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"As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life" ~ Rachel Carson
Oh, that life were but filled with happiness and joy. Oregon's Constitution states the 'natural rights inherent in people' ~ 'instituted for their peace, safety and happiness'. Yet, we have discovered challenges to those tenets, practices not well known, repeatedly used within our neighborhoods and communities that are anything but related to our peace, or our safety, and certainly not our happiness.
Imagine 800,000 acres of our forests sprayed with toxic herbicide poisons. That was the case in Oregon back in 2005 alone. According to the Oregon Department of Agriculture's Pesticide Use Reporting System, nearly 20 million pounds of pesticides were used in our state in 2008. The first, last year and only year for reporting this information, due to budget cuts. The reality is Billions of pounds of toxic chemicals are used annually throughout this country. The numbers are indeed staggering. Here in Oregon multiple chemical cocktails of poison are routinely sprayed within our forests, on our roads and highways, on our food, within our neighborhoods, communities, and throughout our state, repeatedly, each and every year.
Unfortunately, many citizens are not aware of these applications. Certainly not to the extent these chemicals are used, nor the potential risks they pose to the Health of our air, water, soil, food, bodies and future. Any more than citizens are made aware of the specifics of the chemicals themselves. For instance, one of Oregon's commonly used chemicals is Atrazine. Atrazine was found to be so harmful it was banned from use in the European Union in 2003. (specifically, it continues to be denied regulatory approval for use) Yet, this same poison continues to be heavily used throughout Oregon, on our food, in our forests and within our neighborhoods and communities. Nor is it common knowledge that the chemical 2,4-D, a constituent of Agent Orange, continues to be used within neighborhoods and around our children's schools. These two chemicals are not only routinely sprayed throughout our state, one or both have invaded the bodies of 48 Oregonians, including children. (see Triangle Lake/Hwy 36 Chemical Exposure Investigation). It was not until January of 2011 that we ourselves became aware of the information now available on these pages.
A stark reality is that along with the concerns of the chemicals themselves, the lack of information regarding their make-up or the fact the majority of them are never tested, follows the fact it is extremely difficult to find out the needed information relevant to pesticide use itself, especially in Oregon. For instance, Oregon began compiling a pesticide use program called PURS (Pesticide Use Reporting System) mentioned above back in 2007. One year later, in 2008 the program was cancelled. "Due to state budget constraints, PURS is not available. Pesticide users cannot file reports of pesticide use into PURS. Reports previously filed into PURS are not available to the pesticide users who filed those reports. The 2009 Oregon Legislature amended the PURS statutes. Among those amendments was that no pesticide user is required to report pesticide use information into PURS when PURS is not available. In addition, Oregon Administration Rules (OAR) states that no enforcement action shall be taken for failure to report pesticide use "… for any calendar year in which the Department does not provide a fully effective means for pesticide users to report pesticide use." http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PEST/purs_index.shtml
There is indication that these records are available elsewhere, yet in our experience, in particular relative to the investigation in Triangle Lake, this does not hold true. The latest chemical 'investigation' in Cedar Valley speaks directly of this issue.* It has been both difficult or in some cases impossible to get access to any records. It is also important to note the chemical 'applicators' are only required to keep these reports for three years. Priceless!
Oregonians also live in a state that provides no advanced warnings when it comes to toxic chemical use. There is currently nothing in place that even requires Oregon, nor it's many agencies designed to "protect" the health of our air, water, soil, food and citizens, to offer advanced warning of scheduled toxic chemical applications. Certainly nothing of any significance. The only current source of information pertains to forestry practices used by the timber industry through ODF (Oregon Dept. of Forestry) 'Notifications'. (See Notifications/Subscriptions) However, this 'Notification' is without specifics of any kind, other than location. Noting multiple chemicals that 'may be used', but more importantly not when they will be sprayed. Even after the fact, this information is not in the public domain, a real concern for those with health issues. We also ironically are forced to pay to subscribe to this lack of information. Thus, aside from a "Warning" sign hopefully in our schools or parks when sprayed, we are left in the dark with no protections in place, whether choosing or needing to avoid toxic chemicals due to health issues. Let alone, anyone simply not wanting to potentially be exposed. There are zero protections for the citizens of this state from pesticides.
To quote Rachel Carson "It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray". Now 50 years after she brought us Silent Spring and the dangers of these poisons, and 30 years after Carol Van Strum revealed the herbicide nightmare of those living in Oregon's rural countryside in the 70′s and 80′s, faced with Agent Orange and Dioxin, one could say it is beyond ironic we are still living in such a toxic environment. Or one could say it is rather insidious, perhaps just insane, or BOTH.
From our forests to agriculture, within our schools, parks, and backyards, to the roads we travel toxic poisons continue to inundate our lives. Their use not only prevalent, but growing. This could not be more obvious than in Oregon, if only taking into consideration the road and highway sprays each year for weed control, the spraying of our agriculture, or the spraying of these poisons by the timber industry after they clear-cut, to 'protect' their conifer tree farms. Oregonians are being exposed to toxic poisons each and every year, repeatedly. The killing of weeds and bugs seeming to warrant far more concern than the lives of the very people who populate these same landscapes.
There are serious questions and concerns:
Are we now living within the realm of the warnings and nightmare revealed to us by Carson and Van Strum so long ago here in the Illinois Valley, Triangle Lake, Cedar Valley and throughout Oregon? Is it possible or we dare say probable there are serious cumulative effects to these poisons? Is it possible, again probable, there are health risks associated with the unknown factors of these poisons, such as the excipients, used to make the chemicals 'stick', or more importantly their 'inert ingredients', ALL kept secret from us? What of the additives themselves? Is it possible rather probable there are risks due to the magnified (synergistic) effects of these chemicals in combinations, as is the case of their use, with one chemical followed by another and another? Or worse yet, the fact these chemicals are now being combined into cocktails the likes of which have NEVER been tested. Last, but certainly not least, should not our community and certainly our state take seriously the concerns raised at this juncture with simply the known risks, readily available science and known associations of these toxic poisons to health issues, especially in light of so many citizens now contaminated? What is perplexing is that Oregon touts Health while continuing to support, promote and protect toxic activities and practices. In fact not protecting citizens or their communities, instead protecting the corporations and state entities themselves, all spraying highly toxic poisons where we live, breathe, drink the water, tend our gardens and raise our families. We contend this is a human rights issue. Our right to health, not only for ourselves but the health of our communities, including of our right to healthy air, water, soil and neighborhoods. Our simple basic right to be say no to toxic poisons, no longer possible under Oregon's current pesticide practice paradigm.
Our concerns relate to all of the above, but are significantly based on the fact these chemicals are now invading the bodies of fellow citizens, fish bearing streams, and known animals in Cedar Valley. We have researched the risks and the multitude of health factors related to these poisons. The health of the air we breathe, our water resources, fish habitats, animal habitats, our bats, bees, forests, food, our elderly, and our CHILDREN, life itself, is being threatened with chemical trespass in one way or another. We have determined from the readily available science, case studies and long history of these poisons in our state, as well as serious issues relative to the state's "investigation" (*s), or rather lack of, that ALL of our questions as well as our concerns are more than valid.
The continued use of such toxic poisons in a state that should know better is beyond alarming. Hence, Precious Dirt.
For those who continue to say we need more science, more studies, more evidence as to the dangers these toxic chemicals pose, that science is not only readily available, it has been for years. More and more however new science and new studies are proving the dangers of these toxic chemicals to the health of our air, water, soil and bodies. In particular science that is continuing to address the dangers of small and/or chronic exposures. (see the many articles under Pesticides)
It is too easy to overlook two simple facts in our opinion: Air and water have no boundaries. The extent to which these poisons are dispersed allow them to often revolatilize into the atmosphere. When factoring in weather shifts, sun and rain this is one serious issue. There is also the issue of run-off after rain, whether creating muddied slopes full of poisons flowing downhill, or from roadside spraying flowing into our creeks and streams on it's way to our rivers and ultimately the ocean. Far too many of these chemicals are capable of trespass. There is also the data indicating helicopters have a minimum two mile drift factor, assuming not sprayed during wind, which is sadly often the case. The above factors alone confirm that often simple common sense is all one needs to know there are potential/probably and proven risks with these practices. Toxic scenarios that offer a serious challenge not just for the health of our air and water but for the entire chain of Life itself, including our own.
