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Ok-- my son is having some issues. But now my wife's daughter wants to insert herself. My wife shares too much about my son's life with her. Empowers her to get involved...it's almost spousal in nature. Then I find out my son is sharing things that are very personal in nature with her. Then to top it off, I find out she might be coming home soon. Like she is going to be able to help the situation. I'm ready to vomit. Little Mommy has no place here. Thurman |
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Well if your son is sharing these private things with SD there's not a whole lot you can say about it is there? |
- Posted by blessedlife90 (My Page) on Mon, May 13, 13 at 10:57
Maybe I just don't know the back story, but I find it odd that you are so against your son sharing his feelings with someone aside from yourself. Shouldn't you be happy that he has someone he feels like he can reach out to? Shouldn't you be happy that he feels close enough to share it with a step-sibling at that? Again, maybe I just don't know the back story, but I really feel that you should take a step back and be thankful that your son is getting his feelings out instead of letting them fester within himself. If you are so concerned about the fact that you aren't the one he is coming to, then maybe you should try to spend a little extra one-on-one time with him. I think it would be a mistake to make him feel guilty or ashamed that he is talking to her. |
Thurman, that's what siblings do...love, worry, reach out and support each other. They've been doing it for years, and will still be doing it long after you're gone. If your son 'has some issues' and chooses to confide in his sister, you're just going to have to buck it up and realize that this is a young man you're talking about. Not a personal robot you can control. Not a child you can send to his room, ground for a week or forbid to handle his own adult affairs. Yeah, you don't want SD rushing home. You don't want your son leaning on SD and sharing ....but look on the bright side...son could be traveling to 'sis' on his own, leaving you at home to pout and fret about what's going on miles away. Best wishes to your son. I hope he works out whatever is affecting him. |
Seems like life is grand as long as wife's daughter isn't around. I'm so glad that little mommy has grown into a great role model that the son can look up to & confide in. So many times kids that grow up in a toxic household end up with tons of problems. Your jealousy of your step daughter is just sad. I'd love to hear step daughters side of things. |
- Posted by readinglady (My Page) on Mon, May 13, 13 at 21:10
Your son and his half-sister will in all likelihood be around long after you and your wife are gone. Their bond can be a valuable source of comfort and stability throughout their lives. IIRC, your son has been away at college. A reasonable person would be grateful he's chosen to confide in family members. There are many less suitable advisors he could have gravitated to. So far I haven't heard anything about your step-daughter that would justify this entrenched aversion and hostility. I hope somehow you can manage your feelings because otherwise you risk lasting damage to your relationships with your wife and son. |
Thurman, you are being terribly unfair to your family and making a fool of yourself on this forum. I know that you realize how ridiculous all this sounds. A young man has some issues, and he talks to his older sister, a doctor, whom he evidently loves and with whom he has a good relationship, about them. And the problem is ... ? You know what the problem is. The problem is YOU. You are absurdly upset by this perfectly normal and beneficial relationship. You have an obsession with your stepdaughter that you know is irrational and pathological. How your wife puts up with it is beyond me. And it will surely will affect your relationship with your son if somehow it hasn't already. And given that you hint that you don't like your stepdaughter talking to your wife about your son, it also seems that beyond your demonizing of your stepdaughter, you want complete control over anything regarding your son. Another issue for therapy. You have posted these "little mommy" posts numerous times. Every time, people take the time and trouble to reply and to advise you to seek therapy already. You always acknowledge that you should and say that you will. And as far as I know, you never do. Why not, Thurman? Do you really want a happy family? Or do you get some kind of thrill out of posting here and getting responses, notwithstanding that not one of them has ever told you you are right? Surely there are other, better kinds of attention you can get somewhere in life. Frankly, I think that at this point you owe this forum some explanation about why you keep asking the same questions and ignoring the same advice. |
--Frankly, I think that at this point you owe this forum some explanation about why you keep asking the same questions and ignoring the same advice.-- Eternal hope (delusion?) that 'we' are all wrong? |
>>Frankly, I think that at this point you owe this forum some explanation about why you keep asking the same questions and ignoring the same advice.<< He likes the attention. |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Thu, May 30, 13 at 18:24
Maybe it's just fun. Maybe there's no "Thurman" at all. no wife, no son, no stepdaughter... just a keyboard. |
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Or maybe it's a stepdaughter with a stepfather like Thurman getting the satisfaction of hearing what people would say to him if he did post. |
Or perhaps Thurman's just a wounded and damaged soul who is doing the best that he can, but can't get out of his own way in spite of getting some wonderful advice here. |
Gerina, that was a beautifully kind and generous post. You are right. Even if that is the case, though, I still feel for his wife, his son, and his stepdaughter. I do think he owes it to them to get some help with this problem and not let his hatred for his stepdaughter be more precious to him than his family's happiness. |
And, I agree with you, Gellchom. |
Thanks folks. I have been in counseling-- several times. I feel like I'm in a Twilight Zone episode where no one can see the truth but me. However, SD has been home for a few days, and true to form, she has inserted herself. And with no coaching or "poisoning" from me-- my son got very angry with her. He's in a tough emotional spot, and the last thing he needs is her interference. Even my wife saw it and spoke to SD about it. But I think she is sick. I'm telling you, this is a real syndrome. She says she's up worrying about her brother. Sounds too maternal to me. She goes up to his boss she sees outside somewhere to introduce herself as his sister? Seems way too wacko. Wife defends her as a great sister, but I think there is something pathological here. |
Let Thurman Jr. deal with his sister. He brought SD into whatever is going on all by himself as noted in your original post. Perhaps now that he does have sister home and involved, he simply does not like her opinion or possible solution suggestions she is giving him. It's ok for him to get angry at her. He is likely to get just as angry with you, mom, or anyone else as he struggles to deal with his current issues and life in general. He's a young man, dealing with many things (some for the first time as an adult). It's a fact of life and growing up. Everybody has problems, has to make hard decisions, experiences many different joys and heartbreaks, sometimes fall on their face and have to pick themselves back up and march on. Thurman Jr will live and learn. He will survive whatever is currently going on. |
But it is the idea that the SD can throw her weight around and no one calls her on it. My wife sees it as "wonderful sibling" instead of a pathological need and insecurity. My SD is lonely, rarely if ever dates, and I think it has created some type of strange desire to be "little Mommy" instead of an older sibling. I can't be the only one experiencing this? |
Thurman, What exactly is she doing? Is she in his face with her advice? He'll pull away from her. Is she calling people outside the family to "fix" the problem? He'll stop talking to her (and his mom, too, if she can't be trusted to keep a confidence). I'm sure it must be frustrating to you, because you can't really choose to avoid her like you would a nosy neighbor, for example. Maybe she just has poor social skills, and not really a pathological need. |
--"SD can throw her weight around and no one calls her on it"-- But, Thurman, SD was 'called' on it. Her brother is angry and her mother acknowledged by speaking to SD. Exactly what kind of "calls her on it" were you hoping for? The big 'aha' moment where both son and mother go "Thurman has been right all these years. SD is a deeply distrubed and we would not listen to him" ... and then they both toss SD and her bags to the curb? Not going to happen, Thurman. If and when Thurman Jr has had enough of and/or thinks sis (or you, or mom) has crossed boundaries he will tell her/you/mom to all mind your own business. |
