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WASHINGTON (AP) - Japan has suspended some imports of U.S. wheat after genetically engineered wheat was found on an Oregon farm.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it will produce a pair of new comedy shows and three new kids shows for viewing on its video streaming service, capping a one-of-a-kind experiment that gave viewers a say in the selections.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wealthier households benefit significantly more than lower earners from big tax breaks such as deductions for mortgage interest and charitable giving, the government said in a study Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sales of bank-owned homes have plunged to a 5-year low, the latest evidence that the nation's foreclosure woes are easing as the U.S. housing market recovery gains momentum.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Democrats have passed a bill that would provide overtime pay, meal breaks and other labor protections for domestic workers in California.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The ham sandwich you had for lunch is the latest example of China's growing appetite for U.S. investment.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home prices jumped 10.9 percent in March compared with a year ago, the most since April 2006. A growing number of buyers are bidding on a tight supply of homes, driving prices higher and helping the housing market recover.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Home prices are surging, job growth is strengthening and stocks are setting record highs. All of which explains why Americans are more hopeful about the economy than at any other point in five years.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The hoopla surrounding the return of "Arrested Development" on Netflix's Internet video service has quickly dissolved into a letdown on Wall Street.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Baristas, managers and Starbucks itself put in their two cents Tuesday before New York's highest court in a tip-jar dispute that could have broad consequences for the state's hospitality workers and, ultimately, employees at the coffee chain's thousands of U.S. retail stores.
SEATTLE (AP) - By Michael Hill's estimation, 90 percent of the people pumping gas at his station just south of the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state are Canadians.
SEATTLE (AP) - For farmers, business owners and government officials up and down the West Coast, Washington's bridge collapse on Interstate 5 represents much more than a close brush with tragedy. As much as $20 billion in freight travels to and from Canada and along the busy north-south corridor each year.
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea relaxed state control of salaries last month, a government economist said, outlining a change in policy intended to boost production by giving companies latitude to provide workers with financial incentives.
Q: I am a married 64-year-old woman. I started getting my Social Security at age 62. I was told at the time that I was not eligible for any of my husband's Social Security. But we were just on a cruise and an older woman told me that she took retirement benefits at 62 and was also able to get half of her husband's Social Security. Why don't I get half of my husband's benefits?
MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) - Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Imagine a fitting room with a "smart" mirror that suggests jeans to go with the red shirt you brought in. It snaps a video so you can compare the image side-by-side with other colorful shirts you try on. It might even show you how the shirt will fit without you having to undress.
NEW YORK (AP) - Olive Garden's plan to win back customers? Take the breadsticks it's known for and make sandwiches out of them.
NEW YORK (AP) - Fox is lowering the curtain on "American Idol," ending a series that dominated television throughout the 2000s and made stars of the likes of Simon Cowell, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.
NEW YORK (AP) - Fitbit, the maker of a popular line of wearable fitness-tracking devices, on Thursday filed for an initial public offering worth up to $100 million.
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A fire burns at least two dozen homes in a flooded neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)
NEW YORK, United States of America: A huge fire that erupted as Sandy ripped through New York City with near-hurricane force winds on Monday night destroyed dozens of homes in one of the city's most remote neighborhoods, officials said.
The neighborhood, Breezy Point in the borough of Queens, had been extensively flooded by Sandy's record storm surge, and firefighters were hampered in their efforts to bring the blaze under control, a spokesman for the New York Fire Department said.
No casualties were immediately reported and the cause of the fire was under investigation.
A tweet from the FDNY's official Twitter feed said 50 or more homes were destroyed in the fire. The fire still was not under control by 5 a.m. (0900 GMT), the department said.
Local television showed firefighters wading through waist-deep water to get to the massive fire. Some used inflatable boats to reach it.
Breezy Point is a private beach community in the Rockaway area, a narrow spit of land barely above sea level that thrusts into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
It was one of a number of New York City neighborhoods that had been under a mandatory evacuation order as Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, approached from the southeast.
According to a report from WABC-TV in New York, dozens of residents chose not to obey the evacuation order and as many as 40 had to be rescued by firefighters from homes in the neighborhood as the fire approached, driven by 70 mph (112 kmh) winds. The NYFD spokesman could not verify the television station's report of rescues.
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Rex Carter
At an early age he showed a predilection for banging things. As he got older he developed a fascination for music and would spend hours drumming along on whatever was at hand to the wonderful new sounds coming from Liverpool in England via the family's Bakelite radio.
When he left school and got a job, with his very first pay packet he made a beeline to the local music shop where he put down a deposit on a drum kit with a finish that looked like melted butter and vegemite.
All those years of drumming on imaginary drum kits meant he could already play (sort of).
Not long after that he auditioned for 'Waves', an acoustic, harmony band in the tradition of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young who were very popular in Auckland at the time. They were selling out concerts and had an album which was getting lots of airplay. They had decided to add a drummer and get a bit more electric.
Despite his inexperience and competition from just about every drummer in town, Rex got the job and so joined his first band.
His first gig with the band was a concert on a Friday night at The Maidment Theatre, a 500 seat theatre in Auckland University. This quickly sold out as did a second concert on the following night. (A very young Neil Finn was in the support band for these gigs) The band was then booked to support Maria Muldour in the Auckland Town Hall on the Sunday.
These were Rex's first ever gigs! He was sought out by newspapers for interviews, there were accolades, recognition, sold out gigs and lots of interest from record companies. This probably accounts for his somewhat unnaturally large and wobbly head which remains to this day.
A few years later (now living in Australia) he was given a reality check. When he auditioned for 'The Angels' he was told; "don't call us we'll call you". Somewhat deflated he travelled north.
Standing on the eastern most point of Australia looking west towards the mountains he felt a strange calling that was to change his life forever.
The events surrounding that day are a blur. One moment he was standing on the beach at Bogangar the next he was a captive, the plaything of the mysterious women of Round Mountain. Why he was not discarded after a few days is a mystery. He had obvious rhythmic tendencies but having played in a popular band in the 70's he was most certainly not a virgin.
On that tumultuous day when the virginal ones made their escape from the cave he had crept unnoticed out of the shadows and followed them down the mountain.
For several years he eked out a living teaching others the art of drumming and playing in various cover bands until he was summoned to replace Bill, the original drummer who retired, exhausted, worn out by the wildly fluctuating, relentless and ever increasing tempos of the bands music.
Now he was home.
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Mortensen wedding party, Portland, 1927
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Anna and Jens Mortensen pose with their attendants on their wedding day in 1927 in Portland.
They lived at 9 Cedar Street, Portland. Anna was a folder at the Harry F. Greely laundry at 123 Washington Ave. Jens was a driver at Ingalls & Co. Trucking at 27 Cotton St.
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- Title: Mortensen wedding party, Portland, 1927
- Creator: Portland Press Herald
- Creation Date: 1927
- Subject Date: 1927
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
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- Dimensions (cm): 8 x 11
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 14001; 2005.061.14001
- Collection: Portland Press Herald Glass Negative collection
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A slightly crunchy Burger crust?
I have been achieving amazing burgers thanks to Kenji's tips (http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/03/the-burger-labs-top-ten-tips-for-better-burgers.html) as well as some other articles.
But yesterday I went to a new NY restaurant (Kosher) and had a really good burger. What I loved from it was the crunchiness on the crust, not too crunchy but just a little bit, which made it a really great eating experience.
I am wondering how to achieve this crunchiness at home.
I usually use a cast-iron pan, I buy ground meat and apply the tips quoted before. I go with the 15-second flip method and keep the burgers cooking for a total of 4 minutes.
What should I add to achieve the crunchiness?
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A large chunk of microcrystalline wax is not easily cut or broken. We had to get creative with the solution.
Step 2: Introduce electrical heat
Step 3: Charged saw
Step 4: Wire cutter
When I was using that stuff I just put it in the freezer overnight and then put it in a trashbag and whack it with a small sledge hammer. It shatters quite nicely. Also I would use a soldering iron to "score" it to break off parts. BTW soldering irons also work well for welding wax parts together.
