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Fired Des Moines worker inspires federal rule change
Richard Eggers fought the law, and the law changed. The 69-year-old call center employee from Des Moines, who lost his bank job nearly a year ago under a federal rule meant to deter executive misconduct, would still be working today under the changes he inspired. They were discreetly adopted by the Federal ...
Grassley gets $327,246 in farm subsidies over 18 years, group finds
More than a dozen members of Congress and their spouses received farm subsidy payments in 2012, including Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. The Environmental Working Group's 2013 update of its Farm Subsidy Database found that 15 members of Congress or their spouses benefited from a total of $237,921 in taxpayer-funded farm subsidy ...
Grassley and Latham seek FDIC data on low-level bank firings
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and U.S. Rep. Tom Latham have sent a joint-letter of inquiry to the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., seeking information about new employment regulations which have led to the firing of thousands of low-level bank workers, and criticizing the procedure by which those idled ...
Grassley, Latham, Boswell to talk health care at Des Moines University
Three members of Iowa's congressional delegation will share their views on health-care issues over the next week at Des Moines University. U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley is slated to go first, speaking at noon Tuesday at the school's Medical Education Building, 3200 Grand Ave. U.S. Rep. Tom Latham is scheduled to speak ...
Sen. Chuck Grassley celebrates 'Meat Monday'
The offices of Republican U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and John Cornyn of Texas celebrated "Meat Monday" today with a lunch of barbecue beef brisket, ribs, and sausage from Hill Country Barbecue Market in Washington, D.C. They were responding to recent reports that a U.S. Department of Agriculture newsletter had ...
Iowa lawmakers benefit from U.S. farm subsidies – report
U.S. lawmakers and their families collected more than $6 million in farm subsidies during a 17 year period, including three representatives from Iowa who received more than $660,000, an advocacy group said on Thursday. Environmental Working Group's latest update of its farm subsidy database showed 23 members of Congress, or their ...
Senate OKs ban on synthetic drugs, Grassley cites death of Indianola student
The U.S. Senate today gave final approval to legislation to ban the chemicals used to make a dangerous synthetic drug known as K2 or "bath salts." According to the Associated Press, the ban covers 28 chemicals used in synthetic drugs that are often sold at corner stores as hygiene products, incense ...
America Can't Wait for this Congress to Act on Immigration
Sorry, Mr. Romney, we can't wait for Congress to lead. This group of self-interested political hacks is inept and disinterested in working for our country.
Grassley: Pentagon faces grass-roots battle over F-16s at Des Moines Air Guard Base
Pentagon officials should be warned they face a battle from grass-roots America in their efforts to make major cuts in the Air National Guard, including the elimination of F-16 combat aircraft in Des Moines, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said today. "All that I can tell you is that I am going ...
Iowa chief justice to speak to Senate subcommittee
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Marie's childish verbal spew is also painful, but we're used to that. She and Tim don't have any conflict at the moment, so she conjures some up from thin air: "You have made more mistakes than me," she announces in the taxi to the airport. Wait, Marie, why does it have to be a competition? wonders poor Tim. "Well, why does it always have to be even? If somebody messes up more." Tim's face mirrors my own sentiment, which is I CAN'T WITH THIS BITCH. It's infuriating to even go on relaying this conversation. Maybe in the next leg Marie, Nicole, and Travis will be compelled by their true superior natures to wander towards a "People Who Are Better Than Everyone Else, Stand Here" sign, and then whoops! It's a trapdoor. Boom. Season finale.
So, Indonesia, huh? "Are they, like, Chinese people or are they, like, Indians?" wonders Jason. I'm so happy he and Amy were confined to a car right then. Imagine if they were on the streets of Indonesia already and he spouted out that comment. All those local Chinese Indians would be totally horrified.
Touch down in Indonesia! "We have to go to the village," says Ashley. LOL. "The village." Take her to that specific one. Quick! It's a race!
Uh oh. Jason and Amy's cabbie doesn't understand English. "Race? You understand race?" Jason listlessly asks. Do you understand it, Jay? Y'all might be on the same page.
"Do you know CLUE BOX?" It's time for a little bonus challenge: Pick up two head-butting rams, wait until they butt heads, and load them back onto a truck. Easy enough, right? Correct! It's so easy that Ally and Ashley -- once a cheerleader, in every country a cheerleader -- are in second place by the time they finish. But wait, we haven't heard from Travis in awhile. I'm interested as to how moral this challenge is. Am I allowed to feel like a good person while watching it? "Neither of the rams were injured at all," he assures us. This is just one of the rams' normal sports. Whew. Close call.
The Ice Princesses and the RoboDocs settle in uncomfortably on the train back to Bandung. They've never raced together, you see. "And you know what? We'll tell you the truth," Travis tells Ally and Ashley over the seat. Ugggggggggggh.
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I have made two different introductory letters for my Student Teaching experience. One professional letter (for the parents) and one fun letter (for the students). I wanted to create something personal and fun for the students to get to know me a little bit better. Here is the letter I created:
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Daphne Olivier doesn't need a whistle around her neck to help food consumers make sensible choices.
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|Food coach Daphne Olivier says son Alex is being raised "a country boy." One of Alex's chores is to gather eggs from the family's chicken coop.
In this age of "big agriculture"- where companies like Monsanto and Syngenta have lobbyists politicking to control the foods consumers have access to - a passion for local foods has evolved into a form of activism. Slow foods supporters know their farmers, know where their foods are grown, and advocate (strong and loud) for the processes by which these foods are produced. Businesses like farm-to-table restaurants, local foods delivery services and other specialized pursuits that cater to local foods lovers are becoming increasingly popular. My Food Coach, a food coaching business that educates patrons on how to eat healthily, often incorporating slow foods, is an example of unique business that incorporates local, sustainable foods into the business philosophy and practices.
"In my practice, I work with people who are working to improve their eating habits, either for health and wellness or for specific disease processes," says Daphne Olivier, owner of My Food Coach. "I work with them individually or in groups. I merge traditional nutrition with a modern kitchen providing meal plans and recipes, and offer services like grocery store tours, and Pantry Parties, where I go into someone's home and review their pantry, refrigerator and freezer and teach them what products to use and stay away from. I also offer some lab testing such as food sensitivity testing, digestive analysis, and Spectra-cell testing to evaluate the nutrient deficiencies at a cellular level."
