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Think Smart, Talk Smart: How Scientists Think: A Guide to Effective Communicationby Allan Laurence Brooks
To get the most out of science, it's important to understand science as a style of thinking rather than just a forbidding collection of facts and mathematics. Individuals who learn how scientists
No one doubts that science underlies every tangible aspect of our lives, but few people apply its systematic style of thinking to improve their communication styles.
To get the most out of science, it's important to understand science as a style of thinking rather than just a forbidding collection of facts and mathematics. Individuals who learn how scientists collect evidence, evaluate facts, and draw conclusions can improve their own thought processes and overcome shortcomings.
Written by a trained engineer and communications expert, this guidebook provides the tools you need to sharpen your thinking skills, hone your communication skills, refine your evaluation of data, and improve your objectivity.
You'll also learn important theories and ways of thinking from scientists and scholars such as Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Marshall McLuhan, Werner Heisenberg, and many others.
By sharing case studies and questioning assumptions, author Allan Laurence Brooks provides a roadmap that allows you to immediately improve your communication with others. Leave obstacles behind and approach life like a scientist with Think Smart, Talk Smart.
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THINK SMART, TALK SMARTHow Scientists Think: A Guide to Effective Communication
By Allan Laurence Brooks
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Chapter OneIn the Background
Why should communication be any different for the twenty-first century than it has been in the recent past? Language changes slowly over time, but in any period not everyone is adept at using it. Still, we take our ability to communicate with one another for granted as though it were immutable, requiring little attention. We may be unaware or uncaring about ineffective communication habits. Yet these can get in the way of interpersonal relationships, even inter-group relationships, which provide a practical reason at any time for improving our skills.
Much has happened, though, in the last half of the twentieth century to make improving the effectiveness of communication appropriate, even necessary—that is, getting through to people by what we say and how we say it, rather than simply getting to them by the way we transmit it. These skills go beyond grammar, which we all hated to study in school; they go beyond vocabulary, which can be accumulated or improved; and they go beyond style of word usage and phraseology, which can depend upon linguistic background, education, and personal characteristics.
The skills I refer to involve the way our communication reflects the way we think. They involve a mindset that is sorely needed to keep up with the pace and demands of the twenty-first century. Think of all that has happened in the past one hundred years!
Globalization is one obvious change. The jet plane, the credit card, and the internationalization of corporations have brought peoples and nations of diverse languages and cultures into intimate contact with one another. In the mid-twentieth century, the United Nations pointed out the need for simultaneous translation, but even that capability did not prevent misunderstanding because of subtleties of word meanings and tones of expression. Diplomatic language can veil ambiguity on purpose, but business communication between different languages needs to be unambiguous to be effective.
Electronic technology has almost exploded with possibilities. The Internet is the most recent example that brings diverse people together, as well as friends who may be reached by cell phone. Using the speed of light, it epitomizes the instantaneity with which information can be transmitted. This implies that the chance—or risk—of acting on the information can become even more critical than when a telephone "hot line" was set up between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. Other frontiers have been breached: electronic voice and facial recognition, artificial translation, even artificial intelligence, for example.
The computer has allowed investigation of several variables at once. Statistics, as will be seen in Chapter 13, has become very sophisticated as a mathematical tool to check the validity of information from scientific research and from public opinion polls. The computer facilitates the use of statistics and helps to speed up even more research.
Information has exploded. With all of the easily observable aspects of nature already investigated, the most hidden ones are now the subjects of PhD dissertations. Since World War II, achieving a doctoral degree has become the minimum requirement for many professions. So we came to the "publish or perish" era. There is such a proliferation of information that it is now often said that today the key to power is information.
With every type of organization flooding us with brochures and blandishments, "junk mail" and telemarketing have brought us to an era of information pollution. What does this say about the significance of the content of what is published? What does it say about our ability to absorb the information and savor its subtleties? It says we need to burnish this wonderful tool of language and our skills in using it.
Finally, communication as a subject that has blossomed into a specific discipline, treated as a science. More will be said about this in later chapters, but first, more fundamental advances must be noted.
Two Science Giants
Early in the twentieth century, two powerful scientific concepts were enunciated from the realm of Physics, and they are germane to our subject. How could such seemingly unrelated subjects, such as physics, communication, and making judgments, be related? This will become apparent. Although each concept deals with the most arcane aspects of science, and although each concerns opposite ends of the spatial scale, their implications have helped to shape the way we size up our world.
The two concepts are Einstein's Relativity Theory and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. Don't be terrified by them! One needn't get technical to see how they play a part in effective communication.
As to Relativity, many of us have had experiences that demonstrate in a simple way what Einstein was essentially saying. If a person is on a moving train, and a train on an adjacent track is going in the opposite direction, one cannot tell, apart from feeling the motion, whether the train you are on is standing still and the other one is going backward, or whether the adjacent train is standing still and yours is going forward. Einstein pointed out that while we on Earth consider ourselves to be on a stable, fixed platform, when one gets into outer space, where all the heavenly bodies are in motion, it is impossible to measure exactly where any body is relative to some fixed reference point. Thus, in space, all positions are relative.
Furthermore, because measurements in space depend on light (or other electromagnetic radiations) and because light is dependent on its speed, time is a major determinant in measuring distance in space. So, the second powerful change in conceptualization that Einstein introduced was that time and space are interrelated; they are opposite sides of the same coin.
Apart from this powerful and fundamental way of thinking about concepts that we on Earth tend to give absolute values to, the aspect of this conceptualization that is even more relevant to the way we form evaluations is Einstein's very mode of thinking. This was unique in four respects: One was the way he conceived abstractions; second was the non-absolute nature of these concepts (both of these will be covered in Chapter 12); third was their interrelationships; and fourth, the implication that such concepts depend upon eternal motion and change.
Coming down to earth, what these modes of thinking translate to are the questions we ought to ask ourselves when we talk about abstractions. What do we really mean by "terrorism," "family values," "free enterprise"? How do we measure these ideas? How fixed are our views about them, and therefore how certain can we be of our assessments of them at any one time?
Take the idea of cause and effect, for example. Think how many interpersonal arguments revolve around one party blaming the other for causing a problem. Think how this is scaled up to the arguments between nations. Can a cause be considered in isolation? Is it not the effect of a prior cause that we need to seek? Was the cause perceived at a given time really the source of a problem at the time it was introduced?
And is not our assessment of "the cause" interrelated with many other factors? Was the collapse of the World Trade Center towers the airplanes that crashed into them, an inherent weakness in their structural design, or a Jihad by some terrorists? Was the crash of the American Airlines plane in November 2001 the result of the pilot's overuse of the rudder to control the craft when it encountered turbulence, that disturbance in itself, or a weakness in that plane's design? The tendency is to look for the major cause when most problems result from both a prior condition and an activating event. The tendency to engage in the blame game is like little children claiming, "No, you started it!"
Think, too, of how we characterize people and events with adjectives. We may say someone is clumsy or intelligent, or that an event is disgusting or marvelous. We do so only with implicit and subjective bases for comparison. But such terms cannot be calibrated as scientists do with their instruments.
Scientists have definitive standards for their technical terms. But even with the dictionary, how standard are our definitions? Connotations may change as language changes, however slowly. More importantly, what standards can we have for our evaluations, which frequently involve these connotations as well as imprecise, abstract ideas? Scientific terms are defined operationally. That is, what does the term mean in action, what does the concept do?
This mode of thought is a model to emulate to avoid evaluating poorly.
Einstein's ideas about space and time can be said to imply an indeterminacy of location. At the other end of the physical world, in quantum physics, Werner Heisenberg concluded that if one could determine the position of a subatomic particle within the atom, one could not determine its motion (related to its energy), or, conversely, determining its motion would not allow one to locate its position at any instant. This is almost like viewing a motion picture, where an individual frame cannot be discerned, or, if one sees the latter, one cannot see the motion. More important for its relevance to communication, however, was Heisenberg's realization that the mere act of observing or trying to measure such a particle would affect its properties. This is essentially because the means needed to make such measurements are of the same order of magnitude as the thing measured. One needs a finer tool to measure something coarser.
