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The B vitamin folate, also called folic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin. Water-soluble vitamins are stored in the body in very limited amounts and are excreted through the urine. Therefore, it is a good idea to have them in your daily diet. Folate is considered a crucial vitamin before and during pregnancy. Research has shown that folate deficiencies during pregnancy can lead to
neural tube
birth defects in babies.
Folate's functions include:
Folate deficiency is a common vitamin deficiency. It can occur for a variety of reasons, including:
Signs or symptoms of folate deficiency include:
Large doses of folate can cause symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency to appear. Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in older adults. Although folate supplementation will alleviate the anemia caused by the B12 deficiency, the nervous system damage caused by the B12 deficiency will continue. This is why it is important that you talk to your doctor before you take a folate supplement. It may be necessary for you to take vitamin B12 supplements along with the folate.
There is no upper limit for ingesting folate found naturally in foods. However, there are tolerable upper intake levels for folate consumed from fortified foods and supplements:
There is a variety of foods that contain folate. Some foods, like cereal, rice, and flour, are fortified with folate. Here is a list of major food sources and their folate content.
The following populations may be at risk of folate deficiency and may require a supplement:
In 1991, a landmark study found a relationship between folate and birth defects. Subsequent research has supported the finding that adequate folate intake during the period before and just after conception protects against a number of neural tube defects, including
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The crucial period is before and very early after conception—a time when most women do not know they are pregnant. Therefore, the recommendation is that all women of childbearing age make sure they have a folate intake of at least 400 mcg.
To help increase your intake of folate:
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
US Department of Agriculture
Dietitians of Canada
Health Canada
Duyff RL. The American Dietetic Association's Complete Food & Nutrition Guide. 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; 2006.
Folate. Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health website. Available at: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Folate-HealthProfessional/. Accessed June 28, 2012.
Folate deficiency. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated December 15, 2010. Accessed June 28, 2012.
Folic acid. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated October 14, 2011. Accessed June 28, 2012.
Garrison R, Somer E.
The Nutrition Desk Reference. New Canaan, CT: Keats Publishing; 1995.
Last reviewed June 2012 by Brian Randall, MD
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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The three new divas in WWE have been generating a good amount of attention from the fans. Becky Lynch has especially been drawing the eyes of male fans with her beauty and ability in the ring. That has naturally lead many to look up nude pictures of Becky. Fortunately for her, she was smart enough to avoid doing such things because she knew it would ruin her chances with World Wrestling Entertainment.
July 25, 2015
Summer Rae nude pictures
There are still a good amount of WWE fans who refuse to believe that Summer Rae nude pictures are just a rumor. Search engine reports are showing that there are plenty of people seeking out these fictional images on a daily basis. Summer has never done explicit photo shoots like these, and he does not have any plans on doing so in the near future.
May 20, 2015
Sasha Banks nude pictures
Now that she is the centerpiece of the divas division down in NXT, Sasha Banks has captured the attention of more WWE fans than before, in particular the male fans who find her to be quite easy on the eyes. With that increase came a spike in the search for nude pictures of Sasha. Unfortunately for these particular fans, there are none in existence, as she managed to make very smart decisions early on in life.
April 20, 2015
Nikki Bella nude pictures
While the majority of viewers of Total Divas are female, there are still plenty of men who watch the reality television show. The proof of that is the fact that search engine queries increase tremendously whenever Nikki Bella is on the screen. A lot of these are people looking to find nude pictures of the WWE star. Unfortunately for them, none are in existence to the public. The only person that might have some of those would be her boyfriend John Cena.
March 11, 2015
Brooke Tessmacher nude pictures
For those of you that are wondering if those Brooke Tessmacher nude pictures are real, they are. She bared it on in a couple of photo shoots on the beach. This was before she made her professional wrestling debut in WWE. Management were aware of the existence of the pictures, but it was considered a non issue at the time. TNA is also aware of them, and they do not view it as something that will cause a negative reaction towards Brooke.
February 22, 2015
Beth Phoenix nude pictures
Even though she has been gone from WWE for quite some time now, fans are still going to search engines to see if they can find any Beth Phoenix nude pictures. They always end up being disappointed because the only things that they can find are edited nude pictures of the former diva. Now that she is focused on being a wife and mother, the odds of us ever seeing pictures where she is nude, have dropped dramatically.
February 20, 2015
Lilian Garcia nude pictures
Some rather semi convincing nude pictures of Lilian Garcia has surfaced online, and it managed to convince the sometimes gullible internet wrestling community into thinking that the longtime WWE diva has done such a photo shoot. Being nude in public is something that Lilian has never had a desire to do, as she wanted to be more known for her announcing work and her music career.
December 20, 2014
Summer Rae naked pictures
If you are one of those people that are seeking naked pictures of Summer Rae, you are out of luck. There are none in existence. The WWE diva has made sure to avoid doing such things because she did not want them to resurface later on in life and ruin her career. She has posed in skimpy bikinis before, but nothing that would be deemed unsafe for work. She even managed to avoid a wardrobe malfunction while playing lingerie football.
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Haven't had that one before, sorry.
Is anyone else having an issue where when you try to view a thread, after a few seconds you are suddenly poofed to the Home page? I have no idea why this is happening, and trying to read a thread is very frustrating!
Edit: Only after posting this did I notice there was a Site Tech Support forum =/
Haven't had that one before, sorry.
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I am having that issue on one specific thread...
every time i go or reload, it pops me to the homepage after a few seconds.. using firefox whateverthelatestupdate is.
it's not the *** characters either.
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...Inversions-*** works just fine. though when i look closer at the URL, the first one has extra post numbers after the title whereas the second one does now.
When you go to view a specific post in a thread by clicking on the link directly to that post, it ends up redirecting. clicking on the thread title works just fine. That's where the extra post info came from after the thread title on the example i posted.
[who wants to see if we can use the word Post more times in this post? ]
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When I click on a link from the e-Mails of my subscribed threads it now just sends me to the front page of the site instead of the thread. It also does it when I click the link on the thread list that takes me to the newest posts of a thread on the site
ALso after posting (apparently) it also takes me back to teh front page instead of the thread
I'm currently investigating this.
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What if I told you it was the MathJax call? Could someone clear their cache for me and try again?
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Yup, I've tried a different way of doing MathJax and every time I add the call to MathJax the redirect error happens. Will report this to vBulletin to see if they have a solution. For the time being, MathJax is now turned off.
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Poverty does not just bring hunger or ill-health. Poverty robs children of their joy and takes away their opportunities and hopes for the future.
That is why Compassion Sunday is so important. For those of you who do not know, Compassion Sunday is an annual event that draws the attention of the Church to the needs of the world's poorest children.
