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Notable readings of the day 04/17/2012
Why Civics Class Should Be Sexy – Eric Liu – National – The Atlantic
All young people want to understand how to be more powerful and effective, individually and in groups. Give them that understanding — teach them power — and they will be highly motivated to keep learning.
Why French Parents Are Superior (in One Way) – NYTimes.com
Our children are three times more likely to be overweight than French children. In fact, we lead the world in producing overweight children, but the French have one of the lowest rates of overweight children in the developed world.
French parents teach their children to eat like we teach our kids to read: with love, patience and firm persistence they expose their children to a wide variety of tastes, flavors and textures that are the building blocks of a varied, healthy diet. Pediatrician-recommended first foods for French babies are leek soup, endive, spinach and beets. (Not bland rice cereal — have you ever tasted that stuff?) They teach their children that "good for you foods" taste good (broccoli – yum!), whereas we often do the opposite.
The result is a nation of healthy eaters: 6 million French children sit down every day to school lunches featuring dishes like cauliflower casserole, baked endive, beet salad and broccoli. Vending machines and fast food are banned, and flavored milk is not an option. To introduce kids to a wide variety of foods, no dish can be repeated more than once per month. Food for thought.
French children are also trained to think about how to eat. The French won't ask a child, for example, "Are you full," but rather "Are you still hungry" — a very different feeling. This is one example of French Food Rules (as I call them): codified common sense based in a rich food culture, backed up by a century of science.
French kids snack only once a day. France's official food guide emphatically recommends no snacking, and TV snack food ads carry a banner (much like cigarettes) warning that snacking between meals is bad for your health. Snacking, the French feel, creates unregulated eating habits that are difficult to change later in life.
diets for French children are relatively rare; few of them need it. Nor are they deprived of treats: "food is fun" is the Golden Rule of French eating. Moderation, not deprivation — along with viewing food as a source of pleasure, a fun family adventure — is the core of French food culture. The French worry less about nutrients and calories, and instead concentrate on teaching their children to love food; c'est normal!, given that food is one of life's great shared pleasures.
Want Your College Student to Party Less? Pay Less – NYTimes.com
the researchers describe finding distinct patterns among parents: those who provided minimal financial support to their children in college; those who provided nearly full support; and those who supported their children jointly with the students' own efforts (paying, for example, for tuition and books but not personal expenses, or the other way around).
The researchers found a striking correlation: the group of college students least likely to report engaging in risky behavior (drinking, binge drinking, marijuana use and smoking) were those who contributed the most, financially, to their own education. Those students were also more likely to identify strongly with their future occupational identity — the ultimate goal of their degree. To Laura Padilla-Walker, who led the study, and her colleagues this suggests that the level of parental financial support provided to college students may be an important factor in determining whether they flourish or flounder at their academic pursuits.
Rise in Scientific Journal Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform – NYTimes.com
before long they reached a troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were just a manifestation of a much more profound problem — "a symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate," as Dr. Fang put it.
he feared that science had turned into a winner-take-all game with perverse incentives that lead scientists to cut corners and, in some cases, commit acts of misconduct.
Members of the committee agreed with their assessment. "I think this is really coming to a head," said Dr. Roberta B. Ness, dean of the University of Texas School of Public Health. And Dr. David Korn of Harvard Medical School agreed that "there are problems all through the system."
science has changed in some worrying ways in recent decades — especially biomedical research, which consumes a larger and larger share of government science spending.
the journal Nature reported that published retractions had increased tenfold over the past decade, while the number of published papers had increased by just 44 percent.
because journals are now online, bad papers are simply reaching a wider audience, making it more likely that errors will be spotted.
To survive professionally, scientists feel the need to publish as many papers as possible, and to get them into high-profile journals. And sometimes they cut corners or even commit misconduct to get ther
Dr. Fang and Dr. Casadevall looked at the rate of retractions in 17 journals from 2001 to 2010 and compared it with the journals' "impact factor," a score based on how often their papers are cited by scientists. The higher a journal's impact factor, the two editors found, the higher its retraction rate.
Each year, every laboratory produces a new crop of Ph.D.'s, who must compete for a small number of jobs, and the competition is getting fiercer. In 1973, more than half of biologists had a tenure-track job within six years of getting a Ph.D. By 2006 the figure was down to 15 percent.
Yet labs continue to have an incentive to take on lots of graduate students to produce more research. "I refer to it as a pyramid scheme,
In such an environment, a high-profile paper can mean the difference between a career in science or leaving the field. "It's becoming the price of admission,"
The National Institutes of Health accepts a much lower percentage of grant applications today than in earlier decades. At the same time, many universities expect scientists to draw an increasing part of their salaries from grants, and these pressures have influenced how scientists are promoted.
"What people do is they count papers, and they look at the prestige of the journal in which the research is published, and they see how may grant dollars scientists have, and if they don't have funding, they don't get promoted," Dr. Fang said. "It's not about the quality of the research."
Dr. Ness likens scientists today to small-business owners, rather than people trying to satisfy their curiosity about how the world works. "You're marketing and selling to other scientists," she said. "To the degree you can market and sell your products better, you're creating the revenue stream to fund your enterprise."
Universities want to attract successful scientists, and so they have erected a glut of science buildings, Dr. Stephan said. Some universities have gone into debt, betting that the flow of grant money will eventually pay off the loans.
"You can't afford to fail, to have your hypothesis disproven," Dr. Fang said. "It's a small minority of scientists who engage in frank misconduct. It's a much more insidious thing that you feel compelled to put the best face on everything."