We also must note: Precious Dirt does not claim to be experts nor do we hold degrees in any of the fields relative to this subject matter. Again, the science is prevalent and readily available, as is the history on these topics. We invite and encourage all who read these pages not to simply accept or rely upon what we offer. We do our utmost to post only accurate and truthful information, but we do have a bias in that we live within this toxic realm. We are sharing our research, experience, history, and lives. We prefer and recommend however, those reading these pages do their own research, homework and study of these issues. The truth is available for all who seek. We simply ask you pursue this important information for toxic chemical poisons are now everywhere.
We are simply advocating for the Peace, Safety and Happiness of all who live in Oregon, as is written in Article I, Section I of our state constitution. We advocate for our inherent Right to Health. Our Right to a healthy environment, which encompasses healthy air, healthy water, healthy forests, healthy schools, healthy communities, and certainly healthy bodies, all of which is connected.
"It's always so easy to assume that someone else is taking care of things. People say, we wouldn't be allowed to use pesticides if they were dangerous. It just isn't so. Trusting so-called authority is not enough. A sense of personal responsibility is what we desperately need." — Rachel Carson "The Gentle Storm Center," Life Magazine, Oct. 12, 1962
PBS tells our story: Majestic Forests in Oregon at Risk from Timber Industry and Chemical Spraying http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec12/forests_09-12.html?print"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." — Margaret Mead
Facebook: Latest news, reports, science campaigns, health related topics, sometimes some fun. https://www.facebook.com/preciousdirt
"We should all be concerned about the future, because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there." ~ C. F. Kettering
* (s) —Since this site was first created in 2011 and 18 months after asking Governor Kitzhaber for a Moratorium to stop the timber spray practices, allowing the Triangle Lake 'investigation' to actually investigate how citizens ended up with timber chemicals in their urine, we are saddened to report yet another timber spray incident occurred October 2013 in Curry County Oregon. Dozens of unsuspecting citizens were exposed to yet another list of toxic poisons, when a helicopter spraying timber clear-cuts went amuck. Unlike the Triangle Lake investigation, on hiatus since March of 2012, this investigation took two weeks to 'begin', and chose to test but a few plants in the spray area, knowing full well this incident left many citizens as well as animals sick, many ending up in local hospitals or doctor/vet offices with nausea, headaches, rashes, nose bleeds and far worse.
After three years of working 'within the system', what we are now calling the Box, defined by the current structure of laws and regulations enabling toxic practices to continue while affording citizens zero rights to defend ourselves, we discovered CELDF (The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund). See www.CELDF.org CELDF is working to help communities across the country and with several counties within Oregon to draft local ordinances, allowing issues threatening local communities to go before the voters. Citizens throughout Oregon have determined it is time to they , the people, the right to decide what happens within their communities vs. having to live with laws and regulations dictated by Salem that adversely affect our communities. Such as the Oregon Right to Farm and Forest Act and more recently SB 863. Citizens in Benton and Lane Counties are seeking the right to say NO to GMOs. In Josephine County citizens are seeking the right to say NO to pesticides. Precious Dirt will remain focused on awareness and the educational process; offering monthly meetings, videos, and guest speakers to help bring awareness and understanding of the issues we face.
A new organization the Freedom from Pesticides Alliance (FPA) is leading the way in the political realm. www.freedomfrompesticidesalliance.org/
Disclaimer: To be clear; we are not doctors, scientists, or toxicologists. Nor do we claim to be experts in any of the realms discussed on these pages. We are but every day citizens who after discovering these practices were taking place within our community and neighborhoods took it upon ourselves to do the necessary research, investigating and pursuit of the issues related to not just the chemicals but the practices used within Oregon. Including the laws that protect those choosing to use these practices vs. the people and communities on their receiving end. This includes the corporations and governmental entities using, and promoting these practices. We have spoken to scientists such as Tyrone Hayes and Sandra Steingraber, spent years attending meetings with state agencies created to protect us, up to and including the Governor's office, only to hit one steel wall after another. Is there more to learn? You bet. The science on these topics is ongoing. In fact the recent publication Poison Spring – The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA by E.G. Vallinantos reveals much of what is shared on these pages, ironically up to and including Oregon's sordid history when it comes to toxic chemicals and 'investigations'. (Chapter Three) —Highly recommended.
As well as the updated version of A Bitter Fog by Carol Van Strum (July 2014).
What we have learned over the course of the past few years has been not only shocking, to say the least, but is in many ways to this day hard to fathom. In particular, the realization that it is legal for highly toxic chemical cocktails to be sprayed within residential neighborhoods, near schools and often next to homes and families. The other shocking factor being that Oregon citizens have zero rights when it comes to protecting themselves from possible chemical trespass. Zero rights when it comes to protecting our air, water, soil and/or bodies. If this seems hard to fathom, please pursue and research Oregon's chemical trespass 'investigations'; beginning with Alsea Oregon in 1978, Triangle Lake 2011, and Curry County 2013. Also review Oregon's Right to Farm and Forest Act, as well as SB 863.
We wish to make clear; this site is not here to advise, rather to inform. The source data for all that is posted on this page and this site can be found in the pages themselves, from the recommended reading and videos to the long list of articles, reports and scientific case studies.
We do our utmost to post only accurate and legitimate studies and reporting. If we are in error we are the first to ask that error is pointed out to us, and we will quickly correct it.
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AUSTIN - State Sen. Jeff Wentworth got his law degree from Texas Tech University nearly four decades ago, but after all those years he still has fond memories of his alma mater.
"Texas Tech is part of me, just like Texas A & M, where I got my undergraduate degree," said the San Antonio Republican. "I am very grateful for the education that I got. Without Tech, I wouldn't be where I am."
His colleague Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, is glad that Wentworth has a soft spot in his heart for Tech because every two years, when the Legislature is in session and Duncan and the South Plains delegation push for school funding, he can also count on the San Antonio lawmaker for support.
"Jeff Wentworth plays a major role in our law school because he's a graduate," said Duncan, a member of the Senate Finance Committee and the Legislative Budget Board, the 10-member panel which recommends how state money should be allocated.
"He serves on the foundation board, he comes to Lubbock, so he is aware of any issues; and whenever I need help with Tech on the Senate floor, I call on Jeff and he is always ready to help," Duncan said.
Duncan and Wentworth are the only Tech graduates in the 31-member Texas Senate. In the 150-member House, a larger of group of alumni is ready to lend a hand whenever higher education funding or other issues come up.
"We can always count on Tech alumni for help on funding or any other issues," said Rep. Carl Isett, R-Lubbock.
Isett and House colleagues Joe Heflin, D-Crosbyton, and GOP Reps. Delwin Jones of Lubbock, John Smithee of Amarillo and David Swinford of Dumas are Tech graduates.
"They know the key role the school plays not just in West Texas but across the state," Isett said of Tech alumni who represent districts outside the South Plains and the Panhandle. "They see it in the state's best interest that Tech is adequately funded."
Other Tech graduates in the House are Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, as well as GOP Reps. Harvey Hilderbrand of Kerrville, Jim Keffer of Eastland, Burt Solomons of Carrolton and Jim McReynolds, D-Lufkin.
Craddick in particular has been praised for the funding Tech has gotten in recent years, especially last year when the school received nearly $130 million in new money, including $48 million for a medical school in El Paso.
When it comes to Tech funding, "having the speaker of the House on your side is of great help," Isett said after the session ended. "And Speaker Craddick was most certainly on our side; one, because he is a Tech graduate, and two, because a lot of his constituents study or have studied at Tech ... or have their children studying at Tech."
Having Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee was just as helpful, Isett added.
Duncan, considered the go-to lawmaker when it comes to Tech funding because of the committees he sits on, said pushing for Tech funding does not represent a conflict of interest to alumni representing districts outside the Panhandle and the South Plains because there is a funding formula which ensures that every public college and university in the state gets its fair share of the higher education budget.
That is how Wentworth sees it, too.
When it comes to higher ed funding, Wentworth has four universities to worry about: the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Texas at San Antonio, the San Antonio campus of Texas A & M University and Texas State University at San Marcos.
"These are the campuses where most of my constituents or their children go to and I do focus my energies on them," he said. "But I don't think there's much conflict of interest when I work with Sen. Duncan on Tech funding or other issues because ultimately this is a school for the benefit of all Texans."
Moreover, he and other alumni who don't live in the district are happy to help Duncan and the rest of the South Plains/Panhandle delegation with Tech funding and other issues because is "our way of repaying" the school for the education each received, Wentworth added.
Smithee, who got his law degree from Tech, agreed.