Olivier, a UL Lafayette alumna, founded My Food Coach in 2010 after working as a dietician in hospitals in Tampa and New Orleans and deciding that a less conventional approach to nutrition education was a more appropriate career path. Her passion for local foods and her interest in helping others developed into My Food Coach, a turn-key nutrition and dietetics business.
"Daphne is smart, careful, thorough and passionate about what she does," says Dawn Gotreaux, co-owner/operator of Gotreaux Family Farms. "She did a class for some of my close friends and me with the focus on carbs - exactly what they were, when to consume them, the effects it has on our bodies and whether the carbs would be used as fuel or used to pack extra weight on us. There were lots of ah ha' moments."
In addition to incorporating her love of local foods into her business, Olivier is co-director of Acadiana Food Circle and a proponent for the legalization of raw milk.
Earlier this year, Olivier worked with a small group of community members and Reps. Stephen Ortego and Mike Danahay to legalize the sale of farm-fresh, unpasteurized milk. The bill successfully passed the House of Representatives Agricultural Committee (9-7) and the House of Representatives (80 percent support).
The bill lost 4-1 in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, but it gained a lot of community backing along the way. No doubt, politicians will be seeing more of this effort in the future.
"I got passionate about this for two main reasons," says Olivier. "One, because I believe there is a great nutritional benefit to drinking raw milk over pasteurized.
Studies show the benefit for people specifically with allergies and asthma, lactose intolerance, ALS and many digestive disorders. Two, because in a state where we can purchase raw oysters, raw fish, raw chicken, eggs, etc., and we can purchase alcohol and tobacco, I think it's hypocritical for the government to say that we can't purchase raw milk."
When Olivier isn't politicking for raw milk, teaching others how to live healthier lives, writing a quarterly column for Love How You Feel Acadiana, or helping run a nonprofit, she is a mom and a wife. Olivier and her husband - who have a 6-year-old son and have fostered four children in the past two years - sit down as a family each night for communion over a meal produced by farmers Olivier knows personally. And introducing her son, Alex, to where his food comes from is a priority.
"I am raising a country boy," says Olivier. "My father-in-law is an apiarist, and we have yearly honey harvest with the whole family - all seven of my husband's siblings, their significant others, and children. Alex has been a part of raising our chickens. One of his chores is to get the eggs from the chicken coop. He's watched a chicken harvest,' helped prepare fish caught by my husband for a fish frywe watched the butchering of the last cow we purchased, he picks vegetables in our family gardens. At our house, food is a way of life. Everything from harvest to meal preparation, to sitting down with the family and eating supper every night. This is where we connect to each other."
Tyler F. Thigpen is a wetland ecologist, past president of Acadiana Food Circle (www.AcadianaFoodCircle.org) and co-coordinator of Pig & Plough Suppers, a slow foods dinner series celebrating our Louisiana foodways by promoting chef collaborations that feature foods grown and raised in South Louisiana.


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Located just 52km from the city center of Florianopólis.
Guarda do Embaú is a great place to find beautiful people, surfing and nature. It is considered one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Brazil.
This is where the Rio da Madre (Mother River) meets the ocean and is a superb site for kayaking. This small town with its sandy streets full of little shops provides a breathtaking backdrop for the scenery of the beautiful beaches of the area. From here one can see the tip of Naufragados (South of Florianopolis) as well as some of the islands of the area like Três Irmãs (Three Sisters) and Moleques do Sul (Boys of the South).
Frequented by families, it is ideal for hiking, including a climb to the tip of the Pedra do Urubu (Stone of the Vulture), which offers a panoramic view of the region. Just across the Vale da Utopia (Valley of Utopia) are the towns of Palhoça (hut) and Garopaba.
Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (Board Mountain State Park)
Created in 1975, Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro, is the largest conservation area with full protection in the state of Santa Catarina and occupies an area of approximately 90,000 hectares (222,400 acres). Inserted in this area are some beaches such as Guard Embaú, Paulo Lopes, Naufragados (Florianópolis), Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, Garopaba and also some islands: Fortaleza / Araçatuba, Andrade, Papagaio Pequeno, Três Irmãs, Moleques do Sul, Siriú, dos Corais e dos Cardos.
In the park are several different ecosystems, including such areas as Restinga and Manguezal (Mangrove) as well as a bit of Atlantic Rain Forest as Araucaria and some Campos de Altitude (high plains country). Many of the rivers of the area have waterfalls and streams that eventually provide water for Florianópolis.
Around this park is located Caldas de Imperatriz (Empress Hot Springs) with a system of high quality geothermal springs with some of the best quality water in the world.
This area is highlighted by the Serra do Cambirela (Cambirela mountain) with a summit of 1288 meters (4255 ft).
Another place to see in the park, especially for geological diversity, is Baixada do Maciambu (lowlands of Maciambu) with lakes, lagoons, wetlands, salt marshes and beaches. This is also home to some 5000 year old archeological sites. The salt marshes of the lowlands are some of the most developed in southern Brazil yet home to such plant species as Araçás, Jerivás, Gabirobas, Ferns, Orchids and Bromeliads and fauna such as foxes, alligators, otters, ferrets, Tamandua Mirim, and Capybaras, among others. It harbors large numbers of endemic and endangered species and the core of this park is considered a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. For this reason their protection is very important as it covers large areas of mountains, plains and coastal islands that are part of the Atlantic Forest Biome (one of the richest and most threatened of the world) *.
*Near the park headquarters there is a beautiful trail that can be done in a short time in order to observe the great wildlife.
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Day trip at Guarda do Embaú - Canoeing Trekking and Surf
Revealing the beauty of the Embaú Guard.
Crossing Florianopolis - Praia do Rosa
Discover the most beautiful and wild part of the coast of Santa Catarina hiking between the south of Floripa and Praia do Rosa
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Get your fill of ales, lagers, beers, and stouts on a lively tour of artisan breweries and other worthy stops along the way in a relaxed tour of Northern California.
