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CNN — An angry outburst at a mosque. The posting of a suspicious YouTube video. A friendship with a shadowy imam.
Those were just some of the signs that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, accused of masterminding the Boston Marathon bombings, had adopted a virulent strain of Islam that led to the deaths of four people and injury of more than 260.
But how else can you tell that someone's religious beliefs have crossed the line? The answer may not be as simple you think, according to scholars who study all brands of religious extremism. The line between good and evil religion is thin, they say, and it's easy to make self-righteous assumptions.
"When it's something we like, we say it's commitment to an idea; when it's something we don't like, we say it's blind obedience," said Douglas Jacobsen, a theology professor at Messiah College in Pennsylvania.
Yet there are ways to tell that a person's faith has drifted into fanaticism if you know what to look and listen for, say scholars who have studied some of history's most horrific cases of religious violence.
"There are a lot of warning signs all around us, but we usually learn about them after a Jim Jones or a David Koresh," said Charles Kimball, author of "When Religion Becomes Evil."
Here are four warning signs:
1. I know the truth, and you don't.
On the morning of July 29, 1994, the Rev. Paul Hill walked up to John Britton outside an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Florida, and shot the doctor to death. Hill was part of a Christian extremist group called the Army of God, which taught that abortion was legalized murder.
Hill's actions were motivated by a claim that virtually all religions espouse: We have the truth that others lack.
Those claims can turn deadly when they become absolute and there is no room for interpretation, Kimball says.
"Absolute claims can quickly move into a justification of violence against someone who rejects that claim," Kimball said. "It's often a short step."
Healthy religions acknowledge that sincere people can disagree about even basic truths, Kimball says.
The history of religion is filled with examples of truths that were once considered beyond questioning but are no longer accepted by all followers: inerrancy of sacred scripture, for example, or the subjugation of women and sanctioning of slavery.
If someone like Hall believes that they know God's truth and they cannot be wrong, watch out, Kimball says.
"Authentic religious truth claims are never as inflexible as zealous adherents insist," he writes in "When Religion Becomes Evil."
Yet there's a flip side to warnings about claiming absolute truth: Much of religion couldn't exist without them, scholars say.
Many of history's greatest religious figures -- Moses, Jesus, the Prophet Mohammed -- all believed that they had discovered some truth, scholars say.
Ordinary people inflamed with a sense of self-righteousness have made the same claim and done good throughout history, says Carl Raschke, a theology professor at the University of Denver in Colorado.
The Protestant Reformation was sparked by an angry German monk who thought he had the truth, Raschke says.
"Martin Luther's disgust at the worldliness of the papacy in the early 1500s inspired him to become a radical revolutionary whose ideas overturned the entire political structure in Europe," Raschke said.
So how do you tell the difference between the healthy claims of absolute truth and the deadly? Scholars say to look at the results: When people start hurting others in the name of their religious truth, they've crossed the line.
2. Beware the charismatic leader.
It was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Japanese history. In March 1995, a religious sect called Aum Shinrikyo released a deadly nerve gas in a Tokyo subway station, leaving 12 people dead and 5,000 injured.
Two months later, Japanese police found Shoko Asahara, the sect's founder, hiding in a room filled with cash and gold bars. Kimball, who tells the story of the sect in "When Religion Becomes Evil," says Asahara had poisoned the minds of his followers years before.
Asahara demanded unquestioned devotion from members of his sect and isolated followers in communities where they were told that they no longer needed to think for themselves, Kimball says.
Any religion that limits the intellectual freedom of its followers, he says, has become dangerous. "When you start to get individuals who are the sole interpreters of truth, you get people who follow them blindly."
Charismatic leaders, though, often don't start off being cruel. Jim Jones, who led the mass suicide of his followers in South America, was a gifted speaker who built an interracial church in San Francisco that did much good in the community. Few people at the beginning of his ministry could predict what he would become.
As time went on, though, his charisma turned cruel as he tolerated no questions to his authority and became delusional.
"Charismatic leadership is important, but in healthy religions, there's always a process where questions are encouraged," Kimball said.
Weaning followers away from corrupt charismatic leaders and bad religion can take years, but it can be done if one knows how to speak their language, says Ed Husain, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
Countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt will often deploy imams to reach out to young men in prison who have adopted "Islamism," or extreme forms of Islam sanctioning violence against civilians, says Husain, who has written about Muslim extremism.
These Muslim clerics know the Quran better than the extremists and can use their knowledge to reach extremists in a place that logic and outsiders cannot penetrate, Husain said.
"The antidote to extremism is religion itself," Husain said. "The problem is not to take Islam out of the debate but to use Islam to counter Islamism."
3. The end is near.
In 1970, an unknown pastor from Texas wrote a book called "The Late, Great Planet Earth." The book, which linked biblical prophecy with political events like Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, predicted the imminent return of an antichrist and the end of the world.
Author Hal Lindsey's book has sold an estimated 15 million copies and spawned a genre of books like the "Left Behind" series. Many people are fascinated by the idea that the heavens will open soon because the end is near.
That end-times theology can turn lethal, though, when a follower decides that he or she will speed up that end-time by conducting some dramatic or violent act, says John Alverson, chairman of the theology department at Carlow University in Pittsburgh.
"A religious terrorist mistakenly believes that God has ordained or called him or her to establish the will of God on Earth now, not gradually and not according to the slow and finicky free will of other humans," Alverson said.
