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Case Studies
Categories of Ethics/Values Issues Illustrated by This Case:
Issues related to the collection, treatment and presentation of scientific
Of all the various types of "ethical dilemmas in science," the temptation to "fudge", or even invent data outright, is probably the one which high school science students will find most familiar. It happens all the time: their instruments give one result -- but they know that everybody else is getting some other result, or that something's wrong with the way they have done it, or that the result that people got last year is different, or that the result in the book is different.
What makes this an ethical issue, rather than just an issue of laboratory practice, is that the action that most promotes one's self-interest can be different from the "right" thing to do.
The Millikan case highlights a number of the important issues involved. But by itself, it is probably too complicated to use in helping students to navigate this issue. One can, however, set up simpler situations to illustrate the same points. As those historians who have analyzed the record of Millikan's treatment of his experimental data, and other similar cases, have pointed out, it is not always easy to distinguish between the "right" thing to do, inappropriate but inadvertent manipulation, and intentional fudging. Scientists agree that there are circumstances when some of the data collected in an experiment can be rejected or disregarded. In some cases statistical rules can
be used as guidance, but in many situations it is left to the judgement
of the experimental scientist to decide if a problem with the equipment
or some other consideration justifies discarding a datum or a set of data.
An acceptable practice, but one that is rarely followed, is to decide in
advance what specific observed circumstances in a particular experimental
situation would justify data rejection.
2. Background
In the 1930s and 1940s, Robert A. Millikan was the most famous U.S. scientist of his time. He had won the Nobel Prize in 1924, largely due to his important and innovative measurement, carried out around 1910, of the charge on the electron -- one of the most central physical constants that scientists of that era had been seeking to determine.
In 1897, British experimenter J. J. Thomson had discovered the electron and measured the ratio of its charge to mass (the e/m ratio) -- an event which helped to usher in the electronic age. The e/m ratio of the electron was related to a number of other important quantities of interest to scientists. But without knowing either the charge e or the mass m of the electron, all one had was a set of relative values; it would be like knowing a set of values in units of a foreign currency -- that a house costs x times what a car costs, which in turn costs y times what a newspaper costs -- without knowing the value in your own currency of any one. Measuring the mass of an electron seemed out of the question; you couldn't put one on a scale and read a dial. But neither, it seemed, could you isolate an electron and measure its charge on an electrometer. Around the turn of the century, Thomson and several of his students at the Cavendish Laboratory tried various means of indirect measurement, with
unconvincing results. Moreover, until one had a relatively direct way of measuring the charge on the electron, one couldn't really be sure that the electron was indeed an "atom of electricity." It was still at least possible that electrons came in a spectrum of charges.
Millikan's method involved watching the behavior of oil droplets in an electrically charged field. Tiny oil droplets are ionized by passage through an atomizer; they have an extra electron or electrons riding on them. A droplet is allowed to fall between two plates, and then an electric field is created which pulls the droplet upwards. The speed of the droplet depends on the charge riding on it. Thus the basic measurement is the rise time; how long it takes a particular drop to rise a certain distance. If electrons had a spectrum of charges, one would expect a corresponding continuous spectrum of rise times. If, on the other hand, all electrons had the same charge, the charge on each ion would be multiples of a single number, a fact which would be reflected by rise times that would also be simple multiples of each other.
Millikan published tables of his measured drops and their rise times. What these tables indicated was that the charges on the droplets were, indeed, multiples of the same number -- thus, the charge of the electron. He then wrote a series of papers on his experiments. He would win the Nobel Prize in Physics for this work; he was only the second American to be so honored.
Millikan considered the experiment to be such a direct and irrefutable
demonstration of the atomicity of electric charge that he wrote in his
autobiography that "he who has seen that experiment, and hundreds of observers
have observed it, [has] in effect SEEN the electron."
3. The Case
An examination of Millikan's own papers and notebooks reveals that he picked and chose among his drops. That is, he exercised discrimination with respect to which drops he would include in published accounts of the value of e, leaving many out. Sometimes he mentioned this fact, and sometimes he did not. Of particular concern is the fact that in his 1913 paper, presenting the most complete account of his measurements of the charge on the electron, Millikan states "It is to be remarked that this is not a selected group of drops but represents all of the drops experimented upon during 60 consecutive days." Millikan's notebook appears to contradict this assertion. Of 189 observations during the period in question, only 140 are presented in the paper.
Millikan's results were contested by Felix Ehrenhaft, of the University of Vienna, who claimed to have found "subelectrons." Moreover, Ehrenhaft claimed that his finding was in fact confirmed by some of Millikan's own data -- droplets that Millikan had mentioned but discounted in his published writings. The result was a decades-long controversy, the "Battle over the Electron," over whether or not there existed subelectrons, or electrons with charges of different values. This controversy makes an excellent case study because we are fortunate, thanks to Millikan's notebooks, to be able to see very specifically which drops he included and which he did not.
In retrospect, we know that Millikan was "right" and Ehrenhaft "wrong." Electrons, to the best of our present experimental and theoretical knowledge, have a specific, discrete charge.