Trip length: 5-6 days
San Francisco (30mi/48km; 39min). Rent a bike at Golden Gate Park Bike & Skate on Fulton Street and cruise through the park, stopping to see what's new in art and wonder at the de Young Museum and the California Academy of the Sciences. Finish in Ocean Beach at the Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant . Two more to try: Anchor Steam Brewing which helped launch the California microbrew scene back in the '60s, and Haight-Ashbury's funky Magnolia Pub & Brewery . INFO 415/391-2000; sanfranciscotravel.com
Berkeley (13mi/21km; 23min). Browse Fourth Street's trendy stores specializing in everything from Japanese crafts to women's clothing. Get the feel of the college town at Bison Brewing (funky organic ales) and Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse , one of the country's first brew pubs. INFO 800/847-4823; visitberkeley.com
Hopland (101mi/163km; 1hr 51min). For a break from the brews, stop in at Sip! Mendocino , with a wide spectrum of Mendocino wines. INFO 707/964-9010; northcoastca.com
Ukiah (14mi/22.5km; 20 min). Hoist a Point Arena Pale Ale or Navarro Yarrow and enjoy live music and great organic food at Ukiah Brewing Company . INFO 707/964-9010; northcoastca.com
Mendocino. (60mi/97km; 1 hr 21 min). Visit the Mendocino Arts Center , with exhibits by international artists in residence. Watch the sun sink into the Pacific from the 270-acre nature preserve at Point Cabrillo Light Station . INFO 707/964-9010; visitmendocino.com
Fortuna (125mi/201km; 2 hr, 29 min). Enjoy a juicy burger (local Black Angus beef) accompanied by an icy Extra Pale Ale in the beer garden at the all-organic Eel River Brewing Company . INFO 707/964-9010; northcoastca.com
Eureka (19mi/31km; 25 min). Browse galleries in Old Town and see a show at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts , host to theater, dance and national music acts. Discuss the show over steamed clams and a Downtown Brown at the Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe . INFO 707/964-9010; northcoastca.com
Redding (149mi/240km; 2hrs 53min). Visit the museums, art gallery, aquarium and botanical gardens at Turtle Bay Exploration Park . Head to Shasta Lake and take a free tour of 60-story Shasta Dam . INFO 800/474-2782; shastacascade.com
Chico (73mi/117km; 1hr 18min). Rent innertubes at shops along Nord Avenue, and head for Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park to float the Sacramento, then lift a last glass at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company . INFO 800/474-2782; shastacascade.com


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Green Fade
Interest in climate change fell from 80% of respondents in 2006, to 71% last year and now stands at only 62%.
The number of climate change agnostics – those unsure whether human activity is warming the planet – has risen from 25% in 2007 to 33% now.
How many of those 33% are in the interested category? I would guess a fair percentage as unsureness is a rational response to an interest. The more you learn the less certain you can become. It is knowing the things we don't know, rather than the cockiness of a prejudice.


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New media and cultural identity.
New media and cultural identity are the issues which are of utmost importance. It is because of new media, the dimensions of political, economic and social concerns have undergone a visible and prominent change. In the process of cultural change, innovation plays a special role. The roots are changing, the process is continuous, yet the fusion of newer concepts and ideas regenerate newer forms of creative expressions to do away with the older ones which get degenerated. The essence of creative existence manifests in many forms.
It is like a tree which unfolds in every season to erupt, to grow, to deliver, and in doing so it withstands the adverse conditions. The innovation results in evolution. The degree of evolution depends on the capacity of acceptance by the society and its sense of cultural identity and self-usage.
Communication, technological and cultural contexts operate simultaneously in information society. Every change raises anxious voices. New media is the catalyst for the evolving trends in the society. New media/internet which is now considered an extension of everyday life and a tool of cultural change is being accepted in the world where ideas need to be in a process of flow and dynamism. It is interesting to know that the medium which was designed as a necessity for military use, impervious to nuclear war has become an open global forum for vox populi vox populi Voice of the people Sociology A language, as spoken, which includes slang and jargon. See Jargon, Slang. .
The research questions and concerns in relation to the topic under study remain:
* The concerns regarding diffusion, assimilation and homogenization homogenization (həmŏj'ənəzā`shən), process in which a mixture is made uniform throughout. Generally this procedure involves reducing the size of the particles of one component of the mixture and dispersing them evenly of culture.
* The nuances involved in cultural changes at the hands of new media.
* The changing dimensions of cultures leading to diffusion causing threat to cultural identities.
* Isn't maintenance of cultural identities essential for the so called cultural diversities introduced by new media?
The topic has been looked into and explained through descriptive and analytical study.
Theoretical Aspects:
The cultural contexts can be identified as- cultural values of elite and masses, the societal values, the media structures, ethics, language etc. Culture emanates from interpretative procedures, myths, stories, typifications, and an array of artifacts that make-up the conceptual ideology of a society. Social impact of information age as pointed by Manuel Castells Manuel Castells (full Spanish name: Manuel Castells Oliván[1]; born 1942 in Hellín, Albacete, Spain) is a sociologist, particularly associated with research into the information society and communications. (1998) is that the global networks of both computers and people are transforming work, business, politics, psychology, romance and entertainment. People think and act in the 'network society'. Culture is defined by Carey as a 'process' which itself is a reflection of the complexity of the phenomenon.
It can be argued though, that " the fantasies and 'ideas' of 'the world' have been there since Plato described in his Timaeus the history of the world; since Aristotle defined the 'world state'; since Francis Bacon distinguished between different world concepts 'global terrestris' and 'globus intellectualis'. It was the idea of a world society as a universe of nature and reasoning, a global arena for public debate during the Enlightenment which has inaugurated modernity. Postmodern thinkers replaced 'reasoning' by 'simulation' and Hegel's term of 'World Spirit' (Weltgiest) by an idea of instant truth created by the media and conveying the image of a shrinking world."
The moon landing, broadcast 'live' worldwide was indeed a large step for mankind simply because the first time Planet Earth was seen as a common habitat, without borders A number of NGOs have adopted the "Without Borders" tag, inspired by Doctors without Borders.
- Reporters Without Borders
- Braille Without Borders - established 2002.