"I think everyone I know in the legislature who attended Tech but has moved to another area of the state still has a soft spot in his heart for Tech and do everything they can (for it) and that's the way it should be," Smithee said. "There is a lot of loyalty among us."
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Washington Coach June Daugherty
ON BOISE STATE: Boise State is a veteran team. Theyve won their first four so I think they came in really confident. They play with a lot of intensity and confidence and we knew they werent going to lay down.
ON BSUs SECOND HALF COMEBACK: Its the first time weve been in a situation with that big of a lead and we have to learn to play with leads like that. I thought we got a little bit too relaxed. What we need to do is come out the first five minutes of the second half and really put teams away. We didnt do that but we will learn that.
ON FIRST HOME WIN: Its nice. We were disappointed in how we came out in our first home game in Mercer Arena. Practice was way more intense, more physical and this type of schedule helps us to grow as a team and I think our team has really taken advantage of it over the last 12 days.
ON JILL PIMLEY: Shes just flat out tough. Theres nothing that she wont do to get it done for her team. Shes the first one to hit the floor and really gets the defense stoked up to a whole different level. Her poise, especially when we looked like we were going to loose the lead, was critical tonight. She just kept playing hard on defense and kept us calm offensively and thats the kind of leadership you want from your point guard. It was exciting to see her do that down the stretch.
Washington Guard Megan Franza
ON UWS DEFENSE: We did a good job in zone this week, weve worked on it a lot and its good that we can mix it up. Being able to mix it up like that without a decline in play is going to be a big weapon for us.
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ON DOUBLE FIGURE REBOUNDS: Im being more physical. I was playing timid for a while and Im finally getting back to the way I play.
Boise State Head Coach Trisha Stevens
(On how Boise State reacted when Washington went to a zone): "In the first half we had 16 turnovers and Washington did a great job of converting on those turnovers. The last seven possessions of the game we had six turnovers and they converted on five of them. I think that hurt us the most."
(On what Boise State did to get back in the game in the second half): "I think we just went back to what worked for us in games before and that's going inside early. I didn't think we did a good job of going inside in the second half, so we went back to establishing our game inside and that really got us back in the flow. We have to get the ball in Stephanie Block's hands and when we do good things happen and it opens it up the outside game".
(On how Washington compares to Boise State's previous opponents): "They have such great weapons on the perimeter with Megan Franza and Loree Payne. They are one of the better teams we've faced so far and that's good for us. That will make us better".
(On playing four consecutive road games): "Our goal in the preseason is to get better every time we step on the court. You can't let your highs get too high and your lows get too low. It felt great to be 4-0 and but we knew we had a tough road trip ahead of us. My goal is not to finish the preseason undefeated. My goal is to have our team get better every time we step on the court so we are ready going into conference to challenge for a championship and playing a team like Washington will help us do that".
(On coaching against mentor June Daugherty): "June and Mike and I are great friends and I have a ton of respect for them. June was basically my mentor so I have great respect for her. It's the kind of game that is really a mixed blessing where if you win great but if you lose you're happy for people you care about. Once you take the court you forget everything else and fight for a win".


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Oct. 3, 2009
***Northern Illinois is 1-0 in the Mid-American Conference for the first time since the 2004 season. In each of the past four years, NIU has lost its first league game of the year.
***Northern Illinois recorded its first win over Western Michigan since 2005. That was also a 35-point decision for the Huskies (42-7).
***Northern Illinois improved its record on Homecoming to 64-29-10, including a 30-13-2 mark in Huskie Stadium. NIU has won 11 of its last 12 Homecoming contests.
***Tailback Chad Spann scored three touchdowns and now has 10 total on the year. He led the team with eight scores a year ago. Spann has nine rushing and one receiving score this season.
***Spann, who earned his first start this season and the third of his career, recorded his first career 100-yard rushing day with 132 yards on 22 carries.
***Junior Jake Coffman made his first career interception and returned it 79 yards for his first career touchdown. The play was the sixth-longest interception return in Northern Illinois history and the first INT return for a score since Bradley Pruitt had a 54-yard TD return versus Indiana State last year.
***NIU's three interceptions versus Western Michigan were the most for the Huskies since the 2008 Indiana State game (9/20/08).
***The Huskies did not commit a turnover Saturday, its second straight turnover-free game.
***The Huskies continue to excel in the "red zone". NIU score on all three of its ventures into the red zone Saturday and is 21-of-22 in the red zone this year with 14 TDs and seven field goals.
***Offensive lineman Jason Onyebuagu recorded his first career kickoff return, taking the short kickoff back seven yards to open the game.
***Tommy Davis had a career long, and team-season best, 29-yard punt return in the third quarter.
***Kicker¬ Mike Salerno had a season-best three touchbacks on kickoffs and hit his eighth field goal of the season and 26th of his career (on 35 attempts). Salerno hit the upright on what would have been a Northern Illinois record 53-yard field goal try. He now ranks seventh all-time at NIU in field goals.
***Kiaree Daniels' interception was the first of his career and the first for Northern Illinois in three games, since Cory Hanson had a pair of pickoffs in the Wisconsin game.
***After entering the year with not a single player with 100 receiving yards on the season, Landon Cox and Kyle Skarb ended the game over that mark. After catching three passes for 14 yards on the day, Cox has 13 catches for 107 yards on the season. While Skarb's team-leading yardage total stands 121 yards on six grabs.


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Garages, driveways, and patios are notorious for attracting those unwanted stains. Concrete must be kept up along with the rest of our cleaning surfaces. If you have unwanted stains on your concrete surface, there are many cleaning agents that are effective at removing them. Even simple household cleaners such as dishwashing and laundry detergent can be employed. Sometimes, more aggressive agents are necessary for those more resistant stains. TSP is one of them.
Using TSP
Trisodium Phosphate is a chemical agent that can be quite effective on harsher stains, especially more oily and greasy ones. Be sure the concrete is wet, and then sprinkle onto the offending location and allow to soak for 30 minutes. After it has soaked, scrub thoroughly with a stiff broom. After scrubbing, rinse clean with warm water.
Even though TSP is very effective, it is also a very dangerous chemical. Try to avoid using it if possible, and be sure to only use with thick rubber gloves and a ventilator mask. If it comes in contact with your skin or eyes, it can burn and cause severe damage. Be very careful not to allow the water when rinsing to wash into the soil or a storm drain. There have been many environmental concerns in recent years regarding its negative effects in lakes and food sources.
There is a safer form of TSP that is phosphate-free. It is still an effective cleaning agent, but just not as harsh as regular TSP. TSP can also be mixed with bleach to create a more effective cleaning agent. In itself, however, TSP is a very powerful cleaner.
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Anywhoo, I am leaving tonight for a 10 day excursion to Colorado. I should have some time here and there to post, but if I don't, I'm probably up in the mountains! :)
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I need to solve $\int \arccos(\frac{x^3-3x}{2})dx$. I tried integration by parts by adding an $x'$, but it didn't work. I also tried a change of variable with $\cos(t) = \frac{x^3-3x}{2}$, but that didn't get anywhere either. Could you point me in the right direction?
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integrate by parts: Let $f=\arccos\left(\frac{x^3 - 3x}{2}\right)$, $g'=1$. Then $g=x$ and $$f'= -\frac{3(x^2-1)}{2\sqrt{1-\frac{1}{4}(x^3-3x)^2}}.$$ Thus $$\begin{align*} \int fg'~dx & = x\arccos\left(\frac{x^3 - 3x}{2}\right) + \int\frac{3x^3-3x}{2\sqrt{1-\frac{1}{4}(x^3-3x)^2}}~dx \\ &= x\arccos\left(\frac{x^3 - 3x}{2}\right) + \int\frac{3x(x^2-1)}{\sqrt{4-(x^3-3x)^2}}~dx \\ \end{align*}$$
At this point you note that $$4-(x^3-3x)^2 = -(x^2-1)^2(x^2-4).$$
Can you take if from here?
$x \arccos \left(\frac{x^3-3x}{2}\right)-3 \sqrt{4-x^2 }$


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I have some question about physical storage of the kernel data in Linux, I know that the upper 1 GB of the VIRTUAL memory of each process points to the same PHYSICAL location, but
- this piece of the data has to be contiguous in PHYSICAL media as in VIRTUAL MEMORY?
- does kernel data will take ONLY 1 GB of the PHYSICAL memory?
- can some pages of the kernel data be swapped to the disk (for example page tables, page global directory is always in physical memory and can't be swapped to disk as I understand)
what is the point to divide 32 bit VIRTUAL address into two levels (level of page global directory - 10 bit, and second of page table - 10 bit) and offset 12 bit, if it is not pagable what are the advantages of those two levels?


