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Spinal Cord Stimulation for Predominant Low Back Pain (PROMISE)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
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First received: September 25, 2012
Last updated: November 23, 2016
Last verified: November 2016
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) using the Medtronic Specify® 5-6-5 multicolumn surgical lead plus optimal medical management (OMM) versus OMM alone in patients suffering from predominant low back pain due to failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS).
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Back Pain
Pain in Leg, Unspecified
Device: Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
Drug: Optimal Medical Management (OMM)
Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Prospective, Randomized Study of Multicolumn Implantable Lead Stimulation for Predominant Low Back Pain
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MedlinePlus related topics: Back PainU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by MedtronicNeuro:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Compare proportion of subjects with ≥50% reduction in low back pain intensity [ Time Frame: 6 months post randomization ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in pain intensity (measured by the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) [ Time Frame: 6 months post randomization ]
- Changes in disability (measured by the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) [ Time Frame: 6 months post randomization ]
- Changes in the quality of life (measured by the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) [ Time Frame: 6 months post randomization ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: Spinal Cord Stimulation plus Optimal Medical Management
Device: Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) using the Medtronic Specify 5-6-5 multicolumn surgical lead. Subjects will undergo an SCS screening test and, if successful, an implantable neurostimulation system implant. Any SCS group subject not implanted will continue to be treated with OMM and will be followed as part of the SCS group.
|Active Comparator: Optimal Medical Management (OMM)
Drug: Optimal Medical Management (OMM)
The investigator and subject will determine an individual OMM treatment plan, which should include non-investigational pharmacologic agents and/or therapies.
Detailed Description:
The study has a multi-center, prospective, randomized (1:1), open-label, parallel-group design of two alternative treatments:
- SCS group (SCS+OMM)
- OMM group
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- SCS candidate with the Specify 5-6-5 surgical lead
- Has FBSS and does not require further surgery (defined as persistent or recurrent low back and leg pain of at least 6 months duration following at least one decompression and/or fusion procedure)
- Average low back pain is ≥ 5 as assessed by the baseline NPRS
- Average low back pain is greater than leg pain
- Subject has persistent moderate to severe low back and leg pain despite other treatments
Exclusion Criteria:
- Treated with SCS, subcutaneous or peripheral nerve stimulation, an intrathecal drug delivery system, requires back surgery at the location related to his/her original back pain complaint or experimental therapies
- Most recent back surgery < 6 months ago
- Low back pain only (no leg pain)
- Investigator suspects substance abuse that might confound the study results
- Radiographic evidence of instability requiring fusion
- Pain relieved completely by lying down
- Life expectancy of < 24 months
- Subject is pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the course of the study
- Subject is unable to undergo study assessments or complete questionnaires independently
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Sponsors and Collaborators
|Study Chair:
|Philippe Rigoard, MD, PhD
|University of Poitiers
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 25, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Rigoard P, Desai MJ, North RB, Taylor RS, Annemans L, Greening C, Tan Y, Van den Abeele C, Shipley J, Kumar K. Spinal cord stimulation for predominant low back pain in failed back surgery syndrome: study protocol for an international multicenter randomized controlled trial (PROMISE study). Trials. 2013 Nov 7;14:376. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-376.
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|September 25, 2012
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|November 23, 2016
Keywords provided by MedtronicNeuro:
post laminectomy syndrome
back pain
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Back Pain
Low Back Pain
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Postoperative Complications
Pathologic Processes
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WOW, what a serious accusation Novitsky just made on Russian TV against Schpilband!!!
WOW, what a serious accusation Novitsky just made on Russian TV against Schpilband!!!
Go Vanessa and Paul! They should be able to make up significant ground here.
Do tell.WOW, what a serious accusation Novitsky just made on Russian TV against Schpilband!!!
Great from C/P except those twizzles! But I still feel a little that Paul doesn't quite match Vanessa's level of expression so it looks a bit uneven at times.
And now, a poem about Crone/Poirier's FD:
'Nessa in red
Pauly in blue
That cover was awful
The Beatles should sue
I don't get Eleanor Rigby as an ice dance soundtrack. I mean they're practically glued together for the whole dance - how are you supposed to see "all the lonely people"? just because they wear dreary costumes and make faces and fists at the end? Jeez. Didn't like this one at all.
ETA--Sorry I did not post quickly enough; after I sent this I saw you had already answered. I did not say this immediately, because I could not bear to miss I&K lol. And then the phone rang lol.
Anyway, the very difficult lift, is a little too difficult, awkward, and reminiscent of a pretzel, but I enjoyed their dance, anyway.
Last edited by Dodhiyel; 04-30-2011 at 11:54 AM.
I/K have apretty program, but they skate SLOW on some easy footwork. Not very good yet technically.
Elena was magnificient! The best ballerina on ice ever! Too bad about that homeless guy who kept sticking around and picking her up and almost dropping her.
Boring ballet imitation from I&K. Point your toe, girlfriend. I enjoyed the part where she strangled him with her leg and he had to look like he was enjoying it.
Really great skate for C/P, the best of the season i think.
I/K were a little slow and tentative this time around, and had a few bobbles. Honestly, 88 seems high to me.


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This quote, from a General Accounting Office (GAO) report issued in May 2004 (Highway Safety: Federal and State Efforts to Address Rural Road Safety Challenges GAO-04-663), clearly shows the importance of improving safety along rural roads. Public works employees working in these areas of limited population, however, usually have few resources to deal with the problem.
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During development of the GAO report, LTAP centers were asked to identify the five most important tools they provide to local agencies for improving safety on their roads and streets. Although the responses varied, all fit into the basic categories of training, publications, technical assistance/advice, equipment, newsletters, software, and technology transfer.
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Most LTAPs offer some form of training. In addition to traditional classroom instruction, a few state LTAPs offer online training materials and course books, classes, and links to training provided by public and private partners. A few LTAPs even extend training opportunities to nongovernmental personnel.
Lindsay Nathanial, training coordinator of Colorado's LTAP said, "Our focus is on local agencies: cities, counties, and towns. However, we do not limit our classes, mailing list, or library rentals to local agencies; private companies are welcome to use our resources."