Those scientists and other scholars who have carefully reviewed this
case have failed to agree on whether Millikan was guilty of unethical behavior
or "bad science" in the treatment and presentation of his data. One of
the expressed opinions condemns Millikan on the simple basis of the fact
that his published statement is at odds with what can be concluded from
an uncritical examination of his laboratory notebooks. Others exonerate
Millikan on the basis of a careful analysis and interpretation of comments
on the data that appear in the notebooks. In the opinion of these Millikan
defenders, the assertion that all drops were presented in the paper refers
to all of the data taken under those conditions when the apparatus was
working properly. Some of the scientists who have commented on this case
appear to permit Millikan much discretion in the use of his "scientific
intuition" to decide which data to include or exclude. This latter view
seems to be guided by the principle that any scientist who consistently
gets what turns out to be the correct answer is doing "good" science.
4. Readings
For biographical information about Robert A Millikan and the history of the oil-drop experiment that will provide the context for this case we suggest that you read:
"Robert A. Millikan," by Daniel J. Kevles, Scientific American, 240, pp 142-151 (January 1979).
"My Work With Millikan On the Oil-drop Experiment," by Harvey Fletcher,
Today, pp 43-47 (June 1982).
For a detailed analysis of the Millikan's work on the oil-drop experiment, including what he wrote in his laboratory notebooks see:
"Subelectrons, Presuppositions and the Millikan-Ehrenhaft Dispute" in
Scientific Imagination, by Gerald Holton (Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge
Univ. Press, 1978).
For several perspectives on the Millikan case and on other controversies concerning the analysis and presentation of scientific data see:
Betrayers of Truth, by William Broad and Nicholas Wade (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983).
"Forging, Cooking, Trimming, and Riding the Bandwagon," by Allan Franklin, American Journal of Physics, 52, pp 786-793 (1984).
"Moral Theory and Scientific Research," by Bernard Gert in Ethics, Values and the Premise of Science Sigma Xi Forum, San Francisco 1993 (Research Park, NC: Sigma Xi Publishing Office, 1993).
"Scientific Fraud," by David Goodstein, The American Scholar, 60, (Autumn 1991).
False Prophets: Fraud and Error in Science and Medicine, by Alexander
Kohn (New York: Basil Blackwell, 1986).
5. The Issues
Ethical questions specifically related to the Millikan case:
More general questions about the manipulation and presentation
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Wow, that is going to be great, will love to see the finished quilt. |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Mon, Aug 3, 09 at 21:07
Thanks, maggie sue, I'll be sure to post a picture when it happens. @:) Sharon |
- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Wed, Aug 5, 09 at 20:41
Oh Wow! This looks like the display table of ties in Norstroms! Are you planning on sewing these ties to each other - thru the muslin(?) backing? |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Wed, Aug 5, 09 at 21:19
Yes, I plan to hand stitch the ties down. I have them on an off-white fabric but might use muslin for the backing. I hadn't planned on using any kind of batting as I didn't take out the lining of the ties and I didn't want it heavy. She just plans to drape it on the back of her couch or chair so she can look at them. I'm thinking I'll sew them down through this fabric first and then after the center is done, I might just outline the points all the way around through the backing....we'll see. @:) Sharon |
That will be beautiful when you finish it. What a great way to use the ties. beverly |
- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 16:36
How sweet she wants to look at his ties...........it will make a nice coverlet. I used to make ties - most, if not all, are interfaced with a horsehair interfacing, which is heavy, and since the ties are sewn on the bias, I agree you need to sew them to the backing fabric to stabilize them w/out batting. You then may want to consider a very low loft or flannel batting beyond the points to even out the thickness ~ stitching, maybe echo quilting around the points of the ties. What a nice gift / memento you are making. Please post your pics when you finish it (or before). |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 18:12
Mago, I did take the inferfacing out of one tie and felt the weight. I was really surprised, but I still didn't take out the rest of them! I like the flannel idea for beyond the ties. Thanks! She wants it pretty much lap size so I probably won't make it much larger than what it already is, except for borders. I'll have to cross that bridge when I get there. I've decided (I think) on a deep red/wine on black fabric to use in the middle of the ties. Sharon |
A great collection of ties. I think the deep red/wine on black will really look gorgeous. The way you have them laid out in the oval pattern looks good too. Rosa |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Sat, Aug 8, 09 at 19:13
Thanks, Rosa. The oval just sort of 'happened' when I started laying them out. I like it better than the dresden plate look....especially since I wanted to use as many ties as I could. I have a little over half of them there and I know she gave away a bunch before she gave me what was left. Sharon |
- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Sun, Aug 9, 09 at 15:31
Sharon - good choice for color - since you have so many ties leftover, maybe you can use them as a narrow binding. Ties are sewn on the bias, so you have a built-in diagonal seam and it appears he really liked stripes. This really is very a very cool project and so nice of you. Did he use tie tacks or a tie bar? (is that what they are called? can't recall - those things that kept the tie attached to the dress shirt), if so maybe you could include it on one of the ties. |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Mon, Aug 10, 09 at 11:32
Mago, Great idea for the binding! Yes, he used both tie tacks and bars but I don't have any of them. I'm sure she kept a few. SharonG/FL |
What an interesting project. Never thought of doing anything with ties. This will be a real conversation piece. Looking forward to the finished pics. Jean |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Tue, Aug 18, 09 at 22:05
This won't be finished anytime soon. It's still where it was in the picture. But, I have decided what I want for the center and the backing and plan to stablize it a bit more before moving it off the table this week. Sharon |
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Years ago, when my husband and I were dating, we went to a reenactment at Land Between the Lakes. It was a warm fall day, and I remember how the sun kindled in my boyfriend's day-old beard, setting the short auburn and brown hairs aflame. His hand swallowed mine as we explored the immaculate log and chink buildings, each befitted with the tools – looms, butter-churns, scythes, and plows – that had helped the pioneers of that untamed land remain alive.
