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Yuvraj suffers finger injury | Cricket News | ICC Champions Trophy 2009 | Cricinfo.com
We might as well pack up if he is ruled out of the tournament.
Yuvraj suffers finger injury | Cricket News | ICC Champions Trophy 2009 | Cricinfo.com
We might as well pack up if he is ruled out of the tournament.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
Think I've discovered the real reason for Yuvi's injury. Gary Kisten has been encouraging his charges to get it on before games. From The Telegraph:
Another obvious issue is tackled in the document by Tim Noakes, a professor and sports scientist at the University of Cape Town, who writes: Sex [is] not a problem, but being up till 2am, probably having a few drinks at a bar while trying to pick someone up, on the eve of a game, almost always is. According to Noakes though, a solution is at hand (sorry, that really is the last pun). If you want sex but do not have someone to share it with, one option is to go solo whilst imagining you have a partner, or a few partners, who are as beautiful as you wish to imagine, the document reads. No pillow talk and no hugging required. Just roll over and go to sleep.
If he's breaking fingers his technique needs tightening, obv.
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Gray whales can weigh 40 tons and stretch to more than 45 feet long, so you'd think they'd be easy to spot. But there are no guarantees, even on those popular whale-watching boats that take tourists out to meet the whales off Dana Point, with airplanes and helicopters to guide them to the right spots. Students from the Biology Department, who make an annual trek, went whaleless for several seasons until the March 2004 excursion. Dan Holtzman '06 was on that trip and recalls that the group quickly encountered hundreds of dolphins, jumping and swimming alongside.
After the boat turned back following a fruitless search, three whales came into sight. The whales were breaching—that's when they leap out of the water and come down with a big splash. "I'm just incredibly glad I went," says Holtzman.
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½ cup bread crumbs
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½ cup ground beef
½ cup ground pork
2 tbsp. grated onion
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½ tsp. ground allspice
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Lux Aeterna HS Artist Apprentices
As part of one of our five Arts-in-Education initiatives, we have an Artist Apprentice program where highly recommend and achieving high school choristers join APM for several weeks of rehearsal and the a performance. It has worked out fabulously over the years, we've been doing this; our first was 1999. This year we had a […] [Read More]
Is There More than Eternal Light?
YES! How could there be more than eternal light? Well, this is a concert, and while the second half is ALL about eternal light, the first half moves from darkness to light. Then after intermission the light stays eternally. At least that's my plan. The concert opens with a short motet whose message is, "believe […] [Read More]
Eternal Light!
Eternal Light! Sounds a bit more exotic in Latin: Lux Aeterna! There's such a wonderful sound to the word "lux," (which rhymes with "kooks," and does not sound like Lux dishwashing liquid). Loooooks – it sounds like light to me. Our concert this Sunday is our third choral collaboration with the Cathedral of All Saints, […] [Read More]


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All trainees participate in a variety of educational experiences and rotations. All trainees are provided with guidance, supervision and mentoring as they train to become a subspecialist in the broad field of hematology/oncology.
The major objective of the Stanford University Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program is to train leaders in academic hematology/oncology. Fellows should achieve excellence in the practice of hematology/oncology and acquire the skills necessary for independent and productive investigation. To accomplish these goals, fellows are supported for three years. Hematology and Medical Oncology are divisions in the Department of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Both divisions have ACGME-accredited fellowship programs.
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Separate Oncology and Hematology Programs offer flexibility
Stanfords fellowship programs in Medical Oncology and Hematology are separate programs whose primary objective is to prepare academic oncologists and hematologists. Our fellowship program is very flexible, and fellows may choose to train in hematology and/or oncology. For those choosing to pursue combined training, the programs are fully integrated.
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The three-year hematology or oncology program is an intensive training period in clinical care and research. Combined training in hematology/oncology requires 18 months of clinical training and additional time for intensive research training. Applicants to the program will be expected to have completed an internal medicine residency program. Previous investigative experience is helpful. You must have a California medical license prior to the starting date of your fellowship (July 1).
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4 quarts
1 (12 fluid ounce) can
red potatoes, quartered
2 large
sweet onions, cut in wedges
2 pounds
lean smoked sausage, cut in 2-inch lengths
8 ears
fresh corn, broken in half
4 pounds
large shrimp in shells
I made this for the second time this weekend and it was even better. Here are my changes/additions: 3/4 cup Old Bay, 2 bottles of beer, 3 quarts water, about 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 lemon cut in half, a bunch of crushed garlic. Next time I will probably use 3 large onions and might use new potatoes. If you want to add more seafood, you can always reduce the potatoes and corn - they take up a lot of room. Wonderful!
I almost feel bad reviewing this recipe. I followed it to a t and I was soooo looking forward to eating it. It smelt sooooooo good! I LOVE shrimp. but i was disappointed. I am going to try this again but next time I am not going to leave the skins on the shrimp. My shrimp had NO flavor. I threw it all away. Myself and my husband loved the flavor of everything else. the potatoes were Fantastic. I am going to try this again but with a few changes.
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What a great and very easy meal to make! I have made this about ten times so far, and is great, AS-IS. I have found that the frozen corn on the cob (ear nibblers), work very well when fresh corn is out of season. I take them out of the freezer, put them into a colander, and rinse under cool water until they are defrosted. When I made this meal this evening, I added 1 more bottle of beer, 1/2 cup and 1/2 cup more water. I then added 1/2 dozen live muscles, 1/2 live baby (small )clams at the same time that I added the corn. When the shells started opening (which took about 6-7 minutes), I added the shrimp and cooked 4 additional minutes. It was wonderful! Please remember to DISCARD any clams or muscles that do not open, as they will make you sick!
My family absolutely loved this one! I made it on a Friday night on vacation; my 9-year-old twin daughters (who were 'starving!') said it was awesome and worth the wait!! I only used 1 lb of smoked sausage, 2 lbs shrimp, 6 frozen cobbettes, and 12 sm-med whole red potatoes, but all the spice and beer as written. When it was over, we had 2 potatoes left.. a definite sign that indeed it is awesome!! Will make many times more..
Most excellent. Couldn't have enough of it.
Great and easy recipe, would be great for summer entertaining. Although, not quite as spicy as I had hoped. Also, potatoes were a tad over-done and corn was a tad under-done. A few minor adjustments and this recipe would be fabulous!
This is similar to a New England Clam boil which I have fixed for my family for years but, this has a whole lot more flavor! My family loved it! This is fast, easy and full of flavor! It was a hit with everyone, even the kids! I will make this again!
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After decades of research, it's become obvious that one of the main causes of dyslexia is a disruption in phonological processing--people have trouble breaking words into their component sounds. But what's still unclear are the factors that underlie this processing problem and whether other, equally important deficits impair a person's ability to read.
Probably the hottest debate revolves around the question of whether people with dyslexia have, in addition to phonological problems, a general processing speed deficit: Their brains appear to deal with information that requires rapid rates of processing more slowly than normal, and this speed deficit inhibits their ability to analyze letter patterns and text rapidly enough to become fluent readers.
Several lines of research, mostly from the world of neuroscience, provide evidence that this may be the case for some people with dyslexia. But several mainstream dyslexia researchers--many of whom have a more behavioral bent--aren't convinced that the data to date support a general processing-speed problem. Instead, they believe the problem lies specifically within language-related brain circuits and particularly within the phonological processing systems of the brain.
