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|Stars I'm steering by in 2012. Call 'em goals if you need to.
Man, I chafe at goal-setting. I can barely even type those words without twitching. And eye rolling.
I think goals are magnificent tools for organizations, where it makes life easier to have clear objectives spelled out for clarity and focus. But on a personal level, I can't help but feel layers of yuck when I look at the new year and hear all sorts of jazzed-up experts implying that your happiness entirely depends on a program and some achievement on a list of shoulds.
Consider this research from The Way We're Working Isn't Working by Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy.
- Twenty-five percent of people abandon their New Year's resolutions after one week. Sixty percent do so within six months.
- The average person makes the same New Year's resolution 10 separate times without success.
- Ninety-five percent of those who lose weight on a diet regain it, and a significant percentage gain more back than the originally lost.
- The authors conclude, "Will and discipline are wildly overrated."
Why Resolutions Suck
I have two main problems with personal goals in the form of resolutions.
- There's this creepy, underlying premise that you and your life aren't good enough as is. You're somehow falling short, missing the mark, and everything would be so much better if you just swapped out something you are (or aren't) for something bigger, brighter and shinier.
- The reason you haven't made this obvious improvement before is that you lack some essential quality in your character, like discipline or willpower.
Yep. I said it. We have this uncanny ability to use our hopes for a better life as a weapon and see ourselves as the enemy. And I won't be party to that destructive game anymore. I refuse to look at myself as a success or a failure based on how I lived up to a list.
War No More
I refuse because I've been there before. In 2009, I took a look at my tired, flabby self and decided that I wanted a strong, powerful body that had plenty of energy. At first, everything was going well. I was focused on workouts rather than a number on the scale, and I was proud of my faster 10k times and the definition in my quads. I was thrilled to see how much I craved exercise instead of licorice. Or naps.
As the months wore on and the pounds did start falling off, I was seduced by success. I thought that if I'd made it this far, I could at least try to peel off enough to get within five pounds of my college weight. I worked harder, ate less, and checked my progress every single day, waiting for that moment when the scale registered the magic number.
Then one day, after weeks of being two pounds away from my goal, I stepped on the scale and saw that in spite of all my efforts, I was still two pounds away from my goal. I felt weak and tired and dizzy.
So I quit. I was not willing to continue depriving and pushing myself for a number.
Today, I've gained back 75% of the 20 pounds I lost, but I'm not sorry. My body is stronger and more trim than it was back in 2009. I have come through one of the most stressful years of my life without gaining an extra ten pounds. It's all good.
Another Way
Ohhh, but I still feel that pull this time of year to make one of those gotta-be-better New Year's lists. There is always that yearning to make life more about doing deeply gratifying things than being on autopilot or straining to get ahead.
Luckily, I stumbled upon a goal-getting technique (free!) from Martha Beck, a hilarious and insightful life coach, who understands that listing these desires isn't about achieving external rewards for good behavior. It's about bringing you home to yourself.
Here's my overview of the method. Please see the article above for full, juicy details.
- Make a traditional list of goals or resolutions.
- Get to the heart of the matter by pinpointing what you are hoping to bring into your life through this goal. For example, many of us are drawn like moth to flame to the goal "lose weight." But how exactly do you think you'll be happier if you lose weight? What appeals to you about seeing a smaller number when you step on the scale? I chose this very goal for 2012 and found that I really wanted my body to be lean, powerful and full of energy. It wasn't about a number at all.
- Look for places where you're already getting those feelings and follow them. It's so easy to fall into thinking that says we need something outside ourselves to save us, when our heart's desire is staring us in the face. My instant ticket to feelings of power and energy are as close as my garage, home to my purple bikes and bliss.
These qualities are not goals or resolutions, mind you. They are reminders. Stars that I will use to navigate my year and bring me home to myself.
May you have a nurturing and expansive new year!
If you need a more left-brained but flexible way to make New Year's goals, try this time management technique from Fast Company.
In case you're nosy, here are the rest of the details on my Stars chart. Since I'm now the kind of girl who not only likes to color outside the lines but also draw my own damn picture, I chucked the idea of a traditional list and made a simple visual. It makes me feel better when I gaze at it.
Sovereignty (my key guiding principle)
- Delight
- Receiving
- Tending (As in, caring for and having a tendency. I'm still unpacking this word that popped up during the exercise.)
- Attention
- Transcendence (Getting outside and above an issue.)
- Integration (Seeing a challenge as a teacher and bringing it into myself rather than resisting it.)
- Powerful
- Lean
- Full of energy
- Beauty
- Order
- Simplicity
- Possibility
- Flexibility
- Confidence


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Hilly, trail based routeIn full: First time I've done this, the weather was never going to help as it was very warm but other things didn't help:1. Car park further than 500m from start/finish.2. Poor organisation in car park resulting in a 20min delay, the marshalls weren't wearing bibs when I arrived so were being ignored as everyone tried to park in the shade.3. There were no marshalls from 8km to the finish, I'm a back of the pack runner and I was completely confused as to where I should be running. It wasn't clear.The map that was sent out didn't give any idea which way the route went, so people were confused at the starting line.Overall, that first hill is a killer, and despite it being held in Chatsworth you see nothing of the house as you run away from it so really it could be in any country park.Date of review: May 24, 2010
In short: Cheap local race in nice country parkIn full: Blimey, I'd been warned about the killer hill at the beginning - to be honest, it wasn't that bad. The worst bit was the wind, but with a lovely autumn sun it was quite a pretty run through Clumber Park.However, the 3rd water station was packed up when and seemed to have run out after 2 hours which was disappointing.I wasn't sure about picking the numbers up on the day but it went quite smoothly, even though I'd forgotten to bring my number with me!The finishers tshirt is unbelieavably yellow, I won't be wearing it near any wasps!Date of review: October 27, 2009
In short: Excellently supported halfIn full: Second time I've done this half. The support is fabulous. Well organised.The official pacers came in too quickly.Is expensive too, I like racing my local half but the price is a bit ouch.Date of review: September 22, 2009
In short: Challenging undulating courseIn full: Blimey, starts and ends on a slope.As someone else has said - the mile markers seemed out. It took me twice as long to do the last mile as any other.Nice goody bag, have already eaten all the contents (apart from the mug)!Will hopefully do again next year and go for the 10 this time.Date of review: August 31, 2009
In short: Challenging undulating courseIn full: I aimed to do this faster than last year, which I did by 1 minute. The start is at the bottom of the hill which you have to run twice (it's a two lap race). The marshalls and support are absolutely excellent and very encouraging. Yet again they'd run out of ladies tshirts but the mens small fits and I love the logo on the front: 07:08:09:10k. Nice goody bag. Prize giving and social afterwards. Although it's a challenging course it's definitely a good one to do before the Nottingham half.Date of review: August 8, 2009
In short: Nice finishers tshirt, free beer at the end much appreciated. In full: Well organised race, started on time, roads were mostly closed to traffic although not always which meant you needed to be aware of the traffic. Some of the race goes past industrial estates etc. so not the prettiest, but fabulous support from the many marshalls along the route meant those that were flagging were encouraged onwards.Date of review: June 14, 2009
In short: Nice course through a country parkIn full: First time doing this one having heard it's a fast, flat course.I knocked 3 mins off my pb despite the hideousness of the weather conditions.Slight issues with the car parking meant that the race start was delayed by 15mins.There were no small or medium womens tshirts when I finished but as they were skinnifit the marshalls were very helpful making sure we all got one that fitted us.Definitely one to do again.Date of review: June 7, 2009
In short: Hilly 2 lap race round the UniIn full: Start was well organised, lots of marshalls all the way round. With the roads being open to cars though at one point I had no idea if the marshalls were shouting at me or the drivers. Nice goody bag, shame they ran out of womens though towards the end. Sociable drinks at the Hockey Club afterwards which was good.Date of review: August 9, 2008
In short: Not one for a pb but a nice raceIn full: First grumble - the entry forms & RW said entry forms had to be in by May 23rd, the website said May 30th. However, entry on the day was simple and easy.Second grumble - there was apparently a starter with a loud-hailer. Most of the runners either had no idea he was there or couldn't hear him. There was no audible countdown to the start, so the hooter going was a surprise. Especially to families & marshalls who were standing amongst the runners. Apart from that, this was a challenging course not least because being an open park you had to dodge the odd walker/French tourist. The support around the route was great and made the event very enjoyable. There were queues for the ladies at the start, but as soon as they built up more were opened.Date of review: June 16, 2008
In short: Scenic tour of Derby city centre!In full: Never done this one before, looking at the route I realised it was full of doubling back points and sharp corners. The marshalls were great at encouragement. Someone else mentioned there were free bananas - only skins when I got to the finish! Tshirt is good, water was much appreciated as the midway water point was using cups when we got through which made it a challenge not to soak yourself in the already unseasonable weather. Overall, it was my first official 10k and I really enjoyed it.Date of review: April 21, 2008
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close the kitchen completely 10 minutes before films.
announce films.
close the curtain and hang a sign which says 'film night, kitchen closed, silence if entering, no laptops, and has the film program' - or something like that.
switch all lights off.
between films, open the kitchen briefly for drinks and cakes/popcorn only.
have a really interesting and innovative program with some strange and amazing short films.
in short, make it a very special event, that people think is amazing.