Yet this impulse to see God's intervention in human affairs now and not in some distant future can also be good, he says.
There are vibrant religious communities that teach that political and economic injustice must be addressed now. Liberation theology, for example, was a movement among pastors and theologians in Latin America that called for justice for the poor now, not in some future apocalyptic event, Alverson says.
"Hope is a good breakfast but not much of a supper," Alverson said. "We can't just live on the hope that justice will happen; we have to actually experience justice from time to time so that our hope can continue."
4. The end justifies the means.
It was one of the biggest scandals the Roman Catholic Church ever faced, and the repercussions are still being felt today.
In January 2002, the Boston Globe published a story about Father John Geoghan, a priest who had been moved around various parishes after Catholic leaders learned that he had abused children. It was later revealed that Catholic officials had quietly paid at least $10 million to settle lawsuits against Geoghan.
Kimball says the Catholic scandal revealed another sign that a faith has turned toxic: Religious figures start justifying doing something wrong for a higher good.
"The common theme was trying to protect the integrity of the church," Kimball said of some Catholic leaders who covered up the crimes. "You get all of these rationalizations that we can't let this scandal bring the whole church down, so we have to pay off this family and send the priests off to rehab."
Religion is supposed to be a force for good. Still, it's common that everyone from suicide bombers to venal church figures finds ways to justify their behavior in the name of some higher good.
Those rationalizations are so pervasive that religious movements that avoid them stand out, scholars say.
Jacobsen, the theology professor from Messiah College, cited the civil rights movement. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his fellow activists renounced violence, even as they were attacked and sometimes murdered.
"They were willing to lay down their lives for what they believed in, but what's incredible is, they practiced not retaliating when they suffered violence," he said. "Those people really believed that God created everyone equal, and they were committed to the point of death."
In some ways, it's easy to say we would never adopt a form of religion that's evil. But when we use the word "evil" to describe those who kill in the name of their faith, we're already mimicking what we condemn, Jacobsen says.
In his new book, "No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education," Jacobson writes that calling a religion evil is dangerous because "bad or wrong actions can be corrected, but typically evil needs to be destroyed."
"To label someone or something as evil is to demonize it, putting it in a category of otherness where the rules of normal life do not apply, where the end often justifies almost any means," Jacobson writes.
And when we do that, we don't have to read about radical imams or look at angry YouTube videos to see how easy it is for someone to drift toward religious extremism, he says.
We need only look at ourselves.
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If passed, Republican-led efforts to change the US Environmental Protection Agency's handling of science may never make it past the President's desk.
Daily News Roundup
If passed, Republican-led efforts to change the US Environmental Protection Agency's handling of science may never make it past the President's desk.
Ocean animals have been getting bigger over the millennia, according to an analysis of thousands of genera that have plied Earth's seas since the Cambrian Period.
Researchers working in China have unearthed the fossil remains of two diminutive mammals that speak volumes about faunal diversity during the Jurassic Period.
Full genomes of Darwin's Galápagos finches reveal a critical gene for beak shape and three overlooked species.
Ancient sulfur-eating deep-sea bacteria closely resemble modern variants, suggesting evolution may not occur in static environments.
US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Margaret Hamburg is stepping down after six years on the job.
Parliament today voted to allow techniques that could help couples produce babies with a reduced chance of passing on heritable mitochondrial diseases.
Study of ancient dog DNA sheds light on early Americans' relationships with their pets.
A point mutation analysis of the entire human genome finds that alterations to as many as 7.5 percent of nucleotides may have contributed to humans' evolutionary split from chimpanzees.
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Militant attack kills 17 on bus headed to wedding; 15 injured by car bomb at recreational facility in Peshawar
An explosion killed 17 on a bus headed to a wedding in the Mohmand tribal region. Hours later a car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a recreational facility in Peshawar, injuring fifteen.
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ISLAMABAD — A blast struck a bus headed to a wedding in the Mohmand tribal region on Oct. 23. Four women and three children were among the 17 killed, according to Zabit Khan, a local government official, who said the exact cause of the blast was still not certain.
"It appears to be a remote-controlled bomb, and militants might have hit the bus mistakenly," Khan told the Associated Press.
Also on Oct. 23, a car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a recreational facility in Peshawar, the main city in the north-west. Fifteen people, all civilians, were wounded. The facility includes a restaurant, a swimming pool, a health club and a marriage hall. The sound of the explosion was heard far from the detonation and created terror among people in the surrounding neighbourhood.
"It is part of the violence we are seeing across Pakistan these days," said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the region's information minister. While the militants claim that their targets are government authorities, many of the victims are civilians.
There have been at least nine major militant attacks this month and not all were against security or army targets, despite provisions in the Taliban Code of Conduct that Taliban leader Mullah Omer Mohamed issued last July forbidding attacks against civilians.
A week ago the Pakistani army began its offensive in South Waziristan, the region that Taliban, Al-Qaeda and their allies use as an operations and training base, in an effort to eliminate a militant threat that draws no distinction between civilian and military targets.


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In my opinion, the whole discussion about new laws for regualting and supervising banks is simply a waste of time. Such laws will never prevent financial institutions from going bust because they are written in retrospect of events that have already happened and there is no guarantee whatsoever that they will prevent a crisis in the future from happening.
Instead, policy makers should target the real source of the problem: The fact that companies are becoming "too big to fail". Such companies should be split up in units that can fail.