Oh, and I just remembered that I would melt the shattered chunks in a pot and pour it into shallow baking trays to make easy to manage 1/4" slabs.
Do you use this wax for lost wax casting because it is easy to carve without it melting or warping when being worked, or for some other particular reason? Seems like a difficult substance to work with.


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What is the ideal pad for the Big Agnes...
What is the ideal pad for the Big Agnes Encampment +15 Polarg.? I cant tell if mummy pad required for best fit???--phil
Per BA's site, get a 20in wide rectangular pad (long or reg depending on the size of your bag). I suppose a mummy would be okay but it might slide around a bit inside the sleeze.Here's a great pad for this bag:http://www.backcountry.com/store/BAG0125/Big-Agnes-Two-Track-Pad-Rectangular.html
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I got some great news on Thursday: The Kindle edition of "The Wired City" is now available at Amazon.com. I do virtually all my book-reading on my iPad using Kindle software, even if I have a hard copy — so I know how important it is to make "The Wired City" available electronically. Thank you for your patience.
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This morning's BostonGlobe.com report
The next few weeks should be interesting as the folks at the Boston Globe work out the bugs at BostonGlobe.com.
Starting last night, the site stopped working on my almost-four-year-old MacBook using Chrome and Safari. (Might be just my set-up, though I did reboot.) On the other hand, it still works fine with Firefox, for which I've recently been developing a new appreciation, as it seems to be the most stable of the three major Mac browsers. No problems on my iPhone or on Mrs. Media Nation's iPad, either.
I'm glad to see Dan Wasserman's editorial cartoon made it to the site today, and I hope syndicated cartoons will be included on days that Wasserman isn't drawing. The comics are online today, too. Maybe they were yesterday, but I couldn't find them.
Other observations: clean as the site is, the organizational scheme is a bit bewildering, with many different options. I feel as though I'm missing stuff. The "Today's Paper" option doesn't seem to be quite that. It would be nice to have a clearly delineated separate section of everything that's in that day's print edition.
Also, how about combining all the little "Names" tidbits into one column? Other "g" shorts could be combined, too. I don't want to keep clicking to read 90-word items. It's one of my main peeves about GlobeReader, too, and I'll bet I'm not alone.
Subscriber-based BostonGlobe.com debuts
Readers turning to Boston.com this morning and clicking on "Today's Globe" found something new — an invitation to register for the new BostonGlobe.com, a paid site that will be getting a free trial for the rest of September. After that, it will cost $3.99 a week, which makes it among the more ambitious attempts to persuade online news consumers to pay for content.
I was among a number of media observers who were given a sneak preview last month by Globe publisher Chris Mayer and editor Marty Baron. I've got a longer take on the new site up at the Nieman Journalism Lab, focusing mainly on the site's use of HTML5, which enables the Globe to offer a standalone app for the iPad and iPhone and avoid paying Apple its 30 percent cut.
Also, Nieman's Joshua Benton offers four observations and asks lots of questions. Jeff Sonderman has a rundown at Poynter. Staci D. Kramer covers the launch for paidContent. And there's plenty of coverage at BostonGlobe.com itself, starting here.
Access to BostonGlobe.com is included with any type of print subscription, including Sundays-only. Since the Sunday-paper-plus-GlobeReader has been our solution of choice for a while now, this is nothing but a plus here in Media Nation.
The New Yorker's underwhelming iPad app
Given the New York Times' rather rhapsodic take on the New Yorker's iPad app, I was surprised by how underwhelming it turned out to be when I finally gave it a test. I installed it on Mrs. Media Nation's first-generation iPad, loaded in the current issue — and found it to be almost identical to the PDF-like version that the New Yorker makes available to its print subscribers, a.k.a. the "digital edition."
There was one key difference, and I'll grant you it's an important one: the digital edition requires you to move the pages around on your computer screen, making them bigger and smaller and switching around among columns, maneuvers that have long made most of us despise PDFs. The iPad version, by contrast, automatically formats to the screen. That's a big improvement.
Other than that, though, I found the app to be rather flat and uninspiring. Yes, the Times review emphasized that it was designed for people who just want to read rather than be dazzled. But there's a middle ground between a plain reproduction of a magazine and a distracting multimedia extravaganza. I'd have liked to see the New Yorker aim for that middle ground.
That said, it was a nice way to read Ryan Lizza's excellent profile of Michele Bachmann — especially since the mailman hasn't seen fit to deliver our print edition yet.
Happy birthday, Marshall McLuhan
Today is the 100th birthday of Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian scholar who forever changed the way we think about media and their effects on the human psyche.
Last week I sat down for a conversation with Len Edgerly, host of "The Kindle Chronicles," on what McLuhan would think about the Kindle, the iPad, and what effects e-readers would have on our perception of text, reading and linearity. The interview grew out of my recent review of Douglas Coupland's McLuhan biography for Nieman Reports.
Len and I had great fun, and I hope you'll have a chance to give it a listen.
An alternative metaphor for reading the news
I don't remember when Times Skimmer was first unveiled by the New York Times, but I do remember being unimpressed. Recently, though, I took another look, and it struck me as new and improved. It's a different way of experiencing the newspaper, and I think it's got some real promise.
As with Times Reader, a subscription-only e-reader product, the free (for now) Times Skimmer is laid out in horizontal pages that you can flip through quite efficiently. Skimmer, which compiles the Times' RSS feeds, is more up-to-date than Reader (though the latter does have a "Latest News" section) and gives you a more-complete snippet of each story, making it unnecessary to page through every story to see what the sometimes-cryptic headlines are all about.
Reader's advantages over Skimmer are three-fold: (1) you can download the entire paper and take it with you, so you don't have to be connected to the Internet in order to read it; (2) Reader is typographically more pleasing, as Skimmer simply taps in to NYTimes.com when you click on a story; and (3) with Reader you've got that day's Times as opposed to a collection of RSS feeds — a distinction that matters to some of us elderly news junkies.
So what do you get from Skimmer? A different way of looking at NYTimes.com that rationalizes the overstuffed, jumbled website. I've found several stories using Skimmer that I would have missed if I'd been reading the website or Reader. Among them: this excellent feature from the Lens blog on the last photographs taken by Times photographer Joao Silva, gravely injured in Afghanistan.
One annoying omission from Skimmer is the Times' book news, including the all-important Sunday Book Review. There are RSS feeds both for books in general and the Book Review in particular, so it wouldn't be hard to add — which makes me think the omission was deliberate. Based on my incomplete reading, it seems that some book news pops up in the arts feed, but only a few highlights. Unfortunately, there's no way for us mere users to add feeds to Skimmer.
Skimmer and Reader are the inspiration behind the Times' Chrome app, which became available last week. As with Reader, you can download it and take it with you; as with Skimmer, it's a compilation of RSS feeds. I've played with it a bit, and though it's promising, it's not quite ready for prime time.
Reader, Skimmer and the Chrome app, with their simple, horizontal layouts, all seem to have been devised with tablet computers in mind, although Reader won't run on an iPad and never will unless the Times moves away from its reliance on Adobe Flash. (There's also a separate Times app for the iPad, which I have not had a chance to test-drive.)
As such, they represent an interesting alternative to the website metaphor we've all grown accustomed to over the past 15 years.
Amazon's move is a boon for digital newspapers
The future of digital newspapers just got a lot more interesting.
The New York Times reports that Amazon has decided to let newspaper and magazine publishers have a 70 percent cut of Kindle revenues, a substantial increase over the current 30 percent. In order to qualify, though, those publishers will have to agree to let Amazon sell subscriptions to anyone who has a device with Kindle software installed on it. (Unlike books, you had to have Amazon's Kindle hardware device in order to download newspapers and magazines.)
When that happens, you'll be able to read the Kindle editions of your favorite newspapers and magazines on an iPad, a smartphone or the forthcoming Google tablets.