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On the evening of March 25, the members of the Class of 2017 gathered in the Lubin Dining Hall with a group of their teachers and mentors. They came to pay tribute to 40 very special people. Although the guests of honor were unable to attend, their presence was strongly felt.
The occasion was Einstein's 2014 Convocation of Thanks. Organized and conducted each year by first-year students upon their completion of the gross anatomy and embryology course, the event marks what may be the most challenging initial rite of passage in medical school: learning about the structure of human body through dissecting a cadaver.
Dr. Todd R. Olson, professor of anatomy & structural biology and director of the first-year course, started the event at Einstein in 1995. The annual ritual "brings a measure of closure and allows each student to reflect on what it meant to him or her to learn anatomy on the remains of another human being," he explained. Most importantly, it "gives them a chance to express their appreciation to their cadaver-patients—the people who, by donating their bodies to science, made this profoundly important educational experience possible."
The evening began with dinner and music by the Einstein Jazz Band. Students sat in clusters of four and five, with their lab teammates, at tables each adorned with a single white rose. In his opening remarks, first-year student presenter Justin Wheat observed, "Anatomy is the bedrock of our learning and growth as physicians. We've come together tonight to celebrate the 40 individuals who gave us this special gift."
He described anatomy lab as "one of the most trying tests of our young medical careers" and "an experience that will make us better students and better physicians," adding that the Convocation felt like "more of a transition than the conclusion of a course."
Many participants used music, poetry and other modes of artistic expression to convey their messages of gratitude. A student string quartet set the mood with the gentle strains of Pachelbel's Canon. Following a video created for the occasion, Jacob Taylor, one of a dozen program organizers, called the lab teams up in pairs to light candles in remembrance of their cadaver patients. Two students read original poems acknowledging their donors' humanity; while several others gave musical performances.
Dr. John Loehner, assistant professor of medicine at Einstein and medical director of Montefiore Medical Center's Moses Campus—who also serves as one of the faculty guides for the first-year anatomy course—noted, "The cadaver is every student's first real patient and most important teacher. I vividly remember my own experience and the impact it had on me. It makes a lasting impression. You learn how important it is to treat patients, both pre- and post-mortem, with dignity and respect, and to remember that every 'body' has something to teach us."
Dr. Sherry A. Downie, clinical professor of anatomy & structural biology and physical medicine & rehabilitation, spoke of the thousands of lives each student will potentially touch over the course of their careers, starting with their cadaver-patient.
To conclude the program, Annemieke Wilcox unveiled the class gift: a small pin she designed depicting a hand cupping a human heart. A digital painting created by Olga Myszko, which was signed by the entire class, will go on permanent display in the basement hall corridor linking the Belfer and Forchheimer buildings.
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text: There is little known about lifespan in southern elephant seals. This is largely due to the lack of substantial information concerning the periods of the year when they are at sea. Average life expectancy in the wild, as seen during the breeding season, is about 23 years. However, about 30% of pups die in their first year. Captive M. leonina have lived to 15 years of age. Not much is known concerning the deaths of these mammals but, in addition to predation, weather and disease may play a large role in limiting their lifespan. ("Elephant Seals", 1983; "Southern Elephant Seal", 2003; Anderson, 2003; Seal Conservation Society, 2001)


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U.S. Embassy Wellington celebrated a special Fourth of July in Christchurch, where Ambassador David Huebner honored seven New Zealanders for the courage and commitment they had shown helping evacuate a large American delegation in the immediate aftermath of the devastating February 22 earthquake.
About 150 guests attended the ceremony, designed to show solidarity with the struggling city and to signal that Christchurch is open for business. Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson thanked Ambassador Huebner for hosting the event and giving Cantabrians a semblance of normality by having something to celebrate. The event was hosted in the northwest of the city in one of the few locations still able to cater to a larger party.
A large delegation of U.S. government leaders, businesspeople, and academics was in Christchurch for the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership Forum on February 22, 2011. The delegation was spread throughout the city when the earthquake struck. In the chaotic aftermath it became imperative to locate, gather, and evacuate the delegation -- something that would have been simply impossible without the dedicated courage of many, many people.
"The stoic professionalism of so many in the face of so much ensured that our American visitors were superbly looked after that day," Ambassador Huebner said.
"It was for that reason, and to acknowledge that Christchurch is still functional and open for business, that we decided to hold an Independence Day ceremony in Christchurch," Ambassador Huebner said. "We wanted not only to thank everyone involved that day, but to underscore the long and deep friendship between the United States and the people of New Zealand in general and Christchurch in particular."
Canterbury has suffered thousands of aftershocks in recent months and two large ones in mid-June that further rattled the nerves of its citizens and damaged many more buildings.
Honored by the Ambassador were bus drivers who stuck with their vehicles and transported Americans back to safety at the U.S. Antarctic Center, members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force who assisted with the evacuations, and a local senior constable from the New Zealand Police who remained with U.S. Embassy staff who performed American Citizen services in the week after the earthquake.
The Very Rev. Peter Beck, dean of the now-crumbled Christ Church Cathedral, thanked Ambassador Huebner for what he described as a "very moving" event. He pointed out that the last formal service at the Cathedral, the iconic heart of the city, had been on the evening before the opening of the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership, which many members of both delegations attended.
Cited for their "unwavering courage and commitment" with the American Ambassador's Exemplary Service award were: Simon McKenzie, driver, Leopard Coach; John Goldie, driver, VIP Transport, Visits and Ceremonial Office; Heather Caspersen, driver, VIP Transport, Visits and Ceremonial Office; Flight Lieutenant Vaughn Jones, RNZAF; Warrant Officer Warren Tyndall, RNZAF; Squadron Leader Andy Scott, RNZAF; and Senior Constable Thomas "Blue" Young, New Zealand Police.
Rebecca in New Zealand writes:
As one of the many Americans who was in Christchurch on 22 February, I want to say thank you to Ambassador Huebner and the rest of the US Embassy for heading down to Christchurch to share our gratitude. The people of Christchurch went above and beyond what anyone could have asked and ensured that all of us were able to get out of the ravaged city just hours after the earthquake struck. The words thank you are simply not enough for all they did for us. It is wonderful that Ambassador Huebner and the other Embassy staff were able to share this day of independence and solidarity. Thank you!
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This I know: if you see something with your own two eyes, you can avoid it. Happened to me just this morning. I began a turn off a road I use quite often (that's important) and nearly encountered a concrete berm the engineers felt was important to add since I'd been there last. Fortunately for me, I was looking outside and forward. And lucky for me the car's brakes are new. No damage done.
It works the same in an airplane. Even in instrument (IFR) conditions I scan outside the airplane as a cross-check of my instruments, looking for traffic, towering clouds I prefer to fly around and of course, the runway.
I do this even though I fly what the FAA calls a "technically advanced aircraft" (TAA). I've got nearly as much information in my cockpit as the Asiana Airlines guys who, despite more than 20,000 hours of experience and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of TAA allowed their B777 to fly into a rock berm at San Francisco International airport last July. After an all-day hearing on December 11, and despite the fact that the NTSB refused to state a cause for the accident (pending even more research) the reason these pilots hit that berm instead of landing is appallingly clear: they relied on their TAA and not on their pilot instincts; instincts borne in the seat of their pants and through interpreting what their eyes were telling them.
After reading a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder I'll cut the junior first officer a break. He was sitting on the jumpseat, and pointed out the excessive sink rate and deteriorating airspeed to his captains no less than four times in the last three minutes of the flight. His comments were acknowledged, but no changes were made. Hmmm….