Later, we sat in the grass. I leaned against my boyfriend's legs and he put his arm around my shoulders as two of the actors performed in the wedding: the apex of the day's events. I knew as the clergyman pronounced them husband and wife (as I had really known for longer than I would care to admit) that my then boyfriend and I would one day wed.
We have now been married four and a half years. A few minutes ago, my husband sipped coffee and I stared out through the window at the field as we discussed how we can attain the simple life—something we both feel is necessary and that is being lost by our generation and the generation rising up behind us.
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I recalled the sweet tang of the blood-red punch we drank to wash the cake – crumbling on paper napkins – down. I recalled the cream froth of the bridal train sweeping the autumnal leaves; I recalled running my fingertips down the rough-hewn logs of the buildings, and the glint of hay as it twirled slowly from the mow.
Something stirred within me that day six years ago. Not just the "this is it" moment my boyfriend and I experienced while watching the wedding, but the simplistic lure of that pioneer lifestyle. Both of us are only two generations removed from the horse and buggies, kapps and cape dresses that our Plain grandparents wore in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Many people say that that lifestyle is full of legalism, and in some aspects, I would have to agree. But I also feel like our ancestors were able to attain a way of living many in our hectic, world-at-the-press-of-a-key generation crave.
So, my husband and I are contemplating how to get it back; how to get back to that simplistic living but also keep it exempt of legalism.
We are taking small steps in that direction. I am not sure where they will all lead, but I know that I am excited to walk hand in hand along the journey with him.
Here are a few ways I am trying to live simply and "remain present in the present" (my goal for the 2013 year):
- Unplug from the Internet after ten a.m. when my daughter takes a nap. No Internet on weekends (except for Sunday night blogging/social media catch-up).
- No TV (we actually don't have a TV, so this means no DVDs on my laptop) unless in a group or using it while working out.
- Read two books a month.
- Read the Word until I absorb something beneficial for my day.
- Plant a garden in the spring (even if just a few items).
- Learn to sew and can (gah!).
- Get chickens (and keep said chickens alive with a guard dog).
- Remain in constant communion with those I love.
- Write more letters.
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Hello, So I ordered a flowering size amorphophallus bulbifer tuber and got it and it has a growth point with no root nubs so I'm thinking it's going to flower. I didn't know whether to pot it up or just leave it on a shelf or table until it flowered like I've read people do with konjacs. |
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where was the rotten area? aroids often consume the old bulb and it sluffs off the bottom of the bulb... one day in soil did not rot it |
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It seemed to be a couple areas on the side. |
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It is always preferable to keep your bulb in soil, dry when dormant /blooming and moist when actively growing. Keeping a bare corm on a shelf exposes it to ants, roaches and silverfish. |
- Posted by jardinerowa 10 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 11:44
It still has a growth point which is good but I haven't put it in soil. I have COMPLETELY dry promix which I could put it in, I'll make a decision today LOL. Z |
- Posted by johnsonm08 5 (My Page) on Wed, May 1, 13 at 16:57
Hi, The completely dry pro mix is fine. Dont water till you see leaf growth, and if its a flower dont water then either. If you have to remove more rot make sure to dust the cut area with a fungicide. When I have had rot, the area is soft and slimy, not corky. As GMBMH stated when the old bulb is consumed sometimes the husk clings to the new bulb like a cap--usually it would come off fairly easily, and the bulb underneath looks perfect. A pic always helps. Mike |
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Fun game. I especially enjoyed how it seemed like — throughout the whole game — one of the Sixers was just about ready to punch Jeff Foster in the face. Looking at him, that's not much of a surprise.
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This game was so horribly, terribly, incredibly bad that I'm going to record the replay today, just so I can marvel in the completely ludicrous things that happened last night. I mean, the Wizards blew a 20-point first quarter lead, a six-point lead with 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter and almost blew a 5-point lead with 30 seconds left in overtime before Beno Udrih tried to throw a pass through three guys. That kind of hilariously bad night.
San Antonio Spurs 107, Minnesota Timberwolves 96
Looks like Michael Beasley did have another ankle to sprain. Sorry, Braidsy.
Denver Nuggets 132, Phoenix Suns 98
A 34-point loss is bad no matter how you slice it. But when you consider that the Suns had a 12-point lead after the first quarter, you realize just how atrocious they played in the final 36 minutes of this game. Almost Cleveland bad.
New York Knicks 100, Portland Trail Blazers 86
Five players in double figures for New York, 14 assists for Ray Felton and a road win against a Western Conference playoff team, all without Danilo Gallinari. Not bad, Knickertons. Not bad at all.
Los Angeles Lakers 112, Cleveland Cavaliers 57
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MODESTO, Calif. — Although the 2012 California almond crop wound up 7% smaller than the previous year's, Blue Diamond Growers still managed to harvest a record $1.2 billion in global almond sales.