Given the halting nature of newspaper and magazine rollouts for the iPad (stemming in large measure from a dispute between Apple and publishers over who gets to see customer data), this is a boon on two levels. It gives non-Kindle tablet owners a viable workaround until Apple and the publishers can get their act together — and it provides Apple with a huge incentive to make that happen, along with some rare leverage for the publishers.
Meanwhile, John Ellis points to an analysis showing that paid online distribution may have a future: at Rupert Murdoch's Times of London, online readership is down but revenues are way up since the Times erected a pay wall earlier this year.


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The Presidency has noted reports in certain media, suggesting that President Jacob Zuma insunuated that Africans were backward and that they should stop thinking like "Africans in Africa and accept that Gauteng roads were not like some national road in Malawi or Pietermaritzburg or Rustenberg."
The words have regrettably been taken out of context and blown completely out of proportion.
President Zuma yesterday, in his capacity as President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), addressed the Gauteng ANC Manifesto Forum at the Wits University Great Hall in Johannesburg, where he remarked on a wide range of issues including policies of the ANC on the economy, the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment, youth employment, the National Development Plan and the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, which among other things had necessitated the tolling of the roads.
In particular, the President said: "With regards to road construction, Gauteng has built many kilometres of new 8-10 lane freeways built at a cost of about R20 billion. This is more than our national roads budget for one year. The roads are to be tolled to pay back the money we borrowed to build the freeways. Our policy is that users should pay for extra government expenses."
President Zuma continued: "It is not fair to make the whole of South Africa pay for Gauteng's road use by taxing everyone's petrol more. We thank all citizens who have registered for the e-tolls so that we can continue to improve roads and boost economic growth in Gauteng."
The President then made the example that it was also not fair to expect Gauteng roads to be compared to roads in other towns such as "Pietermaritzburg, Rustenberg, Polokwane or any other town or national road in Malawi as this was Gauteng, the heartbeat of South Africa's economy and an international city of commerce and business".
The remarks were made in the broader context of South Africa achieving more in the past 19 years of freedom and democracy.


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At least 6 hurt in bus, SUV collision during evening rush hour in Gaithersburg
Tsehay Woldemanuel dead after accident with Montgomery County Ride-On bus
Montgomery County Police say a woman hit by a Ride-On bus in the Wheaton area has died.
Woman in critical condition after being hit by Ride On bus in Silver Spring, Md.
A Montgomery County 'Ride On' bus struck a pedestrian early Tuesday morning, sending her to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.
RideOn to resume limited service at 3 p.m.
Montgomery County's RideOn bus service will resume limited service on some routes beginning at 3 p.m. Monday.
Anicia Castillo struck, killed by Ride On bus
Police say Anicia Castillo of Falls Church, Va., was walking across the station entrance on Tuesday night when she was struck by a Ride On bus.
Montgomery County vows to crack down on noise, pollution at Ride On depotComment
After resident complaints and an investigation by WTOP, Montgomery County officials say they're cracking down on the noise and pollution of buses idling at the Ride On bus depot in Silver Spring.
Ride On service changes take effect Jan 13Comment
A number of changes to Ride On bus routes will take effect on Sunday, Jan. 13.
Montgomery County RideOn crash: Brakes didn't fail, driver fails to appear at hearingComment
An investigation into the Aug. 20 crash of a Montgomery County RideOn bus into a Silver Spring home has revealed no major mechanical flaws in the bus, despite claims by the driver that the brakes did not slow it down before it crashed.
RideOn bus crashes into building in Silver SpringComment
Montgomery County's inspection of a Ride On bus that crashed into the front of a home in Silver Spring indicates that there were no mechanical issued that might have contributed to the wreck, the Washington Examiner reports. The driver of the bus didn't show up to a scheduled meeting on the crash, the report says.
Montgomery County to buy 28 new Ride On buses after firesComment
Montgomery County is expected to pay a total of $12.3 million for more than two dozen new Ride On buses.
Montgomery County's Ride On buses on holiday schedule after fireComment
Montgomery County's Ride On bus system is operating on a reduced schedule following a bus fire in Silver Spring last week. The county says there will be service reductions on Monday and Tuesday, but that the system should be back to normal on Wednesday.
Champion RideOn buses pulled from service after fireComment
A fleet of buses with known fire issues used by Montgomery County's RideOn service has been pulled permanently from the roads Wednesday after one of them caught fire in Silver Spring.
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Billy DelaCruz - Service Manager
When he was young, Billy always enjoyed taking things apart and putting them back together. These were the seeds that would grow into his passion for cars and for making them run at their most optimal level.
Billy began his technician's career in 2000 at The Audi Exchange in Highland Park, Illinois where he spent his apprenticeship. He remained there until 2006. During those years, Billy realized that there were no non-dealership specialty shops in the area that could service owners in certain repairs and performance modifications. This got him and two friends thinking that they had a terrific opportunity to permanently fill this niche. So, Billy and his two partners formed Rennart, Inc. in 2006 - first in a small shop in Des Plaines, then to a larger space in Arlington Heights. There he honed his skills in both repair and after market enhancements.
Billy left Rennart to join Athans Motors in 2009. He is thrilled to put his knowledge, style and natural affinity to work within this amazing new service department. Billy likens the auto servicing process to that of a doctor. First there is the diagnosis. You must really listen to the owner and try to decipher what the ailment may be. Then you get down to thoroughly checking out the car and its systems to pinpoint the exact problem or problems. Once you identify that, there is the treatment or repair of the automobile and following is the continued maintenance. Billy credits much of his success to being able to figure out and fix issues at hand. Something you think comes naturally, but as he has seen, often doesn't.
Jim Letsos - Assistant Service Manager
Jim began his long-standing career in the automotive business with the Penzoil Company in the mid 1980's while still in high school. He remained working for the company through his college years at Loyola University in Chicago where he studied Business/Personnel Management. Over his 21 years with Penzoil, he served as a multi-store manager for JLI - the Jiffy Lube International Division. The locations he oversaw were mainly located in the northern suburbs of Chicago. During his tenure, Penzoil would merge with Quaker State and was eventually purchased by Shell Oil Company in 2002.
In 2005, Jim moved on and became the manager at his brother's Phillips 66 Station which was a C-store, fuel station and car wash in Des Plaines. He remained there for the next eight years. In 2012, he briefly worked as a sales representative for Joseph Mullarkey Distributors - a Glenview-based beer and non-alcoholic beverage distribution company. In December of 2012, Jim joined the Athans Motors family and brought his knowledge and experience to the talented Service Department.
Like most everyone at Athans, Jim has a deep love of cars and is excited to begin this new leg of his professional journey. He appreciates the supportive and collaborative atmosphere at Athans and sees himself building a solid career there. In his words, he looks forward to growing as Athans grows.
Mike Newberger - Service Technician
Mike brings over 20 years experience in servicing all types of automobiles to Athans Motors. Having worked on cars in high school, Mike jumped into the auto industry professionally in 1986 as a mechanic at Imperial Motors Jaguar in Wilmette, Illinois. He worked there for 10 years honing his skills even further. In order to broaden his expertise, Mike attended Denver Automotive & Diesel College in Denver, Colorado. After that, he entered the Marine Corps.
In 1997, Mike set out on his own and started his own business in Northbrook, Illinois. He serviced both foreign and domestic cars. Realizing that this was a huge undertaking, he decided to simplify and opted to join Golz Motors in Deerfield, Illinois where he specialized in European automobiles. He remained at Golz for nine years and came on board at Athans Motors in June of 2010. Mike is extremely focused on doing an excellent job on each and every automobile he services. He understands that satisfying both the customer and subsequently ownership is the key to great and continued success.
