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Breaking: Rumors about Tom Cruise confirmed
posted at 2:11 pm on September 28, 2006 by Allahpundit
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I've heard them for years and assumed they were false, because let's face it — if they were true, there would have been proof by now, right?
Well, now there is.
Photos don't lie, people. Unless they come from Reuters.
Update: I'm outraged!
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Damn! You got me all excited – I thought you meant those other rumors. Know what I mean?
OBX Pete on September 28, 2006 at 2:17 PM
Whatever do you mean, sir?
Allahpundit on September 28, 2006 at 2:18 PM
Come on Allah – you know.
OBX Pete on September 28, 2006 at 2:23 PM
This great episode was just on the other night. This is really one of the best shows on television.
Catie96706 on September 28, 2006 at 2:23 PM
I thought we were talkin' about the Southpark rumor…
"Dad, Tom Cruise won't come outta closet!"
Tony737 on September 28, 2006 at 2:23 PM
lol ah ha ha ha….. that looks so fake. But I guess it could be real.
I thought you meant the rumors about his fanciful diet.
Mark V. on September 28, 2006 at 2:24 PM
Obviously a REUTERS original.
fake, fake, fake.
He might be gay, who knows, but that's his own damn problem.
Back to the real world and the f-ing Border problem.
Kramer on September 28, 2006 at 2:29 PM
It explains Rosie O'Donuts fascination with him.
Valiant on September 28, 2006 at 2:29 PM
I thought it was about the rumor that Tom Cruise is really a Bible Thumping Televangelist, not really a Scientologist. You know that L. Ron stuff is all just for show.
Jesus! And to think I come here for news! Oh well, back to the CSM.
james hooker on September 28, 2006 at 2:43 PM
Told this once here before but in case ya missed it last time:
I was out on a triple date, two white couples, me (white) and my date who was black. We were all playing "Who's your favorite opposite sex celebrity?" and discussing each. I said Halle Berry, my date says Mel Gibson (this was before he lost it) another guy says Jennifer Anniston, his date says Brad Pitt etc etc etc. Then the other girl says Tom Cruise. My date, who doesn't talk ghetto, says "Tom Cruise? I don't like him, his grill is jacked." Well the whole conversation comes to a dead silence. All five of us whiteys are lookin' at each other and with only facial expressions are asking each other "Huh? His what is jacked? His grill is what? What does THAT mean?" Finally, after what seemed like minutes, to break the silence, one of the other guys said "Somebody stole his barbaque?" She said "No! His teeth are messed up." He said "Well, why didn't ya just say his teeth are messed up?" We all laughed, including her. Now, everytime I see this guy at work he says "Hey Tony, who stole your barbaque?" Ha!
Tony737 on September 28, 2006 at 2:53 PM
I thought everyone knew that Tom Cruise was short. That's why he always used to date/marry short women. Made him look taller in the publicity photos.
Not sure what Katie was thinking here either. This picture makes her look like she is 7 feet tall. Normally heels like this are appropriate form someone like Katie, but not up against someone short like Tom.
Lawrence on September 28, 2006 at 2:57 PM
Katie looks like she's ready to take on Janet Reno in a dunk contest.
JammieWearingFool on September 28, 2006 at 3:13 PM
I'm still enjoying the rumors that the Holmes/Cruise baby isn't Tom's. That man is an embarassment.
E L Frederick on September 28, 2006 at 3:18 PM
I'll bet a shortie like Tom really has fun with those long legs.
Shmo on September 28, 2006 at 3:31 PM
Looks like a distorted photo of some kind. Could be lens distortion or digitally afterwards, hard to tell. I suppose it could be an odd perspective too. She's wearing heels and he is short, but it looks like something is exaggerating the effect. It's very funny though, however it was done.
High Desert Wanderer on September 28, 2006 at 3:48 PM
I thought everyone knew that Tom Cruise was short. That's why he always used to date/marry short women. Made him look taller in the publicity photos.Lawrence on September 28, 2006 at 2:57 PM
First of all the PHOTO IS A FAKE. Her midsection has clearly been elongated. While Tom C is not a tall man, he, contrary to rumor, actually prefers TALL WOMEN. His first wife MIMI ROGERS is a tall woman. She can be seen in the semi-finals of the Professional Poker Tour, where she is playing under a sponsors exemption. His second wife NICOLE KIDMAN is also a TALL WOMAN, towering over Tom, so you really have me confused!
Damn! You got me all excited – I thought you meant those other rumors. Know what I mean? OBX Pete on September 28, 2006 at 2:17
Tom Cruise in NOT GAY!!! I have known Tom Cruise professionally for over twenty years. When we first met it was on the set of the film, "All the Right Moves", in which he was the star and I was a "co-star", acting in my first film. Tom is extremely gifted, to this day he remains the most dedicated actor with whom I ever had the pleasure of working. I have thanked God over the years that my fledgling acting experience was with him, because his work ethic rubbed off on me. Tom was known to call actors at 3am and ask if they wanted to rehearse, even then, his enthusiasm was hard to refuse. People have maligned Tom for years, even back then. First off, he's very handsome, a lot of people are put off by that, being easy on the eye myself, I'm not. We shot a football movie together. Tom flew in his girlfriend at the time, who I'm sure would laugh in the face of those rumors, her name was Rebecca DeMournay,co-star of "Risky Business" and she is fine as wine! He went on to eventually marry Mimi Rogers and later Nicole Kidman if that's gay, I'm in!
Tom Cruise is one of the most honorable men I have ever met. As I stated, his starring vehicle was my first role, anywhere! In the process of filming a testosterone filled football movie, the two of us got into a "little scuffle" one day. The details are unimportant, it was smoothed over by all on the set and Tom and I even had a "Food Fight", after which everything was back to normal and filming continued. A small discomfort remained because in the argument that led to the scuffle, Tom was out of order and was throwing his new found star power around a bit. Who wouldn't? It was his third movie as a star and he was already in the seven figure money! No biggie, happens all the time. After the film, Tom went on to become the biggest movie star of all time, bar and second to, none. I became a "star" of much lesser magnitude, starring in numerous t.v series and a couple of Academy Award nominated films, (film nominations only so far, not me…YET!).
In 1992, ten years after filming "All the Right Moves", I was starring in the Broadway hit, "A Few Good Men", this was BEFORE the film starring Tom. The film was put up as a play AFTER it was brought by Cruise because it would be five years before there was a break in his acting schedule. Written by Aaron Sorkin of "West Wing Fame", the play was a huge hit. Average audiences numbered over 2500 patrons. At the L.A. Premiere, Rob Reiner, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, were among the hundreds of celebrities present. Because of his associaton with the film, Tom was anxious to congratulate the cast backstage. Tom looked the same as he did when we shot the movie, I didn't. Rail thin in '82, I was now about as muscular as Evander Holyfield, in '82 I had an Afro (last vestiges of the Soul Train generation folks), in '92 I was bald, playing a hard core Marine. So he didn't recognize me and he wouldn't have known my name from the program because during the interim, I had adopted a stage name (even minor celebrity is hard on your relatives!). The actors lined up back stage and the dignitaries walked down the line, well wishing and congratulating. After receiving Nicoles congrats as well as those of Rob Reiner, Tom stopped in front of me and stuck out his hand. "Incredible performance" he said, I said, "Tom it's Keith", he looked up at me more intently, then he grabbed me in a bear hug and began to WEEP. He sobbed uncontrollably and kept apologizing effusively. He said, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry to have ever treated another human being the way I treated you". AND HE WOULDN'T LET GO. (no it was not "gay'). The other actors, none of whom knew of my association with Cruise, were stunned. Here is the biggest star in the world, hugging and sobbing all over this, moderately known black actor! My career wouldn't take off for about six months, when the recently filmed "Awakenings" would come out and be nominated for Best Picture, so I was "nobody", get it? I kept consoling him, embarrassed as all heck that this guy was hugging me and wouldn't let go! I kept saying, "Tom it's all right, no big deal". To me it was water long since under the bridge but not to Tom. Not to this guy who was publicly apologizing in front of EVERYONE. The events of that day long ago bothered this man ten years later, concerning the way he treated a minor actor in his starring vehicle. I have not known many people prior to, or since, with this kind of integrity. This is who Tom Cruise is. Keep this in mind the next time some one tells you a "rumor", or he jumps on a couch!
Soothsayer on September 28, 2006 at 4:37 PM
Hey all that matters is that Xenu's baby is happy and healthy.
Iblis on September 28, 2006 at 4:37 PM
The picture isn't faked nor 'shopped. It is, however, only 'Reuters' level accurate.
I'd say it was taken with a wide – ultra-wide lens. I've got one that will let me take a full-length portrait from within arm's reach of a person but it will introduce some distortion.
If you look at their feet you can see he's barely behind her but he is behind her.
Now look at her left elbow and hand – notice how large the elbow looks? You'll also notice that her head appears rather large. All symptoms of a very wide angle lens. It greatly exaggerates the distance between things. A long lens does the same thing but in the opposite direction, making it look like a house is right at the foot of far off mountains.
My guess is the photographer used the lens to be able to get full-length shots at close range and an editor chose this one because it told a 'story' he wanted to tell.
KCSteve on September 28, 2006 at 4:45 PM
Ha! Actually, I think we already knew that… What disturbs me is how ugly Katie Holmes looks there. She used to be hot but she looks like she was just plucked out of an alley right there.
Anyway, like I said, I think we all knew he was short but the side by side comparison is hilarious. Reminds me of this fake "man with giant cat" photo we've all received in an email at some point.
RightWinged on September 28, 2006 at 7:01 PM
Isn't it funny how blog posts about celebritards bring out all the crazies? HAHAHAHAHAA!!! Crazy obsessed star-pluckers!
bamapachyderm on September 28, 2006 at 7:20 PM
Toothy Tom is irrelevant no matter how high the heels.
doingwhatican on September 28, 2006 at 7:34 PM
Soothsayer on September 28, 2006 at 4:37 PM
I met you once. My sister did some voice over work with you on a few episodes of a certain short lived animated series… Jay. I also briefly met you on the set once when I tagged along with my sis on one gig she did on a comedy TV series. She's also done several other walk-on's with you on a couple of other series episodes. I won't say anything else about who you are (or who my sister is), but yeah, small world. I would like to say though, if you don't mind, that I'm glad to see you are well since what happened. My sis told me about it a couple of years ago.
Anyway… I suppose you could vouch for Mr Cruise and I'll take your word for it then ;)
SilverStar830 on September 28, 2006 at 7:53 PM
Isn't black supposed to be slimming?
Oh, drats. Kate's dressed in black, too.
So much for my theory.
28mm lens.
Full disclosure: is Soothsayer a Scientologist?
No expert here, but something's off about that photo. In addition, the pavement is on a slant–the grill is slanted down to a drain. He's on the low side.
I met you once. My sister did some voice over work with you on a few episodes of a certain short lived animated series… Jay. Anyway… I suppose you could vouch for Mr Cruise and I'll take your word for it then ;) SilverStar830 on September 28, 2006 at 7:53 PM
Thank you so much for those kind wishes Silver Star. And YES I am FINE! Thank you so much for asking! It's amazing what you can survive with the Lord's help. May God bless you and your sister.
Soothsayer on September 28, 2006 at 11:06 PM
Full disclosure: is Soothsayer a Scientologist?
wordwarp on September 28, 2006 at 11:04 PM
HAHAHAHA, ROFLMAO! Warp! You cracked me up bro! No sir, I am not a Scientologist, I am a born again, water baptized in JESUS' NAME, tongue talking, soldier in the army of the Lord, my friend!
Soothsayer on September 28, 2006 at 11:10 PM
Okay, just checking.
For the record, I've heard from very gossipy gay guys who really do know who's gay in the city, that Tom Cruise isn't gay, he's just crazy.
Soothsayer, what a story! I'll be watching for you on my TV.
You probably know my friend Don Franklin, great guy, one of the best.
My questions is… why the hell is this on Hot Air? I dislike Tom Cruise as much as anyone who likes good acting should (no offense, Soothsayer), but why on earth is there a thread about him being short? Who cares? Lots of people are short and lots of people have issues about it. Is this relevant to what Hot Air is about?
Not remotely.
theholyhermit on September 29, 2006 at 1:23 AM
..short people got no reason,
..short people got no reason,
..short people got no reason to live…
How true.
honora on September 29, 2006 at 10:36 AM


