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EDT 574: Philosophy of Education
Synonym:78278 (for web registration)
Faculty:Peter Eppig
Semester:Fall 2011
Meeting Schedule:Fridays 9/2 - 12/16 (1:30PM-3:59PM)
Competency Area: Theoretical & Philosophical Foundations of Education
Required of and restricted to Integrated Learning Elementary and Early Childhood certification students through August 12; open to other Education students on August 13.
An evolving philosophy of education can guide decision making, help determine methodology, and become a source of inspiration and renewal for the teacher. This course will focus on developing a personal philosophy of education through a process of research, reflection and discussion. We will survey major changes in educational thought from 500 B.C. to the present. This historical perspective will form the basis for the students? personal search for a philosophy of education appropriate for today.


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Article Date: 5/1/2008
Nestlé, S.A. and Novartis, AG have reached an agreement to which Nestlé will sell 74 million of its shares of Alcon, Inc. common stock to Novartis in a cash transaction at a price of $143.18 per share, for a total of $11 billion. Once consummated, Novartis would own a minority stake in Alcon of approximately 25 percent of Alcon's outstanding shares, while Nestlé would remain Alcon's majority shareholder with approximately 52 percent of Alcon's outstanding shares. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of this year.
The agreement further contains optional put and call rights in which Novartis has exclusive rights to acquire Nestlé's remaining 52 percent stake for a fixed price of $28 billion, and Nestlé has the right to require Novartis to buy this stake, between Jan. 1, 2010 and July 31, 2011. Completion of these steps would make Alcon a majority-owned subsidiary of Novartis.
In addition, the agreement provides for the expansion of the Alcon board of directors from eight to 10 members, with one additional member designated by Nestlé and one designated by Novartis. The nominees for these additional board seats are James Singh, Nestlé's executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Daniel Vasella, MD, who is chairman and CEO of Novartis. Shareholders will vote on whether to expand the Alcon board and to elect these nominees at Alcon's upcoming Annual General Meeting on May 6, 2008, in Zug, Switzerland.
"The strategic fit of Alcon and Novartis is excellent with our complementary product portfolios and R&D synergies," said Dr. Vasella.
"I welcome Novartis as a minority investor, and I believe the agreement validates Alcon's leadership and bright future in the attractive and growing eye care market," said Cary Rayment, Alcon's chairman, president and CEO.
The Vision Care Institute, LLC, is extending its professional-level training opportunities for optometry students with distance learning and live programming at on-campus satellite centers to The Northeastern State University Broken Arrow Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO). It is the fifth optometry school to participate.
"The Vision Care Institute satellite learning center at the Broken Arrow Campus of North-eastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry is the key link in completing the connection of the NSU state-of-the-art campuses. This link also ties the remote rural constituents to the urban metroplex. Continuing education and new knowledge and skills are now accessible as never before," said Dr. George Foster, Dean of NSU-OCO. "The satellite learning center allows all the various college and professional constituents to hold important meetings and conferences without leaving home. I anticipate a high demand for its use by faculty and students and anticipate that it will help promote professional private practice for our graduates."
At the recent Global Keratoconus Congress in Las Vegas, Blanchard Contact Lens and Rose K International presented the National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF) with a 2008 annual sponsorship contribution of $10,000. Blanchard and Rose K International have partnered with NKCF in past years with similar contributions to support the NKCF's Patient Outreach and Education Program of the Discovery Eye Foundation as part of the organization's ongoing support and commitment for keratoconus patients.
"As manufacturer of the Rose K family of lens products in North America, and in recognition and support of keratoconus contact lens practitioners fitting Rose K lenses, we feel an obligation to provide continued support for the dedication and efforts the National Keratoconus Foundation provides these patients," said Lee Buffalo, director of Sales and Marketing at Blanchard.
"Blanchard Contact Lens and Rose K International are companies with a strong commitment to the keratoconus population. Their contribution will enable the NKCF to provide information and resources to keratoconus patients worldwide," said Catherine Warren, RN, executive director of the NKCF.
The Chief Executive Optometrist, a program from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and The Vision Care Institute, LLC, has been set for December.
The program, which is designed to offer optometrists the business skills necessary to maximize the earning potential from their practices, will be held from Dec. 11 to 14, 2008 at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Steinberg Conference Center in Philadelphia.
The curriculum combines business strategies and tactics from Wharton professors with case studies and best practices from both Fortune 500 companies and optometry industry experts.
Tuition for the program is $3,500 and includes lodging and meals. Registration information is available by calling (800) 255-3932 (United States or Canada) or +1-215-898-1776 (worldwide). Or apply online at http://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu — go to Open Enrollment, HealthCare.
The bi-annual Dutch Contact Lens Congress (NCC 2008) took place in Veldhoven the Netherlands on March 16 and 17, attracting a total of 1,250 unique visitors to this meeting and exhibition devoted solely to contact lenses. Coordinated by conference chairman Marco van Beusekom, NCC is now among the largest contact lens meetings in the world. NCC 2008 featured 20 international speakers from 10 countries. Speakers from North America included Kathy Dumbleton, MSc, MCOptom; Art Epstein, OD, FAAO; Lyndon Jones, PhD, FCOptom; Brian Levy, OD, MSc, FAAO; and Jeff Walline, OD, PhD.
A highlight of the event was a debate on corneal staining. This session was hosted by Dr. Jones and included on one side — emphasizing the importance of corneal staining — Eric Papas, PhD, BSc, MCOptom, DipCL (Australia); Dr. Epstein; and Dr. Helmer Schweizer (Switzerland). The other side — arguing that "the importance of staining is overrated" — included Phillip Morgan, PhD, MCOptom, FAAO, and Peter Frampton from the United Kingdom as well as Dr. Levy.
The next NCC meeting will take place March 14 and 15, 2010.
Contact Lens Spectrum, Issue: May 2008

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New Mo. law backs cellphone tracking for police
Friday, July 6, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri law enforcement agencies could track people's cellphone signals during emergencies more easily under a measure signed by Gov. Jay Nixon.
The legislation enacted Friday requires phone companies to cooperate with police by tracking cellphone signals of 911 callers, or by pinging a phone's location when there is danger of death or serious physical injury.
The law was prompted by the 2007 killing of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, who was abducted from a shopping center parking lot in Overland Park, Kan. Her body was found four days later in a wooded area in Missouri.
