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But what I like best of all about my matchbox is that it is an empty one
A letter of thanks for an unusual gift, a poem about a dying queen (with audio of the poet reading it), and a short story about a devoted couple with a shocking secret (with an introduction by Edith Pearlman): all are from the pen of the English novelist, short-story writer, poet, musicologist, translator & biographer; feminist, lesbian & communist Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978). [more inside]
Why can't we get these templates in Microsoft Word?
Letter-Writing Manuals Were the Self-Help Books of the 18th Century. Need to kindly but firmly chastise your son for buying a horse? Read the manual.
Gerald Caye
Gerard Caye is a YouTube calligrapher. Working with a quill, he does alphabets and more complicated work. [more inside]
"You cannot have both . . . Joke and Art,"
Terry Southern, The Art of Screenwriting No. 3 Interviewed by Maggie Paley [The Paris Review] [more inside]
Nothing ſucceeds like long s
This Chrome extenſion replaces the unſightly "terminal" or "ſhort" s with the elegant "long" ſ according to the rules of ſtandard uſage. [more inside]
"I'm getting to be a rather old Santa Claus. A little lonely as well"
In 1963 Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated a letter from Santa Claus for the Finnish post office, which was inundated with letters to Santa. It has now been scanned and posted by the Moomin company on its blog as part of its regular series of letters from Tove Jansson.
Treasure chest
Scholars are beginning to examine an unprecedented collection of European correspondence from the late 17th and early 18th centuries--a chest belonging to a Dutch postmaster which contains some 2600 undelivered letters, 600 of which have never been opened.
I Ask Of You Greetings And Money
A-B-C-D, follow me!
In the 1970's, Sesame Street wasn't the only educational puppet show in town. The Letter People was a literacy program and television series that taught phonics with an unusual bunch of 26 characters. Here's the entire 60 episode run. The production values improved a bit as the show went on, evolving from black backgrounds and simple sets to more elaborate ones. Every Letter Person had their own theme song, featured in their introductory episode; here's all twenty-six of those in alphabetical, and thus wildly anachronic, order. Absent from the show are the songs of Misters R, X and Q (the last three Letter People to debut in the show - they'd clearly gone through design changes by then, ESPECIALLY Mr. X). [more inside]
The severity and sympathy of Ezra Pound
As bread owes something to the wheat winnower, etc. So much happening in between. A letter from Ezra Pound to French critic/academic, Rene Taupin. [more inside]
Do not send anymore cats, we have enough cats
The popular and venerable Twitter account Tweets Of Old continues its seasonal tradition of posting late 19th century /early 20th century children's letters to Santa.
That Letter Will Go On Your Permanent Record
If you ever wrote a letter to Neil Armstrong it's probably now archived at Purdue University. The first man on the moon saved over 70,000 pieces of personal correspondence, and that probably includes that letter you wrote in late July 1969 when you were in the 2nd grade.
I can tell by the pixels & by seeing a lot of shops in my time
LEGO's letter to parents, and how not to tell a fake when you don't see one
According to the website of the Independent newspaper, LEGO UK has verified the 1970s 'letter to parents' that was widely tweeted last weekend and almost as widely dismissed as fake. Business as usual in the Twittersphere — but there are some lessons here about dating type.[more inside]
Rainy Day
Pencil and Paper Games is devoted to games you can play with nothing more than a pencil and a piece of paper (some of which can be played on the site, for those who do not have access to a pencil and paper, or remember what those are.) [more inside]
"I have decided you are in a goofy state of mind."
"Martha Gellhorn's pen pals included Eleanor Roosevelt, Maxwell Perkins, H.G. Wells, her husband (later, ex-) Ernest Hemingway, and Peggy Schutze, my maternal grandmother." Author Amy Shearn shares some of the letters her grandmother received from legendary war correspondent Martha Gellhorn with the hope that, "if I studied Martha, the writer who wanted to be a mother, and Peggy, the mother who wanted to be a writer, some golden mean would eventually present itself."
From a Mefite, Announcing a Compendium of Letter Templates
The Art of Letter Writing investigates The New Century Standard Letter-Writer (1900), a collection of example letters for people to use as templates over the course of one's whole life," from A Clerk Apologizing to His Employers, and A Young Lady Desirous of Securing Farm-House Board, to A Gentleman to a Young Lady Friend of His about a Misunderstanding (from Wondermark)
Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you
Shortly after the Civil War, an ex-slave was asked by his master to return to the plantation. He dictated a reply that would have made Mark Twain proud, and which has been previously featured on Metafilter. In fact, the letter was so good that some folks began to question whether it was real. New research shows it was, and gives details about the lives of the master and slave.
Amazon vs. Hachette, an Epic Battle Faught with Letters and Addresses
Best Selling author Douglas Preston, along with 907 other authors, signed a letter that ran as a double full-page ad in yesterday's print edition of the New York Times, asking Amazon to stop blocking or delaying the sale of books on their site as a tactic to lower the e-book prices that Amazon is charged by the publisher Hachette.* The three month dispute between Hachette and Amazon previously prompted a response by Amazon's self-published authors and readers, but it took an odd turn Saturday night when Amazon posted this letter on a site called ReadersUnited.com, after sending it as an email to all of its Kindle Direct Publishing authors. In that letter they include Hachette's CEO's email, and have asked their KDP authors to write to Hachette's CEO telling him what they think about cheaper ebooks. [more inside]
Dig out your sparkly pens again
When was the last time you got something in the mail other than the water bill or a pizza menu? Why does mail always have to be bad news? Groups online are reviving the dying tradition of penpals and sending the most wonderful, creative letters and notes across the globe, making the moment the mail drops onto the doormat exciting instead of dread-inducing again. Bonus link - the League of Extraordinary Penpals, who "think that writing a letter snuggled under a blanket with a cup of tea and a cat by your side is a better way to spend your Friday night than hanging out at the bar."
"Don't be like I was you can be better"
@ Risk
"I had a rare Twitter username, @N. Yep, just one letter. I've been offered as much as $50,000 for it. People have tried to steal it. Password reset instructions are a regular sight in my email inbox. As of today, I no longer control @N. I was extorted into giving it up."—Naoki Heroshima explains how his accounts were hacked in order to force him to give up his single-letter Twitter handle. [more inside]
"And for this, Australia, we are sorry."
CSIRO apologises for lack of research on dragons, makes dragon.
Margaret Mead's passion
"Always I love you and realize what a desert life might have been without you." —Margaret Mead to anthropologist and folklorist Ruth Benedict, who remained her companion and arguably her soul-mate despite both women having husbands.
