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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the ASPCA has been ensuring that animal shelters in some of the hardest-hit areas have the resources necessary to stay in operation.
One such shelter in need was the Monmouth County SPCA's shelter in Eatontown, New Jersey, and its small adoption center in Freehold, New Jersey. After Sandy hit the area, the shelter lost power for a week. A combination of emergency power and a gas generator provided animals with heat, fresh water and light, and allowed the staff to continue to perform their regular duties.
But after operating at full capacity, the financial toll was staggering. To support the organization's heroic efforts, the ASPCA awarded a $4,000 grant to the Monmouth County SPCA to ease that strain.
Was Your Local Shelter Affected By Sandy? Please tell them about our Emergency Grant Program! We are continuing to give grants for Hurricane Sandy response and recovery and highly encourage shelters to apply.
The ASPCA Emergency Boarding Facility has been up and running in Brooklyn since Saturday November 17! Our dedicated staff and volunteers are currently caring for about 150 animals and providing relief to Sandy victims who need temporary housing for their pets. Check out photos of the operation in our Facebook album.
This week, we received pets at locations near the hardest hit areas, including the Rockaways and Coney Island on Monday and Tuesday and Staten Island and Red Hook later in the week. The facility has also welcomed pets who were being housed at evacuation centers or a Sean Casey Animal Rescue facility, as well as animals dropped off directly by their families.
Made possible in part thanks to a $500,000 grant from Rachael Ray, this free service was created in response to the many pet parents who asked for a place to board animals until they found new homes. With the help of volunteers from the ASPCA Adoption Center, Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals and elsewhere, we're aiming to give hundreds of families a chance to rebuild their lives without having to say goodbye to their beloved furry family members.
Watch this blog for updates.
If you or someone you know was affected by Sandy and would like to use our free boarding service, please read this post for details.
If you would like to donate to our Disaster Relief Fund, you can do so here.
All over America, people are gearing up for the shopping and gifting frenzy that goes hand in hand with the holiday season. You've heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but what about Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday, taking place this year on November 27, brings out the best in us by encouraging us to remember those less fortunate—including the at-risk animals we're working to save all year 'round.
The best part is, it's super easy to participate in Giving Tuesday, even if you're low on cash. Just post your unwanted stuff to the ASPCA's Web Thrift Store, where others can bid on and purchase your items. You set the price and get a tax write-off for 100% of your item's value; the ASPCA gets 80% of the sale's proceeds; and some lucky buyer gets a great bargain. It's a win-win-win!
"WebThriftStore.com enables the ASPCA and its supporters to get all the benefits of running a national network of thrift stores without the costs and risks of creating one with bricks-and-mortar," said WebThriftStore.com founder and CEO Douglas Krugman. "It makes sense for everyone—charities, donors and shoppers—and it's something everyone can feel good about."
So start selling and shopping, and help spread the word on Twitter with the hashtags #GivingTuesday and #ASPCA!
To a young puppy who spent her life without human kindness, struggling each day to survive on the streets of New York, the world seemed like a pretty scary place.
We could see fear in Magnolia's eyes when we first rescued her from the streets. She was terrified—frightened of the outside world, wary of humans and slow to trust. Who could blame her?
After months of love and special care at our Adoption Center, Magnolia slowly came out of her shell. And in September, she found her forever home.
You helped change Magnolia's life. But our work is not done yet. There are still countless animals depending on us. This holiday, please consider making a small donation to animals in need.
We can't thank you enough for helping us save lives—happy Thanksgiving from the ASPCA!
Planning to observe Black Friday with a shop-a-thon in NYC? Don't forget to stop by the ASPCA, where we're celebrating in our own way: with Cat Friday. You could just meet the cat or kitten of your dreams…and we think that's a much sweeter deal than anything you'll find on retail.
On Friday, November 25, the ASPCA Adoption Center is opening its doors for the extended hours of 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. and offering very special discounts on cat adoption fees that you won't want to miss.
For Cat Friday only, felines one year and older have waived fees, and kittens four months to one year have an adoption fee of only $50! (It's normally $125.)
With each of these special adoptions, adopters will receive additional goodies including a free cat collar and ID tag and a cardboard carrier.
All ASPCA pets are spayed or neutered, up to date on vaccinations, and microchipped! Plus, adopters will receive a certificate for a free vet visit within two weeks of adoption at ASPCA Animal Hospital.
For those intent on holiday shopping, Gift-A-Pet certificates, good for one future cat or kitten adoption, will also be available for purchase.
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Pleven description
The Pleven is well put together. Head is straight, neck is long, muscular, and the breed has a nice topline. Chest is broad and deep with nicely sloping shoulders, and a deep, round barrel. They have a fairly long back with high withers. Quarters are well muscled, the croup slightly sloping, and the tail is carried well. The legs are exceptionally well-conformed and muscular, with ample bone, broad joints, well-defined tendons, and hard sound feet.
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Pleven color
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The Pleven horse is a halfbred produced in Bulgaria and having a number of valuable, universal characteristics which made is a basic breed. Development of this breed was started in 1898. at the farmer state stud Klementina, near Pleven. It is now called the G. Dimitrov state farm.
Initial breeding animals for production of this horse were improved local horses, Arab, Anglo-Arab, and halfbred mares crossed at lions. Later, Gidran stllions were used. The breed was officialy recognized in 1951.
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Ron Ben-Zeev seems like a smart, well-meaning guy. He's lived all around the world, and not so long ago met up with a team of three others who had an elegant solution in search of a compelling problem.
The team worked with Structural Insulated Composite Panels (SICPs). Think of a sandwich with fiberglass on the outside and polystyrene foam in the middle, and you get the basic idea. Ron says SICPs are strong, light, and resistant to insects, mold and other nasty stuff.
Long story short, they formed a company called World Housing Solution and have set out to build replacement housing for areas struck by disaster, or war, or both.
They are particularly focused on Haiti, where they are in discussions to supply housing.
Ron explained that for about $5,000 each (plus shipping), they can supply a roughly 180 square foot house that can be set up in mere days and will last for decades, if necessary. Each house is in the shape of a hexagon, which makes it highly resistant to hurricanes. Each is strong enough to withstand a major earthquake.
It turns out the toughest part isn't making affordable housing. It's convincing people to accept an unorthodox solution. Houses typically aren't hexagons, and they aren't made out of SICPs.
But all the "accepted" solutions won't work in places like Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people remain without adequate housing. They either take too long, or cost too much money.
World Housing Solution would like to eventually set up four factories in Haiti to make these houses. Ron estimates they will then be able to produce 15 to 20,000 houses per year.
I'm not qualified to judge whether this is a practical solution, or the best one. But I do sympathize with the challenge of entrepreneurs who believe they can do far, far better than the status quo. It often seems like the world doesn't want better, they just want the same – even when the same isn't nearly good enough.
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Score: 8 / 10
I first heard about this title coming out on the DS I'll admit I was a
little shocked. After all, the game that this is technically a sequel to
(Blue Dragon on the Xbox 360) comes to us from Mistwalker studios that
are backed financially by Microsoft. Since they don't have a portable
gaming device to speak of (I'm not counting the Zune as a gaming
platform) I guess it makes sense that they make some money on the market
even if it's on a device that belongs to one of their competitors.
If you love the universe first seen on the Xbox 360, this game will make you feel right at home. Taking place after the events in the console version, you might find yourself a little lost as to what is going on if you didn't play the earlier full version. It's not that you can't enjoy this title; you just might find yourself a little confused.
