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This is a free mini-course about the Stoic Contemplation of Death. It's the text of a book chapter divided across several screens, with the ability for your to add comments on each section and discuss with others. Beginners will be able to follow this but it's probably also suitable to more experienced students of Stoicism because it focuses on a specific subject and draws on a wide variety of sources.
This chapter was originally intended for my Teach Yourself book Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2014). However, the publisher didn't include it in the original edition because of space limitations. It was planned to add it as a bonus chapter to the e-book edition but it was left out by mistake. So I've made it available online for free. (It's now in the revised second edition of the book, though.)
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Z9EC Anti Submarine Warfare Helicopters Inducted Into Pakistan Navy
September 30th, 2009: Pakistan Navy has acquired Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopters Z9EC from China. Induction ceremony was held Wednesday at Naval Aviation Base. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir was chief guest.
This is first batch of series of six helicopters to be procured as per the contract signed with M/s China National Aero Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC).
Z9EC helicopters have been built according to specific requirements of Pakistan Navy and capable to detect and destroy submarines. They are configured to carry torpedoes, fitted with state of art Pulse Compression Radar, Low Frequency Dipping Sonar, Radar Warning Receiver & Doppler Navigation System. Later talking to newsmen, Admiral Noman Bashir said these days Indian Ocean is experiencing intense activity and around 100 ships from different countries are operating at all times for safeguarding their interests. These extraordinary developments are indicator of importance of trade routes in these waters. Pakistan Navy is also conducting continuous deployment of ships and aircraft to guarantee guarding the country's maritime interests, he stated.
Commenting on regional stability, Naval Chief denied being part of any arms race but expressed resolve to maintain quality in naval platforms and enhancement of capabilities in consonance with developments in the region. He expressed his full confidence in Chinese technology and termed it compatible to Western. "Pak-China relationship is time-tested and would further be strengthened with such defence collaborations like F-22 P frigates and Z9EC helicopters projects.'' Commander Pakistan Fleet Rear Admiral Asif Sandila highlighted salient features of Z9EC project. Apart from China, Pakistan is first country that would be operating these helicopters in anti submarine warfare role. Later, helicopters made fly past and staged demonstration of its characteristics and maneuverability.
The ceremony was attended by Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhao Hui, representatives of M/s CATIC, large number of senior naval officers and Aviators of Pakistan Navy.
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This image of a lady claiming to be engaged to Big Brother Naija 2017 winner, Efe is going viral on Social media.
She claims they got engaged during their service year, and she needs him back.
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On Christmas 2011, B bought me an iPod Nano – not a romantic gift, but a very sentimental one since he saw how I ooh'ed and aah'ed over the radio and run tracker features and knew that was the perfect gift for me. Plus, it was pink!
So I created playlists galore, stocked up my iPod, and became acquainted with my new running BFF. I learned that the fitness feature wasn't very accurate (though I'm sure it would be had I bought the accompanying Nike+ pod thing for your shoes), but that you can set a given amount of time like 2 hours, and the lady-voice will tell you how long you've ran in 10 minutes or so increments. I loved the feature of the radio, since if you like a song, the iPod will let you know the title and artist. I didn't like the jiggle feature which would automatically skip to the next song since I would run with it, but learned that it could be turned off and I could just use the face or sleep/wake button to skip to the next song. It was all sorts of all good until one overcast April morning, when I decided I didn't want to listen to a song, I tried to fast forward with the sleep/wake button, and it became stuck. In complete denial and mild panic, I tried to fiddle with it to see if I could "pop" it out, but it was all pretty fruitless.
Fairly annoyed since I didn't have complete autonomy of when I can fast forward (control freak much?), I went to the nearest Apple store and made a beeline to the Genius bar. Apple employees always seem to have a hipster, mellow feel to them, and the guy that helped me was no exception. He explained that since it was under a 1 year warranty, that I could either have it shipped off to get it repaired (because B had engraved sweet nothings in the back of the clip), or I could get a replacement one. Not wanting to be without an iPod and since I had already given my previous iPod Shuffle to my cousin, I went ahead with an instant replacement.
So, I populated this iPod with my favorite playlists (I've since learned to create playlists in iTunes rather than straight to my iPod), and for a year, this became my new BFF, accompanying me at the Big Sur Marathon, America's Finest Half, and numerous runs, hikes, and weights sessions. This was all well and good until this past weekend, when I was out on a run and the sleep/wake button became stuck again. And not only was it stuck, but it was on a repeat loop. And not only was it on repeat loop, but on repeat of Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Membrane." Rather than continuing my run on one big musical acid trip, I decided to turn it off by unplugging my earphone, shorten my run, and make a beeline to the Apple Store again.
This time, the warranty ran out, so my option was to either 1) buy a replacement for $60 (actually it was $75, but the guy misquoted the price) or 2) get 10% off the new iPod nano. Originally, I thought about getting the iPod Shuffle again, since it's simple, straight forward, and didn't have this mechanical problem. However, since it's limited to 2G and it costs $44, getting a replacement nano with 16G at $60 that included the radio and fitness feature seemed the better deal. I wasn't considering the new iPod nano, since 10% off $150 was just too high of a price point (plus it doesn't have a clip feature from what I could see, which I like on the nano and shuffle).
So, I went ahead and just bought a $60 replacement (which I'm going to cheat and just put in my May "fun" money category), but I'm still bothered by it. One, the original cost B $130-150, so to have two of them break down in less than 1.5 years just seems unreasonable. Two, I'm so wishy-washy that perhaps I should have just gone with the more reliable and simplistic Shuffle, and not the "pretty" but unreliable Nano. And three, the $60 replacement only has a 90 day warranty, when I think it should be for a year since it should be essentially new (though I'm pretty sure replacement ones are refurbished), and I think the sleep/wake button is pretty faulty since I'm not the only one to voice this matter.
B, God bless his calming and diplomatic soul (I've seriously seen this guy mad 3 times in the two years I've been with him), said to not trip when I was going batsh!t mad over it, reasoning that it's the nature of electronics, and that in terms of cost per use it was a great deal since I work out almost every day, and for 1-2 hours a day if not more. I'm still a bit mad over it, because I still think phones and gadgets should last at least 2-3 years, especially with a company as popular as Apple. But perhaps that's just not reasonable since that's how they keep their business running, and I do admit that iPods are pretty bad arse so I don't see myself straying from it. So I suppose I just have to suck it up. What do you think, or anyone else had experiences like this?


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|David Pollack in Portland OR
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Soulful. Emphatic. Dynamic. Melodically accessible. That's the best way to describe DAVID POLLACK, the Portland, OR-based alt rock frontman who believes in the power of a good song. Realignment (out March 9) is, unsurprisingly, a musical and personal realignment.
Impassioned rock songs color the record through and through. It's the culmination of a childhood love of both Paul Simon and Death Cab For Cutie. Both James Taylor and Weezer. And a cross-country move last year, from his hometown of New York City to the Pacific Northwest.
Pollack whet his chops as a teen performing in the all ages NYC rock club scene, while spending summers at Bucks Rock Creative Arts Camp and the Berklee School of Music. He then released a collection of bedroom demos entitled Out the Other Side (2010) after returning from two years of college in Burlington Vermont.
