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Skip to comments.Academia's Assault on Intelligent Design
Posted on 05/28/2007 5:44:20 PM PDT by SirLinksalot
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Newton's statement about intelligent design was written in The Principia, perhaps the single most important scientific treatise of all time. It was a simple unequivocal statement of fact as Newton saw it, and your attempt to twist it is pathetic.
By the way, the "God did it" explanation is really not much less "scientific" than "evolution did it." Read what a Nobel-laureate physicist says about it:
Much of present-day biological knowledge is ideological. A key symptom of ideological thinking is the explanation that has no implications and cannot be tested. I call such logical dead ends antitheories because they have exactly the opposite effect of real theories: they stop thinking rather than stimulate it. Evolution by natural selection, for instance, which Charles Darwin originally conceived as a great theory, has lately come to function more as an antitheory, called upon to cover up embarrassing experimental shortcomings and legitimize findings that are at best questionable and at worst not even wrong. Your protein defies the laws of mass action? Evolution did it! Your complicated mess of chemical reactions turns into a chicken? Evolution! The human brain works on logical principles no computer can emulate? Evolution is the cause! —Robert B. Laughlin, Nobel-laureate physicist
I have heard many people assert that it is possible to simultaneously believe in God and in "the theory of evolution." But this is mere assertion. Usually it is accompanied by an argument that "so-snd-so" has no problem with it. But that is not even a feeble attempt at explanation.
Can anyone here give a meaningful explanation of how this conundrum is resolved? How can nature be inintended if by "God" we mean an intending being who is the source of all things?
Well, not a bad effort at all.
Koestler's The Lotus and the Robot offers some interesting insights, and there's this especially interesting treatment of the topic titled Netti Netti (trans. Neither this nor that.), which argues that there is a middle between two apparently opposing concepts (e.g., faith vs science) which is actually neither one. Obviously, the book is a bit weird. If you can visualize infinity you may be able follow every word and concept---I struggled. Then there was the improbable Time magazine's cover article (may be in the late ?60's) which showed a graphic of a mountain with the pinnacle labelled something like "Understanding the Universe," or the "Meaning of it All." On one slope was scientist crawling to the top, on the other the mountaineer was a theologian. The article inside argued, effectively, that despite epistemological differences both were asking similar questions and were reaching the same, ultimate conclusions. And, lastly, don't forget Descartes.
Multiple intelligent designers? As a scientist I must ask, where's the data that there's even one?
Sorry, I intended "how can nature be unintended," obviously (there's a stupid joke lurking in there somewhere).
Yeah, it's a jungle out there, that's for sure.
But don't blame a perversion of a concept upon the original version. You'll get yourself into an untenable Oedipal conflict, i.e., since the father had sex with mom, so will the son. "Applied Darwinism," has nothing to do with Darwinism, except as practiced by those who perverted the original example.
Every one I know is still researching evolution, except for my deceased physicist-friend, Nobel Laureate Owen Chamberlain, who gave the topic little thought. But, I digress...we're not here to defend evolution. And no one I know thinks they have the answers on that topic. Such is the nature of science---ever-correcting.
Still, no scientific data exist that support ID.
"Still, no scientific data exist that support ID." —Rudder
"Overwhelmingly strong proofs of intelligent and benevolent design lie around us ..." Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
Well, folks, we have a dispute here between Kelvin and Rudder. What's amazing is that we know so much more now about the amazing complexity of life and nature than was known in Kelvin's time, yet Rudder can still make such truly asinine statements.
I think I'll go with Kelvin on this one, even though he apparently did not understand "scientific principles."
You anti-ID dogmatists are foolish beyond words.
Ah, yes. That statement, in and of itself, is "proof" of ID.
I admit my ignorance on data which prompted Kelvin to make such a statement as a scientific statement.
Kindly tell me what were the data.
Please post Kelvin's data which justified his statement quoted by you.
Thanks a bunch.
Jeez, I'm up too late. Time flies, etc.,...
"I admit my ignorance on data which prompted Kelvin to make such a statement as a scientific statement."
Well, that's a step in the right direction.
"Kindly tell me what were the data."
Kelvin discovered the atomic structure of matter if I am not mistaken. He also obviously made major contributions to thermodynamics. Try looking there, and quit making a fool of yourself.
I get the impression that your mind is about the size of a thimble.
Great points yourself. I'm frazzled, going to bed.
We're talking about intelligent design. We're not talking about the straw man that you have constructed of the "Discovery Institute. The Discovery Institute addresses intelligent design, and so did many great scientists, including Newton and Kelvin. The fact that you are clueless about the history of science does not give you exclusive rights to the term "intelligent design." Oh, by the way, I realize this is against the rules, but I have a very hard time hiding my contempt for fools like you.
"Okay, I think that crosses the line into ad hominem personal attack, and is obviously without merit."
As is your asinine assertion about the lack of evidence for ID. You've swallowed the PC party line — hook, line, and sinker. Ever heard the expression "The emperor has no clothes." Well, your emperor is naked as a jay bird, and I just hope people like you wake up to that fact someday.
Too late for rebuttal...back at you tomorrow.
