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The following is a summarization and commentary by me on the book "The Science of Fear" by Daniel Gardner. I'd love to hear your comments on the topic.
Mankind now lives in a society where the number of ways to meet ones end are more numerous than they have ever been before. Whether it's the toxins in our diet, illicit drugs, terrorism, malfunction in transportation, pollution, obesity, disease, war, famine, nuclear radiation, failure of gravity, bad karma, large predators, riding with Ted Kennedy, falling out of a roller coaster, the failure of gravity, asteroids, cancer, sleep apnea, choking on a McNugget, being Jewish, voting for a Democrat, voting for a Republican, listening to Michelle Bachmann speak, gangrene, spontaneous combustion, riots, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, reality TV, zombies, crack, anthrax, Saddam Hussein, sleeping with a woman of disreputable character, sleeping with a man, gun violence, Viagra overdose, alcohol, Tourettes Syndrome, serial killers, or even being smited by one of three thousand deities; YOU ARE IN DANGER!
Or are you?
The average lifespan of a human being has on averaged increased steadily over time. Even though we find ourselves in the midst of more and more ways to die expectedly or unexpectedly, we find ourselves living longer than we ever have before. This is especially true in western civilized nations. The things that we fear are legitimate. The probability of meeting your end in many of these situations is minute.
Thanks to the advances in medicine, we live longer than we have before even in spite of the increased dangers we face. Of chief concern to many western people is infectious disease, cancer, toxins, and terrorism. While these issues do have a legitimate capacity to kill, the irrationality of fear has poisoned society.
Infectious disease is a legitimate threat to your health. Every surface in your environment is coated with organisms that in the right conditions will decimate your body and destroy you from the inside. Ebola virus, AIDS, SARS, the West Nile fever, bird flu, and swine flu have caused a cultural shock. In reality, all of these represent little statistical threat to kill you. The common influenza virus is much more likely to kill you and it never generates the type of hysteria that these diseases do.
The number of cancer cases has increased per capita steadily. Is it because of air pollution, water pollution, pesticides, or bad karma? Again, the answer is no. The simply fact is that if a person lives longer, they are more likely to get cancer. If I told you that in 20 years the lifetime rate of cancer would reach 100% you might be terrified. If I also told you that in 20 years, the average lifetime span would be 100 years, this would be a cause for celebration. When compensated for the rate of smokers and the longer average lifespan, the cancer rate has not really increased at all even in spite of the increased toxicity of our environment.
What about toxins? Many would point out that toxins are present in our drinking water, in our food, in our air, nearly everywhere and everything we encounter now is polluted with toxins. This is simply a misnomer. There is no such thing as a "toxin". Every substance known to man is a "toxin". What differentiates them is the amount that enters your body. Radioactive Uranium is a substance that is persistent throughout our environment. It is a natural substance that was formed during the creation of our galaxy. Your body right now has trillions of atoms of it unleashing radiation upon you. If CNN were to publish this information, mass hysteria might ensue due to the perceived "toxicity" and the large number. In reality, this number is minute compared with the number of atoms in your body and the amount of radiation to which your cells are subjected in negligible. Drink enough distilled water and your blood cells will explode. Eat enough table salt and your cells will implode.
What about terrorism? While the lives lost are emotionally tragic and the murder of unsuspecting civilians should be loathesome, your chances of dying of a terrorist attack are far lower than your chance of dying of influenza. After the 9/11 attacks, people were so afraid of flying (chance of death negligible) that they started driving to destinations in situations they would normally take an airline. The result: More people on the roads, more death. The chance of dying in an automobile accident in your lifetime is 1 in 75. Considering how long this fear of flying persisted, the fear of terrorist acts like 9/11 and the subsequent switch to automobile travel killed more people than the actual terrorist attacks.
While every single risk mentioned above is a legitimate risk, the amount of fear spread by biased media, rumor, politics and advertising is completely unjustified. This is not to say that society should forego developing risk aversion strategies. Society should look to use resources wisely in risk aversion, rather than rely on biased sources and the resulting hysteria.
So what are your thoughts on the inherent risks of life and the fear that we place in them? Which risks are justifiably worrisome and which aren't?
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Cool thoughts Lord.
For me it comes down to this: Why live in fear? What's the point. One of the main reasons I came in reason, non-belief, atheism, free-thought etc...was because I choose not to live in fear.
Now there are things I cannot avoid like when it comes to the health and well-being of my own children and my own mortality and how it relates to them. Fear seems to creep in despite my attempts otherwise.
I find how the media, both the left and right, exploit fear is disturbing and disgusting. I've noticed how many headlines are begin with "Did Know That (fill in the blank with pretty much anything) Could Kill You".
Yes we could all die from disease or war or a nuke or the coming of whomever or a car wreck or drugs or the plague or a random brain hemorrhage but how does focusing on that which I have no control over improve my life and the lives of those I care about?
Taht is one of my fav books. (taking it off the shelf now) Here it is called RISK The Science and Politics of Fear.
I would highly recommend it. Gardner's thesis seems to be the following: Why go around needlessly worrying about every risk there is. One may as well not leave the house because almost everything is a risk when you think about it.
He maintains that we live in the safest and healthiest age ever yet we are bomarded by the media with horror stories. He goes on to show how in some countries when crime figures drop, the actual coverage of crime in the media increases thus giving the illusion that it has really increased. He argues convincingly that in some media circles there is a morbid fascination with bad news.
There is an emphasis on critiical thinking running throughout the book which I like; in that we should have the tools to wade through the minefield of true and false claims.
To sum it up: fear is ok but unreasonable fear is not.
And finally, a nice qoute from the book: 'Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. - Samuel Johnson
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Justify political ends, were in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.
Manipulating fear is what keeps power brokers in power.
How does that old saying go (in short) -- change what you you can and forget the rest? There is much Psychological research strongly suggesting the value of this.
"When people use the self-regulatory strategy of mental contrasting (Oettingen, 1999), they first imagine a desired future (e.g., improving in academic or professional performance) and then reflect on the respective negative reality (e.g., having little time or being distracted). The conjoint elaboration of the positive future and the negative reality makes future and reality simultaneously accessible (Kawada, 2004) and activates the relational construct (Higgins & Chaires, 1980) of the negative reality standing in the way of realizing the desired future, thereby emphasizing a necessity to change the present reality to achieve the desired future. This necessity to act should activate relevant expectations of success, which then informs goal commitment." THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GOALS Part 2


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Perhaps not everyone knows that the plot of one of the most famous war film "The Guns of Navarone", was inspired by a real event of June 1944.
Just the guns were not in Greece and the attackers were not English, but they were in Italy, Island of Elba, and the attackers were French (Continental, Courses, Senegalese, Moroccans), the military forces of Free France.
The war action war took the name of operation "Brassard" and cost the French 400 dead and 600 wounded (the Germans had 500 dead and 1800 prisoners).
This is the story of the destruction of the guns of the Enfola peninsula, which allowed the French troops to land on the Island of Elba and conquer it.
Map of the location of Coastal Battery L. de Filippi
After their successful action the French commandos "Bataillon du Choc" tried to disengage from the enemy, and to distance themselves unfortunately they could not and they were taken prisoner by the Germans and transferred to Portoferraio.
They were later released by the French troops a few days after the landing; French Army infact reached Portoferraio and conquered the whole island.