The Debate over H: the 'istory of aitch
Why H is the most contentious letter in the alphabet is a quick overview of the letter H. Though the visual form of the letter has been pretty stable in Medieval writing, it's the pronunciation of the letter that has caused issues, from Catullus' poem mocking Arrius's addition of H's to words, to the Irish clash of Protestants and Catholics including how each group pronounced H. Such regional and generational shifts in pronunciation were of interest to the British Library, as documented in their Evolving English exhibit, which includes an online "mapped" catalog of sound clips (previously).
'The theme of "Charlotte's Web" is that a pig shall be saved'
"I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze." A lovely little letter from E. B. White.
"You are very welcome to this sad, tattered and abused old world."
"We have not learned, even, to live with our fellow man. Instead we have perfected more means to annihilate him -- to wipe him (and ourselves) from the face of the Earth." A 1974 letter from Lieutenant Colonel Clyde S. Shield, lead test pilot for the Manhattan project, to his newborn grandson.
Waiting for Sluggo
Why did Samuel Beckett write to Ernie Bushmiller? Did he feel a sense of kinship with the cartoonist whose strip he read every day? Did he see in Bushmiller a man who quietly pursued his repetitive vocation day after day, no matter what? Did the Bushmiller characters strike a chord in the creator of Vladimir and Estragon? Did Beckett first formulate some of the innovations of his later plays while pondering situations for Nancy and Sluggo? We can never know if the inadvertent surrealistic antics of Bushmiller's tykes influenced the translator of Eluard and Breton, or what first prompted the author of The Unnamable and Krapp's Last Tape to begin sending strip ideas to a cartoonist in Connecticut. Was it Beckett's frustration with his literary career, or the seemingly endless difficulties in mounting Godot that led him to seek another outlet, in yet another literary form, for his ideas and emotions? Whatever the reasons, we are lucky that much of the Beckett-Bushmiller correspondence has been preserved. [more inside]
Bewilderment, speculation and plain old fashioned abuse
"If Shirley Jackson's intent was to symbolize into complete mystification, and at the same time be gratuitously disagreeable, she certainly succeeded" - The New Yorker takes a look at the over 300 letters in reaction to The Lottery
Italo Calvino's Letters
The New Yorker is publishing excerpts from Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985, translated by Martin McLaughlin, on its book blog. (via) [more inside]
A life in letters
Bess of Hardwick's Letters brings together the correspondence of one of the most powerful women of the Elizabethan era, the builder of one of England's greatest houses and the founder of one of its greatest political dynasties. As well as telling the story of Bess's life, it offers an introduction to early modern letters and a guide to reading early modern handwriting.
How I Met My Dead Parents
Going through my parents' stuff didn't make me suddenly miss them, but I became more intrigued by them every day. I wanted to know more and more about them, to solve their mysteries. At the same time, I felt a corresponding, if conflicting, urge to speak, or write, about what many people seemed to think was unspeakable: my ever-present lack of grief. So I decided to combine these seemingly divergent impulses into an Tumblr blog called My Dead Parents, which I kept anonymous both out of respect for my family and because, after years of writing fiction, I wasn't sure if I could handle revealing so much about myself in writing.Anya Yurchyshyn writes about rediscovering her parents through their letters, after their deaths.
The Darwin-Hooker Letters
The Cambridge University Library houses the world's largest collection of Charles Darwin's letters: more than 9,000 of the 15,000 letters he is known to have written and received in his lifetime. They've been posting them online since 2007 (previously on MeFi), in the Darwin Correspondence Project, where we can now read and search the full texts of more than 7,500 letters, and find information on 7,500 more -- all for free. This weekend, they added nearly all of the Darwin-Hooker letters: Over 1400 pieces of correspondence between Darwin and his closest friend, botanist Joseph Hooker. [more inside]
Letters From A Private
Letters From A Private: "...[19 year-old Pvt. D. Bruce Hirshorn] was in the Army in 1944 and 1945. He wrote home almost every single day.... Today, Uncle Bruce is the same upbeat, funny guy. He's 87 and he loves syrup and ships!" [more inside]
Cosmic Sans
A collaboration between 26 designers to create 26 space and sci-fi themed letters. A series of 26 sci-fi and space themed typographic art prints.
When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie
My Dearest Barack: A collection of letters that student Dylan Hansen-Fliedner wrote back to the Obama campaign, in response to donation requests.
M is for Myriapod
Mysteries of Vernacular is a series of delightful papercraft animations about etymology, by filmmaker Jessica Oreck. Four of a projected 26 videos, one for each letter of the alphabet, have been completed so far: Assassin, Hearse, Pants, and Clue. (via)
Chore list of Champions
From a January 26, 1947, contract between Kurt Vonnegut and his pregnant wife, Jane, to whom he had been married for sixteen months: "I, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., that is, do hereby swear that I will be faithful to the commitments hereunder listed..."
Taylor Mali poem, animated
A typographical animation of Taylor Mali's poem, "Totally like whatever, you know?"
How I Scored A Million Points In SpellTower
My father-in-law Jerry is great at word puzzles. Over the holidays, I showed him SpellTower on my iPad. By the time I took my iPad back at the end of the trip, he had already broken the SpellTower "Puzzle Mode" record on the Game Center leader board by almost 100,000 points. So I asked Jerry if he would share his strategy
The Most Beautiful Work of All
This letter from Patti Smith to Robert Mapplethorpe written 22 years after they met and when he was dying from AIDS , was never delivered. The link to her reading it last fall is heartwrenching and filled with the love of old friends.
Dear Mr. Wright
In 1956 a 12-year-old Jim Berger exchanged letters with Frank Lloyd Wright. The result was a Wright designed doghouse.
I'm gonna sit write down and write twenty-four letters...
A Month of Letters is a challenge with two parts: mail something (anything!) every day the post runs in February and respond to every letter you get.
On the contrary, it seems to me that [God], on the strength of His daily acts, He must be set down a most cruel, stupid and villainous fellow.