How does this pertain to GA flight? Consider it a cautionary tale. If you fly with what I like to call "pretty pictures," more often known as EFIS, PFDs or MFDs, or even Garmin / iPad GPS moving maps on your lap or clamped to your yoke, please remember this: those are just representations of the world outside. GPS isn't always reliable. Maps of terrain can be offset slightly (do you test this by occasionally flying directly over an obstacle?), RAIM can fail. I've seen the pretty boxes of my virtual glideslope on my EFIS not consider the trees that have grown up and into a runway's clear zone. And ADS-B or even active traffic systems can't pick up aircraft without transponders. I know from looking out my windscreen that plenty of traffic opt out. And autopilots, auto-throttles, FADEC and the like? They are only as good as the pilot's knowledge of their intricacies and fallacies (this is what really bit the Asiana pilots in their collective butt).
Bottom line, my TAA gives me wonderful capabilities, but they are only as good as my complete understanding of how to use them, and when. Above all, I was taught to use my kinesthetic senses and my eyes looking outside the aircraft when I fly, no matter the conditions. Call me old-fashioned, but it works.
Oh, and I listen to my co-pilot when he tells me there might be a problem. Even pinch-hitters (non-pilot co-pilots who fly with you all the time) can perceive issues before they become big problems in flight. They are great traffic and ground-spotters, and they'll tell you when they think you are fatigued, too. So listen and respond.
Want to know more? Don't just read the pundits. Look over the raw NTSB records at www.ntsb.gov. There's plenty for a GA pilot to learn there.
Tags: Asiana Airlines accident, automation, Technically advanced aircraft
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Skip to comments.How to spot a murderer's brain
Posted on 05/12/2013 12:27:26 PM PDT by null and void
Scans of a normal brain, left, beside that of murderer Antonio Bustamante, who was spared the death penalty after a jury was shown these pictures. Photograph: Public domain
Adrian Raine, who describes himself as a neurocriminologist, moved from Britain to the US.
In Britain, the causes of crime were allowed to be exclusively social and environmental, the result of disturbed or impoverished nurture, rather than fated and genetic nature. To suggest otherwise ... was to doom yourself to an absence of funding.
Raine cites two very recent brain-imaging studies to back this up. One is a study in New Mexico in which prisoners are scanned on release. "What they are discovering is that if the functioning of the anterior cingulate, part of the limbic system, is lower than normal before release, they are twice as likely to be reconvicted in the next three years. And that marker is more accurate a guide than all other social factors," Raine says. A second study apparently shows if a released prisoner has a significantly smaller volume in the amygdala, the almond-shaped part of the brain crucial for processing memory and emotion, he or she is three times more likely to reoffend. "Now, this is only two studies, but what they are beginning to show is proof of concept, that if we added neurological factors into the equation we could do a better job at predicting future behaviour."
It is perhaps not too wildly far-fetched to imagine that such scans will one day be as routine as immunisation programmes; the bigger question then will be how we begin to react to the results. Raine rather likes the idea of public health programmes as crime prevention: "The teenage brain is still very malleable.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
(3300+ word article excerpted to less than 300 words)...
"At this point, what difference would it make!?!"
For the current crop? None whatsoever.
But I bet we could use their craven greed, lust for unchallenged power and fear of competition to get them to pass a law requiring it for newcomers!
liberals are all killers at heart
The techs would keep re-running the scans, thinking the equipment was malfunctioning because they couldn't identify the image of any brain at all!
I wonder what the scan of a brain of a person that scoffs "old news" off as an issue not worthy of contemporary consideration looks like, compared to one that does not...
Seriously, if as has been posited until the advent of modern materialism, humanity is a union of matter and spirit, then the honest investigator must ask to what extent this is an artifact of what spirit chose to do and to what extent this is an artifact of pre-extant biology. And it opens a lot of Pandora's boxes: for example, if a mental patient has his/her brain scanned and they see something like this, will that mean the patient will be committed long term as a likely danger to society?
In 1987, Adrian Raine, who describes himself as a neurocriminologist, moved from Britain to the US. His emigration was prompted by two things. The first was a sense of banging his head against a wall. Raine, who grew up in Darlington and is now a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was a researcher of the biological basis for criminal behavior, which, with its echoes of Nazi eugenics, was perhaps the most taboo of all academic disciplines.And of course the Manchester Guardian goes on to try to justify it. Not only are they using neuroscience to get criminals off, but they will use it in the future to persecute groups of people based on their genetics due to a supposed predisposition to crime rather than anything to do with the family and the breakdown thereof.
I dont care what their past is like or if they have brain damage justice still demands that they die.
The fact that they are somatically predisposed to murder simply reinforces the judgment that they must never again be free in society. The only way to ensure that they never again are a threat to society is to put them to death.
To permit them to live under a life sentence leaves the possibility that someday legislation or a judge will free them from captivity and they will again be able to prey on the inocent.
It's a risk to go off half cocked with these studies. It would be good to do longitudinal studies, following people through changes in their lives. What would a low down gangster's salvational encounter with God, mirrored in a life that actually does play out from that point as sanctified, look like in the brain scan, or conversely what would it look like in the case of a "decent" person whose conduct later "goes south"?
1931. The deficiencies in the exact areas of the brain identified as correlated with murderous crime. In 1931!
Watch what road you go down there, because "preventive execution" as your linchpin rationale could be extended to those who some supposed pundit has deemed likely to murder in the future even if not now. Punishment that is not "deserved" is immoral, period.
At which point there weren't any scans, so that has virtually nothing to do with scans.
Mine or theirs?
Theirs, I would presume because they have an agenda.
Mine because I simply hacked out vast blocks of text to fit the copyright requirements, I have no compelling need to mask their agenda, nor was I willing to devote a couple hours of painstaking editing to suit your sensibilities.
Please do feel free to edit and re-post the article with the 300 words that please you.
I'll be more than happy to ask the ModSquad to pull my post to allow room for your clearly superior wordsmithing.
But but but but that would be like eliminating wolverines from kindergartens, just because they are wolverines!
Excellent point! Is this deficit/difference subject to actual measurable change?
If he comes into your home here in Texas, you can examine it on the floor, walls and ceiling.
You are 100% correct about how wrong it would be to use this science for "preventive execution" of anyone, who has not actually yet committed a crime. OTOH, it would also be 100% wrong to let murderers off easy, on the basis that their brain is defective.
I so want to move to Texas.
Do you know anyone looking for an experienced semiconductor process engineer?
1.) All English "news" papers need to be regarded with deep, abiding skepticism, and the Guardian with many times the normal amount. What their articles frequently lack in authenticity, they compensate for in imagination.
2.) It's been conclusively demonstrated in numerous independent scientific studies over 99% of all convicted murderers ate hamburgers and French fries as small children; therefore, we need to ban hamburgers and French fries immediately for the sake of the children.
My linchpin rationale is JUSTICE for the victim. To take a life requires your own life be taken to serve justice.
Prevention of further murders is only necessary or possible if there is already a murder.
The death penalty is for murders not potential murders.
One must be convicted of a capital crime before one can be sentenced to death.
For a life sentence one must also be convicted of a crime.
I certainly do not advocate preventative incarceration.
Some people are just finding the physical / material basis of "free will" disturbing.
It's like being in denial about the certainty of a pitbull bred for aggression being violent with children. The whole thing rips and tears their dogma, and that can be scary, indeed.
Thank you, for coming to my defense but that is not really what I said.
I believe that the only permanent solution, because of our messed up judicial system, for a murder is death.
A life sentence for a murder leaves the bleeding heart Liberals in the congress and in Black Robes the possibility of freeing a murder.
Nicely played!
For all that, they compare favorably with American "news" papers. *sigh*
Fair enough, Thanks for the clarification.
So now when applying for a gun purchase you will need a brain scan!
>>Do you know anyone looking for an experienced semiconductor process engineer?<<
Well, I think TI is looking for fullconducter types...
If you finish your training I'll see if I know anyone there ;)
(seriously, TEXAS Instruments is huge here)
And I'm wondering what the stimulus, stimulating which senses effected the images. Shades of A Clockwork Orange.
Well as soon as you lean on "it has a practical purpose of keeping others from getting murdered by the same perpetrator" you have moved your linchpin. Period.
Excellent point...How about David Berkowitz?
Having the predisposition to have problems does not always culminate in the problem. This is the nature/nurture debate.
"Its a risk to go off half cocked with these studies. It would be good to do longitudinal studies, following people through changes in their lives."
Agreed. And even for this snapshot in time, I'd like more information about the control group here. Presumably the murderers were locked up in prison. Were the members of the control group also in prison? If not, how do we know the reported differences are not simply due to being in prison?
If the control group was in prison, how do we know that these prisoners had not also committed murder, but had not been detected and convicted of it? Do we just ask them and take their word for it?
