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David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Inc. said its hedge funds posted a 3.2% loss, net of fees and expenses, during the second quarter, as turmoil in Europe helped drive down some of the firm's biggest stock holdings.
"Like the market, the partnerships gave back a portion of our first-quarter gains," Greenlight wrote in a July 23 letter to investors. "Some of the biggest winners from the first quarter, including Arkema, General Motors and our yen position, were among our biggest losers in the second quarter."
Greenlight unveiled "substantial new positions" in Cigna Corp. and Coventry Health Care Inc., noting that the managed-care sector has been beaten down "in anticipation of Obamacare." An election outcome that could result in changes to his health-care law creates addition potential for gains, the letter said.
The firm said its biggest winner during the second quarter was its short position in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., a coffee-maker Mr. Einhorn has criticized publicly. Once a stock-market darling, the company has had a rougher time of it since Mr. Einhorn's hour-long presentation criticizing the company at the Value Investing Congress in New York last fall. Key patent losses on Green Mountain's coffee pods, known as K-cups, are beginning to wear on investor confidence, the letter said, adding that the K-cups prices were already falling.
Greenlight dumped its stakes in Dell Inc. and Best Buy Co., whose CEO, Brian Dunn, resigned in April during a probe into his personal conduct. "The company has an interim CEO and is trying to come up with a strategy. We worried that this could lead to additional business disruption," the letter said, citing a collapse in international profits and a dwindling cash pile as other factors in the firm's decision to close out its position.
Greenlight also lost money on its stake in chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Still, Marvell remains among Greenlight's largest long positions; others include Apple, whose products Mr. Einhorn has said have the uncanny ability to cause consumers to buy more Apple products; General Motors; gold; and Seagate Technology.
Greenlight's funds posted a 3.4% net return during the first half of the year. That compares with a 1.9% gain by hedge funds on average during the same period, according to Hedge Fund Research, Inc.
A spokesman for Greenlight declined to comment. Representatives for Green Mountain and Best Buy didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.


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Aston Villa Vs Man City
Posted 05 March 2013 - 06:12 PM
I hope they're both draws, from a Sunderland perspective, but I think you'll beat Q.P.R and lose to Reading.
Posted 05 March 2013 - 06:14 PM
I'd hate to predict either of them. Reading have had a resurgence in the last month and Q.P.R have just won at Southampton so they'll be on a bit of a boost.
I hope they're both draws, from a Sunderland perspective, but I think you'll beat Q.P.R and lose to Reading.
Sunderland aren't going down Niall, it's semi-frustrating you being so panicked when some of us are so much more fucked
It'll be Reading and QPR for sure and then one of Wigan and Villa, i'm almost sure of it.
I think we'll beat both. Mind you, I thought we might not be shit this season.
Posted 05 March 2013 - 06:47 PM
Reading are good at home, as we found out recently.
Posted 05 March 2013 - 07:01 PM
You've still got to play us as well come to think of it. Still think you're fine but as is the case in all sports if you lose those games to teams below you can let them jump you.
I'd say it's exciting, it's not though.
I really like to avoid shitting anywhere other than my bathroom at home but I am severely worried about offloading all in my pants at Reading.
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Lessons from Reporters - by Patrick Thornton on Friday, March 7, 2008 10:00 - 0 Comments
An Audience Is Not A Community – Wise Words From Clay Shirky
I try not to do too much preaching on this blog. Most of what I incorporate here are either tools, conversations with other 'beat bloggers,' or anecdotes from the "Beat Bloggers" proper, who are part of this experiment.
Last night via Mindy McAdams I came across a wonderful excerpt from Clay Shirky's newest book "Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations."
I will continue to hold back from preaching – but when somebody like Clay Shirky, who commands respect in the world of conversational media, says something as clear as this – you bet I'll re-blog it. Also – check out the comments on Mindy's post, some very smart folks chime in (including Shirkey, just to say hi).
The excerpt from Shirky:
A good deal of user-generated content isn't actually
"content" at all, at least not in the sense of material designed for an
audience. Instead, a lot of it is just part of a conversation.
Mainstream media has often missed this, because they are used to
thinking of any group of people as an audience. Audience, though, is
just one pattern a group can exist in; another is community. Most
amateur media unfolds in a community setting, and a community isn't
just a small audience; it has a social density, a pattern of users
talking to one another, that audiences lack. An audience isn't just a
big community either; it's more anonymous, with many fewer ties between
users. Now, though, the technological distinction between media made
for an audience and media made for a community is evaporating; instead
of having one kind of media come in through the TV and another kind
come in through the phone, it all comes in over the internet.
As a result, some tools support both publication and conversation.
Weblogs aren't only like newspapers and they aren't only like
coffeeshops and they aren't only like diaries — their meaning changes
depending on how they are used, running the gamut from reaching the
world to gossiping with your friends.
More thoughts from Mindy's post:
I couldn't shake this out of my head after I had read it.
Newspapers used to be centered in communities. Now they are mostly
not. People in much of North America don't even live in communities.
Is this why newspapers are dying? Because there are no communities?
I heard about someone asking a speaker how we could get young people
to read newspapers. Reportedly, the speaker took rather a long pause
before replying. When she did speak, her answer was essentially, "We
This makes a lot of people feel sad. Others feel angry.
But this is not about newspapers.
It's about what Shirky said: Audiences are not the same as
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What does a community need? How should journalists supply what communities need?
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Craig blitzes world record in heats
6th September 2012
Josef Craig shed nearly nine seconds off his personal best to set an astonishing S7 400m Freestyle world record in the heats on day eight of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
The 15-year old stormed clear of Croatia's world champion Mihovil Spanja in his heat, clocking 4:45.79 to beat teammate Jonathan Fox's old world marker by 1.47 seconds.
I just don't know what to think about that – it's just amazing.
Craig has enjoyed an encouraging Paralympic debut, setting a PB for sixth in the 50m Freestyle before finishing just 0.7 seconds off the podium in fourth with a PB in the 100m Freestyle.
But while he entered the 400m Freestyle as fourth fastest in the world this season, Craig admitted his time had taken even him by surprise.
"I just don't know what to think about that – it's just amazing," said Craig. "I looked at the clock and thought that was a massive PB – that's my achievements done for this competition.
"But then I got my focus back and saw world record next to the time and thought there must be a problem with the clock – I can't break a world record yet, I'm still quite young and I've been taking it one step at a time.
"Obviously I've been training really hard but I didn't think there was a world record time in there."
European champion Jonathan Fox will swim next to Craig in the final after winning his heat to progress second fastest.
Josef is 15 and has been training really well so hats off to him for breaking that record by so much.
The S7 100m Backstroke champion took his heat out under Craig's new world record pace but ultimately held off a spirited challenge from Russia's Andrey Gladkov (4:50.06) to win it in 4:49.91.
"I went into the race to try and qualify first but you can't really count your chickens when you're out there on the blocks," said Fox.
