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Physical Education and Health (teaching)
The School of Education is dedicated to the s mission statement which specifically addresses the need for preparing minority students for careers in education and human services.
Baccalaureate programs leading to teacher certification in the fields of Art, Biology, Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (IECE), Elementary Education, English, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education and Health, and Social Studies are offered. Coursework leading to the baccalaureate degree is offered in the field of Child Development and Family Relations, which prepares students to teach in pre-school programs and to work in related agencies. Coursework leading to the Baccalaureate Degree in Physical Education Nonteaching is also offered. Physical Education minors are available for students interested in careers in Recreation, Sports Management, Athletic Training, and Athletic Coaching.
Curriculum Guides
Curriculum guides are designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones may include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA.
Following the sample academic plan and its milestones will help students stay on track to graduate in four years. Students will need to refer to and/or print both the appropriate Liberal Studies Requirements AND the appropriate major sheet in order to view the complete degree program requirements.
- Liberal Studies General Core Requirements
- Liberal Studies Requirements: Whitney Young School Honors Program
- BS – Physical Education and Health (teaching)
Admission to Teacher Education
To obtain the baccalaureate degree in any area of education, students must complete all campus-wide Liberal Studies requirements. In addition, teacher candidates must be formally admitted to the Teacher Education Program.
Students desiring teacher certification at any level must apply formally to the Teacher Education Program. The Teacher Education Committee reviews all application materials in the fall and spring semesters. Failure to make timely application to the Teacher Education Program will delay a student's progress toward graduation, since admission to the undergraduate Teacher Education Program is a prerequisite to all but two Education courses (EDU 202 and EDU 203), and the EDU 309 elective.
NOTE: It should be understood that students are responsible for successfully completing courses that are required at the time they are applying for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
Some curriculum/policy changes required by the EPSB and/or the Teacher Education Committee may not appear in The Bulletin, as they may be approved and/or implemented between editions of The Bulletin. However, by regulations, students are responsible to meet said requirements.
Students must clarify curriculum/policy requirements with their academic advisors. Students are required to meet with their advisors at least two times each semester.
T he Bulletin of Record for all teacher education majors is determined by the date of admission to the Teacher Education Program (TEP). The Teacher Education handbook is the final authority for all TEP matters.
Each applicant who seeks admission to the Teacher Education Program (TEP) at Kentucky State University is required to meet the following TEP Criteria:
- Criteria 1. Have obtained a minimum of 45 semester credit hours;
- Criteria 2. File a completed electronic application for admission to the Teacher Education Program on the official form provided on the SOE website. A processed autobiographical essay of no more than two pages which reflects a resourceful person who can demonstrate the 21st Century skills of 1. Critical thinking, 2. Communication, 3. Creativity, and 4. Collaboration.
- Criteria 3. Submit official score report of meeting statewide minimum Praxis I test (math, reading, writing).
- Criteria 4. Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale; or a grade point aver age of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale on the last thirty (30) hours of credit completed at a re- gional accredited institution.
- Criteria 5. Demonstrate competency in written communication through an impromptu written response. The sample will be evaluated for writing skills, content, organization, and style.
- Criteria 6. Demonstrate competency in verbal communication during an individual oral interview.
Criteria 7. Have obtained a grade of "C" or better in the following courses.
- ENG 101 (English Composition I) and ENG 102 (English Composition II);
- EDU 202 (Foundations of Teaching and Education);
- EDU 203 (Microcomputers and Me dia in the Classroom);
- For IECE majors: CDF 203 (Child Development I) and CDF 204 (Child De- velopment II).
Criteria 8. Obtain three letters of recommendation:
- One from the major advisor;
- One from a KSU instructor with whom the applicant has completed a course; and
- One from an area public/private school teacher with whom the applicant has had field-based experience.
- Criteria 9. Present a portfolio (generated in the beginning education courses) for admission to the Teacher Education Program (Phase I.)
- Criteria 10: Complete the online etiquette training.
There is no conditional admission to the Teacher Education Program; to be eligible for admission, applicants must meet all requirements at the time of submission. A student must maintain compliance with all criteria for the duration of matriculation. The Teacher Education Committee may withdraw a student from the Teacher Education Program at any time based upon either of the following:
- Unsatisfactory academic progress.
- Disciplinary action by the University against the student because of conduct that would indicate character traits of such a nature as to make that student unfit for the teaching profession.
- Violation of Kentucky Teacher Code of Ethics and Character Fitness.
A student may withdraw officially from the Teacher Education Program with proper written notice to the Chairperson of the Teacher Education Committee. An applicant who has been denied admission to the Teacher Education Program may be permitted to reapply provided that all deficiencies have been removed.
Kentucky State University, operating through the Teacher Education Committee, retains the right to change, modify, or add to the above requirements at any time. The Teacher Education Committee will give students notice of required changes. Students must consult the Chairperson of the Teacher Education Committee for the most recent certification regulations.
A dmission to Student Teaching
All students seeking certification to teach are required to submit an application for Student Teaching. The application for admission to Student Teaching must be made by the posted deadline during the semester immediately prior to the semester during
which the student plans to do student teaching. After processing the student's application, the Chairperson of the Teacher Education Committee (TEC) will notify the applicant by letter that the application for admission to Student Teaching has been approved or denied. If the application is approved, the approval will be subject to continued compliance with all prerequisites and the student's attainment and maintenance of the required criteria for admission that are in effect at the time of application and at the time the student is scheduled to enroll in the Student Teaching course. If the application for admission to Student Teaching is denied, the letter of notification will state the reason(s) for denial. An applicant who has been denied admission to student teaching may be permitted to reapply provided that all deficiencies have been removed.
Applicants for admission to Student Teaching must meet the following TEC criteria:
- Criterion 1. Have been admitted to the TEP prior to being approved for Student Teaching and be in good academic standing.
- Criterion 2. point average of 2.75 or above (on a 4.0 scale) at the time of application on coursework completed at a regional accredited institution, or have attained such by the end of the semester immediately prior to the scheduled entrance into Student Teaching.
- Criterion 3. Have completed all coursework within the Generalist Content Concentration or Specialty Area and have a cumulative grade point of 2.75 or above (on a 4.0 scale) in all coursework (with all grades ?C? or above) at the end of the semester prior to the scheduled entrance into Student Teaching.
- Criterion 4. Have completed all required professional Education courses, including the field experience requirements, with a minimum grade- point average of 2.75 (with all grades ?C? or better) or have satisfied this requirement by the end of the semester immediately prior to the scheduled entrance into Student Teaching.
- Criterion 5. Have completed all coursework requirements in any additional certification area with a minimum grade-point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale from an regional accredited institution (with all grades ?C? or above) if Student Teaching is to be completed in that certification area.
- Criterion 6. Have successfully completed (or will have completed) all coursework and all graduation requirements except student teaching. (Transcripts or letters of verification for transfer courses must be submitted prior to student teaching.)
- Criterion 7. KSU students must obtain a passing score on the PRAXIS II Subject Assessment/Specialty Area test(s) and Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) test prior to student teaching. Students who do not meet these requirements will not be permitted to student teach. Complete copies of all PRAXIS II content area tests score reports must be submitted to the Chair of the School of Education (or designee).
- Criterion 8. Submit the culminating e-portfolio for Admission to Student Teaching (Phase II.)
Criterion 9. Obtain two letters of recommendation for Student Teaching:
- One from a faculty member of the student's major (certification) area and
- One from a faculty member of the Area of Teacher Education.
- Criterion 10. Submit a report of a physical examination, including a tuberculin test performed within the last six months, prior to beginning student teaching.
- Criterion 11. Have completed a criminal records background check dated no more than one month prior to admission to Student Teaching (KRS 160.380).
- Criterion 12. All students must provide evidence of liability insurance3 by joining the Student National Education Associate (SNA). If you are employed by a school system, you just need to provide evidence of liability insurance.
- Criterion 13. Effective September 1, 2013, the applicant must demonstrate completion of a minimum of 200 qualified contact hours (see Clinical and Field Handbook) of early field experience through designated courses.
Students are fully responsible for arranging all required transportation that results from participation in Student Teaching.
Students are not permitted to take other regular college courses or hold employment during the period of Student Teaching. Appeals from this standard will be considered by the Teacher Education Committee. Students who disregard this requirement shall be subject to suspension from the Student Teaching.
Degree Requirements
Students seeking teacher certification in most states, including the Commonwealth of Kentucky, must select the age/grade level which they wish to teach. Certification programs available at Kentucky State University meet state requirements for Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (Birth to Primary); Elementary Education (Primary–5th grade); Secondary Education (Grades 8–12 in Biology, English, Mathematics, and Social Studies); and multi- grade programs in Art, Music, and Physical Education (Primary–12th grade).
Program Requirements
A minimum of 125 semester credit hours is required for a major which leads to teacher certification in Physical Education and Health (grades P–12). Students must complete a Liberal Studies component of 54 credit hours (BIO 111 is required instead of BIO 101); 27 semester credit hours of Professional Education courses (EDU 202, 203, 302, 304, 422, and 484); and a Specialty Area component of 39 credit hours (PHE 218, 225, 226, 227, 228, 259, 320, 323, 324, 330, 331, 332, 333, 401, and 421; PHE 301; HED 107, 222, 300; and one course from PHE 209, 240, or 351.