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This isn't exactly going to generate eye-popping returns for money managers, but check out the yield on the two-year Treasury note, rising to its highest level since early August. It's at 0.334% at last glance. Back in August, the stock market was in the midst of a rout and bond yields were collapsing across various maturities as folks flocked to the safety of U.S. debt. Bond yields fall when prices rise, and vice versa.
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First, the fact that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke failed to scream, "I'm definitely going to be buying more Treasury bonds," at his recent appearances before Congress seemed to have some doubting the Fed's willingness to do more for the economy, unless the economic data again starts to turn down. Previously, the conventional wisdom was that the Fed is poised to act pretty much no matter what.
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2012-13 Wyatt Fellow
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I am very excited to be organizing this year's exploration as the 2012-13 Wyatt Fellow. As it has played such a crucial role in my own professional and personal development, I have worked to extend international education and study abroad here at the University of Michigan-Flint through my service on the International and Global Studies program, the International Travel Advisory Committee and the university's annual International Summits. Within the History Department, I lead one study abroad trip to the Caribbean and have been lucky enough to assist the former Wyatt fellows and to participate in some of their past expeditions. I have been impressed by the enthusiasm and depth of knowledge displayed by my colleagues in these projects and am thrilled with the opportunity to now share my own interest and expertise in Welsh history and culture with our students, department and university community.
I was first introduced to Wales through my Welsh grandmother, who hailed from Aberystwyth and was amongst the last to immigrate to the United States through Ellis Island. Later, as an undergraduate participating in a study abroad program in London, I had the opportunity to travel to Wales and meet my many Welsh relations. I would return on a more extended basis as a Fulbright Scholar, earning an MA in Welsh History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University) before completing my doctorate in British and Irish history at Boston College. I have been a frequent visitor to Wales ever since and often conduct research at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
As a historian, I have been active in promoting scholarship on Welsh studies in the United States and abroad. I have served as an officer of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH), am a frequent organizer of the International Conference on Welsh Studies, and am a member of the editorial board of the Welsh History Review, the key academic journal in the field. As in my book Investiture: Royal Ceremony and National Identity in Wales, 1911-1969, my own scholarship has largely focused on the construction of Welsh national identity and its changing relationship to the British state and empire. My current project focuses on the life, career and adventures of Owen Rhoscomyl, a turn of the century author, mercenary and Welsh nationalist. I have also been active in the Welsh American community, having served as the Director of the Welsh Heritage Program at Green Mountain College and as the Executive Director of the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association (WNGGA), through which I helped organize the North American Festival of Wales between 2003 and 2008. In 2008, my work promoting Welsh culture and scholarship was recognized by the National Welsh American Foundation through the award of the Welsh Heritage Medallion.
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Time for a Change After Sox Clock Twins
To My Loyal Readers:
As I approach the third anniversary of writing Art of the Pale Hose, I'm still enjoying the process of blogging about the ins and outs and ups and downs of my favorite baseball team. It's been especially fun to write about the victories–like last night's 6-0 shutout win over the Twins behind Chris Sale and a potent offense, which was highlighted by Alex Rios and Paul Konerko home runs.
That said, one thing is going to change–I'm moving to another venue and this is my last day on mlblogs.com.
The good folks at ChicagoNow.com, the popular Chicago Tribune-owned blog network with several hundred blogs covering all interests, have asked me to join their select roster of White Sox bloggers. It will give me the opportunity to reach you as well as a new universe of Sox fans.
So, beginning tomorrow (Friday), you can find me at chicagonow.com/art-pale-hose. I hope you will join me there. And I thank you for your loyal support.
Best regards and Go Sox!
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6 Possible Explanations for the 9-2 Blowout
I can't say last night's 9-2 thrashing by the Twins was a big surprise, though I would have preferred a fifth straight win and the chance to get over the .500 mark.
1. First of all, it would have been natural to have a letdown after the emotionally-charged weekend sweep at Wrigley.
2. The off-day on Monday might very well have stifled the Sox momentum.
3. Earlier in the day, the Sox attended the funeral of popular batting practice pitcher/coach Kevin Hickey. So, the day probably manifested into more of a reflective one than an atmosphere suited for a hard-nosed victory on the baseball diamond.
4. We continue NOT to play our best ball against the Twins. We've gotten better lately, but I guess it's something about those uniforms.
5. The Sox have trouble facing pitchers they've never seen.
6. If the first five points didn't contribute to the disappointing loss, this one certainly did: Simply put, this kind of blowout happens in baseball.
Impressive Sweep at Wrigley Puts Sox at .500
It was three days of fun for White Sox fans this weekend as solid pitching and a bevy of home runs carried the Sox to an impressive and very satisfying three-game sweep over the Cubs at Wrigley. And, more importantly, the South Siders, having won four in a row, now stand at .500 with a 21-21 record and are in second place only 2 1/2 games behind the first place Indians.
Just when you thought it couldn't get better after the Friday and Saturday wins, the Sox rose to the occasion this afternoon winning 6-0, the first time the North Siders have been shut out this season. The Sox pounded out three more home runs–back-to-back fourth inning blasts by Gordon Beckham and Adam Dunn and a fifth inning solo clout by Tyler Flowers–giving them eight for the series. Dunn and Beckham led the way with two apiece while Flowers, A.J. Pierzynski, Dayan Viciedo and Paul Konerko hit one apiece.
Starters Philip Humber, John Danks and Jake Peavy did a terrific job–combining for 19 innings, two earned runs only 11 hits and 13 strikeouts–and the bullpen, with the exception of Zach Stewart giving up four runs in the ninth yesterday when the game was already in hand, closed the door. Peavy, by the way, is now 5-1 with a 2.39 ERA.
Hopefully the winning streak continues as the Sox open a three-game series on Tuesday night against the Twins.
Peavy, Sox Go For Sweep and .500 Mark
The long ball.
That's been the key factor for the White Sox in the first two games of the Crosstown Series. On Friday, it was Paul Konerko's two-run homer and Gordon Beckham's tie-breaking blast that proved to be the difference in the 3-2 victory over the Cubs. Last night, Dayan Viciedo, A.J. Pierzynski and Adam Dunn all went deep in the Sox's impressive 7-4 triumph.
Today, the Sox are hoping for more of the same and have the added bonus of having Jake Peavy on the mound. A win would give the South Siders a satisfying sweep and put them at the .500 mark.
Sox Notes of Note: According to reports, veteran second baseman Orlando Hudson (below), recently released by the Padres, is on his way to the White Sox. Word is he will back up Beckham and play a little third base as well. While he played third in the minor leagues, Hudson has never played the position at the big league level. I don't see a downside with the signing, even though Hudson has been with five teams since 2008 and has been going downhill fast. He'll be making the major league minimum salary and if he doesn't cut it, it won't be hard to let him go. Look at it this way, as a backup he brings a positive veteran presence and he can't be much worse at the plate than Brent Morel has been…The baseball gods must be on our side as it looks like Captain Konerko has escaped the Friday beaning without any long-term issues. It could have been so much worse.
A Big Win and Sweet Revenge
The Chicago media will undoubtedly turn today's game into a celebration of Kerry Wood's career as he pitched for the last time and walked off the field to a Standing O. And Cub fans will eat it up. After all, they have to find something to cheer about about after more than a century without experiencing the ultimate baseball accomplishment.