From lettersofnote.com : In July of 1931, author and philosopher Will Durant wrote to a number of notable figures and asked, essentially, "What is the meaning of life?" His letter concluded: Spare me a moment to tell me what meaning life has for you, what keeps you going, what help—if any—religion gives you, what are the sources of your inspiration and your energy, what is the goal or motive-force of your toil, where you find your consolations and your happiness, where, in the last resort, your treasure lies. Write briefly if you must; write at length and at leisure if you possibly can; for every word from you will be precious to me. Durant received many replies, a selection of which were compiled in the book, "On the Meaning of Life." By far the greatest response, in my opinion, came from the great H. L. Mencken. It can, and should, be read below. (Description above taken straight from the linked post, as it summed it up pretty well)
The Little Anarchist Collective That Could
George Whitman, founder of the Parisian landmark bookstore Shakespeare And Company, has died at the age of 98
Shapecatcher: draw to explore Unicode characters
Shapecatcher let's you draw a picture to find the matching Unicode characters. via
Typographic Inspiration
Beautiful Type is a patchwork of photos and illustrations having a relationship with typography. AisleOne is focused on graphic design, typography, grid systems, minimalism and modernism. iABC is a collection of beautiful letters. Inspiration Bit has a nice archive of articles about web typography. Nicetype is about fonts, logos, posters and software. Twenty-Six Types celebrates the beautiful letters. Typenuts is type-themed iPhone and desktop wallpapers. Typoretum is about typography, letterpress and printing history. Enjoy.
This is why America can't not have a postal system.
Floating Worlds is a new book detailing the never-before-seen correspondence between illustrator Edward Gorey and author Peter F. Neumeyer, who collaborated on three children's books between September 1968 and October 1969. During that period, they regularly sent each other letters and postcards, many of which Gorey embellished with illustrations. [more inside]
Your views are out of step with modern society
"... if children could go to the polls then perhaps Fred Nile, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party in NSW [New South Wales, Australia], wouldn't have the power that he has today." An 11-year old Charlie Fine writes about an issue that affects children across the Australian state of New South Wales. [more inside]
Civil War Diaries and Letters
Love and Valor the movie is based on the book, Love and Valor – The Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner Both projects by Charles Larimer. Hear him discuss these letters on Talk of Iowa. Mentioned in this episode: University of Iowa Libraries Civil War Diaries and Letters. Crowdsourcing transcription of these letters.


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- Bruce C. Muller, Jr. Named as Design, Estimating and Construction Oversight and Dam Safety Officer
Bruce C. Muller, Jr. Named as Design, Estimating and Construction Oversight and Dam Safety Officer
Media Contact: Peter Soeth, 303-445-3615
For Release: September 10, 2012
WASHINGTON – Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor has named Bruce C. Muller, Jr. as the Senior Advisor - Design, Estimating and Construction Oversight and Dam Safety Officer.
"Having an internal, independent oversight of construction and dam safety projects at all levels is important to ensure these projects are consistent throughout Reclamation and to make sure that Reclamation and its partners are getting the best value for our investments," said Commissioner Connor. "Bruce brings the necessary engineering and management experience to this position that it needs to ensure the consistency of projects throughout Reclamation."
This position provides oversight of design, estimating and construction activities as they are being formulated and prepared to ensure that executive-level management decisions and products are sound at the project and corporate levels. Muller will also serve as Reclamation's Dam Safety Officer where he will provide broad program guidance, conduct reviews and perform quality assurance of Reclamation's Dam Safety Program.
Muller joined Reclamation in 1979 as a civil engineer after earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. For the next 20 years, Muller worked as a design engineer and project manager, designing new dams and modifications to existing dams, developing methodologies and guidelines to facilitate risk management and implementing new technologies for dam analysis and design, while also earning his Master of Science in Civil Engineering/Water Resource Management from Colorado State University and graduating from the Department of the Interior's Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program.
In addition to the accomplishments earlier in his career, Muller has served Reclamation as the Chief of the Dam Safety Office, Deputy Director for Security, Safety and Law Enforcement and Reclamation's Assistant Director Information Resources working closely with the Department of the Interior in its Information Technology Transformation Project.
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Krista Yeast, Republican, senior in public relations at Eastern New Mexico University
"As a hard-core Republican, I'm definitely disappointed in our loss," Yeast said.
Barack Obama's campaign was very strong and apparently won the hearts of both younger and older voters, as well as some Republicans, she continued.
"Especially with the (Sarah) Palin choice, a lot of Republicans weren't as straight-ticket as they would have been," Yeast said.
"I hope Obama will be a great president for us and prove (skeptical Republicans) wrong," she said.
Matt Rush, Roosevelt County Republican Party chairman:
"It looks like it's a bad day to be a Republican," Rush said.
The chairman said Obama had a flawlessly run campaign.
"It's going to be a time that Republicans are going to have to rebuild from the ground up," he said of the future.
James Lee, Roosevelt County Democratic Party chairman:
"Of course, I'm very pleased that Sen. Obama won the election. I also have respect for Sen. McCain," Lee said.
McCain is a good American and has given a lot for his country, Lee added.
"And I look forward to Sen. Obama healing the wounds from the campaign and bringing the country together," Lee continued. "He has a big job ahead of him, and he's going to need a lot of support from both parties."
Janet Collins, Roosevelt County clerk on turnout
"(Turnout) was a little more than we've ever had, even for a presidential election, but not a lot more," Collins said. "It depends based on how interested people are and the weather and who else is on the ballot."
Barbara George, Roosevelt County probate judge, on the stress of election day
"First of all, I just said, 'I'm turning this over to God and if he wants me there, that's where I'll be,' I really didn't worry about it that much until about an hour before I came down here (to the courthouse) and then it just hit me that I have to wait until all the voters of Roosevelt County speak and I have no idea what they're going to say."
Portales residents react to Obama win
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ability to lift 160 lbs!! Wow, thats a back breaker there
Durango Brewing Company is now accepting resumes for a brewer position.
This position includes but is not limited to:
-All aspects of operating our 15 bbl brewhouse
-Maintaining current established recipes
-Filtering, Cleaning, Cellaring
-Bottling on a 4 head Meheen
-Ability to work solo and team environment
-The desire to be a part of and continue to grow a small brewery
Ideal Applicants should have:
-Minimum of three (3)years professional brewing experience
-Bottling experience...we will be bottling 12 and 22 oz bottles
-Understanding of brewing science and yeast handling
-Good communication, and organization skills
-Ability to multitask
-Problem solving/troubleshooting
-Mechanical knowledge
-Ability to drive a forklift
-Ability to lift up to 160 lbs
Please send all resumes and questions to:firstname.lastname@example.com by 1/20/11
ability to lift 160 lbs!! Wow, thats a back breaker there
Lifting kegs is actually pretty common in the brewing industry.
Man, I wish I had some professional brewing experience...I live in Durango, and would love to get into brewing as a profession!
do you think that the concise course in commercial brewing offered by Siebels would suffice for this position?