Children like Ginsely, who lives in the Dominican Republic. This is her story:
You can download this video and other Compassion Sunday resources at compassionsunday.com.
Ginsely's life, and future, was transformed through the love and care of a sponsor. Compassion Sunday connects children like this young dentist to that same love and care.
Compassion Sunday is coming up on April 21, 2013. Will you host an event at your church or participate online? The future Ginselys of the world will be eternally grateful!


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1)Difference between copper peptide and normal copper that you get in multi-vitamins?
2)Anyone tried applying copper peptide to the scalp/hairline with good results?
I would like to try taking it orally if possible.
3)A large tub of Copper Peptide on ebay for a tenner, worth a punt?!
I've only recently read up a little on it and imo, i think reinvigorating ageing cells is getting to the root of the problem better than minoxidil and possibly finasteride does. Other things that do this well are meant to be hydrolysed collagen and co-enzyme q-10 which i want to give a go in taking before Fin, but my hairline is getting worse so i'm feeling rushed into taking Fin.


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ATLANTA - These days, there's a lot of beef over Chick-fil-A.
But the strong, sudden outpouring of both support and criticism has nothing to do with chicken. It surrounds the company's stance on gay marriage.
It's been more than a week since Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy spoke out in support of the "traditional family" during an interview with Baptist Press. He said the company operates on "biblical principals," including their belief on marriage. Many have taken those comments to express an anti-gay sentiment.
Since then, thousands of people nationwide have been lighting up social media to voice either support or opposition. On Chick-fil-A's Facebook page, some praise the restaurant chain for standing up for their values, while others vow to never eat their chicken again.
Political leaders are weighing in, too.
Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum joined fellow Republican Mike Huckabee in calling for "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day." The former Arkansas governor created a Facebook event, urging everyone to eat at Chick-fil-A on August 1st. By Wednesday evening, there were more than 164,000 confirmed attendees.
Sparks are flying on Twitter, too. Actor Ed Helms tweeted that the company "lost a loyal fan" because of its stance on gay marriage.
As for the chain itself, several statements posted on Chick-fil-A's Facebook page thank customers for their support. On July 19th, the company posted a statement highlighting their commitment to treat "every customer with dignity and respect - regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender."
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Picking the right surgeon for your lasik surgery in Citrus County is not easy. Who's good and who's not, and how do you tell them apart?
Lasik has been touted as the best way to go to get your eyesight problems fixed. It has even been said to be the safest way to get around sight problems. It is for such reasons that many people have gone for the procedure with many more wishing that they would go for it. However, what such people have not been told is the fact that there are numerous risks that come with the laser eye surgery procedure. Such risks are in very rare cases made public. However, it is important that before you go for the surgery that you know exactly what risks you will be exposing yourself to and also consider natural ways of improving your eyesight.
You have many different Citrus County Florida laser eye surgery techniques today – technology has moved forward with incredible speed the last few years. You have:
The success of all these surgeries depends strongly on the kind of skills the surgeon has as well as the surgery method they decide to use. The laser eye surgery risks all differ according to the kind of damage that may inflicted to the eye during the procedure, and eye surgeons in Florida face the same difficulties as anyone else. The FDA has put together a page that outlines the risks that go with the procedure.
How much does lasik cost? How much should it cost? I know this questions comes up a lot, because let's face it: We all love a deal! This procedure, though, is probably not one where you should try to find the cheapest doctor available.
That being said, I'm sure you've seen the ads that say LASIK – $499 Per Eye
or something to that effect. Don't believe it, or at least read the find print well. No reputable eye surgeon can perform corrective eye surgery for such a low price.
A price report commissioned by AllAboutVision.com from a leading industry analyst was based on results of a survey of refractive surgeons conducted in 2011. Average LASIK costs were (all prices quoted are for one eye):
Read more about prices here.
These are some lasik eye surgery risks you should be aware of:
This is the most common condition that is likely to occur after a laser eye surgery. This is especially true in women over the age of 40. The symptoms associated with this condition include stinging and burning eyes as well as tearing excessively. The condition is supposed to last for a maximum of 2 weeks. However if the condition persists then you may need to see an ophthalmologist immediately.
As rare as infections are, this is a risk that you ned to be aware of. Infection risk is why you need to ensure that your eye surgeon in Citrus County knows exactly what the surgery is all about as well as ensure that he will disinfect you during and after the procedure.
This is a risk that is also common amongst people who have undergone this kind of surgery. 49 percent of all the people who have had laser eye surgery have been reported to have lost night vision. Glare effect especially when driving at night has also been reported probably due to over correcting of the condition. However, such symptoms are expected to disappear after a period of six weeks after which if you still experience the same symptoms you need to see an ophthalmologist to have the situation corrected.
This is the most serious complication that can ever occur, and the one that everyone fears the most of course. This is a rare happening but has all the same been reported among some patients. However, you are supposed to regain your vision naturally after a week or so after which if you still have no vision should visit a specialist as soon as possible. I'd like to put your mind at ease regarding one thing though – no case of complete blindness due to corrective laser eye surgery has ever been reported in the US (Lasik facts & myths).
Sometimes I think risks are misunderstood. There is risk in everything, just stepping out of bed in the morning can get you killed. So here's a perspective for you: Citrus County Florida lasik surgery is about as risky as wearing contacts! That's right – regular contact lenses, improperly used, lead to more cases of vision loss and blindness than corrective surgery does.


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Was that the most illuminating weekend of rugby for a long, long, long time? Unexpected strengths were shown, frailties exposed, egos dented and spirits lifted. Amother week closer to the big one, and form horses are starting to prance.
First Tri-Nations victory of the season for South Africa, first defeat of the year for the All Blacks – on the day their nemesis, France, stepped up in Dublin… many developments that could be interesting – and instrumental – when RWC kicks off on September 9.
Let's look at the big teams individually…
Argentina – a gritty but undercooked display. They've lost some old hands, and their little time together showed after a promising opening against Wales. Much like the fabulous steaks that come from their country, they'll mature and become better as the tournament goes on. But it's likely to be too little, too late. Home after the pool stage.
France – Backed up their home win over the Irish with victory in Dublin, and looking far less flakey than is their wont. Through all his tinkering, Marc Lievremont now has a very solid starting XV and back-up players. Watch out for Les Bleus. Their Sep 24 showdown with the All Blacks in Auckland is now shaping up to be one of the key pool games.
Ireland – Guinness consumption would have hit record highs on Saturday as Declan Kidney's team made it a hat-trick of defeats. Well outplayed by the French (the first 10 minutes apart) and final score flattered the hosts. Lucky to find themselves in an easy RWC pool and will make the quarter-finals only because of lack of a third contender in the group.