If you've played either Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings or Heroes of Mana then you are going to feel right at home. Combat will occur as soon as your characters touch enemies and can also happen automatically. The combat and shadow fights all occur in the real time and you can opt to use just the stylus as the sole control mechanism if you wish.
the plus side, the animation for the special effects is very reminiscent
of what you would have found on the 360 and it's truly amazing how
much full motion video is packed on this single cart. There is around an
hour of video that actually spans both screens. The quality is very high
and the music is top notch. When you are actually playing the game,
however, the music reverts to a rather early 90's MIDI like sound and
although it was created by Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu it's
still not quite what I was expecting.
addition to the single player mode, the game also features a Legion vs.
Legion mode that will allow you to play against someone else. I wasn't
able to test out this feature, as it requires two game cards. However, I
never once felt lonely controlling 16 humans and Mecha Robos in my
It's not quite as strong as what you might find in some of the Final Fantasy versions on the DS, but this is still a strong title for the portable system that could and worthy of your consideration. If you are a fan of the original on the 360 there is no question you should pick this up. If you're new to this universe, it might just convince you to try out the first Blue Dragon. Besides, a new one is on the way!
Syd Bolton
16, 2009
Bolton is the Curator of the Personal Computer Museum (www.pcmuseum.ca)
and has been playing games since the days of the Coleco Telstar.
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So I've listened to all the songs on Tre now a few times and I'm really loving it. Uno was pretty good too, nothing special though. Dos really disappointed me, there was only a few songs that were worth it for me. But Tre is really great from top to bottom. I really like every song and it has some greats on it too, unlike the others.
1. Brutal Love
2. X-Kid
3. Drama Queen
4. The Forgotten
Those are all greats imo, but I'm also really digging stuff like Missing You, Walk Away, and 8th Aveneue Seranade.
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Tre! is by far the Best Album in the Trilogy
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There's a thread for Tré already, post your thoughts there.
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There you go mods, close 'er up.
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iUNO! is the best
Posted 07 December 2012 - 06:41 PM
Im not sure if I like Tre or Uno better
Posted 07 December 2012 - 06:45 PM
Yeah, as was pointed out, you can talk about Tre in the dedicated thread. Good call on the albums and songs, though, I agree with you.
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An evolutionary framework for the study of teaching
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Social Norms and Cultural Dynamics
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Social Anthropology meets "the cognitive challenge"
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Budapest Conference on Cognitive Development
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The Cognitive Development Center at the Central European University is pleased to announce the fifth annual Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development in Budapest, Hungary (January 7-9, 2016). BCCCD is the only annual conference entirely focused on cognitive development in Europe. Submissions from all areas within this field of research are welcome. Past BCCCD conferences included presentations on topics such as comparative cognition, cognitive bases of culture, conceptual learning, early social cognition, language, methodological issues, numeracy, or object cognition.
Denis Tatone, Nazli Altinok (Conference chairs)
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» Nathan J. Emery, Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University
Heuristics and biases in children's explanations
Organizer: Andrei Cimpian, Department of Psychology, Illinois University (Urbana-Champaign)
Sign language as a window into universally accessible linguistic biases
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"Significance: One key issue in the study of human language is understanding what, if any, features of individual languages may be universally accessible. Sign languages offer a privileged perspective on this issue because the visual modality can help implement and detect certain properties that may be present but unmarked in spoken languages. The current work finds that fine-grained aspects of verb meanings visibly emerge across unrelated sign languages using identical mappings between meaning and visual form. Moreover, nonsigners lacking prior exposure to sign languages can intuit these meanings from entirely unfamiliar signs. This is highly suggestive that signers and nonsigners share universally accessible notions of telicity as well as universally accessible "mapping biases" between telicity and visual form."
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Scott Atran's address to the UN security council
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It is not everyday that an anthropologist is asked to speak before the security council: Scott Atran did, on the 23d of April. See video here.
Astuti and Bloch on "Incest, intentionality, and morality"
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A thought-provoking article by Rita Astuti and Maurice Bloch, "The causal cognition of wrong doing: incest, intentionality and morality," in Frontiers in Psychology, 18 February 2015.
Should preferences based on authoritarianism and social dominance be treated as moral?
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What Explains the Emergence of Moralizing Religions?
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Background: Between roughly 500 BCE and 300 BCE, three distinct regions, the Yangtze and Yellow River Valleys, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Ganges Valley, saw the emergence of highly similar religious traditions with an unprecedented emphasis on self-discipline and asceticism and with ''otherworldly,'' often moralizing, doctrines, including Buddhism, Jainism, Brahmanism, Daoism, Second Temple Judaism, and Stoicism, with later offshoots, such as Christianity, Manichaeism, and Islam. This cultural convergence, often called the ''Axial Age,'' presents a puzzle: why did this emerge at the same time as distinct moralizing religions, with highly similar features in different civilizations? The puzzle may be solved by quantitative historical evidence that demonstrates an exceptional uptake in energy capture (a proxy for general prosperity) just before the Axial Age in these three regions.
Results: Statistical modeling confirms that economic development, not political complexity or population size, accounts for the timing of the Axial Age.
Conclusions: We discussed several possible causal pathways, including the development of literacy and urban life, and put forward the idea, inspired by life history theory, that absolute affluence would have impacted human motivation and reward systems, nudging people away from short-term strategies (resource acquisition and coercive interactions) and promoting long-term strategies (self-control techniques and cooperative interactions).
A Cognitive Science of Theology?
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A new, interesting, and original book by Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt: A Natural History of Natural Theology: The Cognitive Science of Theology and Philosophy of Religion. MIT Press 2014.
Overview: "Questions about the existence and attributes of God form the subject matter of natural theology, which seeks to gain knowledge of the divine by relying on reason and experience of the world. Arguments in natural theology rely largely on intuitions and inferences that seem natural to us, occurring spontaneously—at the sight of a beautiful landscape, perhaps, or in wonderment at the complexity of the cosmos—even to a nonphilosopher. In this book, Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt examine the cognitive origins of arguments in natural theology. They find that although natural theological arguments can be very sophisticated, they are rooted in everyday intuitions about purpose, causation, agency, and morality. Using evidence and theories from disciplines including the cognitive science of religion, evolutionary ethics, evolutionary aesthetics, and the cognitive science of testimony, they show that these intuitions emerge early in development and are a stable part of human cognition.
De Cruz and De Smedt analyze the cognitive underpinnings of five well-known arguments for the existence of God: the argument from design, the cosmological argument, the moral argument, the argument from beauty, and the argument from miracles. Finally, they consider whether the cognitive origins of these natural theological arguments should affect their rationality."
Applications for PhD studentships in Cognitive Science at CEU, Budapest
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The Department of Cognitive Science at CEU invites applications for doctoral student positions starting in September 2015. This is a research-based training program in human cognition with social cognition and learning as core themes. Research topics include cooperation, communication, social learning, cultural transmission, embodied cognition, joint action, cognitive development, strategic decision-making, problem solving, visual cognition, sensory and statistical learning, visual psychophysics, computational neuroscience, and social cognitive neuroscience. Students will follow courses in cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, cognitive anthropology, computational cognition and linguistics, and will receive practical research training in the laboratories of the members of this new department.
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Is probabilistic cognition universal?