- Posted by sylviatexas (My Page) on Wed, Jun 5, 13 at 18:56
Are you the only one? well, one of the few, anyway. 'it's almost spousal in nature.' 'I'm ready to vomit. Little Mommy has no place here.' Not many grown men would write something like that. Most grown men come to grips with the fact that they cannot isolate their mates & offspring from the world, having the wife & kids love only dad. Most grown men aren't jealous of the relationships between their wives & their/her children. Most grown men don't obsess over the kinds of nonsense that sends you into orbit, & most grown men don't seethe with rage at a young woman who has made a good career for herself & who still loves her mother & her brother. I can't think of one single incident that you've been bent out of shape over that has been anything but normal. Why do you torture yourself with this kind of manufactured misery? |
Just when you thought the summer was safe...Little mommy comes back. Labor Day weekend is a tough time for me. Our son gets ready to go back to college. But I like the ritual of my wife and I getting him ready and taking him back to school. But wait...just learned that my SD is orchestrating to also come spend the weekend with us. Help him get ready. Drop my son off. Now, this is not a normal sister. She thinks she is his mother. And is spousal with my wife. It is hard to explain, but it is nauseating. I tried to tell the wife that it was a bad idea...but to no avail. She blew up. Last time the SD tried to orchestrate this, there was an emergency and she couldn't go. Almost like God intervened! But I can't count on that happening twice in a row. I'm thinking of asking my son to step in, but he's pretty much above this stuff...and I don't want him to get in the middle of it and hurt his relationship with his mother. I'm thinking of writing to the SD to tell her to stay home, but I think that could end my marriage. "Grin and bear it" is probably my only option, but it is such a poor one. |
You are so petty and jealous, Thurman. You have it fixed in your head that only you are allowed to do certain things with particular family members, no one else may encroach on "your" territory. Guess what? There are few fixed roles in anything, anywhere. The rest of the family must be so tired of your attitude, chucking a sad every time you don't get to be the one who sits in the front seat. Have you never heard, "many hands make light work"? Why can you not be glad you son has a loving, caring sister who will be there after you and your wife are long gone? Or would you prefer your son be as alone and isolated as you are, with no one to turn to after you are dead? Clearly you are not interested in pursuing therapy or in growing up and acting like an adult. |
- Posted by Mom-of-all-trades (My Page) on Mon, Aug 5, 13 at 21:15
I am confused why you are so jealous of your step daughter. Most parents love it when their older children want to help the younger sibling do things like move back to school. Believe me, your son is probably thrilled. I suspect "little mommy" was given a lot of responsibility when your son was younger. Did she babysit for him a lot? Let me guess, he was the kid to her and not brother. Any older sibling can tell you that parents love it when you help when they are younger but once the oldest becomes an adult and starts telling you how you should parent it is no longer fun. It is worse for a half sibling because for some stupid reason parents say they have the half sibling for the older child. Young kids think it is a gift. I think you are asking your step daughter to step aside from behavior that you and your wife nurtured in her. I politely say this - move on. The problem is you. |
Thurman, thanks for answering about the therapy. I would wonder what the therapists had to say about all this, but I can see that your very next sentence gives the answer: "I have been in counseling-- several times. Several therapists (and apparently everyone else you know) tell you you are seeing something that isn't there. Have you considered believing them? Or are you just too addicted to your bitterness? Is it more important than your wife, your son, your marriage? |
- Posted by amyfiddler (My Page) on Fri, Aug 9, 13 at 13:22
Gellchom nailed it. Sorry Thurman, either your view or your approach is way off. Highly unlikely that every professional you have seen is inept. |
- Posted by sylviatexas (My Page) on Sat, Aug 10, 13 at 16:57
I'm so sorry. This is a little roundabout, but please bear with me: Last autumn & winter, I took care of an elderly friend in her last illness. I was surprised to learn that agitation is the most destructive, & maybe the most common, problem that people must deal with at the end of life. & therefore I, ever the skeptic when it comes to drugs, learned to appreciate the ease that anti-agitation meds can give to someone who just can't stop fretting/worrying/obsessing/"wanting to vomit". My friend remained herself, she was lively, alert, & funny, she didn't turn into a zombie, she just was able to enjoy life instead of working herself into a dither. I don't know if your counseling involved a medical doctor, but please do yourself a kindness & consult one. I wish you the best. |
Especially given that SD is in medical school (or a doctor, whatever I forget). She would seem to be an excellent roll model, and can help her younger sibling navigate college. |
Oh, that's right. It's THAT time of year where everyone wants to escort Little Thurman off to college. You know, Thurman, you could have just searched for last year's post on the same topic and reread those replies. Oh, well, it is what it is I guess. You'll manage to survive this event just like you always have every other event/issue you stress over here. Here's hoping Little Thurman has a great school year! |
- Posted by Karen10125 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 12, 13 at 6:28
I guess the grass is always greener ... consider yourself lucky to have a SD that wants to be a part of the family and events and have a relationship with her SB. I have stepchildren who are selfish and wouldn't waste their time to help anyone else. I personally think you have a good thing and perhaps all she needs is for her mom to give her some boundaries. |
- Posted by readinglady (My Page) on Mon, Aug 12, 13 at 16:13
The phrase insert herself had not struck me until I re-read this thread. Thinking genetically, as both daughter and half-sister, "little mommy" has a greater biological connection with the family than Thurman does. I'm not sure how she inserts herself when she already belongs. There's a disputed passage from the Greek tragedy Antigone in which she argues that despite the risk of the death penalty, her obligation to bury her brother is greater even than that of a husband because a brother can never be replaced while a husband can. Perhaps that is the source of Thurman's fear. |
- Posted by sylviatexas (My Page) on Tue, Aug 13, 13 at 14:24
We can use our analytical left brains to argue all day long, & it may make us all understand the situation better, but it won't help Thurman. The thing that will help a malfunction of the metabolism or imbalances in the brain is *medicine*. & it does work; |
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Okay,my Mum is very close to my family,always around us. She is on her own, has had previous illness, credits her being alive still to the birth of my first child, age 7.(boy).(her reason to live). Second child age 6.(girl). First child is often sickly, very intelligent(photographic memory), happy with just knowing he knows what he knows, and goes about his business without seeking praise.Doesn't tend to argue with other kids, pretty much an easy all rounder. Grandma is very attached to him, if sick will automatically go and see him when she arrives. Offers him praise quickly and often. Defends him against sibling constantly. Second child, very upfront and outspoken.Wants to be a part of all thats happening, very demanding, robust, average intelligence,seeks praise, often offers love but in a sometimes overpowering way. Argues with other kids, will stand her ground and fight for supremacy often. Finds it hard to know when she'd be better off just "letting it go". PROBLEM: Grandma is always finding fault with her, often compares one child to the other, accuses me of favouring her. Doesn't display near as much affection to her as him, rarely praises her for achievements,always picks up on her negative behaviour rarely the positive.Makes no effort with her if she's sick unless I instigate it. Won't have it that it's obvious that she treats them differently.Stands on her dig that Granddaughter doesn't need praise because she got enough self praise. Says that she is always out for num 1. I think I'm doing a pretty good job as a parent, trying to be fair, compromising but firm & loving, acknowledging