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The Summer Before Boys
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Julia and Eliza are best friends. They are also family. Even though they are the same age, Julia is Eliza's aunt. Of course, Eliza doesn't call her best friend "Aunt Julia" but still...they are more tied together in ways most friends are. That was never a problem...until the summer they turned twelve
Eliza still likes to pretend, just the way she and Julia have done all their lives. But Julia finds it harder and harder to enter that make-believe world. There are too many distractions in the real world. Some are terrible, like worrying about whether or not her mother will survive her tour of duty in Iraq. Others are much more pleasant, like a certain very cute boy named Michael.
Where do your loyalties lie when you find yourself changing, pulling away from a best friend who is so much more than just a friend?
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Two Seattle Officers Shot, One Critical
The suspect in the shooting of two Seattle police officers is dead. Officers were responding to a robbery Thursday when the suspect opened fire. Seattle police did not say exactly how he died.
A second suspect is in custody. Authorities say one of the officers who was shot is in serious but stable condition, while the other is in satisfactory condition thanks to her bulletproof vest.
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Name at birth: Patricia Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara is the American actress who appeared in 2010's The Social Network, and then won the lead role for the Hollywood version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Mara grew up in New York, where she was raised in a football family: her mother's grandfather, Art Rooney, Sr., founded the Pittsburg Steelers, and her father's grandfather, Tim Mara, founded the New York Giants. Rooney Mara began acting after leaving high school in 2003, first as a student at New York University, then in New York-based television shows. She relocated to Los Angeles in 2007 and began getting small roles on TV and in feature films. Mara was a standout in the 2009 films Youth in Revolt and Tanner Hall, and in 2010 she starred as the protagonist in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Although her role is small in David Fincher's The Social Network, Mara's brief scenes are key to the story of the founding of Facebook -- she plays Mark Zuckerberg's almost-girlfriend. Fincher then named her for the role of Lisbeth Salander, the tough-as-nails heroine from Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. Mara was chosen to be in three films, American re-makes of the Swedish films starring Noomi Rapace: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
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Gulf oil spill topic of business panel Sept. 17
Faculty from the Darla Moore School of Business will participate in a public panel discussion on the gulf oil spill and BP's responsibility Friday, Sept. 17.
Titled "Gulf Oil Spill: How Much Should BP Pay?" the panel is free and will take place from 4 -5 p.m. in Lumpkin Auditorium on the eighth floor of the University of South Carolina's business school.
The panel will feature assistant professors of economics Dr. Stephen Finger and Dr. Jason Murray and finance scholar Dr. Jean Helwege, J. Henry Fellers Professor of Business Administration. Helwege joined the Moore School faculty last December; she is a former economist with the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. Dr. Bruce Meglino, distinguished professor emeritus of management, will moderate the panel, which will explore topics such as how the environmental damage assessment will be done, whether industry self-regulation works and the legal and social obligations resulting from the oil spill.
The event is held in conjunction with the USC Parents Weekend.
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RR Griffiths, WA Richards, U McCann, R Jesse. 2006.
"Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance."
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 187(3), 268-83, commentaries 284-292.
MW Johnson, WA Richards, RR Griffiths. 2008.
"Human hallucinogen research:
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Journal of Psychopharmacology,
01 July.
Scientific American articles on contemporary hallucinogen studies, December 2010
RR Griffiths, MW Johnson, U McCann, WA Richards, BD Richards, and R Jesse.
"Psilocybin occasioned mystical-type experiences: immediate and persisting dose-related effects."
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KA MacLean, MW Johnson, and RR Griffiths. 2011.
"Mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness."
Journal of Psychopharmacology, 29 Sept.
KA MacLean, MW Johnson, M-MS Leoutsakos, and RR Griffiths. 2012.
"Factor Analysis of the Mystical Experience:
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 51(4):721-737.
MW Johnson, A Garcia-Romeu, MP Cosimano, and RR Griffiths. 2014.
"Pilot study of the 5-HT2AR agonist psilocybin in the treatment of tobacco addiction."
