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Elevate your home décor with limited edition silk screen prints featuring stunning Barbie® doll fashion illustrations. This set of four includes Robert Best Sketch #1, Robert Best Sketch #2, Robert Best Sketch #3, and Robert Best Sketch #4.
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Houses of Parliament, Sunlight Effect (Le Parlement, effet de soleil)
Intrigued by the challenge posed by the play of water and light, Monet tested himself further by painting the transformative beauty of London's fog and smoke in several works executed along the banks of the Thames during three winter painting campaigns from 1899 to 1901. Monet stationed himself on the balcony of Saint Thomas' Hospital, across the river from his subject, substituting one canvas for another—nineteen in all—as changing weather and light conditions dictated. Their neo-Gothic spires blunted by the mauve gloom of late afternoon, the Houses of Parliament emerge as a massive silhouette. Rays of pale sunshine break through the murk in the upper right corner of the canvas and burst across the shimmering waters in overlapping strokes of pink, salmon, and yellow. The painter later reworked the canvas in his Giverny studio in 1903 in preparation for an exhibition the following year.
- Artist: Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Place Made: Europe
- Dates: 1903
- Dimensions: 32 x 36 1/4 in. (81.3 x 92.1 cm) Frame: 41 1/4 x 45 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (104.8 x 115.6 x 8.6 cm) (show scale)
- Signature: Signed and dated lower left: "Claude Monet 1903"
- Collections:European Art
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Beaux-Arts Court, South, 3rd Floor
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- Accession Number: 68.48.1
- Credit Line: Bequest of Grace Underwood Barton
- Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
- Caption: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Houses of Parliament, Sunlight Effect (Le Parlement, effet de soleil), 1903. Oil on canvas, 32 x 36 1/4 in. (81.3 x 92.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Grace Underwood Barton, 68.48.1
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Hey, I was wondering how I can increase my running speed and get a faster first step. Anyone out there know any drills or anything that might help?
Well i dont know any specific drills but do lots of running if u can also. Do sucides all the time they help alot. Sometimes speed comes with age so keep working but if u dont get a lot faster keep going.
Really it's two different things. To get faster you should do some good speed interval training. Example warm-up with a 10 min jog, then do 4x100 yard pick-ups to get the legs loose and turning over. Then do some hard efforts of 1x400, 2x300, 3x200, 4x100, with maybe 20-45 seconds rest in between, cool down and stretch.
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Incorporate weight training, focus on lounges to amp up those muscles, and powercleans to build explosiveness off the line.
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also do sprints up a hill they help alot
my dad and i run on the tredmill everyday and we get much faster so u can try too
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Stories from people who were children during World War II and the objects in this exhibit animate the past and inform us of a time when war took over daily life. "Retrospect is a very interesting thing," says Ruthie Kallnder. "At the time I don't recall any of the information we got as being propaganda," but the government tried to influence children to make "necessary" sacrifices. Propagandists made the war a battle between good and evil, democracy and fascism. They also asked children to share in the war effort. In response, many children took on more responsibilities. Ruthie explains that boys and girls felt "if that's what it was going to take" to win they "were willing to do it." The memories of the people in this exhibit and their wartime actions show the power of propaganda's messages and its lasting affect on their lives. Propaganda posters, children's books, and classroom assignments demonstrate how propagandists reached children and involved them in the national war effort.
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The TwinsCare Tickets for Kids grant program of the Twins Community Fund exists to bring under-served youth to Minnesota Twins regular season baseball games at Target Field. The program distributes one-time annual grants of game tickets to nonprofit organizations serving youth and families.
The program is open to youth and family-serving nonprofit organizations in the Minnesota five-state area and southern Manitoba. Businesses, schools and individuals are not eligible.
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The program is funded by the Twins Community Fund and its cornerstone partners Target, US Bank, Treasure Island Resort and Casino, and Delta Air Lines, as well as by select Twins players. Granted tickets will be assigned to a group named after a sponsoring Twins player.
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This is the brand new Mercedes-Benz C-Class estate. And among headline luggage capacity stats and engine variants, one thing stands out.
Mercedes reveals new C-Class Estate
Latest-generation Benz Wagon is here, lighter, wider and longer than before
Using map data from the C-Class Estate's sat nav and GPS location, it automatically closes the air recirculation flap when the car enters a tunnel, and reopens it upon leaving the tunnel. That's right, it uses signals from SPACE to close the air flaps.
Aside from that, the new C-Class Estate is, you'll agree, a very clean design, and sits on the same platform as the new C-Class saloon. It's 96mm longer than its predecessor and 40mm wider, allowing for more leg/shoulder/elbow and headroom. It's also a hefty 65kg lighter than the outgoing Estate: 49 per cent of the car is built from aluminium.
The all-important load capacity rises over the old C Estate too, for a seats-down total of 1510 litres (the 3-Series Touring has 1500 in comparison). Seats-up, and you're looking at 490 litres (495 for the Beemer). The rear seats can also split 40:20:40 rather than just 60:40, making it very versatile in the back.
There are four petrol engines on offer (three four-pots and one six-cylinder), with power outputs ranging from 156bhp to 333bhp, along with a C350 Hybrid with 275bhp to follow.
Merc's diesel engine offering ranges from 115bhp to 204bhp in the power stakes, while there's also the option of the C300 BlueTech hybrid, mating that four-pot diesel to an electric motor for a combined output of 231bhp and 74mpg claimed economy.