Robert Zander - Service Technician
Rob brings over 15 years of experience to the team at Athans Motors. Directly out of Tech School, Rob began working for an independent mechanic's shop in Libertyville that services Porsches. In 1997, he joined the Porsche Exchange in Highland Park and continued honing his skills. In 1999, he opted to switch over to the Audi Exchange and familiarize himself with the mechanics of that make and its various models. Rob spent the next eight plus years working with Audi dealerships in both Westmont and Orland Park.
Rob feels fortunate to have been recruited by Athans. He likes the close knit atmosphere and the fact that every associate genuinely has each other's and the dealership's best interest in mind. He is also very excited to expand his skills even further by learning more about the broad variety of automobiles that Athans services. He looks forward to a long and rewarding career at Athans Motors.
Bernard Sison - Service Technician
Bernard began his career in the automotive industry by attending Lincoln Technical Trade School. While in school, he also worked at Firestone Auto Care in Skokie, IL where he learned the basics such as oil changes, tire rotation, etc. He graduated Lincoln Tech with an Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certification.
In 2001, Bernard worked for Auto Plus, an independent body shop in Chicago. It was there, that he began doing body work on cars. In 2002, he joined Grossinger Volvo in Lincolnwood where he went from Apprentice to Journeyman, honing his service skills and keeping up with his Certifications. Grossinger was eventually sold and became a Hyundai dealership. Bernard worked there until he followed one of his managers to Family Hyundai in Tinley Park where he remained until 2010.
Bernard was brought into Athans Motors in fall of 2011. He finds that Athans has put an entirely different spin on the car dealership industry. Unlike other Franchise Dealerships, everyone at Athans works as a team. Bernard enjoys diagnosing and treating all kinds of vehicles and is fascinated by the different technologies amongst makes and models. He looks forward to a long, successful career at Athans.
Todd Chavin - Service Technician
Todd graduated high school in 2000 and attended Oakton Community College where he studied Fire Science to become a fireman. As he was always mechanically inclined, he took a part time job at Dale & Jack's Service Station in Evanston where he was an Apprentice Technician. In 2004, he continued his training as an EMT and also graduated from Universal Technical Institute (UTI) in Glendale Heights, having been Certified in Automotive Technology. He began working full-time at Dale & Jack's where he moved from Technician to Manager.
In 2006, Todd worked for Central Park Service Station in Evanston as a Technician and Service Writer. He moved to the Breaking Point in Northbrook in 2008 to 2010, serving as Service Manager, Technician and Manager of the shop's gas station. Later in 2010, he worked at Horcher's Service Station in Wheeling as Lead Technician. There he became more familiarized with diesel work to add to his repertoire.
Todd came to Athans Motors in June of 2013. He is extremely happy to be at a dealership that is impeccably clean and cheery and where the people are upbeat and supportive. Todd envisions himself staying at Athans for a very long time.
Matt Langmaack - Service Technician
Matt began working as a Sales Associate at a Jewel in Bartlett in 2010 when he was still in high school. Because of his love of cars, he also took a part time job changing tires at Discount Tire in Bloomingdale in 2011. In 2012, he took a position with Bartlett Tire, a full-service repair shop, where he performed oil changes. Later that year, Matt moved to Wheeling Auto Center in Arlington Heights. There, he did oil changes, but he also began to expand his mechanical abilities and assisted his coworkers with repair work.
In 2013, Matt began attending the College of DuPage to study Automotive Technologies. He also hopes to begin Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certification with an initial concentration in breaks and steering & suspension. In his spare time, Matt has always enjoyed taking on car projects with his friends. Often times buying beat up automobiles, fixing them up in his garage and selling them for a profit. He started working at Athans Motors in June of 2012 and is totally pleased to have joined such a talented service crew.
Roberto Orejel - Detail Manager
Roberto began his career in the automotive industry at The Exchange in Highland Park, Illinois. Over the years, he has learned the intricacies of detailing cars in order to get them looking their very best. It is an extremely in depth, time consuming and meticulous process. Roberto knows that an excellent finish on a vehicle leads to a great presentation, which can make all the difference in how customers perceive that automobile.
Roberto is thrilled to join Athans Motors and to bring his solid expertise to the Service Department. He notes that Athans has acquired an outstanding team - one that he is proud to be a part of. He looks forward to servicing customers and their cars to the best of his ability.
David Malagon - Car Delivery Specialist
Like every one of his Athans Motors counterparts, David has always had an interest in cars. In the mid nineties he began working for a body shop in Northbrook, Illinois. There, he served as a porter, moving cars and getting them ready for pick up. In 2004, David began working as a porter at Porsche in Highland Park, Illinois. He joined Athans Motors in June of 2010. Having known some of the other associates at Athans from his years at Porsche, he was thrilled to be asked to be part of this very special team. He looks forward to providing customers with outstanding service.
Josh Balingit - Detail Specialist
Josh is fairly new to the automotive industry having recently entered the work force in 2010 at a Just Tires in Morton Grove. There he performed oil changes and tire rotation and changes. He joined Athans Motors in the summer of 2012 as a Porter and is responsible for prepping cars by washing, vacuuming and detailing them. He also assists in the transport of cars to and from other locations.
Josh finds Athans to be a very upbeat dealership where everybody works together and genuinely enjoys their jobs. He finds his coworkers to be good people who are always supportive and helpful. Josh hopes to enter the medical field sometime in the future.


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Kumi Naidoo - the international head of Greenpeace is currently in a Greenlandic jail following his stand against Arctic oil drilling. His daughter Naomi sent him this letter in jail for Father's day.
Dear Dad,As my friends and flatmates go to visit their fathers on father's day, I am both proud and saddened to know that you are being held in custody in Greenland after standing up against the madness of Arctic oil drilling. Watching the videos of you braving the freezing water cannons to scale that massive Arctic oil rig, I can truthfully say that I will spend this father's day being proud to be your daughter.There are many reasons why I am glad you are my father. First, you made sure that as a child I became aware of issues of social, economic, gender and environmental justice. It has never been more to clear to me that the Earth is a fragile place that needs protection, and if it continues to be exploited in ways such as is currently being done in the Arctic, it will not be long before there is nothing left. It seems completely crazy that the melting ice may spur a whole new oil rush there in the Arctic. It is clear to me, and all the many Greenpeace supporters across the world who are behind you, that brave and direct action like yours is the only hope we have that sanity may prevail over madness.You are always in my thoughts and the thoughts of the rest of our family who are contacting me constantly incase of any news or updates. Most are asking whether you had time to pack the right clothes and dress up warm, worried that the Arctic is not quite ideal weather conditions for an African man. Others are worried about how you are coping on prison food. I have assured them not to worry and that you are hopefully catching up on your lack of sleep a little whilst there; I guess this is one positive outcome of you being in jail.Please look after yourself as best as you can. I hope we can get in contact soon, or, even better, we won't need to because we will be able to see each other. If you are still speaking to me that is, as I hope you are not sitting in that cell blaming me ... I know that my encouraging you to take the Greenpeace job was one of your major motivations.
Lots of love,
My Dearest Darling Naomi,I hope this letter finds you well. I am so sorry not to be with you or even able to call you on Father's day. I just wanted you to know that I am fine , I miss you stacks, and as always I love you with all my heart. The prison staff here in Greenland are kind and are treating us well. We get three decent meals a day (though I miss spicy food!) and we get two 30 min walks in the fresh air each day.While this struggle to prevent the destruction of the Arctic might appear remote, it is fundamental for all of humanity. It is global warming that has threatened the livelihoods of millions and the melting of the Arctic ice cap leads to sea level rise around the world. Therefore it is important that we get our leaders to stop recklessly chasing the last drops of oil that exist at the expense of pursuing better alternatives. And there is there is the threat of war and conflict as different nations fight over who should control the Arctic resources. So this is also about peace. I look forward to seeing you soon and don't want you to worry about me. Take care babes. Love you lots, Daddy.
