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Learning to learnJune 13,2013
In an age when science and technology are seen as the key to a happy future, an eloquent cri de coeur has arisen challenging the technological mentality.
Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic magazine, was speaking last month at convocation ceremonies for students of the humanities at Brandeis University. The machines to which we have become enslaved, he said, all of them quite astonishing, represent the greatest assault on human attention ever devised: They are engines of mental and spiritual dispersal, which make us wider only by making us less deep. Our society, he said, is inebriated by technology and governed by the values of utility, speed, efficiency and convenience.
This is an important observation at a time when schools are beset with constant, generally unchallenged, demands to emphasize science, technology, engineering and mathematics four areas of study fetishized to the degree that they have their own cute acronym, STEM.
The technological mentality, according to Wieseltier, is instrumental. It concerns itself not with whether something is good or evil, true or false, but with how things work. It yields information, not knowledge.
Knowledge comes through the struggle of learning and study, through confrontation with the great traditions of thought that go back centuries. It does not come through tweets.
Infatuation with technology coincides with the rise of scientism, which is the belief that for every problem there is a ready scientific solution. Scientism is dogmatic, Wieseltier says. Science, by contrast, incorporates doubt into its method, and its answers are always qualified. Scientism charts the human character according to our genetic makeup. The humanities explore the human character in Hamlet or Moby-Dick or the dialogues of Plato.
Addressing the humanities students of Brandeis, Wieseltier says they have had the effrontery to choose interpretation over calculation, and to recognize that calculation cannot provide an accurate picture, or a profound picture, or a whole picture, of self-interpreting beings such as ourselves. In his view those who study literature or languages, music, art, philosophy, religion or history represent the resistance.
There is no greater bulwark against the twittering acceleration of American consciousness than the encounter with a work of art, and the experience of a text or image, he says. He says students who dedicate themselves to the study of what it is to be human are now the counterculture. He adds, Perhaps culture is now the counterculture.
We are constantly reminded that science and technology are useful, that to find good jobs students need to focus on useful fields of study, that progress requires us to stay at the cutting edge. That is the utilitarian argument that Wieseltier rejects. He rejects it because he understands that educated human beings need to know more than what is useful. If students are not forced to confront the timeless dilemmas of the human experience, for which answers have never been readily forthcoming, then they will emerge from school as automatons or pawns or bullies.
Actual education is harder than ready answers. If schools are dumbing down their offerings in order to avoid difficulty, then they are bleaching the color out of our culture. A generation ago, students read Moby-Dick, and even if most students never finished it, they were shown realms of knowledge that they might aspire to. Maybe some still read Moby-Dick.
Another consequence of the tilt toward technology is the commodification of education. Educational results are now measured and calculated in a way that public monies can be channeled to reward schools that have gotten in line. But education is not a commodity, and weakening the humanities and the arts because the economic yield remains vague only makes our culture cruder, poorer.
Wieseltier urged the Brandeis students to use the new technologies for the old purposes. Do not be rattled by numbers, which will never be the springs of wisdom. In pursuing the humanities, he said, they uphold the honor of a civilization that was founded upon the quest for the true and the good and the beautiful.
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May 22, 2013 —
About 50 tourism businesses exchanged rack cards and other literature in advance of the opening of the summer tourist season in Sullivan County. The event this year was held at the Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg on May 16.
Deborah Conway, the director of Fort Delaware, said among the events upcoming at the fort is a colonial market fair on Memorial Day weekend. She said, "We've got dozens of settlers, or venders, who will be selling their wares, and doing an encampment. I have an 18th century balladeer who will be entertaining during the day on Saturday." The balladeer, Linda Russell, played for several years at Federal Hall on Wall Street, but she was "sequestered."
Conway also said she started advertizing last November for re-enactors as part of the effort to make the market fair more attractive to visitors. She said she has communicated with various people associated with heritage tourism, and reported, "There is one group in particular that has the potential to bring in 1,000 people for a black-powder shooting match at some point."
For some business owners who attended the literature exchange, the past few years have been challenging. Joe Tinari, owner of the Fosterdale Motor Lodge, said, "The last couple of years have been a little tough and this year is no exception; we're not doing phenomenally. The way we look at it now is that whatever we've done in the past few years, is the way it's going to be for a while." He said he's tightened his belt from a 34 to a 30 inch waist.
Alan Rosenblatt, owner of Ecce Bed & Breakfast in Barryville, on the other hand, said business is pretty good. He said when people find something that they really like they will return to it, so it's important to have something unique to offer. He said bed and breakfasts attract people with the settings they are in, with the personality of the owner and with the kind of food they provide.

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120,000 Enchanting Singing Bird Musical Box for Sale at Bonhams
March 31, 2010 by All Art News
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LONDON.- The only surviving privately owned example of a Victorian 'Lion' treadle lock-stitch sewing machine is for sale at Bonhams Fine Mechanical Music and Scientific Instruments auction at Knightsbridge on Wednesday 21 April. This dramatic looking machine was made in 1868 for the American market by Kimball and Morton, a Glasgow based manufacturer. In the shape of a noble but friendly looking lion the machine has all its original parts and is so well preserved that it could easily be [...]


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For Immediate Release
October 31, 2013
State Board of Education releases new school and district report cards showing student and school growth in new streamlined format
Local district and school averages reflect higher cut scores to better indicate college and career readiness
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) unveiled a new Report Card today (Oct. 31) showing that under higher performance levels for the state elementary test, students have made continued progress over time as well as from one year to the next. Eleventh graders also posted improved scores on the state's high school assessment which includes the ACT college admissions test. The new School and District Report Card provides more information about student learning, reflecting the statewide move toward more rigor in the classroom and higher performance expectations at an earlier age to ensure Illinois K-12 students are on track for success in college and the workforce.
"The data we're releasing today provide a better picture of student and school growth than ever before," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "We're no longer providing just a snapshot of student performance but offering something more akin to a video of ongoing progress toward ensuring that every public school student in Illinois is prepared to succeed in college and careers."
The new School, District and State Report Card, developed through the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), aims to help drive community and family engagement with more transparent and easy-to-understand metrics. The report card can be found at illinoisreportcard.com in two new formats:
- An online Report Card with an interactive tool for exploring school performance data. The tool includes simple, intuitive displays as well as detailed data views and descriptions for each school and district. The online Report Card continues to offer information on student demographics and performance. Users can search by school or district name.
- An At-a-Glance Report Card, found on each school's online Report Card, offers a two-page snapshot that can be downloaded, printed and distributed to local families and community members.
Among the key new metrics on this year's Report Card is "Student Academic Growth" by elementary school and district according to a new growth model using value tables that shows how much academic progress students have demonstrated from one year to the next in reading and math. Education experts believe this approach will improve understanding of student learning and provide a more nuanced accountability system than simply the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on one state test.