Though of course, the one we're all waiting for is the new AMG version of this C-Class - in both estate and saloon form - likely packing a version of the AMG GT's new 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8. That's a big tick in the 'Yes' box.
Merc is offering a standard steel suspension-equipped chassis, or one that comes with air suspension, with all-round self-levelling for better ride comfort when the rear is full of Stuff. That's right, air suspension on a C-Class. As usual, the damping is adaptive, ranging from 'Comfort' through to 'Sport+'.
There are things like the 'Easy Pack' power tailgate and 'Hands Free Access' system (both self explanatory), along with Attention Assist, Collision Prevention Assist, Brake Assist, Lane Keeping Assist, Cross-Traffic Assist and Distronic Plus (cruise control that automatically maintains the gap to the car in front).
There are many airbags, an audio system that uses the space within the cross member and side member as a resonance chamber, lots of apps, a touchpad that operates like your smartphone, head-up display and the Mercedes 'connect me' online services.
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Cranes are among the most noble of bird species. Stately and long-lived, these regal birds are also known for their fidelity and dancing courtship displays. Although cranes are found on many parts of the globe, the majority of species occur in eastern Asia. This is made apparent by their frequent depictions in Chinese and Japanese art. The innate elegance of Red-crowned, Japanese, and Sarus Cranes turns them into naturally good subjects for works of art and just as these birds are encountered in the wild, they are typically painted and sculpted in pairs.
The elegance and beauty of the crane has earned it a venerated spot in Asian gardens for hundreds of years. Since crane species are generally too wild to visit even the most beautiful of enclosed gardens, artists began to create bronze sculptures and stone statues of these birds to be used as garden decor. That tradition continues to this day and is wonderfully represented by our bronze crane statues. Available in three sizes, these verdigris patina bronze garden sculptures add a touch of classic elegance to any backyard.
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The Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 2
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This issue of The Conference Board Labor Markets in Review will provide our regular overview of the main economic and labor market conditions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In addition, this issue will address several special topics: labor shortages in the United States, slowing productivity growth in the United States, competitiveness and unit labor costs in Europe, pension reforms in Europe, and unit labor costs and labor shortages in Asia.


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Inspired by the original 1971 doll, Malibu Barbie® doll by Trina Turk comes dressed in a colorful, casual ensemble of a floral bikini and lacy white cover up. The perfect accessories for California dreaming include a straw tote bag with Trina Turk logo charm, floral print scarf, cuff bracelet, ring, sunglasses, sunscreen, beach towel and platform sandals. After a day at the beach, Barbie doll can change into her additional "California chic" beach fashion including print shorts, bright blue peasant blouse and adorable print sun hat.
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In fall 2011, the Wilson College Board of Trustees recognized that the College must achieve financial sustainability and authorized the establishment of the Commission on Shaping the Future of Wilson College. President Barbara K. Mistick appointed a cross-functional commission to review institutional data and market analysis data. Members used the data to form five work groups: Programs, Finance and Pricing, (New and Current) Markets, Quality of Life, and College Success Stories. The subgroups began meeting in May 2012 to conduct a strategic review of the data. Their charge was to recommend to President Mistick the optimum scenario for Wilson to attain financial sustainability and thrive into the future. The President has reviewed the Commission's report and developed her recommendations for the Board. The trustees are meeting November 30 and December 1 to make a final decision.
The commission process was transparent and included three phases with feedback loops from all college constituents:
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Mary Hendrickson, Dean of Faculty
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Anybody else getting these? lol I know I may seem dumb, but I'm not quite that stupid.
From: dowokofi Subject:email@example.com, reply meDate:Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Dear associate,
The bank directors mandated me to look for any known relation of our late client who deposited a enormous amount of money in our bank without claim; I don't want this money to go into our treasury as unclaimed bills, the banking law and guidelines here stipulate that if such money remains unclaimed after eight years, I am authorized to preparing documents officially to prove that this money have been transferred to out treasure, this will be between me and you, the request of foreigner is occasioned by the fact the depositor was a foreigner, In appreciation of your assistance, I request you send to me your direct phone number for easy communication, and reply me through my private email addresses(email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com for more confidentiality, waiting to read from you soon,
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yes i got one too they must think we are stupid to send something like that i just deleted it
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Aww crap I did not see this before I made a post about this, I got that exact one and told Josie But got another today that seems really strange. Not a scam, but spam for sure.
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If you PM me the spammers, I will disable their accounts. :)
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Let's talk about humor
What is humor to you? How important is it in your life? How many kinds of it you came across? And lastly, what is that 'cultural' sense of humor?
I am asking because I have seen people requiring to explain it to others.
Nov 21 2013: WoW so many questions about humor. I'm afraid they turn the humor into science. I personally prefer enjoying humor than studying it.
Actually I think humor is pathless and boundless. I also think humor is one very unique thing (but not the only one) which differs humans from animals. IMO, humor is a result of self-awareness (which only humans have). Has anybody ever seen any animal laughing ??
Nov 21 2013: We have no way of understanding a dog's humor. But tell me, if you see a pompous man slipping on a banana peel, will you find it humorous?
Nov 21 2013: Instinctively it's humorous. I don't think it can be denied. As children we used to laugh seeing somebody slipping, etc. But as adults, we have tamed our minds by rational thinking that it's not ethical to do so and so we restrain the above instinctive urge of ours.
Perhaps I should add that I think our humoristic reaction is basically instinctive in its nature. It's about grasping comprehensively, in almost timeless manner, the entire situation and observing certain oddness in it by imaging ourselves instantly in that situation..