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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Or at least 90210's Adrianna hopes it does.
Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows
When the CW series ended last season, Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) boarded a plane for Sin City after her ex-lover Dixon (Tristan Wilds) didn't show up to rekindle their relationship. Little did she know that Dixon was actually en route when his car was side-swiped by a massive truck. How will she handle the guilt when she meets a new man and then learns about Dixon's crash? Executive producers Patti Carr and Lara Olsen spoke to TVGuide.com about Dixon's fate, the return of Lori Loughlin, the show's milestone 100th episode and more.
The season left off with Dixon getting side-swiped by a truck. How will that be resolved when the show returns?
Patti Carr: We won't give away the outcome of Dixon's car crash, but it has a ripple effect and blows up everyone's lives in different ways.
Lori Loughlin, who plays Dixon's mom, comes back, which can't be a great sign.
Carr: It's really a very emotional and touching moment when she returns. [It's] one of my favorite moments in the premiere.
Will she be around for more than one episode?
Lara Olsen: Currently she's only in the premiere.
Exclusive: Ne-Yo to make guest appearance on 90210
When we last saw Adrianna, she thought Dixon was a no-show. How does she react to the truth?
Carr: Adrianna was getting on a plane to Vegas with Austin to perform. ... The episode comes back about 15 minutes after we left, and you see how [everyone] finds out. They don't all find out right away. Their actions before they know and after shape their lives for the rest of the season.
Are you saying something happens between Adrianna and her new love interest Taylor (Wes Brown) before she hears about Dixon?
Carr: Some things happen, as they do in Vegas.
What about Max (Josh Zuckerman) and Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord)? Last we saw them they were running off into the sunset.
Carr: They make a big decision about how they want to proceed with their future, and it also sparks more things than they expect. They make a pretty bold choice, and it's something we follow the whole season. We also get to meet Max's best friend and business partner played by Trai Byers.
Denise Richards lands at 90210 as "mean girl" for 100th episode
Can Annie (Shenae Grimes) please be single this season? Girl needs a break from men!
Olsen: The arc for her this season is trying to figure out what she does want and then how to go after that.
Carr: She's coming into this season with the intention of focusing on herself and who she is, but she does wind up meeting somebody who's an interesting love interest [Riley Smith]. He appears in the second episode and Annie first starts conflicting with him. She has had some pretty bad luck, but this is something to look forward to for her.
Will Teddy (Trevor Donovan) be around more now that he and Silver (Jessica Stroup) are having a baby?
Olsen: We see Teddy on a recurring basis, but it's a major storyline and one of the biggest we wanted to wrap the whole season around. It'll go through the end of the season.
Carr: In terms of them having a baby, once you decide to do it, there are usually not a lot of complications that arise. [But] there are with them.
This season marks the 100th episode. What do you have planned besides cameos from Carmen Electra and Denise Richards?
Olsen: I don't know that there's anything else we could fit into the 100th episode. They're going back to their high school homecoming as alumni so they're running into a lot of characters from the past. But it's not a "put your life on pause" episode. Everything continues to move forward in a pretty dramatic way against a backdrop of probably the biggest episode we've done production-wise. Going back to their high school reunion also brings back a lot of old things to the present and also causes everyone to examine who they are and reveal things about themselves in different ways.
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City seeking new name for Sacramento train station
Submit your ideas online
Sacramento city officials want to rename the downtown train station and they want your input.
The station at the corner of 5th and I streets is officially named the Sacramento Valley Station.
As the city continues with a major overhaul of the multimodal transportation center, some at city hall felt it was time for a new name.
Riders boarding the Capitol Corridor Train Thursday morning said the name should reflect the building's past.
"Well, if it's going to be named after something or to reflect the history of the building or something like that I would understand. Otherwise, it seems kind of random," said David Wadley.
The city is looking for a name that indicates its location in Downtown Sacramento and highlights the variety of transportation options the station has to offer.
Currently riders can access Amtrak trains, Light Rail and buses at the hub.
Street cars and the statewide high-speed train may also come through the depot one day.
If you want to submit an idea, fill out the city's survey.


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A prisoner who absconded from an open prison more than two months ago has been arrested in a pub, police said.
Kevin Brown, 54, who went missing from HMP Ford in West Sussex on April 10, was held by Avon and Somerset officers in the upmarket Clifton area of Bristol last night, Sussex Police said.
His arrest comes almost three weeks after officers appealed for information about his whereabouts, admitting they had no idea where he was.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: "Avon and Somerset Police made the arrest at a public house in the Clifton area of the city at about 6pm on Saturday."
Sussex Police revealed this week that 89 prisoners were on the run from Ford, near Arundel, including some who have been missing for years.
Last week it emerged that a public appeal by the force to help trace murderer Robert Donovan, 57, had only been made four years after he walked out of the prison.
A police spokesman said Brown was due to appear before magistrates in Bristol tomorrow.