Over the next several years, Pollack played in several bands, recorded his debut full-length solo record entitled Put It Into Words (2014) while finishing his studies at Fordham University in New York. He began to find his sound with a combination of constant gigging in New York City's gritty venues, busking regularly in the Bethesda Fountain section of Central Park, and touring up and down the East Coast.
When the Lights Turn Blue (2015), a collection of songs about dealing with depression produced by Gian Stone (Maroon 5), saw Pollack exploring a darker, sophisticated roots rock sound. And then, he began to explore further into alt. rock territory: from the starry-eyed "I Saw Your Future" (2015, produced by Phillippe Lachance) to the expansive "Crashing Through A Loss of Sound" (2016, produced by Felix McTeigue and Drew Guido).
In 2018, Pollack's coming into his own after a year living in Portland and many trips to Seattle to work with longtime friend and producer Jon Henshaw. Made up of seven hard-hitting songs, his new record Realignment is a signifier of change to come.
Why do I put up with your energy
Like an enemy
Why do I love a feeling that brings me deep
Under my sleeve
I can't hold back
Stuck in between
Words don't come out
Like we're crashing through a loss of sound
Your smile so bright it hurts
But does it really work
Walking through circles of kindness and cruelty
This is new to me
Can I hold back
Caught in the in between
Words don't come out
Crashing through a loss of sound
I am waiting for it all to turn around
I am wanting the start but not the end
Crashing through a loss of sound
Please tell me what I have done right
Instead of what I've done wrong
Just sing this song so we can play along
Yeah we can play along now
Can you hold back
Calling out my name
Words do come out
Crashing through a loss of sound
You are waiting for it all to fall down
You are wanting both the middle and the end
Crashing through a loss of sound
The mind, body, and spirit know this feeling well
I am crying out loud behind some dark cloud
Oh, my heart is throbbing and I'm shaking at the knees
Only time, only time will really tell
Crashing through a loss of sound
We are waiting for the wrongs to turn around
We are wanting a stop to all the fights
Cause we can't call quits when we say goodnight
Cause we can't call quits when we say goodnight


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As one of the most hilarious films this summer, Shrek is a film that is dying to be made into a game... but will the Xbox exclusive game follow the movie-to-video game trap we've seen time and time again? IGN Xbox got a chance to chat with Ken Fox, Producer of the Shrek game for the Xbox and we have a feeling Shrek's going to be one monster of a game:
IGNXbox: Before we get down to the nitty-gritty, how about some background information about yourself and the development team?
Ken Fox: Oh boy. Well, I've been a producer here for a couple of years - came out of the QA department. I've worked on some Land Before Time stuff, some kid-oriented stuff, and I'm also currently working on a Casper game. We already have a Shrek game on the market; it's the Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown for Game Boy Color and it's doing really well at the moment.
The team was formerly known as Sandbox Studios. Now its Digital Illusions Canada as the team was purchased by the Swedish Digital Illusions. They've done a whole bunch of PC stuff - Hoyle Card games and a lot of that stuff. They did Disney's Dinosaur for the PlayStation last year and a few other Disney products. They're a pretty smart bunch of guys with a lot of developing geniuses and good art chops.
IGNXbox: First off, is the project your working on a spin-off of the movie or a sequel of sorts? Can you describe the story of the game?
Ken Fox: It's not a sequel necessarily but it is a whole original story. It's basically whole new adventures for Shrek; we're tying together stories right now so I can't talk too much about the overarching story is, but we have a bunch of different worlds and missions. The basic concept behind the game is after the film, Shrek kind of becomes the "de facto" hero of all these fairy tale characters. So throughout the game these fairy tale characters go to you when they have problems and you go on your adventures while solving these problems.
IGNXbox: So essentially, it takes place after the film but it's not a sequel... it's like a continuation of the original story.
Ken Fox: Yeah, it's sort of like, if you can imagine, a divergent path. It's like a sideline to the main story because Dreamworks announced that they are working on a film sequel to Shrek. Obviously, we can't really step on that, so imagine a sort of side path to the original story.
IGNXbox: Gotcha. Will any of the locations in the original film be revisited in the game?
Ken Fox: Uh, not really. We'll probably use Shrek's house in the swamp as the main hub. But other than that, we'll be using new locales.
IGNXbox: So, it's safe to say that the game will have brand new characters?
Ken Fox: There will be a few of the old characters and a couple of surprise cameos, but primarily we're doing new adventures with new characters.
IGNXbox: On that train of thought, how many characters will be playable? Will you be able to play The Donkey or Princess Fiona?
Ken Fox: We're actually sticking with Shrek on this one... this is an all-Shrek game.
IGNXbox: What will the core gameplay be like? Will it have more platforming or puzzle solving elements? Is it basically an action/adventure game?
Ken Fox: We're sort of imagining it as a cross between a classic platformer - like a Mario 64 - and something more of a brawler where you take on a number of enemies - like a Power Stone. So imagine you're running through a level, going through a number of jumping challenges and at the same time, you have time fight off five or six guys at the same time.
IGNXbox: About how many levels/areas are you aiming for in the final game?
Ken Fox: Heh... We had good answers about that at E3, but we're starting to it around now. At this point, the length is going to be around 25-30 hours of actual gameplay and level wise, we're probably going to end up with... (thinking hard expression) it'll be on the order of about 80-100 missions. Bear in mind, some of those missions will be taking place in the same areas, but we're not exactly sure how many levels will make it into the final game.
IGNXbox: So the game isn't stage-centric; you're not trying to complete stage after stage to progress through the game.
Ken Fox: Yes, it's much more mission oriented; it's more about what you need to do.
IGNXbox: What's the release date of Shrek and how far into development is the game current in?
Ken Fox: The game is going to be on the shelf on... well, obviously after November 8th (laughs). So there's that! It'll probably be fairly soon after launch and probably coincide with the release of the Shrek DVD in November. It should be fairly soon after that.
We're about 6 months into production, so we're half-way there.
IGNXbox: How much access have you had to the resources at PDI/Dreamworks when it comes to artwork and assets from the movie? How has it been working with Dreamworks?
Ken Fox: It's been really great working with Dreamworks as they've been very supportive. We've had some of the original creators involved at the very beginning of game development. I just met with the director of the film the other day. The producers and directors have been constantly keeping up with us, emailing us about the progress and if there's anything we need in terms of creative issues. We're going to setup a meeting with the original animators from the film and kind of work on the animation of the game. So we've had phenomenal access to their resources, plus we got a huge load of the original character models and world models. We weren't able to use some of the world models due to the proprietary software they use to model the worlds, but they were extremely helpful in the whole creative process of the game.
IGNXbox: One of the things I got from E3 2001 after talking to several developers was a "de-emphasis" on hardware. Several developers I talked with basically said hardware is so powerful nowadays, it's really not so much what system it's coming out on, but what type of access a hardware company (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft) gives a developer to development tools, hints, and secrets. Do you feel this true and additionally, how has it been developing on the Xbox?
