued to mount that the tubes were indeed for the purpose that Iraq told the U.N. inspectors: for conventional artillery rockets.
We now know, thanks to the work of Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick (not to be confused with pretend-reporter and Powell-mouthpiece Bob Woodward), that the nuclear theory had plenty of holes from the start ("U.S. Claim on Iraqi Nuclear Program Is Called Into Question" ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35360-2003Jan23.html).
Amazingly, the primary reason cited by CIA and Pentagon proponents of the nuclear theory — the fact that Iraq was seeking tubes of a precise size — is the strongest evidence for the conventional-rockets theory! (So much for the pretense by Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz that the CIA is too eager to dismiss allegations of Iraqi misdeeds.) In fact, the 81mm tubes were a perfect fit for the conventional-rocket program that dated back to the 1980s, and not even close to a fit for centrifuges. On Jan. 8, reports Warrick, Dr. el Baradei of the IAEA issued his "preliminary assessment that the tubes were 'not directly suitable' for uranium enrichment but were 'consistent' with making ordinary artillery rockets -- a finding that meshed with Iraq's official explanation for the tubes." Yet on Jan. 28, the president continued to pretend otherwise in a nationally televised speech, confident that the major U.S. news media would let him get away with one more lie. Confident that his much admired and respected secretary of state would side with him, rather than the American people who were the target of the lie.
Big lies that go unchallenged produce big results for Bush and Powell
Recall what else Bush was saying around the time he first told his tall tubular tale: He was trying to scare the hell out of the American people and Congress with warnings about the grave and imminent nuclear threat posed by Saddam. At a Sept. 7 news conference, Bush said, "I would remind you that when the inspectors first went into Iraq and were denied — finally denied access [in 1998], a report came out of the Atomic — the IAEA that they were six months away from developing a weapon. I don't know what more evidence we need." But as Joseph Curl reported three weeks later in the conservative Washington Times, there was no such report: "In October 1998, just before Saddam kicked U.N. weapons inspectors out of Iraq, the IAEA laid out a case opposite of Mr. Bush's Sept. 7 declaration: 'There are no indications that there remains in Iraq any physical capability for the production of weapon-usable nuclear material of any practical significance,' IAEA Director-General Mohammed Elbaradei wrote in a report to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan" ( http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020927-500715.htm).
But Bush's lie was reported widely as fact, and along with other lies it has had a tremendous impact on public perceptions. According to a recent Knight-Ridder poll, 41 percent of Americans believe Saddam has nuclear weapons while only 24 percent know the truth: he has none ( http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/4911975.htm). If Bush and Powell had a policy of leveling with the American people, support for a war would plummet.
There is a long list of lies and half-truths in Bush's three major speeches on Iraq, as the Institute for Public Accuracy (accuracy.org) and others have shown. Each lie and half-truth merits its own investigation, to determine just how long that Powell and Bush have known it was all or partly false, yet continued to peddle it. It is bad enough to take unconfirmed rumors and pass them off on the public as certified facts. But it is unconscionable to knowingly, willfully mislead the American public and the community of nations in order to trick them into waging a war of aggression.
How to stage your own "discovery" phase
You won't have access to the raw data from which Powell will build his case, but if you try hard enough you can have the next best thing: honest national-security bureaucrats who've seen all this data and, in recent months, have provided to the handful of serious reporters in Washington careful analyses that directly contradict the party line pushed by Powell and Bush. These reporter include the Post's Joby Warrick, Knight-Ridder's Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel ( http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/nation/1607676 ), and the Los Angeles Times' Greg Miller and Bob Drogin ( http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/la-na-cia11oct11.story).
The reporters and their sources can help you start your own "discovery" process. It could begin the day of Powell's presentation and continue in the days and weeks that follow. It can be carried out in a manner that safeguards intelligence "sources and methods" and in conjunction with those members of the U.S. Congress who are still eager to have the free, open and honest debate they were denied last fall.
These dedicated, experienced officials, Landay and Strobel report, "charge that the administration squelches dissenting views and that intelligence analysts are under intense pressure to produce reports supporting the White House's argument that Saddam poses such an immediate threat to the United States that pre-emptive military action is necessary. 'Analysts at the working level in the intelligence community are feeling very strong pressure from the Pentagon to cook the intelligence books,' said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. A dozen other officials echoed his views in interviews. No one who was interviewed disagreed."