"My main rival before the Games was Spanja and I beat him by about three seconds.
"Josef is 15 and has been training really well so hats off to him for breaking that record by so much."
Stephanie Millward, Louise Watkin and Claire Cashmore will stage a three-pronged challenge to Natalie Du Toit's supremacy in tonight's SM9 200m Individual Medley final.
I know for myself I'm going to do everything to be on that medal podium again if I can.
The South African qualified fastest from the heats in 2:36.92 but the Brits progressed second, third and fourth respectively.
Millward finished second in Du Toit's heat in 2:38.47 while Watkin (2:39.21) touched out Cashmore (2:39.75) as they dominated the other heat to progress.
And while Watkin admitted the Brits would do their best to topple Du Toit in the final, she insisted her only focus was securing her own spot on the podium.
"We hope we can take on Natalie but we'll see what we can do," said Watkin, who won her first individual medal of London 2012 with S9 50m Freestyle last night.
"I know for myself I'm going to do everything to be on that medal podium again if I can.
"It took me a while to get to sleep last night so I haven't had much rest. So I went into the heat this morning to see what I could do.
"I fought it out with Claire, was just able to stay in front and get myself into the final."
Heather Frederiksen won her heat to set-up a mouth-watering final against USA's defending champion Jessica Long in the S8 100m Freestyle final.
The first 50m was nice and easy and comfortable so it's all promising for tonight.
While Long set a world record 1:06.06 to qualify fastest, Frederiksen held off the challenge of Australia's Maddison Elliott (1:07.82) to progress second in 1:07.53.
And having set a personal best 1:06.42 this season, Frederiksen insisted she was feeling positive as she looked to secure her third medal of the Games.
"I worked out a good racing plan with my coach (John Stout) for that and this morning went to plan," said Frederiksen.
"The first 50m was nice and easy and comfortable so it's all promising for tonight."
Emma Hollis was also in the S8 100m Freestyle and finished 18th overall, clocking 1:23.34 despite having broken her ankle less than a week ago.
Susie Rodgers made her fifth individual final of her Paralympic debut with a European record in the S7 400m Freestyle.
The 29-year old held off the challenge of Ukraine's Ani Palian (5:23.49) to knock 0.15 seconds off her previous European marker and take the heat in 5:22.08 and progress second fastest.
S9 100m Backstroke silver medallist James Crisp progressed third fastest into tonight's SM9 200m Individual Medley final.
The Brit, who won Paralympic gold in 2000 and World Championship gold in 1998 and 2002, showed he is still a force to be reckoned with in the medley as he touched second in his heat in 2:22.09.
Teenager Andrew Mullen reached his second final of his debut Paralympics as he set a British record in the S5 50m Backstroke heats.
The 15-year old sliced more than 1.5 seconds off his personal best as he touched in 39.69 to finish second in his heat and less than a second behind Hungary's third-fastest qualifier Zsolt Vereczkei (38.86).
Competing at his third Games, Anthony Stephens was only 0.6 seconds shy of a final spot as he finished 11th overall in a season's best 43.60.
Sean Fraser and Thomas Young secured final berths in the S8 100m Freestyle.
Commonwealth silver medallist Fraser impressed to touch just 0.01 seconds shy of his British record from 2010 and progress sixth fastest in 1:00.78 while Young made his fifth individual final of the Games, qualifying eighth in 1:01.85.
Daniel Pepper and Aaron Moores each made their second final of the Games in the SB14 100m Breaststroke.
Moores set a personal best 1:11.10 to progress sixth fastest while Pepper's season's best 1:11.27 was good enough to qualify in seventh.
Natalie Massey narrowly missed out on her third final of the Games as she finished ninth overall in the women's SB14 100m Breast, ultimately touching 0.94 shy of the qualification spots in 1:26.56.
Finally, Rob Welbourn, Graham Edmunds and Gemma Almond missed out on their respective men's and women's S10 100m Freestyle finals.
Welbourn (55.45) and Edmunds (56.01) both set season's bests as they finished 10th and 13th overall while Paralympic newcomer Almond clocked 1:07.40 to finish 13th in the women's rankings.
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Uh-oh. Do we spy a celebrity scandal in the making? Lost actor Matthew Fox was arrested over the weekend, according to reports, after allegedly assaulting a female bus driver in Ohio.
It's thought the US star was attempting to return to his hotel in Cleveland, after filming scenes for his latest move - an adaptation of James Patterson novel I, Alex Cross - when the incident occurred.
Reports suggest the actor tried to board a private bus, and became angry when driver Heather Bormann refused him entry.
Bormann told Reuters she didn't recognise Fox as one of her party, and 'confronted' him as he tried to board the bus with other passengers, telling him him three times to step away from the door.
'I told him he was trespassing,' she reportedly revealed. 'He never once said anything. He just looked at me with his mouth open � then he leaned in and started swinging on me.'
The driver told police Fox hit her in the chest and stomach before she retaliated 'in self defence,' adding that it took three men to restrain the actor, who was detained by an off-duty police officer before the police arrived.
It's thought the ex-Party of Five actor was eventually 'released to a friend,' but his reps have yet to comment on the events.
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A Lighthouse has to Have a Light
A very popular image in our landscape gallery is this image of a storm hitting Battery Point in Nor Cal. One question I seem to get a lot is, "How hard is it to get the timing down to capture the light beam?" When I say it's impossible, I get the strangest looks and after a moment the statement comes back, "But you did!" Actually, no I didn't! The light on a lighthouse comes on when? Just before dark and stays on during the NIGHT, it's not on during the day. Some do come on during a dark day when there is fog, but on this day there was neither. So then how did I get the light beam? I made it in Photoshop. Along with my dear friend Joe Sliger, we invented the technique in Photoshop to create a light beam. That's because with out it, it's just a house on a rock. You wanna lighthouse, you gotta have a light! There is no romance in a house on the rocks. Like all great images, romance comes from the light!
What always gets me is, and I've been told I should take it as a compliment, but no one ever notices the waves. Waves don't break around a rock all the same time, they break on sections as the wave moves towards the shore. And, on an overcast day, waves are gray, not white. But that's the beauty of our minds, when there are pieces that it can latch onto as being "real" then it just fills in the rest of the pieces as being real. The beam of light and the extra waves I added to make this photograph complete, all just go with the scene. I wish I were that good or that lucky to capture all of this in one click, but that's not the case. But I do know the limitations of the click to know what pieces I need to add to finish a photograph. And that's just some of what you'll learn at…
Here it is plain and simple, I want to help folks with their photography and the vehicle we're going to use in this class is Photoshop to help improve your captures! And we're going to do that by using Photoshop to learn how to be better at the camera and the computer. We'll talk camera settings and lenses, curves and exposure, Silver Efex Pro and lenses, HDR and composition. They go hand in hand and knowledge of both is so important I feel to get what you see and feel reaching the heartstrings you're sharing your photography with. And that's the end game to all of this, grabbing heartstrings.