The problem is that the "original version" and not a perversion of it, is what led to eugenics. The notion that any variation is inheritable (Darwin) is precisely that notion which makes pathological science like eugenics and evolutionary psychology possible. Despite Mendel and all the advances in genetics, Darwinians still think in terms of Darwinian heredity, even today.
What the F is "Darwinian heredity?"
Even today, even?
The notion that any variation is inheritable.
I never heard of that notion. G'night.
It's best if you remain in your happy little bubble.
I understand the difference between a statistical inference and "evidence." What I object to in this debate is the heated assertion that a statistical inference -- in this and apparently only this -- case cannot be admitted into the discussion.
That sounds a lot like your assertion: Darwinism isn't about truth, and truth is a word best avoided entirely in Darwinism. On this point you are in full agreement with many non-Darwinians here. Why complain about it?
Science is not about TRUTH - Coyoteman
Truth: This is a word best avoided entirely in physics [and science] - Coyoteman Cut & Paste
How about a different intelligent design for each dimension of space/time, or each "universe"? (Just exploring the unknown here.)
"If you don't buy into the group's beliefs, don't expect the group to give you a lifetime guarantee of employment, is all I'm saying."
So Christians should be excluded from tenured public university positions?
This is hardly a scientific critique of Behe's work.
I was looking for something specific, like why the following statements are not "scientific." I've studies much science at the undergraduate and graduate level. Much of what passes for science in universities does not even approach Behe's level of discourse.
Here's an example-
"To Darwin vision was a black box, but today, after the hard, cumulative work of many biochemists, we are approaching answers to the question of sight. Here is a brief overview of the biochemistry of vision. When light first strikes the retina, a photon interacts with a molecule called 11-cis-retinal, which rearranges within picoseconds to trans-retinal. The change in the shape of retinal forces a change in the shape of the protein, rhodopsin, to which the retinal is tightly bound. The protein's metamorphosis alters its behavior, making it stick to another protein called transducin. Before bumping into activated rhodopsin, transducin had tightly bound a small molecule called GDP. But when transducin interacts with activated rhodopsin, the GDP falls off and a molecule called GTP binds to transducin. (GTP is closely related to, but critically different from, GDP.)
GTP-transducin-activated rhodopsin now binds to a protein called phosphodiesterase, located in the inner membrane of the cell. When attached to activated rhodopsin and its entourage, the phosphodiesterase acquires the ability to chemically cut a molecule called cGMP (a chemical relative of both GDP and GTP). Initially there are a lot of cGMP molecules in the cell, but the phosphodiesterase lowers its concentration, like a pulled plug lowers the water level in a bathtub.
Another membrane protein that binds cGMP is called an ion channel. It acts as a gateway that regulates the number of sodium ions in the cell. Normally the ion channel allows sodium ions to flow into the cell, while a separate protein actively pumps them out again. The dual action of the ion channel and pump keeps the level of sodium ions in the cell within a narrow range. When the amount of cGMP is reduced because of cleavage by the phosphodiesterase, the ion channel closes, causing the cellular concentration of positively charged sodium ions to be reduced. This causes an imbalance of charge across the cell membrane which, finally, causes a current to be transmitted down the optic nerve to the brain. The result, when interpreted by the brain, is vision.
My explanation is just a sketchy overview of the biochemistry of vision. Ultimately, though, this is what it means to "explain" vision. This is the level of explanation for which biological science must aim. In order to truly understand a function, one must understand in detail every relevant step in the process. The relevant steps in biological processes occur ultimately at the molecular level, so a satisfactory explanation of a biological phenomenon such as vision, or digestion, or immunity must include its molecular explanation.
Now that the black box of vision has been opened it is no longer enough for an "evolutionary explanation" of that power to consider only the anatomical structures of whole eyes, as Darwin did in the nineteenth century, and as popularizers of evolution continue to do today. Each of the anatomical steps and structures that Darwin thought were so simple actually involves staggeringly complicated biochemical processes that cannot be papered over with rhetoric. Darwin's simple steps are now revealed to be huge leaps between carefully tailored machines. Thus biochemistry offers a Lilliputian challenge to Darwin. Now the black box of the cell has been opened and a Lilliputian world of staggering complexity stands revealed. It must be explained."
So, to paraphrase your own words, for evolution to rise to the level of science, scientists would need to repeatedly replicate random evolutionary changes from one species to another?
How exactly does one ensure pure randomness in a clinically controlled setting? There mere fact that a study is underway implies intelligent design.
I don't need to. I believe the same thing. Are you sure you're responding to the right post? I also believe in the fallability of mankind.
I should have pinged the other poster. I was just supporting your comment.
You quoted me as saying:
Let me get your argument straight... Darwin's theory of evolution... is hogwash.
When my original post was:
[Marx] can justly be compared with contemporaries like Faraday, Darwin, and Pasteur, who are still influencing our lives and thoughts, because their ideas were important not only for their own time, but for many generations to come. These men applied scientific method to new fields. So did Marx -- J.B.S Haldane.
Let me get your argument straight. Because Darwin's ideas are still influencing our lives and thoughts, as are Faraday's, Pasters', and Marx's, that is proof that Darwin's theory of evolution, as modified by 150 years of scientific advances by tens of thousands of scientists, is hogwash.
Is that what you were trying to peddle?
Pretty dishonest.