Congratulations Kerry, but we Sox fans look at today much differently…
–It was a nice 3-2 victory with a fine start by Phil Humber and scoreless relief by Matt Thornton (Humber was charged with both runs), Nate Jones and new closer Addison Reed.
–It was a game where we got sweet revenge with cocky headhunter Jeff Samardzija, who hit Paul Konerko in the face with a pitch after Paulie clocked him with a two-run homer in his first time at bat. The payback came when Gordon Beckham touched what's his name with an eighth-inning, solo blast that proved to be the difference.
So, while they'll be lifting a glass (or 12) to Wood in Wrigleyville tonight, I'll be grateful that Alex Rios's ninth inning "lost in the sun" fly ball didn't affect the outcome, happy for the beleaguered Beckham and pray that Paulie is OK.
Cubs Loom as Sox Wing Their Way Home From Cali
The quick two-game road trip to the left coast, between the pair of games against the Tigers last Monday and Tuesday and the upcoming weekend series at Wrigley beginning tomorrow, ended today in a split. At least the plane trip home will be a pleasant one.
Speaking of pleasant, the offense woke up in the 6-1 victory over the Angels. The red-hot A.J. Pierzynski pounded out three hits with two RBIs and four players had two hits apiece: Adam Dunn (2 RBIs), Paul Konerko (RBI), Alex Rios and Alexei Ramirez. Dayan Viciedo, who is on a tear, added his sixth home run.
Chris Sale got credit for this fourth victory, pitching 5 1/3 innings. The only run he surrendered came on Albert Pujols third homer, his second in two days. Nate Jones (1 1/3 innings), Matt Thornton and Jesse Crain ( an inning apiece) closed the door the rest of the way with a scoreless 3 2/3.
Now, the Cubs.
After a Tough Loss, the Sox Try to Make the Best of a Brutal Schedule
Halfway through yesterday's game, with the Sox leading 6-0, I started to think about what I was going to write about the Sox's two-game sweep over the Tigers.
Then came the top of the sixth inning and all I could think about is "Hold the Presses."
Andy Dirks singles. Miguel Cabrera homers. Prince Fielder doubles. Alex Avila grounds out, Fielder to third. Brennan Boesch is hit by a pitch. Ryan Raburn homers. Jhonny Peralta walks. (Will Ohman replaces Jake Peavy). Pinch-hitter Delmon Young is hit by a pitch, Peralta to second. Austin Jackson homers. Dirks pops out. Cabrera lines out to center.
Heading into the ninth trailing 10-6, The Sox did make it interesting. They scored twice and had runners on second and third with Dayan Viciedo representing the winning run at the plate. Tank hit a long drive to right that came within a few feet of sending Sox fans home happy. But it was not to be.
Now comes the fun part. After losing a tough game, the Sox entourage took the long flight to Cali to face the Angels in a two-game series, today and tomorrow. Then it's back to Chicago to face the Media Darlings at Bartman Field. What were the schedule-makers thinking?
Sox Note of Note: A.J. Pierzynski was on fire yesterday, going 5 for 5 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
Time to Win Again, He's Had His Phil of Losing
I'd prefer to ignore the details of last night's disappointing 5-0 shutout loss to the Royals and move on…the good news is that the Indians and Tigers both also lost and the White Sox remain just 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Tribe.
Since the Sox dropped to 16-18 on the season, today won't get us to .500 or beyond. That's what happens when you're flirting with .500–a loss makes it harder to catch up.
Aside from getting back on the road to .500 and winning the rubber game of the series with K.C., today's game is important as it relates to Philip Humber. Since his perfect game, he's spiraled downward. With Jake Peavy pitching as well as anyone in baseball, Gavin Floyd performing as well as he ever has, John Danks rebounding in his last outing and Chris Sale with a whole bunch of promise in his initial starts, a resurgent Humber would round out a pretty potent staff. What we don't need is a weak link.
So keep an eye on Humber and let's hope the bats come alive for our 17th win.
A Parade of Heroes
As the White Sox inched closer to the .500 mark (16-17) with their impressive 5-0 victory over the Royals last night, they did it with a solid team effort, a dynamic we would love to continue.
Here are the main candidates for Player of the Game:
* Gavin Floyd, who recorded his third victory with 7 2/3 of shutout baseball. He allowed just five hits and two walks while striking out five as he lowered his ERA to 2.53.
* Adam Dunn, who gave the Sox an early 1-0 first innning lead with a towering homer, also doubled and walked twice as he ended his major league record of most consecutive games with a strikeout at 36. Dunn now has the same number of home runs he had ALL of last season (11), 26 RBIs and with a .257 batting average is hitting about 100 points higher than his final 2011 figure. Add a .401 on base percentage and a 1.030 OPS and can you say Comeback Player of the Year?
* Alex Rios, now batting .284, drove in the fourth and fifth Sox runs with his third triple of the season. While the Sox ultimately didn't need the runs, the fact they were on the board made things much more relaxed when the Royals loaded the bases with one out in the eighth.
And a few Honorable Mentions…
Alejandro De Aza continued his hot streak with a pair of hits, an RBI and a run scored…Gordon Beckham, making his own comeback, also had a couple of hits, an RBI and a run scored…Matt Thornton struck out K.C. phenom Eric Hosmer with the bases loaded in the eighth…Hector Santiago pitched a perfect ninth with a strikeout to end the game.
Sox Note of Note: After a clean MRI, Chris Sale is back in the rotation. The new closer? Maybe Addison Reed, maybe a committee in the short term.
6 Random Thoughts on the Off-Day
This and that from SoxWorld following an impressive 8-1 victory over the Indians to split the four-game series after dropping the first two…
1. Alejandro De Aza is a terrific story. Signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 2001 and later drafted by the Marlins in the 2004 Rule 5 draft, it wasn't until 2007 that he finally made his big league debut with Florida. He was selected off waivers by the White Sox after the 2008 season and 10 years after signing with L.A., De Aza became a regular last year, hitting .329 with a .400 on base percentage in 54 games from the leadoff spot. Based on his 2011 performance, the Sox felt he was ready to take over permanently–evidently they were right. So far this season he has been outstanding, As a result of his red-hot series in Cleveland his batting average has risen to .285 with a .369 on base percentage.
2. Adam Dunn continues his quest for "Comeback of the Year." He connected with home run No. 10 last night, giving him 25 RBIs. Add that to an OPS of .970, all indications point to the fact that he is indeed "back."
3. Paul Konerko keeps rolling along. He's been so good and so consistent in his first 31 games that there's a tendency to take him for granted. That, of course, would be a mistake. He's got six homers and 18 RBIs along with a .345 batting average and a terrific 1.010 OPS.
4. Dayan Viciedo is due to break out anytime now–and, boy, would it be welcomed. If Viciedo can overcome his slow start (3 homers. 5 RBIs, .204 BA), it would mean so much to the offense. Let's hope he snaps out of it soon.
5. Brent Morel has been struggling, to say the least. He has yet to hit a home run, has only four RBIs and is hitting a paltry .172. The skipper has shown his support for his starting third baseman, but if Morel doesn't turn it around it's inevitable a change will be made. There doesn't seem to be a great alternative on the current roster (platoon of Escobar and Lillbridge?) and the likely choice at AAA Charlotte, Dallas McPherson, has been injured.
6. Jake Peavy's performance this season has been amazing. Don't be surprised if he's an All-Star and a candidate for his second Cy Young.


