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Interviewer: As you know, we're a small liberal arts college. Part of what keeps our philosophy department in business is our ability to offer six sections of "Critical Thinking" every semester. "Critical Thinking" is a required course in our General Education curriculum. So, each member of the Philosophy department offers at least one section of "Critical Thinking" every semester. Could you describe to us how you would teach such a course?
Candidate: Critical Thinking?... hmmmm... Well, that's not my area.
Interviewer: Well, I realize that this is not your area. It's not mine either. But, as I said, we all have to teach it. So, could you say something about how you would construct the course.
Candidate: Well... I'd rather not teach that kind of course. Couldn't I just stick to "Intro" and upper-level courses?
Interviewer: Well... No. As I said... We all have to teach "Critical Thinking." It sounds to me as if you're saying that you're unwilling to teach it. Is that right?
Candidate: Yeah.
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holy. fucking. shit.
I hope you did what JUSTICE demands and killed this person. Or at least leaned across the table and swatted them very firmly across the nose with a rolled up newspaper.
- December 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM
- Spiros said...
No joke. And never fear, JUSTICE was served.
Another mock candidate indicated that he *refused* to wear a jacket and tie. His claim was that "I don't think what I wear matters."
My reply: "If it doesn't matter, then wear the fucking jacket and tie!"
- December 15, 2008 at 7:22 PM
How funny --- and how freaking arrogant. With answers like that, they ought to be saying "would you like fries with that?".
I have to say, in some people philosophy grad school encourages that arrogance. I do think it is pretty funny when I find out that those folks from my grad program are still doing one-year jobs and I have tenure.. someplace that teaches a bazzilion critical thinking sections per year.
- December 15, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- 729 said...
I believe that mock interview counts as a "FAIL" (and would be "EPIC" if it was a real interview).
Free Advice (FWIW) for Job-seekers: A helpful response to interview questions about critical thinking courses is to ask the interviewers whether they want (or do not want) any formal logic taught and what sorts of gen ed needs the course fulfills (is it, for instance, a writing intensive course?). Departments are different about this, gear the course towards different skill sets and serve different student bodies. For instance, in my dept. CT is really a basic logic course, but this isn't the case at other colleges and universities, where things like informal argument and writing skills are emphasized. Our Intro to Philo. and Intro to Ethics courses carry the gen ed weight, so our CT can be more formal (and appeals to a lot of computer science students).
I suppose what I'm suggesting is that when it comes to interview questions about "service courses," questions about how the department handles these courses can develop into interesting discussions about the student body, gen ed requirements, department learning objectives and curriculum development. Say, for example, you specialize in philosophy of law. Maybe you can develop a critical thinking course geared towards students interested in or in pre-law? If there's an Honors program or College Prep program, does a department want to develop service courses geared towards these students? Service courses are very often the way that philosophy departments attract majors and minors (besides "serving" the institution), and having interesting questions for the interviewers about their service courses is not a bad idea.
- December 15, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Stories like this give me a little hope as I get ready to enter the market. I like teaching, I'm good at it, and I am working hard on my research. And while I joke that I don't have social skills, apparently I'm further ahead than some.
I found more hope at the Philosophy Job Market Blog for more: "I think this nonsense about cover letters needs to stop. Frankly, I am tired of hiring committees putting the onus on me to tell them what a great fit I am for their department over and above the shit I put in my dossier."
*sigh* I won't be the last pick of a hiring committee!
Thanks for the relief.
- December 15, 2008 at 10:04 PM
- Spiros said...
Good advice. Let me give you one additional bit of jaw-dropping madness... A job-seeker who did pretty badly on the mock interview asked afterward what she could do to better prepare for the real thing (a small lib arts college). I said, "Well, you could go online and check out the webpage of the department you're interviewing with, noting what the other people in the department do, what courses they teach, how they teach them, how often they teach upper-level courses in their own areas of interest, what role Philosophy plays in their gen ed curriculum, and so on..." It was as if I asked her to donate a kidney. She replied "All that? *Really*?"
- December 15, 2008 at 10:28 PM
- The Brooks Blog said...
It sounds like this person has no hope! If you're asked what you do on a course you would have to teach if hired and you refuse to teach on it, then you effectively are refusing to be hired by the department. Madness.
If this grad student is unhappy with what s/he must do at a college or the level of preparation required, s/he should not think of applying.
- December 16, 2008 at 10:01 AM
How funny --- and how freaking arrogant. With answers like that, they ought to be saying "would you like fries with that?".
Agreed, but 'ought' doesn't imply 'will' and the sad fact (for me) is that I'll probably be serving this guy fries after this year. Spoiled shit though this kid may be, this kid will still probably get interviews with a good enough pedigree and I'm still stuck in 1 year hell. The only interview I've ever had apart from the interview I've had for the 1 year that won't end is a mock interview.