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Lithuania has an unspectacular landscape, but a vibrant culture more than makes up for this. Of the three Soviet Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, it was the Lithuanians who made the most daring push towards independence. Today, Lithuanians still stand out from their fellow Baltic inhabitants as being somewhat reckless.
Vilnius, the nation's capital, is a classic eastern European historical city: it thrives on a modern, multicultural feel, while at the same time harkening back centuries in the Old Town (the largest in eastern Europe). The seaside resort of Palanga is another of Lithuania's top attractions, boasting excellent prices and a fantastic beach. For a more mystical attraction, Lithuania's Hill of Crosses is just the place: the thousands of crosses which cover the small hill were hacked down several times by the Soviets, only to reappear each time.
The ancient history of Lithuania is not much different from other countries in the Baltic region. After the last Ice age settlements of several tribes began to emerge. in the 1230s the Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, who was crowned as King of Lithuania on 6 July 1253. After his assassination in 1263, Lithuania was the target of attacks by the Teutonic Knights and Livonian Order. Despite these invasions, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, could grow to become the biggest country in Europe by the end of the 14th Century.
In 1385, the Grand Duke Jogaila accepted the offer to become king of Poland. He converted Lithuania into Christianity and established a personal union between Poland and Lithuania. After two civil wars Vytautas the Great became the Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1392. Thanks to close cooperation, the armies of Poland and Lithuania achieved a great victory over the Teutonic Knights in 1410 at the Battle of Grunwald, one of the largest battles of medieval Europe. After the deaths of Jogaila and Vytautas, Lithuanian nobility attempted to break the union between Poland and Lithuania. the growing power of the Grand Duchy of Moscow threatened Lithuania's Russian principalities and sparked the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars and the Livonian War. At the end of the 16th Century the commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania was created.
During the Northern Wars (1655–1661), the Lithuanian territory and economy and was devastated by the Swedish army. Before it could fully recover, Lithuania was again ravaged during the Great Northern War (1700–1721). The war, plague, and famine resulted in loss of approximately 40% of the country's inhabitants. For the powerful Russian Empire, Habsburg Austria and Prussia the Polish-Lituanian Commonwealth was too powerful. In 1772, 1792 and 1795 Russia, Prussia, and Habsburg Austria. Invaded the commonwealth and annexed huge parts of it. The majority of the Lithuanian territory became part of Russia.
Lithuania declared its independence during World War I. This happened on 16 February 1918. This independence was short lived. The fate of Latvia and the other Baltic states was sealed by the German Soviet Nonaggression Pact, signed between Hitler and Stalin. In june 1940 the Soviet Union invaded Lithuania, but during the war, Germany took control over Lithuania. In the last year of the war the Red Army took control of the country again. The Baltic States were included into the Soviet Union. During the war it is estimated that around 780.000 citizens of Lithuania, including 190,000 jews died.
In the late 1980's, when perestroika and glasnost were the key words, nationalists saw their chance to regain independence. Independence was declared on March 11, 1990, becoming the first Soviet republic to do so. The Soviet Union imposed economic blockade attempting to suppress this secession. The Soviet troops attacked the Vilnius TV Tower and killed 13 Lithuanian civilians on the night of 13 January 1991. The final push was given by the coup attempt in Moscow in August 1991. The last Russian troops left on 31 August 1993. In 2004 Lithuania together with nine other countries including the other two Baltic states became part of the European Union. Lithuania also became part of the NATO in that same year.
For a more detailed version of the History of Lithuania, check the article: The History of Lithuania
Lithuania shares international borders with Russia, Poland, Belarus and Latvia. The largest and most populous of the Baltic states, Lithuania has almost 100 kilometres of sandy coastline which faces the open Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Poland. Lithuania's major warm-water port of Klaipeda lies at the narrow mouth of Curonian Lagoon, a shallow lagoon extending south to Kaliningrad and separated from the Baltic sea by Curonian Spit, where Kuršių Nerija National Park was established for its remarkable sand dunes. The Neman River and some of its tributaries are used for internal shipping. Situated between 56.27 and 53.53 latitude and 20.56 and 26.50 longitude, Lithuania is glacially flat, except for morainic hills in the western uplands and eastern highlands no higher than 300 metres. The terrain is marked by numerous small lakes and swamps, and a mixed forest zone covers almost 33% of the country. The growing season lasts 169 days in the east and 202 days in the west, with most farmland consisting of sandy- or clay-loam soils. Limestone, clay, sand, and gravel are Lithuania's primary natural resources. According to some geographers, the geographical midpoint of Europe is just north of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius.
The Curonian Spit is a small neck of land in the west of the country and divided between Lithuania and Russia.
Human habitation of this sand dune peninsula dates back to prehistoric times and throughout this period it has been threatened by the natural forces of wind and waves. Human efforts have made it possible to survive to the present. Erosion has been prevented by reforestation projects for example. It is on the Unesco World Heritage List.
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Vilnius' Old Town was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994 and originally much of the Old Town was the Jewish ghetto. It's one of the largest Old Towns in Eastern Europe and the biggest Baroque area in the world, with also Gothic, Renaissance and Rococo and Classical styles mixed into it all. Vilnius had an influence on the cultural and architectural development of much of eastern Europe and walking around the old town is one of the highlights of the country. The hart of the Old Town is the University with its 13 courtyards and the adjacent St. John's Church where you can up in an elevator (5LT) for an outstanding view across the Old Town and further beyond. There are also numerous other churches including the beautiful Gotchic style St. Anne's Church. Pilies Gatve is where all the action takes place, with restaurants and bars. It's a pedestrian area with some nicely restored houses and cobblestoned pavement. From there, the main throroughfare goes south towards the Gates of Dawn, the only remaining original entrance to the Old Town. Other highlights include the Basilian Gate, Presidential Palace, the Gediminas Castle, Archcathedral Basilica, Frank Zappa statue, the Lithuanian National Museum and some fine churches.
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The Vilnius Cathedral and Belfry are just north of the Old Town, below the Gediminas Tower. Inside the Cathedral is the baroque chapel of St. Casimir. Outside the Cathedral, at the square, there is particular tile on which there is written the word "Stebuklas" (meaning "miracle" in Lithuanian). Stand on it, make a wish and turn around three times. This tile also marks the end of the Vilnius-Tallinn human chain in the 1989 protest of the Soviet Union. It's not signposted, because that would mean bad luck! The Belfry is one of the characteristic photo shots in the city and 57 metres high.
The Hill of Crosses is one of the biggest attractions in Siauliai which is located in the north of the country. Many people from all over the world, especially christian piligrim travelers, come here. The origin is still unknown, but it is considered that the first crosses were placed on the former Jurgaičiai or Domantai hill fort around 1832. Over the centuries, crosses, giant crucifixes, carvings of Lithuanian patriots and statues of the Virgin Mary among others have been brought here by Catholic pilgrims.
Hot air ballooning is one of the most popular activities in Lithuania. During summertime the sky is full of colourful balloons. A flight above Vilnius is a must-do activity! Of course you can fly above all cities in Lithuania. Trakai Castle, Gediminas Castle, Hill of Crosses, Laisves Alley and other places from the sky are completely different and definately worth seeing! Ballooning centers suggest you group flights, romantic flights and winter flights.
Kernave Archeological Site is Unesco World Heritage object. There is a unique complex of 5 hillforts in Kernave. Lithuania has many hillforts, but Kernave is the only place in the Baltic States where so many hillforts are near each other. Now Kernave is one of the most important and the most interesting monuments in Central and Eastern Europe from archeological point of view.
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The fantastic fairytale like Trakai Island Castle is located about 25-30 kilometres from Vilnius. It is located in the town of Trakai, on an island of Lake Galvė. The construction of the redbrick castle began in the 14th century by Kęstutis, and around 1409 major works were completed by his son Vytautas the Great, who died in this castle in 1430. Trakai was one of the main centers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the castle held great strategic importance. Entrance costs 14LT (about €4) and also gives you access to the splendid museum inside, with lots of historic art, coins, clothes and more. Except for the castle itself, it is also nice to walk around and enjoy the rustic area with forests, lakes and nice walks.
The Klaipeda city's Sea Festival occurs every July, and is as the busiest and largest summer celebration in the country. The event lasts for three full days and sees more than half a million people flock to the port to dance and listen to music. People from all over Europe make their way here every year, so advance reservations are important.