An example from ordinary life is the way phrasing a question can affect the answer. If a teacher is asked, "Do you feel minority students are underachievers?" the question has two built-in biases, which would be absent if the teacher were asked, "What factors play a part in student achievement?"
Political polls are notorious for slanting the questions so as to produce results that the poll-taking organization favors. We may engage in this sort of manipulation unconsciously and innocently in casual conversation. A woman, with a beaming smile, may ask a friend, "How do you like my new dress?" thus encouraging approval. Instinctively, we all know that our demeanor can affect another person's behavior toward us.
Indeterminacy, as most of us know, is an aspect of normal life. Some of us cope better with such uncertainty than others. Religious people may placate themselves by a belief in God, whom they say "moves in mysterious ways." Or they may accept that, "It is not up to man to answer these questions." In assessing a situation or a problem, such people may accept troublesome aspects or may not take any action to try to change. A more scientific mindset would undoubtedly take either of two paths: either ferret out evidence and try to reason through alternatives to possible solutions, or, with presently imponderable questions such as "What's beyond the Universe?" or "What was there before the Big Bang?" the indeterminacy would be accepted precisely because there is no evidence for an answer. Scientists may certainly believe in God in a spiritual sense, but it is unlikely that most scientists would hold that there is a Being "up there" who plans and controls everything. The reason is that the religious view of God is not based on evidence, certainly not on universally accepted evidence of the same kind. Nor is what some might consider "evidence" independently and consistently reproducible as is required to be the case with scientific experiments.
Acceptance of indeterminacy and awareness of tolerances are not simply mechanical aspects of the scientists' mode of thought; they are psychological aspects of a mindset. That is, while a scientist may have a gnawing dissatisfaction because he or she has not found an explanation for some phenomenon, this is an intellectual challenge; it is not the same kind of troubling anxiety that leads many people to jump to conclusions with erroneous evaluations about vexing problems for which they don't know the cause and can't work out a cure.
Two Others of Note
Two other thinkers of the past century grappled with questions that have to do with communication and judgments. One question arose from the "language of science," mathematics; the other grew from statements about logical propositions.
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, theoretical mathematicians—off in their recondite realm—began to ponder a vexing problem: How could they be sure that the axioms, the bottom-line assumptions upon which they based their reasoning, could be valid for all future theorizing? Could one draw an inference from some axiom that would be inconsistent with another inference that could be drawn from that same axiom? These aspects of validity and consistency hover over all scientific theorizing and are important considerations for opinion forming by the average layman.
In 1914, Kurt Goedel concluded that it would be impossible ever to prove that a set of axioms could be both complete and consistent. If they were complete—that is, for all possible cases—they could not be consistent, and vice versa. This theorem was almost a parallel in logic for Heisenberg's principle. Undoubtedly, this may seem like airy philosophizing, but it had some very basic results: enunciation of the logical rules by which even the axioms were formulated. These were expressed in symbolic logic with signs representing "if," "and," "if this, then ...," and other elements that tie statements together.
Even these expressions have to be described at some point by words. Early in the last century, Ludwig Wittgenstein pondered the question of how one could state something in the simplest, most basic, unambiguous manner, such that each word would be intuitively understood without requiring further definition. How could one state the most elemental truth in words? Since language is needed to explore language, we run into the same measurement problem that Heisenberg pointed out. The system couldn't be evaluated by the rules of that system; one couldn't be both judge and juror. Wittgenstein's speculations about the word-as-linguistic-element versus the word-as-indicator led to his claim that the truth of a proposition depends on its verifiability, not on logical thinking alone. Evidence and operational definition strike again! Wittgenstein's work heightened the interest of linguistics, philosophers, and writers in general about the significance of what we say and how we say it.
Communication as a Science
So what qualifies the study of how we talk and think as a science? We think of the latter as a matter of test tubes and microscopes, or more loftily as a pursuit of finding out what makes things tick or as a curiosity about the unknown. Science means orderly experimentation and verification of results. More fundamentally, it is a mode of thought. As to how this subject became a science, first, some history.
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, linguistics became a subject of study, particularly in the United States regarding Native American language. Psychology, too, developed as a formal discipline, with studies of how people perceived things, optically and mentally. After World War II, the dynamics of group interactions became a sub-discipline. More recently, the dynamics of resolving conflicts have been explored. That has a most practical goal of communication between individuals and between groups as large as nations. With Nazi propaganda techniques as a goad, the study of persuasion techniques became another sub-discipline. Even subtle behaviors, such as body language, personal space, and movement of eye pupils, became the bases for research as aspects of communication.
Unrealized but underlying all of these aspects is the premise of science. This mode of thought and its protocols of application provide the warp and woof on which we weave the tapestry of virtually every aspect of life today. So, a few words will be said about what this, too, involves.
The minimum requirement is observation. This might seem obvious, but it is not so simple. It implies not merely acuteness of what is seen or heard, but an avoidance of selectively choosing what one observes. Furthermore, one observation will not suffice. In order to have significance, duplication is necessary.
Even though scientific instruments are constantly improved to increase precision of observation, the scientific mindset accepts that the data obtained may not have an absolute value. Data have tolerances of plus or minus a certain amount. These depend upon the quality of the instrument and the limitations of human observation. Measurements also depend on comparisons with standards against which instruments, materials, and processes are calibrated.
Consideration of any observation involves its relationship to its context of time and place and to other similar or contrary observations.
Scientists know, too, that it is not sufficient to say that there is no evidence of something, as evidence could be lost, inadequately sought, or destroyed. More basically, it is always possible that somewhere in the universe at some time something might occur or exist. So scientists cannot prove that something does not exist, but they can disprove (by obtaining evidence) that something does exist. This is referred to as the Null Hypothesis.
Whereas a person who didn't have a scientific bent might take an observation as merely an interesting fact, scientists almost automatically look for a cause. That would lead to a tentative idea, a hypothesis, to be followed up by repeated experiments. These aim to show the validity of the idea by preferably using different methods to demonstrate that the idea can be achieved in several ways.
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This is supposed to be a fishing column, but often the space is used to warn anglers about the threats of exotic species invasions.
This one is called the quagga mussel, a relative of the much-publicized - but ,as it turns out, somewhat wimpy - zebra mussel.
"The quagga mussel has been described as a zebra mussel on steroids," said Wayne Gustaveson, Lake Powell project leader for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. "As the manager of the fish in Lake Powell, I'm petrified that if we get them here, my fisheries would drastically decrease in quality and quantity."
Gustaveson has worried about a freshwater mussel invasion at Powell for more than a decade, but his fears increased a hundredfold when National Park Service officials confirmed the presence of quagga mussels at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada in early January.
Zebra mussels started their invasion of North America in the Great Lake region in the late 1980s via a transport ship. They have remained on the east side of the Continental Divide, but the quagga appears to be more resilient.
Quagga and zebra mussels have a negative impact on fish species because the rapidly reproducing freshwater mollusks filter tons and tons of plankton, the primary base in the food web of every fishery. The mussels' waste is also a threat because it steals oxygen from the water as it decomposes.
Further complicating the problem is the fact that they have no natural predators. Fish cannot eat them.
The invasion of freshwater mussels goes far beyond angling, though. Power companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to prevent the mollusks from blocking water intake pipes, usually to no avail. The high cost of cleaning and replacing intake pipes is passed on to the consumer. Boats, motors and docks also become covered by quagga and zebra mussels.
Houseboating at Lake Powell could also change forever if the mussels arrive.
"There won't be sandy beaches, just shells to cut your feet on," Gustaveson said. "There is not one good thing about them."
In 2000, federal, state and local officials started an education program at Powell after it was dubbed one of the most likely waters in the West to succumb to mussel invasion. Boaters were asked at entrance booths if their boat had been in the water east of the Continental Divide in the past seven days. If it had, the boat was sent to the marina for a hot-water wash.