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Pew poll: Romney erases eight-point deficit, now leads by four among likely voters
posted at 4:53 pm on October 8, 2012 by Allahpundit
From a 51/43 lead for O last month to a 49/45 lead for Mitt now. Remember when the media said the debates won't matter?
Most exciting poll of the last year? Or most exciting poll of the last four years?
Romney now ties Obama in being regarded as a strong leader and runs virtually even with the president in willingness to work with leaders of the other party. And by a 47% to 40% margin, voters pick Romney as the candidate who has new ideas…
Romney has made progress on the issues. He and Obama now run about even on dealing with health care, Medicare, foreign policy and taxes. Obama led on most of these issues by significant margins in September. Romney also holds a significant 49% to 41% advantage on improving the job situation, despite the fact that most of the interviewing was conducted after the October jobs report, which showed the unemployment rate falling below 8%…
By a 37% to 24% margin, more swing voters say Romney would improve the job situation. Swing voters favor Romney on the deficit by a two-to-one (41% vs. 20%) margin.
We've come a long, long way when the avatar of Hopenchange is a distant second on the question of which candidate represents "new ideas." The polling on jobs is significant too, not only on its own terms but because some of this data was compiled over the weekend, after the news about Friday's "good" unemployment numbers broke. In fact, among swing voters, 54 percent now say they agree with the statement "Obama doesn't know how to turn the economy around" versus just 39 percent who disagree. If O can't put a dent in that this month, he's in trouble, especially since those numbers partly reflect a "good" jobs report.
Some of Mitt's improvement here is mind-boggling. Note the amazing shift in women and voters aged 18-49, in particular:
Romney's favorable rating is now at 50 percent, up five points since last month and one point higher than the guy who's banking on his alleged likability gap to push him over the edge in a close race. In fact, Mitt rates higher than O even though swing voters are far more likely to say that Obama "connects well with ordinary Americans." Evidently, Romney cut so impressive a figure at the debate that voters like him slightly more than Obama notwithstanding the fabled "who'd you rather have a beer with?" test.
The one caveat here is the sample. Among registered voters, it's 34.7R/34D/31.3I; among likelies, it's probably a few points more Republican than that. Romney's pollster and Scott Rasmussen have each said they're expecting a sample of D+3 or so on election day, so this is a rare poll that's actually a bit redder than it should be — although even that's a testament to Romney's debate performance. Party ID tends to shift a bit as each side builds momentum; that's why the samples after the Democratic convention were a little bluer than usual. What's happening here, I think, is that some chunk of the audience that watched the debate was sufficiently impressed by Mitt that they're now identifying as Republican this week. If Ryan does well on Thursday and Romney follows through in his last two debates, maybe that identification will solidify and we'll get a redder turnout on November 6 than even Team Mitt is expecting. At the very least, perennial Republicans are so energized by Romney's ass-kicking that they may show up in even greater numbers than expected. Check out the fundraising haul Mitt saw the first 48 hours after the Denver debacle. Good lord.
Update: With today's Politico poll showing Obama up one and the race tied in both Rasmussen's and Gallup's trackers, O's lead in the poll of polls is down to just half a point.
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Top: David R. Johnson and Marco De Leon
Bottom: Students study at new seating area.
New seating installed outside 1604 Campus library
By Marianne McBride Lewis
Director of Public Affairs
(Nov. 26, 2007)--Thanks to a suggestion by a library staff member, UTSA community members now can enjoy new tables and seating on the patio overlooking Sombrilla Plaza on the 1604 Campus.
Library assistant Marco De Leon submitted his suggestion last spring to David R. Johnson, interim dean of the library and vice provost for academic and faculty support. Johnson decided the idea had merit and immediately began to investigate new seating options.
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Working closely with Daniel Sibley, UTSA director for space utilization, the furniture was selected and a plan was created for placement of the tables. The tables were purchased with library funds and delivered in late September.
With the support of the UTSA Facilities Services staff, the tables were assembled and installed the first week in October.
Overlooking Sombrilla Plaza, the traffic flow on the patio is not as heavy as that on the level below, making it a good choice for a seating area. Users enjoy the splashing of the fountain and a view of the surrounding campus.
If you haven't had the chance to see or use the new furniture, consider taking your next break out on the patio.