each childs negatives and positives etc. Unfortunately Grandma doesn't agree and quite frankly it's turning life to hell. Mum and I argue near on daily, as it seems to me she is quite unfair towards the granddaughter. What I need is some unbiased grandparent input here to help put things in perspective. Am I the problem, grandma or the child? I'm lost! All input greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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No one is at fault. You have two children as different as day and night. Maybe, JUST MAYBE, your daughter feels that a little too much attention is given to her brother as he is sick alot. She sounds like she has a very strong personality. What does you husband say? Maybe because your mom has been ill, she is resentful of "healthy"people. Some older people do that. Is your mom around the kids alot? Maybe needs to spend a little less time with both kids. Does she play the part of a martyr--my mom did! Oh poor me. My brother was always "sicK' everytime he did not get his own way--had a asma attack= Of course big sister did "nothing" to torment him. HA HA. I was 4 years older. I am a grandma with 4 GD's all entirely different. Maybe it would be better if you did not talk/see her/ etc every day. When she does not praise the daughter, YOU DO. Don't let her control your children. Maybe some outside activities, like senior citizen centers would help. Remember, you are the mom and you are doing the best you can. Marie |
Your mom seems to be identifying with your son more than your daughter. She's not detached enough to treat the situation fairly. Your daughter sees this, I would think it makes things worse. Knowing what's going on, you will have to make things fair the best you can. Does your son have any reaction to this unequal treatment of his sister? I'm wondering what he thinks of all this. LynnZee |
The next time she says something about your favoring the second child, remind her that if she were not so critical and biased toward her, you might not feel that you had to make it up to her in someway. I agree with the others, it's time to try to reduce the grandmother's attention. It would be best for both of the children. The boy doesn't need so much extra, and the girl doesn't need the critical treatment. Your daughter is old enough to understant that some people just like boys better than they like girls. It's not anything about her in particular, it's just the way her grandmother is. |
- Posted by monica2001 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 02 at 21:26
You don't say what heritage your Mom has. When I was growing up (I'm in my 60"s) male children were more important than female children. I notice that it is still true with some older people. Your mom may be one of those people. BUT - it doesn't matter. You must zero in on the bottom line. You and only you must be the advocate for your children. If you don't defend and protect them, who will? (Of course their Dad also) If it was a stranger who was not being fair to your children you would not put up with it. Why are you letting your Mom be rude to your daughter? Tell her like it is - she either be loving to both children or she can stay away. And mean it. When your children grow up - what memories will they have of you? The memory that they should have is that you tried to protect and love them. You sound like a very good parent. It is a hard job - you never know if you did the correct thing until 20 years later. Just follow your heart. You would not have posted this if you thought your Mom was right. If she cannot stop showing favoritism, tell her to stay away until she can. You'll sleep better. |
I was just thinking about the way my mother treated my children compared to the way she treated my sisters. Mine were more of a burden and my sisters were a joy to her. I guess I noticed it more than the children did. It hurt me to feel my children were less important than my sisters. On the other hand I don't think they noticed. Someone mentioned that boys, to some people, were preferable to girls, that turned on a light for me. I had two girls and my sister had a boy. I wonder if that had something to do with it. My girls are grown now and have turned out just fine, it's me that still remembers this. |
- Posted by HelenofMich (My Page) on Tue, Jan 21, 03 at 13:29
Know this is late, but think that your daughter may remind your mother of someone she knew a long time ago, maybe unconsciously. Possibly even HER mother or even herself, or even of how HER mother treated her as a child. |
Greetings June MN, You don't let a dead dog lie around unburied. Maybe it's time to bury this one. But I hope that you can find a way to develop some resolution, first - where you can let it go and feel at peace inside. When a wound heals over but corruption remains beneath - expect a breakout later. Good wishes, joyful guy/Ed P.S. Life's too short - and too full of current stress - to carry around loads of bitterness from the past. jg |
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As an aside, we are needing to buy a new mattress because our memory foam has sinking spots where we lay. We are most concerned about motion isolation b/c I am a very light sleeper. I was wondering if buying two twin mattresses and putting them next to each other on a king platform bed would help, or make it worse? With small movements, I think it would help. But I wonder if larger movements would cause the two mattresses to bang together? Anyone have experience with this? Thanks! |
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If you didn't read the description where I put the warning, All ingredients and Instruction I don't wants to see any complaints because it is not my fault you didn't read where I wrote "Please Read". Also all the comments do not come to my inbox so I apologies if I miss or am late to replying to comments. NaturalyMeeh: no you can possibly get mayo at dollar store tiyebrazil: Try looking into Aphogee protein treatment then. and maybe even looking up some youtube videos about it. you can purchase aphogee from sally's. and protein treatments last up to six weeks. and you wont have to worry about thinking it will take out your hair it's great for all hair textures. good luck. :) josiefine segundo: you never done this before? Lonniepooh11: awww...yo doggy is too cute!:) Boogie Rebelstorm: Your only suppose to use the yolk because the yolk contains the Vitamins :l htfdtyyuh: Do you wash your hair after applying this mixture? NaturalyMeeh: No I don't. I think it might cook the egg if you put it in the microwave. miragupta11: Pls help me what is mayo.No shampoo afer this. NaturalyMeeh: no if you had breakage you are most likely protein sensitive NaturalyMeeh: I'm not sure about falling out but it can break NaturalyMeeh: @powerpoind lol i know... i never mixed any thing in a square container it felt weird. Anne Papappapa: I used it..but what does it actually do to ur hair.????Please answer itsniquenique45: @Tomek2441 mayonnaise, silly :) the food Sinnvanille Rosier: Thinks... I know, its very good mandi8314life: can u use any type off oil? siddhant panchmukh: Just freak off fendercal77 everyone is equal such a bitch DH girl: @NaturalyMeeh @paxie6460 lol lanazack1: does it matter what brand of mayo you use??? Lizzie McGuire: @paxie6460 dare Patrice De Freitas: Lmfaoooooooooooooooo ahahahahahahaahahahaaah NaturalyMeeh: @CuttieLozzie the honey is ok as long as its a little it acts as a natural preservative I put it in all the hair products i make you can actually skip it for the protein treatment if your going to use it right away. AvLuv: What word "Mayo" means...or how it look. i'm polish so i don't understand everything Christine Bailey: @marikachica Usually after you wash it out, use a deep conditioner or any conditioner to restore the moisture, a protein treatment tends to harden but it needs to be washed out properly. Yissel Herrera: How do u keep the mayo & eggs smell out of ur hair? marie0002: whst id it supode to do Lydia Lindén: lol @ orange ^_^ So true. Oompa loompas :p cm1979ful: are you all retarded???? You only need store bought eggs, any brand of mayo mix in a bowl and spread onto hair and put a plastic bag around your hair so it dosnt get messy all over you and the heat from your scalp is trapped. Leave on as long as you want and then wash out with warm water and shamppo until its out. Thats it. Do you need a special brand of mayo?? are you kidding me? FFS. Makayla Mitchell: Love this video! proudlibra777: The mayo makes it extremely runny but this technique definitely leaves your hair very soft آلجۅد: Lol :D i love your dog !! Thanks for the video doll ! Definietly going to try it out ! :) |
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Poster Abstracts
This presentation illustrates a framework for analysing the objectivity of taxonomy projects and shows how it can illuminate the political nature of practical taxonomy work as mediation of differing viewpoints, or as a balancing of subjectivity and objectivity.