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As Egypt approaches the anniversary of the protest movement that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak, the country still finds itself torn by sectarian violence - writes Judith Sudilovsky.
On 9 October, a demonstration in Cairo protesting an attack against a Coptic church in the Aswan province last week erupted into the worst violence since Mubarak's ouster in February. Between 17 and 24 people were killed and between 180 and 200 people were wounded.
Coptic Christians, who comprise about 10 per cent of Egypt's 80 million people, blamed the church attack on Muslim radicals.
According to media reports, Egyptian troops, which accused the Cairo protestors of shooting at them, shot rubber bullets and tear gas into a crowd of thousands. Demonstrators denied the charges and said the protest was a peaceful one, though perhaps others not associated with them had fired at the soldiers.
Addressing the nation on state television on today, Egyptian prime minister Essam Sharaf said the clashes between army forces and Coptic Christian protesters had brought the country back to the kind of violence seen at the onset of the revolution. "Instead of going forward, we found ourselves scrambling for security," said Sharaf.
Despite scenes of unity during the revolution, when Muslims joined Christians in protests against continuing sectarian violence and Christians were seen protecting Muslims during their prayers at Tahrir Square, attacks against Christian targets have continued. Prior to the recent attack, some 24 people had been killed, 200 injured, and three churches attacked during the first five months of the post-Mubarak regime.
Christians say they fear growing control by conservative Islamic groups. The second article of the Egyptian constitution declares Shari'a, or Islamic religious law, as the law of Egypt, leaving Christians fearful of their future place in the country if that provision is enforced.
[With acknowledgements to ENInews. ENInews, formerly Ecumenical News International, is jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation, the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the Conference of European Churches.]


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Rumor Mill Adds Mac Mini to Apple's "Made in USA" Plans
When Apple CEO Tim Cook said earlier this month that the company was planning to invest $100 million to bring some Mac production back to the United States, some speculated that he was referring to the iMac or Mac Pro lines. And while that may still prove to be the case — indeed, already a few new 21.5-inch iMacs have shown up in the wild bearing "Assembled in USA" tags — a new report suggests the Mac mini may be the Mac line Apple plans to produce domestically.
Occasionally reliable Taiwanese trade mag DigiTimes claims Apple is planning to move Mac mini production to one of manufacturing partner Foxconn's U.S. facilities. Here at AllThingsD, we've heard similar chatter — nothing that would serve as hard confirmation, but enough to lend credence to the idea that Apple has at least considered the idea.
And certainly the Mac mini is a likely candidate for Apple's U.S. production plans. It has fewer parts than the Mac Pro and iMac, and few "build-to-order" options, making it a better candidate for automated production. It's also a relatively high-volume product, making it a good choice given the high upfront cost of establishing those automated production lines.
The flip side here, of course, is that the Mac Pro is an equally likely candidate for opposite reasons. It's a low-volume product with high margins and a lot of "build-to-order" options. It's also bulky and expensive to ship. Those, too, make a compelling argument for stateside manufacture.
Apple declined comment on plans to manufacture the Mac mini in the U.S..


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In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama had a substantial edge over John McCain in raising money from Wall Street. That advantage has not only evaporated for the president in the current race, but has reversed dramatically.
In the 2008 cycle, Obama raised nearly $16 million from the securities and investment industry, compared to a little over $9 million for McCain, according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. More broadly, Obama raised some $42 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, versus $31 million for McCain.
This time around, the figures tell a very different story. As of late August, Mitt Romney's contributions from the securities and investment industry had totaled almost $11.5 million, compared to almost $4.2 million for President Obama, according to a Center for Responsive Politics compilation of Federal Election Commission data. The numbers for the broader finance, insurance and real estate sector showed a similar disparity: about $28.6 million for Romney, against $12.2 million for Obama.
Also showing Wall Street's tilt to the Republican challenger was the Center for Responsive Politics' list of top contributors by organization (including donations by employees and their families, as well as political action committees). Across all sectors, Obama's five biggest sources were: the University of California, Microsoft, Google, law firm DLA Piper and Harvard University. Romney's biggest sources: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Credit Suisse.
(For a further breakdown of campaign contributors, read Obama vs. Romney: Top 7 Places Where Campaign Cash Comes From at AdvisorOne.)
The strong flows of Wall Street money to Romney in 2012 and to Obama in 2008 both marked departures from an overall pattern of evenhandedness within the industry toward the two parties. The Center for Responsive Politics' figures on contributions by the securities and investment industry in presidential and congressional races since 1990 show 49% of funds going to Democrats and 51% to Republicans.
Shifting Alignments
During Bill Clinton's presidency, building bridges to Wall Street was a Democratic priority. Democrats worked with Republicans in scaling back financial regulations, and the two parties vied for support from a growing "investor class" of voters with exposure to stock portfolios. Clinton officials like former Goldman Sachs co-chair Robert Rubin emphasized deficit cutting and cited the bond market as a barometer of fiscal success.
Disenchantment with the Obama administration among financial professionals can be traced to various causes. The Dodd-Frank financial reforms rank high on the list, amid controversy over matters ranging from the Volcker Rule to the prospect of a uniform fiduciary standard for financial advisors. The health care overhaul's tax increases, including a 3.8% tax on net investment income, also stirred Wall Street discontent. Romney has called for repealing both Dodd-Frank and the health care law.
Competing tax proposals are a sharp area of contrast between the president and the Republican challenger, fraught with potential consequences for financial pros with high incomes and wealthy clients. Obama has proposed tax hikes for the top 2% of income earners, including a 39.6% top rate on ordinary income. Romney has proposed cutting income tax rates by a fifth, putting the top rate at 28%.
Rhetorical broadsides, as well as policy positions, have generated tensions between the White House and Wall Street. The president famously decried "fat cat bankers" in a 60 Minutes interview and has asserted his opposition to tax breaks for "millionaires and billionaires" along with "hedge fund managers and corporate jet owners."
In a widely viewed campaign ad titled "The Choice," the president says: "Governor Romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top, roll back regulations on big banks, and he says that if we do our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. But you know what? We tried that top-down approach. It's what caused the mess in the first place." According to Bloomberg News, the Obama campaign spent $22 million on that ad, some 17% of its TV commercial spending through late August.
The American Future Fund, a pro-Republican group, spent nearly $4 million in February on an ad titled "Obama's Wall Street," which noted his big 2008 intake of campaign funds, support for the bailout and administration appointments of people with financial backgrounds. "Now, Obama's flush with cash, returning to Wall Street for more glitzy fundraisers," the voiceover intoned. The ad did not mention that Romney already was outpacing Obama in Wall Street fundraising.
Beyond the Election
The outcome of the presidential race will help determine whether the current shift of Wall Street support toward Republicans is a short-lived or lasting phenomenon.
If Obama wins re-election, Democratic politicians and strategists may take the lesson that a confrontational stance toward Big Finance carries political benefits that are worth the price of diminished contributions from deep-pocketed industry donors. That lesson will be reinforced if Elizabeth Warren wins the Senate race in Massachusetts and gains a Capitol Hill platform for her criticisms of financial institutions.
At the same time, though, a Romney loss would spur a backlash within the GOP against the candidate's real or perceived weaknesses. Quite likely, this would include an outpouring of complaints that the party chose a nominee who was too close to Wall Street in policies, background and style. During the primaries, hopefuls including Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul sought to appeal to populist strains of antipathy toward the financial sector.
A Romney loss could give new life to such populism as the GOP recoups for future elections, possibly repelling the party's newfound Wall Street donors. It also would cause much grumbling among conservatives that the nominee was too moderate. This prospect is complicated somewhat by Romney's choice of conservative favorite Paul Ryan as running mate. However, Ryan's support of TARP during the financial crisis may also spark some anti-Wall Street backlash if the Romney-Ryan ticket loses.
If Obama loses his re-election bid, the calculus will be different. One response among Democrats would be anger at the financial sector for helping cause the loss by not helping the campaign. However, there would be some pragmatic efforts by top Democrats to rebuild ties to Wall Street so as to boost fundraising for coming election cycles.
The two most prominent Democratic politicians who may run in 2016—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden—both tended in their Senate careers to maintain good relations with the financial sector, with its significant presence in their respective states of New York and Delaware. In her 2008 presidential campaign, Sen. Clinton received over $7 million in donations from the securities and investment industry, a figure exceeded only by the two eventual nominees.
If the 2016 election is one in which, say, a Pres. Romney runs for re-election against a Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the current Wall Street tilt toward the GOP may last for many years to come. Short of such a scenario, however, it is likely that the financial sector will return before long to its historical equilibrium, splitting its political support among the two parties and not being closely identified with just one.
For a further breakdown of campaign contributors, read Obama vs. Romney: Top 7 Places Where Campaign Cash Comes From at AdvisorOne.