Thanks for all the interest and excellent applicants. The position has been filled.


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that means the negative sign of an exponent can be translated into a fraction with the numerator 1.
that means a fraction as exponent can be translated into a root. (Jhevon published recently a very impressive image about the (flower)power and it's root. Search for it)
Your problem becomes:
EDIT: I'm not quite certain but maybe this is the thread: http://www.mathhelpforum.com/math-he...t=flower+power


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- Fall Walk is Great Time to Collect SCN Soil Samples
- Soil sampling guidelines
- Collect fall soil samples to determine SCN egg population densities
- Take soil samples every 6-8 years as a check that SCN management efforts are working
- Accurate and detailed notes of when and how SCN soil samples were collected are necessary
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Once harvest is completed, a very productive way to enjoy the fall weather is to collect soil samples for soybean cyst nematode (SCN).
In the 1990s and much of the past decade, fall soil sampling for SCN was strongly recommended as a way to scout fields for the presence of this pest. If fields have not yet been tested for SCN, soil samples should be collected for this purpose. But many fields infested with SCN in Iowa likely have already been discovered.
Another reason to collect soil samples for SCN in the fall is to determine SCN egg population densities (numbers). These numbers will be useful for comparison when soil samples are collected again sometime in the future. Growers and agronomists are advised to take soil samples every six to eight years to assess SCN population densities as a check that management efforts are adequately controlling the nematode. Doing this is important because many SCN populations in Iowa and throughout the Midwest are developing increased ability to reproduce on the most common type or source of SCN resistance, called PI 88788. The key to profitable long-term soybean production in SCN-infested fields is to prevent SCN population densities from increasing.
Comparing results of soil samples collected six to eight years apart requires good record keeping and also consistent soil sample collection methods. Accurate and detailed notes of when and how samples were collected are needed so the same methods can be used in future years. Details should include the specific areas of fields that are sampled, the number of cores that are collected and their depth, the specific sampling date, whether samples are collected before or after a soybean or other crop, and which laboratory processes the samples.


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For just about anyone, what occurred to Joel Stave at the end of Wisconsin's game at Arizona State on Sept. 14 would be difficult to overcome.
Stave knows he took a knee and set the ball on the ground, but there had to have been some second guessing on his part in the following minutes, hours and days regarding the final 18 seconds of that game.
Should he have made the kneel more obvious? Should he have tossed the ball to a nearby official instead? Should the Badgers have even run that play with the risk of not having enough time to spike the ball?
It was an upsetting situation, but character can best be judged by how one responds to adversity. Six days later, Stave was back under center, helping lead his team to a 42-10 stomping of Purdue back at the friendly confines of Camp Randall Stadium.
Right now, there isn't a better option on this roster at quarterback than Joel Stave, but the sophomore has been far from perfect through three weeks of play. With a massive test looming at Ohio State, there are three lessons we've learned about Stave in 2013.


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UConn commit and tournament MVP Saniya Chong had 34 points to lead Ossining to an 86-69 win over Gates-Chili in the Class AA state final Saturday at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., according to The Journal News. It was the first state championship in team history for the Pride (22-4).
Chong has set a single-season scoring record with 902 points and currently has 2,962 points in her career.
Ossining, who earned a bye to the state Federation tournament final, will meet the Murry Bergtraum/Bishop Ford-winner March 23 at the Times Union Center in Albany (6:45 p.m.).


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Fly Fishing For Trout - (Video of Trout Chasing A Fly 'Nymph' Underwater!)
Fly Fishing For Trout
(Cool Video of Trout Chasing A Fly 'Nymph' Underwater!)
I had to strip this fly to get the trout to take it in-front of the camera. Look closely and you will see the fly bouncing in the upper film of the water.
Neat. May be wrong, but it looked like he missed it on the first attempt.
Yes, he actually missed it twice before getting snagged on the third-try...:biggrin:
Cool! Thanks for sharing.
That is a fantastic and awesome video! Could you tell us about your camera and who takes the video? Looking forward to more! I noticed some on FB when I clicked on the link. Thanks for sharing!
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Ashland Independent Schools and ACTC are initiating a new venture to give some Paul G. Blazer High School students a step up toward their college careers.
Beginning this August selected Blazer High School students will start Early College classes at ACTC in two curricular pathways: pre-nursing and pre-engineering. The students will spend their mornings at Blazer High School and their afternoons at ACTC. During the academic year, the students will complete 14 to 19 college credits in their chosen pathway.
The classes will be taught by ACTC faculty in special sections set up for the high school students. Pre-nursing classes are Human Anatomy & Physiology I and II, Medical Terminology and Nursing Assistant Skills. Pre engineering classes are General College Chemistry I and II, Calculus I and II, and Introduction to Engineering.
Students will be selected by Blazer counselors based on their college readiness, interest in the pathway and ability to meet course requirements. Students interested in participating should contact their high school counselor for more information. Up to 30 qualified students may participate in each pathway.
ACTC will have Early College orientation and registration in August, and classes will start August 19. Students will be responsible for tuition and books, and partial scholarships may be available.
"This pilot program is one of the ways we are seeking to increase higher education options for students and provide a smooth transition into college," said Dr. Kay Adkins, ACTC President & CEO.
"We are pleased to be working with the Ashland School System on this project, and we hope to expand Early College opportunities throughout the area."
"We have been working with ACTC for several years to come up with an Early College program," said Steve Gilmore, Superintendent of the Ashland Independent School System. "In a survey of seniors, pre-nursing and pre-engineering were at the top of the desired career list, and Early College will help them earn college credit in those fields."


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Occupied America: Senate bill 1867 would allow U.S. military to detain and murder anti-government protesters in American cities
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:53 UTC
Those who have been burying their heads in the sand over the coming police state need to wake up and face the music. That U.S. Senators would knowingly and willfully attempt to pass a bill that legalizes the indefinite detainment, torture and killing of American citizens with no due process whatsoever -- and on American soil! -- is nothing less than a traitorous betrayal of the once-free American people. These are, our founding fathers would have said, acts of war against the People. They reveal the insidious plan to put in place a legal framework to end the Bill of Rights, murder protesters, and overrun America with total police state brutality.
And yet the sheeple are still asleeple
I grow weary of trying to warn the American people to wake up and see what is now right in front of their eyes, so for those who want to read these words themselves -- right in the Senate bill -- you can read it at: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query...