Theoretical background. The US philosopher Helen Longino proposes that the subjective/objective distinction is a false dichotomy in a scientific inquiry, arguing instead that objectivity depends on a process of intersubjective creation of meaning (Longino, H. (1990) Science as Social Knowledge). Similarly the creation of a taxonomy depends on negotiating an agreement on terminology choices and categorisations within a particular socio-cultural context. Longino asserts that for scientific inquiry to be objective, it must satisfy four criteria:
- Openness to criticism
- Responsiveness to criticism
- Public accessibility of standards
- Equality of intellectual authority of contributors
These criteria can be used as a framework for assessing the essentially �political� process of mediation that a taxonomist must undertake, illuminating the
degree of �objectivity� of a taxonomy project.
Methodology and results.
Fourteen taxonomy professionals were interviewed about 15 diverse taxonomy projects and their responses scored against a set of five questions exploring
each of Longino�s four criteria. The projects were ranked. Large-scale public projects scored higher than projects in the commercial sector and small-scale
or specialist projects scored lowest.
This research intends to show that Longino�s framework is a useful way of highlighting the degree of �objectivity� of a taxonomy project, and that the level of
�objectivity� is related to the political nature of the project and how the role of �taxonomist as politician� is formally supported. There would also seem to
be a similarity between established industry best practice (especially for well-resourced projects), and satisfaction of Longino�s criteria for objectivity.
The central aim of this poster is to describe the development of a virtual resources library with specialized contents on the field of cardiovascular diseases, organized according to a faceted organisation of categories. We understand �facets� as the classes of the different categories of one specific subject field. The information of our e-library is classified following two main different criteria: On one hand depending on the subject(s) of the documents, ordered by an onomasiological structure. For instance, we sorted the cardiovascular diseases into more specific subfields like cardiovascular abnormalities (vascular malformations, heart defects, etc.); heart diseases (arhythmias, heart failure, heart neoplasms, etc.); vascular diseases (hypertension, stroke, etc.).
On the other hand we take into consideration the characteristics and attributes of the more usual information in the biomedical areas. The classification was made depending on the form, the structure or the type of content of the document and we had classes like reference documents (atlas, books, clinical practice guidelines, databases, dictionaries and glossaries, etc.); information about congresses and other meetings; health and medical portals or associations. In addition, all the different categories and classes (subjects as well as document types) have been labelled in two languages, Spanish and English, to allow the recovery of the information no matter which language is used.
Without a doubt one of the most important aspects for the quality of information resources is the accuracy of the retrieval of the contents, avoiding the silence and the documental noise and more precisely the faceted classification methodology gives us the possibility to deal with more than one category and so increasing the relevancy of the search results.
Directgov�s vision is to be the citizen-focussed digital channel for government. By 2011, Directgov will be the principal online destination for citizens to interact with government online. It already receives over 18 million visits a month, and brings together information from all over government. The convergence programme is reducing the number of government websites, and bringing their content onto Directgov. This means the site will grow in size and complexity, hence the need for a robust, scaleable information architecture. The metadata model is a core part of this.
The model and its associated taxonomies provide consistent, user-friendly metadata terms to build applications on, for example, powering facets and filters in Search, and supporting a �What�s new?� aggregation of the most recent content to be published.
The model has to meet both end-user and business needs in four key areas:
- Describing content
- Enabling Search enhancement
- Managing content
- Specifying ownership of content
- The origins and design of several collection databases (essentially metadata repositories)
- Australian and international initiatives and progress towards management of Digital Collections
- Data Migration initiatives � progress and pitfalls - where to from here? (trying to fit a square peg in a round hole)
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Uni Gizmos
Modern technology means the life of a uni student today is very different to that of one 20, 10... even five years ago. Lecture notes are posted online, presentations can be streamed, research is conducted online and digital diaries set reminders for deadlines and due dates. Developments like instant messenger also mean that students can chat online and other services like Dropbox mean that partners for group projects have common access to shared documents.
This also means that the needs of a current-day uni student have changed. If you or your teenager are drawing up a list of electronic gizmo must-haves for uni life, make sure you browse this list before you go shopping.
A computer
A PC or Mac will be exceptionally handy for the modern-day uni student, and a laptop is ideal. This will mean they can take it with them to classes to transcribe lecture or tutorial notes straight onto soft copy; they can take it to group project meetings without having to print all documents and waste paper; and they'll also have far greater freedom for studying outside in the fresh air rather than cooped up in the house.
A USB can be bought rather cheaply from a stationery store or post office and will allow for safe transferring of documents between computers. This is especially beneficial for group projects and for allowing the student to work on assignments on multiple computers; for example the PC in their uni dorm room and the computers at uni or in the library. It's wise to buy one that comes with a keychain loop so they can attach it to their keys and carry it with them wherever they go.
