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Playing again at home, it's the Bobcats tonight;
A year from now, call them the Hornets, you'll be right!
Sullinger, with a bruised knee, this game will miss,
Look for minutes from The Hump--Humphries--that's Kris.
Brad says Crawford is authentic, just loves the game.
Suddenly a masterful Point Guard, need more of the same!
Wallace, Our 6th Man, in a role he can now embrace,
His energy, hustle and wisdom lighting up this place.
Bobcats now have Big Al, ankle's better, he can score,
Tho he's still lacking D, other end of the floor.
Cs have to adjust--Cats inside outside play,
Green hard to the hoop in his athletic way!
Cats came out strong, Big Al is still...big,
He feels weird in Boston, his first NBA gig.
Tolliver is a problem, he can shoot that three,
Wallace was a Cat, Henderson's Dad was a C.
Energy off the bench! WALLACE FOR THREE!
At the Q1 buzzer--hooray--LEE FOR THREE!
36% shooting, Cs within 6 end Q1,
Cs perimeter shooting (huh?) not getting it done!
Cats among the best defending in the paint,
Easy tonight--in there the Cs ain't.
Napoli's in the building (keeping his beard clean).
He's an inspiration (worst to first) for Jeff Green.
BRADLEY FOR THREE! Green hard to the hoop,
GREEN FOR THREE, Crawford PG-ing this group.
Zeller broke hearts, chose Indiana not Butler/Brad,
Cs within 8 after the tough half (36%) they had.
Cats set the pace, no mas said Brad,
Back to the energy we've recently had!
Tough night for Bass, 4th foul early Q3,
Huge discrepancy in calls (ugh) like we so often see.
Gotta love Crawford, bodies flying everywhere,
Needs to take more shots and stop trying to share.
VITOR FOR THREE, plus a shout out loud,
Finally energy in the building--from the Cs and the crowd!
Cs amped up the rebounding. LEE FOR THREE!
Cs made a run, then slid, within 7 end Q3.
5th foul on AB, early Q4,
WALLACE FOR THREE! Bass finally could score!
"Don't ask for anything, take it!" in the huddle said Brad,
Wish over some of the terrible calls he would at least look mad!
Bass great rebounding in this Q4,
Crawford--knees and elbows--somehow he can score!
Loose balls have found Cats, hardly ever a C,
Cs a poor outing, but as aggressive as can be!
Cs struggled, never led, from the very start,
Have to admire their Celtics Heart!

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Sawadeekha! Wow... Our time with the girls at SHE flew by so quickly! Today was our last day in Phuket:( We started the day out with devos. (It was my turn) I started out saying "Sawadeekha!" and our translator decided to just start translating my Thai to English. I decided to go with the flow and test out my new and extensive Thai vocabulary by saying all the phrases I knew..."Hello!" and "How are you?" That was a pretty great way to start out the day.
Mark took our team to a woman's house to "help with some gardening," which turned out to be Thai for the phrase "jungle whacking." Although it was grubby work, we made it through and had the privelage of praying for the woman and her family.
For lunch we had TWO Thai girls from the bars come and eat with us! We were so happy to see them come. I feel such a connection with some of the girls working in Patong. They have become friends to us, and if I had my way I would take them by the hand and lead them out of Patong. Leaving Patong (as dark and evil as it is) was so much tougher than I anticipated. It was hard to leave our new friends in a place like that. I know that we planted seeds, though. Please keep praying for these women and the men who are creating the demand for them.
WE'RE COMING HOME SOON! Seems like just yesterday we flew into Bangkok, and now we're back! I'm glad to be back at YWAM. Pray for safe travels for the team coming back to the states. Sawadeekha!
~Kyla (the Thai translator.)
Friday, July 17, 2009
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Team Thailand, thank-you so much for your giving of yourselves while there. From all the blogs you have experienced some pretty intense things. Thanks for reaching out and sharing your friendships with who you could in Patong. Your time was not wasted and out Father will send others to water, fertilize and havest the seeds you have planted and cultivated.ReplyDelete
You all have taught me something, too. I have two other mission groups i am praying for in their trips later this summer. Your blog has helped me to dig deeper and pray specific prayers and not just the general stuff. It has been a joy to read the entries to see how everyone is doing and to see a slice of Thailand through your eyes. THANK-YOU. You continue to be in my prayers. jill :)
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From analyzing historical speeches to extracting dyes from plant matter, members of the Lake Land College Honors Program have been conducting research this year in a variety of topics. Several Honors Program students recently presented their findings at the annual honors luncheon, where they were also recognized for their achievements.
There were 13 members of the Honors Program this year, including freshmen Dan Ammann, agriculture transfer major, Highland; Daniel Brown, conservation/pre-wildlife major, Neoga; Todd Goeckner, pre-engineering major, Teutopolis; Hannah Fogleman, business administration major, Shelbyville; and Garrett Haddock, undecided, Windsor. Sophomores include Chelsee McMahan, pre-nursing major, Sullivan; Lance Workman, pre-med major, Effingham; Emily Adams, English major, Windsor; Michael Rosenbaum, history major, Arthur; Amy Probst, pre-pharmacy major, Teutopolis; Jonathan Austin, Decatur; Kaylee Randolph, Shelbyville; and Rex Colgrove, math education major, Mattoon.
Both McMahan and Workman will graduate from the Honors Program with Associate Honors Status, which requires that they have earned at least a 3.5 overall GPA, that they are graduating from a college transfer program, and that they successfully complete at least two honors course options while in the program.
Those graduating with Full Honors Status were Adams, Rosenbaum, Probst and Colgrove. Full Honors Status requires that each student earned at least a 3.5 overall GPA, graduated from a college transfer program, and completed four honors course options.
Six honors students presented their honors coursework. Probst discussed her honors work in anatomy and physiology, and specifically talked about the medication phenoxybenzamine and genetic condition pheochromocytoma, which she studied under the guidance of advisor James Fillipiak, adjunct science instructor. Workman discussed his honors work in botany, advised by Lucinda Horton, biological science teacher, and his project of extracting dyes from plant matter. Haddock, who was advised by Laura Bacino-Althaus, psychology instructor, presented his honors work in social psychology which dealt with anchoring and adjusting heuristic theory. Adams, advised by Marcy Satterwhite, business instructor, presented on Smart Board technology within the teaching profession. Rosenbaum, advised by Ed Thomas, speech communications teacher, discussed his work with analyzing four historic speeches including Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream," Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," Franklin Delano Roosevelt's address to Congress following the invasion of Pearl Harbor and Ronald Reagan's address to the nation the night of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Finally, Colgrove whose advisor was Walter McHenry, math instructor, presented his honors work in differential equations and forced motion and resonance.


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A fight postponed due to injury is still on Daniel Cormier's mind and he wants it in front of a national television audience in April.
While there will be plenty of great history to look at, the end of Strikeforce comes at a perfect time for both the UFC and the sport in general.
The cancellation of Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy shows the need for Zuffa to abandon the promotional brand and give up their relationship with Showtime.
(photo by KSW/Piotr Pedziszewski) Mamed Khalidov leaves Poland, his last fight will be held on KSW 21, 2012/12/01 in Warsaw. He decided to fight in the USA in 2013, more details will have been known by the end of next week. UFC, Strikeforce - what do you think? http://www.mmarocks.pl/mamed-khalidov/chalidow-w-ufc-lub-strikeforce/
It's not really something new, but I found this on Miletich's Twitter just a few minutes ago...