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Sometimes activities with friends or family are more enjoyable than doing them alone. Join a walking club or attend group fitness classes. By building a support network you can encourage each other to be active. Check out the 10 Tips: Be Active Adults before getting moving. Join or Start a SuperTracker Group to achieve your goals as a team. For more, healthful tips, visit wellness.ccs.k12.nc.us.
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Date Night: Redefining Routine at Lula Café
Editor's Note: Love it or hate it, Date Night is a reality for all but the most unattached of couples. We'll check in [bi]monthly with dispatches on this most divisive of nights on the town.
There's something mildly electrifying about a date night. A predetermined amount of time away from responsibilities, the temporary reprieve from budgetary constraints caused by an affected or not special occasion, and the all-to-brief chance to stare wistfully into someone else's eyes. Wait: this sounds like a regular dinner for two at a restaurant—a "date," as it were—without the need for the "night" qualifier? Allow me to back up.
"Date night" is the great deluge of acrimony for the unattached and newly in love, and the wellspring of salvation for the committed and haggard among us all. Sure, I'll take capricious, whim-driven dalliances over negotiated and scheduled engagements any day. But whether its due to kids or career, sooner or later time must be slotted in. Instead of resisting, I say lean into it. Especially here in Chicago, date night doesn't have to be pressed button downs and boring chain restaurants. Date night is a chance to have a shared experience—to try something new. I can't think of any better place to begin than the newly renovated Logan Square neighborhood standby, Lula Café.
If, like me, you've only been pre-renovation for brunch, stepping into the new Lula will surprise. What once was dark and crowded now is light and spacious, with a comfortable sleekness that I'm at a loss at describing. Think clean lines, over-bar mirrors, and found wood. In the main dining room, candlelit shadows bounce across smiling faces and attentive service cuts through the bustle.
A crowd-pleaser according to our knowledgable and enthusiastic waitress, the Baked French Feta ($12.00) arrives to the table with a little bubble left in its step. Surrounded by a crescent of crostini, the cheese looks like a cracked sidewalk, with jalapeño basil oil filling in the gaps. Said oil is relatively mild and mainly contributes a greenish hue to the dish. Warm olives give the dish a meaty brine, while the sliced cucumber crunches and cools. The parsley garnish is the biggest surprise here, its bitter flavor deftly balancing the dish's richness.
On this evening, the Werp Farms Lettuce with Radishes and Caper Vinaigrette ($5.00) actually features shaved cucumber and red onions, though there are no complaints here. The long, leafy pieces of lettuce go for days, while the briny, clingy dressing tastes like Caesar without the guilt. Happiness increases with each bite of this bright, fresh, and crisp salad, all for a comically low five bucks.
The Marinated Beets with Dill ($4.00) are cool and earthy and taste of dirt in the best way possible. Lemony dill haunts each bite, and the champagne vinegar, olive oil, and shallot marinade is enlivened with just the right amount of chili flake kick to keep you coming back for more.
Braised Pork Shoulder ($22.00) tastes like your mom's roast, if that roast had studied abroad in Europe and picked up some sophistication along the way. The crusty, unctuous meat pulls apart easily and is well suited to swiping through the creamy, rich potato purée. Fried potato and parsnip chips add salty crunch, while buried red endive is just bitter enough to prevent excessive swooning over this bowl of elevated comfort.
I have a confession to make. I'm not much of a fan of Lula's brunch. Maybe it's the lines, maybe it's the price/portion ratio (it's probably both), but I've let my bias get in the way of letting Lula cook me dinner for too long. After this meal, I'm convinced that dinner at Lula Café is a ritual that bears much repeating. And seated across from that special someone, that sounds like a committed, routine existence I can get used to.
Lula Café
2537 N Kedzie Boulevard Chicago, IL 60647 (map)
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MSI hasn't seen much success with its tablet offerings, or its line of laptops for that matter, but it looks like it's trying hard to change that.
A lot of new Android devices have been launched this year, at Computex, including the Viewsonic ViewPad 7X and 10Pro.
Today, MSI also launched two new tablets – the WindPad Enjoy 7 and the WindPad Enjoy 10.
The WindPad Enjoy 10 is a 10 inch tablet with a display resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. It has 4 GB internal storage and is powered by a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor. It also offers 512 MB RAM. It has dual 2 MP cameras and can play back 1080p video. It will be priced at $299.
The WindPad 7 is a 7 inch tablet with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. It has the same specifications – 1.2 GHz processor, 4 GB internal storage and 512 MB RAM. It will be priced even lower, possibly around the $249 mark.
Both the tablets run Android 2.3 Gingerbread, which is surprising considering that every new Android tablet is running Android Honeycomb. They say that they preferred Android 2.3 Gingerbread over 3.0 Honeycomb for its broader compatibility, but both the tablets don't even support Android Market, so I'm confused. The tablets are good, and they might even include some workaround to install apps, but the lack of Android Market support is a big downer.