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As 2012 came to a close little did I know that Luis, who found my great-grandmother Adele's birth record, enlisted the help of his friend David to find tons of 19th and early 20th century records for Cadignans in and around Le Francois, Martinique. Luis had met David, a French man of West Indian descent who is apparently very familiar with the records, when he was doing his own Martinique research. Around New Year's I received several messages from the both of them with links to various birth, death, and marriage records for many Cadignans and Vallees and their spouses. I'm still trying to sort through all of it so I can get it straight in my head and my PAF database.
Luis and David also pointed me to a family tree posted by another genealogist that is based on these records and, I presume, the actes d'indivualite. It starts with Marie Louise, my sixth great-grandmother, and extends for several generations. My direct family line ends with Adele, who disappeared from the Martinique document trail when she left for Panama, never to return.
As I sort through the records I will start posting the images and discussing what they tell us. More to come!


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My home and gardens, featured in this blog, are now in the hands of a wonderful family with children and dogs.
The years spent here with my husband were incredible. We loved our neighborhood, our home and the gardens. After "The Musician" passed away from brain cancer, it was time for me to move on. I spent a year here without him and it was bittersweet.
I'm currently renovating a much smaller house, built in 1939. It's a project! There are still months to go to completion and I'll have new garden opportunities on the established half acre lot.
Thank you for reading my blog. I'll keep it alive for reference purposes on the many plants that I grew over the years. Thank you, garden bloggers. I've met many of you in person and consider many others as friends as we still engage in other social media.
Here are a few last photos of the garden in 2015.
|The cottage garden
|Nigella, a favorite grown from seed
|The deer resistant garden
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Thursday, April 05, 2007
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Adrienne Frantz Drops Her Debut Album
Adrienne Frantz digitally released her much anticipated debut album ANOMALY yesterday, April 3, 2007. Millions of her television fans of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful in the US and around the world will finally have a chance to hear a daring rock album being released by Wrong Records via their Web site www.wrongrecords.net produced by Daniel Wise (Scissor Sisters, My Chemical Romance, Maceo Parker). The first two singles, "Halfway" and "Seren" can be previewed at her Myspace Page: www.myspace.com/adriennefrantz
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Bit Parts
Keep an eye out for the following very brief casting appearances. Two have showbiz lineage and one is one of my favorite soap actors of all time.
Shanna Ferrigno, the daughter of bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno, will play the role of a female cop who investigates Willow on Days of Our Lives on Wed., April 18th.
Jed Reynolds, son of James Reynolds (Abe, Days), will play the role of Officer Grierson. Jed will air on Tuesday, April 17th and Wednesday, April 18th.
Roscoe Born plays the warden on Passions on Monday, April 23rd. Born is a daytime veteran with a long list of soap credits, most recently as the delightfully despicable Tom Fisher on The Young and the Restless.
SPOILERS! Week of April 2nd
AMC: Adam walks in on Tad and Krystal at the worst possible moment.
ATWT: Jade isn't ready to let go of her grudge against Gwen. What does she have up her sleeve now?
B&B: Brooke isn't giving up on Nick, but she may have to reconsider if Taylor gets pregnant.
Days: A desperate Sami teams up with Celeste to get rid of EJ.
GH: Maxie and Coop consumate their relationship.
GL: Alan remembers who shot him.
OLTL: After learning the truth from Miles, Todd sets out to find his son.
Passions: Ethan and Theresa give in to temptation, unaware the peeping tom has a front-row seat.
Y&R: A tragic accident leaves one person near death, the other missing.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Jessica Griffin Leaves Oakdale
Following too many months (in my opinion) hanging around in the background, Tamara Tunie is leaving her role of Jessica Griffin after approximately two decades on As the World Turns. Tunie played the high-powered lawyer off and on since 1986. In past years, her character has had juicy story lines, including her interracial marriage to Duncan McKechnie, her date-rape story line with Marshall Travers and her daughter, Bonnie's, subsequent attempted murder of Marshall for raping her mother.
Recent months have seen Tamara hanging in the background and helping other people with their problems, while her character was having no story line of her own. Tamara kept herself busy with different projects in primetime TV, on Broadway as a producer and work in feature films.
While no official word has been given for her departure (the spokesperson I talked to stated that the show does not discuss actors' contracts), when I spoke with Tamara late last year, she spoke of her frustration for lack of story line. As she said: "My presence in Oakdale hasn't been great in the past year and a half. I miss it too -- that's what's been missing -- a lot of the history is missing to ground the show for the fans. I miss working with Ellen Dolan (Margo Hughes). I miss her and Jessica's friendship."
OLTL Star Injures Self
Heartthrob Kamar de los Reyes is taking a leave from One Life to Live in order to get back into prime health. The dashing actor tore his rotator cuff some time back, and recently reaggravated it while doing a stunt for the show. Despite radiating pain in his neck and shoulders, Kamar has continued to show up for work on the OLTL set.


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Well, I hope your attitude is NOT like this kid's! Let me put another question to you--what book would you WANT to get for Christmas? Good question! So write in and tell us what it would be!! If you had your wish of ANY book in the world, what would you like to see under your tree? And it could be a set of books. For instance, I'd love to get a set of the Alvin Ho books by the great Lenore Look. Or--I'm such a sly dog to make this segue--the complete set of the Brixton Bothers books by the outstanding Mac Barnett. That's because 1) I'm a big fan and 2) I've just read Danger Goes Beserk, the fourth and latest book in the series. Boy, was it ever a terrific read!! Each of the Brixton Brothers books gets better and better. This one has mystery and comedy and action and suspense--just what guys want in their books.
Here's a little background--12-year-old Steve Brixton is obsessed with the Bailey Brothers mysteries, a set of books published in the '50's. So when he stumbles into a mystery and becomes a private detective, he brings everything he learned from the Bailey Brothers to his cases. The only thing is--do these really help when Steve meets real-life bad guys? (BTW, Steve doesn't have a brother--he calls his agency The Brixton Brothers because it sounds cool)
In this book, Steve opens his own office--only it's in the big doghouse in his backyard. He gets hired by a surfer dude named Danimal to find retrieve a stolen surfboard. The problem? It's been taken by a dangerous surfing gang called the Beserkers. Not only that, there's a group of pirates stealing cargo ships off the coast of Steve's California town. On top of that, someone is stealing the gym shorts out a classmate's locker. Can Steve and his chum Dana solve these mysteries? Can Steve really trail a suspect by walking backwards? And what are the Beserkers really up to? The only way to find out is to read this terrific book! You will certainly enjoy yourself if you do. Mac Barnett is truly becoming a first-class mystery writer. The mysteries become more perplexing, the bad guys become more dangerous, and Steve becomes more heroic with each book. So go out and find it, guys!! Or ask your parents to get these books for you. Or run to the bookstore if you get Christmas money. Or head to your local library. Just find those Brixton Brothers! (If you want to find out more, click on the "Brixton Brothers" tab under this post)
So, how about it? Are there any Brixton Brothers fans out there? Write in and let us know. Or just write and tell us what books you'd like to get. We'd love to know.
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In a recent post we chronicled some of the recent goings-on in the law school and legal arenas. There's more up for discussion this week, as LSAC released more concrete data on LSAT testing numbers and applications to ABA law schools. Of most intrigue is the breakdown of application volume changes according to LSAT scores. Here's the data released by LSAC:
ACT vs SAT: Fee Waiver Throwdown
There are many great debates in the country today: Democrat vs Republic, Charter schools vs Public schools, Robert Frost vs E.E. Cummings, Lebron vs Kobe, McDonald's vs Burger King … the list goes on and on. We'd like to weigh in on one of the most important debates of our time: The SAT or the ACT?