- Action Without Borders
In the diversified paradigm changes of modern, post-modern and late-modern globalization globalization
Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation process we see the shift from liberalization lib·er·al·ize
v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es
To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . to globalization to glocalisation, giving rise to parallel citizenry. Public is no longer the substantial element of a particular nation or a particular political/economic system but has a global public sphere The public sphere is a concept in continental philosophy and critical theory that contrasts with the private sphere, and is the part of life in which one is interacting with others and with society at large. as the space to act upon, giving shape to the concept of 'Vasudhaev Katumbkam' as perceived by Mahatma mahatma (məhăt`mə, –hät`–) [Sanskrit,=great-souled], honorific title used in India among Hindus for a person of superior holiness. Mohandas Gandhi is the best-known figure to whom the title was applied. Gandhi.i.e. the whole world is like a family or 'a global civil society'.
In 'The Gutenberg Galaxy' (1962), McLuhan gives an example of the way different media technologies lead to cultural change. He says the phonetic alphabet shifted the focus from the aural world to the visual, and this meant a shift away from the holistic, mythic consciousness of tribal society to linearity and fragmentation. The effects of electric media according to according to
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.
2. In keeping with: according to instructions.
3. him give rise to tightly inter-related world with integral consciousness, to which he calls, 'Global Village'.
Other authors who have dealt with this field of study have tried to develop theoretical framework for the classification of the diverse cultural values in the various world cultures. They are Parsons, (1960), Strodtbeck's, (1961) and Coden and Yousef, (1975). Hall' s (1976) classification deals with high context culture and low context culture. All these theorists however believe that cultural values can not be studied in isolation, the context does play an important role.
New Media and Cultural Dimensions Cultural dimensions are the mostly psychological dimensions, or value constructs, which can be used to describe a specific culture. These are often used in Intercultural communication-/Cross-cultural communication-based research.
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New media means -new information and communication technologies, mass media/social media and digital mode of delivery of messages. Internet is truly a post-modernist phenomena; it is a non-hierarchised, indeed disorganized, collage. For some, this is a symptom of the scandalous superimposition In graphics, superimposition is the placement of an image or video on top of an already-existing image or video, usually to add to the overall image effect, but also sometimes to conceal something (such as when a different face is superimposed over the original face in a of fluctuating opinions over reality. For some this state of affairs is O.K. Through the internet we are information soaked and are subject to a sensory overload
- For the record label see Sensory Overload Records
Sensory overload (sometimes abbreviated to SO) is a condition where one or more of the five senses are strained and it becomes difficult to focus on the task at hand. of images.
Internet, with around 200 million people globally being 'on-line' seems to speed up the messages across all kinds of boundaries. Expanding communication space has given way to global communication processes in which knowledge, values and ethics, aesthetics and lifestyles are being exchanged, hence giving rise to a third culture. Such a generative framework of culture is being shaped into a 'global world culture' by mew media.
The global public sphere is a multi; discursive space, a sphere of mediation. This new type has no center, nor periphery or the agenda setting. Today the new international journalism exists: interactive journalism, type which reacts to another news report on the same issue, clearly biased, not objective reciprocal journalism, reports are transmitted back into the countries of origin, and avoid censorship by airing a topic not via own broadcasting station Noun 1. broadcasting station - a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs
broadcast station
radio station - station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts , showcase journalism, presentation and marketing of regional cultures and places. It has moved to precision journalism, from universalism Universalism
Belief in the salvation of all souls. Arising as early as the time of Origen and at various points in Christian history, the concept became an organized movement in North America in the mid-18th century. to particularism par·tic·u·lar·ism
1. Exclusive adherence to, dedication to, or interest in one's own group, party, sect, or nation.
2. .
In this whole process of transformation, innovation, evolution, cultural identity and self usage, it is media which is responsible for the change or shifts of dimensions in every sphere. Today media offers the value judgment about the desirability of superiority of some transmitted elements which determine the direction of change from one corner of the world to the other. According to Smith (1990), "We encounter a form of culture which is tied to no place or period. It is context-less, a true melange mé·lange also me·lange
A mixture: "[a] building crowned with a mélange of antennae and satellite dishes" Howard Kaplan. of disparate components drawn from everywhere and nowhere, born upon the chariots of the global telecommunication system... There is something equally timeless about the concept of global culture. Widely diffused in space, a global culture is cut-off from any past... it has no history."
Moral Panics:
Another aspect is put forth by (Cohen cohen
or kohen
(Hebrew: "priest") Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , 1981) where he talks about 'moral panics' and media. He revealed as to how media represented youth culture in a negative way to create 'folk Devils'. He says, 'moral panic occurs when, a condition episode, person or a group of persons emerge to become a threat to societal values and interests'. With the fast developing technologies and new media the moral panics have become more widespread.
Unless there are strong parameters, values, in the social consciousness, the whole process of continuity of culture may become chaotic. Innovation and creativity lies at the base of new media. Due to the new media, diverse cultures are getting assimilated and diffused and are giving rise to a homogenized culture, the culture which is not confined to any kind of physical barriers. Interactive art technologies have resulted in change of culture, the way it was.
There is always a threat of the essential human element getting lost in the age of technology advancement, which hinders the imagination, creativity, thinking and analytical abilities. According to O'Sullivan et al (1994) "Central to this process has been the emergence of communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems
engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry and information networks which allow for faster, more extensive, interdependent forms of worldwide exchange." The ability of modern technology to combine a huge variety of elements together from different times and places has lead to the complex cultural identities. Due to continual exposure to media and its new communication technologies, it influences the larger number of audience in shortest period of time. New media is engulfing the culture at a very fast rate. It has left human relationships behind. Media today has taken the role of parents, relations and friends. The changing patterns in human relationships can be called as a by-product of the processes of globalization.
Globalization, however is to be understood completely differently from global communication. Globalization means, increased interaction of people, goods, places and capital. It has deeply impacted notions of sovereignty, national identity, class identity and the public sphere. New media has positive as well as negative cultural dimensions.