Sponsoring House member Jeanie Lauer, a Republican from Blue Springs, has said Smith might have been found faster if authorities had been better able to track her cellphone signals.
Cellphone bill is HB1108.
Legislature: http://www.moga.mo.gov
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GERMANY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: FROM 'TAMED POWER' TO NORMALIZED POWER? Simon Bulmer and William E. Paterson, International Affairs, September 2010, var. pp. This article reviews Germany's diplomacy two decades after unification. It explores the 'tamed power' hypothesis with reference to three policy areas: constitutional reform in the EU; Justice and Home Affairs policy; and an issue that has made German European policy very salient of late, the management of the Eurozone. The article argues that Germany has become a much less inclusive actor in European policy, pursuing policy solutions through 'pioneer groups' where these offer greater promise than the EU itself and becoming increasingly attentive to domestic political constraints. The article argues that Germany has become a normalized power, with significant implications for the EU. READ MORE
SOCIAL WELFARE IN EUROPE. CAN EU NATIONS STILL AFFORD EXPENSIVE WELFARE PROGRAMS? Sarah Glazer, CQ Global Researcher, August 2010, var. pp. The Euro debt crisis and calls for fiscal austerity are putting a harsh new light on Europe's gold-plated welfare and pension programs. According to some economists, Europeans pay for their generous welfare programs -such as national health insurance and universal preschool -with more sluggish economies and higher unemployment than in the United States, which has among the industrialized world's least generous welfare safety nets. But in recent years, Scandinavian countries, the most generous with subsidized child care and paid parental leave, have grown at least as fast as the free-market United States. And, contrary to popular opinion, workers there have a better chance than Americans of climbing further up the economic ladder than their parents. Now, Greece, Spain, France and Portugal have all proposed welfare austerity measures - mainly delaying early retirement ages and freezing pensions - not cutting core programs like free child care or unemployment safety nets. Cutbacks in pensions have already spurred angry street protests, but most experts agree Europe has little choice as it faces a demographic time bomb of aging societies supported by a diminishing number of workers. READ MORE
RHETORIC FROM BRUSSELS AND REALITY ON THE GROUND: THE EU AND SECURITY IN AFRICA. Alex Vines, International Affairs, September 2010, var. pp. The St-Malo agreement of December 1998 between France and the UK provided the basis for the launch by European Union (EU) governments of their European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). This agreement stated that the EU 'must have the capacity for autonomous action, backed up by credible military forces, the means to decide to use them, and a readiness to do so, in order to respond to international crisis'. Since 1999 the EU has engaged in a series of African peace and security initiatives, and it is worth examining the effectiveness of the ESDP—or the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) as it is renamed in the Lisbon Treaty—in Africa. To date, with the exception of EU efforts in Somalia, where efforts to oppose terrorism and piracy loom large, these ESDP operations have been mounted in response to crises that do not immediately provide a threat to EU interests. They are in effect more about the EU experimenting with its own capabilities than about Africa: the EU can reach decisions more easily on Africa than on many other parts of the world, and there is at least a theoretical understanding in the EU of the relationship between security and development. READ MORE
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTOR CLEAVAGES IN NEGOTIATING THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION. Madeleine O. Hosli and Christine Arnold, International Studies Quarterly, September 2010, pp. 615–632. This paper aims to explore government preferences and cleavages in the bargaining process on the European Constitution, across the range of 25 EU member states. The study focuses on preferences concerning socioeconomic policymaking and explores whether divisions can be discerned between preferences held by actors according to locations on the left-right policy scale, actors in older as compared to newer EU states, net EU budget positions, domestic rates of support for European integration, and smaller as compared to larger states. The analysis also controls for possible external effects, such as recent domestic macroeconomic developments. Negotiations on the European Constitution are found to be determined less by general transnational left-right divisions, but cleavages according to the length of EU membership and the size of EU member states. READ MORE
EU DEMOCRACY PROMOTION THROUGH CONDITIONALITY IN ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD: THE TEMPTATION OF MEMBERSHIP PERSPECTIVE OR FLEXIBLE INTEGRATION? Janine Reinhard. Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Summer 2010. var. pp. This paper examines the EU's usage of conditionality for democracy promotion within the European Neighbourhood Policy and its conditions, possibilities and limitations. In doing so, I will first develop a theoretical framework for analysing mechanisms of democracy promotion in general and conditionality as a state-centred, rational-choice mechanism in particular. I will show that, apart from the attractiveness of the incentives, there are other variables crucial for a successful use of conditionality. Furthermore, conditionality might be used as a promising strategy for the formal implementation of democratic institutions. However, in completing the consolidation of democracy, conditionality is highly limited. The empirical part of the paper will focus on EU democracy promotion in Ukraine and the incentives the EU offers to Ukraine instead of a membership perspective. With the help of this case study it will be discussed whether these elements of flexible integration are suitable for promoting democracy. Examples of such incentives are a visa-free regime, a new enhanced agreement, or a free trade area. READ MORE
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THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE ECB's RESPONSE BETWEEN 2007 AND 2009. Jean-Claude Trichet, Journal of Common Market Studies, September 2010, pp. 7–19. This article reviews and explains in detail how both the ECB and the Eurosystem – the latter comprising the ECB and the 16 national central banks of the euro area countries – responded to the financial tensions in 2007 and the intensification of the crisis in 2008 and 2009. In this sense, the article is backward looking. READ MORE
GESTURE POLITICS? EXPLAINING THE EU'S RESPONSE TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. James Buckley and David Howarth, Journal of Common Market Studies, September 2010, pp. 119–141. The most significant development in internal market legislation in 2009 concerned the regulation and supervision of financial services. This focus is understandable. The worst European financial crisis and economic decline since the Great Depression and unprecedented EU Member State government bail-outs and credit guarantees for a large number of banks created a strong political and populist backlash in many EU Member States against financial institutions, and banks in particular. While the future stability of the financial sector is a chimera, particularly in a world of highly complex financial innovation, governments have individually and collectively – at both the EU and international level – looked to the reinforcement and creation of mechanisms that will decrease both the risk of systemic collapse and the future burden of bank failures upon governments and taxpayers. READ MORE