The statewide average K-8 Student Academic Growth score for math is 101.4 and 102.1 for reading. Student Academic Growth scores are being reported on an advisory basis, not as part of the state's accountability system. Schools that score below the average are not meeting the state average growth, and those scoring above are exceeding the average growth for a school. In 2013, 1,823 schools (63 percent) have shown positive growth in reading and 1,620 schools (56 percent) have shown positive growth in math.
The growth score simply indicates the average amount of growth for students in a district or school and adds more context to other metrics.
Statewide averages released in September showed the statewide composite for elementary students meeting and exceeding standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) dropped, going from 82.1 in 2012 to 61.9 in 2013, if science is included.
The State Board raised expectations - or cut scores - on the ISAT's math and reading proficiency expectations for the ISATs, given to third through eighth graders, to align with the more rigorous Common Core Learning Standards and give a better indication of college and career readiness. The Board has not yet adopted new science standards and therefore has not raised performance expectations for the science portion of the ISATs, administered to 4th and 7th graders only. The State Board is currently considering adoption of the internationally-benchmarked Next Generation Science Standards.
The 2013 State Report Card lists the composite percentage of students meeting and exceeding for ISAT math and reading only (not including science) and a five-year analysis of past performance under the new cut scores show that the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards increased from 55.1 in 2009 to 58.8 in 2013.
The percentage of students who met or exceeded ISAT math standards alone during that same five-year timeline increased from 55.3 percent to 58.7 in 2013, while the percent of students meeting or exceeding reading ISAT reading standards went from 54.8 to 59 in 2013.
The ISAT science composite score alone went from 79.8 in 2012 to 80.0 in 2013.
The composite score for the PSAE, given to 11th graders, increased from 51.3 in 2012 to 51.9 in 2013, if science is included. In order to provide a fair comparison between the tests, ISBE is posting the 2013 PSAE composite meets and exceeds percentage for math and reading, 53.3, on the State Report Card.
Performance level cut scores for the PSAE were not raised as the test includes the ACT. A new metric, "Ready for College Coursework," refers to the percent of students at each high school who earned a combined score of at least a 21 on the ACT college admissions test. Statewide, 45.7 percent of Illinois public school students from the Graduating Class of 2013 posted at least a 21 on the ACT.
"This year's performance on state tests can't be viewed in isolation but as part of an unprecedented amount of change and higher expectations that educators, families and policy makers have taken on to better prepare students for the world that awaits them after high school," said State Board Chairman Gery J. Chico. "I know that it's a lot of new expectations and it's difficult to see school scores decline but we needed to give families a better indication earlier on of college and career readiness. Students are still learning and hopefully, in new and more engaging ways under the Common Core Learning Standards which emphasize that students not only master content but can demonstrate their understanding, along with critical thinking, problem-solving, writing and other important skills."
At the same time, today's data show that the population of Illinois schools has changed dramatically in the past decade with nearly 50 percent (49.9) of all students classified as low-income in 2013, with, according to a new demographic data, two percent of those students statewide listed as homeless, defined as not having permanent and adequate homes in their school district. Additionally, minority enrollment in 2013 tipped to nearly half of all students at 49.4, due largely to the growth of the Hispanic student population.
The At-a-Glance Report Card also features the academic courses, career development courses and programs, athletics, school awards, physical education, health and wellness and other programs and activities that make each school unique. Families can learn, for example, that students can find dual enrollment courses, the girls' softball team won a national title and that the school runs a local small business internship program. Through data on the online report card, they can also find detailed information about each school's specific offering of advanced courses such as AP classes and International Baccalaureate programs.
Also, on this year's report card, families can find link to each school's summary responses to the first statewide learning conditions and school climate survey, administrated last spring. More than 70 percent of all teachers and eligible students across Illinois took part in the inaugural survey.
Illinois' NCLB waiver remains under review with the U.S. Department of Education. The federal education agency has indicated that the only barrier to approval of the Illinois waiver application remains the state's timeline for when districts must use student growth in their new local teacher evaluation system. The U.S. Department of Education is calling for all districts to implement new evaluations in 2014-15, but Illinois law calls for a progressive phase-in from 2012-13 to 2016-17 when all districts must use the new evaluation system.
Illinois is a member of the Partnership for Assessment for College and Careers (PARCC) that is developing a new generation of tests aligned to the Common Core Learning Standards to better measure students' knowledge, skills and growth. The new state tests are expected to be available by the 2014-15 school year.
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Being immersed in the woods is something so simple and yet so refreshing. I think we can all forget sometimes that we live in a really beautiful area, and if you want to get away from all the technology and stress and whatnot of everyday life, a secluded hike is only a drive away. I encourage you to take advantage of Jensen's Ledges this fall, whether it's your first time or 15th time, and enjoy this hidden gem.
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The 76ers are expected to waive Thabeet, according to multiple sources. Thabeet became expendable this past season with the development of center Steven Adams.
Thabeet, 7-foot-3, 263 pounds, averaged 1.2 points and 1.7 rebounds last season for the Thunder. He was the No. 2 overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies in 2009 and is considered one of the bigger draft busts in recent history.


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This is the big spring cover story
Last spring, there were few coat dilemmas: the trench coat ruled. All we were required to do was choose the length (mini, knee-length or cropped) and we were sorted. End of... But this spring doubts are popping up like crocuses over what is the definitive spring cover-up.
The answer depends on which of the season's major trends you plan to wear. If you are colour blocking or choosing one colour from among spring's key shades, you have a whole paintbox of colours to pick, including orange, cobalt, coral, mustard and red.
If you are taking the modern investment-dressing route, you will need something slouchy and slightly mannish or, alternatively, something very pared down in an expensive looking neutral. The third option is a trench, classic or reworked. And any of these work with the slouchy trousers, capri pants, oversized shirts and loose tops which characterise this look.
If you are rocking the sports luxe vibe, the parka - which has become almost as much of a spring classic as the trench - is ubiquitous this season, and makes the perfect cover-up over sports luxe pieces.
If you are channeling the 1960s, you need something above the knee, demure with a hint of Audrey or Jackie O.
If, however, you are channeling the 1970s, you have challenges: the mainstream brands seem to have been caught out by the strength of the 70s appeal. The block heels, platforms and wide trousers are around, but not the coats, though Topshop and Primark may be finalising their samples as I write. In the meantime, until autumn, when maxi coats will be everywhere, you may have to improvise. There's a Marc Jacobs pea coat and a Reiss military mac that allude to the 70s, but otherwise scour vintage shops for long, fitted raincoats with vast collar and revers.