And no. The bonuses are not the problem either. They simply must be linked to the overall performance of the company. Knowing that bonuses can add or subtract from base salaries will make excessive bonus payments a lot less attractive because they translate in huge losses in a crisis.
The best way to make change is to make those who are the problem change. Therefore the people should find these financial robber barons, follow them, annoy them, invade their privacy, invade their peace of mind, until they break.
Turnabout is fair play.
Barack Obama's financial meet political reality.
As everyone knows by now that the two main culprits that lead to the financial crisis were market Deregulation and Human Greed.
Deregulation gained momentum in the 1970s, influenced by research at the University of Chicago and the theories of Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek, and Milton Friedman, and among others. The Deregulation is the removal or simplification of government rules and regulations that constrain the operation of market forces.
This ideology was challanged under the current Financial crises that proved that markets cannot regulate themselves.
In my opinion, I totaly agree with the viewer bellow that the treasury department, the Fed,and the Obama Administration all have prominent vital links to Wall Street. This is called in America "Revolving door". Regulation without teeth will never work with these crooks. Besides regulation the excess powers of the financial oligarchy has to be put in check. This is the only way out.
The Treasury Dept., the Fed, and the Obama Administration all have prominent vital links to Wall Street. Had Obama not had backing from Wall Street during his campaign, he might not be in office right now. This is not to say that the administration is neccesairly all-encompassed in regulatory capture, but it almost certainly looks like it. The financial policy I have seen from this administration will only give more power to the national banking cartel of this country. One proposal, which though actually might not benefit the banking cartel is the idea that we need a federal consumer watchdog agency. The problem with this is the fact that we already have a consumer watchdog agency, called the Federal Trade Commission.
P.S. It might be misleading to call it the political reality. It's more like the plutocratic reality. In the financial sector, democracy does not seem to reign, plutocracy seems to.
@hikeandski, I was with you about the "20%" point being bizarre (uhm, bank employees need greater compensation? Really?), but you lost me with the rant about "fraudulent theories" of global warming.
A lot of evidence for that one has piled up since the 1990s, when "Salomon" still existed as a bank...
All politicians and the media including The Economist must wake up to the reality and learn the real causes and mechanics of the current crisis.
In fact a very insightful document was published by the UK's Parliament Treasury Committee but it has not been discussed openly (neither by politicians nor by the media). This document is quite detailed and lengthy but worth having a go at it.
Why do we need a new agency? We already have "The Economic Policy Institute" that warned us back in March of 2006 that CEO pay had skyrocketed from 24 times the average worker's pay to 262 times the average worker's pay in 2006!
1965 = CEO pay 24 times average worker's pay
1978 = CEO pay 35 times average worker's pay
1989 = CEO pay 71 times average worker's pay
2006 = CEO pay 262 times average worker's pay
Reagonomics brought the entire economy down, and now this administration has to undo all of the damage caused by Reagonomics. Reagonomics = pass legislation which places as much money as possible in the hands of the wealthy, and as they spend, the trickle-down effect will benefit the middle class and poor! Everyone actually believed this!
Only brokers did bad things to global financial system.
Obfuscation...which leaves the 'judicial' branch to carry the load, and to penetrate the inner sanctums of corporate america. But, this takes time. Financial reform regulation of 'hidden' assets and other 'hidden' liabilities that risk 'public' capital is essential. Else what the CFO's decide to hide, bite us all again in stride.
Financial Reforms were triggered by the relentless and over powering force of unregulated greed that robbed the cherry,swiped the cream and hollowed the cake.Credit and investment products need to be comprehensible concerning risk and reward and not shiny bloated balloons with gold paint.Indeed it is hard for the Legislators on the one hand and the ruthless Operatives on the other to enter any agreeable pact.The former is desirous of telling the voters or the sufferers that their interests are the first concern and the latter are interested in being quickly back to good times with fatter valets and bulging perks at any cost and ability to hide under small print warnings crafted ingeniously by top dollars per minute lawyers.
Once some stability by natural and normal economic events occurs,even giving the stimulus package some credit,it will all be back to casino frenzy again.
One important area that might trigger the next crisis which could be more scarier and catastrophic is the commodities futures and derivatives products that are crafted,packaged and distributed.This side of the business which is so global and cross border has the potential to cause major damage to currency trading and values of cash.Yes,real cash and exchange values,Not just paper contracts with imposed or implied values and with default covers in most cases.
Unchecked exposure of financial intermediaries to products like complex derivatives that are betting on commodities could be dangerous though it might appear to be the only safe area with quick gambler's gains and/or losses in the coming few years.
Some interesting posts. I. E. "give" 20% of profits to employees. Hell If 20% is good, why not 80% and REALLY "fix" it? The stock market may drop further as earnings plummet, but what the heck, it's a great socialist program that goes with what Obama and the Democratic Congress is already doing.
(I. E. "socializing" the USA)
Too many people waste time "listening" to what Obama and the Democrats say. Look at what they do; not what they say. The trillions of bailouts going to unions (GM, Chrysler) and the banks (AIG, Solomon, etc) collectively "the losers", will do nothing to help the over-leveraged economy, which is what caused the "Great Recession". Indeed, Obamas program to waste more trillions on the fraudulent theory of "anthropogenic CO2 causes gloabl warming" will make things worse. When people wise up to the fraud they will hopefully punish Obama, the other politicians and supporters of the fraud. Perhaps 15000 years for Obama??