Ken Fox: I believe that stuff like that [hardware development knowledge] can't hurt and we got really good responsiveness from all three major next generation hardware companies on that point. My personally opinion on the hardware issue is that, in the next year so many of these games are looking so good and with such high poly [counts], it's going to stop mattering how powerful a console is because they're all powerful and it's all going matter what you do with it. It's going to be similar in how film is; people don't care what camera you use when you film a movie because it's more about what you're actually doing with that camera as an artist and what are you doing with the medium. I think that's coming around to the video game industry and I'm glad that it's happening.
It's been great, those guys have been very supportive. The fact that we chose a hardware developer who had some existing fourth generation Direct X technology is very helpful. We're able to get, within a couple of months, models running on the Xbox. It's been very, very good.
IGNXbox: Are you making any use of the Xbox hard drive for caching data? Are there any plans to implement DICE (Dolby Interactive Content Encoder) for 5.1 surround?
Ken Fox: Yeah, we've discussed a few different options and we don't have anything solid or working at this point. We have discussed everything from level streaming - which I don't think is going to happen - to robust replay engine. But we don't have a firm decision as of yet. Probably the thing that comes down to the decision is Shrek is such a classic console style of gaming. It's so classic toward the game console that it almost doesn't make sense to use the hard drive; game consoles in the past haven't had a hard drive and we're building some that harks back to those classic days. We've been thinking about because we definitely like to try to use it.
As far as DICE, that issue just came up recently. We're currently not planning on it, but perhaps sometime in the near future.
IGNXbox: What exactly are the terms of the exclusivity? Is there a possibility that Shrek may appear on another platform?
Ken Fox: Well, we have the Shrek license for five years, so anything is possible within that time. As far as exclusivity on this title, I believe it's a three month exclusive.
IGNXbox: After Shrek's done, what's your next project... I mean, besides vacation?
Ken Fox: (laughs) Well, we got a couple of other titles going on... let me see... we announced Robotech, so we want to try to do something with the Robotech license. We're signing a few new intellectual properties. There's been some serious discussion on a sequel to Shrek. We're mixing it up, but as far as 2002, nothing concrete. I'm also in the habit of taking on three to five projects at the same time, but we'll see how things turn out in 2002.
IGN Xbox would like to thank Ken Fox for his time and we hope he doesn't run into any large, green ogres in dark, swampy alleys anytime soon.
To see some extremely early Shrek Xbox test footage, check out this story on IGN Xbox.


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The Pakistani government and military is facing tough criticism after Osama bin Laden was found living rather comfortably in a large city in their country just minutes from Pakistan's top military training academy. Rep. Allen West of Broward and Palm Beach, ever the reactionary Republican, is leading calls to potentially cut off aid to the country. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Republican chair of the House Foreign Relations, however says that's a dangerous idea that could put our troops at risk.
Here's an excerpt of Allen's letter to congress in which he calls for potentially cutting aid to Pakistan:
I think it is quite clear that unless we get a clear explanation of what the Government of Pakistan knew about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, all foreign aid from American taxpayers to this nation needs to cease. We need to understand whether the Government of Pakistan was harboring Osama bin Laden for all these years. Further, did the Government of Pakistan always know where this terrorist was but instead did not want to bring him to justice in order to continue to receive foreign aid from the United States of America.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Miami Republican who yields far greater influence on these matters due to her committee chairmanship, says that such a move could potentially put West's fellow serviceman in danger.
"They are an imperfect partner, but they are a partner nonetheless," she told The Miami Herald. "Were we to lose the cooperation of Pakistan, it would endanger our troops in Afghanistan."
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Ros-Lehtinen also says that the American government may be downplaying the amount of cooperation Pakistan actually had in the mission.
"Were they to say that they let a U.S. military operation take place in their sovereign country ... it might produce a coup d'etat," she said. "They have so many extremist elements and radical elements that they can't afford to say they cooperate with the U.S. in any way....I think it would jeopardize the government's ability to stay in power."
Speaker John Boehner has also come out in favor of keeping ties with Pakistan, so it's unlikely West's stance will go anywhere.
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The Sports Xchange
By Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange
MIAMI - The Philadelphia Phillies scored a pair of runs early and held on to defeat the Miami Marlins 2-1 Tuesday night at Marlins Park.
Philadelphia, which used seven pitchers in a loss to the Marlins on Monday, needed five pitchers on Tuesday, including reliever Michael Stutes (3-1), who got the win.
Jonathan Papelbon was the last of those hurlers, and he got his 29th save of the season by pitching a scoreless ninth inning. He got Justin Ruggiano and Logan Morrison to ground out before giving up a single to Adeiny Hechavarria.
Papelbon ended the game by retiring pinch-hitter Placido Polanco on a fly out to right field.
Marlins starter Henderson Alvarez (4-6) recovered from a poor start in which he lost control of the strike zone. But after the first inning, he allowed no walks and no runs. His total line: seven innings, two runs, five hits and three walks. He struck out five.
It was a rare road win for the Phillies, who entered with a 5-20 record in their past 25 games away from Philadelphia.
The Phillies parlayed a one-out double by Jimmy Rollins and three straight walks into a two-run first inning. The RBIs went to Darin Ruf (walk) and Kevin Frandsen (groundout) as Alvarez was forced to throw 26 pitches.
Giancarlo Stanton led off the Marlins' second inning with a single and scored on Ruggiano's double to left center. However, Ruggiano made a base-running mistake when he was thrown out at third trying to stretch his hit into a triple. Had he stayed at second, he could have scored with two groundouts.
The Phillies lifted starter Zach Miner after four innings and 76 pitches. Miner, who led 2-1 at the time, allowed four hits and two walks.
NOTES: LHP Cole Hamels will go for career win No. 100 when he faces Marlins LHP Brad Hand in the series finale on Wednesday. It will be the final start of Hamels' season and his last chance to get to nine wins, which would tie his career low set in his rookie year of 2006. ... Rumors are swirling that Marlins president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest and team president David Samson will be fired by owner Jeffrey Luria after the season. ... Hamels and Cliff Lee appear to be the only locks to return to the Phillies' rotation in 2014. Roy Halladay, who lasted just one-third of an inning on Monday and has had a brutal season with a 6.82 ERA, will become a free agent after the season. Halladay told The Philadelphia Inquirer that a genetic diet-related illness contributed to his short start on Monday. ... Marlins CF Marcell Ozuna and RHP Kevin Slowey have resumed baseball activities as they prepare for 2014. ... The Phillies rested C Carlos Ruiz and gave rookie Cameron Rupp his second career start.


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Dear Thyroid;
Talked with the nurse again, for I just received another denial on my request for my cytomel. They state that there is not enough evidence that their generic is not working. The nurse looked at me, and stated something needs to be done, for I am shaking, I have congestion in my lungs and my blood pressure is so low, you have to dig for it, plus the tachycardia is acting up. With taking the dosage that I am taking, I should be a skinny winy and so hyper that I can't stop moving. Instead, I am still overweight and so tired that I feel that I am dragging.
OK, I am almost 60, and one does slow down a bit, and may put on weight, but come on, not this much.
