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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Celebrate Forests: International Year of Forests
Ursula came home from school this week and told me I needed to see a video on my computer. At first I resisted, thinking she wanted to show me something silly, but she explained that she'd seen the video in science class. "You have to see it," she told me. "It's amazing."
This is how I learned that five years ago the United Nations declared 2011 the International Year of Forests. The resolution adopted then by the General Assembly noted that forests "contribute significantly to sustainable development, poverty eradication and the achievement of internationally agreed development goals." It also said that forests around the world are under stress and endangered — from climate change, unsustainable logging practices, desertification, and ever-increasing consumer needs — and urged governments, industry, and organizations to reverse the loss of forests worldwide and to develop, fund, and mobilize sustainable forestry.
The film Ursula wanted me to see, "Of Forests and Men," is the official film for the International Year of Forests 2011. French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand took aerial cinematography from around the world to create a 7-minute short film. And, as Ursula said, it is amazing — both in the splendor it shows and in the wide-ranging devastation it reveals. She and I saw clear-cuts, huge slash-and-burn areas, vast monoculture plantings, and mills churning out disposable paper products. We ran it again, and then a third time, mesmerized by its combination of beauty and destruction.
Ursula explained that her science class had been learning about the concept of "Gaia." In Greek mythology, Gaia (or Gaea) is the goddess of the earth. In science, the Gaia theory proposes that the Earth is a complex, integrated, self-regulating, evolving system. Seeing the forests of the world from the air, as we did in Arthus-Bertrand's film, gave us both a sense of that complexity and integration.
I bet I'm not alone in having no idea that we're nearly halfway through a year celebrating forests worldwide. I looked at event listings on the "official U.S. celebration" website (sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service, the National Association of State Foresters, and the American Forest Foundation), and found only a handful across the country for the entire year.
Ursula wants to plan a walk through our woods and post it on the official U.S. celebration website. We're lucky to live in a place where trees and forests surround us. If you're similarly lucky, maybe you should consider taking a walk in your neck of the woods, too. We should celebrate our forests, and we should care whether forests around this living planet are being cut down at an unsustainable rate. Watch the film and see if you don't feel the same.
Learn more
- Learn more about the United Nations' International Year of Forests.
- Watch "Of Forests and Men" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- Sign up to host or attend an event.
"Great Kids, Great Outdoors" is an AMC Outdoors blog, written by Kristen Laine.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Junior Naturalist: Honeybees
Over spring break, Ursula helped our friends Bruce and Gretchen install beehives in their backyard. Anna, the oldest of their three daughters, started beekeeping last year. We were delighted to receive some of Anna's homemade honey, and also to learn more about bees.
We hadn't realized, for example, that the honey we eat is actually "improved" nectar that bees have repeatedly eaten, spit back out, and let dry. (Thankfully, it still tasted just as sweet once we knew that.) Or that honeybees pollinate around one-third of all the fruit eaten around the world.
This year, though, Anna is studying across the country from her family and her beehives. Last year's bees did not make it through the winter, but everyone in the family wanted to try again. So 12-year-old Sara and dad Bruce agreed to put on bee suits and install this year's hives. Bruce had already picked up "bee packages" from a local supplier — each "package" about 5,000 bees in a container the size of a large shoe box. The hive's queen traveled in her own capsule (think of a mesh box for one tube of lipstick) suspended inside the larger container.
Bruce pried a can of sugar syrup that the bees had been using as a food source out of the container. As bees streamed out of the opening, Sara slid the queen's compartment from its slot, ran with it straight into the house and into a bathroom, and closed the door. She had the delicate job of removing a cork plug from one end of the capsule and replacing it with a mini-marshmallow — all without letting the buzzing queen escape. (The previous year, Anna hadn't taken this precaution, and one of the queens had flown her tiny coop; luckily, Anna was able to recapture the runaway queen and put her in her hive.)
While Sara dealt with the queen bee, Bruce poured the rest of the bees into the prepared hive. Ursula was the videographer, though without a bee suit and very aware of all the swarming bees. She caught Sara on camera triumphantly holding the queen bee in her box and explaining that the queen and her workers will together eat through the marshmallow to free her. (The queen will be less likely to desert the hive after that joint effort.)
The two girls edited Ursula's videotape and put it up on YouTube. (Check out the link below.) If all goes well, we'll have some more homemade honey before winter.
Other bee facts:
• Honeybees are not native to North America, nor are they the most efficient pollinators. Native bees, such as bumblebees or mason bees, are earlier risers and fly faster from flower to flower.
• Cave drawings tell us that human beings have been eating honey for at least 15,000 years.
• Worker bees — females that are not sexually developed — are the only honeybees that most people ever see. A hive's few drones, or male bees, don't work; their only purpose is to mate with the queen.
• A worker bee will usually visit between 50 and 100 flowers on each collecting trip. She'll return to the hive carrying more than half her weight in pollen and nectar.
• Over the 6 weeks of a worker bee's life in the summer months, she'll produce slightly less than one-tenth of a teaspoon of honey.
• To make one pound of honey, worker bees will fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers.
• A queen can lay one egg per minute for a total of 1,500 eggs in a single day.
• Honeybees used in commercial pollination, as in the California almond crop, have died in large numbers in recent years. Colony Collapse Disorder is not well understood, but pesticide use appears to play some role in the large-scale die-offs.
Learn more
- Watch "Starting up a beehive," Sara and Ursula's video.
- More information on bees.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Celebrating Earth Day with children
Earth Day occurs on Friday, April 22, this year. The first Earth Day, held on the same date in 1970, is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement, and with helping pass the landmark environmental laws that followed: the Clean Air Act in 1970, the Clean Water Act in 1972, the Endangered Species Act in 1973.
One of the goals for Earth Day 2011 is to encourage individuals, organizations, and communities to pledge to do at least one "green act" — plant a tree, replace inefficient light bulbs, ride a bike or walk to work or school, or tackle other large-scale efforts — in advance of the global Earth Summit in Rio in 2012. When I checked earlier this week, the pledge counter on the Earth Day Network website was above 72 million.
A friend complained to me the other day that Earth Day bothered her the same way Mother's Day does: We shouldn't honor our mothers or the planet we live on only one day a year. My friend is right. One day isn't enough to honor the ongoing miracle of life on this blue-green planet, any more than it sufficiently celebrates the work, and the value, of raising children. The history of Earth Day shows us, though, what good can happen even from one day.
Here are five family-friendly ways to celebrate Earth Day around the AMC region, both on the actual day and beyond.
1. Picnic for the Planet. The Nature Conservancy is celebrating Earth Day 2011 by encouraging people to gather together around the world and to pack a "green, smart, and local" lunch. A group is meeting on the Boston Common from noon to 2 p.m. One mother wrote on the website, "It's school vacation week, so I'm bringing my children!"
2. Find an Audubon event. Audubon societies around the United States are offering a variety of events to celebrate Earth Day. Two examples in the AMC region: The Audubon Society of Rhode Island is offering free guided walks at wildlife refuges around the state and in nearby Massachusetts on Earth Day and the Connecticut Audubon Society is hosting Earth Day fairs around the state on April 30. At the Fairfield Earth Day exploration, for example, children can make crafts and meet animals on the endangered species list.
3. Plant a tree. Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April. This year that's April 29. On the first Arbor Day, in 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted around the country. Now it's celebrated around the world. Look for tree-planting opportunities in your community, or plant one at home.
4. Pick up trash. As I've written here, I spent my early Earth Days picking up trash along roads and out of rivers with my parents and brothers. I continue that tradition with my children. We pick up the trash that's collected along the side of our road (most of it beer cans) and walk the shallows of the pond looking for fishing line, hooks and sinkers, and sunken worm containers. We've noticed that the lakeshore is cleaner now than when we started. Sadly, not so the roads. I think my children learn something about the world, and about themselves, by picking up after other people.