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An interesting paper by Laura Fontanari, Michel Gonzalez, Giorgio Vallortigara, and Vittorio Girotto: "Probabilistic cognition in two indigenous Mayan groups", forthcoming in PNAS. Preprint available here.
Abstract: "Is there a sense of chance shared by all individuals, regardless of their schooling or culture? To test whether the ability to make correct probabilistic evaluations depends on educational and cultural guidance, we investigated probabilistic cognition in preliterate and prenumerate Kaqchikel and K'iche', two indigenous Mayan groups, living in remote areas of Guatemala. Although the tested individuals had no formal education, they performed correctly in tasks in which they had to consider prior and posterior information, proportions and combinations of possibilities. Their performance was indistinguishable from that of Mayan school children and Western controls. Our results provide evidence for the universal nature of probabilistic cognition."
[extended deadline] Berlin Symposium on Reciprocity and Social Cognition
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The deadline for submissions to this symposium has been extended to November the 1st.
A symposium on 'Reciprocity and social cognition' organized by Anna Strasser, Stephen Butterfill, Richard Moore, Olle Blomberg will take place at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, 23–25 March 2015. The call for poster deadline is extended to November 1, 2014.
Abstract: Reciprocity is a common feature of much social cognition. For example, when two people attend to the same object simultaneously they can do so merely in parallel or jointly; only the latter of which involves reciprocity. However, traditional accounts of the foundations of social cognition have largely ignored the existence of reciprocity and treated social cognition as a process that rests on observation rather than genuine interaction (e.g., Dennett, 1982; Davidson, 1994; Stich & Nicholls, 2003; Goldman 2006; Rizzolatti & Sinigaglia, 2008). Notable exceptions highlight reciprocity as a key feature of social cognition and joint action (Tomasello et al., 2005; Bratman, 2014). However, the precise nature of this concept has not always been clear, and debates across adjacent fields have remained somewhat disconnected.
In this three-day workshop we will try to clarify the concept of reciprocity and to explore for the first time how the notion of reciprocity can be used to illuminate debates in adjacent fields of cognitive science.
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Has a decimal point error misled millions into believing that spinach is a good source of iron?
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A great cultural epidemiology story by Ole Bjørn Rekdal, "Academic urban legends," in Social Studies of Science (2014, 44(4)) freely available here
Abstract: Many of the messages presented in respectable scientific publications are, in fact, based on various forms of rumors. Some of these rumors appear so frequently, and in such complex, colorful, and entertaining ways that we can think of them as academic urban legends. The explanation for this phenomenon is usually that authors have lazily, sloppily, or fraudulently employed sources, and peer reviewers and editors have not discovered these weaknesses in the manuscripts during evaluation. To illustrate this phenomenon, I draw upon a remarkable case in which a decimal point error appears to have misled millions into believing that spinach is a good nutritional source of iron. Through this example, I demonstrate how an academic urban legend can be conceived and born, and can continue to grow and reproduce within academia and beyond."
Random choice among the Kantu, swidden agriculturalists of Kalimantan
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An excellent post by Michael Schulson at Aeon magazine entitled "How to choose? When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark," showing, among other things, how rationality and expectations of rationality can clash.
"In the 1970s, a young American anthropologist named Michael Dove set out for Indonesia, intending to solve an ethnographic mystery. Then a graduate student at Stanford, Dove had been reading about the Kantu', a group of subsistence farmers who live in the tropical forests of Borneo. The Kantu' practise the kind of shifting agriculture known to anthropologists as swidden farming, and to everyone else as slash-and-burn. Swidden farmers usually grow crops in nutrient-poor soil. They use fire to clear their fields, which they abandon at the end of each growing season.Like other swidden farmers, the Kantu' would establish new farming sites ever year in which to grow rice and other crops. Unlike most other swidden farmers, the Kantu' choose where to place these fields through a ritualised form of birdwatching. They believe that certain species of bird – the Scarlet-rumped Trogon, the Rufous Piculet, and five others – are the sons-in-law of God. The appearances of these birds guide the affairs of human beings. So, in order to select a site for cultivation, a Kantu' farmer would walk through the forest until he spotted the right combination of omen birds. And there he would clear a field and plant his crops. Dove figured that the birds must be serving as some kind of ecological indicator...
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A very interesting comparison between crows and humans in a new (free access) paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B entitled "Of babies and birds: complex tool behaviours are not sufficient for the evolution of the ability to create a novel causal ntervention" by Alex H. Taylor, Lucy G. Cheke, Anna Waismeyer, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Rachael Miller, Alison Gopnik, Nicola S. Clayton, and Russell D. Gray.
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Deparmental Lectureship in Cognitive Anthropology, Oxford
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Applications are invited for a Departmental Lectureship in Cognitive Anthropology, effective from 1 September 2014, tenable until 30 September 2015. The post is based at the School of Anthropology, Banbury Road, Oxford, UK. The primary function of this post is to engage in lecturing, tutoring and the supervision of graduates and undergraduate students in cognitive and evolutionary anthropology.
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Combinatorial Communication in Bacteria?
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Here is a challenge to standard views about the evolution of linguistic generativity: ""Combinatorial Communication in Bacteria: Implications for the Origins of Linguistic Generativity" by Thomas C. Scott-Phillips, James Gurney, Alasdair Ivens, Stephen P. Diggle, and Roman Popat, in PLoS One (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095929)
Abstract: Combinatorial communication, in which two signals are used together to achieve an effect that is different to the sum of the effects of the component parts, is apparently rare in nature: it is ubiquitous in human language, appears to exist in a simple form in some non-human primates, but has not been demonstrated in other species. This observed distribution has led to the pair of related suggestions, that (i) these differences in the complexity of observed communication systems reflect cognitive differences between species; and (ii) that the combinations we see in non-human primates may be evolutionary pre-cursors of human language. Here we replicate the landmark experiments on combinatorial communication in non-human primates, but in an entirely different species, unrelated to humans, and with no higher cognition: the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Using the same general methods as the primate studies, we find the same general pattern of results: the effect of the combined signal differs from the composite effect of the two individual signals. This suggests that advanced cognitive abilities and large brains do not necessarily explain why some species have combinatorial communication systems and others do not. We thus argue that it is premature to conclude that the systems observed in non-human primates are evolutionarily related to language. Our results illustrate the value of an extremely broad approach to comparative research.
Negatively-Biased Credulity and the Cultural Evolution of Beliefs
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Abstract: The functions of cultural beliefs are often opaque to those who hold them. Accordingly, to benefit from cultural evolution's ability to solve complex adaptive problems, learners must be credulous. However, credulity entails costs, including susceptibility to exploitation, and effort wasted due to false beliefs. One determinant of the optimal level of credulity is the ratio between the costs of two types of errors: erroneous incredulity (failing to believe information that is true) and erroneous credulity (believing information that is false). This ratio can be expected to be asymmetric when information concerns hazards, as the costs of erroneous incredulity will, on average, exceed the costs of erroneous credulity; no equivalent asymmetry characterizes information concerning benefits. Natural selection can therefore be expected to have crafted learners' minds so as to be more credulous toward information concerning hazards. This negatively-biased credulity extends general negativity bias, the adaptive tendency for negative events to be more salient than positive events. Together, these biases constitute attractors that should shape cultural evolution via the aggregated effects of learners' differential retention and transmission of information. In two studies in the U.S., we demonstrate the existence of negatively-biased credulity, and show that it is most pronounced in those who believe the world to be dangerous, individuals who may constitute important nodes in cultural transmission networks. We then document the predicted imbalance in cultural content using a sample of urban legends collected from the Internet and a sample of supernatural beliefs obtained from ethnographies of a representative collection of the world's cultures, showing that beliefs about hazards predominate in both.