Italy – remain the poor cousins of Europe, and of their pool at the RWC. Guaranteed to be thumped by the Wallabies, their only hopes lies in playing their RWC "final" when they face the Irish. May even struggle to beat the USA Eagles. Going home early.
New Zealand – Port Elizabeth could be the best reality check and wake-up call ever. Made a lot of the running but failed narrowly to finish off golden chances, mostly thanks to stunning defence by South Africa. Will they process this as a defeat by a mostly second-string side? Or will it awaken buckets of self-doubt? Perhaps a mix of the two… the ABs will know their star player are waiting in the wings, but there will also be the realisation that many of Graham Henry's back-up players – in particular Colin Slade – are a long way off filling big boots.
Scotland – An unbeaten build-up will do wonders for their confidence, even if their game is not the most convincing. That said, they've added steel to their resolve and have seemingly learnt to close out tight games – just the attributes they need to truly compete with Argentina and England. Have the good fortune of some soft games to start with before facing the two big ones in succession.
South Africa – outstanding effort and commitment in Port Elizabeth, and will take great heart from this show. Will also have to acknowledge that it took very hard work to subdue a distinctly average and second-string New Zealand team. The Boks' old men were puffing hard at the end, so I have to ask: can they produce this kind of shock awe commitment for weeks on end (gainst Wales, Samoa and then the play-offs)? I doubt it.
Wales – Have every reason to feel confident. Two deserved victories in a row and a fine final quarter against England at Twickenham the week before. But soooooooooooooo slow out of the blocks in every game. Against the likes of South Africa and Samoa, the game could be lost for them if they start playing only after 35 minutes.
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Back in 1963, The Equal Pay Act became U.S. federal law which required that men and women receive equal pay for equal work in the same establishment. The law aimed to finally end the disparity in wages between men and women.
Fifty years have passed and where are we now? Apparently, not as far along as we had hoped.
TriNet, an HR services provider, recently looked into SMB hiring trends, firing trends, salary data, employee demographics and employee benefits for September. Unfortunately, the results are not exactly what we were aiming for.
Although women between the ages of 23-27 have similar salaries to their male counterparts, this salary gap sharply increases after the age of 27. Even worse? In the Information Technology sector, women make much less than men at all ages.
According to a study by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), the salary gap between genders is now larger than 20 years ago and has been consistently increasing.
"It's very interesting because when you actually talk to employers, they often don't see it as a problem," says Council of Small Business Chair Amanda Lynch. "They will say that they actually aren't treating their employees differently and there is no gender bias. But often the statistics tell a different story. So we believe there is this unconscious gender pay gap that is happening where employers aren't even aware of it."
Lynch adds that it is difficult for women to get graduate jobs, often dominated by males, and so they end up settling for whatever salary is offered.
In the midst of all these unpleasant findings, there is some rather interesting results when the salary gap is analyzed based on race, especially for Asians.
Interestingly enough, the salary gap between Asian men and Asian women total to about 10 percent, making it the smallest gender gap out of all the ethnicities. American Indian/Alaska Natives have the highest salary gap with more than 50 percent.
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Tallahassee, Florida - June 18, 2012 - Noon -
A judge in Tallahassee is considering whether to dismiss a ballot challenge alleging President Barack Obama is not a "natural born citizen."
A circuit court judge in Tallahassee spent an hour this morning listening to arguments over Barack Obama's birth certificate. Plaintiff and registered Democrat Michael Voeltz is asking through his attorney that the Presidents name be taken off the ballot because Barack Obama is not a citizen. Attorney Larry Klayman says there are serious issues with the President's citizenship and he wants to take testimony from Hawaiian officials.
"There is a lot of evidence here, plus the birth certificate as analyzed . We've never seen an original copy. No one has, and experts who have looked at that birth certificate, and they are listed on the affidavits and in the court file, show that that birth certificate was likely forged and altered as well as his social security card and other methods of identification," says attorney Larry Klayman.
Attorneys for the President and the Secretary of State asked the suit be thrown out because Democrats do not have an official nominee and won't until after their convention in early September. The judge has given both sides a week to fine additional paperwork and proposed orders.


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Newcomer challenges Troiano for seat
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Robert Troiano
Age: 60
Lives In: Westbury
Political experience: Nassau County Legislator since 2010. Prior to that, was a councilman in the Town of North Hempstead for six years.
Career: Prior to political career was a treasurer and senior vice president for Prudential Securities.
Family: Married to Sharon for 29 years. Three grown children and one grandchild.
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Age: 52
Lives in: New Cassel
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Career: Originally from Haiti, got degree as respiratory therapy. Worked at a number of hospitals, including Franklin Hospital. Presently works at Nassau Medical Center.
Family: Married, four teenage children.
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As hunting season draws near, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources cautions hunters about Chronic Wasting Disease.
The disease is found in deer and elk, and it's similar to mad cow disease. The disease attacks the brain of infected animals causing them to act abnormally, lose coordination and eventually die. Humans have not known Chronic Wasting Disease and there is no scientific evidence that eating venison can transmit it. The CDC says hunter should still take precautions.
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Well it seems TENNIS mag's Peter Bodo was taken to task after the scribe lambasted the currently vacant ATP CEO role in a recent blog for ESPN.com aka Bodo's now infamous "Negative Nancy" moment.
Apparently the ATP's main flack, Kris Dent, had some words with Bodo about the blog and, in particular, his remarks regarding the ATP in-house staff. In the blog Bodo writes, "Senior employees might be intractable and exacting, and often at cross-purposes" but recently backtracked on his comments saying,
I want to make clear that I was playing around and meant "employees" metaphorically - as a reference to the top players, agents and tournament promoters, all of whom loosely can be said to work for or under the ATP CEO. This was an obtuse and ill-chosen device, because it sure reads like a criticism of ATP staff - which is an extremely professional, diligent and cohesive unit. It's always been a great pleasure to work with them.Okay - bad enough. But in today's Tennisworld post called "An Open Letter..." Bodo bends over for Dent again and gives the flack an open space to push his image-saving agenda for the ATP. Here's just an excerpt of the very lengthy letter:
Indeed many of the positive changes that have been made to the men's game in recent times have come about because both the tournaments and players have been represented at the ATP Board table, and they have been able to find ways of moving the sport forward to the benefit of all in the men's game.Something smells fishy and a bit lame here. I mean, since when does a journalist hand over their column to a PR flack intent on pushing their own agenda? Aren't journalists supposed to cut through all the fat and "spin" to try and give an unobstructed view of current events and happenings to their readers?? At least, that's supposed to be the intention but what's developing here is the exact opposite.