Jim Moonan
Nov 21 2013: I agree with you Yubal. If there is a science to humor I don't care to know what it is. Humor is a way of imagining.
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Slipping on a banana peel I think falls into the category of "base" humor. Something that causes embarrassmentNov 24 2013: yes!Nov 21 2013: Once Pabitra,Juliete and Mary were in the coffee shop and were
having a good discussion.
Juliete : These days women are breaking the glass cielings.
Pabitra : Now,What will men do ?
Mary : Men will break the Tiled Floors.
Estrino Trivio : I want a workable Idea
Fritzie : Just Go 20 miles then turn left then again go 20 miles then turn left and then again go 20 miles and then turn left and then again go 20 miles , there you will find a man he will tell you where to find the Workable idea
At the end of the day feeling tired Estrino Trivio noticed that he has been fooled by Fritzie.
Estrino Trivio : Fritzie !! I asked you for a workable Idea and you made me merry go round the city.
Fritzie : Weren't you working hard while doing merry go round the city.
Estrino Trivio : Yeah..
Fritzie : That was workable Idea.
Pabitra : What is Democracy?
Kristian Pinter : Its not democracy dude, It is democrazy. When some crazy people in a country give demo of monkey act it is called democrazy.
Fritzie : Is there anything absolute in this world ?
Coleen Steen : Yes, (passing the bottle of Absolut beer) here it is.
Nov 21 2013: Genius~!Nov 21 2013: Santokh and Pabitra are in a hot debate.
Pabitra : I bet 50% of the members of this platform failed to get my question.
Santokh : (offended) That's a rather condescending remark.
Pabitra : Sorry, I meant to say 50% of the members of this platform understood my question.
Santokh : Thanks.
Nov 24 2013: I am happy when one of the members of this platform understand my humor...
... and when more than one understand it .... well I am glad others found it funny!Nov 21 2013: LOL!!!
I never heard of Absolut beer.....I only have Absolut Vodka.....PROOF.....100%...:>)
Nov 22 2013: And your garden is absolutely marvelous too! :)
I like that tree with beautiful eyes and lips very much~.
Nov 22 2013: Thank you dear Yoka. I like to have fun, humorous things in the gardens that encourage joy and smiles:>)Nov 22 2013: Thank you too. Your tree is a perfect combination of beauty and humor.I 'm fanscinated by her long eyelash.haha....very impressive.Nov 24 2013: It happened so ,Julian Assange called me and said that his spy Edward Snowden has discovered in his sting operation that you have done something mischivious. You have filled beer inside the empty bottle of Absolut Vodka... :>)
Nov 25 2013: OH NO...... Assange and Snowden!!! I am absolutely innocent of the Absolute scam! That is absolute reality, as Harald might say:>)
Johnny Atman
Nov 30 2013: A state of humour is a state where fear is absent.
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Nov 25 2013: Laughter sometimes really can be the best medicine. Patch Adams MD, uses humor as a tool for healing.He believes that laughter, joy and creativity are an integral part of the healing process and therefore, true health care must incorporate those aspects of life.Additionally, Dr. Adams adds to his training as a physician his experience as a street clown. In working with health care and mental health professionals, he explores the relationship between humor and therapy using his unique blend of knowledge, showmanship and "hands on" teaching techniques. Dr. Adams says, "I interpret my experience in life as being happy. I want, as a doctor, to say it does matter to your health to be happy. It may be the most important health factor in your life." His story was told on the big screen in a film released in 1998 titled "Patch Adams" and was played by actor Robin Williams.
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Nov 25 2013: Laughter, joy and creativity are integral parts of living!
Stuff happens and individuals interpret it one way or another way... some appreciate it for what it is and choose to do something to make it even better and so it keeps improving (yea some choose the other avenue avoid it, reject it, deny it and do nothing to make it better so it stays there till they deal with it in more effective ways)... kind of funny how denying an error is in itself and error and now there are twice of them things to deal with... Lets say that what there grows and we choose in which direction.
Making and recognizing an error to learn something good from it may be part of the process of Learning ... of course an unnecessary diversion from the true path of learning that involves getting the right answer... by choosing to provide the right answer ideally the first time around .
Hassan H
Nov 25 2013: I think Humor brings enthusiasm and reinforces bonds between a group of people.
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Jim Moonan
Nov 20 2013: I could not bear life without humor...
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Humor is a critical spice of life. Without it things don't taste as good as they should. It is a certain way of viewing the world and our place in it that allows us to feel comfortable with our infinitesimal part.
There are different "brands" of humor… It is a deeply personal thing. What I find humor in is different than what you might find humor in. If we have similar senses of humor, we probably are kindred spirits.
(I find it curious that a topic like humor is not one that everyone would relate to and have an opinion on. Everyone has one.
Nov 21 2013: Yes Jim and laughing at one's own self is a great coping skill. I like it best when it is witty and tickles my brain.Dec 2 2013: There are many things that we laugh at and not all of them make sense. Perhaps our humour acts as the measure of our maturity. Maybe when we stop laughing at some guy getting hit in the crotch and writhing in agony, perhaps then we will finally find our humanity.
Dec 2 2013: Humor is the non-aggressive way to deal with the apparent inconformities. Humor will exist till the time one sees the guy getting hit in the crotch as something out of the ordinary, when the laughter continues with the realization that the guy is in obvious pain, humor has already left place and cruelty has taken over.