We've even found coats for you that work some of the more esoteric trends like denim, animal print, flower power and lace. Sadly, we couldn't find fruit…
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Palest nude suede drape coat, Nicole Farhi, £1,400; cream, mid-calf, belted coat, LK Bennett, £345; blue, oversized wrap coat with wide collar, Jaeger, £299; collarless lightweight caramel coat, Next (£70), camel coat with black leather sleeves, Zara, £119.
Classic trenchcoats at Banana Republic (taupe, navy or grey, £140); Jaeger (cream, £299); Topshop (taupe or navy, from £89); Warehouse (£100); Oasis (£85); M&S (light beige or khaki, from £69); Jane Norman (£60).
Styled trenches: zipped trench at Mint Velvet (£99); trench with leather shoulders and arms, Burberry Prorsum (Matches, £1,795).
Colour block/colour pop
Short scarlet coat, LK Bennett, £195; orange mac, Topshop, £89; red, double-breasted belted coat, Great Plains, £87; bright scarlet mini trench, New Look, £32.99; red coat with grey piping, Jaeger Boutique, £260; iris blue cotton weave coat, tipped in turquoise, Boden, £110; collarless coat in bright red, £269, Hobbs; collarless red coat with bow, Giambattista Valli, £2,190 at Matches.
Sports luxe
Oversized parkas by Burberry Brit, Belstaff and Acne at Browns; waxed parka with military brass buttons, Topshop (£75); hooded parka, Jaeger London, £330; asymmetric parka in pale grey by Mint Velvet (£125).
The 1960s
White, stand-up collar coat, Stella McCartney, £915; cream tipped coat, Boden, £110; pale tweed coat with peter pan collar, £398, MaxMara; mushroom, scallop edged, coat with peter pan collar, Warehouse, £100; short spotty mac Jaeger Boutique, £199.
The 1970s
Marc Jacobs pea coat with huge collar and revers (£1,280 at Browns); Reiss rubberised military mac (£265).
Lace, flowers and the rest
Botanical print flared mac, £1,255, Stella McCartney; flower print trench, Topshop (£89); flower print mac, Next, £90; lace print trench, M&S £69; snakeskin print trench, M&S (£75); snakeskin print silk trench, Lanvin, £2,740 at Browns; denim trench, Burberry Brit, £450, Browns; denim mini mac, New Look.


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Pope Benedict XVI hit the one million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
After days of expectation and buildup, the leader of the world's billion-plus Roman Catholics finally did it: He tweeted.
Pope Benedict XVI sent his first message on Twitter at about 5:28 a.m. ET Wednesday to a perhaps somewhat different kind of follower.
"Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart," he said on his English-language account.
He also tweeted the same in seven other languages: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish, Arabic and French.
"How can we celebrate the Year of Faith better in our daily lives?" Benedict tweeted a little later, then added, "By speaking with Jesus in prayer, listening to what he tells you in the Gospel and looking for him in those in need."
The path to an American pope? Cardinal's elevation gives US clout at Vatican
Greg Burke, the Vatican's senior adviser for communications, told NBC News that "part of the pope's job description is to spread the word and Twitter is turning out to be a great way to do that."
"The pope's using his first day on Twitter to answer questions about faith. That's in order to promote the year of faith which the pope has called so that Catholics can deepen their relationship with Christ," he added.
Pope tells Christians in Beirut: 'Be peacemakers'
His English-language account, @pontifex, had more than 685,000 followers at 6:15 a.m. ET, with more than a million if the followers on all his language accounts were added together. @pontifex only follows his accounts in other languages.
However, the pope still has a long way to go – on Twitter at least – to eclipse the likes of pop star Lady Gaga, who has more than 32 million followers.
PhotoBlog: More photos of the pope sending his first tweet
However, Burke suggested such comparisons missed the point.
"Twitter for us is not about the number of followers for the pope," he said, "it's about getting people to follow Christ."
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Mrs. Taylor was born Feb. 14, 1912, in Premont to Charles and Anna Maderer. She attended school in Premont, graduating in 1930. She worked in several jobs before marrying Edgar Taylor in 1934. They were married for 68 years until his death in 2002. In the mid 1970s they moved to Three Rivers. She learned to sew at a young age and continued the hobby into her 90s. For the past 11 years, she resided at the assisted living facility Villa NW in Corpus Christi.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar; her parents; and all of her siblings.
Survivors include her daughter, Pat (Harry) Rychetsky of Calallen; grandchildren, Dena Trahan and Ronald Ray Rychetsky; great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, great-grandsons and nephew, Billy Maderer.
The funeral service was conducted in Three Rivers at the Roberson Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, May 28. Rev. Steve Exendine of the Liberty Baptist Church in Corpus Christi officiated.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Services under the direction of Roberson Funeral Homes, Three Rivers.


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The perils and pitfalls of doing a "vaccinated versus unvaccinated" study
The anti-vaccine movement is nothing if not plastic. It "evolves" very rapidly in response to selective pressures applied to it in the form of science refuting its key beliefs. For instance, when multiple studies looking at the MMR vaccine and autism failed to confirm the myth that the MMR causes autism or "autistic enterocolitis," most recently late last year, it was not a problem to the anti-vaccine movement. Neither was it a major problem to the movement when multiple studies similarly failed to find a link between mercury in the preservative thimerosal that used to be in most childhood vaccines and is no more (except the flu vaccine) and autism. No problem! Andrew Wakefield is alleged, based on strong evidence, to have falsified his data alleging a link between the MMR vaccine and "autistic enterocolitis"? Fuggedabouddit! The anti-vaccine movement simply pivoted neatly, de-emphasized points that the evidence was so clearly against that even they couldn't spin it to a positive anymore, and found new bogeymen. These days, it's the "toxins" (such as formaldehyde and the latest antivax bogeyman, squalene), and "too many too soon" (a gambit given seeming respectability by Dr. Bob Sears and Dr. Jay Gordon, apologists for and supplicants to the anti-vaccine movement both.