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amazing letter and we all do support you as well, there's no way your father would ever blame you for his position not in a negative way at least. he'...
amazing letter and we all do support you as well, there's no way your father would ever blame you for his position not in a negative way at least. he's there for a great reason and you both inspire me so much everyday
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Michigan Philosophy News Page 1
Fall 2008
for friends, alumni, alumnae of the Department of Philosophy,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Letter from the Chair
• Eric Lormand: "Function: Under Con-
• Spotlight on Recent Graduates
• Members of the Faculty
• Contributions to the Department
Dear Friends of Michigan Philosophy,
Greetings from Ann Arbor! I am pleased, once again, to be able to bring you up to date on the Philosophy
Department's recent accomplishments and activities. While there have been changes in personnel, and
while the Department faces major challenges, our basic mission remains the same — providing our students
with the best possible overall education in philosophy — and we are carrying out this charge with great ef-
fectiveness and enthusiasm. Generations of faculty, students, and staff have laid a strong foundation upon
which we continue to build. Michigan remains one of the premier centers of philosophical thought in the
world, with at most four or five peers, and our students continue to excel in a wide variety of intellectual
and non-academic pursuits. We are also fortunate to have large base of alumni and alumnae who support
the Department in many ways. This fall, for example, a generous donation from Marshall M. Weinberg
funded a major conference "The Future of Cognitive Science" that brought six major figures in philosophy,
psychology, biology, cognitive science and physics to campus for two days of talks. The conference was
terrifically informative, and I am sure it will provide a fertile ground for interdisciplinary discussions for a
long time to come. (Beginning in January, you will be able to view filmed versions of the conference pres-
entations on the Departmental website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/philosophy/.)
Faculty News. Michigan's philosophy faculty engaged in a wide variety of scholarly activities this year.
As always, our members received many awards and honors. Elizabeth Anderson has been elected Fellow
of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Election to the Academy, one of the Nation's oldest and
most prestigious honorary societies, is an extraordinarily high honor. Liz joins Allan Gibbard, Larry Sklar,
Ed Curley, Ken Walton and Peter Railton as Academy Fellows. Ed Curley received a major fellowship
from the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton for a project on religious toleration. Ed was also hon-
ored as LSA's Distinguished Senior Faculty Lecturer for 2008. Boris Kment was awarded a fellowship
from the National Endowment for the Humanities (2008-09), and received the Emerging Scholars Prize
from the Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan. Larry Sklar completed his term as Presi-
dent of the Philosophy of Science Association, and delivered the Presidential Address, "I'd Love to Be a
Naturalist - If Only I Knew What Naturalism Was" this November. Thony Gillies received a prestigious
NSF grant "Context and Accommodation in the Semantics of Modal Constructions." Thony used some of
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the money to run a highly successful interdisciplinary Arbor. For a tribute to Art and an account of his many
speaker series last winter. contributions to the University, the Department and the
discipline of philosophy see p. 16.
The Department welcomes three new faculty members
this year, all with interests in the philosophy of science.
Undergraduate News. Our reputation for outstanding
Professor Gordon Belot, who has held positions at NYU,
teaching attracts students to our major, and so our under-
Princeton, and Pittsburgh, works on a wide variety of top-
graduate program continues to grow. The 2007-08 aca-
ics in philosophy, with special focus on the metaphysical
demic year showed an increased enrollment of one hun-
issues that arise in space-time theory. Professor Laura
dred forty-one concentrators and eighty-three minors. We
Ruetsche, who has held positions at Middlebury and
awarded sixty-six B.A. degrees in April 2008 and expect
Pittsburgh, focuses on issues having to do with the inter-
to award about the same number in April 2009.
pretation of quantum mechanics. Laura is also a leading
figure in the study of gender and science. Assistant Pro- This year's William K. Frankena Prize for excellence in
fessor David Baker, a Michigan B.A. who received his the undergraduate concentration (funded by a generous
Ph.D. from Princeton this year, works on metaphysical contribution from Marshall M. Weinberg) was awarded to
and epistemological issues that arise in quantum theory. Amanda J. Hicks. Amanda will be attending law school
David also has substantial research interests in the phi- in the fall of 2009. The Haller prize, which is awarded for
losophy of religion and moral philosophy. When added exceptional papers written in an upper-level philosophy
our substantial existing strength in the area, these three course, was given to Chris Detjen for his essay "Rawls in
make Michigan perhaps the best place in the world to the Age of Floods: Ensuring Climate Justice Through
study the philosophy of science. Time and Space."
Though these additions soften the blow, we must bid bit- Last year saw the highest number of senior honor theses
tersweet farewells to three valued member of the faculty. ever completed: nine! Liz Anderson supervised three:
After more than twenty years of service, Steve Darwall Kayla Nile Arslanian's, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing:
has retired from the University, and has accepted a posi- Invoking a Principle of Sincerity to Protect the Public
tion at Yale. Steve was one of our most dedicated under- Political Domain from Disguised Private Reasons;" Matt
graduate teachers and most active graduate advisors. He Owens' "The Problem of Testimony in Asylum Hear-
also served with uncommon distinction in a variety of ings;" and Eric Li's "Self and the Social Terrain: Racial
important administrative roles, including Department Identity via an Asian American Perspective." Thomas M.
Chair, Director of the LSA Honors Program, and Chair of Hartsig wrote, "Unique Factorization and Dedekind's
the LSA Library Committee. We wish Steve all the best Theory of Ideals: A Mathematical Perspective…With a
in his new position. Ian Proops, an Associate Professor Slight Philosophical Bent," under the guidance of Jamie
who specializes in the history of analytic philosophy, will Tappenden. Adam Siroky wrote "Piecing Together the
be taking up a position at the University of Texas (Austin) Fictionality Puzzle" under Allan Gibbard. Chandra Sri-
beginning in January. I am certain our students will miss pada and I advised Jonah Zaretsky in his writing of "A
Ian's well-received introductions to philosophy, and his Cognitive Theory of Schizophrenic Delusions." Todd
popular courses on Kant and on Frege, Russell and Witt- Hollon's "One Understands [a Proposition] if one Under-
genstein. Finally, Assistant Professor Andy Egan will be stands its Constituents Parts," was supervised by Boris
leaving to take up a tenured position at Rutgers beginning Kment. Christina Spallina, advised by Ed Curley, wrote
in September. Andy, who works in many central areas of "Examination of Church and State Relations." Ed also
philosophy, was an especially active graduate advisor. advised Joshua Blanchard's "Soft Rationalism in the
We are unfortunate to lose him. Epistemology of Religion."
Finally, on a sad note, I must announce that Arthur The Department now sponsors three undergraduate phi-
Burks, one of the giants of Michigan philosophy (and losophy discussion clubs: the Philosophy Club; the So-
computer science) passed away on May 14, 2008 in Ann cratic Club, and the Student Secular Alliance. It is great to
Michigan Philosophy News Page 3
see so much philosophical discussion taking place outside Our students have also been making their marks in the
classroom settings. The undergraduate student journal, thearena of scholarly publication. Dustin Locke's "A Partial
Meteorite, continues to thrive and is being published bothDefense of Ramseyan Humility" will appear in D. Brad-
in print and online. Check the department's web site for don-Mitchell and R. Nola (eds.) Conceptual Analysis and
more information on the clubs and Meteorite: Philosophical Naturalism. Josh Brown and Tim Sundell,
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/philosophy. with Peter Ludlow, wrote "Philosophy of Linguistics" for
S. Sarkar and M. Fagan (eds.) Routledge Encyclopedia of
Graduate News. Our graduate students continue to win the Philosophy of Science. Alexandra Plakias, with
prestigious awards and develop their professional reputa- John M. Doris (Ph.D '96) wrote two papers — "How to
tions. Vanessa Carbonell, Dustin Locke, Howard Nye Argue about Disagreement: Evaluative Diversity and
and Tim Sundell all won Rackham Predoctoral Fellow- Moral Realism"and "How to Find Disagreement: Philoso-
ships for 2008-09. This is a highly competitive prize and phical Diversity and Moral Realism"— that have ap-
the Department has never had so many recipients in one peared in W. Sinnott-Armstrong (ed.) Moral Psychology.