Innovations like Hawkeye and the changes to Doubles scoring, for instance, have been introduced successfully and have become huge fan favourites. Similarly, having both groups represented at Board level has allowed the calendar changes for next year to be made - positives such as creating a healthier schedule for players to plan their season from, the creation of a new, dedicated Asian swing post-US Open, and the less congested spring clay and autumn indoor seasons are good examples. The increases in investment into new stadia ($800m worth) and the record prize money levels on offer next year only came about because both tournament and player representatives worked at a Council and Board level to create them, together.
I'm getting the feeling someone's in the back pocket of the ATP and we, as fans, will need to be more vigilant about what we're hearing and, most definitely, what we're reading.


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Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. It's looking pretty good so far.
I think the wadi looks great, very convincing! Wouldn't mind knowing how you achieved that look if you are willing to share.
What *is* the scale of the city? If it's a very big city then your wall might be a bit thick and the sand and rock textures you're using might look better scaled down a bit.
How are you doing the rock/sand? I often use a tileable texture as a pattern overlay on a completely filled layer. Then I mask the whole thing out (filling black into mask layer) and then paint back in the parts I want to show in that texture (by painting with white into the mask, usually using a "natural media" brush of some sort). You can then change the scaling of the texture, add bevel/emboss, drop shadow, etc. as desired and you've got a sort of "non-destructive" method of playing around. Please forgive me if I'm telling you something you already know.
Also, for my ground, I usually use several such layers: usually a cracked mud base, completely filled; sand or dirt (or both) painted in on top of that, mostly covering the cracked mud, but letting it show through in places; then I'll usually put some groundcover (which might not be applicable here) like grass, rough but low vegetation, and so forth; I'll top all of that off with some higher (by moving the shadow and amping the bevel/emboss) plants, bushes, and trees (again, maybe not applicable, though you might expect to see a bit growing in the low or sheltered areas even in a desert.)
On the wall: it might be a bit thick, as mentioned above. It could also do with a texture of some sort, even if its sandstone. How's it made? Should we see some indications of blocks? Do you want any color variations? Your method of construction appears fine to me, but the coloration leaves it a bit cartoony. If that's not the effect you're going for then some texture/variation might help it. What about towers, guard posts, gates? Some indication of those would break it up. Finally, you should think about your shadows. Instead of using a simple drop shadow I'd copy the wall base, move it into position and color it black and then paint in any gaps between that and the wall. When happy with it I'd use an appropriate level of gaussian blur and the set it on "Multiply" with a mid-range opacity (I tend to use 50% or 66% but, if you want to imply harsh sunlight then a higher value might look okay too.)
Okay. That's it for me! Hopefully you find some of it useful. I just completed a desert-ish city (posted here) and would be happy to share any of the techniques I used on that with you if you're interested.


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A discussion in another thread spawned a discussion of favorite albums. Here are my top 52 (in no particular order). Feel free to comment, snob out, and post your own. Keep in mind these are meant to be YOUR personal favorite albums, not just a list of what the rest of the world thinks is good.
Led Zeppelin IIRolling Stones Exile on Main StArcade Fire FuneralBeatles Sgt. PepperBeatles Abbey RoadNeil Young Everybody Knows This is NowhereThe Band Music From Big PinkBob Dylan Blood on the TracksWhite Stripes Elephant (go back in forth with White Blood Cells)Bob Dylan Time Out of MindSmashing Pumpkins Siamese DreamGuns N Roses Use Your Illusion IThe Verve A Storm in HeavenRadiohead In RainbowsWilco The Whole LoveDeath Cab for Cutie PlansBlack Keys ThickfreaknessThe Decemberists The Crane WifeFiona Apple When the Pawn
George Harrison All Things Must PassJimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as LoveThe Joy Formidable The Big RoarMiles Davis Kind of BlueZwan Mary Star of the SeaBeck OdelayBlind Melon SoupCounting Crows Recovering the SatellitesDavid Bowie Ziggy StardustDave Matthews Lillywhite SessionsFleetwood Mac RumoursJames Brown In the Jungle GrooveMy Morning Jacket ZSpoon Gimme FictionAvett Bros I and Love and YouFlaming Lips The Soft BulletinRefreshments Fizzy Fuzzy Big & BuzzyJohnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes AroundStevie Wonder Songs in the Key of LifeLauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn HillParliament Mothership ConnectionAC/DC Back in BlackRobert Randolph & the Family Band - ColorblindSmashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessPink Floyd Dark Side of the MoonNew Pornographers ChallengersRobert Bradleys Blackwater Surprise What About ThatBen Harper Diamonds on the InsideMoby PlayRyan Adams Jacksonville City NightsGrace Potter & the Nocturnals Nothing But the WaterHole Celebrity SkinPearl Jam Vs.
Pasting list posted in other thread from Al_4_State:
1. "Sticky Fingers" The Rolling Stones
2. "Full Moon Fever" Tom Petty
3. "Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
4. "Decoration Day" Drive-By Truckers
5. "Vitalogy" Pearl Jam
6. "Blood Sugar Sex Magick" Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. "Boys & Girls in America" The Hold Steady
8. "Appetite For Destruction" Guns N' Roses
9. "Let It Bleed" The Rolling Stones
10. "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" Wilco
11. "The Colour & The Shape" Foo Fighters
12. "Ooh La La" The Faces
13. "Trace" Son Volt
14. "The Devil You Know" Todd Snider
15. "Let It Be" The Replacements
16. "The Dirty South" Drive-By Truckers
17. "Zuma" Neil Young & Crazy Horse
18. "Exile On Main Street" The Rolling Stones
19. "Stranger's Almanac" Whiskeytown
20. "August & Everything After" The Counting Crows
21. "Shake Your Money Maker" The Black Crowes
22. "Led Zeppelin II" Led Zeppelin
23. "Darkness On The Edge of Town" Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
24. "Nobody's Darlings" Lucero
25. "Live at Leeds" The Who
American beauty.
The Official Paul Rhode's Salt Truck Driver.
Originally Posted by Rabbuk
American beauty.
Well that didn't take long before someone threw in a glaring omission. It's pretty hard to make a list like that without going back and editing constantly.
BTW, is American Beauty your entire list? :)
Originally Posted by isukendall
Well that didn't take long before someone threw in a glaring omission. It's pretty hard to make a list like that without going back and editing constantly.
BTW, is American Beauty your entire list? :)
I'm on my iPod so that's my list for now haha.
I'll post some more recent once since I'm a lil younger
Jack's Mannequin - "Everything In Transit"
Avett Brothers – "I and Love and You"
Augstana - "Can't Love, Can't Hurt"
Blink 182 - "Take Off Your Pants And Jacket"
Grace Potter and The Nocturnals - "This Is Somewhere"
Five Times August - "Fry Street"
HelloGoodbye - "Would It Kill You?"