In fact, most current research and theorizing on dyslexia has focused on phoneme awareness--people's abilityto break written words into individual speech sounds, known as phonemes, as when "bat" is broken into "b," "a" and "t."
No one denies the power of this line of research in helping diagnose most people with dyslexia, or that teaching them how to pull words apart into phonemes helps them learn to read. But testing for phoneme awareness alone does not identify everyone with a reading disability. And teaching it doesn't solve everyone's problems.
Double deficit?
Part of the controversy over whether people with dyslexia have a general problem rapidly processing information or a problem specific to language stems from researchers' different interpretations of behavioral data.
One example is the interpretation of what Tufts University psychologist Maryanne Wolf, PhD, and the University of Waterloo's Patricia Greig Bowers, PhD, call a double deficit in children with dyslexia. Not only do these children often have trouble distinguishing phonemes, but they also score poorly on tests of "rapid automatic naming," or "rapid naming" for short. The traditional rapid-naming task requires people to look at a grid of letters, numbers or pictures and sequentially name them as quickly as possible. People with dyslexia often perform such tasks much more slowly than people who have no reading problems, find Wolf and others.
In fact, rapid-naming tasks appear to measure something separate from phoneme awareness, says Wolf. The measure itself correlates only weakly with phoneme awareness. Also, Wolf and others find that children with dyslexia can have problems with both phoneme-awareness tasks and rapid-naming tasks or with just one or the other task, indicating the two are mutually exclusive. Children who have problems with both tasks tend to be at the lowest end of the reading continuum, suggesting a "double-whammy" of sorts and something beyond what is explained by phonological processes, says Wolf.
Although others agree that these rapid-naming tests appear to measure something different from phoneme awareness, they aren't convinced that those tests tap a distinct underlying problem. The rapid-naming task itself, they say, is inherently phonological--that is, it involves the brain's phonological processing system, which processes, manipulates and generates language sounds. Rapid naming involves this system because it requires people to retrieve and produce word sounds, whether it's the name of a letter, a number or an object. So the underlying problem for both tasks is likely a glitch in the brain's ability to process sounds specifically related to language.
"You've got to use the phonological system for both tasks," says dyslexia researcher Susan Brady, PhD, of Haskins Laboratory and the University of Rhode Island. "One of them is a metacognitive task--phonological awareness--and one of them is a basic phonological task involving speech."
Responding to such claims, Wolf and Bowers don't deny that one aspect of the rapid-naming task is phonologically based. However, they believe that other equally important parts of the task are tapping into processes discrete from phonological processing, indicating a potentially distinct set of underlying causes.
"I argue that the problems underlying dyslexia are multiple," says Wolf. "One possibility is surely phonological for some children, but there are others that must be understood. One may well be something more general that crosses many domains including visual, auditory and motor processing. We're saying that this speed deficit in naming is but the tip of an iceberg that needs explanation."
Wolf and Bowers believe that poor performance on the naming speed test--which uses many of the same underlying skills needed for reading--provides a clue that, in many people with dyslexia, brain circuits that connect visual information with the verbal system fail to operate efficiently. This could indicate a deficit specific to language or, more likely according to Wolf, a problem of varying degrees of generality, with some people with dyslexia having difficulty rapidly processing just visual language and others having difficulties rapidly processing several kinds of information.
Evidence from neuroscience
The concept of a general processing-speed deficit in people with dyslexia is at the core of several findings coming out of the brain-imaging and neuroscience communities. Likely the best known findings of this type come from Rutgers University psychologist Paula Tallal, PhD, and her colleagues, who primarily study children with language-learning disabilities rather than dyslexia per se.
They posit that children with language-learning disabilities--which may lead to dyslexia--process sounds more slowly than the average child, and that this diminishes their ability to distinguish phonemes.
Evidence for this theory comes from studies that measure how much time children need between two sounds before recognizing that there is more than one sound. This timing threshold, as Tallal calls it, is the time it takes nerve cells to fire, process a sound's acoustic features and then recover enough to pick up the next sound. While the average child has an average timing threshold in the tens of milliseconds range for simple tones, children with language-learning problems have timing thresholds measuring hundreds of milliseconds.
Because the differences between many phonemes--such as "ba" and "da"--occur within tens of milliseconds, children who need longer to detect changes may not hear the difference, the theory posits. And if they can't hear the difference between certain phonemes, they may develop problems mapping phonemes to words. In fact, Tallal and her colleagues find that as many as 85 percent of children with language-learning problems go on to develop dyslexia.
While some dyslexia researchers contend that they have yet to replicate Tallal's findings in children diagnosed with dyslexia, many other published studies have. And, Tallal argues, by the time children are diagnosed with dyslexia at around age 9, their brains may have compensated for the auditory deficit. She theorizes that the auditory problem might have been present earlier in life and laid the groundwork for trouble with phoneme awareness. In fact, in her longitudinal samples Tallal does find that easily measurable auditory processing problems disappear as children age, requiring more subtle assessments to detect these problems.
Some brain-imaging studies also find evidence of a processing-speed deficit in people with dyslexia, though most of the work has been done with visual processing rather than auditory processing (see sidebar, page 37).
Does the theory fit the data?
These findings taken together--along with others from the neuroscience literature--point to a global processing-speed deficit at the root of some, if not all, reading problems, say proponents of the processing-speed theory.
But others aren't convinced by the evidence, at least not yet.
"The theory doesn't fit well with what we know about poor readers," says Haskins Laboratory's Brady.
Work by Brady and her colleagues does not find evidence that children with dyslexia have trouble tracking rapid transitions in speech signals, she says.
"The children have trouble identifying speech signals that are very similar to each other because of a weakness in their phonological system, but they seem to track the information in the same way good readers do," says Brady. "When we've compared perception of speech and nonspeech signals that are carefully matched, poor readers only have difficulty with the speech."
Proponents of the processing-speed deficit theory, including Stanford University neuroscientist David Heeger, PhD, aren't swayed, pointing to studies from other labs that do find the deficits. And arguments by some that people with dyslexia don't show deficits in other tasks that require rapid processing, such as music and athletics, aren't convincing, either. Reading and language processing are likely the most difficult and fast-paced tasks people routinely do, says Heeger. Although music and athletics require fast temporal processing, they're not obviously equivalent to the speed with which the brain has to process words to read and comprehend a sentence, he says. Besides, we don't expect everyone to be great athletes and musicians, but we do expect everyone to be reading experts.
In June, researchers will have a chance to debate these issues at a conference in Crete, sponsored by the National Dyslexia Research Foundation.
"The debate is so healthy for the field," says Tufts' Wolf. "One of the most exciting aspects of this work is that we don't know all the answers. Even if we discover, in the end, the problem is only within the language domain, we'll have done the work necessary to prove it."
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Nick Compton and Craig Kieswetter ensured that Somerset secured at draw against Durham
We take a game-by-game look back on the season that was, when Durham claimed their third County Championship in six years.
Durham have fought back on Day 3 through a superb partnership between Keaton Jennings and Michael Richardson who both recorded centuries.
Durham have been crowned LV=County Champions for 2013 after defeating Nottinghamshire by 8 wickets at Emirates Durham ICG today.
Durham CCC are offering Free Entry to the final two days of their final home match against Nottinghamshire at Emirates Durham ICG this Thursday and Friday.
