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- Casey Christofaris
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How do we prove an answer
that it How do we prove an answer
I just want to clarify that I do love science and the understanding of the universe that it has brought us. As well as the tech
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Feb 5 2013: Do you see how a mirror as well as a shadow can be equal but opposite?
Linda Taylor
Feb 6 2013: Well let me think. As far as I know, there are:
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Tangible (concrete) proof
Substantive proof
Rhetorical (formal) proof
Logical proof
Inductive proof
Deductive proof
Mathematical proof
Statistical proof (hypothesis testing)
Some of these are actually sub categories. So I would say you can prove an answer with
But it's not about the answer. In science it is about the question. The question sets up how you prove the answer.
Feb 6 2013: But we start with the answer
Feb 6 2013: I don't think so. We start with identifying the problem/issue and what we know and what we don't know. Then prioritize what we don't know into what we need to know first. Then we work on the correct question that will address what we don't know so we can get the answer we need.
But that's just how I do it. I have to answer to my profession and I have to follow all the steps.
The answer is easy once you have the question. The hard work happens before you have the question. The question sets up the proof.
Feb 6 2013: Really that makes no sense are you sure that's how you work? because it still sound like you start with the answer and or evidence first and then come up with the question. After that fits your evidence.
We start with A to be true as the answer
Then we ask the question B
If B is the question to the answer A
We prove it if C happens
Is the correct from your statement above?
Also there is a fallacy of concreteness. And the best part is that Quantum Physics say the tangibleness item has more holes in it than most logic does. And yet we still call it real? Why is that? I am not say this material world is not real but what I am say is when we know its fake why still hurt other? Because we know their pain is "real", which again pain is just neurotransmitters sending a signal to your brain.Feb 6 2013: I am sure. Let me apply it. Lets tackle homicides in Chicago.
We know there is a high homicide rate in Chicago. Guns are regulated more in Chicago than in the rest of the US, gun violence is higher among males, higher in poverty stricken neighborhoods, associated with gangs.
What we do not know is how do we stop or reduce gun violence in Chicago. What is it about poverty among young males that precipitates gun violence and can we address that. What is it about poverty that precipitates the formation or infiltration of gangs? Why do young men in gangs resort to gun violence. What social structures perpetuate gun violence. What greater social attitudes reinforce the social dynamic that leads young men to seek out gun violence. What is the geographical typography of the city that perpetuates gun violence but only in certain areas of the city?
What needs to happen is to find the root cause of gun violence as it manifests in Chicago. So I have identified the problem, identified what I know and do not know and now I need to prioritize.
Prioritization also includes what resources do I have to effect change. Just little ol' me has limited influence on gangs or young men or poverty. (I am completely making this up so there is no correlation to real world here except for the fact that Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the country).
But let's say, in my preliminary research, I find that law enforcement does not address gun violence because of a prevailing attitude that these poor young men will just grow up to be criminals anyway so they are not motivated to put their lives on the line to confiscate illegal weapons. They are happy to let them kill each other. I find out this may be a contributing cause.
So I design a research study to look into this possibility and I come up with a research question. Here are some examples:
How do law enforcement officials justify the lack of enforcing illegal weapon legislation?
Feb 7 2013: Isn't your answer there is high homicide rate in Chicago?
And then you stem a bunch of questions on how to address your answer?
If question address answer then C will happen, which will lower the rate of homicide?Feb 6 2013: ... from previous
Do law enforcement officials inequitably apply illegal weapon legislation?
What is the effect of an educational intervention on the practice of illegal weapon legislation among law enforcement officials?
Each of those questions will drive a specific methodology that will arrive at a specific answer. The first will require narrative research, the second could be answered with a survey and the fourth would need some measurement with statistical application. Each of those methods also have a method of proof. So the answer will be proven by the method which is driven by the question.
There. Social science research in 3000 words or less.
I could also do this with hard science hypothesis testing. You make an observation (have a theory) and wonder if circumstances are the same, will it be repeated... Yada yada. But that is snooze ville sixth grade science.
Joe Blank
Feb 4 2013: Knowledge is obtained primarily from outside sources (print, instruction, conversation, multi-media, etc.) Most knowledge is accepted based on "trust" "belief" or "confidence" in the source. Knowledge is stuff you want to know, but it is typically not emotionally connected to your life and life choices.
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Wisdom represents those things that are emotionally relevant to your life and life choices. Wisdom is what you "know" to be true for you. Wisdom can only be achieved through experience. If I experience something directly, then I know it to be true.
In both cases the answer is "my answer". If you trust me than my answer may also become your answer. If we share an experience and have the same emotional connection, than we share that wisdom. The path to knowledge and the path to wisdom are very different paths.
What we know about quantum mechanics is based on the context of our physical reality. Yet, the "big bang" did not just produce our reality, did it? There are many universes with perhaps different physics that were produced by the same source. One cannot completely understand the whole by studying a part of the whole. Since it is difficult from our perspective to know the whole in order to subsequently understand our specific part, we are limited to what we can observe and experience, which will never tell the whole story of which everything is a part....unless somehow we learn to connect with and experience the whole... because experience is true wisdom.
Feb 5 2013: Whats your thoughts on intuition? Where does that lay in your knowledge wisdom paradigm?
Sam Austin
Feb 25 2013: I'd say we can't. We can't prove anything, and we can only disprove with a certain probulity that allows us to make theories about the world around us. Our world is one of theories, just some theories are more likely than others, and one day a new theory might come along that is even more likely that the one we hold true now.
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Feb 28 2013: So the only way I have been able to say "prove" an answers is that it has to be common sense to other. It doesn't matter if their common sense even makes sense it can be backwards from your personal logic or reasoning. But if you can make your "truth" common sense to them then they will know it as truth
vics ellison
Feb 23 2013: ask my mum she knows everythingFeb 5 2013: We don't!
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We assume all things to be true which we are unable to disprove.
The foundation of science... Karl Popper's falsifiability.
Feb 5 2013: No we don't.
Feb 5 2013: ye we do.
Feb 7 2013: We cannot disprove the existence of God. Must we therefore assume there is a God?
We do not assume all things to be true which we are unable to disprove. Instead we accept the possibilty that they may be true. We determine the likelyhood that something is true and following Occum's Razor, we tend to accept the theory that requires the fewest steps in order to be true.