ENDGAME FOR THE EURO? WITHOUTH MAJOR RESTRUCTURING, THE EUROZONE IS DOOMED. Dimitri Papadimitriou, L. Randall Wray, and Yeva Nersisyan, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, var. pp . Critics argue that the current crisis has exposed the profligacy of the Greek government and its citizens, who are stubbornly fighting proposed social spending cuts and refusing to live within their means. Yet Greece has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the European Union (EU), and its social safety net is modest compared to the rest of Europe. Since implementing its austerity program in January, it has reduced its budget deficit by 40 percent, largely through spending cuts. But slower growth is causing revenues to come in below targets, and fuel-tax increases have contributed to growing inflation. As the larger troubled economies like Spain and Italy also adopt austerity measures, the entire continent could find government revenues collapsing. No rescue plan can address the central problem: that countries with very different economies are yoked to the same currency. Lacking a sovereign currency and unable to devalue their way out of trouble, they are left with few viable options—and voters in Germany and France will soon tire of paying the bill. A more far-reaching solution is needed. READ MORE (PDF 663 KB)
FINANCIAL INDUSTRY OVERHAUL. Marcia Clemmitt, CQ Researcher, July 30, 2010, var. pp. "On July 15, three Republican senators crossed the aisle to help pass the most sweeping financial-regulation overhaul since the Great Depression. Supporters of the 2,300-page legislation say the new rules will rein in investment risk-taking by big financial firms that otherwise might endanger the economic system again. Trading in complex investments known as derivatives will also get closer scrutiny. But some critics say that the law's effectiveness depends on the same federal regulators who missed the signs of the last impending crisis. Other critics say the new law is nowhere nearly as tough as it needed to be. They point out, for example, that the law doesn't prevent banks from growing to enormous size, which many analysts say makes financial institutions unmanageable and leads to conflicts of interest. READ MORE
THE ROAD TO A CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT RUNS THROUGH MONTREAL. Richard J. Smith, Peterson Institute, August 2010, pp. 1-4. The 1987 Montreal Protocol to the Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer was a pivotal agreement in the history of global environmental negotiations. It established a process that remains an important precedent for dealing with global environmental problems, including global warming. What made the negotiation of that agreement such an iconic event, and what useful lessons does it hold for climate change negotiators? The Montreal Protocol and its amendments addressed the challenge of a deteriorating stratospheric ozone layer that threatened to expose life on earth to greatly increased and damaging levels of ultraviolet radiation. The protocol initially called for a 50 percent reduction by 1999 in the production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which had been identified as the principal cause of ozone layer deterioration. The agreement also set up a procedure for regularly reviewing and revising its provisions at subsequent Conferences of the Parties (COPs). These "review and revise" meetings led over the following decade to amendments that broadened the scope of controlled ozone-depleting substances and set earlier dates for fully phasing them out. The parties also established a Montreal Protocol Fund to assist developing countries with meeting their obligations under the protocol. READ MORE (PDF 223 KB)
THE SOUTH STREAM VERSUS NABUCCO PIPELINE RACE: GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC (IR)RATIONALES AND POLITICAL STAKES IN MEGA-PROJECTS, Pavel K. Baev and Indra Øverland, International Affairs, September 2010, var. pp. All was quiet in the European 'southern energy corridor' in the first months of 2010, after the rather embarrassing fiasco of the Batumi summit in January, which failed to gather in this Georgian port. Yet when the new EU Energy Commissioner Günter Oettinger mentioned in an interview that the Nabucco project would not be completed before 2018, its international lobby instantly mobilized and put pressure on him to confirm the next day that there was no change of plan. The Russian leadership celebrated the start of the controversial Nord Stream pipeline construction and kept insisting that the South Stream would follow suit.1 These developments justify a second look at the sequence of high-profile conferences and summits in spring and summer 2009 that sought to give shape and content to the new channel for delivering gas to the European market. READ MORE
BEYOND GRIDLOCK: GREEN DRIFT IN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYMAKING. Christopher Grory McKlyzaand David Sousa, Political Science Quarterly, Fall 2010 , pp. 443-463. Christopher McGrory Klyza and David Sousa argue that environmental policy in the United States has moved in the direction favored by environmentalists over the last two decades, despite efforts by many conservatives to roll back these policies. This green drift is based on the combination of major environmental laws and institutional structures created in the 1960s and 1970s and frozen in place by the legislative gridlock of the last two decades. READ MORE
SECURING FOREIGN OIL: A CASE FOR INCLUDING MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF FUELS. Adam J Liska, Richard K Perrin. Environment. July/August 2010, var. pp. Military operations are major industrial activities that use massive amounts of fuel and materials that significantly contribute to climate change. In this article, we assert that military activity to protect international oil trade is a direct production component for importing foreign oil- as necessary for imports as are pipelines and supertankers-and therefore the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from that military activity are relevant to U.S. fuel policies related to climate change. READ MORE
THE EU CONNECTION IN CLIMATE RESEARCH. John Rosenthal, Policy Review, August 2010, var. pages. "The leaking of the East Anglia 'Climategate' e-mails and data last November shattered the appearance of a scientific consensus on supposed 'man-made global warming' and provided a disturbing insight into the corruption of the scientific process as it relates to the 'man-made global warming' hypothesis. The spectacle of scientists stonewalling freedom of information requests, destroying records, hiding unwelcome results, colluding to keep dissenting viewpoints out of scholarly journals, and even suppressing their own acknowledged doubts — all of this made it perfectly clear that other interests were at stake than the pure pursuit of knowledge. The centrality of the quest for funding in the e-mail exchanges made it equally clear that for the scientists in question, money, unsurprisingly, was first and foremost among those interests. But just who or what had corrupted the science in order to produce the phantom 'consensus'?" READ MORE
THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF FIRST AND SECOND-GENERATION IMMIGRANTS IN FRANCE, GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. Yann Algan, Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz and Alan Manning, Economic Journal, February 2010, F4-F30. "A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with large immigrant populations albeit with very different ethnic compositions. Today, the descendants of these immigrants live and work in their parents' destination countries. This article presents and discusses comparative evidence on the performance of first and second-generation immigrants in these countries in terms of education, earnings and employment. READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, OPEN BORDERS DEBATES, AND HAPPINESS. David Bartram, International Studies Review, September 2010, pp. 339–361. "Arguments for 'open borders' typically assume that migration from poorer countries to wealthy countries generally makes the migrants themselves better off; indeed, many discussions of ethics concerning immigration policy depend heavily on this assumption. But there are several grounds for wondering whether it is at least partly unfounded for economic migrants (if not for refugees), particularly if 'better off' is specified in terms of happiness. Research on happiness casts doubt on the notion that increases in income contribute significantly to happiness; this article extends those doubts to the notion that one can increase happiness by gaining more income via labor migration. Certain processes (for example, adaptation, social comparisons) might work in counterintuitive ways for immigrants, perhaps inhibiting happiness despite ostensible economic gains. Arguments against immigration restrictions might therefore need to focus more on the dysfunctions of restrictions themselves and less on putative benefits to migrants from migration." READ MORE