Gustaveson says officials were washing six to eight boats a month before the quagga outbreak lower on the Colorado River at Mead. With boats coming from Mead on a regular basis, Gustaveson expects the washing will increase to somewhere between 500 and 1,000 boats a month.
Of course, it might already be too late.
"I've got somebody at the dock right now with an Aqua-Vu looking for them," Gustaveson said Tuesday.
* BRETT PRETTYMAN can be contacted at brettp@sltrib .com or at 801-257-8902. Send comments about this column to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Here are some steps you can take to avoid spreading exotic mussels.
* DRAIN THE WATER from your motor, live well and bilge on land before leaving a lake.
* FLUSH THE MOTOR and bilges with hot, soapy water or a 5 percent solution of bleach.
* COMPLETELY INSPECT your vessel and trailer, removing any visible mussels, but also feel for any rough or gritty spots on the hull.
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The allegedly drunk driver that plowed through a crowd last night at the South By Southwest festival, killing two people and injuring nearly two dozen others, will soon be charged with two counts of capital murder and 23 counts of aggravated assault.
At a press conference this morning, Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo said the suspect's name will be released later today. The police also disclosed new information about the two victims. One was a man from the Netherlands who was riding his bike when the driver's gray sedan drove over him, and another was an Austin woman who was on a moped. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
Also, new details have emerged of what happened last night. Police say it all started when the driver sped off to avoid being stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence. The suspect then almost hit a police officer with his car, before driving the wrong way on a downtown street, ramming a barricade, and hitting the crowd. The suspect then jumped out of the car and tried to flee, but he was tasered by cops and arrested.
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On Tuesday, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group officially disarmed, handing over the last of its 7,132 weapons to United Nations officials overseeing the peace deal FARC leaders signed with President Juan Manuel Santos last year, and giving the U.N. the coordinates to 900 weapons caches hidden around Colombia. Santos attended the demilitarization ceremony in the rural town of Mesetas, as did FARC commander Rodrigo Londono, or Timochenko, and 2,000 other former FARC guerrillas, local officials, and supporters of the controversial peace accord.
The FARC has "exchanged arms for words," and "peace is irreversible," Santos told the crowd. "Now we are just one people, just one nation. Long live peace." Londono focused on his movement's transition from paramilitary to political group, guaranteed 10 seats in Congress for two terms, starting in 2018. "Today doesn't end the existence of the FARC, it merely replaces the armed struggle with exclusively legal means," Londono said, explaining that the group's goal is the same — attaining power — even if its methods were different.
Such a disarmament by FARC rebels and beginning of a transition to civil society "once seemed unimaginable," the Los Angeles Times notes. Still, "although violence has decreased, Colombia is not yet tranquil." About 250 FARC guerrillas won't disarm, and the 1,000-member National Liberation Army (ELN) is still at war with Colombia, as are drug cartels. Also, Santos' political rivals are vowing to amend or undo the peace deal, and lots of things could still go awry. Tuesday's ceremony was a "day of joy" and a clear step toward a "more inclusive and peaceful Colombia," says Lisa Haugaar at the U.S. human rights group Latin America Working Group. "But everyone must play their part to have real peace, or this chance will be lost for another generation." Peter Weber
If Republicans actually pass their health-care bill and more than 20 million people no longer have health care, "folks are going to have to look for alternative medical treatment like prayer, or being rich, or praying to become rich," Stephen Colbert said on Tuesday's Late Show. "Well, in these dark days of doubt, thank goodness for Gwyneth Paltrow and her lifestyle brand, Goop." The product he focused on is Body Vibes stickers, which Goop describes as "wearable stickers that promote healing," promising such benefits as curing hangovers, promoting mental focus, and even hydration. "Man, I'm so thirsty I need a big tall box of stickers," Colbert joked.
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"Well, as you know, I, too, have a celebrity lifestyle brand, Covetton House," Colbert said, "and Goop has inspired us to expand our own product line." That's when the mockery really begins. Watch below. Peter Weber
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had pledged that Republicans would pass a bill to repeal and replace much of ObamaCare before the July 4 break, "and they have got to, because McConnell knows if they do not pass it now, there's a serious danger that someone might read it," Stephen Colbert said on Tuesday's Late Show. But on Tuesday, he abruptly delayed the vote. "There are a lot of good reasons not to have the vote this week," Colbert said, finding just one: "McConnell would have lost, and that's it."
Republican senators started running for the exit after the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the bill on Monday, finding it would lead to 22 million fewer insured Americans. "Now to put that number into perspective, if you laid 22 million people end to end, it would reach Canada, where they could get health care," Colbert said. He played a clip of Kellyanne Conway arguing on Sunday that the bill's $800 billion in Medicaid cuts weren't actually cuts. "Yes, they're not cuts, it's just returning Medicaid to its original intention," he repeated. "It's like an arsonist saying, 'I didn't burn the house down, I just took the ground back to pre-house levels.'"
He went on to make an obvious joke about Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), poke fun at Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), and explain to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) why not having health insurance isn't "freedom," using Oreos as an example.
Next, Colbert noted that while CNN was retracting a story about President Trump and Russia, and three reporters resigned, the network said the article wasn't necessarily wrong. "Yes, it's a fine story, they just forgot to call it 'Breaking News' and have a countdown clock," he joked. But while the subject of the retracted article, Anthony Scaramucci, has moved on, Trump has not, unloading on CNN in a series of "FAKE NEWS" tweets. Colbert read them gleefully. "There is one person who is guilty of fake news out there — it's Donald Trump," he said, noting the fake Time magazine cover of Trump that Trump has framed and put on the wall of at least five Trump resorts, including Mar-a-Lago. "Trump made his own Time magazine cover?" he asked in mock horror. "Oh my God, you know what that means? That can only mean he's acquired mall kiosk technology!" Watch below. Peter Weber
At a Senate Republican meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump got an earful about a brutal ad campaign an allied super PAC, America First Policies, has been running against Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), who is up for re-election next year in a state carried by Hillary Clinton, The New York Times reports, citing a senator and another person present at the meeting. Heller was one of the first Republicans to say he couldn't support the Senate GOP health-care bill as written. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had already complained about the ads, reportedly telling White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus they were "beyond stupid."
"The move against Mr. Heller had the blessing of the White House, according to an official with America First, because Mr. Trump's allies were furious that the senator would side with Nevada's governor, Brian Sandoval, a Republican who accepted the Medicaid expansion under the health law and opposes the Republican overhaul, in criticizing the bill," the Times reports. "According to the senator, the president laughed good-naturedly at the complaint and signaled that he had received the message." After the meeting, America First said it was pulling its promised seven-figure attack campaign against Heller, congratulating Heller for coming "back to the table."
On Tuesday evening, Heller held an event with constituents over the telephone. Jon Ralston, editor of The Nevada Independent, live-tweeted it. Heller praised Sandoval's decision to accept ObamaCare's expansion of Medicaid in the state, argued that former President Ronald Reagan wouldn't have supported the Senate GOP health-care bill, said McConnell couldn't count on his vote for the bill after the July 4 break, then dropped this reference to The Godfather, according to Ralston: "It's going to be very difficult to get me to a yes ... have to make us an offer we can't refuse, me and the governor."
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— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) June 28, 2017
If Trump comes after Heller again, maybe he can drop the talk of severed horse heads and draw inspiration from Michael Corleone's conversation with a fictional Nevada senator, Pat Geary, in The Godfather Part II, though presumably with a less bloody enforcement mechanism.
In Trump's Washington, that seems only slightly far-fetched. Peter Weber
Shortly before reversing pending ban on a pesticide, EPA chief met with CEO of chemical company selling it
Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt met with Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris on March 9, and 20 days later, he reversed the EPA's decision to ban the spraying of food with a Dow chemical that studies show can interfere with the development of children's brains, The Associated Press reports.