When our department does fly outs, candidates have to teach a course. I remember one coming into my course and giving a guest lecture that included at least four uses of 'Fuck'. He aggressively asked one student, 'What the fuck are you talking about?' in response to the students (admittedly) stupid question. He later said that we couldn't justify eating meat for health reasons because the 'fat fucks' would be better off going vegetarian. There were more than a few obese students in the room. He was offered the job that afternoon but turned it down for a better offer.
- December 16, 2008 at 11:24 AM
What does this mock interview say about your department? I hope this is not the norm.
- December 16, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- Spiros said...
It says we have a lot of clueless grad students.
- December 16, 2008 at 2:24 PM
But who is to blame for your students' cluelessness. Certainly part of it is your students' fault, but part is the department's fault. Your grad student advisor should be preparing these students for the job market. It sounds like he/she is doing a piss poor job of this.
- December 16, 2008 at 3:47 PM
A pursuit once characterized by critical self-reflection. Yet a profession producing thirty year olds as lacking in common sense as when they began the PhD at 22, who think that being able to teach a little philosophy is qualification enough to be a philosopher, who bemoan the unfairness of the job market when they've done nothing to distinguish themselves from three hundred other applicants. Sign of doom? Or just delightfully amusing to the cranky employed?
- December 16, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- Spiros said...
Wholly agreed. But my department hasn't even convinced itself that it needs a grad student adviser, or a placement committee, or anything official like that. Students apparently are supposed to get their job-market training from their diss committee. Or not.
- December 16, 2008 at 7:32 PM
- 729 said...
Sign of doom? Or just delightfully amusing to the cranky employed?
- December 16, 2008 at 8:08 PM
Speaking as a former clueless grad student who chose a life outside of academia, very little of this surprises me.
Grad school is a very coddling world. I imagine the switch to from student to faculty can be pretty harsh.
- December 17, 2008 at 3:16 AM
Seconding 729's comment about the variety of Critical Thinking courses out there: at my present one-year gig, CT is informal logic and satisfies the university's general education Speech Requirement. Luckily, I've taught value theory courses elsewhere that also counted as speech classes.
- December 17, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- Spiros said...
Nice on the 'or'! That joke never gets old!
- December 17, 2008 at 1:25 PM
- djw said...
I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the notion that a trained philosopher thought she couldn't teach an intro gen ed course called "Critical Thinking" because it's "not her area". IMO, anyone with a PhD--at least in the humanities or social sciences--ought to be able to teach a course like that.
- December 17, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- Graeme said...
It seems to me that if you answer such an clear question with "It's not my area", then you have demonstrated the truth of your statement. Rationality has been lost in self-absorption. Why bother with more expressions of inadequacy?
- December 18, 2008 at 11:18 AM
What popped in my head in response to the question:
"ALL my courses are critical thinking courses--my efforts as an instructor are not primarily to deliver philosophical course content, but to make my students philosophical about the content of the course."
Even more amazing? It's what I've actually tried to do my entire career (28 years). BTW, I've had exactly one interview in my career, and I beat out an internal candidate for this position. Some grad students these days must really be performing a lot of auto-colonoscopies.
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- August 25, 2009 at 7:48 AM
- NameLevelPhilosopher said...
All I can say is, this adequately demonstrates that the candidate was not lying when he or she said 'critical thinking' was not his or her area.
And I know what institution Spiros is at. I've met the grad students there. They ARE clueless.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-On the furrowed roads of rural Haiti, foreign faces in the back of an open pickup truck draw attention. Some children shout the common moniker for a foreigner-"Blan!"-and others display their English skills: "Hey you!" But some Haitian children display something else they've learned about foreigners, as they stretch open their arms and cry in Creole: "Give us something!"
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In most corners of Haiti, the laborers are plentiful, but the harvests are few. A nearly 80 percent unemployment rate cripples the economy, and a radically deforested landscape leaves hillsides barren and Haitians dependent on imported food.
But on a recent Friday morning in a series of lush, green fields less than 10 miles east of the dusty streets of Port-au-Prince, handfuls of Haitians bent over long, straight rows of beans and spinach, reaping what they had sowed. The workers are local, and the fields belong to Double Harvest, a Christ-centered, agricultural project serving Haitians since 1978.
The organization, which has projects in eight other countries, maintains nearly 200 acres of land in Haiti and a work-driven philosophy. "We don't like handouts," says director Frantz Angus. "So we have the people participate."
Nearly 150 Haitians work directly for the ministry, cultivating and caring for crops like sorghum, corn, carrots, and tomatoes. Others tend to a series of tilapia tanks that hold over 100,000 fish. The organization sells the produce and fish to locals at reasonable prices, and the locals often resell the food at market, allowing the ministry to bolster local economies instead of compete with them.
Crepsint Claibime is a Haitian who has mastered all the stages of planting and harvesting and now teaches others how to produce crops. Standing near a row of workers moving through the deep green fields, Claibime holds up a full, leafy bunch of fresh spinach: "I like to show people that they can do this for themselves." Plenty of locals do just that: The ministry allows nearby residents to use plots of land on a rotating basis to grow food for selling or eating.