Since Lithuania's first independence from communist Russia in 1991, the Kaunas Jazz Festival has lured thousands of jazz lovers from around the world.
Started in 1994 by the Klaipeda University's Jazz Music Department, the Klaipeda Castle Jazz Festival is one of the city's most acclaimed attractions. Held in the warm month of June, the event is free, and music is usually played at some sort of open-air concert venue.
Held annually in August, the warmer weather is a backdrop to good beats. Thousands of visitors come to Lithuania for the music, but stay for a range of other entertainment options, including drawing, spas, workshops, and dancing.
Blues Nights is a festival held at the beginning of July, in the out-of-the-way town of Varniai, on Lukstas Lake. The beautiful shores are transformed into a modern Woodstock-type landscape, with tents blanketing the area with fireworks and games like basketball.
First established in 1996, the Pazaislis Music Festival often ranks among Europe's best events, drawing even the current Lithuanian president in attendance. Both modern and classical tunes are fused together in Kaunas and other cities around Klaipeda.
The Vilnius International Film Festival is among Europe's most popular film events. Held each March, this majestic celebration brings together avid film buffs, critics, producers, and actors from across the continent and globe. It began in 1995, but quickly rose to prominence, attracting more than 50,000 people every year. The festival is also held in other cities around Lithuania.
Held on the first Saturday in May, Street Music Day is one of the largest events in the country. Parks, gardens, streets, concert halls, and schools radiate with music, making it one of the most memorable days on the Lithuanian calendar.
Summers are warm, around 22 °C degrees during the day on average from June to August, and days above 30 °C are possible. Winters are cold with snowfall. Average maximum temperatures are around -5 °C while nights average around -10 °C. Occasionally, when the winds blow east from Siberia, temperatures can plummit way below -20 °C. Precipitation is fairly even throughout the year, but winters tends to be a bit drier. On average, there are between 10 and 15 wet days with around 60 or 70 mm of rain or snow a month. The sun is abundant in summer, with long days, meaning it shines about 1673 hours a year in Vilnius for example.
Vilnius International Airport (VNO) is where most travellers arrive by air in Lithuania. It is located about 6 kilometres from Vilnius. Air Baltic operates a number of flights to European destinations including Copenhagen, Paris, Riga, Rome and Tallinn, and seasonal to Antalya, Dublin, London and Munich. Low-cost airline Wizzair flies to/from Barcelona, Cork, Eindhoven, Sheffield London Milan, Rome and Stockholm from April 2011 onwards. Some of the other airlines serving Vilnius are Lufthansa to Frankfurt and LOT to Warsaw. Some other destinations serve cities like Kiev, Amsterdam, Vienna, Brussels, Prague, Berlin, Helsinki, Oslo, Rhodes, Heraklion, Varna, Palma de Mallorca, Malaga, Tenerife, Tel Aviv and Moscow.
To/from the airport
A good alternative is the Kaunas International Airport (KUN) near Kaunas, which has flights to Riga with airBaltic but what's more interesting is a wide range of flights with Ryanair to/from Alicante, Paris, Bergamo, Berlin, Bristol, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Frankfurt, Liverpool, London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport, London Stansted Airport, Oslo-Rygge, Stockholm-Skavsta Airport, Tampere, Airport Weeze and seasonal to/from Birmingham, Girona, Kos and Rhodes.
To/from the airport
Trains connections to and from Vilnius include Kaliningrad, Moscow, Minsk and Warsaw.
Crossings from Poland and Latvia are fast and straightfoward and with the right documentation and insurance you will be on your way within minutes, though some busier crossings from Poland might take half an hour or so.
Eurolines has a number of international bus connections to and from Vilnius and a few other cities. Destinations include Riga, Tallinn and Warsaw. Ecolines has quite a few services as well including Kaliningrad, Moscow, Gdansk and Minsk.
Some buses go all the way to Germany (including Berlin) and to London though not on a daily basis.
Lithuania has a number of connections by ferry to countries within the region.
Lithuanian Railways has services between Vilnius to Kaunas, Klaipeda and Siauliai. There are up to 15 trains daily between Vilnius and Kaunas and several overnight sleeper services to the Baltic coast. Ignalina (for the lakes and forests in the northeast and Trakai (a popular daytrip from the capital) have frequent departures as well.
The roads in Lithuania are generally in a good condition and road signs are ok too. Modern motorways connect Vilnius with Klaipeda, Kaunas and Panevezys. Renting a car is good option to visit the more remote national parks and if split between 2 or 3 people, prices are affordable as well. International and local firms have offices downtown or at airports. As a EU citizen you only need a national driver's licence, other need an international permit as well as long as it has photo ID.
Kautra is one of the main bus companies but there are lots more. Usually, services are more frequent and faster than trains and they also tend to go to even the smaller villages at least once or twice a day from cities like Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda. Tickets can be purchased online at Autobusubilietai.lt.
Lithuania has a beautiful stretch of Baltic coast, and some fantastic rivers and lakes to take leisurely boat rides or organized tours. Still, few noteworthy passenger services exist.
Lithuania has a wide range of excellent cycling routes. You can download maps and directions from Bicycle.lt.
If you are a European Union (EU) citizen, you may enter without any restriction as per your EU citizenship rights. If you are not an EU citizen, you will need to obtain a Schengen Visa. This visa is valid for any country in the Schengen zone.
See also: Money Matters
Lithuania has adopted the Euro (ISO code: EUR, symbol: €) as its official currency in 2015. One Euro is divided into 100 cents, which is sometimes referred to as eurocents, especially when distinguishing them with the US cents.
Euro banknotes come in denominations of €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200, €500. The highest three denominations are rarely used in everyday transactions. All Euro banknotes have a common design for each denomination on both sides throughout the Eurozone.
The Euro coins are 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, €1 and €2. Some countries in the Eurozone have law which requires cash transactions to be rounded to the nearest 5 cents. All Euro coins have a common design on the denomination (value) side, while the opposite side may have a different image from one country to another. Although the image side may be different, all Euro coins remain legal tender throughout the Eurozone.
The official language of Lithuania is Lithuanian, making up one of only two languages (along with Latvian) on the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family. Despite the kinship of Lithuanian to many other European languages, the archaic nature of its grammar makes it hard for foreigners unfamiliar with the language to form even basic sentences.
Russian is spoken as a second language by about 40% of the population according to European Union statistics, clearly making it the most useful non-Lithuanian language to know. The younger generation is becoming more and more proficient in English, but still only 32% of Lithuanians can speak it. In general, the older generations are more likely to speak Russian, while the younger generation is more likely to speak English. Polish and, to a lesser extent, German are also spoken in some places for historical reasons. Lithuanians are always eager for an opportunity to practice their English, but those who learn a few basic phrases of the local language are always amply awarded with good will and appreciation for their efforts.
In Samogitia (Western Lithuania), most people talk in Samogitian, which is somewhat different from Standard Lithuanian.
Lithuanian dinners usually include meat, potato, vegetables and sometimes a curd sauce of some sort. Pork is traditionally eaten, beef much less so. Needless to say, vegans will have a hard time eating out, although some large restaurant chains will have vegetarian dishes on the menu.
Cepelinai, or didzkukulia, are potato dumplings with meat inside. They are usually served with bacon, fried onions and sour cream. If you are used to eat light food, don't eat too much, because it is not easy digestible food and you may have stomach problems. Vegetarians can try the version of cepelinai with curd inside.
The price of accommodation depends very much on the place. For instance, in Joniškis (Northern Lithuania), you can get a good hotel room for €25 whereas an equivalent room might be as much as €100 in Vilnius. Some hotels do not have home pages. Nevertheless, the Internet helps considerably in planning.
Throughout the country, homestays - sleeping "with the grandmother" - are typical. On main street of a town there are many elderly townsfolk offering spare beds in their extra rooms. These experiences are absolutely worth seeking out.
If you want to rent the apartment, the prices will be usually from €200 a month. In the biggest towns there are companies which rent apartments "to the long-time tourist or working here". In these you complete on good conditions the apartment furnished and cleaned by the cleaner.
Lithuania is a beer drinking country, with the most famous brands being Svyturys, Kalnapilis, Utenos, Horn and Gubernija. A visit to a kiosk will show that there may be more than 50 different brands of beer in this small country. Alcohol percentages are displayed on the label, and usually range from 4 to 9.5 percent.