Humor in humans is the remnant of the million year old evolutionary playfulness - a trait of creating higher functions of brains by non-aggressively confronting situations that are not routine.
Gord G
Dec 2 2013: William - You're sending a mixed message. Your avatar is Yosemite Sam. Warner Brothers cartoons are often criticized for their level of violence. Personally I think the animators at Termite Terrace elevated the genre.
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I find it interesting you mentioned maturity...it almost seems humour has to have a puerile sensibility. I think often a good chuckle is our inner child rebelling against our encroaching social responsibility.
(Chuck Jones was a literate man who seemed to have an intuitive understanding of our relationship to our inner child)Dec 2 2013: William, Pabitra and Gord.....interesting thread you have going!
William, I must say that when you and your avatar first appeared on TED, I wondered what your message might be with your choice of an avatar. Is that how this person communicates? With guns drawn ready to shoot? I find your comments to be intelligent and well articulated. So, I agree with Gord that there seems to be a mixed message, because your avatar and your comments do not seem to fit together for me.
I agree Pabitra, that when the laughter continues, with the realization that someone is in pain, whatever emotion a person is experiencing does not feel at all like humor to me. There is a candid camera type show on TV, and I've only seen bits of it (can't stand to watch it), where real people are in horrible situations which can cause a LOT of damage to the body, the audience is laughing, and apparently experiencing the horrible situations as humorous.....I don't get it! I cannot imagine how a group of people see humor in accidents that can cause bodily harm, and it amazes me that it has enough support to be produced!
Perhaps as Gord says, humor can be caused by our inner child rebelling against our social responsibility? Perhaps at times, laughter is a release of tension in a situation where we don't feel we can do anything?Nov 30 2013: Humor is a very subtle thing,one act you considered humorous,in other disposition your reaction would contempt it for its frivolity.
Nov 30 2013: but there are still some wise humor, too. It makes you think and smile at the same time :PNov 30 2013: To try to explain jokes and humor is so D R Y At least the essays I have seem including Sir Arthur Koestler's article.
I guess one knows it upon seeing it.Nov 30 2013: As this conversation is drawing close, I shall offer my take on the questions.
Humor is a great coping skill to me. It is a very important element of how I see life, world and my position in it. I have come across various kinds of it, which I can broadly specify under three categories, namely, crude, fine and personal. In my experience, the degree of ease with which humor can be shared decreases from crude to fine range, personal humor being almost impossible to share - it is a communication between me and myself enabling an unmindful smile hanging at the corner of my lips and perhaps making this 'ugly mug' bearable to others..
A cultural sense of humor is most important when someone tries to understand a culture. It gives one a kind, positive and friendly sense of belonging to one's culture.
Yes, it is frustrating when humor fails and someone needs to explain it. But there is a certain humor in that desperation too. We are nothing but connectomes. :)
Nov 30 2013: Pabitra,
Your post reminded me of the triplet of dyslexic humor...
first one laughs at the joke on thinks of
Second one laughs when one gets the joke as intended
Third one laughs at the correspondence (or lack there of) between the two...
The same may happen when watching a movie with subtitles in a different language
One laughs at the joke one hears
one laughs at the joke one reads
One laughs at the correspondence between the two (wondering how did the translator get the job).
It probably has to do with someone thinking the translator can translate ... we all laughed at such contrived scenes in the movies... and it does happen in real life too!Nov 28 2013: Indeed. I have bean laughing at it :DNov 27 2013: Humour seems to me to be one of the true ineffable human capacities. I'm going out on a limb here by specifying it as a uniquely human capacity; if for no other reason than the fact that, while I love my dog, and he demonstrates something which could be identified as affection for me, we're never really going to share a joke.
Should the zombie invasion begin, one way to tell if your best mate has been "zombified" would be to try and make him/her laugh. I believe there is no real way to convincingly manufacture that shared experience, that shared recognition of the other's humanity.
I accept that everyone doesn't share the same sense of humour, in that I may find something funny when you do not. I do however think that we always recognise the authenticity of another human being's laughter, even if we don't share in it.
One of the truest things I ever heard about humour (sorry, no idea of the source), was that it represented an "affectionate communication of insight". A communication which seems lies at the very root of our humanity.
Nov 28 2013: Thank you Stephen.
It is interesting to check how humor figures in all important areas of human communication like intrapersonal, interpersonal, group dynamics or organizational. Science, Economics, Politics are supposed to make use of it. It may also be very interesting to examine how so many commenters here use it as an effective basis of communication.
While interacting with someone, humor is necessary to make us realize that we are just not Turing machines.Nov 28 2013: Stephen
I must disagree with your claim to uniqueness of human humor. Studies have shown that dogs, rats, monkeys, apes... all have both laughter and humor. The areas of the brain activated by humor are very deep, which also means very old... as the brain evolved in layers. language centers are comparatively young.
Personally I think dogs get a good fart joke, probably better than we do. And more often.
Nov 28 2013: Hi Ian,
This is a very interesting train of thought, and one which I'd considered but obviously only superficially. After a quick google search, I could find studies linking animal "laughter" mechanisms to play, physical stimulation (tickling) and as a social bonding mechanism; I couldn't find anything which linked this response to something we would recognise as "humour".
I guess the distinction I'm making is that a physical response to play and physical stimulation, "laughter" if you will, does not imply an appreciation of what we recognise/define as humour.
