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SHIPPENSBURG >> Shippensburg University Council of Trustees would consider views of the "Ship family" in deciding whether to break away from the state higher education system, the council president said.
A proposal in the state Senate would allow state universities that meet certain qualifications to secede from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Schools that take the option would become "state-related," like Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pittsburgh, among others. Sen. Tommy Tomlinson, R-Bucks County, and Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-Chester County, introduced their proposal in a press conference Tuesday.
SU is one of a couple of schools, including West Chester and Millersville universities, that would qualify to break off on their own. SU Council of Trustees President B. Michael Shaul said the school's governing body would consider any alternative that benefits the university's future and is supported by campus constituencies, including students, faculty, alumni, administrators, respective unions and the surrounding community.
"Whatever it is we think the future should be, it will be with support that comes from the Ship family," Shaul said.
According to a press release from Dinniman's office, the legislation is meant to give the universities more independence and flexibility to meet financial challenges as well as academic and enrollment needs.
"Allowing universities to transition to a state-related institution will provide greater flexibility to respond to local community, business and workforce needs — while providing more funds for remaining PASSHE schools," Tomlinson said, in the release.
Qualifying schools must: Enroll more than 7,000; have unqualified audit option for three years; be able to compensate the state for "depreciated value of its property"; and continue their share of contributions to pensions.
Various media outlets have reported on concerns about how the benefits to a few of the 14 PASSHE universities will impact the majority.
"I think time will move forward and the real important issues will start to emerge one by one," Shaul said.
In a statement, PASSHE Chancellor Frank Brogan said he has several questions and concerns, but is awaiting the bill for further review. The focus would be on the impact on students, regarding quality and cost of education, he said.
"A primary concern is that for any university that leaves the state system, tuition and fees will likely go up, as was confirmed in the press conference (Tuesday). This would create an added burden for students and their families. Every university that leaves the State System could close another door to affordable, quality public higher education," Brogan said.
The proposed legislation comes at a time when PASSHE is working to support the changing needs of Pennsylvania students, and create "a better balance between system coordination and local decision making," PASSHE Board of Governors Chairman Guido Pichini said in the statement.
Pichini said there are misconceptions underlying the proposal. In the statement, PASSHE spokesperson Kenn Marshall shared the misconceptions and arguments against them.
• "The chancellor's office is too big." But the office gets half a percent of the funding allocation, and has cut three vice chancellor positions.
• "Shared university services are too costly." The 14 state schools share costs for legal, human resources, payroll and other services, and an outside firm is now preparing a report on changes that should happen.
• The statement that "PASSHE is holding back our universities," is "simply not true."
• "The system's funding formula is not fair." The Board or Governors called for one-time adjustments last year in response to changing demographics that caused unique impacts on some universities, Marshall said, but otherwise the funding each school gets is based on enrollment. Research influenced BOG to offer more flexibility to universities' tuitions.
The roles of university councils and the BOG is more important to Brogan than they were to past system leadership, Shaul said.
"It's refreshing that Chancellor Brogan is looking at things along those lines," he added.


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An atmospheric show, and all you have to do to enjoy it is tilt your head back and gawk.
It happened to me again driving out of Salinas on Highway 68 at sunset. If "X" marks the spot for some of the most spectacular views of Monterey County's winter sky, it could be that stretch between Blanco Road and the Salinas River.
This celestial production was a part of that free seasonal skyorama that shows up spontaneously above the Salinas Valley. Again it highlighted mist, cloud and the sun, and last week I beheld - I use "beheld" because there was something spiritual in its scale - a presentation of all-natural elements.
Other drivers must have seen it, too. Only those with a heart of stone could miss a perfect arrangement of pink and gray brushing the sky horizon to horizon.
Where were the landscape photographers? I thought. Where were those painters who set up their easels and capture those transcendent moments?
There was another element, too, one highly unusual. In addition to the pink and gray clouds, there arose from behind the hills of the former Fort Ord a cone of gold and red light with what looked like gilded flakes spiraling off its sides. It all lasted only a minute, but I felt privileged to have seen it.
Much of the year, of course, our airshed is a gray monotone and there's no point in looking skyward. Right now, though, the moments above multiply. Coming to work Wednesday, it was the rising sun lighting the valley floor of south county that set the stage.
Plus those two egrets feeding in the dark Salinas River waters.
It's almost more beauty than one person can absorb.

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That first day can be a nerve-wracking experience for school kids and parents can help calm the fears.
STUDENTS ONE DAY AWAY FROM HEARING THE SCHOOL BELLS. DUVAL, ST. JOHNS, BAKER, COLUMBIA AND ALACHUA COUNTIES GO BACK TOMORROW. WE BROUGHT IN TABITHA JOHNSON, A LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST FROM FAMILY THEY WERE ASSOCIATES OF JACKSONVILLE TO TELL US HOW TO WAUM THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL JITTERS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WHAT ARE KIDS NERVOUS ABOUT? I THINK KIDS ARE TYPICALLY NERVOUS ABOUT ANYTHING UNFAMILIAR. IF THEY'RE GOING TO A NEW SCHOOL, THEY'VE GOT A NEW TEACHER. HAVING TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY EXPECTED OR EXPERIENCED THE YEAR BEFORE. IT'S GOING TO CREATE NERVES. HOW CAN WE CALM THE NERVES? I THINK PARENTS CAN DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO DO IS SOMETIMES KIDS ARE VERY PERCEPTIVE. IF WE'RE ANXIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING THEY FEED OFF THAT AND IT'S WORSE FOR THEM. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM, USING WORDS, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT. ONE THING WE CAN DO IS TELL THEM WHAT IT EXPECT. IF THEY HAVE A MENTAL PICTURE THEY'RE BETTER PREPARED. YOU'RE GOING TO THIS SCHOOL, THIS IS YOUR CLASSROOM. TAKE THEM TO ORIENTATION, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO BUILD A SENSE OF PREDICTABILITY. CAN TEACHERS HELP? ABSOLUTELY. THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY HELP. A LOT OF TIMES WITH YOUNGER KIDS, PARTICULARLY PRE-K. KINDERGARTENS, SEPARATING FROM THEIR PARENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IT CAN BE VERY ANXIOUS. TEACHERS ARE VERY MUCH TRAINED TO BE REASSURING, LET THEM KNOW EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. A LOT OF TIMES TEACH HELP BY TELLING THE PARENTS IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO, GIVING THEM SPACE SO THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SOME CHILDREN AND THEY'RE PREPARED. Marques: WHAT ABOUT STUDENTS, THEY'RE NERVOUS ABOUT RIDING THE BUS. I THINK THE BUS AND JUST BULLYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF A CHILD HAS ALREADY HAD BAD EXPERIENCES THAT CREATES INITIAL ANXIETY. SO REASSURING YOUR CHILD WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. IF IT DOES, WE'RE READY TO HANDLE IT, MAKING SURE THE TEACHER IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATE TERSE TO LOOK OUT FOR THOSE THINGS AND IF IT IS HAPPENING, THEY INTERVENE QUICKLY. Marques: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PHOTOS. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE YOUR PHOTOS ON THE AIR MONDAY. IF YOU'RE ON DINS GRAM OR TWITTER, POST THEM AT HASH TAG 4 SCHOOL. OR POST IT OUR FACEBOOK WALL.