Workers at the group's vast seed bank have also begun the process of distributing some 300,000 trees for planting this year-one tree for each victim killed in the quake. Helping reverse the catastrophic deforestation in Haiti is critical to the country's ability to produce food on a large scale, says Angus, the director.
Poverty-stricken Haitians have felled the country's trees for fuel and building material over the last two decades, making the soil far less viable for growing crops. Angus says early efforts to make 2010 "the year of reforestation" quickly changed into "the year of rebuilding" after the January quake.
With rebuilding efforts moving slowly in Haiti, Double Harvest has launched a project to build at least 200 homes in nearby villages, already completing more than 75 houses, and allowing village committees to decide who gets the homes. Unlike the thousands of temporary structures built by other groups, these houses are permanent: Haitian construction workers build the 350-square-foot structures with reinforced concrete.
On a recent afternoon in the adjacent village, Eva Benu stood outside mixing cement for her Double Harvest home with local construction workers. The earthquake destroyed her house, along with the homes of nearly 40 percent of the village residents. Benu's makeshift shelter leans sideways next to her developing concrete home. A small door is the only opening in her squat, temporary structure built with pieces of salvaged metal. A single mother, Benu looks at her new home and smiles widely: "I like the windows best."
Though the ministry does offer other relief efforts through a medical clinic and a cafeteria that serves hundreds of meals to workers each day, Angus says that fostering productivity instead of dependency is central: "If people want to help Haitians, we have to stop thinking about short-term improvements, and start thinking long-term."
Art Spalding is also thinking long-term. Spalding-the only American on staff-is a missionary who helps oversee a church and a school with 500 students. Teaching Haitian workers and church members a biblical view of work in a country where work is undervalued by low wages and a struggling economy is central to Spalding's efforts. "We have to go teach this: that God has put me here to accomplish a job, and that's to glorify Him-whether that's working out in the fields or producing fish or fixing a tractor. . . . Let that be the goal of my life: ministry in whatever vocation to which God calls me."
Nearly two hours southwest of Port-au-Prince, along Haiti's southern peninsula, signs of widespread agricultural efforts are scant. Small-scale rice farmers tend plots of low-lying paddy fields, but most Haitians in the rural community of Cadiac focus on modest efforts that drive the market economy: small gardens, handfuls of animals, buying and reselling goods like clothing or sandals.
Beyond the hand-to-mouth lifestyle, hundreds of local residents are doing something counterintuitive to many Haitians with few resources: saving money.
In a busy outdoor market teeming with clothing, bread, chickens, shoes, eggplants, cooking oil, and candy, Janin Trismesin stands behind a long table full of butchered pork, talking about how saving money has improved the business she's operated for years.
Nearby, other sellers with long machetes chop fat from freshly slaughtered pigs, and line goat heads along wheelbarrows full of the fresh meat. Animals can be a form of currency, and Trismesin says saving money has allowed her to buy and sell more. "It's not easy to save money," she says. "Only with the group."
Trismesin's group is a local savings group organized by HOPE International, a Pennsylvania-based Christian organization that helps Haitians and thousands of poverty-stricken workers in 14 countries worldwide use the resources God has already given them.
Though the organization sometimes uses a mission compound in Cadiac, it doesn't maintain official headquarters, vehicles, full-time staff, or even signs in the small town. "It's a success for us if they don't even know who our organization is," HOPE staffer Katie Straight says of the villagers.
Instead, HOPE sends staffers to meet with local pastors who agree to promote the program in their churches and identify community members able to teach courses and facilitate meetings. HOPE supplies material and training for the facilitators, using a curriculum from the Chalmers Center for Economic Development that emphasizes the centrality of the gospel for addressing material and spiritual poverty.
The result is an effort organized and executed on a local level by local churches and residents. (HOPE provides oversight with periodic visits and with Esperanza, a Christian development organization with offices in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.)
In northern Haiti, the group conducts microfinance programs, offering small loans of $50-$100 to local residents at a reasonable interest rate. But in Cadiac, where many residents live on a more subsistence level, that kind of loan doesn't make sense if Haitians may be unable to repay, says Straight: "Microfinancing gone wrong is putting another burden on the backs of the poor."
Here the approach to finances is simpler: Each member of a rotating savings group brings a fixed amount of money each week. A weekly payout of the group's full amount rotates between each member until every member has been paid. Accumulating savings groups save money over a longer period of time, with the option of making loans to members of the group.
Group members save anywhere from $.25 to $2.50 a week-admittedly miniscule results by North American standards, but substantial savings for low-wage Haitians who have often never saved money.
Off Cadiac's main road, in a one-room rental house with no plumbing or electricity, Marimat Batis arranges chairs near two single beds and talks about saving money for the first time in her life. Batis, who lives here with her four children, sells clothes in the market. She's using her modest savings for a long-term goal. "I'm buying sand," she says with a smile. "I will build a house."