College-bound students today are having this debate in numbers that their predecessors, ancestors, and older siblings never did. In part due to the ubiquity (SAT word!) of acceptance of either test, and in part due to the growing awareness of testing options, students are now more frequently asking themselves "which one should I take?" The answers are as varied as are the answers to all of the debates mentioned above, and as passionately defended. We're going to try to be the voice of reason and help you make the decision by providing as much information and perspective as we can. There are a lot of factors that go into making this decision, from what a particular school is looking for to what subjects the student excels in, but here's something else to consider: fee waivers. Or more specifically, what fee waivers do and do not include. Today's post will help you understand this often overlooked difference and how it might help make the difference for you.
Integrated Reasoning Scoring Scale
So we've all been waiting patiently for the scoring scale for the new GMAT Integrated Reasoning section. This week GMAC released the scoring scale: 1-8 points in one-point increments.
LSAT Discussion: Is a Law Degree Worth It?
It's been a rough few months for the legal industry. Law schools have taken a beating for their inflated costs and potentially inflated post-graduation employment figures. Additionally, the number of LSAT test-takers seems to have fallen significantly. Here's a quick round-up of the latest big stories on law school:
Law School Jobs Data
The first lawsuit pitting law school graduates against law schools over the potentially fraudulent representation of post-graduate employment numbers has recently been concluded (not guilty, surprise-surprise), but the furor and fallout doesn't seem likely to abate any time soon. More lawsuits seem imminent. However, it also seems the lawsuits and disillusionment have begun to spur change. Many law schools are modifying the graduate jobs data they supply, and The American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is taking steps to improve the data they release. While these are the first baby steps, the hope is that they will continue, providing greater transparency and insight for prospective law students. For more, check out this article.
Is the Law School Tuition Bubble About to Burst?
Early indications from U.S. News and World Report 2012-13 data indicate that law school tuition rates – which have been rising astronomically in the last decade – may finally be headed in the other direction, which is good news for aspiring lawyers. Hopefully the trend continues, and leads to similar downturns for other graduate programs and undergraduate education. To read a thorough analysis of the latest information, click here.
To see the numbers directly from USNWR, click here.
"Legal diplomas are apparently losing luster."
This is the first line of a recent New York Times article on law schools. Part of the evidence presented in the article was a precipitous drop in LSAT administrations. We found this odd, so we checked out the data ourselves. Here's a snapshot of official numbers from LSATs given over the last 25 years that led the Times to speculate that "The decline reflects a spreading view that the legal market in the United States is in terrible shape":
Upon first glance, the decrease in LSAT administrations from 2010 to 2012 is pretty shocking. What is questionable, however, is the assertion that the legal profession has somehow become less attractive. That assertion requires an assumption that there is a direct correlation between LSAT administration numbers and the attractiveness or health of the law profession. We could spend days (and many thousands of words) deconstructing this one fallacy…but we won't. I think you get the picture. Of more interest to us is interpreting these statistics.
Our contention is that while the LSAT numbers are down, this doesn't say the law degree is any less valuable. In fact, given the drop, it may be even more valuable. Here's why:
A more extensive look at the table reveals the current numbers might have been inflated in the first place. Notice the incongruous jump in administrations from 2001-2003: 33.4%!
Notice as well the relatively sizable jump from 2008 to 2010 of nearly 20% that immediately preceded the latest decline. Between those two increases alone you're looking at over a 50% jump in test administrations from the 2000 numbers. Do you know what both of those two periods had in common? That's right, relatively significant economic recessions.
Going back farther, one sees a similar jump from 1988-91, after, you guessed it, another recession (from the famed "Black Monday" of 1987). But these increases gradually came back down over the next decade. The inflated numbers spawned by the downturn of the early 2000's didn't have a real chance to tick back down (as they did after the 1987 recession) because we bumped right into another one a few years later. Consequently, the preposterously inflated LSAT administration numbers of the early 2000's recession were further bloated by the late 2000's recession increase. If anything, it seems like the law industry has a realistic normal rate of around 100,000 LSAT administrations per year for the last two-plus decades, which recessions periodically inflate. The most recent data seems to indicate that we're simply going back to that norm, which means a normal valuation of the law degree.
What Does This Mean to You?
If you're considering a career in law it would be smart to start thinking like a LSAT test-taker (and probably a lawyer) and looking for the assumptions in arguments you find in articles published about this trend. It would also be smart to start considering your application plan, including LSAT test prep.
GMATPrep 2.0: Mac Version
Everyone who's prepping for the GMAT now has just cause to rejoice! Throw your hands in the air, drop to your knees, and thank GMAC for finally offering up a newer version of GMATPrep. Mac users will probably be the most overjoyed at the release of GMATPrep 2.0 (GP2.0), because the software is finally Mac-compatible. That's right! No more borrowing your cousin/sister/neighbor/dad's PC at odd hours just to get a practice test in. No more leaving your wonderfully designed and fantastically user-friendly Mac on the sidelines for your GMAT prep. You can finally say goodbye to PCs for good (at least for your GMAT work – GMAC can't help you out on the job front though). I brought my MacBook Pro into the office today to give the brand-spanking new GP2.0 a whirl in the world of Apple. Below are a few quick shots of what I found interesting. We'll update in the coming weeks as we delve deeper into it.
Preview: Latest GMATPrep
Coming soon to a Mac and PC near you: an updated version of GMAT Prep (available on April 2nd, 2012). Like good investigative journalists (or paparazzi) we got our hands on some of the goods as soon as possible. The goods in question? Screenshots of the latest version of GMATPrep. Macrumors on the latest iPhone/iPad/Macbook Air this is not, but people are pretty excited about this development, so might as well not wait!
Let's take a look and point out some of the interesting new features…
GMAT Insight: Reading Comp vs. Reading Comp
With the recent release of the new Official Guide for GMAT Review, 13th Edition and the impending release of a new version of GMATPrep, we thought we'd shed some light on a particularly key distinction between the two kinds of practice material: paper vs. computer.
On the surface the distinction between these two kinds of practice would appear to be self-evident, and to a large extent it is. What isn't so clear is the potential value of each. With the value of each in mind, one place that most clearly illuminates the difference is with Reading Comprehension.
LSAT Insight: General Pacing Strategy
If you were trying to score 100% on your typical high school or college exam, you'd need to do two things: 1) answer all of the questions, and 2) answer all of those questions correctly. The logic of that is not lost on most people. Unfortunately, many people preparing to take the LSAT walk into that test with similar logic, often to disastrous results.
Let's be clear about something: the LSAT is not your run-of-the-mill school test. It relies on a whole host of different paradigms by which the game needs to be played. Chief among those paradigms is how one goes about achieving the score one wants. And if we apply the logic of doing well on school tests to the LSAT, we'll be doing ourselves and our score a disservice.
Often, the key to doing better on the LSAT does not mean doing more questions. It means doing fewer. One thing should be clarified here before we move on: what we talk about when we talk about "doing questions" (yes, that's a Raymond Carver allusion) is time invested on questions. It does not speak to entering an answer for every question (which you should ALWAYS do). Often, spending more time on fewer questions results in a higher total number of raw score points, which means a higher scaled score.