Cultural Diversity:
Positive dimensions reveal that new media; internet is a tool of development for developing countries. It provides for easy access to any information. It improves horizontal as well as vertical flows of information. It provides a platform for understanding issues with wider view points. It also provides for democratic expressions of individual members of the society. It helps to understand global issues and provokes to look for solutions for the same. Thus the new media enriches the indigenous cultures and provides for the deep cultural roots which adhere to adhere to
verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful
2. their identities with thicker bounds of cultural threads.
The positive concerns bring people together in a global community. As it is said that we have gone from old media through new media to we media. We together, tackle the 'globals' in order to save the great human cultural population and the planet earth.
The positive dimensions of new media teach the global citizenry to understand other cultures, respect them and adopt good from them and assimilate that into their own cultures. Each culture tells to have a wider plane of understanding. In a wider spectrum, the cultural diversity is maintained.
New media also encompasses an array of negative aspects in it. We are living in the age of virus. There always remains a threat of loss of identity, feeling of insecurity and lot of tension as the public spheres are changing at faster rates. The change is so fast that it is difficult to digest especially it is a major concern for the elders or for the conservatives in the society. They feel there is no direction where the new technologies and new media are taking the youth of today. The new media according to them is aimless as well as directionless. This gives rise to moral panics.
Identity has always been fluid and a subject of change under social, political and economic pressures. The change in the identity can be positive or negative. There are whole range of difficulties and challenges that may arise against the dominant cultures and identities. The identities formed in the cultural experiences which are in contest, give rise to 'identity crises'. The sense of ourselves can be affected by the process injected with global socio-political and cultural change. The complexity of such changes assumes new and different identities laden with supremacy and signification SIGNIFICATION, French law. The notice given of a decree, sentence or other judicial act. . Also, where the systematic distortion of the culture takes place as a consequence of growth of technology and access to it, it does give rise to moral panics and conflicts between conservatives and modernists. Rabindra Nath Tagore aptly remarked, "All traditional structures of art must have sufficient degree of elasticity to allow it to respond to varied impulses of life, delicate or virile virile /vir·ile/ (vir´il)
1. masculine.
2. specifically, having male copulative power.
1. , to grow with its growth, to dance with its rhythm."
Imperial Threats:
The interplay of Media and cultural identity needs a special attention. As is considered especially in developing countries that the forms of imperialism have shifted from political to economic to social and cultural sectors. The fear of dominance of imperialism in one form or the other remains there overshadowing and haunting all other considerations. According to Hamelink (1983), "The process of cultural synchronization implies that the decisions regarding the cultural development of a given country are made in accordance with the interests and needs of a powerful central nation and imposed with subtle but devastating effectiveness without regard for the adaptive necessities of the dependent nation."
Digital/Virtual Culture:
The New media supports the new society which is devoid of physical presence of human element, where interpersonal connectivity is formed through social networking See social networking site.
social networking - social network sites. This has lead to a complete shift in social connection patterns of people. The human relationships are moving from collectivism collectivism
Any of several types of social organization that ascribe central importance to the groups to which individuals belong (e.g., state, nation, ethnic group, or social class). It may be contrasted with individualism. to individualism. The traditional human orientation to neighborhood and small groups and associations has moved to geographically diverse and dispersed social networks. It is giving a new cultural identity to people as 'networked individuals', who form their own new communities. These communities are also based on shared interests as in real communities but there is no companionship and sense of belonging, which is an important element of identity and through which ultimately one draws fulfillment and satisfaction. Hence in networked community culture one actually enters an aura of 'social isolation'.
The ongoing process of comprehensive growth and evolution entails the questions of sufficient conditions for cultural resistance or submission. Only the dominant values will survive (positive or negative), will give rise to the culture which will be extremely positive or extremely negative. Thus extreme polarization would take place. Hence, the end result of the whole process will be the globalized culture either, with all the positive ingredients or with all the negative ingredients. Three will be survival of the fittest.
The big challenge in front of new media is to suppress the negative and promote the positive aspects of the cultures so that it can give rise to global cultural identities laden with all positive and pervasive values. The new media thus, should make all the possible efforts to promote positivity and suppress negativity.
In the process, alternate media culture is being created with informal citizens. The culture is of media consumption. In this media consumption consents are being manufactured and fractured. Commercial interests are the underline forces which control this phenomena media consumption and consumerism, hence as per Frankfurt school Frankfurt School, a group of researchers associated with the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute of Social Research), founded in 1923 as an autonomous division of the Univ. of Frankfurt. , in fact, it is the capitalism which is at it. One area of discomforting but rather noticeable change relates to it. How consumerism trickles down the class hierarchy, across the class divide and across borders through the desire for a particular brand and the attraction for the advertised commodity even if it is not affordable by all. This may be the reason that internet has been identified as a key factor in success of economies world wide.
What we have today is digital culture. Which in reality is virtual culture. This virtual culture is taking the real culture away from the reality. It is giving rise to culturally unaware thinking populations across web worlds, ultimately leading to culture jamming. It has caused a radical shift in the ways in which information is consumed.
Another major aspect of the whole phenomenon is the commodification Commodification (or commoditization) is the transformation of what is normally a non-commodity into a commodity, or, in other words, to assign value. As the word commodity has distinct meanings in business and in Marxist theory, commodification of culture for commercial gains by the few in the media industry. The commercial variant of communicative relationship does not support the formation of ties of mutual attachment or shared identity or community. New media has introduced internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN.
internationalization - internationalisation of production and distribution. This in turn is leading to the production of programs for the global audience. In the process very subtly or unknowingly the cultural values get seeped into change the whole outlook of the audiences and give rise to synchronized viewpoints. It presents altogether new representation of the situation where these opinion makers speak on behalf of the masses. It gains strength from both a real shift of social values and for a re-evaluation of popular culture and the probability that there has also been a real culture revolution within the masses, mass media / new media may be responsible. If so, then it shows the enormous inventiveness and power which it has to change the long and deep rooted cultural values and identities.
This approach is calculative and utilitarian on both sides reflecting essential features of the delivery i.e. 'transmission' or 'publicity' only, and not concentrating on the changing of cultural aspects. Thus, the whole concentration on creating and sustaining the commercial environment on its own leads to the erosion of culture.