Bloody Elbow's Josh Nason sees a lot of comparisons between Strikeforce's Ronda Rousey and UFC's Jon Jones, not all of them positive. What would a Rousey loss mean?
Video: Strikeforce On the Set with Rousey and Kaufman
Strikeforce's Miesha Tate Fight Magazine Photo Gallery here
Ronda Rousey's interview from Strikeforce: Barnett Vs. Cormier
Ronda Rousey decided to share a little message she received and sent to her ex-boyfriend on twitter (tweet'd - May 11, 2012).
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Physical Oceanographer Malcolm Scully Wins Young Achiever Award from National Organization
Malcolm Scully, a researcher with the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO) at Old Dominion University, has been named the 2009 winner of the Cronin Award for Early Achievement by the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF).
Recent research by Scully focuses on the circulation and layering of salt and fresh waters in the Chesapeake Bay, which has long been plagued by periods of oxygen-poor, hypoxic water, the cause of which is most often attributed to pollution and excessive nutrients.
However, in recent years, the hypoxic conditions have persisted in the bay even after pollution abatement steps have been taken. Scully found that lateral circulation, caused by wind blowing across the surface of the water, has a greater effect on the amount of oxygen in the water than does pollution.
After making detailed observations of turbulence in the bay, Scully developed a model showing that hypoxic zones were more likely to occur when winds blew out of the west and southwest. Winds blowing out of the southeast, on the other hand, did not produce hypoxic waters, because the southeast winds pushed the water over shoals. The resulting turbulence mixed oxygen into water and circulated it more deeply into the bay.
Scully's work has been described as the most significant breakthrough in understanding the physics of estuaries in the last decade.
He will receive the Cronin Award at the CERF biennial scientific conference, Nov. 1-5 in Portland, Oregon. The award recognizes significant accomplishments of an estuarine scientist within six years of receiving a doctorate degree. Previous recipients include Elizabeth North, University of Maryland, 2007; Peter Raymond, Yale University, 2005; Lisa Lucas, U.S. Geological Survey; 2003; Jaye Ellen Cable, Louisiana State University, 2001; Bradley Eyre, Southern Cross University, 1999, and Samantha Joye, University of Georgia, 1997.
CERF represents estuarine and coastal ocean scientists in the U.S. and Canada.
Scully received his doctorate from William and Mary College in 2005. He did post-graduate work at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution before accepting a job at Old Dominion University in 2008. His graduate work on sediment gravity flows resulted in six peer-reviewed papers, one of which has been cited 44 times. His graduate and postdoctoral research on estuarine processes has produced another six journal articles.
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I've talked a little bit before about my talented niece, Sloan, who has been studying dance for many years. Well, my not-so-tiny dancer is turning 13-years-old tomorrow (!!!!) and for her birthday, she asked that I take some dance photos of her and her best friend. Both Sloan and her friend Caitlyn are serious dancers, and their talent blows me away. Sloan has spent the last few years working spectacularly hard on her craft, and I'm so proud of her dedication and grace. She loves dancing so very much, and her goal is to attend Julliard some day. I don't know much about the art of dance, but I know when I watch her, I am constantly amazed by how easy she makes it look, when I know for a fact it's incredibly difficult. And it's pretty fun to watch someone you love do something they love to do. There isn't anything better in my book.
We decided to do the shoot at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, because it is such a versatile location with the museum and the gardens surrounding it. We had a blast at the shoot, since the girls came equipped with tons of ideas and lots of enthusiasm. I feel grateful I was able to capture these two doing something they enjoy so much, and that I was able to contribute to a rad 13th birthday!


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Principals possibly packing heat is just one of the many proposals heading for discussion during the 2013 Georgia legislative session.
State Representative Paul Battles, from Bartow County, doesn't want the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut to happen at any school in Georgia. Rep. Battles is proposing public school districts decide whether their principals should carry firearms on school property.
Rep. Battles believes it could prevent a mass shooting in any Georgia school.
But Senior State Senator Lester Jackson, from Savannah's District Two, believes the trained and certified resource officers on the campuses of the Savannah-Chatham County public schools are doing a good job protecting students.
Sen. Jackson believes adding another staff member, armed with a weapon, will just create more problems.
"I don't think parents would be as secure with someone who's not fully trained, carrying a firearm or having the use of a firearm on their person," he explained. "And what type of firearm would it be? And would it be a private or school issued weapon?"
Sen. Jackson said if the weapon is issued by the school system, then that school system would be held liable if something went wrong.
The Superintendent Advisory Committee at the Effingham County Board of Education talked about Rep. Battle's proposal on Tuesday. They also took a vote. According to assistant superintendent Greg Arnsdorff, no one wanted the responsibility of carrying a firearm on school grounds.
The Effingham County School System said they have five resource officers. Those officers cover the two high schools and three middle schools in the county. All of the resource officers are paid by the school district. Arnsdorff said they don't need more weapons, but more money from the state of Georgia.
"I think what we would be open to is to receive additional funding from the state to allow the school district to make decisions based on individual needs, on school buildings, and on the school district," he said.
The Effingham County School District also works closely with the Effingham County Sheriff's Office to conduct mock active shooter training events inside the schools.
A similar bill has been filed in South Carolina that would arm public school employees who have a concealed weapons permit. Jasper County Superintendent Dr. Vashti Washington says the school has a number of security measures including school resource officers in place and they plan to add more but the idea behind giving employees guns is something she is against.
"I'm totally against that. I think we do not solve a problem by adding to the problem of arming teachers in the schools. I think that is a whole other discussion," said Washington.
She says the school plans to discuss the possibility of adding key cards to the doors and even fencing in the entire campus.
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On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, SB Nation bloggers remember where they were when tragedy struck. SB Nation's Arrowhead Pride offers up their perspective.
I was walking from first hour to second hour at my high school and heard someone in the halls say something about a plane hitting a building someplace. I had just overheard it and didn't really think twice about it until I entered my third hour classroom and the TV was on.
On the screen were the images that are all so familiar to us now -- the World Trade Center filled with smoke as chaos ensued in New York.
I remember it was calculus class and our teacher was an old-school, no-nonsense type of guy. I didn't realize the scope of the situation so I found it odd at the time that he was actually delaying the start of class to watch what was unfolding on TV. That didn't seem like his style.
After a few minutes, he turned off the TV and we started talking about calculus but of course none of us could really pay attention as we started to digest what was happening. It was when my mind started drifting away from calculus that I realized something -- my Mom was supposed to be on a flight that day.
She was in Paris with a couple of my aunts and I was thinking she was flying into Washington D.C., where my aunt lived, for a layover and then heading home. After third hour ended, I went down to the Dean's office and asked the secretary if I could use the phone (this was before every high schooler had cell phones).
I called up my Dad and asked him what was up with Mom and he said it wasn't her flight. She was a couple hours behind and he had already looked up her flight number. It wasn't her.
My Mom was diverted to Newfoundland and if my memory is correct we didn't get a chance to talk to her until the next day. She was very homesick, I remember, and didn't want to talk about everything that was going on with the terrorist attacks. I remember getting a chance to talk to her only a couple times the entire week.
She was one of the last flights to go back home -- almost seven days in the Newfoundland airport -- and I still remember her coming home that day.
I remember hearing the NFL games that weekend would be canceled and, after looking at the schedule, I realized the Giants would be coming to town for the first game after 9/11.
At the end of the national anthem, Chiefs fans always say, 'And the home of the Chiefs!" but, on that Sunday, it was 'And the home of the brave'. Chiefs fans cheered the Giants as they took the field in just an incredible display of emotion. It's something I'll never forget.