5. Join AMC for Earth Day weekends. AMC is hosting Earth Day weekends through the end of April at Highland Lodge. The programs, which require advance registration, touch on green technologies, carbon footprint analysis, and ways to save energy and reduce consumption at home. They also include short guided hikes, family arts and crafts, a recycling relay, bottle bowling, trivia, and other games related to Earth Day.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Early-season family hikes in the Catskills and Hudson Valley
I've asked the authors of several new AMC guidebooks to share their suggestions for first-of-the-year family hikes. We started with spring hikes in the White Mountains and around Boston and Cape Cod. In this third post, we travel to New York. Our guide is Peter Kick, author of AMC's Best Day Hikes in the Catskills and Hudson Valley, now available in an expanded second edition.
The five hikes selected by Kick take children to a trailside zoo, fire tower, cranberry bogs, lighthouse, and even a meteor crater.
Hessian Lake and Fort Montgomery, Fort Montgomery. "This easy hike winds through a park and a zoo, around a lake, and through a Revolutionary War site adjacent to the Hudson River," says Kick in his introduction to the trip. The Bear Mountain Trailside Zoo houses only animals native to New York State, such as bear, bobcat, beaver, and otter, that have been found injured or abandoned. The zoo also includes four museums: Reptile and Amphibian House, home to a variety of turtles, snakes, frogs, toads, salamanders and skinks; Nature Study Museum, created by the Museum of Natural History to teach children about animal identification; Geology Museum, where visitors learn about the geology of the Hudson Highlands; and History Museum, which explores local Native American and early settler culture. Kick recommends hiking the popular 3.25-mile trail before Bear Mountain State Park opens in June, when trails become much more crowded and parking fees take effect. On the other hand, a summer hike may be just the thing, if children know that a swimming pool, merry-go-round, and picnic area await them.
Thompson Pond and Stissing Mountain, Pine Plains. Kick recommends Thompson Pond as a spring hike with children because of its wildlife — "returning birds, rails, golden eagles, and lots of little bridges with schools of fish underneath" — and also because that hike can easily be combined with a climb to the top of the fire tower on nearby Stissing Mountain. Each hike is about three miles. Be aware that the fire tower has a waist-high enclosure and roof but no windows, so expect to feel the full force of the wind!
Cranberry Lake Preserve, North White Plains. A "delightful and diverse short walk" near Kenisco Reservoir is an "ideal outing for young children," says Kick. Cranberry bogs are one of the interesting features in the small preserve's forest and wetland habitats. In the spring, tulip trees and rhododendrons are in bloom. Kick recommends the family-oriented programs at the preserve's Nature Center. Nature programs are offered to the public nearly every weekend.
Giant Ledge, Shandaken. "Giant Ledge is my favorite easy hike in the Catskill High Peaks," Kick says. "It's good any time of year, and very forgiving for a season opener — a gigantic-feeling hike without the work." The three-mile hike offers big views, a glacial cirque, and even the site of an ancient meteor impact, 375 million years ago. The circular crater can still be seen on satellite images.
Saugerties Lighthouse, Saugerties. This easy 1.1-mile hike is "an ideal introductory hike" for young children. The Saugerties lighthouse is the only lighthouse in the Hudson Valley that is both occupied and accessible by foot. The brick lighthouse sits at the point of a small peninsula that juts into the Hudson River. The short trail through a 17-acre nature preserve is flat and easy to walk, but surrounded on both sides by "jungly" tidal wetlands. A spur trail leads to a sandy beach. Children can "examine bits of flotsam and jetsam washed ashore with the tides, half hidden in the sands," writes Kick. "Maybe a message in a bottle will be discovered!" There are picnic tables at the lighthouse, which is now run as a bed and breakfast.
Learn more
- Purchase AMC's Best Day in the Catskills and Hudson Valley by Peter Kick through the AMC store.
- Read "Early-season family hikes near Boston" (Great Kids, Great Outdoors).
- Read "Early-season family hikes in the White Mountains" (Great Kids, Great Outdoors).
Photos of Saugerties lighthouse and Cranberry Lake Preserve courtesy of Peter Kick.
"Great Kids, Great Outdoors" is an AMC Outdoors blog, written by Kristen Laine.
Labels: AMC , Catskills , day hikes , family , hiking , hudson river , Kristen Laine , spring
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Early-season family hikes near Boston
I've asked the authors of several new AMC guidebooks to share their suggestions for first-of-the-year family hikes. Robert Buchsbaum began by recommending a few hikes in the southern White Mountains. With this post, we head south, to eastern Massachusetts. Our guides are Michael Tougias and John Burk, co-authors of AMC's Best Day Hikes near Boston, now available in an expanded second edition.
Hiking in the spring is a wonderful way to watch the natural world come alive. The four hikes selected by Tougias and Burk bring children to different natural environments: salt marshes where migrating shorebirds stop and rest on their way to breeding grounds in the Arctic, river wetlands, even carriage roads and flowering trees for a community that was never built.
Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge, Concord. An easy 1.7-mile loop that travels along two ponds and the floodplain of the Concord River. The open and changing wetland views hold children's attention, especially as they're likely to see osprey, geese, blue herons, ducks, and other species of birds. Look for muskrats and their cattail lodges along the shoreline of the freshwater pools next to the trail, John Burk says, and for the painted, spotted, and snapping turtles that share the pool. Bluebirds, woodpeckers, and migratory songbirds are often easily visible in the woods bordering the ponds, along with squirrels, chipmunks, and other familiar woodland creatures. (Be forewarned: Kids may not want to leave the parking lot until they've climbed to the top of the observation tower.) The Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge is a short drive from Minute Man National Historic Park and Walden Pond.
Rocky Woods, Medfield. Children can climb a whale (Whale Rock), catch a fish (and throw it back in), or follow a narrow passage through a "mini-canyon" in the large Rocky Woods Trustees of Reservations property. Plan the fun around a picnic — picnic tables and grills are scattered about the shoreline of Chickering Pond.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Cape Cod. John Burk recommends Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in South Wellfleet for its easy trails and diverse — and often quite visible — wildlife. From spring through fall, Burk says, "there are all sorts of crabs, peepers, ducks, herons, cottontail rabbits, shorebirds, and turtles that are easy to see. And the sanctuary has a large butterfly garden." The trails offer constantly changing views of different habitats, including ponds, forests, beaches, marshes, open grasslands, and mudflats. Many shorebirds use Wellfleet Bay for stopovers during their long spring migrations to their Arctic breeding grounds.
World's End Reservation, Hingham. World's End, as the name suggests, is a peninsula that juts out into Boston Harbor. At the end of the nineteenth century, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted laid out roads and planted trees for a residential development on World's End that was never built. Most of the 4.5 miles of trails are on Olmsted's old carriage roads, now maintained by The Trustees of Reservations and included in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Tougias calls World's End "an old favorite": "Kids can walk along the beach looking for driftwood, run through the meadows, see the Boston skyline, and walk on a path through the woods and by a small pond." In the spring, look for sea ducks and other shorebirds along the rocky shore or walk among the tulip and apple trees in blossom.
Learn more
- Purchase AMC's Best Day Hikes near Boston by Michael Tougias and John Burk through the AMC store.
- Read "Early-season family hikes in the White Mountains" (Great Kids, Great Outdoors).
Photo: Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Courtesy Mass Audubon.
"Great Kids, Great Outdoors" is an AMC Outdoors blog, written by Kristen Laine.
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Early-season family hikes in the White Mountains
The snow around our house has almost disappeared. Crocuses and daffodils are emerging. We've packed away snow pants and winter boots; the kids wear their puddle-stompers to school. Spring hiking is surely just around the next muddy bend.
But where to go when there's still plenty of snow up high and trails down low are waterlogged? I asked the authors of several recently updated AMC guidebooks for their favorite early-season family hikes.