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. Douglas S Massey, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Sep 2010, pp. 124-140. "Of the three main contributors to population growth--fertility, mortality, and net migration--the latter is by far the most difficult to capture statistically. This article discusses the main sources of federal statistical data on immigration, each with its own characteristic set of strengths, weaknesses, possibilities, and limitations in the context of the interested social scientist. Among the key limitations, the article argues, are the elimination of parental birthplace from the census and the lack of complete data concerning the legal statuses of the U.S. population. This article concludes with suggestions on remedying such deficiencies, at relatively low marginal cost, such as the inclusion of questions on parental birthplace, instituting a regular survey of randomly selected legal immigrants, and the use of the "two-card method" in statistical data." READ MORE
NO FIRST USE: THE NEXT STEP FOR U.S. NUCLEAR POLICY. Michael S. Gerson, International Security, Fall 2010, pp. 7–47. "The release of the Barack Obama administration's much-anticipated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) concluded an intense, yearlong effort to revamp U.S. nuclear weapons policy to better address modern threats. Despite general agreement that the United States' nuclear policy and posture was in need of overhaul, there were strong disagreements over what kinds of changes should be made. At the core of these debates was the issue of U.S. declaratory policy—the stated role and purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons. Whereas some members of the administration advocated that the United States retain all of the flexibility and options afforded by the policy of calculated ambiguity, others contended that to fulfill President Obama's commitment to 'put an end to Cold War thinking' and 'reduce the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. national security strategy,' the United States should adopt a more restrictive nuclear policy such as no first use (NFU), perhaps in the form of a declaration that the 'sole purpose' of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter a nuclear attack." READ MORE
SMALLER AND SAFER. Bruce Blair, Victor Esin, Matthew McKinzie, Valery Yarynich, and Pavel Zolotarev, Foreign Affairs, Sep/Oct 2010, pp. 9-15. "On April 8, sitting beside each other in Prague Castle, US Pres Barack Obama and Russian Pres Dmitry Medvedev signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Just two days earlier, the Obama administration had issued its Nuclear Posture Review, only the third such comprehensive assessment of the US' nuclear strategy. The two countries' nuclear command, control, and communication systems, and sizable portions of their weapon systems, will still be poised for "launch on warning" -- ready to execute a mass firing of missiles before the quickest of potential enemy attacks could be carried out. A stable nuclear deterrent exists between the US and Russia when neither country would choose to launch a nuclear attack against the other regardless of the level of tension that may arise between them. A stable deterrent whole would thus be constructed from more vulnerable, de-alerted parts." READ MORE
BRINGING ISRAEL'S BOMB OUT OF THE BASEMENT. Avner Cohen, Marvin Miller, Foreign Affairs, Sep/Oct 2010, pp. 30-44. "In the shadow of the Holocaust, Israel made a determined effort to acquire nuclear weapons. However, just as fear of genocide is the key to understanding Israel's nuclear resolve, that fear has also encouraged nuclear restraint. After all, if Israel's enemies also acquired the bomb, the Jewish state might well face destruction, given its small size and high population density. This combination of resolve and restraint led to a code of nuclear conduct that is fundamentally different from that of all other nuclear weapons states. The policy and practice of nuclear opacity was codified in 1969 in an extraordinary secret accord between Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and US Pres Richard Nixon. In Israel, for government officials, security analysts, and even the general public, nuclear opacity is one of the Jewish state's greatest strategic and diplomatic success stories. In Israel, opacity is viewed almost universally as the most prudent response Israel could have fashioned to its nuclear dilemma." READ MORE
THE POINT OF NO RETURN. Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, September 2010, var. pp. For the Obama administration, the prospect of a nuclearized Iran is dismal to contemplate— it would create major new national-security challenges and crush the president's dream of ending nuclear proliferation. But the view from Jerusalem is still more dire: a nuclearized Iran represents, among other things, a threat to Israel's very existence. In the gap between Washington's and Jerusalem's views of Iran lies the question: who, if anyone, will stop Iran before it goes nuclear, and how? As Washington and Jerusalem study each other intensely, here's an inside look at the strategic calculations on both sides—and at how, if things remain on the current course, an Israeli air strike will unfold. READ MORE
BEYOND MODERATES AND MILITANTS. Robert Malley and Peter Harling, Foreign Affairs, Sep/Oct 2010, var. pages. "U.S. policymakers have historically applied yesterday's solutions to today's problems in the Middle East. But the Middle East is not what it was five years ago; it has moved on. President Obama must recognize that there is not a clean divide between a moderate pro-American camp and an extremist militant axis and take into account the region's rapidly shifting dynamics." READ MORE
HOW TO HANDLE HAMAS. Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, Sep/Oct 2010, var. pages. "Hamas is central to Israeli security and Palestinian politics, yet the international community refuses to work with it. This is a mistake. Hamas might possibly be convinced not to undermine progress on a peace deal. Israel and the international community should exploit Hamas' vulnerabilities with a mix of coercion and concessions -- including a further easing of the siege of Gaza." READ MORE
EGYPT'S WALL WITH GAZA AND THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW MIDDLE EAST ALIGNMENT. Tally Helfont, Orbis, Summer 2010, pp. 426-440. "In December 2009, Egypt began construction of an underground steel wall on its border with Gaza in a move designed to halt the smuggling of illegal weapons and other contraband via the Hamas-run underground tunnel network. Egypt's initiative, which is being carried out in the name of its own strategic-national interests, has been the subject of intense criticism throughout the region. This article examines the emergence of a new alignment in the Middle East, based upon a new fault line between moderates and radicals. This alignment is manifested in Egypt's construction of its underground steel wall. By exploring the motivations, responses, and implications of building such a wall, it will become apparent that two camps have emerged in the region on this issue and that their stances are but an illustration of the aforementioned shift. READ MORE (PDF 313 KB)
THE E-MARKETING STRATEGY OF HAMAS. Tomer Mozes, Gabriel Weimann, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, March 2010, pp. 211—225. "Given the growth of Internet research in recent years, it is rather surprising that research of online terrorism and countermeasures has been lacking theoretical and conceptual frameworks. The present study suggests applying the concepts and models taken from e-marketing to the study of terrorist websites. This work proves that when Hamas builds an array of sites in the Internet, it complies with the same rules that the Western business world follows." READ MORE
THE GOLDSTONE REPORT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. Peter Berkowitz, Policy Review, August 2010, var. pages. "The march of politics under the banner of law. The controversy over the "Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict", more commonly known as the Goldstone Report, seems to have died down. But its larger significance has yet to be appreciated." READ MORE
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Two Men Accused of Stealing Unreleased Michael Jackson Songs
Two British men were arrested and charged with hacking into the computers at Sony Music Entertainment. A person familiar with the case told the Associated Press the men stole unreleased tracks by Michael Jackson.