However, there is one trait of the anti-vaccine movement that, however its camouflaging plumage may evolve, never, ever changes. It is as immutable as believers say that God is. That trait is that, whatever other claims, the anti-vaccine movement makes, at its core it is always about the vaccines. Always. No matter how often science fails to find a link between vaccines and autism or vaccines and whatever other horreur du jour the anti-vaccine movement tries to pin on vaccines, no matter how many studies do not support the viewpoint that vaccines cause autism, no matter how much the anti-vaccine movement tries to deny and obfuscate by saying that it is not "anti-vaccine" but rather "pro-safe vaccine," at its core the anti-vaccine movement is about fear and loathing of vaccines. Always. When inconvenient science doesn't support their views, anti-vaccine activists either ignore the science, distort the science, or launch ad hominems against the people doing the science or citing the science. And, as I said before, the claims of the anti-vaccine movement evolve. Never again will the anti-vaccine movement make the horrific mistake of yoking itself to a hypothesis that is as easily testable as the hypothesis that mercury in vaccines causes autism. The claim that mercury in vaccines causes autism predicted that, if thimerosal were removed from vaccines or reduced to pre-"epidemic levels" of the early 1990s, then autism rates should plummet. Thimerosal was removed from nearly all childhood vaccines (the sole exception being some flu vaccines), reducing infant mercury exposure from vaccines to levels not seen since the 1980s; yet autism rates continue to rise. This is about as resounding a refutation of the hypothesis that mercury in vaccines is a major cause or contributor to autism that even the anti-vaccine movement has backed away from the pure claim, which has now evolved to unnamed "environmental toxins," either in concert with mercury or with other nasty things, as being the Real One True Cause of Autism.
It's evolution in action. These new claims are much "fitter" because they are much harder to falsify through scientific research, epidemiology, and clinical trials.


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Btw, Modric is an 86 and Xabi Alonso an 87, Ronaldo is a 92. I haven't played with anyone but Real.
Just picked it up yesterday, I'm something like 1-0-9 so far, firmly in the 10th division, but improving.
What a sick game. It feels much more open this time, the players do not have the sticky feet any longer and the first touches are much more realistic.
Bang it!
Who's kicking it around?
Btw, Modric is an 86 and Xabi Alonso an 87, Ronaldo is a 92. I haven't played with anyone but Real.
I think I'm at the cusp of breaking into Div 9.
My friend says he got to Div 5 without losing on Fifa 12, is that even possible? This **** is hard. But then again I'm a CoD head, haven't played Fifa since 08.
I dropped the FIFA series when EA decided to screw all PC users by excluding keyboard controls, which means the last FIFA I played was 11. Of course, I do have an Xbox and I could easily purchase an X version of the game, but since EA wants me to pay additional €20 for being a console owner I decided to tell them to GTFO.
You should get it so we can play!!!
My cousin told me that a game is about 100$ in Switzerland, is this the case for you?
All games are 60$ here, so we're lucky.
Also, to be honest with you, I think FIFA on PC was dead in the water, man. For me, it's crazy to play FIFA with a keyboard. But I ditched PC gaming in the early 2000s, so I have not looked back. It just looks like a dead market from where I am standing.
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Well, concerning sports games it is probably a dead market, totally agreed, but there are enough cRPG, RTS and HnS games that are playable only on PC.
When I first switched from PC to console FPS games, it was difficult to adjust. PC with mouse and keyboard feels much more natural, but it is not a problem for me anymore, I do not think about it now.
The thing about consoles is that every system is the same, so the playing field is level, where with PC gaming, if some one will have more resources than you to set up a beast-daddy machine, he will have the technical advantage. It is not so level.
And I just earned promotion to Division 9 yesterday. One game left, I can win the division title if I win the last game!! Getting better. The skill games help a lot.
FIFA is ****ing awful this year bro seriously. The realism they added is great except it's only about 50% finished so with the added realism comes a bunch of added bull****.
EA Sports are one of the worst gaming companies out there, they already had to drop their NBA franchise of 10+ years because 2ksports do a way better job.
If only 2k made a football game, FIFA might actually get better. Instead it gets steadily worse year by year as they add new features that don't work properly.
The games are pretty good but theres a few things that bug me like trying to pull off dribble moves and the fact a home crowd sounds like crickets chirping when you just hit a game winner in the NBA finals
You're buggin, smokes!
Fifa 13 is where it's at!!
I agree that EA generally sucks balls, but FIFA is one of their winning franchises.
Live sucked, absolutely, but PES was not able to dent the FIFA franchise.
They do good things.
It's all EA but I reckon totally different teams work on each sport and the soccer team does a hell of a job.
Fifa is deep, it has a deep multiplayer, has a deep single player, and it has a great gameplay experience. No complaints here.
Glad you enjoy it bro but the multiplayer is far from deep. Most goals are scored from some stupid sh*t like you tackle them 3 times in a row and the ball bounces back to them until they have an open shot on goal.
First touch system does not work, ball goes off completely randomly half the time.
My record online is something like 50 wins 10 losses and I'm in division 1, but I've shelved the game this year. Unless they put out a patch to fix the broken stuff it's too boring and predictable.
Smokes, please GTFO AND STFU!
You are not D1 bro, last I checked there are like 200 people in D1!!!!!! In the world!!
Dude if you're D1 and you hate the game, that's a statistical anomaly or you are dishonest!!! I don't think you're dishonest, but I don't think you're d1!!!
Yo, **** is tough, smokes. I'm d10 again and I'm something like 15-6-88 right now, can't win for **** dude!!
Then again, maybe I'm just garbage at anything other than first person shooters, I don't know.
Still, the first touch, bouncing off the guy, that's the point!! In real life the ball is not magnetized to your feet!!! You can have sloppy first touches!! And this is the first FIFA that I have seen sloppy first touches in!!! So it's great.
But a chipped through ball travelling 50 yards will still be controlled perfectly by an average, 90 pace player.
While a slow moving ground pass will be miscontrolled by the likes of Messi.
It's too random bro. It simply doesn't work.
Actually most of the people who play this game a fair amount agree sh*t just ain't right this year. If you spend any time on the FIFA 13 forums you'll see just that. Enormous threads filled with complaints about the game.
They definitely got all the right elements in this years game, they just need to balance those elements so the game plays like it should.


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Doctors Wanted: Women Need Not Apply
In 19th century Iowa some women worked as nurses. Few were doctors. What barriers prevented women from becoming doctors?
When Delia Irish was a girl growing up in Wisconsin, she may have heard about Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in America to graduate from medical school. Elizabeth became a doctor in 1849, when Delia was 7 years old. Delia might have decided then that she too wanted to be a doctor.
In those days, there were not many places where a woman could study medicine. Even the college Elizabeth Blackwell had attended refused to admit any other women. So when Delia finished high school, she began to study medicine with a local doctor. That was the old way, but Delia wanted a modern education.
A special medical college just for women had been founded in Philadelphia, so Delia decided she would go there. She had to teach school to earn the money, but in 1868 she finally became a doctor.
With her new medical degree in hand, Dr. Delia Irish moved to Davenport to work as a doctor. She was one of only eight women physicians in the whole state of Iowa.
Many people did not think women should be doctors at all. A medical professor at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote a book claiming that education for women would ruin their health and make them unable to have children. In some places the men in charge of licensing doctors refused to give women doctors licenses. Women were often barred from medical societies.