In addition to course offerings, the Colorado LTAP Web site has links to several online training opportunities. The most relevant for improving safety along rural roads is the Roadside Design Guide, National Highway Institute course #380032C. According to the site, "This Web-based course is approximately 14 hours long and is available anytime, 24 hours, 365 days a year via the Internet. Emphasis is on current highway agency policies and practices." There is no cost to take the course, but participants are required to purchase a copy of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Roadside Design Guide.
The state of Washington LTAP offers a wide range of training opportunities for both public and private sector employees involved in highway design, construction, and maintenance. Several classes are related to rural road safety such as bridge inspection, gravel road basics, low-cost safety improvements, and troubleshooting roundabout designs.
The site also lists courses provided by the Washington DOT at no cost for instate local agencies. The Roadside Safety and the Roadway Geometric Design courses could be particularly useful to public works staff responsible for designing rural roads. Registration for these classes, along with others offered by the Washington LTAP, can be done online.
On-the-road training is offered by several LTAPs. Minnesota has established a Circuit Training and Assistance Program, or CTAP. According to their Web site, CTAP uses a fully equipped van to provide onsite technical assistance and training to maintenance personnel throughout Minnesota. Some workshops offered through CTAP include gravel road maintenance, dust control on unpaved roads, and culvert installation and maintenance.


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A solution to the crowded schools problem
Original post made by Parent, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on May 14, 2007
Open Garland but move Ohlone there.
Ohlone site becomes neighborhood school taking residents from the area between Oregon and Embarcadero (they will still have to cross a major artery - just a different one) and residents north of Colorado. Redraw the boundaries in the North to even out the size of the schools now that a chunk from the North is at Ohlone site.
This would ease the crowding at the three North schools and also at Palo Verde which will be getting more students from new housing.
Ohlone would still be a commuter, choice school with all its programs, just at a different site.
MI could go to Greendell when JCC leaves either as choice or charter.
Comments (27)
a resident of Barron Park
on May 14, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Ohlone has fended off the idea of moving before. It's the farm thing.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 14, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Moving Ohlone to Garland would take away the glorious farm where thousands of parent hours have created an oasis for outdoor experiential learning.
Besides Garland is only half a mile away from Ohlone- doesn't seem worth it.
a resident of Crescent Park
on May 15, 2007 at 8:46 am
At this time the BOE has decided not to reopen another elementary school.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 15, 2007 at 8:57 am
I would wonder about upping the traffic if Ohlone - a commuter "Choice program" school - were put in at the Garland location. There already is traffic from Jordan Middle right next door. Why not open Garland as a regular neighborhood school if/when the BoE decides a new facility is needed?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 15, 2007 at 9:00 am
Garland already has traffic - Stratford School is practically all driven to school kids from all over PA and further. Ohlone relocating there would not change the traffic for the worse, possibly create less traffic as some one definitely be able to walk/bike.
a resident of Midtown
on May 15, 2007 at 10:14 am
When there is such serious crowding at the other school sites and a waiting list to get into Ohlone why do they still have the luxury of a "farm" on campus?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 15, 2007 at 1:28 pm
The Farm's not creating the waitlist at Ohlone, there's room for cubicles without touching the Farm--it's more an issue of how many kids do you want at an elementary school. More a traffic, crowd-management than a physical space issue--unless you decide to up things to 600 kids.
No point in making the Ohlone site the neighborhood school in lieu of Garland--the BOE has a fairly firm policy of not making elementary kids cross Oregon to get to a neighborhood school.
Moving Ohlone to Garland would eliminate the Farm and do nothing to shrink its waitlist.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 15, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Ohlone Par
I am not sure where you get your information about the BOE having a firm policy of not making elementary kids cross Oregon as I think you will find that Gail Price has said something that counters that when discussing the boundary issues and the possibility of opening up a 13th elementary school which of course was voted against.
However, there will be a new Board at the end of this year and increasing enrollments may make things change.
The idea of moving Ohlone to the Garland site would be nothing to do with decreasing the size of its wait list, rather just increasing the number of neighborhood spaces in the south as its present site could return to a neighborhood school and take in the kids who presently cross Embarcadero to get to Hays and Duvenick which are also very overcrowded.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 15, 2007 at 2:02 pm
My info was from one of the big redistricting reports, where it mentioned the policy.
Garland's a smaller site than Ohlone--the switch you proposed has been considered. It would eradicate the Farm and because the Garland site is small, limit the expansion.
Garland makes sense as a neighborhood school--particularly because people in the triangle (like myself) have to cross busy streets to get their kids to school. Garland would create a school that older kids could walk to. I suspect, because of that, people in the triangle would be pretty happy to make the switch.
Palo Verde is overcrowded, but there are other schools in South Palo Alto, such as El Carmelo, which are not. All of the north schools are heavily overcrowded.
I see distinct advantages, geographically for Garland as a neighborhood school and disadvantages for a popular magnet school.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 15, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Parent, my understanding is Stratford School is K-3 (maybe also pre-k) and I have seen little traffic from Stratford am I am frequently in that area - but they don't go up to 5th grade like Ohlone would if it moved to that site, so I do not support moving Ohlone to the Garland school site.
a resident of Palo Verde
on May 15, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Stratford School, of Palo Alto: Pre-School......Pre-K......Kinder......then 1st to 5th grades.
Per their web-site.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 16, 2007 at 9:02 am
Stratford school is also day care and starts very early with drop offs and has pick ups that go on until 7.00 pm as anyone who spends time watching baseball games at Jordan knows to their peril.
a resident of Crescent Park
on May 16, 2007 at 10:26 am
Dear parent - just curious, why to your peril during baseball games?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 16, 2007 at 10:30 am
Stratford puts up signs in its parking lot, right beside the baseball diamond, that if non Stratford people are using the lot and their parents can't park they will get papd to tow violators. Parking is definitely at a premium in this area at times when baseball games and sports are going on and I don't think people realise that a school parking lot at this stage in the day is needed for school parking. I haven't heard of anyone being towed, but the threat has been posted.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 16, 2007 at 11:16 am
What's odd to me about the parking situation around Stratford is that you can't park along N. California--it's a bike lane with no houses fronting it. That probably works very well for Jordan since it makes that much safer for your kids to bike.
It would be okay for a small neighborhood school and a disaster for a large magnet at Stratford.