Owning a home will allow Batis to stop paying rent and eventually save more money. She says she's committed to continuing, though the process could take a long time: "Only God knows."
Luisfils Molisin is accustomed to lengthy ordeals: To reach the home of the 45-year-old father of seven, visitors must wade across a river and cut through a field of tall corn. Near a tarnished pot over an open fire for outdoor cooking, Molisin talks about his role as president of a savings group that meets at a local church. Members of the group learn about how to live in relation to God, themselves, and the community-even in the uncertainties of Haitian life: "I've learned that prayer is the key."
(Paul Vital, pastor of the local church, says Haitians need more biblical teaching about finances. Vital says though some locals originally thought they might get outside aid from the effort, he's now seen the reverse: Church members' giving has increased.)
On a rocky hillside outside of town, Jean Mack operates an outdoor bakery, producing basketfuls of bread each day in a large, brick oven. Mack says his ability to buy flour and produce bread has increased since he started saving. So has his confidence: "Before this I was nothing." Mack says he enjoys his savings group, but not just because of the financial teaching: "They show me how to live in the community."
Mack shows his appreciation for community when a visitor asks to buy bread before leaving. The baker proudly wraps two dense triangles of bread in a crisp sheet of paper, and smiles broadly as he presents the gift: "From me."


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No instructions or guidance needed for me. Simply said I was part of the beta and wanted Whole Home DVR Services without DECA. I was placed on hold for about 5 minutes and he came back and said I was all set. About 30 seconds later I logged in to my account and it shows being enabled. Thanks Doug for making this thread with the heads up (and to everyone else that provided input)!
I have the Total Choice Plus with locals and HD Extra Pack programming, called in this moring, waited on hold for about 15 minutes, spoke with rep named Diane who had just taken care of another customer looking to add the service. She asked if I was in the beta, put me on hold for less than 5 minutes after which she asked me to confirm the service was enabled.
I had been logged into my account and the Whole-Home DVR Service option was greyed out with the call to activate button; I logged out and back in and the service now reads Currently Activated.
I'll confirm tonight, but I expect all to be well.
Let's go Blackhawks!
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UPDATE: just 2 hours later I received a Programming & Service Update email; programming package is still the same.
UPDATE: all was working well last night
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Professor David Blood has banned Rich from visiting Grace in hospital and Rich is suffering
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The sixth series kicks off with the gang on an amazing holiday in Morocco. But their hedonistic trip turns into a living hell. By the time they return to Bristol everything has changed...
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Mini befriends the gang in order to isolate Liv, who is still having a scene with Nick, but clearly doesn't know why. Liv then takes off with a guy called Matty to escape reality.
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Mini feels threatened when Grace brings Franky to the charity fashion show, and she ends up sacking them both. And her relationship with Nick isn't as strong as it seems.
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Alo finds Rich the perfect woman and Rich slowly learns the meaning of compromise with Grace, but heartbreak isn't far away...
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Effy has been receiving treatment at a psychiatric hospital, but feels strong enough to return home. Can she maintain the discipline she needs to keep her OK?
Series 4 Episode 6
JJ and Thomas get part-time jobs at a confectionery wholesalers, where JJ falls in love with his colleague Lara. But his friends, his mum and his doctor don't think he'll be able to catch her eye.
Series 4 Episode 5
Freddie is completely wrapped up in Effy, and with Anthea away, the Stonem house becomes their private world, but their hedonistic lifestyle leads to a confrontation
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Katie, who's hardly seen Emily since she walked out on the family to live with Naomi, tries to help her mum organise a ghastly over-the-top WAG wedding, but things go horribly wrong
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Emily and Naomi are back at Roundview and seem as loved-up as ever, but the police want to talk to them
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Feeling responsible for an accident at one of his club nights, Thomas turns to God and the African community for support, isolating himself from his friends
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Cook and Effy are in self-imposed exile: they've gone to stay with Cook's father. Back in Bristol, JJ is trying to snap Freddie out of his depressed stupour.
Series 3 Episode 9
Katie won't leave the house. Fortunately, Emily is able to disguise herself as her sister, and sits an exam on her behalf.
Series 3 Episode 8
Katie is making the most of the fact that she's replaced Effy as Queen Bee, but invites Effy to a party in the woods, where the gang come across some scary poachers.
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JJ's feeling lost and confused. The conflict within the gang has taken its toll on him. But Emily proves to be a true friend in his hour of need.
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Naomi thinks she has everyone and everything worked out: her hippy mum, played by Olivia Colman; adoring Emily; Cook's misogyny; and the flattery of her politics teacher, played by Ardal O'Hanlon
Series 3 Episode 5
Freddie is the black sheep of his family, and seen as a waste of space. If this wasn't bad enough, living in the shadow of the reckless Cook is doing his head in.