AP received Pruitt's schedule through a Freedom of Information Act request. Pruitt and Liveris were both speaking at an energy industry conference in Houston when the 30-minute private meeting occurred. EPA spokeswoman Liz Bowman told AP that the pair did not discuss chlorpyrifos, the chemical in question, and were just "briefly introduced." Liveris leads a White House manufacturing working group, and Dow Chemical gave $1 million to help underwrite President Trump's inauguration.
EPA scientists have reviewed the chemical, and found that ingesting even the smallest amount can harm the brains of fetuses, infants, and children. The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling on Pruitt to take the chemical off the market, saying in a statement: "There is a wealth of science demonstrating the detrimental effects of chlorpyrifos exposure to developing fetuses, infants, children, and pregnant women. The risk to infant and children's health and development is unambiguous."
Chlorpyrifos is similar to a chemical developed during World War II as a weapon, AP says, and traces of it are often found in drinking water. Dow sells about five million pounds of the chemical in the U.S. annually, and in 2015, the Obama administration proposed banning its use on food. In April, AP reported that Dow was urging the Trump administration to "set aside" findings made by federal scientists that organophosphate pesticides like chlorpyrifos are harmful to threatened and endangered species. Catherine Garcia
At least one GOP senator is pretty sure Trump doesn't understand the basics of the GOP health-care bill
When President Trump, a month after effusively praising a House Republican health-care bill, dismissed it as too "mean" last week, some people began to suspect that Trump was more interested in getting a legislative victory than in the policy details of the victorious legislation. "I don't know that he ever understood exactly what the provisions of ObamaCare were, or what we're trying to accomplish in our health system today for more affordable quality care," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said on MSNBC Tuesday, after Nicole Wallace asked what specific ObamaCare policies Trump actually opposed.
Patty Murray on @MSNBC: "I don't know that [Trump] ever understood exactly what the provisions of Obamacare were." pic.twitter.com/yv44a2DPTC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 27, 2017
Before he delayed a vote on the Senate GOP plan to replace ObamaCare Tuesday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) asked Trump to invite all 52 Senate Republicans to the White House for a meeting on the legislation. When reporters asked McConnell outside the West Wing if he believed Trump had command of the details of the health-care negotiations, "McConnell ignored the question and smiled blandly," The New York Times reports. Trump has been pretty hands-off in the Senate health-care talks, at McConnell's request, so only a few senators had interacted with Trump on the legislation before Tuesday's meeting, the Times says, setting up this anecdote:
A senator who supports the bill left the meeting at the White House with a sense that the president did not have a grasp of some basic elements of the Senate plan — and seemed especially confused when a moderate Republican complained that opponents of the bill would cast it as a massive tax break for the wealthy, according to an aide who received a detailed readout of the exchange. Mr. Trump said he planned to tackle tax reform later. [The New York Times]
About 45 percent of the tax benefits from the Senate bill would go to the top 1 percent of U.S. households by income — those earning $875,000 a year and upwards would get a $45,500 annual tax cut, and the top 0.1 percent would pocket an average tax cut of $250,000 by 2026 — according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center. The middle class would get a 0.4 percent raise in after-tax income, the analysis found, versus a 2 percent bump for the top 1 percent. You can read how the Senate GOP bill stacks up to Trump's health-care promises at The Week. Peter Weber
Cristina Penton boarded her Spirit Airlines flight to Dallas 36 weeks pregnant, and disembarked with a 7-pound baby boy in her arms.
The Phoenix resident was 30 minutes into her flight from Ft. Lauderdale a few days ago when she notified the flight attendants that she wasn't feeling well. Once she realized the baby was coming, the flight was diverted to New Orleans, and two of her fellow passengers — a pediatrician and a nurse — jumped up to help. Before the plane could land, Christoph Lezcano made his debut.
Penton and Christoph were taken to a local hospital to be checked out, and are both doing great. Spirit Airlines representatives visited them in their room, and showered the baby with presents, including one that's perfect for the tiny traveler — free flights for Christoph and a guest to anywhere Spirit Airlines goes, every year on his birthday for the rest of his life. Catherine Garcia


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Name Translation: "Fast-running Tide"
Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Commander Kaneda Kiyoshi [50] (prev. C.O. SHIGURE). Assigned to Desdiv 15 (NATSUSHIO, OYASHIO, HAYASHIO, KUROSHIO), Desron 2, Second Fleet.
26 November-1 December 1941:
Desdiv 15 steamed with Desron 2 from Terashima Strait to Palau.
6-8 December:
Desdiv 15 departed Palau with Southern Philippine attack forces, initially escorting RYUJO in attack on Davao.
10-11 December:
With NATSUSHIO, escorted YAEYAMA laying mines in Surigao Strait.
12 December:
Desdiv 15 with Legaspi invasion force.
20 December:
Desdiv 15 with Davao invasion force.
25 December:
Desdiv 15 with Jolo invasion force.
11 January 1942:
Desdiv 15 with Menado invasion force.
14 January:
Desdiv 15 with Kendari invasion force.
31 January:
Desdiv 15 with Ambon invasion force.
8 February:
Desdiv 15 with Makassar invasion force.
20 February:
With Timor invasion force.
26 February:
Departed Kupang (Timor) to join Southern Force Main Body in operations south of Java.
2-8 March:
Captured Dutch vessel carrying Allied military personnel and escorted it to Makassar; then to Staring Bay (Celebes) by 11 March.
15-22 March:
Escorted KAGA from Staring Bay to Sasebo.
17 April-9 May:
Departed Kure in pursuit of Doolittle task force, then steamed via Formosa to Subic Bay to join blockade of Manila.
10-17 May:
Departed Manila, then escorted damaged SHOKAKU to Kure.
21-25 May:
Steamed with Desron 2 from Kure to Saipan.
3-6 June: Battle of Midway
Escorted Midway troop convoy.
16-30 July:
Escorted KUMANO and SUZUYA from Kure via Singapore to Mergui (Burma) for Indian Ocean raiding operations, aborted due to Guadalcanal.
8-21 August:
Escorted KUMANO and SUZUYA from Mergui via Balikpapan to join fleet north of the Solomons.
24 August: Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Escorted Admiral Kondo's Advance Force.
Escorted fleet patrolling out of Truk north of the Solomons; served as temporary flagship of Comdesron 2 (Rear Admiral Tanaka Raizo [41]).
29 September-1 October:
Departed Truk, then escorted NISSHIN from Kavieng to Shortlands.
3 October:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.
6 October:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.
9 October:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.
10-14 October:
Departed Shortlands, then escorted KONGO and HARUNA in bombardment of Henderson Field.
26 October: Battle of Santa Cruz
Escorted JUNYO.
3-5 November:
Escorted SUZUYA and MAYA from Truk to Shortlands.
7 November:
Troop transport run to Guadalcanal.
13-15 November: Naval Battles for Guadalcanal
Led escort of Guadalcanal troop convoy as flagship of Comdesron 2 (Admiral Tanaka).
17-18 November:
Escorted SUZUYA, MAYA and TENRYU from Shortlands to Kavieng.
23-24 November:
Transport run from Rabaul to Lae/Salamua, aborted due to air attack. Sunk: in air attack by U.S. Army bombers; was struck forward by bomb, then anchored in bay to fight fires; abandoned when fires reached the munitions she was carrying; 50 killed, 6 wounded. SHIRATSUYU removed survivors, including Commander Kaneda (to C.O. NIIZUKI) and scuttled with a torpedo, in Guna Bay, Huon Gulf (07 S, 147-30 E).
24 December 1942:
Removed from Navy List.


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Overall Rating
8.5 Excellent
Based on 101 reviews
Situated on the Lofoten island of Tjuvøya, this modern hotel offers international and regional cuisine, free Wi-Fi and free private parking. All rooms have flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Røst Bryggehotell's rooms feature a work desk and a private bathroom with shower. All offer views of the sea and surrounding mountains. The in-house restaurant and bar serves fish, seafood and other Lofoten specialities, all based on fresh, locally sourced ingredients. In summer, meals can be taken out onto the terrace. The Bryggehotell has a bookable outdoor hot tub, and guests can rent bicycles, cars, boats and fishing equipment on site. Organised activities on offer include guided bus tours and day trips to nearby attractions.