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August 4, 1979
Stevenage, UK
Knebworth Festival
The Song Remains the Same, Celebration Day, (Out On the Tiles intro) Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, Rain Song, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, Jimmy Page solo, In The Evening, Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker.
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Kebworth the 4th
In honor of the big reunion show in the UK, I thought I'd look back at the last 2 shows they played in England........KNEBWORTH 1979. Go to the 11th for a review for that show if interested.
The setlist of the 4 shows they performed in 1979 (they also played 2 nights in Copenhagen 2 weeks earlier) are my favorite of any tour. 22 songs that spanned over 3hrs was any Zep fans dream. The shows even included a couple new numbers from In Through the Outdoor that hadn't been released yet (a slight delay!).
Song Remains the Same opens the show and it's even more abbreviated than the '77 version (which was shortened from the '73 &'75 tours). Celebration Day is also rushed and it appears the boys are a bit nervous. I guess a crowd of 175,000 can do that to you. Black Dog is better and the crowd is into it. Nobody's Fault is also an improvement as Page is starting to find his groove. Bonham's playing is tight..........listen to some of his fills on this song. Over the Hills has Jimmy dabbling in his new delay/echo set-up and I LOVE it! Blistering leads with a little delay never hurt anybody. Many critics complained about Page's playing in the last 2 yrs of Zep, but I think Jimmy just trimmed things down a bit and tonight was a great example. No song was over 20 min and I think that made him more focused, but what do I know.
Misty Mt Hop and Since I've Been Loving You are played independently. This allows Jimmy to swap back to the Les Paul as he plays a Gibson RD Artist hollow-body for the first time on Misty. No Quarter is the "extended piece" tonight and it's completely revamped from the '77 tour. Clocking in at 18 min, this is the new Zep like it or not. Jones plays his little piano solo and Jimmy gets right to the point, HMMMM. Ten Years Gone is next and it's a liitle sloppy. Sorry, but I'll take a bad '77 version over this anyday. Hot Dog is Hot Dog and finally a little magic appears with the Rain Song. Left off the their last tour, tonight this version sparkles and I just love the reverb off the 12 string. A relatively short White/Black leads into yet another powerful Kashmir. This song has really grown on me and probably has some of Robert's finest lyrics ("Let me take you there"). Although a small chant of In My Time falls on deaf ears, Trampled ain't a bad choice. Again Robert's lyrics for this tune are very appropriate ("Grease me down, good electric") and Jimmy's solo is actually quite good. A personal favorite, Sick Again, is solid but it can't touch '77. Perhaps my favorite photo of all-time is Jimmy playing this song on the double-neck from Cincinatti 1977. Achilles is respectable as this song live has seen it's better days. A pretty cool Guitar & Drum sequence follows and I like the tympani intro into In the Evening. Great rock song from Zep's new album and it's a shame they don't make 'em like this anymore. Oh well. A LONG dedication prefaces Stairway to Heaven and again, this song has seen better (check out Earls Court '75 on the DVD).
The encore selections are perfect........a simple Rock N Roll and then a TOTALLY new Whole Lotta Love. This reworked version is solid and there's a reason Zep put this out on the DVD. Check it out. Heartbreaker is very weak. Jimmy really struggles and the show is over. Considering the extended layoff, I would consider tonight a success. The 11th would be a different story.


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[quote user="dezzzR"]Elis not done yet
Yea youre probably right about that, and like you said, even though a lot of people think his first superbowl was horrible, its irrelevant when/if hes in the running.
honestly, **** that whole train of thought....
If I were a voter, I'd remember that....I'm a sports fan....I remember things...
QBsshouldnt be measure so heavilyby superbowls in terms of them "being great", Trent Dilfer wasnt a great QB, hes not HOF caliber....

I'd hope to think ppl are smarter than that...

[/quote] Eli surely has a uphill battle because lets face ithe's a ****ing dork!! who was the last dork to inducted ?!? But I believe he will over come his dorkeyness with his great play that we all have witnessedand one day humbly except the honor ![/quote]

1. "Dorkyness" is nothing the overcome. Its to be embraced.

2. The "post and run" accusation of Matt was a riot Byron.

You crack me up.


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Have you stopped feeding?
When (Date) do you usually stop?
When (Date) do you begin spring feeding?
Have you stopped feeding?
When (Date) do you usually stop?
When (Date) do you begin spring feeding?
I usually stop feeding when it looks as though the bees have enough for the winter. I winter some in single med. depth supers, single deeps, double deeps and variations of the above. I usually can tell by the weight of the hive. I've been experimenting for the past two years, and have been feeding during the winter (mostly patty form). The last thing you want to do is to stimulate brood rearing in the middle of January (in Michigan, that is!)
I begin Spring feeding as soon as they begin flying on a daily basis. Some of my hives this year were honeybound and I had to remove quite a few frames of honey to allow for brood nest expansion.
My advise: Evaluate each colony individually and feed accordingly. Don't forget to reduce the entrance on weak hives to prevent robbing.
I don't feed in the fall except in special circumstances. This year I shook them down to regress to 4.9mm so I'm feeding honey. Most years I don't feed. If I robbed their honey and then the hive felt lighter as winter approached I might feed.
In the spring, it's a crap shoot. Unless you think they are starving I just feed to stimulate brood for the honey flow. Here there is a very early flow of wild plums and my very large pear tree. I try to see when I think they will bloom and start feeding about three weeks before I think that will happen. Probably I'd just start when it seems late enough that spring is here and the bees are starting to fly. If they aren't they won't take it up anyway. In the spring I feed syrup a bit more watered down. I feed honey for winter feed, but sugar for stimulation. The sucrose sets off the bees thinking it's nectar. The honey has already been changed to glucose and fructose and doesn't have the same stimulation effect on the bees. Also I try to feed it warm. Cool enough that you could put your finger in it and not get burned, but hot enough you'd think it was hot.


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Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
Choose any 3 digits and make a 6 digit number by repeating the 3
digits in the same order (e.g. 594594). Explain why whatever digits
you choose the number will always be divisible by 7, 11 and 13.
Find the number which has 8 divisors, such that the product of the
divisors is 331776.
Do you know a quick way to check if a number is a multiple of two? How about three, four or six?
In the interactivity below, the computer generates two random digits.
Your task is to find the largest possible three-digit number which uses the computer's digits, and one of your own, to make a multiple of 2, 3, 4 or 6.
Can you decribe a strategy that ensures your first 'guess' is always correct?
Something else to think about:
What is the largest possible five-digit number
divisible by $12$ that you can make from the digits
$1$, $3$, $4$, $5$ and one more digit?
Click here for a poster of this problem.