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Creative Arts
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Art Teaching Resources
Art display banner
(Ref: SB2449)
A colour banner for your 'Art' display.
Art topic word cards
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A useful set of printable cards featuring words linked to art together with pictures. Includes pictures of artistic materials, techniques and tools. Really useful for labelling classroom art displays, or for art-
related word banks.
mixing display pack
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A set of resources with all you need to introduce children to colour mixing. Display resources including banners and resizable posters as well as a set of colour mixing painting sheets.
Art posters
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A useful set of A4-
size printable posters for use on art displays or for discussion. Includes primary and secondary colours, colour mixing and shading/tinting as well as posters showing artist's materials and methods.
Colour wheel posters and cut-
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A set of posters and cut-
out colour wheels for use when colour mixing.
Aimed at Key Stage 2
Elements of art posters
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A set of 7 printable posters showing the elements of art with clear pictures and simple text.
Painting area 'I can' signs
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A useful and colourful group of signs with 'I can...' statements for use in your painting area. Includes 'I can choose what I want to use', 'I mix different colours;, 'I can tidy away what I used', 'I can talk about what I have done' and more.
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Creative Area question posters
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A set of posters for your classroom creative area posing simple questions to prompt children in their activities.
Aimed at Key Stage 2
Observational drawing tips posters
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A set of printable posters with advice for observational drawing.
Look at our pictures! display banner
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A colourful banner for your children's art pictures display.
Our Pictures display banner
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A colourful banner for your classroom pictures display.
Picture It! display banner
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A colourful banner for your classroom pictures display.
Editable Resource
Picture frame A4 page borders
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Portrait and landscape wooden picture frame A4 page borders to display your children's artwork.
Editable Resource
Junk modelling A4 page borders
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Portrait and landscape A4 page borders with a junk modelling theme. Includes editable Microsoft Word templates as well as resizable JPG images.
Editable Resource
Editable modelling area fold-
over cards
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Editable fold-
over cards to place in your classroom modelling area -
great for all sorts of uses. Use them to specify activities for pupils to complete, list pupils/groups that can work in the area or remind children of important rules to adhere to.
Editable Resource
Editable creative area fold-
over cards
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Editable fold-
over cards to place in your classroom creative area -
great for all sorts of uses. Use them to specify activities for pupils to complete, list pupils/groups that can play in the area or remind children of important rules to adhere to.
Editable Resource
themed A4 page borders
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Two editable A4 page borders (for Microsoft Word) featuring a painting theme.
Creative area resource labels
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A set of printable resource labels for your Creative Area.
Colour the rainbow sheets
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Two printable sheets with blank rainbows for children to colour. Great for a variety of uses! Could be used as target sheets (targets written on each rainbow colour), or as an independent colouring activity linked to Noah's Ark or a topic on colour or weather.
Look at Our Printing display banner
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A colourful banner for your printing art display.
Hand Prints display banner
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A colourful banner for a hand prints art display.
Hand prints display border
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Print your own hand prints display border. Cut out the strips and assemble around your display board.
Footprints display banner
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A colourful banner for a footprints art display.
Footprints display border
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Print your own footprints display border. Cut out the strips and assemble around your display board.
Look At Our Cutting display banner
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A colourful banner for your cutting display or classroom cutting area.
Editable Resource
themed A4 page borders
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Portrait and landscape scissors-
themed A4 page borders. Includes editable Microsoft Word templates as well as resizable JPG images.
Marble painting words on marbles
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Words linked to marble painting presented on colourful marbles.
Editable marbles
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A set of printable resources for use in a Painters and Decorators role-
play area. The set includes posters, banners, labels and more.
Art Gallery banners
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Three printable banners with the text 'Our Art Gallery', 'School Art Gallery' and 'Gallery'.
Year group Art Gallery display banners
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A set of Art Gallery display banners for each year group in Key Stage One.
Year group Art Gallery display banners 2
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An additional set of Art Gallery display banners for each year group in Key Stage One.
effect display lettering
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A PDF document with 26 alphabet letters (upper and lowercase) filled with a multi-
coloured paint-
effect. These are great for printing and cutting out for use on displays.
effect display numbering
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PDF document with numbers 0-
9 and mathematical symbols with a paint-
effect. These are great for printing and cutting out for use on displays.
Editable Resource
Editable paint splat templates
(Ref: SB3835)
Editable Microsoft Word templates that allow you to add text to coloured paint splats.
Model making certificates
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Colourful certificates to present to children for making junk models.
Editable Resource
Editable paint brush templates
(Ref: SB7126)
Editable templates for Microsoft Word that enable you to add text to different coloured paint brushes.
Art Attack display banner
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A colour banner with the title 'Art Attack' for your classroom art display.
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Editable paintbrushes display banners
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An editable banner with coloured paint strokes and paint brushes in the background. Microsoft Publisher 2007 or higher required to view and edit.
Artists and Art Styles
Classroom Photos
Colour mixing wheels
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Simple printable colour mixing wheels in different styles where children mix and add the primary, secondary and tertiary colours.
Creative Kids display banner
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A colourful banner with the text, 'Creative Kids'.
Self Portraits display banner
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Hi guys.
So I haven't posted again for a good 6 months. In that last 6 months I became a Nanna to a gorgeous girl Harleigh-Kasia Lorelei born August 4th. I also became vegan on September 1st.
Generally I eat well. I have a veg box delivered every Friday and eat a lot of home made soups, daals, bolognese, salad and hummus etc etc. But I keep messing up. I have to feel full to be satisfied so I eat massive portions of veg filled meals otherwise if I have small portions I would keep eating and eating. But then I mess up my hard work after a few days/week by binging on a whole pack of biscuits/tub of icecream/lots of toast and vegan spread etc.
I don't know what is wrong with me, I have 14stone to lose, I know I need to lose it and I want to lose it but I seem to always fail. I use My Fitness Pal to track my meals, I take photos of my meals and post to Facebook. I don't know why I keep doing this.
I did so well a couple years ago but my life was a lot different. Different job, gym membership etc.
Ok so this post was a pretty pointless "woe is me" type post and I don't know what i'm asking for but I had to type it up somewhere.


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A memo to the 535 members who comprise the 113th United States Congress:
This is not a time for speeches, statements, Sunday television show appearances, social media tweets or other sophistry that masquerades for today's political debate. A committee of 29 lawmakers, including three from Wisconsin, is tasked with crafting a long-term budget deal in the wake of a last minute compromise deal to re-open the government and extend the debt ceiling.
Our country has suffered greatly from the childish gridlock that partially shut down the federal government for 16 days, toyed with the full faith and credit of the United States and cost the country, $24 billion or 0.6 percent of fourth quarter GDP growth, according to a Standard and Poor's estimate.
This is not how the founders of our nation meant for things to work. They saw the Congress as the center of the government, not a second rate sideshow of overnight Dr. Suess readings that become easy fodder for late-night TV shows.