I did find a study by a Robert R. Provine, professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, who studied laughter across the species. He noted that outside of humanity It is actually a social behavior unrelated to jokes or wit. It serves different purposes. It can be friendly or submissive, hostile or dominant. Witness the old distinction between laughing with and laughing at someone.
It may be that from an evolutionary perspective the facilities/behaviours are linked, but I still feel that "laughter" in animals can't really be attributed to humour per se.
I've no axe to grind though, and am happy to be persuaded otherwise. Do you have specific sources I could look up?
Ian Young
Dec 1 2013: Stephen
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I recall a reference to Koko playing jokes on her trainers, both physical and verbal... though I suppose that you could contend that these were learned rather than innate behaviors. I wonder at that though, you could teach someone a joke, even train a parrot to tell one, but Koko would create her own funny situations, play tricks and laugh at her human caretakers. That seems to say the method was learned, while the motivation was innate.
My friends lab would hid the ball and then beg to play fetch. When the ball was found it was apparent the pup was having us on all along.
Dr. Johnathan Balcombe has some interesting observations you should be able to research easily, but I must grant that he comes to no firm conclusion on the subject. Simply put, it is impossible to know the inner life of an animal. You can always evade the humor conclusion by asserting that the observer is anthropomorphizing to some extent.
That being said, Dolphins have been recorded stealthily approaching pelicans so they can nip away a few tail feathers, or repeatedly rolling turtles over and over, which seems like pranks to me. Similarly, elephants have been recorded by researchers as playing jokes on one another, and on the researchers themselves.
RegardsNov 28 2013: Interesting claim Ian. But don't you think humor (and jokes too) fails much more frequently than sexual innuendos? If what you are saying is correct, how would you explain that?
Also, do you think all laughter is humor?
Ian Young
Dec 1 2013: Pabitra,
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I am not sure that I understand your question... But I think you are asking that if humor is so deep seated in the brain why does it so often, ( more so than sexual innuendo), fall on deaf ears. Is this correct?
I would say that humor is an inbuilt response to simple stimuli, common to all humanity, that has been co-opted and adapted to our changing brain-scape as we have evolved. All babies think peek-a-boo is just hilarious, which shows that humor is not taught, it is innate. Exactly what we find funny may be trained by culture and environment, even influenced by character, but it starts from a common base. When my daughter heard winnie-the-pooh's name for the first time she could not stop laughing.
Thus I would say the simpler the joke, (man slips on banana), the more likely we are all to find it funny, (had we not been jaded by the media storm of the most recent generation anyway). The more complex the concept, or culturally specific, the less likely the joke will be well received by all who hear it.
Also, a certain mood, and mind set is necessary to both tell, and to hear, a joke. What I may find funny alone with my wife may not be funny at the movie theater, or in company with strangers. This is true of sexual innuendo as well, it is better received in the proper context.
As to laughter. I believe all laughter is humor as much as I believe that all smiles are happy. No, to often laughing is a social escape or other coping behavior.
Regards.Dec 1 2013: Thanks Ian,
You've opened a whole new can of worms in my head. I'll have a look for the references you cite and see where that takes me.
Best WishesNov 25 2013: Laughter is a gift. When ever you are told anything you can go one of three ways; get angry about it, shrug it off and allow it or laugh about it! Humour or not, being able to laugh over the stupidest or simple of things is nothing but a GIFT.Nov 25 2013: From a spiritual standing I feel humour is the essence of life. Regardless of what type of humour you have it is always comforting sharing your sense of humour with another person - with the same or similar sense as you.
It simply brings endless joy to life and that is what makes it important. Arguably it's what make life important itself hence the essence of life.I cannot imagine greater like like human beings without humour. Wouldn't chickens gain vast respect if they could genuinely laugh? Would we then not even kill them for their food qualities?
I've come across vastly different humours, from the regular content based humour that most people share to wild humours that only a specific few may understand. I believe it's important to accept all kinds of humour as it keeps you open-minded towards others, regardless of who they are.
I'm not too sure of cultural senses of humour even though I have traveled frequently across the globe. Although I will say regardless of your background, ethnicity, some people do share the same humour across entire continents.
Nov 26 2013: Do you think humor is an antidote for depression?
Nov 26 2013: I am not sure, although I can say that humour can definitely take your mind off things, although I believe it is always better to accept your depression and face it head on.
On the other hand depending on how each person thinks about it humour could suppress the depression at least.
I am a person that loves to laugh, but regardless of how much I laugh I will always have problems that will cause depression. I guess there's a time and place for both.Nov 28 2013: Most assuredly yes, and there is good science to back up that thesis, much of it recent. Humor stimulates brain regions that depression atrophies if given free reign. Humor is a beneficial adaptation. laughter most certainly is a fine medicine.Nov 25 2013: It's the essential spice in life to me.....(as grown up with spicy food , can't stand long with spice less food)Nov 25 2013: Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, and fart jokes.Nov 24 2013: Humour is spontaneity without analysis.
Nov 28 2013: Does Rowan Atkinson also do that? :O
Nov 28 2013: Well, he is a human Bean after all...Nov 24 2013: Humour is the subtle art of calling a spade a spade and not hurting anyone and getting your message through.
Pat Mosel
Nov 23 2013: April Fools' Day pranks were never allowed in my family because of a family tragedy that happened on that day, eight years before I was born. Now, one of the new forties, I have published a book called 'Jerusha's Tricks' detailing an elaborate April Fools' Joke. I can now live and, most important, laugh!!