Durham are just 62 runs away from a third County Championship title in six years and it is Free Entry for the final two days.
Durham has had a good day with the bat on Day 3 of their LVCC match against Derbyshire.
Durham have registered another comprehensive victory, this time defeating Sussex by 285 runs to top the Division 1 LV=County Championships with three matches remaining.
Durham take a commanding position into day three of their match against Sussex with a lead of 345 after a good day with the bat and ball.
Durham have recorded a famous victory at Scarborough against Yorkshire and in doing so have reduced the gap between them and the Championship leaders by just 5.5 points.


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Any advice to clean my logic board without Apple voiding my applecare?
Hi guys,
I spilt some water on my 2011 Macbook Pro yesterday, everything seemed fine before I turned off and flipped upside down but I'd like to have a look at the logic board and stop any signs of corrosion before it gets a hold.
You can see evidence of the water on the underneath of the logic board when it trickled through and i'd like to take the logic board out and give it a clean where I know some of the water damage could be more problematic eventually.
My question is, is it possible to take the logic board out without Apple knowing? I'm thinking if I take it in to them they'll be able to tell it's had water damage even if the LSIs weren't triggered in its current state. But if I can clean up any signs of water damage from the logic board then I might have a functioning macbook in the future, and any unrelated problems could still be covered by applecare..
And yes I know this post will rile some and is against Apple's rules. But i'm stretched financially right now and can't afford the anticipated tier IV water repair bill! Need this computer to work for the next few years.
Thanks for any advice anyone can provide.
- When is it ever a good time to un-expectantly have to replace an expensive item like a laptop computer??
- When did being stretched financially make fraud...or other criminal behavior acceptable??
I'm very sorry to hear about the damage to your 2011 MacBook Pro...but having ANY liquids near a laptop computer...is a bad bad idea!
- Nick
Yes admittedly, you are right, on all fronts.
This is my fourth mac, and I've been harping onto everyone for years about drinks near computers, but for some reason yesterday I was preoccupied with something and subconsciously broke my own rule.. :'(
You sound like a very computer savvy person (since you mentioned "LSI's" and warning other folks about liquids near computers)...so I know that you feel very bad as well!
Every time I read on Mac-Forums about a person that has had a computer/liquid mishap...I redouble my efforts to NOT drink near my laptops..or have my laptop near a liquid source.
For years I've been "nagging" my wife to not drink near her laptops as well...and not she is also a big follower of "Don't drink near the laptop!!!"...rule!:) She's even now "nagging" me about it if she suspects that I may be bringing a drink too close to a laptop (hers or mine)!;)
Of course accidents do happen...even to the best of us!;)
Laptop computers are just too expensive to replace unnecessarily. I'm SUPER DUPER careful keeping liquids away from my laptops...but who knows...one of these days I will have an accident (I just won't tell anyone)...since I would be too embarrassed (and MAD)!!!;)
Good luck...let's hope that you can get your laptop running normally again!:)
- Nick
Thanks Nick, yes me too, is currently sitting in the sun with it's back cover off (it's sunny in London today) and will sit in a container filled with rice tonight.. If it ever does happen to you or anyone else, remember when you're holding your Macbook upside down shaking it, not to press the power button accidentally! (like I did, twice).
Good point on the home insurance, hadn't thought of that, have been paying it all these years and forgot it could actually be used in these instances!
- Nick
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The Federal Reserve updated its statement saying there are "solid" job gains, and only "some" improvement in jobs needed for the rate hike. Insight, with CNBC's Steve Liesman.
Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of both Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners, discusses his company's stock price, and which economic conditions benefit profits.
Facebook is expected to report earnings. What to watch for, with Kim Caughey Forrest, Fort Pitt Capital Group, and Jason Helfstein, Oppenheimer & Co.
How to play a rising rate environment, with Brian Sullivan; Larry McDonald, Societe Generale; and Boris Schlossberg, BK Asset Management.
Discussing the timing of the Fed rate hike, with Diane Swonk, Mesirow Financial chief economist & senior managing director, and Michelle Meyer, Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports oil prices settled higher after a bullish inventory report.
A New York man is in custody for allegedly attempting to support a terrorist organization, and Garth Brooks topped Forbes' list of the world's highest paid country acts, reports CNBC's Sue Herera.
CNBC's Bob Pisani and Art Cashin, of UBS, discuss the weekly oil inventory's impact on the market and look ahead to the Fed's meeting.
Discussing his bullish year-end call on the S&P 500 of 2,225, with Julian Emanuel, UBS U.S. Equity & Derivatives Strategy.
Bill Gross, Janus Capital, discusses his play on the collapse in China's stock market.
Bill Gross, Janus Capital, explains why he views all global financial markets as a "shell game now."
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I dunno, I really don't find her attractive.. What about you guys?
What do you think?
Hot - She should be my baby mama...
Not - She's an overrated hag...
I dunno, I really don't find her attractive.. What about you guys?
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:roflmao:Originally Posted by Pagan
Some of her pic she look real good, but there are some where she looks flat out ugly in. So she is in the mix.
I voted hot, but only when she keeps her mouth closed, every time she talks I get dumber for listening.
If you like girls with the body of 12 yr old boys.. shes your man.
So basically you are saying she just may be the next Mrs. Michael Jackson???....oops....did I say that out loud....oh well!!:wink:Originally Posted by Mindwarp
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Definition of sheep
- a person who follows or mimics others, without thought.
Those kids and their baggy pants are sheep.
Citation from "Us or Them", The Event (TV), Season 1 Episode 19 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: to follow the crowd.
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- Sheep aren't viewed as very intelligent, the term conjures up images of the animals just following one another, going wherever they're herded.
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FYI, the $50,000 figure is just the retainer, he annually bills $150,000 - 175,000 !!!
How about the real MIGLIORINIVILLE, Villas of Taramina. First they take a veteran to court over his flagpole, now they stop a company from storing product outside! Of course Joe M's mama lives there so of course we'll make sure mama doesn't have to look @ the fence & pine trees. They already have the illegal guard shacks, why not just build the 20' wall & mote around the place!
You should check out Joe D's latest bit, a deal to operated the failed 2-Club Golf center in the city. It pays the city NOTHING, while giving the new operator all the profits. Did I mention that council hasn't voted on it, but there is a signed deal in place. There are others interested in making an offer but this city doesn't believe in the bidding process. Also, the city owns the land all of this sits on & the previous operator stuck the city with $180,000 in back property taxes! Our stellar Mayor didn't file for a waiver on the taxes so we the people have to pay. Good thing he has a "go to guy" in situations such as this!


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I almost hate to post to this story, encouraging Mr. Perce's narcissistic attention-seeking; but after reading of his proposed threat, I almost denounced my own agnosticism to lay claim to every god, deity, spirit and imp ever contemplated, just to distance myself from the likes of this guy.
You may oppose the idea of ineffective bills passed by pandering politicians, but at least this bill doesn't command pomme frittes become "freedom fries." This one at least makes a tacit effort to encourage the tolerance of differing beliefs, opinions or ideas, perhaps even (dare I say) lack of belief - an implicit invitation to civil discourse and respectful disagreement, so woefully lacking these days. Ideally such a bill would lead to open and honest discussions about faith in America and religious liberty. It might even call attention to spiritual prejudices and biases in the electorate. This bill, of course, won't do any such thing... but it's nice to dream.