External hard drive
For those of you who have had have the discomfort of watching the Sex and the City episode in which Carrie loses all of her work after failing to back up her documents, you'll no doubt understand exactly how important an external hard drive can be. These start from around $60 and can be a huge help should the student's computer crash or they lose their USB. Alternatively, they may also wish to use their hard drive instead of a USB to transfer work between uni and home. External hard drives are also great for storing past assignments without having to print them all and waste paper. Even if the student never has to delve into the archives on their hard drive, it will offer them great piece of mind for a small outlay.
These can be very helpful to record important presentations or lectures, or for noting down ideas for projects and assignments on the run. Inspiration may come to the student while they're out rowing or walking along the beach, for example -- a dictaphone means they can simply speak into the device and listen back to their recording later.
A Kindle can be a great alternative to carrying around piles of books. The student can simply download the manuscripts they need and store them all on their mobile, lightweight Kindle. It fits easily into a handbag and is easy to use on public transport or on the go.
Mobile phone
A phone with internet access is pretty much vital. By allowing a student to check their emails regularly, a smartphone can help ease the burden of getting to a computer when they're on holiday or out and about. It will also let them set alarms and reminders, take notes, listen to music... and play Words With Friends! Astute uni students can also take advantage of free wireless hotspots at cafes, etc., to help save extra dollars.
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With only four teams remaining in the NBA Playoffs, it means a few "contenders" have already been eliminated from title contention. The offseason is the time for these teams to retool to prepare for deeper runs next season. The Boston Celtics are one of the most storied and celebrated franchises in NBA history. Read More »


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The news has gone worldwide, mostly with straightforward coverage of "The Man Behind the Mystery," as The Independent Online in South Africa calls Felt.
In Beijing, the government-controlled China Daily plays up the testimony of former Nixon White House aides who say Felt betrayed them and the law.
The Guardian of London writes that Vanity Fair "outscooped" the Post with "a two-year negotiation process involving 15 editors, a San Francisco lawyer, and a dummy issue of the glossy magazine."
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Posted by: R | June 1, 2005 01:56 PM
can deep throat help us send bolton to the vatican? david inkkey, email@example.com
Benedict XVI urges Bush to name Bolton as US Ambassador to the Holy See!
God labored for 6 days to create Creation. The Vatican has struggled for almost 2 millennia to redeem humanity from what it contends is original sin... Bush is a George-come-lately with a Johnny-in-tow...¿undertow?... in his 5th year as prex, to establish "democracy" and to win the war on terror. Each of these 3, God, the Vatican (read in Benedict XVI), and W, claim great power. For purposes of modernism, we may remember another trio, Dumas' musketeers and assess whether we consider a contemporary triple alliance has any coherence with the earlier one, Click Here: Check out "Other Items from the History of Dumas' Musketeers", or whether Lord Action, a devout 19th Century Roman Catholic, was "on target" asserting that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely... God help us......
On Friday the 13th of May in the year of Our Lord 2005, in a political conclave matching in astuteness the political correctness language of Bush I, (we have learned) Benny, W and Johnny voted overwhelmingly four to zero that Johnny should be the next US Ambassador to the Vatican. We think God abstained, we suspect W voted twice... In April Ratzi was too preoccupied with counting votes for his leap to papal power and W was too busy covering with Protestant piety JP II's pro-life affirmations, in order to conceal John Paul II's condemnation of W's war in Iraq, that Johnny was simply misjudged in ambassadorial skills, so W innocently? enuf? suggested that JB could move to the Waldorf Towers and pontificate at the UN... Condi, doing her housecleaning at State, thought getting JB out of town, virtually at any political cost, was justifiable, even while justices were put on hold??? Next time, Rice asserts that she will play with loaded dice...
Auspicious dating and confusion in the "foreign affairs" of the US Senate, alerted W, Condi and John himself that JB's assertive skills might much more favorably be employed in the Holy See where the sexual issues bothering W's administration, same sex marriage, civil unions, birth control, abstinence, AIDS and condoms, homosexuality and sex abuse, and the worst of the "papal sins," inequity, affect the FAITH and practice(s) of more than one-sixth of humanity...
The headlines should read: Benedict XVI urges Bush to name Bolton as US Ambassador to the Holy See! (orange alert!) Bush honors Benedict XVI's request to send Bolton to the Vatican as United States Ambassador, to assist in Vatican Reforms... Not since Martin Luther threw an inkwell at the Devil has the Vatican focused so enthusiastically upon the need to reform...
Click Here: Check out "Other Items from the History of Dumas' Musketeers"
The Musketeers
There is some question as to whether the Musketeers even existed, at least in the form described by Dumas. John Noone, in The Man Behind the Iron Mask, while not addressing this, does mention the Musketeers often in passing. The jailer who kept the prisoner, Monsieur de Saint-Mars, was originally a Musketeer, and was among those who, with d'Artagnan, arrested Fouquet. The Musketeers as described by Noone fit the Musketeers as described by Dumas:
The name Saint-Mars was the sword-name of Benigne d'Auvergne... In 1650, when he was twenty-four, he was given a place in the First Company of the King's Musketeers and, though he was thirty-four before he was promoted corporal and thirty-eight before he was made sergeant, he could flatter himself that to achieve rank at all in the Musketeers, where every man was a gentleman, was a mark of some distinction for a man with neither birth nor money behind him. It was as a sergeant that, in December 1664, he was appointed governor of the State Prison of Pignerol and he was recommended for that post by the commander of his company, d'Artagnan, who recognized in him all the qualities necessary for a gaoler. (Noone, 257-258)
Posted by: email@example.com | June 1, 2005 02:11 PM
That London Guardian article is very, very similar to Paul Farhi's piece.
Posted by: Andrew | June 1, 2005 03:38 PM
Here in Taiwan (email@example.com), the news if front page headlines with photos of Felt and Woodstein in all the four major Chinese-language newspapers. On TV news segments, too, loop played over and over again.
But the term "deep throat" is hard to translate into mandarin, and most people here remain ignorant of the English term from the porn movie of that title. By the way, while we call porn movies "blue movies" here in Taiwan they are called "yellow movies." In Japan they are called "pink movies."
Yesterday, I tried explaining the meaning of the new Deep Throat to a class of graduate students at the local college where I teach, and it took a long time to explain in all in plain Englishy.
But once they understood, they understood. Sex is the same all over the world...
Posted by: dan bloom | June 3, 2005 12:28 AM
More news from Taiwan, to show how far the Deep Throat legend and concept travels. In today's TAIWAN POST, a daily English newspaper, there is an article headlined "Does Taipei have a Deep Throat of its own?"