Opportunities in Iowa
Luckily, things were a little better in Iowa. Delia Irish was welcomed into the medical society in Davenport. And in 1875 she joined the state medical society. When the medical school at the State University of Iowa opened in 1870, both men and women were allowed to attend. Women came from all over the United States to study medicine in Iowa. Soon there was a woman on the board that licensed new physicians.
Gradually, more and more women became physicians. From the table below, you can see how male doctors continued to outnumber women doctors in the 19th century:
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Many women doctors became leaders of their communities. Dr. Jennie McCowen of Davenport supported many charities. She also wrote for newspapers in Davenport, Iowa; Chicago, Illinois, and Cleveland, Ohio, and helped edit the state medical journal. Dr. Sara Pagburn Kime of Ft. Dodge worked for better care for the mentally ill. She and her husband also ran a hospital for people with tuberculosis. Dr. Margaret Abigail Cleaves was a founder of the Des Moines Woman's Club. Later she moved to Pennsylvania where she was a pioneer in providing better care for mentally ill women.
"In Union There Is Strength"
Even though the number of female doctors continued to grow, there were still only a few compared to the number of male doctors. A female doctor might rarely get to meet and talk to another woman doctor. In 1898 some women decided they could help each other be better doctors by starting an organization. The Society of Iowa Medical Women was the first state medical woman's society in the country.
"In union there is strength," proclaimed Dr. Azuba King of Des Moines, one of the first presidents of the organization.
"Each must give the best that is in her for the good of all," said Dr. Jennie McCowen, "standing shoulder to shoulder, and holding out hands of sympathy and helpfulness and good cheer to all newcomers."
The women met each year to discuss the pleasures and problems of their profession and to learn the latest breakthroughs in medicine. Sometimes they invited guests, like one of the first women surgeons, Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, to give lectures at their meetings.
Struggles Ahead
It is not surprising that these women doctors felt the need to join together to support each other. In spite of the growing number of women in medicine and the acceptance many found in Iowa, some people still did not think women should be doctors.
In 1897 some women in the medical school at Drake University were harassed and insulted by male students. At first the medical school voted to end the problem by expelling all the women. But the directors of the university insisted that women had a right to study medicine, and the women were allowed to stay. Many of the women students did not feel welcome, so they left anyway to go to other schools.
From the days of pioneering women doctors like Elizabeth Blackwell and Delia Irish, women made great strides in the medical profession in the 19th century. But progress did not continue at the same pace in the 20th century. Many medical schools continued to refuse to admit more than a few women. And women were not encouraged to become doctors.
Late in the 20th century the woman's movement helped change the medical profession. In 2005 the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported that for the first time in history, women made up the majority of medical school applicants in the United States. And the group predicts that by 2010 approximately 40 percent of U.S. physicians will be women.
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Since stepping onto campus four years ago, Brianna Tolliver '12 has made her mark as a student leader, radio broadcaster and as an All-America honoree in the javelin throw.
At the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Tolliver turned in a personal-best effort in claiming All-America accolades and set a North Central record of 140 feet, 8 inches. Tolliver stood in sixth place when the competition ended to earn a spot on the podium in her second trip to the national championships. She is the second North Central female student-athlete to earn All-America honors in the javelin throw and the first since 1985.
Ironically, it was playing on the Cardinal volleyball team that resulted in her new-found javelin career. "When I came out for track my freshman year my coach suggested I try the javelin since I had the arm and athleticism from being a hitter in volleyball," says Tolliver, who played volleyball as a Cardinal for two seasons.
In her first year, the Las Vegas native finished sixth at a College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) meet in the javelin before uncorking a throw of 129 feet, 6 inches at the Dr. Keeler Last Chance Meet to establish a freshman and then-school record in the event. "It was a surprise to have the school record during my first year but it was exciting to have that kind of success so quickly. Working on the technical aspects of the event helped me to consistently improve," she says. Since then there has been no stopping Tolliver, who has improved the record every season and participated in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in 2011.
Tolliver's success has gone beyond just the javelin. During the 2012 indoor season, the senior finished third in the triple jump at the CCIW Championships (she was the 2008 Nevada 4A Champion in the triple jump in high school). Her personal best jump of 36 feet, 11 ¾ inches is third on the all-time indoor list and she's also been a team contributor in the vertical jumps and short sprint events.
When not on the track or in the field, Tolliver is a leader to her fellow teammates, having served as a student-athlete mentor for three years. A broadcast communication and sport management major, she was one of two North Central students to attend the NCAA Sports and Entertainment Summit in March 2010 in Los Angeles. On WONC-FM 89.1, she has broadcast basketball games and served as a DJ. She has been an active member in the College's Black Student Association.
After closing out her track and field season, Tolliver will complete her North Central academic career by spending the fall term abroad. She will be part of the first group of students to travel and study in Ghana. After graduation, Tolliver aspires to attend graduate school and gain a job in public relations for a professional sports team or serve as a sports broadcaster.


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Hey Y'all, so I was driving home from Knoxville, where a girl I date lives, on Sunday. I left late around 10:30 pm and drove through the park (441) I was about 5-10 minutes from Newfound Gap on the TN side when I came around a slight bend in the road, although I think I know what I saw I am looking for some confirmation. Running down the small shoulder of the road coming towards me was a large cat, not a small bobcat, I mean large he would have come up to at least my upper thigh or even waist, Beige or tan in color, and had huge paws it ran like a tigetr or cat and as soon as it saw me it sprung up to the right as the contour of the land sheered up from the road, it sprung like a cat and was gone. I would say it was no more than 15 yards from me and had a very large head and again huge paws. Do we have mountain lions and are they really just rare? There is no way it was a bobcat and I have looked and apparently there have been other sightings in the area I was, anyone else out there seen em?
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We still have them here in Fla. but they are referred to as panthers....saw one several years ago along the interstate driving back late from a football game....when you see one its like nothing else out there....my cousing claims to have seen one in the park years ago....
I understand that officially there are no mountain lions in the Park. In the 1990's I and two friends were camping at Cataloochee. We had Coleman latern going. Just before turning in for the night, I went to the restroom. When I came back, my friends ask if I saw it. I said saw what. They claimed they saw a large tawny cat jump up on the table in the next camp site. It then jumped down and moved off toward the restroom. It had a long tail, moved like a cat, not like a dog and was large. I thought they were joking, but no one was smiling and they never retracted their story. We were all in our 40's. I never saw or heard a thing, I'm just recounting what I was told by two lifelong friends. Regards, Silvercreek
I believe there are large cats in the park. I have wondered if a large cat
was involved the the case of the Martin boy who disappeared in the park.
One night on Chilhowee lake I heard what sounded like a panther squalling.
Gone fishing.
I watched a show about this a while back on The Discovery Channel - I think? They were documenting the viability of large cats witnessed and photographed by people across the US. It was odd that the scientists said all of these sitings were false and that there a few cats left in isolated areas.