I don't accept any of this study, at this point. There is far too much phony science and far too little diligence in "peer review" of published papers today.
All this is so that one day the left can declare criminality a disease and eliminate jail time for crime.
In the 'mind' of the left, there is no free will, so no one chooses to commit a crime.
The implication of neurocriminology, though where it differs from the crude labelling of phrenology, say is that the choice it presents is not an either/or between nurture and nature, but a more complex understanding of how our biology reacts with its environment. Reading Raine's account of the most recent research into these reactions, it still seems to me quite new and surprising that environmental factors change the physical structure of the brain. We tend to talk about a child's development in terms of more esoteric ideas of mind rather than material brain structures, but the more you look at the data the clearer the evidence that abuse or neglect or poor nutrition or prenatal smoking and drinking have a real effect on whether or not those healthy neural connections which lead to behaviour associated with maturity, self-control and empathy are made. The science of this is called epigenetics, the way our environment regulates the expression of our innate genetic code....
Raine rather likes the idea of public health programmes as crime prevention: "The teenage brain is still very malleable. There is good evidence from randomised control testing that omega-3 [fish oil] has a positive effect on young offenders, and even mindfulness seems to improve behaviour and brain structures."
One wonders how this fits into it, as what we do for good or evil affects others, even if not damning or saving them because of their parents ctions:
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (Exodus 34:6-7)
What if the crime was not caused by the shape of the brain, but the shape of the brain changes in response to events and behavior.
Thank you for an eloquent exposition of a question I posted, just below you.
At that point, a sane society only has the option of recognizing that this is a case where the criminal MUST be eliminated. He (or more rarely, she) has demonstrated both he has the potential to become violent, and he has demonstrated his ability and desire to do so.
He has forfeited his right to continue to be a clear and present danger to his neighbors.
Only a madman or a liberal (but I repeat myself) would argue for the right for a rabid animal to have free run of the playground.
Does rabies give a raccoon a pass when it bites a child?
Why should a brain defect give a man the right to again run free and murder another?
As for those who have dead or atrophied frontal lobes/amygdala and manage to live a civil life, more power to them! They are of better stuff than those of us who never feel the temptation, the urge, and have no intrinsic resources stopping them. My hat's off to them. They have to rise above their nature, and that is what marks us as human, we can be better than our base natures by an act of will and willpower.
I love FR, posts like yours are way.
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Nurture has a lot to do with brain development (meaning parental interaction with a child). Children who are abused or neglected do not have proper brain development. The two go hand in hand.
Some would argue this has a larger application (not really)
Why should a brain defect give a man the right to again run free and murder another?
The problem is there is probability but not absolute proof: the researcher himself had a brain close to murderers, and the power this gives to murderous governments is too great. As in the Bible, evidence 2 or 3 eyewitness for capital crimes , with false witnesses receiving the penalty their false testimony incurred), we must wait till the crime occurred.
But as a evangelical born again Christian, i know of many credible testimonies of souls who were radically changed by Christ, though they before were manifestly very prone to crime and even considered incorruptible. Nicky Cruz of "The cross and the switchblade " (worth reading) is one case, whiile the Apostles Paul before conversion was "injurious, "haling men and men" and "compelling them to blaspheme," but became just as passionate in love to save as before he was to destroy.
"Great sinners make great saints" is often true.
"Great sinners make great saints" is often true.
I agree this can be the case....and for others who don't appear to be "saints"... had we seen them before they knew Christ we'd reconsider being so judgemental.
Then I hammered it home again in my last paragraph.
Was I not clear?
One must have the predisposing factors AND HAVE ACTED ON THEM to earn permanent removal from society.
Oh that's funnny! Normal Cell and an Obama cell!
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Has constructivism increased the number of special ed students? Niki Hayes, who's worked as a special ed teacher, math teacher, counselor and principal, thinks so.
The constructivist classroom doesn't provide the structure children need — especially those from disadvantaged homes, she writes.
It is students from kindergarten through high school "discovering" their own answers by using manipulatives, working in groups, contriving "real world" problems through "project-based' activities, moving and talking – a lot — and surviving in a hierarchy of those students who can lead and those who must follow according to their skills.
It is lots of colorful, jazzy pictures in books and on classroom walls that show many different ethnic groups, women, with gender-neutral stories, and with child-directed activities that only require teacher "facilitation." Children rule the day.
. . . It ridicules practice and repetition as "drill and kill" and believes anything that requires memorization is a waste of time that should be used for "creative" thinking.
. . . It believes that if students are having fun, according to perceived "learning styles," they will like going to school and they will learn the academics they need to prepare for the world of work.
Taught with constructivist techniques, more children will require special education, Hayes writes. Some will become discipline problems.
No one will ever be able to determine how many hundreds of thousands of children, who came from dysfunctional, even chaotic, home environments and who entered the constructivist classroom with its lack of boundaries, no right or wrong answers, and the expectation to "discover" their own answers, were shuffled from the "feel-good, tolerant, and fun system" into special education programs.
By contrast, children learn when given "explicit, step-driven instruction with consistent consequences of positive results, along with direct teacher support," Hayes writes.


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Healthy secrets from the star of The Chew�including one she learned from her famous dad, Dr. Oz.
Claim to fame: Daphne Oz is a healthy living expert who co-hosts ABC-TV daytime talk show The Chew. She is the eldest child of Dr. Mehmet Oz. While studying at Princeton, Daphne wrote The Dorm Room Diet, which became a bestseller, and the companion Dorm Room Diet Planner. Her latest book, Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style and Everything Fun is also a bestseller. Daphne has a chef�s degree from the Natural Gourmet Institute and is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Health philosophy: Practice �healthy indulgences.� Daphne says she always adds a bit of indulgence to her meals and recipes�a well-cooked steak on top of a salad, or a fancy dessert split with her husband. �The knowledge that you were able to eat what you wanted, but you�re not relying on that as the substance of your meal, is what will keep you from overeating,� she says. �Long-term it�s about what you do most of the time�and it�s not about deprivation.� RELATED: One-on-One With "The Chew"'s Carla Hall Workout routine: One hour of cardio (running or Spinning) 3 times a week, yoga twice a week, plus walking everywhere. �I also developed a 10-minute workout routine that I can do every morning,� she says. �It�s basically jumping rope interspersed with lunges, sit-ups and push-ups. It sets your day off on the right foot!� Favorite healthy meals: Veggie bean chili, or fresh fish with homemade salsa on top and brown rice or quinoa Favorite healthy snacks: Mashed avocado on toast, hummus and veggies, olives, almonds. �I�ll also snack on a small Greek salad�a few cucumber rounds, cherry tomatoes and a crumble of feta cheese with homemade vinaigrette.� Secret weapon: Daphne has a �two-bite rule� for the food they cook and eat on The Chew�she never cleans her plate! �I never have to say no, but I also don�t have to feel guilty�which is the best of both worlds!� she says. Five Minutes With Daphne Oz Spry: You typically tape two episodes of The Chew in one day. Does that throw a wrench in your healthy living plans? DO: Yes, certainly getting up that early, the only thing you want to eat is a bagel and cream cheese, you know? I gained 15 pounds during the first season, because you put a free plate of Mario Batali pasta in front of me and what am I going to do? Put it back? But this season, I�ve been pretty good about sticking to my two-bite rule. So I�m not eating eight full meals again. Spry: Are you still a vegetarian? DO: No, I grew up vegetarian, but I stopped in college because it was too challenging for me to eat no animal protein and still meet my basic nutritional needs. I didn�t feel like eating white rice and pasta, which were usually the vegetarian options in the dining hall. Now I eat meat in moderation, and as a treat or a side dish. I�ll add a little bacon to a dish to add a ton of flavor. But I�m not using a whole slab and I�m not having it be the featured item�it�s more of a sprinkle on top than a main dish. Spry: In your book, you talk about losing 30 pounds in college. What was the first step you took? DO: I hit 180 pounds when I was 17, and people are shocked to hear that because they assume that when Dr. Oz is your dad you could never have a weight issue. It�s funny because anyone who has ever struggled with their weight will tell you, and you probably know this yourself, it has nothing to do with information and everything to do with emotion. So when I was young and trying to lose weight, I realized that I�d equated food with love and bonding and celebration. Because I would come home from school and cook with my mom and we would create these gorgeous meals together. We would all sit down and enjoy these dinners together. It was a family experience and I didn�t want to give that up, which is why food was