Hi all,
Why I should say the Fed, the Fed, is not the best answer, possibly.
The FDIC can do just as much of a job as the Fed can, if we want to talk about monitoring companies with deposit and insurance liabilities. If the Fed, with regards to this crisis, step in and administer funds to cash strapped banks and bail them out, then it should be then who monitor pre and post.
But, if this is going to expand the Fed, consolidate regulatory power and, in a sense, put all of our eggs in one basket, then, we have an issue where we need to look at allowing a reserve fund to be placed in the FDIC or another regulatory agency; for example the SEC.
I am rooting hartily for Obama to succeed. However, his advisors seem to be stuck in a strategy box. They dwell only on strategies that tweak the system at the top financial levels. We need to tweak the system at the bottom, where true wealth is created; the profit centers.
Why not allow 20% of net profits to be plowed back to employees, and then give the business a tax
credit for that profit-sharing dividend? A profitsharing tax credit!
This would increase household income quickly, increase supply and demand, and would be a regular built-in
stimulus. It would pay for itself from increased productivity and a quickly growing tax base.
It would make mortgages and insurance premiums more managable.
It would make it easier for the unemployed "on-the-street" to become more self-sufficient.
It is both business friendly and a boon for the lower and middle classes.
It is politically neutral, and is the missing link of both conservative "supply-side" theory, as well as the missing link of liberal "economic democracy".
It will refine capitalism to its proper balance, and be a model for the rest of the world.
Where is the flaw in this logic?
Let us contact our senators and house reps to get this implemented as soon as possible.
It can be tested on a trial basis at the state level, where the economy is in crisis, such as CA, MI, or NC.
Give the governor "economic disaster relief", but not with money. Give it to them as the
tax credit for profitsharing.
Join the profitsharinguprising.
Would it be only wishful thinking for a change in principle rather than rules to be the need of the day? for example, like IFRS and IASB although IFRS/Europes principle based accounting is bullied by IASB in policy making by having a winning economy behind it (i.e. US)
But then would principle based economy last and prove economical to start with assuming stakeholders play by the same book?
When we say "political reality" why can't we try to be a bit more honest and substitute the words with "few, powerful, moneyed interests that rule this country, which are politically connected to..."
This whole "political reality" public relation, pretty word campaign is getting on my nerves. If we call ourselves Democracy there shouldn't be "political reality" there should be FOR PEOPLE by their ELECTED representatives.
Elizabeth Warren defended the proposed Consumer Protection Financial Agency (CFPA)very convincingly on Baselinescenario:
Even James Surowiecki of The New Yorker, a very pro-business guy, had to admit that there might be some need for the CFPA:
Both Elizabeth Warren and James Surowiecki are very articulate. It's hard to choose who to quote. I'll just finish with this excerpt from Surowiecki:
"Consumer finance, in other words, is an industry in which keeping customers confused often seems to be a business strategy. This means that there's a chance for the state to help balance, if not level, the playing field."
"But the administration is set to get less of what it wanted, and later."
I beg to differ. The administration is set to get less of what it *said* it wanted, and later *than as early as possible*. Obama and his gang are very experienced politicians. They know the game.
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Mudrooms are a great invention for parents, collecting all the clutter that kids would otherwise scatter around the house. They also making it easier for everyone to get out the door on time in the morning.
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The Face of Darwin
Look closely at Charles Darwin's ceramic face.
You'll see selections from his secret notebooks and images of organisms that most influenced his scientific studies.
His beard is peppered with moths. You'll also find barnacles, iguanas, finches, orchids and other creatures on his face.
It is, says Diane Ullman, "a profound learning experience in and of itself."
The ceramic mosaic, appropriately titled "The Face of Darwin," will be among the art work displayed June 3-July 3 in the Buehler Alumni and Visitors' Center at UC Davis.
The background of "The Face": Ullman, an entomologist-artist, taught a freshman seminar with fellow artist Donna Billick to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birthday. Ullman and Billick co-founded the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program and serve as the co-directors. The seminar was part of the Art/Science Fusion Program.
The Buehler art exhibit features more than 50 student photographs from Terry Nathan's class, "Photography: Bridging Art and Science," also part of the Art/Science Fusion Program. The photographs, Nathan said, explore the conceptual connections between art and science and the role of art and science on the UC Davis campus.
A public reception takes place from 3 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 4.
"The Face of Darwin" is both hauntingly beautiful and a vividly detailed study of the science that engulfed the evolutionary biologist. The eyes plead his passion, begging for knowledge, understanding and realization.
It is, indeed, as Ullman said, "a profound learning experience in and of itself."
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Wonderful World of Insects
Kids love bugs.
And they love books on bugs.
One of the bug books we bought our son during his childhood was "Insect World: A Child's First Library of Learning," published by Time-Life Books.
It includes such chapters as:
Why Do Butterflies Love Flowers?
Why Are a Dragon Fly's Eyes So Big?
Why Do Ladybugs Spit Yellow Liquid When They're Caught?
Why Do Bees Sting?
How Do Grasshoppers Jump?
An illustration in the back of the book depicts insects doing the wrong things. Titled "What's Going On?," the drawing shows a butterfly eating an insect (Not! It drinks nectar); a praying mantis eating grass (Not! It eats other insects), a grasshopper drinking sap (Not! It does eat grass, though), a honey bee spinning a web (Not! But it does make a wax hive) and a cicada drinking nectar (Not! But it does drink sap).