The budget conference committee - led by the chairs of the respective House and Senate budget committees, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. - has the difficult job of finding consensus where there's been division and a long trail of failed attempts to reach a grand compromise.
While all parties agree that fits, starts and all-too-predictable fiscal showdowns, sequestrations and other temporary fixes are a poor way to conduct the affairs of our government, they have repeatedly failed to reach a sensible framework to trim spending, make appropriate investments, maintain a safety net and tackle long-term issues with entitlement programs and federal debt.
No one should harbor any illusion that they will not pay more in taxes or fees, or see reductions in some services/programs and increased spending in areas essential to the future, such as infrastructure and education. Voters send representatives to Washington to hash out reasonable fixes that, we hope, intelligently balance competing interests for the greater good of the nation as whole.
Ironically, members of Congress who profess to care so deeply about the nation's finances or ability to aid the needy are themselves the biggest obstacles to the growth, financial stability and confidence needed to turn a hesitant recovery into a full-fledged expansion.
This 113th Congress is recognized for its dearth of accomplishment and surplus of cynicism. It could rightfully earn a place in the history books as one of the worst ever, but it has succeeded exceptionally in one respect: galvanizing public opinion that all the bums should be tossed out.
So as this committee gets down to work, a few pieces of advice: Forget about the current occupant of the White House or your ambitions to move in to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Tell your publicity staff to stand down and hold your tongue when invited to dish on an ideological outlet. Try a new approach. Why not? You only have your seat in Congress to lose.
The Final Thought: The 113th Congress has a chance to redeem itself with federal budget deal.


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Picture This...
You're sitting in a swivel- style office chair right next to my bed.
I'm lying across my bed dressed in a sexy black lace camisole and crotch-less underwear.
My blonde hair looks silky smooth and will feel good against your thighs.
Shuck those jeans if you want some head or watch me play, instead.
What will you choose? Ummmmmm????
You can see my hard nipples and you know I'm wet – huh?
Picture this… My painted red lips look sexy wrapped around your cock.
You moan – ummmm! And at the same time you roll your eyes in contemplation.
You love getting head – You love all the feelings – WE both do.
You kick your jeans away from you and get comfortable. You want to feel EVERYTHING!
You give me FULL access – You cock bobs in anticipation.
I look up into your eyes and wet my red painted lips and slide a finger into my snatch!
Picture this…. I withdraw my finger and suck it clean – Ahhh Did you want some!
I tell you - I'm going to open my lips – I want you to feed me - A little or a lot...Feed me!
I tip my head sideways and open my mouth – Looking in your eyes the whole time.
You take a hold of the shaft – Aim it towards my open mouth and push it in –
As your cock slides inside - You can feel my warm breath on the skin.
You feed me your cock slowly – torturing us both.
You lay it on my tongue and pull your hand away and roll your hips to feed me more.
You let out a long sigh as it slides across my wet tongue towards the back of my throat.
Ahhhhhhhhhh – Fffffffk…….. God baby – you feeelll soooo good!
Feel my lips grab hold of your hard shaft and my playful tongue - dancing along the shaft.
I use my spit to make your cock – sloppy wet! You love it!
My eyes – still watch you – while my tongue and lips - suck you in a little deeper – Ummm!
Picture this… I'm looking at you the whole time – My eyes are playful –
Watch this – my eyes say - Then I pull my head back - withdrawing and licking.
I repeat the actions -sucking forward – licking back.
As I draw back - I lock eyes with you - my tongue plays among the ridges of your dick.
I suck forward - taking it all in - You feel my nose against your stomach.
I pause to drive the feelings of that depth - home. Then I withdraw.
Slowly weaving my talented tongue further down towards ur head.
I'm driving you crazy - You love it.
I pull completely away - you moan, "Don't STOP!
I want your cock to get even harder –So I steal away to suck on your balls.
I pause and use my nose to lift them up – you help me, by pulling your balls up.
I look up at you, smile and then torture the underside of your balls (Yesss!).
Picture this….I come back up - my mouth is open and YOU FEED ME!
This time you don't hold back - You shove the rigid shaft into my mouth.
Your Cock is twice as hard – My mouth is sloppy wet and feels GREAT!
You push in deep. My lips grab hold. I pull back - sucking and licking.
I start to resume our delicious push-in and pull-back, but you demand – TAKE IT!
Your hands are in my hair – and you push my head down – I suck you deeper!
I suck harder and I change the tempo – too.
I pick the angle - I suck you faster.
I Pull-back, Suck harder! Your breath quickens.
Picture this…. Roll your hips – feed me more.
You talk - you moan - Babe that feels so good. F…k - I'm so Close.
You lean towards me - changing the angle. You suck in your breath!
You found the right angle, my tongue has found the sweet spot.
You hold your breath – in.. Your senses are elevated.
You are holding my head and using your hips to f…k my mouth!
I'm moaning – I'm so close, too.
In less than 5 minutes – My hand finds my pussy and I stuff some fingers in.
I moan loudly – You know I'm Cumming – So you cum too.
I feel the first hot jet of your cum hit the back of my throat and I swallow.
Picture this…. You pull out and watch the cum land on my tongue - ummmm !
I can't help it - I start Cumming more. Sucking you and grinding against my hand.
You ease forward – you finish.
Then turn your attention to me. Help - me I beg and you do.
You lie beside me. You replace my fingers with yours. Your fingers are bigger.
I grind my pelvis against your fingers and a new orgasm rolls through me.
My body contorts - but you hang on.
It's exciting - you can feel your cock rising to the challenge.
You pull your hand out and motion me to raise my legs – I do.
With my knees next to your ears – you impale me. I'm soaked, but you fit snuggly.
Now you move. The wet friction feels wonderful - You grind and stroke...
I move with you and against - my breath quickens - my nipples harden -
My pussy contracts, my body contorts and I cry out – I Cum!
You stiffen and pause. I grind against you – wanting more. I Cum some more.
You're close, too. You pound into me – harder and harder.
All of a sudden –We're there. We both scream our releases
We pause – panting. You pull out and stand up – Your cock is coated in Cum icing.
I kneel in front of you and open my mouth and suck all the icing off - UMMMMMMM!
I can picture this – can you????
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Edith Cooper, Head of the Hedge Fund initiative within the Securities Division Edith Cooper is responsible for the Hedge Fund initiative within the Securities Division. She serves on the Partnership Committee and various other committees at the firm. Edith first joined Goldman Sachs in 1996 to build and lead the firm's Energy Sales group in New York. In 2000, she became the co-head of the commodity business in Europe and Asia, based in London. She assumed responsibility for the firm's Futures business in 2002, a position that she held until assuming her current role. Edith was named managing director in 1998 and partner in 2000. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Edith spent a combined ten years at Morgan Stanley and Bankers Trust, structuring and marketing derivatives. Edith is a trustee of Greenwich Academy and serves on various committees at Harvard College. She received an MM from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an AB from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges.
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Eric Voegelin Society Meeting 2009
Copyright 2003 Martin PalouЪ
Draft. Not for Quotations!