The Moral Domain: Conceptual Issues in Moral Psychology. Vilnius . 9-11 October 2014
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What kind of norms and judgments count as moral? In other words, what constitutes the moral domain? This broad question is the main focus of the conference. We invite anthropologists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, psychologists, and other scholars to address these and related questions during the conference. Deadline for abstract: May 1, 2014.
Read more: The Moral Domain: Conceptual Issues in Moral Psychology. Vilnius . 9-11 October 2014
The Content of Our Cooperation, Not the Color of Our Skin
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A new, important article by David Pietraszewski, Leda Cosmides, and John Tooby: The Content of Our Cooperation, Not the Color of Our Skin: An Alliance Detection System Regulates Categorization by Coalition and Race, but Not Sex. (PLoS ONE, 2012, 9(2): e88534. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088534)
Abstract: Humans in all societies form and participate in cooperative alliances. To successfully navigate an alliance-laced world, the human mind needs to detect new coalitions and alliances as they emerge, and predict which of many potential alliance categories are currently organizing an interaction. We propose that evolution has equipped the mind with cognitive machinery that is specialized for performing these functions: an alliance detection system. In this view, racial categories do not exist because skin color is perceptually salient; they are constructed and regulated by the alliance system in environments where race predicts social alliances and divisions. Early tests using adversarial alliances showed that the mind spontaneously detects which individuals are cooperating against a common enemy, implicitly assigning people to rival alliance categories based on patterns of cooperation and competition. But is social antagonism necessary to trigger the categorization of people by alliance—that is, do we cognitively link A and B into an alliance category only because they are jointly in conflict with C and D? We report new studies demonstrating that peaceful cooperation can trigger the detection of new coalitional alliances and make race fade in relevance. Alliances did not need to be marked by team colors or other perceptually salient cues. When race did not predict the ongoing alliance structure, behavioral cues about cooperative activities up-regulated categorization by coalition and down-regulated categorization by race, sometimes eliminating it. Alliance cues that sensitively regulated categorization by coalition and race had no effect on categorization by sex, eliminating many alternative explanations for the results. The results support the hypothesis that categorizing people by their race is a reversible product of a cognitive system specialized for detecting alliance categories and regulating their use. Common enemies are not necessary to erase important social boundaries; peaceful cooperation can have the same effect.
Joint PhD degree in the cognitive science of religion
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Students should apply for admission via one of the two Universities, and will be considered in line with their normal Postgraduate Admission Procedures, which require, among other things, a research proposal on a topic relevant to the cognitive science of religion. The normal duration of the Doctoral programme is full time for three years. In general, admitted students will spend the first six months and the last six months of their doctoral studies at the University where they are admitted. The intervening 24 months are spent according to a PhD plan established for each individual student. In completion, the student receives a single degree certificate issued by Aarhus University and Queen's University.
Summer course on Morality: Evolutionary Origins and Cognitive Mechanisms, Budapest, June 2014.
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The CEU Summer University announces the course: "Morality: Evolutionary Origins and Cognitive Mechanisms", June 23-30, 2014, Budapest, Hungary . Application deadline: February 14, 2014.
What makes humans moral beings? This question can be understood either as a proximate "how" question or as an ultimate "why" question. The "how" question, which is about the mental and social mechanisms that produce moral judgments has been investigated by psychologists and social scientists. The "why" question, which is about the fitness consequences that explain why humans have morality, has been discussed by evolutionary biologists in the context of the evolution of cooperation. The goal of this summer school is to contribute to a fruitful articulation of such proximate and ultimate explanations of human morality.
The school will be taught by internationally renowned experts interested in both ultimate and proximate questions, from evolutionary biology (Jean-Baptiste André, Redouan Bshary), comparative psychology (Keith Jensen), evolutionary psychology (Nicolas Baumard, Leda Cosmides) to cognitive neuroscience (Molly Crockett), developmental psychology (Paul Bloom, Gergely Csibra, Karen Wynn) and cognitive psychology (Fiery Cushman). Alongside the regular program of the course there will be talks and discussions aimed at the general public held by invited speakers, including the cognitive anthropologist, Pascal Boyer.
The design of the course stresses highly interactive forms of teaching. The course will begin with introductory lectures to build common ground between the researchers from different disciplines. After the introductions, all segments will be held in a seminar format, with faculty members leading the seminar, and responses/commentaries delivered by teams of students. There will be specific time devoted to smaller group discussions, also led by a member of the faculty, and also opportunities for selected students to give talks and poster presentations. The summer course is aimed at providing a state-of-the-art cutting-edge scientific and research-oriented training for post-doctoral young researchers and highly promising pre-doctoral students from European and overseas universities and research institutes on the evolutionary and psychological bases of morality.
Read more: Summer course on Morality: Evolutionary Origins and Cognitive Mechanisms, Budapest, June 2014.
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Moral Psychology, Seoul, March 2014
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A Cultural Epidemiology of Monsters?
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The blurb: It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times.The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolated in the art of the prehistoric era. Instead it was with the rise of cities, elites, and cosmopolitan trade networks that "monsters" became widespread features of visual production in the ancient world. Showing how these fantastic images originated and how they were transmitted, David Wengrow identifies patterns in the records of human image-making and embarks on a search for connections between mind and culture.
Wengrow asks: Can cognitive science explain the potency of such images? Does evolutionary psychology hold a key to understanding the transmission of symbols? How is our making and perception of images influenced by institutions and technologies? Wengrow considers the work of art in the first age of mechanical reproduction, which he locates in the Middle East, where urban life began. Comparing the development and spread of fantastic imagery across a range of prehistoric and ancient societies, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and China, he explores how the visual imagination has been shaped by a complex mixture of historical and universal factors. Examining the reasons behind the dissemination of monstrous imagery in ancient states and empires,The Origins of Monsters sheds light on the relationship between culture and cognition.
The Phylogeny of ATU 333 (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood)
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An interesting, methodologically innovative paper by Jamie Terhani in PLoS One on the phylogeny of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Abstract: Researchers have long been fascinated by the strong continuities evident in the oral traditions associated with different cultures. According to the 'historic-geographic' school, it is possible to classify similar tales into "international types" and trace them back to their original archetypes. However, critics argue that folktale traditions are fundamentally fluid, and that most international types are artificial constructs. Here, these issues are addressed using phylogenetic methods that were originally developed to reconstruct evolutionary relationships among biological species, and which have been recently applied to a range of cultural phenomena. The study focuses on one of the most debated international types in the literature: ATU 333, 'Little Red Riding Hood'. A number of variants of ATU 333 have been recorded in European oral traditions, and it has been suggested that the group may include tales from other regions, including Africa and East Asia. However, in many of these cases, it is difficult to differentiate ATU 333 from another widespread international folktale, ATU 123, 'The Wolf and the Kids'. To shed more light on these relationships, data on 58 folktales were analysed using cladistic, Bayesian and phylogenetic network-based methods. The results demonstrate that, contrary to the claims made by critics of the historic-geographic approach, it is possible to identify ATU 333 and ATU 123 as distinct international types. They further suggest that most of the African tales can be classified as variants of ATU 123, while the East Asian tales probably evolved by blending together elements of both ATU 333 and ATU 123. These findings demonstrate that phylogenetic methods provide a powerful set of tools for testing hypotheses about cross-cultural relationships among folktales, and point towards exciting new directions for research into the transmission and evolution of oral narratives.