The Killers - "Hot Fuss"
Love Arcade - "Love Arcade"
Panic At The Disco - "Pretty. Odd."
The Rocket Summer - "Calendar Days"
Sara Bareilles - "Kaleidoscope Heart"
Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"
Self proclaimed 2012 CF Newcomer of the Year
Originally Posted by Rabbuk
American beauty.
Europe '72
That's a lot of albums. I'll go top 10
1. Radiohead - Kid A
2. Beatles - Abbey Road
3. Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
4. Gorillaz - Demon Days
5. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
6. Nirvana - Nevermind
7. Pink Floyd - The Wall
8. The Killers - Hot Fuss
9. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
10. Beastie Boys - License to Ill
I likely forgot one or two, but that's what I got off the top of my head.
In no particular order:
The Gilded Palace of Sin -- The Flying Burrito Brothers
White Pony -- Deftones
Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop -- Stone Temple Pilots
Roxy Music -- Roxy Music
Computer World -- Kraftwerk
Furnace Room Lullaby -- Neko Case and Her Boyfriends
Countdown to Ecstacy -- Steely Dan
Homework -- Daft Punk
Confessions on a Dance Floor -- Madonna (suck it, it's awesome)
Low -- David Bowie
Heroes -- David Bowie
Station to Station -- David Bowie
Quadrophenia -- The Who
Tommy -- The Who
Moanin' at Midnight -- Howlin' Wolf
Bad News is Coming -- Luther Allison
Hooker 'n Heat -- John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat
Paranoid -- Black Sabbath
Remy Shand -- Remy Shand
Every Day -- The Cinematic Orchestra
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere -- Neil Young
After the Gold Rush -- Neil Young
Wiretap Scars -- Sparta
De-loused in the Comatorium -- The Mars Volta
Amputechture -- The Mars Volta
Cross -- Justice
The Wall -- Pink Floyd
Meddle -- Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd
Animals -- Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here -- Pink Floyd
Tejas -- ZZ Top
Deguello -- ZZ Top
Plus every single album by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
Originally Posted by DistrictCyclone
Europe '72
The music snob in me argues that live albums should meet an immediate disqualification.Attachment 15978
Originally Posted by isukendall
The music snob in me argues that live albums should meet an immediate disqualification.Attachment 15978
An exception should surely be made in the case of the Dead, whose notoriety is primarily derived from the quality of their live shows.
There's only one that I've listened to with any regularity (once a month, give or take) over a long period of time. I have a bunch that I'm really into right now, but ask me in a few years whether they've stood the test of time.
The Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle
I forgot to add every Police album.
can we throw in some Miranda Lambert "Revolution"????
Originally Posted by DistrictCyclone
I forgot to add every Police album.
How could I have forgotten Dylan? Blood on the Tracks especially. Desire is one of the most underrated albums ever, too.
Add Electric Ladyland by Hendrix to the mix as well. And the Band's self-titled album.
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London, England (SportsNetwork.com) - Rising Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka
notched his second round-robin win of the week Friday at the season-ending $6
million ATP World Tour Finals.
The seventh-seeded slugger improved to 2-1 for the week by overcoming third-
seeded Spaniard David Ferrer 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-1 on Day 5 at London's O2
Arena. Wawrinka still has a chance of reaching the semifinals this week, while
the 2007 Tour Finals runner-up Ferrer is eliminated from semifinal contention
after going 0-3 in round-robin play.
Friday's other match will pit world No. 1 Rafael Nadal (2-0) against fifth-
seeded Tomas Berdych (1-1) in a rematch of the 2010 Wimbledon final, which was
captured by Nadal.
Nadal has already secured a berth in Sunday's semis here.
This week's four-player "Group A" features the U.S. and French Open
champion Nadal, the Roland Garros runner-up Ferrer, Berdych, and Wawrinka.
"Group B" is comprised of second-seeded Australian Open titlist
Novak Djokovic (2-0), fourth seed Juan Martin del Potro (1-1), sixth-seeded
17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer (1-1), and eight seed Richard
Gasquet (0-2). Saturday's del Potro-Federer winner will advance to the final
four at this prestigious eight-player event.
Djokovic has already captured Group B and secured a berth in the semis this
weekend. The red-hot Serbian star has won his last 19 matches overall on
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in the finale.
The two-time Tour Finals titlist Djokovic beat the six-time winner Federer in
last year's marquee final at The O2.
Djokovic and Federer are the only former champions in this week's field.
Nadal (2010), Ferrer and del Potro (2009) have finished as Tour Finals
Round-robin play will be staged through Saturday, with the semifinals
on Sunday, and the final on Monday. The top-two players from each group
qualify for the semis.
An undefeated champion this week would earn $1.923 million.
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I need to restore a mailbox from specific full backup from a couple of weeks ago. When using either the CLI or the web admin interface, and selecting the full backup I want to restore, I am seeing messages being restored well after the date of the full backup. How do I specify only to restore the particular backup and nothing after that full backup date?
In other words, when I try to restore a mailbox from a full backup completed on the 5th of July, the restore is successful but I see e-mail messages dated after the backup had taken place. Additionally, I'm selecting the option to create a new account for the restored mailbox.


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Friday, March 26, 2010
Declining Your Offer
Congratulations to the department who succeeded in recruiting this student!
44 comments:
Oh well. When I was applying for PhD schools I sent an application to one in Canada whose name rhymes with "Mork University", and it disappeared into a void for many weeks, during which time I received a lot of communication and several offers from various other schools. I accepted one from that lot (my #1 school choice anyway). Then one day I got a voicemail message on my phone: "Uhhhh, hiiii. Oh. Uh, my name is whoever-the-hell from Mork University. Well, uhh, we decided to admit you to our PhD program. Give us a call."
Thanks guys, for all the enticement.
- March 26, 2010 at 2:36 PM
Let's pretend my name is "Ronald Hall". I got a rejection letter from a pretty great school that came on April 20th with my name spelled "Ronda Haller" with the accompanying explanation that the reason I got rejected was that too many people from my school applied there that year. I was the only person who did.
- March 26, 2010 at 4:22 PM
I dunno, given that many rejection letters are so impersonal, would anything be wrong with structuring your 'decline offer' email in the following way:
"Dear Program, thank you very much for your offer of admission. However, due to the incredible volume of acceptances I have received, I am unable to offer you matriculation at this time. I received over 4 offers of admission, and as often happens, there are more qualified programs than there are places I can occupy at a given time. Best of luck in the future,
joe philosophy."
would this be in poor taste?
- March 26, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Anon 509, that's a scream and not in poor taste at all. I've often thought of telling my wireless carrier "It's not our policy" when they want to add on features. I think we should do this kind of thing. Reach out and crush someone works both ways, jack.