If you want to get angry at this particular bill, it should be on the grounds that there are far more pressing issues to be debated and legislated in 2012. I'd demand unpaid overtime of every politician and staffer that wasted effort and hours drafting, presenting, and tallying votes for this token brain-dropping.
To Mr. Perce I ask:
When planning a symbolic protest, something about the "separation of church and state," why whip a Qur'an? Are Muslims somehow oppressing your freedom to be a literal "infidel?" Why not flog a stack of King James? You could even point out the irony of "scourging" the very words of Jesus. Could it be you actually fear who (or how many) you might offend? Or are you pandering to the lowest common denominator among the press? If you're lucky, maybe you'll get denounced by all sides - cultural groups, religious zealots AND politically-correct college professors. And why wait until September (since the "Bible bill" of January)? If you need more time (or lack the faculty) of cogent argument, might I suggest painting relevant clauses of the 1st and 14th amendments on your bare belly (or even more simply, "BOR 1:1")? Wouldn't that be more dignified?
I might be more offended, Mr. Perce, by your utter lack of creativity. I might also point out if: 1) you're an atheist and 2) by your threats have categorically aligned yourself to the ranting of a wing-nut Floridian lunatic-fringe-Baptist minister... I might conclude that your logic train has jumped the tracks.
As a plea to other atheists and agnostics:
Please, stop using the Constitution and the ACLU as both a shield AND a sword. Don't act like the smug self-righteous stereotypes that others would like to brand you. Try to be logically consistent. Try to hold the moral and respectful high-ground. If freedom of speech and religion are valued equally, don't sacrifice one to protect the other. Don't threaten to damage or destroy books (of ANY kind). It's beneath you and makes you look stupid. I know you to be decent, kind, friendly people... for the sake of all humanity, put a leash on this guy. I think it's time to vote a new leader/spokesman.
Finally, Mr. Perce, if you ultimately decide to go through with your little book flogging, might I also recommend steamrolling a pile of Dixie Chicks CD's while brunching on some "Freedom Toast." The absurd theatricality of your tantrum is equal parts silly to pointless.
Well, that level of detail would have been helpful. Thanks for the clarification.
Knowing that, I feel a bit better. But I wonder (under state and federal guidelines) if the foodstamp programs operates like others, where on a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio, benefits are reduced by the dollar earned. What is the size of the exemption? It would seem logical to allow for at [VERY] least a poverty-line income earnings or the limit by which you are eligible for benefits in the first place. But beyond that, perhaps it should be gauged by median income per region/county/municipality and the CPI - tagging a real cost-of-living to the limits on benefits.
Regardless, without creating employment opportunity and incentive - the kind of work that could actually support a family of three or four - it matters little. The poor and working-poor and recession-poor will have a very hard time making ends meet on a double-shift at MickyDees (less you happen to be young, single and without kids).
I am not familiar with this proposed legislation or restriction on current foodstamp benefit programs. But I am aware of some of the limits (and loopholes) in other social support progams. For example, a few years ago I was anticipating a potentially life-threatening surgery. Faced with the possibility that I might come out worse than I went in, I investigated Disability benefits. Much to my surprise, I was told by Social Security that I did not qualify for any, even if I lost my job because of my illness.
Bottom line (and here's where you have to read the fine-print above) - ASSETS. You see, my old '95 Volkswagon apparently had a value above $3000. That, plus whatever pittance I held in a bank account, classed me out of benefits. THIS IS RIDICULOUS!
If you're poor and can't afford to eat, they want you to sell your home, your car, and any means you may have at earning a living just so you can qualify for so-called "assistance." What leg-up are you ever going to get? How does that help the vast working-poor? If you are broke, sick, or hungry it almost guarentees you will remain that way.
It matters little if you support Rebuplican plank of "boot-to-the-a$$" versus the Democarat idea of "boot-strapping." What they really need is both help AND opportunity. Fraud can be easily investigated and punished. For the majority who are just struggling, they need to be able to build assets and credit if they ever hope to lift themselves out of cyclic poverty. But maybe that's how the powers-that-be want it... a permanent underclass, kept hungry and weak, to be used as political pawns and slave labor.
Anyone paying the slightest bit of attention 12+ months ago would've been fully aware that this was a kickback no-bid contract contrived to enrich Rendell's buddies. Whereas, some percentage of the politicians and public were calling for the dismantlement of the LCB and privatization of wine and liquor sales (as some still are) - the "Solomon-wise" Eddie figured he knew better and would just cut the baby in two, thereby satisfying no-one. LCB still stands (though with a black eye) and you still can't buy wine (or beer) in grocery stores. Yes - other states have good ideas and the infrastructure set-up. Really, there is no reason state stores and grocery-wines sales can't co-exist. Actually - Wegman's has operating a pretty-good model (using beer). The alcohol sale space exists as an "add-on" to the building. The state could pay rental space for the sq. footage. I saw similar set-ups in NJ some years ago (coincidently at Wegman's). All the state would need to do is either: 1) issue liquor licenses to the owner/operator of the store; and/or 2) set-up shop on their retail space. I DO NOT advocate dismantling the LCB - it's one of the few revenue-generating assets the state has - but that doesn't mean the operation couldn't be made more convenient or intuitive with private industry partnerships. These vending machines were a scam and a joke from the start. I'm glad the eye-sores will be dismantled and scrapped. Maybe we can sell them to Japan for an underwear re-fit, and get-back some of the tax-money wasted. What's the depreciated value of stupidity?
What you've described above - equating the Roman spectacles of the Colluseum to public funding of the Arts - is as daft a comparison as you could possibly pull out of your backside.
Your assertion (or the book's author) that the "weapons of mass distraction" that were the games had been directly responsible for the downfall of Rome is absurd on its face and historically false. At best, the games were a symptom, propaganda to cover up the real disease - the usual troubles of politics, religion, corruption, over-expansion, etc.
And yet, the Roman Empire never really "fell" - it was assimilited and relocated itself to Constantinople under a Christian flag, thus creating the Eastern Roman Empire and the start of the Byzantine period; only truly ending with the protestant reformation, the marginilization of the Church by European Kings, the Black Death, the rise of the Ottomon Turks and the lost Crusades, and by the evolution of Rennaissance & Enlightenment humanist philosophy and science.
In searching for a modern equivolent to the hedonistic, irrelevent, decadent, militaristic bloodsport of the Roman games, you'd be better off comparing professional sports events. Look no further than the Super Bowl (especially the Half-time show), the World Series, the Stanley or FIFA Word cups. I mean, really... when was the last time you saw a post-riot looted neighborhood of turned-over burning cars after the closing performance of "The Glass Menagerie"?
If you wish to look to Rome for equivolency of Government-funded art, indirectly criticizing its value, might I recommend looking inside the Sistine Chapel, the Piazza Navona, the Bascilica of St. Peter... etc, etc, etc. What a pity the Government and the people invested in such things, which clearly have had no financial or cultural benefit to the people of Rome, Italy, or the World for more than 400 years.
In full disclosure - much of this famous ART was paid for in-part or in-full by the (Holy) Roman Empire's "indulgences." Maybe if the Government started calling it "The Lord's Holy Tax Code," people wouldn't get so upset.