I can't tell you their names. I don't know them because they spoke to the reporters on the condition they not be named. Landay and Strobel explained why: "None of the dissenting officials, who work in a number of different agencies, would agree to speak publicly, out of fear of retribution."
Powell is on the side of the squelchers and the bullies. He is no friend of the frightened officials who want nothing more than for their leaders to be honest with the American people.
Bring these reporters to New York. Ask them to tell you what their sources told them. Ask them how to reach their sources, and plead with those sources to go public. Tell them there is safety in numbers. If 20 blow the whistle, it will be impossible for the White House to discredit them all. Ask dissident members of the U.S. Congress, former President Jimmy Carter and retired General Anthony Zinni to echo your plea. It only takes a few brave bureaucrats to open the floodgates for dozens more to follow.
Only by bringing these well-informed, honorable patriots out into the open can U.S. citizens and the world community begin to have the full, open and honest debate that we absolutely must have before making such a momentous and fateful decision to go — or not to go — to war.
The ultimate "team player" on a team that cheats
All his career, Colin Powell has been known as a "team player." But as was the case in the 1980s, today he's playing on a team that cheats. Ponder for a moment the words of the thoughtful Wall Street Journal reporter David Wessel, writing in the December 12 edition:
"[T]his administration seems particularly proud of its skill in misleading the press, the public and Congress, when convenient. It has even hired Elliott Abrams and John Poindexter, both of whom were convicted of lying to Congress about Reagan-era aid to Nicaraguan rebels. . . . A White House aide who had told me one thing on the record a few weeks ago tried to persuade me over the weekend, not for attribution, that the opposite was true. I protested. His reply: 'Why would I lie? Because that's what I'm supposed to do. Lying to the press doesn't prick anyone's conscience.'"
Lying to the press is the same thing as lying to the public. It's a hallmark of the Bush team, and Powell is its all-star. Beware.
Sincerely yours,
Dennis Hans
Postscript: More Reasons to Be Wary of and Sickened by Powell
Human Rights Watch says Powell files "fictitious" certification on Colombia
On January 14, 2003, Human Rights Watch (HRW) held a press conference to announce the release of its latest world report. Executive director Kenneth Roth said that Powell's State Department twice in 2002 issued "fictitious" certifications that Colombia had met the human-rights and rule-of-laws conditions that the U.S. Congress had attached to Colombia aid. Congress required him to make an honest judgment, and HRW, Amnesty International and the Washington Office on Latin America demonstrate in a collaborative report that Powell did no such thing ( http://hrw.org/backgrounder/americas/colombia-certification4.htm). He says Colombia met all of the conditions; they say none. If you read the report, you'll be hard-pressed to consider this an "honest disagreement."
Two of my own articles ( http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0209-04.htm, http://www.colombiareport.org/colombia85.htm) address Powell's slippery — dare I say "Clintonesque" — language in 2001 when the State Department designated the AUC (a rightwing paramilitary death-squad federation in Colombia) a "Foreign Terrorist Organization." The carefully worded statement included not a hint of a relationship between the AUC and the U.S.-backed Colombian army. HRW has, for years, documented that intimate working relationship. If Powell had acknowledged the obvious truth, he and President Bush would have been placed in the awkward position of justifying continued aid to an army that, in a myriad of ways, aids and abets terrorists.
Powell proud of his support for murderous contras
During the 1980s, thousands of Nicaraguan were murdered by a terrorist rebel force known as the contras, which had been created by the U.S. from the remnants of the hated National Guard of the deposed Somoza dictatorship. The U.S. organized, armed and trained the contras, directed them to attack defenseless Nicaraguan villages, and produced and distributed a handbook that justified and encouraged the assassination of local officials. In 1986 the International Court of Justice ordered the Reagan administration to end the contra war and pay reparations to Nicaragua. It did neither.
