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We all know that fiction is propelled by conflict. Two people who just sit on the page enamored with one another is a very boring story that no one will read. Throw in a little conflict and it makes the story move forward. The same can be said for motivation. What makes your characters do what they do? What end game are they interested in? What's the goal? What lead them to this thinking?
In a phrase: what motivates them?
My favorite adult fiction book of all time is Gone With the Wind I know: it's dated, hard to read in some parts because of the way the dialect is written, and sometimes you just want to slap Scarlet O'Hara like she slapped poor Prissy. Scarlet is a conniving, lying, spoiled vixen of a woman. But you want to root for her because everything she does, everything she becomes, is motivated by two central truths in her life- she loves Ashley Wilkes and she loves Tara. She will do whatever she has to in order to accomplish her goal of having both. And she does. Her motivation is to prove to Ashley that he really loves her and not Melly. When the war destroys her family and her home, she is motivated beyond reason to help Tara rise again to the splendor it was pre-war. She marries men she does not love for their money and for the security they bring to her. She cares for Melly when she is sick and dying only because she wants to be close to Ashley. She really is a bitch in every sense of the word, but still, you root for her because she fights for what she wants, and to hell with everyone and everything else.
That's motivation in it's sincerest form.
What motivates your characters? Is it a desire to save the family homestead despite not having the visible means to do it? Is it revenge on the person your character thinks did them wrong? Is it greed? Lust? Love? Whatever your characters want you need to be clear about it, because the reader wants what they want FOR them, and wants to see them overcome obstacles to get it.
There's no motivation in a boy meets girl-boy gets girl story. Now, a boy meets girl-boys loses girl- boy gets girl in the end story is the stuff of romantic dreams. This is what romance readers want. They want to know what motivates the two characters to fall in love. What obstacles must they overcome to wind up together? Are their motivations at cross purposes and it looks like they'll never make it? All this drives the story and what drives the character is their motivation.
What motivation do you give your characters? Is it strong enough to sustain an entire novel about it? If not, how could you make it stronger? Sit back and re-evaluate what you want for you characters and what they want. It should be the same thing. Your goal is deciding how to effectively help them attain that goal without losing sight of their motivation.


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Citadel of Dreams was the second Telos Doctor Who novella. It featured the Seventh Doctor and Ace. This was author Dave Stone's third long-form Doctor Who story featuring the Seventh Doctor, he had previously written the novels Death and Diplomacy and Sky Pirates!.
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In the city-state of Hokesh, time plays tricks; the present is unreliable, the future impossible to intimate. A derelict street child, Joey Quine, finds himself subject to horrifying visions and fugues. His only friend in this, the only one to whom he can turn for help, is a mysterious stranger who calls herself Ace.
And in an unknowable future the Doctor is busily inciting a state of bloody unrest, on the basis that one must be cruel to be kind — simultaneously, for preference. The Glorious Ruler of the city, Magnus Solaris, is worried: his memory is failing him; his influence deserting him; his city is falling apart. What is happening to him truly? Only the Doctor knows — and he's not telling.
There is worse to come. As both world and time crumble, Magnus Solaris and Joey Quine will unearth secrets the like of which nobody in Hokesh could have ever possibly suspected.
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- The illustration was part of the Deluxe Edition and was created by Lee Sullivan.
- This story includes a foreword by Andrew Cartmel.
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- The Doctor is still a vegetarian. (TV: The Two Doctors)
- Ace has a new baseball bat. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
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- Citadel of Dreams at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Citadel of Dreams at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Citadel of Dreams

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Disadvantages of Online Banking: Comparing to Traditional Banking Methods
Human Touch
Nothing beats knowing the flesh and blood human beings that will make a deposit, transfer funds or reverse a charge in the account.
Familiarity breeds good will that can give the customer the upper hand in reduced mortgage rates, eliminating processing fees and imparting information about local financing deals not found on the generic banking website.
Discussing investment options with a bank manager or loan officer allows for a better flow of information than attempting to fill out forms online and clarifying the differences between loan options in terms of interest rates, duration of the loans and options only available through the branch.
Negotiating interest rates is something only human beings can do, and in a mortgage or car loan, a point or two difference will save the customer thousands of dollars over the loan's term.
Banking online is easy and we have become accustomed to multi-tasking. The television is on, the kids are asking questions and the phone conversation is ongoing. Under these circumstances, it is easy to post the right payment to the wrong account without noticing until the late notices come in the mail.
For those who can't concentrate while paying their bills, the idea of automatic payments may be more appealing but even this path is froth with issues, especially from cable and satellite providers who are prone to overcharge without explanation. The bank account will automatically be reduced by more than the customer expects and potentially incur charges for insufficient funds and overdrafts from other automatic bill paying accounts.
The fees will accrue quickly and the amount of money saved by the convenience of automatic payment quickly evaporates by the amount of time spent on the phone with various service providers and banking call centers. Rectifying the issues and getting credited for the penalties incurred are time-consuming and have the potential of not being rectified to the customer's satisfaction. They can also damage his credit rating FICO scores.
An effective way to avoid the above scenarios is to call or go to each company's website and pay them all with one credit card to ensure the right amount is posted and to receive cash back from the credit card. At the end of the month, the customer can pay the full amount owed on the card through online banking services or mail just one check ahead of time to ensure it is posted to the account before penalties and interest accrue.
Technical Issues
Technical difficulties are a nightmare under ordinary circumstances, but are extremely stressful when personal finances are involved and bills need to be paid within a specific period of time. Below are some real scenarios to keep in mind when entrusting personal finances to the cold world of cyberspace.
- The bank's website may be down for maintenance and experiencing glitches. If customers need to make payment arrangements immediately, they will have to physically make the necessary arrangements during banking hours.
- The customer's Internet connection may not be working properly and transactions are not recorded.
- Passwords and login information are forgotten and difficult to retrieve. Most systems will lock out the user after three failed attempts and there is rarely a helpful individual available during non-traditional working hours.
- Viruses, Trojans and identity theft are very real concerns in today's technologically driven society and thieves are more computer savvy and cunning than the average person. Straightening out these cyber attacks will take far longer than writing a check or making a phone call to pay a bill via credit card.
Note: Thieves are good at installing spyware that record which sites customers frequent, record keystrokes and duplicate official-looking bank emails that direct the customer to click on provided links to enter their personal information. Wells Fargo and Bank of America are two of the biggest targets for thieves, but smaller banks and credit unions have not been immune to these tactics. Customers need to be aware that their bank will never send an email requesting that the customer access his accounts through an email. Financial institutions are well aware of these scams and have a fraud center to which these emails and other information can be reported.
Paper Trail
Eliminating paper checks means that customers need to be diligent to print copies (front and back) of important payments as proof and maintain updated records. While some may find a rare error in payment posting by a utility company, a more serious consideration is for those who rely on various agencies to record payments. For instance, a person making child and spousal support payments to someone in California but submitting payments through their state of residency in Alabama, will have to ensure that everyone is on the same page and be able to come up with proof in case of lost payments, accounting errors and purposeful omissions.
Banks will keep cancelled checks available for a certain amount of months (from six to twelve) to copy and print by customers easily from their home computers, but someone wanting to produce a cancelled check from five years prior may find that A) the bank charges an unreasonable fee to locate the cancelled checks, B) the bank can't locate it at all or C) the bank can't locate it within the customer's time frame.
Safe Online Banking
The best way to overcome the disadvantages of online banking is to be aware of its benefits, convenience and shortcomings. For instance, all banks and services are not created equal and customers should do their due diligence to ensure they get the most service for investing or parking their money with any bank.
Some banks offer a 100 percent refund for stolen funds while using their online services, offer lower rates on loans for banking online and eliminating paperwork—and the same benefits extend to their debit cards. ATM fees are waived if withdrawing funds from their own network in any part of the country.
Finally, customers should keep the computer's antivirus up to date and ensure the firewall has the necessary protections to refuse inbound traffic to the network.
- Images: Online Banking by renjith krishnan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net / Spyware by Idea go / FreeDigitalPhotos.net / Check by Donald Knuth Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons / Banker by Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
- Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/content/online-payment-services
- Bank Rate: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/olbstep2.asp