- March 26, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- 729 said...
Anon 5:09 PM: Hysterical!
Somebody, please do this. (I know...I know...burning bridges and whatnot...but it still would be pretty damn sweet).
- March 26, 2010 at 9:24 PM
I advise that no one do as 5:09 suggests. If you're in a position to send such a message, you've been accepted to a program and likely personal courtesy has been extended to you. If you then decide to fuck around like this because you have multiple offers, in the way that a current North Carolina graduate student did to the grad director of my department and so whose name I am likely not to forget any time soon, it is probably going to be remembered and held against you that you are a dick. And you never know who the vindictive SOBs like me are in the small world of academic philosophy. So save your hijinks for anonymous musings here and don't actually put your name on such an e-mail in declining an offer.
- March 26, 2010 at 10:16 PM
Oh come on 10.16 : what did he write?! :-)
- March 26, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- 729 said...
Thank you so much Anon 10:16 PM. Things posted on Philosopher's Anonymous tend to have far too much influence on the behavior of people in the profession and aspiring to the profession. It's important to have the utmost clarity in these matters. Besides the students who have already managed to behave so dickishly on their own, we on Philosopher's Anonymous certainly need to prevent future dickishness. : )
- March 27, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- The Brooks Blog said...
- March 27, 2010 at 8:41 AM
On 5:09's idea:
Obviously some people might take it badly if someone did that. But why? It's not because of the person's having many offers and not choosing them, that happens several times every year. It's because of parodying the style of their rejection letters. Now, either they'll realize it's a joke but think it's not only not funny, but also not cool--which is insane unless they're the person who came invented this style of letter-writing--or they'll not realize it's a joke and think it's condescending--in which case I'd like to know why it's ok for them to send out condescending letters to the ones they reject but not for the ones that reject them.
Essentially, what it comes down to is either not being to laugh at all, or only being able to laugh at others. Actually, it's more than that, because it's one thing not to laugh at a harmless joke, and something else to even take offense to it.
- March 27, 2010 at 11:13 AM
I think the reason some people might (would) take it badly is it's deliberate dickishness. Maybe rejection letters from that very department are condescending (I have no idea -- I can't remember what was in letters rejecting me, and I haven't seen any letters rejecting anyone else). But they are not deliberately condescending; their authors are not so much dickish as clueless. Very different.
I mean, I don't find it offensive, myself -- I'm sure I would laugh if I got that letter. But irony is a delicate thing.
- March 27, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Generally when people are condescending it's not that they decide "I'm going to be condescending". Like if you're talking to someone who you think is stupid, you don't think "This person is stupid, I'm going to try to show them I think they're stupid by speaking in a condescending manner". In other words, condescending and clueless usually go together, I can't think of examples of anyone being deliberately condescending.
Anyone who did find it offensive has some serious issues. I mean, you might not think it's funny, but that's a long way from being offended by it. "How dare this person make a joke regarding our super-serious and absolutely genius way of writing rejection letters!"
- March 27, 2010 at 1:01 PM
I can't think of examples of anyone being deliberately condescending.
Wow, really? I can.
Anyway, if the Director of Grad Studies at Decent State earnestly attempts to write a respectful letter, and then gets a sarcastic letter from some 21 year old who's just decided to go to Awesome U. and is taking one last opportunity to make fun of Decent State and its DGS, I can see why she might find it less than charming. But if you think that means she has "serious issues", then you should go right ahead and write your funny letter. Yeah, stick it to the man!
- March 27, 2010 at 1:16 PM
10:16 here.
Does this really need that much spelling out? When an offer is extended, it is almost always extended by way of a personal call or other sort of personal contact. It is not Institution X sending out a form letter, it is Philosopher Y, who has busted his or her ass looking at a whole lot of applications and who is now in charge of overseeing his or her department's recruitment effort, addressing the applicant personally. If you want to fuck with that person to make a joke, go right ahead. And become known as an asshole, as aforementioned UNC student is known to me, and to multiple others.
- March 27, 2010 at 1:28 PM
And, no, the point is not to 'stick it to the man'. That doesn't make any sense. The point is to make 'the man' laugh because they know all about PFOs and have been on both ends of them. But sometimes 'the man' takes everything a bit too seriously.
- March 27, 2010 at 2:16 PM
March 27, 2010 1:28 PM wrote:
"When an offer is extended, it is almost always extended by way of a personal call or other sort of personal contact."
At top departments in the US, yes, but in the UK it never works this way; in Canada it varies quite a bit. When I applied to graduate programs, I got a number of offers of admission that were just form letters or form emails not even signed by a faculty member. It would be odd if someone at one these departments that communicate with you by form letter took offense at receiving a humorous form letter in reply. True, someone took the time to look at your file and decide to admit you, but you're not making fun of that person, and in the kind of cases I'm talking about, that person never contacts you personally.
Totally different story, of course, if a faculty member contacted you personally, as is the norm at good US departments.
- March 27, 2010 at 2:44 PM
If someone can dish out thoughtless and impersonal PFO letters but can't take one, that's sad. If I received this student's letter, I probably would have taken it to be a joke and a joke that wasn't horrible.
(Favorite PFO email of the year, btw, came in the form of an email from a certain school in Scotland where the subject line just read:
[name of school]: Bad News!)
- March 27, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Exactly! It's like according to 1:16 if the school sends such a PFO it's a "respectful letter", but if a student does it's a "sarcastic letter" "making fun" of the school.
I mean, obviously, it is a joke, a parody of this kind of PFO. But in order to parody something, it has to be somewhat absurd to begin with, which this kind of PFO is and everyone knows that, including the people who send them.
- March 27, 2010 at 7:59 PM
It's been a helluva lot of years since I got my PFOs, but the fact that they are *still* often in the form of "we were pleased that Dr. X of Bettadan U accepted our offer" or "there were many excellent candidates but unfortunately you were not selected to be a finalist" or just a rude Wittgensteinian silence does seem to warrant parody and ridicule. PFOs are really inexcusable. But 10:16's point is well-taken; the more you are civil to colleagues the better off you'll be in the long run, and the better off for all of us in philosophy as well.
- March 27, 2010 at 8:09 PM
But the flip-side to 10:16 is that, the less self-described vindictive SOBs there are in philosophy, the better off everyone in philosophy is.
- March 27, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Ah 8:40-Grasshopper, you have grasped the pebble from my hand.
- March 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Actually, no. Without some vindictive SOBs, the assholes are more free to act like assholes. So it's good to have a few vindictive SOBs around, especially if it isn't clear who they are.
As they say, an armed society is a polite society.
- March 27, 2010 at 10:57 PM
The student who sent the email declining the offer is a hero. If you lot can't see that you must be older, and less punk, than I thought!