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Setting: Small renthouse somewhere in the Arkansas River Valley.
Sunday October 8, 1972. That is the day I first got a glimpse of the Pittsburgh Steelers who were playing the Dallas Cowboys. I remember my dad talking up his team, the Cowboys. Mind you, I am little over four and a half years old. I chose to cheer for the Steelers that day. A competition I guess, against dad. The Steelers didn't win but I remembered.
Saturday, December 23, 1972. The day of the Immaculate Reception. I didn't get to watch that game. Back then we had one television, which was in black and white. I remember seeing the Immaculate Reception live on replay. The most amazing play of all time. Another Steelers fan was born.
Sunday, January 18th, 1976. Super Bowl X, Dallas vs. Pittsburgh. Dad had built us our own house by this time and we actually had a color television. What a day! Dad and I had been talking a lil smack all week leading up to the game. During the course of the game, dad, told me to shut it or else I would watch the game from my room. I didn't have a television in my room! So I spent the rest of the game cheering in relative silence. But I was cheering really hard on the inside. Pittsburgh won that day! I have been letting my voice be heard for the rest of my Steelers days.
Do you have a favorite team, a favorite play or player you would like to share with us? My favorite player is probably Franco Harris. Its hard to pick a favorite when you have so many great ones to pick from. Yes a little bragging is ok!
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I've avoided reading about the Cowboys over the past week. After the debacle on Sunday, I haven't had the heart to even listen to all the negative comments about my beloved Boys...to further complicate the matter, we don't even play for more than 9 days. I have noticed enough though to realize Romo is getting skewered by everyone and their sister. He deserves it, but it's gotten to such an extreme point that its gotten asinine. Did anyone see the Monday night game featuring Flacco and Sanchez? Would Cowboy fans rather have Sanchez as their QB?
Romo has lost most of his luster in my eyes. I still think he's a good QB, and can still win us a Championship if he gets streaky...and he does have a tendency to get streaky...we could do a lot worse at QB, but until we can draft someone who can actually challenge him for a starting role, I can roll with him. But for future reference, if we are behind in a game, turn Romo loose, but if we get a big lead, RUN THE DAMN BALL even if we only net 2 yards a carry! Romo is absolutely not a good frontrunner! I don't get this guy's psyche...usually people play better when they're relaxed and generally supported...Romo needs everybody to doubt and hate him for him to have good games...sheesh.


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The Position of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the University, the State, and the Nation
" conference, March 1951
Claude ZoBell
: speaking on history and growth of Scripps
Norris Rakestraw
: speaking on education and training at Scripps
Roger Revelle
: commenting on ZoBell's and Rakestraw's talks on Scripps research and training
Carl Eckart
: speaking on physical oceanography at Scripps
Roger Revelle
: speaking on pursuing research and science at Scripps
T. Wayland Vaughan
: speaking at dedication of Vaughan Aquarium-Museum =>
transcription of Vaughan's talk
Elmer Yale Dawson
: USC marine botanist Dawson rockin' the accordion on a shipboard scientific expedition while moored off Socorro Island, Mexico, November 1953
Warren Wooster
: speaking on the Transpac Expedition, December 1953
Denis L. Fox
: speaking on marine pigments and animal coloration, at a high school, November 1959
Roger Revelle
: speaking on research and teaching at UCSD and the purpose of the University, March 1961
Jacques Piccard
: speaking on the submersible Trieste's dive to the Challenger Deep. circa 1960-1963. Audio recordings #1-5. => transcription:
Dives of the Bathyscaph Trieste, 1958-1963: Transcriptions of sixty-one dictabelt recordings in the Robert Sinclair Dietz Papers, 1954-1986
. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000
Sealab II Press Conference
: held at SIO, October 12, 1965. SeaLab II was a U.S. Navy undersea habitat deployed offshore Scripps Institution of Oceanography [audio deterioration in middle]
Carl Hubbs
: speaking to a high school class on bioluminescence in fish, and whether fish can distinguish color, July 1966
The Oceans 1968, A New World
" symposium, February 1968
Harold Urey
: speaking on "The Primordial Ocean"
Jerome Namias
: speaking on "The Ocean and Atmosphere"
Walter Munk
: speaking on "Ocean Tides and Waves"
H. William "Bill" Menard
: speaking on "The Pacific Basin"
Edward D. Goldberg
: speaking on "Chemistry of the Ocean"
Maurice Yonge
: speaking on "Biology of the Ocean"
John D. Isaacs
: speaking on "Ocean Science and Technology"
Douglas Inman
: speaking on the importance of nearshore processes and environment to mankind, October 1969
John Isaacs
: speaking on his work including the North Pacific Experiment, paleoclimate studies, and deep-sea camera footage, October 1969
Douglas Inman
: speaking on "The Coastal Challenge," December 1970
William Fenical
: speaking on "The Ocean, a Sea of Chemicals," February 1974
Roger Revelle
: speaking on Mid-Pac and Capricorn Expeditions, August 1975
Flip Favorites
: SIO 75th Anniversary musical show, 1978
Walter Munk
: speaking on "Mysteries of Weather Beneath the Ocean Surface," March 1978
Theodore H. Bullock
: speaking on "Insights into Man's Brain and Behavior from Studies of Life in the Sea," May 1978. Introduced by Andrew Benson.
Jerome Namias
: speaking on "Crazy Weather Patterns," September 1978. Introduced by Charles Merdinger.
Walter Munk
: speaking on Carl Eckart at Scripps Library building dedication, 1978?
John Faulkner
: speaking on "Searches for Drugs from the Sea," November 1978
Walter Munk
: speaking on "Oceanography, a Technology Driven Science," November 1978
H. William "Bill" Menard
: speaking on Edward "Teddy" Crisp Bullard, April 1980
Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents: Hottest Thing in Oceanography
" symposium, October 1981
Robert Hessler
: speaking on animals at the East Pacific Rise Crest hydrothermal vents
Harmon Craig
: speaking on geochemistry of hydrothermal vents
Fred Spiess
: speaking on tools used to study hydrothermal vent hot spots on the East Pacific Rise
George Somero
: speaking on physiology of animals at East Pacific Rise Crest hydrothermal vents
H. William "Bill" Menard memorial event
, February 1986
Marcia McNutt
: speaking about "Science by the Menard Method"
Roger Revelle
: speaking about Bill Menard
Douglas Macdougall
: speaking on "The Ocean's Bottom, a Geochemist's View," April 1986
Robert Hessler
: excerpt of audio from Alvin submersible dive #2021 on Galapagos Rift hydrothermal vents at 2,460 meters depth, April 1988
Charles David Keeling
: speaking on "Global Changes in the Carbon Cycle: Evidence from Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Measurements," January 1990
Tim Barnett
: speaking on "Future World: CO2 and Climate," April 1990
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
: speaking on "Clouds, Water Vapor, and the Greenhouse Effect: Recent Observations and Emerging Issues," December 1990
Walter Munk
: speaking on "Heard Island Experiment," March 1991
Walter Munk
: speaking on "Sending Sound Waves Around the World Throughout the Ocean to Measure Global Warming," May 1993
Walter Munk
: talks about his life and career with Laurence Armi, September 1994
Charles David Keeling
: talks about starting his carbon dioxide measurements, February 1996
Bob Dill
: tells a story about Walter Munk on the 1952 Capricorn Expedition, September 2000
Charles David Keeling
: speaking on fossil fuels and atmospheric carbon dioxide, undated
George Shor memorial event
, September 2009
Robert L. Fisher
: speaking about George Shor
Bob Knox
: speaking about George Shor
TRIESTE Deep Dive Golden Anniversary Celebration
, January 2010
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Charles B. Bishop
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E. John Michel
, Chief of the Boat TRIESTE, speaking on "TRIESTE makes ready for sea"
Don Walsh
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Kevin Hardy
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Leaders Vow to Keep Pushing Charter SchoolsBy Daniel Cherry | Published 04 Apr 2012 05:53pm |
Top Republicans and other charter school supporters in the Misssissippi legislature vow to bring the issue back before lawmakers this session. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports how advocates are gearing up for another push.