A representative for Sony Music said the company noticed a breach back in May and alerted local authorities. The company said no customer data were compromised.
It was unclear what music was stolen, but the person familiar with the case told the AP it included unreleased material by the late Jackson. After Jackson's death, Sony signed a seven-year deal to sell his unreleased songs.
The two suspects face trial next year for computer misuse and copyright offenses, the AP said. James Marks, 26, and James McCormick, 25, appeared at Leicester Crown Court in central England on Friday and pleaded not guilty. They were freed on bail and are due to stand trial in January.


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That's right, it seems an old-fashioned brick is making headlines, only this time not for it's rustic, "born old" appeal, but for it's weight and strength to shatter glass. The Old Virginia Gang wreaked havoc on businesses in North Fulton and North DeKalb counties for 18 months, breaking into stores and homes, and stealing flat-panel televisions.
After robbing 23 businesses and two residences, the men were charged with 69 counts by the Fulton County District Attorney's Office. The unique Old Virginia bricks are thought to be from a leftover pallet at the apartment complex where one of the thieves was living at the time.
It's interesting to think that an "Old Virginia Burglary Task Force" would ever need to be formed. But it was, since the common denominator in each of the burglaries was a classic masonry product. And even if the bricks were used to commit crimes, it shows that only something as strong as a brick could get the job done for the Old Virginia Gang.
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why don't my daughter walk yet and she is twelve months?
my daughter can't walk yet and i want to know what to do
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12 months is too soon to worry. Anywhere up to 18 months is considered a normal age to start walking. Is he pulling up on furniture yet or anything of that sort? If you're really worried ask her doctor about it, but I think you don't need to worry too much yet.posted 08/27/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
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The Haitian government has called upon the NPMA and a select group of its delegates to assist the country in dealing with pest and rodent control.
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LODI, Calif. (April 28, 2010) - We are all aware of the destruction caused by the major earthquake that hit Port au Prince, Haiti on January 12th. While the country is still dealing with widespread damage to its infrastructure and health and safety issues for its people, there are other major concerns that are not often discussed - like bugs.
The Haitian government recently called upon the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and a select group of its delegates to assist the country in dealing with pest and rodent control. Terry Clark, vice president of Clark Pest Control in Lodi, Calif., was asked to participate in this effort because of his previous work with the NPMA Board of Directors. Terry is known to be a 'creative thinker' and they need this type of out-of-the-box thinking to build action plans and guide the implementation of the pest management solutions in the Haiti disaster area.
"I am thrilled at the opportunity help with this relief effort in Haiti," said Terry Clark, vice president, Clark Pest Control. "The personal risks are there but it is important that we share the resources and technology we have with a community that truly needs our help because I know we can go over there and make a real difference."
The NPMA team is focusing on three major pest problems in the tent cities and the hospitals. Port-au-Prince and its surrounding areas are overrun with pests including flies, rodents and cockroaches, and it is causing major health and safety concerns for the Haitian people. Yet the pest control plans must take many issues into consideration - including the heat and humidity, especially as we are nearing the onset of hurricane season.
Some of the health risks posed by the pests include the transmission of pathogens and bacteria such as E-coli and Salmonella that can result in illness and disease, increased potential for asthma attacks and respiratory distress due to cockroach and rodent allergens and food contamination. In addition, the flies are so bad in the latrines that people are choosing not to use them and leaving their personal waste outside instead.
"This will by far be the largest rodent control job I have personally worked on," said Terry Clark. "And I have seen infestations exceeding 10,000 rats at one property."
While Terry is in Haiti participating in the Haitian Relief effort, Clark Pest Control will be tracking his work and experience through an online blog at http://blog.clarkpest.com.
The primary mission of this first delegation leaving May 5th is to assess current pest issues and potential infestation risk factors. The group of NPMA delegates will then determine the number of follow-up visits needed to implement control measures and monitor the results moving forward.
"The Haitian people are facing a long and hard recovery and it is important that we provide continued support that will see them through," added Clark.
Note:Throughout Terry's visit, Terry Clark will be in close contact so be prepared for updates on the work he will be doing.
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The intensely hot weather has been toughest, of course, on DC-area residents, about two million of whom had no power and, therefore, no air conditioning, in the warm wake of the devastating Derecho.
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How often do you have to exchange the LP canister?
Ehh...once every 4 months or so? I just know that when the flames are too low to be usable at all, that's when we replace it.
when it runs out of gas
when I turn it on and nothing happens, I go get a new one.
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Charcoal baybeh here, however I would like to upgrade and have both next year. While a special friend of mine purchased a lovely char-broil for me - and some of the instant briqeuts - I upgraded to back to where I used to grill/smoke - and use a couple of the instant to light - and use charcoal and briquets (oh sp) for the remainder - love it.
However, in the winter in a wind, etc - it's pretty awesome to push the button (provided that works, that is usually the first thing to go on a nominally priced butane grill) in the snow and have FLAME ON.
Although I must say my grilling <shines fingernails> does include some very nice schmoking stuffs in the winter>
Never. When we redid the back patio, I got a permanent grill that's hooked to the household gas. I use it for everything. I even did the T'giving turkey out there last year.
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I ask because we are moving into a smaller house, and the kitchen is easily half the size of the current one. Thinking about getting a gas grill and do a bunch of cooking outdoors, to get me out of the cramped quarters.
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I'm estimating that we grill about 3 times a week (even in winter). We exchange our tank approximately every 3 months.