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Amberly Young is so awesome! (Did you draw a heart because you love me?) Santa Cruz is a beautiful place and University of California, Santa Cruz, has the best-looking campus I've ever seen. It seems hidden within a forest of giant redwoods. A guy who took me around campus told me that new students often become lost on the trails that connect the campuses. I was intrigued by the Mima Mounds — Kyle, you rock for bringing me on the long and perilous hike (we had to climb a...Read More


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Mark O'Connell LCSW-R
Mark O'Connell, LCSW-R, is a New York City-based psychotherapist in private practice. He is author of the books The Performing Art of Therapy: Acting Insights and Techniques for Clinicians (Routledge) and Modern Brides & Modern Grooms: A Guide to Planning Straight, Gay, and Other Nontraditional 21st Century Weddings (Skyhorse). Mark's popular writing has also appeared in The Huffington Post, Out Magazine, andTruthdig.com among others. His clinical writing has been published in The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and The Journal of Lesbian and Gay Mental Health. He speaks publicly on issues related to mental health, identity, and relationships.
Mr. O'Connell graduated with Honors from Hunter College School of Social Work, and has been mentored in relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy by Ken Corbett and Lewis Aron among others. He has an MFA in acting from Trinity Rep Conservatory (associated with Brown University), and is co-founder of the NYC-based theater company Lynx Ensemble Theater; creating performances that promote empathy and expand concepts of identity. He is also a proud alum of Bard College at Simon's Rock.
Mark practices psychodynamic psychotherapy in Manhattan's Gramercy district, working with a wide variety of individual adults, adolescents, and couples, including actors, artists, and the LGBT communities. His website is www.markoconnelltherapist.com.


text: Air strikes on the airwaves We examine battling media narratives following recent Russian and US bombing campaigns in Syria and Afghanistan. 12 Oct 2015 15:52 GMT Media, Middle East, Syria's War, Russia, Press Freedom When Russia's military intervention in Syria began, the global media had plenty of questions to ask about the air strikes. What were the targets? Where did the bombs fall? Were civilians among those killed? When Russia bombs in Syria, suddenly the media are concerned with the inaccuracy of the bombing. But when the US waged air strikes against ISIS there's not much concern for civilian casualties and inaccuracy. Ben Norton, journalist In Russia, the media tended to be far more lenient and toed the Kremlin line. One reporter assessed the weather conditions in Syria for Russian fighter jets. Critical coverage of the Russian air strikes has predominantly come from Western news outlets which had another big story to cover last week: The bombing of a Doctors without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, by an American gunship which claimed more than 20 lives. However, the tone and terminology used in much of that coverage - particularly in the US - displayed a far more cautious approach to the story. The reporting has said a lot about how US news outlets cover American military intervention compared to other countries. We talk to Jamal Dajani, journalist and founder of Arab Talk; Alexei Khlebnikov, Middle East and Russia analyst; Ben Norton, politics staff writer at Salon; and Chris Woods, project leader at airwars.org. Source: Al Jazeera Tell us what you think