such a central player in my life. What I had to commit to was not making any food taboo, not getting away from all the fat diets because they don�t work�as soon as I say they are a taboo, it�s the only thing I�m thinking about. As soon as I recalibrated that relationship with food, I was able to lose the weight and I did it in a permanent and very healthy and gradual way. It probably took me maybe a year or two to lose the 30 pounds but I haven�t gained them back, and it�s 8 years later now. Spry: What kind of healthy habits did your dad instill in you? DO: My dad really has always led by example. He�s lucky in that he really doesn�t have a sweet tooth or cravings like I do. He loves ice cream and ribs and certain indulgent foods. But he�s not going to go out and order ribs off the fast food menu and he�s not going to eat ice cream out of a container that has freezer burn on it that has been in the fridge for two months. He�s going to wait and really get into a dish that�s perfect, like specially prepared on the menu or a special experience. And I think learning how to say no to things so that you can say yes to other things is totally a testament to him. Spry: Your book includes a lot of lifestyle advice in addition to recipes. Why did you want to approach it that way instead of doing a more traditional cookbook? DO: The idea for me was to create a fun life�to fill my life with fun. And for me that began with food, but then I found that I could take that attitude about food�the idea of balance�and apply it to my style, my home and my wardrobe, to my career and to my relationships. And what�s so cool about Relish�and the reason I was partly so nervous and partly so excited that people had been responding to it so well�is that it�s such an intensely personal book. Every piece of information is something that I gathered around The Chew table or around the dinner table, and through my own successes and failures. I put it through my own personal filter, and only the things that have really worked for me are the tips and tricks that I included in Relish. I think the idea really is that we all are already doing a lot of things right, and creating a better life for yourself doesn�t need to be a struggle. It�s not about getting rid of everything and starting from scratch. Because for a long time that was my biggest problem�I didn�t want to start any new project until I felt like I could do the entire thing. You know, I wouldn�t decorate my home until I felt like I had every single piece of furniture that I wanted. If you wait for that, you�ll live in a white box apartment like I did for years. The idea is about doing what you can do now, looking for small meaningful ways to make improvements, maximizing this moment and not waiting for �real life� to start without making any meaningful changes that will get you to the life you envision for yourself. RELATED: Dr. Oz Answers Top Health Questions Spry: I think that does often apply to people wanting to lose weight, who think,� �Well, after I lose 20 pounds or 50 pounds, then I can do this.� DO: It�s about enjoying the journey as much as the destination. Because we�re so used to thinking of things in black and white. So things are either healthy or not healthy, you�re either fat or your thin, you�re either happy or unhappy. There has to be a gradient, and you have to be happy and comfortable and excited about that progress and that transition and not just down on yourself all the time. So if your goal is to lose 20 pounds, reward yourself after 5 pounds. Make it worth your while to go the extra step. Spry: Let�s talk a little bit about The Chew. Do you have a favorite show or most memorable guest? DO: We had Hugh Jackman on in the first season and he was this big Hollywood star and we were all sort of star struck. He came in and he was the most insanely wonderful gentleman I�ve ever met, but also like incredibly talented. You know how sometimes you worry that people aren�t what they seem or their skills are being exaggerated? He could dance. He could sing. He could cook. But it also opened my eyes to the fact that celebrities can be cool normal people just like us. Spry: It must be funny to be cooking with celebrities, because you don�t see them in that capacity. DO: Yes! That�s the beauty of our show is that, on one hand you take people out of their comfort zone, because they�re not doing the same media spiel that they have been doing for everyone else�s shows. But they are also in a comfort zone because around food people just loosen up. They get happy, comfortable, they�re eating, they�re talking, they�re enjoying new food and learning something. So you get to see a side of a celebrity that you may never have seen before. Spry: We interviewed Carla Hall last year and she mentioned how many healthy cooking tricks she�d learned from you. Is there anything you�ve learned from her? DO: Carla is my big sister on the show! She said to me something that just stuck to me for so many reasons: that she finally became the woman she wanted to be and had been pretending to be when she hit 40. I think that was so powerful. And she has more energy than anyone I know�she�s such a kid at heart. I read a quote recently that said something like, age is just a number and you only get old when you stop being excited about living life. Carla is such a testament to that: Be happy, be here in this moment, love every minute of it and learn from it. Spry: Have you ever felt pressure to succeed because of who your dad is? DO: No, I think every child feels like they have to succeed and wants to make their parents proud. What my parents want for me is to be happy and to feel fulfilled and feel valuable like I�m contributing something important and meaningful and that I�m helping people. I�m so lucky to be doing it in a way that is very true to me. Brought to you by: Spry Living


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With only 4 tag team's: Uso Brothers, Epico and Primo, Tylor Reks and Curt Hawkins (who always feature on NXT/Superstars) and Hunico and Camacho (not a tag team but this would be an addition), I don't know how far the WWE will be getting with their tag division. Looking back on YouTube, the tag division was the real deal with the likes of Edge and Christian, Hardy Boys, Dudley Boyz, etc.
NOTE: I will only be writing the KEY Raw's and Smackdowns!
Elimination Chamber: Epico and Primo vs Uso Brothers
Match with no build up to it! Ain't been announced either, I think it will happen at Elimination Chamber though.
Winners: Epico and Primo
Raw: The Road to Wrestlemania begins
Epico and Primo are on the mic with Rosa Mendes. They say that there aren't no tag teams in the WWE that can beat them. They compare themselves to the likes of Dudley Boys, The Rockers, etc. This is what gets the fans to boo heavily. Triple H comes out to announce that tonight Epico and Primo will be taking on the team of......they'll have to find out!
As Epico and Primo are left puzzled in the ring, out come Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks, keeping this a heel vs heel match.
Epico and Primo vs Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins
Winners: Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins
Hawkins and Reks dominate most of the match but then Epico and Primo grab their tag titles and leave with Rosa Mendes.
The 7:21 match finishes with Hawkins and Reks the winners after a count out, thus Epico and Primo retain their titles.
Smackdown: Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks are in the ring. They start talking about how Epico and Primo are cowards and they don't deserve to be tag team champions. However they think that they do and they will make Epico and Primo suffer. This leads to Justin Gabriel and Trent Barreta to come out. Gabriel introduces himself and Baretta to the fans and they turn to Hawkins and Reks. They also want Epico and Primo to suffer, but Hawkins gets pissed off because he wants to do it on his own with Reks and threatens that him and Reks will make Gabriel and Baretta suffer first. As Gabriel and Baretta are about to enter the ring, Teddy Long's music hits! And he announces a tag match for tonight with Gabriel and Baretta taking on Hawkins and Reks, where the winner recieves an tag team title shot next week on Smackdown.
Justin Gabriel and Trent Baretta vs Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks
Winners: No contest, Epico and Primo come out during the match to attack all four and they all start brawling, with security coming out to stop it.
Raw: Epico and Primo along with Rosa Mendes say that at Wrestlemania they won't face anyone, because there isn't no worthy challengers to face them. However the Uso Brothers come out, Epico says 'who invited them?' and Primo says that they have beaten the Uso's multiple times, so what's the point in facing them as another tally will be added to Epico and Primo. Uso's say that no one invited them, cause they invited themselves. And they come into the ring to brawl with Epico and Primo but then as soon as the Uso's come in Epico and Primo run out. And then you see Baretta and Gabriel coming out of the crowd to a huge ovation and then they attack Epico and Primo, with Mendes escaping through the crowd but then Hawkins and Reks come out and attack Primo, Epico, Gabriel and Baretta! As Hawkins and Reks are about to leave the Uso's attack them from behind and they stand tall on the ramp.
Smackdown: Jimmy Uso vs Curt Hawkins vs Justin Gabriel vs Epico
Winner: Curt Hawkins
A Fatal 4 Way tag match between the four tag teams are announced for Wrestlemania 28!
Wrestlemania 28:
Epico and Primo vs Uso Brothers vs Hawkins and Reks vs High Octane (I didn't make this name up)
Winners: Uso Brothers (new champions, Rikishi comes out to celebrate with them)
Well that was it guys, I hope you enjoyed my booking. The aftermath of this is that the Uso Brothers are dominating the tag division and after a 5 month reign, Ezekiel Jackson and Mason Ryan win the tag belts. And they turn heel after attacking the Uso's and they dominate the tag division. That is it from me, bye for now!


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We talked to Steven Wilson a couple of weeks ago about his forthcoming - and groundbreaking - new Blu-ray release, Grace for Drowning. Fittingly, we offer you, the Sound + Vision and Steven Wilson faithful, an EXCLUSIVE look at the aptly titled "Track One," the third song on Disc 2. "Track One" begins, shall I say, somewhat innocently with understated acoustics and vocals, followed by harmonies reminiscent of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd by way of the Beach Boys, that then lead into a furious middle section before returning us all back to earth.