It made me very curious to what these people were actually witnessing...
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Did it have a tail and if so how long?
I live in Northern Kentucky. Officially, the state says there are no black bears in the wild around here. They have made that claim with the absolute certainty of a man who states the Earth is the center of the Universe and the Sun rotates around the Earth. They have repeated it so many times that it has become the mantra regardless of how many sightings have been reported.
That was until about 2 years ago when a woman not only saw one (like so many others) but she saw it as it bounced off of the front bumper of her car. Hair samples stuck to the grill proved to be black bear.
Now, the state is saying it must have been an escaped pet.
Painters, Mountain Lions, Cougars, whatever you want to call them are very secretive animals, from what I've read about them, they are largely nocturnal and they try to avoid people. As many people who visit the park one would think sightings would be common, but one has to consider humans frequent a very small percentage of the land mass and cougars, by nature, are not as densely populated as would be a bear.
So, I would think that if you think you saw a cougar, you very well may have seen one. You know better than any of us, and you would have no reason to make up such a story.
Cool sighting whatever it was.
i have seen one in the vicinity of cades cove.....reported sightings have been in greenbriar and roaring fork areas as well as up 441.....in the '70's 4 rangers reported a sighting in catalooch
so, while they are not here, they are here
I started with nothing, and I have most of it left.
my grandfather was raised near Black mountain Kentucky. I remember him telling me that two mountain lions were killed by hunters there back in the 30's and pictures were actually printed in the local newspapers. He recalls hearing them at night and he described the noise as a woman screaming. He was not the kind of man to make up a story like that.
I also recall another story, in the National Geographic I think, about the tremendous hunting ranges that mountain lions out west are said to had. Tagging on in one state and having the animal turn up captured or dead one or two states over is not uncommon. Anyways, they had a map of known ranges, approximate historical ranges, and areas where mountain lion bones, carcasses, or stool had been found and documented. That area my grandfather was raised in in Kentucky fell under that last range where documented evidence had been found.
My opinion is that they are out there.
Carolina Boy--You quite possibly saw a cougar (or mountain lion, or panther, or painter--whatever name you choose). Your size description fits, but another key question is: Did it have a long tail?
Wildlfie biologists consistently deny the presence of panthers anywhere in the Southeast except Florida, yet there have been credible sightings by Park employees, a cousin of mine who is a national wildlife refuge manager in Florida (but grew up in the Smokies and saw the cat there), and plenty of folks from the general populace.
Yet the consistent explanation (or denial) from wildlife authorities is that they didn't really see what they saw or that the animal is a pet which has been released to the wild.
In my personal opinion, and it comes from someone who is not a wildlife biologist but who has read a good deal on the subject of the big cats and even eaten panther backstrap (now there's a novel foodstuff--it was a favorite of the mountain men and is a delicious white meat), I think it quite likely a few of the cats exist in the Smokies. Years ago I heard a sound on the headwaters of Deep Creek which, if it wasn't a panther screaming was either a woman in her death throes or I'm delusional.
Have you notified Park authorities? It would be interesting to see what they have to say.
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Rowe Park in Onalaska will be closed at 6 p.m. until filming of "Pause," a video about the dangers of teen drinking and driving is complete Tuesday night, around 10 p.m.
Event organizers say they're working on the film so area schools can use it as a teaching tool in case they can't do a mock crash on their own.
The Pause Project is a partnership between SoundFrame Studio, the Onalaska Hilltopper Rotary Club, the Onalaska Fire and Police Departments, and Gundersen Health System.
News 8's production team is helping film the mock crash. Former News 8 account executive KellyJo Brick wrote the script for the film, which tells the story of teens who were drinking and driving. They crash into a tree and narrowly miss another car.
On Sunday, crews filmed the interior car scenes with the four local high school actors. On Monday night, the crew crashed the car at the La Crosse Speedway with the help of a push truck to create the indent on the car to simulate it crashed into a tree.
On Tuesday night, the crew filmed the emergency response to the mock crash.
"I think it's the closest way to put teenagers in the situation, so I think it's a really good thing that they're doing, showing teenagers that this stuff really happens," said West Salem High School senior Shelby Cornell.
"The idea is to have students kind of pause and realize that the decisions that they make have real life, long term consequences," said Scott Davies, executive producer of The Pause Project.


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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, an expansion for StarCraft II, is set to be released on March 12, 2013. In the meantime, here's a first look at the in-game cinematics. Enjoy in full HD glory!
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You'll be amazed by this guy's talent. Dub FX is a worldwide street performer and studio recording artist from Melbourne, Australia. He create rich live music using only his own performance aided by live looping and effect pedals combined with his voice.
Here's a couple of videos of his street performances. This guy's too great at what he does.
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Friday Pick 'em Contest
My boy Jon over at "The "Mc" Effect" has been running a contest every week when you pick the winners of the Friday baseball games. So far Iam in 5th place overall. After a strong second place sprint in the first round I fell a little bit in last weeks contest. Hopefully I can bounce back this week with Ian Snell leading the Pirates to a solid win over the Padres in San Diego. While historically Pittsburgh underachieves on the west coast, with the way our pitchers have been pitching we will ride their backs til the magic runs out.
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haha I have been failing at that contest. last week I totally forgot. Good picks especially Cleveland over Minnesota. Not too thrilled with the Cubs over Cardinals though.😉


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More than 19,000 dogs and cats pass through our Adoption Center each year. Because we are an open-admissions shelter, we must accept all animals that come through our doors. Many of these animals need basic medical treatment or need to be sent to a veterinarian for more extensive treatment. In addition, we must house stray dogs and cats for a minimum of three days and a maximum of five days as required by law before they can be made available for adoption. See video of our adoption Center!
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Access pass holders can expect to be provided a souvenir wine glass at the door with 5 tickets for tasting and 1 food ticket. The Access pass also includes live music from 1-7 p.m. We are featuring four wineries, Braman Winery, Texas Southwind Vineyard & Winery, Darcy's Vineyard, and Lavaca Bluffs. Our guests will be allowed to use their tasting tickets at any wine vendor of their choice. They will also be able to purchase wine directly from the vendor by the glass, bottle, or case. Although wine is our focus the Horned Toad Beer Garden will have a selection of beer for purchase for non wine drinkers.
The chamber is pleased to welcome Cardinal Special Occasions; Alvin, Texas to serve our guests with a one-of-a-kind menu. A few of the menus items will include bacon wrapped chicken skewers with sweet chili glaze, coconut shrimp with pineapple ginger jam, and more. Additionally, guests may purchase a wine tasting tray to compliment their wine for $4 that includes four fresh cheese selections, assorted Carr's Water Crackers, and an assortment of fresh fruit.