Charter schools took a serious blow this week when the House Education Committee voted down a bill already passed by the Senate that would have allowed the schools in Mississippi. Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves and other supporters have several options for how to reintroduce the bill.
"We haven't identified all of our options yet. There are many that are obvious, but we're trying to find a way in which to do so to get good, meaningful education reform done."
One possibility is to tack on the entire wording of the dead bill to another education bill currently in front of the Senate. Governor Phil Bryant says he's considering calling a special session to allow lawmakers more time to consider the issue which is another option. House Minority Leader Bobby Moak is glad the bill failed, and he thinks a special session is just a way to get around the House Education Committee.
"You circumvent a committee that you've already appointed and already stacked then that says something right there. But then that legislation will come to the House floor, most than likely, so we'll deal with it when we need to at the proper time."
Even though charter schools have suffered a setback, supporters like Democratic Representative Chuck Espy of Clarksdale is optimistic since the effort is backed by nearly all the top officials.
"This is where you're going to find true reform. When the top tier of government in Mississippi step forward, you're going to see some real action now."
Leaders haven't officially decided on which strategy they'll take, but there's little doubt charter schools will soon be back in front of legislators.
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Perlozzo dismissed as O's manager
Bullpen coach Trembley takes over on interim basis
BALTIMORE -- With the Orioles mired in an eight-game losing streak, the club decided it was time for a change.
Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Mike Flanagan announced at a press conference Monday at Camden Yards that manager Sam Perlozzo had been replaced on an interim basis by bullpen coach Dave Trembley.The announcement came one day after Baltimore finished a nine-game homestand with just one win. There has been speculation of a managerial move for weeks due to the Orioles' 13 losses in their last 15 games, and Flanagan said the losing stretch was a sign that something had to change. "It was a tough homestand and a tough month, maybe some of the most horrific losses that this club has ever endured," Flanagan said. "There's been a level of frustration on our parts, and we just felt, after our last homestand, that it was time to make a change." Flanagan wouldn't comment on ESPN.com reports that he has been in contact with former Marlins manager Joe Girardi as a possible replacement for Perlozzo or that he had spoken with former Chicago Cubs president Andy MacPhail about joining the organization as the chief operating officer. Flanagan repeatedly called Trembley an interim manager, but would not go into further details about the team's plan. Trembley spent four years as a manager in the Baltimore Minor League system, and this is his first season with the Orioles. "He has tremendous experience," Flanagan said of Trembley. "I think he was voted one of the five best managers in the last 20 years in the Minor Leagues. He's had a lot of success in the past. He's an experienced guy and he knows how to handle a club." As for Perlozzo, who was in his third season with the Orioles and 12th year with the organization, Flanagan said he was asked to remain with the team in another capacity. Perlozzo was 122-164 as Baltimore's skipper.
"I don't think we want to get into a game-by-game analysis of his managing skills. We have to look at the overview, and that was the determining factor," Flanagan said. "It wasn't one event, one game that led to this decision. For us, we felt that it was slipping away from us, that we're a better club than we've played and we can still be a better club. But it's been an awful, awful tough run."Perlozzo will take a few weeks before he makes a decision on his future with the organization.
"As you might imagine, today has been a very difficult one for me and my family," Perlozzo said in a statement. "I am very disappointed that I will no longer be managing the Orioles. That being said, I wish them nothing but the best. I have been with the team for 12 seasons and I consider myself an Oriole. I believe that I have represented the club well during my time with them and I hope that the fans believe that, too."Following the latest loss Sunday, Baltimore veteran Kevin Millar sounded off about the team's struggles to the media and said he was calling for a players-only meeting before the Orioles start their six-game road trip in San Diego. "It's frustration," Flanagan said. "Those sorts of things are an indication that things aren't going well with the ball club. I personally think that you don't get a lot out of the team clubhouse meeting. This is the thing we want to get back to, where everybody's on the same page." The team bus from Camden Yards to the airport was delayed so Flanagan and Jim Duquette, vice president of baseball operations, could meet with the club to discuss the developments. "We don't feel like we're in limbo," Flanagan said. "Today's steps are in the right direction. We feel like the clubhouse is fine. What we worry about is the morale of the club the last couple weeks going through these very difficult losses. Everything gets wound up tighter, and we felt like it was time to loosen that spring."
Geremy Bass is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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After much speculation and discussion, it looks like Fox honcho Tom Rothman has stayed true to his word that Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" "will not be compromised" -- it will be rated R.
The confirmation comes of the heels of a flurry of reports this morning of advance tickets bearing an R rating on them, and Collider has confirmed with the studio that film will indeed be R for "sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language." Hooray for artistic freedom, but this decision will be watched very closely. While there is no budget figure out just yet, there is no doubt this a hugely expensive picture, and one with a far more limited audience that something like "The Avengers." Can the movie bring in the business it needs to make this endeavor profitable? Can Fox break the movie out of the geek box and make it appealing to mainstream audiences? They've got one month left to go on the marketing campaign to make it happen. We suggest a campaign for Taco Bell led by Michael Fassbender's David.
Anyway, the movie opens on June 8th and if you're under 17, find a parent or guardian or older brother to bring with you. And in case you needed even more footage, here's a another TV spot (via Scifi Mania) with a few more glimpses of what's to come (clearly made before the MPAA rating came down).
cirkusfolk | May 7, 2012 8:12 PM
Now all the fanboys are complaining because it's not rated R enough! The thing is it was never gonna be a hard R, that was the whole point of the issue. It was on the border of R and PG13. Personally I'm glad it's R but I don't need extreme gore or constant swearing to be pleased.
Ted | May 7, 2012 4:09 PM
I don't think there is any question this movie will be "profitable." We have to remember the original 1979 Alien's domestic gross, adjusting for inflation, is nearly $240 million, so Ridley Scott already has proven an R-rated sci-fi horror can have a sizable domestic gross. The budget is probably somewhere in the $150-$250 million area, and I don't think this film will have any trouble getting to $150 million at the domestic box office. The R-Rated Matrix Reloaded and Terminator 3, which I take to be comparables, both pulled in over $200 million at the domestic box office and that was in 2003. I think people are more exciting about Prometheus than they were for either of those two films (and I suspect Prometheus will be a superior product). On top of that, 3-D tickets are more expensive so I think this easily makes a large profit despite the R-rating. The R-rating will, of course, hurt it. Without the 13-15 year old crowd (my working assumption is by 16 almost all parents let there children see R-rated movies), you probably won't be able to crack $300 million domestically. Based on comparables, I think a conservative estimate for the film is $175 million domestically (I personally think it will break the $200 million barrier though). Going with my generalized 40% domestic, 60% foreign gross rule-of-thumb for blockbusters I think it's fair to say Prometheus will probably, at minimum, gross $425-450 million worldwide. I don't think higher numbers are out-of-question though. Not exactly Avatar, but that should be enough to satisfy the studio execs. My guess is why they don't want to try to compromise Scott's vision too much is that they want to keep Scott happy for future sequels, not because they suddenly want to respect artistic vision. By the way, Rothman is obviously lying. If this can back NC-17, he would have definitely compromised Scotts' artistic vision.
tristan elritch | May 7, 2012 4:04 PM
Christian | May 7, 2012 2:42 PM
you only have to be 17 for a rated R movie.