- March 28, 2010 at 1:23 AM
It's like according to 1:16 if the school sends such a PFO it's a "respectful letter", but if a student does it's a "sarcastic letter" "making fun" of the school.
Uh, yeah, that's exactly what it's like. (This is 1:16.)
I think lots of DGSs are trying to write a respectful letter. Maybe they fail (as I said, I don't remember the content of mine and I've never seen another one). If you think that's not true, then we just disagree about what DGSs are like -- in my (admittedly limited) experience they are dedicated, respectful people. (I grant to 1:23 that they don't tend to be particularly young or particularly punk.)
And obviously the letter from the student is sarcastic. That's the whole point.
I didn't (and still don't) mean to make a big deal out of this, but to my mind, it's just obvious that a parodic letter to a DGS could be taken in different ways, anywhere from admiring your sense of humor to jotting down your name in the "Dickheads I have encountered in philosophy" notebook (it's a fat tome).
- March 28, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Get the fuck off my lawn
- March 28, 2010 at 7:42 AM
Okay, something weird going on here. I've had plenty of rejection letters from departments in my time, but I can't say I thought of any of them as condescending PFOs. I mean, they were rejections, sure. That's tough to take. But condescending PF0s? Disrespectful? Nah. If I don't make it, I'm happy with a form letter telling me that.
email@example.com's letter is hilarious. But if you actually send something like that, you're a dick. And you deserve to have people thinking you're a dick.
- March 28, 2010 at 10:45 AM
I still want to know exactly what the student who ended up at UNC did which so pissed off 10.16.
Pretty please...
- March 28, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Actually I do not think an armed society is a polite society. It is one in which there is less petty crime, certainly. But what moulds manners in individuals, especially youth, is being corrected, and if necessary told off, by those who are already inducted into the practice – usually the older members of society. Now if those currently impolite members of society, especially the youth, react aggressively to being corrected or told off – and especially when they might be armed – the older wiser members will keep their own council, and the impolite will remain impolite.
- March 28, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Fantastic immaturity. Like pissing in one's own living room. A mischievous 10-year old boy's so-called "courage."
And, btw, I can't imagine a female student doing the same.
I'm glad there are "vindictive SOBs" out there. Hooray 10:16.
- March 28, 2010 at 10:46 PM
"there were many excellent candidates but unfortunately you were not selected to be a finalist" ... PFOs [like that] are really inexcusable.
Uh, why? Serious question. Is it just the passive voice? I know that sort of sentence is boilerplate nowadays, but hell, it's usually true. As the DGS of a grad program, I send off tons of grad-school rejection letters. My standard letter includes a line (although in active voice) about our not accepting many excellent applicants each year. It probably doesn't make the recipient feel awesome, but I don't want dejected applicants to think, "Geez, I must suck," because we reject lots of applicants who don't in the least suck.
- March 29, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Hi--I'm 8:09, and I do appreciate that you have a tough job--I'd not like to write those letters! My point about the quote is due to the passive language as married with the subtle contrastive sense of the "but": it leaves open an unintended inference that the recipient is not among the excellent-candidate-class. How about "We regret that we will be unable to offer you admission to our program. The tight competition for the few slots available this year made our decision all the more difficult knowing that we would be unable to offer admission to many deserving candidates. We wish it were otherwise; we wish you the best in securing placement elsewhere." I put in the "otherwise" phrase to encourage inference that the recipient was among those "deserving" without actually actively implying that specific conclusion. But again--I'd not like be the "lonely at the top" signatory of those letters.
- March 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM
I'm not posting.
- March 29, 2010 at 6:22 PM
OK, I can see that, and your version is a lot better, although I think that calling the passive-voice version "really inexcusable" is a bit harsh. I'd give, as an example of something really inexcusable, a department that doesn't bother sending out its rejection letters until it's done squaring away its incoming class, with those hardcopy letters arriving a couple of weeks after the April 15 deadline for accepting or declining most offers.
- March 29, 2010 at 8:05 PM
8:05--I agree with that. I suppose my skin was thinner years back, and the ick persists. Offense is always taken after all, and as such is not paralleled with it being offered. Again--I've not been in your place as declining applications--and I appreciate the hot-spot position you are in.
- March 29, 2010 at 9:10 PM
Not everyone takes as much care in drafting rejection letters as 2:13. Certain elite institutions seem to take pride in sending out terse or outright rude rejections letters to applicants -- as if having a strong faculty gives them license to be assholes.
A couple of years ago, I received a rejection letter from MIT's graduate philosophy program that began with the following sentence (or one almost exactly like it): "We are not offering you admission." None of the content that followed did anything to blunt the first line; but actually, that might have been impossible to do, since the entire letter was barely three lines long. The person who wrote it deliberately made it sound harsh.
"I'm not coming" might not be a politic way of declining an offer, but if the school s/he was declining rejects candidates the same way that MIT does (or at least, did), then it would hardly be inappropriate.
- March 30, 2010 at 12:01 AM
The rejection letter must be direct; it must not be blunt. The passive voice is inexcusable. The letter must slather the rejected with praise but never insincerely. Any letter failing to meet these conditions is offensive. The DGS at MIT deliberately made the rejection letter sound harsh, taking pride in his rudeness. He and Brian Leiter had a good laugh about it later. Assholes.
- March 30, 2010 at 7:17 AM
@ anon 7:17 "The passive voice is inexcusable."
Rape is inexcusable. Genocide is inexcusable. But using the passive voice in a rejection letter? Don't be ridiculous.
- March 30, 2010 at 8:57 AM
Misacronymization is unacceptable!
- March 30, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Erm, I mean inexcusable.
- March 30, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Missing the ironic tone in a blog comment is inexcusable!
- March 30, 2010 at 9:59 AM
@ 7:17
"...for if we and the author cannot imagine anyone taking it ironically, it can hardly have been intended as ironic, and there would be no reason at all to believe that it is."
Monroe Beardsley
- March 30, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Mea culpa.
- March 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM
The prickishness of the student's letter wasn't so much about it's content but rather that he or she saw fit to send it to the entire department rather than just the DGS.
- March 30, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Let's not forget that some very good philosophers have rubbish social skills. Perhaps even heading towards being autistic.
This offers a bit of a dilemma. If we care about philosophy we will want such people to be financially supported so they can continue with their philosophy, which generally means giving them a job in a philosophy department. And having them in *your* department can be stimulating, and (once they are famous) raise your profile - but at the same time it can be a pain...
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MOBILE, Ala. - A Carnival cruise ship disabled for five days in the Gulf of Mexico finally pulled into a dock in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday night, ending a nightmarish ocean odyssey for more than 4,000 people on board.