As for the video itself, let's just say it builds up to an apropos eye- and ear-catching sequence that'll make the hair on your head, neck, and rest of your body stand on end.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (105 votes).
In short: Killer hill in the middle that you have to do twice, but first 2km is downhill so you can make up your time then. Very stiff this morning! A good race. Date of review: December 1, 2008
In short: Well-organised, hilly 10KIn full: Hilly 2-lap road 10K with plenty of variety in a lap of two halves - urban on the downhill half, and rural on the long sometimes very steep uphill half up Palesgate Lane from the ford. Well-organised, very well marshalled, race HQ with good facilities. The two site set-up (start/car-park located about 15 mins away from finish/race HQ) is a bit of a nuisance but at least you can get from one to the other along a well-signposted off-road footpath. One suggestion: would strongly urge toilet facilities are provided at the start as well as at the race HQ. Date of review: December 1, 2008
In short: Good fun race but beware of the hillsDate of review: December 1, 2008
In short: Two circuits of hills - up & down Date of review: December 1, 2008
In short: Nice race, friendly marshallsIn full: Nice scenic race especially going uphills, brave marshalls tackling some impatient drivers.Enjoyable mix. Not easy to finish in an ascent.Date of review: December 1, 2008
In short: Plenty of fast downhill but you pay for it laterDate of review: November 30, 2008
In short: Good "local" race. Wouldn't travel miles for it. In full: Good organisation. The organisers worked well with the limitations imposed by the split site (toilets at the finish but not at the start, etc).The hill on Palesgate Lane was good value: a nice challenge, but steep enough to spike most peoples' aspirations for a PB.Good marshalling with plenty encouragement from them. Welcome tea and cakes at the end. Not worried about the absence of a goody back, but would willingly have paid a couple of £ more for chip timing.I live locally so will almost certainly do it next year, but I probably wouldn't travel the 50 minutes each way that I did for Leatherhead a couple of weeks ago. It's good, but IMO not worth a long journey to attend.Date of review: November 30, 2008
In short: Tried to run up the hill the 1st time but failed dismally the 2nd time. Good race and nice tea and cakes after Date of review: November 30, 2008
In short: Superb race and the reward is the finish - a sense of achievement to have hit and run palesgate twice! In full: Crowborough Runners thank you for another great event. The slight hassle of having the race HQ a walk away from the parking and start is completely compensated by the excellent organisation, and the facilities at the finish. Lovely hot power showers, good changing , and terrific selection of food and a nice hot cuppa really make this an enjoyable day. Brilliant will be back. PS I liked the added touch of a Lucozade stand giving out freebies! Date of review: November 30, 2008
In short: Good up and down raceDate of review: November 30, 2008
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Internet Television, Without the Sports
As the New York Post reported the other day, Disney has given the streaming service exclusive rights to some of its old movies, starting in 2016, for a reported $350 million, beating out Liberty Media's Starz network.
Our Rocco Pendola, who was a "bear's bear" on Netflix throughout 2011, came around this summer when CEO Reed Hastings started talking about the company as "Internet Television." Signing up exclusive content is the key to success, he thinks, regardless of cost.
Personally, I don't think the cost will be that high, because Hollywood is desperate to escape a trap of its own making. That trap is called "basic cable," in which subscribers buy a package of channels created by the operator, whether they want these channels or not.
What turned this great deal into a bad deal, and will soon turn it into no deal, is what customers want most. They want live sports.
What has been happening over the last few years is that sports has been slowly crowding entertainment out of basic cable. When a channel like AMC tries to get a small price increase, war breaks out, as summarized at this recent article in Minyanville.
But the operators seem to have no problem adding new "basic" channels covering sports teams and leagues. Comcast's (CMCSA) NBC Sports Channel paid $250 million for England's Premier League. News Corp.'s (NWS) Fox unit paid about $1.5 billion to eventually control the YES Network of the New York Yankees, then moved to buy the Cleveland Indians' network, writes the New York Daily News .
All the moves around college football these days are about cable networks. Rutgers and Maryland are joining the Big Ten because the Big Ten Network wants into East Coast cable boxes, as CBS Sports notes. Even individual teams are in the cable network game, like the University of Texas' Longhorn Network, produced by Disney's ESPN.
It adds up. Sports now represents half of your cable bill, as Miami's CBS (CBS) affiliate reports. If you don't like sports, tough -- you're paying for it anyway. While they're paying big bucks to show you Rutgers or Stoke City, cable operators are turning the screws on entertainment channels.
Small wonder, then, that more people are dropping cable and satellite, as Reuters reports. No one ever died for dear old Rutgers, and no one wants to go broke for it either.
This is a box from which the entertainment companies have to get out. Netflix is one way out. But here's another -- Apple TV. Not the little receiver Apple (AAPL) is selling today, but the long-rumored big-screen TV and programming device Apple is expected to introduce next year, as CNET reports.


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It's not quite American Idol, but we think we have a pretty good contest heating up here at the State Department.
Every other year, before the youth forum, where delegates from around the world identify common concerns and shared experiences. The delegates, all of whom are under 24 years old, then deliver their suggestions directly to the UNESCO General Conference.
It is a unique opportunity for young people to influence the global agenda. This year we decided to conduct our own on-line competition to select the two American delegates. The response has been incredible. We have received numerous fantastic responses--both essays and YouTube submissions--to the question, "What is the greatest global challenge facing youth, and how can American youth help to address it?"
This week, we are proud to announce our finalists.
They are quite a dynamic a group. While the selection committee is in the process of making its final determinations, I do know we can't possibly make a wrong decision. Their essays and videos are excellent reading and viewing for anyone interested in hearing from the future leaders of America about the challenges facing today's global youth.
For example, Noelle Little, a sophomore at Northern Arizona University, argues for a free internet and challenges other American youth to support internet driven revolutions around the world. She writes, "While the youth of America cannot control whether or not these authoritarian governments block access to the Internet, they can still demonstrate the power of the social media. They can [help] to exhibit its power by continuing to reach out globally, post and repost videos, tweets and status updates of those individuals whose voice has been silenced."
Blair Brettschneider, who helped start her own afterschool program for teenage refugee girls in and around where she lives in Chicago, thinks we need to support a global fight against gender inequality but ought to focus first on developing local solutions. She says, "In my community I work to address the problems faced by teenage refugee girls so that they can become educated, competent and independent, and then become advocates not only for girls in their immediate communities, but for girls in their home countries and in other places around the world."
Water scarcity is another growing problem, according to Kelsey Leonard, currently studying at the University of Oxford. She writes that water scarcity, "…affects one in three people on every continent of the globe and poses the greatest global challenge to today's youth and the security of their future. Water is embedded in most issues of concern to the world's youth, including poverty, health, food security, climate change, industrialization, cultural preservation, and education…"
Limited access to quality education is what is on the mind of Alexandria J. Croom, a senior at Howard University. Her solution? A network of global mentors, individuals and communities willing to support disadvantaged youth around the world.
George Demetrios Papadopoulos from Lincolnwood, Illinois, says it is time yesterday's leaders make way for a new generation of youth leaders who have grown up in a globalized community. He writes, "The youth of every country cannot be held accountable for the mistakes of a past generation, now is the time to allow the youth to hold a greater stake in the political future of their countries…"
Our finalists each identify a different problem, some closely related, others entirely distinct. But what unites them is an absolute and unequivocal belief that the solution to all these problems must include youth from around the world. They also challenge American youth to help lead the way. As finalist Fernando Cutz from the University of Arkansas says, "We are change agents in this world." I couldn't agree more.
And every applicant deserves to have their opinion heard, and I encourage you to check out more of the finalists' essays and videos, or visit the playlist of video submissions we created on DipNote's YouTube channel America's two official delegates to the 2011 UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris will be announced next week. Stay tuned!


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It's a massive political battle to even slow it down... It could take decades to whittle down the size of the mandates."The staying power of the ethanol mandates is largely due to the decades-long influence of the farm state delegations on Capitol Hill. As former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas once explained to Texas oil baron T. Boone Pickens, "There are 21 farm states, and that's 42 senators. Those senators want ethanol." And the influence of those senators — 15 states now have ethanol production capacity of at least 200 million gallons per year —will be hard to overcome.