Let's take a look at a couple hypothetical test-takers, and talk about why we might observe what we do.
GMAT News: Prospective Students Survey
The old adage goes, 'Knowledge is power.' Albert Einstein once said that "Information is not knowledge." With the right contextualization, however, information can be knowledge, which can lead to power. The latest Prospective Students Survey Report from GMAC contains both a wealth of information and the context with which to empower it.
This report reveals valuable demographic trends in the world of GME (Graduate Management Education). Data indicates that while men comprise the majority of those interested in full-time 1- or 2-year MBA programs, women make up the majority of those interested in most non-MBA Master's Programs, including Management and Accounting. Additionally, data shows that women interested in non-MBA Master's degrees are applying at a younger age than their MBA counterparts, with 71% of female applicants to non-MBA Master's programs aged younger than 25.
The Prospective Students Survey also confirms recent data from GMAC that speaks to the international dynamics in graduate management education. The number of GMAT tests taken outside the United States (which speaks directly to the number of prospective candidates originating outside the U.S.), continues to increase, and a significant portion of those increases are being affected by women. For example, Chinese women now account for a full 33% of tests submitted to non-MBA master's programs by women.
Review, pt. 2: GMAT Official Guide 13th Edition w/ Integrated Reasoning
As we discussed in a post a couple days ago, GMAC has finally released the first new practice materials in anticipation of the Next Generation GMAT change on June 5th. We ran through some initial and general impressions, and we're back to take a closer look. Here's what we were told by our sources at GMAC:
Official Guide for GMAT Review, 13th Edition Fast Facts (from GMAC)
- 75 New Quant and 80 new Verbal Questions
- New Integrated Reasoning (IR) Chapter
- Online access code for 50 IR questions available as online practice
- None of the questions – new or old – are available in any other GMAC products
- Retail Price: $42.95 (available in the Bell Curves Bookstore for $29.95)
Looking more closely at the practice questions for the respective questions types, we've formulated a list of the new questions in the 13th Edition.


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Editor's Desk
Perhaps the top challenge in sorting through all the noise about cloud computing as we head into 2010 is trying to establish the right road map for moving forward — especially within government agencies.
It seemed then — as it still does — that there were as many definitions of cloud computing as there were computing and consulting companies angling for a piece of what legitimately promises to be the next great era of enterprise computing.
That hasn't stopped vendors, of course, from asserting their own definitions — or "cloud-washing" the subject, as Forrester Research's James Staten describes it.
What the report makes clear, however, is that aside from software-as-a-service offerings, most of the other services associated with cloud computing have significant, if varying, slopes to climb before reaching maturity.
And it's why the General Services Administration's near-term priorities regarding cloud computing will likely serve as essential groundwork for evolving to the cloud.
McClure said GSA and federal CIOs have established four working groups focused on:
No doubt, the road map to federal cloud computing will require a lot more whiteboard work. The good news: The working concepts, and the challenges they present, have begun to take real shape.
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Sure, you've seen JELL-O jiggle. But, you've never seen it bump and grind like this. Choose any song in your iTunes or play music straight from your speakers, and the JELL-O cube will dance right with the beat. Whether he's stirring it up or serving it out, one thing's for sure—this cube's no square.
Choose any song in your iTunes® library or play music straight from your home speakers, and this JELL-O cube will jiggle right with the beat. In library mode, just add as many songs as you'd like to the playlist, and then click Done. Or, choose mic mode and hold your device up to any home speakers.
You can also swipe your finger on the screen to activate special moves. Country. Hip-hop. Krunk. JELL-O does it all.
Extra Tips
1. You can change your song or flavor at any point during a track. Just click on the options menu in the bottom-right corner.
2. The cube isn't picky about music. So, try choosing a song that's a little faster or even a little slower, and watch him break it down.
3. You can also try linking moves together to create new dance combinations. Just swipe your finger in different directions to activate different moves.
The JELL-O Jiggle-It app uses an original audio analyzer to detect a song's BPM (beats per minute) along with its energy level throughout the track. The cube then pulls moves based strictly on those levels and the determined BPM—guaranteeing no dance is ever exactly alike. All the moves were designed in collaboration with a professional choreographer, and most can be triggered by a simple swipe gesture. The app also uses a cutting-edge, 3D engine to create the JELL-O cube's authentic texture.
The app is probably having a hard time detecting your audio. Try placing your device close to the audio source and limiting background noises (like people talking).
We need to analyze your song so we can sync your cube up to the beat. Don't worry, this process only takes a few seconds the first time we analyze each track.
Jiggle-It is compatible with iPad®, iPad 2, iPhone® 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPod touch®.
Currently, we support the above iOS devices only. There are no current plans for an Android version, but keep checking back for expanded support across Apple® devices.
DRM-protected tracks were formerly sold in the iTunes store, and iTunes restricts our access to those songs. To use this track in Jiggle-It, upgrade this song to iTunes Plus (within your desktop iTunes) and then reload it to your device.
We're keeping a close eye on technical issues that customers are having and are periodically submitting fixes. Keep an eye out for updates, and shoot us an email if you have any problems using Jiggle-It.
Now, Jiggle-It lets you choose a playlist to keep your cube jiggling song after song. Just remember to click Done after you add tracks to your queue.
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The picture to the right shows a six year old, 120 cm long boy rear-facing in a Britax Two Way Elite car safety seat. He likes sitting RF, he thinks it is nice to sit with support for the legs, instead of having them hanging in the loose air FF. He wants to sit that way because he knows thats the safest way for him to sit and besides he has a better view outside.
Many parents have the misconception that it is uncomfortable or dangerous to sit with the legs crossed or touching the back of the seat. It might be uncomfortable for an adult but not for a child, it is important to remember that a child is not a little adult.
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Medical Director at the Pediatric ICU in Ullevaal hospital, Tor Einar Calisch says in an interview with the newspaper Faedrelandsvennen:
For those of you who believe that the children are sitting uncomfortably in a rear-facing carseat, the medical director has this to say:The picture to the left shows the same six year old, only in another seat. This seat is a Brio Zento, rear-facin up till 25 kg.
- In that age the children can sit crouching down over a longer period of time without problems. Children are also used to bent legs from the time they still were in they're mothers womb. That is not a problem. I addition parents can monitor there kids in the back by using a special mirror for rear-facing attatched to the headrest, says Calisch.
Trygg Trafikk has this to say about bent legs:
Bent legs are not dangerous!The Swedish research and insurance company Fölksam says:
Many parents are turning their child around to soon because they feel that the child is uncomfortable sitting with their legs bent in a rear-facing car safety seat. The child doesn't get hurt by setting with bent legs, and they usually they don't think it is uncomfortable either. In this situation as well as in all road trips, take regular breaks to stretch the legs and get some fresh air, that goes for every one in the car.
What do you do when there is little room for the kids legs?Volvo says:
Safetywise there is no danger for the kid to sit with bent legs. it is very seldom that kids complain, but it is often we adults who thinks it looks uncomfortable. For example a child can sit crouching down over a longer period without any problems.
That the kids might not be able to stretch their legs ha nothing to say for the security.American Car Safety 4 Kids says:
Is it dangerous to have my child's legs bent and/or his feet touching the seat?
Amerikanske Car-Seat.org sier:
It is NOT considered a safety issue if a child's legs are bent at the knees in a rear-facing carseat, or if their feet can touch the vehicle's seat back.