I was so embarrassed when I was at my family's gathering for them to see the swollen me. Even though you know this is not your fault, you are still embarrassed, for this society looks down on people who are overweight. They look at you as though you stuff your face and sit on your round bottom. So little do they know, that I am at times starving, then at times, am lucky to get food into me. I am on that gift of a treadmill everyday walking 5 miles. So, people be more aware before you judge.
Well, I went in for some more blood work. Who knows maybe this will prove to the insurance company that their generic is not working. I keep telling myself, this could be a lot worse, I could be like my husband without any health insurance. He has to walk around with what is wrong without any help. There are others out there in a harder place then I am, so I need to pick my large round bottom up and keep positive. For maybe if I win this, it will help others. Maybe with our constant fight, the insurance company will open their eyes and see that their way is not the only way.
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6 Responses to "Thysurance Can Kiss My Ass"
I really hear you on this, especially about T3 (cytomel) replacement, some us are not good converters and FT4 might be in a reasonably good place but FT3 bottomed out, I have been fighting for 2 years plus to get someone to listen now we are experimenting with alternating dose of levo next blood test which I had today will tell, and what a thyiasco that was too, will say more in a thyrant this week.
As for the weight nothing you can do until you get to a good place level wise with thyroid,You may also have fluid retention. Have you had ferritin an vit D checked, or have you tried selenium to help with FT3 conversion?
I hope someone will listen to you including your insurance company.It's not just insurance we have to fight although being in the UK I don;t have that problem my biggest one is the Doctors and the NHS. Still we live to fight yet another day.
Arrrgh, more IISS…. Insurance Induced Stress Syndrome. Who the heck is in charge here, some minimum-pay clerk sitting in front of a computer screen, or a qualified medical doctor?
I hope you can get help soon.
HD in Oregon
I feel your pain! When I was finally diagnosed, my TSH levels were normal!! It was my T3 levels that were screwed up!! Took over a year (and 60lbs) to figure that out, as I went from doctor to doctor.
I currently take 150mcg Levoxyl and 10mcgs of Cytomel. The cytomel, I take twice daily.
My husband is retired Air Force, so we have medical insurance through the government. (It was CHAMPUS—now TriCare) I was just notified by my pharmacist that TriCare will no longer pay for my brand name Cytomel and will only cover generic. GREAT!
So, I'm now taking the generic….has been almost a week. I all ready had a lab appointment for this coming Monday…..so we'll see.
I feel your pain….your story sounds so much like mine. I hope that you win the current struggle.
SUCKS! I hate bureaucracy in all it's many ugly forms. Keep fighting, only the squeaky wheel has a shot in Hell of getting any grease.
I have to say that the title of this letter and the pin-up picture totally rock!
I just started taking generic cytomel and I seem fine so far. It has been a month. If insurance is really here to help us why do they give us so much poop? I do not have it but I am sorry for all the crap they give people! Seriously!
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Bing is continuing to improve on its specialized search engine for Facebook photos, gussying up the feature's user interface and supporting a slideshow view.
Users who connect their Facebook accounts to Bing can use the Friends' Photos feature in lieu of fumbling through Facebook to find a particular set of photos.
The feature, which launched in August. builds on Bing's Social Sidebar, a sidebar of social content that the search engine offers in addition to standard webpage search results.
Today's improvements, while relatively minor, show that Microsoft has not abandoned the feature since Facebook unveiled Graph Search.
Friends' Photos only returns results that the user could also see on Facebook, in accordance with the privacy settings of the user who posted the photos.
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Sometimes we say things in jest, sometimes we may think we are being funny but we are being hurtful. The words we speak can do such good and can also do so much harm. Once you hurt someone through your words it takes a lot of effort and time to make things right again. So I say be careful and watchful of your words and remember what may be a joke or what you say in jest can be misinterpreted and/ or taken wrong. It is better not to joke around and jest in a negative way for eventually someone will take it too far or get hurt.
Just some words to the wise from someone who has been on both sides of the negative jesting and has experienced both the hurt and accidentally hurt others. Sorry I am for the mistake of not seeing the harm it could do or remembering my experiences with the pain it can cause.
Peace to all
Ray Barbier
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The first day that NBA teams are officially allowed to sign free agents and make trades is also the first day of the six-day window where teams are allowed to use the amnesty provision to cut players and remove them from their salary cap. The Washington Wizards are still undecided about whether to use the amnesty provision on one of the top league-wide candidates, forward Andray Blatche, according to sources.
Washington is exploring several options for Blatche, who has fallen out of favor both with fans in D.C. and with the organization after signing a contract extension in 2010 that reworked his existing contract into a five-year deal worth $35 million. The Wizards could opt for amnesty, which would remove the remaining $23 million the team owes Blatche from its salary cap, freeing up resources that the team will need in the next few years to extend players like John Wall and this year's first-round pick, Bradley Beal.
The Wizards could trade Blatche immediately. Or, they could continue to explore trade options while removing Blatche from the daily workings of the team–in essence, paying him his salary to stay away. The Pacers used a similar strategy in 2008, forcing guard Jamaal Tinsley to sit out the whole season while not playing after he clashed with then-coach Rick Carlisle and the organization.
But asking owner Ted Leonsis to write that $23 million check is a big ask, sources allow, even though Blatche is not in the team's future plans. The Wizards have remade their power forward group in the last year and a half, drafting Jan Vesely with the sixth pick in the 2011 Draft and acquiring Emeka Okafor from New Orleans last month (along with small forward Trevor Ariza) for Rashard Lewis. Second-year forward Trevor Booker also played extremely effectively in spots the last couple of years. Washington has Ariza and Chris Singleton penciled in to take the lion's share of minutes at small forward.
The Wizards, according to sources, do have potential trade options for Blatche, who played in just 26 games last season, averaging 8.5 points and 5.8 rebounds before, essentially, being shut down by Washington and removed from the team for the rest of the season. (Coach Randy Wittman, re-signed by the Wizards to come back next season, does not want to coach Blatche going forward, according to several sources.) The Pistons and Bobcats have expressed some interest. But the Wizards are not at the moment interested in taking back big contracts like Tyrus Thomas (from Charlotte) or Charlie Villanueva (from Detroit) in exchange for Blatche.
Teams are allowed to use the amnesty provision once during the life of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Seven teams–Orlando, New York, Golden State, Cleveland, Brooklyn, Portland and Indiana–used the provision last season and cannot use it again. The 76ers are going to use the provision to release forward Elton Brand and his $18.1 million salary from the team's books. That will allow the 76ers to sign free agent guard Nick Young and absorb the salary of forward Dorell Wright, whom Philadelphia agreed to acquire on Tuesday from Golden State in a three-team deal that will send Hornets guard Jarrett Jack to the Warriors.
Players who are amnestied are subject to claim by teams that are under the salary cap. The team that submits the highest bid for the player gets him. This provision was included to keep higher-revenue teams, many of whom are luxury tax payers and thus ineligible to make amnesty claims, from being able to hoard good players that might suddenly become available.


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I attended a mass officiated by Bishop Teodoro Bacani at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center. The Bishop narrated how the infamous CBCP pastoral statement became ambiguous and muddled…
Bacani was not present during the weekend retreat of the CBCP but a colleague told him that the position of the Bishops regarding the impeachment is clear. The original statement on the matter runs this way:
"We wish to make the CBCP position clear and unambiguous on the present impeachment plans:
24.1. We are undoubtedly for the search for truth. Therefore, in all sincerity we respect the position of individuals or groups that wish to continue using the impeachment process to arrive at the truth.