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2008 Media Coverage
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The July 2006 publication of the first Hopkins/CSP psilocybin study drew media attention around the globe (including some 300 print articles according to Google, plus magazine, radio, and TV coverage). Here's a sampling:
The God Pill
Hallucinogens induce lasting spiritual highs in the religious
ONE June night in Mexico in 1955, Gordon Wasson, a vice-president of J.P. Morgan, became one of the first outsiders to eat what the Aztecs called teonanacatl, the flesh of the gods. Actually, it is the flesh of a fungus, and it soon became known to hippies as the magic mushroom. But, whereas the flower children of the 1960s and their descendants gobbled the hallucinogenic fungi in search of a good time, the Aztecs had a deeper purpose. They used the mushrooms in religious ceremonies for healing, divination and communing with the spirit world.
Now a study led by Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins University, and published this week in Psychopharmacology, has shown that psilocybin – the active component in magic mushrooms – does indeed induce mental states akin to the highest religious experiences. Moreover, it has lasting positive effects on those who take it.
Experiments involving drugs of any kind need to have a control – that is, an otherwise identical experiment in which something other than the drug is administered – to check that any effects are caused by the drug and not something else. Ideally, neither experimental subjects nor researchers should know who is in the control group, but for experiments involving psychedelic drugs this is difficult, because it quickly becomes apparent who is high and who is not.
For his control, Dr Griffiths decided to use methylphenidate hydrochloride, otherwise known as Ritalin, a drug that calms hyperactive children. On one of two occasions, he gave 36 volunteers who had never taken hallucinogenic drugs either psilocybin or Ritalin, swapping the drugs on the second occasion. The choice of Ritalin was inspired. Neither the volunteers nor the experimenters could say reliably which drug was being administered on which occasion.
A close eye was kept on the volunteers for eight hours after the drugs were given, to check all was well. They were then asked about their experience. Two-thirds of the participants, who were mostly middle-aged college graduates, ranked being given psilocybin as either the best or in the top five best experiences of their lives – on a par with the birth of a first child. They described feeling peace, intense happiness and a sense of the unity of all things.
The participants were no strangers to spiritual highs. Almost all engaged at least monthly in religious or spiritual activities such as prayer or attending religious services, and were selected for participation in the trial on this basis. Yet two months after the trial, 79% of them reported moderately or greatly increased well-being or satisfaction. Their positive changes in attitudes and behaviour were confirmed by independent assessments made by friends and family.
Why this should be is not yet well understood. Psilocybin is thought to work by mimicking serotonin. This is one of the messenger molecules that carry signals between nerve cells in the brain, and it is known to influence mood. But there has been little research of late. Clinical studies using psilocybin and other hallucinogens were halted when recreational use of the drugs took off. They have only just resumed after a four-decade hiatus.
Dr Griffiths and his colleagues argue that the mood-lifting effects of hallucinogens might be used to treat drug and alcohol addiction. Psilocybin itself is not addictive, although they recommend that its availability should continue to be limited. Psychedelic drugs could even be used to probe the basis of consciousness, according to Solomon Snyder, one of Dr Griffith's colleagues. Dr Snyder believes that investigation of such drugs could help scientists understand the molecular changes in the brain that underlie religious experiences.
Back in the 1950s, Gordon Wasson spent years gaining the trust of Amerindians who had continued the religious traditions of their pre-Columbian ancestors. Eventually he was allowed to partake of the mushroom. His experience, from which he said he emerged awestruck, started a short period of study that ended prematurely because of the mushroom's widespread recreational use. By showing it is possible to conduct such research responsibly, Dr Griffiths has opened the door for further work to be done on the properties of psychedelic drugs.


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Apparently the majestic splendor of the Solomonic temple and the impressive way in which Solomon worshiped God had no impact upon his son Rehoboam. The House of God held no value to Rehoboam: it was just "a dad thing" to him. Even though foreign dignitaries like the Queen of Sheba were most in awe of Solomon's wisdom, his work, and his worship, apparently his life had as much impact upon Rehoboam as the temple's majestic splendor.
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Brevard, N.C. - Jarred Fisher picked up a victory in singles for the Tornados on Wednesday afternoon at the BC Tennis Complex, but the Bulldogs took the other five singles matches and the point at doubles for the 6-1 victory.
With the loss, the Tornados fall to 6-8 in the 2010 season, while the Citadel improves to 6-12.