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NEW BEDFORD — Saime (Querim) Rodgers, age 90, passed away Monday, November 05, 2012, peacefully at The Oaks. She was the wife of the late Harry Rodgers.
Born in New Bedford, a daughter of the late Deftir and Feride (Ramo) Querim, she lived in Connecticut for 17 years and Fairhaven for 5 years before returning to New Bedford.
She worked as a nursing home supervisor in CT and as a stitcher at Colonial Textile in New Bedford until her retirement. She was a life member of the DAV Auxiliary in CT.
Survivors include her 2 brothers, Bedre Querim of North Dartmouth, Paiazi Querim of Ocala, FL; 1 sister, Lira Arnold of Dartmouth; a niece, Nancy Souza of New Bedford and several other nieces and nephews and several great nieces and nephews.
She was the sister of the late Victoria Fortin, Richard Querim, Dule Querim and Drita Martin.
The family would like to thank the staff at the Oaks for their outstanding service and would also like to thank hospice care.
Her private funeral arrangements are in the care of the ROCK Funeral Home, 1285 Ashley Blvd., New Bedford. For tributes please visit our website at www.ROCK-funeralhome.com.
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THE POPULAR interest in gathering and eating uncultivated mushrooms has been associated with an increase in incidents of serious mushroom-related poisonings.1 From December 28, 1996, through January 6, 1997, nine persons in northern California required hospitalization after eating Amanita phalloides (i.e., "death cap") mushrooms; two of these persons died. Risks associated with eating these mushrooms result from a potent hepatotoxin. This report describes four cases of A. phalloides poisoning in patients admitted to a regional referral hospital in northern California during January 1997 and underscores that wild mushrooms should not be eaten unless identified as nonpoisonous by a mushroom expert.
Case 1.
A 32-year-old man gathered and ate wild mushrooms that he believed were similar to other mushrooms he had previously gathered and eaten. Eight hours later, he developed vomiting and profuse diarrhea; he was admitted to a hospital 19 hours after ingestion. On admission, he was dehydrated
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Our Mission
The Department of Science Education at California State University, Chico is committed to providing the North State with the highest quality science education for all learners, programs for teacher subject matter preparation and professional development, and research on teaching and learning to promote scientific appreciation and understanding.
Science Education
Welcome to the Department of Science Education! Are you looking for an exciting profession where the end of every day will bring you the satisfaction of knowing that you really made a difference? Are you fascinated by the natural world and curious about how things work? Do you want to share your passion for science with others? If so, you really should look into the opportunities in Science Education.
Science Education is a growing and unique scientific field dedicated to advancing both theory and practice in the teaching and learning of science. The large research base underlying our discipline provides a foundation for our teaching practice and sets the stage for further innovations. Those in our field are well versed in this literature, are passionate about sharing our love of science with others, and actively seek out the best ways to do so through our research. The field - and this department - has a strong commitment to equity in science education and seeks to engage students who are often not considered part of the scientific community (e.g. non- majors, Liberal Studies students, kids, classroom teachers, museum audiences, etc.)
Full-time, Tenure-track Position at the Assistant or Associate Professor Level
Seeking to fill one full-time, tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to start August 2016. The position requires a Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Science Education with a Master's in Environmental Science. Review of applications will begin on November 30, and will continue until the position is filled. For the full position announcement select.
Introducing . . .
New Science Education Faculty
Dr. Ben Van Dusen will become the newest member of Chico State's Science Education Department in the Fall of 2015. Ben's work is driven by a desire to help students discover the joy, beauty, and transformative powers of science.
Bechtel and NSF Funding Further Enhance K-8 Course Sequence
The Department of Science Education recently received funding from the Bechtel Foundation to further integrate and improve the course sequence for Liberal Studies students at CSU Chico.
Science Ed Teams Up with English to Improve Writing in the Sciences
Irene Salter and Leslie Atkins have partnered with Kim Jaxon, a composition faculty member from the Department of English, to rethink how writing instruction in science courses.
Monet Earns Teacher Quality Grant
The multi-year project will support 120 more teachers in inland California to help them increase student achievement in their classrooms.


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Dead maerl provides a substratum for the attachment of epiflora and epifauna, and a range of interstices for mobile epifauna, and shallow burrowing infauna. The variable and open structure of the maerl sediment can also provide good oxygenation at depth and allows many species to burrow deeply into the maerl substratum, while other deep burrowing species (e.g. mud shrimp) can also occur.
De Grave & Whitaker (1999) compared a dredged (extracted) maerl bed with one that been left 'fallow' for six months in Bantry Bay, Ireland. They noted that the dredged bed had significantly fewer molluscs than the fallow bed, but significantly more crustaceans and oligochaetes. Hall-Spencer & Moore (2000a, 2000b) examined the recovery of a maerl community after scallop dredging in previously un-dredged and dredged sites in Scotland. In comparison with control plots, mobile epibenthos returned within one month; fleshy macroalgae within six months; the abundance of the tube anemone Cerianthus lloydii was not significantly different after 14 months; other epifauna (e.g. Lanice conchilega and Ascidiella aspersa) returned after 1-2 years; but some of the larger sessile surface species (e.g. sponges, the plumose anemone Metridium senile, the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus and flame shell Limaria hians) exhibited lower abundances on dredged plots after four years. Deep burrowing species (mud shrimp, large bivalves e.g. Mya truncata and the gravel sea cucumber Neopentadactyla mixta) were not impacted and their abundance changed little over the four year period. Hall-Spencer et al. (2003) note that long lived (>10 years) species (e.g. the rayed artemis Dosinia exoleta) can occur at high abundances in maerl beds but that the sustainability of stocks are unknown at present. Hall-Spencer (2000a) noted that there was no significant difference between controls and experimentally dredged sites after 1-2 years at the sites previously subject to dredging.Overall, it appears that most of the maerl related community could develop within five years, although long-lived and/or large sessile species (e.g. bivalves, anemones, and sponges) would take longer.
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|Maerl beds (live and dead) have a patchy distribution around the coast of the British Isles. They are widespread around the west coast of Scotland, in the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland but restricted to Milford Haven, the Pembrokeshire Islands and the Llyn Peninsula in Wales. Beds are rare in England, reported from Dorset, the Isles of Scilly and Lundy but with extensive beds in the Fal Estuary and mouth of the Helford River. Extensive beds occur on the north east coast of Northern Ireland, and along the west coasts of Ireland (e.g. Galway Bay). In Europe, maerl beds are found in the Mediterranean, and on the Atlantic coast from Norway and Denmark south to Portugal, Morocco and Mauritania on the African coast (Birkett et al. 1998). Few of the distributional records distinguish between 'live' and 'dead' beds. The map (above) only shows confirmed records of dead beds off the Isle of Bute and in Falmouth Bay.