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1 Australian Grand Prix
7 Canadian Grand Prix
9 British Grand Prix
10 German Grand Prix
12 Belgian Grand Prix
13 Italian Grand Prix
14 Singapore Grand Prix
15 Japanese Grand Prix
19 United States Grand Prix
20 Brazilian Grand Prix
Check out the weather forecast for Singapore this week:
You guys may want to bring your brolly.
But I still think it will not rain come race day.
@moussa, congrats on winning the Australia GP! How did you record the video of your race?
Hi everyone, @roberttty here.
I have just purchased the game F1-2011 PS3 version.
If anyone somehow knows he will miss certain races due to personal commitment and needs a reserve driver, feel free to give me a buzz.
cheers and happy holidays, everyone!
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I, @roberttty, will like to put myself put on the waiting list for the time being.
For one reason, I have not purchased the game F1-2011 yet! haha!
@Ell, will you be keen to be reserve drivers on race days when some of us cannot race?
If they hold the Singapore GP at lunchtime, say 12noon, then we will have wet races 90% of the time.
Don't worry guys, I live in Singapore and it seldom rain in the evenings. The rain usually comes in the afternoons. Therefore, the worst case scenario will be spray from the cars on a drying track.
The haze should not be a worry too. It is pretty mild now.
You can follow the local weather agency on Twitter at: @NEAsg
I will be tweeting the weather and F1 stuff from @roberttty_sg too.
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2. Australia
3. Malaysia
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5. Canada
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9. Singapore
10. Brazil
I will have the Williams, please
Hi JT,
could you tell us the dates and times for the races?
Hi guys,
the German race is on today, right? 1000hrs GMT?
When is this starting?
I am not able to race tomorrow (05 June 11)
Hi guys!
How do I enter?
No worries, JT!
Here's to a great season in the real life F1 in 2011! Australia this sunday!!
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Governor Robert Bentley will join with officials from the Montgomery Salvation Army to launch the local chapter's 2012 Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign.The Montgomery Salvation Army has been serving the River Region since 1899. In addition to providing emergency shelter, food, clothing and day-to-day assistance, the Salvation Army also ministers to the spiritual needs of people throughout the area.This year's Christmas Kettle Campaign will raise funds to sustain Salvation Army services during the Christmas season and beyond. Monday's news conference launching the campaign will begin at 11:00 a.m. on the steps of the State Capitol.
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SUDC Counselors help people who have alcohol and other drugs related issues. They counsel addicts, those who are concerned they may become addicts, and on occasion their loved ones. A SUDC does not prescribe medication or provide medical or psychological therapy. They usually help with practical problems, for example, helping a client find a job. In individual or group counseling settings a SUDC would help the client:
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Forty ODU doctoral students will spend most of the day Friday exploring ethical decision-making and responsible conduct in their scholarly research and professional activities. This subject is seldom formally taught in graduate programs, and the university is involved in a national project to determine how ethics and responsible conduct lessons can be incorporated into advanced-degree curricula.
Topics to be addressed in Friday's workshop from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Rector's Room at Webb University Center are: ethics and ethical decision making; conflicts of interest; mentor-trainee relationships; data ownership/sharing/management; authorship and plagiarism; human and animal subjects, and social and scientific responsibility.
Faculty and staff members and administrators will lead the workshop, which was designed to promote professional integrity among graduate students and to determine what modes of learning will be most effective in ethics training.
"In the wake of the Enron debacle, the U.N. Oil-for-Food program scandal, and the controversy raised by the Schiavo case, the question arises, Does our Higher Educational System provide today's students with adequate knowledge and skills to identify and deal with ethical problems, conflicts of interests, and professional standards?" said Philip Langlais, dean of graduate studies and associate vice president for research. In response to this need, he is leading ODU's participation in a 10-university ethics and responsible conduct training project funded by the private Council of Graduate Schools and the federal Office of Research Integrity.
"We are taking a very 21st century approach to this. We are going well beyond the more publicized ethical issues in the sciences, in areas such as bio-technology and pharmacology," Langlais said. "We will address the perceptions and decision-making skills of students in all of the disciplines, whether it be creative design, dance, business, political science, religious studies or biology. Ethics problems crop up in all disciplines.
"It would be a victory to help students simply recognize conflicts of interest and violations of business and professional practices in the real world, to make them more sensitive to ethical issues. We also want to give them practical experience, through case studies, to develop skills they need to take the high road through ethical dilemmas."
Langlais said he considers practical experience in ethical decision-making to be a necessary component of a college education. "This should be a subject as important as adding and dividing, as important as basic English."
Workshop leaders in addition to Langlais will be:
*Lisa Eckenwiler, associate professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
*Cynthia Jones, eminent scholar and professor, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric
*Laurel Garzon, director, graduate nursing programs
*Resit Unal, professor and chair, Department of Engineering Management
*Anusorn Singhapakdi, professor and marketing coordinator, business and public administration
*Barbara Winstead, professor and chair, Department of Psychology
*Zhongtang Ren, doctoral student, urban services program
*Susan Metosky, research compliance officer
A survey given before and after the workshop will measure the impact of the session on the participants' knowledge, attitudes and skills related to the topics that are addressed. Results from ODU's project will be presented along with those from the other nine universities at a conference later this year. The results will be digested into a best-practices monograph to be published by the Council of Graduate Schools.
Langlais said he and other task force members working on the project have done research to determine the attitudes and skills pertaining to ethics held by faculty, staff and students throughout the university. ODU's project report, he said, will compare differences in these attitudes and skills between various segments of the university community. He said he is particularly interested in the role that ethnic and cultural background, gender and field of study play in the awareness of problems and in ethical decision-making.
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Deputy Minister of International Trade
Simon Kennedy
On June 26, 2013, Royal Assent was given to Bill C-60, creating the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. Simon Kennedy continues to serve as Deputy Minister of International Trade.
The Prime Minister appointed Simon Kennedy as Deputy Minister of International Trade on November 12, 2012, and named Mr. Kennedy Canada's G-20 Sherpa on December 14, 2012.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Kennedy served as the Senior Associate Deputy Minister at Industry Canada from September 2010. One of his key responsibilities in this capacity was to administer Canada's foreign investment review regime. From February to December 2011, Mr. Kennedy was also the representative of the Prime Minister on the Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border Working Group. In this role, he led the negotiation of the Canada-U.S. Action Plan for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness, announced by the Prime Minister and President Obama in December 2011.
Mr. Kennedy began his career with the public service in 1990 with Transport Canada and subsequently the Canadian Coast Guard. In 1997, he joined the Privy Council Office and, in 2001, he moved to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to serve first as the Director General for Policy, Planning and Integration and then as Director General of the International Markets Bureau. In 2004, he returned to the Privy Council Office, where he served first as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic and Regional Development Policy, and then as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations) and as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultation) until 2010.