Dorian Feron and Scott McCormick pushed Alberto Diaz and Yufo Sutantio to the limit at No. 1 doubles and Andrew Thompson and Jonathan Kuhn took Joshua Cook and Luis Morett to the wire, but the Tornados were unable to overcome their opponents as both sets fell 9-8. Cole Altizer and Fisher fell to David Orces and Derek Dickey in the final doubles match as the Tornados entered singles play behind 1-0.
Fisher's victory at No. 4 singles was the lone point for the Tornados on the day, as the junior from Prime Rose East, South Africa defeated Cook, 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6).
The Tornados are back on the courts on Thursday, April 8th, as Brevard travels to Jefferson City, Tenn. to take on Carson-Newman College. First serve between the SAC opponents is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
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1. Yufo Sutantio (CIT) def. Scott McCormick (BC) 7-6 (5), 6-3
2. Alberto Diaz (CIT) def. Cole Altizer (BC) 7-5, 6-3
3. David Orces (CIT) def. Jonathan Kuhn (BC) 6-3, 6-1
4. Jarred Fisher (BC) def. Joshua Cook (CIT) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
5. Derek Dickey (CIT) def. Andrew Thompson 6-4, 6-3
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Oak Hall's Trematerra places 6th at state swimming
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Lindsey Trematerra of Oak Hall finished sixth in the 50-yard freestyle Saturday at the Class 1A state swim meet at the YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando.
On Friday, Buchholz finished 10th as a team in girls, getting the bulk of its points on two relays. The Bobcats placed fourth in the 200 free relay (1:38.50) and fifth in the 400 free relay (3:36.83). Members of the 200 free relay were Christie Bassett, Rachel McKivigan, Alexandra Dering and Paige Edens. The foursome in the 400 free relay were Edens, Dering, McKivigan and Tierney Shimansky.
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The first time I heard of Gene Sharp was during the early weeks of the Arab Spring, when the masses were filling Tahrir Square in Cairo. I heard about how-to pamphlets going viral among the demonstrators, written by an obscure writer in his mid-80s who had never really found a home within formal academia. Writing out of his basement and a minimal organization known as the Albert Einstein Institute, Gene Sharp had somehow earned a reputation as the "father of nonviolent revolution" and inspired nonviolent activists from Burma to Egypt. He'd even been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, and is now the subject of a documentary called How to Start a Revolution. Once I knew who he was, his name cropped up repeatedly. On one occasion, a military strategist with COIN experience in the Philippines recommended studying his work.
Most of Sharp's work is available for free on the Albert Einstein Institute website, so I loaded up my iPad before my most recent C-17 mission and spent my crew rests engaged with titles like From Dictatorship to Democracy, Self-Liberation, and There are Realistic Alternatives.
Taken together, Sharp's body of work is based on a simple premise: dictators only function because frightened, demoralized people believe in the dictator's power and grant their consent. If they remove their consent, even the most brutal authoritarian regime will weaken and possibly even crumble. Using violence against such a regime–whether direct or indirect–is dangerous, because it attacks the regime's strength and is likely to end in violent tragedy for the revolutionaries. Even if the revolutionaries find victory, the power distribution in the country remains the same and there is a risk of continued authoritarianism under the new government.
Nonviolent action is far more likely to bear fruit, Sharp writes, because it attacks the regime's vulnerabilities and simultaneously sows the seeds for the thriving civil society and democratic mindset that will hopefully lead to better governance once the dictatorship ends. Much of Sharp's work is practical, helping would-be revolutionaries analyze their unique circumstances, plan strategy, and choose appropriate tactics and methods to enable those strategies. He often references a list of 198 methods of nonviolent action.
Skeptics of nonviolent action need to understand something: Sharp's nonviolence is not about cowering, spineless submission to tyranny. It is not about "negotiating" deals with dictators and calling the resulting absence of bloodshed "peace." It is not about turning the other cheek. Sharp's nonviolence is about deliberate, courageous, and defiant effort to exercise power and undermine the pillars of a dictatorial regime. Such nonviolent action is hard and exceptionally dangerous, and will probably be met with brutal repression. Nonetheless, it can transform societies and governments.
It is fascinating reading Sharp's work two years into the Arab Spring, because there is so much evidence to consider when evaluating his theory. On the whole, Sharp's theory seems to fit the facts quite well, with a couple notable exceptions. I'll comment on just a few points.