, Dr. Stephan points out that a number of countries — including China, South Korea and Turkey — now offer cash rewards to scientists who get papers into high-profile journals.
To change the system, Dr. Fang and Dr. Casadevall say, start by giving graduate students a better understanding of science's ground rules — what Dr. Casadevall calls "the science of how you know what you know."
They would also move away from the winner-take-all system, in which grants are concentrated among a small fraction of scientists. One way to do that may be to put a cap on the grants any one lab can receive.
Such a shift would require scientists to surrender some of their most cherished practices — the priority rule, for example, which gives all the credit for a scientific discovery to whoever publishes results first.
To ease such cutthroat competition, the two editors would also change the rules for scientific prizes and would have universities take collaboration into account when they decide on promotions.
Even scientists who are sympathetic to the idea of fundamental change are skeptical that it will happen any time soon. "I don't think they have much chance of changing what they're talking about," said Dr. Korn, of Harvard.
"When our generation goes away, where is the new generation going to be?" he asked. "All the scientists I know are so anxious about their funding that they don't make inspiring role models. I heard it from my own kids, who went into art and music respectively. They said, 'You know, we see you, and you don't look very happy.' "
Bo Guagua's Parties and Privilege Aggravate Elite Chinese Family's Fall – NYTimes.com


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As well as being an excellent departure point for one of the best diving destinations in the world, the Similan Islands and Surin Islands Khao Lak has some very good local dive sites in its own right, all easily accessible for a diving day trip. There are 3 local wrecks conveniently located from the Khao Lak coastline, all of these wrecks have a huge variety of fish life making them exciting dives.
Located only 12 nautical miles off shore from Tap Lamu pier, this is an easily reached dive site from Khao Lak by speed boat and is suitable for all levels of divers. The wreck rests peacefully on a flat sandy bottom at 20 metres with the highest point at 14 metres. The visibility is normally around 5-10 metres, occasionally there may be some mild currents.
Originally, the Bonsung barge was a used for tin mining ore, common in Thai waters but unfortunately it sunk during a storm in 1984. The length of the wreck was 60 metres, but it was damaged during the Tsumani and is no longer fully intact.
A buoyline gives a reference point for descent down to the wreck through thick, dense schools of Trevilly and Yellow Snapper. Upon reaching the thickly encrusted wreck, you can carefully make a circuit which should give opportunity to see Lionfish, Moray Eels including Leopard and White Eye, also some beautiful nudibranch can be found by those with sharp eyes.
Attention should be paid as normal during a wreck dive to sharp edges as the wreck is encrusted with shells and coral growth, also there are many scorpion fish tucked into hidden corners. Penetration of this wreck is not possible.
Easily reached within 1 hour by speed boat from Khao Lak, this deeper wreck is suitable only for experienced divers and is best dived on Nitrox. It is often used for Technical and Deep Diver Courses.
The wreck rests on the sea bed on her starboard side at 40 metres, with the top reaching 25 metres. The visibility is normally around 10 metres, there can be currents.
This fascinating ship wreck still retains her cargo and this along with many other original features makes a jaw dropping dive for wreck divers. Surrounded by shoals of Batfish and Rainbow Runners, this exciting dive explores a mammoth wreck, making the diver feel insignificant and dwarfed in comparison to the size of the MV Seachart.
A huge amount of marine life has already settled on this wreck. Alongside many Lionfish, you can also find several different unusual nudibranchs, a big old Baracuda, Octopus, Ghost Pipefish, Frogfish and many others.
A short boat trip from Tap Lamu pier can take you to Premchai wreck, a site located only a few hundred metres from the beautiful back drop of Thai Muang beach. This is a dive suitable for all levels of diver with the wreck herself to be found in good condition laying on the bottom at 20 metres reaching up to 15 metres.
Having sunk in September 2000, the Premchai wreck started her life in the Netherlands in 1976, having been built in Sliedrecht. She worked as a tin dredger for a Tin Mining company from the Phang Nga province when in September 2000 she sunk due to a crack in the hull which is still visible.
The wreck is still intact and is a shelter for many marine creatures with large shoals of fish to be found, there is also the opportunity to find Ornate Ghost Pipefish and scorpion fish alongside a variety of Moray Eels. Covered in a variety of soft and hard corals, attention should be paid to sharp edges, penetration is not allowed.
In this page you will find more detailed information about scuba diving in Khao Lak.
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The peak diving season at KhaoLak is normally from October through to April, but it can be possible to dive all year round although the visibility and sea conditions may not be optimum, also from the 1st of May until the end of October, the National Park is closed to diving and snorkelling activities due to sea conditions.
You are sometimes more likely to spot Manta and Whale Shark when the visibility is poor as that usually is the season for them to come and feed which is in the January, February, March months.
Scuba Diving conditions
Khao Lak has dives suitable for all levels of diver ranging from shallower wreck dives to more advanced deep wreck dives and technical dives for those so inclined.
Current: Normally mild, but be prepared for stronger during the full moon.
Average Visibility: 15 metres
Average water temperature: 29 Degrees
Depth range: 5 metres to 40 metres
Snorkelling in Khao Lak
It is possible to snorkel from Khao Lak beaches, but this is dependent on the sea conditions and you may not see that many fish. The majority of people join a snorkelling speedboat party to one of the 9 Similan Islands to enjoy a spot of snorkelling and swimming.