Robert Buchsbaum, who wrote AMC's Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains, starts us off. Appropriately so, since Buchsbaum's White Mountain guidebooks have truly been a family affair: daughter Alison learned to walk and hike while her father and mother, Nancy Schalch, did the research for an early version of the guidebook; son Gabriel was already scrambling up mountains by the time the first edition of the Best Day Hikes guide was published in 2006. As Buchsbaum notes in the newest edition of that book, "It has been great to see the pendulum swing over the years, from Nancy and I cheerfully encouraging the kids to keep up on the trails, to them now wondering what could possibly be taking their parents so long to get up the mountain."
Buchsbaum tends to look toward Waterville Valley and the southern White Mountains for early-season hikes, since they thaw out a little earlier than more northern areas and higher elevations. He offers three recommendations:
Smarts Brook Loop, Waterville Valley. Several lowland trails on basically level ground offer wonderful kid-friendly adventures — a granite gorge with 30-foot walls, beaver dams (including some you can walk on) and lodges, and small cascades and pools perfect for wading. The hike to the gorge is less than 0.5 miles roundtrip; the full loop, plus a side trip to the beaver meadow, is 3.6 miles.
Stinson Mountain Trail, Rumney. One of 10 additions to the new Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains, this moderate 3.6-mile trail near the popular sport-climbing area leads to fine views. From Stinson's summit on a clear day, you can be rewarded with sweeping views of Mt. Cardigan and New Hampshire's Lakes Region, including Lake Winnepesaukee. Follow a short spur trail to the north for views of Stinson Lake and Mount Moosilauke.
Welch-Dickey Loop, Thornton. A perennial family-hike favorite, offering fantastic views for moderate effort, and a great early-season choice. These two mountains both top out at less than 3,000 feet; plus, Welch's south-facing ledges quickly lose their snow cover. The full loop over both peaks is 4.4 miles, but shorter hikes also reward young hikers. The trail up Welch Mountain follows a stream for the first half-mile; with very young children this may be as far as you get. The first ledges appear at about 1 mile and offer another fine destination. Look carefully on these ledges for two alpine flowers, mountain sandwort and mountain cranberry, normally found at higher elevations.
All of these trails are within the White Mountain National Forest. Day-use fees of $3 are required at the parking areas for the Smarts Brook and Welch-Dickey hikes.
Learn more
- Purchase the updated Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains by Robert Buchsbaum through the AMC store.
Photos: Red trillium and granite walls along the Smarts Brook trail. Copyright Robert Buchsbaum.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Nature film: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ursula's been on a classic movie kick recently, her answer to spring sleet and cabin fever. I'm happy to be complicit. Over the past two weeks, we've watched all four melodramatic hours of Gone with the Wind and dallied with several light musicals. The old movie we've seen most recently: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, released in 1939, the same year as Gone with the Wind.
I'd seen Frank Capra's movie a long time ago. I remembered Stewart's character, Jefferson Smith, an idealistic young man from a western state who is unexpectedly named to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. What I hadn't remembered was that before heading to Washington, young Jefferson Smith headed the "Boy Rangers," an organization that audiences would have recognized as similar to the Boy Scouts (at that time itself a youthful organization of only 20 years). Smith's winding path to the Senate begins when the governor's four sons, Boy Rangers all, tell their father that "Jeff Smith" is the "biggest expert we got on wild game and animals and rocks" and the hero of the moment, because he and his Boy Rangers have just put out a huge forest fire.
Once Smith is installed in D.C., we see him at work on a bill to create a national boys' camp. The camp would have a grander purpose than simply letting kids run around outdoors. "You see," Smith says, "if we could take the poor kids off the streets — out of cities — a few months in the summer — learn something about Nature and American ideals…" He has just the place in mind, too — "about two hundred of the most beautiful acres that ever were! Mountains, prairie land, trees, streams! A paradise for boys who live in stuffy cities."
Smith, it turns out, ascribes to what could be called a naturalist view of American democracy. In this view, the country's natural grandeur feeds its citizens' imaginations and independence of spirit. Children acquire a first taste of freedom and possibility in the outdoors. Smith himself learned to appreciate nature from his father: "He used to say to me, 'Son, don't miss the wonders that surround you. Every tree, every sunset, every ant-hill and star is filled with the wonders of nature.' He used to say, 'Haven't you ever noticed how grateful you are to see daylight again after going through a dark tunnel?'"
In 1939, the United States was still in the grip of the Depression, one of the longer and darker tunnels in American life, and was being drawn into a dark chapter of world history unfolding across the Atlantic. At the same time, a bitterly divided federal government pitted progressive New Deal crusaders on one side and corporations, capitalists, and citizens who feared the creep of Communism on the other.
In the movie, the idealistic young senator discovers that a businessman who owns most of his state's newspapers and radio stations — and most of its elected officials, too — has secretly worked out a graft scheme to build a dam in the very place that Smith has chosen for his boys' camp. Framed and threatened with expulsion, Smith takes to the Senate floor to clear his name, while his Boy Rangers get the true story out at home. The movie was a box-office hit and made a star of James Stewart.
Watching it with Ursula, I was struck by how contemporary its story line felt. (Except, Ursula reminded me, that now Mr. Smith would build a camp for boys and girls.) That got me wondering: Would today's movie watchers make the same connection between building strong young bodies and creating active young citizens? How would a modern Mr. or Ms. Smith try to bring "the wonders of nature" to the country's children?
What do you think? Send me your ideas at email@example.com. I'll collect them for a later post.
Learn more
- The script for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (differs slightly from the film)
- YouTube video clips from the movie:
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Passing on outdoor traditions: AMC's historic family camps
If you're the parent of a child in a certain age range, chances are you've looked into summer camps. And for good reason: Summer camps expose children to new experiences, give them the chance to build self-confidence and lifelong friendships, provide helpful structure, and get them out into the fresh air.
We've come to think of "camp" as something that children do. But family camps have an even longer tradition in this country — and the experience of a family spending time together in a camp setting in the outdoors is as relevant today as it was a century ago. Ironically, this old tradition can even address some of the issues confronting modern families.
"Of all the AMC institutions, only a couple have been in existence longer than our family camps," says Roger Scholl, AMC's director of chapter and volunteer relations. These volunteer-managed camps, which attract families year after year, are direct descendants of the club's "August Camp," which began in the late 19th century. All three full-service camps first served as bases for that moveable feast of outdoor recreation. The camp at Three Mile Island on Lake Winnipesaukee came under AMC ownership in 1900, after AMC "trampers and campers" visited the site during August camp. AMC bought the land near Evans Notch that became Cold River Camp in 1919, the same year that the neighboring White Mountain National Forest was created, and created Echo Lake Camp on Maine's Mount Desert Island in 1923.
Lillian Buck, who grew up spending summers at both Echo Lake and Cold River camps, where her father was a trip leader, is the current registrar for Echo Lake Camp. She notes the similarities between family and kid camps: "Everyone arrives at the same time," usually on a Saturday, and receives the same first-day introduction to the camp's traditions, usually during an evening gathering. The traditions include morning reveille at Three Mile Island, a lobster picnic at Echo Lake, talent nights and square dances. Life in family camps revolves around the outdoors, with hiking, canoeing, and kayak outings guided by AMC trip leaders. Rustic accommodations — cabins or platform tents lit only by lanterns or flashlight, outhouses and "sun" showers or shared bathhouses — maintain the feeling of "life lived outdoors," and large dining halls and common areas bring people together. "The camp environment provides a great way to be together as a family, but part of a larger community, too," Buck says. "By the end of the week, you know everyone."
Over the years, Buck has noticed a generational rhythm to the family life in the camps: "We see a family come and fall in love with camp. They come back and they bring their kids' friends or invite other families. When the kids grow up, there will be a while where we don't see the family. Ten years down the road, we'll see the older couple again with their grown-up children and grandchildren, or they come alone with the grandchildren. It's like watching the turning of the great wheel of life."