I have some recollection that Garland would be a small school only about 260, which is partially why the board didn't want to spend the money reopening it and paying off the lease.
Greendell's also a small site, but if the JCC is moving, couldn't they put MI split classes in three classrooms?
a resident of Escondido School
on May 16, 2007 at 3:58 pm
"Greendell's also a small site, but if the JCC is moving, couldn't they put MI split classes in three classrooms?"
Wow. Spoken as though MI were a given. How about putting a few Y5 classrooms there first?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 17, 2007 at 12:17 am
Yet another,
Unless we get a board with a new backbone, I'm not optimistic about the MI situation. I'd just rather see it somewhere that's not overcrowding another school.
There are already two Y5 classes at Greendell. How many more are really needed? At some point, it says something about the screwiness of our K curriculum if we need to put every child born later than May in Y5 program--which sometimes seems like how the situation's presented.
a resident of Escondido School
on May 17, 2007 at 9:11 am
"At some point, it says something about the screwiness of our K curriculum if we need to put every child born later than May in Y5 program"
Not necessarily. There are school districts across the U.S. that put the Kindergarten entry cutoff on September 1, not December 15 as we have here. Maybe they're onto something?
I fully agree with your comments about putting new programs where they don't overcrowd existing schools.
Let's first take care of what we're already committed to -- neighborhood schools, SI, Y5, Ohlone, Hoover -- before we add more programs that may compromise and/or distract us from our existing programs and goals.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 17, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Please be very careful if you want to change the cut off date from where it is.
My daughter has a late November birthday and she was reading well, understood all her numbers and was able to count and do simple adding and subtraction when she started kindergarten. Her motor skills were not great so her attempts at writing were not good, but she knew how to spell both her first (10 letters) name and her last name before kindergarten. She was very bored in the last few months of preschool and was eagerly waiting for the day to arrive when she could go to "big school" rather than "play school for babies". I know children develop at different rates, but there are many who need to start around the time of their 5th birthdays and making them wait longer would be absurd.
In other countries, there are two intakes a year. Now the way this works at the end of the academic year when the two have to integrate, I am not sure about. However, the fact stands that they recognise that young children develop very quickly in 12 months and although they are not ready for the rigors of kindergarten this year, they will be in a few months time and making them wait for a whole year is ridiculous. Children should be taught what they need to when they need it, not waiting for an arbitrary date that has nothing to do with their developmental needs. A year is a very long time in the life of a four year old, and so is 6 months.
The only method that would really make sense is to test those with late birthdays in August and for those who do not appear to be ready, they should be automatically be given a place in Young 5s, not have to enter a lottery. If it is needed, it is needed. It would be unfair to the child itself and the class as a whole including the teacher if an under matured child was pushed into kindergarten too soon.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 17, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Young Fives is a tool this district should use to help both the kids that need the slower entrance (and there are alot of kids if you speak to kinder and first grade teachers), AND to help the kids who are ready to move on more quickly. By separating those two groups, you give each a chance to focus at appropriate level - better for both. AND you give teachers kids who are at similar readiness levels so teachers can teach instead of babysit. Less stress and more happiness and accomplishment for all.
Since all our elementary schools seem to have at least two strands per grade, most have three, a few have four... I wish they would create differentiated classrooms that would allow readiness appropriate pacing at each grade level at each school. Why don't they do this? Or do they do this quietly without telling the parents? To prevent some sort of sick parent competition for spots in the "fast lane"? I'd like to see the faster kids have the ability ot get a little more stimulation, and give the slower paced kids the ability to move at their own pace. It doesn't seem like it should have to be that big of a deal. Seems like you don't have to go to 'choice' programs, this could be implemented as a standard neighborhood school practice, and wouldn't have to change the curriculums at all.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 17, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Go talk to our board members about MI -- I think you will see that this revote is all about Susan Charles' willingness to take it, and thus take it off the hands of the board who just wants it to be someone else's problem. If the Ohlone community is against this plan, they need to let Susan Charles know, and soon.
Those of us out here think Ohlone parents are more than glad to take MI so that they can get some language instruction for their kids (while those of us in other schools have to wait, or possibly never get, FLES).
I hate that the board is turning our district into that kind of place, where connections, threats, and backroom deals get you what you want. I'm not the kind of person to do things like PACE has, but that seems to be the way to get heard. The board members (except Gail Price) have even made statements indicating that they seem to think if we aren't there yelling at them and threatening to do something bad, that we aren't that interested.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on May 17, 2007 at 7:12 pm
How about revisiting the Tinsley issue. Why is Palo Alto providing 62 spaces a year via lottery to residents of East Palo Alto. The schools in our own district are overcrowded. The BOE and PAUSD needs to place the needs of kids in Palo Alto over ALL other kids from ANYWHERE. I think the settlement was contingent on availability of space. Let's enforce it.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 17, 2007 at 11:49 pm
I have actually talked to the board about MI. I'm not the only one. Barb Mitchell was the only one who seemed swayed by the willingness factor. Fact is, Dana Tom didn't buy it. Nor did Mandy Lowell. And if you paid attention to Susan Charles comments--the implication was she figured if Ohlone was going to get stuck with it they should "welcome" it. In other words, she was going to make sure she was in charge of it. I think she sees the possibility of the charter getting stuck at Ohlone.
I haven't met an Ohlone parent who likes the idea. The FLES promise is very vague and not immediate. Overcrowding is. We have a school that works very well, why monkey with it.
That said, the problem with protesting to Susan Charles is that it isn't up to her at this point. It's up to the board and they're obviously spineless.
The only thing I can think of that might have some pull on the board is the very real threat of the next school bonds failing. I don't think the board quite realizes how much people will vote their pocketbocks if they're feeling exploited.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on May 17, 2007 at 11:57 pm
I believe some of the Addison parents last year tried to get the BOE to send the Tinsley kids to schools where there was room. The BOE refused. It is kind of crazy. I think the BOE won't go there because they want to look like they're rejecting poor kids of color. But denying kids access to their neighborhood school so some kid from another county can go there hardly seems equitable.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on May 18, 2007 at 7:45 am
OK, contrary to OhlonePar, I have spoken to a number of Ohlone parents are are fine with MI going to their school. These are Ohlone parents in different walks of childhood life: baseball, church, soccer, etc.