Conclusion: Do not turn the child forward because of little legroom.


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"The Death of Public School": Ten Years Later
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In 2001, Hawaii's schools were in bad shape, by almost any measure you'd care to mention, and had been for a long time. The story struck a nerve with a frustrated public, and HONOLULU Magazine has looked at public education annually since then.
After a decade of coverage, has anything gotten better? A lot has happened, of course. More than 100,000 students have graduated from the system. We went from a Democratic governor to a Republican one and back again. The federal No Child Left Behind law mandated that all students be proficient in core academic subjects. Locally, the Reinventing Education Act attempted to rectify funding inequities and make the DOE more efficient. And a 2009 standoff between Gov. Linda Lingle and the Hawaii State Teachers Association led to the Furlough Fridays debacle, which painfully reduced what was already one of the nation's shortest instructional schedules.
There are also a lot of plans brewing right now. We've got an all-new Board of Education, selected by the governor instead of by voters, and a shiny new federal grant program called Race to the Top, which promises to dramatically boost student performance and eliminate our achievement gap.
Here's what these latest new ideas are up against: a decade's worth of reform and rhetoric that hasn't made much of a dent.
- By the most reliable national measure of math and reading ability, the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Hawaii's students have remained among the worst in the U.S. in both math and reading. In 2000, our eighth graders ranked 45th in the nation in mathematics. In 2009, they ranked 44th. In reading, they went from dead last to 44th place.
- Graduation rates have also remained virtually unchanged in the past decade—78.9 percent in 2001, 79.3 percent in 2011. (The rate is an optimistic one, using the Hawaii DOE's own methodology. Education Week, the national paper of record when it comes to education, pins our graduation rate at 65 percent, 38th in the nation.)
- The percentage of our students earning college degrees hasn't gone up at all. In 2000, according to The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, only 13 out of every 100 Hawaii ninth graders managed to graduate from high school on time, go directly to college, return for their second year, and graduate within 150 percent of program time (three years for an associate degree, six years for a bachelor's). By 2008, that number had actually dropped to 12.5 ninth graders per 100.
The performance gap that existed in 2001—the gulf between students at rich schools and those at poor public schools—has not yet been closed. Both Native Hawaiian students and disadvantaged students lagged about 10 percent behind their peers in their 2010 HSA math and reading scores. And looking at our annual "Grading the Public Schools" rankings (page 107), it's not hard to see the relationship between a school's geographic location and the achievement levels of its students. High schools in Mililani or Salt Lake can expect about half their students to be proficient in math. In areas such as Waianae and Nanakuli, it's often fewer than one
in five.
In 2001, we found that the hands of principals and complex-area superintendents were tied by collective-bargaining agreements when it came to personnel decisions. A decade later, ineffective teachers are still protected by byzantine due-process regulations that can take up to two years to carry out, leaving them in the classroom in the meantime. And the restrictions on making needed changes still exist on every level, from the principals all the way up to the superintendent. This legislative session, for example, is the third one in which the DOE has pursued a bill that would allow the superintendent to dismantle and rebuild schools that are demonstrably failing.
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Looking at the Hawaii DOE's own stats, you might come away with a more optimistic view of the situation. According to the Hawaii State Assessments, our state's primary indicator for academic performance, 49 percent of Hawaii's students tested proficient or better in math in 2010, and 67 percent were proficient or better in reading—a jump of almost 30 percentage points from 2004.
The DOE is happy to take credit for this improvement—its Race to the Top application last year touted a doubling in the percentage of students proficient in math between 2003 and 2009. Unfortunately, that's not a real-world performance gain—the DOE modified the format and content of its HSA test in 2007, which led to an immediate bump in test scores.
Looking at standardized NAEP scores, things are a lot less rosy. In 2009, the most recent year for which NAEP has results, a mere 25 percent of Hawaii's eighth graders were considered proficient or above in math. In reading, it was 22 percent. To be fair, Hawaii has made modest improvements in its NAEP scores over the past decade, but we're still at the back of the class, nationally.
The HSAs aren't the only instance in which the DOE has moved the goalposts.
Take, for example, its annual School Quality Surveys, which measure how satisfied teachers, parents and students are with their school's performance in various areas. In 2003, 61 percent of teachers, 64 percent of parents and 54.4 percent of students reported being satisfied with their school, overall. By 2010, those satisfaction numbers had uniformly jumped above the 70th percentile.
You could easily consider this a solid win, except that, as we discovered in 2009, the DOE decided to eliminate or rephrase more than 70 survey questions in such a way as to make them less personal to the survey taker, less specific and less active in construction. Simply changing the statement, "If I could, I would go to a different public school," to "Overall, this is a good public school," for example, was good for a 50-percent year-over-year improvement for that item at Farrington High School in 2009.
Even the DOE's Hawaii Opinion Poll on Public Education, which gauges the public's attitudes toward government education in Hawaii, has been reworded in ways that give more positive results. In 1998, 71 percent of respondents gave local public schools a C or worse. In 2005, a full 80 percent of respondents gave a C grade or worse. By 2008, though, the DOE had stopped asking for a letter grade. What used to be a C was now labeled "satisfactory," and suddenly the DOE could say that 67 percent of the population was "satisfied" with the quality of Hawaii's public schools.


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I'm not asking anyone to divulge their private dark past or if any one has a criminal record but I'd like to know what your thoughts are on it? It seems to me religious groups have targeted the prison population. And I every now and then I hear some testimony of a former criminal turning his life around after finding God and now is accepted by some Christian community.
I know this is too general. Some of the things I'd like to see addressed are: Do you think it is harder for someone with criminal history to get accepted in an atheist community or a Christian community? If so is that a good thing or a bad thing and why? Do you think in an atheist community it is best not to talk about your dark past? Does it depend on the crime? Do you know anyone who has turned their life around with reason instead of faith?
The only semi-famous atheist I know who got into trouble breaking some laws is John W. Loftos who wrote "Why I became an Atheist". But if I remember correctly he was still a teenager when he did them, easily chucked off as youthful indiscretion. And right after that he found Jesus before he became an atheist.
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Imo, I did some more questionable things when I was a "believer." After all, "god" was helping/guiding me.
Formal studies have show a correlation, but it's just that the same pathologies that lead to extreme religiosity also tend to promote arrestably criminal conduct. They do not show that the level of relgiosity leads to incarceration though. No "Post hoc, ergo propter hoc" fallacy going on here. There is a significant statistic that has led to these deeper studies and there IS a relationship if only because of a common causal element. The drug behavior often grows out of the same pathologies as well. While it is true in the U.S. the majority of people incarcerated are often drug related, that isn't the case for many other nations (Portugal comes to mind).
Atheists tend to be largely critical thinkers and other studies have shown most of the prison population has difficulty with that essential skill. It's not an argument FOR atheism. It's only a statistical consequence of a certain mindset. Critical thinking usually helps prevent criminal conduct and often leads people to question religion, hence the correlation.
@Greg - RE: "The majority of people held in our prisons are there on drug charges, not because their Theist/Atheist views."
Assuming your comment was directed at my earlier one, at no point did I say that anyone was imprisoned for their beliefs, I said that 90+% of the prison population expressed a belief in a god.
Significant difference --
I have known ministers and lay folks that have done a prison ministry. These few have always described their experience as trying, but successful.