Series 3 Episode 4
Katie uses 'special ingredients' to make chocolate brownies for Pandora's party, but doesn't warn Pandora or her mum, Sally Phillips, who indulges in the choccie treats.
Series 3 Episode 3
Thomas arrives from Congo, alone, penniless and homeless. But a chance meeting with Effy and Pandora puts him right.
Series 3 Episode 2
On Cook's 17th birthday, the gang flirt their way into Karen's friend Kayleigh's engagement party, upsetting Kayleigh's gangster dad, guest star Mackenzie Crook.
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The beautiful and elusive Effy is joined by her kooky best friend, Pandora. The guys are led by the irrepressible and irresponsible Cook, the daring and charismatic leader of the gang.
Series 2 Episode 10
It's the day of the A-level results, and also of Chris's funeral. The gang have made a pact not to look at their grades until after they've said goodbye to Chris.
Series 2 Episode 9
Cassie and Sid are back together, Chris is on the mend, Michelle and Tony are back with each other and A-level exams are finally over.
Series 2 Episode 8
Jal has a secret so big she can't tell anyone until she works out what to do about it. While revision, music school auditions and needy best friends press down on her, the secret starts to leak out.
Series 2 Episode 7
What is it about Effy? The mystery girl has had a lot to deal with. The Stonem family home is in disarray: while Dad is working abroad, Mum is away with the fairies and Tony is moping.
Series 2 Episode 6
Since the accident, Tony lives lives isolated and alone in a world of half-understood dreams. He tries to act normal, but bumping into Sid and Michelle at a club sends him spiralling again.
Series 2 Episode 5
Chris's college career has been full of tribulations: drugs, petty theft, non-attendance and resounding failure. And then the CCTV cameras catch him shagging Buck Tooth in the Science corridor...
Series 2 Episode 4
Michelle is horrified when her manipulative stepsister Scarlett starts to invade her social group, offer unwanted advice about Tony and make romantic moves on an emotionally vulnerable Sid.
Series 2 Episode 3
Sid's mood is not improved when his grandad, a notorious Glaswegian hard bastard arrives, dying of cancer, to say his final goodbyes.
Series 2 Episode 2
Maxxie has this creepy feeling someone is watching him. Someone close by. A hot boy maybe? No such luck. Weird loner Sketch is Maxxie's stalker.
Series 2 Episode 1
Maxxie is looking after Tony, but he has his own problems. He desperately wants to leave college and follow his dream to become a dancer, but his dad Walter, Bill Bailey, is giving him hell about it.
Series 1 Episode 9
It's Anwar's birthday, but no-one's in the mood to celebrate. Scores need to be settled. And settled they are, with some unexpected yet dangerously wonderful consequences.
Series 1 Episode 8
Has nobody noticed that Tony's little sister Effy never utters a word and sneaks out of the house at night? Tony has. And Tony doesn't give a damn about anybody or anything, except his little sister.
Series 1 Episode 7
Time's up for Tony; Michelle's had enough. When a shining knight appears on the horizon with the promise of a happy ending, she jumps right in. But Tony's not about to let her go that easily.
Series 1 Episode 6
Maxxie and Anwar's friendship is tested when they go on the most disastrous school trip ever. Surely an entire A level history class can't get deported from Russia, can they?
Series 1 Episode 5
Sid is in trouble. Deep trouble. His coursework hasn't made the grade, he's as sexually frustrated as ever, and he can't get his best mate's girl, Michelle, out of his head.
Series 1 Episode 4
Happy-go-lucky party animal Chris wakes up to a hangover, and a note from his mum saying she's gone away. There's only one thing to do at a time like this - party some more!
Series 1 Episode 3
Jal tries to find time to rehearse for Young Musician of the Year, but what's the point when your family don't even notice? Meanwhile, Sid's got his own problems.
Series 1 Episode 2
Cassie's family and friends are too wrapped up in their own worlds to notice that she's not eating. But there is someone who cares.
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It was a cold, mostly clear, moonless, night with Mars high in the southeastern sky. Mars was very bright at visual magnitude -1, 98% illuminated and 65.1 million miles from us. The visual diameter of the planet was 13.4"of arc and the central meridian was at 292°.
The first sketch, a graphite drawing, was made at the eyepiece over a one hour interval. When I returned indoors I redrew the sketch in color pencils. When the second colorized sketch matched the eyepiece sketch I stopped and considered it complete.
The seeing was about average (Antoniadi III). Mars is inverted in the sketch and matches the Newtonian view with the north polar cap down and the preceding side to the left.
From top (south) to bottom (north) along the meridian I was able to see with certainty Hellas, Iapygia Viridis, Syrtis Major, Casius and much of Utopia. Also visible in the southern hemisphere were Mare Tyrrhenum, Mare Sepentis, and part of Sinus Sabaeus. In the northern hemisphere I could see intermittently Nodus Alcyonius and Boreo Syrtis.