I. The search for the point of departure: few autobiographical reflections instead of introduction
Three years ago, at the 16th (?) meeting of the Eric Voegelin's Society in Washington in 2000, I presented the paper ERIC VOEGELIN, "COMMON SENSE" AND CENTRAL EUROPE. The escape from Central Europe and the naturalization in America, I intended to focus on, represents, for sure, the fundamental fact in the Voegelin's biography. However, I have to openly admit: the true point of departure in this paper was the changing horizon of my own understanding of Voegelin's political ideas and philosophy. My real aim was to analyze the alienated relation between Voegelin and Central Europe as someone who has been always connected with this part of the world and who has been experiencing the crisis of European humanity - with its loss of "common sense" - in his own Central European situation.
My encounters with Voegelin started in the 1980s, in the meetings of Academia, a small group of friends who got together in the context of dissidents` "parallel polis" (footnote), with a bold intention to "revive" the tradition of Socratic/Platonic thought in the midst of a "small" Czech society (footnote), stricken by the totalitarian plague of the 20th century. The revolutionary changes enabled by the collapse of communism in 1989, however, have transformed fundamentally not only our way of life, but they have brought at the same time our political thought literally from the heaven to the earth. (Our philosophical Academia still exists, holding its regular "conventions". Nonetheless, its original pathos of resistance, its young, fresh, genuinely Socratic atmosphere is lost irretrievably, and our aging conversations are taking place in the climate of ideas not so much conducive to the "remembrance of the things past", but rather reflecting the growing "gap between past and future".) (footnote)
The new social and political context shaped by the newly gained freedom could not let my reading of Voegelin untouched. On the one hand, I have got the chance to become acquainted with the activities of global network of Voegelinians and have benefited greatly from it. I have gained the opportunity to study the Voegelin's Opera Omnia volume after volume, to read the abundance of the secondary Voegelinian literature, to participate in the on-going Voegelinian dialogue within a group of distinguished scholars, and to present my own insights, comments and eventual "discoveries" at the regular annual meetings of the Eric Voegelin's society. On the other hand, being pushed forward in the irreversible historical time - growing older and becoming more and more perplexed not only by all the difficulties of our own transition to democracy, but by all the intricacies of the New World Order emerging on the ruins of the Old One - I had to realize that my perception of political ideas is also changing. I had to admit that in the current situation I am simply unable to read Voegelin in the way I got originally used to; that I have some difficulties with my original understanding of the Voegelinian project aiming at the "defense of civilization"; that in spite of the undisputable fact that it is among Voegelinians where one can find a living political thought today, there is something problematic, at least from my own point of view, in the prevailing focus and style of the current Voegelinian research.
Struggling with my personal loss of direction, I have started looking for a new point of departure. Surprisingly, I did not find it in the realm of ideas, among the Voegelin's fascinating insights into their history, that made him without any doubt one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century, but in his biography. His escape from Central Europe and his encounter with American "common sense" have lead me to raise the following questions: Is not it here, in Central Europe where the Voegelin's anabasis that begun in the 1930s when totalitarianism characterized by him as "cadaveric poison of Western civilization" (footnote) was on the rise, must come to its end? Is not this potential homecoming - rather than all these efforts to summarize the results of the Voegelin's Herculean "search for order", all attempts to compare or confront them with the products of other philosophical schools and traditions - what represent the biggest challenge for the Voegelinian legacy in the beginning of the 21st century? Is not it just here, in the midst of singular, passing human matters, and not only in Central Europe, where we should be looking for the Voegelin's proverbial Rhodos and where the question of potential immortality of his teachings must be tested?
In short: I have decided to invite Voegelin to become, if possible, a guide in our current Central European "transitions" and to give us some orientation in our current confusions, to help us to rediscover the tradition of "common sense" in our part of the world, to restore or to introduce here that spirit that is still, let us hope, animating the political life in America and whose absence in Central Europe in the 20th century made him to leave his home and resettle on the other side of the Atlantic. Re-reading my article presented in Washington three years ago, I see some useful hints pointing into the right direction here, but as far as my basic intention is concerned Ц to get Voegelinian ideas really involved in our current Central European affairs Ц I failed. My writing plan for this piece is then very simple: it is the second try to achieve this goal. I will depart here from a concrete, almost technical problem Voegelin was confronted with during his sixteen years long teaching experience at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge: to explain what is the nature of the law to his American students. (footnote)
II. On the way towards the reconstruction of a complete political science: the Kelsen's "pure theory of law"
Voegelin himself studied law at the University of Vienna under Hans Kelsen who was undoubtedly one of the most important European jurists and legal philosophers of the 20th century. Even though his own approach is based on the profound critique of his teacher, one cannot say that Voegelin has decided to commit - as the Eleatic "guest" in the Plato's Sophist Ц a "parricide". The Kelsen`s "pure theory of law" represents according to Voegelin the end of a certain European tradition, a tradition that has to be properly understood and seen within its own historical context, within its own limits. This is, however, exactly the reason why it is here where we should start our search for the way from the current impasse; where we should start testing our capacity to understand our own situation as far as the idea of law and its place in the human society are concerned; where we should be looking for "a point of departure for an advancement towards the reconstruction of a complete political science" (footnote).
It is therefore necessary, before we advance to the elaboration of Voegelin`s own analysis of the "nature of the law" - laid out in 1957 in a mimeographed "temporary edition exclusively for the use of students registered in" his course at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge (footnote) - to stop for a moment at the Voegelin`s exposition of the Kelsen's "pure theory". What will suit best to this purpose is a small article he wrote after he returned from the United States - where he spent two years (1924-1926), studying American common sense philosophy and jurisprudence - in order to introduce the basic ideas of Kelsen`s Allgemeine Staatslehre recently published in Germany to the American public. (footnote)
From the American perspective, the least comprehensible trait of the Kelsen`s legal thought is its foundation in the neo-Kantian positivistic logic. Kelsen departs in his basic arguments from the Marburg school of Simmel and Windelband. What determines the character of data, we are primarily dealing with in the realm of law Ц legal codes or statutes, procedural rules, case-law, etc. Ц is according to him not their empirical content, but a form in which they are given, their specific a priori, in Kantian terminology, antecedent to all forms of experience. Before studying or eventually constructing any positive legal system one must be aware of the fundamental distinction between "original categories" (categories whose further definition, notes Voegelin, is for Simmel, impossible!) of Sein (Being, Existence, referring to the realm of what is) and Sollen (Ought, Essence, referring to the realm of what should be). This point of departure becomes clearer when we move from the ontological to the epistemological level: The distinction between Sein and Sollen is translated into the distinction between the causal method of natural sciences (studying the causal relations between existent things), and the normative method applied in human sciences - dealing with various aspects of cultural objectification (besides science or theory of law it is ethics, political science and all other topics falling in the classical thought of Aristotle under the category TA ANTHROPINA).