For example, The universe coming into existence requires fewer steps than the universe coming into existence with the help of a God. We therefore accept that it is more likely that the universe does not require a God in order to exist. We cannot disprove God but we certainly do not assume one exists.Feb 7 2013: Occam is a nice 'tool' to dissolve (personal) cognitive dissonance just by chosing theories. Ofcourse you are free to chose whatever thing you (personally) want to believe.
But to defend my earlier post: The difference between "assume" and "accept the possibilty that they may be true" is really small. So I take it that your only problem is with the word "all", as you use Occam's razor to limit the "all" as you don't want to have conflicting ideas (god / no god) simultaneuously.
It kind of reminds me of schrodingers cat in a way (alive / dead) ;).
However you cannot simply say that because you chose to discard some theory because of it's unlikelyhood that you suddenly stop holding it to be true.
So in a way you still assume the discarded theories as being true... untill they are proven to be false.
Now as to religion... I am forced to assume that it's true. However I am also forced to assume that it is not true (as I cannot disprove the non-existence of God either). And that is where "faith" comes in for normal people. However I have no problem in not believing in God while assuming that he may exist.
Although the question rises if religion hasn't disproven itself already....
Feb 7 2013: I do not choose which theories to believe, i am forced to accept them, like them or not, based on the evidence.
The difference between assuming something is true and accepting that it may (or may not) be true is very big! I can't even imagine how you came to that conclusion.
But yes, one of the most basic laws of propsitional logic is that something cannot be both true and false. There either is a God or there is not.
Occums razor is a tested system and the data suggest that it works.
And no, that is what YOU are saying not me, that discarded theories should be assumed true because they haven't be disproven. If another theory seems to explain the facts more accurately, the first theory can generally be discarded and forgotten. However it is often unreasonable to say that it is definitely not true. But that is not the same as saying, "well it must be true because nobody has disproven it yet". If you make a claim, the burden of evidence is on you. If you can produce the evidence you may convince some people, if you cannot, your claim should be assumed false untill evidence does emerge.
I knew that it was likely that you were a believer (hence i picked God as an example) because it is generally believers who think that they can make a claim and that it is up to everybody else to disprove it. This is simply not the case, sorry.
And you say, "normal people" like the fact that i don't accept your God makes me abnormal. I don't accept that. And as i said, you are forced to assume God does not exist until you can provide evidence. However, you not forced to assume he does exist just because there is a lack of evidnece that he does not, because providing evidence that something supernatural does not exist is not possible. You are taking it out of the field of science. In that case the laws of logic no longer apply and you are forced to rely entirely on faith. i.e. belief without reason for believe.
You've slaughtered your own argument.Feb 11 2013: If something is both true and false could that be seen as balance
Quantum Physic says that this reality the material world is both true and not trueFeb 7 2013: I'm saying that you can't discard any theory while it's not proven to be false... You say that Occam's Razor is a valid tool in chosing theories... but it's not. It's the easy way out of science and into religion.
You say that the universe is easier understood through science than "Hey someone put it there". I disagree and I'm sure you will too if you know how few things physics can truelly explain... Therefor if Occam's razor would work you would be religious by now. To think about how quantumphysics work and how that can lead to a universe... is seriously complex. While going: "Someone made this" is much shorter and easier to understand.
Perhaps you should reread my post with the added knowledge that I don't believe in any God?
Also... religion is a 'theory' which is, in general, not testable and therefor is not science.
The existence of God is however (through most definitions of God, for instance you could 'test' if something can become almighty... if we can prove that one cannot then there is no god) testable and therefor could be included. So if you ask does God exist I would have to say that I don't know.
But I can't make any claim other than that I can assume it to be true. The fact that I don't believe any of it doesn't mean I'm right in doing so.
Feb 7 2013: And i'm saying you can discard a theory without proving it false, if you show that another theory explains the facts more accurately. You haven't disproven the first theory, just shown that it is less likely to be true.
Now, you are getting mixed up because of the expression "someone made this". Ofcourse it's easier to actually say out loud, but it explains nothing. It doesn't give you the mechanism by which he/she made it. If we were to explain it, we'd then have to explain how the most complex thing one can possibly imagine either came into existence or just exists. You are stuck with the same problem that we have with explaining the universe's existence, the only difference is you have added an extra step (and it just happens to be the biggest step we could possibly add). Occam's razon DOES NOT allow for that.
Forgive me for thinking you were a believer, but with the "this is where faith comes in for normal people" line, you have only yourself to blame.
Religion is not a theory, it is a hypothesis, and a failed one. A theory requires evidence. Whether it enters into the field of science depends on the individual claims made in the texts. Some do, some don't.
The existence of God is not testable by any scientific standard. Because no matter what data comes back, you could simply state that God is not subject the the laws of physics. So even if we "prove" that something can become almighty (how on earth would we go about doing that?) It wouldn't apply to God.
And the only assumption that you should be making is that you MAY be wrong in not believing. You should not assume that just because you can't be sure, there must be a God.
Imagine you have never heard of a God. The claim had never been made that there is one. You just knew the physics (to a degree) involved in the universe's birth. If i then came to you with the emply claim of an almighty being that made it all happen, would you be forced to assume i was right? Of course not. Not without evidence...Feb 7 2013: I will add that i will not be responding any further. I forgot how unrewarding internet debates were. Alot of effort for very little gain.
That's no reflection on you ofcourse, if it was in person i'd be happy to continue.Feb 11 2013: Science is theory, therefor it can not be "science"
Also... religion is a 'theory' which is, in general, not testable and therefor is not science.
Science fyi is PhilosophyFeb 7 2013: Religion doesn't call for any explaining... just for faith.
Which is why it's so simple to believe. Which is why occam's razor would be in favor of it. Because rather than discovering anything religion tells you "it was made by design". So you don't have to question the creation at all....
It is why when people stopped believing and started doing science that the world suddenly changed and came out of 'the dark ages'. Before then people just didn't question the world enough to make any progress.
I don't find "being a believer" any insult / disqualification though... I just write posts in ways such that people are often confused about my own beliefs :).
Also I just hold the 'theory' of a God being possible as true. But like I said religion is doing one heck of a job at showing that there can't be a God.
On the whole last alinea though I would point you towards a really nice movie from Ricky Gervais called "The invention of lying".... I think that there is quite a lot of truth in that comedy.Feb 5 2013: Statements "a is b" and "a is not b" do not balance each other, Casey.