Travelling time by speed boat is normally around 1.30 mins. You can see the regular tropical coral fishes and if lucky turtles, whale sharks or Manta although this is rare. It is possible to charter a boat for a Snorkelling day tour if so desired.
Review written by Sally Usher from Khao Lak Dive Centre . Pictures by Joakim.
Travel Guide
Now that you know all about the underwater world, you might want to start planning your scuba holiday! Check out our Khao Lak Travel Review for information about how to get there, activities and excursions, where to stay, and more.
Diving Reviews for this region
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Liveaboard Reviews in Khao Lak
The Junk
A unique experience, The Junk "June Chian Lee" ("Respect Wind Travel Forever") was originally built and launched in 1962. Unlike any other diving vessel touring the India … Continue reading
MV Pawara
MV Pawara is the liveaboard offering of West Coast divers who are based in Phuket in the south western corner of Thailand. Originally opening in 1996, West Coast Divers p … Continue reading
MV Sea of Fantasy I
The MV Sea of Fantasy I has a total of 8 cabins available, with 6 of these with shared bathrooms. This beauty compensates for the lack of a saloon on board by providing g … Continue reading
MV Hallelujah
MV Hallelujah can comfortably accommodate a maximum of 24 guests in her 12 air-conditioned cabins. Every cabin of the liveaboard has its own sea view and en-suite facilit … Continue reading
MV Pawara
MV Pawara liveaboard has a Thai name – Pawara – which means Treasure of the Corals. And you will soon see why she has this beautiful name! Scuba Divers can definitely loo … Continue reading
MV Giamani
The MV Giamani is owned by Colona Liveaboards and tours from Southern Thailand to Myanmar at the more northern reaches of the Andaman Sea. Built in 1988, the MV Giamani i … Continue reading
MV Diverace Class E
MV Diverace Class E is a purpose built liveaboard vessel built in December 2014. Designed for comfort and safety, Diverace Class E was the brainchild of a team of naval a … Continue reading
MV Similan Explorer
MV Similan Explorer is the liveaboard vessel of Similan Dive Safaris – a 5 Star PADI dive centre based in Khao Lak – just 70km north of Phuket. Similan Diving Safaris hav … Continue reading
MV Thailand Aggressor
The MV Thailand Aggressor is part of the Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet and is one of the vessels owned by this global company who operate liveaboard vessels from Alor, … Continue reading

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I am in a knitting group at the First Presbyterian Churcn in New Bern, No. Carolina. The prayer shawls that we make go to those in our church or the community who are battling cancer or other debilitating disease. We have a prayer that we say each session and inclose a copy of this prayer with the shawl. Here is the prayer:
I knit a mantle of caring, I knit a mantle of protection.
I knit a mantle of wholeness, I knit a mantle of strength.
I knit a mantle of healing, I knit a mantle of patoence.
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Spend a Saturday reading and discussing timeless works of literature, poetry, history, and philosophy. Sponsored by the Friends of St. John's College, Great Books Saturday is a one-day program that features morning and afternoon seminars on classic works drawn from the St. John's College curriculum or a reading chosen for the author's thoughts and ideas which have universal relevance. Led by St. John's faculty members, Great Book Saturday offers community members the opportunity to experience the St. John's educational program. All ages are welcome. No degrees are required, only an interest in thoughtful reading and discussion. For more information, contact Alice Chambers at or 410-295-5544.
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Registration online is closed. If you would like to register for one of the still-open seminars, please call Alice Chambers at 410-295-5544 and have a credit card available. The Buffet Lunch is closed and no longer available for purchase. You may bring your own lunch. Water will be provided.
Coffee and Registration: 9 a.m.-10 a.m. Francis Scott Key Lobby, Mellon Hall
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1. Yeats, Four Poems – Waitlist Only
Tutor: David Townsend
"Lapis Lazuli," "Why Should Not Old Men Be Mad?" "The Song of Wandering Aengus," and "The Second Coming."
A poet of terrible beauty, a master craftsman, and a tireless visionary, Yeats was—as T. S. Eliot said—"the greatest poet of our time." We will read carefully four of his striking, visionary poems.
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Tutor: Marilyn Higuera
Alcestis is the wife of Admetus, whom Apollo has granted freedom from death—provided he can find a substitute to die in his place. Admetus has asked each of his loved ones to take his place on the day he is doomed to die. Only Alcestis is willing. Euripides' play depicts her self-sacrifice, her subsequent rescue by Admetus' friend Hercules, and the effect of these events on Admetus himself.
3. Papal Encyclical, "Laudato Si" – CANCELED
Tutor: Brendan Boyle
The seminar will attempt to identify what, if any, philosophical claims–about the natural world, the human person, religious authority, and political life–ground the encyclical's call for "care for our common home." Questions of climate science, and the politics of climate science, will be strenuously avoided.
4. Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"
Tutor: Ron Haflidson
Two years after his masterpiece, Moby Dick, Herman Melville published his short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener." At first, Bartleby's boss is pleased with what a devoted and able worker Bartleby is. Then, everything changes when Bartleby begins to respond to every request with, "I would prefer not to."
5. Konrad Lorenz, Man Meets Dog
Tutor: Brendan Boyle
Konrad Lorenz received the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1973 for his work as one of the founders of ethology, the study of animals in their own environment. In this engaging book, Lorenz indulges his lifelong attachment to dogs. We will discuss sections of the book in which he speculates on the origin of the human-dog link and explores variations on the theme of the love between us and our loyal companions: author's introduction, chapters 1-3.