Much of the growth was tied to a 14% increase by volume of value-added sales, which now account for more than 60% of the cooperative's revenue, said Mark Jansen, president and chief executive officer.
But the feat wasn't easy and required intensive scrambling midway through the marketing year, Jansen told members attending Blue Diamond's 103rd annual meeting, Nov. 20, in Modesto.
Under the cooperative's marketing structure, growers harvest the almond crop in the fall, and Blue Diamond markets it through Aug. 30 of the following year.
In 2012, prices shot up by 50 cents per pound, not unlike what happened in 2004, Jansen said. Back then, Blue Diamond member returns suffered and ended up trailing the industry average by 7 cents per pound.
Vicky BoydManuel Azevedo, an almond grower from Ripon, grabs some samples of Blue Diamond's new fruit-flavored oven-roasted almonds as Maya Erwin, snacks group brand manager, looks on.The 2012 price increase also coincided with the co-op's launch of a record 15 new products and the completion of the first phase of its food manufacturing plant in Turlock.
"This time the situation was even more difficult because grocery customers require six months (lead time), and our consumer business was five times larger," he said. "And the news got worse. (Rumors spread) that Blue Diamond was not going to be competitive because they were building the Turlock plant."
Shortly before last Christmas, Jansen said he assembled his management team to outline the situation.
"They cut costs. They took pricing and found ways to sell more and more profitable products," he said.
The result was a revenue increase of $189 million compared to the previous year and grower returns of 5 cents per pound above the industry average.
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Since Jansen took the helm of the almond cooperative three years ago, it has put greater emphasis on branded value-added consumer products.
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Author Name :- Jane Austen
Language :- English
Publisher Name :- T. Egerton, Whitehall
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Jane Austen who born on 16th December 1775 is an English novelist who works on loving novelist. The parents of Jane Austen are George Austen & Cassandra. She is the seventh one of their siblings: James , George , Edward , Henry Thomas , Cassandra Elizabeth, Francis William , Jane Austen ,Charles John . Jane Austen spend her child life with her family and even with out going to the educate. She finished her education through the help of her father & herself. After fetching as an grown also she sustained to live with her parents and She used to be present at the church habitually. Exactly in the year 1793 Jane Authen started her play. In November 1815 Jane Austen got a call from the librarian of London Prince's Regent to visit their who loves Jane Austen novels and kept a copy of her novels each of his residences. In the year 1816 Jane Austen began to feel unwell and finally in Winchester on 18th July 1817 Jane Austen left the world completely
About the Pride and Prejudice Novel:-
Pride and Prejudice is the book written by Jane Austen published in 1813. This novel is on Elizabeth's deals about manners, morality education and marriage who is the second one of five daughters who lives in London. Up-to now 20 million copies were sold worldwide.
About the Pride and Prejudice Summary and Story:-
The novel centers on the Bennet family, consisting of Mr. Bennet his wife and their five daughters. The youngest, Lydia, most like Mrs. Bennet, the eldest, Jane, is kindhearted and proper, and narrator, Elizabeth Bennet, is the second oldest and most like his father, sharing his keen wit and sarcastic vision occasionally.
The story begins with Mr. Bingley, a wealthy young bachelor, charismatic and social, passing Netherfield Park, in the neighborhood of the Bennet and his family. Mr Bingley received, while Mr Darcy his friend makes a less favorable first impression by appearing proud and condescending attending a dance (he hates dancing and not much for pure speech). Mr Bingley Jane drew special attention, and it soon becomes clear that they have formed an attachment to the other, but Jane does not modify their behavior to him, confessing his great happiness only to Lizzie. On the contrary, Darcy slights Elizabeth, who listens and laughs about it despite feeling a budding resentment.
In a visit to Caroline sister of Mr.Bringley, Jane is caught in a heavy monsoon, suffered due to cold, and is mandatory to stay at Netherfield for so many days. Elizabeth arrives to take care of her sister and thrown into frequent company with Mr Darcy, who begins to act a little less cold towards her.
Mr. Collins, a clergyman, pays a visit to the Bennets family. Mr. Bennet and Elizabeth are much smiling by his obsequious veneration of his employer, the noble Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and for his cocky character and pedantic. It soon becomes apparent that Mr Collins has come to Longbourn to choose a wife from among the Bennet sisters (cousins) and Elizabeth has been flagged. At the same time, Elizabeth starts friendship to Mr Wickham, who claims to have been very seriously mistreated by Mr Darcy, despite having been in the care of the father of Mr. Darcy. This tale, and Elizabeth's attraction to Mr Wickham, fuels his dislike of Mr. Darcy.
At a ball at Netherfield Mr Bingley, Mr Darcy becomes aware of a general expectation that Mr Bingley and Jane will be get marry. The Bennet family having an exception on Jane and Elizabeth, make a public display of bad manners and decorum. The next morning, Mr Collins proposes marriage to Elizabeth, who refuses him, much to the distress of her mother. Mr Collins recovers quickly and is engaged to Elizabeth's close friend Charlotte, a simple woman with few prediction. Mr. Bingley suddenly quit Netherfield and returns to London, devastating Jane and Elizabeth is convinced that Mr Darcy and Caroline Bingley have conspired to separate him from Jane.