Sharing a week or two at family camp addresses a variety of modern family needs. Grandparents can come to family camp with young children, knowing that others in the community will be looking out for their safety, as well. Buck has seen family camp help families after divorce, bringing non-custodial parents and children together in a comfortable, yet structured, setting. The rustic facilities make it easy — even necessary — for children and parents alike to unplug from phones, computers, televisions, and other electronic stimulation. Older children, and especially teenagers, can stretch their independence and explore more widely within the protective framework of the community. "Kids," says Buck, "can feel like they're members of more than one family."
Roger Scholl says it's an easy vacation to plan and enjoy: Just "eat, sleep, and recreate" in a beautiful natural setting. But something deeper may be happening to those families amid the simplicity.
Psychologist and writer Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and other books about parenting and community, offers parents three steps to creating strong bonds with their children: Keep screen time and other electronic distractions to a minimum; eat family meals; and take family vacations. Family camp does all this, and one thing more. AMC members knew a century ago that coming together in regular outdoor community helped develop and transmit important conservation values. Family camps share, celebrate, and pass along a love of the outdoors from one generation to the next.
Learn more
AMC's three volunteer-managed family camps have lotteries for the summer season (which runs from July 27 to August 25 in 2011) and maintain waiting lists for each camp. See the links below for details about each camp.
- Three Mile Island Camp, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
- Cold River Camp, Evans Notch, New Hampshire
- Echo Lake Camp, Mount Desert Island, Maine
In addition to its volunteer-managed family camps, AMC offers several week-long family adventure camps led by AMC staff at its lodges in New Hampshire and Maine. These staff-led camps offer a range of guided activities, including hiking, paddling, rafting, fly fishing, and hut overnights, based on location.
Photos courtesy of Cold River Camp.
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The role generations play in accepting and shaping digital technologies, and possibly vice versa, is an increasingly relevant issue in contemporary society. For the first time in the academic debate, this volume outlines the theoretical issues and explores some results from empirical researches on the relationship between generations and the media in digital society. The first part of the book deals with the theoretical debate on generations, from Mannheim's to the revisiting of some classical notions shaped by disciplines as history, demography, marketing and sociology. The second part gathers a selection of researches at international level, with particular attention to the European context. Though each research used specific methodologies, the main approaches focused on media domestication by young and old generations, and on the comparative analyses of different generations in adopting media.
Contents: Fausto Colombo/Leopoldina Fortunati: Introduction. Broadband, Media and Generational Approach: a New Starting Point? – Fausto Colombo: The Long Wave of Generations – Michael Corsten: Media as the Historical New for Young Generations – Piermarco Aroldi: Generational Belonging Between Media Audiences and ICT Users – Jukka Kortti: The Problem of Generation and Media History – Marriann Hardey: ICTs and Generations - Constantly Connected Social Lives – Giovanni Boccia Artieri: Generational «We Sense» in the Networked Space. User Generated Representation of the Youngest Generation – Andra Siibak: Online Peer Culture and Interpretive Reproduction on the Social Networking Site Profiles of the Tweens – Mutlu Binark/Günseli Bayraktutan Sütcü: Usage Patterns of New Media by Turkish New Middle Class Young People – Ariela Mortara: Generations and Media Fruition of Social Networks – Marco Centorrino: The Image of the «Digital Native» and the Generation Gap – Matteo Treleani: The Access to Memory in Video Archives On-Line. Generational Roles on YouTube and Ina.fr – Agnese Vellar: «Lost» (And Found) in Transculturation. The Italian Networked Collectivism of US TV Series and Fansubbing Performances – Leopoldina Fortunati: Digital Native Generations and the New Media – Vesna Dolničar/Sonja Müller/Marco Santi: Designing Technologies for Older People: a User-Driven Research Approach for the SOPRANO Project – Alberta Contarello/Mauro Sarrica/Diego Romaioli: Ageing in a Broadband Society. An Exploration on ICTs, Emotional Experience and Social Well-being within a Social Representation Perspective – Eugène Loos: Generational Use of New Media and the (Ir)revelance of Age – Chiara Carini/Ivana Pais: Business Social Networks: an 'Age Levelling' Service? – Tanja Oblak Črnič: The Generational Gap and Diverse Roles of Computer Technology: The Case of Slovenian Households.
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Fausto Colombo is Full Professor of Media Theories and Media and Politics at the Catholic University of Milan, and Director of Osscom (Research Center on Media and Communication) since 1994.
Leopoldina Fortunati is Professor of the Sociology of Communication at the University of Udine and co-chair of the international association The Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communication (SSSMC).
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Following outrage across the internet, another right-wing Facebook page has decided to post an image promoting the lynching of President Obama.
Last week at Examiner.com, we broke a news story involving a conservative Facebook page titled "America: The next generation." The page in question posted a horribly violent image of President Obama being hung in a photo shopped picture of the moment before the death of Saddam Hussein. The administrator of the page cheered on the idea of lynching President Obama, stating across the image itself that it should be "the making of a national holiday."
The page was taken over and internally hacked and all of the hateful images and rants were replaced by pictures and internet "memes" of goats. The administrators of the page have tried to recreate their page, but it hasn't seen much traction. Like many thing in life, as one door closes another door opens and it has happened again in the wild world of political social media.
Another right-wing page, titled "War on freedom," has posted another image of President Obama, this time of the president staring forward with a black background. To the left of the image are the words "I VOTE...WE DRAG THIS F*CKER OUT AND HANG HIM." The page's main photo is an image of the Statue of Liberty in front of a Nazi flag.
Since President Obama was elected in 2008, the fanatical political right have made the president "public enemy #1," showing no signs of stopping anytime soon. The issue of freedom of speech and the First Amendment is often argued by both sides of the political aisle, but when one side openly calls for the death of the Commander in Chief, no matter what side you are on, it's wrong and shouldn't be tolerated.
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Bobby Roode Trash Talks Eric Lynch
TNA Wrestling's website is running a story between their star Bobby Roode and Howard Stern's show. Here's an exert from the article:
For two consecutive days, Howard Stern has played clips of the Impact Wrestling Podcast with Jeremy Borash and Christy Hemme, where the "It Factor" Bobby Roode has engaged in a bitter verbal war with long time Stern guest, Eric "the Actor" Lynch.
"I can't stand him. He's every time he's on Stern it is like nails on a chalk board. And then that idiot Borash brings him backstage as an invited guest and all he does is hang around the knockouts locker room waiting for something to drop on the floor so he can pick it up and sniff it, or lurking around looking for free t-shirts. He shouldn't be invited anywhere. He's a moron." Roode tells ImpactWrestling.com.
Eric has responded by going on record as saying he would never cheat like Roode has, and judging by his slow start in the BFG Series, and the success of James Storm, Bobby Roode was really the weak link of Beer Money.
Roode has invited Eric to Bound For Glory in San Diego. Will he take him up on his offer? Stay tuned!
As it looks, this could set up for the celebrity type feud for Bound for Glory this coming October. To check the full story as well as the audio podcasts and messages, click here.
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Some issues on chinese censorship.
Some abbrevs used to get around:
The abbrevs are interesting because they are a mixture of: english abbrev, Pinyin, pun.
For info about chinese net censorship, see: Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China. For detail about gfw, see: Golden Shield Project.
Not related to censorship, but here's a simplified char i learned today: 拥护 = 擁護. See: 简体/繁體 字表 (Simplified/Traditional Chinese Characters List).
It would be great if chinese government would open up. Perhaps it is time to open up more?
Btw, if you are a typical american reading this: i do not support the stereotypical "freedom" and "human right" the US is condeming china, all over the mainstream presses. I consider them political propaganda. See:
(Thanks to fangzhzh for explaining the abbrevs.)


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Show that every open $n$-ball contains $n$ vectors that form a basis for $\mathbb{R}^n$.
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Show that every open $n$-ball contains $n$ vectors that form a basis for $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Any hints on how to solve this?
$\newcommand{\eps}{\varepsilon}$Hint: Let $B(x,\eps)$ be an open ball and $e_1,\dots,e_n$ be the standard unit vectors. What happens if you look at something like $x+e_1\eps/2$, careful though that you don't hit zero.