First, nonviolent action is indeed capable of leveraging tremendous power against a regime's vulnerabilities. Nonviolence can even be more powerful than violence. The initial uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, which culminated in the hasty departure of both dictators, seem to confirm Sharp's overall thesis. Nonviolent action collapsed both regimes within weeks; I dread to consider what revolutionary violence would have led to. One might argue that Egypt would never have "flipped" without the backing of the Army, but this doesn't necessarily contradict Sharp's thesis. He often notes the importance of institutions like the police and Army, and urges revolutionary strategists to consider ways to bring elements of these organizations to their side. Also, the role of the Egyptian Army illustrates Sharp's point that a dictator depends on the consent of his people for survival; if that consent is withdrawn, the regime has nothing.
Second, strategy is essential. Sharp laments that most revolutionaries and democratic activists have no grasp of strategy and no long-term plan for their actions, and warns that isolated use of nonviolent action will seldom bring real change. I can't think of a better example than Jordan, where a vast array of activists have engaged in countless demonstrations, sit-ins, grassroots campaigns, and online efforts. These efforts–while often admirable–are characterized by a lack of higher organization and strategy, weak cooperation or outright conflict between groups, ambiguous goals, and a lack of sustainment and follow-through. The result is frustration, burn-out, and a demoralizing failure to achieve tangible gains.
Third, nonviolent strategy must incorporate steps to prepare the society for what's to come after the dictator departs. To successfully transform from a dictatorship to a democracy, Sharp writes, a country's power distribution must change. People must feel empowered to speak and contribute to their future. A lack of adequate planning is likely to result in the hijacking of power by a small group, perhaps even a group that didn't play a central role in the nonviolent campaign. It's hard to think of a better example than the current situation in Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood.
Fourth, it is very dangerous for nonviolent strategists to count on foreign assistance. Sharp argues that there are no guarantees a foreign power will intervene on behalf of nonviolent activists, and even if they do, that intervention could lead to a host of new problems. Although Syrian revolutionaries are not waging a nonviolent campaign at this point, it's perhaps worth mentioning here, because the Syrian effort has depended from the beginning on foreign assistance that has failed to materialize.
If anything from the past two years appears to undermine Sharp's work, it is the examples of Libya and Syria. Qaddafi and Assad took a lesson from Ben Ali and Mubarak: if you want to survive, don't capitulate when consent is withdrawn from your rule. Instead, respond with savage violence. That strategy seemed to work, and it ultimately took violent foreign intervention to end Qaddafi's rule. In Syria, initial efforts at nonviolent action were met with so much violence that the situation devolved into civil war. I am still reflecting on what these examples mean for Sharp's work; is it possible to imagine alternative histories, in which sustained nonviolent action would have worked despite the level of violent suppression? Or is there a threshold at which nonviolent resistance is destined to fail?
Such questions deserve more scholarly attention, and I hope to find more good writing on the subject. However, despite such questions, Gene Sharp's work is important and needs to be read by anyone who cares about democratic activism or about strategy in general.


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Jimmy Page receives honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music
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Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page is praising the power of music. Speaking at Boston's Berklee College of Music commencement ceremony, Page passed the "joy and pleasure" of music-making on to the 900 graduates in attendance.
Berklee College of Music also bestowed an honorary doctorate of music degree on the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. In his short speech, Page explained that "music has so much power across so many avenues."
That power personally touched Page the night before when students took the stage to perform their renditions of his songs. He said he was "thrilled" with the honor and praised the performances for helping him to understand what his own contributions to music have meant to students.
Among the other honorees alongside Page at Berklee were R&B songwriter Valerie Simpson, jazz pianist Geri Allen and music educator Thara Memory.
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By Luaine Lee McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Besides Watergate, bell bottoms and disco something more sinister was at its zenith in the '70s. The Mafia had reached a pinnacle it had never known since Lucky Luciano first conceived of the idea of organizing crime.
La Cosa Nostra had insinuated itself into almost every facet of commercial society from mom-and-pop stores to labor unions, drugs and extortion.
Law enforcement was desperate to stanch the flow of these ill-gotten gains and to put an end to the violence that punctuated the mob's shifting power structure.
The National Geographic Channel will examine those turbulent days, as well as the gradual decline of the Mafia's grip on the underworld, in six episodes called "Inside the American Mob," which begins Sunday.