In the spring, Elizabeth visits Charlotte and Mr Collins. Rosings Park a place regularly to where Elizabeth and her hosts are invited , home of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Darcy's aunt, coincidentally, also Darcy comes to visit. Elizabeth meets Darcy's cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, who responds by Darcy loyalty, using the example of how Darcy had recently entered the name of a friend, who had formed an attachment to a woman against whom "there were very few objections strong ". Elizabeth was surprised to discover that said friend was none other than Mr. Bingley, and his aversion to further harden Darcy. So it's not in the mood to accept when Darcy arrives and, unexpectedly, confesses love for her and asks her hand in marriage. Elizabeth rebukes him, and follows a heated argument, she accuses him of destroying the happiness of her sister, with the treatment of Mr. Wickham shamefully, and have been made to it in an arrogant, ungentleman-like manner. Mr Darcy, surprised, ultimately responds with a letter giving a good account of (most) of their actions: Wickham had exchanged their legacies for a cash payment, only to return after playing out their money to restore forfeited inheritance and then tried to elope with Georgiana Darcy younger sister, thus capturing his fortune. As for Jane, Darcy said he had observed in Jane no reciprocal attention Bingley, and had understood not to be in love with him. Besides this, he cites the "impropriety" in the conduct of Mrs. Bennet and her three young daughters. Elizabeth, who had previously given up hope on these same behaviors, is forced to admit the truth of the remarks of Mr. Darcy, and begins to wonder if she has misjudged.
Isabel tells her father that Darcy was responsible for uniting Lydia and Wickham. The way of dressing reflect the time the illustration was recorded (1830), not the time the novel was written or set.
Some months later, Elizabeth and her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner visit Pemberley, Darcy's estate, believing they will be absent for a day. He returns unexpectedly, and although surprised, for he is gracious and welcoming. Treat Gardiners with great courtesy. Elizabeth is introduced to his sister by Darcy and Elizabeth begins to realize her attraction to him. Their reunion is short, however, the news that Lydia has run away with Wickham. Elizabeth and the Gardiners return to Longbourn, everywhere Elizabeth grieves that her relationship with Mr. Darcy renovated end result of the misfortune of his sister.
Lydia and Wickham soon finds, then married by the clergy, but visit Longbourn where Lydia lets slip that Mr. Darcy was present at her wedding but this was to be a secret. Elizabeth is able to discover, to his aunt Mrs. Gardiner, actually Mr. Darcy was responsible for finding the couple and the negotiation of their marriage, at great personal cost and monetary. Elizabeth was surprised, but can not dwell on the subject due to the return of Mr. Bingley and Jane after the proposal, who immediately accepts.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh later breaks into Longbourn, with the intention of frustrating local rumor, warns Elizabeth against marrying Mr Darcy. Elizabeth refuses their demands. Disgusted, Lady Catherine leaves and drops to inform his nephew in the abominable behavior of Elizabeth. However, this gives hope to Darcy that Elizabeth's opinion of him may have changed. Travel to Longbourn and proposes again, and this time, their pride and their prejudices destroyed, Elizabeth accepts.
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The ten biggest Colorado beer stories of 2011
You could say that 2011 was the year that Denver's men and women matched its mountains when it came to beer culture. Seven new breweries opened in the metro area and stayed so busy that all seven have already expanded -- or are considering it.Avery Brewing's second annual SourFest.
But good beer can also be found on the menus of fancy restaurants and, equally important, on the chalkboards at bars that previously focused only on mass-market brews. And as drinkers became more demanding, more sophisticated and more experimental, so did the state's 150-plus breweries. It was a great year for beer in Colorado, and here are the ten biggest reasons why:
10) Sour beers continue to rise
The surge of sour beers and wild ales began in Colorado in 2010, but the trend took off in 2011 as breweries big and small began to experiment -- and quickly perfect -- the hundreds-year-old Belgian tradition of using souring agents like brettanomyces and lactobacillus to add odd and funky flavors to some of their beers. Three of these, New Belgium's Le Terroir, Odell's Friek and Crabtree's Berliner Weiss all took home gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival in three major sour-beer categories. In the meantime, a brewery dedicated to sours, the Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, was founded in Fort Collins and plans to move to Denver in 2012, while Avery held its second annual SourFest, an event that sold out in minutes.
9) Influence of the Breckenridge/Wynkoop brewing empire
The Breckenridge and Wynkoop breweries combined their financial operations at the end of 2010 in hopes of finding ways to improve both of their companies. But there has been a lot to manage. In 2010, they opened two new craft-beer-heavy restaurants, Ale House at Amato's and Ghost Plate & Tap while closing another, Pearl Street Grill. On the brewing side, the Wynkoop added some brewing space, but the federal government still hasn't approved its application to use Breckenridge's primary facility, meaning that the growth of its canned-beer lineup has had to wait. Still, both companies have big plans for 2012. Breckenridge is adding a new set of tanks and has a few new beers in the works, while the Wynkoop could be on the verge of statewide distribution.