If $B$ is an open ball, then $U=B+(-B)$ is an open neighborhood of $0$, which implies that $\mathbb R^n=\bigcup\limits_{k=1}^\infty k\cdot U$. This shows that $\mathbb R^n$ is in the span of $B$. Every spanning set contains a basis.
Let $U \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be open and $x \in U$. Then $B(x,\epsilon) \subset U$ for some $\epsilon>0$. Consider the function $\eta(r) = \det \begin{bmatrix}x+ r e_1& \cdots & x + r e_n\end{bmatrix} = \det (\begin{bmatrix}x& \cdots & x \end{bmatrix} +r I )$. $\eta$ is a degree $n$ polynomial in $r$, hence has at most $n$ zeroes. Consequently, we can find an $r \in (0,\epsilon)$ such that $\eta(r) \neq 0$. It follows from the properties of the determinant that the vectors $x+r e_k$ are linearly independent, hence form a basis for $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Here is an alternative approach based on measure: Let $\phi:\mathbb{R}^n \times \cdots \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ defined by $\phi(x_1,...,x_n) = \det \begin{bmatrix}x_1& \cdots & x_n\end{bmatrix}$. The set $\phi^{-1} \{0\}$ has Lebesgue measure zero (see, eg, Probability of having zero determinant) and the set $U\times \cdots \times U \subset \mathbb{R}^n \times \cdots \mathbb{R}^n$ is open (and so has strictly positive measure), hence $\phi(x_1,...,x_n) \neq 0$ for almost all points $(x_1,...,x_n) \in U\times \cdots \times U $. It follows that almost any selection of $n$ points in the ball will be linearly independent, hence forming a basis for $\mathbb{R}^n$.
It suffices to show that if $B$ is an open ball then $\text{Span}(B)=\mathbb R^n$. To do this let $a$ and $r >0$ center and radius of $B$ and $x \in \Bbb R^n$
If $x=a$ then $x \in \text{Span}(B)$ ( because $B \subset \text{Span}(B)$ )
If $x \neq a$ we have : $x=a+ \frac{2\|x-a\|}{r}\frac{r}{2\|x-a\|}(x-a) \in \text{Span}(B)$ since $\in B$ and $a \in B$ and $\frac{r}{2\|x-a\|}(x-a) = \underbrace{\frac{r}{2\|x-a\|}(x-a) + a}_{\in B} -a$


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The Dutch in the Medway: a poem
Pieter Cornelisz van Soest, circa 1667
Between 12–14 June 1667 a Dutch fleet sailed up the River Medway, Kent and destroyed several British ships laid up in Chatham Dockyard, capturing the 'Royal Charles' and sinking or burning three other great ships. Samuel Pepys wrote much about this in his Diary and we publish a poem by Rudyard Kipling here.
If wars were won by feasting,
Or victory by song,
Or safety found, by sleeping sound
How England would be strong!
But honour and dominion
Are not maintained so,
They're only got by sword and shot
And this the Dutchmen know!
The moneys that should feed us
you spend on your delight,
How can you then, have sailor-men
To aid you in your fight?
Our fish and cheese are rotten,
Which makes the scurvy grow –
We cannot serve you if we starve,
And this the Dutchmen know!
Our ships in every harbour
Be neither whole nor sound,
And when we seek to mend a leak,
No Oakum can be found,
Or, if it is, the caulkers,
and carpenters also,
For lack of pay have gone away,
And this the Dutch men know!
Mere powder, guns and bullets,
we scarce can get at all;
Their price was spent in merriment
and revel at Whitehall,
While we in tattered doublets
From ship to ship must row,
Beseeching friends for odds and ends –
And this the Dutchmen know!
No King will heed our warnings,
No Court will pay our claims –
Our King and Court for their disport
Do sell the very Thames!
For, now De Ruyter's topsails
Off naked Chatham show,
We dare not meet him with our fleet –
And this the Dutchmen know!
Rudyard Kipling


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Junior guard Danielle Blagg claimed All-Conference USA honors for the third consecutive season, earning a spot on the league's second team.
March 9, 2014
NEW ORLEANS - After helping the Tulane University women's basketball team post its fifth consecutive 20-win season, Green Wave standout guards Danielle Blagg, Jamie Kaplan and Leslie Vorpahl all claimed All Conference USA honors based on a vote of league head coaches, media members and athletic communication contacts.
Blagg and Kaplan were both named second-team All C-USA while Vorpahl claimed a spot on the league's All-Freshman Team. The 2013-14 season marks the fifth consecutive year that Tulane placed at least two players on the all-league team and Vorpahl is the first Green Wave rookie to claim all-freshman honors since Blagg in 2012.
"I'm very happy for all three young ladies for their well-earned recognition," Tulane head coach Lisa Stockton said. "The consistency of our guard play has been integral to our success and we'll need them to continue to play at a high level as we move on to the Conference USA Tournament."
Blagg, who was tabbed C-USA Freshman of the Year in 2012 and earned second-team all-conference recognition last season, played in 25 games with 22 starts as a junior. The native of San Antonio leads the team with 12.6 points per game, 59 3-point baskets and a 40.1 3-point percentage while ranking second in minutes per game (29.2), tied for second in field goals made (110), third in points scored (315) and rebounds per game (4.9), tied for third in blocked shots (12), fourth in minutes played (730) and fifth in rebounds (123).
She ranks second in C-USA in 3-point percentage and 3-pointers per game (2.4) and sits 17th in points per game. Blaggs' percentage from beyond the arc ranks 40th in the NCAA and her average treys per outing sits 80th nationally.
During the regular season, Blagg scored in double figures 17 times with five 20-plus point ballgames, pulled down seven-plus rebounds in seven contests and has four multiple-assist outings while tallying a season-best two blocked shots three times and logging a season-best two steals in four occasions. She had a season-high 25 points and a career-best 10 rebounds for her first career double-double against Virginia Dec. 20, and added a career-high tying four dimes vs Northeastern in the Tulane/DoubleTree Classic on Dec. 28 and at Florida Atlantic on Feb. 12.
Blagg was named Louisiana Player of the Week on Dec. 23 after averaging 24.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.0 steal per outing in 35.5 minutes of play per contest in wins over Virginia and Saint Francis during the FGCU Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites Classic.
"Danielle started the year as our top returning player and has handled drawing a lot of attention from opponent's defenses very well," Stockton said. "She is known for her offensive proficiency, but it's her defense and rebounding that make her such a complete player."
Kaplan, who picked up the first all-conference award of her career, started all 29 games so far in 2013-14 and is currently leading the team with 338 points, 198 assists, 98 made free throws, 950 minutes played and 32.8 minutes per game. In addition, she is tied for second in field goals made (110), third in points per game (11.7) and 3-point baskets (20), fourth in steals (33), and fifth in field goal percentage (.393) and 3-point percentage (.267) to go with 3.0 rebounds per game
Her 6.8 assists per game so far this year ranks first in Tulane single-season history while her 198 assists sit second. Kaplan also ranks second in C-USA and fourth in the NCAA in assists per game while ranking second and 52nd in the respective organizations with a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Kaplan scored in double figures 21 times, handed out six or more assists 19 times with six double-digit dime performances, pulled down four or more rebounds on 10 occasions and posted seven multiple-steal performances to go with a trio of double-doubles. She tallied career highs of 20 points vs McNeese State on Nov. 11, 13 assists vs New Orleans on Nov. 8, 12 rebounds at Southern Miss on March 1 and five steals vs Southern Miss on Jan. 18.
Two of Kaplan's double-doubles were of the point/assist variety as the native of Sebastian, Fla., had 10 points and 13 assists vs UNO and a 12-point, 10-assist effort at Marshall on Jan. 9 before posting 16 points and 12 boards at Southern Miss. She was named also MVP of the 18th Annual Tulane/DoubleTree Classic after averaging 13.0 points, 6.5 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game while helping the Green Wave win the tournament title.