Former capos, informants and lawmen relive their experiences with organized crime. Many of the stories have never been told before; some of the witnesses are still filmed in shadow for fear of reprisal.
One of the major turning points was FBI agent Joe Pistone's infiltration into the nether reaches of the mob. He was able to ingratiate himself with the hard-hitting gangsters, slowly working his way up the regimented Mafia ladder.
Known to them as Donnie Brasco, Pistone spent six years bobbing and weaving with the power brokers, never knowing when his cover would be blown.
A movie was made of his exploits starring Johnny Depp, but to Pistone, it was just part of the job. "I was an FBI agent and I thoroughly loved being an FBI agent and to me it was an investigation, a part of an investigation," he said.
"And it's hard to do a lot of overt work against the mob. We figured that this type of crime that was being committed, the best way was to try to infiltrate the group, and undercover is the basic way you do it. It's simplistic for me — for some people it's hard to understand — it's part of my job as an FBI agent, no other motives than I was asked to do it."
Film buff bonanza: While our big screens are plastered with action movies aimed at 12-year-old boys, there still abides among us the devoted filmgoer. He's the guy who pores over film reviews, frequents the grainy independents and lionizes the cinema greats who founded the industry.
There's a TV network that does the same thing.
Turner Classic Movies celebrates our cinematic past with great and near great works. Starting Sept. 2 TCM will present Mark Cousins' documentary series, "The Story of Film: an Odyssey," which features 119 classic films over 15 weeks.
Accompanying the documentary will be masterpieces like "Citizen Kane," "Double Indemnity," "Intolerance," "Picnic at Hanging Rock," "Enter the Dragon," "Rules of the Game."
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Listening in on the electrical currents of teenagers' brains during sleep, scientists have begun to hear the sound of growing maturity.
It happens most intensively between the ages of 12 and 16½: After years of frenzied fluctuation, the brain's electrical output during the deepest phase of sleep — the delta, or slow-wave phase, when a child's brain is undergoing its most restorative rest — becomes practically steady.
That appears to coincide with what neuroscientists have described as major architectural changes in the brain that pave the way for cognitive maturity.
While babies, toddlers and young children are taking in and making sense of the world, their brain cells are wiring themselves together willy-nilly, creating super-dense networks of interwoven neurons.
But as we reach and progress through adolescence, neuroscientists have observed, a period of intensive "synaptic pruning" occurs in which those networks are thinned and the strongest and most evolutionarily useful remain.
In a study published recently, scientists from the University of California-Davis say they believe the slowed fluctuations observed during the delta phase of teens' sleep may be evidence of that pruning process at work.
And since mental illnesses appear to take root during adolescence, the study authors say the changing architecture of sleep may offer clues on how that process of neuronal pruning goes awry and mental illness sets in.


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Do we know for sure that Jada was a girl? The name Jada can refer to both feminine and masculine. Feminine: Possibly an elaborated form of JADE. This name came into general use in the 1960s, and was popularized in the 1990s by actress Jada Pinkett Smith (1971-). Masculine: Means "he knows" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Jada was a son of Onam. --BachLynn(Accio!) 00:57, January 28, 2011 (UTC)
Yes but in the modern era we Give the name of Jade to a girl. It could be a mistake or miss reading though as Jaden is a boy's name and is similar to Jade. Rainbow Shifter (talk) 15:50, August 24, 2012 (UTC)


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You don't understand much about Christian belief, do you? If you're proposing your own belief system, then instead you should explain that carefully, not interweave Jesus within your idea. You should expand upon this self-saving, for what you say is not clear. Are you a Gnostic, because it sounds like it? [/quote] Tell me where Jesus said he was going to redeem the world from the cross... [/quote] Here -- one where he clearly points back to the prophecies of the Old Testament. There are more. [u]Luke 24:44-48[/u] He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms." Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, "This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 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No one can prove that "God" or any variation thereof the concept is real.
No one can prove that "God" or any variation thereof the concept is NOT real.
All arguments are moot without assuming a "given".
How can I say all this with certainty?
BECAUSE NO ONE CAN PROVE THAT THEY'RE NOT DREAMING RIGHT NOW, with fabricated memories and all.
No matter what, FAITH is required just to participate in whatever you think is reality.