text: The Center Grand Hotel is a 4 star business hotel, located in the prime commercial area of Yantai City. The hotel totally has 202 guest rooms, guest can use internet broadband, Chinese and English newspapers, pure water, gym free of charge. Some rooms overlook the beautiful Yu Huang Ding Park in the south and the blue sea in the north. Free wifi in public area, free wired and free wifi in rooms, IDD, DDD, mini bar with hard and soft drink, writing desk and chair, cable TV, closet with clothes hanger, etc. The hotel has 4 multi-functional conference rooms with max carrying capacity of 150 persons. The Chinese restaurant mainly provides fresh seafood dishes of Shandong style and the specialties with duck as main ingredient and the lobby bar can offer various drinks for the guest. For entertainment, guest can enjoy hairdresser, chess, KTV, ping-pong, gym, etc.


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Jean Paul Gaultier Brings The Boudoir To The Brooklyn Museum
PSFK explores the wild world of the famous designer in a new show that traces the entire expanse of his career.
First on Scene brings our readers an exclusive look at distinctive cultural events, supported by the Smirnoff Mixhibit app available for iOS and Android. This week, PSFK is on the scene at the opening of the Brooklyn Museum's Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit. Check out our Mixhibit of the event, and share your Mixhibit using #PSFKonScene for a chance to win a PSFK Party Pack.
"Fashion must correspond to the aspirations of the moment and reflect current events." — Jean Paul Gaultier
Originally staged in Montreal, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier is now dazzling crowds at the Brooklyn Museum with a retrospective that spans the style icon's groundbreaking career. On view until February 23, 2014, the fantastical world of the extraordinary Frenchman was clearly the main draw as PSFK joined the throngs of well-dressed patrons for Target First Saturdays — where admission to the museum's permanent collection is free and entrance to featured exhibitions is half price. Despite the breadth of visual inspiration on display, visitors weren't just there for the art, as the museum also hosted curator talks, panel discussions and several musical acts, culminating in a late night with dance party for everyone who was still awake.
Describing the atmosphere in the museum and throughout the exhibition itself is near impossible, so we enlisted the help of Smirnoff's new app Mixhibit, a collaborative storytelling tool that allows you to remix your and your friends' social feeds to create an original video of photos and tweets from the day with a custom soundtrack. Check out ours below.
As we entered the building the first dreamy strains of the female hipster-electro trio, Au Revoir Simone began to play — they were one of several bands to grace the stage that evening.
The sights and sounds in the main rotunda, however, paled in comparison to the festival of color and texture adorning the mannequins and gallery walls as part of the featured exhibition on the fifth floor.
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier is an epic, multimedia installation that covers seven diverse themes from Hollywood and the streets of Paris to punk rock and the boudoir, and features nearly 140 pieces from various collections and collaborations, including couture pieces and ready-to-wear. One thing is clear as you walk from room to room: JPG was no ordinary man.
Lisa Small, Curator of Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, believes that Gaultier is a particularly inspiring figure in the realm of fashion because:
He has been an iconoclastic designer from the beginning of his career, setting trends rather than following them. He's challenged established societal and aesthetic conventions, disrupted gendered fashion by designing skirts for men, creating garments that freely mix elements and materials from women's and men's fashions.
Gaultier's influences span pop culture but also look back through history, yet it became clear as we walked through the exhibition that he was constantly reacting to prevailing societal trends and providing his unique response to them through his provocative designs. Gaultier's pieces are loud, raucous and definitely have a lot to say. It is therefore quite fitting that his arresting ensembles are displayed on mannequins that actually speak! Custom models were created with interactive facial features that are displayed using high-definition projections, giving these plastic figures the semblance of being alive. The mannequins talk to passersby, sing, whistle, recite poetry and create an altogether frenetic, other-worldly atmosphere. Viewers are transported to the larger-than-life fantasy realm that Gaultier attempted to create with his outlandish outfits.
But while these clothes may seem like costumes from the future or far past, Gaultier plays on classic fashion tropes in order to remain both relevant and impactful. Lisa Small comments:
His deep knowledge and understanding of the codes of haute couture and timeless Parisian chic, and his ability to create impeccably made and wearable garments, are precisely what allow him to so successfully turn those codes on their head, to take "ready-mades" like the Breton stripe, the trench coat, the corset, and even the tin can, and create consistently imaginative iterations of them, making them his own.
Highlights from the exhibition include the giant punk rock room featuring all of Gaultier's anglophile, mohawked creations, whose walls are covered from floor to ceiling with massive graffiti murals, while an automated runway rotated models around a central track. Amsterdam's Red Light District was recreated in all its voyeuristic splendor to showcase Gaultier's BDSM-inspired collection with mannequins placed in faux windows built into the facade of a giant two-story building. The exhibit also includes an homage to Madonna's iconic cone bra and a whole room dedicated to Gaultier's interpretations of global fashion featuring outfits covering everything from the cold climes of Russia and African-inspired dresses to swashbucklers, rabbis and Native Americans.
When asked to tell us her favorite part of the exhibition, Small exclaims:
It's very hard to choose just one thing in a show this rich! A definite fashion highlight for me is the gown that features what appears to be a full leopard skin, but upon closer examination you see that the leopard skin is really a trompe l'oeil effect created out of thousands of tiny, hand-sewn beads.
The description of the above dress is not unlike the overall effect of the exhibit, on its surface it may appear as a simple homage to a designer, but on closer inspection the clothes, images, and films paint a detailed and carefully crafted picture filled with excitement, openness and celebration that curator Lisa Small attributes to the attitude of the great man himself:
Gaultier's innovative and extraordinarily fabricated work, with its global influences, strong connection to popular culture and social issues, is a perfect fit for Brooklyn. His vision of society and fashion–very open-minded, everybody is welcome, whatever your age, body size, gender, skin color.
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier runs from October 25, 2013–February 23, 2014 at the Brooklyn Museum
Check out the gallery below for more pieces from the exhibition, and stay tuned next week when PSFK is on the scene at New York Taste.
First On Scene gives readers an exclusive look at New York's most vibrant cultural events, presented by the new Mixhibit app from Smirnoff. Follow #PSFKonScene to catch all of the event highlights live, and share your own Mixhibits with us on Twitter for a chance to win an exclusive PSFK Party Pack.
The Mixhibit app from Smirnoff is a groundbreaking new tool that blends users' best moments captured on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter into a one-of-a-kind video. In a digital age where good times rarely happen without a phone in hand, the Mixhibit app provides a seamless way for people to "show and tell", as users of legal drinking age select photos and status updates, and a soundtrack from the app's library of over 10,000 songs, to create their video. The Mixhibit app is the newest way that Smirnoff is bringing people together to responsibly celebrate good times with friends. Check out the hype film to see how it works, join the #Mixhibit conversation on Twitter, and download the Mixhibit app now from the App Store or Google Play store.


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Lancaster Homes' Charing Cross New Home Community features homes set in the natural and forested area surrounding Kedron Creek and Kedron Dells Golf Club. The growing and popular up-scale community of Charing Cross, featuring our select new homes and recently sold out new townhouses, is a hit for new home buyers looking for the best that North Oshawa has to offer. This is an oasis in an area where the natural features of the creek valley and golf course will appeal to those looking for a greener, natural environment to call home. If you 're looking for a new home near Oshawa or Brooklin, Ontario – you owe it to yourself to keep an eye out for new home releases in this community. It truly is the very best new residential community that North Oshawa has to offer.