Charcoal, or even better, real hardwood limbs. Started with crumpled up newspaper (chimney optional). And the food should be slow cooked for hours over the heat and in the smoke! If you wish, add a little pan of fruit juice to the grill....it will add a little something extra to the smoke flavor, my favorite is apple juice.
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When it needs replacement. Which is why we have a spare.
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Gas is big in Texas. My parents live in a golf community on a lake in east Texas. They place has natural gas. Seems a VP of Lonestar Gas moved in and he wanted gas at his lake house. They ran a pipeline to StarHarbor for him, or so the legend goes.
Charcoal adds a nice flavor, but is sure is nice to turn on the grill, light it and go get a beer while the grill heats up.
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Hemorrhoids worse during pregnancy?
This is my second pregnancy and during my first pregnancy, like most women, I got hemorrhoids. I'm only six weeks along with this pregnancy but I've noticed that my hemorrhoids have gotten worse. I would occasionally bleed when I went to the bathroom before but it seems every time I go to the bathroom now I'm in pain and bleed. Is this just from the increased blood flow with the second pregnancy? If not is it normal?
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FAMU Interim President, Larry Robinson, "We decided to combine our efforts. That is the student government association and the University Administration to have an event of this type to welcome all of our kids back to campus."
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Teenage Wasteland (of Stretch Marks)
Dearest Amy,
I'm pretty sure you have probably addressed the issue of stretch marks due to pregnancy, but I have a different question regarding stretch marks.
My 15-year old daughter has gained quite a bit of weight in the past year and has rather large, gaping stretch marks on the sides of her waist. They remind me of the ones I got when pregnant with my first child. My oldest is now 18 and I don't remember anyone telling me what to do to prevent stretch marks back then so I am clueless about what to tell her to deal with the stretch marks. We all know how sensitive 15-year old girls can be, and I don't necessarily want to draw attention to her weight gain but I also think if there's something I can do to help her with any self-esteem issues that may come up because of them, I'd be most appreciative.
For the record, I bought both my girls the Philosophy Miracle Set for Christmas (and one for me too, although at 45, I'm not expecting miracles), based on your recommendation here, and I mentioned to her that perhaps the Hope in a Jar cream might help the stretch marks since it goes on lightly and she might not need much for coverage. She just kind of looked at me and said, uh…ok. So I suppose it's possible that the stretch marks bother me more than they bother her. But I doubt it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Liz
So. The bad news is that there's no miracle product out there for stretch marks — either for preventing them OR erasing them. The good news is that stretch marks are VERY common in girls your daughter's age (as they rocket into and through puberty) and her age is actually her best defense against life-long noticeable marks.
My doctor recommended rubbing my enormous pregnant belly with cocoa butter lotions and oils to keep the skin extra-super-moisturized and thus, stretch-mark free.
Yeah. That didn't work. My skin hit its elasticity limit right at 38 weeks and suddenly my stomach erupted in stretch marks. Skin IS very elastic and moisturizing CAN help to a certain degree, but there's always a limit to how much it can take. If you want to avoid stretch marks during pregnancy, you're going to have to bank on good genes and a non-gigantic fetus. I had neither one of those things going for me, so…uh…awesome!
After the damage was done, I rushed out and bought some StriVectin, the (at the time, anyway) hot supposed miracle cure for stretch marks. It is extremely expensive. And I still have each and every stretch mark I had before using it, although they have faded to the point of being practically unnoticeable.
Which is exactly what will happen to your daughter's marks, WITHOUT the help of expensive creams or treatments. (I credit my faded marks to good old-fashioned TIME instead of some space-age collagen-in-a-bottle or even Mederma.) As her weight levels out and her body finishes developing, her skin will get down to the serious business of healing itself. 15-year-old skin is a zillion times more elastic and resilient than ours, and while the scars may look "gaping" or red or purple, they will most likely fade to a shade just a tad bit lighter than her regular complexion.
The only time she may need to worry about them (like all of us) is when out in the sun in a bathing suit. Stretch marks will never tan (although they can burn, so wear SUNSCREEEEEEEN, PEEEEEEOPLE), so they can become a lot more prominent if she wears a bikini.
But more good news here — stretch marks DO respond to sunless tanners, so if she ever wants to conceal them pre-pool or beach party, any garden-variety self-tanner will do the trick.
In the meantime, make sure she wears that sunscreen. And while you're on the right track with suggesting a moisturizer, I don't think there's any need to use the expensive Philosophy face stuff. A good body moisturizer will work — Curel, Aveeno, Lubriderm, cocoa butter, whatever, as long as she uses it. (So if that means something gaggily fruity-smelling from Bath & Body Works, so be it.) Again, moisturizing won't erase anything, but it WILL help with the overall health and elasticity of her skin, thus upping the odds that she'll just "outgrow" her stretch marks.
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mollyawesome Jan 09 at 11:16 am Reply
Stretch marks are seriously depressing, I think Liz is right in thinking that her daughter is more upset about them than she's letting on. I first noticed mine when I was around 15, still in the middle of a growth spurt that would never end, and one day when my mom remarked on how long my legs were and how lucky I was, I exploded into a tantrum about the marks all over my knees and thighs and butt. Five years later, they're still there, though some days they look a little better than others. But I'm still never going to reveal myself in public in anything smaller than a boyshorts bikini, and only when it's dark.
Anecdote aside, I've got a follow-up question… you said self-tanners work on stretch marks. Is there any solution for people who don't tan and don't want to tan? My dermatologist told me that getting color was the best way for me to lessen their appearance, but I only sunburn and I like being very pale. Is there such a thing as a self-natural-colorer that might work?
Karen S Jan 09 at 1:23 pm Reply
I too have had stretch marks due to weight gain. Time is definitely the key when it comes to fading.
Amongst my many stretch mark afflicted friends and acquaintances in the UK, every single one seems to swear by Bio Oil. The website has US stockist information at bio-oil.info
I used Palmer's Cocoa Butter. I'm not convinced it helped the marks fade, but I'm pretty sure a nice heavy moisturiser with added elastin and collagen helped things snap (well, gradually ease) back into place as I lost the weight.