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Nov 24 2013: I wish lots of humor flowing towards you in life.Nov 21 2013: Your avatar is kind of humor.:)
Nov 21 2013: Thanks Yoka. :)Nov 20 2013: What makes a dead beat dad?
lack of money
What makes a dead beat mom?
No such thing!
Why does the single mom in America suck in math?
because 2 kids = 5 dads.
Nov 20 2013: Don't give up your day job!
Nov 21 2013: I'm a dead beat dad, Mike. I don't have a day j-o-b! I appreciate your support in my tiny efforts.
Dating a single mother is like continuing from somebody else's saved game.
Nov 21 2013: And meanwhile the rules of the game changed.Nov 20 2013: Why did the single mother cross the road?
To get to admiration, power, and a pay check.
So a girl and her dad go to the store to get a new barbie doll. The dad looks at all the barbie dolls and they are all $10. The dad keeps looking and sees one barbie that is $100. The dad asks the man at the store why this particular barbie is so expensive. The man responds, "oh, this is divorce Barbie she comes with Kens house boat car and the other half of his belongings".Nov 20 2013: I also think that humor is highly subjective and highly cultural and depends on the level of communication; it is in the eye of the beholder; it's a 'light' way of looking at the unusual, nonconforming and surprising things or points of view in life in a social context .
Nov 21 2013: Right. My wife found the scene in 'Bruce Almighty' where the monkey comes out from you know where of the neighborhood bully, absolutely gross and unfunny.Nov 20 2013: What ever it is, it's needed for survival just after food and shelter.
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Nov 18 2013: Charlie Chaplin said comedy is tragedy pushed to the ultimate and all you can do is laugh. Think Dilbert is an example of that.Nov 18 2013: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor
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I like parodies like Office Space, Dilbert, and Animal House.
I like good jokes.
I like watching irony unfold in government.
Nov 18 2013: Your last line is intriguing. Parodies, stand up comedies, jokes or some cartoons are intended humors. A politicians stupidity is not. So, do you mean that humor can be found in things not intended as humors?
Nov 18 2013: Yes. I think humor is subjective. Those that make a living at it appeal to things the masses might find funny, but different people will see different types of humor in different events, perhaps the humor is born from a different perspective, perhaps from a different observation, perhaps a unique set of knowledge and experience.Dec 2 2013: On a very literal level, humour is a means of making people laugh.
On the subconscious level however, humour is a remarkably accessible form of social commentary. You can tell a lot about a nation by its comedians. For example, to be funny in America, you have to be quick-witted, able to joke your way out of any situation, where as in the UK, the majority of comedy icons are, essentially, failures (Basil Fawlty, David Brent etc.)
One particular form on comedy that I have recently taken an interest in is 'satire', particularly political satire. Some people argue it's a way to disarm those who take themselves too seriously, whilst others see it as a chance to expose the farcical nature of some (not all) governmental policies).
In terms of types of comedy, I have observed the following: slapstick, satire, observational, improvised & surreal. There are various mediums that these can be presented through, for example, stand up, sketch or double act.Dec 2 2013: Having good personal relationships is the most important thing to me. Humor helps people to make relationships and helps to break the ice.
Why do we like people who have a sterling sense of humor? I am not sure why it's so.
But In my opinion Humor is the most important asset of our life.
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Dec 1 2013: Humor is the fastest way to inspire and uplift people. Its the best gift to have. Humor saves lives.
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Discussion in 'Fly Fishing Forum' started by Olive bugger, Sep 30, 2013.
God damnit why
When I lived in White rock BC ( across the border from Blaine Washington ) I used to go to Duvall once in a while. I found it quaint and the residents different but not threatening in any way.
I suspect that Duvall is just preparing for the Halloween festival and
pumpkin roast. I think I will dress some orange and black flies for my fly box to carry with me on the evening of the 31st. A journey to DUVALL would certainlly be in order.
Isn't that the way it is with a lot of 'flash-in-the-pan' tourist towns? It seems everyone has to go there one year, and the next you hardly hear anything about it.
Duvall, "Paris of the West."
Yeah, right.
Next month it's gonna be Carnation ("did you hear the steelhead are in, hanging below Tokul Creek?"), or Sultan ("Cracker Bar is HOT, I'm tellin' ya').
Duvall is going to go back to bein' a sleepy little backwater, Tim's B&B is going to have a permanent 'vacancy' sign out, and the crowds at the Duvall Cafe waitin' to order a Ruebens will be gone.
That's when those of us who really love the place will come crawling back out of the woodwork and reclaim the Duvall we know and love.
Where's the Duvall Cafe, Dick? Must be new, or I've just missed it.
Admittedly I don't get out much
I remember driving through there when it was just a one horse town. Or was that a one signal light town.
remember when you got into an altercation in what would become Duvall with Kenniwick man on the correct technique of taking a mammoth down with a clovis point spear and he was all, no way old man, you take 'em with a Folsom point, clovis points are for zombie pink flossing centerpinning bead-hucking ladyboys and then you cold cocked him one right in his massive cave-man simian wanna-be brow? That was nuts...
Why just this afternoon as I was passing down Main Street, young love was in bloom. A young lady was taking the picture of a young man, in front of a local establishment. Both had their faces painted with the look of adoration and surrender. It was all so romantic. DUVALL will do that to young lovers.
Gonna take my slam piece to Duvall for our anniversary
Tip the violin player.
Buy flowers from the little flower lady outside of the restaurant.
Leave your waders in the car and wear a suit or a tux.