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This letter is Galileo's most thorough discussion of the relationship between science and religion. He draws on St. Augustine's writings to explain how to interpret Scripture when it seems to contradict scientific observations. In particular, he considers how to distinguish when Biblical passages are to be understood literally or metaphorically. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the letter which was published two decades later.
12-1:30 p.m. Optional lunch available for advance purchase.
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Sonnets 12, 33, 73, and 97: "When I do count the clock that tells the time," "Full many a glorious morning have I seen," "That time of year thou mayst in me behold," and "How like a winter hath my absence been."
William Shakespeare thinks about the changing seasons and passing time in gorgeous images, memorable language, and a great depth of feeling. His mastery of the sonnet form lifts the formal structure to soar over the landscape of our unacknowledged feelings and reflections.
2. Plato, Euthyphro
Tutor: William Pastille
On the way to his trial, Socrates meets Euthyphro, a priest, who happens to be going to court to prosecute his own father for impiety. Since Socrates is being tried in part for impiety, he hopes to get some insight from Euthyphro that will help him. But the self-styled piety expert turns out to be no match for Socrates.
3. Ibn Tufayl, "Hayy ibn Yaqzan" ("Alive son of Awake")
Tutor: Joe Macfarland
Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale, trans. Lenn E. Goodman, University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Ibn Tufayl, a Muslim philosopher from 12th century Andalusia, wrote this fable about a human who is born and lives alone on an island and who consequently views the natural world free from social conventions, before he finally encounters human society. Blending natural philosophy, metaphysics, mysticism, and political theory, the story explores the relation between reason and revelation.
4. W.H. Auden, Three Poems
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"As I Walked Out One Evening," "Musee des Beaux Arts," and "In Memory of W.B. Yeats."
In these three poems, written between 1937 and 1939, Auden confronts the inevitable bitterness, banality and tedium of ordinary modern life. His response is not despair or hopelessness but blessing and praise; everyday suffering is transformed by poetry and art. We will ask what this transformation is and how it takes place.
5. Flannery O'Connor, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" – Waitlist Only
Tutor: Louis Petrich
Flannery O'Connor is among the very greatest writers of the American short story. Participants in this seminar will recognize in her writing the perfection of literary texture and detail. But beyond that, there is awe to be felt at her unflinching vision of the human soul in its contortions over life and death.
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Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., who as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts combined the Right Stuff — textbook-perfect flying...
SAN DIEGO — Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., who as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts combined the Right Stuff — textbook-perfect flying ability and steely nerves — with a pronounced rebellious streak, died Thursday at 84.
He was the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA's original manned spaceflight programs: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Although he never walked on the moon, Capt. Schirra laid some of the groundwork that made the lunar landings possible and won the space race for the United States.
Capt. Schirra died of a heart attack at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., said family friend Ruth Chandler Varonfakis.
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Capt. Schirra returned to space in 1965 as commander of Gemini 6. More than 180 miles above Earth, he guided his two-man capsule to within a few feet of Gemini 7 in the first rendezvous of two spacecraft in orbit.
On his third and final flight, aboard Apollo 7 in 1968, he helped set the stage for the landing of men on the moon in July 1969.
Of the Mercury Seven, only Glenn and Carpenter are still alive.
"He was a practical joker, but he was a fine fellow and a fine aviator," Carpenter recalled Thursday. "He will be sorely missed … "
During the mid-December 1965 Gemini 6 flight, Capt. Schirra and crewmate Thomas Stafford unnerved Mission Control when they reported, slowly and in deadpan fashion, seeing some kind of UFO consisting of "a command module and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit" — Santa Claus.
Then Capt. Schirra and Stafford played "Jingle Bells" on a tiny, smuggled-aboard harmonica and a set of sleigh bells.
Earlier in 1965, Capt. Schirra also helped smuggle a corned-beef sandwich onto Gemini 3, according to a NASA history.
"At times he gave us a hard time during his flight; technically what he did was superb," said Christopher Kraft, who was Schirra's Mercury and Gemini flight director and later head of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Capt. Schirra's Apollo mission in October 1968 restored the nation's confidence in the space program, which had been shaken a year earlier when three astronauts, including Grissom, were killed in a fire on the launch pad.
Capt. Schirra and his two fellow crew members were grumpy for most of the 11-day trip. All three developed bad colds that proved to be a major nuisance in zero gravity.
The following year, Capt. Schirra left NASA and retired from the Navy with the rank of captain, having logged more than 295 hours in space.
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If something is tenuous it's thin, either literally or metaphorically. If you try to learn a complicated mathematical concept by cramming for 45 minutes, you will have a tenuous grasp of that concept, at best.
Tenuous comes from the Latin word tenuis, for thin, and is related to our word tender. Something can be physically tenuous, like a spiderweb or ice on a pond. We more often use it in a metaphorical sense, to talk about weak ideas. Tenuous arguments won't win any debate tournaments. Synonyms for tenuous, also used physically or metaphorically, are flimsy and shaky.