Mr. Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Public Relations from Mount Saint Vincent University and a Master of Science in Communications Management from Syracuse University. He is a graduate of INSEAD's Advanced Management Programme. Mr. Kennedy also holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute for Corporate Directors.
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Future developments. For the latest information about developments related to Publication 1544, such as legislation enacted after it was published, go to www.irs.gov/pub1544.
Amending a report. You can amend a prior report by checking box 1a at the top of Form 8300. See Amending a report, later.
If, in a 12-month period, you receive more than $10,000 in cash from one buyer as a result of a transaction in your trade or business, you must report it to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business.
This publication explains why, when, and where to report these cash payments. It also discusses the substantial penalties for not reporting them.
Some organizations do not have to file Form 8300, including financial institutions who must file FinCEN Form 104 (formerly Form 4789), Currency Transaction Report, and casinos who must file FinCEN Form 103 (formerly Form 8362), Currency Transaction Report by Casinos. They are not discussed in this publication.
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Check out our new campaign video for 2014
Mirandum Pictures has done it again. You guys are wonderful!
Mirandum Pictures has done it again. You guys are wonderful!
The United Way of Front Royal is excited and very proud to announce that again, thanks to the caring folks of Front Royal and Warren County, we have reached our 2013 campaign goal of $115,000!!!
This is now the THIRD consecutive success for your local United Way. The goal has now been met for three consecutive years here. But even more impressive and satisfying to us is that this is the first time in at least 5 years that this goal has been met BEFORE the official end of the campaign, which is December 31, 2012. While our goal increase this year was a modest one, the response from the public has been truly astonishing. President Jackie Bourque put it this way:
"Thanks to all of you who worked really hard to make this happen. Every one of you has done your part and that makes the victory all the sweeter."
Campaign Chairman Beth Waller expressed her joy this way:
"Christmas came early this year - GOD BLESS ALL OF OUR DONORS!!!!"
While this success is truly exciting, the reality is that MUCH more funding is needed to assist the twelve agencies that depend on the United Way to help them survive the difficult economy and keep our local safety net repaired and in place.
"There is still time to give to our 2013 campaign, " reminds Lee Smith-Osina, the group's Executive Director. " We try to set a goal that has a reasonable expectation for success...NOT NECESSARILY one that is sufficient to fund all our agencies. So if you have NOT yet given to our 2013 campaign, please do not hesitate. We are asking ALL the citizens of Front Royal and Warren County to step up to the plate and give a minimum of $1 per week to help your neighbors."
"$52 is a huge gift to your United Way, and one with which we can do so much," continued Smith-Osina. "Please don't stop now....if you have not yet made a 2013 pledge or contribution join your neighbors and make one now. It is OUR community....we CAN help those in need...if you do YOUR part," she concluded.
Your gift to the local United Way can be made by credit card through our web site, here on the home page, by calling the United Way office at 635-3636 or simply by sending your donation to:
United Way of Front Royal/Warren County
P. O. Box 509
Front Royal, VA 22630
Keep in mind that, unless YOU the donor request that your donation be sent to another location, ALL funds raised in Warren County STAY in Warren County...to help our friends and neighbors when the need arises.
Smith-Osina also went on to thank all the members of the United Way Board of Directors who have worked steadily and patiently to make this happen.
"It is THEIR success...they are totally committed to our community. Each year, I am amazed and thankful for the outpouring of support that this campaign has become here in Front Royal."
The Front Royal United Way supports the efforts of 12 health and human service agencies that provide services to Warren County residents. They are:
Blue Ridge Legal Services
Blue Ridge Opportunities
Boy Scouts of America
Community Transitional Housing Program
Concern Hotline
Front Royal Women's Resource Center
Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
Harmony Place
Healthy Families of the NSV
House of Hope
Mental Health America - Warren County
St. Luke Community Clinic.
For more information, or to request a presentation at your office, workplace, community club or civic group, please call the United Way office at: 540-635-3636.
Thank you to all of the following local businesses for participating in our first ever Small Business Blitz on Nov. 29th. These companies support our community -- please give them your support in return!


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Dr. Kim Huster publishes article on Hmong Women
Dr. Kim Huster, Assistant Professor of ESL, recently published an article in the Hmong Studies Journal entitled "The Grammar and Vocabulary Challenges of Generation 1.5 Hmong College Women in Academia." The Generation 1.5, comprised of students from long-term immigrant communities in which English is not the primary language of communication, is a growing presence in American colleges, and its constituents experience unique academic challenges. Using data from her narrative research study, Dr. Huster explores some of the language challenges faced by linguistically diverse students in general and Hmong students in particular.
The Hmong Studies Journal is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed publication which has established itself as the most authoritative and widely-cited scholarly journal for academic studies related to the Hmong diaspora and Hmong culture and history.
The article can be found at http://hmongstudies.org/HusterHSJ13.pdf.
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Pierce County (WQOW) - A blow-up over blasting has finally been settled in Pierce County.
Twenty residents of Hager City filed a lawsuit against the county three years ago. They claimed blasting at the county rock quarry was causing cracked walls, ceilings and foundations in their homes. They also complained about excessive noise and dust. The residents wanted the quarry shut down but both sides have now reached a compromise.
Insurance companies for the county and the blasting company have agreed to pay $50,000 toward the residents' legal fees. But they won't admit causing any harm.
The county has also agreed to 16 conditions. They include building a berm to deflect noise from blasting, notifying residents when it will occur, and using different blasting techniques to minimize noise and ground vibrations.


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A Union man was arrested after police said he cursed and threw something at a Walmart employee, upset he was made to wait.
Union police said they were called to the Walmart on the North Duncan Bypass about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday after a shopper upset he was made to wait to check out, threw a card at a worker and cursed her out.
The employee said she was helping a customer with a phone, making 53-year-old Dennis Thurman wait about two minutes before she could check him out, according to the police report.
The report stated when she went to ring Thurman up, he said he waited 15 minutes and said she should have helped him first.
She told Thurman he could have checked out at the front of the store and that's when he threw the card, hitting in the face, police said.
Police arrested Thurman, charging him with disorderly conduct.
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Would Legal Assisted Suicide be the Final Triumph of Market Capitalism?
Tomorrow in the House of Lords Lord Falconer's bill on assisted dying will be debated. The bill would allow those who are terminally ill and likely to die within six months to request life-ending drugs from their doctor for the patients to use as and when they see fit.
As might have been expected, there has been huge discussion over the bill, but most of the arguments presented so far are not new, and the same will probably be true tomorrow. But there is one I haven't seen before, put forward recently by Giles Fraser: that assisted suicide is the 'final triumph of market capitalism'. Continue reading
Things I've learned (so far) about how to do practical ethics
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Things I've learned (so far) about how to do practical ethics
I had the opportunity, a few months back, to look through some old poems I'd written in high school. Some, I thought, were pretty good. Others I remembered thinking were good when I wrote them, but now they seem embarrassingly bad: pseudo-profound, full of clichés, marked by empty rhetoric instead of meaningful content. I've had a similar experience today with my collection of articles here at the Practical Ethics blog. And Oh, the things I have learned!