White sketching paper 8" x 11"; HB graphite pencil, blending stump for blending orange, brown and yellow Crayola pencil shavings. No adjustments were needed after scanning.
Date 1/10/2010 – Time 3:45-4:45 UT
Telescope: 13.1 inch f/6 Dobsonian and 6mm eyepiece 333x
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Elections in Russia
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won the presidential election in Russia with a clear majority in the first round of voting. The Russian electoral commission has officially announced that Putin is the winner. On 5 March in Berlin, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said that the German Government wants to "continue and expand the strategic partnership with Russia" after the election there.
Analysis after the election
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According to electoral commission results, Putin received almost 64 percent of the ballots cast in the first round of voting. The Communist candidate, Zyuganov, received around 17 percent of the vote, while the other candidates, Prokhorov, Zhirinovsky, and Mironov, were in the single digits. Putin will probably take up his position as president at the beginning of May and suggest a new prime minister. Foreign Minister Westerwelle said: "We are ready to work together closely with the new Russian leadership in an atmosphere of trust within the framework of a strategic partnership."
The election observers' assessment
There are, however, doubts about how the election was conducted. In a preliminary statement, the international election observers sent by the OSCE have criticized that the election was held under conditions that were clearly skewed in Putin's favour. He dominated media coverage, for example. During the vote count there were procedural irregularities in nearly one-third of polling stations.
According to Westerwelle, these assessments show that Russia "still has a long way to go on the road to rule of law and democracy". He assumed "that all reports of irregularities will be investigated", saying that it was in Russia's own interest to investigate accusations and clear them up thoroughly.
Partners for modernization
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Germany has a long-term, broad interest in cooperating with Russia. Germany is especially active within the framework of the "modernization partnership" with Russia. This includes the dialogue on the rule of law. The German Foreign Minister pointed out that this was a contribution towards supporting the forces of society that wanted renewal.
There is also close cooperation on security policy. "We want to organize and improve security in Europe, (...) not against Russia, but with Russia," Westerwelle said. This was important, he added, with a view to the NATO summit on 20 May in Chicago, in which Russia will participate as a partner of the Atlantic Alliance. Without integrating Russia tightly, it would not be possible to find sensible solutions to "current security issues", said Westerwelle.
"Clear view" of the situation in Syria
Russia is also needed as a partner on other international issues, the reaction to changes taking place in the Arab world, for example. Foreign Minister Westerwelle expressed his hope that after the end of the election campaign the Russian position on Syria could be reconsidered and that Russia now has a "clear view" to see that it is still "on the wrong side of history". The people in Syria standing up for democracy and their freedom needed the solidarity of the international community, he continued.
Earlier, Minister of State Michael Georg Link had spoken with the broadcaster SWR2 on the election in Russia and indications of manipulation. He said that a "frank discussion among friends" must be possible, especially because Russia remained "an important partner and neighbour" for Germany. Having taken on new forms with protests and election observer training in the run up to voting, civil society might be the election's real victor according to Link.
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A report published by the Mercury Policy Project says the amount of mercury in tuna harms brain development in young children. According to the group, in the past decade the level of concern for mercury in tuna has changed for the worst.
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-Children under 55 pounds should eat light tuna no more than once per month.
-Children over 55 pounds should eat light tuna more more than twice a month.
-Children who eat tuna at least once per week should be tested for mercury levels in their bloodstream.
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Folks - I have been struggling for two weeks now to resolve an issue where web client cannot login due to error "A Network Service Error has occurred". I have research this issue within forum and googled issue no much luck. There are some solutions to old post where certificate has expired, so renewing certificate solves issue. There is also a bug reported in 8.0.0 when adding appointments to calendar with no attendees BUG LINK, I have tested this scenario and this is not my case. I am providing some basic info hoping this triggers someone to assist is resolving issue.
A) Running Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
B) Zimbra Open Source 8.0.3
C) Running Zextra mobile and chat
D) I have recently procured and successfully installed commercial certificate though this was after issues started happening.
The following are new items done right before issue started happening"
A) I have added new domain
B) I have changed one of users from email@example.com to email@example.com without creating a new one. I have also created new ones from scratch
The following is what I have been doing to resolve issue
A) reboot system giving that it is a quick fix. I realize it is not best practice. I will try to see if I can login to admin client, I have not tried this.
B) Monitor system. I have seen the Message Volume spiked to 7,557,024, not sure how to interpret this number, if you can shed some light here would be nice
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D) I have looked at audit log but can't see anything that stands out though I am not 100% technical
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with eight points, shot just 2-of-13 from the field and was saddled with 10
NAU led by a basket early on in the meeting, but the team ended up shooting
just 30 percent from the field in the first half, including 2-of-9 beyond the
arc, en route to a 48-23 deficit at the break. The Cougars made good on an
impressive 52.8 percent from the floor over the first 20 minutes of action.