PhD studentships in Cognitive Science at CEU
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Call for Registration: iCog inaugural conference "Interdisciplinarity in Cognitive Science", University of Sheffield, 29 November - 1 December
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REGISTRATION OPEN – "iCog: Interdisciplinarity in Cognitive Science."
Registration for the iCog Inaurural Conference is now open and can be found here. Registration closes on the 22nd of November.
iCog is an interdisciplinary network for postgraduate and early-career researchers in cognitive science. The iCog Inaugural Conference is being held at the University of Sheffield from 29th November - 1st December 2013. More information about the conference and the iCog network can be found here: i-cog.com. (Continued below the fold.)
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Society for Anthropological Sciences Annual Meeting, March 18–22, 2014. Albuquerque
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The Society for Anthropological Sciences (SAS / SASci) will be holding its 10th annual meeting from March 18 – 22, 2014, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We invite scholars from any subdiscipline of anthropology, or from allied social sciences, to submit abstracts for papers, posters, or full sessions on any topic in anthropological science, broadly conceived. Deadline: October 15.The Society for Anthropological Sciences, as both an independent organization (SaSci) and a section of the American Anthropological Association (SAS), promotes the scientific understanding of humanity through comparative, cognitive, quantitative, and evolutionary approaches. The Society seeks to fulfill the historic mission of anthropology to describe and explain the range of variation in human biology, society, and culture across time and space.
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Does "science" make you moral?
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From the Abstract: Previous work has noted that science stands as an ideological force insofar as the answers it offers to a variety of fundamental questions and concerns; as such, those who pursue scientific inquiry have been shown to be concerned with the moral and social ramifications of their scientific endeavors. No studies to date have directly investigated the links between exposure to science and moral or prosocial behaviors. Across four studies, both naturalistic measures of science exposure and experimental primes of science led to increased adherence to moral norms and more morally normative behaviors across domains....These studies demonstrated the morally normative effects of lay notions of science. Thinking about science leads individuals to endorse more stringent moral norms and exhibit more morally normative behavior. These studies are the first of their kind to systematically and empirically test the relationship between science and morality. The present findings speak to this question and elucidate the value-laden outcomes of the notion of science.
The findings are summarized in a Scientific American presentation: "Just Thinking about Science Triggers Moral Behavior: Just Thinking about Science Triggers Moral Behavior: Psychologists find deep connection between scientific method and morality" by Piercarlo Valdesolo.
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James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized. His nickname of Wild Bill has inspired similar nicknames for men named William (even though that was not Hickok's name) who were known for their daring in various fields. Hickok's horse was called Black Nell, and he owned two Colt 1851 Navy Revolvers.
Hickok came to the West as a stagecoach driver, then became a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. He fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and gained publicity after the war as a scout, marksman, and professional gambler. Between his law-enforcement duties and gambling, which easily overlapped, Hickok was involved in several notable shootouts, and was ultimately killed while playing poker in a Dakota Territory saloon.
In 1855, at the age of 18, Hickok moved to Kansas Territory following a fight with Charles Hudson, which resulted in both falling into a canal. Mistakenly thinking he had killed Hudson, Hickok fled and joined General Jim Lane's vigilante Free State Army ("The Red Legs") where he met then 12 year old William Cody, later to be known as "Buffalo Bill", who at that time was a scout for Johnston's Army. At 19 Hickok was elected constable of Monticello Township.
Due to his "sweeping nose and protruding upper lip", Hickok was nicknamed "Duck Bill". In 1861, after growing a mustache following the infamous McCanles incident, and not without some encouragement from himself, he was to become known by the nickname he is most famous for, "Wild Bill".
When the Civil War began, Hickok joined the Union forces and served in the west, mostly in Kansas and Missouri. He earned a reputation as a skilled scout. After the war, Hickok became a scout for the U. S. Army and later was a professional gambler. He served for a time as a United States Marshal. In 1867, his fame increased from an interview by Henry Morton Stanley.
During the Civil War, "Buffalo Bill" Cody served as a scout with Robert Denbow, David L. Payne, and Hickok. The men formed a friendship that would last decades. After the war, the four men, Payne, Cody, Hickok, and Denbow engaged in buffalo hunting. When Payne moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1870, Denbow joined him there while Hickok served as sheriff of Hays, Kansas. Hickok was rumored to have appeared in a stage play put on in 1873 by Bill Cody entitled "Scouts of the Plains." Denbow accompanied Bill Cody when Cody started the Buffalo Bill shows, travelling all over Iowa.
On July 21, 1865, in the town square of Springfield, Hickok killed Davis Tutt, Jr. in a "quick draw" duel. Fiction later typified this kind of gunfight, but Hickok's is in fact the first one on record that fits the portrayal.
Hickok first met former Confederate Army soldier Davis Tutt in early 1865, while both were gambling in Springfield, Missouri. Hickok would often borrow money from Tutt during that time. Although originally good friends, they eventually fell out over a woman, and it was rumored that Hickok once had an affair with Tutt's sister, perhaps fathering a child and likely exacerbated by the fact there was a long standing dispute over Hickok's girlfriend Susannah Moore. Hickok refused to play cards with Tutt, who retaliated by financing other players in an attempt to bankrupt him.
According to the accepted account, the dispute came to a head when Tutt was coaching an opponent of Hickok's during a card game. Hickok was on a winning streak and, frustrated, Tutt requested he repay a $40 loan which Hickok did. Tutt then demanded another $35 owed from a previous card game. Hickok refused as he had "a memorandum" proving it to be $25. Tutt then took Hickok's watch, which was lying on the table, as collateral for the $35 at which Hickok warned him not to wear it or he would shoot him. Next day, at 6 p.m. Tutt entered the town square wearing the watch prominently. Hickok arrived on the other side of the square and the two men fired almost simultaneously. Tutt's shot missed but Hickok's didn't and after stumbling, Tutt collapsed and died.
Hickok was arrested for murder two days later, however the charge was later reduced to manslaughter. He was released on $2,000 bail and stood trial on August 3, 1865. At the end of the trial judge Sempronius Boyd gave the jury two contradictory instructions. He first instructed the jury that a conviction was its only option under the law. He then instructed them that they could apply the unwritten law of the "fair fight" and acquit. The jury voted for acquittal, a verdict that was not popular at the time.
Several weeks later Hickok was interviewed by Colonel George Ward Nichols and the interview was published in Harpers New Monthly Magazine. Using the name "Wild Bill Hickok" the article recounted the hundreds of men Hickok personally killed and other exaggerated exploits. The article was controversial wherever Hickok was known and led to several frontier newspapers writing rebuttals.
In September, 1865, Hickok came in second in the election for City Marshal of Springfield. Leaving Springfield he was recommended for the position of Deputy United States Marshal at Fort Riley Kansas. At this time the Western Plains were involved in Native American wars and Hickok also served as a scout for George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry.