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The presence of 'dead' maerl beds is dependent of the prior growth and development of live maerl beds over decades or thousands of years. Therefore, dead maerl beds can only occur in areas that are presently, or were previously suitable for the growth of live maerl.
This MarLIN sensitivity assessment has been superseded by the MarESA approach to sensitivity assessment. MarLIN assessments used an approach that has now been modified to reflect the most recent conservation imperatives and terminology and are due to be updated by 2016/17.
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Barbera C., Bordehore C., Borg J.A., Glemarec M., Grall J., Hall-Spencer J.M., De la Huz C., Lanfranco E., Lastra M., Moore P.G., Mora J., Pita M.E., Ramos-Espla A.A., Rizzo M., Sanchez-Mata A., Seva A., Schembri P.J. and Valle C. 2003. Conservation and managment of northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean maerl beds. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 13, S65-S76.
Beukema, J.J. & De Vlas, J., 1979. Population parameters of the lugworm, Arenicola marina, living on tidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 13, 331-353.
Birkett, D.A., Maggs, C.A. & Dring, M.J., 1998a. Maerl. an overview of dynamic and sensitivity characteristics for conservation management of marine SACs. Natura 2000 report prepared by Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS) for the UK Marine SACs Project., Scottish Association for Marine Science. (UK Marine SACs Project, vol V.)., http://www.ukmarinesac.org.uk/publications.htm
Boalch, G.T., 1979. The dinoflagellate bloom on the coast of south-west England, August to September 1978. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 59, 515-517.
Connor, D.W., Allen, J.H., Golding, N., Howell, K.L., Lieberknecht, L.M., Northen, K.O. & Reker, J.B., 2004. The Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland. Version 04.05. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. www.jncc.gov.uk/MarineHabitatClassification.
Grall J. & Hall-Spencer J.M. 2003. Problems facing maerl conservation in Brittany. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 13, S55-S64.
Griffiths, A.B., Dennis, R. & Potts, G.W., 1979. Mortality associated with a phytoplankton bloom off Penzance in Mount's Bay. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 59, 515-528.
Smith T.B. & Keegan, B.F., 1985. Seasonal torpor in Neopentadactyla mixta (Ostergren) (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida). In Echinodermata. Proceedings of the Fifth International Echinoderm Conference. Galway, 24-29 September 1984. (B.F. Keegan & B.D.S O'Connor, pp. 459-464. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema.
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ROCHESTER — Police arrested a Union woman Saturday in connection with a shoplifting incident at the Walmart department store here.
According to a press release, Michelle Ratta of 188 Wakefield Road was arrested around 6:24 p.m. on a charge of willful concealment. She was bailed on $5,000 personal recognizance. Her court date is Sept. 8 at 8 a.m. at the 7th Circuit — Rochester District Court.
Rochester police remind the public that shoplifting will prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and that someone who has been convicted of shoplifting twice within a 36-month period will be charged with a Class B felony.
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LTE is a new form of wireless broadband. It is primarily for handheld devices and supports roaming on cell phones and PDAs and such. It is understood to be a fourth generation technology (along with Wimax) because it moves beyond what is the norm in cellular communications.It is heavily built/developed around internet protocol (IP), as such it has been intended to significantly better the process of web browsing, VoIP and other IP services. It has been designed to allow downloading up to 300mbps or higher. In actual practice it can be expected to be lower.
It is an R&D at this point and not expected to be released for quite some time.


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1. When I graduate, will my degree have an 'internet' or ''online' designation?
2. Is NSU a regionally accredited institution of higher education?
3. How do I apply?
4. How can I apply for financial aid?
5. Who will be my advisor?
6. How do I know what classes I need to take or are available?
7. How will I know if my current coursework will transfer to NSU?
8. How do I register for classes?
9. What are the tuition costs and how can I pay for my courses?
10. Do I have to take all of my courses online?
11. Are all tests taken online?
12. How will I know what books to buy and where can I buy them?
13. How are online classes delivered?
15. How do I know what classes are required as prerequisite courses before taking upper-division courses?
15. How do I know what classes are required as prerequisite courses before taking upper-division courses?
16. How do I send my assignments and papers to my instructor?
17. What resources are available to me through the library?
18. How long will my classes last?
19. If I am an international student, how can I apply for admission at NSU?
20. When is the last day to drop a class?
First and foremost, thank you for your interest in our Psychology Degree Program at NSU!
Below, you will find the answers of many questions that students have asked us about getting a degree in Psychology at NSU. These questions and answers will hopefully help you learn more about our program and help guide you through the process of becoming one of our newest Psychology majors at NSU.
If you have further questions, feel free to contact the Department of Psychology at 318-357-6594 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
1. When I graduate, will my degree have an 'internet' or ''online' designation?
If you view our application materials, you will see there is no separate category or designation identifying you as an 'online only' student. We are a brick and mortar university and all of the courses required for our Bachelor's of Science Degree in Psychology are offered as traditional 'face-to-face' classes. However, we have also placed all those courses online and some students simply choose to complete all of their course work online.
When you register for a class, some of your fellow students will be online only and some will be taking a mixture of face to face and online courses. The diploma is the same for both and unless you choose to identify yourself as an online only student to your instructor, they won't know if you are taking the class from overseas or from a dorm room across campus.
2. Is Northwestern State University a regionally accredited institution of higher education?
Yes. NSU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) http://www.sacs.org/ . This accreditation means that NSU's accreditation through SACS covers each academic program that NSU offers including the Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Your courses will transfer to any other accredited school in the U.S. and your degree will be accepted by graduate programs.
3. How do I apply?
Go to http://admissions.nsula.edu/steps-to-admission/ and follow all steps to admission including:
٠Apply for admission at http://www.applyweb.com/aw?nsula. This form is available to be filled out and submitted online. There is a $25 application fee that can be paid electronically. Students can log into the "Activity Log" to see the date the application is actually "received" by the school. Note: Processing of this application could take up to two weeks.
٠File "Proof of Immunization" form with Admissions Office which is available in a downloadable PDF file that must be printed out at: http://admissions.nsula.edu/assets/Immunization20Form2002160920BLANK2.pdf
٠Online only students can request an exemption for personal reasons: will not be attending classes on campus. The form can be faxed to the Admissions Office at 318-357-5567 or mailed to:
Office of Admissions & Recruiting
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
٠There are two toll free numbers for the Admissions Office as well:
In state: 1-800-426-3754 Out of state: 1-800-327-1903
4. How can I apply for financial aid?
٠The student must have completed a FAFSA form before financial aid eligibility can be calculated. The FAFSA can be found at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
٠The following financial aid forms are available on the web (http://www.nsula.edu/financialaid/forms.htm) in PDF format to be downloaded, printed, and mailed back to the Financial Aid Office:
٠The toll free number for Financial Aid is 1-800-823-3008. You can find more information about financial aid on the Financial Aid homepage: http://financialaid.nsula.edu/
٠After you have completed your online application and have been accepted to NSU, please contact the Department of Psychology by emailing us at email@example.com or calling us at 318-357-6594 so we can assign you an academic advisor. Advisor assignments are matched based on the student's last name initial and the faculty member responsible for students in such category.