The basic aim of Kelsen`s "pure theory" is to approach the law strictly as a positively given normative system, i.e. as a structured, hierarchically (i.e. top down) organized and complete whole, composed of elementary legal rules (maxims) derived from the basic norm (Die Grundnorme), the first and supreme legal maxim, articulating the primordial will of the sovereign, i.e. the state. The simplest analytical element of this system, the norm, must have a clear formal structure corresponding to the normative a priori of Sollen:
The norm, Rechtssatz must be, explains Voegelin to his American readers, " composed of two parts: The first contains a statement concerning unqualified human behavior, the second makes a statement concerning the coercive behavior (Zwangsact) of the state official. The complete rule is a hypothesis making the coercive behavior of the state official dependent on the previous occurrence of the behaviors and events stated in the first part of the rule." (footnote)
Consequentially, the Kelsen's concept of the state, laid down and developed in his Staatslehre, also departs from the neo-Kantian normative paradigm. The state is fully identified with its law. It is conceived as a materialization of the will of a concrete human society to erect around all manifold forms of its life the protective walls of legal order. The state should not be built, justified, explained as a shelter of its national Ц religious, cultural or linguistic Ц identity, but only as the sole source of its law and the guarantor of its sovereignty. According to Kelsen, the theory of state has to cope first with the question of its origin and its position within international society under international law; than it proceeds to its basic law, the state constitution whose task is to provide the overall composition or anatomy of state body; then to the state organs performing their diverse functions in the process of creation of norms and their enforcement; than to all concrete forms and procedures how the principle of "Rechtsstaat" (the state ruled by the law) is realized in all diverse relations between the citizens and the state and between the citizen themselves.
Voegelin rightly notes that the above indicated reduction of legal orders to "a system of postulates in the realm of Sollen" (footnote), to a system composed of legal maxim that make members of human society accountable for their behavior, can "surprise the American lawyer who is accustomed to a wealth of rights, duties, privileges, powers, liabilities, and disabilities..."(footnote). He could actually use much stronger formulation. The neo-Kantian monism (footnote) that represents the philosophical foundations of the Kelsen's "pure theory" goes directly against the American pragmatic stance and preanalytical understanding of the law. Already the first step, that made the whole normativist enterprise possible, the distinction made between the realms of Sollen und Sein, strictly separating the normative process whose aim is to enforce justice and order, from the social reality within which this goal is to be achieved, had to be found hardly acceptable or even entirely meaningless in the context of American jurisprudence. I will return to this evident clash between European and American perspectives later, in the context of Voegelin's own exposition what is the "nature of the law". In the article from 1927, however, Voegelin evidently adopts a much more pro-Kelsenian attitude, despite the fact that in order to explain and defend the "pure theory of law" he has to use arguments that go clearly against the Kelsen's neo-Kantian methodology and spirit: he has to point to the pragmatic, i.e. concrete, really existing horizon of its creation.
In order to explain the meaning and significance of the Kelsen Сs "pure theory of law" to the American reader, Voegelin needs first of all to show its place in the context of evolution within the German Staatslehre that took place in the close connection with the political development in Germany from the 1860s to the Great War. The Kelsen's legal doctrine did not come as a "bolt from blue", but was preceded by the theories of whole generation of jurists and legal theorists, who - inspired by the rise of the empire that was to be built by Bismarck as a modern constitutional federal state Ц subscribed to legal positivism and rejected all traditions so typical for previous Prussian jurisprudence, based on the concept of natural law developed in the 18th century.
The following point Voegelin is making in his article is even more illustrative. No matter how purified the Kelsen's theory could be from any non-normatitive content and from any remnants of state doctrines originating in natural law that were still present in the teachings of his predecessors, it never could be fully dissociated from the reality of human society it was supposed to form and order. Lalland, Gerber or Jellinek were, for sure, looking primarily at the evolution of law in the imperial Germany. For Kelsen, the main point of reference was the reality of Austrian Republic that came into existence after the dismemberment of Austro-Hungarian Empire defeated in the Great War 1914-1918. His "pure theory of law" based on the categorical distinction between Sein and Sollen, pretending to isolate normative legal order from any undesirable interference from the supreme echelons of "naturally ordered" human society, simply could not remain isolated from the real events happening in the human world thanks to its openness and historicity. Can one imagine a better illustration of the fundamental problem of the neo-Kantian foundations of the Kelsen's legal doctrine than the fact that Kelsen, asked to draft the new Austrian constitution, proceeded as much as possible in conformity with the principles of his "pure theory" and then had to cope with and eventually comment on all the effects and influences caused within the emerging Austrian legal order by the Austrian political reality and both normative and non-normative practice?
Nonetheless, no matter whether the final result of genesis of Austrian constitution was "pure" or rather "tainted", in 1927 Voegelin still speaks about it in unambiguously positive terms. He evaluates the Kelsen's practical achievement not only as "the most important event in the modern history of constitutions from the point of view of legal technique", but "with the its background of the pure theory of law", as "a remarkable contribution to the development of democracy": (footnote)
He concludes his article with a kind of resume of the Kelsen's position that does not seem to be showing any sign of approaching spiritual and political crisis:
"By transferring the legal system into an ideal realm of meanings and reducing it to an instrument, Kelsen destroys any undue respect for existing legal institutions. The content of law is shown to be what it is: not an eternal, sacred order, but a compromise of battling forces Ц and this content may be changed every day by the chosen representatives of the people according to the wishes of their constituencies without fear of endangering a divine law." (footnote)
"No state entity hides behind the law and issues the legal rules; every rule can be traced back to its origin in a definite governmental agency, which again is but a part in the machinery set up for turning out legal rules in accordance with the desires of different social groups. The pure theory of law thus signifies not only an important progress in legal analysis and technique, but also a development from the half-absolutistic philosophy of the German empire towards the spirit of the new democracy." (footnote)
III. The Voegelinian way from the legal order as "an aggregate of norms" to the law as the substance of order
"The spirit of the new democracy", however, prevailing in the years right after the World War I and so manifestly present in the above mentioned Voegelin's paper from 1927, had not a very long duration. The political evolution not only deteriorated in Europe but also discredited Ц one might be inclined to say "falsified" - the dominating positivistic legal theories. The totalitarian movements seized power first in Italy, than in Germanys and in both countries such a profound change of form of government could take place without any visible violation of existing legal order. After Austria was "legally" annexed to Germany, the crisis of European humanity burst out in the full speed and the world was heading quickly to a new global conflict. Voegelin had to escape under quite dramatic circumstances from Central Europe and found a new home in America. In the beginning of 1950s he returned to the legal questions in communication with his American students in Louisiana where he taught for several year a course that focused on the "nature of the law".
IV. The "rule of law" and "common sense" in the context of current Central European political transition
V. In conclusion: the epochal change and "immortalization" of a philosopher


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Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice 2010, 8:4 doi:10.1186/1897-4287-8-4Published: 9 April 2010
The aim of this study was to identify BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in the Estonian population. We analyzed genetic data and questionnaire from 64 early-onset (< 45 y) breast cancer patients, 47 familial cases (patients with breast or ovarian cancer and a case of these cancers in the family), and 33 predictive cases (patients without breast or ovarian cancer, with a family history of such diseases) from Estonia for mutations in the BRCA1 gene. A sub-set of familial cases and predictive cases were also analyzed for mutations in the BRCA2 gene.