In the second half BYU dipped to just 39.4 percent accuracy from the field and
6-of-12 at the free-throw line, yet still cruised to the comfortable 30-point
home win.
Not only did the hosts outscore Northern Arizona in the paint by a 40-18
margin, the Cougars also forced the visitors into a total of 24 turnovers
along the way as well.
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As the Senate takes up financial regulatory reform we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make sure that we lay the foundation for a sound and stable economy to keep future generations safe from the kind of economic chaos that has brought unemployment, foreclosures, empty storefronts and reduced services.
There are two forces at work in the debate over regulatory reform—those who want real reform of Wall Street's reckless practices that caused the near collapse of the global economy and those who want the status quo.
In general, change can make us uneasy, even when it is change for the better, and the status quo can be so comfortable. But, not in this case. Maintaining the status quo is not good for my community of Newman Grove and the many communities across Nebraska.
As a Nebraska community banker and a member of the Independent Community Bankers of America and the Nebraska Independent Community Bankers it is important for Nebraskans to know that we support real reform.
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If we don't pass real financial reform that holds the currently unregulated firms to the same rules that community banks must follow, then we leave ourselves open to the kind of irresponsible lending practices that preyed on borrowers and led to the subprime mortgage crisis.
If we don't pass real financial reform we leave ourselves vulnerable to the financial meltdown that has put our savings, our pensions, our homes, our jobs and even our communities at risk. Congress needs to know that we need real financial reform. Go to www.ICBA.org to see what community banks are doing and what you can do to make sure that Congress enacts real financial reform.
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Very good Jen..There aren't all that many hunters period who can say they have spot and stalked and arrowed an antelope at 40 yards or less. You should be very proud yourself..I am and I dont even know you...lol..Great trophy!! Better send it in to Eastmans magazine..They may make you famous!!


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I'm trying to connect Evolution under Ubuntu 9.04 to a Zimbra Server CE 6.0.1. In Zimbra https encryption is enabled.
When defining a new Calendar in Evolution using the "caldav" protocol with an address like this:
the existing calendar data are read and displayed correctly. But trying to add a new entry Evolution just sais "Unknown error" after clicking "save" and does not save the entry.
Thunderbird/Lightning just work fine with caldav.
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Hello everyone,
I am trying to create a public-facing web form that will allow users to fill out the form and submit it securely through the web server and directly to the mail server (since it's being hosted on our mail server). The mail server currently requires https connections so when pulling up the page under the /opt/zimbra/jetty/webapps/zimbra/* (https://mail.server.com/*) folder it is secured between the browser and server. My logic is that since that part is secure...I can get around the insecurity of e-mail because the recipient is on the local mail server...so when the public user submits the form...it would get sent internally without worry of the data being intercepted.
However, my problem is this...I wrote the form originally in PHP and not realizing that JSP is the only language supported. However, I also tried an example JSP mail form and that didn't work, either. Are there any special procedure calls or anything that I am missing to make this work? If anyone has a sample of a web form that works on the Zimbra web server, that would be great! I will also want to incorporate reCaptcha but I believe I can just add the code on the API page and it will work. Of course, if someone has all of this already done and working, it would be much appreciated.
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Cities and counties will be barred from raising minimum wages in their localities, if Gov. Phil Bryant approves.
The state Senate gave final approval Friday to a bill that bars localities from raising the minimum wage on their own, by a vote of 42-10.
Sen. Tony Smith, a Picayune Republican who owns a barbecue restaurant, says business profits would be harmed if localities required minimum pay higher than the federal floor of $7.25 an hour. The rate has been set higher than that by 19 states. Smith says more than 100 localities nationwide have also increased minimums.
No Mississippi city or county has raised the minimum wage. Opponents of the bill say cities and counties should have that option, and that it might be an effective way to fight poverty.
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If you look at the unit maps in the regulations, there is crosshatching in all of the designated wilderness. That is where a guide is required.
The largest majority is in the areas near Yellowstone, with some in the Bighorn Mountains (north central Wyoming) and a bit in the SE part of the state, I believe that is the Snowy range.
There is an immense amount of public land in Wyoming where no guide is required and you can have a great DIY hunt.
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World Ford Challange Drag Racing Event - World Ford Challenge 4Written by on October 1, 2001
World Ford Challenge (WFC), otherwise known as the "Super Bowl" of Ford heads-up drag racing, took place over the weekend of May 18th in Madison, Illinois, at Gateway International Raceway. What's the big deal? In only it's fourth year of operation, the WFC has become the largest gathering of Fords from every corner of the country, attracting more than 1,000 racers, 600-plus show car entrants, and over 40,000 spectators anxiously anticipating wheels-up action. Its large success has also caused other racing sanctions to take notice of what big payouts and big-name sponsors can do to propel grassroots drag racing.