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Metrology will continue to be a key enabler for the development and manufacture of future generations of integrated circuits. During 1997, the Semiconductor Industry Association renewed the National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (NTRS) through the 50 nm technology generation and for the first time included a Metrology Roadmap (1). Meeting the needs described in the Metrology Roadmap will be both a technological and financial challenge. In an ideal world, metrology capability would be available at the start of process and tool development, and silicon suppliers would have 450 mm wafer capable metrology tools in time for development of that wafer size. Unfortunately, a majority of the metrology suppliers are small companies that typically can't afford the additional two to three year wait for return on R&D investment. Therefore, the success of the semiconductor industry demands that we expand cooperation between NIST, SEMATECH, the National Labs, SRC, and the entire community. In this paper, we will discuss several critical metrology topics including the role of sensor-based process control, in-line microscopy, focused measurements for transistor and interconnect fabrication, and development needs. Improvements in in-line microscopy must extend existing critical dimension measurements up to 100 nm generations and new methods may be required for sub 100 nm generations. Through development, existing metrology dielectric thickness and dopant dose and junction methods can be extended to 100 nm, but new and possibly in-situ methods are needed beyond 100 nm. Interconnect process control will undergo change before 100 nm due to the introduction of copper metallization, low dielectric constant interlevel dielectrics, and Damascene process flows.
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Aug 13 2008Coming In For A Landing!: The Mile High Bed
Thanks everybody for all the birthday wishes yesterday. That was awesome, and I love you all. But today's another day, and...wait a minute -- it's International Left Handers Day! Another day of celebration for me! Shake left-handed, eat and drink left-handed, or give yourself a stranger, WHEE!
Anyway, the Mile High Bed was made my MotoArt, the same company that made the engine cowling reception desk and ejector seat office chair. Constructed from two DC-9 rear stabilizers and a C-130 inner flap, the bed promises to comfortably accommodate yourself and two additional passenger (preferably sexy stewardesses). Unfortunately, price is only available via company contact, which means a freaking fortune. Pfft, who needs a Mile High Bed anyways? Not I. Now a 200 MPH Bed -- that's where it's at. Ladies, to the race car bed! But please note: Be quiet coming in, my parents are asleep, and also, I'm entitled to make all the VROOM VROOM noises I want during the race. VROO....oh, checkered flag. Champagne me, I'm ready for a nap.
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who would pay for that?
and happy lefthand day
speaking of left-handers day...."stewardesses" is the longest word typed using only the left-hand.
unless you're a hunter-pecker. learn to type, idiot.
I like pie, I hate this bed
Left power!
I'd totally love to bang a stewardess but unfortunately the pre-recs for becoming a stewardess have changed quite a bit. It used to be that you had to be a pretty, big -chested young woman. Now "Flight Attendants" (faux stewardesses) are usually ugly, fat middle aged women or really 'flamboyant' men. Ladies, cherish what you have, It seems that there is a severe drought of hot poontang.
the concept is cool, but the real thing sucks!
@8, you can say that again. Used to be that becoming a stewardess was a big time job and they were treated like rock stars. Plus as you said, they all looked like playboy centerfolds.
I'm left-handed! WOO-HOO I'm forspecial today!
BTW- that bed looks lame, and if you were really "flying" those wing sides would really be a drag
Mmm I wouldn't mind being mile-high in a bed with that sexy lady.
If you know what I mean.
The reflection on the bed makes it look like the chick has a deformed siamese twin that is popping out to say "hello".


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This is sort of an extension from the discussion about eastern Canada from the Touring 2005 cycling forum.
I'm looking for anyone who's crossed the rock... I'm interested in finding a neat route. We're looking at spending some time on the Trans Canada Trail (which isn't even close to finished), and we're trying to find ways of spending as little time as possible on the Trans Canada. We're planning on starting in St. John's and finishing in Halifax.
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Fofura de imagem,muito bonita,show, Parabens.
Voce realmente é um proficional de imagens,parabens por compartilha-las. (miro)
hermosa, foto, me gusta imaginar quien las habra puesto asi?? no?? saludos desde argentina
乾龍, Hossein Fallah, and Pedro, the Cotswold Way is a pathway that traverses some of the prettiest areas in England. Thanks for letting me share it with you. Greetings to Taiwan, Iran, and Spain from Laura in Los Angeles.
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It was a pleasure, antje, I am doing very well, and hope that you are too.
Everyone seems a little comatose on Pano' lately, a malaise of the 'blues' appears to be infecting all of us, in different degrees.
It's really great to hear from you after one of your absences again, you're a busy gal! :o)
Wishing the best for you too, ~ :D
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Skip to comments.Turin Shroud may be genuine after all
Posted on 10/10/2002 2:14:50 AM PDT by SteveHEdited on 07/12/2004 3:57:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
GURAT, France, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The Turin Shroud bearing the features of a crucified man may well be the cloth that enveloped the body of Christ, a renowned textile historian told United Press International Tuesday.
Disputing inconclusive carbon-dating tests suggesting the shroud hailed from medieval times, Swiss specialist Mechthild Flury-Lemberg said it could be almost 2,000 years old.
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Let's suppose that the Shroud of Turin as it exists now is made up of two components: a shroud dating to 35 A.D. and contaminants of very recent origin. Let's suppose the worst-case scenario, and assume that the contaminants were dumped in just before the dating. The question is, how much contamination would we need to make the Shroud look as if it were made in 1275?
Let's define Ms = mass of Shroud, M1 = original mass, M2 = Mass of contaminants. Thus:
But if we assume a natural C14 concentration of C, and know that the half-life of C14 is 5568 years, we also know that:
C*Ms*(-727/5568) = C*M1*2^(-1967/5568) + C*M2
0.9135*Ms = 0.7828*M1 + M2
Solving for the M1 gives
M1 = 0.3983 Ms, which means that
M2 = 1.51*M1, i.e. that the amount of contaminants in the Shroud outweighs the original Shroud by a factor of one and a half.