year! Vanessa also received a Rackham Graduate School Steve Campbell's "Hare on Possible People" appeared in
Outstanding GSI Award, a great and rare honor that goes in the Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 24, 2007.
only to the most effective graduate student instructors. This year's Charles Stevenson Prize for Outstanding Can-
Dustin also won a Rackham Research Grant to fund time didacy Dossier went to Amanda Roth for her excellent
at the Australian National University and the University papers titled "But You Don't Respect Me..." and "Dewey,
of Sydney. David Dick was awarded the coveted Char- Feminist Epistemology, and Objectivity: An Internal Re-
lotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for alist Interpretation." The John Dewey Prize for out-
the academic year 2008-09. David also received the standing performance as a Graduate Student Instructor
Hough Fellowship in Ethics for Winter 2008. Steve went to Tim Sundell. Both prizes are funded by a gener-
Campbell, Jonathan Shaheen, and Dave Wiens all re- ous gift from Marshall M. Weinberg (B.A. '50). The
cieved Weinberg Summer Fellowships. Jonathan also won Cornwell Fellowship for Outstanding Intellectual Curios-
a coveted Fulbright Fellowship to study logic in Amster- ity and Scholarly Promise was awarded to Ian Flora.
dam for the next two years. First year student, Nat Cole-
man won a Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant. The Department saw four of its students complete disser-
Alexa Forrester was awarded the Patricia Susan tations during 2007-08: Josh Brown, Jim Staihar, Erica
Feldman Award for Excellence in Philosophy. Eduardo Lucast Stonestreet and Gabriel Zamosc-Regueros. For
Garcia-Ramirez was awarded a prestigious fellowship further information on these students see "Spotlight on
by the Mexican Government. The first Marshall M. Recent Graduates" (p. 17).
Weinberg Summer Dissertation Fellowship went to Erica
Lucast Stonestreet. Erica also won the University's Events. As usual, we had a busy schedule of events this
Susan Lipschutz Award. past year. Peter Railton delivered his inaugural lecture
as the John Stephenson Perrin Professor of Philosophy.
Our students gave many professional presentations this His "As the Eye to a Star...: toward a Theory of Desire
year. David Wiens presented "Taking the Higher-Order and of all-things-considered-rationality in Desire" was
Road: An Institutional Critique of Statism" to the Asso- received by a large and appreciative audience. Carl Hoe-
ciation for Legal and Social Philosophy and the Princeton fer, from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona was the
Graduate Conference in Political Theory. Ian Flora read Department's Weinberg Distinguished Visiting Professor
"Aristotle on the Real Difference between Belief and for 2007-08. Carl taught a seminar on the philosophy of
Imagination" at the Marquette Summer Seminar in An- probability and philosophy of science. He also delivered
cient and Medieval Philosophy. Dustin Locke presented the Marshall M. Weinberg Lecture. His provocative talk,
"Ramsification and Knowledge-which" to the University "Chance, Time and Newcomb Problems" generated a
of Texas Graduate Student Conference and the Society great deal of productive philosophical discussion.
for Exact Philosophy. Amanda Roth gave, "But You
Don't Respect Me: Second Personal Respect and Gen- Professor Stephen Yablo of MIT was our Nelson Phi-
dered Perception" to the Society for Analytical Feminism. losopher-in-Residence for the fall of 2007. He delivered
three fascinating lectures on aspects of metaphysics,
philosophy of mind, and language entitled: "Truth and
Aboutness," "A Problem about Permission and Possibil-
ity," and "Extrapolation." In October, the Department
sponsored a two-day conference that focused on meta-
physics and philosophy of mind in early modern philoso-
phy. Tad Schmaltz of Duke, Alison Simmons of Ha-
vard, and Dan Kaufman of Colorado presented papers to
large, receptive audience. The twenty-ninth Spring Collo-
quium, which is run by our graduate students, was entitled
"Philosophical Methods." Alexandra Plakias organized
the event, which featured the speakers Frank Jackson
(Princeton and La Trobe), Jesse Prinz (North Carolina),
and John Doris (Washington University). Graduate stu-
dents commentators were Tim Sundell, Alex Plakias,
David Plunkett and Neil Mehta.
This year's Tanner Lecture on Human Values was deliv- COMMENCEMENT ON THE DIAG
ered by Brian Skyrms, Distinguished Professor of Logic SPRING 2008
and Philosophy of Science and Economics, at University
of California Irvine. His lecture "Evolution and the Hu-
man Contract" sought to explain how moral norms of be-
havior might have arisen in an evolutionary environment
in which all individuals are seeking to maximize their
own well-being. The ensuing Tanner Symposium featured
comments from the philosopher Michael Smith
(Princeton), the political scientist Elinor Ostrom
(Indiana) and economist Peyton Young (Oxford and The
Brookings Institution).
The Department also hosted talks by Pierre Destrée
(Louvain), David Estlund (Brown), Richard Kraut
(Northwestern), Marc Lange (North Carolina), Marga-
ret Little, (Georgetown), Genoveva Martí (ICREA &
Universitat de Barcelona), Trenton Merricks (Virginia)
and Katja Vogt (Columbia).
I hope you have a chance to read Eric Lormand's lucid
and captivating article "Function: Under Construction"
which follows this letter. The essay investigates some of
the more difficult and perplexing issues in the philosophy
of mind. It previews work that will appear in a new book
Eric is completing, entitled Staring Down the Mind's Eye.
I wish you the best for the coming year!
James M. Joyce,
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electromagnetism or whatever underlies them. But just as
FUNCTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION virtually everything exerts fundamental forces like gravitation
Eric Lormand and electromagnetism, so if experience is fundamental we
Consciousness seems to depend on mental representation or might expect virtually everything to have experiences—even
meaning, on what it is for a mental state to be "about" some cells and rocks and raindrops and atoms. This is called
topic. What something is "about" seems to depend on its "panpsychism" or, more precisely, "panexperientialism". To
teleological "functions"—what it is "supposed to" do or what be fair we cannot conveniently dismiss panpsychism using
it is somehow "defective" if it does not do. Understanding bedrock assumptions about which entities lack experiences.
such teleological functions is Job One of this essay. My goal To zoom in on states that are uncontroversially conscious
is to describe a general "constructive" theory of functions experiences, we have to zoom in on creatures that are uncon-
which I think improves and unifies the dominant heretofore troversially conscious experiencers. This calls for postponing
competing theories. Before getting to Job One, however, I discussion of the following cases:
will first raise the stakes by discussing consciousness and its 1a: Nonbiological beings such as laptops, robots, deities,
connections to morals and meaning. and ghosts—(potential) robots seem nonconscious be-
cause they aren't alive, but (potential) spirits seem con-
JOB TWO scious despite not being alive.