Here are just a few of the lessons that have altered my thinking, or otherwise informed my views about "doing" practical ethics — particularly in a public-engagement context — since my very first blog post appeared in 2011:
Female genital mutilation (FGM) and male circumcision: time to confront the double standard
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) and male circumcision: time to confront the double standard
This month, the Guardian launched a campaign in conjunction with Change.org (the petition is here) to end "female genital mutilation" (FGM) in the UK—see Dominic Wilkinson's recent analysis on this blog. I support this campaign and I believe that FGM is impermissible. Indeed, I think that all children, whether female, intersex, or male, should be protected from having parts of their genitals removed unless there is a pressing medical indication; I think this is so regardless of the cultural or religious affiliations of the child's parents; and I have given some arguments for this view here, here, here, here, and here. But note that some commentators are loath to accept so broadly applied an ethical principle: to discuss FGM in the same breath as male circumcision, they think, is to "trivialize" the former and to cause all manner of moral confusion.
Consider these recent tweets by Michael Shermer, the prominent American "skeptic" and promoter of science and rationalism:
This sort of view appears to be common. One frequent claim is that FGM is analogous to "castration" or a "total penectomy," such that any sort of comparison between it and male circumcision is entirely inappropriate (see this paper for further discussion). Some other common arguments are these:
Female genital mutilation and male circumcision are totally different. FGM is necessarily barbaric and crippling ("always torture," according to Tanya Gold), whereas male circumcision is no big deal. Male circumcision is a "minor" intervention that might even confer health benefits, whereas FGM is a drastic intervention with no health benefits, and only causes harm. The "prime motive" for FGM is to control women's sexuality (cf. Shermer in the tweets above); it is inherently sexist and discriminatory and is an expression of male power and domination. Male circumcision, by contrast, has nothing to do with controlling male sexuality – it's "just a snip" and in any case "men don't complain." FGM eliminates the enjoyment of sex, whereas male circumcision has no meaningful effects on sexual sensation or satisfaction. It is perfectly reasonable to oppose all forms of female genital cutting while at the same time accepting or even endorsing infant male circumcision.
Yet almost every one of these claims is untrue, or is severely misleading at best. Such views derive from a superficial understanding of both FGM and male circumcision; and they are inconsistent with the latest critical scholarship concerning these and related practices. Their constant repetition in popular discourse, therefore—including by those like Shermer with a large and loyal audience base—is unhelpful to advancing moral debate.
Announcement: "Brave New Love" in AJOB:Neuroscience – peer commentaries due October 7
Announcement: "Brave New Love" – peer commentaries due October 7
Dear Practical Ethics readers,
The paper, "Brave new love: the threat of high-tech 'conversion' therapy and the bio-oppression of sexual minorities" by Brian D. Earp, Anders Sandberg, and Julian Savulescu has been accepted for publication in the American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience. Proposals for open peer commentaries are due this Monday October 7th.
The article may be accessed here, or at the following link: http://editorial.bioethics.net. Be sure to select AJOB:Neuroscience from the drop-down menu of journals. Here is an abstract of the argument:
Abstract: Our understanding of the neurochemical bases of human love and attachment, as well as of the genetic, epigenetic, hormonal, and experiential factors that conspire to shape an individual's sexual orientation, is increasing exponentially. This research raises the vexing possibility that we may one day be equipped to modify such variables directly, allowing for the creation of "high-tech" conversion therapies or other suspect interventions. In this paper, we discuss the ethics surrounding such a possibility, and call for the development of legal and procedural safeguards for protecting vulnerable children from the application of such technology. We also consider the more difficult case of voluntary, adult "conversion" and argue that in rare cases, such attempts might be permissible under strict conditions.
Open Peer Commentary articles are typically between 500-1500 words and contain no more than 10 references. A guide to writing an Open Peer Commentary is available under the Resources section "Instructions and Forms" at http://editorial.bioethics.net. AJOB:Neuroscience asks that by Monday, October 7, 2013 you submit a short summary of your proposed Open Peer Commentary (no more than 1-2 paragraphs). Please submit your proposal online via the AJOB:Neuroscience Editorial site, following the instructions provided there. They ask that you do not prepare a full commentary yet. Once they have evaluated your proposal, they will contact you via email to let you know whether or not they were able to include you on the final list of those to be asked to submit an Open Peer Commentary.
You will then have until Friday, October 25, 2013 to submit your full Open Peer Commentary.
Teenage annihilation on an Aegean boat
An Old Bore writes:
Last week I got the boat from Athens to Hydra. It takes about 2 ½ hours, and takes you along the coast of the Argolid.
The sun shone, the dolphins leapt, the retsina flowed, the bouzoukis trembled, and we watched the sun rise over the Peloponnese. It was wonderful. At least it was for me.
Basking on the upper deck, playing Russian roulette with malignant melanoma, were four girls, all aged around 15. They saw nothing. They stretched out on bean bags, their eyes shut throughout the voyage. They heard nothing other than what was being pumped into their ears from their IPods. They would no doubt describe themselves as friends, but they didn't utter a word to each other. They shared nothing at all apart from their fashion sense and, no doubt, some of the music. The dolphins leapt unremarked upon. We might, so far as the girls were concerned, have been cruising past Manchester rather than Mycenae. Continue reading
Would you hand over a moral decision to a machine? Why not? Moral outsourcing and Artificial Intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence and Human Decision-making.
Recent developments in artificial intelligence are allowing an increasing number of decisions to be passed from human to machine. Most of these to date are operational decisions – such as algorithms on the financial markets deciding what trades to make and how. However, the range of such decisions that can be computerisable are increasing, and as many operational decisions have moral consequences, they could be considered to have a moral component.
One area in which this is causing growing concern is military robotics. The degree of autonomy with which uninhabited aerial vehicles and ground robots are capable of functioning is steadily increasing. There is extensive debate over the circumstances in which robotic systems should be able to operate with a human "in the loop" or "on the loop" – and the circumstances in which a robotic system should be able to operate independently. A coalition of international NGOs recently launched a campaign to "stop killer robots".
While there have been strong arguments raised against robotic systems being able to use lethal force against human combatants autonomously, it is becoming increasingly clear that in many circumstances in the near future the "no human in the loop" robotic system will have advantages over the "in the loop system". Automated systems already have better perception and faster reflexes than humans in many ways, and are slowed down by the human input. The human "added value" comes from our judgement and decision-making – but these are by no means infallible, and will not always be superior to the machine's. In June's Centre for a New American Society (CNAS) conference, Rosa Brooks (former pentagon official, now Georgetown Law professor) put this in a provocative way:
"Our record- we're horrible at it [making "who should live and who should die" decisions] … it seems to me that it could very easily turn out to be the case that computers are much better than we are doing. And the real ethical question would be can we ethically and lawfully not let the autonomous machines do that when they're going to do it better than we will." (1)
For a non-military example, consider the adaptation of IBM's Jeopardy-winning "Watson" for use in medicine. As evidenced by IBM's technical release this week, progress in developing these systems continues apace (shameless plug: Selmer Bringsjord, the AI researcher "putting Watson through college" will speak in Oxford about "Watson 2.0″ next month as part of the Philosophy and Theory of AI conference).
Soon we will have systems that will enter use as doctor's aides – able to analyse the world's medical literature to diagnose a medical problem and provide recommendations to the doctor. But it seems likely that a time will come when these thorough analyses produce recommendations that are sometimes at odds with the doctor's recommendation – but are proven to be more accurate on average. To return to combat, we will have robotic systems that can devise and implement non-intuitive (to human) strategies that involve using lethal force, but achieve a military objective more efficiently with less loss of life. Human judgement added to the loop may prove to be an impairment.
Moral Outsourcing
At a recent academic workshop I attended on autonomy in military robotics, a speaker posed a pair of questions to test intuitions on this topic.
"Would you allow another person to make a moral decision on your behalf? If not, why not?" He asked the same pair of questions substituting "machine" for "a person".