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Home » Itinerary » History and culture » Percorso Museale di Panicale
The Museum Route
This series of monumental buildings includes:
- the Church of San Sebastiano with frescoes by Il Perugino: "The Martyrdom of St Sebastian"
- The Teatro Caporali with its Piervittori-designed curtain
- The Collegiate Church of San Michele
- the Anita Belleschi Grifoni museum in the Church of Sant´ Agostino
- The museum of sacred vestments and objects in the Church of la Madonna della Sbarra
- the Mariottini collection of art at the Municipal Art Museum
CREATIVE TOURISM and NATURE WALKS
The ancient art of embroidery on tulle is still being taught at the Municipal School, in the former Chiesa del Rosario, and features permanent and short courses for Italians and foreigners. The nature paths for excursions on mountain bike, donkey or a horse will open up a landscape of gently rolling hills, woods and streams winding through villages steeped in history, a countryside dotted with olive groves and vineyards. Visitors who seek real direct contact with nature can also participate in the grape and olive harvests on request.
Info: www.comune.panicale.pg.it - Tel. +39 075 837319


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Virginia Beach, VA Coffee
Perked Up! Coffee Cafe
Perked Up! Coffee Cafe' at 32nd and Pacific in Virginia Beach serves locally roasted coffee, espresso and tea as well as a delicious assortment of treats.
Visit us and sample our:
- Homemade quiche
- Handcrafted cupcakes and muffins baked fresh daily
- Tea and chai drinks
- Espresso and specialty coffee drinks
- Fresh bagels and croissants
- Chicken salad along with an assortment of sandwiches and salads made fresh to order
Dine in or take-out.
We also offer both food and coffee catering. Call us for your next event!
Contact Perked Up! Coffee Cafe' today at 757-422-0032 for all of your Virginia Beach, VA coffee needs.
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All-time favorite Snickerdoodles are so easy to make and perfect to enjoy all day long.
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pkg. (16.5 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Bar Dough
Directions, Reviews, Nutrition
COMBINE sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. Break dough into 24 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and then in sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 14 to 16 minutes or until edges are set but centers are still soft. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
VARIATION: To make Bite-Size Snickerdoodles, cut dough into 40 pieces. Follow procedure above; bake for 13 to 15 minutes.
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easy to make and tastes really good.
So Easy!
These cookies are delicious and easy to make! I brought them in for coworkers and everyone loved them.
great bake sale item
These are sooo easy. and a great item for a bake sale. Sold great with great comments. thansk
8 year old did it!
This recipe is just so easy to do. My 8 year old fixed the cookies and I put them in the oven.
These are sooo easy and great to eat! my granddaughters (4 of them) love to bake together, and these are so simple. so there are no agruements because everyone has their own to do!!!
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/24 of Recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 24
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 90
- Calories from Fat: 35
- Total Fat: 4g (6% of DV)
- Saturated Fat: 1g (5% of DV)
- Cholesterol: 5mg (2% of DV)
- Sodium: 60mg (2% of DV)
- Carbohydrates: 13g (4% of DV)
- Dietary Fiber: 0g (0% of DV)
- Sugars: 8g
- Protein: 1g
- Vitamin A: 0% of DV
- Vitamin C: 0% of DV
- Calcium: 0% of DV
- Iron: 2% of DV
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


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Costume Information
|Cost :
|Awards :
|Amecon 2nd Place, Totally King of Skits
|Time Taken :
|100 Hours over 9 Days
|I like sewing, so I made a costume with lots of sewing in it :P This was made to be worn for the Amecon Omake. I don't even play Dynasty Warriors, it was just pretty.
I didn't have the money to make the hat for Ame so I decided to just put it on hold.
Thank you to Kii for letting me borrow her embroidery machine to do all the edges. There are over 40 of the little designs which make it up which all had to be done separately. These were embroidered in a long strip of black cotton velvet to give it texture.
Most of the costume is made with crepe silk because of the drape and that it would take silk painting well. It's lined in polyester crepe and backed with various cotton drills to cut down on costs.
Most of the designs are drawn in gold gutta then filled in with acrylic inks. I was supposed to use a spray gun for the gradients but the gun I ordered didn't fit my compressor, so with less than a week to go I switched to using car spray paint. The arms and robes are all spray paint, which worked surprisingly well!
All the blue bits on the costume like the boots are hand dyed with acrylic ink and a sponge. It took about 3 coats to get it the right colour and ruined my washing line!
The silver bits on the costume are applique, a special kind where each design is carefully sewn onto black tafetta, then cut out, turned inside out and sewn down so there are no raw edges.
The costume is covered in bias binding on the edges and also all over the boots. I hate bias binding and want it to die.
The belt is made with a fabric I just happened to have died darker with black ink. The purple fabric is actually cotton drill that I ironed freezer paper onto the back of and sent it through my printer. The gold diamonds are more embroidery on black felt, cut and glued on. The buckle took a lot of ebay.
The stupid little dangly bit on the front is made with silk threads and jewellery findings all carefully crocheted together with a tiny hook.
This was gorgeous~! I loved seeing it in person! Also I died at your picture titles XD
I really wish I could have seen this at the convention. It's totally, mindblowingly beautiful!
So glad I got to see this in person, you looked amazing!! Great work :D
How did I miss this!? D:
Love it =D
The patternwork is exquisite! Beatifull job on the whole costume. Is it too late to say Do the hat. :)
Amazing job on the costume. You looked fantastic. Also, loving the pic titles ^^
Veeeery nice. You've totally sold me on embroidery machines, that's some lush trim!
ahh this costume is gorgeous, great job. also laughing at the great use of the jake pose.
I loved your omake skit so much! All that detail is stunning. Dem picture titles, oh my days XD


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If you're planning a trip somewhere far-flung and exotic, now is the time to book. Major tour operators say the cost of long-haul flights and holidays prices are at an all time low.
"I think airlines and hotels were hoping the markets would start to recover but that clearly isn't happening. They are being forced to react or they'll be flying with empty planes, and running empty hotels," says Nikki Davies, marketing manager of Trailfinders.
The operator's best deal so far this year is a Malaysia Airlines flight to Australia, via Kuala Lumpur, for £499 rtn inc tax. "Before Christmas we were advertising Sydney for £979, now it's under £500," adds Davies.
Ian Swain, product director at STA, says the industry's desperation to kick-start demand has turned some of the traditional travel rules on their head. "In the past the best way to get a cheap fare was to leave it as late as possible, but it is now possible to find a great deal in advance. A return fare to New York, for example, now starts as low as £199 inc tax (Kuwait Airlines, available until 30 May for travel until 30 May), and to Bangkok from £359 inc tax (Sri Lankan Airlines, available until 30 April for travel until 30 June).
"We're seeing low season prices for peak season travel," says ebookers' head of marketing Claire Howard-Jones, quoting South African Airlines' £499 deal to Johannesburg, valid until 10 Dec. "Normally, a flight to South Africa in November or December would be around the £600 mark," she says.
And it's not just flights that are up for grabs. Destinations that have been hit by the double whammy of the world recession and domestic political unrest are offering super-low deals to entice holidaymakers. Trailfinders currently has an offer to Sri Lanka for £479pp including direct flights and eight nights' B&B at the Taj Exotica in Bentota. "We've never had holidays that cheap for this standard of accommodation - it's just silly," says Davies.
Nigel Pocklington, managing director of hotels.com, confirms that hotel rates are at their lowest since the company started monitoring them in early 2004, and, with room occupancy rates still down on last year, they will continue falling. "We're seeing a lot more hotels come to us with promotional offers for the summer season."
All of which suggests there's never been a better time to pack your sarong.


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Emma Jane Rae
My Hearts A Sponge. - Poem by Emma Jane Rae
My hearts a sponge,
and it soaked up all your love,
maybe my sponge never,
let love out enough,
seeping out here and there,
you knew deep down,
how much i cared,
but i couldn't keep going,
you abused my sponge,
tearing it into peices,
with another lunge,
now my sponge,
is battered and bruised,
feeling regret,
for both trying to accuse,
my sponge is dry,
since your love soaked away,
we can't take back,
the hurtful things we say,
my heart is a sponge,
and this sponge is broken,
by words that have been spoken,
i hope one day,
you fix the peices of my sponge together,
and maybe we will,
live happily together forever,
i wonder if your hearts a sponge too?
because my sponge,
certainly misses you! ! !