"pjst" inadvertently raised a good question: the value of Not-for-Profit, versus For-Profit/Publicly Traded business. It seems the loudest continuous critics of government support of anything (in good times or bad) is based on the idea that everything and everyone is a "special interest" (except them, of course) and therefore these people should be able to pay for their "luxury" services from their own wallets, no matter how much it benefits society as a whole. That's a great attitute to hold... if your world-view doesn't extend beyond your own front porch. As human beings, most of us live in a cohabitive and cooperative "society," a community that structures itself from street to neighborhood to city, state, and nation. We are all symbiotic, inter-dependent. What affects one affects many others. Not-for-Profit businesses are established, not for the tax-breaks, but with the mission of serving the public over personal gains. They can turn a profit; but that money goes back into the programs and not to the Board or the Chief Executives (clearly this an anathema to many modern corporate practices). Arts Organizations are a large component of this not-for-profit arena. And yet, the closed and narrow mind can't conceive of any possible good greater than his income tax bill. The way I see it - you can either: 1) pay for arts, education, after-school programs and social services; or 2) you can pay for lawyers, prisons, and police. Which side of that equation has a greater benefit to society as a whole? Which side has only a higher count of lost property and lost lives?
Hang on there Giant Squid. I wasn't saying the statement IS correct, anymore than I would say that the stereotype of the "Ugly American" is a truism. My point was that some on this board play at being the "exception that proves the rule." To get into a discussion about "what is American culture?" would involve a discourse of 400+ years of history and the influences of countless nationalities, ethnicities, religions, tradtions, languages, etc. The reason Euros have trouble identifying a uniquely "American" culture is because we are the culmination of ALL that have come here (plus the indigenous). But I didn't intend to get into that discussion, for fear it would distract from the issue of Arts funding, while possibly raising the spectre of immigration policy.
To all you budget hawks out there, including you B&WO, I propose that this is not a Left or Right, Red or Blue, Republican or Democrat issue. It is however BOTH a financial AND an emotional one.
Anytime anyone attacks a policy or program that one supports, the natural response IS to get defensive and emotional about it. The root cause at this issue, as with all these "tough decisions" surrounding a budget compromise, is to define and to agree on (as best we can, as a representative republic) what the government can and should do to levy taxes and to distribute the revenue.
I would argue from an economic perspective that the incomes and livelihoods gained through cultural tourism, education, employment, and sales far outweigh the meager 0.009% investment from PA's General Fund. Return on Investment is a term even a first-year business student can understand. Ample studies have been done on the economic impact of the cultural sector (for-profit, or not-for profit), so I leave you to do your own research (your can start with the AEP3 study). Isn't the common line these days that government should "support small business?" Well folks, here they are. If you reject such a claim, than I take your position to be that one type of job, one type of income, or one type of tax revenue has greater intrensic value over any other in the arts & culture sector. Nonsense!
I would also argue from a historical perspective that no great civilization from Egypt to Rome to Britain (or America) has ever risen to dominance without massive support from the leadership and populace to cultivate, promote and export their arts. And in fact, when their empires fall (as all do in time), the arts are their only lasting character and legacy.
Make "tough" decisions if you will, but you must come to terms with what your state and your nation should be and what it should represent. Sparing your 64 cents, if your greatest accomplishment is to achieve a smaller balance sheet in a single fiscal year, then your infinitesimally short existence in this universe has been woefully wasted.
Rhetoric aside, where are your facts and numbers, proponents of the cuts?
With a name like Black-nWhiteOnly, I can only surmise that you are either: 1) a troll, sparking partisan arguments for thrills and schadenfruede; or 2) you are true to your moniker and really do see the world in high-contrast, without compromise or colour. Life must be a very dull and bleak place for you, bereft of entertainments. Tell you what, there are 12.6 million residents in PA. This budget proposal would spend a mere 20 cents per person to fund the arts for everyone. Even at current funding levels, it's only 65 cents per person. Send me your address and I'll mail you your 65 cents back. I'll even throw-in the extra 44 cents for the stamp.
An often spoke and quoted criticism levied at our nation (mostly by Europeans) is that "America has no culture." The commenters above have proven this to be true and futhermore wish even greater lengths be taken to guarentee that the only remaining "culture" in America will be "corporate culture." Bravissimo!
This has been one of the more cogent discussions of libertarian philosophies I've seen here on PL. And very few comments making childish swipes. I applaud you.
To add my two cents: I agree that the state of things in the USA these days are intenable. No doubt, huge changes will come in the next 20 years. But will they be changes for the better? And how much will our national politics have any sway, given our dwindling position in this global economy?
To the point of Libertarianism - I first learned of this political idea when I was a high school student, so many years ago. Being rebellious in nature as a teen, I loved the ideas of social and economic freedom (I could smoke pot AND not pay taxes!? Where do I sign up!?) But then I thought about it some more... as the control (and the tax burden) shifted away from the Federal to the state and local governments; surely local taxes (property, school, sales, etc.) will have to rise to compensate. Either that, or basic social services likes fire departments, police, street sweeping or snow removal will all but disappear. And if the Federal Government can't enforce national regulation across all states; then won't the states just enforce their own beliefs. I lived in an ultra-socially-conservative town in central PA. All those personal "liberties" I thought I would gain would most surely be revoked by my township (and maybe even by my county and state). And who could I then appeal to? Maybe this wasn't such a good deal afterall.
Critics of Libertarian and Constitutionalist utopian ideals argue that supporters wish the country to return to some "golden age" of America - in the 1950's, or the 1880's, or 1780's when values and morals and faith and "common sense" prevailed. This lust for the past is a misguided delusion, as such a time never really existed. As documented in all news and writing of the times, the "average" person had it much worse back then. Critics are right to say in America today, even the poorest among us has it better than most people of the rest of the world. And the uber-rich of this country live as lavish as sultans. And those in the middle have more than their grandparents could have dreamt of (a house with private rooms, one or two or more cars, TVs, computers, etc, etc.) These gains and the very existance of a broad working middle class, like it or not, were built on the "socialist" policies of FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, and LBJ. They've been sold-out and leveraged on credit over the past 30 years. But that's another topic.
It seems to me, the logical end to adopting true Libertarian government would mean a return to the battle of federal versus states rights (remember the civil war); and to the acceptance of a machiavellian society and social-darwinism. The whole things operates under the false belief that we live in: 1) a free market; and 2) a meritocracy. Neither is true. Nor has it ever been true. But even less-true in our modern global markets. Even if our government doesn't manipulate our currencies, prices, or wages; most assuredly other countries do and will. Most who subscribe to this political philosophy believe that, no matter their current station in life, they possess the talents and smarts to rise above. Some will be succesful, certainly. Most will not. Kinda like professional sports. So, unless you're willing to work merely for your daily staple of rice porraige... maybe you'll need to reconsider some of those "constitutional limits" on government.
Like any form of utopianism... it would be great if people could be trusted to do what is best for their community (or country) - to provide for themselves and at the same time, be their brother's keeper - without government "instrusion." If this were true, there would be no need for government at all. But until mankind undergoes some radical evolution into some form of conscious luminous energy, we're gonna be stuck with each other.
I admit I don't know the particulars about the initial contract, or the suit, and I'm not a lawyer; but on it's face, it appears that the city disrupted the "intent" of the work, ironically in an effort to preserve it.