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To be high and drunk at the same time. The perfect amount of being messed up. You feel good, but you are extremely lazy.
We were so schlozzy last night man, we sat on the couch for 10 hours. I don't remember what we did though.
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Top photo: President Ricardo Romo and Dr. Harriett Romo with
students at Fiesta UTSA 2007
Middle photo: 2008 poster designed by alumna Cecelia Paz Mujica
Bottom photo: Fiesta UTSA 2007 booths
Roadrunners: Join the Fiesta UTSA celebration April 18!
By James Benavides
Public Affairs Specialist
(April 17, 2008)--The UTSA Campus Activities Board hosts the annual official Fiesta San Antonio event, Fiesta UTSA, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, April 18 at Sombrilla Plaza on the 1604 Campus. On opening day of Fiesta, Fiesta UTSA is more than a celebration for UTSA students -- the event is free and open to the public.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Fiesta royalty, including King Antonio and El Rey Feo (The Ugly King), will arrive at 1:15 p.m. Accompanying the royal court this year will be UTSA representatives including Miss San Antonio 2008, Priscilla Garcia, a junior communication major, and Fiesta poster designer, UTSA alumna Cecelia Paz Mujica.
Student organizations will sponsor food booths at Sombrilla Plaza, serving sausage wraps, egg rolls, jamba juice, gourmet ice cream and Fiesta fare. There will be an inflatable obstacle course and a Velcro wall, along with student performances by the Filipino Students Association, Swordplay fencing club and other UTSA organizations. Proceeds from food and activity booths benefit UTSA student organizations.
This year's celebration features music by The Drew Davis Band, who will tour with Hootie and the Blowfish this summer. The band's guitar and banjo player, Loren Ellis, recorded the theme song for the Disney Channel's "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody."
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to enjoy lunch at Sombrilla Plaza. A shuttle is available for those who park in lot 13 on the UTSA Campus, off Valero Way. Limited parking will be in the garage at the corner of Margaret Tobin Avenue and Fred Cook Drive.
For more information, contact the Office of Student Activities at (210) 458-4160.
One of the nation's premier festivals, Fiesta San Antonio is April 18-27. The 10-day, citywide, fun-filled, multicultural, family-oriented celebration includes more than 100 events and is the biggest party and greatest community benefit in Texas.


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Typical of these dishes is the eponymous pho ($13.50 with chicken, beef, shrimp, or tofu; $18 with crispy duck; $14.95 combination). The traditional Vietnamese soup is based on a beef stock, though there is a chicken version with a lot of cinnamon. Pho Republique originally opened with an awkward beef-based pho, which they've since dropped, and an unconventional chicken-based version, since improved. The latter now has a wonderful balance of lemongrass with hints of anise and cinnamon, and it's one of the best chicken soups in Boston. It's close enough in style to the Vietnamese beef pho to work with some of the same mix-ins (bean sprouts, anise-scented Asian basil, Vietnamese hot chili sauce), and even to support the same thin slices of brisket found in the beef version. The traditional rice noodles are available, but we opted for Chinese-style egg noodles, and they were exquisite.
On the retro side, what's more retro than a pu pu platter ($24.81)? This one tweaks appetizers of all origins. The pair of shumai ($8.50/à la carte) are Japanese-style seafood dumplings, with an additional green soybean at the center of each one. The four spareribs ($12.50/à la carte) look like the Chinese-American kind, but are candied, sweet, and irresistible. Three veggie "gyoza" potstickers ($8.30/à la carte) are deep-fried and fabulous. Hot rangoons ($8.50/à la carte) as a Chinese-American appetizer would be fried in wonton skins; these are done up as spring rolls and are as rich as blintzes. "Crispy sashimi tuna spring rolls" ($12.50/à la carte) mixes several ideas — think: California roll fried as an egg roll — though it falters because the rice isn't flavored like sushi rice.
We also tried the fried calamari with two sauces ($10.59). The batter was close to tempura, which is a good move, and the platter was plumped up with foamy shrimp chips. The sauces were a Vietnamese fish sauce and a spicy mayonnaise — only in Boston.
Other than the pho, the most impressive entrée was tuna steak ($22.95), seared on the outside and sliced thin. The coating was sesame and something hot and spicy, yet the real thrill was the soy-mustard butter sauce underneath. Sometimes fusion is really great.
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WINSTED -- Revitalizing downtown Winsted has been the mission of Laurel City Revamp since its inception, and the non-profit group's biggest project took one more step towards fruition on Monday.
According to a press release issued by the group, Laurel City Revamp has cleared the former Capitol Products building's liens and owns the building outright. Michael Renzullo, who serves as Laurel City Revamp's executive director, announced the ownership on Monday afternoon, remarking that "this will allow us to move to the next stage of the project, which is to get the property cleaned up, finalize the construction plans, and set about executing the rehabilitation."
"It feels good to finally get to this point," Renzullo continued. "I'm excited to get on to the construction phase."
Laurel City Revamp petitioned Winsted for ownership of the town's liens against the building at 35 Willow Street in 2011, but the group was not approved until after municipal elections. Renzullo -- who is a sitting Selectman, but recused himself from all matters involving Laurel City Revamp and other brownfields sites -- eventually bought the town's liens against the building, which totaled over $80,000, for $25,001.
Purchasing the liens meant that Laurel City Revamp could foreclose on the property, locking out any other potential claims to the building. The liens were not the largest against the former Capitol Products building -- the company had gone bankrupt and was in the process of dissolving -- but were the oldest, giving Laurel City Revamp the pole position.
Renzullo noted in his press release that he is actively searching out tenants for the building, even though it is a brownfields property. According to Renzullo, the contamination is limited to the basement, and tenants can safely occupy and operate the higher floors, including a planned English pub.
"We want to find a tenant," Renzullo said, "or several tenants, that will be a good fit for the building, and for downtown Winsted."
Jason Siedzik can be reached at email@example.com, via Twitter at @RCjsiedzik, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RCjsiedzik or by phone at (860) 489-3121, ext. 321. Follow us online at www.registercitizen.com or on twitter.com/registercitizen.