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One of the most annoying things when calling customer service these days is not being able to get a hold of a human being. I get sick of listening to recorded voices telling me what to press and when without answering the question I called to ask. Well, if you live in the USA this site offers some relief. It lists companies such as banks, cellular, insurance, pc, retail, shipping, telco, travel, tv, and utilities.
It's set up in a table with the listing of companies first, then their web page, phone number, and then the steps you need to take in order to reach a human on the other end of the line. Pretty simple huh?
If you click the little green button in front of the company's name that reads "disp." You can see their mailing address and company information that was provided when they were submitted. Note: Not all companies have mailing addresses listed.
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In a new law that began January 1st, 2011, Indiana households, public schools, and small businesses are no longer able to mix unwanted computer monitors, computers, televisions, printers, computer keyboards or mice, DVD players, video cassette recorders or fax machines with municipal waster that is intended for disposal at a landfill.
Knox Mayor Rick Chambers told WKVI that the citizens of Knox will be able to continue discarding electronics in their weekly garbage for the next two months. After the grace period, the City of Knox and Waste Management will pick up electronics one day in the spring and one day in the fall at a selected site. When the current contract with Waste Management expires, the Knox Common Council will have to select another method of disposal of electronics for the citizens of Knox. For more information, contact the Mayor at (574) 772-4553.


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Green Bay signed Shaun Lewis, a four-year starter at Oklahoma State who finished his career with 45 consecutive starts.
Lewis brings impressive credentials, dating to his prep career, when he was Scout.com's fourth-ranked outside linebacker at Hightower High School in Missouri City, Texas.
As a true freshman, he was named a Freshman All-American and shared the Big 12's Freshman Defensive Player of the Year award after posting three forced fumbles, three interceptions and eight tackles for losses while starting only six games.
He rounded out his career with three consecutive all-Big 12 selections. As a sophomore, he had 61 tackles, including 1.5 sacks and 9.5 for losses, plus two interceptions and a forced fumble. As a junior, he had 58 tackles, including 2.5 sacks and 7.5 for losses, with one forced fumble. As a senior, he had 73 tackles, including a half-sack and eight for losses, picked off three passes and forced two fumbles.
Lewis also was an all-Big 12 academic selection as a junior and senior.
Lewis, however, was a casualty of his measurables. He's just 5-foot-11 and 226 pounds, and ran his 40-yard dash in 4.90 seconds at pro day. He was not invited to the Scouting Combine.
"Really, when you get overlooked, you kind of sit back and take notes about what the other guys had that you don't have, Lewis told NewsOK before pro day. "I really looked at that a lot (when watching the Scouting Combine). Watching that helped fuel some of my workouts."
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Sewer gas from Laundry drain
I have roughed in my plumbing for my laundry (moved it to main level from basement) and I currently have the drain pipe plugged up with a plastic bag. The problem is that if I put my nose close to the drain I can really smell sewer gasses, and if I take the bag out....wow what a smell!!
My concern is that when I move my washer upstairs and install the drain line, that only just rests in the pipe, not sealed, the smell is going to be awfull.
Is there anything I should do or check? Should I have a P trap on the washer drain line?
I have the drywall up, but not mudded and taped, so I can remove it if need be. Although the drywaller is coming on Friday to finish it up.
Any ideas?
wait a minute....to maybe answer my own question.
I have not used anything on this stack yet, or no water has gone down it yet. Does that mean the trap in the floor may be dry?
Make sure theres water in the p-trap.
I didn't install a p-trap? Is there one in the floor drains?
Yes you need a P-Trap at the laundry.
Oh, I thought that the force that the washer pushes the water out would empty a P-Trap? So thats not the case?
Thanks for your help!
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So where should I put my P trap? See attached.
Any idea on how to hook up the P trap in my situation?
Cut in a tee and then the trap, is this vented?
There is not a direct vent as it is not code. Should I direct vent it? Also based on my diagram, where would I put in the T?
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Here you go trap and drain should be 2"
Vent should be 1-1/2"
Thanks RTP!
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I've always had a warm place in my heart for fairy tales. Designed originally to teach children morals they are a great way to pass the time. With this site you can get a little more in-depth with them, or even read tales that you've never heard of.
You may find yourself overwhelmed with your options on this site, so let me break it down for you. If you have a favorite fairy tale that you are looking for I recommend using the search engine on the side of the page. Type in the title and click "Go" to begin your search. Underneath the search box you will find the news section where you will find out what has been added to the site.
Now the rest of the site navigation is all in the center of the page, it's broken down into sections for easier viewing. There's the Introduction and About section at the top which tells you why the site exists and what they are trying to accomplish. Then next to that you'll see the section for the Annotated Tales which has a long list of stories underneath it. I loved "East from the Sun and West from the Moon" and, of course, "The Nightingale".
Underneath the Intro area you'll find the sections for the Discussion Board, Full Text Books, Fairytales and their Authors, and under the Annotated section you'll find the Illustrations and Books Store.
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Kim Kardashian's Rose Club Perfume Party
Making another stop on her perfume peddling visit to the UK, Kim Kardashian was spotted arriving to the the Rose Club in London on Friday evening (May 18).
The brunette beauty opted for a sexy black and red ensemble as she posed for pictures before joining fellow guests at the 'True Reflection'fragrance launch event.
The London promotional trip comes as we're just days away from the season 7 premiere of Kim and family's reality series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians".
Sure to pack plenty of not-to-be-missed moments, you can watch the drama unfold when the debut episode airs on Sunday, May 20th at 9 PM/8 PM Central on E!
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By Francisco Salazar
Newly-crowned WBA heavyweight champion David Haye was all smiles on Saturday afternoon at a luncheon to honor his majority decision victory over Nicolay Valuev. Haye has a mandatory title defense over former world champion John Ruiz, who he stated will be his biggest challenge in his career because of his fighting style. However, he was not shy about who he would like to face down the road. "I was destined to be a world champion. My biggest fight and payday will be against the Klitschkos. I know that the money will be the deciding factor in bringing them to the table."


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Here's a reality check for you....and I'm not trying to be a dick but it's just the truth. I'm building a f/glass w/ steel fenders '32 Ford Victoria....for about 6 years now. These hot rods are expensive to build, if you think you're going to buy a "kit" (and I hate that word) and just bolt everything together then you need to do some more research. It's not that easy and they ALL need some type of fabrication work. There's a million things to do to these cars to finish them and everything costs money......hense the 6 yrs. so far build time.
I would forget the Zipper, they are very small inside. The Brookville bodies are nice but they all need work, I know 2 guys that spent $25 thou for '32 coupe bodies and spent many hours getting the body ready for paint. Not to discourage or insult you but if you're not very knowledgeable about the mechanics of the build process you might look into buying a complete car thats for sale on the many hot rod classifieds...this forum, ebay etc. Due to the economy there are some very good deals out there. Just some food for thought.........Dave
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I just want to add the one thing not many people account for is the tools,equipment,and work space/shop needed.It is easy to run into the thousands for that as well.
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I just found this site, liked it and joined. I consider myself to be a bit of a handyman. I like building things, doing carpentry, electrical work and working on cars, especially classic cars. Over the years I've built quite a few decks, sheds, garages, additions (for mobile homes not houses) and worked on and renovated mobile homes. I know that there's always more to learn and that's why I'm on here and maybe I can help out by answering a question sometimes too.:)
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Well, I totally disagree with you on this. I believe if someone illegally breaks into my home, triggers my alarm and is still there after my two big dogs go after them, then they don't just mean to steal a couple things. Even if they were just to break into my house, how can I not fear for my life, or the life of my family?Quote:
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I most certainly will not wait until I am at gunpoint or knifepoint to take action. And shooting someone who broke into my house illegally, when I and my family are there, is most certainly not in cold blood. Going outside and shooting a random stranger is cold blood.