Passengers could be seen cheering and waving to family and friends waiting on shore. As they disembarked, many expressed relief to be back on land. All passengers had disembarked by early Friday morning.
Kendall Jenkins, 24, from Houston, walked off the ship in a cabin bathrobe and promptly kissed the ground.
"This was my first and my last cruise," Jenkins said.
Despite the deplorable conditions on board, many passengers lauded the ship's crew for their tireless professionalism.
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Erwin Ward, of Bay City, Texas, was on Triumph with his wife, Sharon Ward, and both said the crew worked hard to make the best of a bad situation.
"The crew is wonderful," Erwin said. "They did the best they could. They would have made some different decisions if they had it to do over again, but so would most of the quarterbacks that play in the Super Bowl."
Carnival had nearly 200 employees in Mobile helping with the ship's arrival.
A Sunday fire in Triumph's engine room cut power to the ship, leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico and turning a fun holiday cruise into a hellish nightmare for scores of passengers and crew. Passengers described terrible conditions on board, with backed up toilets, feces and urine on floors, little food and electrical power. Some passengers slept in tents to escape sweltering temperatures in overheated cabins.
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What is the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000?
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Current CRCA Reauthorization Update
What is the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000?
In December of 2000, Congress enacted the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (pdf, 36 kb), which authorized appropriations to NOAA for coral reef protection and management through 2004. The CRCA provided NOAA with additional authority to undertake a number of activities to understand, manage, and protect coral reef ecosystems by authorizing five major activities:
How Does NOAA Currently Utilize the CRCA of 2000?
The CRCP, through efforts across NOAA, supports and implements coral reef conservation projects within the US jurisdictions and waters with shallow-water coral reefs. This includes Florida, Hawai`i, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Navassa Island in the Caribbean, the remote U.S. island territories in the Pacific, and the surrounding US Exclusive Economic Zone. The CRCP also supports activities with partners to support coral reef conservation projects outside U.S. jurisdictions. It relies heavily on a network of governmental and non-governmental partners to assist in accomplishing its statutory mission. Research, monitoring and management activities are coordinated with several NOAA offices, and with other federal, state, and non-governmental partners.
The CRCA applies to shallow-water coral reefs, and therefore the CRCP has not extended its activities using funds authorized by the CRCA to include deep-sea corals (also known as deep or cold-water corals). Deep-sea corals have a much broader geographic distribution in US waters and NOAA's deep-sea coral conservation efforts are mandated by the Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act of 2006 (pdf, 538 kb).
In the years since its inception, the CRCP has worked to build capacity locally within the seven US coral jurisdictions and internationally in key areas; map, monitor, characterize, restore, research, and assess the condition of coral reef ecosystems; provide support for marine protected areas; understand the threats to healthy coral reef ecosystems; and promote public awareness and education on the value of and threats to coral reef ecosystems. The Program operates under an ecosystem-based management philosophy by considering the many natural resources that make up a coral reef ecosystem, and the human impacts and uses of those resources. The CRCP strives to keep in mind the interconnectedness of terrestrial and marine ecosystems and to proactively protect our nation's coral reef resources.
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The CRCA has been up for reauthorization since 2004. A recent update on the status of reauthorization of the CRCA is listed below; click here to see archives. For the most up-to-date information on the status of reauthorization, please visit the Library of Congress's Website, THOMAS, and search for legislation using the phrase 'coral reef conservation' or a specific bill number (e.g. HR 860). Pertinent active bills in the House of Representatives or Senate will include that phrase in their title or summary.
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Coral Reauthorization Bills Recently Introduced by Senate and House. The 112th Congress has introduced two bills which are the most recent progress in the effort to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (pdf, 36kb). S.46, the Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2011 was introduced by Senator Inouye (D-HI) on January 25, 2011. H.R.738, the House's reauthorization bill, was introduced by Congresswoman Bordallo (D-Guam) on February 16, 2011. S.46 is cosponsored by Sen. Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV), Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Sen. Snowe (R-ME) providing bipartisan support. H.R.738 is cosponsored by fourteen democrats. Both bills would strengthen NOAA's ability to comprehensively address threats to coral reefs and empower the agency with tools to ensure that damage to our coral reef ecosystems is prevented or effectively mitigated. The bills also establish consistent practices for maintaining data, products, and information, and promote the widespread availability and dissemination of that environmental information. Both allow the Secretary of Commerce to further develop partnerships with foreign governments and international organizations as well as with Federal agencies, State and local governments, tribal organizations, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, commercial organizations, and other public and private entities. These partnerships are critical not only to the understanding of our coral reef ecosystems, but also to their protection and restoration. Finally, both bills allow for any amount received by the United States as a result of illegal activity resulting in the destruction, take, loss, or injury of coral reefs to be used toward restoration efforts.
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Published: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 3:29 p.m.
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MIAMI — The mayor of Homestead, Fla., has been arrested on illegal compensation charges from a secret consulting job he had with a Florida health clinic company. He is the third mayor of a Miami-Dade County city to be arrested in the past month on corruption or ethics charges.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle's office said Wednesday that 58-year-old Steve Bateman was arrested at his home. The investigation centers on Bateman's $125-an-hour gig with Community Health of South Florida Inc. The company was seeking approval from the Homestead city council to expand in the city.
Authorities say Bateman never disclosed his consulting work. They also say Bateman sought county approval for sewer improvements for the health clinic without disclosing his job with the company.
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"America deserves an alternative to dinner at the strip mall. No one should have to book a special trip to experience world-class dining," explains David Hauslaib, co-founder of Pop-Up Pantry. With upscale subscription services on the rise, one born out of LA is determined to bring gourmet meals to American doorsteps.
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The holidays and sparkle go hand in hand. One of the city's inspiration destinations is Gump's, with its glittering windows and luxurious gifts. This season, a new collaboration brings even more shine to Gump's: An exclusive Ashley Morgan jewelry collection, replete with intricate pavé detailing and rare gemstones.
Jeffrey Campbell for Convert, Season Five
It's been a while since Jeffrey Campbell debuted his exclusive vegan shoe collection for Berkeley's Convert boutique. The collaboration continues, and expands, with a fifth season and 14 individualistic styles made from biodegradable fibers, synthetic leathers and dead-stock fabrics, only available at Convert.
Paper Culture: Extreme Green Stationery
As much as we all utilize Evite or Paperless Post, there is still nothing as charming as an old-fashioned paper invite. With the holidays right around the corner, now is the time to get your festive cards ordered and organized. Local stationery company Paper Culture has every occasion covered, and they're as green as stationery gets.
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Pet accessories have certainly evolved. For Bay Area pet owners with discerning tastes, an eco-friendly, ultra stylish brand has emerged: P.L.A.Y, Pet Lifestyle and You.
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