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Mark Steven Howe (born May 28, 1955) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League(NHL) and 6 seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA). He is the son of Colleen and Gordie Howe, and early in his career was a teammate of his father. Despite the enormous shadow cast by his father and splitting time between two leagues, Mark shone as one of the best two-way defensemen of the 1980s, being a three time runner-up for the Norris Trophy and making the Stanley Cup finals three times. He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and part of the 2011 induction class of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.[1] He is currently the Director of Pro Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings.[2]
Amateur career
Howe played junior hockey for the Detroit Jr. Red Wings. As a 15 year old, he led his Red Wings to the US Junior Championship in 1971. In 1972, the United States earned a Silver Medal at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with 16-year-old Howe as one of the stars, the youngest hockey player to ever win an Olympic medal.[3] Howe eventually ended his junior hockey career playing for the Toronto Marlboros of the OHL, winning a Memorial Cup MVP in the process.
[edit]Professional career
In 1973, he decided to play in the WHA alongside his brother, Marty and his father Gordie. Led by the Howes, the Houston Aeros won the 1974 and 1975 Avco Cups, awarded to the league champions of the WHA. Mark, playing left wing, was awarded the Lou Kaplan Trophy as Rookie of the Year and earned 2nd team All-Star status. He also represented his father's country in the 1974 Summit Series, where he was one of Team Canada's leading scorers.
By the 1976–77 season, Howe was a full-time defenseman. Before the 1977–78 season, the Howes moved their family act to Hartford, Connecticut to play for the New England Whalers.
When the NHL and WHA merged in 1979, one of the four WHA teams left standing were the Whalers. They changed their name to the Hartford Whalers and Mark Howe, his father and his brother continued one more season together, this time in the National Hockey League. The 1980–81 season proved to be one of Howe's best. Howe was a mid-season All-Star, and in the fall, he appeared for the US national team at the 1981 Canada Cup tournament.
Howe was involved in one of the more memorable injuries in NHL history. On December 27, 1980, he slid into the pointed metal center of the net and cut a five inch gash in his upper thigh. He was essentially impaled by the metal, and the injury, which nearly ended his career, prompted the NHL to change the design of its nets so that there would no longer be a center portion that jutted up toward the goal line. He lost 35 pounds and his stamina suffered after requiring liquid diet to avoid intestinal infections. Howe became damaged goods in the eyes of the Whalers management, so they moved Howe, in a 4 player deal that also involved draft picks, to Philadelphia.
As a member of the Philadelphia Flyers, his career took off. The backbone of one of the NHL's best defensive teams of the mid 1980s, he was a finalist for the Norris Trophy 3 times in 1982–83, 1985–86 and 1986–87 season. His Philadelphia team, backstopped by Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Pelle Lindbergh, finished the 1984–85 season with most points and earned a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals, only to lose to the Edmonton Oilers dynasty, which featured stars such as Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey and Mark Messier.
Howe had his best season during the 1985–86 season where he posted some of the best numbers ever by an NHL defenseman. He scored 24 goals, added 58 assists for 82 total points. He led the NHL with a remarkable +85. He also added 7 shorthanded goals while being the lifeline out of the Flyers defensive zone with his outstanding skating and passing ability. Unfortunately for Howe, Edmonton's Paul Coffey had perhaps one of the best seasons by a defenseman in NHL history, breaking Bobby Orr's single-season records for goals and tallying 138 points. Howe, for the second time, finished 2nd in Norris Trophy voting.
The 1986–87 season brought great success to both Howe and his Philadelphia Flyers teammates. The Flyers, for the 3rd consecutive season, led the Prince of Wales Conference in points. Led by Howe and defense partner Brad McCrimmon, rookie netminder Ron Hextall, and a line featuring Brian Propp, Rick Tocchetand Pelle Eklund, the injury-riddled Flyers took the vaunted Edmonton Oilers to 7 games in the NHL Finals before succumbing 3–1 in the finale.
Howe, having struggled with both knee and back injuries, became a part-time player virtually the rest of his career. The decline in his games played coincided with the Flyers decline in play overall. It was no mystery to anyone watching the Flyers on a regular basis from the years 1988–91 why the team struggled. When Howe was in the lineup, the Flyers looked like a playoff team. Without him, they looked disorganized in their own end.
After the 1991–92 season, the Flyers granted Howe free agency so he could win the as-of-yet elusive Stanley Cup. He signed with the Detroit Red Wings, the team with which his dad had starred. The signing was a popular one in Detroit, as Mark was "returning home" to help build the Wings into a consistent playoff contender. He became a steadying influence on Detroit's young corps of defensemen, mostly notably Nicklas Lidström. He would have one more appearance in the Stanley Cup finals, but his Red Wings were swept in 1995 by the New Jersey Devils.
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Upon his retirement as a player following the 1994–95 season Howe remained in the Detroit organization working in the hockey operations department first as a video coach and then as a pro scout, earning Stanley Cup rings when the Wings captured championships in 1997, 1998, 2002, and 2008. Upon his retirement, Howe was also the last active member of Canada's 1974 Summit Series team in the NHL. He currently serves the club as its Director of Pro Scouting being based just outside Philadelphia in Jackson, NJ, from which he primarily covers NHL and AHL teams located in the eastern United States.[4][5] His older son, Travis, also works in the hockey development and coaching field as co-founder and head coach of the Selects Hockey player development program based in Bloomfield, Michigan.[6]
Howe was elected to Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame in 2001 and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. In June 2011, it was announced that Howe had been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame to which he was inducted on November 14, 2011 in the players category.[7] On March 6, 2012, the Philadelphia Flyers retired Mark Howe's #2 jersey in an on ice ceremony at the Wells Fargo Center prior to a game with the Detroit Red Wings. Howe's number became only the fifth number to be retired by the Flyers in the club's then 44-season history following those of Bernie Parent (1), Bobby Clarke (16), Bill Barber (7) and the late Barry Ashbee (4).[8] He was also the first to be so honored by the club since Barber's jersey was retired on October 11, 1990. With the retirement of Mark Howe's number 2 by the Flyers, Mark and Gordie Howe became only the second father-and-son combinations (Brett and Bobby Hull being the other) to have their numbers retired by NHL franchises.
[edit]Awards and achievements
- OJHL First All-Star Team (1971)
- Olympic silver medal in ice hockey (1972)
- Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Memorial Cup Tournament MVP) (1973)
- WHA Second All-Star Team (1974)
- Lou Kaplan Trophy (Rookie of the Year – WHA) (1974)
- WHA First All-Star Team (1979)
- NHL First All-Star Team (1983, 1986, 1987)
- NHL Plus/Minus Award (1986)
- Played in NHL All-Star Game (1981, 1983, 1986, 1988)


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On Thursday, some local officials expressed concern about the county bridge on West Rushville Road handling any added traffic or the county closing it because of excess traffic. ...


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iAUDIO 7, Flash Memory Powered!
The iAUDIO7 made by COWON is now sold in Japan, this nice DAP is now available with Flash Memory instead of the (destined to disappear?) good old HDD (0.85 inches). Thanks to this, the space grows from 4 to 8GB and at the same time the weight reaches a nice 53g (7g lighter)…next positive point thanks to the FM (Flash Memory): the lowered power consumption and as a result..it lasts longer (60h instead of 20 for the iAUDIO6).