Didn't make it to Duvall this week
Alas, I feel your pain, mon Ami. A day without DUVALL is like a day .....
well, like a day without DUVALL.
So do you say DU-vall, or DuhVALL?
I prefer the former, as in, "When driving through DU-vall make sure you got IN-surance on yer VEE-hickle."
I'm getting that song/feeling in my head that Duvall is much like Green Acres..It's the place to be, Duvall is the place for me...
That would depend on which side of the Snoqualmie that you live.
Those further east would be more prone to pronounce it as DU-vall, but not all. Those to the west, being of a lesser caste would use the Pronunciation of duh-VALL.
This is the only tolerated pronunciation. Unfortunately, more and more people moving here don't get it. Right now we got us a Mayoral race between the incumbant, who has been in office and done a fine job, for two terms. His challenger is a former mayor from yore, and a DU-Vall lifer. It's a pivotal time in town and the future of its pronunciation lies precariously in the outcome.
Good morning DUVALL travlers. All of the wonderment of this fine city, or rather township, got me to thinking.
I am wondering what the OFFICIAL DUVALL fishing leader knot might be?
Does DUVALL even have an official fishing leader knot?
Aside from the maditory PERFECTION KNOT at the butt end of the leader, what would one use in between the terminus at the fly end and the origin at the butt section.
In light of the stratus of the social system in DUVALL, I am guessing that the SURGEON'S KNOT, tied in either the double or triple configuration, would be the preferred choice. However, I would not rule out the DOUBLE UNI KNOT, nor the old standby, the BLOOD KNOT.
Perhaps those that actually reside in beautiful DUVALL, either in town or in the outlying area of town, might jump in with a educated view on the subject.
As a frequent visitor to DUVALL, I have to admit that until recently I had been a big fan of the PERFECTION/BLOOD KNOT, circle. However, after recent developments, I have become the disciple of the SURGEON'S KNOT. That said, I am not a surgeon, although as a young boy, I did play doctor with several young ladies...
A surgeon's knot was never involved in the play action, however.
The Duvall Cafe thing was covered on pages 1 or 2, I don't recall. It's what them foreign folk call the Duvall Grill.
Where the Reubens are.
I think I'm gonna puke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Fire victim remembered for helping vetsBy Brent Curtis | March 06,2013
STAFF WRITER A Clarendon man who died Monday after he was pulled from his burning house was remembered Tuesday for his work supporting his fellow Vietnam veterans.
Roy Jake Jacobsen, 68, was pronounced dead at Rutland Regional Medical Center from injuries that Vermont State Police said he suffered in a fire at his home at 186 Schoolhouse Hill Road.
Firefighters from three towns responded at about 4:20 p.m. Monday to the blaze, which was doused before damage spread from a portion of the cellar and one upstairs room, said Clarendon Fire Chief Norm Flanders.
But Jacobsen, who was found unconscious in an attached garage, died despite the efforts of Regional Ambulance Service paramedics and Rutland County sheriffs deputies who tried to resuscitate him at the scene, according to sheriffs Deputy Joe Castle.
Three of us worked on him until Regional arrived, Castle said.
No one else was injured in the fire, which left the house too damaged for occupation, Flanders said. The American Red Cross was called to assist Jacobsens wife, Marilyn Jacobsen.
The Vietnam veterans death was sad news to those who knew him.
He was a great guy who was proud of his country, loved his family and was proud of his service, said fellow Vietnam vet Phil Savery. He was just a good guy.
Savery and Jacobsen were both charter members of Vietnam Veterans of America which formed its first chapter in Rutland in 1980.
From its first chapter in Vermont, the VVA has added more than 600 chapters and 65,000 members throughout the United States and its territories, according to the organizations website.
For Jacobsen, who was among a core group of original members who got the organization off the ground in Rutland, the VVAs work was about restoring pride to veterans who returned from war to a country that was all too often indifferent to them.
I was obsessed and I knew it, Jacobsen said in a 1988 interview. I was obsessed that people werent proud of servicemen and their country, about the bad things people said about vets, about their treatment. This country doesnt have enough medals to give to these people.
Veteran Larry Caruso said he met Jacobsen about a year after he said those words. As a newcomer to Vermont, Caruso said some of his needs were practical he was raising his children alone and Jacobsen came to his house a few times with items for his kids.
But it was the camaraderie, and support of having other Vietnam veterans to turn to, that set the group apart.
Most Vietnam vets tend to internalize the war, Caruso said. They dont want to talk about what happened to themselves. The VVA started in Rutland as a way for Vietnam veterans to support one another. We all went through similar things.
The VVA and Jacobsen also played key roles in opening the Dodge House a transitional shelter for veterans who find themselves homeless.
Bob Rummel, who was long active in veteran affairs in Vermont, especially in establishing the Dodge House, said Jacobsen played a big part in getting the project off the ground.
Jake was running the Veterans Assistance Office in Rutland at that time and it was from that organization that the Dodge House purchased the building on Crescent Street ... for a buck, Rummel said. He was on the ground before anyone else was, it seemed.
Dodge House director Christina Morgan said Jacobsens efforts helped hundreds of veterans in the two decades since the shelter opened its doors.
He played a huge part in the history of the Dodge House, Morgan said. Jake talked about bringing home a sense of camaraderie that veterans shared. He definitely accomplished that here.