So, OhlonePar, it might be helpful for you to talk to more parents.
The teachers are also excited about it, along with Susan Charles, who isn't "stuck" with it, but is innovative enough to recognize and believe it is good for the Ohlone community.
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 18, 2007 at 9:26 am
We have to agree to disagree about this. The way I read it, if Susan Charles stood up to the board and said, "No, the Ohlone community is too against this," the board would not be revisiting this now. It really comes down to practicalities. Susan Charles is an experienced administrator who promises to take away the whole unpleasant business, wouldn't you be glad to push it on her? Come on, Ohlone isn't nearly the best location for a school like this. It promises an untried dual immersion/Ohlone curriculum mishmash. Why Ohlone? Susan Charles.
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And it brings me back to my point -- those of us on the outside looking in feel like, if the teachers are excited about it, it's because Ohlone kids will be getting a language opportunity the rest of the kids in the district don't have (you scratch my back...) That really rankles out here, that the Ohlone "community" would take a program that is blatantly not cost neutral (and PACEr's are already putting their unbelievable spin on the ongoing resource drain, like the assistant principal they'll need -- gee, who's paying for that? umm, private donations as promised?), a program that offers an opportunity the rest of us don't have (language instruction), in order to get that opportunity for themselves. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
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on May 21, 2007 at 1:30 am
Sorry, I didn't see the additions to this thread.
Another Parent, I'm sure there are people who want it at Ohlone. You're going to have disagreement among several hundred people. I, however, am not running into them. I've expected to and have been surprised by the absence. Something tells me that since I'm at the school five days a week that I do talk to a few more Ohlone parents than do you.
And, no, I'm not known as an outspoken opponent of MI. I know people on both sides of the debate--none of the pro-MIers I know have kids at Ohlone. Nor did any of them apply to the regular program. Some applied to SI.
In all the time I've posted here, I think I've seen one self-proclaimed Ohlone parent post in favor of it. At the Jan. 23 board meeting, I saw several Ohlone parents wearing green. I didn't see any I knew of in the red section. (though I did see several people I knew.)
Monica Lynch is definitely excited about it. I think there is a definite educator-ego thing going on. I've also seen Ohlone parents give those educators a very hard time about it.
As I've said, Susan Charles changed her mind about it. She originally opposed it and then got into the value-added proposition. *She* benefits from it in all sorts of ways.
I agree that if she'd opposed it earlier, the board would have voted down MI 4 to 1 instead of 3 to 2. However, it's not clear that PACE wouldn't have threatened charter anyway. And the charter could be stuck at Ohlone anyway. Or that, from the board meeting a couple of weeks ago, was something Charles thought possible. She figured it was either going to be Ohlone or Escondido. I'm paraphrasing from her last board meeting appearance.
I think both Dana Tom and Mandy Lowell know that the Ohlone MI isn't some magic solution. But it does seem to be a straw that they're grasping at.
But were any of us expecting such rapid flip-flops?
Please keep in mind, I *don't* agree with Susan Charles here. I'm simply trying to put across what I've heard her say in public or what people who've talked to her have told me at different points.
Also, the MI thing was pretty much sprang on a large chunk of Ohlone. We heard about it Monday before it was discussed on the board meeting Tuesday. I think there was some Site Council discussion afterwards, but no schoolwide meetings or debates. This was very much a decision of Charles and her staff.
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@bcutlerjLocale: NorCal
I am trying to decide between cutting ounces and having the ability to evacuate or closely examine a wound in the backcountry at night. The best and heavier choice would be to bring my Fenix LD10 and E05 for a general use light (e05 makes a great table lantern) and the brighter single-AA for when substantial light is needed. But, I could say my lightest option would be a Black Diamond Ion and a Freedom micro for backup. Obviously this would make late night returns to the trialhead in emergency, less viable. Should I be looking at the Zebra with its low light settings as a single option? I don't use a lot of light in camp, but I appreciate the durability of the Fenix, and other products like them. As an aside, I prefer to avoid CR123 and other less common batteries. What do you use? Thx.Dec 18, 2012 at 3:53 am #1936242
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@speltLocale: SW/C PA
I have been more than satisfied with the H51's low and mid levels. I actually use the high beam more around the house than I do in the woods. For backup I carry a SOLED from County Comm. I can and have done night hikes with one of them, although it wouldn't be first choice for something like examining a wound in the dark.Dec 18, 2012 at 6:33 am #1936270
Mike MBPL Member
@mtwardenLocale: Montana
I use a H31 as my Steripen is also cr123, it's a workhouse lamp that I'm very comfortable hiking/running at night, multiple settings lets you dial in the just right amount of light from reading to running trails
for backup a trusty Photon (.2 oz)Dec 18, 2012 at 10:35 am #1936335
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
I've been extremely pleased with my Zebralight H51. I've got a Petzl e+Lite that gets used occasionally in the summer, but the H51 goes on 90% of trips.
As a backup, I was using a little Princeton Tec Photon (7g keychain LED) on a key ring connected to my pack. It did come in handy on one trip where I forgot my headlamp, but the Photon ended up breaking after a year or so (squeeze switch).Dec 18, 2012 at 10:38 am #1936336
Max DiltheySpectator
@mdiltheyLocale: MaxTheCyclist.com
I use a Petzl Tikka 2 Plus with the CORE recharge system, with AAA's as backups. I customized the settings so I have 160 hours of extremely low light suitable for moonlight hiking and basic camp setup, and 6 hours of the highest 60 lumens setting for emergencies.
My backup light is the tiny little Mammut Burny, but I am not a fan of the batteries. I want a lightweight light that uses AAA's, so my spares go both ways. I never use the Burny, though, so hopefully it works when I need it…
I'll probably get a petzl e+ light.Dec 18, 2012 at 10:58 am #1936347
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
"Zebralight H51"
I use a variation of that, the H501. I feel that a headlamp is much handier than a flashlight. Having multiple light intensity levels makes it more energy efficient.
–B.G.–Dec 18, 2012 at 12:31 pm #1936377
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
I'm using a Fenix HL21 headlamp and an Olight i2 flashlight. Both take a single AA and have all the bells and whistles I could hope for. I wanted to simplify battery management and reliability. With a single AA, I can have fresh batteries any time I want and I have a prayer of replacing one in the dark. Try getting 3 AAA batteries loaded by feel!