Feb 5 2013: That would be correct. But a is b and not a is not b does. Thats formal logicMar 1 2013: oh, yes. got it. watchmen. great film (I didn't know the novel until after the movie). who will watch the watchers?Mar 1 2013: can not reply any further so new thread.
this question is good hence my response in question form. The answer is a lot harder. I have a sneaky feeling we are entering all sorts of new phases and our brains are playing catch-up. not with technology, you understand, but with the evolution of reason and the rational.
the classic view of the universe has been questioned by science for some time and there is a slow trickle-down effect in effect.
it seems to me that we now live in an age of "which version" as opposed to "the truth" - something that, I realise, is not really new but has become more obvious with the improving of communication technologies.
i think that as long as people ask this question of themselves, the answer will (eventually) be forth-coming. for them, not all of people-kind, which is the same thing, when you really boil it down.
Mar 1 2013: It also seems to me that today's age is quite interesting. Recently, I tried to answer a similar question, how do we "know" things and why do we "believe" things, what's the difference, etc. This little manual about logic http://logictutorial.com/ and the idea that "meaning is exclusion" made me realize that we make sense of things by drawing boundaries between "A" and "not A" - existence and non-existence, "self" and "not self".
Many people try to understand their "self", their identity, what makes us human, etc. Keeping in mind that "meaning is exclusion", by doing so, we draw more and more boundaries dividing what "I am" from what "I am not" which leaves less and less space for what "I am" and separates us from the world, all connected together. This contradicts the globalization process which seems to tell us that we are one with the world. The process goes on and on forever, just like everything else keeps spinning in the universe. Fascinating to watch.
Mar 3 2013: I remember a similar concept we went through while training to become a teacher - it was to do with the decline of the masculine for the simple reason that masculinity has often been defined (in the past) by what femininity is not.
Considering the changing roles of women in modern society (well, some of the more enlightened societies) and the changing definition of what femininity is, it leaves the man alone in a bit of a quandary as to how to "be a man".
Clunking a mastodon over the head and providing meat doesn't seem to cut it as much these days.
Letitia Falk
Feb 25 2013: I guess that depends on the question being answered...but since you said "prove"...
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A reductionist and scientific perspective on this:
Statistically speaking, you come up with a hypothesis (what you guess the answer is), and then you forget that, and try and prove the opposite: you try and prove the null hypothesis (that nothing happens, or that there is no effect). If you fail to prove the null hypothesis, only then do you conclude that the alternate hypothesis (what you guessed) was right Keeping in mind that some uncertainty is inevitable: 95% certainty is usually considered good enough.
The nice thing about science as a method for generating answers is that the field is so concerned with being unbiased, that statistical tests are designed so that you can prove yourself wrong if it all possible - before considering that you are right. Then add into this the need for replication of results and peer review and you have a pretty elegant system for answering questions (at least ones that are testable - and "provable").
Feb 26 2013: In short, we prove something to be true by doing everything we can to prove that it's false. What survives these attempts is considered to be true (with a confidence level proportional to our effort). "Survival of the fittest" - evolution applied to ideas.
Another paradox of life. To prove ourselves right, we need to do our best to prove ourselves wrong.
Feb 28 2013: But even is you have created that confidence level up on proof of an answer given time it will always be proven wrong?
Mar 1 2013: Not always. It *may* be proven wrong with probability equal to one minus confidence level.Mar 1 2013: all things must pass - a wise Beatle said that..
it's like you can't gauge happiness without sorrow, light without darkness, male without female. the duality behind the singularity. full circle back to where we started. life is very neat and tidy in that way.Feb 28 2013: Why would you start with answer to prove an answer? Seems self-fulfilling to me
see ted convo
Mar 1 2013: What Letitia said is correct. You don't start with an answer to prove an answer. Just the opposite, you start by trying to contradict the answer - thinking of any possible alternative explanations.
"Meaning is exclusion." http://logictutorial.com/
When you say something, the more your statement excludes, the more you say. E.g. saying that "the sky is blue" excludes all other colors from consideration. To say this is more meaningful than to say that "the sky is not green". To prove that "the sky is blue", essentially, you need to prove that it does not have any other color. The more colors you exclude, the more confident you are in your answer.
If you deal with known and limited amount of possibilities, you can get your confidence level up to 100%. But this is rarely the case. Confidence level is 1 - estimated probability of being wrong. This is uncertain world. Probability is all we've got.
So, it's not "self-fulfilling", but self-refuting.
Mar 1 2013: "So, it's not "self-fulfilling", but self-refuting."
So could that be seen as equals but opposite?Mar 1 2013: Re: "So could that be seen as equals but opposite?"
Yes. Coincidentia oppositorum. The concept is not new.
Mar 1 2013: Right so why does it matter how you come up with the answer if the answer is always the sameMar 1 2013: Which answer are you talking about?Mar 1 2013: Selecting the null-hypothesis is somewhat tricky. The scientist must make sure that the null-hypothesis and the hypothesis are mutually-exclusive and, in combination encompass all possibilities. Typically, if hypothesis is "A", the null-hypothesis should be "not A".
Paul Redling
Feb 22 2013: "I think therefore I am." Anything else can always be assumed an illusion.
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If your want to take that out of the equation, probably by showing that any change will disprove it, and showing that it holds its own without relying on assuming anything else to be true other than the fact that it is as it appears for all intents and purposes. Like, you can prove 1+2=3 by saying that 1+3≠3 as long as 1 is actually 1, 2 is actually 2, 3 is actually 3, + is actually +, = is actually =, and ≠ is actually ≠.
Feb 22 2013: Check out this conversation I think you will like it
http://www.ted.com/conversations/16464/after_learning_a_language_why.htmlFeb 24 2013: Illusions fool the brain in to believing that, what is not there, is there.
Feb 24 2013: Ummm... Yeah. That's assumed common knowledge... So... Thanks? I don't really see what u mean to accomplish by posting that. I mean, I could find that out on Dictionary.com...
Allan Hotti
Feb 24 2013: I was just questioning your inference that "I think therefore I am" is not an illusion as well.
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I agree with you that our perceptions (beliefs) are at risk of being illusions (erroneous beliefs) even though our brain believes them to be real. Skepticism is healthy.
Random thoughts: There is hope.Technology has increased our sensory capacity to "see" the world/universe, with microscopes, spectroscopes, telescopes, microwave discs and arrays, so that some illusions have been dispelled, but I'm sure many remain. Similarly Neuroscience is better understanding our brains and dispelling our erroneous beliefs in how it works.