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The Face of Mental Health
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Galway 2020 in conjunction with Red Door Studio present 'The Face of Mental Health', as part of First Fortnight 2019
This workshop will explore the many different faces of mental health, starting with ourselves. Participants will be guided in a simple drawing exercise followed by group discussion. It is an opportunity to have some creative fun and meet others who are interested in how we view and approach mental wellbeing. The workshop will be facilitated by trained art therapists and is aimed at adults. All materials provided. No artistic skill required. All are welcome.
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Oliver is a fully responsive Prestashop Theme with a clean, minimalist and elegant design. Oliver comes with lots of advanced features: 4 Homepage layouts, Slideshow, Megamenu and Vertical Megamenu, Boxed and Wide layout, RTL language, Product Zoom, Newsletter Popup, Daily Deals… You can also set any colors you want through our theme control panel. Setting a custom font for the theme has never been easier. With the clear backend interface, the theme allows you to easily manage the theme and customize it as your ideas.
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Call for Submissions, Global Business Languages
The newly relaunched Global Business Languages, https://go.gwu.edu/gbl, journal is currently accepting manuscripts for the 2021 issue. We encourage submissions of manuscripts that integrate theory and practice in the realm of teaching and learning Languages for Specific Purposes, including business, but also the arts, engineering, healthcare, translation, etc.. Articles may pertain to any language, including English for non-natives. State-of-the-art reviews on relevant technological tools, (text)books, websites, are also welcomed. Deadline for submission: July 15, 2020. For more information on submission guidelines, review process and publication timeline, visit the GBL website, https://gbl.digital.library.gwu.edu/submissions.html. If you have any questions, contact the editors at email@example.com.
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3rd Biannual University of Michigan International Conference on Arabic Applied Linguistics
September 5-6, 2020
FINAL Call for Papers:
The conference is an open forum for scholars interested in exploring empirically topics and issues in Arabic linguisticsapplied. The topics of the conference cover three main strands:
I. Topics which deal with Arabic second language acquisition (SLA). Current approaches for investigating the different aspects (phonology, vocabulary, morphology, syntax, morphosyntax, semantics, pragmatics, etc.) of Arabic SLA include but not limited to:
II. Topics which deal with the theory and practice of Arabic second/foreign language teaching, second language learning, second language proficiency testing and assessment as well as the interface and connections between them include but not limited to:
III. Topics which deal with applied research related to Arabic as an L1, including:
Location:University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Languages of the conference:English and Arabic
Abstract submission:To present a paper, an abstract is required: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/submissions
Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts:March 1, 2020
Notification of abstract acceptance:March 25, 2020
Publication:Following the conference, papers which are recommended by external peer reviewers will be published inAl-'Arabiyya journal (indexed bymany international groups, including Clarivate Analytics and SCOPUS): http://www.aataweb.org/alarabiyya
Confirmed Speakers:
Conference Advisory Committee:
Registration: Registration is free. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/registration
Conference website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/call-for-papers
Inquiries: Contact the conference organizer, Prof. Mohammad Alhawary: firstname.lastname@example.com
Title: 34th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics
Date: 28-Feb-2020 - 01-Mar-2020
Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Contact Person: Mahmoud Azaz
Meeting Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition; Computational Linguistics; Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard
Call Deadline: 10-Nov-2019
Event's website: https://arabiclinguistics.sbs.arizona.edu
Meeting Description:
The Arabic Linguistics Society together with the University of Arizona's School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies are pleased to announce the 34th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics to be held at the University of Arizona in Tucson, on February 28-March 1, 2020.
Call for Papers:
Papers are invited on topics that deal with theoretical and experimental issues in Arabic Linguistics. Research in the following areas of Arabic linguistics is encouraged: linguistic analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics), sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, language acquisition, and computational linguistics.
Keynote Speakers:
Abstract Preparation Guidelines:
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Student Awards: There will be at least three best student abstract awards; $300 each.
The Third Biannual U-M International Conference on Arabic Applied Linguistics
September 5-6, 2020
The conference is an open forum for scholars interested in exploring empirically topics and issues in Arabic applied linguistics. The topics of the conference cover three mains strands:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Languages of the conferenceEnglish and Arabic
Abstract submissionTo present a paper, an abstract is required: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/submissions
Deadline for Receipt of AbstractsMarch 1, 2020
Notification of abstract acceptanceMarch 25, 2020
PublicationFollowing the conference, papers which are recommended by external peer reviewers will be published in Al-'Arabiyya: http://www.aataweb.org/alarabiyya
Confirmed Speakers
Conference Advisory Committee
Registration: Registration is free. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/registration
The Second Biannual Conference onArabic Applied Linguistics & Second Language AcquisitionUniversity of MichiganSeptember 1-2, 2018
For full schedule and registration information:
Saturday, September 1, 2018
7:45-8:15 Registration (Michigan League, 2nd Floor)
8:15-8:30 Welcome--Opening Remarks (Vandenberg Room-Michigan League, 2ndFloor)
PANEL: LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES, ATTITUDES, AND MOTIVATION Location: Vandenberg Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)Chair: Brahim Chakrani, Michigan State University
8:30-9:00 Arabic Language-Learning Strategy Preferences among College-Level Students
Hezi Brosh, United States Naval Academy
9:00-9:30 Learners' and Teachers' Attitudes to Using L1 in EFL and AFL classrooms
El-Hussein A. Y. Aly, Helwan University, Egypt
9:30-10:00 Language Attitude Perspectives on Arabic as a Second Language Learning and TeachingMohamed ElSawi Hassan, Amherst College
10:00-10:30 The Effect of Innate Psychological Needs on Learning Arabic as a Second Language in Light of Self-determination Theory
Abdelaadim Bidaoui, Ball State University
10:30-10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45-12:00 Keynote – Vandenberg Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)
On Polyglots and MultilingualismStephen Krashen
12:00-1:30 Lunch Break
PANEL: CODESWITCHING, NAMING, AND DISCOURSE ANALYSISLocation:Vandenberg Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)
Chair: Abdulkafi Albirini, Utah State University
1:30-2:00 Codeswitching Use on Twitter and Implications for Arabic L2 Pedagogy Saeed Ali Al Alaslaa, King Abdulaziz University
2:00-2:30 What is in a Name? The Case of Arabic NamesAhmed Ferhadi, New York University
2:30-3:00 A Window on Islamic Cultural Discourse Strategies in Textbooks of Arabic as a ForeignLanguage: A Descriptive StudyHalimeh Ahmad Mohammad Amayreh, Al- Balqa' Applied University; andMokhemer Saleh Mosa Yehya, Yarmouk University
PANEL: ARABIC HERITAGE LEARNERS AND L1/L2 ACQUISITIONLocation: Vandenberg Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)
Chair: Mohammad T. Alhawary, University of Michigan
3:00-3:30 Heritage and L2 Learners' Acquisition of Arabic Emphatics and Gutturals: An Ultrasound StudyAmanda Eads, Jodi Khater, and Jeff Mielke, North Carolina State University
3:30-4:00 L1 and L2 Transfer in Heritage Speakers and L2 Learners of Standard ArabicAbdulkafi Albirini, Utah State University; Eman Saadah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Mohammad T. Alhawary, University of Michigan
4:00-4:30 Sentential Negation in Southern Levantine Heritage Arabic
Ahmad Alqassas, Georgetown University
4:30-5:00 Why Standard Arabic is not a "Second Language" for Native Speakers of ArabicAbdulkafi Albirini, Utah State University
6:00-10:00 Reception/Dinner - Koessler Room (Michigan League, 3rd Floor)
Sunday, September 2, 2018
PANEL: TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED LEARNING AND TEACHINGLocation: Hussey Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)Chair: Sameh Abdelrehim Alansary, University of Alexandria
8:00-8:30 Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language Using Blended E-learning and its Effectiveness on Achievement and Attitude towards Self-learning
Hanan Hamdi Elsalamouny and Walid Mohamed Ghabbour, Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia
8:30-9:00 Influence of Technology on the Acquisition of Incidental Vocabulary
Juman Al Bukhari and John Dewey, University of North Georgia
9:00-9:30 It is Fun to Make Comics! Integrating Digital Comics Creation Tasks in the Online AFL ClassroomMona Maged Hassan Abdou Azam, The American University in Cairo
9:30-10:00 A Corpus Study of Length and Pronominality Effect on L2 Arabic Ditransitive Construction
Cheng-Wei Lin, University of Texas, Austin
10:00-10:15 Coffee/Tea Break
PANEL: CLASSROOM INTERACTION AND TASKSLocation:Hussey Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)Chair: Eman Saadah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:45-11:15 The Role of Tasks and Activities in the Development of Language Competence by Learners of Arabic as a Second Language Fouad Amraoui, Mohammed V University& Qalam wa Lawh Center for Arabic Studies
11:15-12:15 Keynote – Hussey Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)Automatic Arabic Text Diacritization for Teaching/Learning Arabic as a Foreign LanguageSameh Abdelrehim Alansary, University of Alexandria
12:15-2:00 Lunch Break
PANEL: LANGUAGE LEARNING AND IDEOLOGYLocation: Hussey Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)
Chair: Wijdan Alsayegh, University of Michigan
2:00-2:30 Examining the Role of Ideology in Intergenerational Language Attitudes amongst Arab Americans
Brahim Chakrani, Michigan State University
2:30-3:00 Language Ideologies in Arabic Classrooms: A Reflection from a Study Abroad Experience Dris Soulaimani, San Diego State University
3:00-3:30 Moving from Monolingual to Multilingual Ideologies of Arabic Language Learning Emma Trentman, University of New Mexico
PANEL: WORD RECOGNITION AND READING & PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT Location: Hussey Room (Michigan League, 2ndFloor)
Chair: Mohammad T. Alhawary, University of Michigan
3:30-4:00 The Role of Diacritics in Word Recognition and their Impact on Arabic L2 Learners' Reading Speed, Accuracy, and Comprehension at Different Stages of Arabic L2 Acquisition
Ali Ahmed Al Midhwah, King Saud University
4:30-5:00 Native Arabic Speakers as Key Informants in Assessing Oral Proficiency of Nonnatives
Wessam Abdelaziz, Western Michigan University
Department of MiddleEast Studies
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Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science
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First Call for Papers:
You are invited to submit proposals for presentation at the University of Michigan International Conference on Arabic Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition:
"Arabic Second Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing"
to be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, September 1-2, 2018.
The conference is an open forum for scholars interested in exploring empirically topics and issues in Arabic applied linguistics and second language acquisition. The conference themes are Arabic second/foreign language learning, teaching, and testing as well as the interface and connections between them.
Current approaches for investigating the different aspects (phonology, vocabulary, morphology, syntax, morphosyntax, semantics, pragmatics, etc.) of Arabic second/foreign language learning include but not limited to:
Topics which deal with the theory and practice of Arabic second/foreign language teaching and second language proficiency testing and assessment include but not limited to:
Languages of the conference:
English and Arabic
Abstract submission:
To present a paper, an abstract is required. To submit an abstract, please visit the following site:
Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts:
March 1, 2018
Notification of abstract acceptance:
March 25, 2018
Publication: Following the conference, papers which are recommended by external peer reviewers will be published in Al-'Arabiyya (The Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic).
Keynote Speakers:
To be announced
Co-Sponsors at U-M:Department of Near Eastern StudiesDepartment of LinguisticsThe Language Resource Center
Professor Mohammad AlhawaryProfessor Brahim Chakrani
Professor Sami Boudelaa
Registration:Registration is free. Please register online by using the following link:
Please contact the conference organizer, Prof. Mohammad Alhawary: firstname.lastname@example.com
The American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) invites members and other professionals in the field of Arabic teaching to submit proposals to participate in a panel on "Challenges and prospects for teaching Arabic as a second language"
The panel will take place on Friday November 17, 2:00 p.m. in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) November 18-21, 2017 in Washington, DC 2017 at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel.
Presentations will focus on current and innovative techniques to address the challenges of teaching Arabic as a second language, including Arabic as a heritage language. Your proposal should be 250 to 300 words (excluding bibliography).
The abstract should have a clear description of the issue /s or research questions, methods and /or applications and a brief description of the study results, if applicable. The panel will focus on the theoretical and applied aspects of this theme and can include, but is not limited to, scholarly work from the following areas:
Applied Linguistics
Corpus Linguistics
Language Assessment
Material Development
Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
While either English or Arabic can be used, panelists are strongly encouraged to deliver their presentation in Arabic. Abstracts can be in either Arabic or English. Please send your proposal to Brahim Chakrani (chakrani@ msu.edu) by April 20, 2017. You must have "AATA panel" in your email subject. Late submissions and abstracts exceeding the word limit will not be accepted. Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 27.