Both atheists and God-believers base their beliefs on FAITH in experiential data.
A true atheist "lacks a belief" and that is a perfectly honest position to hold. However, the rabid atheists who argue endlessly that "there is no God" are taking the same leap of faith that the proselytizing Christians are.
SO--is there a GOD?
My experiential data (a near-death experience that was seemingly as "real" as anything else I've experienced) says YES.
That's why I believe in God.
But I'd be a liar if I said that my NDE provides "proof"--even to myself. After all, my dreams are as "real" as anything even when I'm walking on the ceiling and lightsaber fighting and flying a MIG--all with a head full of outlandish memories.
So...all of you know-it-alls arguing FOR or AGAINST the concept of "God" need to
because your arguments ARE DEMONSTRABLY FLAWED.
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The stock market has closed flat as the impact on miners of weaker iron ore prices, and falls by the retail giants, were offset by gains in other sectors.
Markets around the world have reacted cautiously to a potential escalation of conflict between Ukraine and Russia, while iron ore prices fell for a ninth consecutive day, hurting the local materials sector, Commsec market analyst Steven Daghlian said.
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Friday's flat session left the market slightly lower for the week, and also for the month.
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The hard truth is that most community college students fail at their objectives, whether it's to move on to a four-year college or to get an associate's degree. But local community colleges are working to change that.
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"It's just staggering in its scope, because it's national as a trend," said Raju Hegde, dean of math, English, reading and instructional support at Crafton College. "It's not just local to Crafton or California. "
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To help Crafton students beat the odds, the school created the Left Lane Project earlier this year. Other colleges, including Victor Valley College, have developed similar programs, ahead of a state mandate to roll out such programs by the fall of 2014.
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Among those successful strategies are having an educational plan, use of tutors and participating in a summer bridge program. And Crafton dangled a very big carrot in front of its students in this time of crowded classes:
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It's still early days, but the program seems to be working so far, he said.
"Eighty-nine percent of our Left Lane students took a math class in their first semester, instead of 47 percent. We know that one act tends to push students forward. "
Successful community college students tend to take math classes early in their academic career, and continuing to take them.
Left Lane students also passed their classes at a higher rate than their peers: 79 percent versus 72 percent. And 87 percent of Left Lane students returned for the spring semester, compared to 80 percent of their peers.
"That's a good bump for us," Hegde said.
Completing all of their program requirements in the fall semester keeps Crafton students eligible for priority enrollment in spring semester, where the Left Lane program continues.
Mt. SAC has also a six-week summer bridge program, where students take between four and six units, with a better than 90-percent success rate. The students also make room for other students in crowded fall classes: "They're reaching success, and they're not clogging the system in other classes," Yamagata-Noji said.


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II. Mankind's Big, Hearty Penises are a Rarity in the Animal World
Professor Brian Mautz
, the evolution and sexual preference researcher at the Australian University who led the study acknowledges his study contradicts past studies that showed no correlation between penises size and attraction among females. But he argues those past studies were prone to bias and self-censorship. A key weakness, he suggests, in the past studies on the topic was reliance on direct questioning about preferences in an abstract sense, where as the new study relied on direct visuals and measured reactions.
The researcher suggests that penis size likely played an even more important role in natural selection in early humans, who wore less clothing. Comments Professor Mautz, "Before clothing, the nonretractable human penis would have been conspicuous to potential mates. Our results support the hypothesis that female mate choice could have driven the evolution of larger penises in humans."
But the professor also says that there are some studies that suggest possible mechanisms to explain why women are attracted to larger penises. He comments, "Some studies indicate that preference for a larger penis might arise because penis size is associated with higher rates of vaginal orgasm. [But] regardless of the exact mechanism, however, our results show that female mate choice could have played a role in the evolution of the relatively large human penis."
Bigger penises have been linked to higher orgasm rates. [Image Source: Castle Rock Ent.]
This might explain why penises are so large relative to the body size and important, compared to other creatures. Genitals, in general, are present in many creatures and are thought to have evolved as a means of improving fertilization. However, many creatures either lose their genitals during mating or have relatively smaller genitals.
Gorilla erect penises are only a quarter of the sizes of humans'. [Image Source: Natural Habitat]
For example, a Gorilla, despite being bulkier than humans has an average erection only 1.25-inches long -- about a fourth of the average human erection length. And some insects, including honeybees, have penises that explode or break off inside the female after mating. The broken penis prevents other males from mating with the female.