"Jamie has had a breakout season," Stockton said. "She has embraced her role as a playmaker and floor leader. Her competitiveness and work ethic have set a standard for our team."
Vorpahl, meanwhile, claimed All-Freshman Team recognition after playing in 28 games with 13 starts as a true freshman. The San Antonio native leads the team with a 75.9 free throw percentage while ranking second with 89 assists, 30 3-point baskets and a 30.3 3-point percentage (.303), third with 60 free throws made, fourth with 246 points scored and 8.8 points per game, and fifth with 78 field goals made, 32 steals, 710 minutes played and 25.4 minutes per game to go with 2.5 rebounds per contest.
She posted double-figure scoring totals on 12 occasions with three 20-plus point contests, four-plus assists on 10 occasions, four-plus rebounds in eight games and nine multiple-assist contests. Vorpahl posted career highs of 22 points at North Carolina State on Nov. 24, nine assists at Marshall on Jan. 9, nine rebounds at Old Dominion on Nov. 11 and four steals vs Ole Miss on Nov. 30.
Vorpahl ranks 10th in C-USA in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.4), 13th in assists per game and 15th in free throw percentage. In addition, she was named C-USA Freshman of the Week twice: on Nov. 25 after averaging 12.7 points, 3.7 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 0.7 steals per game during three Green Wave contests; and again on Jan. 13 after averaging 14.5 points, 6.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals in a 2-0 week.
"Leslie has played with great maturity and poise all season and has proven to be excellent in crunch time," Stockton added. "I am so happy that others recognize how important she has been to this team."
Blagg, Kaplan, Vorpahl and the Green Wave return to action on Thursday, March 13, when Tulane opens play in the 2014 C-USA Women's Basketball Championship in El Paso, Texas. The five-day event begins on Tuesday, March 11, but with a 20-9 overall record and an 11-5 mark in league play, Tulane finished fourth in the conference standings and earned a double-bye. The championship tournament concludes on March 15 with the title game slated for 7 p.m. The winner of the C-USA Championship will receive the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
First Team
Jada Payne, So., G, East Carolina
Jerica Coley, Sr., PG, FIU
Ebony Rowe, Sr., F, Middle Tennessee
Shae Kelley, Jr., F, Old Dominion
Jessica Kuster, Sr., F, Rice
Jamierra Faulkner, Sr., G, Southern Miss
Karisma Chapman, Sr., F, UAB
Kayla Thornton, Sr., F, UTEP
Second Team
Ny Hammonds, Sr., G, Charlotte
Abria Trice, Jr., G/F, East Carolina
Kimberly Smith, Sr., G, Florida Atlantic
Whitney Frazier, Jr., F, Louisiana Tech
Danielle Blagg, Jr., G, Tulane
Jamie Kaplan, Jr., G, Tulane
Ashley Clark, So., G, Tulsa
Ashley Grimes, Sr., G/F, UAB
All-Freshman Team
Lefty Webster, G, Charlotte
JaQuan Jackson, G, Louisiana Tech
Olivia Jones, F, Middle Tennessee
Brittanny Dinkins, G, Southern Miss
Leslie Vorpahl, G, Tulane
All-Defensive Team
Ondrea Shaw, Jr., P, East Carolina
Ebony Rowe, Sr., F, Middle Tennessee
Jessica Kuster, Sr., F, Rice
Jamierra Faulkner, Sr., G, Southern Miss
Kayla Thornton, Sr., F, UTEP


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HBO supernatural series "True Blood" will explore a gay romance in its latest episode. Sparks will play when Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) and James (Nathan Parsons) are caught having sex by Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll). It is a relationship that has been hinted at by the show and one that was rumored to have been the reason James' former portrayer, actor Luke Grimes, left the role. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter published Sunday, Parsons open up about his character's gay romance.
In the interview, Parsons immediately took a different stance than did Grimes when it came to being involved in homosexual scenes with Ellis. The former "General Hospital" star took playing the scenes as a new acting challenge. He told THR that working with Ellis definitely helped in scenes he admits were difficult to shoot.
He says in the interview, "It has to be something that is seemingly organic and loving, instead of just having sex for the sake of having sex. I think that was the difficult line to walk. It comes out of nowhere and we have to do it tastefully, and we all have to be comfortable with what's happening."
The romance between James and Lafayette is fueled by Jessica's constant contempt of James. The internal conflict pushes James to explore homosexual feelings that he has suppressed. Lafayette helps him deal with those emotions and sends him down a path of being true to himself. Parsons says the reason James became a vampire in the first place is because of the intolerance to homosexuality in the 1970s.
As a straight actor playing a gay role, Parsons finds the story "True Blood" is telling to be an important one. He says, "It's a story that's being told all over the place, and TV doesn't pay enough attention to it. The 'Do I love this guy or love this girl?' and 'Is this right or is this wrong?' becomes more important that the act itself, and that I think was really well done by the writer [Craig Chester] and Howard [Deutch] and Nelsan and myself."
And as far as the sex scene itself, Parsons said his scene with Ellis just came down to comfort, as it would between any two people. He said, "Once you break the ice physically, then it all becomes easier, and you realize it is just two people. There's another 200 people in the crew, of course. But in that moment, it's really just about two people and a shared connection." That connection seems to be the main emphasis of final season of "True Blood."


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The whole world is a twitter so to speak just aching to join in if they can to celebrate the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton's birthday. She was born on Jan. 9 and friends, family and fans are all interested in what she may be doing or will they get a peek at her on her special day.
Kate Middleton does have plans for her special day. According to news reports from E! Online and the International Business Times on Jan. 8 state that Kate will be spending much of her day with her mother, Carole Middleton. Carole has been shopping in London for her daughter's birthday gift. She was spotted at Peter Jones browsing items from the Lancôme counter as last minute items to complete her gift package.
De Beers Diamond Jewelers was first established in 2011 and has an extraordinary collection of showcased diamonds and hand crafted jewelry pieces to choose from. Their jewelry boutiques are based in London and specialize in crafting fashionable diamond pieces and bridal collections. Diamonds are forever and De Beers Diamond Jewelers has elegant and contemporary designed pieces that are timeless and crafted to last a lifetime.
One of the biggest interests is what the Prince will be giving his Duchess? Prince William as you all know just left for St. John's College to embark on another venue of higher education. Knowing he'll be away for his brides' special day is sad that they won't be able to share a special day and evening together. Did Prince William already purchase something divine for his wife? Did he give her his gift already? Is there something special he ordered or is he waiting until they reunite to pick out a special gift together?
Well, we do know that Prince William did have something up his sleeve for Kate. It seems that William wants to surprise Kate with a secret meeting with U.S. singer Taylor Swift. He has set up a plan for the two to meet and we're sure that Taylor will perform a song or two in her honor after she settles down from being greeted.
Kate on the other hand is planning a quiet day at Kensington Palace with her mother and son while William is away at school.
But that isn't all, even though William left for school just days ago there is a chance that he may sneak back and join his family – wife and son for an intimate quiet family birthday celebration before returning back to his classes in agricultural management.
Some of the pieces that De Beers Diamond Jewelry thought would be the perfect gift for the birthday girl, Kate Middleton, are showcased in the slide-show attached they sent over for everyone to enjoy. These pieces include the following: "Wildflowers Tiara", "Phenomena Frost Necklace", "Phenomena Frost Bracelet", "Phenomena Frost Earrings" and the "Enchanted Lotus Band"!
"The exceptional craftsmanship and De Beers' signature floating micropavé diamonds used to create the Enchanted Lotus Collection is unrivalled and results in elegant pieces of a timeless nature. The enchanted Lotus Band is crafted in 18k white gold with 301 round brilliant diamonds."
Happy Birthday to the Duchess of Cambridge – Kate Middleton!
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2012 Conference: now accepting submissions!
The 2012 Critical Themes conference has finalized it's Call for Proposals and is now accepting submissions!