Regarding the first pair of questions, we all do this kind of moral outsourcing to a certain extent – allowing our peers, writers, and public figures to influence us. However, I was surprised to find I was unusual in doing this in a deliberate and systematic manner. In the same way that I rely on someone with the right skills and tools to fix my car, I deliberately outsource a wide range of moral questions to people who I know can answer then better than I can. These people tend to be better-informed on specific issues than I am, have had more time to think them through, and in some cases are just plain better at making moral assessments. I of course select for people who have a roughly similar world view to me, and from time to time do "spot tests" – digging through their reasoning to make sure I agree with it.
We each live at the centre of a spiderweb of moral decisions – some obvious, some subtle. As a consequentialist I don't believe that "opting out" by taking the default course or ignoring many of them absolves me of responsibility. However, I just don't have time to research, think about, and make sound morally-informed decisions about my diet, the impact of my actions on the environment, feminism, politics, fair trade, social equality – the list goes on. So I turn to people who can, and who will make as good a decision as I would in ideal circumstances (or a better one) nine times out of ten.
So Why Shouldn't I Trust The Machine?
So to the second pair of questions:
"Would you allow a machine to make a moral decision on your behalf? If not, why not?"
It's plausible that in the near future we will have artificial intelligence that for given, limited situations (for example: make a medical treatment decision, a resource allocation decision, or an "acquire military target" decision) is able to weigh up the facts for a and make as a decision or better than a human can 99.99% of the time – unclouded by bias, with vastly more information available to it.
So why not trust the machine?
Human decision-making is riddled with biases and inconsistencies, and can be impacted heavily by as little as fatigue, or when we last ate. For all that, our inconsistencies are relatively predictable, and have bounds. Every bias we know about can be taken into account, and corrected for to some extent. And there are limits to how insane an intelligent, balanced person's "wrong" decision will be – even if my moral "outsourcees" are "less right" than me 1 time out of 10, there's a limit to how bad their wrong decision will be.
This is not necessarily the case with machines. When a machine is "wrong", it can be wrong in a far more dramatic way, with more unpredictable outcomes, than a human could.
Simple algorithms should be extremely predictable, but can make bizarre decisions in "unusual" circumstances. Consider the two simple pricing algorithms that got in a pricing war, pushing the price of a book about flies to $23 million. Or the 2010 stock market flash crash. It gets even more difficult to keep track of when evolutionary algorithms and other "learning" methods are used. Using self-modifying heuristics Douglas Lenat's Eurisko won the US Championship of the Traveller TCS game using unorthodox, non-intuitive fleet designs. This fun youtube video shows a Super Mario-playing greedy algorithm figuring out how to make use of several hitherto-unknown game glitches to win (see 10:47).
Why should this concern us? As the decision-making processes become more complicated, and the strategies more non-intuitive, it becomes ever-harder to "spot test" if we agree with them – provided the results turn out good the vast majority of the time. The upshot is that we have to just "trust" the methods and strategies more and more. It also becomes harder to figure out how, why, and in what circumstances the machine will go wrong – and what the magnitude of the failure will be.
Even if we are outperformed 99.99% of the time, the unpredictability of the 0.01% failures may be a good reason to consider carefully what and how we morally outsource to the machine.
1. Transcript available here.
For further discussion on Brooks's talk, see Foreign Policy Magazine articles here and here.
Casinos should say: 'Enough. Go home.'
Over about 14 months, Harry Kakavas lost $20.5 million in a casino in Melbourne. It could have been worse. He put about $1.5 billion on the table. He sued the casino. It knew or should have known, he said, that he was a pathological gambler. It shouldn't have continued to take his money. It should have protected him from himself. Nonsense, said the High Court of Australia.
Here's why:
'Even if, contrary to the findings of the primary judge, the appellant did suffer from a psychological impairment, the issue here is whether, in all the circumstances of the relationship between the appellant and Crown, it was sufficiently evident to Crown that the appellant was so beset by that difficulty that he was unable to make worthwhile decisions in his own interests while gambling at Crown's casino. On the findings of fact made by the primary judge as to the course of dealings between the parties, the appellant did not show that his gambling losses were the product of the exploitation of a disability, special to the appellant, which was evident to Crown.
Equitable intervention to deprive a party of the benefit of its bargain on the basis that it was procured by unfair exploitation of the weakness of the other party requires proof of a predatory state of mind. Heedlessness of, or indifference to, the best interests of the other party is not sufficient for this purpose. The principle is not engaged by mere inadvertence, or even indifference, to the circumstances of the other party to an arm's length commercial transaction. Inadvertence, or indifference, falls short of the victimisation or exploitation with which the principle is concerned.' (paras 160-161 of the judgment).
So it all turned on findings of fact (it wasn't 'sufficiently evident' that his losses were the result of a disability, and if they were, they weren't the product of a disability 'special to the appellant.')
That last criterion is interesting. The court seems to be implying that everyone who puts themselves in the position of losing large amounts of money in a casino is necessarily not quite right in the head. To establish liability you need a degree of vulnerability over and above that possessed by the ordinary punter. By accepting the trial judge's finding that Kakavas did not suffer from a 'psychological impairment', the court was presumably saying: 'Right: so Kakavas is weak and easily exploited: but that's true of everyone who walks through the door, buys some chips and sits down at the table. That sort of weakness is within the general bell curve of human flabbiness. But Kakavas wasn't particularly, dramatically, visibly weak.' Continue reading
Cry havoc and let slip the robots of war?
Stop killer robots now, UN asks: the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns has delivered a report about Lethal Autonomous Robots arguing that there should be a moratorium on the development of autonomous killing machines, at least until we can figure out the ethical and legal issues. He notes that LARs raise far-reaching concerns about the protection of life during war and peace, including whether they can comply with humanitarian and human rights law, how to device legal accountability, and "because robots should not have the power of life and death over human beings."
Many of these issues have been discussed on this blog and elsewhere, but it is a nice comprehensive review of a number of issues brought up by the new technology. And while the machines do not yet have fully autonomous capabilities the distance to them is chillingly short: dismissing the issue as science fiction is myopic, especially given the slowness of actually reaching legal agreements. However, does it make sense to say that robots should not have the power of life and death over human beings?
Cultural bias and the evaluation of medical evidence: An update on the AAP
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Cultural bias and the evaluation of medical evidence: An update on the AAP
Since my article on the American Academy of Pediatrics' recent change in policy regarding infant male circumcision was posted back in August of 2012, some interesting developments have come about. Two major critiques of the AAP documents were published in leading international journals, one in the Journal of Medical Ethics, and a second in the AAP's very own Pediatrics. In the second of these, 38 distinguished pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, urologists, medical ethicists, and heads of hospital boards and children's health societies throughout Europe and Canada argued that there is: "Cultural Bias in the AAP's 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision."
The AAP took the time to respond to this possibility in a formal reply, also published in Pediatrics earlier this year. Rather than thoughtfully addressing the specific charge of cultural bias, however, the AAP elected to boomerang the criticism, implying that their critics were themselves biased, only against circumcision. To address this interesting allegation, I have updated my original blog post. Interested readers can click here to see my analysis.
Finally, please note that articles from the Journal of Medical Ethics special issue on circumcision are (at long last) beginning to appear online. The print issue will follow shortly. Also be sure to see this recent critique of the AAP in a thoughtful book by JME contributor and medical historian Dr. Robert Darby, entitled: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Why Can't the US Stop Circumcising Boys?"