The first analogous thought I have is of the Statue of liberty. When erected, the sculpture was a bright metallic copper that most have shown like a golden flame in the harbor. Of course, the salty air quickly corroded the metal and it burnished to the familiar pale green. When renovations were done to the statue (back in 86, i think), someone might have suggested that they polish the whole thing back to it's shiney copper glow. That didn't happen. They also didn't choose to replace the copper with stainless steel.
I can understand the artist being disgrunteld. As a living and working artist, this work serves in-part as his resume. To have it significantly altered and to have his name removed from it seems to me a great offense, and not just to the artist. Apart from being something nice to look at, this sculpture (like any) is a piece of visual communication - it tells a story. And changing the work then also changes the message. Any member of the public who looks a the work with a critical eye and makes an effort to interpret the meaning of it would undoubtedly lose something, were it to be changed.
The idea of "restoration" and "preservation" is to do just that - to preserve and/or to restore. Literally, the word "preserve" means to "keep or maintain in an unaltered condition." And "restore" means "to return to it's original pristine condition." (Merriam-Webster). For all these reasons, I have to side with the artist here. The city, it seems, did neither.
$2.2 Million seems a ridiculously high figure. Where does that come from? First of all, they're not going to give every government worker state-wide the day off, right? Just those who work in downtown Harrisburg. Granted, that's a lot of folks; but $2.2 Million in single-day pay? Really? But again, it's not like this is an *additional* outlay of tax dollars. Whatever the amount, it's just what the employees would've been paid anyway (roughly 90% are salary scale, not wage workers). So what they're trying to do is pin a "loss of productivity" cost on the day. They're saying we will be losing $2.2 Million dollars worth of labor. Again, I think that's grossly overinflated. I personally feel it's a tempest in a tea cup - I don't care about the innauguration; I don't plan on attending. We can argue all day whether the "pomp" is worthwhile; but I feel projecting hostility on state employees is just cruel and classic psychological transference.
So, the first cabinet position Gov-Elect Corbett selects is to the Dept of Community & Economic Development - the same DCED that funnels massive amounts of state dollars into Governor's Office and Team PA pet projects over the past two administrations. The whole agency is a backdoor to budgetary earmarks and WAMs, off the books of the General Fund. The agency gets a lump sum of cash annually and then the administration decides who, how and where they'd like to spend it. I won't try to argue that it is all "wasteful spending" exactly (though many others have); but it's not exactly transparent either. And for a new adminsitration that campaigned on tightening belts and fiscal responsibility, I find it odd that this was the transition team's first priority cabinet seat. Does this signal that Walker is meant to be the new steward and sherriff of the agency, tightening the DCED purse-strings; or does it signal that the next 4 to 8 years will be more of the same, where the only change will be the westward direction of cascading dollars into Allegheny County?
@ WasteOfBreath - I suppose when you refer to "that sector of the population", you mean old white people. All that social security, medicare, prescription benefits, veterans benefits, etc., etc., etc. You are so right, for two generations, they insist on living longer and longer, sucking up all those benefits. As the Boomer "Me" generation continues to gray and selfishly retire, what's left of the great society will become irreconcilably insolvent. And since "those people" are voting in ever larger numbers to protect their benefits AND shrink government at the same time; you're absolutely right, local taxes are going to skyrocket to fill gaps like education, police, fire, roads, etc. And the people who will pay for their comfortable twilight years, the younger generations, will suffer the poverty and insecurity sown by their greed and arrogance for decades to come.
Never thought I'd agree with you so much. Thanks for being a voice of reason.
In all seriousness, I hope the newly elected officials understand that hard times like these require tough decisions - not based on rhetoric or talking points or pandering - but on best-practice compromises. I'm not so naive to believe our state or nation's economy will rebound in 2 short years (as so many on pennlive have been). I see this recession as the worst since the 1930's and even that took 3 Presidents and 20 years to climb out from. I am willing to sacrifice for a while (like my grandparents did) for the good of all Americans. Everyone must do their part and their best (R and D, alike) to provide opportunity to the people.
@ Get_A_Grip
Though I don't agree with your belief system, I praise you for your very articulate theological response. Your words represent the philosophical core of your faith (which is so very similar to that found in most religions), namely the premise that one should "do unto others..." It's a shame that so few can "live up" to the same principles (especially in these forums).
It is a matter of philosophy, the argument of moral absolutism versus relativism. Some view the variations of experience - those that challenge our conventional understandings and responses - to be causes for fear or confusion, rather than as opportunities for learning, self-reflection and evalution. Ones "ideas" about the world should be challenged, should be questioned. Your beliefs, your faith, should be tested. If afterall it still holds true; then you have found inner-peace. If not, then you need to open your mind to other possibilities, other points-of-view.
It's a shame that governments have to exist in order to protect and defend the principles of "do unto others." But sadly, those with power and numbers will inevitably try to take away from those powerless and few. Jesus spoke eloquntly about that too. This is why every effort to govern (including the laws of Moses) has tried to impose consequence for violating or threatening the lives or property of others. The Bill of Rights and other systems of secular law seek to address the same concerns. We have come to call these protections or prohibitions "rights." So if we agree that laws (and governments) must exist to protect and to enforce the "golden rule" we must also agree that the foundation of such law must be "equality."
For the last century at least, federal and state government has chosen to involve itself in the concept of "marriage." By disrearding or forbidding same sex marriage, these governments have broken that principle of equality under the law and have indirectly and unintentially created a second class of citizenship. That should not permissible. There are two logically consistent solutions: 1) Recognize any marriage between any two consenting adults; or 2) Do not recognize any marriage at all. Unions will be matters of civil/common law only and still subject to equality under the law. "Marriage" as sacrement and ceremony will then be strictly in the domain of the clergy and their congregations.
Finally, and again directed @ Get_A_Grip: All people, regardless of sexual identity, gender, race, economy or creed, will always look to reading the law (or religion, for that matter) in a way that benefits them personally. And where they cannot find it, they will look harder for loopholes, or they will indeed "twist" the reading. Language, afterall, is just symbollic representation of ideas, just as pliable and as open to interpretation as the concepts it represents. If you don't believe me, ask someone to define the color "orange" using words alone.
And a final thought to all posters - Most people (who do not already identify themselves as gay) feel that their stake in this issue is absent or idealogical, that it doesn't really effect their personal life, just some idea of serving a "higher" purpose. To all those folks, I ask that you think about your family, all of them, both sides... now statistically speaking, at least one of those siblings, aunts, uncles or cousins is gay. So it does matter, in some small way, to your life and to your family. Now ask yourself - would you deny your sister, your neighbor, your coworker the same chances and choices you have? If you answer negatively, I ask you to remember not to throw stones in glass houses. As Jesus said, "... ye without sin, caste the first..."
No one here really understands the circumstances that would drive someone to commit this crime. And yes, it is against the law, so there will be some punishment - probably hefty fines and a suspended sentance and/or community service. But I see some commentors here running their mouths about "bilking the system" and frankly it shows your ignorance of the law.
Any woman who has ever taken 6 months from work for a pregnancy knows the rules. The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) signed into law back in the early 90s provides protection from termination (gettting fired from your job) due to extended illness or condition. It does not pay you anything! And the school would have been under no obligation to pay her either. In fact, in most cases, employees are required to expend all paid leave before FMLA leave kicks-in. It is by definition leave without pay. It does allow for benefits coverage for a period of time (6 months or so) after which the person would be required to go on COBRA or federal medical assistance (Medicaid).