The submission form is available here: http://criticalthemes.net/2012/submit.
Visit the Critical Themes homepage for more info. When the 2012 website is live, it will be posted there.
Hope to see you there!
Thanks everyone!
All signs seem to indicate Critical Themes 2011 was a resounding success! A thousand thank you's to all involved: our faculty advisors Paolo Carpignano and Shannon Mattern, the Media Studies Department, our keynotes Wendy Chun and Clay Shirky, everyone who attended, and of course, all of our presenters!
Loads of great presentations, conversations and general exchanges of ideas all around.
For updates on sharing final papers and hosting of all videos, check back here, on twitter, or in your inbox.
Thanks and see you next year!
The Critical Themes Organizing Committee
See you tomorrow!
We're all setup and ready to go. See you all tomorrow!
Free and open to the public!
Since this question has been asked a few times now, it makes sense to take a moment to respond here: Critical Themes 2011 will be free and open to the public, and no registration is necessary to attend! Just show up on Friday or Saturday.
If, however, you feel so inclined, registering for our event on Facebook will help give us some estimate of attendance: Critical Themes on Facebook.
And as the event approaches, please check back here, or follow us on Twitter, for all news and updates.
Thanks, and see you at Critical Themes!
Finalized schedule of sessions and panels
We've just finished finalizing our schedule, including all panel and session groupings. whew! That was tough. Please check it out:
Some bits are still TBA, but that is nearly complete. We're very excited about the lineup!
So please check out our presenter bios and their abstracts. Some of our scholars have provided "Supplementary materials" which you'll find linked beneath their abstracts.
Also, we've enabled comments on each of the panel pages in the hopes of catalyzing some discussions before, during, and after the event. So have a look at those materials and if you feel so inclined, please share any questions or reflections you may have in the comments section!
Thanks and see you all soon!
The Critical Themes organizing committee
in the blogosphere ...
Professor Shannon Mattern has just published a quick post providing some background and context on the opening night panel she will be chairing "The Multimodel Dissertation," which will feature Jennifer Heuson, Veronica Paredes and Carlin Wing. Check it out!
"PhDs for Polymaths" [wordsinspace.net]
Welcome to Critical Themes 2011!
We are delighted, pleased, and absolutely thrilled to be launching the website for the 11th annual Critical Themes in Media Studies!
The conference will be taking place April 15-16, at The New School in New York City.
It is going to be a great one this year! Have a look at our full schedule of events to see what's planned, including our wonderful keynote presenters whom we are all excited about, an excellent opening night panel discussion, and of course, our esteemed student presenters, hailing from 17 different universities and 5 countries.
You can also follow along on twitter. We will be tweeting regular announcements from our @criticalthemes account, and any tweets to @criticalthemes or referencing the #criticalthemes hashtag will be pulled in to the sidebar at the right-hand side (as well as archived here on our site for future reference).
We are currently in the process of collecting abstracts from all our presenters and finalizing our panel groupings. As we do that, we will enable comments on those and we hope to spark some exciting discussions here on the site, both in advance of, during, and after the actual event!
As I write this, many details are still being sorted out, so please check back here for updates as they materialize.
See you at Critical Themes!
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The Lobby
Art in the Archives Building -Oregon-on-Stage quilt On to carved text
This wall quilt is located on the second floor of the lobby.
Artist: Julie Berner, Eugene, Oregon
Medium: Fiber - machine-pieced, hand-quilted, photosilkscreen-printed, cotton fabrics
Description: This piece is a quilted patchwork collage of photo-silkscreened imagery. It includes portions of an 1887 map of the state, engravings of county courthouses from Sheriff's letterheads, pieces of trademarks and labels, writing from an 1804 map of Lewis and Clark's route, a letter from the governor in 1869, and excerpts from a broadsheet offering a reward for the apprehension of men who deserted a schooner in 1846. The composition is suggestive of an old saloon stage with mounted photographs of recorded history dancing across a backdrop of the Oregon Territory. The stage is flanked by images of the trees, fish, and mountains that are so significant to this region.


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PHILADELPHIA — Police have released security video of two suspects wanted for the recent robbery of a Laundromat here.
The incident, which occurred in the early-morning hours of Dec. 13, involved two males wearing masks and hooded sweatshirts entering the Laundry Depot, 2548 W. Cheltenham Ave., in West Oak Lane, reports the Philadelphia Police Department.
One of the suspects armed with a handgun forced the store's attendant to the ground and handcuffed him. A customer was forced to lay face down on the floor.
The suspects spent approximately 20 minutes attempting to break into an ATM but were unsuccessful. After taking a laptop from the office, they fled on foot. No injuries were reported.
Police hope that releasing the store video will lead to a break in the case. The suspects are described as:
• Black male, 6 feet to 6 feet 1 inch, 20 to 30 years old, slim-medium build, and wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt with "Nike" in white letters on front, gray cargo pants, light-colored mask and black gloves.
• Black male, 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 7, 20 to 30 years old, slim-medium build, and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, faded blue jeans, black-and-white sneakers, a mask, and white/black gloves. This suspect carried a red/black duffel bag containing power tools.
Philadelphia police are encouraging anyone with information about this crime to call the city's tip line, 215-686-8477.


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The fans of Hawaii Five-0 have some great news for the upcoming episode. Not only does Melanie Griffith and Jorge Garcia return, but Tom Berenger guest stars. The show airing on March 14, is called Ma lalo o ka 'ili" which is Hawaiian for "Beneath the Surface." According to Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, it is Jorge Garcia who will join the crime fighting cast as a regular on the next season.
As Five-0 aims to uncovers the sordid truth when a girl is taken from her home, the unfortunate crime gets her father is shot in the process. Looking to piece the truth together, the team is busy solving the case.
Meanwhile, Danny tries to get his parents back together and he still has his mother (played by Melanie Griffith) on the island. A third story line, offers more clues for Steve McGarrett as Jerry (played by Jorge Garcia) deciphers a code he found on the bottom of McGarrett's champ box. Of course the ladies are going to love that Steve McGarrett takes a dip in the ocean and arrives on the beach shirtless.
Hawaii Five-0 returns to CBS on Friday at 8 p.m. on March 14.


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The Philadelphia Inquirer published a story today about an interview — a whinefest, really — given by former Senator Arlen Specter (
Should President Obama dump Joe Biden as his running mate and replace him with Hillary Rodham Clinton?
Arlen Specter was asked that hot-potato question, circulating in some Democratic circles, in a meeting Tuesday with the Inquirer Editorial Board.
His answer showed that the former 30-year senator hasn't lost his knack for blunt talk – nor, perhaps, his bitterness over what he feels were slights from Obama during his own failed 2010 reelection campaign.
He suggested that maybe Obama was the one who should be dumped.
"That's the second-best alternative," he said of replacing Biden. "A better alternative is to make Hillary the [presidential] nominee. As long as we're talking about dumping, let's go to the core problem."
As I read through the whole story, a few paragraphs jumped out at me:
A Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Democrat again, Specter had harsh words for a Republican Party in Washington that he said has taken over by tea partiers and right-wingers.
He declined to answer when asked if Rick Santorum, his former Senate colleague from Pennsylvania, was a viable candidate for the GOP presidential nomination.
And the article notes that, in the book Mr Specter is hawking, he was annoyed that President Obam
a didn't do much to help him in the 2010 Democratic senatorial primary against then-Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA), a race he lost to Mr Sestak, who then lost the general election to former Representative Pat Toomey (R-PA)
The ingratitude displayed by this very bitter man is amazing. Then-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and President George Bush went to bat for Mr Specter in his 2004 primary campaign against Mr Toomey, a race he narrowly won. Yet now, he hasn't a kind word to say for Mr Santorum, who went out on a limb for him. After he got help from the Republicans in office in his 2004 primary campaign, and then betrayed their trust and confidence by switching to the Democrats, he wonders why President Obama wasn't more of a help in the 2010 Democratic primary; the idea that people don't normally help those with a record of betraying a trust to others doesn't seem to have occurred to him.