I have a Black Diamond Icon for those times when I want to move at night, but I rarely use it.Dec 18, 2012 at 5:03 pm #1936449
John GBPL Member
@johng10Locale: Mid-Atlantic via Upstate NY
I use the Fenix E01. Not quite as convenient for camp set up or cooking in the dark as my Petzl Tikka 2 headlamp. Not as far reaching for night hikes as the Fenix AA monster. But works for both, and is small and light enough to live in my pocket full time :).Dec 18, 2012 at 5:11 pm #1936453
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
"Try getting 3 AAA batteries loaded by feel!"
Dale, on a lot of these lights, you have to get the polarity right, and that often means two up and one down. Hard to see in darkness.
So, I have some bright yellow luminescent tape, and I put specks of that next to the two slots up. Now I can change them in the dark.
I prefer my Zebralight since it uses only one battery.
–B.G.–Dec 18, 2012 at 7:10 pm #1936489
Ben WortmanBPL Member
@bwortmanLocale: Nebraska
For me personally, it has to be a headlamp. I tried to save weight on my last trip and just brought a photon freedom and the fenix LD1. It was not worth the weightsavings over my petzel tactikka since I was always trying to hold it in my teeth.Dec 18, 2012 at 8:14 pm #1936512
Max DiltheySpectator
@mdiltheyLocale: MaxTheCyclist.com
"It was not worth the weightsavings over my petzel tactikka since I was always trying to hold it in my teeth."
Amen. I bike toured with just a bike light and then every night, took 3x longer to set up camp because I'd be trying to have a conversation with my travel-mates while holding a giant light in my mouth.Dec 18, 2012 at 8:21 pm #1936513
Luke SchmidtSpectator
@cameronLocale: Idaho Falls
I am not a headlamp geek so I can't say much about your primary light but I'm a big fan of a secondary light.
A friend once lost his only light in the snow after breaking camp. We didn't realize it till that evening. It was "fun" hiking out in a blizzard sharing one light. For a while my system was too keep a micro light in my first aid kit I never touched so I knew it would have plenty of power for an emergency.
For serious night hiking Andrew Skurka recommends hiking with two lights, a flood light headlamp on the waist and a spotlight like the Fenix LD01 on your head. I haven't got to try it yet but I plan too.Dec 19, 2012 at 4:07 am #1936559
Bill SegravesSpectator
If you don't need a floodlight and want to go lightweight, I'd recommend Black Diamond Ion as primary. Many people think they're not bright enough to be useful, but the problem isn't the light, it's the batteries. The included battery and Black Diamond replacement batteries are terrible, in my experience. Put a compatible lithium camera battery in it, and it's like night and day. For backup, a Photon, left in demo mode to ensure that it never gets drained by accidental activation.
Bill S.Dec 19, 2012 at 9:38 am #1936617
Daryl and DarylBPL Member
@lyrad1Locale: Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth
"having the ability to evacuate"
My wife and I broke camp and evacuated in the middle of the night due to an approaching forest fire. We each had a quarter sized, photon like, white led squeeze light. When held low (end of hanging arm) they provided enough light to see the trail and to provide notice of bumps, holes and obstructions.
We only had to hike about a mile.
I carry two of these in case one quits. I don't normally hike at night.Dec 19, 2012 at 9:55 am #1936622
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@mikefaedundeeLocale: Under a bush in Scotland
If you might need to decend a narrow mountain ridge in the dark, you'll need something that can throw a long beam. A well marked trail needs a lot less.Dec 19, 2012 at 4:22 pm #1936734
john hansfordBPL Member
I think the e+lite now comes without a headband, and the original is now the Petzl E02P2 Head Torch with Whistle. I prefer the headband version. Only weighs 1 oz. Great around camp, and even got me up Whitney in the dark. Back up is a single led type, any make.Dec 19, 2012 at 4:44 pm #1936740
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
A night evacuation is one of my top emergency scenarios. Not for me, but for anyone who might need help. Being able to grab a stuff sack or light pack with essentials for the messenger (no need to create TWO crises) and make a quick exit to the trailhead is something to keep in mind. It's not something to tackle with a Photon or an e+lite.Dec 19, 2012 at 7:09 pm #1936768
David AdairSpectator
@davidadairLocale: West Dakota
I use a Zebra h51w with a single aa as my headlamp with an itp eos single aaa flashlight as backup. I don't use the itp much, so just keep a lithium battery in it. I use an alkaline battery in the h51 and carry an extra new lithium for it.
I like this setup because there is enough redundancy that I never worry about the condition of my batteries and can just use them up.
The itp is about 0.7 ounces with the battery. It is bright enough to night hike with and has good battery life. IMO, the itp is a better choice than a Photon.
The heavy metal case on the h51 bugs me so I ordered a couple of the fenix hl21 headlamps that Dale likes. So may switch to that.Dec 19, 2012 at 7:53 pm #1936781
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after searching all the options I could find, I settled on the klarus mi10 as the best AAA light for everyday and emergency use. extremely bright on high, but also offers 60 hours runtime on a pretty usable low, that is fully regulated. I like the tail slot for clipping it. there are lots of great AAA Lights out there now to pick from. I dont like using headlamps, so my headlamp is not my primary choice usually.
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Binghamton University grad serves as White House intern
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When the White House Internship Program announced participants for its summer 2012 session, it included Katherine Schumacher, who graduated from Binghamton University in May with a degree in human development.
A Binghamton native, Schumacher is one of 146 interns serving at the White House for eight weeks this summer in the program that was established to make the White House accessible to future leaders around the nation and to prepare those devoted to public service for future leadership opportunities.The last time a Binghamton University student was selected for the program was in 2002, when David Goldberg interned in the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President.
Two campus representatives from the Career Development Center, Nancy Paul, director, and Eileen Bauer-Hagerbaumer, assistant director, accepted an invitation to the White House in January to learn more about the internship program. The visit strengthened Binghamton's connection with the program, Paul said, and helped students become aware of the opportunity to apply.