6. How do I know what classes I need to take or are available?
٠Once you have been approved for admission, you can complete a degree audit that will tell you which courses you need to complete in order to receive your degree:
٠Go to http://www2.nsula.edu and choose "Enter Student Services." Your initial username is your full social security number (after you login, it will show your student ID # as your new username) and your pin is your six-digit birth date. Example: If you were born on January 1, 2002, your pin number would be 010102. Under "Student Records," choose "Degree Audit."
٠Online courses that are available each semester can be found by going to the eNSU website http://ensu.nsula.edu/course-schedules/. Next, select the semester you are interested in.
٠To view the schedule of class by semester (online and face-to-face), please go to http://registrar.nsula.edu/schedule-of-classes/.
7. How will I know if my current coursework will transfer to NSU?
٠In order to find out what courses will transfer and what they will count for in your degree at NSU, you will need to send your transcripts to NSU and have then evaluated by our Registrar. The Registrar will evaluate your transcripts as part of the admission process.
٠Send transcripts (high school or other college) or GED to the university registrar office.
٠Student must request official transcripts from other institutions attended.
٠Official copies of your transcripts should be mailed to:
Office of the Registrar
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
٠More information for transfer students can be found at: http://recruiting.nsula.edu/transfer-students/
8. How do I register for classes?
٠If you have completed less than 30 hours at NSU, you will have to contact your advisor for assistance in registering for courses. If you are unsure of your advisor, please see question #5 and contact the faculty member which is responsible for your last name initial (see pages 3-4 for faculty contact information).
٠If you have over 30 hours at NSU, you may register yourself online at http://www2.nsula.edu. Follow the directions presented on the screen.
9. What are the tuition costs, and how can I pay for my courses?
٠Fees and tuition can be paid online. Visit the following websites for more information:
http://registrar.nsula.edu/tuition-fees/ or http://ensu.nsula.edu/tuition-fees/
٠Out-of-state students who live outside the state of Louisiana and who do not take any on-campus (face-to-face) courses at NSU are not charged out-of-state fees. Let me repeat this as we get asked this question more than any other: students who live out of state and are taking online classes ONLY do not pay any out of state fees or tuition. They pay instate tuition and fees.
10. Do I have to take all of my courses online?
٠No. You may take courses at any local college or university if you prefer. However, your last 30 hours must be taken from NSU, and you will need to insure that any course you take outside of NSU will transfer for appropriate credit toward your degree plan. You should work with your advisor on this matter.
11. Are all tests taken online?
٠Some classes do require you to complete quizzes and exams online. However, some classes require you to complete paper versions of these assessments under the supervision of a proctor. You will need to carefully review your instructors' policies for taking and submitting your assessments usually located under the Course Syllabus.
12. How will I know what books to buy and where can I buy them?
There are several different means by which you can obtain your books.
Note: before buying a textbook for a course, make sure you are getting the right textbook and edition. Usually, it is worth confirming the text with the instructor before buying the book.
13. How are online classes delivered?
٠All classes are delivered through a program called Blackboard. You can visit http://www.nsula.edu/ensu/blackboard_help.htm for more information about how to use this program.
14. Do I need ACT or SAT scores to be admitted to the program?
٠NSU does require ACT or SAT scores. These scores are used to determine your placement in English and Math classes only. If you have already completed your introductory English Composition course (equivalent to our ENGL 1010) and a College Algebra course (equivalent to our MATH 1020), then you do not need an ACT or SAT score. Alternatively, if you have already completed developmental (remedial) courses in both English and Math you may not need to have an ACT or SAT score. Please contact the English department at 318-357-6272 and the Math department at 318-357-4308 for more information. In addition, to learn more about the ACT or SAT tests contact Ms. Barbara Gillis, Director of Testing Services, at 318-357-5246.
15. How do I know what classes are required as prerequisite courses before taking upper-division courses?
٠In order to determine prerequisite requirements, you can access the general catalog online by visiting www.nsula.edu/catalog and selecting the most recent version. Under each course description will indicate if prerequisites are required.
16. How do I send my assignments and papers to my instructor?
٠All professors have various preferences that will be indicated on the Course Syllabus. Common ways of delivery include email or submission via Moodle.
17. What resources are available to me through the library?
٠For library information, you can visit Watson library at www.nsula.edu/watson_library. The Watson Memorial Library is located on campus on University Parkway. Here you can access online databases and catalogs. These databases can also help you find the locations of online resources that offer full-text articles and books. Further information for online students is offered under the distance education section.
18. How long will my class last?
٠Each online course that is offered in the Fall and Spring corresponds to the regular 16 week semester here at NSU. These may also be available in the A-term and B-term 8-week format. Summer online courses are either 6 or 8 weeks long.
19. If I am an international student, how can I apply for admission at NSU?
International students may be considered for admissions to undergraduate study upon submission of the following (items 3 and 4 must be certified by an accredited professional educational credentials evaluation service based in the United States):
1) A completed Application for Admissions.
2) Payment of the non-refundable application fee of $30.00 in U.S. currency.
3) Complete, certified true copies of both original and English translations of all secondary (high) school work, and certified true copies of both original and English translations of year-by-year mark sheets, examination results, certificates and diplomas.
4) Complete, certified true copies of original and English translations of all college work, and year-by-year mark sheets, examination results, certificates, diplomas, and transcripts.
Please contact the Registrar's Office if you need assistance at 318-357-6171 and then press "0" to speak with someone in the office.
20. When is the last day to drop a class?
You can access the NSU Academic Calendar at http://registrar.nsula.edu/academic-calendars/ and click on the interested semester link which will show you all of the drop dates for classes, depending on the year and semester.
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Redesigned by: Jennifer Shaw
Should you still have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the
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|Source: Dan Lacey
- O Divine Master,
- grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
- to be understood, as to understand;
- to be loved, as to love.
- For it is in giving that we receive.
- It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
- and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
- Amen.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta had a slightly different worded version of this popular prayer which she used in her speech to the UN in 1985:
- Lord, make me a channel of thy peace.
- That where there is hatred I may bring love,
- That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness,
- That where there is discord, I may bring harmony,
- That where there is error I may bring truth,
- That where there is doubt I may bring faith,
- That where there is despair I may bring hope,
- That where there are shadows I may bring light,
- That where there is sadness I may bring joy.
- Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted,
- To understand than to be understood,
- To love than to be loved.
- For it is by forgetting self that one finds.
- It is by forgiving that one is forgiven,
- it is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.
- Amen.
"Let us produce worthy fruits of penance. Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the stains of sin. Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve. We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather we must be simple, humble and pure. We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on all who live in this way and persevere in it to the end. He will permanently dwell in them. They will be the Father's children who do his work. They are the spouses, brothers and mothers of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Couple of links which may be of interest:
- Blue Eyed Ennis - Phil has an astounding round up of links, videos and reflections on St Francis.