The diversity of insects continues to amaze us--from the huge Madagascar hissing cockroach to the tiny walnut twig beetle. Check out the Bohart Museum of Entomology's seven million specimens on the UC Davis campus or take a look (below) of this partial collection of UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Andrew Forbes, a post-doctoral scholar in professor Jay Rosenheim's lab.
On Thursday, Feb. 12, the eyes of the world will be focused on biodiversity. That's the 200th anniversary of the birth of naturalist Charles Darwin. The New York Times just published an article on him, "Darwinism Must Die So Evolution May Live." The San Francisco Chronicle explored "Eric Simons: Frolicking in Darwin's Footsteps." The BBC says "Scotland 'Inspired' Darwin's Work."
And at the 2008 meeting of the Entomological Society of America, scientists devoted an entire seminar to Darwin's fascinating life and his contributions to science.
Fortunately, Darwin (1809-1882) neglected the medical studies his parents so desperately wanted him to pursue and instead explored his passion.
Diversity of Insects


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Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Adults with Autism: A Crisis on the Horizon
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The cohort of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosed as part of the first wave of what is often referred to as the autism epidemic is rapidly approaching adulthood. This cohort represents only the proverbial tip of the iceberg with some reports noting that 70% of the currently identified individuals with ASD are less than 14-years old. These numbers represent a looming crisis of unprecedented magnitude for adults with autism, their families, and the ill-prepared and underfunded adult service system charged with meeting their needs. A review of the current literature on outcomes for adults with ASD indicates that, independent of current ability levels, the vast majority of adults on the spectrum are either unemployed or underemployed and, further, that large numbers of adults with autism remain without any appropriate services. Many have had inadequate transition programming including little attention to service coordination, minimal direct family involvement and/or absence of treatment based on evidence-based practices. Lastly, issues related to staff and provider recruitment and retention present significant, systemic challenges to the provision of effective services. As such there is a significant and growing need for greater attention to individual needs of adults with ASD if we are provide the opportunity for a positive quality-of-life.
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- Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Adults with Autism: A Crisis on the Horizon
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Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
Volume 41, Issue 1 , pp 37-45
- Cover Date
- 2011-03-01
- 10.1007/s10879-010-9160-2
- Print ISSN
- 0022-0116
- Online ISSN
- 1573-3564
- Publisher
- Springer US
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Transition
- Adult services
- Evidence-based practice
- Authors
- Peter F. Gerhardt (1)
- Ilene Lainer (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Organization for Autism Research, 2000 N. 14th Street, Suite 710, Arlington, VA, 22201, USA
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84 reviews
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Price: $$
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Black
I bought this set for around $16 CDN. I would give this a 3.7 if makeupalley allowed decimals :)
Stippling Brush- I originally bought this set because of this brush but it's a disappointment. It's not dense enough to use for liquid and powder foundation so instead I wrap an elastic band around the base of the bristles and use this to apply blush or highlighter.
Brow brush and Comb- It's not too bad and not too good.
Eyeshadow Brush- This is bit of an odd brush. But I do use this to blend harsh eyeshadow lines and to apply a sheer wash of eyeshadow in a more precise shape. EDIT: I found a discontinued mac brush called the #275 and this brush is almost the same thing,from the pictures anyway.
Blush brush: It's actually smaller than the blush brush that they sell separately and this is my favourite brush out of the whole set.It's soft and dense enough to apply blush,highlighter and setting powder sometimes.I have a small face so this is the perfect size blush brush for me.
About the bag itself,I think the loops are great for travel and it's not too bad at all. I have a pencil case from staples that is almost the same thing but without the brush loops and the clear pocket.
Overall, I think this isn't a essential brush set and the other sets from ecotools are much better but I don't really regret the $16 I spent because I can still use the brushes for some purposes.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Straight, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I bought this set mainly for the stippling brush. After testing it out, I was kind of disappointed. The stippling brush is flimsy and sparse. I tried to apply liquid foundation with it, but it takes more time and effort. I also feel like I am losing more product in the brush because it is not as dense. I still may use the stippling brush from time to time if i want my liquid foundation to look light and natural, but I prefer using a sponge for when I want more coverage.
The blush brush is more compact and the bristles are dense. While, I do like how it is dense I just wish the blush brush was a little.. bigger to give more off a natural buff look rather than making the blush look concentrated. I think the stippling brush is better to use for powders and light application of blush.
The eyeshadow brush is ok. It is very soft and great for putting all over lid color and doing subtle blending. Since it is big, it is hard to do detailed application and smudging.
The eyebrow comb and bristles are completely useless. I already have enough tools like those and I don't use those a lot. . I hate the fact that it is a filler.
Makeup bag: I actually like the makeup bag. I think that is one reason why I bumped up the rating to a 4 instead of 3. I like how it has two compartments, one for brushes, and the other one for whatever else you want to put in (makeup, curler). The makeup compartment can hold a good amount of stuff. It's a great bag to use when you are travelling lightly. The picture design of the bag is meh, but I care more for function over design.
Overall: The quality of the ecotools brushes are good. They are very soft, bristles are smooth, feels nice on skin, and they haven't shed on me yet. I am disappointed in that I paid about $14-15, but I expected better -performance- and use out of the brushes. If my brushes wear out, I will not buy this 5-piece set again. I would probably replace them with individual brushes. I think I might try the elf studio 11 brush set. You just get more usable brushes for your money. You can get it around the same price as the ecotools set (during 50% sales). The only con with the elf set is that it doesn't come with a makeup compartment in the brush case.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I hate the stipling brush.