Then you misquote me again on the roll of truth in science. Here is a definition from my FR homepage:
Truth: This is a word best avoided entirely in physics [and science] except when placed in quotes, or with careful qualification. Its colloquial use has so many shades of meaning from it seems to be correct to the absolute truths claimed by religion, that its use causes nothing but misunderstanding. Someone once said "Science seeks proximate (approximate) truths." Others speak of provisional or tentative truths. Certainly science claims no final or absolute truths. Source.A little different from what you are claiming I said, eh?
BTW, to those who think that Guillermo Gonzalez does not deserve tenure because he believes the fine-tuning of the universe and the conditions that create life on our privileged planet are better explained by intelligent design, you might want to ask yourselves why the following professors who endorsed his work are TENURED :
1) Owen Gingerich
Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Author of The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
2)Michael J. Crowe
Cavanaugh Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame
3) Philip Skell
Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
Member, National Academy of Sciences
4) Henry F. Schaefer III
Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry
Director, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia
Five-Time Nobel Prize Nominee
5) Simon Conway Morris FRS is a British paleontologist. He made his reputation with a very detailed and careful study of the Burgess Shale fossils, an exploit celebrated in Stephen Jay Gould's Wonderful Life. Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University.
Just to name a few...
Are these respected scientists loonies too ? Are they people who don't know what they're talking about when they endorse Gonzalez's work ?
Yes, we adapt. We adapt to the environment we live in and the universe as it is. If we didn't we wouldn't be here. The universe does not adapt to us.
Which leads to you previous post. If various physical constants were different, the universe would not form as it did and we would not be here. We would be in a different universe, one that allows life to form. The anthropic principle most explicitly does not say the universe was made to suit us. We just happen to be living at a time a place where it does.
I just cant see how the evidence for the anthropic principle exists anywhere except for pure conjecture. If Krauss cant get his view of string theory to work, maybe its because it doesnt. I dont see how it follows that if a theory doesnt work then the alternative must be the anthropic principle-now thats a leap of faith. It could also be that string theory and other, related theories are not my bailiwick. But, as a life scientist of 47 years practice, I see strong (a gross understatement) evidence that life forms adapt to the universe, or die, and that the universe did not or does not adapt to us.
But anthropic principle researchers are generally not examining the adaptation of life forms to the universe, or the universe to life forms, but rather asking what kind of universe would have been necessary for there to be life at all-— the same sort of question Stephen Wolfram and Stuart Kauffman have asked. And the design inference is not, "these theories don't work, therefore, magic explanation x must be true" but rather an inference to the best explantion based upon markers of design., connecting the dots much as a data mining program searching for terrorist activity does.
What Gonzalez does on his own (not the university's) time is a subset of that work that provides empirical evidence from astronomy, chemistry and biology that the principle of mediocrity that Carl Sagan popularized was false.
Your comments about purpose making man superior to an indifferent universe are interesting. While you find purpose as something that exists in the mind of man, according to Daniel Dennett, this means you are shirking from the logic of "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" which, according to him, is like a universal acid, eating away at our notions of purpose all the way up in regards to the universe and all the way down in regards to notions of personal identity, consciousness and intentionality. In other words, wherever there appears to be "purpose", Darwin's dangerous idea gives us every reason to think that science, perhaps on the part of you or one of your fellow neuroscientists, will show that purpose to have been merely epiphenomenal i.e. an illusion. Now, some would say Dennett and those like Dawkins who follow him are extremists, but he would say that people who say that, whether Stephen Jay Gould or Noam Chomsky, or perhaps you, are simply refusing to accept the full force of Darwin's discovery.
Does belief in Panspermia ( i.e., a hypothesis that the seeds of life are prevalent throughout the Universe, and furthermore that life on Earth began by such seeds landing on Earth and propagating.) count as intelligent design ?
No less a distinguished scientist than E.O. Wilson (Pellegrino Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University) seems to be attracted to it. There is a hypothesis that alien lifeforms seeded earth eons ago with microorganisms to produce life as we know it.
See here for instance :
It says :
"E.O. Wilson thinks panspermia is likely: Some serious biologists and I count myself among them have begun to wonder that among the enormous and still unknown diversity of microorganisms one might just might find aliens among them true aliens that arrived from outer space. They've had billions of years to do it. But especially during the earliest period of biological evolution on this planet. We do know that some bacterial species that have earthly origin are capable of almost unimaginable extremes of temperature and other harsh changes in environment, including hard radiation strong enough to crack the Pyrex vessels around the growing population of bacteria."
Keep those strawmen coming!
No more than it counts as "intelligent design" if a species of bee settles a new island and evolves into several different species, or if our Mars crawlers deposit bacteria from Earth in the rocks that somehow survive and evolve into new bacterial species.
Panspermia is not in opposition to evolution.
Evolution is a theory of change in populations, not a theory of origins of life. Lateral transfer is not in opposition to evolution. Gene transfer is one of many mechanisms of change.
Regardless of the source of variation, some individuals will have more reproductive success than others. This is true of artificially engineered organisms as well as ones arising from mutation. Selection by humans did not protect the Irish potato from natural selection. There is not enough computing power on earth or possible in theory to anticipate all the possible ecological changes that can occur.