24.2. Unless the process and its rules as well as the mindsets of all participating parties, pro and con, are guided by no other motive than genuine concern for the common good, impeachment will once again serve as an unproductive political exercise, dismaying every citizen, and deepening the citizen's negative perception of politicians, left, right and center."
This was unanimously supported by the body.
But a 'mystery' Bishop stood up and proposed to add the following statement: "But as Bishops reflecting and acting together as a body in plenary assembly, in the light of previous circumstances, we are not inclined at the present moment to favor the impeachment process as the means for establishing the truth."
The body objected since it will give another meaning to their original intent. Discussion ensued. Later, voting took place: 52-39 in favor of inserting the proposed statement.
Some Bishops wanted the debates to continue but since there is no more time, the session adjourned and the pastoral statement was soon released to the public.
Bishop Bacani mentioned that what happened is a learning experience for CBCP. In the future, he said there should be more time for discussion on very important social concerns.
Many Bishops are shocked that those whom they castigated in their Pastoral Statement for rejecting the impeachment case a year ago, are the very same persons who are rejoicing today.
Below is my original reaction to the CBCP Pastoral Statement published by Yehey! The Bishops really need more time to reflect since they endorsed groups that are "non-partisan." Ok, I believe One Voice and Kapatiran are non-partisan in the same way that I believe Sigaw ng Bayan is not pro-Gloria. I want to vomit everytime I hear a group claims it is non-political or non-partisan. In this age, and especially in this kind of society, a non-partisan group is a joke and a pretentious pompous entity. (forgive the redundancy)…..
The Pastoral Letter is eagerly awaited by the faithful to serve as guide for their daily actions and decisions. However, politicians are the first to react and use the Pastoral statement to suit their tainted political agenda.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is worried that their Pastoral Letter on Social Concerns will be misinterpreted again by people who want to use the name of the Church in order to quell the yearning for truth and justice.
The CBCP respected the decision of well-meaning citizens who wish to use "the impeachment process to arrive at the truth." But our Church leaders, like so many of our countrymen, are pessimistic that politicians will use the impeachment case for selfish interests rather than for the public good. Thus, the CBCP decided not to favor the impeachment process, at the present moment, since it will be an "unproductive political exercise that will dismay every citizen."
The CBCP did not endorse the impeachment process but it hinted that it may support this means of arriving at the truth if both parties in this political process can show sincerity, transparency and fairness. This is a challenge to all political leaders of the country.
We are disappointed that the Church hierarchy surrendered to cynicism when it refused to endorse the impeachment process. Rather than use their influence to convince political leaders to respect the impeachment as a noble way of seeking truth, the CBCP flatly rejected the new bid to subject President Gloria Arroyo to an impeachment trial merely because they believe traditional politicians will remain as, well, traditional politicians.
The Pastoral Letter reiterated the stand of the Church that Charter Change is best done through Constitutional Convention and it "requires widespread participation, total transparency, and relative serenity that allows for rational discussion and debate." The CBCP denounced the "hasty efforts" to amend the Constitution and it warned us of political dynasties who wish to pursue Cha-cha for their personal interests.
Aside from opposing the cancellation of the 2007 elections, the CBCP batted for the modernization and overhaul of electoral process. It even encouraged the prosecution or resignation of Commission on Election Commissioners. Is this an indictment for the electoral fraud which marred the 2004 elections? But what about the resignation/prosecution of politicians who committed electoral fraud?
The CBCP made a strong appeal against extra-judicial killings of journalists and social activists. It also denounced the killings of civilians caught in the crossfire between military forces and rebel groups.
We respect the views of the CBCP. The Pastoral Letter is clearly neither an endorsement for both the administration and the Opposition.
Now that the Bishops have spoken, it's up to the people to take up the challenge posed by our religious leaders to make our society "more peaceful, more fraternal and more just."


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A few weeks ago, the Dominion Post ran as its feature letter to the editor a piece arguing that Anders Behring Breivik was right in theory, but wrong in practice. (A banal but still important aside: imagine the obloquy facing anyone with an Arabic name writing in to make a similar claim about Bin Laden!) All of this as Breivik's trial continues, and as we re-learn details of how he murdered scores of young social democrats and citizens. The usual, polite correspondence ensued; such views are part of the editorial sense of the acceptable, evidently, as is Chris Slater of Silverstream's contribution. Writing on how Islam is "a supremacist and intolerant religion with increasingly conservative followers", Slater proceeds, as if quoting a local columnist or a slightly eccentric public intellectual: "As Anders Breivik points out, multiculturalism is part of a deliberate…"
This is all contemptible and morally distasteful, obviously: it's also politically revealing. The Dominion Post's earlier, eager persecution of local 'terror' means I wasn't surprised of its coyness in the face of genuine, self-described terrorism of the fascist variety, and this reminds us that not all treatment of terror threats are equal. Besides, as Tad Tietze and Elizabeth Humphrys have argued in a series of very important posts, media treatment of Breivik's trial involves a dangerous interaction of de-politicisation and political expansion. De-politicisation, as speculation on Breivik's mental state distracts attention from the detailed, programmatic basis on which his terrorist attacks were carried out. Political expansion, as this very programme finds its echoes all across the mainstream media: Breivik's hateful rantings, like so much produced by European fascism currently, are echoes and repetitions from the much more respectable, and more widely syndicated, discourse of Islamophobia and war-on-terror chest-puffing that passes for serious thought on the constitutional Right. (Australia's own intellectual embarrassment, Keith Windschuttle, was one of the many publicly-feted cranks and official racists Breivik drew on).
Understanding – and confronting – fascism is an urgent question for the left, in Europe and elsewhere. Utoya's tragedy is also a warning.
The Shadow
A series of events these last months have had me reflecting on a local shadow of the Breivik trial, one which doesn't match the current atrocity in the scale of loss and suffering, but which contains all too many parallels with the current scene of semi-apology, depoliticisation, and race hatred.
On 24th September 1905 Lionel Terry shot Joe Kum Yung in Wellington. Full of the racial theories and eugenic obsessions that characterised conservative thinking of his time (and, shamefully, that infected and paralysed much of the Australasian Left), Terry intended his murder as a political act, to rouse the colony against the threat of the 'Yellow Peril' and Chinese influence. He had travelled to Wellington distributing copies of his The Shadow, full of anti-Chinese poems and ravings. He turned himself in after the killing, and used his trial as a platform for racism.
As with Breivik, much of Terry's case centred around his mental state. His later life, at Seacliff and elsewhere, make it clear that he was clearly a very disturbed figure, but, despite the prominence given to it in most historical accounts, the details of this particular petty individual's life are less important than the context of his crime. He found huge public support, and it's impossible to imagine this purportedly humanitarian concern being mobilised were it not connected to deeper sympathies with his anti-Chinese message. Clemency was granted, and the death penalty initially set transformed into a sentence. Petitions were gathered. Prominent figures spoke out.