Note: the panel's room number will be posted at a later date, and after your proposal is accepted, inform Brahim Chakrani of the technology that you may need for your presentation.
8:00 - 8:20 Registration
8:20 - 8:30 Welcome - Opening Remark
8:30 - 9:00 The L2 Acquisition of Arabic Final Consonant Clusters by L1 Chinese Speakers
Mona Mohamed El Moataz, Alexandria University
9:00 - 9:30 The Perception and Production of Arabic Lexical Stress by Learners of Arabic: A Usage-Based Account
Cheng-Wei Lin, University of Michigan
9:30 - 10:00 The Contribution of Phonetics in Learning Arabic as a Second Language through Reading: The Case of Some Arabic Emphatic Consonants
Bouguerra Cheddad and Nacereddine Benabdallah, Mohamed Chérif Messaadia University
10:00 - 10:30 Vocalization impact on the reading skills for beginner learners of Arabic
Maysoon Al Sayed Ahmad, University of Mary Washington
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 Keynote Address: Fitting Arabic and English into one Brain: Insights from Gating and Semantic Priming
Sami Boudelaa, University of UAE & Cambridge University
11:45 - 12:15 Effectiveness of Metacognitive Debugging Skills Training in Reducing Reading Deficiency among Non-Arabic Speaker Students Regarding Levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Waleed Radwan, Buraydah Colleges, and Hamdy Elfaramawy, Minoufyia University
12:15 - 12:45 Gallery Walk: An Alternative Learning Strategy in Increasing Students' Active Learning
Muhammad Ridwan, Hasanuddin University
12:45 - 1:15 The Effectiveness of Strategic Teaching in Reducing Meta-Reading Deficit among EFL and Arabic as a Second Language Learners with Reading Difficulties
Waleed Radwan, Buraydah Colleges, and Hala Bakry, Minoufyia University
1:15 - 3:00 Lunch Break
3:00 - 3:30 L2 Writing in Arabic: Discourse Analysis and Pedagogical Reflections
Dris Soulaimani, New York University Abu Dhabi
3:30 - 4:00 Second Language Learning in Arabic by Using Corpus Analysis Tools on Media Texts about Arab Uprisings: An empirical Study of Writing and Reading Processes
Nadia Makouar, INALCO, Paris
4:00 - 4:30 Importance of Pragmatic Competence in Teaching Arabic as A Foreign Language
Hafid Ismaili Alaoui, Qatar University
4:30 - 5:05 Discourse Errors: An analysis of Written Discourse Errors
Waleed Anati, Qatar University
5:00 - 5:30 The Affective Dimension of Language Use in Arabic Textbooks
Abdulkareem Said Ramadan, Gettysburg College
8:00 - 8:30 Arabic L2 Acquisition: An Ultrasound Study of Emphatics and Gutturals
Amanda Eads and Jodi Khater, North Carolina State University
8:30 - 9:00 Effects of L1-English Vowel System Transfer on L2-Arabic Production and Perception of Short and Long Vowels: Findings and Applications
Zafer Lababidi, Florida State University
9:00 - 9:30 Investigating the Perception and Production of Arabic Pharyngealized Sounds amongst L2 learners of Arabic
Hajar Binasfour, University of Reading
9:30 - 10:00 Production of Modern Standard Arabic Lexical Stress Cues by Native Speakers of American English
Mashael Al-Aloula, George Mason University
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45 Feedback Patterns and Awareness of Feedback in the Arabic Foreign Language Classroom
Gergana Atanassova, The Ohio State University
10:45 - 11:15 Learner Perceptions about Arabic Language Learning in the US
Maimoonah K. Al Khalil, King Saud University
11:15 - 11:45 Learners' and Instructors' Preferences for Integrated and Isolated Form-Focused Instruction: The Case of Arabic
Hussein M. Elkhafaifi, University of Washington
11:45 - 12:15 Spelling Errors Among College-level Students Learning Arabic
Hezi Brosh, United States Naval Academy
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1:15 - 1:45 Spoken Arabic and Short-Term Study Abroad: Impact of Social Interaction on the Acquisition of Spoken Arabic
Asma Ben Romdhane, The University of Iowa
1:45 - 2:15 Research-Based Interventions for Language and Intercultural Learning during Study Abroad
Emma Trentman, University of New Mexico
2:15 - 2:45 Spoken and Semantic Fluency of Arabic Second-language Learners during Study Abroad
Alia Lancaster, Medha Tare, Carrie Bonilla, Ewa Golonka, Matt Mermel, and Scott Jackson, University of Maryland
2:45 - 3:15 The Impact of Context and Affective Variables on Learners' Gains in the Comprehension and Production of Arabic as L2
Meriem Sahli, Al Akhawayn University
3:15 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00 Looking at Words: An Eye-tracking Investigation of Incidental Vocabulary Learning from L2 Arabic Reading
Ayman A Mohamed, Michigan State University
4:00 - 4:30 Context vs Keyword Methods in Learning Arabic Vocabulary
Olla Najah Al-Shalchi, The University of Texas at Austin
4:30 - 5:00 Measuring L2 Arabic Vocabulary Acquisition with Frequency-based Assessments
Robert Ricks, Georgetown University
5:00 - 5:30 First-year Students' Experiences of Arabic Language and Cultures: When Learners' Expectations Meet College Classroom Reality
Brahim Oulbeid, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
6:00 - 9:00 Reception/Dinner
8:00 - 8:30 The Effects of Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of Arabic Tense and OVS Sentences
Adam Ziad, Florida Atlantic University
8:30 - 9:00 The role of Perceptual Salience in the L2 Acquisition Sequence of the Arabic Construct State
Mahmoud Azaz, University of Arizona, and Joshua Frank, The University of Texas at Austin
9:00 - 9:30 Measuring the Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency of Written Production in Arabic
Michael Raish, Georgetown University
9:30 - 10:00 Using a Social Technology Tool to Enhance Collaborative Self-reflection among AFL Student-teachers
Raghda El Essawi, American University in Cairo
10:15 - 10:45 The processing of Agreement Morphology in Native, Heritage, and L2 Arabic
Rebecca Foote and Eman Saadah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:45 - 11:15 Arabic L2 Learners' Use of Word Order and Subject-Verb Agreement for Actor Role Assignment
Jamil Al-Thawahrih, University of Utah
11:15 - 11:45 Relative Clause Attachment in Native and L2 Arabic
Abdelaadim Bidaoui, Ball state University
11:45 - 12:15 How Do Communication Problems Direct American learners of Arabic to Notice Syntax and Morphology?
Ahmed A. Alsaghiar, Kent State University
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2:15 - 2:45 Assessing and Predicting Heritage Arabic Speakers' Proficiencies in Standard Arabic
Abdulkafi Albirini, Utah State University
2:45 - 3:15 Linguistic Landscape in Dearborn, Michigan: Ethical Concerns
Camelia Suleiman, Michigan State University
3:15 - 3:45 Maintaining Heritage Arabic: The Effect of Age of Acquisition on Concept Mediation in Heritage Bilinguals
Iyad Ghanim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3:45 - 4:15 Performing Lived Experiences: An Analysis of Arabic Heritage Speakers' Narratives in Two Languages
Brahim Chakrani, Michigan State University
4:15 - 4:45 One Size Fits All? Exploring Heritage and Non-heritage Language Learner Performance in UK GCSE Arabic Exams
Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh, University of Oxford
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I recently needed clarification and had to ask a question on this list about what should items be included as faults in an interface. The replies and this new section would have answered most of my issues. However there is a further question I had about binding specific faults. If an interface is reusable across different bindings then any faults should be common to all bindings and so I assume it would not be a good idea to describe binding specific faults in the WSDL interface. Therefore could it also be an idea to include in this text a statement that the faults described in the Interface must not be binding specific. Maybe binding specific faults never have application level semantics but (a) there are always odd cases and (b) people could always get the wrong end of the stick and start to list them. Perhaps this is too rigorous to state as an absolute and it should be something along the lines of "... generally Faults should not binding specific and binding specific Faults should only be described in exceptional circumstances.". This also begs the question if you do want to highlight binding specific faults because they have some meaning to the application where should this happen? Should there be a fault list associated with bindings that includes faults that are not in the interface? -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Neil Hudson CEng MBCS MIEEE British Computer Society Registered Consultant ------------------------------------------------------------ SQC Technology Limited Phone : +44(0)1283 763632 Fax : +44(0)1283 763631 Email : firstname.lastname@example.com Web : http://www.sqc.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------Received on Friday, 11 November 2005 16:32:20 UTC
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In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power… Green Lantern's light!"
Oath for charging a ring on the Power Lantern
There must be something in the ether. Dan Liechty started this blog off with a riff on a Star Trek Next Generation episode. I am introducing myself in these pages by glossing on a comic book super-hero, Green Lantern, who will debut on the big screen this summer. Here's the URL for a YouTube trailer:
"Blak Lantern," my username for blogging here is a kind of meme negative image of "Green Lantern". By the time this post is finished, the graphic sic-if action hero rap, which may appear frivolous, will change into something of a brief cultural critique.
Here's the quick scoop on Green Lantern. Some of you will recall that Green Lantern lives in the DC Comics world, which is an earth parallel to both the Marvel Comics world, and our own lacklustre world, where super-heroes with infinite power are somewhat rare. The Guardians of the Universe decide to appoint a new Green Lantern to the sector in which Earth is located. The Green Lantern Corps is sort of intergalactic Canadian Mounties, but green not red, and no horses. Allan Scott, a young railroad engineer (circa 1940), who has the distinction of being fearless is offered this cosmic appointment after he performs a heroic life-saving deed. He accepts and becomes one of the thousands of the Green Lantern Corps, who protect the populated sectors of the universe, each one a fearless exemplar of their species. That's what typifies the Green Lanterns: fearlessness, iron will, and active imagination. Allen wears the infinitely capable Power Ring that emits a transmogrifying green laser-like light that is responsive in shape and intensity to the bearer's will and imagination. It is refuelled by a Power Lantern that emits a green glow. Unfortunately, the power ring has a yellow shadow: it can't affect anything that is that yellow, unless the bearer can totally master his fear.
As the comic series progressed over the years, the Guardians choose more humans to become the Green Lantern of this sector of the universe. (Probably a galactic affirmative action program. There are other intelligent species in the sector, after all). In the early 1970s, John Stewart, an unemployed African American architect, became the Green Lantern, making this series one of the first racially integrated ongoing super-hero series.
As the saga progresses, the Green Lantern Corps does battle with the Black Lanterns Corps. The latter are deceased super-individuals (some heroes, some not, more essentially amoral than evil). They are reanimated by their resentment of the living and they are bent on ending all life on earth– but first they must muffle all emotions except fear and hatred.
The Green Lantern hero-system is pretty straightforward and meaningful to the average early teenage male, who probably appreciates the transparency of simple allegory, with its one to one symbolism. Bravery, power, and goodness make us heroes and are green. Green is also the symbolic garb for the Green Arrow, Green Hornet, and J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, a green super-detective from Mars. My teenage friends and I were sure he was African American and he was being "passed" because the times were more ready for a green hero than a black hero. There was one Superboy edition in which this Martian morphed into an African American and worked on the Kent farm, and was comforted by the young Clark Kent after he was attacked by a racist mob.
Green is historically connected to the green light that flutters in the distance at the end of the dock in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and is one of that novel's recurrent symbolic motifs:
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter – tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther … And one fine morning –
Like the Green Lantern, Gatsby's greatness lay in his ability to use imagination and will to make his dreams become realities. Gatsby craved an orgiastic future of unending material wealth that he believed would secure his self-esteem and immortality. Teenage boys are content with just the virtues of goodness, power, fearlessness (and the Nike gear that goes with it), which will undoubted secure their reputation with other guys and win the admiration of foxy chicks. Gatsby's green light has a darker side. The novel piles up rancid dreams, adulterated with deception and exploitation, and ends in Gatsby's accidently killing his lover, Molly, by automobile in the "ash heap of the present." This is followed by the murder-suicide of Gatsby by Molly's betrayed husband, who was Gatsby's friend. The future is unbearable "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." Fitzgerald is saying the wages of the American dream is this kind of death of meaning in which one despises the present and is inexorably drawn into the fog of the past. The moral universe of the comics is almost as complex although drawn more allegorically than symbolically. The Black Lantern Corps embody death and its reaching out to us in a literal Halloween way, in a universe where the dead aren't quite dead. The original green "go light" that appeared to permit Gatsby to zoom past his personal history has changed its meaning over the passing decades. Now Green also means sustainable environment, eco-empathy, but like Gatsby and the Green Lanterns, this new Green also will have its alter-ego and shadow. One wonders if we have hero-exemplars ready for the boys and–perhaps more importantly-the girls who will be forging the new green future.
So that gives you a flavor of what I would like to do in these pages. Play around with symbols, look at the darker and the humorous or lighter side of things, as "one likes to recall that the difference between comic side of things and their cosmic side, depends on one sibilant." –Nabokov. To further play on Blak, I may have the occasion to comment on issues (and select them) from an African American perspective (my A.A. perspective, anyway). This post only slanted things this way by noting how long it took to get an African American Green Lantern or other black super hero, for that matter. You are wondering, why spell it Blak and not Black? No, it's not a form of Ebonics. The name "Black Lantern" was already taken in this blog world, so I had to innovate. Even here, going for the odd spelling, I ran into claim stakes. Coke put out a French high-octane beverage "Coca Cola Black" a few years ago complete with an accent.
Are we reaching some kind of cultural singularity where everything imagined has already been done?