- Dating God - The Transitus: St. Francis Embraces Sister Death
- The Anchoress has a couple of interesting links and reflections
- Over at Huffington Post - Living the 'Prayer of St. Francis' With All of Creation


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Welcome to Winona State University!
Now that you're admitted, we suggest that you:
- Log in to myWSU & RSVP for special events.
- Join the Class of 2020 WSU Facebook group to make friends.
- Follow WSU on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and WSU blogs.
- Be sure WSU has your current email address and contact info.
- Get ready for your registration day!
- Try to attend a February Admitted Student Day and PALS Weekend.


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The Real Bev wrote:
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>> No, I'm talking about REAL copy machines. You put a duplicating
>>> sheet next to your original, exposed them both to some light
>>> (yellow?) and then put the duplicated sheet through a solution and
>>> then maybe a drying roller. You only copied stuff you really NEEDED
>>> to copy.
>> Ok, this thread has officially made me feel OLD! ;-)
> Naah, what makes us feel old is not stuff that we CAN do, but what we
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As George Burns once said, you just think you are old when you realize
all the things you can't do any more. When you are really old, you
can't remember what you can't do any more. Reaching that point now....


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'08: Barack Hussein Obama. '10: Farouk Shami?
In less than an hour, Houston hair-care magnate Farouk Shami will formally announce he's running as a Democrat for governor. Already, though, the Shami campaign has put out a release that tackles what political insiders say could be the biggest problem for the political newcomer, as he spends $10 million of his money to win the March 2 primary: His ethnicity (Palestinian-American) and ballot name.
"I know this race will not be easy," Shami says in the release. "But who would have thought only a few years ago that a young man named Barack Hussein Obama could be elected to the most powerful job on earth. It could only happen here in America. I think the time has come for our Democratic Party here in Texas to show our state and nation that we will not be limited by stereotypes of the past or the old ways of thinking."


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Emily Post was the recognized authority during my formative years. Now there are many who claim that title.
What is most important is not to spoil the meal for others. Keep elbows close to your sides and excuse yourself for personal hygiene such as blowing your nose or picking your teeth. Limit conversation to pleasant subjects.
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Hi Andreas
Andreas Schröter wrote:
> I have some DICOM images of modality type "DX". Inside these images I have a
> tag "(0018,1164) ImagerPixelSpacing" which tells me the pixel spacing of one
> side of the image (which may change on other positions in the image).
> Also I have tags like (0018,7030) FieldOfViewOrigin, (0018,70220) Detector
> Element Physical Size, (0018,7022) Detector Element Spacing or (0018,1720)
> VerticesOfThePolygonalCollimator and some further tags.
> So, how can I calculate the real pixel spacing inside the image or better:
> How can I calculate a distance of two points inside that image? I guess I
> cannot use the Imager Pixel Spacing as a "global" Pixel Spacing.
There is no simple answer to this.
The question is really one of what (and where) is meant by the "real"
pixel spacing.
In cross-sectional modalities like CT and MR, the size of a pixel is
unequivocally known, since it is the size of that pixel within the
patient's body at wherever that pixel is located. DICOM assumes
uniform sampling throughout the cross-sectional image (which may not
be entirely true in the MR case due to susceptibility and homogeneity
factors that the scanner may not correct for, but is close enough
for most purposes).
However, in the case of projection radiography, where the image is created
on a sensor or film on one side of the patient and a diverging x-ray
beam is passed through from the other side, a problem of geometry arises.
Please excuse me if I labor the obvious.
The Pixel Spacing attribute itself is not used in this case, because for
any particular pixel, the intensity is dependent on the path that the x-ray
beam took whilst passing through one side of the patient to another,
diverging from the central ray as it traveled, before impinging on the
All that the acquisition device knows is where on the sensor the beam
arrived, and what the size of the pixel sample at that location is.
Hence the use of the attribute Imager Pixel Spacing, which is defined to
be the spacing at a particular known location relative to the sensor
plane (check the standard for the exact wording for each SOP Class).
If the patient had negligible thickness relative to the distance between
the x-ray source and the sensor, the patient was positioned directly
adjacent to the sensor, and the x-ray source was from a point of
negligible size, then the Imager Pixel Spacing could be used to measure
the size of objects in that hypothetical extremely thin patient.
As a patient's thickness increases to more realistic proportions and
becomes significant relative to the distance between the x-ray source
and the sensor, or if the patient is positioned farther from the sensor,
then geometric magnification comes into play.
If one knows the patient's thickness and the various distances involved,
and wants to measure an object in some place within the patient known
relative to their thickness, e.g. assuming the heart is in the "middle"
of the patient, then one can make some transformations based on these
To do this, you need attributes like Distance Source to Detector (0018,1110)
and Distance Source to Patient (0018,1111), but those alone are insufficient
because the machine has no knowledge of the size of the patient, nor of
where within the patient you want to measure.
In practice, one measures the size of something of known size (e.g. a catheter
or stent) in the same plane as what is of interest (e.g. a coronary artery)
and computes the size on a relative basis, rather than assuming anything
about the geometry.
Alternatively, one treats the image as one would an x-ray film (which has
exactly the same issues), and Image Pixel Spacing is a good analog of
what one would measure as the distance on a sheet of film. I.e., the
numbers are equally meaningless in terms of correlation with the
patient, but follow conventional assumptions if acquired in conventional
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India Gate vs. India
August 15 marked the 65 anniversary of India's Independence from foreign rule and colonialism. September 21 will mark the 155 anniversary of the recapture of Delhi by the British and the end of the first valiant rebellion against foreign rule.
Between May 11, 1857 and May 21, 1857, Delhi was free of the British. The rebel soldiers had chosen Bahadur Shah Zafar as their leader and since the Red Fort was where he lived, the Lal Qila came to be seen as the centre of the First War of Independence. Delhi was seen as the heart of India and Lal Qila was the heart of Delhi and that is why once the British recaptured Delhi they wasted no time in arresting Bahadur Shah Zafar and quickly moving into the fort.
The fact that the fort was seen as the centre of resistance was the reason that the British had to capture it and move in and it is from here that the mystique of the Red Fort began to grow. To capture the Red Fort and to free it of British control became the symbolic objective of the struggle for freedom for many decades. In speech after speech the desire to see an Indian Flag fluttering at the Red Fort was articulated as the desire of every Indian and became the clarion call to whip up patriotic sentiments. The Red fort was turned into a high security prison by the British and many famous freedom fighters were either kept in captivity here or were like the trio of the famous generals of the INA –Dhillon, Sehgal and Shahnawaz were tried here and defended by the likes of Barrister Asif Ali and Barrister Jawaharlal Nehru, both Dilliwallas of very long standing.