Proof exists in mathematics, I'm not sure it exists elsewhere with same rigor. Scientific method & Mathematics perhaps remain our best tools to provide answers to questions with a "proof" that many only be "good enough" for now.
No offense meant.
AllanFeb 28 2013: Allan sorry proof is not in numbers because I can show proof that numbers are theory/assumptions/and more like philosophy. Now binary that's a different animal
Check out this ted convo
http://www.ted.com/conversations/13925/is_our_math_wrong_is_it_our_a.htmlFeb 24 2013: "I think therefore I am" is the only thing that remains when you strip all possibly illusions.
Because the fact that you "think" means that somewhere a 'you' must "exist"... notice that it doesn't tell you anything about how you think or where you are or in what form 'you' are. Just that somewhere there must be a 'you' because how else could you think?
Feb 24 2013: Thank you for saving me time.Feb 26 2013: The producer of the Illusion, this one who is experiencing the Illusion and and the Illusion itself ARE ONE.
Famous "I think therefore I am" tells you , that the virtual reality created in a code is enduring as long as the code maker endures.Feb 26 2013: Hi, Allan !
Is there ANY possibility to get out of the illusion ?
Allan Hotti
Feb 26 2013: Possibly not ... but if the "illusions" lead to to "fitness" enhancing behaviors, it may not matter????
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Illusions might well "accurately" represent a brains (mechanistic) response to sensory inputs and perceptions and become memories represented by neurons/neural circuits/proteins, but do they accurately represent the world out side the body? If these illusions/beliefs lead to fitness enhancing behaviors, perhaps that is all we need.
"Self" is an illusion ... cognitive neuroscientist Bruce Hood explore(s) the building blocks of what we experience as the "self" in The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity.
"I think therefore I believe I am" This has proved useful.Feb 26 2013: Re:" If these illusions/beliefs lead to fitness enhancing behaviors, perhaps that is all we need."
Agreed ! :)
Meaning is in the confrontation of contradiction - the coincidencia apositorum.
Two opposites should not contradict to each other but resonate.
Illusion- yes; but your illusion is real and matters.
Something like this :)
But i would distinguish 'self' from ' ego-self'. We can't avoid language ambiguity here, but how ego-self-illusion is possible without Self ? Self is something not existing but real, it embraces ego-self, not the other way round.
Maybe there are ways to be aware of Self, but it's impossible to language it for language is a code and is the property of 'ego-self'.
Thanks for the name (Bruce Hood ) i'll google it .
Thank you !Feb 26 2013: Why do you think that thinking is not an illusion?
It seems to me that "I think" needs to be stripped also. What remains is "I AM".
Feb 28 2013: Which correlates to oneMar 1 2013: Ow boy,
Then what are you if not a collection of your thoughts?
The logic is... that whatever you think is being thought by you, and because of that "you" must somehow "exist".
Everything can be an illusion... but your thoughts put them to "your reality".
We could be all controled by some computer which presents our "thoughts" with an image of a natural world where you have a body and can break bones etc.
But the one thing that makes sure that a "you" exists is that what you think is somehow related to a "you".
In yet another form... There MUST be someTHING (which is strongly related to 'someone' which is strongly related to 'you') to trick even if we are being tricked.
Haven't you guys ever read up on "I think therefor I am"?
It is a really fascanating idea...
Mar 1 2013: Yes, I've read what Descartes said and I've read what Hume wrote about what Descartes said.Mar 1 2013: You mean the Hume that sais: "You can't really say that one leads to the other as cause and effect are not clear"?
Aka you cannot say that "I think 'therefor' I am" you can only say "I think and I am" in which case "I am" would be already the conclusion that Descartes was after?
Descartes sais that "because you think. You can infer that you are" rather than "whatever thinks has to exist".
There is no cause and effect needed there... Hume just imagined there to be because he was too busy with taking mathematical logic too literal.
Mar 1 2013: Read "Criticisms" section in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito_ergo_sum
Hume wasn't the only one to point out issues with this phrase. My point is that reason is quite useless when it comes to "self". All reasoning regarding "self" is circular. It's easier just to accept "I am" (our existence) as an unconditional self-evident truth, without reasoning, evidence, or proof.
edward long
Mar 2 2013: According to Christian doctrine only God can rightfully be called "I Am." It is one of his names. (Exodus 3:14 KJV).Feb 18 2013: As long as, when One ( start / original position ) becomes Two remains aware of the One - as one that made into / connection with One doesn't break / became the Two- there is no problem - Two , can do anything it likes , since being aware, it can easily converge into One- there is no problem. Problem may likely arise when forgetfulness factor gets introduced in One becoming Two equation. Humbly submitted.
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Feb 18 2013: So, we are creatures with amnesia : )
It makes sense
Thank you !
Ed Schulte
Feb 19 2013: Hi nn
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So Charan has caught you in his bright flow :-)
Yes! and as Daskalos puts it "We are Gods with Amnesia" ( temporary amnesia )
Yes Indeed!!!
Feb 19 2013: @CaseyChristofaris,@ED Schulte, @ Natashanikulina - Thanks a lot. Please help further explore this Amnesia as Natasha rightly termed it. Being new to TED, at following link posted first question. What factors cause this Amnesia ?
Much appreciated.Feb 19 2013: ( temporary amnesia ) ?
Looks like hope for recovery :)
Hi, Ed !Feb 18 2013: @Natashanikulina- These are not numbers but relative positions only with respect to each other - question with respect to answer or answer with respect to question may interchange positions from 1 to 2 or 2 to 1 . So it seems from Positional -relative perspective , non of these - 1, 2, 3 , 4 , anything or zero has a stability or no duration. On the other hand , these are dynamically interchangeable , equally powerful positional entities. When one repositions into another as 2 or 0 or 3 until complete convergence occurs into Oneness - repositioning may continue.;)
Feb 18 2013: Re : anything or zero has a stability or no duration.
I am slightly synesthetic, numbers for me are not only " relative positions with respect to each other ". They have colour, texture, transparency. So 'stability' and 'no duration' for me is quite real illusion :)
Thanks for your time !