Of course, there might be another reason, too: President Obama and the Democrats never saw Mr Specter as anything more than a temporarily useful tool. In a contest with a newly-turned Democrat and an unquestioned Democrat, perhaps the Democrats in office actually did favor the long-time Democrat. Whether they did or not, the Democratic voters in Pennsylvania certainly did.
The Republican voters of Pennsylvania had given Mr Specter thirty years in the United States Senate, a trust he eventually betrayed, and yet he actually sees himself as the victim; nobody was faithful to him, nobody helped him.
Your editor is proud to say that he never voted for Arlen Specter. In the 2004 Republican senatorial primary, I voted for Pat Toomey. When the 2004 general election came along, and it was clear that the Senate race was not going to be close, and I wouldn't have to hold my nose to vote for the Republican candidate, I voted for Jim Clymer, running as the Constitution Party nominee.


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Childish Gambino 's most recent offering "Bonfire" serves as the first single from his first physical album, Camp. The action-packed, fast-paced, metaphor-filled song not only fits Gambino's camp theme, but it seems like a metaphor itself, signaling his arrival as a fully formed MC.
MTV News caught up with Gambino (a.k.a. "Community" star Donald Glover) in full makeup on the set of his video for "Bonfire," and he said the album was a real labor of love.
"The biggest compliment I can give it is that I like it more than everything else I've done," he said. "I think it's a cohesive piece, and I wanted to tell a whole story with it. Hopefully, the whole album is like a book or a novel where [there's] a through line."
Gambino said his favorite albums are the ones that tell stories that transport you somewhere else. On Camp, he hopes to emulate Biggie's storytelling prowess on the 1997 classic Life After Death.
Gambino's upcoming debut album holds a special place in his heart for two reasons. For one, it will be the first time his fans can hold a physical copy of his music — thanks to his deal with Glassnote Records. Secondly, it was the culmination of everything he's worked on.
"There were songs that we made, and I was like, 'This can't be on the album.' I felt like that was a thing of growth. There [would be] other times when I was like, 'Oh, this song is dope. We'll just throw it on there too.' But this one was like, 'No. We have to stick to the theme and the idea of what I'm trying to say.' "
What are you expecting from Childish Gambino's debut? Let us know in the comments!


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Detectives search Bieber home in vandalism case
Published: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 1:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 3:13 p.m.
LOS ANGELES — A sheriff's investigator says detectives were looking for surveillance footage when they searched Justin Bieber's home for evidence of an egg-tossing vandalism case involving the pop star.
Lt. David Thompson says detectives were not necessarily searching for eggs but were looking for other evidence that might serve as the basis for a felony vandalism case.
Thompson says one man in Bieber's entourage was arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession. Thompson had no details on who the man was, but said the drug was in plain sight inside Bieber's home.
The pop star wasn't arrested but remains under investigation. Thompson says the 19-year-old was cooperative during Tuesday morning's search.
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Six times over the past 70 years, storms have ravaged the 5-square-mile area of west-central Fort Collins, Colo.
In 1997, floodwaters were deep enough for college students to kayak down the main road, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and killing five people.
The city pledged in 2001 to supplement its existing stormwater control system with a $35 million system of detention ponds, conveyance canals, and pipelines. The project hit a snag, however, when the utilities department realized one 102-inch reinforced concrete pipeline would run through a residential area that already hosts numerous underground utilities.
Using an alternate product-delivery management system, the department convened a team of civil engineers, geotechnical consultants, and construction contractors to collectively evaluate detention and conveyance alternatives.
The team determined that the best route was through the neighborhood. But it was risky: Without adequately shoring the excavation, open-cutting could undermine the foundations of two multifamily structures in the pathway. Furthermore, contractors would encounter saturated soils including clays, caving sand, and gravel at a depth of 35 feet.
"We exceeded a depth that even a triple-stacked trench box couldn't handle," says Andrea Faucett, manager of municipal engineering for Ayres Associates, the lead engineering firm.
Geotechnical consultants CTL|Thompson Inc. excavated test pits and drilled numerous borings to evaluate soil, bedrock, and groundwater conditions. Based on the results, the design team decided open-cutting was possible. Residents, however, were less than thrilled with the idea. They didn't want the area torn up for six to eight weeks and have to park half a block from home in the interim.
The other viable option was a $1.5 million micro-tunneling system. But it was more than twice the cost of open-cutting.
A resolution came with the discovery of the slide rail system, a little-used dynamic trench box that allowed the contractor to open-cut through the neighborhood for roughly $500,000.
Issues like impact on the community, parking, and traffic can halt projects. To keep from setting off a flurry of complaints, managers reached out to the residents at community meetings, discussing the project and explaining what to expect, before announcing their decision.
They'd learned the importance of public buy-in when a stormwater drain had to be placed in the city's historic downtown area. Open-cutting would have disrupted the pedestrian-heavy area, which was also adjacent to a heavily trafficked state highway. It was sure to cause an uproar. Managers specified a jack-and-bore with hand mining instead.
"Put all these factors on the table, and work it through with your design and construction team early on to avoid any complications," says Chris Knott, project manager and estimator for specialty contractor BTrenchless.
The neighbors were comfortable with the project, which proceeded on schedule.
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We Are, I Dare Say,
Better Than That
Eyal Porat
From: Eyal Porat
To: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
Sent: September 14, 2001 7:58 PM
Subject: Attack on America
Dear Friends in USA,
Please accept my sincere and deepest sympathy. Words in times like this are so weak and insignificant, so just remember that one more person in the world mourns with you.
This could have been atheism's biggest day: "Look at what religion brings!"
But we are different! We are, I dare say, better than that. With this knowledge and the knowledge that whatever happens, life must go on. On the route to better times, we will eventually muster that power and we will carry on.
I must share something with you all:
You know I am from Israel, and in the past few years we are having this Islamic suicidal bombing ripping through Israel, the last one was just a week ago!
(Many people in Israel say now: "now all the world will appreciate what we are going through".)
On my side, this means I can identify with you all since I know what it feels like to live in a state of terror all the time. It also strengthened my dismay of religion and what it stands for.
A tip: From my experience, a lot of information lessens the fear! It sounds strange, but for me, the more time I spent watching TV and listening to radio, the less scared I was. I believe this is because of my tendency to try and understand everything, tendency that eventually led me to become the Atheist I am -- If there is God, prove it!
Again, be strong and know you have friends.
Eyal Porat
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine"
To: "Eyal Porat"
Subject: Re: Attack on America
Date: September 14, 2001 6:35 PM
We hear a lot speculation about how violence on television affects people who watch it, especially our youngsters. Some "experts" tell us that if a child watches people being killed on television programs day after day, the child will become numb to the violence. For them, these "experts" tell us, it all becomes a big cartoon. So perhaps watching the footage of the tower being hit helped to desensitize some of us a bit.
I am not saying that we should not feel -- we should all feel this pain.
However, some of us are much more sensitive to things like this than others, and a catastrophe such as this renders a few of us completely unable to function. I know, because I was one of those people: I reacted so severely to this that I needed medical attention. Some who made it through this time around might have problems next time, so we need to establish ways for the particularly sensitive people to be able to cope.
Having been religious and having been through crisis situations during the religious years, I can tell you that religion is not enough for many of us. During those years, the police raided the place where I worked because one of my coworkers was fencing stolen property. I'd say that I took that situation much worse than I did this one, simply because my religious beliefs prevented me from getting help from anywhere except "God." This is why I don't think the push to get everybody to go to Church will help much.
We need to establish methods and implement them, make them available, so that those of us who saw the warning signs this time can try to be ready should the future become even darker than many of us fear. This may not be the last we will have heard from terrorists. I hope that the Israelis and the Irish and others who have had to endure this can help the rest of us learn to cope with this terrible feeling.
Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Six years of service to
people with no reason to believe
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