You folks foaming over the theft of "my tax dollars" need to simmer down a bit. Never happened - never would. This woman might have felt like she needed a break - a long break - and didn't want to lose her position and seniorority over it. But rather than taking a sabatical or early retirement, she broke the law and got caught. It's a shame really. Forging signatures and lying on government paperwork is never a good idea.
I agree with the premise of the article (or at least, the heading). Guns aren't the source of our problems. In fact, given the state of things these days, they don't even rank in the top 10.
That said, this "hot button" issue is dragged out every year (especially every election year) to breed fear - fear among gun control advocates that radical militias are ready to start a backyard revolution; and fear among NRA enthusiasts that someone's coming to take away their "rights" and possibly their lives. The message is fear - fear your neighbor, fear the foreigner, fear your government. Fear causes people to act irrationally and cast votes without consideration for consequences or collateral damage.
I've never owned a gun, but I've fired a few handguns and rifles at ranges. I admit there's a kind of self-satisfaction that comes from placing rounds downrange - the force and power of handling (and controlling) a machine designed for killing. I'd imagine it's similar to the rush a jet pilot feels as g-force pushes him into the seat, or the thrill a racecar driver feels accellerating out of a 200+mph turn.
But I don't feel the need to walk around "strapped." I don't view myself as a victim, potential or otherwise. And I certainly don't suffer any delusions of grandeur, thinking I can protect my little corner of the world with a Sig Sauer. I don't pretend to be the hero from some comic book or wild west action flick.
The right to bear arms, as stated in the Constitution's Bill of Rights, is not one of those "inalienable" ones that were outlined in the Declaration of Independence (those were "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"). And specifically, the 2nd Amendment reads to protect both the regulators and the owners. Maybe the founding fathers should have had the foresight to be more specific. Maybe they should have codified "well regulated Militia" to read "National Guard." Maybe they should have had clairvoyance to anticipate repeating, semi and fully automatic handguns, machine pistols and rifles; rather than basing a really important law on the flintlock muzzle-loading hunting rifles of the 18th century. But really that's all academic.
How about this - No new gun control laws. Let's instead follow the sage advice of Chris Rock and institute "bullet control" laws. Every round will require a license, a three day waiting period, and will now cost... let's say $5,000 each. That would severly curb any "accidents" or "innocent bystanders." You'll have to really want to kill someone to justify that expense.
In the end the whole argument is a farce. People think they can become masters of their final fate... but there's no such thing in this life. That is not for Man to decide. That collection of sidearms won't steel you from your ultimate impotence.
The "fantasy-land" is the very idea that limiting education to "the 3 R's" will somehow make our education system and our students more competitive in a global marketplace. Do you really believe that a child raised on wrote-memorization has the skills to survive, in college let alone the "real world."
The arts in all their forms are an excercise for the mind. Just as football is excercise for the body. The arts flex the muscles of perception and abstraction. At the same time they build confidence, self-worth, acheivement, and appreciation for beauty and possibility.
Dr. Grass is correct, in that "arts teach us much about every historical period through its literature, visual arts, music, dance and drama." I would go further in saying that absolutely any subject can be taught through the lens of creative arts.
Further still, I would argue no subject can be fully comprehended by children unless abstracted in a way that relates to their personal lives. It takes a child's ability to image themselves in that environment or faced with that problem, or one like it, in order to see why it's important and how it can be solved. This very abstraction is a creative act of analogy and similie. This is cognition. This is "right-brain" thinking. This is the arts at work.
The arts enhance the ability to relate things - color, motion, language. It is through our ability to connect apples to oranges that we truly understand how and why things work. The left brain tells us that the apple is not an orange. They don't look the same, they don't smell the same, they're not even spelled the same! But the right brain makes an analogous leap and says, "yes, an apple is not an orange... but they are both fruit. Maybe they go together somehow." And then you get fruit salad. Necessity may be the "mother of invention," but creativity is the motor.
And who will be left, NJCONS, when all we teach is math, science, and reading? who will be left to postulate the geometric theorums, to hypothesize the chemical reactions, or to write the books? Do you know any scientists? Any mathematicians? I do. To them, there is music is the play of numbers, there is dance in the motion of the cosmos.
More than a deacede ago, I had a wise grad school professor, a software engineer by trade, who gave me encouragement as I started a new academic path in computer science. I came from a humanities background and was worried about not being able to adapt to the (assumed) left-brained rigors of a business and computer education. He said to me, "I can teach anyone to write a program in one afternoon. But what I can't teach is creativity." He went on to say that the value in engineering is being able to see what hasn't been created yet. To put the pieces together in a new way.
I argue that arts education, in all its forms, exercises the developing brain's ability to do just that - to see the picture in the puzzle pieces. To find new ways of viewing the world and oneself. Without break-throughs like these, you have no technology, no science, no math, no literature. You aspire only to raise a populace of automatons, creating nothing and capable only of consuming.
Is that a "real world" you want to live in.
sueinlebanon: "Alients can't exist!!!!! It's not in the BIBLE."
Um, neither are toaster ovens, automobiles, bubblegum, or the Internet. So by that rational, none of these comments exisit either, which means PennLive is just one grand collective-delusion.... Oh, wait... you might be on to something afterall.
BTW - If God is omniscient, omipresnt, AND omnipotent, then there is nothing that "can't exist" if He so wishes (even if it be aliens). As Billy S. once wrote, "There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
I for one hope intelligent life is found in the cosmos. Maybe they'll be generous enough to send some down here.


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Iron Overload is Associated with Perihematoma Edema Growth Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage that may Contribute to In-hospital Mortality and Long-term Functional Outcome
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Iron Overload is Associated with Perihematoma Edema Growth Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage that may Contribute to In-hospital Mortality and Long-term Functional Outcome
Babak Bakhshayesh, Mozaffar Hosseininezhad, Seyedeh Nazanin Seyed Saadat, Malek Moien Ansar, Hamed Ramezani and Seyed Mohammad Seyed Saadat
Department of Neurology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Poursina Hospital, Rasht, Iran, Postal Code: 41686-48676.
Iron overload may contribute to brain damage that involves delayed brain atrophy, edema, and neuronal cell death as well as unfavorable outcome following ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This prospective study was performed to determine the association of serum ferritin level, an iron storage protein, with perihematoma edema (PHE) growth as well as in-hospital mortality and long-term clinical outcome of patients with ICH. Data was collected from patients with ICH from February 2011 to April 2012. Demographic and clinical data were recorded and serum ferritin was measured on admission. Brain CT scan was performed on admission and 72 hours later. Volume of hematoma and PHE was calculated using ABC/2 formula. Functional outcome was assessed using modified Rankin Scale. A total of 63 patients were included in this study, of those 11 (17.5%) patients died during the first 72 hours of admission. There was a significant correlation between PHE growth during first 72 hours of hospitalization and serum ferritin (P<0.001) as well as history of diabetes mellitus (P<0.001). PHE growth during the first 72-hours of hospitalization and baseline hematoma volume were both predictors of in-hospital mortality and poor outcome (P=0.026 and P=0.035, respectively). These results indicate the role of iron overload in the development of PHE following ICH. However, it seems that serum ferritin level is not directly associated with in-hospital mortality and long-term functional outcome.