How it is that anything so remarkable as a state of 1b: Nonhuman biological beings such as plants, animals,
consciousness comes about as a result of irritating and extraterrestrial life—some animals seem to have
nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the ap- experiences (bugs? shrimp? lizards? pigeons? bats?), but
pearance of Djin when Aladdin rubbed his lamp. perhaps a degree of self-consciousness is required for
full-fledged experience, and perhaps only language us-
That was the pessimistic assessment at the dawn of scientific
ers qualify. At the other extreme, vegetarians tend to fall
psychology, from the otherwise famously optimistic biologist
silent when roast-beast eaters ask how they know plants
Thomas Huxley, known as "Darwin's Bulldog". Despite the
do not feel pain.
many subsequent scientific advances in understanding the
mechanisms of perception, thought, and communication, and 1c: Humans far from adulthood, such as fetuses, infants,
despite the many subsequent philosophical advances in under- and small children—some of the dispute about abortion
standing the nature of mental representation and meaning, turns on whether fetuses suffer, an intuitively open ques-
conscious experience is still The Rub. tion. It would be a symptom of pathology intuitively to
deny experience in the face of a normal newborn or a
Contemporary Doubting Thomases converge on a general toddler, but to deny this based on the theoretical need to
characterization of the mystery. Thomas Nagel writes that explain self-consciousness or "childhood amnesia" is
"consciousness is what makes the mind/body problem really merely a symptom of philosophy.
intractable", identifying its most troublesome feature thus:
1d: Adult human beings under extreme medical duress,
An organism has conscious mental states if and such as comas, brain trauma, or anesthetic drugs—we
only if there is something it is like to be that organ- entertain tales of near-death experiences from the nearly
ism—something it is like for the organism. We brain-dead, and we worry (with indirect evidence that
may call this the subjective character of experience this has often happened) that anesthetics merely para-
Joe Levine similarly insists that "what is at issue is the ability lyze us and make us forget the excruciating experiences.
to explain qualitative character itself; why it is like what it is 1e: Medically healthy human beings whose minds have
like to see red or feel pain". It would be good to give clear undergone extremely limited developmental paths, such
examples of conscious states beyond seeing red and feeling as people extremely mentally impaired or people raised
pain, to contrast these with clear cases of nonconscious states. by wolves—there are live theories according to which
Unfortunately, there are precisely zero noncontroversial can- consciousness is a sophisticated cultural achievement
didates for nonconscious states, and a surprisingly long list of rather than a primitive biological achievement.
controversial candidates for conscious states. 1f: Apparently nonactual beings culled from philosophical
Here is the quickest and most sweeping way to see that thought experiments, such as alleged zombies, group
there are no untendentious examples of nonconscious states. minds, and homunculi or sentient subsystems within
Since it is so difficult to explain experience as a combination minds. As usual, theorists disagree squarely about the
of nonexperiential things, some influential philosophers have proper assessment of such thought experiments, about
been driven, by respectable argument, to the view that experi- what it is intuitive to say about imagined cases, and
ence is a fundamental feature of the world, like gravitation or about whether the cases play tricks on intuitions.
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That leaves, as noncontroversial experiencers, only Human, 2e: States that are deeply hidden from introspection, such as
Old-enough, Minimally-healthy, Incarnate Experiencers, or Freud's repressed unconscious, "blindsight" states that
"Homies", for short. I am a Homie and I write as if you are enable blind people to guess correctly about visual stim-
too. If you doubt there are Homies besides yourself, treat the uli, retinal states and other "drafts" in the early stages of
plural forms of "Homie" and "experiencer" as typos, and read vision, Heidegger's alleged primordial ways of being in
"we" and "us" as applying specifically to Your Highness. the world, and Chomsky's alleged grammatical know-
What sorts of Homie states are uncontroversial examples how. Someone who maintains that these are experien-
of experiences? Here I count six categories of nonstarters. tial can easily explain away contrary intuitions by the
fact that the states are not introspectible.
These states too theoretically charged for us to begin with.
2f: Introspectible states that are not clearly introspected,
2a: Intuitively nonmental states, including both "outer" such as the fuzzy boundaries at the edges of our visual
states such as one's location and hair color, and fields, the faint pressures around our bodies a moment
"internal" states that contribute to behavior, such as the before we attend to them, and fleeting, subliminal per-
conditions of one's digestive system, one's atomic parti- ceptions—maybe they contribute to experience; maybe
cles, and one's brain chemicals. they don't; maybe they (or states in any of the other
2b: Aspects of our minds that are merely dispositional, such categories) are vague borderline cases that are not quite
as forgetfulness, cleverness, and skills—since disposi- experiences and not quite nonexperiences.
tions need not even be exercised to be real, it is odd to
imagine them constantly participating in our swarms of Fortunately, there are uncontroversial positive examples of
conscious experiences. I think it is best to search first for
conscious experiences, but perhaps they participate in a
way that is hard to separate out (forming part of a con- principles and theories that work for these clear cases. In
dealing with the unclear cases (someday), I think it best to
stant background of experience, say), or perhaps the
subsystems underlying these dispositions within our rely on the resulting theories rather than our shaky intuitions.
minds have these states as their own experiences, sepa- I group the short remaining list of clear conscious experi-
rate from "ours" (see category 1f above). ences into four overlapping categories, with the proviso that
2c: Sensory-deprivation states such as those during sleep these states are only clearly conscious when they are clearly
(including dreams, sleepwalking and sleeptalking), hyp- introspected by Homies:
nosis, or deep meditation—perhaps dreams do not hap- 3a: Perceptions (and misperceptions) caused by sense or-
pen consciously during sleep, but instead dream scripts gans, such as normal tastings or seeings of environ-
are nonexperientially smuggled into memory, so that mental objects, and degraded appearances of afterim-
upon waking we misremember ourselves as having had ages or ringing-in-the-ears. (Mis)perceptions differ from
conscious dream experiences during sleep. beliefs in being tightly bound to stimuli and behavior
2d: Individual states that persist through sleep, even if they (such as guiding visuomotor skills), and being limited in
also manifest themselves during wakefulness, such as reasoning and in subject matter.
beliefs, desires, and other "propositional attitudes." If an 3b: Bodily sensations, such as diffuse sensations of warmth
attitude is nonexperiential during sleep, plausibly it is or muscular fatigue, and more pointlike pains, tickles, or
also nonexperiential during waking, perhaps merely itches.
being accompanied during wakefulness by separable
3c: Perception-like imaginings, such as voluntary envision-
experiences (e.g, visual imagery) that do not persist dur- ing or "replaying" of one's own actions or perceptions,
ing sleep. So, wakeful attitudes inherit controversial and involuntary nonlucid hallucinations—but excluding
status from their sleepytime forms.*
dreams, due to their occurrence during sleep.
3d: Elements of "streams" or "trains" of thought, such as
———————————————————————— verbal talking to oneself, or reading with the mind's eye,
* I include emotions such as fear and hope in the category and nonverbal thinking in pictures or making predictions
of attitudes that persist during sleep, and moods such as by running through a (scale) model in one's head. Such
depression and happiness in the category of dispositions thoughts differ from beliefs—for example, although a
(that activate or suppress various emotions and states). So single belief may persist while one is sound asleep, no
emotions and moods are controversial. Certain emotions single thought does.
and moods, and perhaps other states, might be hybrids of
What does consciousness require? The first sign that there
dispositions, attitudes and experiential "feelings", but in
may be some dependence of consciousness on meaning is that
that case I assume it is the "feeling" components that we
all these clearest cases of conscious experience are clearly
need to focus on first, and not the hybrid states.
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representations. (It is less plausible that meaning depends on fulfilled desires fail to meet. A belief that it is raining ought
consciousness, because not all clear mental representations to go away when the rain does. These are not statistical
are clearly conscious.) Perceptions and misperceptions typi- norms (as if trillions of falsehoods were better than one), and
cally indicate allegedly objective features of external objects. aren't moral norms (as if commandment XI were "thou shalt
For example, a visual sensation might represent a certain not miss thy guesses"). It would be difficult to explain them
spectral-reflectance feature or a shape feature at a certain as practical norms about means to one's ends, since any de-
place, or might categorize an object on the basis of many sire for an end is itself a success or failure in the sense to be
such features. Experiences of pressure, warmth, or limb posi- explained. So it is tempting to try explaining the relevant
tion involve bodily (mis)perceptions of pressure, warmth, or norms in some fourth sense, as functions. Functions also are
limb position, while in pain experiences we (mis)represent not statistical patterns, and aren't moral principles. And it
parts of our bodies as throbbing, burning, stabbed, pounded, would be difficult to explain functions as practical means to
pinched, pulled, etc., and in each tickle or itch experience one desired ends, since any desire for an end seems itself to have
represents parts of one's body as being rubbed or prickled teleological functions in the sense to be explained.