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Students are introduced to illustration and drawing on the Mac using Adobe Illustrator. Instruction focuses on the basic functions of the program including the use of the tool palette, menus, layers, color palette, and tracing tools for use in the design of logos, packaging, publications, signage, and illustrations. Course offers real-world solutions for professionals and artists. This hands-on course is taught in the Otis computer lab, and includes additional lab time on a sign-up basis at no additional cost.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Former "Cheers" star George Wendt is heading to the other side of the bar- he'll play a bartender when "Breakfast at Tiffany's" hits Broadway next year.
The play, a return to the story by Truman Capote, will star Emilia Clarke of HBO's "Game of Thrones" as Holly Golightly in the role Audrey Hepburn made famous in the 1961 movie.
Performances at the Cort Theatre begin March 4.
Wendt, former "Cheers" dude-at-the-bar Norm Peterson, will play a bartender who knows both Golightly and a young smitten writer.
Wendt was last on Broadway as Santa in a musical made from the Will Ferrell film "Elf." He also slipped on Edna Turnblad's housecoat in Broadway's "Hairspray" beginning in 2007, and was in the Tony Award-winning play "Art" in New York and London.
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I had thrown away my previous set up and I am so glad I bought this one. My 150 gpd RO system went from producing a very slow drip (maybe 25 gallons/day) to now producing a solid stream of very close to the 150 gpd max. More importantly, the ratio of good to bad water is much better. Buy this now. It's the same kind of quality you find with Tunze and Bubble King. I highly recommend combining this with the: Aquatec Auto Flush Flow Restrictor, also available on this site. That makes it truly an automatic system that will save you tons in filters and water over the long run. Aquatec is brilliant for having designed this. 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Need a boost By Little man on 8/6/2013 Little man would recommend this product to a friend I got the aquatec 8800 kit from brs I hooked it to my brs ro di system and what a difference it made . My water pressure went from 35 psi to 95 psi . Also my brs di resin last longer now. I also got the pressure switch and float valve which took the guess work out when my water storage container was full . No more check every hour to see if it is full. It shuts the pump off automatic when it reach a certain level. Thanks brs for making reefing easier Pricey investment that's worth every penny. By Jeffrey on 8/4/2013 Jeffrey would recommend this product to a friend I was running 40psi with my 75gal ro system in my apt. adding this pump with the 150 gal upgrade, I couldn't be happier running at 80psi and using up less resin than before. Someone like me who doesn't have a lot of time to spend making ro water this gets the job done quickly. 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PANAMA CITY— The Bay County Commission gave a local law enforcement agency an extra $70,000 for criminal justice education and training programs earlier this week.
The money comes from a previously overlooked $2.50 portion of each non-criminal traffic citation, which state law specifies should go toward these education and training programs. For the fiscal year ending in 2012, that money totaled $71,311 for the county.
The statute doesn't specify which county law enforcement agency should receive the funds. But the commission voted unanimously to give the $70,000 to the Bay County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and to continue sending the $2.50 portion to BCSO each month.
Countyspokeswoman Valerie Sale said the county's lawyers are of the opinion that BCSO is the only agency eligible for the money. But BCSO already receives a $2 court cost portion, which funds these education and training programs. That provision in state law is found in the same statute as the recently discovered $2.50 portion.
Part of the reason, BCSO was not already getting the $2.50 portion was because it must be asked for — and nobody knew it was available.
"If it's not requested and used for training and education for county law enforcement, then it's transmitted back to the state," said Clerk of Court Bill Kinsaul.
Kinsaul said he was unsure how long the provision had been in the law and said a member of his staff discovered it and brought it to his attention. He said these statutes often change and the money from these traffic tickets goes in many different directions. He estimated the money from one ticket goes to about two dozens places.
Once the clerk's office made the discovery, however, it got the word out.
"We've been sending it back to the state every time, and so we just brought it to everyone's attention that that's out there available to be used by the sheriff's (office)," he said.
Upon learning of the money, BCSO began its pursuit, ultimately sending County Commission Chairman George Gainer a letter, dated March 1, requesting the funds.
"(Sheriff Frank McKeithen) was very happy that it was available," Kinsaul said.
The statute also says the money could be used by the clerk of court's office, if it's not used by law enforcement, but that option was not available to Kinsaul. The way his budget works all monies are sent to Tallahassee and then a budgeted amount is sent back to the clerk's office.
At this week's County Commission meeting, Commissioner Guy Tunnell showed the most interest in the newly found money. He's curious where the other portions of the ticket money go in the county. He asked Kinsaul to prepare a list of all the funding that flows from the clerk's office to the county and constitutional offices — from fines, tickets and court costs. He said as the county approaches a tight budget year it would be good information to have.
"I'm just trying to get my arms around this thing, trying to figure out all the angles of it," he said Friday, noting he has yet to receive the breakdown.
Tunnell also said he was pleased the clerk's office found the money and could keep it in the county — and out of Tallahassee.
"If we keep it at the local level we've obviously got more discretion over it," he said, "so I'm happy with that."


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New LEGO Education website to watch...
Check it out here.
And read the Lego Education NXT blog here.
Thanks, Mitch, for the information!
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sorry.. I decided to bring over the conversion from the previous one to here....
but there are many building block toys now in the market... at least my place here... so there is tamiya building robots ..very cheap and easy to assemble and thrown in a microcontroller.. it will be easy to start programming them. I am sure tamiya can improve on that... I also saw other building block toys selling...
Are you telling me what separates Lego and other competitors is the third party developers and its hosted competition.. surely not rite? Lego comes from a rock-solid established company, and has stared at its competitors and won.
Could it be becos lego promised to reduce time for creating robots that entice people to buy it? Is it its easy user interface? If it is, are 3rd party developers using the same interface ? If they arent, it defeat the purpose of third party developer adding more functionality. Why should third party developer spend time on it?
By the way, what is the diffence betweeen the old system and the new nxt system... besides the new makeover and bluetooth wireless capability? Is there a great improvement that would have buyer tossing the older version aside and buying the latest one?
Lastly, tell me what is of mindstorm that interest you so greatly to devote you to blogging about it? Where did the passion come from? I like to know. Perhaps you can also give me reasons why my child later will come running to me asking for the new mindstorm and why I should buy it for him.
- Feb 21, 2006, 12:14:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
I think you hit on a major reason that I didn't list because it seems so common sense - Name Recognition.
LEGO is something that most kids have played with... and most adults. I had blocks growing up and the urge to build something cannot be ignored. I imagine if you drop a bucket of bricks in front of any adult, they cannot resist the urge to click them together.