It goes on to say: "In an editorial yesterday, the Chinese language Taiwan Times newspaper in Taipei predicted that some "Deep Throats" would step forward in Taiwan to tell the true story about the election eve assasination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu last year."
This editorial appeared in Chinese, so obviously they HAVE translated the deep throat term to Mandarin. I wonder if it has the same connatations as the porn title Deep Throat? Maybe they just mean a very deep throat, literally?
Posted by: dan bloom | June 3, 2005 08:19 AM
Here is what it looks like in Chinese:
天我收到華盛頓郵報電子報頭版:FBI's No. 2 Was 'Deep Throat' ,揭開了33年來的美國新聞界最大秘辛~水門案Watergate的秘密證人-深喉嚨Deep Throat~原是當年美國聯邦調查局FBI的副局長W. Mark Felt ;
其實我對美國歷史也沒什麼研究,知道水門案一事,還是看"阿甘正傳",後來問Jan才知道水門案的由來,那是美國政治事也我沒興趣多知道,可是卻對那位Mr.Deep Throat很感興趣,想想取一個暱號"深喉嚨",我一直把這個"深喉嚨"和情色片裡的"深喉嚨"聯想在一起(sorry~~我真是個好色女^^b)....現在謎也解答,這位90歲人瑞W. Mark Felt 深喉嚨,時在也跟"情色"聯想不起來@@
PS.水門案華盛頓郵報記者伍得華德(Bob Woodward)和伯恩斯坦(Carl Bernstein)2名華盛頓郵報記者根據內線「深喉嚨」的獨家消息,揭穿尼克森政府派員在水門旅館安裝竊聽器蒐集民主黨的選務情報),美國會立法 禁止CIA在國內從事情報活動的,這起事件美國總統尼克森在競選時的醜聞 ,讓尼克森因而引咎辭職~又稱水門案醜聞The Watergate Scandal。
Posted by: email@example.com | June 3, 2005 08:40 AM
This editorial, unsigned, from the China Post in Taiwan, an English daily, shows how far the Deep Throat legend has gone, globally.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Deep Throat wanted
Is Deep Throat a traitor or patriot?
Now we all know that the true identity of Deep Throat, the anonymous Washington source whose information about Watergate helped topple the Nixon presidency, is W. Mark Felt, the former number two man at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
This week, the ailing, 91-year-old Felt stepped out of the shadows to tell the world that he was Deep Throat, thus solving one of the modern history's most enduring political mysteries.
He was the one who told two young Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, of the abuse of power and wrongdoing of the Nixon White House during the 1972 election campaign against the Democratic Party.
The stories written by the two Post reporters, based on the anonymous source, about the burglary of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex in Washington, wire-tapping and other unlawful acts by the Nixon administration shocked the country and led to the first resignation of a U.S. president in history.
Over more than 30 years, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein had kept their promise to protect their source until this week, when Deep Throat revealed his true identity to Vanity Fair magazine, catching Woodward and Bernstein by surprise and the Washington Post off guard. This time, however, the Post did not get the scoop.
Why Mr. Felt chose to unmask himself after so many years? He must know that his move would inevitably draw negative criticisms. Already, there are detractors who call him a "traitor" for betraying government secrets he was supposed to protect, and for betraying his boss who did not give him the promotion he thought he deserved.
But he has also been praised for his courage to blow the whistle on abusers of power. There are people who regard him as a "hero" who risked his job to expose the wrongdoing of the government. To call him a hero may be too much for a ranking government official who had violated vocational ethics and possibly the law, but he may qualify as a patriot of a sort.
Deep Throat was a whistle blower, and whistle blowers are needed in countries where power is abused and justice is obstructed.
Taiwan needs such a Deep Throat to help unravel the mysterious "3-19 shooting" on the eve of the 2004 election. Two bullets fired from a still-at-large assassin's gun turned the tables overnight and helped President Chen Shui-bian, who was trailing in the polls, win re-election with a paper-thin margin.
Taiwan has since been divided. The division has been so deep that nearly 50 per cent of Taiwan's voters still refuse to recognize Chen Shui-bian's election as legitimate. Investigations into the election-eve assassination bid have gone nowhere. On Thursday, the opposition Kuomintang offered an NT$50 million (US$1.6 million) cash reward to lure Taiwan's "Deep Throat" to come forward. While it is unclear whether the hefty award will work, one thing is certain: Deep Throat is in demand here because there are many mysterious political murders still remain a mystery.
Copyright © 1999~2005 The China Post.
All rights reserved.
Posted by: email@example.com | June 5, 2005 12:23 AM
Small note: you mention the Independent Online (http://www.iol.co.za), but the link is to News24 (http://www.news24.com). Since these are two of the major players in news media in the country, and lifelong competitors, they would probably both be offended by the mistake.
Posted by: Megan Knight | June 6, 2005 10:36 AM
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The Store Brand: Rising Moon Organics - Basil, Asiago, and Pine Nut Pesto Ravioli (couldn't they really just call these asiago and pesto...)
My Recipe:
1 large sweet potato
1/4 cup coconut milk
1 adobe pepper in sauce
I baked the sweet potatoes (I used 3 small ones, and it was way too much filling) at 375º for ~30 mins, then peeled them. Put in the food processor with everything else and puree.
Turn these into this ---->
Ravioli Dough (adapted from foodnetwork.com):
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp evoo
- Combine the flour and salt on a flat work surface; shape into a mound and make a well in the center.
- Add the eggs and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil to the well and lightly beat with a fork.
- Gradually draw in the flour from the inside wall of the well in a circular motion; use 1 hand for mixing and the other to protect the outer wall. Continue to incorporate all the flour until it forms a ball. Knead for about 10 minutes until elastic.
- Cover with plastic and let rest for 30 mins.
- Cut the ball of dough in 1/2, and press the dough into a rectangle and roll it through a pasta machine, 2 or 3 times, at widest setting. Reduce the setting and crank the dough through again, 2 or 3 times.
- Continue until the machine is at the narrowest setting; the dough should be about 1/8-inch thick.
- Dust the counter and sheet of dough with flour, lay out the long sheet of pasta, and brush the top surface with a beaten egg white, which acts as a glue.
- Drop tablespoons of filling on 1/2 of the pasta sheet, about 2-inches apart.
- Fold the other 1/2 over the filling like a blanket.
- Gently press out air pockets around each mound of filling.
- Use a sharp knife to cut each pillow into squares and crimp the 4 edges with the tins of a fork to make a tight seal.
- Cook the ravioli in plenty of boiling salted water for 4 minutes; they'll float to the top when ready (don't overcrowd the pot).
- Lift the ravioli out with a slotted spoon.