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Picking Up Boom (Off Shore)
The information and recommendations in this fact sheet may change
as this
oil response and cleanup work continues.
This fact sheet will be revised as needed so make sure you have the latest version.
August 23, 2010
What Is This Job?
From boats, workers pick up oily hard boom.
What Dangers Has OSHA Found For This Task?
OSHA has closely watched workers doing oil spill work and has run many tests to see if there are harmful substances in the air. The major risks that OSHA has found for this job are:
- Heat stress is a very serious risk for workers in the Gulf. It can cause a lot of different problems, from just feeling dizzy or sick to your stomach to fainting and death.
- Heat stroke is a medical emergency. It causes confusion and you may have seizures (fits), pass out, or even die - Call for medical help right away and begin cooling the person (move them to the shade or air conditioning, douse with cool water, and fan them) while waiting!
- Heat stress can give you a headache and make you dizzy and very tired. You may pass out, feel sick to your stomach, throw up, and have muscle cramps. Get into the shade and drink water right away! Notify a supervisor and have someone stay with you/coworker because this could become heat stroke
- Weathered oil on bare skin can cause rashes
- Drowning when working over water
- Back injuries, joint and muscle problems from bending, lifting, and handling boom and other heavy objects
- Slippery surfaces and tripping over ropes, cords, or hoses can cause you to fall
Other hazards to be aware of:
- Sunburn and sun poisoning
- Noise at loud levels or certain pitches can cause hearing problems for a short time or can damage your ability to hear for the rest of your life
- Motors, winches, pumps, and other machines with moving parts that can strike or crush you
- Exhaust from gas and diesel engines give off carbon monoxide, which can cause headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, nausea, throwing up, blacking out, put you in a coma or even kill you. Exhaust fumes also contain many other harmful chemicals such as carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen mixtures that cause burning or itching in the nose and throat, asthma attacks and other health effects.
- Cuts, scrapes, and skin punctures from sharp objects or tools
- Bites and stings from bugs, flies and bees can cause hives, breathing problems, allergic reactions, skin sores or diseases such as West Nile Virus
- Bites from snakes, alligators, or other animals can cause serious injury or a severe reaction to the venom
What Must My Employer Do To Protect Me?
Employers must provide their workers with a safe workplace. You should report any unsafe working conditions, injuries, or illnesses to your supervisor or safety coordinator right away. For the ongoing oil response and cleanup operations, your employer must have a site safety plan for where you work and share it with you. The plan must include:
- The training you need to safely do this task.
- The work practices you need to use to avoid getting hurt or sick.
- The protective clothing and equipment you need when doing this job.
- How to report any health or safety hazards I see and any illnesses or injuries caused by my work.
Your employer must provide you the safety clothing and equipment you need to do your job safely and replace it if it wears out.
What Training Do I Need To Do This Job Safely?
Workers doing this task must take these two classes:
- 4 hours-Marine Spilled Oil Responses (Module 3), and
- 4 hours-Marine Vessel Health and Safety (Module 4).
Supervisors must have additional hazardous waste operations training.
What Work Practices Do I Need To Use?
- Follow the work-and-rest schedule for your work site based on the weather and the time of day [for example, 20 minutes of work and then 40 minutes of rest (in shade, if possible) each hour].
- Drink water often throughout the day.
- Always wear your protective clothing and equipment properly and ask for new equipment if it is worn out and no longer protects you.
- Decontaminate and remove your protective clothing before breaks and at the end of your work shift.
- Put used protective clothing and other equipment in the proper place.
- Use insect repellent with DEET.
- Apply sunscreen often to exposed skin.
- Try to work upwind and away from gas and diesel engines.
- Use lifting equipment and get others to help you when moving heavy objects.
- Don't use broken or damaged tools. Turn them into your supervisor so no one else uses them.
- Keep walkways and paths clear of electrical cords, cable, ropes, and other tripping hazards.
- Wash your hands with soap and clean water before eating, drinking, smoking, using a toilet, or handling a phone or other personal items.
What Safety Clothing and Equipment Must My Employer Provide (Free of Cost)?
|If you are doing this job, then you need:
|Sun hat and sun screen
|Protect you from sunburn and help prevent heat-related illness.
|Safety glasses
|Protect your eyes from flying objects. Safety sunglasses block harmful UV rays from the sun.
|Abrasion-resistant work gloves
|Gloves made of leather or another material to protect against cuts and scrapes.
|Steel toed protective shoes/boots
|Steel toed shoes and boots protect your feet from being crushed or being cut by sharp objects. Required if your supervisor tells you that worksite conditions make them necessary.
|Barrier apron/sleeves and/or pants
|Tight-knit, coated clothing that that protects specific areas of your body from light splashes, dirt, or cuts. Only required if your supervisor tells you they are necessary.
|Personal Flotation Device (PFD)
|Protects you from drowning. Only required when working on docks or vessels, or if entering the water or surf.
|You may also need the following equipment if your specific job or work site requires them. Your supervisor will tell you if you need this equipment.
|Breathable barrier suit for solids and light splash
|Tight-knit, coated clothing that keeps dirt, grease, grime and light chemical splashes off skin and clothing. Only required if your supervisor tells you it is necessary.
|Impervious suit for extended oil contact
|Disposable suit made of material that doesn't allow oil to get through to your clothing or skin. Only required if your supervisor tells you it is necessary.
|Hard hat
|Prevents injuries from falling objects or bumping your head. Only required when there are overhead or other objects on which you might bump your head.
|Safety goggles
|Cover your eyes and nearby skin and protect against dust, splashes, impact and flying objects. Only required if your supervisor tells you they are necessary.
|Nitrile (synthetic rubber) light general-duty use gloves
|Light nitrile gloves (11-26 millimeters thick) prevent oil, grease and other petroleum products from touching your skin. Only required if your supervisor tells you they are necessary. Worn under abrasion-resistant work gloves for this job.
|Boot covers
|Boot covers, also called "chicken boots", keep oil or other liquids from touching your skin or shoes. Only required if your supervisor tells you they are necessary.
Do I Need To Wear A Respirator?
OSHA and NIOSH sampling data and illness data, as well as extensive reviews by professionals, indicate that a respirator is not needed for this operation. Wearing a respirator can put a strain on your body and increase your chances of having heat-related problems. Before you can wear a respirator, a medical professional must check to make sure that you are healthy enough to use it and you must be trained on how to use it.
How Can OSHA Help Me if My Employer Puts Me at Risk or Does Not Provide Me With the Equipment and Training I Need?
All workers involved in the oil spill response and cleanup have the right to a safe workplace just as they would in any other job. Contact OSHA at 1-800-321-OSHA (6742) if you think your job is unsafe, if you have questions about safety and health or if you have symptoms and want to report them. OSHA keeps your information confidential. You may file a complaint to have OSHA inspect your workplace if you believe that your employer is not following OSHA standards or there are serious hazards.
OSHA Protection From Discrimination If You Raise Safety And Health Concerns
You may also file a complaint if you believe you were fired or in any way retaliated against for raising safety concerns to an employer or for participating in safety and health activities. OSHA protects workers who complain to their employers, OSHA or other government agencies about unsafe or unhealthful working conditions in the workplace or environmental problems. You cannot be transferred, denied a raise, have your hours reduced, be fired, or punished in any other way because you used any right afforded to you under the OSHA Act.
If you have been punished or discriminated against for using your rights, you must file a complaint with OSHA within 30 days of the alleged reprisal for most complaints. No form is required, but you must send a letter or call your local Area Office to report the discrimination (within 30 days of the alleged discrimination). You can also call the 1-800-321-0SHA (6742) and they will connect you to your area office.
This is one in a series of informational fact sheets highlighting OSHA programs, policies or standards. It does not impose any new compliance requirements. For a comprehensive list of compliance requirements of OSHA standards or regulations, refer to Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. The voice phone is (202) 693-1999; teletypewriter (TTY) number: (877) 889-5627.


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I keep finding myself smitten with apps that unleash the artist within, particularly when those apps have innovative features and are good for a wide variety of ages. Here are three–ok, four–apps that fit the bill.
Toontastic and Toontastic, Jr. Pirates by Launchpad Toys
Toontastic is an app that celebrates storytelling and puts all of the necessary tools for storytelling at your child's disposal. On the surface, there's a variety of background images and animation sprites that become your puppets as you tell a story. But the step-by-step creation of a cartoon makes you pause and think more about your creative process. First, there's the Story Arc. You can't just go willy-nilly making scenes. Do you want to make the story's setup, conflict, challenge, climax, or resolution? Kids can learn what these different story parts are, and then solidify that understanding by making the corresponding scene.
You create scenes by choosing a background or by drawing your own. Then choose characters for your scene. It's worth noting here that while the app is free, as are a handful of backgrounds and characters, you get a bigger set to choose from via in-app purchases. Themed packs are $0.99 and an all-access pass is $9.99. You should go ahead and think of this as a $10 app and go all-in, having lots to choose from. Once your background and characters are in place, you can start your animation. Then, in real time, move the characters around the scene as you give them dialog. The app records everything you're doing. Keep going with additional scenes, and add music and titles to your creation. Here's a movie that my 7-year-old made with Toontastic and uploaded to their Toon Tube.
I wish it was a little easier to control the movements of the characters, but my daughter seems to be happy with the controls. With younger kids in mind, Launchpad Toys just launched Toontastic, Jr. Pirates for ages 3-6. In a conversation I had with Andy Russell, creator of Launchpad Toys, Andy explained that the blank canvas was too much pressure for the little ones, so they designed a new platform. In this new app, there's a slot machine-style interface that serves up three different pirate scenes, each of which begins with an animated story starter. Kids can jump in where the story leaves off. One truly innovative feature in this new version came from what Andy called "the sharing gap." If you tell little kids they can share their story, they didn't have a clue that meant posting online for others to see. "Sharing a story" to little kids means doing a story together, and Toontastic, Jr. makes that a reality. Powered by Skype, two people can make an animation at the same time, even if separated by thousands of miles. You can hear and see what the other person is doing, and then join in the storytelling fun. Toontastic, Jr. Pirates is only $1.99, with no further in-app purchases.
Continue Reading "Unleashing the Artist Within: 3 Apps for Your Creative Mind" »