The British who constantly tried to present themselves as the inheritors of, and successors to, the glory of the Mughals brought back the capital from Calcutta in 1912 within 53 years of shifting it out of Delhi in 1958 and began to build the eighth Delhi. They wanted to build a city that was grander then the city that Shahjahan had built.
The city they built had no workers, no artisans, no traders — it only had servants of the empire and their masters. And in this city they tried to build a focus, a structure that could rival the Red Fort, the Jama Masjid or the Chandni Chowk as a centre of attraction and all they could do was build the India Gate, an imitation of the Arc de Triomphe of Paris, so much for the grand imperial imagination, except that the arc symbolised for the French the victory in a battle won by one of their celebrated rulers, while the India Gate was a marker in the memory of those Indians who died fighting for the empire in distant lands. A listing of cannon-fodder who helped sustain the empire in far off places. It was not a symbol of the triumph of India in a war against its enemies, it was not a symbol of our victory in our struggle for freedom. It was a symbol of our servitude.
The question that worries me is why India Gate was chosen to be a symbol of our martyrs. Just by lighting a flame under it and placing an inverted gun and a soldier's helmet beneath the arch, does not help appropriate a symbol of imperial grandeur and make it a part of the heritage of a democratic republic.
If it was only a huge gate that could become a memorial to our martyrs I wonder why did we not choose the Khooni Darwaza? It was here that two sons of Bahadur Shah Zafar and a grandson were shot dead in cold blood by a mercenary called Hodson and it was here that scores of those who had fought the British in 1857 are reported to have been hanged subsequently.
Is it only a mere co-incidence that no one remembers the assassination of the princes, who had been as much a part of the struggle for freedom as anyone else, but Hodson who was promoted to command a cavalry unit named after him as a reward for the slaying of the princes continues to be remembered through the observance of the raising day of Hodson's Horse. We continue to commemorate Hodson who had ensured that the severed heads of the princes were presented to the imprisoned Bahadur Shah Zafar the next morning.
I find it rather disturbing that we have without a murmur walked into the shoes of our imperial masters, accepting, adopting and trying to appropriate their symbols but in this effort are we not giving up the symbols that sustained us in the struggle for freedom.
Is it not a little disconcerting that we gather for our little or big fights for justice, against corruption, for civic rights, for freeing innocents being held captive etc and we do it with our little candles under a symbol of imperial might?
I wonder why we do not make the effort to travel to Delhi-6, to the Red Fort and gather there in the company of, or at least in close proximity of, those whose ancestors had fought for the freedoms that we take for granted. Or is it that now our struggles can only be fought under the comforting shadow of our erstwhile colonisers in places where there is ample car parking, places that are camera friendly, places that the fashion fraternity and film world do-gooders like and places that people like us like visiting?
(First published in The Hindu.)
August 19, 2012 7:16 PM
Oh yeah. I agree with the opinion that the India Gate is in no way eligible to be a monument of pride for Indians.
But here's the problem: probably one percent of India knows or cares about why in hell was the Gate built in the first place.
I guess people in India (read 'the educated class') are not so curious as to read the Wikipedia article about the India Gate.
Well, I wrote about the story of our freedom 'struggle', independence, etc.
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August 20, 2012 12:07 PM
By making this comment i do not want to enter into a debate about what are the really true symbol of a nation or the selective appropriation/nationalization of cultural spaces? Even if we discard the idea of history as progression we cant do away with the fact that every age tame some symbols in its external expression which are outwardly talks in terms of 'motion of time' like as you mentioned Arc de Triomphe of Paris but what political significance this have in relation to Napoleon will throw some light on the elevation of India Gate to a national monument/ symbol and Khooni Darwaza as a road side structure with most of people asking themselves why this structure is standing here?
anonymous permalinkAugust 20, 2012 6:42 PM
is it not even slightly appropriate that a struggle should begin and be carried on under the symbol of imperial might/opression? ironically appropriate i say.
also. very inconsequential. where you fight is barely of relevance when the fight supersedes the place.
and finally, it is a matter of convenience. and so long as our countrymen are willing to stand up for something. i think its best not questioned WHERE the stand. so long as they do.
also, i dont mean to be disrespectful of Red Fort. I love the place. but it makes sense to gather at a place with parking, because movements require strength in numbers and just because red fort is more appropriate, sadly doesn make it perfect.
Narayan permalinkAugust 21, 2012 5:26 PM
When the edifices built by Edwin Lutyens to showcase British Imperial might such as the Viceregal Lodge and the Central Legislative Assembly can become the Rashtrapati Bhawan and the Sansad Bhawan of the Republic of India, what is wrong with converting India Gate into an Amar Jawan Jyoti, a memorial in honour of all the soldiers who laid their lives down for the nation?
I suspect that Mr. Hashmi' is probably suggesting that our British heritage is less important than our Mughal/Delhi Sultanate heritage. He should realise that our lingua franca, our democracy, our system of governance, justice, bureaucracy and education, inter alia, owe much more to the British than those who preceded them. It is the British who shepherded the transition of our ancient country into the modern age.
>>>>>>"September 21 will mark the 155 anniversary of the recapture of Delhi by the British and the end of the FIRST valiant rebellion against foreign rule"……aren't you forgetting the Santhal rebellion which preceded it?
>>>>>>"The British who constantly tried to present themselves as the inheritors of, and successors to, the glory of the Mughals" ……..There is no need to present themselves; they were the de facto and de jure rulers of the subcontinent. It is a historical fact that the British were the most dominant power after Mughal power faded away following the death of Aurangzeb in 1707.
>>>>>>"It was not a symbol of the triumph of India in a war against its enemies, it was not a symbol of our victory in our struggle for freedom. It was a symbol of our servitude",,,,,,,by the same logic, so are the Qutub Minar and other Indo-Saracenic monuments . The British are as much a part of our composite culture as are those who preceeded them as rulers of our subcontinent and Lutyens' Delhi is as Indian as Shah Jahan's Lal Qila.
delhiwallah permalinkAugust 21, 2012 9:59 PM
I feel since Independence, Old Delhi in general has been neglected by the government of India. Mutiny of 1857 not only unified different factions of people albeit momentarily but its aftermath saw the most horrific destruction of the city in its long history.
Somewhere in the scheme of things it seems to be loosing its historic significance, now only found on history books.
Narayan permalinkAugust 24, 2012 10:53 PM
The discussion, Mr. Hashmi, has nothing to do with your perceived sub-identities; you are as Indian as I am. Lets us discuss facts without resorting to invective like "myopic" and 'acolyte of imperialism".
The scientific community is of the opinion that the species called Homo Sapiens emerged in Africa some 200,000 years back and colonised the rest of the world. So all of us are invaders, including the aborigines. Having said that, let's come back to our argument.
1. I was warning of the dangers of selective history and gave the example of Pakistan who consider AD 712 as the cut off point as far as history goes. Maybe some might select 1526 or 1857 or 1947. I prefer that we accept our history in its entirety. What about you?