JustStudying Jan 09 at 1:24 pm Reply
Hi All, (first time commenting). I wouldn't be so sure that your daughter is more upset about the stretch marks than she is letting on. I am only a few years post-teenagerhood and my advice to Liz is that you should be very cautious about what you say to her that might reinforce (or even trigger) her self-conciousness about the stretch marks. My mother once (and only once) made a comment about my calves being fat and it has taken me years to get over it. I think that mothers have a huge influence on their daughters self-esteem and so even though you are trying to *help* by worrying about her stretch marks, there is a fine line between you looking out for her best interest and you demonstrating to her that her stretch marks *are* a problem (translated in teenage brain as "stretch marks make me ugly/unworth of anyone's love"). Hope this helps.
Yeeeah. I have strech marks. Totally un-weight gain related, so chances are your daughter may have ended up with them anyway.
I have them on my KNEES, people. KNEES. Who knew?
Anyway. I grew olderish, and they kind of went away. I can still see them, expecially when I'm tan. But self tanner works just as well as Amalah says it does. So it's a nonissue, once you get done growing.
I agree with JustStudying. I think that mentioning the stretch marks once is enough (if not once too many). If mom is noticing the stretch marks, daughter probably has too, and I think pointing them out repeatedly and then suggesting that something needs to be done to them is only going to create some hurt feelings and self-consciousness.
Olivia Jan 09 at 4:29 pm Reply
Stretch marks are mostly genetic. I got them on my breasts and hips when I hit puberty. I tried the lotions and oils and nothing worked. I'm 29 now, and the old ones are faded and nearly unoticable. However, I have new ones because of weight gain, but wevs, there are worse things in the world.
I agree that it shouldn't be brought up to the daughter anymore unless she seeks her mom out for advice. Chances are she hasn't thought about it much, but bringing them up will make her more self concious.
nimblesixpence Jan 09 at 5:57 pm Reply
Just thirding (or fourthing) the whole "don't say anything else" comments. I have stretch marks now that I must've gotten during puberty, but I wasn't nearly as aware of my body back then, and was blissfully oblivious.
If my mother had said something about them, it would've wrecked me temporarily, and I know I would remember it to this day.
Until your daughter brings up her body issues (i.e. what bothers her), DO NOT mention anything. Why give her a complex about something she may not even be thinking about? Moms do have so much power.
suzannemarya Jan 10 at 2:49 pm Reply
Maybe I'm just oversensitive, but I got goosebumps everywhere when you told your daughter that Hope in a Jar might help her stretch marks. I'm sure you had the best intentions but that comment had to make her feel pretty miserable. I think you're risking putting up a real wall between yourself and your daughter, even though, as I said, your heart was in the right place. I know that is the kind of remark that would have had me cutting off communication for a long time with my mother at that age. I would spend less time worrying about stretch mark products and more time reminding your daughter that she is a beautiful woman. Good luck!
koz Jan 11 at 2:27 pm Reply
Yeah, everything suzannemarya said. Exactly.
I've had 'em since early teens, and they were never a big deal to me. I always wore one pieces, anyway. And my thin sister had them as well.
I had a nurse comment on my "babes" having "left their mark" one time — I was childless and in mid-20s at the time. Nice.
nicola Dec 11 at 9:45 pm Reply
im a 17 year old girl. Had stretch marks since i was like 13. Dont get me wrong i get a bit upset that i have them as iv got them on the back of my legs!!!!! . but then again lifes far to short to wory about a perfectly natural thing. stretchmarks r just like freckles. some people have them some people dont. people have got way worse things 2 worry about in life. so as a 17 year old girl id say everyone should think like me and not worry about them. what good does it do worrying. you only live once. enjoy life & dont let it get you down. iv learned my lesson:D:D
LisaBeth Jun 07 at 7:50 am Reply
I got stretchmarks when I was 12 on the sides and inside of my thighs from a growth spurt. I thought I was never gonna get rid of them and I had them for two-three years. They were bright purple and it was really unattractive, I used the Lady Soma Stretch Mark treatment twice per day when I was relaxing and I swear in about a week or two the bright purple scars faded, fast and were then skin colored – in a little and after 3-4 weeks they were completely gone. really is the best thing ever for stretchmarks


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I'm a gamer who cares more about the enjoyment than the graphics. I still believe that Deus Ex and ICO are some of the greatest games ever made. If I had a better computer, I would already be learning how to make mods and the like, but for now, I'm a english-spanish translator.
We'll have to wait to see how this results...
So... it will only be a Steam release? Or it will be on ModDB (please) too?
If you want to include a Spanish translation, I'm your man!
The music is "Requiem for Ravenholm" from HL2. Creepy as hell.
And by the way, your lighting usage is good, but don't overuse flashing lights. Believe me, it may get annoying.
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I looked more like Quake...
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It would be an interesting option to be able to save all of the images taken in the burst, so as to be able to focus-stack them if needed... all it takes is another line or two in the app, even if it raised the price to $$2.- ;)
FocusTwist app for iOS allows Lytro-like focusing
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A newly released app in the iOS App Store will give you the experience of a Lytro camera for a much smaller price tag. FocusTwist takes a series of images with different focal planes and allows you, and your viewers, to choose a focus point after you've taken the photo.
In a quick hands-on with FocusTwist, I found it super easy to use. To start out, you just tap the part of your scene that you want to be your foreground. FocusTwist then takes a bunch of photos over a few seconds while you stay as still as humanly possible. It then takes you to a focusing screen where you pick what your final image will look like.
FocusTwist only shoots in square format. When you share your image via FocusTwist's built-in social sharing that's synced with Twitter, the viewer can tap to refocus again. My first FocusTwist image was a little shaky, but the effect worked overall. The app recommends using subjects that are a few inches from your phone for more dramatic results -- a tripod would also be useful.
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- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 5.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 21.1%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
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Most photographers aren't legal professionals. When it comes to topics like model releases, copyright protection and other legal matters that photographers often face, get information and advice from organizations like the Professional Photographers of America (www.ppa.com). Even if you don't make your living with photography, it's good to be educated on the ins and outs of your rights and liabilities.
Q) Photography is a hobby of mine and I recently began researching submitting photos to stock companies. However, I have some questions about releases. Model releases are self-evident, but property releases seem a bit more complicated. I've been holding off submitting photos to stock companies because I don't know all the ins and outs of property releases and can't find any good references or guidelines. For example, if you photograph a street scene, buildings only, do you need property releases from each owner/resident? What about derelict buildings with no apparent contact information? What are my obligations to find the owner? Additionally, if you take a close-up of a building and the property isn't readily identifiable, is a property release needed? What about boats? Trains? Planes? Finally, where do you draw the line on the need for property releases when you're photographing subjects like monuments, national parks, castles (I've just spent three years in Europe), bridges, etc.?