The mainstream media is reformist, humanist media which is reflected through editorial orientation or can be called as politically conservative. The new media are driven by profits sunk into the severe and fierce competitive environments. It seems, a stew of journalism, entertainment and infotainment has established in what is taken to be real, in an absurd, directionless and irrational manner. It is entering with unimaginable extents into the societies and cultures. It is poking the individual spaces with "a crazy amounts of tabs" on Facebook, MySpace, Flicker, Twitter and YouTube leaving Email far behind.
New media and cultural identity are the concerns for most of the global population today hence, they need to be given full attention, as the threads which bind the cultural identities are being replaced with new- alien, textured, colorful, attractive but weak threads of new media. New media is making its place in the hearts of young generations with the speed of light. It is going to stay and shape the course of future. What we should understand for sure is that, new media needs to be trusted, if it has to be respected. Intelligent regulations are required for this new form of media. The social reality can then be seen as a reality constituted and cultivated on the basis of particular values, a reality on which the value system and the social system are completely interwoven in·ter·weave
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1. To weave together.
2. To blend together; intermix.
v.intr. and imbued with the activity of each other. In that way the cultural identities too can be secured. For, if it does not happen, the information storms of the virtual space will perish the inherent cultural identities and values due to loss of direction. These concepts need thorough investigation, insight and fresh point of views, as the cultural identities are mutating at the ever faster rate due to new media's constantly changing and penetrating technologies.
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ENTRY DISCUSSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. Because Petitioner's habeas petition shows on its face that he is not entitled to the relief he seeks, the action is summarily dismissed pursuant to Rule 4. Judgment consistent with this Entry shall now issue. Signed by Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson on 6/6/2011. Copy to Petitioner via U.S. mail.(LBK)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA LEVOHN H. BROWN, Petitioner, v. ALAN P. FINNAN, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 1:11-cv-413-JMS-MJD Entry Discussing Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus This cause is before the court on the petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Levohn B. Brown. "Federal courts are authorized to dismiss summarily any habeas petition that appears legally insufficient on its face." McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849, 856 (1994). This authority is conferred by Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in United States District Courts, which provides that upon preliminary consideration by the district court judge, "[i]f it plainly appears from the face of the petition and any exhibits annexed to it that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court, the judge shall make an order for its summary dismissal and cause the petitioner to be notified." See Small v. Endicott, 998 F.2d 411, 414 (7th Cir. 1993). This is an appropriate case for such a disposition. A federal court may issue a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) only if it finds the applicant "is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States." Id. Brown is confined at an Indiana prison and seeks relief from a disciplinary proceeding wherein he was sanctioned with non-custodial sanctions. Mamone v. United States, 559 F.3d 1209 (11th Cir. 2009); Virsnieks v. Smith, 521 F.3d 707, 713 (7th Cir. 2008). A sanction which does not constitute "custody" cannot be challenged in an action for habeas corpus relief. Cochran v. Buss, 381 F.3d 637, 639 (7th Cir. 2004); Montgomery v. Anderson, 262 F.3d 641, 644-45 (7th Cir. 2001). Because Brown's habeas petition shows on its face that he is not entitled to the relief he seeks, the action is summarily dismissed pursuant to Rule 4. Judgment consistent with this Entry shall now issue. IT IS SO ORDERED. 06/06/2011 Date: __________________ _______________________________ Hon. Jane Magnus-Stinson, Judge United States District Court Southern District of Indiana


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As an avid tennis player, runner and healthy eater, I was shocked to discover, at age 48, that I had acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood. I had done everything right, and I asked, "Why me?"
Ironically, my doctors at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston said that since I was otherwise healthy, I would do well through chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. I needed my strength over the course of five years, as I had two relapses, five rounds of chemotherapy and four bone marrow transplants, the last of which, in 2008, has kept me in remission and allowed me to return to the activities I love.
Many people know of stories like mine or hear about the health nut or runner who dies of a heart attack or the many women who exercise and eat well who get cancer anyway.
Some people ask, why bother?
"Although some people just have bad luck, healthy behaviors do lead to better health most of the time," said Dr. David Artzerounian, chief medical officer at MassMutual and a member of the Board of Directors of the New England chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Here's what the American Cancer Society web site says: "For the great majority of Americans who do not use tobacco, the most important modifiable determinants of cancer risk are weight control, dietary choices, and levels of physical activity. Although genetic susceptibility influences the risk of cancer, most of the variation in cancer risk across populations and among individuals is due to factors that are not inherited."
So what exactly is healthy behavior? Often, conflicting studies come out one after another, causing some people to just throw up their hands.
"When findings come out in the newspaper, it's often from a single study," said Karen Basen-Engquist, a professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, rated the top cancer hospital in the country by U.S. News & World Report. "You need to look at all the evidence."
Basen-Engquist suggests checking the web sites of the American Cancer Society and the Centers for Disease Control because these organizations have looked at all the information.
"They offer the same recommendations for exercise at moderate or higher intensity five or more days a week," she said. "The strongest associations are seen with colon cancer, post-menopausal breast cancer and endometrial cancer, while some cancers don't show any association with physical activity and obesity."
As for diet, the general recommendations are to eat at least two and a half cups of vegetables and fruits a day, to eat less red meat and processed food, to choose whole grains, and to limit intake of high-sugar foods and alcohol.
Elisabeth Moore, a dietitian at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said these 10 foods have excellent cancer-fighting qualities: salmon, beans, walnuts, avocado, blueberries, steel cut oats, flax seeds, pomegranates, kale and spinach.
Physical activity has the most direct effects on prevention of heart disease, according to Elizabeth O'Neill, assistant professor of exercise and sport studies at Springfield College. "There are changes in the body with cardiovascular activity that make it easier to take up oxygen," she explained. "It's going to improve the heart's efficiency. Heart attacks result from a deficiency of oxygen flow to the heart."
Research, like the review published by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in May 2012, also shows that exercise can lower survivors' risk of death from cancer and other causes.
Whether you're talking about eating well or exercising, "there are no guarantees, but you have improved your odds," said MD Anderson's Basen-Engquist. "There are always examples of people who do everything right and get cancer and people who do everything wrong and live to be 100," she said. "But if there was a way to improve your odds, would you do it?" she asked.