Yes, there are plenty of robot kits on the market that are relatively inexpensive. But how many of them offer as large a number of expanion kits, extra parts, motors, sensors, and COLORS at the prices that LEGo sells them?
I can't speak for the new user interface because all I've got is a handful of screenshots. What I can go on is the success of LabView and the number of programmers who have piped in and stated that it's a good move for LEGO - that is, away from the RCX programming interface that came with the original kit.
Besides the makeover and bluetooth, what does NXT offer over RCX? Your question is good because I'm sure it'll start some good conversation here, but I'll offer a few ideas:
1. More rugged creations. The Technics components should/will provide a more solid base for a robot/design with less chance of it falling apart. I would estimate that 30-40% of my time playing with RCX designs was simply trying to figure out how to keep it from falling apart after 5 minutes of use.
2. Quicker design-to-play: LEGO has stated that they wanted our younger designers to be up and running in less than 30 minutes. That was IMPOSSIBLE with RCX.
3. Compatibility with RCX. LEGO isn't dumb - they know that fans of RCX are going to be looking for ways to combine the two systems. Besides HiTechnic offering the multiplexor and bridge, LEGO has stated that cables will be made available (for sale) to allow for use of the old sensors and motors. That's not only an improvement, it's a challenge for those of us who are now thinking of ways to make the 2 work together in more complex ways.
Why am I so excited about NXT and blogging about it? Well, I write for a living, so writing for me is 2nd-nature. If no one else read my blog, it gives me an outlet for my robotic interests. My interest in NXT is simply because I enjoyed my RIS 1.5 system so much. I studied robotics while getting my engineering degree - but I can't afford the systems I had access to while in school... NXT is reasonable in cost and reasonable in its features. I can't drop $1000 on a robot that does cartwheels and flips. It's cool to watch, but I'd rather drop $250 and decide for myself what I want my bot to do.
Thanks for your comments... I hope others will chime in with their thoughts.
- Feb 21, 2006, 12:32:00 AM
Good points you have. Lego is very fortunate to have you blogging for them.
Is there anything else beside the price that motivates you or a parent to buy NXT systems? Lego I think is moving away from brick building... I think they want to shorten the time for building .. wont that take the fun away? Do you think they are moving in the right direction, moving away the novalty of lego construction? So what are they moving towards? Lego is no more emphasizing on contructing robots from scratch, gosh? Are there better goodies in the package besides lego building?
I see you are very knowledgable in other robotic platform. Out of curiosity, what would you like to see in a lego platform as an engineer besides cost reduction?
- Feb 21, 2006, 3:03:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
Lego bricks will never disappear... that is their lifeblood. And the fact that you can mix Technic and Stud components shouldn't take away from robot building. I do believe the move to Technic parts for Mindstorms is the right move... it's a maturing of the product. And as I stated earlier, I think the components will enhance AND strengthen designs.
And I could be wrong... NXT might not be as popular as RIS. But the robots designed with NXT have that 'look' that kids AND adults seem to associate with automata.
As to your other question: Besides cost reduction? Add-ons, add-ons, and add-ons. I hope that in 1 to 2 years the sheer number of extras you can buy to enhance your designs will fill a catalog. I'd like to go online or to the store and buy, off-the-shelf, a servo motor with a different shape, a few extra sensors, maybe some large tires and treads. Obviously it would be nice to have some expansion kits (like the Vision System for the RIS), and I believe LEGO already is planning some.
- Feb 21, 2006, 4:05:00 AM
Opps.. I am lost ... What is 'Technic' and 'Stud' components ? I didnt quite understand what you said about ' I do believe the move to Technic parts for Mindstorms is the right move' ? What is that? Hardware?
- Feb 21, 2006, 4:16:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
When I say stud, I mean to old lego bricks... by Technic, I mean the Technic variety of components. I may not be the best person to explain the difference - it's one of those "you'll know it when you see it" types of things.
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CARSON, Calif. – After playing a series of Reserve League matches as an outside back, LA Galaxy rookie midfielder Rafael Garcia was right at home in the center of the park during LA's 4-0 CONCACAF Champions League victory over the Puerto Rico Islanders on Wednesday.
Partnered alongside fellow industrious-minded midfielders Michael Stephens and Kenney Walker, the trio out-worked a veteran Puerto Rico group, dominating possession 58.4 to 41.6% on the night. Despite being tested out at outside back earlier in the season, the rookie from Cal-State Northridge did not miss a beat as he repeatedly disrupted Puerto Rico's attack allowing Stephens and Walker to contribute to the attack.
Following the match, Garcia told reporters that he was pleased to return to the center of the park.
GARCIA: "It felt like home again. Familiar territory, it was good to get out there and run, break a sweat for 90 minutes and credit to all the guys that played tonight. I think they did a great job."
(On LA's control of an experienced Puerto Rico midfield…)
GARCIA: "We talked about I think this team playing in the reserve games, our work ethic is second to none. I thought that collectively we defended well, attacked as a unit so, like I said, credit to all the guys that played tonight and they guys that scored."
(On the taking pride in winning an important game as youngsters…)
GARCIA: "Absolutely, we all want to show that we belong here and that whenever we get called upon we're ready, so I thought the group was extremely, extremely well tonight in that sense. We're just looking to make the best of our opportunities, I know myself, I'm just trying to work hard and make a name for myself and I think everyone that stepped on the field today gave 110% today."
CARSON, Calif. – Much of the publicity from last night's wild finish to the LA Galaxy's 5-2 victory over Isidro Metapán will revolve around the controversial red card given to forward Robbie Keane, but midfielder Michael Stephens had a bit of a bizarre moment of his own.
In the 80th minute, as Stephens prepared to come on for David Beckham, the young midfielder was awarded a yellow card—seemingly— for time wasting. The moment was a strange one for the midfielder, but Stephens was able to shake it off quickly as he helped set up Juninho's second goal capping off a five goal performance for LA.
Below are Stephens' thoughts from the match.
(On what the referee said to him as he awarded a yellow…
STEPHENS: "Nothing. He didn't even say anything to me; he just gave it and kept on going, but who knows."
(On the game's emotional end…)
STEPHENS: "I think that the referee let the game get away from him for a bit and things got out of control there for a second. I thought that overall, we responded pretty well. Obviously, it's unfortunate that Robbie got the red card, but we scored two goals after and I think that even once we conceded, we scored again so we responded well."