Even if the original living things were created in an instant, evolution describes how populations adapt and change over time.
My post #144 was intended for you.
Alright, from one who must wear tightass logic pants, I'll put it another way...
WHO or WHAT introduces the sequence in a DNA chain?
I'll remind you "information" just doesn't spontaneously erupt.
LOL! It just seems so twisted when supposed scientist insist something is absolutely, NOT an indication of something!
But according to the naturalistic philosophy, everything just sort of happened and somehow got together and started self-replicating, and......
I googled "origin of life" and went to the Wiki article just for the summary. What a joke. What they won't stretch to try to figure out how it happened without help.
No, I meant of the specifier, "Darwinian." How is that distinguished from the broader concept of heritability?
So far as I can recall, I've not made any strenuous use of inferential statistics, nor said they were inadmissible. I guess I need more details.
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I called FEDEX AGAIN and got "it was improperly packaged"and I SAID"BUT THAT DOESN"EXCUSE THE EXTRA DAMAGE WHEN YOU PICKED IT UP DURING INSPECTION"!And again I get "IT WAS NOT PROPPERLY PACKAGED. When I asked for someone in charge I got the big runaround"no one is availble at this time,give me your name and number and someone will contact you in 24-48 hours". It should't take that long!
WARNING!!!! IF you ship something with this company pack it very very well because they could care less how you receive it. If you file a claim they will just denie it for inadequate packaging any ways. BELIEVE ME I WON'T DO ANY BUSNIESS WITH THIS COMPANY AND I HOPE YOU DON'T EITHER.
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Dr. Flight currently serves as an Assistant Professor at
Flight's active research areas include new product and service development; innovation diffusion; innovation measurement issues; and compulsive and impulsive buying behaviors. He is published in Journal of Business Research, Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice and Journal of Marketing Channels.
Dr. Flight received his Ph.D. in Marketing in 2007 from the
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Principles of Marketing (2004, 2006, 2010)
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Principles of Electronic Commerce (2004-5)
Doctor of Philosophy in Marketing (Minor in Economics),
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Flight, Richard L., Melissa Markley Rountree, and Sharon E. Beatty (2012), "Feeling the Urge: Affect in Impulsive and Compulsive Buying," Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 20 (4).
Flight, Richard L., Giles D'Souza, and Arthur W. Allaway (2011), "Characteristics-based Innovation Adoption: Scale and Model Validation," Journal of Product and Brand Management, Vol. 20 (5), 343-355.
Flight, Richard L., Arthur W. Allaway, Wan-Min Kim, and Giles D'Souza (2011), "A Study of Perceived Innovation Characteristics across Cultures and Stages of Diffusion," Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 19 (1), 109-125.
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Flight, Richard L., Rusty Henley, and Robert A. Robicheaux, (2008),"A Market-level Model of Relationship Regulation," Journal of Business Research, 61 (8), 850-858.
Flight, Richard L., and Kesha K. Coker (2013), "A Consumer Personality Approach To Brand Constellation Formation," Society for Marketing Advances 2013 Conference Proceeding, Hilton Head, SC
Flight, Richard L., Jarrod Scherle (2012), "Impulsive and Compulsive Buying from a Perspective of Context," Atlantic Marketing Association 2012 Conference Proceedings, Williamsburg, VA.
Flight, Richard L., Giles D'Souza, Arthur W. Allaway, and Sergey S. Maximov (2011), "The Effect of Innovation Characteristics on Product Diffusion," Marketing Management Association Spring Conference, Chicago, IL.
Grünhagen, Marko, Richard L. Flight, and David J. Boggs (2010), "Franchising During Times of Economic Recession: A Longitudinal Analysis of Automotive Service Franchises," International Society of Franchising 2010 Conference Proceeding, Sydney, Australia.
Flight, Richard L., and Melissa Markley (2005), "Controlling my Compulsion: A Model of Compulsive Buying and the Strategies Used to Control Behavioral Outcomes," Society for Marketing Advances 2005 Conference Proceeding, San Antonio, TX.
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I know you are ready to get thing bolted up and start breaking it in! Congrats on the build! What HP are y'all expecting.
check my thread in the supercharger forum under PWR MONSTER BUILD pg. 13!!!
or srt8 419 project :: IMG_0307.mp4 video by paulb1982 - Photobucket
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I know you are ready to get thing bolted up and start breaking it in! Congrats on the build! What HP are y'all expecting.
I assure you the habit of modding only gets worse! I know how people on drugs feel. I'm afraid I will start pawning sh*t if I don't get control of myself!
6.1 HEMI, RPM blower cam, 80 lb. injectors, Dual Walbro 255 fuel pumps, D-1SC ProCharger @ 14 psi, Kooks LT's w/High Flow Cats, MagnaFlow exhaust, Paramount Performance High Torque NAG1, Paramount Performance Dominator Torque Converter, DSS driveshaft, DSS 1000 hp axles Suspension-Fully adjustable Pedders, with sway bars and bushings.
Replacement: 2009 CTS-V 628 rwhp 610 Torque / 750 rwhp 775 Torque with wet 100 shot
would like to be around 1000rwhp on 91 oct.
blower only do not know depends on how much boost i can get out and how efficient new intercooler will be. will start out with blower only then add in nitrous in stages. 75, 150, then maybe up to 200 unless i am happy with the power it makes. if i hit over 900 all blower i will be happy with that, however, already have the nitrous kit so will eventually use it.