In 1867 Hickok took a break from the west and moved to Niagara Falls where he tried his hand at acting in a stage play called "The Daring Buffalo Chases of the Plains". He proved to be a terrible actor and returned west, where in 1868 he ran for sheriff in Ellsworth County, Kansas, but was defeated by former soldier E.W. Kingsbury, but was elected sheriff and city marshal of Ellis County, Kansas on August 23, 1869. In his first month in Hays, Kansas he killed two men in gunfights. The first was Bill Mulvey who "got the drop" on Hickok. Hickok looked past him and yelled "Don't shoot him boys" which was enough distraction to win him the fight. The second was cowboy Samuel Strawhun, who drew his gun on Hickok after the latter had been called to a saloon where Strawhun was causing a disturbance.
On July 17, 1870, also in Hays he was involved in a gunfight with disorderly soldiers of the 7th US Cavalry, wounding one and mortally wounding another {}. He later failed to win reelection. On April 15 1871, Hickok became marshal of Abilene, Kansas, taking over for former marshal Tom "Bear River" Smith, who had been killed on November 2, 1870. The outlaw John Wesley Hardin, who was in Abilene in 1871 was befriended by Hickok. In his 1895 autobiography (published after his own death, and 19 years after Hickok's) Hardin claimed to have disarmed Hickok using the famous Road agent's spin during a failed attempt to arrest him for wearing his pistols in a saloon, and that Hickok at the time had two guns drawn and pointed at him. This story is considered to be apocryphal, or at the very least an exaggeration, as Hardin claimed this at a time when Hickok couldn't defend himself, and Hardin was and is considered to be boastful, a liar, a psychopath and in turn idealized Hickok and self-identified himself with Wild Bill. It is also recorded that when Hardin's cousin Mannen Clements was jailed for the killing of two cowboys, Hickok at Hardin's request arranged for his escape.
While working in Abilene, Hickok and Phil Coe, a saloon owner, had an ongoing dispute that later resulted in a shootout. Coe had been the business partner of known gunman Ben Thompson, with whom he co-owned the Bulls Head Saloon. On October 5, 1871, Hickok was standing off a crowd during a street brawl, during which time Coe fired two shots and Hickok ordered him to be arrested for firing a pistol within the city limits. Coe explained he was shooting at a stray dog but suddenly turned his gun on Hickok who fired first and killed Coe. Hickok caught the glimpse of movement of someone running toward him and quickly fired two shots in reaction, accidentally shooting and killing Abilene Special Deputy Marshal Mike Williams, who was coming to his aid, an event that haunted Hickok for the remainder of his life. There is another account of the Coe shootout. Theophilus Little, a mayor of Abilene and owner of the town's lumberyard, wrote a note book recording his time in Abilene which was recently given to the Abilene Historical Society. Written in 1911, in it he details his admiration of Hickok and includes a paragraph on the shooting that differs considerably from the accepted account.
"-"Phil" Coe was from Texas, ran the "Bull's Head" a saloon and gambling den, sold whiskey and men's souls. A vile a character as I ever met for some cause Wild Bill incurred Coe's hatred and he vowed to secure the death of the Marshall. Not having the courage to do it himself, he one day filled about 200 cowboys with whiskey intending to get them into trouble with Wild Bill, hoping that they would get to shooting and in the melee shoot the marshal. But Coe "reckoned without his host." Wild Bill had learned of the scheme and cornered Coe, had his two pistols drawn on Coe. Just as he pulled the trigger one of the policemen rushed around the corner between Coe and the pistols and both balls entered his body, killing him instantly. in an instant, he pulled the triggers again sending two bullets into Coe's abdomen (Coe lived a day or two) and whirling with his two guns drawn on the drunken crowd of cowboys, "and now do any of you fellows want the rest of these bullets". Not a word was uttered."
Hickok's retort to Coe, who supposedly stated he could "kill a crow on the wing", is one of the West's most famous sayings (though possibly apocryphal): "Did the crow have a pistol? Was he shooting back? I will be." However, due to his having accidentally killed deputy Mike Williams, Hickok was relieved of his duties as marshal less than two months later.
Hickok's favourite guns were a pair of cap and ball Colt 1851 .36 Navy Model handguns which he wore until his death. These were silver plated with ivory handles and were engraved: "J.B. Hickock 1869"(sic) He was presented the guns in 1869 by Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts for his services as the Senator's scout on a hunting trip. However, Hickok exchanged them for larger caliber weapons when expecting a fight. For the Tutt gunfight he used a pair of .44 Colt Dragoons and in the Coe shooting used .44 1860 Army Colts. He wore his revolvers backwards at his hips and never used holsters, he wore them in a red sash when wearing buckskins or in a belt when wearing "city" clothes. He drew them using a "reverse", or "twist" draw.
In 1876 Hickok was diagnosed by a doctor in Kansas City, Missouri, with glaucoma and opthalmia, a condition that it was widely rumoured at the time by Hickok's detractors to be the result of various sexually transmitted diseases. In truth, he seems to had been afflicted with trachoma, a common vision disorder of the time. It was apparent that his markmanship and health had been suffering for some time as despite earning a good income from gambling and displays of showmanship only a few years earlier, by this time he had been arrested several times for vagrancy. On March 5, 1876 Hickok married Agnes Thatcher Lake, a 50-year-old circus proprietor. Calamity Jane claimed in her autobiography that she was married to Hickok and had divorced him so he could be free to marry Agnes Lake. Hickok soon left his new bride to seek his fortune in the gold fields of South Dakota.
Shortly before Hickok's death, he wrote a letter to his new wife, Agnes Lake Thatcher, which reads in part: "Agnes Darling, if such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wife—Agnes—and with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore".
On August 2, 1876, while playing poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood, in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, Hickok could not find an empty seat in the corner, where he always sat in order to protect himself against sneak attacks from behind, and instead sat with his back to one door and facing another. His paranoia was prescient: he was shot in the back of the head with a .45-caliber revolver by Jack McCall. Legend has it that Hickok was playing poker when he was shot, was holding a pair of aces, a pair of eights, and a queen. The fifth card is debated, or, as some say, had not yet been dealt. "Aces and eights" thus is known as the "Dead Man's Hand". In 1979 Hickok was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
The motive for the killing is still debated. McCall may have been paid for the deed, or it may have been the result of a recent dispute between the two. Most likely McCall became enraged over what he perceived as a condescending offer from Hickok to let him have enough money for breakfast after he had lost all his money playing poker the previous day. McCall claimed at the resulting two-hour trial, by a miners jury, an ad hoc local group of assembled miners and businessmen, that he was avenging Hickok's earlier slaying of his brother which was later found untrue. McCall was acquitted of the murder, resulting in the Black Hills Pioneer editorializing:
McCall was subsequently rearrested after bragging about his deed, and a new trial was held. The authorities did not consider this to be double jeopardy because at the time Deadwood was not recognized by the U.S. as a legitimately incorporated town because it was in Indian Country and the jury was irregular. The new trial was held in Yankton, capital of the territory. Hickok's brother, Lorenzo Butler Hickok, traveled from Illinois to attend the retrial and spoke to McCall after he was found guilty, noting he showed no remorse. This time McCall was found guilty. Reporter Leander Richardson interviewed Hickok shortly before his death and helped bury him. Richardson wrote of the encounter for the April 1877 issue of Scribner's Monthly in which he mentions McCalls second trial.
"As I write the closing lines of this brief sketch, word reaches me that the slayer of Wild Bill has been re-arrested by the United State authorities, and after trail has been sentenced to death for willful murder. He is now at Yankton, D.T. awaiting execution. At the trial it was proved that the murderer was hired to do his work by gamblers who feared the time when better citizens should appoint Bill the champion of law and order--a post which he formerly sustained in Kansas border life, with credit to his manhood and his courage."