In addition to beer, rather cheap but high quality vodka (or "degtinė" in Lithuanian) is consumed, but not to the extent usually associated with this part of the world. Also, every region has its own home-made speciality of which "Samane" is most famous/notorious and is best avoided. The larger supermarkets have an incredible variety of vodka from all the main vodka-producing countries.
Lithuanian mead, or "midus" is a beverage produced exclusively under government control. It is commonly made from all sorts of Lithuanian flora, from leaves and berries to some tree bark. Alcohol percentages range from 10% to 75% (considered medicinal).
See also: Travel Health
There are no vaccinations legally required to travel to Lithuania. It's a good thing to get your vaccinations in order before travelling to Lithuania. The general vaccination against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio (DTP) is recommended. Also a hepatitis A vaccination is recommended.
If you are staying longer than 3 months or have a particular risk (travelling by bike, handling of animals, visits to caves) you might consider a rabies vaccination. Vaccination against Tuberculosis as well as hepatitis B are also sometimes recommended for stays longer than 3 months. It is also recommended to have a vaccination against tick borne encephalitis when you go hiking and/or camping for several days or more in the period of March to November.
Finally, other possible health issues include diarrhea and other general travellers' diseases like motion sickness. Watch what you eat and drink and in case you get it, drink plenty of fluids (to prevent dehydration) and bring ORS.
See also: Travel Safety
Lithuania is a relatively safe country to visit. Crimes such as pick-pocketing, thefts and robberies do happen, but if you stay watchful, you should be safe. Always lock your car and don't leave money and expensive things in a car, because thefts from cars are common in Lithuania. Like the other Baltic countries or countries in Eastern Europe, direct racism is much more a problem compared to western countries. As a coloured person you will at least be watched a lot. Don't panic though, violence is rare. Unfortunately, gays are not really respected among the majority of people, so keep a low profile regarding your sexual preference.
For those who need to connect at an Internet cafes, major cities do have internet cafes. If you're bringing a laptop or smartphone, Wireless LAN Hot-Spots are available in distinct places (mostly "Zebra" from - TEO), sometimes free, otherwise not very cheap. Best chances of finding one are at airports, railway stations, in cafés, shopping malls, universities, various places. You can ask in your hotel, but don't count on wifi being free all the time, especially at more upscale places.
See also: International Telephone Calls
Lithuania's international phone code is 370. Emergency numbers include 101 (fire), 102 (police) and 103 (ambulance), but you can connect to all of them by calling 112, the general emergency number.
There is a monopoly operator for land line phones by TEO. Land line phones are easy to find throughout the country. Phones are used with cards, which you can find in kiosks, "TEO" or newspaper stands.
There are three major mobile phone operators in Lithuania: Omnitel, BITE and TELE 2. About 97% of the country's surface is covered by the standard European GSM 900/1800 MHz network. If you bring your own cell phone, make sure to switch off roaming to avoid high costs especially for internet. Instead, buy a local SIM card, which is much cheaper.
Lietuvos Paštas is the national postal service of Lithuania. Postal services are generally not very fast, but fairly reliable. That is, most of the postcards and letters will eventually arrive on the foreign adress, albeit after some days or even weeks. If you want it to be sent the fastest possible, go for courier instead of ordinary (domestic post) or for airmail instead of surface (international mail).
Post offices are usually open from 8:00am to 6:00pm on Monday to Friday and 9:00am to 2:00pm on Saturdays, although these opening hours may vary depending on the office, with big central offices keeping longer hours, while small villages might have shorter opening times. Stamped mail (both national and international) can be dropped in the yellow post boxes for collection. Stamps are available at post offices and kiosks.
To send parcels to other countries, you might better use international courier companies like DHL, TNT, UPS or FedEx.
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It's Charles Freeman, of course, who was once a respected American diplomat but who now peddles false history and anti-Semitic invective.
It's Charles Freeman, of course, who was once a respected American diplomat but who now peddles false history and anti-Semitic invective.
It happened gradually—and until the U.S. figures out how to treat the problem, it will only get worse.
It's 2020, four years from now. The campaign is under way to succeed the president, who is retiring after a single wretched term. Voters are angrier than ever—at politicians, at compromisers, at the establishment. Congress and the White House seem incapable of working together on anything, even when their interests align. With lawmaking at a standstill, the president's use of executive orders and regulatory discretion has reached a level that Congress views as dictatorial—not that Congress can do anything about it, except file lawsuits that the divided Supreme Court, its three vacancies unfilled, has been unable to resolve.
On Capitol Hill, Speaker Paul Ryan resigned after proving unable to pass a budget, or much else. The House burned through two more speakers and one "acting" speaker, a job invented following four speakerless months. The Senate, meanwhile, is tied in knots by wannabe presidents and aspiring talk-show hosts, who use the chamber as a social-media platform to build their brands by obstructing—well, everything. The Defense Department is among hundreds of agencies that have not been reauthorized, the government has shut down three times, and, yes, it finally happened: The United States briefly defaulted on the national debt, precipitating a market collapse and an economic downturn. No one wanted that outcome, but no one was able to prevent it.
The June 23 vote represents a huge popular rebellion against a future in which British people feel increasingly crowded within—and even crowded out of—their own country.
I said goodnight to a gloomy party of Leave-minded Londoners a few minutes after midnight. The paper ballots were still being counted by hand. Only the British overseas territory of Gibraltar had reported final results. Yet the assumption of a Remain victory filled the room—and depressed my hosts. One important journalist had received a detailed briefing earlier that evening of the results of the government's exit polling: 57 percent for Remain.
The polling industry will be one victim of the Brexit vote. A few days before the vote, I met with a pollster who had departed from the cheap and dirty methods of his peers to perform a much more costly survey for a major financial firm. His results showed a comfortable margin for Remain. Ten days later, anyone who heeded his expensive advice suffered the biggest percentage losses since the 2008 financial crisis.
American society increasingly mistakes intelligence for human worth.
As recently as the 1950s, possessing only middling intelligence was not likely to severely limit your life's trajectory. IQ wasn't a big factor in whom you married, where you lived, or what others thought of you. The qualifications for a good job, whether on an assembly line or behind a desk, mostly revolved around integrity, work ethic, and a knack for getting along—bosses didn't routinely expect college degrees, much less ask to see SAT scores. As one account of the era put it, hiring decisions were "based on a candidate having a critical skill or two and on soft factors such as eagerness, appearance, family background, and physical characteristics."
The 2010s, in contrast, are a terrible time to not be brainy. Those who consider themselves bright openly mock others for being less so. Even in this age of rampant concern over microaggressions and victimization, we maintain open season on the nonsmart. People who'd swerve off a cliff rather than use a pejorative for race, religion, physical appearance, or disability are all too happy to drop the s‑bomb: Indeed, degrading others for being "stupid" has become nearly automatic in all forms of disagreement.
The reputation isn't just a stereotype—it's the result of a calculated, highly progressive ad campaign launched 20 years ago.
How do you advertise a car that journalists describe as "sturdy, if drab"?
That was the question faced by Subaru of America executives in the 1990s. After the company's attempts to reinvigorate sales—by releasing its first luxury car and hiring a hip ad agency to introduce it to the public—failed, it changed its approach. Rather than fight larger car companies over the same demographic of white, 18- to 35-year-olds living in the suburbs, executives decided to market their cars to niche groups—such as outdoorsy types who liked that Subarus could handle dirt roads.
Patrick Griffin, his chief congressional affairs lobbyist, recalls the lead up to the bill's passage in 1994—and the steep political price that followed.
For those who question whether anything will ever be done to curb the use of military grade weaponry for mass shootings in the United States, history provides some good news—and some bad. The good news is that there is, within the recent past, an example of a president—namely Bill Clinton—who successfully wielded the powers of the White House to institute a partial ban of assault weapons from the nation's streets. The bad news, however, is that Clinton's victory proved to be so costly to him and to his party that it stands as an enduring cautionary tale in Washington about the political dangers of taking on the issue of gun control.
In 1994, Clinton signed into law the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, placing restrictions on the number of military features a gun could have and banning large capacity magazines for consumer use. Given the potent dynamics of Second Amendment politics, it was a signal accomplishment. Yet the story behind the ban has been largely forgotten since it expired in 2004 and, in part, because the provision was embedded in the larger crime bill.
Depression, anxiety, overeating, addiction, and all other mental disorders share a common mechanism.
The Internet caused my addiction, but it also helped me find a cure.