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Help them target key issues when conducting the NAHMS Dairy 2014 study.
By Amanda Smith, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
It's a study that is cited in almost every issue of Hoard's Dairyman. Those who author herd health, milk quality and facilities-related articles frequently use the NAHMS Dairy 2007 study as a reference. One of the more recent occurrences was Al Kertz's article in our September 25, 2012, issue, on page 603 titled "Transition periods aren't just for your dry cows."
It's your turn now to provide input on what needs to be studied in 2014.
The USDA would like to hear from stakeholders of the U.S. dairy industry to help develop objectives for the Dairy 2014 study to be conducted by USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) in collaboration with the National Agricultural Statistics Service. "Input is essential if we are to address specific needs and information gaps of those involved in dairy production and research," noted Jason Lombard, D.V.M., with the USDA.
NAHMS provides stakeholders in private and public sectors with valuable information on disease occurrence, exposure to disease agents, management practices, productivity, knowledge gaps and other important topics of concern to U.S. livestock industries.
In our November 2012 issue we noted in a Hoard's Has Heard on page 739, noted that input had to be received by December 14, 2012. This date has been amended and the deadline for providing input is now December 31, 2012. Click here for the survey.
As with previous NAHMS dairy studies, NAHMS Dairy 2014 will be national in scope, collaborative in nature and voluntary. Data collected during the study will be strictly confidential and used to generate scientifically based and statistically valid national estimates, which will be used for education, research and policy development. Results from previous NAHMS national dairy studies are available at: http://nahms.aphis.usda.gov/dairy
The site contains results from the NAHMS dairy studies done in 1996, 2002, 2007 and their most recent work, the NAHMS Dairy Heifer Raiser 2011. In addition to the study results, there are technical briefs, info sheets and comparisons of the industry from 1996 to 2007. The info sheets cover topicsranging from passive transfer in calves, changes in health and management practices, as well as milking procedures and reproduction practices.
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Since the start of the modern planet-hunting era more than 15 years ago, scientists have said their search wasn't about astronomy; it was about biology. These planet hunters are looking for earthlike life on distant worlds. That means the planets would have to be like ours too. They'd have to be about the same size. They'd have to have the same rocky core. They'd also have to orbit their parent stars at just the right distance to have liquid water, the main ingredient for life. Scientists call this the habitable zone.
But while the big discovery hasn't been made yet, researchers might be getting close. On Tuesday, at a conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a team of European scientists revealed the discovery of at least 50 new worlds. One of them, known as HD 85512 b, circles a star about 36 light-years away in the constellation Vela. The planet sits just inside its sun's habitable zone. Though, it is four times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun.
"It's a beautiful detection," says Geoff Marcy, who leads a different team of planet hunters at the University of California, Berkeley. "And it's [possible] that it could be habitable."
Eyes to the Skies
Possible is the best anyone can say for now. A clearer answer will have to wait for more powerful telescopes to be built. If the answer turns out to be yes, the question of whether 85512 b actually is home to life will depend on many factors. Does 85512 b have any water to start with? Does it have a solid, rocky surface on which life can live? Does it have a cooling cloud layer to avoid overheating from its sun?
Nobody knows. It would be an unlikely bit of luck if the newly discovered world did have all the right stuff for life. After all, so many conditions must fall in line. The new world is still a big deal, though. It proves that astronomers now have the technology to find these kinds of planets.
Most of the big planet announcements over the past two years have come from the Kepler space mission. The high-powered, orbiting telescope is searching a section of the Milky Way galaxy for earthlike planets by studying regular dips in the brightness of stars. These tiny dips in brightness are created by planets passing in front of their stars as they orbit.
The 50 new planets announced in Wyoming were discovered from the ground with a device called the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher, or HARPS. HARPS uses a telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile to look for a star's slight wobble. The wobbles occur when the gravity of an orbiting planet tugs the star one way, then the other. The very first exoplanets were found this way. An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a distant star other than our sun.
The Start of Something Great
With so many unanswered questions, it's still a long shot that 85512 b will turn out to be the first known exoplanet to support life. Even so, its discovery shows how far planet hunting has come. With all of the searches going on worldwide, and with increasingly powerful technologies, it's just the beginning in what could be a series of extraordinary finds.