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Corn-Belt farmers off to slow start planting crops
ST. LOUIS - Spring planting across the nation's Corn Belt is sputtering because the soil remains too soggy or cold for effective seeding.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 3 percent of the corn crop is sown. That's half the pace of last year, when one of the wettest springs on record got farmers off to the slowest start in decades.
In Illinois, just 1 percent of this year's corn has been planted. That's one-tenth of the average pace of the previous five years. The USDA says farmers in other key corn-producing states are equally idle.
Farmers still are upbeat, saying they still have some time to get the job done. The USDA says corn sowing traditionally begins in mid-April. It's typically in full swing from April 21 through May 23.


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Automobile designers love to create "concept cars" -- vehicles which will never actually see the showroom floor, but demonstrate ways in which new technologies or design ideas can be implemented. Sometimes, the concept vehicle just looks like an oddly-muscular version of a modern car or truck, as if the designers were hoping for it to be included in the next Batman movie. And sometimes the concept car looks nothing like anything currently on the road, a design guaranteed to stop traffic. Such is the Toyota PM -- the "Personal Mobility" vehicle.
First unveiled at the Toyota Motor Show last October, the PM is a single-passenger electric vehicle designed to fit in a niche somewhere between the convenience of a motorcycle and the comfort of a regular car. The website "HowStuffWorks" has a good, heavily-illustrated write-up of how the PM is supposed to work, along with some previews of other Toyota concept cars (including the "Alessandro Volta," a hybrid sports car able to go 0-60 in 4 seconds and still get around 35 miles per gallon). While I doubt we'll see funky single-passenger cars like this on the road any time soon, even in small-car-friendly places like Japan and Europe, many of the innovations in the PM design will certainly find their way into actual production vehicles.
But while the science-fiction-styling and joystick controls may draw the initial interest, what leapt out at me was the description of the PM as a mobile networking device:
The PM is more than just a mode of transportation; it's also a communications device. It melds the functionality of transport and wireless communication into one machine. Using a yet-to-be-named wireless technology, PMs are able to locate other nearby PMs. Multiple PMs can then communicate with each other. Additionally, PM drivers can surrender control of their vehicle to another PM driver.
The instrumentation panel displays vehicle data, location, and position based on information, attributes, and the paths of nearby PMs, and even entertainment guidance. On most vehicles, knobs or push buttons are used to input preferences. The PM uses a virtual interface that appears to float in midair and uses infrared sensors to detect fingertip position.
When PMs are communicating with other PMs, LED technology is employed to change the color of the vehicle to indicate "emotions" and situations. Different colors display on the door tips, antennas, headlamps, side and rear panels, and rear wheels to indicate what activities are taking place in the PM.
That last bit is particularly cool; we've talked about ambient technologies before, and it's good to see the notion of non-intrusive but hard-to-miss communication techniques finding their ways into auto designs. I wouldn't want a networked car beeping at me or popping up alerts on the heads-up display every time there's a traffic slowdown ahead, but a shift in interior lighting from green towards red would be perfect. Similarly, a change in dashboard coloration as fuel gets close to empty, speed exceeds legal limits, or one gets too close to the car in front of you would be useful. Non-intrusive, but hard to miss.
But it's the ability of the vehicles to hook up with each other, sharing road data, travel information, traffic conditions, and the like, which is the most intriguing. Unlike the "Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems" (recently renamed "Intelligent Transportation Systems") under discussion for more than the last decade, the PM networks don't appear to require highway-embedded intelligent control systems to function. Proponents of ITS argue that vehicles with automated controls can be run safely with greater speed and shorter inter-car distance than can human-driven cars, and that even without the automation, computers watching and channeling traffic in communication (with vehicles acting as display terminals) can keep things running more smoothly than current highway systems.
One problem with ITS is that it requires a huge, all-at-once investment in infrastructure. The relatively dumb ITS cars wouldn't be any more functional than current-model vehicles without a fully-built ITS highway. Vehicles with their own bit of intelligence, such as the PM, could have added utility right "out of the box," and each new one on the road would add to the potential power of the network. Such vehicles could also take advantage of any ITS that does eventually get built, but wouldn't require one to exist.
The difference between a "smart highway" and "smart cars" is a particular case of the contrast between a system with intelligence in its structure and a system with intelligence in its uses (David Isenberg referred to the latter, in his seminal 1997 paper, as "stupid networks;" Lawrence Lessig more politely refers to them as "end-to-end" systems). End-to-end systems are less controllable and arguably less efficient than centralized systems, but they are far more flexible (particularly with regards to innovative, heretofore unforeseen uses) and far more robust in the case of component failure. Stupid networks also can be more readily upgraded -- additional functions don't necessarily require replacing the entire system, only end components, as needed or desired.
Smart cars -- or smart highways, for that matter -- are not going to be here for awhile yet, but the inclusion of end-to-end-type systems in the Toyota PM is a good sign. In energy, computation, political organization, and, yes, transportation, the future is distributed. Good to know that vehicle designers see that, too.
One person cars?
That sounds *so* ecologically sound.
*chuckle* -- well, I didn't mention that the design is electric, so it's not quite as bad as you might think. And since most cars are driven with a single passenger anyway, it wouldn't be a huge change.
Regardless, what you need to remember is that this is a concept car which will never be made as a production car. It's a technology test-bed.
Dude, forget the concept car. This concept has been done, and in the Bay Area, no less. Five years ago. Corbin Motors's Sparrow was a one-seater EV, with fabulous quirky styling, top speed of 70mph and range of 60 mi--perfect commuter car, and could use the HOV lane and park where motorcycles do. Alas, Corbin Motors is no more--went belly-up in 2003. But you can see photos of the Sparrow here: http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/corbin-sparrow.html
"Electricity is more efficient than gasoline" is possibly the biggest ecological myth ever.
Consider where the electricity COMES FROM. In most of the country it comes from bigger polluters than the power-equivalent amount of gasoline!
Fuel cells are similarly kinda questionable, because, well, you get the hydrogen by doing things which take more power than what you get out of the charged fuel cell. Like electrolysis, or using sodium to dissociate the hydrogen from the oxygen (which in itself doesn't take much energy, but getting the sodium to begin with does).
Solar power requires the manufacturing of solar cells which takes more energy up front than what you can expect to get out of it over its entire life time.
Hydro, wind, and nuclear are the only really clean fuel sources, but hydro has quite a bit of ecological impact, and wind and nuclear have the NIMBY syndrome (and for some reason, people think that wind power is going to sound like a jet engine or something, when that totally ignores basic physics). Nuclear *could* be safe but nobody wants to be a guinea pig for it (though there's *plenty* of remote, totally-unused land where it really wouldn't make any difference to anyone if it had a couple of reactors dotting the landscape).
One person cars? That sounds *so* ecologically sound.
Recent sport bikes (the ridiculously overpowered ones) are getting around 40-50 mpg. Smaller ones are getting like 50-60+ mpg. These are non-exotic production vehicles. Two motorcycles get better total milage than most small cars carrying two passengers. Combine this with the average number of riders per vehicle (I found 1.4 nationwide and 1.15 for the bay area), and tiny, 1 person "cars" look pretty good.