Michael Lawson, assistant professor of human development, encouraged Schumacher to apply and worked with her on her application for the highly competitive selection process. Applicants must illustrate their qualifications, character and commitment to public service, as well as submit responses to two essay questions, along with two letters of recommendation and a résumé. Approximately 6,000 students apply each year for one of the three sessions offered through the program.
Activities that helped Schumacher qualify for the internship included serving as an America Reads tutor for local students with special needs and spending six weeks in East Africa learning about NGOs and international development.
The unpaid interns work in one of several White House departments. Schumacher is working in the Office of Management and Administration, providing operational support to keep the White House and its many offices running smoothly. Her duties include scheduling, answering phone calls and responding to messages. She also schedules and prepares events and meetings for the interns in the department. "Interns are given plenty of responsibility," Schumacher said.
"It has been refreshing and challenging to be immersed in a professional culture oriented around public service," Schumacher said. "Interns are given many opportunities to learn, grow and contribute not only at the White House, but in the D.C. community as well. As a young professional and as a citizen, I feel empowered."
All interns attend weekly events including a weekly speaker series with senior staff members and small group meetings exploring different policy aspects of the Executive Office through speakers, discussion and off-site field trips. With its emphasis on service, interns participate in service projects at schools and non-profit organizations in Washington, D.C. "In conjunction with my office duties, I also lead a group of interns in a service project at the Homeless Children's Playtime Project in D.C.," Schumacher said.
"The internship program is extremely well organized and packed with avenues to pursue many different public service roles," she added. "I have even more of an obligation to serve my community than ever before and I'll be better prepared to do so."
This fall Schumacher plans to apply to graduate schools to pursue a degree in social work or social policy. During her year off, she hopes to work with a community-based organization assisting youth as they transition into adulthood. Her career goals include translating research on the outcomes of youth in child welfare into policy and practice. She also has a passion for creative writing and would love to be part of a creative therapy program for disadvantaged youth and their families.


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A teenage boy band in Sydney's western suburbs have always dreamed of having the faithful, lovesick fans enjoyed by One Direction. But soon they'll get to share them.
The lucky bandmates that comprise 5 Seconds of Summer have been handpicked by the British sensation to open on their 2013 world tour after One Direction's Louis Tomlinson discovered the unknown pop rockers on YouTube.
Not only will the western Sydney teens play 22 Australian tour dates for One Direction, they will also feature on more than 80 other shows throughout the UK, US, Canada and New Zealand.
Luke Hemmings, 16, Calum Hood, 17, Michael Clifford, 17, and Ashton Irwin, 18, will step onto the stage at London's O2 Arena to kick off the tour next Saturday, playing four shows across the weekend to more than 80,000 fans.
"We discovered 5SOS on YouTube last year and we all knew straight away they were very special.
We're so excited to have them on the road with us and we know our fans are going to love what these lads do," One Direction's Niall Horan said.
The Aussie band relocated to London two months ago to start work on their debut album, set for release later this year. They have also been hanging out a little with their idols.
"Supporting 1D is going to be amazing," drummer Irwin said.
"We still can't believe how far we have come since playing our first show at the Annandale a year ago. We love our fans that have continually supported us and can't thank them enough for getting us to where we are today."
Hemmings, Hood and Clifford met at school and decided to form a band. With their first gig booked at iconic music venue The Annandale in Sydney's inner west, they realised they didn't have a drummer and quickly scouted Irwin through mutual friends.
They played their first show there in December 2011 to 12 people.
5 Seconds of Summer then harnessed social media to build themselves a profile. Within six months of forming they had amassed 50,000 Facebook fans, four million YouTube views and a combined 200,000 Twitter followers.
By August, they sold out two national tours.
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Hello from this new guy!
I'm in Belize and gathering all the information needed to build some TBHs for beekeeping here.
What I've found is that the Italian bee builds its comb 35mm apart, and the African bee 32mm. Since I'll be working with Africanized bees (I hope to be catching swarms), should I just aim for something inbetween?
Sounds like a nitpicking question, but it does state in what I've read that this distance, and thus the size of the bars, shouldn't be more than 1mm off.
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In 2013 his film short, "Cloud Lightning", debuted at the National Science Foundation in Reston, VA. Roberto spent 2011-2012 as Artist-in-Residence at Harvard Forest, where he created a multimedia (HD, sound design, photography) exhibit for Harvard's Fisher Museum.
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What is your ethical outlook. Let's have a look at common ethical stances. There's environmental ethics (i.e, saving the planet's ecosystems) versus personal ethics (i.e., taking care of one's self, physical well being, mental health without guilt or blame, happiness, etc.) Is it possible to reconcile the two? Will Dvorak considers this to be the most relevant question we face: the environmental impact of our personal ethical behavior. As addicts to the obvious benefits of carbon pollution, ocean acidification, soil loss, forest clearcutting, chemical uses, how much responsibility do we personally bear to avoid our addictions and deprive ourselves of the easy, affluent, and good life of contemporary California?
What is our polluting footprint and should we feel guilty about it or just relax for the sake of mental sanity and enjoy the good life? We could live like Jain monks and do minimal harm or continue producing X tons of carbon and pollution per person. Because of science at this unique point in human history, we know approximately our pollution footprints. Previous generations did not have this awareness. What do we do with it? Will Dvorak will be using these books as references for his presentation: Nature and Madness by Paul Shepard, Suicidal Planet by Mayer Hillman, and A Short history of Progress by Ronald Wright.


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Paul Thornton descriptive cupping in Rwanda
The internet connections in Rwanda are really good, but the ability to use them is not. It's great for anything like checking e-mail or opening a simple web site, but not for, say, something like opening a file.
I'm here with Tim Schilling who is working with SPREAD out of Rwanda. We are continuing the Descriptive Cupping process which started last year. Panelists have met three times now, many of them the same people, once in Chicago and twice in Rwanda with the cuppers at the coffee lab. Both locations in Rwanda have been just a few clicks outside of Butare, a little town sort of West of Kigali, at the coffee lab. Also here from the US, is Paul Songer who defined the steps to take to reach the goal and who has been doing a superb job of keeping the cuppers in line, along with Noah Westby and Christy Thorns. This panel also included some pretty damn good Rwandan cuppers who have been working with this project for some time and have a keen awareness of what they are tasting.