(On whether the Galaxy were facing the refs and Metapán…)
STEPHENS: "You could say that definitely. There were some bizarre calls, but what are you going to do. We knew that coming into it, but I thought that we got on with it fine."
(On facing Dallas…)
STEPHENS: "Obviously, we have a game this weekend, a really big game. I don't think that[the Metapán] game was too physically demanding so I think that we will recover well."
CARSON, Calif. -- Following the LA Galaxy's 5-2 victory over Isidro Metapan in the CONCACAF Champions League, LA Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant was dumbfounded by the events surrounding the last 20 minutes of the match.
Below are Dunivant's thoughts postgame...
(On the emotions at the end of the game…)
DUNIVANT: "Yeah it was emotional. I think that we felt unjustly given a PK against us and strange sequence on the red card. It's frustrating when people try and take over the game like that, and don't let the playing do the talking. So we had a three goal lead, and goal difference is important in this tournament, so getting that fifth goal to put us up three goals was huge. We had a lot of emotion with that."
(On his perspective of the Keane red card…)
DUNIVANT: "Your guess is as good as mine. First he gives a yellow card for diving, and then compounds that mistake by giving him a red card. But a lot of times referees like to be bigger than the game and that was the case tonight."
(On whether or not the referee was a typical CCL moment…)
DUNIVANT: "It was strange. You'd have to ask him. It's crazy that a professional referee would come out and want to take over a game like that. It's about the guys on the field; it's not about the guys in the stripes. It blows your mind when things like that happen. There was a lot of frustration on our part with that, and we've got to learn from it and on move on."
(On whether referees were a topic pre-game…)
DUNIVANT: "Absolutely it is. That was said. Robbie's our captain; he should be allowed to talk to the referee. That's part of how that relationship works. The captain is the guy that's able to talk and to be a professional referee and have skin that thin is remarkable to me. You've got to have thicker skin than that."
(On his perspective on Metapan's first goal…)
DUNIVANT: "I don't particularly remember the play leading up to it. I remember the ball kind of started to loop to the back post over Josh and I got a little piece of it, kept it out initially and then there was a scramble in front and I don't know if David hit it or if their guy hit it. But it went off the post, across the goal and in, so kind of a fluky weird play. There was a little stretch in the first half where we kind of lost our composure a little bit but we responded well and got a goal back pretty quickly."
(On whether or not he could hear what Robbie said…)
DUNIVANT: "I did not, no."
(On whether Keane was simply frustrated…)
DUNIVANT: "Yeah, understandably so. That's part of the game, to not know that as a referee is crazy to me."
(On scoring five goals…)
DUNIVANT: "Yeah for sure it's a positive. I mean, we won the game by three goals tonight and that's huge. Goal differential is going to be big and there's a chance that, last year there was a tie breaker with three teams and we won the group on it, so goal differential is big and we used that to our advantage last year and we started off well again in this tournament."
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- On Wednesday, while the LA Galaxy were playing the Columbus Crew, the United States' national team was making history.
LA Galaxy captain Landon Donovan and the rest of the U.S. team defeated Mexico on Orange, Calif. native Michael Orozco-Fiscal's 80th minute to win 1-0 for the U.S.' first victory on Mexican soil vs. El Tri.
Following the U.S.' historic victory, I caught up with Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant, a recipient of two U.S. appearances, for his thoughts on the win.
DUNIVANT: "It's massive, even though it's a friendly and it doesn't really mean anything, it means the world to soccer in the U.S. and the fact that we've never won in Mexico. I think that there's been a lot of talk about how good Mexico has been and how they've suddenly jumped so far ahead of the U.S. and we just had the first time we ever won in Mexico. So it makes quite a statement, it's not to say that suddenly everything is different, but it's a huge statement for our country and I think that everyone is really proud of that."
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- On an emotional night, the LA Galaxy picked up a vital point in their run to the postseason with a 1-1 draw with the Columbus Crew.
The match ends a grueling nine game, month-long stretch for the Galaxy. LA will now have a brief four day break before returning to the training field on Monday to prepare for their CONCACAF Champions League match against Isidro Metapan at The Home Depot Center on August 23rd.
Below are Arena's thoughts on the match....
"We played okay. We're a bit of a tired team. This has been a challenging trip. Obviously, the Crew played with a lot of emotion tonight. This is one of those games where a draw is a fair result for both teams."
(On how he wanted the Galaxy to combat the emotion of the Crew...)
"Obviously it was hard to find 11 players that could play. We're pretty exhausted from Sunday night and the trip across the country as well. It's a little on the difficult side. We knew that this part of the season was going to be a little bit of an issue, and our guys did alright. We had some fatigue at the end of the first half. The Crew created a bunch of good chances probably between the 35 and 45 minute. At the end of the game, we positioned ourselves to win the game and you can't ask for much more. It's always good to get a point on the road, but we would have obviously preferred three."
(On if he can imagine what the Crew is going through...)
"I can imagine a little bit. It's certainly a very difficult situation. We feel for the Urso family and the Crew in this sad time and tragic event. We hope that time helps heal a little bit here. That can't be an easy situation for the family or the organization. We wish our very best to the Urso family and the Crew. Anything we can do to support them, we would certainly do that."
(On Mike Magee's status...)
"He's okay. He just got kicked."
CARSON, Calif. -- A day after a record setting night against Chivas USA, LA Galaxy captain Landon Donovan took off for Mexico for the U.S.' friendly at the Estadio Azteca on Wednesday. Before departing for Mexico, Donovan spoke to reporters following the Galaxy's 4-0 victory over Chivas.
Below are Donovan's thoughts ahead of the friendly.
(On playing at Azteca...)
DONOVAN: "Any time that we play in Azteca, it's pretty raucous, but I think that it will be a pretty exciting night, I would guess. We've been saying for a number of years how good their youth is and how well they're producing players. Their 17s, their 20s and now their Olympic team so the future certainly looks bright for them and it's going to be a big test for us."
(On the importance of the friendly...)
DONOVAN: "Candidly, I don't think it's that important, but for a lot of guys that don't get a lot of experience, I think that this will be a good experience, but it's an awkward fixture date and I would say that most if not all the players don't like this fixture date, we'd much rather do away with it, but it's still a good opportunity to get a game like this."
(On whether playing Mexico makes it more important...)