If we posit that the contaminants date to the fire of 1532, which the Shroud survived, the contaminants must outweigh the original Shroud by a factor of almost four and a half.
'Nuff said.
Of course, this is supposed to be C*Ms*2^(-727/5568). I performed the calculation correctly, even if I didn't write it down correctly.
And their baseline for what Jesus actually looked like is...?
A carpenter before power tools were invented would tend toward the burly side, methinks, and not much resemble the rather willowy traditional representations.
Not necessarily. Poor nutrition, constant fasting, tremendous self disipline.
We don't know if this is the image of Christ, but all images of Christ dipected for centuries have been referenced to the Shroud.
The biblical description of the wounds JC received. The scourge marks, thorny crown blood spots (not typical of an ordinary crucifixion), unbroken legs (also atypical), nail holes, wound in side.
Other than that he must have had a very ordinary appearance for people of that time and place, Otherwise Judas wouldn't have needed to betray him with a kiss, he coulda just said "Go get the really tall guy with the big nose, blond hair, small ears, and a limp."
In other words, the shroud shows an image of a corpse that matches what little the Bible describes about his physical appearance. (If we were supposed to worship his image he would be described in vivid detail)...
Perhaps. Coulda been one of those tough wiry squirts...
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That's a very good point I hadn't heard before. There must have been nothing unusual about His appearance.
Isn't there something just a little tiny bit incongruous here?
If in fact Jesus were the Son of God, who rose from the dead, it is necessarily believable that His burial shroud should be divinely preserved and presented to a later age, as a logical proof of the central fact of Christianity. What more stunning evidence than the meticulous scientific study of that fact, in the age of sceptical science?
The implications of the shroud, given the uniqueness of the shroud, deserve respectful attention.
There are several problems with this scenario... first, there is NO PAINT on the shroud. There are no pigments at all. Secondly, the blood stains are human blood, type AB... and the image does NOT exist beneath the blood stains which means the blood was placed beforethe image was created... without disturbing the blood.
This is a straw man argument... it is the wrong question and a non-sequitur.
It is NOT that there were "pollen and dust traceable to the Middle Ages on the cloth"... that is not unexpected... but rather that there were pollen and dust from the Middle EAST on the shroud... a place it could NEVER have been if it were a 13th Century forgery.
Say the word, and I'll FReepmail you the contact info for Dr. Tom D'Muhala, the physicist who led the STURP team in '78 and has been actively involved in Shroud research since.
Tell Tom how you have it all figured out without all the facts. I'll go pop some corn.........
[HINTS: You ignore things like: from what point on the Shroud was the sample taken for carbon dating (.....the one spot the team told 'em to avoid.......); anything resembling calibration among carbon dating labs at the time of the testing, the difference between "precision" and "accuracy", etc. ]
No... that is not "it". There is much more evidence invalidating the carbon-14 testing. The sample was taken contrary to the agreed protocols; the area it was cut from was an area that had been rewoven in medieval times (threads on half of the sample are righthand twist while the main body of the shroud is left hand twist); and a large body of information shows that linen is inherently un-carbondatable with numerous samples of Egyptian linens from mummy wrappings dating hundreds or thousands of years YOUNGER than the body they wrap... yet clearly they are contemporary with the body.
That estimate was merely a facetious means of pointing out the absurdities of relic worship. However a recent survey of "pieces of the true cross" was done and found that when the total volume of all the pieces venerated in Catholic churches is tabulated, there is approximately enough to make 2/3rds of the patibulum, the cross piece.
The protocols agreed on by the laboratories involved in the Carbon-14 tests included cleaning the samples by a method that should have removed the soot. It would not have touched the bioplastic residue adhered to the fibers by generations and centuries of micro-organisms.
However, the iconography of Jesus that resembles the man on the shroud, predates the earliest possible date for a forgery as established by the C-14 tests by almost a thousand years. Therefor, if the image of Christ we all accept is based on the shroud... and the paintings and icons of Christ are basically the same since the 5th Century, then the shroud must have existed at least that far back.
If he's not claiming that contamination skewed the results, then the above calculation--which I stand by--won't interest him. Clearly it doesn't cover every conceivable objection (even Flat Earthers have an "out"), but the lion's share of the objections raise the issue of contamination. I've shown such arguments to be invalid, for what it's worth. Obviously, to a true believer, no argument is worth anything.
The Greek language Bible describes Joseph as a "builder". European translators used the word carpenter. There were few wooden homes in ancient Israel, so it is much more likely that he was a stone mason. Just a bit of info.
The dog ate the carbon-12.
and a large body of information shows that linen is inherently un-carbondatable
"I wasn't there, Your Honor, and if I was there, I didn't steal anything."
Unless those residues outmass the rest of the Shroud by at least a factor of one and a half, they aren't sufficient to change the date of the Shroud by the amount observed.
Let's put your credentials up against those of the large array of experts from around the world.......and quite a few from the US "defense establishment".....who have devoted many, many years to the study of the Shroud. Their names aren't hard to find.
I know Dr. D'Muhala and his background (a physicist, as well, by the way). How 'bout yours?
I did. They are tantamount to saying that radiocarbon dating never works.
It is not logically possible for anyone to counter every conceivable argument (about anything, not just about this one quantitative question). There is always an "out".
It most certainly is the shroud of Christ, but God will never allow His existence to be captured proof positive in a jar like a lightning bug.
The true value of the shroud is that it causes such consternation amongst those that refuse to see. It is such willful ignorance that separates the goats from the lambs.