You can read all about the contras in the gruesome reports of HRW, whose careful documentation has stood the test of time. But, you ask, what does that have to do with Powell? To this day, Powell is proud of his contribution to the contra cause. Here's what he said to journalists Norman Solomon and Robert Parry in 1995:
"Working for Ronald Reagan as his deputy national security adviser and national security adviser, I worked very hard, fought very hard to get adequate support to the contras, the freedom fighters, who were resisting the communist government of the Ortegas in Nicaragua.... I have no regrets about my role." ( http://www.fair.org/extra/9601/powell.html)
According to HRW, the contras made torture, murder of defenseless civilians, and execution of surrendered enemy soldiers standard operating procedure. In the eyes of Powell, the contras were "freedom fighters."
A word on the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Negroponte
The Reagan team had bribed the brutal generals who ran Honduras behind a democratic façade to provide bases and sanctuary for the contras. You see, the contras, unlike a legitimate guerrilla force, could not establish themselves in their own country. The CIA helped the worst of the Honduran military set up a death squad called Battalion 316, which developed a habit of torturing suspects to death. The man whose job it was to hush this up, to pretend that no systematic abuses were being committed by our allies, was the U.S. ambassador. His name is John Negroponte, and many U.S. senators, as well as his predecessor in Honduras, consider him dishonest. But he's a good friend of Powell's, and today he's the U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
The only notable black American to countenance Constructive Engagement
Ask your fellow ambassadors from South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Namibia what they thought of the "Reagan Doctrine" and of "Constructive Engagement" with South Africa. Ask them how many of their countrymen were slaughtered in the 1980s as a result of U.S. support for monsters named Savimbi and Mobutu. Ask them about the strategic alliance between Powell's president and the apartheid regime that was destabilizing the entire southern African region. The number slaughtered as a direct result surely is in the hundreds of thousands. Ask these African ambassadors what they think of a black man who is proud to have served in the uppermost foreign-policy reaches of an administration that conceived the abomination known as Constructive Engagement.
No African American of stature other than Powell would have willingly served as a cheerleader for the Reagan Doctrine, with its murderous consequences in Africa and beyond. Perhaps this helps explain why Powell is so beloved by the big names of America's lilywhite, center-right news media.
My background
I'm a moderate liberal who, in the 1990s, taught courses on American foreign policy and mass communications as an adjunct (part-time) professor at the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus. In the 1980s I wrote a number of essays and book reviews on U.S. intervention in the Third World and how the major U.S. media tended to stick close to the White House party line (a tendency that's in full force today). The essays appeared in Christianity & Crisis, the National Catholic Reporter and the Berkshire Eagle newspaper. Today I write as an opponent of the looming war, hoping to persuade you to join me in opposition.
I have no love for Saddam Hussein. I regard him as one of many brutal dictators whose most grisly crimes were committed in the 1980s, when they had strong support from the Reagan administration that Powell so loyally served. My preferred solution to the current crisis is for Saddam to go into exile, with a 5-year grant of immunity from international prosecution, after which he must fend for himself. He can come to my state, sunny Florida, where two U.S.-backed Salvadoran generals whose human rights record is nearly as appalling as Saddam's are enjoying their retirement in relative tranquility.
Dennis Hans is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, National Post (Canada) and online at TomPaine.com, Slate and The Black World Today (tbwt.com), among other outlets. He has taught courses in mass communications and American foreign policy at the University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Phillips Middle School Hosts Banda Magda Residency
A celebration of global music has become an annual treat for orchestra and band students at Phillips Middle School (PMS) through residencies with the internationally acclaimed group, Banda Magda. This year's residency took place at PMS April 10-11, and the collaboration between students and world musicians culminated in an evening concert on April 11.
Orchestra teacher, Ann Daaleman, has received grants from the Public School Foundation and Jelly Foundation, in addition to donations from the School of Rock to support this valuable experience for her students, as well as the jazz band students taught by Ashley Sample. "Meeting musicians from other cultures and seeing the traditional orchestra instruments used in a different genre of music broadens students' involvement in music and the arts," said Daaleman. "The teaching that Banda Magda offers includes geographical information, cultural enrichment, appreciation of other cultures and respect for music that often sounds different than we are used to hearing in our culture."
Banda Magda is a New York based world music group, consisting of musicians from Greece and South America. They have numerous Grammy awards and travel the globe, but Magda Giannikou, the founder of the group, chooses to include an educational component to their ensemble by working with youth orchestras from middle school to college level.