Its only good for light powder products such as light seting powder or light application of blush.
The blush brush is okay, nothing special.
The eyeshadow brush has been thrown across my room too many times.
It is incapable of applying shadow properly, I just use it to blend.
The brow brush is just a filler brush for the set.
The case is nice I just wish the plastic part zipped as well.
Overall a major disapointment
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This set is worth it if only for the stippling brush. I use it everyday to apply my foundation of choice. I don't have the mac 187 to compare but, I don't even care to buy that brush because this one is so great. The blush brush is also handy. I use it to apply ighlighter and blush. The bag is cute and its very convienent to take along because it has storage for both the brushes and make up. The only thing I didn't care for was the lash/brow comb. I think its rather useless for me but, still for all the items in this set it is a steal.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I was searching for a stippling brush that I wasn't going to have to spend an arm and a leg for. I've always had good experience with ecotools and when I seen this is walmart I couldn't pass it up. Especially because the whole set was only $15! I would have bought just the stippling brush for that price had it been offered seperately. After getting the kit I've grown to like all the brushes. I had just used a sephora gift card and bought an angled blush brush and angled eyeshadow brush and I'm wishing I would have seen this set first. I now use these brushes more and the sephora ones are just sitting...The stippling brush is defenitely my favorite; it's very soft and does just like it's supposed to. I only use it with liquid but did try it once with powder and it did okay for that purpose. The fact that the brushes don't shed is amazing. I've noticed that with all my ecotools brushes, they never shed and I've always preferred them over my more expensive ones. Defenitely worth the money considering a relatively cheap brush usually starts at 15 bucks. With this kit you get 4 brushes and a case, I think that alone sales itself.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Bought these for $34.95AUD and they are worth every penny, even more. I've never really used brushes before, except occasionally a foundation brush, but these brushes, and the stippling brush in particulr, are AMAZING. You only need the tiniest bit of foundation with the stippling brush and it provides great coverage. Its also great for appplying powder.
Definitely will buy again, and will probably purchase some as gifts too. The only possible con I could think of is that $34.95AUD is a lot when they sell for like $15 in the US and our dollar is at parity, so I might try and get them cheaper online, but really, I'd pay double what I paid for these, they're just that good.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
OMG! The brushes are super soft! The blush brush is nice and dense! The finishing brush feels like it has the right amount of stiffness and the eyeshadow brush is also dense! I havent used these yet, but I feel like they're gonna wow me like heck! Yes, i'd buy this again and again. I should've bought more for back up in case it falls apart on me!!!!
edit: yes! This applies everything like a dream! Stippling brush stiff and dense enough for my thick BB cream! Better than my MAC SE brushes! The stippling brush is great for blush too! I'm actually buying a super pigmented blush just to see how it's gonna look like! Blush brush is dense and applies my blush without streaks! Eyeshadow brush great for a wash of color! The eyebrow brush nothing special, but I dont have one anyway!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
They deserve the full mark. High quality and practical as usual. This time, the design for the brush case is even better. I love Ecotools. It is the brand never fails my expectation. Highly recommend!!!!!!
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
LOVE! I got this for $15 bucks on amazon and I would have paid more than that for the stippling brush alone! It even feels better than my MAC 187! I am going to try to get a set of these for family members for Christmas and maybe another 2-3 for myself. Absolutely LOVE that stippling brush!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
Like other Ecotools brushes, this does not fail. The packaging is perfect for travel and can be filled to the brim with all your other essentials. The fabric case can be thrown into the wash in the hand wash cycle and air dried. Brushes are great besides the typical useless plastic eyelash comb. I wish they would make a wire one! I love all the brushes.
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But the artist insists designer names aren't a foreign language. He has a large collection of vintage and has been studying high fashion for years. Until recently, he's only worn it for red-carpet events, but now he's breaking it out for his concerts, as well.
"I'm not that everyday suit kind of guy, but after playing at such ornate theaters, I decided I wanted to dress up. This is a new step for me, wearing suits on stage," says Harper, who has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. "I have always been a big fan of Lanvin custom-tailored suits, and this tour gave me an excuse to wear them. In the past, my gear both onstage and off was one and the same."
Harper's previous look, which he calls "modern California vintage," consisted of organic cotton hoodies, baggy jeans and hats to cover up his wild, curly locks. He can't say whether his fans dress like him or he dresses like his fans, but he's willing to take credit for one of the demographic's biggest fads: cargo pants. "I was doing that in the early Nineties before they were everywhere," he claims.
As one who "respects the art of fashion and appreciates it," Harper wants to take risks and push the envelope in terms of his personal style. "I'll go thrift and I'll do Madison Avenue. There are no boundaries as far as cost or demographic. I just go for what I like."
He continues, "To me, clothing design is a fine art. You should take the opportunity to use fashion as a creative statement. It's part of your entire body of work creatively. It represents your aesthetic."
Musically, Harper's aesthetic is an acoustic sound with an old-school feel. His inspiration for the soulful, warm album "Lifeline" was a traveling musician's journal, he says. "It's not just a journal about myself, but I write about ideas, experiences and things I read that I think are good ideas. As a songwriter, you have got to be part biographer, autobiographer and part journalist."