Live music will be performed by the Mark Odom Band. Mark is an award winning guitarist and veteran singer. He loves playing guitar and singing. Music has played a huge part of his upbringing, and his original song "That's The Way I Was Raised", says it all. Mark is a former winner of the San Antonio Guitar Wars competition, in which he won an Eddie Van Halen custom Peavey Wolfgang guitar. Mark attended both Kenedy & Karnes City High school and graduated from Karnes City, Texas.
Jordan Minor is a central figure on the Texas music scene. He was recently nominated 2013 Lonestar Music Awards in the Best Emerging Artist category. In his live performances he routinely demonstrates his unique ability to alternate between thoughtful interpretations of country standards that make the old songs sound new and well-crafted original tunes that, though often containing elements found in traditional music. Jordan grew up in Cedar Park with New Braunfels his current home. You can often find him playing at Gruene Hall, Texas Oldest Dance Hall.
The Kenedy Chamber of Commerce has branded the event with a logo design by Gunner Cantu. The additional marketing has been instrumental in the promotion of the event. "Gunner is a delight to work with. He really puts some thought to the concept he is creating and makes sure that the brand sends the right message" says Christina Benavides, event chairperson. Gunner has also created a face book page for the event, "Kenedy Grapewine Classic." Social media has increased promotion as well. The logo created by Gunner will be features on items to purchase including can coolers, cork screws, wine totes, and the inaugural event T-shirt.
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By Tom Philpott : Military Update
Two months into a year-long review of pay records and disability compensation histories for 140,000 military retirees have produced a total of $45 million in back pay to 31,000 disabled retirees, say officials in charge.
The lump-sum payments average about $1,500. Ten retirees have received more than $25,000 each, a sign that back payments will vary widely based on individual circumstance.
The retroactive payments mostly involve VA dollars withheld because of start-up difficulties with two "concurrent receipt" programs for military retirees: Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) and Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP).
Cases settled so far are the low-hanging fruit for accountants and computer programmers involved in what the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs call their "Retro Pay" project. Next up are cases requiring an extra data run to add missing information, to be followed by the most complex cases requiring individual file reviews to calculate overdue pay.
Through November, records of 42,000 retirees, all of them CRDP recipients, had been reviewed. Nearly 11,000 were up to date and required no action, said Pat Shine, deputy director for operations with the Defense Accounting and Finance Service (DFAS) in Indianapolis.
But the same computer data runs led to retroactive payments for almost 30,000 retirees at the end of October and another 1,100 at the end of November.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is making most of the payments. But 4,500 retirees have received money from both VA and DFAS and 500 were owed money solely from DFAS, Shine said.
Letters of explanation are mailed to arrive a few days before the direct-deposit payments. They include a month-to-month "payment due statement" to show how retro pay was calculated.
Officials estimate that half of all retirees drawing CRDP or CRSC will have their files reviewed. Total retro payments are likely to fall short of the $500 million estimate used last summer. An analysis of 5,000 payments led VA to revise its estimate to below $300 million, said Thomas J. Pamperin, assistant director for policy with VA's Compensation and Pension Service. But he also noted that those cases all involved CRDP, which could be smaller payments, on average, than for the CRSC-eligible retirees still to come.
The sharp drop from October to November in files reviewed by DFAS had VA officials reconsidering their own estimates of when most eligible retirees will see their compensation caught up.
"We've been saying that we'd have 90 percent of the cases done by April," said Pamperin. "It ain't gonna happen, not at this rate."
Shine at DFAS, which has the lead in screening retiree files for back payment, said the plan always has been to have a majority of files reviewed within six months, which means by the end of March 2007, and to have all payments made by September. DFAS remains confident it will meet those goals, Shine said. However, the promised review of a "majority" of cases by March will be nearer to 50 percent than to the 90 percent that VA officials had expected.
No month will match the volume of payments made at the end of October, he said. The next big one will be January, perhaps 20,000.
Before CRSC began June 1, 2003, and CRDP on Jan. 1, 2004, every military retiree who accepted tax-free VA compensation for service-related injuries or illnesses saw their taxable retired pay reduced dollar-for-dollar due to the long standing ban on "concurrent receipt."
Congress has eased that ban in stages. CRSC ended the cut in retired pay cut for disabilities tied to combat or combat training. CRDP ended the offset for retirees with disability ratings of 100 percent and the offset is being phased out over several years for disabilities rated 50 to 90 percent. Neither program helps retirees with non-combat disabilities rated 40 percent or lower, or veterans retired on disability before completing 20 years of service.
Most of the underpayments being corrected now occurred when retirees eligible for CRDP or CRSC saw their VA disability rating raised. A higher rating means more VA compensation, payable back to the date that the retiree applied for reconsideration of physical or mental condition.


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WILLISTON David Lee Clough, 74, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at The Arbors in Shelburne following a lengthy illness.
Born on Oct. 31, 1938, in Northfield, he was the son of the late Lee Smith Clough and Olive Robie Clough.
David grew up in Northfield and graduated from Northfield High School in 1956.
He served in the Vermont Army National Guard in both active and reserve status, from January 1958 until September 1960.
On Sept. 6, 1959, David married Jean Pratt Kinney, the daughter of Bryce and Eleanor Kinney, of Montpelier, and they had two sons Daniel, born in 1960, and Mark, in 1963.
In 1962, David graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelors degree in civil engineering.
After briefly working for an engineering firm in upstate New York, serving as a commissioned officer in the public health service, and earning his professional engineering license, he began a long and distinguished career with the state of Vermont Department of Environmental Quality.
In 1967, he and Jean took up residence in Barre to raise their young family. Jean passed away in 1975, but the union formed between the Kinney and Clough families has remained, and forever will be, strong. Eleven years later, David married Elizabeth Betty Arnold, of St. Albans. They lived happily in Williston the remainder of their lives, enjoying frequent travel together to numerous historically significant areas throughout the eastern United States, retiring from work in the late 1990s. Although Betty passed away before David, she brought a sense of peace and fulfillment to his life, and along with her wonderful family, we shall never forget her grace.
As the director of water quality, Davids many years of dedicated and relentless efforts led to significant improvement in the quality of Vermonts many rivers, streams and lakes. He leaves behind a permanent legacy of environmental awareness, enhancing the lives of all those who share his love for the waters of the state.
David was a lifelong sports fan who loved playing golf, as well as snowmobiling, hunting, fishing, and perhaps above all, roaming the forests of his beloved Vermont. Those who knew him best will fondly recall that whenever possible David could always be found on the highest available ground, his eyes focused intently on the horizon, and with his nose to the wind. An avid history buff, he found true delight in delving into topics ranging from the Civil War to the early days of westward American exploration. He was a profoundly thoughtful man, with a keen intellect and a wonderful dry sense of humor.