This once-a-year extravaganza is produced by World Race Events, and with 11 heads-up classes and $136,000 up for grabs, it's definitely not one to miss. WFC has a little-make that a lot-of everything for everyone from bracket racers to those who drive "Wild Street" cars and the insanely fast Pro Mod 5.0 race cars. The best thing is that it's not just for late-model Mustangs, although they do seem to be dominating all forms of street-legal-style racing these days. And one thing is for certain: These racers won't baby their cars to the finish line. For more information, check out www.worldfordchallenge.com.
Classes at a Glance
Pro Mod 5.0
Seven- and 8-second small-block tube-chassis (Mustang-based) Fords with no rear tire size limits and a single power adder.
Pro Street Outlaw
Seven- and 8-second small- and big-block early Mustangs and '79-and-up Fox-chassis cars limited to 28x10.5-inch tires on stock-style suspension and a single power adder.
Wild Street
Any Ford with functioning lights, horn, signals, and wipers along with valid tags and proof of insurance is allowed. Competitors must do a 30-mile stop-and-go cruise and make three back-to-back qualifying passes with a strict closed-hood policy that will be averaged towards the qualifying ladder. All power-adder combinations are allowed but the cars are limited to DOT-approved tires that do not measure greater than 13 inches across the tread.
Nine- and 10-second electronic fuel-injected small-block Fox-chassis Fords and '96-to-present 4.6L Mustangs with 360ci engines and single power-adder restrictions. The tires are limited to 28x10.5 inches.
Hot Street
Nine- and 10-second naturally aspirated small-block Ford-powered cars and trucks from '55-to-present. Restricted to 440ci engines and 28x10.5 tires.
Pure Street
Eleven- and 12-second naturally aspirated small-block Fox-chassis Fords and '96-to-present 4.6L Mustangs. Restricted to 310ci engines and 26x10.5-inch tires.
Factory Stock
The 12- and 13-second naturally aspirated small-block Fox-chassis and '96-to-present 4.6L Mustangs. Restricted to 310ci engines with tires limited to DOT-approved radial tires no larger than 275mm.
Open Comp Eliminator
Handicapped, pro-tree starts for all Ford-powered and -bodied cars, along with light-duty trucks running 9.10 and slower. Delay boxes, throttle stops, dragsters, altereds, full-chassis, or back-half race cars are not allowed. Competitors will make three passes and the quickest e.t. will be the racer's competition index.
Modular Street
An open comp format for all Ford-bodied cars with 4.6L and 5.4L modular engines. Full-chassis or back-half race cars are permitted, but delay boxes, throttle stops, and other electronic bracket-racing devices are not.
Pro Lightning
An open comp format for all Ford Lightning trucks running 12.50 and faster. Full chassis or back-half trucks are permitted, along with any electronic e.t. or reaction improving devices.
Street Lightning
An open comp format for all Ford Lightning trucks running 11.60 and slower. Full chassis or back-half trucks are not permitted, nor is the use of any electronic device to improve e.t. or reaction time.
A Few Good Rea$on$ to Race
There seems to be an abundance of cash floating around these kind of races. Why not try to get a chunk for yourself? While we didn't list it, if you make it to the semi, quarter, and eighth round, you still get something in your pocket.
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|Hot Street
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Late into the night, Billy Glidden (son of drag racing legend Bob Glidden) pulled his '01 Pro Mod car to the line against Chuck Samuel's '89 coupe. Samuel snoozed at the light with a 0.682 to Glidden's 0.470 reaction time only to find Glidden stepping out of it for a moment as the car lost traction. Glidden chased down the '89 and while slipping and sliding all over the track managed to take the win with a slower 7.23 at 191 mph over Samuel's 7.044 at 206 mph. That's what heads-up racing is all about!When Doug Driggers out of Chandler, Arizona, wasn't on the bumper with his '85 Pro Street Outlaw car, he ran deadly consistent 8.72s at 155 mph. Why, oh why, weren't we on the other side for this shot?In Wild Street, Willie Figueroa never lost a round with his supercharged '95 GT and ran a stellar 8.25 at 169 mph to take the win-and that's after he had to drive in 30 miles of stop-and-go traffic to get there! The thing sticking out of the hood is a Vortech Mondo cooler.Craig Zurman of Largo, Florida, with his Paxton-powered '93 Cobra posed a serious threat in Renegade running 9.29 at 146 mph.John Gullet, with his hair-dryer-induced pony, showed the crowd he was here on business. He set the low-e.t. and high-mph record with a 7.01 at 206 mph blast, but regrettably didn't make it past the second round of eliminations. Look at the front tires-its not uncommon to see John go well pass the 330 marker on only the rear rubber.We need to start driving to these events. Just look at all the goodies we could have brought home. We're sure our significant others would have given us the thumbs up (yeah right).Nick Bacalis's '65 coupe was the lone first-generation pony going up against all the late-models in Hot Street. Nevertheless, he showed them what good ol' iron could do, running a string of 10.05 at 135 mph passes before getting knocked out in the third round of eliminations.