Congrats.....can't wait to see some times out of it
PWR 426, Paramount Tranny/4000 dominator, PWR cam 247/252 115+2LSA, Apache Heads,
Modern Muscle ported intake/90mm TB, Kooks LT headers, Billy Boat exhaust. LMI Intake
Installed with love by AMP!!!
sweeeeeeetttttt, congrats man just saw u got that bad biaaaaattch running!!!!!!! enjoy bud!!!!!
2006 charger srt8*** low comp 426,billet main caps,arp hardware, ported heads,custom cam,xv manifold, air/air front mount intercooler,twin precision billet p6262 ball bearing turbos, ati balancer, 150shot zex perimeter plate no2 system, custom dedicated 1 gallon fuel system for no2,90mm throttle body,paramount performance nag1,2800stall converter(currently upgrading to paramounts 4000 stall),dss axles,stock open diff(currently upgrading to quaife and 3.55 gears),
900whp+ at 13psi(boost only) on 93oct, well above that when i spray!!!!!
Diablotoona tuned/tamed the BEASTTTT!!!
Damn she sounds good!
PPP stage 2 Heads, Super Spartan Max Cam, Inertia Ported/Coated Intake, Zoomer's, Kooks, no cat's, Jet 180 t-stat, BT catch can.
435rwhp/413rwtq..mustang dyno
More to come
will sound better when its not surging so much and will have a huge amount lobe to it. when we were backing it out it was spinning the tires at idle with each surge lol. it is at the shop now for intercooler and tweaking.
Nice!! I was in KC on Sat. and thought about hitting you up to take a look at your car, but I didn't want to invite myself. Maybe I can catch you sometime later. Lucas should have his drag strip up and going next spring in wheatland, MO. Not sure if that's too far for you to travel or not. I know that you have a closer track, but this one should be really nice.
BB 8.8 w/3.73- CF DS- CTP solid cradle bushings-DSS 1400 HP axles - magnaflow highflow cats - LMI - 185 tstat - custom tune from Johan - dominator TC- builder bill stage II VB and flex plate- line lock - OSTDYNO TCM - Techo strut bar - 275/40/20 BFG Goodrich G-Force Sport comp 2 - ppp stage 2 heads - race warrior cam- zeitronix wideband - water/methanol kit
where innthe heck is Wheatland Mo?
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PWR 393, Twin 6262mm Turbos, SHR trans, Fore Fuel system, Wilson Hemi Sheet Metal Manifold
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Showcase is now SOLD OUT!
It is a pleasure to invite you to participate in the NACUFS Mid-Atlantic Conference vendor showcase. This year's conference theme is "Live Healthy" and will be held March 6– 8, 2016 at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia.
The Mid-Atlantic region is made up of over 75 member institutions and we are expecting over 150 attendees for the conference. The conference showcase will be held in the LaHaye Multipurpose Center on Monday March 7th, 2016. This location will provide a great opportunity for your organization to showcase its products and services and to build invaluable business and professional relationships with a vast array of university food service professionals.
The LaHaye Center at Liberty University will accommodate 100 vendor booths which measure 8' x 10' and includes an 8' draped table, two chairs, a waste basket, one 110 electric outlet, and an ID sign. NACUFS industry members will receive priority booking through January 15, 2016, at which time non-members will become eligible for enrollment. Space will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
The booth rental fee is $960 for NACUFS industry members and $1,060 for non-members. A 20' x 8' foot booth can be rented for $1,800. Included in the booth price is one free registration for the entire conference for one participant.
To reserve your booth you must download a copy of the showcase contract, complete, and return to Louis Cambeletta at the address below. Payment must be received to secure your booth. Booth assignments are determined on a first-come, first-served basis. Once your payment is received, we will mail you the conference showcase package.
Please make checks payable to "NACUFS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference" or pay by credit card by selecting the appropriate booth fee, entering your company name, and clicing the Pay Now button below.
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30. Do not fall for challenges on the "values" of what you are doing, it's a game and you are playing it with your own rules.
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If you post lots of old news, respond to all positive posts with a negative side. Never respond to being called a Basher, never post on another board with same alias. Can spend up to 80 hours a week Bashing a stock.
Grade 'B' Basher:
Very good way with words, always claims to be your "friend" taking the positive poster into confidence, never posts on another board, spends about 60 hours a week.
Grade 'C' Basher:
Spends less time than the others but is somewhat effective and gets a C grade due to getting excited when Bashers rules say not to get excited, spends about 40 hours a week.
Grade 'D' Basher:
Needs to learn the basics about being convincing when making a negative statement. Spends a good amount of time working the stock, maybe 20 hours a week.
Grade 'F' Basher:
A complete idiot, most readers are not convinced he knows anything about stocks in general. The type that says a stock "sucks", but gives no rationale, shows up every so often but no regular schedule.
Looks like the same pitiful 24 hour a day bashers.
Our bashers are not doing very well today.
Always good to show warn others about the handbook.
One star ratings is all they ever get from me.