More ethanol means more air pollution. Period."Corn ethanol production has negative impacts on water quality. Researchers say that a key reason for the growing "dead zone" of oxygen-depleted water in the Gulf of Mexico is the increased planting of corn to meet the soaring demand from ethanol distilleries. That additional acreage has resulted in increased applications of fertilizers like nitrogen and phosphorus, which are then washed into the Mississippi, helping create the algal blooms that cause dead zones.


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Debates of Oct. 7th, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #134 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was health.
- Question Period
- Spirit Drinks Trade Act
- Food and Drugs Act
- Seniors
- Selkirk—Interlake
- Terry Fox Run
- Jean-Philippe Paiement and Anouk Charbonneau
- Relief Aid International
- Softwood Lumber
- Fire Prevention Week
- 150th Anniversary of Sainte-Sophie
- Mental Illness Awareness Week
- Great Lakes
- Heroes Remember Project
- Passports
- World Sight Day
- Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec
- Oil and Gas Rebate
- Madeline-Ann Aksich
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Seniors
- Softwood Lumber
- David Dingwall
- Budget Surplus
- Softwood Lumber
- Automobile Industry
- Home Heating Prices
- Technology Partnerships Canada
- Taxation
- Campaign Financing
- Government Aircraft
- Veterans Affairs
- Summit of the Americas
- Veterans Affairs
- Public Service of Canada
- Agriculture
- Airports
- Softwood Lumber
- Public Safety
- Correctional Service of Canada
- Gasoline Prices
- Fisheries
- Economic Development
- Social Development
- Presence in Gallery
- Committees of the House
- Oral Question Period
- Business of the House
- National Child Benefit
- Order in Council Appointments
- Unanticipated Surpluses Act
- Criminal Code
- An Act to Protect and Maintain Orders, Decorations and Medals for Future Generations
- Appointment of Clerk
- Honorary Officer of the House of Commons
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Question No. 138
- Points of Order
- Committees of the House
- Food and Drugs Act
- Parliament of Canada Act
Softwood Lumber
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Randy Kamp Dewdney—Alouette, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have shown British Columbians that resolving the softwood lumber crisis is not their priority. The Prime Minister talks tough, but he will not talk to President Bush.
Possibly worse than the Liberal inaction, the NDP want to go down a dangerous road by imposing export taxes on oil and gas. Only the NDP could think that fighting an import tax with an export tax makes for a sound trade policy.
Conservatives continue to stand up for the B.C. workers, companies and communities affected by the illegal softwood duties.
A Conservative government would immediately appoint a special envoy to Washington to press our case and get our money back. We would offer assistance to the companies that have been unfairly impacted by this dispute. We would demand that trade deals be honoured and dispute rulings respected.
Unlike the Liberal-NDP coalition, we do not think the answer is to run and hide or to play to anti-American sentiment. We need creative solutions and a Prime Minister more interested in public policy than public posturing.
The bottom line? We need a new Prime Minister.
Fire Prevention Week
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Larry Bagnell Yukon, YT
Mr. Speaker, October 9 to 15 marks this year's Fire Prevention Week. Throughout the week, Canadians will learn fire prevention practices and safety procedures to make our country fire safe.
This year the focus is on increasing awareness and curbing fire related injuries and fatalities caused by the negligent use of candles. The theme for Fire Prevention Week 2005 has therefore been chosen accordingly: "Use Candles with Care: When you go out, blow out".
I hope hon. members will participate in the week by sharing fire prevention information with family, friends and neighbours. Making sure everyone knows how to use candles with care can be a matter of life and death. On average, fire kills seven people each week and injures many more.
We need to reduce these figures. Within the labour program of HRSDC, fire protection services leads the federal effort in fire prevention. The program is proud of its long-standing partnership with Fire Prevention Canada, working with it to develop educational activities for this important week.
Fire safety awareness needs to be promoted, not only during Fire Prevention Week but throughout the year. I hope all hon. members and Canadians will give their support to this important task for the benefit and safety of all Canadians.
150th Anniversary of Sainte-Sophie
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Monique Guay Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, Sainte-Sophie was founded in 1855, at the foot of the Laurentians, in what is now the riding of Rivière-du-Nord. Settled by the Scots, Irish and French Canadians, Sainte-Sophie became home to many immigrants from eastern and southern Europe in the early 20th century. A community enriched by its cultural diversity, its 10,000 inhabitants have forged exemplary ties of solidarity while respecting their origins. Plains and mountains have joined their destinies to produce a blend of generous and productive land and water bodies which are an invitation to dream.
Events took place throughout the year, culminating on October 15 with a dinner at which the book by Normand Champagne entitled Le temps que j'm'en souviens , which is a wonderful account of times gone by, will be launched. The Bloc Québécois salutes the work of the organizers, the mayor of Sainte-Sophie and the members of the municipal council to ensure the success of these events. To everyone in Sainte-Sophie, happy 150th anniversary.
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Susan Kadis Thornhill, ON
Mr. Speaker, this year, October 3 to 10 is Mental Illness Awareness Week. This national campaign was established to raise awareness of the level of mental illness in Canada, to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness and to promote the positive effects of best practices in prevention, diagnosis and medical treatment.
The campaign theme for this year is, "FACE IT. Mental Illness concerns us all". The impact of mental illness on family, friends and society is far reaching and cannot be overstated.
Mental health issues can address many areas, from enhancing our emotional well-being to treating and preventing severe mental illness. Depression, stress, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia are all examples of mental health conditions. Current statistics indicate that one in five Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime.
For one week, mental illness moves to the top of the agenda. We need to do better. We need to ensure that the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness are dispelled and mental health conditions receive the attention they deserve within our health care system.
Great Lakes
Statements By Members
October 7th, 2005 / 11:05 a.m.
Gord Brown Leeds—Grenville, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Great Lakes are a precious resource. Only 1% of the water of the Great Lakes is renewed each year.
We have seen recently how easily water levels in the lakes can be unbalanced by man and nature.
Currently, eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces are reviewing the terms of the implementing agreement for the Great Lakes Annex 2001. There are significant fears that this agreement could open the door to large scale water diversions from the Great Lakes and permit this precious resource to be classified as a commodity under NAFTA.
The issue is of serious concern to the residents of Leeds and Grenville, some of whom are visiting Ottawa today, and especially to those along the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands.
The federal government must get involved to stop the harm this will cause to the Great Lakes basin.
Heroes Remember Project
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Marc Godbout Ottawa—Orléans, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce today that the Heroes Remember project team was recently awarded a gold medal at the 2005 GTEC distinction awards and gala.
The Heroes Remember project is an online collection of video and audio conversations with Canadian veterans. It offers Canadians the opportunity to experience history through the eyes of those who lived it. With the use of streaming technology, Canadians now have access to interviews recorded with hundreds of Canadian veterans over the past 30 years.
I would like to congratulate all those involved in the Heroes Remember project, especially Veterans Affairs Canada and Canadian Heritage, whose innovation has earned such recognition, appropriately during the Year of the Veteran.
The Department of Veterans Affairs and Heritage Canada have done an excellent job.
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, it has been more than a year since the United States Department of Homeland Security announced the western hemisphere initiative. It is a simple enough proposal. It is simply going to require anybody entering the United States to have a passport. The effect of this on Canadians and Canadian economic sectors is going to be quite devastating.
Only 20% of Americans have passports. It costs a family of four about $400 U.S. to acquire passports. The people who cross over the border at my riding to come for recreational, sports and cultural activities are simply not going to put that money out. It is going to cost the economy in Canada literally billions of dollars, for instance, in the tourism and hospitality industry. Eighty per cent of the visitors to the casino in Windsor are from the United States, most of them coming over from Detroit and Michigan for day visits and overnight visits.
The Canadian tourism industry has been very strong in supporting this initiative to fight—
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Crowfoot.
World Sight Day
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Kevin Sorenson Crowfoot, AB
Mr. Speaker, next Thursday, October 13, is World Sight Day.
I think most Canadians would agree that their sight is the most important ability or sense. There are many who cannot see and, in spite of this, are still very successful.
I can only imagine what a world without sight would be like, not being able to enjoy the fall colours, witness the brilliance of a sunset on a lake, watch the mist rise above the mountains, a rainbow after a storm, or the radiant smile of an innocent child.
The entire month of October is Eye Health Month. The Canadian Association of Optometrists encourages every Canadian to think about the last time they had their eyes checked and, if it has been a while, book an appointment soon.
I join with the Canadian Association of Optometrists in encouraging all those who value their eyesight to book an eye exam. Do not miss out on all there is to see in this amazing world.
Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Carole Lavallée Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
Mr. Speaker, on July 15, 1965, the Government of Quebec passed Bill 51, which created Quebec's deposit and investment fund, the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec.