I know there are a lot of nuances to each of these questions and you more than likely can't provide what may be construed as legal advice, but is there a professional association that lists common practices (I know state laws vary)? Also, can you recommend a good reference book that explains all these intricacies of releases? I haven't found anything with sufficient detail. Many thanks.
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A) The timing of your question is interesting. Recently, I've been shooting people more frequently for my books and have been researching model releases for some time. Publishers are very particular about releases, and they should be; they experience what happens when the i's aren't dotted and the t's aren't crossed.
The timing also is interesting in that when I received your question I had just left Photoshop World. This twice-yearly gathering of all things Photoshop contains photography tracks that range from using layer masks to shooting layer cakes. One of the sessions I sat in on dealt with model releases. Photographer Jack Reznicki and lawyer Edward C. Greenberg gave an entertaining and somewhat scary talk on many of the myths and legends about releases.
Some of their stories are both incredible and frightening at the same time. But what I took away from that short but information-filled session is a question that Ed asked: "Why do photographers ask other photographers for legal advice?" It's an interesting question. To take it a step further, if you accidentally broke your finger closing up a tripod, would you ask a photographer how to fix it? Even though the damage was caused by photography equipment, I think you'd be heading to an emergency room, not a portrait studio.
While this may seem a little harsh, I think it's a good wakeup call to all of us to make sure we ask the right people. Much as I'd like to think (and that my editor thinks) I know everything, I haven't passed the bar exam, and my legal vocabulary comes from four years of Latin and Hamilton Burger. (I'm dating myself on that reference!)
But since I'm not going to be the resource, I'll point you to one organization where Jack is involved: the Professional Photographers of America, Inc. Their website is www.ppa.com.
You mention that "model releases are self-evident." After listening to Jack and Ed's session at Photoshop World, I wouldn't be so sure.


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What have you seen thats been particularly inspiring this year at SIGGRAPH ?
I had some time to kill this week at SIGGRAPH and I managed to roll up a few changes as Wilbur 1.66 ( http://www.ridgenet.net/~jslayton/software.html ). http://www.ridgenet.net/~jslayton/Fu...ol3/index.html shows the most interesting new feature, the river finder.
What have you seen thats been particularly inspiring this year at SIGGRAPH ?
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I'm not much an artist so the art / animation parts of the conference didn't do a whole lot for me. The late Thrusday showing of Clone Wars was sorta fun, though (even if the movie wasn't particularly good).
The classes were excellent, with the Line Drawings from 3D models and Beyond Programmable Shading ones being my favorites. The line drawing class was a review of past papers but well done. The Beyond Programmable Shading classes covered the theory of the major vendors' 3D architectures/libraries with practical examples at the afternoon session.
Of the papers, I liked Multiscale Texture Synthesis ( http://www.cs.columbia.edu/cg/mts/ ) for obvious reasons. After that was Finding Paths through the World's Photos ( http://phototour.cs.washington.edu/findingpaths/ ). Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness ( http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tommer/beautification2008/ ) was also quite entertaining.
Single Image Dehazing ( http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~raananf/pr...fog/index.html ) and High-Quality Motion Deblurring from a Single Image ( http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~leojia/p...siggraph08.pdf ) have great potential for what I need to do at work.
The new tech demo of Origami Optics ( http://www.siggraph.org/s2008/attendees/newtech/1.php ) was interesting but I'm not sure how applicable it was except in the context of high-end, high-priced systems.
Everywhere you turned at SIGGRAPH there was something interesting and/or useful for something or other.
I'm considering putting another slider on there for exponent to allow for better control of the river liength slider, which is very heavily weighted toward its left edge at the moment.


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Busy schedule keeps trumpeter Dave Douglas in perpetual motion
Athenaeum Jazz at TSRI presents The Dave Douglas Quintet
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Casual fans may find it intriguing that internationally acclaimed trumpeter Dave Douglas runs marathons in his spare time. But longtime followers of Douglas are more likely to react with disbelief that this perpetually busy jazz maverick has any spare time at all.
This, after all, is the same Dave Douglas who leads up to half a dozen different bands, almost concurrently, runs his own record and DVD label, Greenleaf Music, and works around the world as a jazz educator (he just concluded a 10-year run as the director of the Jazz & Creative Music Program at the Banff Centre in Canada). He is also the founder and director of the New York-based Festival of New Trumpet Music, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last month, and he hosts "A Noise From the Deep," a regular series of podcasts in which he interviews prominent musicians.
For good measure, to commemorate his 50th birthday this year, Douglas is doing a 50 States Tour, which he launched with the goal of performing this year in all 50 states. He performs here Wednesday, under the auspices of the La Jolla Athenaeum, at TSRI Auditorium (known until last year as the Neurosciences Institute Auditorium.) He'll be accompanied by an all-star band that features saxophonist Jon Irabagon, bassist Linda Oh, pianist Bobby Avey and drummer Rudy Royston.
"I think I'm more like an evil genius than a workaholic!" quipped Douglas, speaking by phone from New York.
"I love what I do and I work every day. One of the attractions for me in having a lot of different projects going is that, if I hit the wall with one, I can turn the page and work on something else. It's all a part of exploring the work. Having a record label is part of that, running the trumpet festival is part of that, the different educational projects I've been involved with are part of that as well, and they all enrich me. So when I'm in my studio writing music or practicing, I feel like all the world is there, enriching me and my work."
Douglas' career is a testament to his ability, dedication and diversity.
In addition to leading numerous bands of his own, he collaborates with an array of jazz greats. They range from clarinetist Don Byron and pianists Horace Silver and Marital Solal to bassist (and UC San Diego professor) Mark Dresser and saxophonists Anthony Braxton and Joe Lovano. In pop, Douglas has worked with everyone from Sheryl Crow and Suzanne Vega to The Band and Ron Sexsmith.
Yet, no matter the stylistic context, his trumpet work is a marvel of skill, with and emotional depth and dexterity. He also has the rare ability to sound like himself in almost any setting.
"I try to bring myself to every project," he affirmed. "And depending on the music, there's more or less room for me to try to find that. When I'm most satisfied is when there's time to try a lot of different options and come up with something unique."
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