Hell these guys are a pain.
Time show others the handbook.
These kooks will never learn.
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Hi everyone!!! I am currently a mom of a 14 mth old and an almost 3 year old. I have been actively trying to concieve for a 3rd child for what feels like forever now, and was wondering if this has happened to anyone else! My doctors have told me it's nothing to worry about. After already having 2 children, they do not see me as having a problem. Also, I concieved very quickly with the two I have. I am wondering if I should be worried, or possibly go in for more tests. It has been about 4 months now. I feel the doctors may tell me it's too soon, but I am worried and don't know what the next step is. Thanks so much!
Having trouble concieving for 3rd child
Me 32 DH 35
Mother to Emma Dorothy 10/26/10
Benjamin Joseph 4/17/12
4 months isn't really that long. I believe you only have a 20% chance of concieving each cycle. Most Drs won't do anything until you have been TTC for a year unless there is a known reason (age, previous fertility issues). I do get where you are coming from though. This is the longest it has taken us to get pregnant. I got pregnant with ODD the first cycle, granted it was a super long cycle and I concieved on CD 60ish. YDD took just shy of 7 months, but we had 2 CPs in that time. This time I have had nada. I am also feeling the time crunch because DH is getting fixed next year whether we concieve or not.
Sarah (31) & Shane (39) m 9/21/10
Thing 1 (Sarane) b 1/12/10~Thing 2 (Elora) b 11/14/11
Trying for the Unholy Trinity!
I have a almost 3 year old as well (in august) and an 18 month old and this is my first month TTC #3.....I have been testing but BFN so far (only 9 dpo so thats why)...this 2 ww has got me so much crazier then it was with the other two.....when is your test day this month?!
It looks like we have a lot in common! I married my DH in Aug 2009....my two girls are 16 months apart....looks like almost the same as you just off by 2 months!
4 months is not long although it may feel that way to you as your others were conceived so quickly. I would wait till the 6 month mark before you get even a bit concerned. Just start tracking tempature, CM, and ovulation to make sure you're on track and keep your fingers crossed!
S (33) & J (33) Met 1999 Married 2009
Parents to Laila Holly BORN12/11
Actively TTC #2 SINCE 10/12
Thanks guys! I realize it has not been long, though it feels like forever! I was told that b/c I am running around after two my body is just behaving differently, and that I should not worry! Apparently, I should take it easy on my exercise and coffee. That will be tough. I usually stay in within the safe limits of caffine intake, and don't exercise that hard. Goingfor3under3 my test day is the 22 of this month! We def do have a lot in common!!! I can't believe I want another little one, but for some strange reason I do! I love the babies, what can I say! Good luck to everyone!!! Fingers crossed for baby number 3!!!
Me 32 DH 35
Mother to Emma Dorothy 10/26/10
Benjamin Joseph 4/17/12
My daughter took 4 months and my son almost 6, both were NTNP. Now that I am really trying it is taking forever. If it doesn't happen this month I'm taking a break for a while. I'm going to ditch the OPKs, stop scheduling BD, and boycott reading anything pregnancy related.
I also have a 3yr old and a 1yr old... my hubby and I had NO problems getting preggo tthe first two times, but we've been TTC for almost 5mo and I definetely feel your frustration! I know that eventually it will happen, but I cannot stop trying to figure out why we haven't conceived yet. I think the more stressed out you are, the more you affect your fertility. The key is to chill out. At least that's what I'm telling myself this cycle. I'll be testing around July 29th!! Baby Dust!
Naomi Storie (Aug 2009)
Willow Jayde (Sept 2011)
Expecting #3 April 2014
Oh and I would give anything for a little boy, but at this stage I would be happy just getting that lovely bfp... Good luck to all of you xx
Even though we are struggling, it is so nice ot hear that there are people out there in the same situation! I have been doing some research, and just ordered a herbal suppliment called FertilAid. It is mainly to help regulate you, and has had very good success rates. I will try it for a month, to see how I like it. Apparently, it is all natural, and is supposed to be very good. We will see I guess. This is my last ditch effort before I get the doctors help. As of right now he said it's too soon for him to step in since I am 32 and only want one more. He said if I wanted 2 more he would start me now. I should have lied...lol!!! I have gotten all checked out now and my uterus looks good. I was actually ovulating when I went, which I didn't know. Naturally, that irrited me. My cycle is acting crazy! Hopefully this FertilAid can help! Baby dust to all!!! Good luck and thanks for the kind words and support!!!! xx
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Mother to Emma Dorothy 10/26/10
Benjamin Joseph 4/17/12


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We've been using this plugin (successfully) for handling downloads from our church website (both pdf files and mp3 files). We have had some reports of problems with the mp3 files and iPads/iPhones. The mp3 file starts to stream but only plays the first 5 mins then starts to play again. No idea if the issue is with the plugin or not - but can't find any references to this problem at all and don't know anything about iPads/iPhones!