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The Old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana will play host to a new exhibit, "Orange County Circa 1889," which will feature historic photos taken 125 years ago documenting the founding era of Orange County. The exhibit runs July 14 through October 10. Here's a sampling of the photos on display.
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I'm sitting in Dubai airport right now, contemplating the eleven hour wait before my connecting flight to Nairobi. I thought about stopping in at my favourite Dubai haunt--the Somali-owned Jubba Hotel--and bargaining with them for a $40 room. But it's too much effort for the middle of the night.
The smells of Dubai (as well as the crowds of Somalis sleeping in the corridors waiting for the bi-weekly flights) have triggered a surprisingly poignant nostalgia for my own trips. I almost wish I was going again.
Bucharest was a big success. With my Romanian friend Teddy as my guide and translator, I managed to track down two former hostages from the MV Victoria, one of the ships I encountered at Eyl during my last trip. The second of these interviews, with the ship's first mate (he called himself "Chief") was unbelievable; he was an amazingly jovial, expressive man who told the funniest stories (though at times I wasn't quite sure if I should laugh or not).
I didn't get to do much sightseeing (and the weather was brutal anyway), but I did get a little local flavour-- I spent my first night on the floor of Teddy's friend's flat, in the heart of Ferentari, the "gypsy ghetto" of Bucharest. Then I spent two of the next four nights at the Hilton, in the nicest hotel rooms I have ever had, thanks to Teddy's mother's client reward program.
Nairobi should be interesting. I have contacts at the AP and BBC, but nothing concrete set up.
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The Swiss franc fell sharply against both the dollar and the euro, after the Swiss National Bank cut its inflation forecasts — a nod to the impact of the strong currency.
The dollar shot up to over 1.01 francs from 1.0005 francs, while the euro jumped to 1.3220 francs from 1.3090 francs.
The central bank kept its key interest rate on hold, as expected, with the key three-month Libor band between 0% and 0.75%, and it made no comment on the Swiss franc during its phone conference.
Japan has jumped into the foreign-exchange market to push down its surging yen for the first time since 2004. The question investors are asking now is: Who's next?
There are two parts to this question. First, investors will wonder if other central banks around the globe will help out Japan by selling yen to push the currency down against the dollar. Such global coordination makes so-called currency intervention much more effective. It happened in 2000 with the euro. (It's hard for one country's central bank to push the currency markets up or down given their massive multi-trillion dollar size.)
The record-breaking rally in the Swiss franc continued Tuesday as the euro sank below 1.32 francs, reaching its lowest level in history and breaking through another fresh psychological milestone.
The euro fell to a low of 1.3193 francs late Tuesday morning, according to EBS via CQG, in a continuation of a trend that has brought new record lows on an almost daily basis of late.
The Swiss currency has been climbing for months, with the move accelerating since the Swiss National Bank terminated its program of franc-limiting euro buying earlier this month. A rush away from the euro and a search for havens are behind the currency's climb.
Just how high could the soaring Swiss franc go?
Answer: very. Possibly scarily so.
The currency has been smashing through to fresh all-time highs against the euro on close to a daily basis of late, ever since the country's central bank effectively abandoned its policy of seeking to hold it down last week.
It was, for the Swiss National Bank, a bow to the inevitable. It had bought euros on an enormous scale, to the tune of nearly 60 billion euros in May, to try and stop the franc from climbing, but this was a battle the SNB couldn't win as the euro's existential crisis and high demand for safe-haven currencies shoved the franc relentlessly higher.
Now, the central bank is standing back, leaving the currency to the whim of market forces. Until the SNB sees evidence that this is generating deflation, by making imports cheaper, it's not going to get involved.
The Swiss franc is keeping currency traders nervous Thursday, as it threatens to burst up to a fresh record high against the euro.
The euro has traded as low as 1.4006 Swiss francs in European trading hours, within a whisker of the all-time low of 1.4005 francs seen on May 6. A sharp move out of sterling and into the franc appears to be fueling this fresh bout of strength for the Swiss currency.
So far, there is no sign of any meaningful action by the Swiss National Bank to push the franc back down, although it has reiterated in recent days that it would counter any excessive strength in the currency. Thursday is a public holiday in Switzerland.
The Swiss franc moved sharply lower after the Swiss National Bank reaffirmed its commitment to preventing excessive currency strength Thursday, but the fleeting move suggests traders still expect the franc to climb.
The euro jumped by 0.12% to 1.4631 against the franc after the announcement, which followed the central bank's quarterly monetary-policy meeting. However, it didn't move above its range for the previous day and immediately sank back down, suggesting traders and investors still expect the franc to climb over the medium term.
The SNB also upped its 2010 growth and inflation forecasts, which points to interest rate rises ahead–a long-term support for the franc.
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Living in Lakeland Florida
When it comes to moving to and living in Lakeland Florida, especially for parents of school age children, a move is a difficult decision to make. Parents are mostly concerned about schools, activities, and neighborhoods just to name a few. Having raised two daughters of my own, I've heard them say, "Lakeland is boring". I'll bet children say that in every town. For the most part kids growing up here, they always think there is not much to do but what I have come to learn is when compared to other locations I have visited there is plenty of choices in and around Lakeland, FL.
It wasn't until I had the chance to see other cities around the country that I realized with all Lakeland, FL has to offer our kids can literally do anything they set their mind to. We have an array of theme parks to entertain any age group for a few days. We have free parks around the area to take our kids to and still not visit the same park twice in one week because each park comes with its own amenities. Our children have a choice to where they want to learn and focus their education. Many of these things don't exist in other cities, states, or even countries unless you have the money to afford it, which makes living in Lakeland Florida a top spot.
One of the tough choices parents make when moving to a new area is where to live since every parent wants the best for the child so therefore one very common question is what is the best school district to live in. Here in Lakeland just like every other Florida city we have our zoned public schools all of which have their own attributes, which others may not demonstrate. However if you decide to move to an area because you love the house but do not want your child to attend the zoned school for one reason or another you have the option to enroll your child in one of the other types of schools Lakeland has to offer. Private schools, Montessori schools, Charter schools, and Magnet schools, Lakeland has them all. Schools where your child can gain more of a focus on the Math and Sciences or schools, which allow your child to gain experience in the Arts and everything in between. If it is the sports you want your child to be involved with we have nationally recognized sports teams also.
If you are afraid your child will be bored during the weekends or over breaks there are numerous parks for entertainment for them. There are Parks for children of all ages. The best part about each of these parks is they are free to visit and they foster kids in their education and social skills. Not to mention the ample opportunity for shopping in and around Lakeland. We have one of the nicest outdoor malls in the area with great restaurants and a movie theater that boasts the newest releases from Hollywood. With being only thirty-minute drive to the next big city it allows you to enjoy the amenities of those cities without the headache of traffic every single day. Orlando and Tampa offer some great activities to the Central Florida area but when it is time to unwind it is nice to know you can come back to Lakeland and escape the hustle and bustle of the big cities.
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