In the fall of 2015, PMS was the lucky beneficiary of the very first educational residency presented by Banda Magda. That year, the group worked with only the eighth grade orchestra in a two day event, expanding to orchestra students in all three grades last year, and this year, students in the Phillips Jazz Band participated, too.
"To be able to work with world class musicians is something generally reserved for students with unlimited resources," Daaleman said. "By bringing this ensemble to Phillips Middle School for all students, we are giving them an equal chance to have an incredible experience with music that will enrich their lives and their cultural experience. There is a need for global awareness for all students and this musical experience expands their understanding of the world."
"Banda Magda is an awesome group!" said Helen Katz, cellist in the PMS orchestra. "I had so much fun working with them on a new genre of music, and I especially enjoyed playing the lively Latin American rhythms they taught us."
Daaleman noted the students have gained tremendous knowledge of difficult rhythmic patterns found in South America, African, and Greek music through working with Banda Magda. She said, "They recognize these rhythmic patterns in other music we are learning and have developed a greater sense of pulse as musicians. I believe this experience addresses our equity goals by providing a rich cultural experience to all students, regardless of their economic situation. To know that you get to learn and perform beside Grammy award winners makes our students feel important and worthy."
On their education webpage, Banda Magda notes, "Our vision for education is to encourage open-mindedness and self-exploration through the study of global musical cultures. Everyone is, by definition, unique. It is that uniqueness that Banda Magda wants students of all ages to embrace, while at the same time raising awareness and understanding of how all humans are connected."


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Why You Should Never Buy Fake Apple Chargers
No one likes paying full price for things. Especially if these things are ridiculously overpriced in the first place. Unfortunately, when it comes to Apple chargers there really is no alternative to buying the real thing. Buying a fake charger just isn't worth the risk.
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) recently conducted an investigation into the safety of fake Apple chargers. The organization purchased "400 counterfeit Apple chargers from suppliers around the world" only to find that 397 of the 400 failed even the most basic safety test.
Trading Standards @ctsi_uk issues warning over #fake chargers & 2nd hand electrics as many deemed unsafe https://t.co/7j5uzHfuxt #SwitchedOn
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The 397 failed "an electrical strength test in which high voltages are applied to the units to see how much voltage will flow between the input and output. If the current is above the threshold the unit is determined to have insufficient isolation with potential for electric shock".
At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, this means that 99 percent of the fake Apple chargers the CTSI bought online were potentially dangerous. Which is a shocking result.
Apple Cracks Down on Counterfeits
This investigation by CTSI follows on from a previous investigation conducted by Apple itself. Apple purchased 100 chargers from a company claiming to sell the real deal on Amazon Amazon Cracks Down on Counterfeit Goods Amazon is finally taking action against counterfeit products being sold through its site, with a concerted crackdown set to begin in 2017. Read More , only to find that 90 percent of the chargers were counterfeits.
According to Patently Apple, Apple sued the company responsible, Mobile Star LLC, and in the lawsuit stated that these counterfeits "have the potential to overheat, catch fire, and deliver a deadly electric shock to consumers while in normal use". Which puts the few dollars you save in perspective.
Charging for a Lack of Common Sense
This all adds up to consumers needing to be more cautious when purchasing Apple chargers. The risk of buying a fake which could potentially overheat, catch fire, or shock you surely outweighs any potential saving you could make in terms of cold, hard cash.
Toby Harris, chair of National Trading Standards, said:
"Criminals across the globe are using online platforms to lure you in with cheap deals for fake items, many of which are dangerous and have been known to overheat and cause house fires."
"We urge consumers to be vigilant when buying electrical products online: be wary of deals that look too good to be true and search for reviews of the seller before making your purchase."
While I'm personally loathe to recommend anyone pay the exorbitant prices Apple charges for accessories, on this occasion that appears to be the only sensible option. And once you're in possession of a real Apple charger, please take good care of it 5 Quick Tips for Taking Good Care of Device Chargers We fret so much about taking care of our batteries that we often forget to take care of our chargers! Here are a few tips you should keep in mind. Read More .
Have you ever bought an Apple charger from someone other than Apple? How confident are you that it's the real deal? Do you care that it might be counterfeit? What made you buy a charger from a source other than Apple? Please let us know in the comments below!
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