with very specific intensities, directions, speeds, and contact-
On the other hand, some mental representations misrepre-
point sizes. Imaginings plausibly involve the same represen-
sent without any failure or malfunction. Consider—and re-
tational mechanisms involved in the later stages of perception
member for later—the philosopher's Swampman, a particle-
and bodily sensation. Streams of thought seem to be consti-
for-particle match for a Homie, suddenly and accidentally
tuted by imaginings of words or of speech acts, typically
formed when lightning struck the muck. It would be a mal-
auditory or visual ones, as well as imaginings representing
function to believe in Swampman, since there's no such be-
nonverbal items. It seems difficult to imagine a conscious
ing, but it isn't a failure to have an idea of Swampman, or a
state that represents nothing at all. And it seems difficult to
defect to imagine that swamp lightning formed your physical
vary what an experience is like without varying the experi- twin. Nevertheless such representations have their own se-
ence's subject matter, or how it represents its subject matter. mantically-relevant teleological functions: under various cir-
So it is tempting to view representational features of experi- cumstances ideas are supposed to help form beliefs and de-
ence as prerequisites for conscious features of experience. sires with related meanings, and under various circumstances
A second sign that there is some dependence of conscious- imaginings are supposed to help test or practice the formation
ness on meaning is that in all the clearest cases, conscious of beliefs and desires with related meanings. So it remains
experiences are themselves represented by their bearers. A plausible that for a creature to have mental representations it
conscious experience not only makes its subject matter seem must be capable of having teleological functions.
to exist (with certain features), but also itself seems to exist A second sign that meaning depends on functions is that
(with certain features)—seeing blurrily or clearly, hurting both share many eerie features regarding how they enter into
severely or mildly, forming images in one's head or body, apparent explanations. (It's less plausible that function de-
etc. As Nagel emphasizes, there is not only something it is pends on meaning, because not all things with functions have
like to see red or feel pain—a feature of the seeing or the meaning.) Since this moves us squarely into discussing func-
pain—but something it is like for the organism. Since the tions, I describe it in the next section.
state itself is obviously in the creature's possession, "for"
would be redundant unless it means "in the creature's view",
so the requirement is plausibly that there is something the
state is like as represented by the creature. Theorists differ
about whether a creature introspects the state by thinking To emphasize what seems eerie about teleological expla-
about it, or more primitively by inwardly perceiving it, or by nations (and meaning-explanations), I will contrast them with
having the state somehow be in part about itself. Theorists a pair of general but familiar explanatory relations:
also differ on whether consciousness requires ongoing intro- 4a: Explanation by Constitution—For example, Angell Hall
spection or mere ease of introspectibility. But in any case for has as spatial "parts" like giant stone Legolike blocks,
a creature to have clearly conscious experiences it must be has as temporal "slices" various Angell-Halls-on-a-
capable of mental representation. Graduation-Day, and has as "aspects," e.g., being grey
and quarantining philosophers. All these are kinds of
Meaning and function constituents.
Now, what does mental representation require? The first 4b: Explanation by Causation—For example, laying the
sign that there is some dependence of meaning on teleologi- Legos increased the pressure on the pillars, and blocked
cal function is the nature of misrepresentation, of a misfit the upward mobility of the quarantined.
between what is meant and what is there. True beliefs, accu-
rate perceptions, and fulfilled desires seem to meet some
norms of success that false beliefs, misperceptions, and un-
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and cite desires and intentions as explaining "why" we
do what we do, without our knowing or much caring
whether these lead to or fit with deeper explanations of
"how". And we routinely cite functions as explaining
why objects do what they do, with little knowledge or
care about whether these explanations lead to or fit with
explanations of how they do what they do.
Function and history
So what does teleological function require? It is obscure
how we can talk about functions in a scientifically respectable
way. If one thinks of the universe as so many randomly or
lawfully crashing particles, it is hard to resist the idea that the
universe just is the way it is, and there are no "shoulds" or
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Nov. 30, 2013
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Memphis football team (3-8, 1-6) was held to 228 yards of offense and allowed 534 yards to Temple (2-10, 1-7) in a 41-21 loss Saturday afternoon at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
On Temple's first drive of the game, the Owls used a fake punt on fourth-and-two to gain nine yards from Paul Layton and keep their drive alive. Temple converted their second fourth-down conversion with a three-yard rush from Walker on fourth-and-one before its drive stalled to give Memphis the ball on its own 33 with 8:01 to play in the first.
After a three-and-out by the Tigers, a 61-yard punt from Tom Hornsey pinned the Owls at their own four-yard line.
Temple continued to move the ball well as a 21-yard run from Jamie Gilmore followed by a face mask penalty put the Owls at the Memphis 45-yard line. On the next play, Gilmore added 28 yards on the ground to get inside the red zone. The Owls' drive would end there with Nick Visco attempting a 22-yarder. The kick would be partially blocked, but hit the crossbar and bounced over to give Temple a 3-0 lead with 2:22 to play in the first quarter.
The Tigers got their offense going in the second quarter with Paxton Lynch finding Alan Cross for 25 yards to reach the Temple 28. Memphis would get inside the Temple red zone before a fumble at the 13-yard line gave the Owls the ball back with 12:26 to play in the half.
A 45-yard pass from Walker to Chris Coyer highlighted Temple's next drive to put the Owls at the Memphis 15. Temple punched in the first touchdown of the game with a pass from Walker to Robbie Anderson to give the Owls a 10-0 advantage with 7:22 left in the half.
Memphis got back in the game on its next possession with Joe Craig returning the kickoff 56 yards to the Temple 30. After a six-yard gain from Brandon Hayes, Lynch then hit Keiwone Malone for 23 yards to get to the Temple one-yard line. Sam Craft then got Memphis on the board with a one-yard run to make it 10-7 at the 5:49 mark.
Temple got deep into Memphis territory on its next series with a 28-yard pass to Ryan Alderman to reach the Memphis 28. The Tigers defense picked up their intensity as Ricky Hunter and Anthony Brown sacked John Christopher for a loss of nine yards before Walker's pass was intercepted by Chris Worley at the Memphis 31.
After forcing a Memphis punt, the Owls got going with a 40-yard run from Walker before finding Anderson again in the end zone with an 11-yard throw to give Temple a 17-7 halftime lead.
Craft got the second half going for the Tigers with a 54-yard return on the kickoff to reach Temple's 40-yard line. The drive would stall for the Tigers with Hornsey putting Temple inside their own five-yard line for the second time at the one.
After forcing a three-and-out, Memphis took over on the Owls' 25-yard line following a 15-yard penalty on Temple. The Tigers cut their deficit to 17-14 as Lynch found Craft for 10 yards for his second touchdown of the game with 10:59 left in the third quarter.
Temple answered on its first play from scrimmage on its next drive with Walker finding Coyer for a 75-yard touchdown pass to put the Owls up 24-14.
Temple distanced themselves early in the third quarter by blocking Horney's punt and recovering it in the end zone to give the Owls a comfortable 31-14 advantage with 9:38 to go in the third quarter.
Memphis kept fighting with Lynch completing an 18-yard pass to Malone to reach Temple territory. Craft found the end zone for the third time during the game with a three-yard rush to get Memphis within 31-21 with 4:57 remaining in the third.
The Owls added a field goal in the fourth quarter with a 19-yarder from Visco to push Temple's lead to 34-21 with 10:26 to play. With less than five minutes to play, Temple tacked on another score with a 21-yard pass from Walker to Anderson to make it a final 41-21.
Lynch went 19-of-29 for 162 yards and one touchdown while Craft led the Tigers receivers with 62 yards on seven catches and Malone added 57 yards on five catches. Hornsey averaged 50.5 yards on four punts with a long of 61 yards. On defense, Lonnie Ballentine and Charles Harris each recorded nine tackles apiece to lead Memphis with Ballentine posting eight solo tackles. Hunter added eight tackles with 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss.
Memphis closes out the 2013 season Saturday against UConn in East Hartford. Game time is slated for 12 p.m. (CT) and will be broadcast on ESPN3.