8) Beer legislation fails again
For the third consecutive year, state lawmakers killed a bill that would have allowed groceries and convenience stores to sell full-strength beer. Craft brewers fought tooth and nail against the bill, saying it would put many small liquor stores out of business, which would, in turn, hurt sales of craft beer. The supermarkets argued that they would continue to carry craft beer and that the bill would offer consumers more choice and convenience.
7) Barrel-aged beers
Barrel aging got a big boost in 2011 as various breweries either ramped up or started new projects in which they aged some of their beers in wooden barrels that had once held bourbon, whiskey, run, wine or other alcohols. Some of the loudest splashes were made by Avery, Odell, Great Divide, Breckenridge and Dry Dock, but Crabtree, Rockyard, Crooked Stave and others also entered the field. The biggest news, though, was a decision by Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey, whose barrels are used by many a brewery, to allow only Breckenridge Brewing to print its name on their labels. Breck plans to release a new beer based on the partnership in February.
6) Left Hand's Nitro Milk Stout
On the eve of the Great American Beer Festival, Longmont's Left Hand Brewing shocked the world by unveiling the first American-made nitro beer in the bottle from a craft brewer. Okay, maybe the news didn't shock the world, but it was pretty cool. Milk Stout Nitro pours like a draft beer, complete with a thick, billowy head and bubbles that cascade up from the bottom, similar to the way that bars are able to pour Guinness drafts with special taps. But instead of using a device known as a "widget" to recreate that effect in the bottle, Left Hand spent two and half years and hundreds of thousands of dollars figuring out another way to gas its beer with a blend of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. It was worth the effort.
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President Tappan built an astronomical observatory at the University of Michigan in an effort to transform the U of M into one of the first research universities in the United States. At this time, education in the United States did not include the emerging sciences, but focused on a classical curriculum. The Detroit Obsevatory became the first research laboratory at the University, and over the years it contributed to many scientific innovations and activities on campus. The primary ways the Detroit Observatory contributed to science included:


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Anime CD Review - Gintama Best銀魂 BEST (Gintama BEST) is the first compilation CD album featuring opening and ending theme songs used in the anime Gintama broadcasted from the first episode in 2006 until Sep 2008. For those of you who do not watch Gintama, and are unfamiliar with Japanese music, the songs are all anime-style rock. Japanese rock is a different genre compared to western rock, and anime rock is another subgenre in itself. All the songs in this album are catchy, though some of them may sound similar to each other - which may not necessarily be a bad thing, depending on your musical tastes. Track 1 - Pray by Tommy Heavenly This is the first Gintama opening theme song, used in episodes 1-24. An attention-grabbing electric guitar riff opens this hard rock number. Tommy Heavenly is a female singer, who also happens to be the lead vocalist for the well-known band, The Brilliant Green, which incorporates classic British rock influences in their songs. Pray is one of the better songs in this album in my book. Track 2 - 風船ガム (fuusen gamu) by キャプテンストライダム(Captain Straydum) This is the ending theme song used in episodes 1-13. 風船ガム has a somewhat medium tempo, with a bright and light feel to it. Its also one of the less heavy songs in the album. Captain Straydum is a band with a male vocalist. Track 3 Mr. Raindrop by amplified This is the ending theme song used in episodes 14-24. Mr. Raindrop has a medium tempo. Its the only song in this album thats entirely in English, uses simple and short lyrics, and has just two very simple chord progressions. All the other songs in this album have the more complex lyrics and chord progressions usually associated with Japanese songs. Mr. Raindrop is bright and cheerful though its simplicity and repetitiveness might turn some listeners off. amplified is a Hong Kong band with a male vocalist. Track 4 - 遠い匂い (tooi nioi) by YO-KING This is the opening theme song used in episodes 25-49. It's a moderately fast song, with a bright and cheerful feel to it, typical of mainstream Japanese pop-rock. YO-KING is a male singer. Track 5 - 雪のツバサ (yuki no tsubasa) by redballoon This is the ending theme song used in episodes 25-37. It has a fast tempo, with a melancholic feel throughout the song. redballoon is a rock band with a male vocalist. Track 6 - キャンディ・ライン (Candy Line) by 高橋 瞳 (Takahashi Hitomi) This is the ending theme song used in episodes 38-49. It has a kind of punkish/blues feel to it. Takahashi Hitomi is a female singer with a rather bright and high-pitched voice. Track 7 - 銀色の空 (gin iro no sora) by redballoon This is the opening theme song used in episodes 50-75, and the second song by redballoon on this album. Compared to雪のツバサ , this one has a bright mood throughout the song. Track 8 - 修羅 (shura) by DOES This is the ending theme song used in episodes 50-62. 修羅 is a head-banging, punkish number. While most songs in this album have a feel-good mood, this one oozes attitude. 