A policeman who had travelled some of the way to Wellington with Terry described him in ecstatic terms: 'He looked a perfect picture. As fine a man as ever I saw – bolt upright, and with as free an action as you'd see on an athlete.' Some years later, once Terry was at Truby King's asylum at Seacliff, locals wrote to the Otago Daily Times in support of his escapades: one correspondent wrote in 1907 that Terry would be "an honoured guest at 95 percent of the homesteads of Central Otago. Had his capture depended on the residents of Central Otago he would never have returned to Seacliff." Truby King, himself a bigoted eugenicist well in sympathy with anti-Asian political programmes and fantasies at the time, developed a long-term friendship with Terry.
Madness is hardly the question here – why did it manifest itself as a murderous obsession with the Chinese? The answer to this can be provided by a glance through any of the mainstream publications of his time. Ettie Rout, now remembered for her work around birth control, wrote in her Maori Mythology of the "truly fearful prospect" that the "Yellow race" would overwhelm the white. (This is much the same line used by European fascism around the threats posed by multiculturalism, although given contemporary 'culturalist' twists). Dr Doris Gordon, founder of the NZ Obstetrical Society, met Terry at Seacliff and recorded these impressions: "'A man of wonderful physique and a brilliant brain. Terry would propound his brilliant hypotheses; by the time he finished most of the hypnotised students were wondering who should be labelled lunatic and who custodian!'"
Terry drew then, and developed, an existing discourse of hatred pre-prepared for him. The parallels aren't exact, of course; there was no fascist movement in 1905 for which this murder could act as an organising issue; the 'cultural' politics of our day (Breivik's hated cultural Marxism) have replaced the pseudo-sciences of an earlier era.
In memory of Joe Kum Yung
Joe Kum Yung has, for the most part, slipped from the focus of narratives of the 1905 attack, and it's easy to see why. He was a normal man, elderly, incidental, until his death, to the story, chosen for his skin colour and the ease with which he could be murdered.
The poet Alison Wong, in her extraordinary and beautiful debut novel As the Earth Turns Silver, rescues Joe Kum Yung from posterity's condescension, and grants him posthumous dignity:
Joe Kum-yung was not a clansman, but with maybe three hundred in all of Wellington, every Chinese was a brother, especially one shot at point-blank range. Yung heard from Fong-man, who heard from Joe Toy, that Kum-yung had been walking home when a man came up behind him and shot him twice in the head. No one got a good look at the murderer. It was a Sunday evening. It was dark. Haining Street was almost deserted. The man with the revolver wore a long grey coat. He was tall. He was gweilo. When Joe Toy got there, his cousin was lying outside Number 13 in a dark pool of blood, a paper bag of peanuts scattered around him.
Wong's novel, a detailed and passionate work of historical reconstruction, restores some attention to the Chinese voices in this period of sustained hostility and European ill-will.
And who are the Chinese?
This isn't history, though, or not here. For months now television and radio has been interspersed with announcements for shows analysing the dangers of more land passing to 'the Chinese.' The Yellow Peril may as well never have left, and neither, shamefully again, has sections of the left's complicity with it. Loudest in their condemnation of foreign ownership have been Labour and the Greens.
And who are the Chinese, the threat to those national treasures the Crafar Farms? If we're to enter stakes in any tauiwi entitlement register, my own memories are of Cantonese-speaking Chinese families I met at my Dunedin primary school, many of whom had family connections in the region dating back to the Gold Rush. A longer period of settlement, to be sure, than that of my own family's post-war arrivals, and yet this is unlikely to prevent the verbal abuse and physical threats that follow along from talk of 'foreigners.'
Political issues are in play too. I've written elsewhere on the Crafar farm sale, and have, in the organisation I'm a part of, tried to hold to something like a line involving socialist internationalism.
In the cultural sphere, though, and amongst those who wish to see themselves as liberal or progressive, we're rotten with a xenophobia so strong it no longer needs to recognise itself. You can buy hoodies with the slogan "Born Here" marked on them, a phrase I hadn't seen since the white race riots and attacks on Lebanese people in Sydney in 2005. For New Zealand, though, the message is so universal to seem like it's lost any self-consciousness of its political purpose and exclusionary effect.
Neo-nazis marched, quite without opposition, through Christchurch not long ago. Violent attacks against Asians are reported around the country. Slogans around 'foreign ownership' become a common leftist currency, and smuggle in with them more direct, forthright racisms. (One placard from last week's hikoi against asset sales in Wellington involved nothing more than a Chinese flag with a black cross through it).
Amongst all this, the Terry trial comes through to me like a moment of the pre-history of this present. Intellectual climates are built through asides, gestures, hints, implications – the pitch around Islamohophobia was built over many years, and we see its results.
Anti-Asian racism is, in a settler colony like this one, part of the obsessively re-worked anti-myths of the Pakeha world, the fears of invasion nourished by generations of invaders. They're being revived, consciously, and dangerously, all around us.
In March David Shearer made this comment on TVNZ's Q&A:
Yeah, but what I'm doing here is saying we're not closing the door to all foreign investment. I mean, it's very clear in the bill that I'm putting forward. What we're saying is that our land, our valuable land is best farmed for New Zealanders and the value flows back to New Zealand as well. What we don't want to see is foreign corporates coming in here, buying up lots of land, and the value and the benefits flowing out of New Zealand, and that's very very important.
Who are these New Zealanders? Who are these foreigners? What does it mean to say valuable land is 'best farmed for New Zealanders'? (With hundreds locked out from a major chain of meatworks, that last question arrives with a hollow kind of mirth).
Alison Wong carries out a piece of cultural redemption and memory, and asks her readers to see the world as Joe Kum Yung. Narrative and imagination here offer political possibilities. Too many of the current political voices – official 'left' as much as governmental right – offer the far-too-familiar filter of all of our numerous Lionel Terrys.
Dr Gordon's quote I've taken from Hilary Stace's very helpful article on eugenics in New Zealand. Philip Ferguson's PhD thesis on the White New Zealand policy – available as a PDF here – is the best piece I've read on the politics of exclusion.


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Media Releases November 2013
- 29NOV2013Australian Government Welcomes BCA Report
The Australian Government welcomes the Business Council of Australia's report on infrastructure investment in Australia titled, 'Securing Investment in Australia' s Future: Infrastructure Funding and Financing'.
- 27NOV2013Rau is Dead Wrong on South Road
John Rau's letter regarding the Australian Government's commitment to South Road is deliberately misleading and riddled with false claims.
- 26NOV2013Coalition Government will Deliver for Tasmania
Today I visited Tasmania to speak with local businesses about the Australian Government's commitment to a strong and prosperous Tasmania.
- 24NOV2013Leukaemia Village Opens in Adelaide
Today I officially opened the new $9.7 million Bridgestone Australia Leukaemia Foundation Village.
- 24NOV2013Black Spot Consultative Panel Chairs Appointed
I am pleased to announce the new Chairs of the Black Spot Programme Consultative Panels in each state and territory have now been appointed.
- 13NOV2013Tasmanian Labor Minister Misguided
Tasmanian Minister, David O'Byrne, has today released an extraordinary statement about the Australian Government's commitment to the Tasmanian Jobs and Growth plan.