Edema, ferritin, growth, hematoma, intracerebral hemorrhage, mortality, outcome.
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September, 2013
Very nice shot, you must have a wonderful garden! :)
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September, 2013
Very nice shot, you must have a wonderful garden! :)
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Beautiful spot! :)
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in the garden at The Red Lodge
Nice shot, very cozy looking nook in the garden.
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I guess this is so you can check your footwear before leaving the front garden. Probably wise – who among us hasn't found themselves walking down the street in their fluffy slippers?
Yea, we just hate it when we realize we have gone to work in our slippers lol :)
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When I was little, not little-little, but tomboy little, 8 or 9 maybe, around this time every year, as soon as it started to get warm enough outside, I'd start going around barefoot. Little by little, short bursts to get the mail, into the backyard, (carefully avoiding the deep bed of pricklers fallen around the holly trees), across the driveway, ours smooth black asphalt, working up to our dear neighbors ohmygod EXPOSED AGGREGATE the ultimate bane of bare feet. The first liberation of winter white little toes, carpet-soft heretofore beslippered paws that had been swaddled in socks and winter boots for months. I called it "getting my summer feet", my 8-year-old notion that if I started getting the bottom of my feet prepped in April, by the time June rolled around I'd have leathery Indian feet, ready to go in the woods, play kickball on pavement, traverse hot sands, climb seaside and river deep rocks, go clamming, and repel splinters and blackberry thorns with ease. Today is the first day it's been warm enough to go outside barefoot and as I stepped outside to water our newly transplanted bulbs and yet to sprout seedlings, I thought: Ouch. It's been YEARS since I've let my feet loose from their high-heeled-and-pedicured-city-street-subway-stair-walking duties. YEARS since I had summer feet. And then I thought: YES! The countrification of these feet begin today! Summer feet: 20 years later, now with hot pink nail polish.
Great story and shot!
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"Sydney's suburbs have amazing birds (Cockatoos, Kookaburras, Rainbow Lorikeets …) and other nature's wonderful creatures (such as Possums) that like to visit gardens, sing or weave nests – some simply to sit on top of the clothesline and watch you hang out the washing, or eat Mimosa pods after the flowers have disappeared, making a pain of a mess you need a heavy rake to move. So in accommodating that, in more than twenty years my back yard had blossomed with all sorts of shrubs, bushes and trees – but, the green lawn slowly died. Decided to prune the shrubbery, let a bit more sunshine to ground zero and – plant a new lawn. My excited foot watches from the bedroom window the new shoots of greenery, which I am certain will re–direct the neighbourhood cats to relieve themselves in the soil under the shrubs and not where lawn once was and is again. Ah, the life that happens in a back yard."
Gorgeous backyard, can we come for a visit? :)
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at the patio of the Archaeological Museum of Chania, Crete
Wonderful shot!
After a day in the garden, I sat down on the porch to have a wine and when I holding the camera, planning on taking a photo of my work, I accidentally snapped my feet while I was relaxing. Not quite the picture I wanted to take.
Taken at Katoomba, NSW, Australia.
Kind of a strange effect too, neat!
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If you would have told me 5 years ago, that I would be growing food. And not just food, but vegetables I would have laughed. Just ask my family. When I was a little girl, I was the most picky stubbornly annoying eater. I detested cheesecake because the idea of cheese and sugar was repulsive (although I never tried it until the age of 19). I was shamefully embarrassed that day.
Bringing home these baskets of fresh vegetables that my family has watched from seed to completion is really changing the way I see food. As time progresses I am beginning to realize that just as healthy food nourishes my body, growing it, nourishes my soul.
When the family is in the garden, life pauses for a moment. Pretty soon you start to see the subtle things. Like watching a little bitty bush bean become something before your eyes. Or how it feels to pull a onion by its head, and take in the rich aroma. To step back in wonder, and give thanks. Instead of seeing it as defeat of why the celery is turning yellow, to instead turn and face the challenge of life with confidence. To research. To find out.
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"I live at the Center of the Universe, the Hopi Nation in northern Arizona. We are about 5,500 feet high and have been blessed to have our usual temperate summer – high 90's, desert cools of fifties and sixties. We are now in the Monsoon season with cooling rains almost every evening. You can see corn leaves in my backyard garden of white, yellow, and sweet corn, melons, squash, and tomatoes. The desert blooms. "
Sounds beautiful there and nice shot!
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"This photo was taken of my feet relaxing beside my lovely green garden in Gananoque, ON after a long hard day of work, Friday June 29th. A sunny evening, a nice cold beer, and a relaxing view of my garden while I relaxed my aching feet! Then back to work the next day for the long weekend – so these little moments of pleasure really count =) "
Does look lovely!
Love the cat, and the orange flowers are beautiful!
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"I'm a Kiwi married to a Brit living in London – this is taken on my Mum's balcony. Not sure where the random owl came from but isn't it lovely? "
It is. The entire garden is lovely!
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Recently the two part episode of Star Trek the Next Generation called Best of Both Worlds was released on DVD. If you are a fan of Star Trek :TNG you would remember this episode as the one were Captain Picard is assimilated by the Borg and becomes Locutus. As I was watching these episodes I was inspired to make a crochet Locutus. My Locutus has a working laser on the side of his head and his arm prosthetic has a small motor that spins a claw (see video below).
Step 1: What you will need
- Black
- Off-white colour
- Small amount of grey yarn or embroidery thread (for eyebrows)
- 2.25mm crochet hook
- Yarn needles
- 5mm doll eyes and small piece of grey felt
- Black felt
- Silver and gold metallic paint
- Black wire
- Glue
- Small laser pointer
- 3V (CR2016) and two 1.5V button battery (LR44H and LR1120)
- Black wire
- Battery holder
- Electric tooth brush (I used a Oral-B Cross Action)
- Needle nose pliers, soldering iron
Rnd round
ch(s) chain stitch(s)
sc single crochet
fp front post
hdc half double crochet
bp back post
sl st slip stitch
st(s) stitch(s)
sc2tog decrease by crocheting 2 stitches together
Step 2: His head
With off-white yarn.
Rnd 1: Magic Circle 6
Rnd 2: 2sc in each (12sts)
Rnd 3: 2sc in first sc, sc in next, repeat (18sts)
Rnd 4-8: sc in sc (18sts)
Rnd 9: sc2tog in first, sc in next, repeat (12sts). Stuff head.
Rnd 10: sc2tog in each
Fasten off. Leave tail.
Step 3: His torso
With black yarn.
Rnd 1: Magic Circle 6
Rnd 2: 2sc in each (12sts)
Rnd 3: 2sc in first, sc in next, repeat (18sts)
Rnd 4: 2sc in first, sc, sc, repeat (24sts)
Rnd 5-11: sc in sc (24sts)
Rnd 12: bpsc in each sc (24sts)
Rnd 13: sc2tog in first sc, sc, sc, sc, repeat (18sts)
Rnd 14 sc2tog in first sc, sc, sc, repeat (12sts). Stuff torso
Rnd 15: sc2tog in rest
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
I am Locutest, of Borg.
Seriously though, this is amazing. The electronic bits were a nice touch.
I think this came out great, and I loved this episode of TNG. What an original idea!