So, the purpose of this project is to see if the growing regions in Rwanda have distinct flavor profiles that are not typically found anywhere else. For instance, does one have more almond, citrus, chocolates, and a lighter body as their primary characters, while another has walnut, black current, berry, and a lingering heavier body? Data such as soil, rain fall, etc. has been captured from each region, which after studying, may lead to helping define what region a buyer might want to buy from based on their preferences, and so on.


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Groves clutches the bronze by 0.03 seconds. A nailbiter to the last second was the women's 3000.
Groves clutches the bronze by 0.03 seconds. A nailbiter to the last second was the women's 3000.
I find it funny how the American media is all over Apolo Ohno b/c through a stroke of dumb luck he captured a silver medal, the Koreans should have gotten the 1-2-3 sweep b/c their skating skills are superior to Apolo's. As usual Apolo was far from a class act in the post-race interview giving ZERO credit to the WINNER of the race Lee Jung-Soo. And why the heck is the media anointing him as the goat of short track speed skating? the most basic of wikipedia searches will reveal how far behind he is in terms of world championship / world cup medals, etc. and let's not forget he only has TWO olympic gold medals out of the 6 he has earned so far. It's almost saying something like Andy roddick is the best tennis player ever b/c he was the runner-up at so many wimbledons!! who cares about Roger Federer he's not AMERICAN so therefore he's not a good tennis player.
He even had the audacity to make the following comments:
"A day later, after watching videotape of the race, he was spicier in his comments, claiming the Koreans impeded him and cost him a chance for gold. "With about 1 1/2 laps to go, (Lee) put his left hand over and blocked me. That's where I lost a lot of my speed,'' Ohno said. "If that didn't happen, the outcome would have been much different. I felt like all three of them were trying to line up behind me. When I was bumped, I felt impeded on. At that point, I had so much speed, there definitely was a distinction between me and the rest of the racers. That bump helped the two Koreans behind us and helped close the gap."
I find the above comments very ironic given how many times he's cheated his way onto a podium. He absolutely refuses to give any credit to his opponents and makes disgraceful comments like above and makes baseless accusations of cheating when he is known to the rest of the world as the king of cheating.
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"I proved the power that I've brought to these Games. I've proved my strength and that I'm a much different skater than in the past," he said. "I think that created some of the fear and confusion in the final; (his rivals) know that I'm stronger. I have many more events to compete in here, and I think I have an incredible opportunity that I could medal in three more."
There was no confusion Mr. Ohno, contrary to what you think all the Koreans outskated you and were able to pass you because they know you're slow and have poor skating skills, Lee Ho-Suk got greedy and made a careless error.
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Well...that was rude. I heard him congratulate the gold medalist in at least a couple of interviews. Oh and like the Koreans have never cheated. And he's slow and has poor skating skills? LOL. Um...wow. I guess that's why he is tied for the most medals of any Olympian. Occasionally there are sloppy wins but I'm betting had the tables been turned, Lee Jung Su wouldn't have turned the medal down. So yes, congrats to Lee Jung Su but to say that Apolo cheated his way to where he is and that he has no skill and athleticism just takes the cake. To say that he cheated his way through is basically calling all the judges cheaters too then isn't it?
From Apolo's twitter last night:
Apolo Anton Ohno Congrat to Lee-Jung Su for winning the 1500m today--big congrats to JR for grabbing the Bronze! Wow Koreans are strong as always.
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I follow the sport and Ohno is infamous to non-american skaters for his ungentlemanly behavior during competitions.
However, I don't think it is only Ohno who cheats. Every skater does their best to win and it's judges' role to detect it and penalize it properly. Ohno's Korean coach admitted in an interview (i think it was 2~3 years ago) that he taught his skaters on cheating skills and the only skater he recognized for clean technique was Hyunsoo Ahn. Therefore, I guess others cheat, too.
I think Ohno is a great skater. Whether he's lucky (or cheating) or not, it's never easy to earn so many medals. If there's anything i don't like about him, however, is his arrogance. Whenever he makes mistakes or does not well, he claims he has been impeded when it is not exactly true. When he gets a medal by luck (by wrong judgment or others' mistakes), he doesn't simply appreciate it, but goes further saying it was a rightful judgement or he deserves more (i.e. gold medal this time).
Thank god the Korean team is entangled in factional strife. It's really sad as a short track skating fan that I cannot see Ahn (the true genius and the victim of the stupidity of political power game), but Ohno will be able to set up the record without much difficulty.
"Good luck" to all the athletes who deserve to medal
I mean how ridiculous was it that they bungled that race ?
I don't watch enough of this sport to really know the rules but I was sure Apollo was bumped and knocked of his stride in the final - just as I am sure I thought Apollo bumped another skater in one of his preliminary races.
Hopefully the officials get it right most of the time but I would not be surprised if there is favoritism and politics in this exciting and crazy sport.
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If you don't watch short track, you have no idea what's go on.I don't watch enough of this sport to really know the rules but I was sure Apollo was bumped and knocked of his stride in the final - just as I am sure I thought Apollo bumped another skater in one of his preliminary races.
Hopefully the officials get it right most of the time but I would not be surprised if there is favoritism and politics in this exciting and crazy sport
And yeah, Apolo actually cheated once again, when he pushed Lee Jung Su in the quarter-final heats. Lee lost his balance and almost fell. Apolo should have been called for interference and DQ'd, and never have qualified for the 1500m finals. But as usual, the judges sided with Apolo reminiscent of what happened at '02.
When is this guy going to retire? I respect Canadian racers 1000% more than Apolo. At least, they run clean races.
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He cost his country two medals and handed two medals on a silver platter to USA.
I think he is the story of that race and not Apollo.
It is certainly not the "nature" of the race as the NBC makes it out to be.
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So Apolo is "slow and has poor skating skills." No athlete gets to his level because they have poor speed and skills. If he became the most decorated US Winter Olympian of all time, then maybe I could surpass his record with my basic skating skills and even slower speed!!
Wikipedia certainly has a reputation as the most accurate and reliable source ever!the most basic of wikipedia searches
If you don't like Apolo, don't watch Short Track, it's as simple as that. It's amazing, you don't watch the man's sport, you won't see so much of him--what an incredible idea!!