"Of course you would," she said.
Wouldn't you?
Ronni Gordon is a Western Massachusetts freelance writer who has been published in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and others. Her blog, Running for My Life, chronicles her battle against leukemia.
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St James Community Garden
The garden is fully open to anyone from the community to enjoy a bit of relaxation and reflection including appreciating the new art installations of angels and reflective figures designed by local artists Shirley Sheppard and Michael Kurtz.
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The Cafe is fully functioning and increasing in popularity. There is a good range of food and cake and excellent espresso coffee. Come and have a look!
Monday to Friday 10.00am - 2.45pm.
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The Revd Phil is licensed as half time Vicar of Cayton with Eastfield alongside his half time post as Vicar of St James. He now lives at the Vicarage in Cayton village but is accessible in the usual ways. He is already a member of the Fresh Expressions Team who are beginning a new ministry to serve the community at Westway Open Arms (formerly Vicarage of Eastfield Church).
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Healthy Neighborhoods Detroit
An economic and neighborhood revitalization approach integrating healthcare, education and training, and affordable housing.
Our Background
There are three former hospital campuses, located on the east side of Detroit, Riverview, Conner Creek, and Samaritan in varying stages of redevelopment. Each property will serve as a nerve center for the neighborhoods they serve providing access points to high quality healthcare, education and training, senior living, work force living, convenience retail and a host of other related services. When the various redeveloped campuses are added together the initiative will provide a unique array of services, in some cases linked, for all people living and working on the east side of Detroit. (Healthy Neighborhoods does not own or plan to own the properties).
Our Mission
We will build a collaborative 21st century solution for an improved system of community health in Detroit by linking investment in healthcare, education and training and access to affordable housing in a manner that supports transformation of the economy of Detroit and contributes to neighborhood revitalization leading to measurable, sustainable, improvements in health and quality of life of those served.
The Issue
What is the crisis affecting the city of Detroit? If you answered health care access and the disparities therein, you are correct. If you answered living wages for low-income families, again you are correct. If you answered, education and training opportunities for entry level career paths, once more you are correct. And, what about safe affordable quality housing? From a health care perspective, the fundamental issue in this crisis is convenient non-discriminatory access to health care services at all levels, from primary care to urgent and emergency care. From an economic development perspective, new strategies are needed to transform an industrial –aged city into a thriving community of the 21st century. Since health care is one of the few sectors projected to add jobs in the near future, strategies linking investments in health care and education are essential.
Picture Mary, a single parent of three children, living in a safe affordable home in the same neighborhood where she attends health care training classes. The classes are geared for Mary to become a patient care technician and once completed, the entry level position could lead to a career in healthcare. As Mary makes her way to class every morning, she drops off her two youngest children, Michael and Gabriel, at Head Start for preschool, located on the first floor of the building where Mary's classes take place.
One day, Mary's oldest child Raphael wakes up ill and needs immediate medical attention. Mary takes him to the Urgent Care Center, conveniently located on the first floor of the building where most of the family attends school. After a careful assessment of Raphael's illness, the patient coordinator determines that the health care required, as well as necessary follow-up care, can be obtained through the adjacent Health Center. So the family is referred to the Health Center across the way and linked to a primary care physician, and Mary will not have to miss any of her class time.
The above scenario is just one example of what a holistic community can provide—access to education and training for a health care career, safe and affordable housing within walking distance to school, and convenient access to quality health care at the same location.


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The Future of Joint Disease Prevention
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Several research programs at Rush are exploring unique ways to prevent bone and joint disease, as well as prevent future implant revision surgeries.
As more
than half of all Americans suffer from bone and joint problems, orthopedic
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- Q: I have been using Diprosalic Ointment on breakouts on my face. How safe is it? I notice it making my skin get lighter and I'm a bit uncomfortable with this.
- A: Diprosalic Ointment is a combination of betamethasone and salicylic acid. Betamethasone is a topical steroid. It reduces the actions of chemicals in the body that cause inflammation, redness, and swelling. Betamethasone topical is used to treat the inflammation caused by a number of conditions such as allergic reactions, eczema, and psoriasis. Salicylic acid is a keratolytic (peeling agent). It causes shedding of the outer layer of skin. Salicylic acid topical is used in the treatment of acne, dandruff, corns, and warts. Common side effects of topical betamethasone may include: skin redness, burning, itching, or peeling; thinning of your skin; blistering skin; or stretch marks. Serious side effects are not likely to occur with the use of salicylic acid topical. If you do experience any of the following rare serious side effects, stop using salicylic acid topical and seek emergency medical attention or contact your doctor: an allergic reaction (shortness of breath; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, face, or tongue; or hives); or severe skin irritation. Other, less serious side effects of salicylic acid are more likely to occur. Continue to use salicylic acid topical and talk to your doctor if you experience skin burning; stinging; itching; dryness; redness; peeling; or irritation. Your doctor or health care provider is best able to evaluate your medical condition and guide your treatment decisions based on your specific circumstances. For more specific information, consult with your doctor or pharmacist for guidance based on your health status and current medications. Sarah McKenney Lewis, RPh
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Morlot's conducting is the star at Mozart/Haydn concert
A review of Thursday's Seattle Symphony concert, "Morlot Conducts Mozart," featuring pianist Frank Braley.
Special to The Seattle Times
Seattle Symphony: Morlot Conducts Mozart
With Frank Braley, piano, 8 p.m. Saturday, Benaroya Hall, Seattle; $19-$76 (206-215-4747 or seattlesymphony.org).
Though French pianist Frank Braley is the star attraction at this week's Mainly Mozart series at Benaroya Hall, on Thursday night it was music director Ludovic Morlot's realizations of Haydn and Mozart that stole the show.
With many members in the pit this week for Seattle Opera, the Seattle Symphony was a much-reduced orchestra for this concert (which repeats Saturday night), but the size is appropriate for these early classical works composed between 1777 and 1783.
The performance opened with Haydn's Symphony No. 70, which comes in the middle of his symphony output. We are so used to the shape of a modern symphony, that it's amazing to realize, listening to this one, that it was Haydn who developed the format, creating such a satisfying outline it has been followed ever since.