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Imagine walking into your favorite bookstore or library and finding certain titles- Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", Judy Blume's "Forever", J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, just to name a few- missing from the shelves not because of budget cuts or any financial reasons but because they were banned.
Scary thought, right?
In these modern times we live in, you wouldn't think literary censorship still occurs. But it does. Only recently in Stockton, Missouri, Sherman Alexie's Young Adult novel "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian" was removed from schools citing objectionable language and sexual content. In Texas, Ellen Hopkins was uninvited from the Teen Lit Festival because her novels tackled topics that were deemed age inappropriate.
Due to language, violence, sex, the topic itself, or even just a different viewpoint, lots of people will find something unacceptable in many books. That's fine. Unfortunately, there are also people that band together to demand these types of books be banned from schools, libraries and bookstores. That's not fine. They may have the best intentions but if their challenges result in actual banning, others are denied the opportunity of reading the books and forming their own opinions.
Banned Books Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of this issue and to make sure censorship doesn't occur. It's a constant battle and not always successful. As readers, we have to do our part. Back in Texas, with the whole Ellen Hopkins controversy, several authors who were slated to appear at the Teen Lit Festival withdrew to show support. The event has since been cancelled.
BannedBooksWeek.org is a great resource to find more information in regards to its history and purpose, actions on what's being done to combat literary censorship, and lists of banned and challenged books.
Share your thoughts with us on your favorite banned books and celebrate your freedom to read!