McCall was hanged on March 1, 1877 and buried in the Catholic cemetery. When the cemetery was moved in 1881 his body was exhumed and found to have the noose still around his neck. The killing of Wild Bill and the capture of Jack McCall is re-enacted every evening (in summer) in Deadwood.
Charlie Utter, Hickok's friend and companion, claimed Hickok's body and placed a notice in the local newspaper, the Black Hills Pioneer, which read:
"Died in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876, from the effects of a pistol shot, J. B. Hickok (Wild Bill) formerly of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Funeral services will be held at Charlie Utter's Camp, on Thursday afternoon, August 3, 1876, at 3 o'clock P. M. All are respectfully invited to attend."Almost the entire town attended the funeral, and Utter had Hickok buried with a wooden grave marker reading:
"Wild Bill, J. B. Hickok killed by the assassin Jack McCall in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876. Pard, we will meet again in the happy hunting ground to part no more. Good bye, Colorado Charlie, C. H. Utter."
Hickok was originally buried in the Ingelside Cemetery, Deadwood's original graveyard. The graveyard filled quickly and was in an area that could be better used for the constant influx of settlers to live on, so all the bodies there were moved up the hill to the Mount Moriah Cemetery in the 1880s.
Hickok is currently interred in a ten-foot (3 m) square plot at the Mount Moriah Cemetery, surrounded by a cast-iron fence with a U.S. flag flying nearby. A monument has since been built there. In accordance with her dying wish, Martha Jane Cannary, known popularly as Calamity Jane, was buried next to him. Potato Creek Johnny, a local Deadwood Celebrity from the late 1800s and early 1900s is also buried next to Wild Bill.
It is difficult to separate the truth from fiction about Hickok, the first "dime novel" hero of the western era, in many ways one of the first comic book heroes, keeping company with another who achieved part of his fame in such a way, frontiersman Davy Crockett. In the dime-store novels, exploits of Hickok were presented in heroic form, making him seem larger than life. In truth, most of the stories were greatly exaggerated or fabricated by both the writers and himself.
Hickok told the writers that he had killed over 100 men. This number is doubtful, and it is more likely that his total killings were about 20 or a few more. He also would tell tourists various exaggerated exploits of his, usually leaving himself unarmed with no manner of escape, and then stop talking. When someone would inevitably ask what he did then, he claimed "I was surrounded. What could I do? They killed me."
Hickok was a fearless and deadly fighting man. versatile with a rifle, revolver, or knife. His story of fighting a grizzly bear, which he claims mistook him for food because of his greasy buckskins, personified a man who feared nothing. According to Wild Bill, he killed the bear with a Bowie knife after emptying his pistols into the bear. He also cut off the bear's testicles and put them in a coffee can. That story is also thought to be an exaggeration.
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Later in the spring, she and Elisabeth saw another kind of heron, an American bittern, skulking in some grass by a swamp.
The Night heron was the first adventure Wanderlust opened up to an audience larger than a pre-set guest list.
An earlier version of the bird was called the heron, the latest version is known as the Eitan.
c.1300, from Old French hairon (12c.), earlier hairo (11c., Modern French héron), from Frankish *haigiro or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hraigran- (cf. Old High German heigaro "heron," German Reiher, Dutch reiger, Old Norse hegri), from PIE *qriq-, perhaps imitative of its cry (cf. Old Church Slavonic kriku "cry, scream," Lithuanian kryksti "to shriek"). Old English cognate hraga did not survive into Middle English.
(Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18), ranked among the unclean birds. The Hebrew name is _'anaphah_, and indicates that the bird so named is remarkable for its angry disposition. "The herons are wading-birds, peculiarly irritable, remarkable for their voracity, frequenting marshes and oozy rivers, and spread over the regions of the East." The Ardea russeta, or little golden egret, is the commonest species in Asia.


text: Healthy Soul/Living Out Your Faith/My Life 5 Ways to Get Spiritually Fit This Summer by Eric Porteous One of my favorite things to do is workout. Whether at a gym, running outside, or doing P90X in my home, I love getting my body into shape. (Now, if only I could work on my eating habits a little bit). For me there's just something about the discipline it takes, the feeling I get at the end, and the little results I can see that show me I'm getting healthier. While it's important to eat right and exercise, it's even more important to train your soul (1 Timothy 4:7-8). As you continue on with your summer break, here are five ways to help you get spiritually fit: Daily Mass. As high school students, it can be difficult to get to Daily Mass during the school year. Often times, it is scheduled while you are in class, but that's not the case when you're on break. Find what time Daily Mass is offered at your parish and go. There is nothing better that you can do for your soul than receiving the Eucharist everyday. For an added bonus, bring some friends. Not only will all of you grow spiritually but you'll be great witnesses to the rest of your parish. Reconciliation. Summer break can be a great time to get in the habit of attending the Sacrament of Reconciliation on a regular basis. Find out what day and time the Sacrament is offered at your parish and neighboring parishes. Make it a priority to go once a week, and take time to really examine your conscience beforehand. Scripture. Too often during the school year, it can be easy to use homework or reading assignments as excuses not to open the bible. But, during summer we may not have that problem. Why not take some time to read the scriptures? If you don't know where to start, try praying through the Sunday Readings. The great news is that, we've got the Sunday, Sunday, Sunday podcast to help you break them open. If you want to go further, try the Daily Readings for Mass posted here on lifeteen.com. Also, many Youth Ministers host Bible Studies during the summer, so be sure to ask them the day and time so you can attend. Rosary. If you want to deepen your relationship with Jesus, try deepening your relationship with Mary. There is no better way to do this than with the Rosary. If you're not sure how to pray it, ask your Youth Minister to help you, and commit to praying it consistently. Maybe you want to start off with every Sunday. Maybe you want to pray it every morning after you wake up. However you choose to do it, stay committed and know that God can really move in those 20 minutes. Eucharistic Adoration. Silence is something that we are slowly losing in our world today. It seems that no matter where you turn there is some kind of noise to distract us. There are cell phones, music, TVs, computers, and more almost everywhere. But there is still one great place we can go to find some silent prayer: the Adoration Chapel. Spend some time in silent Adoration this summer, and again make it a commitment. Every Thursday our staff takes a Holy Hour in front of the Blessed Sacrament at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Perhaps you could join us then. While you may not be physically present with us, we will be united in the Eucharist. These are just five ways to help you grow spiritually fit. Do your best to make them a part of your routine this summer. After all, if you are willing to put in the discipline it takes, not only will you feel great but you'll start to see results in the way you live your life.


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With a stovetop burner set to high, use tongs to hold each chile about 3 inches from the flame and toast until slightly puffed and aromatic, about 1 minute. Repeat with the remaining chiles, transferring them to a large bowl as toasted. Cover the chiles with about 1 quart boiling water. (If the chiles float, puncture each with a small knife to let the water inside.) Steep the chiles until soft and pliable, about 30 minutes. Drain and let cool. Once the chiles are cool enough to handle, remove the stems and most of the seeds and transfer to a blender or the bowl of a food processor.