About a year ago, I was regularly seeing a therapist. During one session, I mentioned the niche porn I had watched and how I was unsure whether or not I wanted to embrace some of the "kinkier" fantasies, like rape and incest, through role-play in my real sex life. It was the only time I could remember her telling me that certain fantasies--not acted out in real life, just imagined--could be "wrong" or considered a "sickness." In retrospect, understanding my condition as an illness might actually have been empowering if explained differently, but at the time, it shut me right up. I never brought it up to her again.
I'm not alone in feeling silenced. Every day it prevents a lot of people from recovering. From porn.
The U.K.'s vote to leave the European Union betrays a failure of empathy and imagination among its leaders. Will America's political establishment fare any better?
If there is a regnant consensus among the men and women who steer the Western world, it is this: The globe is flattening. Borders are crumbling. Identities are fluid. Commerce and communications form the warp and woof, weaving nations into the tight fabric of a global economy. People are free to pursue opportunity, enriching their new homes culturally and economically. There may be painful dislocations along the way, but the benefits of globalization heavily outweigh its costs. And those who cannot see this, those who would resist it, those who would undo it—they are ignorant of their own interests, bigoted, xenophobic, and backward.
So entrenched is this consensus that, for decades, in most Western democracies, few mainstream political parties have thought to challenge it. They have left it to the politicians on the margins of the left and the right to give voice to such sentiments—and voicing such sentiments relegated politicians to the margins of political life.
A hotly contested, supposedly ancient manuscript suggests Christ was married. But believing its origin story—a real-life Da Vinci Code, involving a Harvard professor, a onetime Florida pornographer, and an escape from East Germany—requires a big leap of faith.
On a humid afternoon this past November, I pulled off Interstate 75 into a stretch of Florida pine forest tangled with runaway vines. My GPS was homing in on the house of a man I thought might hold the master key to one of the strangest scholarly mysteries in recent decades: a 1,300-year-old scrap of papyrus that bore the phrase "Jesus said to them, My wife." The fragment, written in the ancient language of Coptic, had set off shock waves when an eminent Harvard historian of early Christianity, Karen L. King, presented it in September 2012 at a conference in Rome.
Never before had an ancient manuscript alluded to Jesus's being married. The papyrus's lines were incomplete, but they seemed to describe a dialogue between Jesus and the apostles over whether his "wife"—possibly Mary Magdalene—was "worthy" of discipleship. Its main point, King argued, was that "women who are wives and mothers can be Jesus's disciples." She thought the passage likely figured into ancient debates over whether "marriage or celibacy [was] the ideal mode of Christian life" and, ultimately, whether a person could be both sexual and holy.
It's not because they're inherently harsher leaders than men, but because they often respond to sexism by trying to distance themselves from other women.
There are two dominant cultural ideas about the role women play in helping other women advance at work, and they are seemingly at odds: the Righteous Woman and the Queen Bee.
The Righteous Woman is an ideal, a belief that women have a distinct moral obligation to have one another's backs. This kind of sentiment is best typified by Madeleine Albright's now famous quote, "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help each other!" The basic idea is that since all women experience sexism, they should be more attuned to the gendered barriers that other women face. In turn, this heightened awareness should lead women to foster alliances and actively support one another. If women don't help each other, this is an even worse form of betrayal than those committed by men. And hence, the special place in hell reserved for those women.
The common definition of "clean" might be detrimental to our skin.
A rock monster tries to save a village from destruction.
How Ariel Sabar chased the true story behind "The Gospel of Jesus's Wife" from the Florida swingers scene to the Vatican


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On Saturday, hip-hop artist, actor and entrepreneur Ludacris headlined the Big Game Weekend festivities with a one-of-a-kind performance at 1 OAK Nightclub.
The Atlanta rapper got on the mic and delivered an unforgettable performance of his chart-topping club banger hits including "Move B****," "Throw Dem Bows," " How Low" and "Yeah." During his set, he gave a shout out to VH1s "Hollywood Exes" star Nicole Murphy and did a special Denver vs. Seattle battle to see which fans could scream the loudest. After his high-energy set, the man of the hour returned to his VIP table to party the rest of the night away with his entourage.
1 OAK Nightclub is a synonym for "one of a kind," as it is known to be one of the most exclusive nightclubs in New York and Las Vegas with A-list celebrities and renowned musicians hosting and performing. 1 OAK Nightclub offers a sophisticated atmosphere, top-notch service, and a one-of-a-kind nightlife experience with two separate rooms, intricate décor, masterpiece artwork and state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems.
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Oozing culture and history, yet overlaid with ultra-contemporary architecture and youthful trends, Basel is a jumble of contradictions drawn together by the River Rhine. Cover as much as possible in an absorbing 24 hours, with Switzerland-based Caroline Bishop's insider tips.
In Kleinbasel, tuck into a sumptuous Swiss breakfast at Cafe Frühling (Klybeckstrasse 69, 061 544 8038), which offers homemade muesli, organic yoghurts, Swiss cheeses and some of the tastiest croissants in town. On the other side of the Rhine, the bustling Grand Café Huguenin (Barfüsserplatz 6, 061 272 0550) is a great place to watch Grossbasel wake up.
Basel is ripe for exploring on foot. As well as a beautiful medieval Old Town, the city is packed with contemporary design from stellar architects, not least local boys Herzog & de Meuron, whose stamp can be found all over town including on the Messe exhibition centre where Art Basel is held each June. But start by vsiting the city's major landmarks – the Romanesque twin-towered Münster (cathedral), with its Pfaltz viewing platform overlooking the Rhine, and the richly decorated Renaissance Rathaus (town hall) – before walking over the historic Mittlere Bridge, for centuries Basel's only Rhine crossing. For a fascinating overview of the city and its history, spend the morning hiking the Rhine trail. This riverside path starts at the Kaserne (site of the Basel Tattoo show each July) and follows old fishing trails past Basel's port, fishermen's cottages and ancient Roman ruins to finish at preserved Roman town Augusta Raurica. Now the country's largest open-air archaeological museum, it's well worth a visit. Bus 81 will take you back into town.
The Swiss tend to eat lunch early, so join them around midday for the best atmosphere. Basel has a huge variety of restaurants, but if you're after typical Swiss cuisine, try Kleinbasel's Fischerstube (Rheingasse 45, 061 692 9200), where you can have a beer and a bretzel, or a wienerschnitzel with rösti or spätzli (Swiss-style pasta). In Grossbasel, enjoy French cuisine in a sunny courtyard at Restaurant Kunsthalle (Steinenberg 7, 061 272 4233), or head to Basel's 'Little Venice' to eat modern Swiss food at Restaurant St Albaneck (St Alban-Vorstadt 60, 061 271 6040) before a stroll around this former papermaking district's pretty canals. For a lighter meal, baguette bar 1777 (Im Schmiedenhof 10, 061 261 7777) offers good quality sandwiches, soups and salads.
There's an eye-popping array of art and culture in Basel. While the city's artistic cornerstone, the Kunstmuseum, is closed for renovation until April 2016, some of its impressive permanent collection can be viewed at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst next door (St Alban-Graben 60, 061 206 6262). In Kleinbasel, don't miss the magnificently eccentric Museum Tinguely (Paul Sacher-Anlage 2, 061 681 9320), devoted to the mechanical moving sculptures of the Basel painter and sculptor Jean Tinguely. Two more cultural treats lie out of town, but are worth the effort: Fondation Beyeler (Baselstrasse 101, 061 645 9700) is arguably Europe's finest modern art collection, while the Vitra Design Museum (Charles-Eames-Strasse 2, Weil am Rhein, +49 7621 702 3200) showcases world-beating architecture and interior design by everyone from Frank Gehry to Zaha Hadid.
Back in town, explore small boutiques, specialist shops and designer labels in historic Spalenberg in the Old Town. For clothing, try Erfolg (Spalenberg 36, 061 262 2255), Boutique Süd-wind (Gerbergässlein 18, 061 261 9019) or local designer Tanja Klein's boutique Kleinbasel (Schneidergasse 24, 061 322 4482). Seek jewellery at Elia Gilli (Rümelinsplatz, 061 261 0303) and funky homewares at Sevensisters (Spalenberg 38, 061 262 0980). Nearby Freie Strasse, the city's poshest street, houses international designers, watchmakers and Swiss jewellers including Bucherer (Freie Strasse 40, 061 261 4000). Basel's quality department stores Pfauen (Freie Strasse 75, 061 260 6565) and Globus (Marktplatz 2, 058 578 4545) are worth a look-in, too. Take a coffee pit stop at Confiserie Schiesser (Marktplatz 19, 061 261 6077), which serves delicious sweet treats including Basel's speciality Läckerli biscuits, or the less touristy Zum Roten Engel (Andreasplatz 15, 061 261 2008), a lovely café tucked away in a quiet courtyard.