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Moultrie Creek Boat Ramp to be closed for construction
The St. Johns County Parks and Recreation Department has announced the Moultrie Creek Boat Ramp will be closed for approximately 60 days to accommodate construction. Renovations will include a new boat ramp, wooden and floating docks, a canoe/kayak launch area, new parking area, new entrance road and a paved trail from the boat ramp to the Moultrie Creek Scenic Overlook.
Funding for the Moultrie Creek Boat Ramp renovations was provided in part through a grant from the Florida Inland Navigation District Waterways Assistance Program and from the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners.
For a full listing of St. Johns County boat ramps, go to the County's website at www.sjcfl.us and visit the Parks and Recreation section.
Questions from the public about the renovations may be directed to Parks and Recreation Administrative Manager Wil Smith at 209-0324.


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A few months ago I was looking for something different to read and came across Surprised by The Power of the Spirit by Jack Deere. This book discusses a journey with the Holy Spirit by a former Dallas Theological Seminary Professor. It is well written and will help anyone to think outside of the box that we have placed the Holy Spirit in within the walls of the Reformed/Calvinistic traditions. After reading this book I purchased Surprised by the Voice of God which is Deere's follow up to his first book. I found the second offering more in depth and theological concerning the work and power of the Spirit that is still available today. While many might give Deere a hard time for his writings for becoming a part of the Charismatic Movement, I have to say that both of his books together are the best treatment on the subject that I have ever read. These are not books about tongues necessarily, but about the guidance, and promptings of the Spirit. Deere talks about prophetic words, impressions, dreams, and deliverance. If you have questions about the Holy Spirit and you are looking to have a broader understanding read both of these books and you will find yourself delighted and challenged by all of the material. No matter what tradition you are a part of there seems to be missing a desire for the Spirit to move among us and an ignorance of what His role is in the Church. These books could be valuable resources for any Christian Leader looking for a greater understanding.