修羅 is one of my favourite tracks. DOES is a band fronted by a male vocalist. Track 9 - 奇跡 (kiseki) by シュノーケル(SNOWKEL) This is the ending theme song used in episodes 63-75. This one has a moderate tempo, and maintains a bright mood throughout the song. SNOWKEL is a band with a male vocalist. Track 10 - かさなる影 (kasanaru kage) by Hearts Grow This is the opening theme song used in episodes 76-99. It has a moderately fast tempo with a bright mood throughout the song. かさなる影 grabs listeners attention right from the start, as it begins immediately with the chorus, which is in stark contrast to most of the other songs, which start with an instrumental intro, followed by the verse. Hearts Grow is a band with a female vocalist. Track 11 - SIGNAL by KELUN This is ending theme song used in episodes 76-87. Like かさなる影, SIGNAL starts off immediately with the chorus thereby drawing in listeners right from the get-go - and is a moderately fast number with a cheerful mood. KELUN is a band fronted by a male vocalist. Track 12 - Speed of flow by THE RODEO CARBURETTOR This is the ending theme song used in episodes 88-99. It starts off with a catchy bluesy guitar riff that also appears in other parts of the song. This song has a somewhat medium tempo, and it has a melancholic, even dark, feel throughout. The fact that there are blues elements in this song something that is rare in Japanese rock - makes it distinctive. Speed of flow is one of my personal favourites. THE RODEO CARBURETTOR is a band with a male vocalist. Track 13 - 曇天 (don ten) by DOES This is the opening theme song used in episodes 100-125. Like DOESs other song 修羅, its a punkish song full of head-banging attitude, and 曇天 is right up there among my favourites. Track 14 - sanagi by POSSIBILITY This is the ending theme song used in episodes 100-112. This one is a medium-fast number that has a bright mood throughout, and it incorporates rap elements in the verses. If you like rap rock, this could be your thing. POSSIBILITY is a band fronted by a male vocalist. Track 15 - This world is yours by プリングミン (PLINGMIN) This is the ending theme used in episodes 113-125. It has a moderately slow tempo with a happy mood it makes you feel that your world is all sunshine and rainbows. This one combines classic blues rock guitar riffs (a little reminiscent of a 12-bar-blues song) during the intro and the chorus with modern sounds. PLINGMIN is a band with a female vocalist. If you dont like rock, you will probably not like this album. If you do like rock, but have never listened to Japanese rock, you may not like it either. But why not give it a try to see if such a genre suits you? It may open up your mind, as it did mine. Having no knowledge of the Japanese language is not necessarily a bad thing, because you can focus on the music itself. As for Gintama and/or anime rock fans, you should get this album, because its packed with 15 full-length theme songs and therefore well worth your money. You can buy this CD at the Amazon website. (Amazon US)GINTAMA BEST (Amazon UK)Gintama Best I borrowed this copy of Gintama Best CD from a student of mine.
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Customer Experience the Topic of Recent B2B Marketing-Focused Meeting
Key themes that emerged from the Institute for the Study of Business Markets' (ISBM) recent winter meeting included managing customer experience and the importance of pricing, according to Ralph Oliva. Oliva serves as executive director of the ISBM, a research center in the Penn State Smeal College of Business focused on the practice of business-to-business marketing.
Business-to-consumer marketing has long noted the importance of managing a customer's buying experience, but business-to-business marketers are now employing experience management techniques to differentiate their products.
"In today's networked world, it has become easy for customers to communicate with anyone in a firm, and it's important for everyone in the firm to live the brand."
"What we're discovering is that delivering a high-quality, differentiated experience—through both pricing and through all employees consistently understanding and delivering the company brand—is absolutely crucial in the business-to-business market space," said Oliva. "This winter's member meeting offered attendees an opportunity to share best practices and network among some of the top companies in today's B2B space."
Bill Becker, who manages John Deere's Brand Center of Excellence, was one of the meeting's first speakers. He talked about the company's investment in a brand ambassador program that empowered more employees to provide the John Deere brand experience to customers.
"In today's networked world, it has become easy for customers to communicate with anyone in a firm, and it's important for everyone in the firm to live the brand," said Oliva.
The importance of pricing as a key element of a positive experience emerged as another key issue. Paul Adair, director of strategic pricing at PolyOne, talked about telling the right kind of pricing stories to the right customers.
The ISBM Winter Meeting was held on Feb. 19-20 at the Orlando Renaissance Airport Hotel in Orlando, Fla. More than 100 people attended, representing 28 ISBM member firms. The next members' meeting will take place Sept. 9-10 on Penn State's University Park campus and focus on aligning marketing, sales, and innovation processes.
About the Institute for the Study of Business Markets
The Institute for the Study of Business Markets is a center of excellence in the Penn State Smeal College of Business that networks researchers, educators, and practitioners in business-to-business marketing in companies and universities throughout the world. The ISBM's mission is to expand research and teaching in business-to-business marketing and sales in academia, and to build more efficient and effective marketing practice for member firms in industry.


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- As expected, rising rap superstar Drake reached the top of the Billboard charts with his debut album "Thank Me Later." The 447,000 copies sold made it the third best week of the year, behind Sade and Lady Antebellum. Tom Petty also had an impressive bow with "Mojo," selling 125,000 copies, his best debut since Soundscan started tracking numbers. Eminem is expected to knock Drake from the top spot next week.
- Want to see classic performance footage of bands such as Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Bad Brains, Bikini Kill and more? You'll want to be at Affinity Labs in Adams Morgan tonight where Mark Andersen, co-author of harDCore history book "Dance of Days" will be screening this rare footage. The event is free, but donations are accepted and will be given to local non-profit We Are Family.
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The magical combination of Music, Food & Wine are what make any visit to Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery so enjoyable.