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Only 2 gold, and he won the medals just because he's the only racer to have participated in 3 Olympics, not necessarily through superior talent.I believe Apollo is also the most decorated short track skater in Olympic history. Do any other short track skaters have 6 Olympic medals?
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The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty. K. C. Cole. 214 pp. Harcourt Brace, 1998. $22.
This book, purportedly about mathematics, reminds me of an old joke. A new prisoner, after lights out, hears his fellow inmates begin shouting out numbers. A voice yells out, "73." Everyone laughs. Someone else shouts, "45." Laughter rings through the cell block. Taking pity on the baffled newcomer, his cellmate explains that the inmates have told these jokes so many times that they now amuse themselves merely by telling the numbers of the jokes. Once the system is explained to him, the greenhorn decides to give it a try. He shouts out, "88!" But no one laughs. With bitter disappointment in his voice, his cellmate complains, "You didn't tell it right."
Relying on the reader's previous exposure to the great ideas of science, The Universe and the Teacup regurgitates in broad strokes some of the best of previously popularized accounts of physics, astronomy, game theory, Gödel's theorem and other scientific bon mots. The pace is breathless, jumping from one topic to the next, usually long before an idea could be properly understood by the uninitiated and, in some cases, even before the informed reader can summon a fond memory. To one who has benefited from the great popularizers of science, the ideas presented second-hand here are familiar and beloved.
But in this book, where key concepts are trotted out in such a rushed, haphazard fashion, one can only assume that a naive reader will be left as baffled as our greenhorn prisoner hearing numbered jokes. In other words, if you have kept up on the popular literature of science, you will not need this book; if you have not, it will be of little help.
The steady proliferation of federally funded research was made possible by popular political support for science. Although scientists rightfully lament the average American's continuing ignorance of basic concepts, a core of educated lay people know more about science than any previous generation. This appreciation of and interest in what scientists do can be traced in large part to the availability of a lay-scientific literature, pioneered by such popularizers as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Paul Davies (misidentified by the author as "Paul Davis"). These and other great science writers proved that complex matters like general relativity, black holes and neutrinos could be explained in prose that is lively, entertaining and, most important, understandable. This remarkable feat, the creation of a book-buying lay science literati, has opened the door for the literary equivalent of Batesian mimicry: books that are ideationally parasitic on the genuine works that preceded them.
An odd editorial style pervades this book, with overabundant, often irrelevant, parenthetical remarks, footnotes and incessant references to other chapters whenever a topic is even mildly suggestive of material covered elsewhere. For example, Chapter 6 ends with a footnote advising us to see Chapter 7. The tone vacillates disturbingly between an attempt to be disarmingly impish (the Energizer bunny is mentioned twice in different contexts) and a ponderous propensity to wax eloquent about the mysteries of the universe and make sweeping generalizations. Offhand remarks on IQ tests and race, twin studies, the right to bear arms or whether God is a woman come off as more smug than edifying. Such politically and emotionally charged topics may be most worthy of discussion, but embedding foregone conclusions about them in a discussion of science and mathematics is distracting and off-putting. The author would benefit from emulating the cool-headed clarity of some excellent popular science authors whose works are abundantly sampled in this glorified annotated bibliography.
Unfortunately, sometimes even the simple act of paraphrasing the giants results in inexactitude. Writes Cole, "As Feynman noted, nothing we know about elementary particles and forces can tell us anything about green reptiles that croak in the night, or the music of Mozart, or the Ten Commandments." Except Feynman might have remembered that green amphibians, not reptiles, croak in the night.
There are bright spots, although these are almost exclusively furnished in the form of quotes or paraphrasing of other writers. The author sometimes does a tolerably good job of glossing popular science books and articles. Sections on voting schemes to replace simple majority rule and on the effectiveness of the Golden Rule in game theory are interesting and fairly original treatments. But often the desire to entertain and disarm produces silliness, while the drive to utter profundities and to find mystery in the mundane leads to genuine foolishness. Cole writes: "Forced into a game of Trivial Pursuit by my family once, I couldn't answer a question that asked: How many colors are there in a rainbow? Since the spectrum is a continuous band of frequencies, the question is unanswerable—except, perhaps, as infinite." This seemingly intentionally obtuse discussion continues with the assertion that neither the Greeks nor the Natchez Indians distinguished yellow from green since they had one term for both colors. Then, addressing "egregious examples of drawing boundaries where none exist," the author reports, "In a recent survey, 41 percent of anthropologists said that there is no such biological thing as race." And in the next paragraph, "Indeed, in a chemical sense, we really blend in with the people around us like spilled paint; your molecules and mine are continually drifting off the surface of our skin, breathed out of our noses, flaked off hair and scalps. Individuals don't have sharp edges." This pseudo-philosophizing becomes particularly unpalatable when contrasted with tantalizingly incomplete reminiscences of actual ideas from science.
Perhaps most irritating is that the book sets a simplistic tone, as though addressing children, then suddenly introduces complicated, never-to-be-explained scientific concepts—for instance, radioactive decay while discussing Schrödinger's Cat. Ultimately, the book is little more than a grab bag of derivative, inadequately fleshed-out concepts taken from popular accounts of scientific topics. It will confuse the novice while offering the connoisseur of modern thought only a sketchy reminder of great ideas heard before.
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The turkey egg mystery continued...
21/12/2012 , 9:32 AM by Narelle Graham
How turkeys grow: Turkeys hatch in the hatchery but are grown on farms. Turkeys take four weeks to hatch versus three weeks for a chicken. Baby turkeys are called poults. The eggs are quite large, around 50 - 60 per cent bigger than a chook egg.
Turkeys-a-laying : The number of eggs a turkey lays depends on the breed, but egg laying turkeys (rather than meat turkeys) lay between 80 - 100 each year. A chook will lay about 300 eggs a year.
Why don't we see turkey eggs in supermarkets? : A few reasons. The eggs are large so they don't lay many and that makes them expensive. Most turkey eggs are grown into birds. Also Turkeys take twice as long to grow to maturity to lay eggs. Most of the turkeys we eat haven't reached egg-laying age.
Listen to Simon Crabb, General Manager Turkey, Ingham's Enterprises and President of Australasian Turkey Federation.
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