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Two months before he was assassinated, John F. Kennedy introduced the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. But three years earlier, as a candidate during the 1960 democratic primary, he knew very little about the plight of the African-American community, according to a prominent figure in the civil rights movement.
Harry Belafonte, an American musician and social activist, supported Adlai Stevenson during the 1960 Democratic primary, but agreed to meet with Kennedy, who tried to recruit him. The meeting left Belafonte unimpressed with Kennedy.
"I was quite taken by the fact that he knew so little about the black community," Belafonte said in a NBC News interview with Tom Brokaw. "He knew the headlines of the day, but he really wasn't anywhere nuanced or detailed on the deep depths of black anguish of what our struggle was really about."
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Belafonte, a confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said he had asked Kennedy during the meeting about Dr. King and found that the future president "knew very little" about the civil rights leader.
He "just knew that somewhere there was this force and he was out there making some mischief," Belafonte said.
Kennedy wanted to keep distance from King, Belafonte said, in order to secure votes from "the most important element within the Democratic party, which was the southern Democratic oligarchy, the Dixiecrats" – a short-lived segregationist political party.
The civil rights movement was not on Kennedy's radar, according to Clarence Taylor, Professor of History at Baruch College and at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
"He had other concerns as both a candidate and as president," Taylor said. "Major concern was foreign policy, so civil rights was an annoying issue for JFK."
Based on the meeting, Belafonte declined to support Kennedy in the primary. But after Kennedy secured a Democratic nomination and exhibited a broader understanding of the civil rights movement, Belafonte got on board.
"As events grew and as events revealed themselves, and he had to make decisions, he became more caught up with us," Belafonte said. "The moral persuasion of our cause made him take a hard look at who we were."
When Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested on October 19, 1960, in Atlanta for a sit-in and sentenced to four months of hard labor, Kennedy called Coretta Scott King directly to express his sympathies, Belaftonte pointed out. Bobby Kennedy called the judge in Georgia and King was released on bail a few days later.
Taylor said Kennedy's phone call was a shrewd political move to win black votes. The African-American community took notice of that gesture. During the 1960 election the black vote was crucial in the swing states of Illinois, Michigan and South Carolina that Kennedy carried.
But as president, Kennedy couldn't ignore the civil rights movement. In 1962 he sent hundreds of U.S. marshals to enforce a court order to admit James Meredith, a black student, to the University of Mississippi. And in 1963, after a series of protests from the black community, he addressed the nation to ask for support of the civil rights bill "giving all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public—hotels, restaurants, theaters, retail stores, and similar establishments."
After the assassination, it was Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, who pushed the bill through Congress and signed it into law in 1964.
"JFK couldn't walk away from [the civil rights movement]," Taylor said. "It became the major issue of the day. But I think it's overblown, portraying Kennedy as a civil rights president. Johnson should've been given much more credit."


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Scott Peterson
If crawfish are hard to find, shrimp make a good stand-in.
- Yield
- Makes 10 to 12 servings
- 1 (1-pound) loaf crusty country-style white bread
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 4 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced celery
- 1 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
- 1 pound peeled cooked crawfish tails, thawed if frozen
- 1/2 pound sliced bacon, chopped
- 1 (1-pound) bag sliced collard greens, coarsely torn
- 1 3/4 cups low-salt chicken broth or turkey stock, heated, divided
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Cut bottom crust and short ends off bread; discard. Cut remaining bread with crust into 1-inch cubes (about 10 cups loosely packed). Place in very large bowl. Add oil, thyme, and garlic; toss. Spread cubes out on large rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake until golden and slightly crunchy, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes. Return to same very large bowl.
- Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add next 3 ingredients. sauté until soft, about 10 minutes. Add crawfish; sauté 2 minutes. Transfer to medium bowl. sauté bacon in same skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to bowl with vegetables. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat from skillet. Add greens and 1 cup broth. Cover and simmer until greens are almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add greens and broth in skillet to vegetable mixture. Add parsley. DO AHEAD Bread cubes and vegetable mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately. Store bread at room temperature. Chill vegetable mixture.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Stir vegetable mixture into bread. Add remaining 3/4 cup broth; toss. Transfer to prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake until heated through, 25 minutes. Uncover; bake until top starts to brown, 25 minutes longer.


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The largest earth "impact" of recent times, the Tunguska event, might have left a crater after all. The impact levelled more than 2,000 square kilometres of forest in Siberia, but is thought to have been caused by an asteroid or comet exploding in Earth's atmosphere since no crater marking the impact has ever been found. Now researchers at the University of Bologna in Italy think they might have found a scar in the surface of the earth left by the 1908 astro-intrusion.
The team of researchers has identified a lake near the epicentre of the blast whose shape is consistent, they say, with an impact crater. They speculate that a small chunk of debris from the main explosion could have hit the ground, creating the hollow.
Lead researcher professor Giuseppe Longo says he concluded the lake was sitting in a crater by a process of elimination. He told BBC News: "We have no positive proof this is an impact crater, but we were able to exclude some other hypotheses, and this led us to our conclusion."
He says that the lake-bed's geology is unusual. It has a funnel shape that is unlike that of any of its neighbours. After probing the bottom with geophysics equipment, the team also discovered an anomalous feature about 10 metres down. They suggest this could be either compacted lake sediment, or debris left over from a piece of space junk.
But the scientific community is sceptical of professor Longo's hypothesis. Dr Gareth Collins, a research associate at Imperial College London, told the BBC: "The impact-cratering community does not accept structures as craters unless there is evidence of high temperatures and high pressures. That requires evidence of rocks that have been melted or rocks that have been ground up by the impact."
The Tunguska event took place on June 30, 1908. The blast, which had the energy of about 1,000 Hiroshima-sized nukes, was so bright it was even seen in the London skies. No debris from the explosion has ever been found, much less any traces of an impact.
Dr Collins says the lake Longo and his team have studied is not consistent with what we already know about Tunguska. The angle of impact is wrong, any fragments surviving the initial blast would be moving too slowly, and there are trees older than 100 years still standing near the lake, making it unlikely anything from space crashed nearby.
But the Bologna researchers are undeterred. They plan to return to the site and dig into the lake bed to find out whether or not what is buried below the surface once roamed the outer reaches of our solar system. ®


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UFC officials today announced a star-studded lineup for UFC Fan Expo Toronto, which takes place in April in conjunction with record-breaking UFC 129 event.
Current UFC champions Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Cain Velasquez and
Dominick Cruz, as well as UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell, are among the
The two-day fan expo takes place April 29-30 at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto.
The fan event features Q&A and autograph sessions, training seminars, photo opportunities, a grappling tournament, a full trade show and other attractions and events.
Other confirmed attendees include Royce Gracie, B.J. Penn, Rashad Evans, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Josh Koscheck, Ryan Bader, Stephan Bonnar, Shane Carwin, Matt Mitrione, Brendan Schaub, Jon Fitch, Miguel Torres, Anthony Pettis, Clay Guida, Joe Lauzon, Cole Miller, Sam Stout, Carlos Condit and Jonathan Brookins.
"We're excited to bring some of our top stars to Toronto for the UFC Fan Expo," UFC President Dana White stated. "This is going to be the biggest weekend not only in UFC history, but in the history of our sport. I'm looking forward to giving our fans once-in-a-lifetime access to our fighters at the fan expo."
UFC 129 takes place April 30 at Rogers Centre and marks the UFC's debut in Toronto. The pay-per-view event will break North American MMA records with 55,000 attendees and a gate of approximately $10 million.
For more information or to buy tickets, go to www.ufcfanexpo.com.
And for complete coverage of UFC 129, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Yoon arrives to O's camp hungry for action
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A day after being officially introduced, new Orioles pitcher Suk-min Yoon took the field with his new teammates for the first time on Wednesday morning. Yoon did not throw his first bullpen session, as scheduled, with pitching coach Dave Wallace opting to push it back until Thursday to give Yoon a day to adjust.
"It was a lot of fun," Yoon said through his agent, Tad Hun Yo, who served as his interpreter and accompanied him during drills.
Yoon, whose full-time interpreter is slated to arrive on Wednesday night, said he wasn't nervous taking the field and that he has been used to longer workouts. So, Yoon said with a laugh, that he was OK with the physical-shortened full-squad practice.
"This guy has been throwing," manager Buck Showalter said of Yoon, who signed a three-year deal with the Orioles. "He thinks he's ready to go nine innings right now.
"Baseball is baseball. Locker rooms for the most part are locker rooms. I was talking to him yesterday about the food. When I met with him, I didn't talk much baseball ... fortunately his favorite place is In-N-Out Burger. ... He said he was hungry and went back in there [in the team cafeteria] and ate like a guy going to the electric chair."