David is survived by his sons, Daniel Clough and his wife, Cristina, of Cantonment, Fla., and their children, Christiane, Melissa and Michelle; Mark Clough and his wife, Natalie, of Meridian, Idaho, and his son, Bryce; his brother Mark R. Clough and his wife, Phyllis, of Northfield, and their son, Steven; his brother Peter Clough and his wife, Marie, of Northfield, their son, Brian, and daughter, Diane. In addition to his parents, David was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean, in 1975; his second wife, Elizabeth, in 2010; and his sister, Nancy J. Plastridge, in 1994.
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A few winters ago we had more than 125 inches and that was the snowiest winter in more than 30 years. These last few years we have seen more snow than we are accustomed to and for those that are not used to it, they think we are nuts for wanting to live here...like my neighbors, but their kids love it and don't want to live anywhere else. They don't miss the heat of Texas. They are just not fond of the cold weather of Maine, but they love the snow. I have told them they can't have it both ways...you can't have real snow without the real cold. I remember when they first moved here and they thought 5 inches was a lot. They have now learned what a lot is as we have had several that have gone well over 18 inches in one shot. Got to love it.
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Peaceful coexistence
It's hard to make a stink over the family of friendly skunks living under my porch
By John Grula 07/17/2013
I'm trying to live with a family of skunks. The family appears to consist of a mama skunk and three recent offspring that are almost fully grown. They've taken up residence under the short flight of wooden steps leading to the door of my home office, which is a converted garage.
At first I thought, "This is intolerable — I can't have a family of skunks living under my office steps!" I initially noticed them earlier this summer when they emerged one evening to begin their nocturnal foraging. After the little family pranced off into the gathering darkness (I have to admit, they're actually kind of cute), I rolled a small log against the gap at the bottom of the steps, hoping to block their entry way and force them to find a new home.
Alas, the clever little critters, probably working together, managed to roll away the log slightly and get back under the steps early the next morning.
I decided further resistance was probably futile. Besides, where would the poor little family find another home? During the day I go in and out of my office while the skunks snooze harmlessly under the steps until dusk arrives. So far they haven't caused a stink (mom and the young'uns apparently haven't had any reason to spray yet), plus I can tell they're more scared of me than I am of them. At this point we are peacefully co-existing, yet giving each other respectful distance.
What good, you may ask, is a skunk? According to my "Field Guide to the Mammals," Striped Skunks (which are the most common and widespread of North America's four skunk species, and almost certainly the species one would encounter in the Pasadena area) are omnivores, and feed primarily on rodents, insects, and berries. So, from a human perspective, skunks may even be considered beneficial, unless, of course, you are unfortunate enough to be sprayed by one. Well, many animals, including humans, have their own defense mechanisms. Ours include nuclear weapons, which can cause considerably more harm than skunk spray.
According to my field guide, striped skunks can make a "fair pet" if de-scented (have their scent glands removed, much like neutering a dog or cat). In the market for an unusual pet? Consider a cuddly little skunk.
I referred earlier to skunks being clever. They may also have communication abilities, perception skills and emotional lives of which we still have only a rudimentary understanding. In 1976, Rockefeller University Press published a book titled "The Question of Animal Awareness: Evolutionary Continuity of Mental Experience," written by a scientist named Donald R. Griffin. Griffin was an authority on animal physiology and behavior and is most famous for his research that determined bats orient themselves and capture food (flying insects in this case) by listening to echoes of their own voices, a kind of sonar that he named "echolocation." In his 1976 book, Griffin argued that humans would be mistaken to underestimate how mentally and emotionally sophisticated certain animals may be.
Since Jane Goodall's studies of chimpanzees, Dian Fossey's of gorillas, and others, it has long been appreciated how intelligent, communicative and socially complex are the so-called higher apes. This appreciation has been extended recently to include other species, especially a family of birds known as corvids. In the Pasadena area, we have three common corvids, including the Common Raven, American Crow and Scrub Jay. Keep an eye out for these birds; their complex communication, behaviors and social life may surprise you!
Anthropologist Barbara J. King writes in the July 2013 issue of Scientific American that "[Charles] Darwin thought that, given the evolutionary connection between humans and other animals, many emotions must be similar across species." King's article, "When animals mourn," summarizes the growing evidence from studies of many species — including those of elephants, dolphins and even domestic cats — that "humans are not the only species that grieve over the loss of loved ones." Ever had a dog or cat that seemed to grieve the loss of a companion? I have several friends who say yes.
Do I think skunks are intelligent and emotional creatures worthy of respect (and not just because of their smelly spray)? Believe me, I would never underestimate their mental abilities, and no one else should, either. Unfortunately, most of us experience skunks only as stinking road kill. They seem to epitomize the alien "other" when it comes to our fellow travelers on planet Earth, including other human beings who are different from us.
But as Rodney King pleaded after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, "Can't we all just get along?" Amen to that.
So I will try my best to get along with my little skunk family and urge others in my position to do the same. I'm confident St. Francis of Assisi, Jesus and Gandhi would all approve.
John Grula, PhD, is affiliated with the Southern California Federation of Scientists.
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My gorgeous adorable daughter is 24 weeks old. She'll be 6 months on the 24th, just 11 days away. I feed her EBM in a breastfeeding style and I still haven't given up on having some sort of nursing relationship one day (in spite of HORRIBLE Lactation Consultant advice at 4 days old...) Emily used to wake up like clockwork between 1am and 2am and again around 5am to be fed. I keep a cooler bag with 2 bottles of breastmilk (she's not picky about the temperature) by the bed and just reach in and feed her without disturbing either of us too much - just as if we were night nursing. I would then sit up in bed and pump to keep providing the EBM while my prolactin levels are highest. This worked great because we go to bed between 8 and 9pm and I can get a 5-hour chunk of sleep and then a few more before I have to get up at 5.
For about the last week or so, she's been waking MULTIPLE times at night - sometimes as early as 10pm to eat again, even when I just fed her moments before lying down for the night. This is destroying my sleep and I seriously barely make it to work alive (never on-time anymore) because I have a long drive through a barren desert to get to work each morning when it's barely light out.
Is this her way of letting me know she's ready for solids? I wasn't going to even try until 6 months (depressing, really, because I know solids are part of the weaning process and I feel like we never got the chance we needed to breastfeed, so anything associated with weaning seems sad to me...) and I've read that starting them doesn't necessarily help with sleeping through the night anyway!
I know she doesn't have a true metabolic need to eat during the night now, but she used to take each bottle ant these regular intervals and now she wants an ounce, maybe 2 every hour or so all night long... HELP!!