Christians don't require the shroud to be genuine to validate their faith; atheists on the other hand are presented w/ powerful evidence that their non/beliefs are absurd.
I admit to a guilty pleasure in watching them thrash about concocting theories of medeaval geniuses inventing photography merely to play a hoax and never replicating the process.
One can only approach God on one's knees, and never through arrogance.
Nothing could be further from the truth. True faith has nothing to do with this piece of old cloth.
I agree 100%. That doesn't change the fact that this is a phenomenal object.
You made a "pronouncement" and, thereby, insulted the incredibly thorough and detailed work of some prominent scientists that stretches decades. You get called on it........and whine about how "there's always an out".
Unbelievable. I thought scientists were supposed to do their homework before making public pronunciations. Try it sometime.
Yes. Look at #53 and you'll find some.
My pronouncement dealt with the contamination issue. If you can find a flaw in it, please be explicit. As for the "insult of prominent scientists," etc., it seems to me that the people attacking radiocarbon dating are the ones who are doing that.
You get called on it........and whine about how "there's always an out".
Broadly calling into question the entire enterprise of radiocarbon dating does not constitute calling me on anything.
She was there
It was here. The battlefield was here. The Carthaginians defending the city were attacked by three Roman Legions. Carthaginians were proud and brave but they couldn't hold. They were massacred. Arab women stripped them of their tunics and their swords and lances. The soldiers lay naked in the sun, two thousand years ago; and I was here.
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Wednesday night I wanted to see Crobot at Full Throttle Saloon. The website said 7 p.m. Found out after arrival that they weren't going on until midnight. After an all nighter getting here followed by some riding, the Road Show broadcast and the general mayhem which is the bike rally, I wussed out and cashed in my last few chips. Nothing left in the tank. I suck at this, right?
Thursday, however, fulfilled lots of what the Sturgis thing is all about. Went for a nice ride up to Deadwood and Lead and then back to Sturgis to hang at the Full Throttle Saloon some more.
I wandered backstage (security never really asked me who I was or what I was doing as I just kept acting like I was somebody important) where I was warmly greeted by the inestimable Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl. We shot the bull on John and Elwood's show and shared a few laughs about his week at FTS. I'd be dead if I tried to keep up with him.
I then just wandered around looking for weirdness. I was butt-deep in it, believe me. Midgets were part of it. As I was on the air, I noticed four lovely topless women with nothing but strategically placed little stickers to cover the naughty bits. They would pose for a photo with guys for tips. The girl I spoke to told me her name and then said, "We're working here." Then she promptly turned away and went back to her soft-core hustling. Why would she be the only rude person I've run into the entire trip? Seems to me that if you have a personality which allows you to walk around naked for all intents and purposes, you would be a little willing to have some fun with the well-intentioned radio guy. I wasn't even all that pervy.
A couple of nice fellas from New Jersey chatted me up a bit. They are renting a house in nearby Spearfish with 10 guys for $7000 for the week. I need to buy some Black Hills real estate, I guess. They said they stopped for cheese in Wisconsin on their way out. Apparently they bought a while lot of good cheddar. They haven't pooped once since they got here last Saturday. I'm guessing.
People watching is, of course, unparalleled in Sturgis. Some of them have managed to combine high fashion and literature.
I hooked up with some pals and headed out of Sturgis for one of my favorite rides in the Black Hills, the Spearfish Canyon run. Spectacular beauty at 35 mph. The temperature entering the canyon was about 85 degrees but must have dropped by 15 degrees instantly. It felt soooooo good. I parted ways with my riding companions at the road up to Rochford because I wanted to get out of the deep hills before dark because I know from previous night runs out of Sturgis that the deer are like mosquitoes in Wisconsin. Every where and mostly unseen until it's too late. Still, I had been advised by a Rockin' Apple listener back home that I should make pit stop at a place called The Boar's Nest outside of Lead. Cool place on the creek with all of the amenities a dude could need. A cold beer and...
As dusk arrived and I was cruising Nemo Road's curves and scenery, There must have been at least a couple of hundred deer in the fields not far off the road. That is NOT an exaggeration. Kind of nerve-wracking but I made it back to Rapid City intact and hungry. I got some fantastically average Chinese food in my gullet and began contemplating my options. Kentucky Headhunters show downtown? A run back to FTS for Jackyl? A stop at a British Pub called The Wobbly Bobby just for he name? Nope. I watched post-Republican debate coverage because nothing could be more fun than that. I am pathetic.
Let's see what tomorrow brings.
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The Mayo clinic, among many others, specializes in treating obesity and for that purpose its specialists have created their own program. It is based on two main dietary products: eggs and vegetables.
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The results will be visible right away, but you will have to eat the same products all the time. In the second week you will be able to modify the menu a little, but again you will be consuming the same things every day.
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There are several main rules to be kept while doing the Mayo clinic diet. You have to eat 4-6 eggs a day and drink about 2 litres of liquids – mineral water, herbal teas, coffee or weak tea. You need to avoid salt, sugar, whole milk products, legumes, fruit and alcohol. Among the vegetables you may eat there are: lettuce, carrots, broccoli and tomatoes. In order to reach the required goal it is good to eliminate from your diet products such as potatoes, fat meats, sweets, fruit juices and fizzy drinks.
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After this morning's low volume stop-run to the highs (divergent from Spain's 10Y fulcrum security), we have gone nowhere during the day-session so far - even with a small miss on Chicago PMI and beat in Confidence. But with a few minutes to go until his big moment, markets are trading in a QE-ON mode in anticipation of Ben's big words (except FB -4%).