Every weekend (except on days when we have music festivals which require tickets for all visitors to the winery) from 2 to 5 we have, weather permitting, free performances outside on our patio, or inside on Doc's Cider House stage. Complement the music with lunch from Pane Cafe's delicious bistro menu and Cider, Wine & Spirits from our tasting room bar.
Once or twice a month, Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery holds special evening concerts and events, where you can enjoy Pané Café's dinner menu while listening to great performers.
Five times a year, Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery hosts weekend-long music festivals on our Orchard Stage: The Bob Dyan Tribute Festival, The Watkins Glen (Allmans Brothers) Tribute, The Blues & Wine / Black Sunday (a Johnny Cash tribute).
Music Festivals & Special Events |
January Afternoon Events
Jan 3 | Tim O'Donohue |
Jan 4 | Tony Vitello |
Jan 10 | Julie Corbalis |
Jan 11 | Rob Schiff |
Jan 17 | Josh Casano |
Jan 18 | Carnaby St. Duo |
Jan 19 | Ray Longchamp |
Jan 24 | Evan and Leslie |
Jan 25 | Nailed Shutt |
Jan 31 | Steve Wells |
Contact email@example.com for music bookings. | |


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As the legendary philosopher-catcher Yogi Berra once advised, when you come to a fork in the road, take it. The American Honda Motor Company says that it encountered just such a fork when it came time to design the new, seventh-generation Accord. Just so you know, the company says that when it came to the fateful juncture, it veered toward the European with the new Accord--sharper feedback, improved handling, and a much-needed infusion of emotional content--thus taking the bold turn its most honorable cutthroat competitors have eschewed in America's "bestselling sedan" sweepstakes.
Honda took the fork in the road, all right. Both sides of it, Yogi-style. Because if the none-too-radical Accord jogs left to become a tittle more Euro in its latest iteration, it high-steps to the right at the same time to be just a little more like its even more conservative competition.
We speak here chiefly of the Toyota Camry, whose lack of emotion and sporty persuasion, if anything, grew even more pronounced in its otherwise predictably brilliant revamp for 2002. Ford's Taurus, the other sales crown contender duking it out with the Accord in the '90s, has not been lighting too many fires or tugging a lot of heartstrings lately. Although it still sells in volume, it seems less of a threat than it was, as underloved by the buying public as it apparently is by its makers.
Yet Honda's executives, engineers, and PR people seemed in a particularly humble frame of mind, nervous even, when they came here with the new Accord, in pre-build sedan and coupe form. For comparison purposes, they brought along a healthy assortment of their competitors' wares, including, besides the Camry and the Taurus, late-breaking box-office comers such as the Volkswagen Passat and the Nissan Altima.
Decamped at the secluded Stockport Mill Country Inn, a grain mill turned B&B, they'd deliberately summoned us well off the beaten path to avoid revealing the new Accord before its time. Fifty miles south of teeming Zanesville, Ohio (population 27,200 in the 1994 census), we were here to assess the fruits of the company's best efforts, in this most key segment of a most key market at a most key moment in company history. Somewhere along the banks of the Muskingum River, we'd be casting our votes on Honda's bid to continue building, depending on whose statistics you prefer, the best- or second-best-selling passenger car in America.
A little sales history explains why this is such serious business. With annual volume in the 400,000-unit range, Toyota often declares that its Camry has won America's bestselling "car" title outright. But Honda has long argued that when you subtract deep-discount-to-the-point-of-profitless fleet sales to car rental agencies and the like, Toyota falls behind in many of the years it has claimed sales superiority. When private citizens spend their own money, they prefer Accords, Honda says, nine out of the last ten years.
Semantics and statistical bickering aside, you're talking a lot of cars here, the kind of beautiful, bounteous numbers that, one can't help remembering, Detroit used to post for its most popular family car lines with regularity. Alas, with SUVs paying the rent nowadays, Detroit appears to have temporarily mislaid the formula for the bestselling family car. The War of the Great American Family Sedan is over, and the Japanese transplants have won. Last year, an inarguably class-winning 414,718 Accords were sold here as Honda rang up an all-time record 1.2 million U.S. sales.
Charlie Baker is the personable Honda executive engineer who led the Accord program (see accompanying story). Baker, an American, has spent the last two years on assignment to Honda's R&D company in Tochigi, Japan. "I've heard it said in Japan. 'Nissan are the city slickers. Toyota are the country cousins. And Honda are the single-minded, kind of weird motorcycle mechanic guys.' There's a certain truth to this," Baker muses, knowing his listeners will be charmed.


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The National Aquarium in Baltimore seeks to stimulate interest in, develop knowledge about, and inspire stewardship of aquatic environments.
A member of the Baltimore community, Maryland's leading tourist attraction, and an international icon, the Aquarium provides cultural, recreational, and educational experiences that meet the needs of diverse communities. We are committed to contribute substantially to the economic development of the local region by conducting a financially stable business in a way that demonstrates an awareness of community needs.
The Aquarium adheres to the highest principles of husbandry, staff development, fiscal responsibility, and economy of resources, and we strive to provide effective outreach and conservation programs. Meanwhile, we conduct research and utilize state-of-the-art technology.
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Guests of our hotel enjoy:
- Walking distance to Walters Art Museum, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore's Inner Harbor and many more attractions
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