And who said I was Rambo here and wouldn't call the police and just take care of things myself? The first thing I would do, is tell the wife to call the police. Then, give her a weapon and she goes to her safe place. Then I get my weapon and I will go to check out what's going on and protect my dogs. I personally don't want to leave my life and my family's life in the hands of the BG, if I can help it. So to me, sitting in a safe room, hoping the BG or BG's don't break the door down and get shots off before I can do anything about it, waiting for the police to show up, is not something I feel comfortable with. Especially, when the law says I don't have to retreat and I can stand my ground.
Did some research and here's what I found in Georgia Code about Deadly Force regarding Habitation:
"That force is used against another person who is not a member of the family or household and who unlawfully and forcibly enters or has unlawfully and forcibly entered the residence and the person using such force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry occurred;"
Nowhere does it say that I had to believe that I was going to be harmed or killed, nor does it say I have to ID the BG with weapons on his person. If I know it isn't my family and he forced his way into my house, I am within my legal rights to use deadly force.


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A cover of Italy's Vanity Fair magazine (left) shows Archbishop Georg Ganswein in this handout picture released by the Vanity Fair press office Jan. 15. Archbishop Ganswein, prefect of the papal house hold and personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, has been d ubbed "Gorgeous George" by the Italian media. (CNS photo/Vanity Fair press office via Reuters)
Belleville, Ill.-- Insurance company tells court is has no obligation to pay damages for seriel priest abuser [1]
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New York Minute: New York's gun laws [3]
Grand Rapids, Mich. -- Missonaries bodies back from Haiti soon [4]
LA documents release: A priest's confession, a man's relief [5]. When Damian Eckert read his former choirmaster's 'sexual autobiography,' part of a court-ordered release of church files, it was a cathartic experience.
NPR's Series on Non-Believers: Today: After Tragedy, Nonbelievers Find Other Ways To Cope [6] and Yesterday: More Young People Are Moving Away From Religion, But Why? [7]
Toronto, Canada -- Gay celibacy group prompts Univ. of Tronto parishioners to leave [8]
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Archbishop Cordileone in London for meetings on Anglican liturgy [10]
Bishops condemn Egyptian law [11]
[12]Looking for an a little inspiration to begin your day? NCR's sister publication, Celebration, gives you two options, both based on the Scripture readings of the day:
Pencil Preaching [12] is blog that Celebration editor Pat Marrin combines scripture and sketching to reflect on the word.
Daily Bread [13] is a series short reflections, written by four authors who meet regularly to share the readings. Daily Bread is intended to help daily preachers and others who pray from the assigned scriptures each day to orient themselves to the Living Word addressed to the church in the world. It's a great way to begin the day.


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While the letter didn't state exactly which build of the operating system would be tested on the phone (it called the software Android 2.3.x), the email did specify that the testing was coming soon. 1,000 applicants were to be chosen on a first come-first served basis and we would imagine that the lucky group has already received the notification that they are one of a thousand that will be exchanging their device for a new Gingerbread-loaded ATRIX 4G.
Motorola, of course, asks those who received the email to be quiet about it and not tell other people or pass the news on even to websites(!). Before this soak test begins, those picked by Motorola will receive additional email with instructions. And while you can tell your pals to send in a Motorola Feedback Survey so that they could have a shot at the next feedback opportunity, the manufacturer is demanding complete secrecy during the test. Those who fail to abide by the rules can be removed from the testing by Motorola.
Oh, one last warning. Motorola asks those who think that they might be selected for the beta test, not to PM, email, text or send a letter in a bottle asking Motorola if they have been selected because that could be a ground for removal. Those chosen will be notified by the company.
So it would seem that with the Android 2.3 soak test coming for the Motorola ATRIX 4G, it shouldn't be too long before all owners of the device are updated to the next Android build.
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How do I keep in touch with my fellow alumnae?
The Alumnae Online Directory, ScottieNet, is a fantastic resource. Once you register, you can find your Agnes Scott sisters with its search function, using criteria such as class year, maiden name, current location, and more. You can maintain your own profile with information about your academic career and employment.
We want to know! Please be sure to keep your information current and share your accomplishments with us regularly. We welcome news about your graduate degrees, career, promotions, awards, marriage, children, address changes and any other important milestones. Email or call the Office of Alumnae Relations at firstname.lastname@example.com or 404.471.6323. We publish Class News in each issue of Agnes Scott The Magazine.
Are accommodations available on-campus for alumnae?
Yes. The beautiful Anna I. Young Alumnae House was built in 1921, and is named after alumna and mathematics professor Anna Irwin Young. Guest accommodations and spaces for special events are available year-round. Reservations are required.
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Do alumnae have access to any Agnes Scott amenities?
Woodruff Physical Activities Center
For a small fee per year, alumnae may purchase athletic passes at the Woodruff Physical Activities Center to enjoy unlimited use of the pool, weight rooms, track, tennis courts and gymnasium. Alumnae may be accompanied by family members and up to two guests. Passes are available for purchase at the Woodruff Center Mon.-Fri. 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat. noon-4 p.m. and Sun. 2 p.m.-10 p.m. Alumnae must present a picture ID.
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McCain Library
Alumnae may purchase a yearly pass for use of the McCain library. Contact the circulation desk Mon. – Fri. 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information about borrowing privileges, visit the McCain Library website. ASC graduates may now request off-campus access to the scholarly research database Project Muse, in addition to JSTOR, a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. Details and directions on how to request access are available through the McCain Library web page for alumnae.
Visit the McCain Library main site
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Savor the delicious meals of Evans Dining Hall and share a meal with current students! Cost: breakfast $6.25, lunch $8.25 and dinner $8.75 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7:30-9 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 5-7 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. (during academic year only).
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Alumnae may audit classes at Agnes Scott. To download an application to audit classes, click here. To view courses and the enrollment schedule,
How may I repair or purchase a class ring?
Visit the Herff Jones website or contact Paul Messier at Herff Jones, 678.240.9283.
Can Agnes Scott help me professionally?
Graduates within the past two years continue to receive full student services including individual assistance with job searches and graduate school applications. After that time, alumnae need to make an appointment to meet with a career planning staff member. Complimentary copies of your transcript are available for employment and graduate school applications at any time.
View transcript ordering procedures
Workshops and seminars, as well as career fairs, are open to all alumnae. For more information, call the career planning office at 404.471.6397.
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Where can I purchase Agnes Scott merchandise?
Shop for Scottie merchandise and books at the college bookstore, located in Alston Campus Center, or online.
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CANADA STOCKS-Strong resources drive TSX: telecoms wilt
TORONTO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index pushed higher on Thursday as strong commodity prices drove gold and energy issues, more than making up for weaker telecom stocks. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed up 81.43 points, or 0.61 percent, at 13,324.75, extending a strong two-week run that has the index at its highest level in more than two years.
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About "My Turn" by the boy fitz hammond
My Turn
Design by the boy fitz hammond
lol, I hope this gets made into a kids T, my son would love this
cute characters :)
Great for kids
aw , i'd buy this for my nephew in a second
Cute, cute!!
simple and always great 5$
I seem to love everything you do!
Hope it gets printed!! Is it strange that I always love the shirts that would make great for kids? I WILL BUY!!!
hah i like how the bubble comes out of his trunk!
hehe genius, mister!
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Cute, but I still like the previous one (elephants putting out the fire) even better. Great style!
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haha! Cute and very nicely made.
I really don't want to say something like "awwww sweeet!" but it is and I love it and would totally wear it.
this would make for a rockin' kids tee. nice work.
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Not only did, First Lady, Michelle Obama's speech knock it out of the park. Her entire ensemble from head to her pink pumps stole the show at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Did you see Michelle Obama in her pink Everly Suede pumps by J.Crew? They're available in 5 medium all the way up to women's large size 12 medium.
Plus, she wore an amazing custom-made dress by an African-American designer, Tracy Reese.
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