US Stocks ignoring Spain's weakness
Treasury yields down, USD down, Stocks Up, Gold Up, Oil Up.
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Bouncing around like the prom queen with the football team.
Talk is cheap!
Well there it is, no qe....now all the same networks and news outlets that blasted it was coming for months are saying how obvious it is that he would not announce anything here today....but hey ratings would have been in the shitter if they did not pump it up.
Lulz gold and silver...who could have predicted that?
Looks like somebody did see that coming and...BTFD!
Thanks Ben for releasing before your snoozer of a speech that you are not doing anything.. Bring on Labor Day weekend!!!!
Yesterday's sell off was a clear BTFD for the Bernank today. Not often markets (or IMF ) give even such an easy one. Question is do you hold for QE or cut for a quick turn.
What is happening to the August gold explosion largely promoted here?
Even when priced in euro (the new twist to always be right even when you're wrong), gold is not exacly exploding.
The list of fools making stupid predictions is growing longer by the day.
Definition of a fool? Someone who bought physical gold and silver in 2004? It's not a "trade"... it's a decision to get off the sinking ship while the other passengers are still sipping champagne. So far, so good.
I wonder how soon the chaos will start. The margin calls and redemptions are surely coming soon.
I'm continuing to monitor the situation, ready to buy more physical should my own personal economy require it.
The Fed is HFT buy-on all day to combat the bad news.....
they are the ones who prop this market up.....
Cannot help but feel there is a number out there like Enron's 48 mark(somewhere around there....) they knew it was "curtains rocky, curtains" after that......
prop it up Timmy.....
It seems like they threw all the European "bad bank"noise in front of this to limit the downside.
Ben promises again.
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The Cathlapotle Plankhouse opens for the season Sunday. To celebrate, re-enactor Stephen Ricketts will portray Judge James Swan, who in 1849 left his life as a successful businessman in Boston to travel to the Pacific Northwest and immerse himself in the local culture. The re-enactment begins at 2 p.m. Guided walks to celebrate the anniversary of the day Lewis and Clark met people of the Cathlapotle in 1806 will take place on the Carty Unit at noon and 3:30 p.m. Children's activities will also be offered from noon to 4 p.m.
When: Daily during daylight hours. The Cathlapotle Plankhouse is typically open noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through October. Visitors should call or check the plankhouse website to ensure it's open before visiting.
Where: The Cathlapotle Plankhouse on Carty Unit, on Northwest Main Avenue, north of Pioneer Street in Ridgefield.
Telephone: 360-887-4106.
On the Web: http://ridgefieldfriends.org/plankhouse.php or http://fws.gov/ridgefieldrefuges.
The Plankhouse opening is one of several events taking place this weekend. Others include a rock show and an art show in Camas.
1. "Driving Miss Daisy" opens in Vancouver
The Slocum House Theatre Company presents the stage adaptation of "Driving Miss Daisy" this weekend. The story follows the journey of an aging white woman and her black chauffeur set in mid-century America's deep south. This well-known tale allows the characters to explore themes of loss, race and friendship.
Telephone: 360-696-2427.
When: 8 p.m. tonight and Sunday; and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Slocum House, 605 Esther St., Vancouver.
Admission: $13, $11 for seniors 60 and older and children 12 and younger.
Telephone: 360-737-8298.
On the Web: http://slocumhouse.com.
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This two-nights only concert rocks this weekend. Elvis Presley is putting on his blue suede shoes at the Magenta Theater stage. Magenta Theater performers will bring back rock 'n' roll hits by Elvis along with along with music by Madonna, Pat Benatar, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper in "The Best of Rock and Roll, Part 1," a show that will suit rock and roll fans of all ages.
When: 7 tonight and Sunday; and 4 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Magenta Theater, 606 Main St., Vancouver.
Admission: $10.
Telephone: 360-635-4358.
On the Web: http://magentatheater.com.
3. Last chance for Raku pottery
Catch the final weekend of Dave and Boni Deal's exhibit of Raku pottery and paintings at the Second Story Gallery. The Camas artists incorporate the natural environment into their work, with images of animals on Raku pottery, portraits of people and abstract landscapes. The exhibit ends Monday.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Where: Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas.
Telephone: 360-834-4692.
On the Web: http://secondstorygallery.org.
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Director Zack Snyder, of "Watchmen" and "300" fame, doesn't pull punches in this visually stylized fight for freedom opening in theaters this weekend. Set in the 1950s, "Sucker Punch" follows Babydoll (Emily Browning) who escapes into an alternative reality after she is committed to a mental hospital by her abusive stepfather.
Under the threat of being lobotomized, Babydoll and three other female warriors (played by Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgen and Carla Gugino) must find five items, battling dragons, samurai and hospital staff to secure their freedom — or lose their minds. "Sucker Punch" is rated R.
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Admission: Varies by theater.
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A car travels due east with a speed of 40.0 km/h. Raindrops are falling at a constant speedvertically with respect to the Earth. The traces of the rain on theside windows of the car make an angle of 55.0° with the vertical. Find the velocity of therain with respect to the following reference frames.
(a) the car
(b) the Earth
Enter anumber.1 m/s
(b) the Earth
Enter anumber.2 m/s


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I am a 51years old amateur photographer and I have started doing photography in high school many years ago mostly B&W and slides at that time. I have started back in 2002 with the digital Cameras and since I have completed the NYIP professionnal photo class.
I enjoy mostly architecture and nature photography.
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