And YES, it has now been confirmed that the indefinite detainment and murder provisions do apply to American citizens on the streets of American cities. As Sen. Lindsey Graham explained in plain language on the Senate floor: "...1031, the statement of authority to detain, does apply to American citizens and it designates the world as the battlefield, including the homeland."
That means America, for those of you who are still wondering what "homeland" means. It's a phrase borrowed from Nazi Germany, of course, which is the source of much of this legislation as you might have noticed.
"The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself," says the ACLU (http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-s...).
Homefront: The U.S. government's war against the People
If this bill passes and is signed into law, it would mean that America's war machine could then be turned against the American people -- liberal, conservative, libertarian... it doesn't matter. If you question the government, you are suddenly an "enemy combatant" and they will cite this law as the legal justification for putting a bullet in your head, fire-bombing your little protest group, or literally running over you and your buddies with tanks. (And they won't stop like China did in Tiananmen Square when that one brave citizen stood up against tyranny there in 1989.) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inW...)
The premeditate murder of U.S. protesters (Occupy Wall Street, anyone?) is now being codified into law as the government's "right." Of course, your rights to Free Speech, due process, owning a firearm and other rights are being obliterated in the process. Only the government has "rights" now, didn't you know? The slaves of the nation (i.e. the citizens) are being stripped of all rights, including the right to grow your own food, have a picnic or even buy fresh dairy products from a farmer.
Governments routinely murder far more people than terrorists
Right now, every history teacher in America should be absolutely outraged about all this, as they know what always comes next in the history of nations. Once any government "legalizes" the murder of its own citizens, it is inevitably followed by a mass-murder holocaust-style event.
Tyrants, you see, always like to "legalize" their mass murder before they pull the trigger. Just read the history of Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao and others. In every case, they worked diligently to put into place a legal framework for the mass murder that was about to be unleashes on their own citizens. That legal framework looks strikingly similar to Senate Bill 1867, which is about to be passed.
This also brings to mind the mathematical reality that, statistically speaking, governments are orders of magnitude more deadly than terrorists. While terrorists sometimes success in taking out a few thousand people at a time, governments routinely murder tens of MILLIONS of people.
It's called GENOCIDE, and there's a long and well-documented history of how governments have committed genocide year after year, one nation after another:
See more statistics at:
So if the People of America had any courage at all, they would be running the People's road blocks and searching government vehicles for weapons! It is the government agents, after all, who are statistically at the highest risk of engaging in mass murder, and very soon the U.S. Senate looks likely to effectively legalize that mass murder.
At the airports, We the People should be searching the TSA employees and checking them for illegal drugs, child pornography and stolen electronics. At government buildings, We the People should be searching all the government employees who come and go to make sure they don't stage the demolition of their own buildings as a way to blame whatever convenient enemy they want to discredit -- patriots, conservatives, "conspiracy theorists" or what have you.
It's no longer a conspiracy theory, you see, that the government wants to have the legal right to openly murder U.S. citizens right on the streets of America. It's written right into the Senate bill. It's public record. So all those out there still clinging to their pathetic denialist "conspiracy theorists" rants can now clamp shut their pie holes and throw themselves off a cliff or something. It's time to face the reality of the total police state tyranny that's now written in black and white, plain as day.
All of you who are still obsessed with your narrow world view of fashion, dancing with the stars, microwaveable processed food and fake mainstream news are about to be rocked out of your easy chairs and dumped into the cesspool of tyranny at your doorstep. Just know that when they come for you, there will be nobody left to speak for you, because you remained silent as all this was rolled out. And I won't be there for you, either, because I'll be holed up in Texas, handing out emergency food supplies to the local churches and performing emergency medicine procedures on those protesters wounded by U.S. government military attacks -- the ones that are still alive, anyway.
You think none of this is coming? Why would the U.S. Senate write this into law if they didn't intend on using it to murder Americans? Maybe you need to clear the cobwebs out of your head and open your eyes to what's really happening right now in the U.S. Senate.
Read between the lines, folks. It's not that difficult to get the full picture here. The very idea that the U.S. Senate is even considering such a law to "legalize" the detainment and murder of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil by U.S. troops is, all by itself, a complete and utter crime against the American people.
The U.S. Senate is about to declare WAR on the American people. And I don't mean that metaphorically. They are trying to make this a military war where anyone who opposes the U.S. government -- even if they have nothing at all to do with "terrorism" -- is now a fair game target for precision bombings, assassinations and heavy military armor (i.e. tanks rolling down your driveway).
Some good news: Congressman Dennis Kucinich has publicly spoken out against the bill (even though he's not in the Senate). So has Sen. Rand Paul. His father, Ron Paul, has also stated his opposition to the illegal detainment provision of the bill. There are hints that if the bill passes, President Obama may veto it. If he did, that would be one of the most profound freedom-protecting actions of his administration, but don't hold your breath on that count. You never know what these politicians will do when they think they have the power to murder their own citizens -- they're drunk with power, after all, and they love to rule over the masses with a kind of devilish insanity. Remember: Obama already has a "kill list" of Americans to be murdered overseas, but this new Senate Bill 1867 would legalize that right on U.S. soil.
So one day you call in to talk radio and express your discontent with the President, let's say, and the next day a U.S. marine scout sniper sets up his .338 sniper rifle a couple hundred yards from your house, waits for you to sit down to watch Anderson Cooper vomit out the evening's news propaganda, and then he pulls the trigger and blows your neck off, causing your head to land smack dab in that bowl of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese you were just trying to shovel down your threat because someone told you it was "food." This will all be LEGAL under the new Senate bill 1867 because they will claim you were a "terrorist collaborator" who questioned the wisdom of the executive leadership of America. Once due process is stripped away, anything can be justified by the government, including the open murder of its own citizens.
This is the whole point of a nation of LAW. The laws describe specific legal rights afforded to citizens, but most importantly they describe the LIMITS of power of government. It is those limits that the government is now trying to completely obliterate, turning America into a complete military dictatorship / fascist nation where laws are only applied to the People, not to the government itself. These are practically the exact words recently uttered by Newt Gingrich during a recent debate, in which he said due process and the Bill of Rights should only apply to people who engage in common criminal acts such as stealing or robbing people. But no such rights or due process privileges should exist when there is a "war" going on, Gingrich insisted! And the U.S. Senate is about to declare the entire USA "homeland" to be a battlefield of a never-ending war, get it?