DONOVAN: "Sure, all things being equal it's still against Mexico so we'll be ready to play."
(On former teammate Alan Gordon's call up...)
DONOVAN: "I just heard that, is that true? I didn't even know that he was healthy, he didn't play last night, did he? I think that we can say that he's been as effective as a forward as anybody has been in the last few months of the season. I'm really happy for him, I'll be happy to see him and if he gets a chance to play, what a great experience. We'll see."
CARSON, Calif. -- On both sides of the ball, the play of Brazilian midfielder Juninho was vital for the LA Galaxy in their 4-0 victory over Chivas USA on Sunday.
Tallying two goals on the night, Juninho was a frequent threat going forward as he showed his range, scoring a marvelous chip over goalkeeper Dan Kennedy in the 64th minute. Then, just ten minutes later, Juninho was able to finish a Landon Donovan pass from close range for the game's third goal of the night. Meanwhile, on the defensive side, Juninho teamed up well with countryman Marcelo Sarvas as LA's high pressure midfield was able to shut down the Chivas attack.
Below are Juninho's postgame thoughts:
(On the win being a statement...)
JUNINHO: "We knew we needed to win. We needed to get points to keep moving up in the table. We hope to get all the way to the top."
(On his two goal performance...)
JUNINHO: It was very good. Very good win for the team. And I think I showed I can score from outside the box."
(On celebrating in front of the Chivas supporters after his goal...)
JUNINHO: "It's the Clásico. Its very important."
(On his combination with Sarvas...)
JUNINHO: "We're two good players and we know we needed to work hard, and that's what we did."
(On the play of Donovan...)
JUNINHO: "He was huge. The win was very big, and he was a huge part of it."
CARSON, Calif. -- Last week's defeat to the Seattle Sounders left a bitter taste in LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane's mouth; one that he hopes to remove with a good performance in Sunday's SuperClásico against Chivas USA.
After scoring either a goal or an assist in five of the Galaxy's last six matches, Keane was unable to break through during the club's defeat against the Sounders last Sunday. The Irish forward will look to regain his scoring touch on Sunday against a Rojiblancos' defense has allowed just 21 goals this season, the second lowest total in MLS. Keane has enjoyed some success against Chivas, however, as he scored a goal and an assist during the last meeting between the two clubs on July 21st.
Below are Keane's thoughts from training on Friday...
(On erasing the sting from the Seattle loss...)
KEANE: "Of course, it's always important to bounce back when you get a bad defeat which obviously we did last week so it's important that we bounce back and it's always good to bounce back against your rival so it's a game that I know the lads are looking forward to, getting back on the field and eradicating the mistakes and the way we played last week."
(On a victory in the SuperClásico putting distance between the Galaxy and other teams in the playoff hunt…)
KEANE: "Yeah, I think that's important as well. We're coming to the end [of the season] with ten games or so. It's important that we create that gap and once you do that, you sort of guarantee the playoffs and then you never know what could happen. We could go on a good run again, which we hope that we can do so that's what we're looking for."
(On thinking about playoff positioning after spending most of his career in Europe…)
KEANE: "It's like the Champions League isn't it? Getting that third spot. I think that it's the same thing and of course, you have to have a goal, you know? Obviously our goal is to get into the playoffs. I think that it would be a tragedy if we didn't do that. I think once we get a couple of results and we make a stand and we know that we're in the playoffs then who knows what could happen? We could go on a good run and we want to finish as high as possible and that starts on Sunday against Chivas."
CARSON, Calif. – A day after the MLS unveiled their new set of standings tiebreakers to the public, LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena issued his criticism—not of the new standings tiebreakers—but of the league's decision to use an unbalanced schedule for the 2012 season.
MLS revealed the unbalanced schedule for the 2012 season at the MLS Cup Final on November 20th, 2011. Citing concerns about travel and an uneven number of teams, the league opted to switch to the conference-based schedule in which clubs would play in-conference opponents three times and out of conference rivals, just once.
Below are Arena's comments on the unbalanced schedule in their entirety...
"You don't have control of that stuff. The playoff thing is one thing, but I think that the whole construction of the schedule this year with an unbalanced schedule is stupid. Absolutely stupid. To have a Supporters' Shield for that is stupid. I don't know how that ever got through," said Arena after training on Thursday. "I think I can tell you that most people think it's stupid. It has not achieved anything or doing anything better in marketplaces and I think that without a doubt, the way to put together a schedule in this league is home and away. Period, end of discussion, Period, end of discussion. And if they need somebody to help them figure it out, the coaches would be happy to sit down with the people in the front office in MLS and show them how to do it. We'd be glad to do that; actually we'd prefer to do that honestly."
SEATTLE – Playing on the right flank, Sean Franklin expected to play a major role during the Galaxy's match against the Seattle Sounders, but ultimately, it was not the impact that Franklin wanted.
As the Galaxy fell 4-0 to the Sounders on Sunday at CenturyLink Field, the normally steady Franklin struggled against the Seattle outside backs who were able to limit his chances and prevent the midfielder from aiding in the attack. Throughout the match, Franklin had difficulty connecting in the final third as he was dispossessed a total of 13 times, ultimately leading to his substitution in the 57th minute.
Although it was a difficult match for Franklin, his performance could see him shifted back to his familiar right back spot with A.J. DeLaGarza potentially teaming up with Omar Gonzalez in the back four.
Franklin's thoughts on his showing are below…
(On the result…)
FRANKLIN: "As a team, we just didn't play well tonight. We were bad defensively and offensively. Even though we had the ball, we didn't create too many scoring chances, we only had a few shots and Bruce was saying that our first shot didn't come till after the 80th minute and that's unacceptable for the kind of team that we have. But we have to put this game behind us and worry about Chivas, that's a must win game on Sunday."
(On LA's struggles on the flanks…)
FRANKLIN: "They did a good job defensively, I had a couple of passes that weren't good on the day and I have to be better to help my team out offensively. It's just a rough day for our team and as I said, we got to put this one behind us and get it better for next weekend."
(On his assessment of his own performance…)
FRANKLIN: "It's still pretty new to me, there are a lot of things that I need to get better at in that position. That's something that I try to do and I want to work on it to get better as a midfielder. I know that my primary position is right back and even though I'm comfortable at the right back position, I also want to be better at right midfield. It's something that I've got to adjust to and get better if I'm going to be playing more right midfield then right back this year."


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