While the chiles are soaking, arrange a rack about 6 inches from the flame and preheat the broiler. Arrange the tomatoes on the broiler pan or a baking sheet and broil, flipping several times to expose all sides, until the entire surface is charred, 5 to 6 minutes. Let the tomatoes cool slightly then remove and discard the charred skin. Add the tomato flesh to the chiles in the blender or food processor. Add the garlic, oregano, cumin, cloves, and 1 cup water and process until smooth.
Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 300°F. Cut a piece of parchment into a round the same size as a large Dutch oven.
Season the meat with salt and pepper. In a large Dutch oven over moderate heat, heat the oil until hot but not smoking. Working in batches, sear the meat until brown on all sides, about 4 minutes per side. As browned, transfer the meat to a plate.
Once all of the meat is seared, return it all to the pot and add the reserved chile-tomato purée. Bring to a boil and then place the parchment round over the meat. Cover the pot with a lid and transfer to the oven. Cook until the meat is very tender and falling apart, about 3 hours. Discard the parchment then transfer the meat to a cutting board and use two forks to shred it into small pieces, discarding any excess fat. Skim any excess fat from the braising liquid then return the meat to the pot and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: The brisket can be made ahead and stored with its braising liquid, in an airtight container in the refrigerator, up to 3 days. To reheat, place the desired portion in an appropriate-size skillet over moderate heat and cook until warmed through.
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Runes are said to be particularly effective for determining where you are along your current life course and where you are likely to end up, if you stay on that path. So, you may want to start by gently shaking the runes around in their bag. Then take three of them from their pouch and set them out before you on a flat surface. (A rune kit usually includes a silky cloth onto which the disks should be placed.) Reading them from right to left, the first represents your past, the second your present, and the third is your likely future—again, provided you stay on the life route you're on currently.
One afterlife-communication exercise you may want to try with runes is gathering insight into your deceased's current life in Heaven. Repeat the same three-disk draw explained above, but, this time, be aware that the first stone will tell you how your loved one's life was on Earth (a great piece of spirit-identifying information). The second symbol will tell you how that relative or friend is doing in Heaven at present, and a third will indicate whether he or she is going to reincarnate to the Earth or remain in the afterlife.
To sum up, runes can help you determine how your deceased loved one is doing in Heaven. They can also enable you to receive information about reincarnation, both yours and your dead relative's or friend's. No communication tool will work really effectively, however, until you begin developing your seven soul senses. These are the perceptive abilities that have lain dormant in humans for thousands of years, but can be cultivated to help us pierce the veil between this world and the next. We aren't technically advanced enough yet to overcome physical death, but afterlife communications can certainly help in easing the grief we suffer when a loved one or pet dies.
Janice Carlson has been a medium and psychic for 20 years. She is the author of SOUL SENSING: How to Communicate With Your Dead Loved Ones, which will be published in September 2013. Get your copy at www.JaniceCarlson.com
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Folk Banner Letterpress Cards.
Old-timey vintage type is one of my (many) admitted weaknesses. These Folk Banner cards hit the spot – they're printed individually on a Vandercook letterpress, giving each that perfectly textured and nostalgic look.
:: via Midwest Modern Girl
The Daily Eat: Candy Apple Pie.
"Candy Apple Pie is the perfect dessert for this hazy liminal period between state fairs and harvest festivals, when you find yourself burning that Spiced Pumpkin candle in 90 degree weather."
Couldn't have said it better myself.
:: photo and recipe via Ezra Pound Cake
White Ceramic Pedestal Bowls.
These white ceramic pedestal bowls are so incredibly multi-functional – use them in the kitchen as serving dishes or around the house. Lovely.
:: via More Ways to Waste Time
On the Rocks: Corkscrew.
Decidedly un- fall, the Corkscrew is my personal shove off to summer.
– 1 1/2 oz light rum
– 1/2 oz dry vermouth
– 1/2 oz peach liqueur
– Squeeze of lime juice
Combine all four ingredients in a cocktail shaker and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a twist of lime peel.
:: cocktail recipe and photo via yumsugar
The Daily Eat: Apple Butter.
Apple Butter is one of the true signs that fall has arrived in my book.
:: recipe and photo via From Whence the Sweet Bird Sang
True Love.
This made me simultaneously happy and sad. Take a look.
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Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 09.
A few weeks ago Pantone released their color predictions for Spring 09 and I have to say, I'm really in love with most of them.
"Spring traditionally evokes a sense of freshness and new beginnings, with sprouting shoots and blossoming flowers that inspire designers to breakout of the winter doldrums. Bright colors return to the top 10 list for spring '09, as designers incorporate vibrant pops into their collections, yet temper the vibrancy with deeper, translucent or neutral tones."
Robert Samuel Hanson.
I'm loving these line drawings by Robert Samuel Hanson. Nothing like animating something stationary to pique my interests and simultaneously freak me out. (Just a little.)
Herb Stand.
I've grown herbs before but always neglect to use them. And then I feel guilty. I love that the Herb Stand put herbs and scissors in the same place – making it way more probable that I'd use both. And that's not even the end of the functionality story – the pots are also easy to separate or attach to one another.
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The effect of Bt has been known for a long time but users found that B. thurengiensis biodegraded within four days. Mycogen has bypassed this problem by inserting the gene that produces Bt into another bacterium, Pseudomonas fluoroscens. The company used a patented recombinant DNA technique, called Cellcap, in which researchers ...
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So called IPX7 certified phone got wet and technician from Sony claimed that it was fervently a negligence on my part. The unit is suppose to withstand 1 meter deep and 30 mins dip.
The Sony Tech informed me through email that the entry was secluded on the micro SD card... Which i have questioned much because you can not use the phone if MICRO SD is open because its being covered by the SONY Yellow back cover!
I just couldn't stand how Sony validates negligence to a complete poor product design.
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We have a 12 year old Icelandic gelding. If any of you know Iceys, you know they get a THICK winter coat. I'm talking, like 2 different layers and several inches thick. While this may be good in Iceland, here in PA, he gets hot pretty quickly. Unfortunately, clipping is out of the question, as my mom does not want to blanket. Anyways, we've noticed something strange this year. Whenever we've brought them in and he's kind of warm from running around like they love to do, he starts dripping water. I'm not talking regular sweating, either. His coat looks and feels pretty dry, he just has liquid seeping out from his coat and dripping down. It's mostly on this belly and legs. The liquid is clear and I'm pretty sure it's either sweat or water. I asked my ag teacher, who's been around horses her whole life, if she'd seen anything like this, and she said she hadn't. But she thought it could be some survival technique specific to Icelandics to allow them to sweat without dampening their whole coat and possibly getting chilled. Maybe they're like ducks, and have extra oils in the hair so the water just runs off. But IDK, just speculating.
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Shakira Wears See-Through Leopard Print Top to NBC Summer Press Tour: Hot or Not? (PHOTO)
Her hips don't lie and her top half is pretty transparent too! Colombian superstar Shakira made an appearance at The NBC Summer Press Tour on April 22 rocking a see-through leopard print blouse and black jeans.
While the fashion choice was bold, her animal-themed top was tame compared to predecessor Christina Aguilera's eclectic outfits. Even more impressive is Shakira's flawless body just three months after giving birth to her son, Milan.
The confident Voice coach was able to own her daring look with minimal makeup and flowing blonde locks.
Shakira accompanied fellow coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Usher to the press day where they gushed about the success of the music competition's fourth season.
The "Whenever Wherever" singer is temporarily filling in for Xtina, but she may return to The Voice in the future whenever or wherever she's needed.
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