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Substituting Identity for Motivation
Let's be honest and admit that everyone had a hope about who the Boston bomber would out to be. Conservatives hoped it would be some swarthy Middle Easterner, which would validate their belief that the existential threat from Islam is ongoing and that their preferred policies are the best way to deal with that threat. Liberals hoped it would be a Timothy McVeigh-like character, some radical right-winger or white supremacist, which would perhaps make us all think more broadly about terrorism and what the threats really are. The truth turned out to be … well, we don't really know yet. Assuming these two brothers are indeed the bombers, they're literally Caucasian, but they're also Muslim. Most importantly, as of yet we know absolutely nothing about what motivated them. Nothing. Keep that in mind.
But for many people, their motivations are of no concern; all that matters is their identity. The sentiment coming from a lot of people on the right today runs to, "See! See! Mooslems!!!" Some of them are using the suspects' identity as a reason why we shouldn't pass immigration reform, and the increasingly unhinged Glenn Beck is insisting even today that the government is protecting a Saudi man who was involved in the bombing, I guess because the Obama administration is in league with Al Qaeda or something. Whether this has anything to do with the receiver the CIA implanted in Beck's brain to exert its mind control over him through satellite transmissions could not be confirmed.
We should note that there are people on the right being restrained and responsible; not everyone is like the repellent Pamela Geller, already referring to the "Boston Jihad Bomber" (and no, I'm not going to link to her oozing pustule of a web site). But here is an editorial from the upcoming issue of the Weekly Standard titled "Civilization and Barbarism," in which William Kristol labors to remind his readers that in the world there is us, the civilized folk, and our enemies, the barbarians. He casts a wide net (barbarism can be apparently be found not only in terrorist attacks but also in Roe v. Wade), but it's a plea to simplify your thinking, to make sure that in matters of foreign or domestic policy the only question is who is Us and who is Them. Once you've established that and you know that Them aren't human at all but just barbarians, all the solutions become clear. The foreign barbarians must simply be crushed, in the most violent way possible (though it will not be Bill Kristol or his children with their lives at risk; they have people for that). As for the domestic barbarians who reside in the opposite party, well, we don't want to kill them, but you certainly wouldn't compromise with a barbarian, would you?
To this way of thinking, when you're dealing with barbarians, understanding their motivations just muddies your thinking and saps your will. Identity is all that matters. Maybe that's because it can be so hard to understand other people's motivations. For instance, I get how someone could become enraged over the death and suffering that have been the collateral consequences of all America's various foreign adventures. But I can't understand how a person could decide that blowing up a bunch of innocent people could possibly be a morally defensible or even practically effective response. Does the attacker in these kinds of cases say to themselves, "This is really going to make a difference"? It's hard to get inside their head in a way that makes any sense.
So it's easier to say, "They did it because that's just how those people are." It's an answer that means you don't have to ask any more questions.
Fri, 2013-04-19 14:48
Fri, 2013-04-19 18:06
Don't take this wrong, but what a Washington insider bunch of cack. And what an astounding illustration of irony and hypocrisy.
Why don't you "be honest and admit" the reality: a small number of partisans on both sides are the only ones "wishing for" this event's perpetrators to have any particular identity.
My guess is 90% of Americans don't wish this to be either a left wing nut, a right wing nut or a Islamacist nut. Get out of your bubble. I am guessing 90% of Americans want this over, intelligently understood, and intelligently prevented in future.
I cannot think of a better illustration what is wrong in Washington than the author's views. And I am not talking about Congress and the administration, but our polarized and unbearably partisan political pundits, who out do them both Congress and Administrations by an order of magnitude in divisiveness and polarization.
Journalists like irony. I hope they still teach in JO school. Did you miss that part and not realize it YOU who are engaging in biased and prejudiced ascribing of small-minded "identity motivation" by this VERY article!
Jerry O'Brien
Fri, 2013-04-19 18:21
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Fri, 2013-04-19 22:35
Sat, 2013-04-20 19:59
"As of yet we know absolutely nothing about what motivated them. Nothing." Umm, yes. We do. These guys were radical Islamists. That's a fact. It's not unusual for a radical Islamist to act out his religious beliefs by killing people. That happens quite a bit. And if these were Tea Party activists would anyone on the Left actually be saying "well, we yeah, they were right wing extremists, but we really shouldn't jump to conclusions here." Heck, you people jumped to the "Evil Righties Did it" conclusion within minutes of the bombs going off. So give it a rest Waldman. You're just embarrassing yourself now.
Sun, 2013-04-21 08:24
"they're literally Caucasian"
Being from the Caucasian region does not simply make you Caucasian. This is not the stone age, Mr. Waldman, human populations have migrated and mixed for thousands and thousands of years. The Caucasus Mountains was deemed a reference point in the ebb and flow of racial populations by anthropologists, not an indicator of your race.
Besides which, Caucasian classification INCLUDES Arabic peoples.
Sun, 2013-04-21 20:25
The motivations of the Boston bombers are a complete non-sequitur to the question of whether radical Islam, ultra-right militant groups, neo-nazism, or vegetarianism are problems worth talking about. There is enough data on all of these items that makes fixating on one individual event as a basis for opinion an exercise in stupidity. However, if it turns out that the bomber did in fact believe he was participating in jihad, than we would certainly include this as an example of the consequences of religious specific beliefs.
The attitude of this post suggests that it doesn't matter what someone specifically believes when it comes to terrorism, "identity is all that matters"... whatever that means. It's incredibly naive to doubt that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's belief in the metaphysics of martyrdom had anything to do with 9/11.
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