2. Is there no influence on our culture of the Portuguese and the French and the British?
3. Are Uzbekistan and Turkey a part of "Akhand Bharat" too? If not how can we say that the Mughals did not invade India after the collapse of the Lodi dynasty?
4. If you don't believe in the existence of borders, then all the people of this world belong to the nation of humankind and geography doesn't determine one's identity; for someone with such a broad world-view, is there any scope for Imperialism or for "symbols of servitude"?


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Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills is shown with his wife Kelsey and 1-year-old daughter, Chloe, in Vassar, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Mills is visiting his hometown for the first time since losing all four limbs while fighting in Afghanistan. Mills, his wife, Kelsey, and their 1-year-old daughter, Chloe, will be the grand marshals of Vassar High School's homecoming parade on Thursday evening. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)


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During last night's episode of Archer, we got to learn a lot more about the show's "lesser" characters, Cheryl and Pam. When Pam gets abducted by people who think that she's actually Cheryl, we learn that Cheryl's had a secret all along.
Yes, Cheryl is not just any office weirdo, she's a weirdo who is heir to the billion-dollar throne of her ancestor's train-tracking business. Who knew?
Archer is confused by the voice scrambler when the abductors call, but we then find out how easy it is for Pam to take a beating.
We also find out a cute little term for women you're embarrassed to admit you're sleeping with—a "moped."
When the abductors called and asked how much money ISIS would pay to return Pam safely, Mallory went with a mere $5,000. This is Pam's retaliation.


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Free exchange of ideas in higher education? Not yours, lady
I'll admit to not being a regular reader of the Chronicle of Higher Education and having only a passing familiarity with (until recently) one of its bloggers, Naomi Schaefer Riley.
The Chronicle fired her, as you may have heard, for a blog post she wrote a few days ago criticizing college black studies programs for pseudo-scholarship. As a paid blogger, I have to assume the Chronicle knew she would bring opinions from a conservative point of view and that it had no problem with that, in fact actively seeking it.
Well, until the apparent victim class of black studies supporters rained down with fury on the Chronicle in response to Riley's arguments. In a classically spineless move, the Chronicle fired her for doing pretty much what it had hired her to do.
The point, of course, is not whether you agree with her point of view in general or her final post in specific. You may find her reasoning flawed, her tone unpersuasive or her examples cherry-picked and even mean.
I don't, but you could. And, if so, we could argue about any number of points she made and had what we used to call a fair exchange of ideas. I might not persuade you; you might not persuade me. That's life in the big city.
Instead, the PC lynch mob came for her, and the Chronicle shoved her out the back door.
Even if you disagree with Riley, this should concern you. I know it concerns me, as someone paid to write opinion posts to a blog that I suspect might spark some disagreement. It wouldn't cross my mind that if the mob came, The Dallas Morning News would start boxing up my stuff. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't think so.
Publications have rules, yes, and our Opinion blog has a set of standards we are expected to meet. Likewise, the Chronicle had (and has) every right to decide who may publish blog posts under its banner, which doesn't come close to making its dismissal of Riley the right thing to do.
Please, read her offending post. Does it stray beyond the bounds of what any "chronicle of higher education" should entertain? Really?
If you have any interest in this story, Riley gave her view of the controversy in a Wall Street Journal op-ed today.
Old pal Rod Dreher has a couple of thoughts on it, as well. And Harry Stein of the Manhattan Institute, a recent Q&A subject in our Sunday Points section, brings it all to a point.
Tell me again about that national conversation on race we still need to have.


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Twelve-year-old Julia asked this question: "Do you get distracted when you're doing homework? If so, how do you get back on track?"
These girls shared their thoughts:
When I'm doing homework, I motivate myself with a small reward that I'll get when I'm finished, such as watching my favorite TV show or playing with my dog. I keep my eye on the prize!
–An American Girl fan, age 12, England
I get distracted when my siblings are watching TV downstairs, so I go upstairs to my room—I call it my "homework zone." When I'm in my "zone," I know that it's time to get down to business.
–Mary, age 11, New York
At my school, our teacher lowers our final grade 5% for every assignment that's late. If I get distracted while doing homework, I remind myself that there will be consequences if I don't turn in my work on time. It's a great motivator.
–Daniela, age 10, Iowa
Since I'm home-schooled, I do "homework" all the time! I'm also the oldest of six kids, so it's often noisy in my house. When I need to focus on schoolwork, I go to my bedroom and turn on a fan. The fan eliminates most of the noise for me, and I can do my work in peace.
–Bethia, age 13, Michigan
If I get sidetracked, I pretend that I'm the best student in the whole world—she never loses her focus, and she's an A+ student. It's as if I'm my own role model!
–Jill, age 11, California
I actually have a hard time concentrating when it's too quiet. When I do my homework, I work on it in the kitchen so that there's a little talking in the background. I like to listen to soft music, too.
–Gwyneth, age 12, Virginia
When I need to focus on schoolwork, I chew gum. Giving my mouth something to do keeps my mind on my work. My teacher recommended that we chew gum during tests—it's the only time we're allowed to have gum in class!
–Saige, age 8, Ohio
Sometimes when I'm alone in my room, I like to sing the homework questions out loud. For some reason, it really helps me focus. Saying the questions in a funny voice loosens me up, too.
–Sonia, age 12, Maryland
I get distracted sometimes, but when I catch my mind wandering, I tell myself, The sooner I do my homework, the sooner I'll finish it.
–Mattie, age 11, Florida
When I'm doing homework, it's easy for me to get off track. Sometimes, it helps if I bring my work outside and get in touch with nature. Most of the time, my backyard is a more peaceful place than our crowded kitchen.
–Abby, age 12, Idaho
My goal is to do as much of my homework as I can in study hall. It's usually pretty quiet and I can really focus there.
–Riley, age 10, Florida
In my room, I've cleared my desk of all distractions so that I can keep my mind on my homework. There aren't any pictures or posters where I can see them, and I don't have any knickknacks or objects on my desk, either. A clutter-free space works for me.
–Sydney, age 12, Georgia
I've developed my own system for when I do homework. I break up the time so that I'm not working on homework for hours straight. For example, when I'm working on a math or history assignment, I take a two-minute break every time I complete five questions. This really helps when I have lots of work to do.
–Kailey, age 11, Alaska
I stay focused by making sure there are no electronics on around me. I don't turn on the TV or text while I'm doing my homework, because that's a way to get easily distracted. Then it takes me longer to finish my homework.
–Mary, age 13, North Carolina
When I get off track, I take a short break. Taking a breather every ten minutes or so helps me relax. Then, when I start again, I feel refreshed and can concentrate.
–Addison, age 12, Virginia
When I read books for school, my mind wanders. I'm not the best reader, so sometimes my school books can be hard for me. When I need a break, I'll read one of my favorite books, one that I can breeze through easily. Then when I go back to the book for school, I have more confidence in my reading.
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