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Thursday, June 19, 2008
OLDaily Production
Monday, June 16, 2008
Finding Time
When I look at that list I see that you have created all kinds of content that would be really good for the blog.
For example, I very frequently take comments I've made to discussion lists and post them to my
same thing with the papers and the course proposals and even some for the Twitter stuff. All of this would make great material for a blog post - even if you can't share it all, you can share some of it.
The whole point isn't to *add* online writing on top of everything else you do. Nobody has time for that.
Rather, what you want to be thinking of doing is to gradually migrate to writing online *instead* of writing for those other purposes.
That doesn't mean you become a blog writer and nothing else. Rather, what you'll find is that writing for the website makes writing for all those other things a lot easier.
The idea is to take the stuff you do for private audiences and to present it (as much as you can) to public audiences.
And you'll find you have people reading your work, helping you with resources and links to do the work you're doing now.
All this, at least, is my experience (and you'll find this comment on Half an Hour as well :) ).
Sunday, June 15, 2008
June Tags Link People Learning
That pretty much sums it up, I would say. This is the tag cloud created by Wordle for the June 13, 2008 issue of OLWeekly. What I also like is the rich tapestry of thought and concepts behind this basic idea.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Subversion and Truth
Responding to Ken Carroll, who writes,
The real purpose of education, I believe, centers around the pursuit of truth.
The pursuit of truth is a subversive activity. It is probably the most subversive activity.
Authority - especially in our own society - depends typically on fiction. These fictions typically describe some way in which our rulers are 'naturally' rulers.
The divine right of kings has been replaced, in secular society, by the right of the ballot, but the process of democratic election is itself a fiction.
The teacher's role is to help learners find truth, not to instill a particular political view of the world.
Quite so - but it is precisely this practice that is discouraged, and even punished, in our education system.
Our mechanism of testing, for example, masures not how much students are *able* to learn, but rather, how much they *have learned* of a specified curriculum.
Our methods of teaching focus on the memorization of facts, rather than the cultivation of disciplines - such as, say, logic and critical thinking - that allow them to think for themselves.
Students' assertions of their own right to express themselves are routinely squelched at all levels of administration, including the courts.
The teacher's role is to help learners find truth, not to instill a particular political view of the world…
Teachers express 'truth' every day; it is the major part of the curriculum. This 'truth' constitutes the academic subjects, as well as the system of values and expectations created by a certain 'polite' society.
Teachers deviating from this approved curriculum are accused of 'preaching' and of 'ideological teaching' - as though the pronouncements from the permissable perspective are ideologically neutral.
Crucially: if a teacher is to be expected to teach the pursuit of truth, and to value students' own pursuit of the truth, then they must *model* and demonstrate their *own* pursuit of truth, and their own exercise of the freedom to express their own truth.
How could you ever trust the assertions of a teacher who says "you are free" when all teachers, without exception, follow some sort of party line?
To teach the freedom to pursue one's own truth is to *be* free to pursue one's own truth. You do not encourage the seeking of truth in the classroom by telling teachers to suppress what they believe to be true.
If this means that some teachers - or even a majority - espouse a left wing ideology, so be it. For people of the right to promote the freedom of thought by squelching what they believe to be left wing or liberal ideology is the height of hypocrisy.
If you want teachers to espouse right wing philosophies, pay them more. Otherwise, the vast majority of teachers will choose their profession based on some concept of the social good, a position that will put them at odds with the set of fictions created and promoted in order to preserve the ideology of the government (accurately described above as "the kleptocracy of the powerful").
As I say to Gardner, who writes,
Anti-authoritarianism doesn't solve the problem of authority, in my view.
Anti-authoritarianism is, in essence, thinking for oneself, rather than thinking as one is told.
No problem of authority has ever been solved by any other means.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Defending Edupunk
Actually, the critiques - Belshaw, for example, and Warlick - began within a day or two of the idea being announced, which may actually be a new record. So it's hardly fair to say everybody loves edupunks.
And while I'm correcting misconceptions, few of the people who self-identified as edupunks are actually teachers.
I think you are mistaken to confuse the target of edupunk criticism as 'the capitalist'. The target is, more accurately, authority. It's true that many capitalists have used wealth to appropriate authority. But the two are not identical.
More significant is the suggestion that edupunks are "seeking to politicize (and I would argue, infantilize) discussion in this space." Leaving aside the pointless ad hominem, I would suggest that discussion in this space is already very politicized, and that edupunk is a reaction to this.
If you look at the things the people involved have stood for over the years (and not, say, their postings over the last week) you'll find that they are strongly in favour of things like open access, personal empowerment, diversity, and such.
These are political positions, yes, but they are positions that are actively and consistently opposed by people who are in positions of authority. We have had to deal with politically inspired curricula, blocking of applications and websites (including our own), legal threats and lawsuits, funding and political issues in the workplace, and more.
It takes a lot of willful narrowness to say that it is the *edupunks* that are politicizing this space. Ideology is *dominant* in this space, and edupunks are calling it out, naming it, and pointing at it for all to see.
The final criticism is that you oppose the attitude - "These guys look intellectually and emotionally indistinguishable from their students." And "Forty year old tenured men in hoodies, talking about revolution is no more than perpetual adolescence and self-indulgence."
Fair enough. But I think you miss the point of this. Conventional wisdom would say that these people should put on suits and make their points intellectually in polite society. The attitude is - in my opinion - a way of saying that the game is rigged. That no change will ever emanate out of polite society, which structures specifically to preserve its privilege.
You write, "Personally I reserve that right for someone with a grown-up argument and a relatively serious attitude." I have been making such arguments for decades. View them here: http://www.downes.ca/me/articles.htm
From my perspective - you haven't deal with any of these arguments. You haven't engaged on the positions I advocate at any level, save perhaps the most superficial, as it relates to your own self-interest.
As for Junger: the author you accuse of 'flirting with Nazism' was influenced rather more by Nietzsche than by (say) his friend Heidegger, and he actually refused a Nazi post and position in the party, a very courageous anti-Nazi stance for a German in that era to take.
I could debate - and have debated - these points to a considerable degree of nuance and intellectualism. But the serious attempts are reduced to caricature and ridicule by the polite society, which, as I said, serves to protect its own self interest, and little else.
I think that what discomfits people about the edupunks is that they are grown adults doing things the authorities would disapprove - it is, indeed, anti-authoritarianism, impolitely expressed, which is *exactly* the point.
And insofar as they may appear to be 'defenders of the oppressed' - may I say, if they are like me, they looked, and they saw that the position was vacant. Nobody in polite society gives a damn about the oppressed. Though they are very quick to criticize anyone who lifts a finger.
p.s. my punk roots - people like Ted Axe and the Action, and F.I.S.T. - have mostly been erased from history.


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A private high school located in West Des Moines Iowa. They are a religious school affiliated with the Catholic Church, but it is widely known that they do not care about academics, or even religion. They beat everyone in sports, only because they recruit black people to beat the crap out of the other teams in Iowa. They are commonly referred to as the "New York Yankees of the CIML". Dowling has gained it's athletic talent at the expense of almost every other high school in Iowa, most notably Valley High School, contrarily, I do not blame them, because at Valley High School, people are encouraged to suck penises for money.
FB player 1: hey man, did you get a recruiting letter from Dowling Catholic High School?
FB player 2: yeah man, i'm gonna go but only because they have more black people than us
FB player 2: yeah man, i'm gonna go but only because they have more black people than us
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He should have NOT been suspended. He's not a journalist and doesn't pretend to be.
GE, owner of NBC, gives money to politicians. Joe Scarborough gave to some republican and there weren't any consequences.
I can't stand Oberman at all.
But he should still have to right to speak.
It's not as if it came as a surprise to MSNBC he's a progressive.
I think this is more a move to get out of Keith's contract before Comcast buys it all.


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how did this happen i am not good with computers (Outerra engine)
(Dragon Simulator 2011)
New WebM rule; no loud car games. :(
shitpiss, that god damn Dirt 3 video at the top of the page scared the hell out of me. I finish editing the OP then click 'Last Page' and a really fucking loud noise plays through my surround sound.
you should post the about:config Firefox disable hint in the OP too.
webm would work well if it didn't autoplay and didn't look like a still image once the autoplay has finished.
If I'm gonna buy CS:GO, it's gonna be only for the guy with the bandana.
It would be best if they worked so that they would be originally stopped on page load and in order to play them you'd just have to click on them. Auto-play is dumb.
For some reason I get flickering grey boxes on the left whenever there's a WebM video embedded (even if it's not visible).
making a webm of dirt 3 brb
I'm not very good with parachutes! HELP
Just Cause 2
One can block Webm videos with any adblock plugin or extension, just add a filter called *.webm
Not the best solution, but thus far i've found no way to disable autoplay.
pew pew
Game is EVE Online
Ambulance Simulator.
Great game, will never play again. If you want to see funny car physics, go to 8:45 mark.
-Alright nevermind, it varies-
*Slams into a lampost*
"CONGRATULATIONS You have completed your first assignment"
It wouldn't hurt for you to sound friendly would it?
Skyrim looks good.
Too much mods and free time on Skyrim :
Lord of The Rings?
it's skyrim with sauron armor mod, yes
I'm assuming it's counted as Daedric Armour, where did you get it from? I can't find it on Nexus or Workshop.


text: I have a hive of Italians that were hived as a package the first week of May. During the first inspection 2 weeks later, the queen had a decent brood pattern. I looked in about 2 weeks later, and there were no eggs, no larva, just a bit of capped brood, no queen cells. I had a nuc with a new Italian queen in it, so I combined with newspaper, and about a week later I checked again. There are no eggs, no larva, just a very small amount of capped brood, and NO QUEEN. I have placed a frame of eggs in two days ago, but haven't checked yet. My question is this, could the original queen still be in there? There are no laying workers, as there are no eggs, it acts like a queenright hive, but no brood? What are my options at this point??


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Radio Mi Favorita
November 6, 2011, in Penonomé, Panama
Fernández, 62, was walking home with his son when an unidentified assailant approached and shot him twice, according to local news reports. He died at a local hospital. A politician with the Revolutionary Democratic Party and a former governor, Fernandez owned Radio Mi Favorita in the central province of Coclé.
Police were looking into reports that Fernández had received recent threats concerning the station's coverage of alleged irregularities in the allocation of local land titles, according to local news accounts. The station also reported allegations that officials had provided land to corporations close to the government.
A local government worker was arrested in November and charged with carrying out Fernández's murder. No evidence was immediately disclosed. A lawyer for the defendant said surveillance footage showed his client buying beer at a supermarket in Panama City, roughly two hours from Coclé, at the time of the shooting, news reports said.
Medium: Radio
Job: Publisher / Owner
Beats Covered: Corruption, Politics
Gender: Male
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Data Breaches increasing 1000% in 5years?
Apart from rolling my eyes when I see these kinds of articles as the kind of FUD that's used as link bait, I also often stop to think behind the stats:
Are these incidents actually increasing?
Are we as an industry just getting better at identifying these occurances so we're now reporting issues that would have been missed previously?
Are the topics just becoming more news worthy so we're getting more newspaper inches?
I'll be honest, I've got no answer to these questions, just a few gut feelings. Would be interested to know others thoughts.