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Jour means day in French.
I took French from 7th to 12th grade. My high school French teacher was demanding. She was so demanding that although I was her assistant for my elective as an upperclassman, and she was one of the great mentors of my life, I consistently earned low marks in her class. (Well, low for me.) We had daily verb quizzes. We wrote papers. We read French classics.
Unfortunately, for two years in high school, I had French right after lunch, and much of my French class memory involves Madame saying, "Jolene, levez la tete." She said my name like Zho-lynn which was tres adorable. She meant for me to raise my head, but my rough translation would be, "Stop zoning out to the lullaby that is my sing-song voice before you drool onto your notes."
Madame was such a demanding teacher that when I took my placement test in college, I nearly tested out of my minor. Meaning, to earn my French minor, I only had to take six hours (two classes) of French. She was that good.
I took French for seven semesters in college. I wrote more papers, I read more classics, I studied French history, I went to Quebec for immersion.
I was twenty-seven years old and helping my neighbor's daughter with compound words in English when I realized, for the first time that bonjour literally translated into good day.
bon = good
jour = day
Le duh.
Have you ever been late to discover the obvious?
This post is part of LindaGHill's SoCS as well as the A-Z Challenge


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I found some great bargains on seasonal produce in Leavenworth last week, which means I have an abundance of fruit that needs to be preserved ASAP. I love our dehydrator and am experimenting a bit with different ways to dehydrate apples, pears, tomatoes, peaches, and bananas. Here are some tips I've picked up that you might find useful if you're also dehydrating similar foods.
Tomatoes: Slice these fairly thickly (~3/8 in.) and dehydrate at 155 degrees. This is much hotter than you would normally dehydrate fruits and vegetables, but it partially toasts the tomatoes, giving them a rich sweetness. I love popping a tomato chip in my mouth (yum!) and I can't wait to use these in place of store-bought sun-dried tomatoes.
Peaches: Thankfully, there is no need to peel peaches before dehydrating them. I was dubious at first, thinking the skin would be bothersome. It's not and I hardly notice it at all when I'm munching on my dried peach slices.
Bananas: Okay, I didn't get these in Leavenworth, but I had some that needed eating quickly, so I thought I'd throw them in the dehydrator. I cut each banana into 8 "sticks" by cutting the banana in half and then cutting each half into four pieces lengthwise. These turned out great! I'm thinking they would be excellent dipped in peanut butter or Nutella for a calorie-dense hiking/climbing snack.
Pears/Apples: Again, don't peel, just core and cut them into slices and throw into the dehydrator. The dried pears are especially sweet and taste better than candy!
Fruit leather: Finally, I made what I'm hoping will be a great fruit leather using 2 apples, 1 pear, 1 cup blueberries, and 2 tbsp ground flax seed. This amount of fruit makes two round leathers about 8″ across.


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When we eventually got to Bristol VegFest it was super busy, I knew it would be so as I attended last year too. Anyway, I had to go round twice, maybe even three times to absorb what was there, but I am sure that I miss loads in the hustle and bustle. It was also quite hard to take pictures, so I only have a few to share.
The fabulous Ms Cupcake aka Melissa Morgan in person who was more than happy for me to take a photograph of her. I have her The Naughtiest Vegan Cupcakes in Town, but have to admit that I have yet to bake from it. The selection below has me tempted and I am not overly a cupcake girl, but I am happy to bake them for others.
From baked vegan cupcakes to raw cakes and raw pizza from Paradise Unbakery which I was truly bowled over by.
I really did not know where to look first. Everything looked amazing.
These were perhaps the most beautiful raw vegan cakes I have ever and I mean set eyes upon
And you could see that they were truly made with love and edible flowers.
I was excited to see The Spotted Leopard there, but look forward to enjoying their grub some other day when I am in Bristol.
Momentarily I lost D, but when I looked back again he appeared with a cone of Smoked Jerk Spices chunky chips from The Happy Chippy. I must admit, the last thing I expected to eat at the Vegfest was chips!
I have to admit, I did not come back home laden with goodies, just a few things amongst them Bengal Spice Tea and Koko Dairy and Soy Free milk, but all in all it was a good day and one I would be happy to do again, come next year.