So... my ravioli. Ugh - I almost lost it during this process. The dough was really, really dry, which made it hard to knead. I added a little milk (probably not the right thing to do) and it was better, but still didn't seem quite right. Getting it through the pasta roller took two people - could just be my inexpensive pasta maker. Once they were cooked, the dough seemed a little hard - maybe not cooked long enough or my impromptu milk add-in, but they were floating away when I pulled them out.
So obviously mine were huge compared to the packaged brand. I didn't think mine had quite enough filling to pasta ratio - next time I will try to fill them fuller or cut them smaller. The pasta didn't seem much better on the frozen kind - a little hard, maybe they all just needed to be cooked longer.
The sweet potato filling in mine was very delicious - can't argue with that. Overall, it just seemed like a lot of work for a decent piece of stuffed pasta. I will try it again - stretching the pasta a little thinner, filling it more, and cooking a little longer.
So the cost? So even though the cost worked out the same, mine were about twice the size, and I could easily have made a LOT more out of that recipe. So in reality, I'd say mine cost half as much as the store bought version.
So the cost? So even though the cost worked out the same, mine were about twice the size, and I could easily have made a LOT more out of that recipe. So in reality, I'd say mine cost half as much as the store bought version.
Ravioli Count | Cost | Cost/Piece | |
Rising Moon Organics Ravioli | 30 | $ 2.99 | $ 0.10 |
Homemade | 20 | $ 1.96 | $ 0.10 |
But for now:
Bake or Buy? BUY.


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Summary: Michael Dorris' story of his adopted son Adam, born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), explores the enormous scope of the disease and parallels one father's endless battle to overcome the problem. Now an ABC-TV movie. From the author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. The controversial national bestseller that received unprecedented media attention, sparked the nation's interest in the plight of children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and touched a nerve in all of us. W ...show moreinner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. "As passionate as it is fierce. Intensely personal and moving beyond belief, The Broken Cord. . . . is a book so powerful it will not only break your heart; it will restore your faith. " --Alice Hoffman, author of At Risk The author discusses Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and relates his own experiences. He adopted a Native American child in 1971 who, after "tests and transfer from school to school, was finally diagnosed as suffering from FAS. "(Libr J)Bibliography. ...show less
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(Reviews) Splendor in the Grass At the crossroads of civilization and nature, a writer finds hope and renewal. By Frank Graham Jr. For
the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys For the Beauty of the Earth, by Thomas Urquhart, is a wonderful jumble-shop of a book, ranging far beyond what even its subtitle, Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys, promises. Taking his keynote from an old hymn heard as a child in an English church"For the Beauty of the Earth / Over and around us lies"Urquhart tries to grasp and express the human relationship with nature in a way that may point toward a renewal of earth's splendor. As the hymn's "over and around us" suggests, Urquhart's search for nature's harmony in the modern age is, he admits, "unashamedly humanistic." A jovial traveling companion, Urquhart takes us to the places around the world he has loved bestsouthern England, Tuscany, Provence, Mali, Maine, even New York's Central Parkilluminating the grandeur of their landscapes, and pointing out the balance achieved across centuries as civilizations shaped the land with their agriculture, gardens, and architecture. Too often now he finds those landscapes blighted by indifference, greed, sometimes violence. Parts of Mali are awash in plastic trash, and Italian hunters shoot 150 million birds for fun every year. Urquhart's beloved southern England has been scarred by dredged rivers and plowed hilltops. In one village, he writes, "the rounded contour of the hillside has been gouged by tracks of motorbikes doing wheelies and doughnuts." It sometimes seems as if he is searching for jewels in a dung heap. But in catching fugitive glimpses of nature linked to art, he finds, if not optimism, hope. For Urquhart, in the beginning was the bird. "Birds lead me to see things I had not seen before and to associations that range from the trivial to the poetic to the philosophic," he writes. A former executive director of Maine Audubon, he shies from the intensity of the hard-core birder who rushes from shoreline to marshland to rainforest, building a life list. Nor is there any such thing as an avian hierarchy or a "trash bird" in his vocabulary. Hardly taking note of a black-capped chickadee and hurrying on to find "something better" is a source of embarrassment. He calls it perverse to celebrate the rare and the endangered while making "a bore out of the commonplace, regardless of the intrinsic beauty of either." And, he notes: "At the feeder, 'just a chickadee' is a miracle of charm, of tenacity, of biological efficiency." If the flashing wings of birds captured his early imagination, so did those hymns heard as a child. But the two interests, instead of clashing, complemented each other and combined to become the driving force of his life. Urquhart's father, Brian, a British diplomat with the United Nations, regularly shepherded his family between their home in rural England and a New York City apartment. As a young man, Thomas first worked as an administrator with an orchestral company and as an opera critic before settling into the nature business. Birdsong (as he walks out) in the morning, immortal symphonies and operas in the evening, form the background of his life. And so he writes with conviction that music best expresses the awe with which we respond to the natural world. Here he explores in depth the oneness of great musical compositions and majestic nature: "As a prism for gazing at nature, [music] can capture physical and emotional weightthe sheer mass of a mountain or the restlessness of the watersand interpret them in a way that brings the elements into a personal relationship with the listener to an extent impossible in any other medium. Sometimes this emulation is conscious—the surge of the ocean at the end of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazadebut it can equally be a natural affinity with musical form." This is a deeply personal book, and personal solutions
don't often meet the immensity of earth's problems. Urquhart concludes
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Race to Save the Lord God Bird The ivory-billed woodpecker has never really gone away. At least that's what many birders want desperately to believe. In fact, the last confirmed sighting was in Cuba, 17 years ago. In The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, conservationist Phillip Hoose offers a spellbinding account of the ivory-bill's disappearance and the quixotic hunt to find it. Nineteenth-century naturalists were so moved by the ivory-bill's stunning colorsthe males sported a bright red crestthat they dubbed it the "Lord God bird." Hoose, for his part, calls it "the first modern endangered species," because many of the techniques now used to protect threatened animals, such as shooting pictures instead of specimens, were pioneered through efforts to save it. Hoose recounts how in 1935 a team from Cornell University's nascent Lab of Ornithology journeyed deep into a Louisiana swamp to capture the bird on tape. The group emerged with the only sound and film recordings that exist of the otherwise phantom bird, and triggered herculean efforts by the National Audubon Society to save the species, including the first detailed study and conservation plan for an endangered species. Despite meetings with lumber-company executives and letters to President Franklin Roosevelt, Audubon biologists could only watch as trees surrounding the last known female ivory-bill's perch were cleared in the spring of 1944. Although the species is surely lost, Hoose contends that the hard lessons learned in its demise make it "the most important bird ever to have lived in the United States." Phil McKenna Locust:
The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That
Shaped the American Frontier When the Rocky Mountain grasshopper inexplicably disappeared a century ago, few tears were shed. Trillions had swept through the American Plains in the 1870s, leaving devastated farmers and impoverished communities in their wake. At the time, people tried everything to stop the winged insects: They torched them, poisoned them, and, in true Wild West form, set a bounty on them. But the insects kept coming. This dramatic chapter in frontier history is richly retold in Jeffrey Lockwood's Locust, perhaps the first ecological detective story ever fashioned from a bug's life. In retracing the trail of the lost locust, Lockwood, a biologist at the University of Wyoming, uncovers more than the possible truth about the pest's demise: His hunt, taking him from library archives to retreating glaciers, also sheds light on larger, more worrisome environmental changes, which the author presents as a cautionary tale. J.M. McCord
When it comes to worshipping at the altar of high consumption, nobody outshines Americans. From microwave ovens and personal computers to DVD players and hulking SUVs, U.S. households are well stocked with the accoutrements of the good life. So what happens when the rest of the world wants in, particularly the billion "new consumers" in developing countries that now have purchasing power approaching that of the average middle-class American? Well, 120 million more cars by 2010, for starters. But Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent don't want to deny anyone else the same standard of living that Americans enjoy; they just want to emphasize the severe environmental costs. Thus the authors advise that we "must slay the dragon of rampant overconsumptionor at least put the dragon on a diet." Marshaling an array of statistics, they argue that the "new consumers" will compound global warming, water shortages, and the loss of arable land. Yet far from faulting the newly well-to-do, the authors put the onus on developed countries like the United States to lead the way, and they conclude: "If we can all contain and eventually reduce the adverse impacts of consumption, that could well rank as the finest environmental success story to date." Phil McKenna © 2004 National Audubon Society Sound off! Send a letter to
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Taxation works better than nudging
By Wendy Barnaby
Government regulation and taxation will be needed to make populations eat the right food, drink moderately, take enough exercise, save for pensions and reduce their environmental footprint, Lord Krebs in his Presidential address has told the British Science Festival.
It is fashionable for governments use insights from behavioural sciences to "nudge" their populations into doing what is right for them and society as a whole, or to use techniques of persuasion to the same end. These insights are important in changing behaviour, and for some policies they can make a significant difference, said Krebs. But the government will need the more traditional tools at its disposal if it is serious about tackling the big issues.
"Tough policies need tough actions," said Lord Krebs.
"Insights from behavioural science are not the get-out-of-jail-free card for governments unwilling to be labelled as nanny states," he said.
His comments come against the background of the world population aspiring to consume at the same rate as the average US citizen. If this were to happen, "the environmental impact, measured as greenhouse gas emissions, would equate to a global population of over 70 billion people, roughly ten times what it is now," said Krebs.
"You would have to be more than an optimist to believe that the Earth could sustain this level of environmental pressure, or that technology on its own will find a way of solving the problem of allowing everyone to consume at the American level without disastrous consequences for the environment."
Anti-smoking campaigns have been successful in the UK, as have the big decrease in drink-driving, and driving without seatbelts. But governments which are serious about introducing sustainable forms of transport spend much more money than the UK currently does. Copenhagen has invested £40 per person per year over many decades in making it easy for people to walk or cycle. Local authorities in the UK average £1 per person per year.
Advances in neurosciences, which will throw light on the way we think, need to be linked to the social sciences and behavioural economics in a new way to deal with these problems. The UK government's Behavioural Insights Team is doing randomised controlled trials to see what works in changing people's behaviour. It has found, for example, that sending text messages prompts increases of payment of court fines from five per cent to 20 per cent; subtle changes in the wording of corporation tax demand letters increases payment by three per cent.
"If it were really true that you could substantially change people's behaviour by appealing to their sub-conscious, it does raise the question of whether it is actually ethically acceptable," concluded Krebs. "I don't have an answer to it – but people will have to consider this if they approach were to take off."
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Audi A3 sedan caught nearly naked
It's been almost two years since we first saw the Audi A3 Sedan Concept under the lights of the Geneva Motor Show, but it looks like we won't have to wait much longer to see this small Audi four-door on the open road. Our spy shooters have caught Audi testing the sedan version of the next-generation A3 that is expected to go on sale later next year.
From what we can tell from this test mule, Audi has kept the overall styling of the A3 Sedan very similar to the 2011 concept car. The long-lensed shots don't give us too much detail of the car's body or any interior shots, but we do see that the concept's roofline and side window shape carries over almost identically. As expected, the massive carbon fibre and aluminum wheels have been replaced with more appropriately sized wheels, and the door mirrors are befitting a production car. The A3 sedan concept had a four-passenger seating layout, but we would be surprised if this configuration makes it to production.
No definitive word on what will power the next A3, but don't hold your breath for the same five-cylinder used on the A3 Sedan Concept. With a stated 408 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque, this engine's output seems rather high even for a next-gen RS3.
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Rudd's popularity takes a hit in latest poll
PUBLISHED: 19 Jan 2010 07:40:29 | UPDATED: 20 Jan 2010 05:02:39PRINT EDITION: 19 Jan 2010
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's popularity has fallen in the latest Newspoll, in his second worst poll result since 2007.
The first Newspoll for 2010, published in The Australian newspaper on Tuesday, also shows Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's satisfaction rating has risen, with 25 per cent support for him as better prime minister, an increase from 23 per cent on the previous survey.
Mr Rudd's backing as better prime minister, however, dropped from 60 per cent to 57 per cent, according to the poll.
Primary support for Labor fell three points to 40 per cent compared with the previous survey, while the Coalition was steady on 38 per cent.
The poll also found on a two party-preferred basis, Labor's vote has dropped from 56 to 54 per cent and the coalition has risen from 44 to 46 per cent.
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The Daily Grind: Real ID -- Do we finally have our WoW killer? {Massively}
Jul 7th 2010 9:50AM I think this effects the MMO Community as a whole. What's to stop other developers from doing the same?
The Daily Grind: Will you be playing Aion open beta this weekend? {Massively}
Sep 4th 2009 8:45AM No, I won't because my computer can't run Aion.
Isle of Conquest details released {WoW}
Jun 12th 2009 2:42PM INB4 QQ
Breakfast Topic: Remember your elders {WoW}
Feb 10th 2009 8:27AM I got my elder title, took 5 of use to kill omen 2 mages both level 80, 1 level 80 deathknight who kited omen, me a level 80 hunter and another level 31 hunter it took use 30 mins to kill him, but it was worth it.
BlizzCon 2008: WoW PvP Panel {WoW}
Oct 11th 2008 2:00PM Yeah like there is anything orginal in games nowhere days...