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Fast ForWord® is a computer-based reading program intended to help students develop and strengthen the cognitive skills necessary for successful reading and learning. The program, which is designed to be used 30 to 100 minutes a day, five days a week, for 4 to 16 weeks, includes two components. The first component, the Fast ForWord® Language2 and Literacy3 series, aims to build cognitive skills such as memory, attention, processing, and sequencing, as well as language and reading skills, including listening accuracy, phonological awareness, and knowledge of language structures. The second component, the Fast ForWord® to Reading4 series (also known as the Fast ForWord® Reading series), aims to increase processing efficiency and further improve reading skills such as sound-letter associations, phonological awareness, word recognition, knowledge of English language conventions, vocabulary, and comprehension. The program, developed by scientists with expertise in the areas of brain plasticity, cognitive development, and reading instruction, is designed to adapt the nature and difficulty of the content based on individual students' responses.
Two studies of Fast ForWord® that fall within the scope of the Adolescent Literacy review protocol meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards, and six studies meet WWC evidence standards with reservations. The eight studies included about 2,000 students, ranging in age from 5 to 17, who attended elementary, middle, and high schools6 in Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, an urban district in the northeastern United States, and Australia.7
Based on these eight studies, the WWC considers the extent of evidence for Fast ForWord® on adolescent learners to be small for the alphabetics and reading fluency domains and medium to large for the comprehension and general literacy achievement domains.
Fast ForWord® was found to have no discernible effects on the alphabetics and general literacy achievement domains, and potentially positive effects on the reading fluency and comprehension domains for adolescent learners.
|Reading fluency
|General literacy achievement
|Rating of effectiveness
|No discernible effects
|Potentially positive
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|No discernible effects
|Improvement index8
Average: +2 percentile points
Range: –8 to +9 percentile points
+17 percentile points
Average: +8 percentile points
Range: –6 to +15 percentile points
Average: +3 percentile points
Range: –1 to +9 percentile points
1 The descriptive information for this program was obtained from a publicly available source: the program's website (http://www.scilearn.com, downloaded July 2009), as well as information provided to the WWC by the developer. The WWC requests developers to review the program description sections for accuracy from their perspective. Further verification of the accuracy of the descriptive information for this program is beyond the scope of this review. The literature search reflects documents publicly available through December 2008.
2 The Fast ForWord® Language series, designed for elementary school students, includes three products: (1) Fast ForWord® Language Basics, which focuses on sound sequencing, fine motor skills, hand–eye coordination, pattern recognition, and color–shape recognition; (2) Fast ForWord® Language, which focuses on listening accuracy, phonological awareness, and language structures; and (3) Fast ForWord® Language to Reading, which focuses on the link between spoken and written language.
3 The Fast ForWord® Literacy series, designed for secondary school students and adults, includes two products: (1) Fast ForWord® Literacy, which focuses on listening accuracy, phonological awareness, and language structures; and (2) Fast ForWord® Literacy Advanced, which focuses on processing efficiency, memory, concentration, comprehension, and sequencing. Students in at least two of the studies included in this review used Fast ForWord® Middle and High School, which was discontinued and replaced by the Fast ForWord® Literacy series.
4 The Fast ForWord® Reading series, designed for students at all reading levels, includes six products. Fast ForWord® Reading Prep focuses on letter recognition, phonological awareness, and letter–sound associations. Fast ForWord® Reading Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 focus on a variety of skills, depending on the level. For example, Level 1 focuses on early reading skills such as phonemic awareness, early decoding skills, vocabulary knowledge, and motivation for reading, and Level 5 focuses on skills suitable for more advanced readers in upper elementary, middle, or high school, such as reading comprehension and vocabulary skills.
5 The studies in this report were reviewed using WWC Evidence Standards, Version 1.0 (see the WWC Standards), as described in protocol Version 1.0.
6 The Adolescent Literacy topic area reviews studies of interventions administered to students in grades 4–12 (or 9–18 years of age). For studies that include samples of students that span both the Adolescent Literacy (grades 4–12) and Beginning Reading (grades K–3) topic areas and cannot be disaggregated by grade level, the Adolescent Literacy topic area also reviews any studies that include 5th-grade students or higher. For example, this report includes a combined sample of students from grades 3–6 (Rouse & Krueger, 2004), grades 2–8 (Scientific Learning Corporation, 2004b), and students aged 5–14 years (Scientific Learning Corporation, 2007a).
7 The evidence presented in this report is based on available research. Findings and conclusions may change as new research becomes available.
8 These numbers show the average and range of student-level improvement indices for all findings across the studies.


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Rumor Has It
By Cindi Myers
Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.Copyright © 2004 Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.
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Chapter OneSometimes the past sneaks up and bites you in the butt. You think you're doing great, planning for the future and then up pops a ghost from your personal history to prove you wrong.
"I hear Dylan Gates is moving back to town."
Alyson Michaels, who taught physical education as if it were merely an extension of her long career as a Cedar Creek Cyclone cheerleader, dropped this bomb as she stood with Taylor Reed and several other teachers on the bus ramp in front of the high school one bright September morning.
For half a second Taylor stopped breathing. She hadn't thought of Dylan Gates in a long time, but the memory of him was enough to bring a hot flush to the back of her neck, even after ten years. She swallowed hard and stared out at the lines of students who slouched up the steps of Cedar Creek Senior High with all the enthusiasm of cattle being led to slaughter. Ah, the joys of high school. How ironic that after enduring her own personal high school hell, Taylor had ended up coming back here to teach. Guess she was just a glutton for punishment.