Are you grokking all this yet? These tyrants are about to declare the entire USA a battlefield where NO ONE has any due process, no Bill of Rights, no protections under any law, nothing! And if Gingrich becomes President -- oh my God please don't let this happen -- then we are looking at the runaway militarization of everything in America, including a huge ramping up of the so-called "war on drugs" which we've already exposed as a total failure and a complete hoax (http://www.naturalnews.com/034289_A...).
If this bill passes and is signed into law by the President, the USA is officially at war with its own People, and you can expect the government will immediately begin staging false flag bombings so they can justify a multi-year campaign of total genocide against all who refuse to cower down to the (now admitted) anti-freedom tyrants in Washington.
We are on the verge of losing America, my friends. I ask: What the hell are YOU going to do about it?
Here's the list of traitors in the U.S. Senate who have supported this bill:
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. . .which can be seen, as noted above, at this [Link]we see that Sections 1031, 3, 4 & 5 either didn't come up in the search results or did but were omitted. See below:
Subtitle D--Detainee Matters
Sections 1031 and 1032 can be read below but for one, I feel myself to be ither missing something or perhaps just baffled by the BS as I don't read anything below that gives me cause to concern myself in the ways suggested in the piece above. That isn't to say there isn't cause, just that I seem to be missing it . . . .
It is amusing to note however that those who actually --did-- orchestrate 9-11 sort of shot themselves in the foot with this piece of legislation. The old saw about foxes and henhouses rather springs to mind, see below . . .
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Subtitle D--Detainee Matters
(a) In General- Congress affirms that the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40) includes the authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain covered persons (as defined in subsection (b)) pending disposition under the law of war.
(b) Covered Persons- A covered person under this section is any person as follows:
(1) A person who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored those responsible for those attacks.
(2) A person who was a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces.
(c) Disposition Under Law of War- The disposition of a person under the law of war as described in subsection (a) may include the following:
(1) Detention under the law of war without trial until the end of the hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
(2) Trial under chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code (as amended by the Military Commissions Act of 2009 (title XVIII of Public Law 111-84)).
(3) Transfer for trial by an alternative court or competent tribunal having lawful jurisdiction.
(4) Transfer to the custody or control of the person's country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other foreign entity.
(d) Construction- Nothing in this section is intended to limit or expand the authority of the President or the scope of the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
(e) Requirement for Briefings of Congress- The Secretary of Defense shall regularly brief Congress regarding the application of the authority described in this section, including the organizations, entities, and individuals considered to be `covered persons' for purposes of subsection (b)(2).
(a) Custody Pending Disposition Under Law of War-
(1) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in paragraph (4), the Armed Forces of the United States shall hold a person described in paragraph (2) who is captured in the course of hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40) in military custody pending disposition under the law of war.
(2) COVERED PERSONS- The requirement in paragraph (1) shall apply to any person whose detention is authorized under section 1031 who is determined--
(A) to be a member of, or part of, al-Qaeda or an associated force that acts in coordination with or pursuant to the direction of al-Qaeda; and
(B) to have participated in the course of planning or carrying out an attack or attempted attack against the United States or its coalition partners.
(3) DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR- For purposes of this subsection, the disposition of a person under the law of war has the meaning given in section 1031(c), except that no transfer otherwise described in paragraph (4) of that section shall be made unless consistent with the requirements of section 1033.
(4) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY- The Secretary of Defense may, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, waive the requirement of paragraph (1) if the Secretary submits to Congress a certification in writing that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.
(b) Applicability to United States Citizens and Lawful Resident Aliens-
(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS- The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States.
(2) LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS- The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to a lawful resident alien of the United States on the basis of conduct taking place within the United States, except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States.
(c) Implementation Procedures-
(1) IN GENERAL- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall issue, and submit to Congress, procedures for implementing this section.
(2) ELEMENTS- The procedures for implementing this section shall include, but not be limited to, procedures as follows:
(A) Procedures designating the persons authorized to make determinations under subsection (a)(2) and the process by which such determinations are to be made.
(B) Procedures providing that the requirement for military custody under subsection (a)(1) does not require the interruption of ongoing surveillance or intelligence gathering with regard to persons not already in the custody or control of the United States.
(C) Procedures providing that a determination under subsection (a)(2) is not required to be implemented until after the conclusion of an interrogation session which is ongoing at the time the determination is made and does not require the interruption of any such ongoing session.
(D) Procedures providing that the requirement for military custody under subsection (a)(1) does not apply when intelligence, law enforcement, or other government officials of the United States are granted access to an individual who remains in the custody of a third country.
(E) Procedures providing that a certification of national security interests under subsection (a)(4) may be granted for the purpose of transferring a covered person from a third country if such a transfer is in the interest of the United States and could not otherwise be accomplished.
(d) Effective Date- This section shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to persons described in subsection (a)(2) who are taken into the custody or brought under the control of the United States on or after that effective date.
agreed (and I wish I'd read the comments before digging through the bill myself). it doesn't seem to pose any express threat to United States citizens. In fact, contrary to what Sen. Graham supposedly said, (and maybe i'm missing something here) the bill expressly states: "The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States." As I said, perhaps I'm missing something here, but it really seems like posting the link to the bill and saying "read it for yourselves" is just a bluff on Mr. Adams' part that was called by at least a few readers who actually took the initiative to go, dig through, and read it for themselves. as someone has already said, the article is VERY biased and contains no small amount of what appears to be fear-mongering emotional persuasion. not an attack on the writer or writers of SOTT in general, but the articles on this site would have significantly more credit and merit if they were more factually and objectively reportive (as indeed some of them have been) rather than primarily emotionally persuasive.
treasonous as the senators who voted for this bill are, the author of this article seems to be quite emotionally charged..
"You think none of this is coming? Why would the U.S. Senate write this into law if they didn't intend on using it to murder Americans? Maybe you need to clear the cobwebs out of your head and open your eyes to what's really happening right now in the U.S. Senate. "
maybe the name of the game is how to help get obama re-elected.. by providing the veto for this bill obviously
Did only 3 Senators vote against it, If he vetoes it could it not be over rule by a 75% majority ?
Quote "This is the whole point of a nation of LAW. The laws describe specific legal rights afforded to citizens, but most importantly they describe the LIMITS of power of government."
This sums it up nicely if you give up your rights with your "free will" then they will dictate your rights to you. Thats the game, just because you do not like it does not make it so. If you haven't figured it out yet, the game is rigged and your time would be better spent figuring out how to remove your consent and stop playing the game than whining about the ever changing rules.