No. 70 begins "Vivace con brio." In Morlot's hands it was certainly fast, and had a lightness and clear articulation in the strings which gave it plenty of "brio," even ebullience. Vibrato was only used as an ornament. There was serenity in the second movement, robustness in the third and the forward-looking fourth sounded exciting and urgent.
Like photographer Ansel Adams, who admirers said could find more shades of black and white than anyone else, Morlot gave this Haydn symphony and Mozart's Symphony No 36, (the "Linz"), which ended the program, an infinite variety of colors and shadings which in turn produced subtle changes of mood and expectation. Repeats were never just repetitions. He used dynamic contrasts from the softest pianissimo to a sturdy forte again in multiple gradations, notably in the last Haydn movement, and beautifully shaped phrasing and endings. The orchestra responded with sensitivity to his every indication.
"Linz" abounded with characterful life and firmness, with the oboe and bassoon solos in the second movement notable for their shaping, and the fast last movement played with exuberance.
In short, these were performances of grace and vitality together.
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 (the "Jeunehomme"), written when he was 20, already shows the composer's mastery. This again was a new genre, but also incorporated a relatively new and developing instrument, one of harpsichord weight; instead of having strings plucked by the keys, it had strings struck by hammers, making dynamics possible.
Braley approached the concerto with a light but bouncy touch, matching Morlot's clear articulation and smooth legatos. It seems de rigueur today to play any early classical "presto" at warp speed, reminding one of nothing so much as a kid riding down a hill yelling "Look, Ma, no hands!" The "Jeunehomme's" last movement is just that, with the piano part a constant ripple of notes. Braley played it with perfectly even alignment, but slightly slower might have made it possible to include more emotive shading. His slow movement, with its almost mournful start on the low strings, had a delicate touch.
Braley never bangs on the keys, but throughout the concerto, it was impossible for this listener to forget that the piano is a percussion instrument. Braley's reputation is for pianism, both intelligent and poetic. The intelligence was there Thursday, but somehow the poesy seemed all in Morlot's orchestral work, while the heart was missing in Braley's performance.
The audience gave Braley, Morlot and the orchestra enthusiastic applause.
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The MHRA has updated current advice on dosing for children's liquid medicines containing paracetamol. The updated dosing has a larger number of narrower age bands, and defines an exact dose per age band. All paracetamol suspension preparations for children should have the updated instructions by the end of 2011. Please see MeReC Rapid Review No. 3964 for more information.
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While romping dinosaurs might not fit neatly into our image of the prehistoric past, the same sort of disconnect can be said of some people's limited concepts of dogs' intelligence, cats' social nature, and crows' playfulness.
Recent years show the line between male and female roles is becoming blurred. Men are taking a more active part in homemaking and child rearing, and women are thriving in the business world.
My assumptions about history began to change 13 years ago. I was teaching a class called Media, Stereotyping and Violence when the tragic events of 9/11 overtook our lives. In the days that followed, my students and I confronted a question: Is all this violence inevitable?
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Like the dinosaurs, we and our fellow denizens of Earth may become the amber curios of a future civilization that ponders how species once so prevalent came to such a swift demise.
Members of a young Earth, fundamentalist Christian sect from the United States have found their way to Scotland and have been promoting their beliefs in a public elementary school. Part of their missionary work has been to distribute "science" books to the students.
New research suggests a tantalizing hypothesis: that the dark matter in the Milky Way caused the mass extinction 65 million years ago that killed off the dinosaurs, as well as other mass extinctions, which seem to take place somewhat regularly, with a period of some 35 million years.
Deserts are never as barren as the image the word initially conjures up before your eyes. The Sahara has its magnificent emerald oases across a vas...
Here are examples of ongoing National Science Foundation-funded brain research that runs the gamut from discoveries about the brains of dinosaurs and birds to research involving Alzheimer's and beyond.
The story of Genesis, is the story of the creation of humanity and community and a new humanity and community, respectively. When you get this, my friend, every Adam and Eve you meet, which is to say, every person you meet, will be a member of your extended human family... your human community.
The filmmakers have gone to great lengths to make sure the portrayal of the dinosaurs and their environments are as accurate as possible, except the part about the dinosaurs talking. They really wanted moviegoers to get an accurate experience of how it might have felt to walk with dinosaurs.
Whether its due to the wonders of prehistoric life or bad design, these creature collections remain a must-see stop on any road trip. Check out some of these mangy monsters that clearly spared every expense:
In the age of iPads and Netflix, we don't want our kids to lose their sense of wonder and imagination. In a time when the answers to all the world's questions are a web-search away, we want our kids to experience a little mystery. All it takes is some time and energy, creativity, and a few plastic dinosaurs.
Every parent knows Brontosaurus, and every kid knows that it's now called Apatosaurus. Some of the most awe-inspiring skeletons at a natural history museum are the sauropods.
Matt Wedel, a sauropod specialist, is a kind of reverse-chiropractor for dinosaurs. While back-crackers twist and turn your spine to release pockets of air in between your vertebrae, Wedel and his colleague Michael Taylor are all about discovering the air spaces inside dinosaur backbones.
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Super Starter: Space-Time Showdown
Super Starter: Space-Time Showdown is designed to teach new Duelists how to Duel with friends with a 40-card pre-built Deck, upgrade and build their Deck with two Power-Up Packs, PLUS gives Duelists an exclusive first look at the newest game mechanic, Pendulum Monsters, an innovative new monster type that blurs the line between Monsters and Spells!
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The original Dueling Legends get their Decks updated in Yugi – Reloaded and Kaiba – Reloaded Starter Decks. Each 50-card Deck features that character's favorite cards and is tuned to provide easy learning of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME. Fans will love roleplaying and Dueling with their hero's Deck just like on TV!
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Starter Deck has a NEW Configuration! Behold – the 2013 Yu-Gi-Oh! Super Starter: V for Victory, a 40-card Deck with all of Yuma's favorite cards plus 2 Xyz Monsters, and two Power-Up Packs!
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Rev it up with the all-new 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TRADING CARD GAME Starter Deck! Featuring monsters and cards seen on the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series, the Starter Deck is ready to kick duels into overdrive!