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Biden: Education is "engine that is going to give us economic growth"
McCain-Palin would follow same flawed policies of the Bush administration
WASHINGTON - October 03, 2008 -
A healthy economy requires a healthy public education system, and Sen. Joe Biden made it clear in Thursday's vice presidential debate that an Obama administration would correct the misguided education and economic policies of the last eight years.
The following can be attributed to Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association:
"The economy is front and center on the minds of most Americans, and Sen. Joe Biden made it clear Thursday that the long-term plan for a healthy economy is to invest in public education and make a college education affordable. Quality public schools will be the 'engine' we need for economic growth. But to be that engine, and provide students with a 21st century education, our schools need adequate resources and our teachers deserve respect.
"Gov. Sarah Palin's comments about No Child Left Behind simply don't match up with McCain's policies. McCain supports NCLB, but opposes funding the law's mandates. He has voted against $5 billion for public schools, and his freeze on spending would shortchange 4.2 million disadvantaged children of the reading and math help they need. That's not reform, that's more of the same.
"McCain's health care policies would hit the middle class the hardest with a new tax on employer-provided health care benefits. With current costs averaging about $12,000, the McCain proposal doesn't even come close to helping Americans meet that need and insure their families. It would leave 20 million Americans out of employer-sponsored coverage. The real solution, as Obama has outlined, is a plan that would provide hardworking families, including NEA's 3.2 million educators, the health care they need."
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
Contact: Will Potter (202 822-7823)


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It's fair to say that wealth managers are constantly looking for better investment approaches and more time to serve their clients. Similarly, investors are always looking for improved portfolios that can weather the markets' inevitable ups and downs. Both pursuits have been especially keen since 2008, when the global meltdown so irrevocably altered the investment landscape. Virtually every piece of the investment process has been re-examined since then, from investment policy to benchmarks to risk management to the types of investment structures being used.
This scrutiny of the asset allocation process has led to the proliferation of smart, managed investment products that help facilitate the implementation of diversified portfolio strategies. As a particularly positive result, financial advisors today can easily explore the world of institutional-class asset allocation.
Along the Frontier
It wasn't that long ago that most 'off-the-shelf' retail asset allocation programs included a relatively limited number of asset classes—domestic equity, domestic fixed income, international developed equity, maybe emerging markets equity or domestic real estate. While it was true that the resulting allocation models delivered on the promise of better diversification and long-term risk management, they tended to ignore institutionally-accepted asset classes. Retail portfolios, in other words, weren't necessarily offering the best diversification and return potential to their investors.
In the years following the financial crisis, advisors began looking for more active asset allocation approaches that allowed for greater investment flexibility as market conditions and/or client situations changed. As a result, innovative approaches moved beyond the margin, and core-and-satellite portfolios built with an emphasis on quantifying and assessing risks, manager selection, and benchmarking became the dominant construction models. Not too surprisingly, alternative investments have been playing a progressively more important role in the process.
Alternatives Go Mainstream
In no small part due to the high correlation among asset classes that manifested in the 2008 meltdown, advisors turned their attention more toward absolute returns and away from relative returns. This trend accelerated the demand for products that combine access to non-correlated strategies—emerging market debt, commodities, international small-cap equities, and floating rate loans, for example—with the liquidity and transparency of registered investment products. These factors helped drive capital into alternative strategies compliant with '40-Act requirements, as these offerings provide regulated and well-known structures that instill investor confidence.
Today, the mainstream alternative universe as we define it includes a variety of strategies that are delivered in a mutual fund or ETF/ETN structure. These alternative products, including private equity and hedge funds, can go a long way toward providing the kind of differentiated return streams that lead toward true diversification. Some strategies offer measurable return enhancement relative to fixed income, others provide a degree of downside protection relative to equities.
It's no surprise, then, that more and more advisors, increasingly influenced by solid academic, institutional and third-party consultants, are modifying their model portfolios and recommended lists to accommodate alternatives. With intelligent portfolio construction, the savvy advisor can adopt passive core/active satellite asset management structures that combine low-cost beta exposure with the right mix of active managers in the more inefficient areas of the market.
But completing adequate due diligence is challenging, to say the least. It takes significant time and a well-rounded process to sort through the 50,000 or so managed investment products in the marketplace to select the most suitable products for strategy implementation. As a result, advisors are rightfully looking for help with investment product analysis, multi-manager mutual fund selection, and asset allocation design. Outsource providers are increasingly filling the gap.
Into the Future
With the explosion in the number of mainstream alternative products, it's incumbent upon advisors today to seek out institutional-grade asset allocation platforms inclusive of alternative strategies. Ideally, these programs will
- Utilize a conflict-free, open-architecture approach for selecting high-quality money managers
- Adopt passive core-active satellite portfolio construction techniques
- Provide an third-party firm to monitor the managers, and
- Regularly rebalance the portfolio.
These types of multi-manager portfolios delivered in a cost-effective format can greatly increase the probability that investors will achieve their financial security and retirement objectives. The future of "retail" asset allocation has always been about access to the full universe of global investment opportunities. We think that future is now.
Author's disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed are provided for general information only and do not constitute specific investment advice or recommendations from the author.


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(Bulk: 1966-2001)
King, Lawrence P., 1929-2001
Extent: 35 linear feet (about 9000 items)
As a teacher, scholar, lawyer, and consultant, Lawrence P. King (1929-2001) played an important role in the reform of bankruptcy law from the 1960s to his death in 2001. King taught commercial and bankruptcy law at New York University Law School. He served on a number of congressional commissions formed to analyze and reform bankruptcy law, including the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He gave speeches and participated in panels regarding bankruptcy legislation for a number of seminars and educational programs. He was an active member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, an organization of lawyers, judges, and professors dedicated to bankruptcy reform. He had leadership roles in National Bankruptcy Conference committees, including the Committee on Legislation, where he was Chairman. He is well known as Editor of Collier on Bankruptcy, a reference series that became the leading treatise on bankruptcy law during King's 40-year tenure. The collection,1952-2001, includes personal and professional correspondence; reports, correspondence, and memoranda relating to King's participation in the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules; congressional hearings and testimony by King and his colleagues; meeting minutes, correspondence, and committee materials from the National Bankruptcy Conference, of which King was an active member; papers relating to the New York University Advanced Workshop on Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization, which King created and taught; seminar materials from the Federal Judicial Center, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Association of American Law Schools, and other organizations; articles written by King; teaching materials; subject files on a range of topics, including personal bankruptcy, bankruptcy reform, the Bankruptcy Code, consumer legislation, and the Marathon Pipeline bankruptcy court case; and other papers used by King in the course of his scholarship.