The fund has expanded over the years to become the largest institutional investor in Canada and, obviously, Quebec. It now manages net assets over $102 billion.
Maximizing the return on investment for its depositors and ensuring Quebec's economic development and international presence have remained at the heart of the fund's mission and commitments.
The fund's presence in Quebec over the past forty years has encouraged the development of several generations of financial experts and entrepreneurs, as well as giving Quebeckers more control over their own finances.
The Bloc Québécois is proud to pay tribute to the founding visionaries, developers and individuals who ensure the future of such a powerful development tool as the Quebec deposit and investment fund.
Oil and Gas Rebate
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Betty Hinton Kamloops—Thompson, BC
Mr. Speaker, the government's recent announcements on how it is going to save Canadians from the spiralling costs of gas and home heating fuel are nothing but a veiled attempt at vote buying.
It has offered nothing to reduce the GST. It will not remove the tax on tax or the 1.5% deficit tax even though we have not had a deficit in years.
A concerted move toward tax reduction would provide assistance to all Canadians across the board, not merely the 10% included in the government's plans.
As we approach this Thanksgiving, the government should give Canadians something to be thankful for, a tax break.
Madeline-Ann Aksich
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Francis Scarpaleggia Lac-Saint-Louis, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in heartfelt sorrow at the passing of a remarkable, courageous and inspiring individual, Madeline-Ann Aksich.
Madeline was a life force who left a profound impression on all who had the great privilege of knowing her. Businesswoman, internationalist, volunteer, painter, Madeline was at once strong, thoughtful, profoundly unselfish, compassionate, cultured, humble and sincerely grateful for the smallest kindnesses shown to her.
Moved by the plight of children in the former Yugoslavia, in 1992 Madeline created the International Children's Institute. Its mission: to help children in war-torn areas cope with the upheaval and violence in their lives. In 2002, Madeline was awarded the Order of Canada.
Madeline forever reached out to others and to life itself, even in the most difficult moments of her illness. Madeline was not only a wonderful friend and warm presence. She not only made a difference in the world. She taught us how to live. She showed us the way. We are all immeasurably better for having known her.
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Pauline Picard Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the decision of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières to inaugurate a new master's level program on managing innovation in SMEs, this fall in Drummondville.
The impetus for this innovative program came from Josée Saint-Pierre, scientific director of the Centre universitaire PME, and Michel Trépanier, who are both professors, researchers and members of the university's research institute on SMEs.
The program, aimed at business and institutional professionals as well as consultants, uses a multidisciplinary approach to the innovation process and its management and, above all, to fostering the creativity needed to develop innovations.
These days, we no longer talk about innovation simply in terms of conquering new markets, we also talk about it when it comes to retaining market share and remaining competitive.
Bravo for your innovation, a first in Quebec.
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Peter Stoffer Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, a nation can be judged by the smiles of its children and the care of our seniors. Unfortunately, I would like to bring a little story to the House of Commons of my constituent, Mr. Earl Shadbolt of Eastern Passage, who has informed me that the increase in his old age security works out to 3¢ a day and yet the government is prepared to give David Dingwall the equivalent of $1,370 a day.
The National Council on the Aging has said very clearly that there is a very serious threat of many seniors going into desperate poverty. What makes the government think that David Dingwall deserves $1,370 a day and Earl Shadbolt of Eastern Passage and many seniors across the country only deserve 3¢ a day?
My recommendation to the Prime Minister in his statement today is to give that surplus in terms of tax breaks and an incentive program so our seniors can take care of themselves because they are the glory of this country. They helped build this country and the Liberals should know that more than anyone else.
Softwood Lumber
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Peter MacKay Central Nova, NS
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's phony photo op in New York City yesterday is naturally being billed as a great success by his aides and a new policy of forceful advocacy on the softwood lumber file. It is too bad it was at a CNN studio and not at the White House.
Despite the false bravado, the Prime Minister still has not found time to phone President Bush on this important issue and advocate this tough position.
Based on recent reports, we know the Prime Minister and his cabinet have a great propensity for flying at taxpayer expense. Instead of spending thousands of dollars flying down to New York for a public relations tub thumping exercise, maybe the Prime Minister could just let his fingers do the walking and call the President.


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The U.S. army has been using GPS technology for a while now to help track criminals, recover kidnapped soldiers and provide mapping, but according to Tripathy, an IT expert, the Indian state police department is way behind the times. Tripathy has developed system to track rebel activities in remote areas using GPS. As a member of a team that provided GPS for the Mumbai Police, he can vouch for the effectiveness of GPS when used to combat terror. GPS is even being used by many Delhi and Mumbai cops, but the technology isn't as common through out Indian police departments as it should be. Tripathy believes that GPS is especially needed now to help combat the recent insurgence of Maoist Terror.
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"A small microchip can be attached to the bodies of police personnel, who are engaged in combing operations. When they get kidnapped by rebels or criminals, it becomes easy to find out where these cops are being taken. So even if they are taken deep into the forest or in some remote areas, they can still be traced with the help of the system," he said. (Via the Times of India)


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Bluebird wrote:I know that, The blue album is ranked at the 12 best selling albums in the world or something wild crazy
TheBeatles1988 wrote:I know that, I mean do you not think The songs on the Blue Album are better than the songs on the Red Album??
Cologne girl wrote:TheBeatles1988 wrote:I know that, I mean do you not think The songs on the Blue Album are better than the songs on the Red Album??
Generally speaking, I personally prefer the Blue Album songs over the Red Album songs. The Red Album songs were great in their day, above all when they were performed live. But the Blue Album songs, maybe because they were made mainly with studio albums in mind and not so much with live performances and because they were more sophisticated and innovative, have passed the "test of time" better than the Red Album songs - in my book at least. The Red Album songs, many of them, sound like the 60s. The Blue Album songs, for me, just sound great. Of course they were influenced by their time, but the Beatles, by then, had become more independent of what was going on and found their own distinctive approach to sound and words, etc. When Macca performs the very early songs, it's nostalgia and people start dreaming of Shea Stadium and the like; when he performs the later ones, I think many people enjoy them independently of the nostalgia. I don't know if anybody knows what I mean?? [/quote
Yes you know I prefer the Blue Album myself as I particaturly like the song Drive My Car... that has to be the best songs of all on the Album don't you think??
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NEMCOG plans river improvements
ALPENA – There are a lot of great features along the Thunder Bay River in Alpena that make it appealing for people to fish, walk or just relax and enjoy the scenery. There is also room for improvements.
During the Alpena Municipal Council meeting on Monday, Northeast Michigan Council of Governments Deputy Director/Planner Rick Deuell shared some details about the new coastal plan for the river. The plan outlines areas where improvements can be made, such as the eradication of invasive plants and making the water more accessible in certain areas. Deuell said the river in Alpena already has a lot of options for things it can be used for and simple tweaks can make it even more user friendly and environmentally healthy.
"I come to Alpena a lot , but never really had the chance to get out and spend time walking around the river front, but I did for this and I tell you I'm really impressed with the work the city has done over the last decade," Deuell said. "What you have done has sort of reconnected the community to the river. I was also amazed at all of the people I saw using it for different things. What a great asset you have."
There are many different types of plants on the shoreline, unfortunately there are plants not native to Alpena, which can have an effect on native plants, wildlife and the condition of the shore line. One type of tree can be removed, but returns quickly. Deuell said the plan calls for these trees to be removed permanently.
"There are a lot of very good plants, but intermixed with them are ones that are rough," Deuell said. "The major culprit are the box elder. Work is done to cut it down to open up a view of the river and it sprouts back up. It also strangles out some of the good vegetation."
The plan, when complete, will be ratified by the planning commission and the council, but will not lock the city into following it to the letter. Deuell said changes can be made to it as time passes and the needs change.
In other business:
the council approved hiring MacArthur Construction for $390,000 to do water and sewer system work, as well as a full road reconstruction project on Lake Street. The vote to accept the lowest bid was 5-0.
the council passed an ordinance that will change the zoning of property owned by Alpena Community College from residential to general industrial. There is no water, sewer or power available on the land, but the college wants to have it zoned properly in case it desires to develop in the future.
the council voted 5-0 to hire an attorney who specializes in water and sewer rates to lead the negotiations with Alpena township over new rates. The cost can not exceed $10,000 without future approval from the council.
the city approved two union contracts with the police department.
Steve Schulwitz can be reached via email at email@example.com or by phone at 358-5689. Follow Steve on Twitter ss_alpenanews. Read his blog, Upon Further Review … at www.thealpenanews.com


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