Statistically, I do wonder. Theists generally have a history of 'good report' for themselves, but can turn ugly if anyone else intrudes. Knowing the recidivism rate for ministered and non-ministered prison populations would be helpful. Tracking the metaphysical commitments of the ministers/lay might be telling, if a large population could be studied. I expect that guilt could work, but different types of 'insight' therapy, might work also.
- Atheists' tendency to be more critical thinkers probably makes it a little harder for horrible people to be accepted by them.
- Christianity and Islam have a very convenient "all you have to do to go to heaven is join" feature built into their belief system, so horrible people are obviously more easily accepted.
- Which is horrible, because... well, you know. The religions will naturally get more horrible people, and just be generally horrible.
- Atheists' greater analysis of morality would put them in a better position to put their past darknesses into perspective-- I'm guessing that's fairly healthy.
- It definitely depends on the crime. The problem is "I used to rape children," and "I used to steal TVs" are essentially equivalent statements in modern Christianity because Christianity's inherent aim is recruitment, not morality.
I myself turned my life around with reason instead of faith. Kind of. I mean, I used Buddhism as an initial template, but it's sort of a "religion" of reason. Plus science has a good deal to say about morality and can be very useful in putting "right living" into perspective.
These are good points, especially the "all you have to do to go to heaven is...".
A lot of thought-control idealisms, especially cults, even push the idea that it's up to you to cure your mental illness, or other infirmity. It's the mind-over-matter promise, but if you don't believe in it enough then the consequences you suffer are merely your fault.
To me one of the first standards you can hold religion to is its mission statement, its core concept. You can apply that to different religions and get different conclusions, but when you get to Christianity and Islam you notice it's all about "accepting the lord and savior" and "spreading the word" and... well, basically their core concepts seem to be recruitment. Which I didn't see any intrinsic nobility in.
Yes, at some point they start looking more like a multilevel marketing scam...
Jeffrey Daumer speeking for Christ and against evolution, just does something for me! Jeffrey surely learned something about the evils of evolution during his killing spree. It seems like he might have learned something about human anatomy atleast. I expect that killing more animals might have helped him learn something deep and offered insights. Tasting human flesh, and drilling holes into human skulls, could have been a real education. Even learning how to be a predator, could allow him some understanding about predator/prey relationships.
Do I feel a moment of demented desparation of the theists? At what point did the interviewer turn the camera off, and vomit into the nearest waste can, or mention that, 'Thanks Jeffrey, for your expert evaluation of evolution and your learned support for Christ. Now when I think of Christ and his teachings, I'll think of you!' Retch!
Ok... so I've quickly flipped through the comments written so far and I feel a little embarrassed to be the first and hopefully not the last person to say this but... I found Atheism and I turned my life around.
I grew up in tough neighborhoods and most of my friends grew up to be career criminals. I was always different though and in many ways it made me one of the toughest in among my friends. First I was blessed with an above average I.Q. and second I had an equally intelligent and completely arrogant and condescending mother. Even though she was the one who forced me to go to church, catechism, and youth group she also constantly pushed me to be the better person. She drilled her arrogance into me and explained that we are Gomez(her maiden name.. my dads side was ghetto) and Gomez is better, Gomez is morally superior, Gomez is significantly more intelligent, and Gomez has class and culture. Besides her religion she forced her books, music, and art on me. She dragged me to museums and made me write book reports appart from ones I had in school. I was put in honors classes and even took college courses for high school credit. She signed me up for plays and encouraged me to play sports. I fought her so fucken hard and she never gave up. I ran out the door as soon as I turned eighteen and went strait into getting high every day and beating the crap out anyone who messed with my friends.
Fast forward...
I got out of jail in 98' and decided I did not want to be one of those older guys I met in there. My mothers arrogance had won out and was now permanently stuck in my head in the form of my conscience. I took a long look at those older guys and I just couldn't shake the thought that I was better than that. So I did better I turned things around a bit and that's when I became a machinist but it was not good enough. I still got high and drank enough to kill a little person. I still fought my mother and I was always pissed off. One day I was so pissed I just said "fuck everyone and fuck this place". I always wanted to see NYC so I got in my truck and drove.
At this time I had already figured out I was agnostic and I was tired of praying for nothing. I found a machine shop right away but I was still sleeping in my truck. For six months I slept in my truck and without any friends or family to hang out with, without a home to sit and watch tv in all I could do was walk everywhere, hang out in parks, libraries, museums, and the gym(thats where I showered everyday). I got into the best shape of my life and after watching a youtube clip of Hitchens I read his books and since I was reading more books within that six months than I had ever read in my entire life combined I didn't stop with Hitchens. I even went back and read the bible cover to cover only to cement my Atheism. I finally felt truly free and I figured out that it wasn't my mom I was fighting but my religion.
I suppose my mother deserves most of the credit for making me into a better person but it was Hitchens who showed me that I am a better person.
I still fight with my mom and she thinks my atheism is just a phase.


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1. Use GoPro 2 as normal - nothing added
2. Tissue paper inserted down both sides and on back of camera (warning - this could easily jeopardise the water seal if a small amount of tissue is on the seal)
3. Heat camera housing and camera with a hair drier to warm then close housing.
4. Add 3 GoPro dry silica / desiccant strips inside the housing to absorb any moisture in the air and use camera straight away
5. Hold the camera and housing under an air conditioner outlet for 1 minute then close.
6. Insert GoPro 3 dry silica / desiccant strips inside the housing to absorb any moisture in the air and use camera after 17 hours.
These tests were all carried out in Singapore (tropical - 90 miles from Equator c.80% humidity) by submersing the operating Go Pro Hero2 camera in 4 degree Celsius water then removing and trying to film (extreme test).
The anti fog test results are on "Rahotu 200" youtube channel
Other possible anti fog solutions:
a) Store your charged camera in a zip lock plastic bag with silica desiccant pill packets which you get with most electronics. Just before use place in housing while still in plastic bag. This would also assist with keeping your camera away (protecting it) from moisture when not in use.
b) Make sure the inside of the housing and camera is as dry as possible e.g. dry hands, no sweat
c) Don't leave the camera in the direct sun or near heat (put a towel over it or turn your surf board over to keep the camera under the water)
d) Don't leave the camera on (generating heat) when not needed. One button mode I.e. turn off and on at top of camera. – Remember that all the time the camera's on it's warming up (built in battery warmer in the Hero2) and all the time it's off it's cooling down,
e) Opening the fogged camera housing and wiping off the fog inside then closing seems to lead to less fog next time. Maybe this is to do with the housing/camera being drier.
f) Disable the LED's – the new GoPro HD Hero has LED's on the camera body, I'm not sure if this makes a really big difference to the temperature in the housing but it's easy to disable some, or all of the LED's. You can tell if it's recording by listening for the beeps when you turn it on/off or looking at the LCD display.
g) Compact cameras are more susceptible to fogging.
h) Spray on anti fog treatments only allow fog droplets to "flatten" against the lens and are therefore not optically the best solution– removing the humidity is better see Rahotu200 youtube channel.


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I own a restaurant and i am looking to induce some induced SE Asian taste on pizza, fish on pizza with Asian seasoning, or KimChee-BBQ Duck, etc., wondering if anyone has any experience putting some smoke flavor/taste onto a pizza? If so, what combo, smoker first and then pizza oven, times?, etc.
Hope to get some input.