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In a recent article titled Emtech Digital: Where Is AI Taking Us?, MIT Technology Review editor Will Night writes:
However, [Quoc] Le said that the biggest obstacle to developing more truly intelligent computers is finding a way for them to learn without requiring labeled training data—an approach called "unsupervised learning."This is interesting because we hear so much buzz lately about how revolutionary and powerful deep learning is and about how truly intelligent machines are just around the corner because of it. And yet, if one digs deeper, one quickly realizes that all this success is happening thanks to a machine learning model that will soon have to be abandoned. Why? Because, as Google Brain research scientist Quoc Le says, it is based on supervised learning.
No True AI Is Coming from the Mainstream AI Community Anytime Soon
I have reasons to believe that true AI is right around the corner but I don't see it coming from the mainstream AI community. Right now, they are all having a feeding frenzy over a soon to be obsolete technology. There is no question that deep learning is a powerful and useful machine learning technique but it works in a narrow domain: the classification of labeled data. The state of the art in unsupervised learning (no labels) has so far been a joke. The accuracy of current unsupervised deep neural networks, such as Google's cat recognition program, is truly abysmal (15% or less) and there is no clear path to success.
Time: The Universal Bottom-up Critic
One of the reasons that the performance of unsupervised machine learning is so pathetic, in my opinion, is that researchers continue to use what I call static data such as pictures to train their networks. Temporal information is simply ignored, which is a bummer since time is the key to the AI kingdom. And even when time is taken into consideration, as in recurrent neural networks, it is not part of a fundamental mechanism that builds a causal understanding of the sensory space. It is merely used to classify labeled sequences.
Designing an effective unsupervised learning machine requires that we look for a natural replacement for the top-down labels. As we all know, supervised or not, every learning system must have a critic. Thus the way forward is to abandon the top-down critic (i.e., label-based backpropagation) and adopt a universal bottom-up critic. It turns out that the brain can only work with temporal correlations of which there are two kinds: sensory signals are either concurrent or sequential. In other words, time should be the learning supervisor, the bottom-up critic. This way, memory is constructed from the bottom up and not top-down, which is as it should be.
The Deep Learning Killer Nobody Is Talking About
Other than being supervised, the biggest problem with deep neural networks is that, unlike the neocortex, they are completely blind to patterns they have never seen before. The brain, by contrast, can instantly model a new pattern. It is obvious that the brain uses a knowledge representation architecture that is instantly malleable and shaped by the environment. As far as I know, nobody in mainstream AI is working on this amazing capability of the brain. I am not even sure they are aware of it.
Conclusion: Be Careful
Sensory learning is all about patterns and sequences of patterns, something that mavericks like Jeff Hawkins have been saying for years now. The trick is to know how to use patterns and sequences to design the correct (there is only one, in my opinion) knowledge representation architecture. Hawkins is a smart guy, probably the smartest guy in AI right now, but I believe a few of his fundamental assumptions are wrong, not the least of which is his continued commitment to a probabilistic approach. As Judea Pearl put it recently, we are not probability thinkers but cause-effect thinkers. And this is coming from someone who has championed the probabilistic approach to AI throughout his career.
In conclusion, I will reiterate that the future of AI is both temporal and non-probabilistic. It may be alright to invest in deep learning technologies for now but be careful. Deep learning will become an obsolete technology much sooner than most people in the business believe.
See Also:
Unsupervised Machine Learning: What Will Replace Backpropagation?
Fast Unsupervised Pattern Learning Using Spike Timing
In Spite of the Successes, Mainstream AI is Still Stuck in a Rut
No, a Deep Learning Machine Did Not Solve the Cocktail Party Problem
Mark Zuckerberg Understands the Problem with DeepMind's Brand of AI
The World Is its Own Model or Why Hubert Dreyfus Is Still Right About AI


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"The Path Of Totality" arrived last December and featured KORN teaming up with dubstep producers and DJs to add a whole new electronic layer to their sound.
Davis told The Pulse Of Radio that he enjoys being in a group that takes risks. "We're one of those bands that take the chance and we really just want to put out music that we like making," he said. "We don't care if the people hate or if the people love it — we just want people to have open minds. I think it takes balls as a band to do something like that and to throw something out different, 'cause most bands are scared and they end up sounding the same every record."
Among the dubstep artists who contributed to the set were 12th Planet, Kill The Noise, Noisia, Downlink, Excision and Skrillex.
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A Detroit-area university is defending the suspension of a 57-year-old student, saying his lustful writings about a teacher violated the school's policy against harassment and don't deserve First Amendment protection.
Oakland University in Auburn Hills acknowledged that Joseph Corlett got good marks for earlier work with sexual themes. But he was booted in 2012 when Corlett turned to his attention to writing instructor Pamela Mitzelfeld, whom he compared to the sultry starlet Ginger from the 1960s TV series "Gilligan's Island."
Corlett's lawsuit in federal court in Detroit seeks more than $2 million for mental anguish and the embarrassment of being removed from Oakland.
"Corlett's case is not even a close one," the university said in a recent court filing, its first formal response since the lawsuit was filed in March.
"Serious educational concerns are clearly triggered when a student fails to recognize the monumental inappropriateness of directing a missive toward his instructor that describes her as 'stacked,' depicts her as the object of his sexual urges, compares her with an oversexed caricature from a television sitcom, and casts to the wind his worries over his wife's reaction to all of this," attorney Leonard Niehoff wrote.
Oakland University is asking U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan to dismiss the case.
Corlett, who now lives in Sarasota is a home builder who pursued a college degree because of the weak economy. He enrolled full-time in 2011 after earning an associate degree from a community college.
His troubles began when he submitted a journal in a writing class titled "Hot For Teacher," the name of a song by the rock band Van Halen. In his writings, he feared being distracted by his attraction for Mitzelfeld and said, "I'll never learn a thing." He wrote that another teacher who was pregnant was "hot, and not just from baking the bun in her oven."
In an interview earlier this year, Corlett said students in the English 380 class were told to write honestly and that no topic was off limits. His attorney has until Friday to file a response to the university's request that the lawsuit be dismissed.
Corlett's suspension requires him to undergo sensitivity counseling if he ever wants to return as a student.
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EARLIER: A Detroit-area university says a student's "Hot For Teacher" essay was too hot to keep him on campus.
Oakland University in Auburn Hills is defending the suspension of a 57-year-old man over his lustful writings about an instructor. The school says the work of Joseph Corlett, now living in Sarasota, violated a policy against harassment.
Oakland recently filed a response to Corlett's lawsuit in Detroit federal court. He's seeking more than $2 million for the mental anguish of being removed in 2012.
Oakland says "serious educational concerns" are triggered when a student doesn't recognize the "monumental inappropriateness" of certain work.
Corlett was pursuing a college degree because of the weak economy. He submitted a journal titled "Hot For Teacher," the name of a song by the rock band Van Halen.