- 13NOV2013Productivity Commission Inquiry into Infrastructure Costs
The Government will commence a thorough examination of infrastructure costs and financing in Australia with a new Productivity Commission inquiry.
- 01NOV2013Progress on East West Link Welcomed
The federal Coalition Government congratulates the Victorian Government on meeting key milestones this week on the delivery of Melbourne's East West Link road project.


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This picture shows several things: The fact that I can't seem to put a pacifier in my son's mouth correctly, the obvious proof that Jack is adorable, and he has hippy hair.
See those long, wispy hairs above his ear? I am constantly pushing and tucking them back behind his ears. I won't cut them though. I refuse to believe that my son is old enough for any sort of haircut.
My husband thinks otherwise.
I will win this fight.
The conversation this morning went something like this:
J: "It's really time to cut those hairs." (after kissing Jack and getting tickled by his long hairs).
R: "No way, it's not going to happen."
J: "He looks like a hippy. I don't want my son to be a hippy."
R: "He is a little baby. He does not look like a hippy. Didn't your dad hate your hair when you were younger because it was long? And didn't you refuse to cut it?"
J: "Yes, but that's besides the point."
WRONG! It is the point. Our son is not getting a haircut. He can keep those wispy, baby hairs.


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Let There Be Dragons.
She walked with Lexy for what felt like hours into the backdrop of the crimson sunset. Something changed and the silky sensation of her steps in the sand gave way to the rustling of grass underfoot. She now stood in the center of and an endless field. Her soul had brought her to see something beautiful. This scene now felt like a devastating symbol of her mortality. The field overflowed with delicate purple flowers. She closed her eyes and listened to the soothing hum of the bumblebees, hoping it would bring her back to a better time and place. Visions of her childhood flashed through her line of sight. There they were as children, lying in the field together, as always, watching the clouds drift by. Kayn ran towards the bees, waving her arms and they took flight. She crawled around and yanked the flowers from the soil. Lexy made no attempt to stop her. The girl that looked to fields of bees for solace was gone. She couldn't be the girl that saw purple flowers and reminisced about her best friend slipping one of them into her shoe as a child. He was gone. She wanted to burn this whole field to ash and kick it into the air. She wanted to do that to every memory she had of him. He'd slit her throat during the testing and left her to bleed out into the sand. When she'd retaliated, she'd become a dragon. She wanted to destroy everything beautiful and right for it was all a lie...
Kayn awoke, sensing something amiss even before she opened her eyes. Her hands were bound. What in the hell? She struggled to free herself. She should have been able to snap the handcuffs like they were nothing. What was going on? The lights were off, but she sensed his presence. It couldn't be?
She whispered, "You have about five seconds to explain yourself before I tear these off of my wrists and kill you."
A familiar voice teased, "You'd be wasting your energy. Go ahead. Give it your best shot."
Kayn swallowed the lump in her throat. Why was he here? She struggled to break the chains that bound her, but they wouldn't budge. Kevin stepped out of the shadows into the faint light that glowed from the plug-in night light near the floor beside the bed. She knew their paths would cross again. It had been a smart move on his part to restrain her.
Kevin grinned at her. He sat down on the bed next to her and said, "So, how's life?"
Kayn shook her head and replied, "Just frigging wonderful. How's yours?" She struggled with the chains for a second longer before realizing that her resistance was pointless. These chains had obviously been created to restrain immortals. She'd heard about the spelled restraints Triad used, but never had the pleasure of being bound by them. He was grinning at her frustration. She realized he was smiling at much more than that. She was only wearing underwear and a tank top. She was playing this situation all wrong. His eyes were darker, colder than they were the last time she looked into them. His expression amused, yet far from emotionless.
She decided to go with the situation she'd found herself in and whispered, "You could have just called me, instead of opting for kinky medieval bondage." Kevin's eyes flickered in response to her inappropriately timed flirtation.
He chuckled, "Are you flirting with me, Brighton? I thought you were set on killing me? I guess it's true what they say about the thin line between love and hate?"
Kayn met his intrigued expression with an icy one. She stated, "Oh, I'm still going to kill you."
Kevin burst out laughing. He replied, "Not today. Today, I'm going to drag you out of here and chuck you in the backseat of my car. Then I'm going to drive you out to the desert and leave you stranded with the rest of your clan. While we steal your little dark haired friend and make it extremely inconvenient for you to catch up with us."
Let There Be Dragons
by Kim Cormack (Goodreads Author)
Let There Be Dragons
by Kim Cormack (Goodreads Author)


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Although I wasn't supposed to give a presentation today, I found myself in the right place at the right time, and was drafted into talking because there was a room full of people and no presenter.
Dan Petrak and I gave the impromptu presentation about Tablet PCs, creating Camtasia videos, avatars in online classes, Wolfram Demonstrations, Jing, SnagIt, etc.
Here are some of the links if you were at our wild ride this afternoon and want to do some further investigation (of course, you've found your way here, so you're doing pretty good!)
TechSmith Camtasia and SnagIt
Wolfram Demonstrations
Sitepal Avatars
More on Tablet PCs
Link to Calculus Flash Videos
Link to LineRider Favorites
Here's a good deal… Techsmith emailed me this morning and they will give you guys a "AMATYC conference price" of $169 for the bundled Camtasia+Snagit. You need to send Dave McCollom an email to take advantage of this. I assume he'll want to know what school you are teaching at and how you plan to use the software.
Possibly Related Posts:
- Strategies for Giving Tests with Desmos Graphing Calculator
- Contemporary Algebra Collection (new resources 2/4/2019)
- Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast about ESIL Lens
- Add Graphs In The World to Courses
- ESIL: A Learning Lens for the Digital Age


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Ellora: Plan of Cave XIX (top), Rameshvar, plan of door (bottom)
Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
Medium: Pen and ink on paper
Date: 1877
Plan of Cave XIX and an illustration of a door from Rameshvara, Cave XXI, at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Elura Cave Temples Brahmanical and Jaina, IIII.' The spectacular site of Ellora, in Maharashtra, is famous for its series of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples excavated into the rocky façade of a cliff of basalt. The works were carried out under the patronage of the Kalachuri, the Chalukya and the Rashtrakuta dynasties between the sixth and the ninth centuries. ?Cave XIX [illustrated on top] is a very irregular and much-decayed cave, with a wide entrance. The hall inside is 43 feet by about 32 feet deep, and the shrine is surrounded by a pradakshina passage.? Illustration at bottom depicts a door from Cave XXI. The Rameshvara cave dates from the late 6th century and is part of the Hindu group. The cave is famous for its beautiful and sensuous carvings. The outer columns of the verandah have brackets adorned with female figures and on the left wall there is a carving representing the personification of the river Ganga.


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Action Research
Elementary & Middle School
Professional Development
Secondary Schools
Learn to be an Action Researcher
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Elementary & Middle School
Professional Development
Secondary Schools
Learn to be an Action Researcher
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Action Research in Elementary & Middle School Classrooms
Linda Giesen
Linda began her action research with a focus on literacy and to increase students engagement and excitement about reading and especially writing.