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Repsol Honda rider thrills home fans with Rossi second and Pedrosa in third
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No improvements on morning practice as rain falls this afternoon
Marquez aims for six from six while others seek to restore honour at iconic Mugello circuit
Five in a row for MotoGP championship leader with Rossi in second and Bautista third
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Repsol Honda rider takes victory in Spain ahead of Rossi and Pedrosa
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Veteran MotoGP rider to call it quits in the premier class at the end of this year
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Reigning World Champion has perfect start to season and wins ahead of Rossi and Pedrosa
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Our number 12 top moment of 2013 is Marc Marquez's 2013 MotoGP championship, he became only the second rookie champion, and the youngest ever.
Trailing leader Marc Marquez by 13 points going into the race, Lorenzo had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Valentino Rossi took a moment at the start of the session but last minute hot laps from his rivals moved him to fourth.
As one of the two protagonists for the title, Yamaha Factory Racing's Jorge Lorenzo came out fighting in the two free practice sessions.
Lorenzo hopes to be the 2013 Champion on Sunday in the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana.
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Jorge Lorenzo's strong performance lead him to a pole position for tomorrows race at Twin Ring Motegi.
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The results from the first of the overseas triple header sees Lorenzo hold second in the championship, now on 255 points, Rossi holds fourth on 198 points.
The 15-minute qualifying heat was one of the most complicated of the season.
Championship leader heads grid ahead of Rossi and Crutchlow
Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi made solid improvements over the two practice sessions to wrap up the day in fourth in the combined times.
Rossi and Lorenzo both like the Sepang Circuit a lot, but the heat not so much.
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Salford City Council plans staff pay cuts but pay freeze for bosses
Hundreds of staff at Salford City Council will lose up to £2,100 a year under a proposed pay review - but bosses will have their pay frozen.
Unison has called the move - which is linked to the council pledging to give staff the living wage - "appalling".
More than 1,000 lower paid staff will get a pay rise to £7.45 an hour but 629 will see their salary reduced.
Salford city mayor Ian Stewart said pay cuts were "regretful" but the managers' pay freeze was "effectively a pay cut".
'Conscious decision'The authority said the pay review has been "forced" by equal pay legislation and was not connected to Salford's budget-making process.
It is something of a coup for Mayor Ian Stewart to declare Salford as the first council in Greater Manchester to offer the Living Wage to its lowest paid workers.
The £7.45 an hour is even higher than the Manchester minimum wage of £7.15 and well above the national legal limit of £6.19 an hour. But it comes with a heavy heart because 629 staff will have their pay cut.
It is the second phase of restructuring which began in 2009 due to equal pay legislation.
The unions say it is unreasonable that the 81 highest paid staff will not see a pay cut, with a three year freeze proposed for them.
Ian Stewart says he has tackled the issue with his trade union principals saying the cut will be deferred for a year and he hopes to bring down the number of staff losing out. A national pay settlement in April may help those losing out. But he accepts that's little comfort to those households facing a cut in their income.
Mr Stewart said almost half of the council's workers would not be affected by the pay review.
However, more than 600 staff earning over £21,000 - 11% of the workforce - will lose out if plan goes ahead.
Pay cuts will come into force in April 2014 while pay rises would be given this April.
Mr Stewart said: "Regrettably, we have had to cut the pay of some staff as part of a new pay structure which must conform with equal pay legislation.
"But we are softening the blow for 12 months to ease any pain."
He said a "conscious decision" had been made to help those at the bottom.
"We will be able to help our very lowest paid staff out of poverty by giving them a significant pay increase," he said.
'Tough times'Steven North, Salford branch manager of Unison, said many members were "very angry" at the news.
"It's robbing poor Peter to pay even poorer Paul," he said.
- 2,984 of staff (51%) will not be affected by the pay review.
- Of workers gaining in the pay changes, 958 of staff (91%) were women including cleaners, welfare assistants, kitchen assistants and classroom teaching assistants
- Most are currently paid £6.65 - the national minimum wage is £6.19 an hour
- No-one earning under £21,000 will face a pay cut
"I know there are some positive aspects to the pay changes but it is very naughty to expect staff to lose money after a three year pay freeze.
"Everything is going up such as gas and petrol and people are struggling already.
"Times are really tough and some of our members are having to choose between food and heating so this is the last thing they need."
He said the pay freeze for the top 30 highest paid managers was "effectively a pay cut".
Salford City Council will become the first authority in Manchester to implement the living wage if plans are approved.


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PUBLISHED: 10 Jun 2010 10:34:08 | UPDATED: 10 Jun 2010 10:34:08PRINT EDITION: 10 Jun 2010
Geoff Huegill's remarkable return to swimming continues apace, the two-time Olympian claiming another 50m butterfly title in Spain overnight.
Huegill, 31, touched out his NSW training partner Andrew Lauterstein in the Mare Nostrum series at Barcelona to capture a second gold in a handful of days following his win in Monte Carlo at the weekend.
"It's coming along pretty well at the moment and I'm just really happy with the consistency of racing," said Huegill.
"Any opportunity we can use between now and the Commonwealth Games to be able to stand up and execute our racing skills, and our starts is invaluable so it has been a good tour so far.
"Times come along with good racing and being able to execute good skills, and to have this opportunity to race under good international conditions is really, really good."