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Makes me more dehatrated then already am so no I much reefer perfect companion on hike.
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I've always got a flask of whiskey on me - do you bring booze with you on your backpacking trips? What's your go to?
Makes me more dehatrated then already am so no I much reefer perfect companion on hike.
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We usually have light beer. Sure, its heavy and we usually don't drink it on the ascent. But once walking a ridge, that backpack starts to weigh a lot less.
The chairlift is a free rollercoaster!
Yes..i always do this ..
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Beer is a horrible weight/intoxication ratio, I've never even tried this.
Assuming this is real backpacking and not screwing around in the woods running around on boomers, I think weed is obviously the best choice. Far less physical impact the next day... decent chance of sleeping through the night uninterrupted.
Then smoke again when you first wake up and you won't mind skipping the water bottle shower.
How many birds can you kill with one "stone"?
TL;DR ... weed is for hiking, bring a few bourbon nips and some Unisom if sleep isn't your thing on the natural.
Serious answer ... if you can muster sobriety for 48 hours, you're a god among men.
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Sensory - Vision Development
These notes introduce the development of the eye: induction and regional specification of the eye structures, maturation and formation of retina and optic tectum neuronal connections. The adult eye has contributions from several different embryonic layers eventually forming neuronal, supportive connective tissue, optical structures, and muscular tissues. Additional pages are being developed to cover specific issues of this anatomical structure.
Some Recent Findings
Weeks 3-4 Eye Fields-Optic Vesicle
Weeks 5-6 Optic Cup, Lens Vesicle, Choroid Fissure, Hyaloid Artery
Weeks 7-8 Cornea, Anterior Chamber, Pupillary Membrane, Lens, Retina
Weeks 9-15 Iris, Ciliary Body
Weeks 8-10 Eyelids
The lens or crystalline lens or aquula (Latin, aquula = a little stream) has a key role in focussing light (with the cornea) upon the neural retina. The lens embryonic origin is from surface ectoderm of the sensory placodes that form in the head region (More? Week 4 - Placodes). The lens focusses by refracting light as it passes through the biconvex lens, which can be altered in shape (accommodation) by surrounding ciliary muscles. These ciliary muscles are activated (contracted) by parasympathetic innervation from the ciliary ganglion itself innervated by the oculomotor nerve (Cranial Nerve III) (More? Cranial Nerves).
surface ectoderm -> lens placode -> lens pit -> lens vesicle -> lens fibres -> lens capsule and embryonic/fetal nucleus.
Retinotopic Map
This neuroscience term describes how the developing retina is precisely "mapped" onto the visual cortex through a series of signaling and activity dependent mechanisms. This follows from Hubel and Wiesel (1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) key discoveries (1959-70) of how in development system matching occurs in the visual system. The topographic map establishes an ordered neuronal connection between sensory structures and the central nervous system.
The retinotectal map (eye to brain) of birds (lower vertebrates):
- temporal (posterior) retina is connected to the rostral (anterior) part of the contralateral optic tectum
- nasal (anterior) retina to the caudal (posterior) tectum
- ventral retina to the dorsal (medial) tectum
- dorsal ventral (lateral) tectum
Retinal waves a form of coordinated spontaneous activity that occurs in the developing retina. These waves of electrical activity (action potentials) are thought to have a role in establishing the initial retinotopic map by correlating/coordinating the activity of neighbouring retinal ganglion cells.
EphA/ephrin-A molecular signaling also thought to have a role in establishing the initial retinotopic map.
Neural Crest
Mouse eye neural crest[4]
Mouse eye TGF-beta model[4]
- Links: Image - Mouse eye neural crest | Image - Mouse eye TGF-beta model | Vision Development | Neural Crest Development | Head Development
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- Developmental Biology (6th ed.) Gilbert, Scott F. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates, Inc.; c2000. Evolution of the mammalian middle ear bones from the reptilian jaw | Chick embryo rhombomere neural crest cells | Some derivatives of the pharyngeal arches | Formation of the Neural Tube | Differentiation of the Neural Tube | Tissue Architecture of the Central Nervous System | Neuronal Types | Snapshot Summary: Central Nervous System and Epidermis
- Neuroscience Purves, Dale; Augustine, George J.; Fitzpatrick, David; Katz, Lawrence C.; LaMantia, Anthony-Samuel; McNamara, James O.; Williams, S. Mark. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates, Inc. ; c2001 The Auditory System | The Inner Ear | The Middle Ear | The External Ear | Early Brain Development | Construction of Neural Circuits | Modification of Brain Circuits as a Result of Experience
- Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th Edn) Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter. New York: Garland Publishing; 2002. Neural Development | The three phases of neural development
- Clinical Methods 63. Cranial Nerves IX and X: The Glossopharyngeal and Vagus Nerves | The Tongue | 126. The Ear and Auditory System | An Overview of the Head and Neck - Ears and Hearing | Audiometry
- Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT) Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US), 2003 Oct. Developmental Disorders Associated with Failure to Thrive
- Eurekah Bioscience Collection Cranial Neural Crest and Development of the Head Skeleton
- The International Journal of Developmental Biology Vol. 51 Nos. 6/7 (2007) Ear Development
- Journal of Cell Biology The Cell Biology of the Senses - The cell biology of vision September 20, 2010.
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- retina - The stratified sensory structure of the eye, formed from the neural ectoderm that extends from the forebrain (diencephalon) to form initially the folded optic cup. Vertebrates have ten identifiable layers formed from nerve fibers, neurons, membranes, photoreceptors and pigmented cells. Light must pass through nearly all these layers to the photoreceptors. (1. Inner limiting membrane - Müller cell footplates; 2. Nerve fiber layer; 3. Ganglion cell layer - layer of retinal ganglion cells their axons form the nerve fiber layer and eventually the optic nerve; 4. Inner plexiform layer - another layer of neuronal processes; 5. Inner nuclear layer; 6. Outer plexiform layer; 7. Outer nuclear layer; 8. External limiting membrane - layer separating inner segment portions of photoreceptors from their cell nuclei; 9. Photoreceptor layer - rods and cones that convert light into signals; 10. Retinal pigment epithelium).
- retinal pigment epithelium - (RPE) An epethial pigmented cell layer lying outside the sensory retina, formed from the outer layer of the folded optic cup. The RPE is firmly attached to the underlying choroid and overlying retinal visual cells, for which it has a nutritional role.
- retinal waves - A form of coordinated spontaneous activity that occurs in the developing retina. These waves of electrical activity (action potentials) along with EphA/ephrin-A signaling are thought to have a role in establishing the initial retinotopic map by correlating/coordinating the activity of neighbouring retinal ganglion cells.
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