It appears that Obama is going to veto the whole thing, thus becoming the knight in shining armor to the people... going into an election year. [Link]


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I love taking photos when I'm travelling. Partly, of course, that's because I need them to illustrate my stories. But it's also because I enjoy the challenge of trying to work out how best to capture the full flavour of all the amazing experiences out there. And, as well, photos are a great way to relive those experiences and share them with others.
Of course, most of the time when I get back home the photos don't actually live up to the reality, though they still act as pleasant reminders.
Often that failure is because I don't have the time or the patience to wait for exactly the right moment or for the light to be just perfect. Other times it's just that I lack the compositional or technical skill of the real photographers.
Still, there are a few pictures that I've been really pleased with. At the Taj Mahal, for instance, after an evening visit when the place was overrun with sightseers, I got up before sunrise and photographed it in the beautiful dawn light before the crowds arrived.
In Papua New Guinea I just loved the shot I got of a Huli wigman - he makes hair grow fast so it can be made into ceremonial wigs - lined up with his students in a small clearing on a river bank.
And in Antarctica I wanted to get a photo of a skua dive-bombing a penguin chick, so I squatted for more than an hour alongside a penguin rookery until an attack happened in the right place for me to capture it (and I'm delighted to have an excuse to print the result).
Most people will have at least one photo from their travels they're especially proud of and would like to show off to others. So here's your chance.
Panasonic have given us three of their new Lumix DMC-FT1 compact waterproof cameras worth $799 each to give away for the most outstanding overseas travel photos, plus another camera as an incentive for readers to take part in a vote to decide which is the best.
I've had a play with an FT1 and, while I would have liked a wider lens, the fact that its waterproof, dust-proof and shockproof make it nearly the perfect compact travel camera.
If you'd like to have a go at winning one, visit nzherald.co.nz/travel, to check the conditions and upload your photos ... or you might just like to have a look at the entries.
We'll run some of the best offerings in forthcoming issues of Herald Travel and the winners will be named on August 11.
- Jim Eagles
Pictured above: It took more than an hour for Jim Eagles to capture this shot of a skua attacking a gentoo chick in Antarctica.


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Everything You Need To Know About The End Of 'Lost' Is In This Week's Special Collector's Edition Of EW
Entertainment Weekly has been obsessing over "Lost" since it first premiered in 2004, and now that the end is near they have put together the ultimate handbook to get viewers ready for the remaining episodes before the series signs off. From the big finale preview (Entertainment Weekly was on set) to recaps of every season to an oral history of how it all began, this week's special collector's issue has the entire Island covered.
For the filming of the pivotal sequence that's part of the final 10 minutes of "Lost's" two-hour series finale, nearly two dozen cast members are in attendance, including several who aren't in the scene but wanted to be there for the experience. "Never have more actor trailers been brought together in one place, maybe in the history of showbiz," quips Michael Emerson, who plays Ben.
As the actors say goodbye, they look to the future. Josh Holloway says: "Movies, my friend. I'm going to give it two years. If it doesn't work out, I'd love to make another TV show. I just want to give movies a shot. It's now or never. If I do another show, it's another seven-year contract, standard. That's a big commitment at this point in my life. I'd like to hop around a bit."
Matthew Fox feels the same way - but more so. "All told, I've done about 275 hours of television. I won't be doing any more television. If I can't find a way to work with really great filmmakers that I respect and admire and be part of movies I want to see in a movie theater, then I'll probably be doing something else. It's not about some bulls---- snobbery about TV. It's about flexibility. I think that's what's best for me as I enter the next portion of my career."
On the other hand, Terry O'Quinn would love to jump into another TV series. "The six years have gone by so fast," he says. "It's been a buzz for me, and it's inspired me to want to do more television. I love it. People say, 'You should do movies!' I go, 'What's wrong with what I'm doing?'" And Daniel Dae Kim is hoping to stay on TV - and in Hawaii. He just finished shooting a pilot for CBS' rebooted "Hawaii Five-O." "My family loves it here, and I was looking for a way to be on a quality TV show," says Kim. "Hawaii Five-O fills both slots really well."
But it is unlikely any of the cast will ever work on another project like "Lost." It was a show that broke all sorts of TV rules - from its racially diverse cast to a serialized storytelling format that both attracted and alienated viewers. As for showrunners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, they plan to go into "radio silence" after the last episode - but not forever. They promise to reemerge at some point and discuss many of their choices concerning the end of "Lost," which they say is designed to be both emotionally satisfying and open to interpretation. They're hoping people will be happy, but they suspect there will be blowback. Either way, they are pleased with their work, and want to let it go without comment or apology - for now. "The legacy of the show is community - a community that was formed by a discussion of the show, specifically in pursuit of a question, 'What did it mean?'" says Lindelof. "What it meant and what it means to people are two different things. So we're going to keep it clean for a while."
But if Matthew Fox is to be believed, the finale speaks volumes. "I think it's beautiful," says the actor. "If we all did our jobs right, I really feel it's going to be terribly sad, but at the same time be really cathartic and full of hope. It has the potential to be really profound. I will say this: It's not going to be what anybody thinks it is. I know a lot of people have written a lot of theories about how this will all end - and I'm pretty sure nobody guessed it." (Cover Story Package, Page 21)
Death From Below: Sun, Jin, And Sayid
Lindelof and Cuse suspect viewers might be hating their guts right now, for downing Jin, Sun, and Sayid. Why did they have to die? "Because now you know this show is willing and capable of killing anyone," says Lindelof. And why is that so important? To establish once and for all that the Locke-ness Monster (O'Quinn) is the true villain of season 6 and quite possibly all of 'Lost.' "There is no ambiguity," says Cuse. "He is evil and he has to be stopped."
There are other reasons, too - reasons that will become apparent by the finale. "Still, it's bittersweet," says Yunjin Kim. "They were kept separate for so long, and then they come together to die together." Adds Daniel Dae Kim: "They were the Romeo and Juliet of the show, and the fact that they didn't have a happy ending does make it sad." But he says the actors were kept comfortable while shooting their watery death. "Shooting in the water is never easy, but the crew was considerate and made the water warm for us, in more ways than one."
The Dead Zone
The end came far too soon for some of these island dwellers. Some dearly departed Losties take a moment to reflect on their unfortunate fate. Elizabeth Mitchell's character Juliet died from injuries after falling into the Swan station's pit and detonating the Jughead hydrogen bomb. "That was my very last scene to shoot, so it was actually a really sweet thing because everybody came to say goodbye," she says. "Jorge [Garcia] brought champagne, and Josh [Holloway] and I cried and screamed a lot. It was a really long tunnel, so I was all done up with wires. Josh was still able to almost pull me out!"