"It'll be great to see Dylan." Fellow English teacher Grady Murphy sidled closer. "Last I heard, he was out in California."
"He was, but he's moving back to Cedar Creek to open a law practice," Alyson said.
Dylan, moving here? Taylor's stomach flip-flopped. "How do you know that?" she asked.
Alyson bounced on her toes like a hyperactive poodle. As usual, she was dressed in a too tight golf shirt, white shorts and tennis shoes with white anklets. She carried the bus duty roster on a clipboard and her blond hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail. In her more vindictive moments, Taylor wondered if Alyson's whole face would collapse if that ponytail was undone. "Troy Sommers, the real estate agent, is a friend of mine. He said Dylan emailed him last week about renting space downtown, across from the courthouse. And he told Troy he intended to move back into his parents' old place."
"Who's Dylan Gates?" Mindy Lewis, freshman algebra teacher and Taylor's best friend, joined them.
"Before your time, child." Grady grinned at their younger colleague. "Alyson, Taylor, Dylan and I were all at school together, right here at good old Cedar Creek High." He laughed. "Those were the days!"
"Yeah, right," Taylor mumbled. Days of sheer torture as far as she was concerned. Even Dylan ...
"Speaking of our high school days, are you going to the reunion Saturday?" Alyson asked.
"Why do I need to go to the reunion when half our class is still here?" Taylor said the words only half jokingly.
"I'm on the reunion committee and I noticed you hadn't sent in your R.S.V.P." Alyson frowned at Taylor.
"I can't believe you'd think of missing our ten-year reunion. Everyone will be there."
"I won't," Mindy said. "Of course, I've got years to go before my reunion."
Alyson ignored the dig from her younger colleague and pointed a pencil at Taylor. "You don't want to miss out on this reunion. Trust me."
Taylor shrugged. "I guess I'm not very big on reliving old times." In fact, she'd just as soon forget her short career as a student at Cedar Creek High.
"It'll be your last chance to see everyone before you head off to London or wherever it is," Grady said.
"Oxford." In January, Taylor would start a graduate fellowship at the hallowed university, far away from Cedar Creek, Texas, and reminders of the past.
"Dylan will be there." Alyson studied Taylor through lowered lashes. "Maybe you two can pick up where you left off, for old times' sake."
"That's right - you and Dylan were quite an item senior year, weren't you?" Grady mused. "Is it true Coach Nelson caught the two of you in the boys' showers?"
For once Taylor was grateful for the shrill bell that announced the start of classes. Nodding goodbye to Alyson and Grady, she maneuvered past groups of students and headed toward her second-floor English classroom. Only four more months to endure Alyson's and Grady's snide comments and suggestive winks. Four months until she started life over in a place where no one had ever heard of her allegedly torrid past.
Mindy caught up to her. "What was all that about? Who's Dylan Gates?"
Taylor shrugged. "A guy I was friends with in high school."
"Friends? As in boyfriend-girlfriend?"
"No, it wasn't like that." Not that Taylor hadn't dreamed about the possibility. "There were some rumors about us, but they weren't true."
"Alyson and Grady apparently think they were." Mindy wrinkled her nose in distaste. "Of course, those two are still stuck in high school. I mean, look at them. Alyson still thinks she's the popular cheerleader and Grady is the dumb jock panting after her. It's pathetic, really, when people can't move on with their lives."
"Yeah, pathetic," Taylor echoed. But were they any worse than a twenty-eight-year-old woman who let high school teasing still get to her?
"Good morning, Mindy. Taylor." The principal, Clay Walsh, waved to them from the door of his office.
"Good morning, Clay." Mindy's cheeks flushed pink as they moved on down the corridor.
Taylor nudged her friend. "If you like him so much, why don't you come right out and tell him?"
Mindy's smile dissolved into a look of openmouthed horror. "Does it really show that much?"
"Relax. Only because I know you so well. But seriously, why not let him know how you feel?"
Mindy glanced back at Clay, who was still watching them from his office doorway. She quickly faced forward again. "I've tried dropping hints," she said. "But he doesn't seem interested."
"What kind of hints?"
"Well ... I always give him a big smile and say hello whenever I see him in the hall. And when I sent Larry Atwater to the principal's office last week for disrupting class, I walked him down there myself and told Clay I was available to discuss the situation further after school." Her shoulders slumped. "But all he said was that he appreciated the offer, but he didn't think that would be necessary."
Taylor couldn't hold back her laughter. Mindy glared at her. "What's so funny?"
"You! How are any of those things supposed to let a man know you've got the hots for him?"
"Well, what do you think I should do?"
Taylor composed herself. Who would have thought usually outgoing Mindy would have such a problem letting a man know she was interested? "Flirt with him," she suggested. "Make it a point to sit with him at lunch. Stop by after work and invite him to have a drink with you."
Mindy's eyes widened. "I couldn't do that!"
"Why not? The worst that could happen is he'd turn you down. And I'd bet money he wouldn't."
Mindy shook her head. "It's complicated, with him being principal. Not to mention fifteen years older than me."
"That shouldn't matter. I think you two would be good together."
"Like I'm supposed to trust the judgment of a woman who hasn't had a serious relationship with a man in how long?"
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