Time to dip into Basel's varied bar scene with a pre-drinner apéro. In hip Kleinbasel, the Volkshaus Basel's N°1 Bar (Rebgasse 12-14, 061 690 9300) is a stylish bar and brasserie designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Or head to Consum (Rheingasse 19, 061 690 9130) to sample your pick of over 100 wines accompanied by tasty tapas. Slightly off the beaten track, urban microbrewery Volta Bräu (Voltastrasse 30, 061 690 9129) serves quality craft beers in a former electricity sub-station, while funky bar Werk 8 (Dornacherstrasse 192, 061 551 0880) attracts a hip crowd for drinks and tapas in a converted warehouse near the SBB train station.
Influenced by neighbouring France and Germany as well as international cuisine, Basel has no shortage of quality restaurants. For French fare, head to Au Violon (Im Lohnhof 4, 061 269 8711), a lovely brasserie in a tranquil setting, while Kohlmann's (Steinenberg 14, 061 225 9393) is ideal if you want to sample traditional Swiss feuerkuchen (flambéed tarts). Acqua (Binningerstrasse 14, 061 564 6666) is the sort of place you could hang out all evening, for cocktails at the bar, modern Italian dishes in its industrial-feel Osteria and after-dinner music in the Lounge. Its pretty outdoor terrace opens in summer, while the attached fondue hut Baracca Zermatt brings alpine chic to the city in winter. For a special occasion, choose from the Mediterranean-style cuisine of Peter Knogl at the Cheval Blanc in Basel's poshest hotel, Les Trois Rois (Blumenrain 8, 061 260 5007), or the wonderfully different one-colour dishes of German chef Tanja Grandits at Stücki Basel (Bruderholzallee 42, 061 361 8222). Both are Michelin starred.
For the best view in town, head up to the 31st floor of the Ramada Plaza to sup on skyline cocktails at Bar Rouge (Messeplatz 10, 061 361 3031). In Kleinbasel's lively Clara district, the infamous Lady Bar (Feldbergstrasse 47, 061 535 6738) promises an eclectic night out. Or head to Sud (Burgweg 7, 061 683 1444), a cultural centre that has regular club nights and 80s parties. In Grossbasel, Atlantis restaurant (Klosterberg 13, 061 228 9696) morphs into a club after 11pm where revellers dance the night away. Balz Klub (Steinenbachgässlein 34, 061 283 1818) is a good city-centre spot for laid-back, friendly clubbing, while tented venue Kuppel (Binningerstrasse 14, 061 564 6600), works for live music, cabaret and comedy nights.
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Long time CBS Sports television director, and "Jersey boy," Sandy Grossman passed away after a long illness on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at his home in Boca Raton, Fla.
He was surrounded by his wife of 51 years, Faithe; and their four children, Robert (Sherry), Jodi (Jeff), Bari (Jeffrey), and Dean (Dina). He had eight beautiful grandchildren. He was 78 years old.
From a simple childhood in Newark, N.J., Sandy attended University of Alabama, where he studied radio and television broadcasting.
Sandy's public legacy was his work as an eight-time Emmy Award winning sports director, originally with CBS Sports for 30 years, and later with FOX Sports, until he retired in 2008.
He was at the helm of 10 Super Bowls, 18 NBA Finals, four NHL Finals, NCAA basketball tournaments, and many Olympic events and ceremonies.
He won the award for Most Outstanding Directorial Achievement from the Directors Guild of America, for his coverage of Super Bowl XVIII.
In 2010, he was inducted into the University of Alabama Department of College of Communications and Information.
In lieu of flowers, kindly send donations in Sandy's memory to Hospice by the Sea, 1531 West Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton, Fla. 33486, or Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Attn: Paige Tobie Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana 2108B 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, Mass. 02215. (Note the memo for Sandy Grossman - Soft Tissue Research).


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April 19, 2012
DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois women's tennis team wraps up its regular season this weekend with a pair of home matches against Mid-American Conference foes Akron and Buffalo.
The Huskies will kick things off against the Zips (20-2, 6-1 MAC) on Saturday, April 21, at the West Tennis Courts at 1:00 p.m. CT. The team will then host its regular season finale and Senior Day on Sunday, April 22, at 1:00 p.m. when it takes on the Buffalo Bulls (6-11, 2-5 MAC). The Huskies have chance to grab seeds in the MAC Women's Tennis Championship Tournament as high as No. 4 and as low as No. 8. They currently sit in the No. 6 slot.
"It's just nice to be in the conversation for the MAC seeding," said NIU Head Coach Ryun Ferrell. "We are excited about that. We are also excited that we don't have to get in the van again, which is great. Hopefully the weather will hold out and we can play some tennis in DeKalb and do well. It's been a nice ride. These girls have worked very hard and deserve everything they get."
While the Senior Day match would normally mark the last time Sara McLaughlin (Moline, Ill./Moline) and Emily Rogers (Rochester, Minn./Century) play on the West Tennis Courts, this is may not be the case this season. The two four-year veterans will play at least one more match during the MAC Women's Tennis Championships, which will be hosted by NIU. The team has at least one potential match to be played at either the West Tennis Courts or at DeKalb High School.
"It's a very bittersweet moment for me because they are great kids and I'm going to miss them horribly," Ferrell said of McLaughlin and Rogers. "They are grown women now and are ready to move on with their lives. It's sad to see them go but I'm excited for what the future holds for both of them. They are both mature, smart young women that are going to be productive members of society. I look forward to seeing how their careers progress."


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Feb. 14, 2003
SURPRISE, Ariz. - Oregon State pitchers Jake Postlewait and Jon Koller combined for a five-hit shutout of the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the first game of the inaugural Coca-Cola Spring Training College Baseball Classic at Surprise Stadium.
The Beavers evened their record at 2-2 after losing two of three last weekend at UC Riverside. Oklahoma State drops to 1-2 on the season.
Postlewaite, a junior left-hander from Corvallis, Ore., scattered four hits in five and a third innings to pick up his first win of the season. He struck out three and walked two in his second outing of the year. Koller, a sophomore who was an honorable mention freshman All-American a year ago at UC Irvine, finished off the Cowboys with three and two-thirds of shutout baseball. Koller allowed only one hit and struck out one in his third outing of the year.
Oklahoma State starter Joe Weaver was saddled with the loss, giving up six hits and three runs in three innings of work. Left-handed reliever Spencer Grogan did a nice job out of the bullpen, holding the Beavers to three hits and one run in six innings.
Oregon State was led at the plate by multi-hit games from left fielder Seth Pietsch (2x4, RBI) and Andy Jarvis (2x4, RBI). The Beavers started strong with three of their four runs in the first two innings, including a two-run first inning.
Oklahoma State catcher Jason Jaramillo was the only Cowboy to record one or more hit by going 2-for-4 with his third double of the year.
Oregon State continues tournament play tomorrow afternoon with a noon start against Gonzaga. The Cowboys face No. 5 Arizona State in the second game on Saturday at 4 p.m.


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Applying Psychology to Forensic Practice
Copyright © 2004 British Psychologyical Society and Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Editor(s): Adrian Needs, Graham Towl
Published Online: 1 APR 2008
Print ISBN: 9781405105415
Online ISBN: 9780470693971
About this Book
This book illustrates the wide variety of applications of psychology to the criminal and civil justice system.
- Illustrates the wide variety of applications of psychology to the criminal and civil justice system.
- Gives examples of how forensic psychology can benefit not only from clinical and criminological approaches, but also from the insights of occupational, cognitive, developmental and social psychology.
- Many of the chapters introduce readers to areas which have not received extensive coverage elsewhere.
- Includes new directions in forensic practice.
- Chapters draw out the implications for professionals working in the field.
- Contributors include both academics and practitioners.
- Reflects both the scope and the potential of forensic psychology.


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Everyone is looking for the deal of the century. So how do you choose the one that's right for you? Check the Lido Deck each week to get the scoop on our favorite deals — then grab the phone and pack your bags.
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WHAT WE LOVE: Considering you're not worrying about additional flight costs to Rome, the hotel bill is on the house and you'll have $175 in onboard credit to spend, this Celebrity sailing is a great value. Plenty of port time in Italy includes an overnight in Venice. With half sea days and half port days, this cruise is a fantastic match for any sailing style.
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