Ian Somerhalder found irony in his death - he suffered massive injuries when the tree-lodged plane that he was in fell to the ground. "The irony aspect of it kind of killed me - literally," he says. "I joked to [exec producer] Damon Lindelof, 'I fell 30,000 feet out of a [jumbo jet] and survived. And then I fell 30 feet out of a Beechcraft and died.' I always pondered how that was possible."
When Rebecca Mader (who plays Charlotte Lewis) found out she would die while out on the town. "I was in a pub, which is a good place to get the news because then I got really drunk," she recalls. "I was disappointed because when I found out she was going to die, we still hadn't found out who she was or why she was on the Island."
More From Ew'S Lost Guide
Plus: The definitive guide to the series' complicated relationships, a look at some of the drama's most shocking deaths, an oral history of the monumental pilot, recaps of every single season, a photo tribute to the dearly departed, and EW's complete A-to-Z glossary of the most intriguing elements of the Lost universe.
Get the full story and a whole lot more in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. And check out the gallery with all 10 different cover images at EW.com!
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text: A post-doctoral research position is now available in the area of visual perception at Cardiff University, working with Simon Rushton and Tom Freeman. Research will focus on vision in the active observer, ranging from the study of eye movements and motion perception through to interceptive action. You should have a PhD (or be near completion) in a relevant subject. The position is tenable for 1 year in the first instance. Salary is £19460 - £29128 per annum depending on age and experience. Closing date for applications is 4th February. Informal enquiries can be made to Tom Freeman (freemant at cardiff.ac.uk). Further information can be found at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/schoolsanddivisions/divisions/humrs/jobs/academicresearchsenior/ref0044.html The principal investigators within the perception group at Cardiff are: John Culling (audiory localisation / segmentation) Tom Freeman (motion perception / eye, head movements) Alex Holcombe (visual cognition / temporal integration) Michael Lewis (face perception) Simon Rushton (locomotion / interceptive action) Robert Snowden (motion perception / spatial vision / attention) The group has excellent research facilities contained within new, purpose-built labs equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The group has links to the wider vision community within Cardiff University (including research in Optometry, Biomedical Sciences and Computer Science) and is geographically close to other concentrations of vision researchers in the UK e.g. Bristol, Bangor. Further information about the group's ctivities can be found at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/public/groups/perception.html. The School of Psychology is one of the largest and most successful in the UK (http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/). It was recently awarded a 5* (maximum) rating in the UK research assessment exercise. It is soon to open its own brain-imaging centre (http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/cubric/), enhancing the international-leading research in behavioural neuroscience, cognitive ergonomics, forensic, social and developmental psychology.


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A petty decision by Obama
It's official. President Obama has named former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) as his nominee for secretary of defense. Hence, we may be in store for the worst defense secretary nomination fight since George H.W. Bush's failed appointment of Sen. John Tower (R-Texas) more than 20 years ago.
The interesting question is, why? Why waste the political capital? Why pass over more qualified candidates who would sail through confirmation, including Michele Flournoy — who'd be the first female defense secretary?
The most ridiculous answer is among the mainstream media's favorites: bipartisanship. According to Politico, the choice "appeals to Obama's bipartisan spirit." The Washington Post, in a front-page news story, says that "Hagel's successful nomination would add a well-known Republican to the president's second-term Cabinet at a time when he is looking to better bridge the partisan divide, particularly after a bitter election campaign."
What is particularly bizarre about this talking point is that it often appears in articles that go on to talk about how tough and grueling the nomination battle will be thanks to strong Republican opposition. So which is it? Is it a bridge across the partisan divide? Or is it an "in-your-face" nomination (South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham's words) aimed at eliciting a fight with Republicans?
At least from the perspective of nearly everyone on the right, it's the latter. Whether it's payback for the scuttled non-nomination of Susan Rice to be secretary of state or whether it's simply of a piece with Obama's efforts to divide and conquer the GOP that were on display throughout the "fiscal cliff" negotiations, the consensus in much of conservative Washington is that Obama is making this nomination at least in part out of spite.
Indeed, that's one major reason Hagel has so many unlikely friends these days. Hagel — never overburdened with too heavy a reputation for insight, knowledge or humility — is loathed, with ample justification, by many foreign-policy hawks, Israel supporters and neocons (those are overlapping but hardly synonymous groups, by the way). He is arguably the most prominent opponent of sanctions on bad actors in the Middle East. He's heaped scorn on those who'd take a hard line with Iran. His geopolitical acumen is of the sort that fails to shine even in the comment sections on blogs. The Iraq war, for example, was according to Hagel a war for oil.
And Hagel's views on Israel are, to be generous, hard to reconcile with those of the man who successfully campaigned for president just a couple of months ago as a staunch friend of that country. Even if Hagel's gaffe about the perfidious influence of the domestic "Jewish lobby" was accidental, his coolness to Israel is hard to dispute. For instance, when Palestinian suicide bombers were tearing the country apart in 2002, Hagel insisted in an op-ed article that this was the time for Israel to "take steps to show its commitment to peace."
For some, the thinking seems to be that if the Hagel nomination is a thumb in the eye of the neocon crowd, it must be worth it. David Greenberg writes in the New Republic that many "liberals are bending over backward to praise Hagel, in effect saying they would prefer an archconservative male mediocrity to a liberal female rising star." Why? Because punishing Hagel's enemies is worth a potentially lousy defense secretary.
This spirit results in some really batty arguments for Hagel's confirmation. For instance, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen writes that the "chief" reason Hagel should be confirmed is that doing so "will provoke a serious debate on what constitutes real friendship toward Israel." Even if you agree with Cohen's barmy views of geopolitical "friendship," Hagel's got real problems if this is the best case for his nomination.
The Defense Department faces imminent cuts, Chinese and Russian nationalism are ascendant, the Middle East is becoming even more destabilized and theocratic, and we're still at war in Afghanistan, but Hagel's chief qualification is that he'll be a great conversation starter? Wow.
The coming nomination fight will undoubtedly focus on the strength of the case against Hagel. But the real indictment of Obama's pick is the weakness of the case for Hagel — and the pettiness of the pick in the first place.
(Jonah Goldberg is the author of the new book "The Tyranny of Clichés." You can write to him in care of this newspaper or by e-mail at: [email protected], or via Twitter @JonahNRO.)
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