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The Boudhanath TeachingsIn colorful, bustling Boudhanath—Buddhism's great pilgrimage site in Nepal—a small group of students gathered to speak with Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche in an informal, relaxed atmosphere. This is the record of their lively dialogue, which the author described as "using the traditional method of question and answer to connect ordinary experience with sublime Dharma in a flexible way." The contents cover a wide range of inquiry: How should Westerners understand… Read More
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A Guide to the Compassionate LifeCompassion arises naturally when one comes to perceive the lack of solid distinction between self and other. The Buddhist practice known as tonglen—in which one consciously exchanges self for other—is a skillful method for getting to that truthful perception. In this, his commentary on the renowned Tibetan lojong (mind training) text the Seven Points of Mind Training, Dzigar Kongtrul reveals tonglen to be the true heart and essence of all… Read More
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The Dzogchen Instructions of Aro Yeshe JungnePatrul Rinpoche, the beloved nineteenth-century master best known for Words of My Perfect Teacher, collected the teachings of the tenth-century adept Aro Yeshe Jungne and synthesized them into the short text translated here as Clear Elucidation of True Nature. How to put these essential teachings into practice is the subject of the lively commentary by the two Khenpo brothers, the late Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche.The… Read More
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A Commentary on Karma Chagme's Union of Mahamudra and DzogchenThis book grows out of an oral teaching that Khenchen Thrangu gave in Crestone, Colorado, on Karma Chagme's text Meaningful to Behold: The Essential Instructions of the Compassionate One on the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Thrangu Rinpoche explains in lucid detail the advanced meditation practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen and also their similarities and differences, including advice on how to safely perform some of the more advanced Dzogchen practices.Karma… Read More
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A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana BuddhismThe Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra is among the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. Chanted daily by many Zen students, it is also studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition, and it has been regarded with interest more recently in the West in various fields of study—from philosophy to quantum physics. In just thirty-five lines, it expresses the truth of impermanence and the release from suffering that results from the… Read More
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Mr. C I like your 2X4 with squaring jig for your boxes and might just borrow the idea and try that out. I just picked up a couple of squaring strap clamps and am going to try thos as well.
Have you ever had a top bar bind up and shoot out of that jig? Looks like a 10" powered top bar gun


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As you know, CCD is a major problem in the beekeeping world, and one of the culprits has been nicotine based pesticides. Does anyonew know if any urban (away from agriculture) beekeepers getting this disease?
I'm asking this because if urban beekeepers are relativly unscathed, that would support that its something agriculturally based, like pesticides.


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Recap: NIU Tops Toledo To Win MAC West
TOLEDO, Ohio - Jordan Lynch ran for 161 yards on 28 carries and scored three second-half rushing touchdowns, and threw for 202 yards on 17-of-22 passing to lead No. 16 Northern Illinois to a 35-17 victory over Toledo Wednesday night at the Glass Bowl in Toledo.
With the win, NIU is 11-0 for the first time in school history, including a 7-0 mark in the Mid-American Conference. The Huskies clinched the MAC West Division title and will play in the Marathon MAC Championship game in Detroit for the fourth consecutive season.
NIU won its 15th straight road game, its 24th consecutive MAC game and claimed its seventh road win of 2013. The Huskies' road and conference win streaks both lead the nation. Lynch has never lost a Mid-American Conference game as a starting quarterback.
Lynch gained 131 yards on 15 carries in the second half and scored on touchdown runs of 12, 31 and one yards. His final touchdown run came with 9:38 left in the game and capped a 15-play, 99-yard drive that consumed 5:18 on the clock. Lynch ran for 62 yards on the drive, which put the Huskies ahead 28-17.
"It feels good," said NIU Head Coach Rod Carey about the win. "It was a hard-fought game. In the first half, we didn't finish on offense and we were kicking field goals and we didn't make `em. The defense played great the whole game. We told the offense at halftime, finish."
The Huskie offense took the message to heart on the first possession of the second half, driving 85 yards in six plays and 6:33 to take a 14-10 lead. Lynch hit Juwan Brescacin on completions of 11 and 32 yards on the drive, and sophomore Jacob Brinlee gained 27 yards on a reception. With starting receivers Tommylee Lewis and Da'Ron Brown sidelined by injuries, Brescacin caught a career best eight passes for 121 yards in the game.
"Juwan's been our best-kept secret weapon," Lynch said. "We rep him all day long in practice, but Da'Ron's the starter and today Juwan stepped up. I'm so proud of that kid."
In the second half, it was the NIU rushing game that won the day. The Huskies ran for 268 of their 364 rushing yards after halftime. In addition to Lynch's 161 rushing yards in the game, Cameron Stingily had 146 yards on 18 carries and Fremont, Ohio native James Spencer added 32 yards and two rushing scores. He scored the Huskies' first and last touchdowns with the final score - a one-yard run - icing the game for NIU with 5:39 to play.
After Toledo took the lead for the final time on a 36-yard connection from quarterback Terrance Owens to Bernard Reedy with 8:34 to play in the third quarter, NIU responded with a six-play, 65-yard drive capped by a Lynch 31-yard run for a 21-17 Huskie lead.
The Huskies went into halftime trailing 10-7 after Toledo quarterback Terrrance Owens hit Alonzo Russell with a 45-yard touchdown pass with 51 seconds left in the half.
NIU forced three turnovers in the first half on interceptions by Jimmie Ward and Boomer Mays and a forced fumble by George Rainey, but scored just seven points off the turnovers.
Mays' interception, the first of his career, came in the end zone as he picked off running back Kareem Hunt's pass and returned it to the NIU 10-yard line with 6:27 to play in the second quarter. After a 15-yard face-mask penalty, the Huskies drove 52 yards to the Toledo 23, but Mathew Sims'40-yard field goal try was wide right.
Rainey forced a Toledo fumble on the first play of the game to give the Huskies the ball on the Toledo 21-yard line. Three plays later, James Spencer ran in from 21 yards out for a touchdown and a 7-0 NIU lead with 13:34 to play in the first quarter.
Two UT possessions later, Jimmie Ward tipped Terrance Owens' pass to himself and made the diving interception to give NIU the ball on its own 22. Lynch drove the Huskies to the Toledo six-yard line, but Sims missed a 23-yard field goal; it was the senior's first miss from inside the 40 yard line on the year.
Toledo got on the scoreboard at the end of the first quarter with a 36-yard field goal from Jeremiah Detmer at the end of a 10-play, 61-yard drive that consumed 3:34 on the clock.
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Love it, hate it, good story, bad story... the media are going to keep reporting on ME/CFS no matter what. But isn't it time that we saw that coverage as an opportunity?
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text: Got this 1950 CWC built bike from mikesbikes36 a few weeks ago. Heres what it looked like when I got it (it had all modern parts, only frame/fork/tank/guard were original) stripped all the crap parts off and started throwing some parts at it. Wanted to use these 24x3 tires I've had laying around for 4 years unused. I had 2 rear 24" wheels, a schwinn s-2 and an unmarked with an ever older new departure model d. relaced it to a front hub and threw them on Found some cool looking bars that I want to extend another 5" and a nice drop stem starting to look like an old motorcycle Was going to recover the seat but I had the same one in white. Schwinn 5 speed mag and 1970 diamond shaped schwinn crank. unlaced and painted the rims ivory, swapped the tank for the one on my Hiawatha, just scuffed it up and left it rustic, same with the bars. and...FINISHED! Built in less than a week