Linda has been experimenting with different approaches to expanding students vocabulary and increasing their motivation to write. One of the many things she is doing in this area is engaging her students in global projects of iEARN. She is hoping that by increasing students responsibility on participating in projects she will be able to help them develop their voice.
Kristi Rennebohm-Franz
IEARN Water Habitat Project
A hands-on science project evolved over time to a participatory action research project. The students explored the history of the pond, studied the pond, planned and took actions, and "published" their data for subsequent groups of students to continue with new cycles of research. As these primary students compared notes across years, they succeeded in identifying a problem that they cared about, and working collaboratively over time to solve it. The teacher's action research supported the transformation of her classroom into a global action and learning context.
Mairin Glenn
Anne Mlod
Ann Mlod has been designing a maker space in her library. But she did not feel that it was being used as well as it might be. Through her reading and discussing she decided that she needed a closer connection with the teachers who send their students to the library. They needed to understand the importance of encouraging inventive learning. She also wanted to have the teachers involved in the evolution of the maker space. So the challenge she set for herself was how could she get teachers more engaged in the design, development and evolution of the maker space in their school library for their students.
Action Research Project
Teacher Action Research Project
Paticipatory Youth Action Research
Taking Action, Doing Research


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Oh, Off-Broadway…the Associated Press might hate you, but I surely do not. And clearly they forgot that all four Tony nominees for Best Play originated from Off-Broadway last year and this year's Tony-winner for Best Play did the same. Girl down. I may not be the AP, but I do have some eyes on what you have coughed up so far this year to join the ranks of my Broadway Transfer recommendations from last year (and so far, I am 1 for 5 on that list!). Because I care Off-Broadway, maybe even a little too much...
The Vandal
The Vandal was Hamish Linklater's writing debut and I think he pulled an Annie Baker. Except Linklater is able to marry atmosphere with an actual story (which is why Baker's The Flick fell apart to me). This little unseen gem that debuted at the Flea Theater, and will be screened on PBS down the road, creates a doom-and-gloom, suspended-in-time mood that was so strong, it was palpably breath-taking. Revolving around the encounter between an elder woman checked out on life and a rebel-rousing high schooler hitting her up for alcohol at a desolate bus stop in upstate New York, this show was minimalism done right with gripping tension, character backstories and nuance for miles. It is hard not to get swept up in the story or the strong performances from Dierdre O'Connell and Noah Robbins. And after an entire spring season where only Christopher Durang and a little bit of Richard Greenburg and Sharr White could achieve anything of greatness on a writing level, The Vandal was one of the few new Off-Broadway/Off Off Broadway shows that had that in spades.
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If I had to single out a contender for my favorite play of the year (other then Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), that would be this little gem that debuted at the Lucille Lortel Theater this past winter. It is easy for writers to overindulge in the dark side of human nature and the cynicism of the young-20's generation. But Paul Downs Colaizzo sidestepped both while writing this "hard to watch because it is so true" play about the aftermath of a night of drunken debauchery and an alleged rape scandal. I can't express enough how this show strikes a chord with anyone living in the modern, technology-driven, "every bitch for him/herself" that is the competitive college and post-college atmospheres. We all have been there or paid witness to the masterminding and manipulative folk seizing any situation they can to benefit themselves…especially those of us that live in the cutthroat world of New York. Even amidst all the drama unfolding, there are some laugh-out-loud lines to successfully make this a top-notch dark dramedy. I imagine this show isn't high on the pantheon of potential Broadway transfers. It doesn't exactly appeal to the Broadway masses (but then again, neither did The Testament of Mary and that happened). However, if $5,000,000 were to drop out of the sky and land in my lap, I'd assume the role of lead producer in a heartbeat and hope that the quality of the show wins out in the end.
Talley's Folley
I'm not the biggest fan of actor vehicles transferring to Broadway because…well, exactly that. Actor vehicles. But man, Danny Burstein is long overdue for a Tony award and his perfect performance in Talley's Folley would be such a strong contender, I imagine. The rest of this revival was well-received - Langford Wilson's ethereal language, Sarah Paulson's also-compelling performance, Michael Wilson's minimalist direction - and the production costs are as low as I can imagine, which is certainly a major selling point (especially when speaking in Roundabout Theatre terms) when a Broadway show operates on a weekly six-figure budget after an initial investment of millions. Oh, inflation...
Hit the Wall
I know this show underwent some degree of criticism regarding its historical accuracy of the Stonewall Inn riots, to which I say," bitch, please." Hit the Wall nailed late-60's nostalgia and the heavy-hitting dialogue and themes without overcompensating. And how the show managed to find its entertainment center with its myriad of LGBTQ tropes and characters is way beyond me. It is rare for a show to attempt such a balancing act of soft and hard, dramatic and funny, historical and relevant, grounded and over-the-top…but it is even rarer for a show to be well-rendered with such finesse. I think it will follow the path set by The Laramie Project and move forward with local (and less full-frontally nude) readings, productions and maybe another movie (the film Stonewall focuses primarily on events leading up to the riots, where as Hit the Wall examines the before, during and after), but if it arrives on Broadway, it has my blessing. And man, those student matinees will have audiences that may actually learn about a pretty cool moment in LGBTQ history.
The Last Five Years
Will someone explain to me why this show keeps getting the shaft for some reason? Even with a million extensions during its run at Second Stage Theater, this show was glossed over for the entire award season gamut and some critics had the gall to criticize its sung-through nature as if that very idea is some sort of blasphemy (um, Les Miserables anyone? Rent?). It is debatably one of Jason Robert Brown's best scores (my personal favorite, hands down) and the chronological and reverse-chronological combined storytelling is every bit genius and avant garde as it was since its debut over ten years ago. I think its time this cult classic mounts a Broadway run and I am shocked that the film adaptation with Anna Kendrick's horrible costuming may come to fruition first (as of now). Also, casting? Betsy Wolfe is your Cathy. It is not hard to pull a random actress from a cattle call and get a decent performance (c'mon, every actress has a Cathy in her somewhere), but Wolfe was absolutely flawless. The point at which The Last Five Years becomes "The Cathy Show" - the "A Summer in Ohio," "Climbing Uphill/Audition Sequence" and "I Can Do Better Than That" sequences - was mind-blowingly amazing just to watch Wolfe devour the stage and then some with her striking vocals, corky charisma and comedic timing. I've been singing the praises of Laura Osnes and Patina Miller, but Wolfe was easily my favorite of the three.
The Call
I'll start off by saying that The Call had some issues that need to be tackled on the drawing board. But it is easier to forgive conceptual problems when the vast majority is on point...and above all, The Call has a premise I've never seen before that is quite intriguing (a white couple going about adopting a baby. But oh, the baby is black. And from disease-ridden Africa. And maybe not newborn-aged). The story may have an idea or two too many, but it was certainly provocative and even funny at times. Two of the performances also stuck out - Kerry Butler giving a vulnerable, "who knew she had it in her" performance that caught me off guard as the adoptive mommy-to-be and Crystal A. Dickinson as the sharp, speaks her mind, no-BS lesbian friend.
Photo Credit: Janna Giacoppo via stageandcinema.com
Photo Credit: Broadway.com