Huegill is being encouraged to consider lengthening his gaze towards the London Olympics in 2012, having so far only committed to this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
Among other events, the men's 100m freestyle was won by Canadian Olympian Brent Hayden in a time of 49.17 with Queenslander Kyle Richardson finishing fifth at 49.57.
Eamon Sullivan (50.49) was well back in 10th, ahead of Lauterstein (50.62).


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Question: For the third season I have grown potatoes in bags. But each year I get masses of foliage, the flowers bud but never flower. The crop bears no resemblance to the picture on the bag packages. To date I have had only one and a half pounds, per bag but I would have expected much more, according to the pictures. I planted a single potato in a 10inch pot that had little foliage. They are very different. The tall ones were King Edward. I water well – can you help? (J Starling, Wrentham)
Growing potatoes in bags has become increasingly popular over the past decade, as the 'grow your own' bug has taken off among people across the country.
Many people have gone on to buy one of the popular potato-growing kits, which are often sold with a selection of tubers to grow, and are perfect for the purpose. They are reasonably cheap to buy, and offer good value for money. These kits are fine if you like packages but there is nothing wrong with using an old potting compost sack to start with.
Potatoes don't require much to grow a good crop, and it can easily be done using grow bag compost. Don't try growing your potatoes in a grow bag as they are not deep enough they are meant for growing tomatoes etc.
One thing you need to buy in any case when growing potatoes in bags is compost. An empty compost bag can easily double up as a potato growing bag, as long as it has a capacity of more than 20 litres (typical size of the smallest bags). Cut the top of the bag off completely, and empty out the contents into a suitable container.
Fold the bag down to about a third of its height, refill the bottom of it with loose compost (usually comes vacuum packed) – you can use grow bag compost for this as I always have plenty of old compost bags in the garage (they are useful for so many things). Stab a few holes in the bottom of the bag with a garden dibber or a sharp knife to allow excess water to drain out.
The advice is the same whether you chose to grow the potatoes in pots or bags. Start out by putting 15cm-20cm of good quality potting compost in your container. Alternatively you can use a multipurpose compost, mixed 50/50 with sharp sand and/or some well rotted farm yard manure or home-made compost. Adding the organic material to the mix will make watering easier throughout the season, and add valuable plant food which will boost your crop. You can also mix in chicken manure pellets with your compost, but be careful not to overdo things.
Some people advocate growing first earlies or second earlies when you're growing potatoes in containers, but there is nothing to say you can't use main crop potaoes if your container is big enough.
Place one, three or five chitted seed potatoes on top of the compost, depending on the surface area of your containers. As a rule of thumb use one tuber for a 25cm wide container, three tubers in a 40cm container or five tubers for a dustbin-sized container.
Now, cover the tubers with another 10-15 cm of your compost on top of the tubers. After a couple of weeks you should see potato plants starting to sprout through, if it is warm enough. As this happens, keep covering them in more compost, until the level of compost reaches 5cms below the top of your container.
This emulates the act of 'earthing up' soil grown potatoes, and will protect your tubers from light, and the potato plants from frost. Both are essential for the success of your crop.
During this period of time you need to keep your potatoes well watered. You can apply a liquid plant food to the water as you go along, but only if you haven't already added plant food to the compost. Over-feeding can have fatal consequences for your crop.
It is important to take care with watering when growing potatoes in containers. Soil in containers dries out a lot quicker than on the ground, but at the same time you could end up over- watering the crop. In the height of summer you may well have to water twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Try to water straight into the soil, as the water will just run off the top of the plant, and spill on to the ground. The time to harvest your potatoes varies according to variety. For first and second earlies you can start harvesting when the plants stop flowering. Take the top off the plant, remove the compost, and take out as many potatoes as you need. The rest you can leave in the soil for up to four weeks.
If you have grown maincrop potatoes, the time to harvest them is when the tops of the plants drops and withers away. This will usually happen in the latter half of September. Take the potatoes out of the soil, and leave them to dry, before storing them away for winter.
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Ready Check: The loss of itemization in Cataclysm {WoW}
Feb 18th 2012 11:37AM The issue is that alternative gearing options (crafting, badges/points, trash/auction house drops) were originally designed to allow players to play the way they wanted to. Now, they've all been merged- you HAVE to do all of them to be a competitive raider, just a different one for each slot, which takes away all choice.
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Nov 11th 2011 10:32PM The only downside to this would be that then the wow economy would become dominated by jerks that don't care about X cause ;(
Blue posts and other WoW news: Ghostcrawler clarification, unloved specs, warlocks, and layoff rumors {WoW}
Nov 9th 2011 10:27PM My arcane mage did roughly twice as much dps at 83 than at 85, for what it's worth.
Also, as a raging altaholic, I can absolutely say that some classes/specs are severely underpowered at certain gear levels. Stuff is really only ever balanced for the current tier, and that awkward phase before/during normal heroics or a tier behind is generally neglected... my undergeared warrior cries every time he looks at the dps meters.
Know Your Lore: The Story of Us -- Quests in WoW, part 3 {WoW}
Oct 19th 2011 11:32PM You skipped all of the bad parts, which really isn't fair or objective.
The lich king popped up so many times and so ineffectually that he felt like a Saturday morning cartoon villain. The results of the ICC lich king fight came completely out of left field and made no sense. There were pockets of interesting storylines, and overall it was much greater than vanilla and outland, but it was sill jus a set of tasks meant to delay you for 6-7 hours and paled in comparison of what was to come in cata.
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