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Clement Valla asked 500 people to consecutively trace what was, at first, a single line. As each person traces the last person's line, the result becomes more and more jumbled and complex.
Clement Valla asked 500 people to consecutively trace what was, at first, a single line. As each person traces the last person's line, the result becomes more and more jumbled and complex.
So you start off with order, throw in a bunch of random mistakes, and over time end up with a jumbled mess, and this is supposed to demonstrate evolution? I thought evolution started with chaos and then through random mistakes created order.
Maybe this is supposed to prove that evolution doesn't work?
You start off with something simple, and over time with little errors ( mutations ) it becomes more complex and diverse. thats what it means
" Maybe this is supposed to prove that evolution doesn't work " – your stupidity is a mutation and one can only hope you don't pass it on to another generation
"You start off with something simple, and over time with little errors ( mutations ) it becomes more complex and diverse."
That's called entropy, not evolution.
evolution doesn't necessarily bring order or chaos. it just means there is a change, particularly over time right?
Entropy is a chemistry term my good sir.
You can downvote him all you like, but corfy is correct. It's still a fun video.
This video does demonstrate evolution, however it only demonstrates random mutation without natural selection, which is why its end result is so chaotic.
Also, if you thought evolution "started with choas and then through random mistakes created order", then you're mistaken as to what the theory of evolution actually is.
Well, I was using a little bit of creative license for comparison sake, but when I think of the ingredients that would have existed in the "primordial soup" and compare that to a human DNA helix, I'd have to say that goes from chaos to order.
I can tell from the terminology that you have decided to use hear that you actually do not have any idea what the theory of evolution is.
First of all let me say this:
A scientific theory is not what you think it is. It is a set of principles that explain a phenomena. It begin as a hypothesis–a prediction that has the possibility of being disproven– and evolves into a theory when there is a large enough evidence for consensus on the topic.
We have overwhelming amounts of evidence for evolution at the macro and micro levels. This is probably why you have not bothered to find any of it–there is just too much to handle.
I will give you my favorite piece of evidence here:
Chimpanzees, Apes, and orangutans all have 48 chromosomes or 24 pairs. These are individual pieces of DNA with different genetic information. Each pair is a copy of the its pair. Humans have 46.
According to the theory of evolution, at some point in history something happened to make us have two less than the three other groups. The first option, that we lost a pair, would be lethal because we would have lost an entire portion of genetic information. The second option, that they gained a pair, doesn't make much sense because you only pass on half of you genetic information so a newly mutated primate with 24 haploid chromosomes would not be able to mate with another primate.
The final option was that two of our chromosomes fused in a way that would have still allowed reproduction. Lo and behold, when the human genome was finally sequenced we found that our chromosome #2 has telomeres (caps on the ends of chromosomes) in the middle as well. #2 also has a second centromere that is homologous to the ape centromere, but inactive.
Evolution doesn't have a direction or goal, it doesn't go from chaos to order or from order to chaos it just goes.
That does prove that your brain doesn't work.
Well, it's an awfully convincing proof for the second law of thermodynamics.
It also doesn't quite work since there is an intelligence behind the redrawing of the line.
You obviously have no real knowledge of thermodynamics, but keep trying!
Well personally, it shows to me that some people are absolutely horrific at drawing
This is just a metaphor to illuminate the process of some people being dickholes when presented with a simple task: 1:11
wow…. who were the last half of the 500? Kids? Some of those lines didn't even start anywhere near the original. Did they think they were supposed to start a new line?
I believe they only saw the last line drawn and had to try to follow it.
Hello! It's STILL a line. It's now a disfunctional line. It didn't evolve into a triangle or square or circle. AND where did the original line come from? Hhmm? An intelligent agent created it, that's where.
Hello! Either you're a troll or you don't understand how the theory of evolution works.
it wouldn't evolve into a triangle or square necessarily. It would evolve into a different shaped line. which it did.
If you're seriously trying to claim that the end result of that video was the same as the beginning, you're a moron.
Yeah, at some places it seems like someone was just messing with him to make the line really off.
Stan, ouch, why the personal attacks?
Two things are required for biological evolution. Without these things, biological evolution is impossible; with them, it's inevitable.
The first thing is a way to transmit information between generations that allows good transmission with a few errors. The second thing is some way of choosing between the different versions caused by the first.
This video is an excellent demonstration of how tiny, almost unnoticeable errors can over time build up to produce something completely different. Since that is the element that is most often used as an argument against evolution, this is an excellent demonstration of A core concept in the Theory.
tiny unnoticeable errors? The second line was one huge error followed by many more huge errors. I thing it's proves most people can't draw a straight line.
Most people weren't trying to draw a straight line, they were trying to draw the line before them. The second line was an error, because someone was doing it quickly. The next one was drawn carefully, and was pretty darn close.
I'd say the comment section proves most people just don't get metaphors.
People are the problem.
Where they given an etch-a-sketch?
people are stupid. simple instructions were not followed. some of the tracers were simply not putting any effort into the task. it also appears likely that others screwed up on purpose.
Ip Man!
And thus the bible was written down.
And then copied, and copied again, and again. Much like the line. What does that say about the bible?
1. Take a circuit drawing of a telegraph.
2. Ask 500 people (maybe not so intoxicated as the ones used in this experiment) to trace it like this.
3. See if the finish product will be a circuit board for a iPhone.
Telegraphs don't evolve into iPhone and tricycles don't evolve into motorbikes without a few more physical laws than just random copy errors.
Anyway, you still have 'God' in this analogy (not metaphor) you have a sentient being drawing the line.
Every error the person made here is because of their physical or mental state.
It is actually more interesting as an experiment in how poorly people copy stuff.
Could relate more toward religion and oral history than to evolution.
Oh Lord, not the Bible vs. Evolution argument again. Man has gotten too educated for his own good. A line test to prove evolution? Really? People will cling to any far fetched theory/experiment to prove their point, even if it contains error. This doesn't prove anything. Some one in that 500 was clearly screwing around. I mean what was that "V" line around 1:11? That just came outta nowhere. LOL


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Time for an update: I'm currently in Moscow where I gave an update on recent storage networking standards at the local IDC conference. The translator has left and since most of the afternoon presentations are going to be in Russian (and I don't understand any Russian so far), there's some time for informal work.*
In summarizing the past couple of weeks, there was a bunch of news around the SNW 2008 in Orlando, much of it related to FCoE and clustered storage concepts. Here's a couple of useful writeups:
CISCO buys Nuova Systems and introduces first (pre-standart) FCoE hardware.
The Enterprise Systems Journal featured a nice article about how to position this new unified networking standard. So FCoE is definitely an important trend to watch and the value proposition around consolidating server interconnects looks very promising!
The second hot segment is clustered storage in all shapes and forms: Infostor had an excellent piece on this new architecture and Xiotech invented the term ISE (Intelligent Storage Element) to describe their new solution based on a very modular approach to combine hard drive resources to form a resilient, scalable and flexible storage system. Not sure if this is supposed to bring back memories of the ICE cube project done at IBM Almaden a couple years ago.
And despite of all the current hype around solid state drives (SSD), the good old mechanical harddrive is still the single most important building block for our entire industry!


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A Supreme Court jury returned a 7-2 guilty verdict against Foulkes for unlawful sexual intercourse on March 11, 2015. The trial was held before Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs.
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Low fat is a mantra so often repeated over so many years that few of us can take a bite of full-fat anything without feeling just a little guilty.
Indeed, this certainty over the role of fat and heart disease transformed our dairy industry from one that once applauded fresh whole cream to one in which the 'best' milk is utterly denuded of its essential components.
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Other aspects of the processing of milk may also be implicated in heart disease. One researcher, for instance, postulated that heat-denatured bovine immunoglobulin could be a risk factor.
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