Humans also differ from their primate ancestors in that they lost spiny bone-like structures found in most other primates' penises. In our primate relatives those
spiny penis structures
help the male penetrate the dried penis secretions of other males to increase the chance of fertilization during a group sex/group mating scenario.
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Above: Final Day Photo Gallery
Unsponsored Adam Robertson claims second place in picture perfect conditions at Bells Beach.
Couple notes…
- People knock Bells. They say it's fat and wonky. Not this year people. Nearly every heat saw rippable and overhead surf with offshore or light winds.
- Contest Director Damien Hardman killed it with his calls.
- Anyone notice how many old school laybacks were going down?
- Adam Robertson has better style than 95% of the WCT
- Adam Robertson won nine heats in row until bowing out to Parko.
- Parko on the 60g's he's won this year: "I've put all my desire into winning a world title this year, the points are what I want."
- Post final, Parko told the Web team that he's had one beer since he's been in Victoria; "I'm ready for about 200 now!" He's serious…
- Freddy P ripped Bells on his backhand like a brown Occy.
- If the goal of watching these guys surf is to inspire, it worked, what a performance by guys like Robbo, Parko, Fanning, Jordy, Freddy P, and Kekoa Bacalso!
I watched it online just like you…what did you think about the contest?
ASP Write Up:
BELLS BEACH, Victoria (Friday, April 17, 2009) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 27, has claimed the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Snickers, defeating fellow Finalist Adam Robertson (AUS), 26, trials winner and event wildcard, in pumping six-foot (2 metre) conditions at Bells Beach.
The second stop on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach enjoyed pristine conditions for the business end of competition, with capacity crowds turning up to watch the current ASP World No. 1 battle the local Victorian in a historic Final.
Today's victory marks the second time Parkinson has hoisted the bell (the first being in 2004), and the reputation and acclaim associated with the iconic event is something every surfer dreams of.
"Winning at home is probably the most special win you can have but this is the most special trophy you can have," Parkinson said. "There is not another trophy in surfing that holds the prestige and honor list that this has. To be back on the trophy again and to hold it for a year is going to be amazing."
Parkinson's win today makes it two for two thus far on the 2009 ASP World Tour ratings, cementing the stylish natural-footer's place atop the ratings in the hunt for the ASP World Title.
"I took confidence from home and now from here I'll take more," Parkinson said. "People can get caught up in the whole world title race, but I always said I wanted start the year with some results – I just never thought I would start this well. There are a lot of really hungry, angry surfers that are behind me and will come out so strong in the next events. I'm just showing up to the next event with my same game plan and taking things step by step. I've said since the Gold Coast that the World Title is a marathon, not a sprint. There are still eight events."
While Robertson opened up strong, it was Parkinson's forehand flair and precision that saw the Gold Coaster net an impressive 17.40 out of a possible 20 heat total for the win.
"Robbo (Adam Robertson) and I were having a great time out there," Parkinson said. "We were talking about what it takes to win and having a wonderful Final. I have to really pay Robbo a huge compliment because of his effort out here. For a wildcard and coming through the trials, he surfed so many heats, (I think nine) and what's he accomplished is just so admirable."
Robertson's effort at the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach will go down in history, as the young natural-footer's runner-up finish is the highest ever by a Victorian at the prestigious competition.
"I guess I just got on a roll in the heat against Bede (Durbidge) and the waves were really good and they suited me," Robertson said. "I just had to roll with it and I am really happy with the result."
Throughout the course of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Robertson went toe-to-toe with the world's best surfers, eliminating Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 23, Tom Whitaker (AUS), 29, Bede Durbidge (AUS), 25, among others in the process. Despite not having a major sponsor, Robertson's nine-heat effort proved to all that he's capable of world-class surfing
"It's great, I feel good, I feel fit and I feel like I am surfing well," Robertson said. "I just have to take that into the WQS (World Qualifying Series) now so that I can qualify for the ASP World Tour. The prize-money will help, but a little bit extra is always good, a bit of sponsorship. But that's okay, it is really hard right now for a lot of people to get a sponsor, not just myself. My goal is just to go good and win prize money and keep going. I will just keep that mentality until someone comes along and if sponsorship doesn't come along then I've just got to keep going good."
Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), 27, secured an equal 3rd at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach (his best finish to date) with no-nonsense power surfing on his backhand before going down to Robertson in the Semifinals. Despite failing to see a Finals berth, Patacchia's stellar start to 2009 has him sitting No. 3 on the ASP World Tour ratings.
"I am totally stoked with my start to the year," Patacchia said. "Being a backsider out here is difficult, but I have been watching guys like Occ (Mark Occhilupo) and Tom Carroll all my life and it just takes time to figure it out. It is tricky. It is one of those waves you can surf your whole life and still have a shocker."
Jordy Smith (ZAF), 21, former ASP World Junior Champion and ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) No. 1, is into his second season on the ASP World Tour and today's finish matched his best result. The powerful natural-footer went on a tear through today's proceedings, eliminating former ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS), 27, in the Quarterfinals before falling to eventual winner Parkinson in the Semifinals.
"This is the best result of my career so far," Smith said. "I think it is equal with what I got at J-Bay as a wildcard. I can't complain. I'll maybe have a little fun tonight, a little party and celebrate with the winner. It has been pretty much good waves all week so I have been stoked to be down here. Congratulations to Joel (Parkinson), he made the Final and he surfed really well. I think this year is his year, he is certainly a world title contender."
Highlights from Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach pres. by Snickers will be available via www.live.ripcurl.com
The next stop on the 2009 ASP World Tour will be the Billabong Pro Teahupoo from May 9 – 20, 2009.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
1 – Joel Parkinson (AUS) 17.40
2 – Adam Robertson (AUS) 13.37
SF 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.33 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.24
SF 2: Adam Robertson (AUS) 13.87 def. Fred Patacchia (HAW) 12.73
QF 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 13.17 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 8.66
QF 2: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.50 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.16
QF 3: Adam Robertson (AUS) 14.26 def. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 12.33
QF 4: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 14.13 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 12.17


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It's all in the title. I should mention that I'm particularly interested in designing themes for Wordpress.
Perhaps be more specific. What do you mean by organizing? Some people have different practices, like separating style info from layout, but personally, I tend towards just a single style sheet.
Here are the two types of organization I've seen so far:
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Many stylesheets are actually a mix of these two approaches.
I don't like working with stylesheets where they are organised as in your first method because it means that when you want to change an element you have to search through and find all its bits and pieces that have been spread over the whole stylesheet.
It usually results in that you have missed something you didn't know existed and takes many times longer than locating the one main rule block. I guess though that if you were dealing with simple theme colour changes on a regular basis then separating colours etc may work. It's just that it never suited my approach.
I usually start the stylesheet with the global rules (e.g. a small reset and then any global rules and link colours etc). After that I work from a top down approach.
Start with body then the main outer and then header, main, footer in logical order. In that way I know that if a change is to be made to the footer then the code is at the end of the stylesheet.
The main problem is what to do when code is changed at a later date and where to make the changes and how to remain consistent.
Whatever method you use it should be consistent and at least logical and suit the way that you work.
I tend to follow the approach described by Paul by i like to add comments to separate the bits of code. A bit like bookmarks within the css code:
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I use the "sec:" thing to make sure that these "section" (sec:) markers are different from other comments and therefore easy to search for.
Yes good tip
I stopped searching for things in style sheets when I discovered tools like Firebug. I just inspect the element and then identify the line number(s) of the styles I need to change.
may this link help you-
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Discussion in 'NFL Zone' started by Zordon, Oct 8, 2012.
Shonn Greene running like he did at Iowa on this drive.
Lets go Texans!
They're a good team and I'd never say otherwise. But like I said, only two years ago, they were ready to run Kubiak and the GM, Rick Smith out of town.
They made the DC the scapegoat, brought in Wade, and now they have a defense to go with their offense. I'm not jealous or envious of their success, because I know how new it really is.
So jealous that they have Watt.
JJ Watt is the best defensive player in the NFL. barnone.
Can we get a roids test on Watt?
I was going to post the same thing. From late last year to the first quarter of this season, no other defender is in his league.
Man it's not even close...this guy is gonna win the DPOY.
and we could have got him boy I hope smith turns into a beast. Because we could really use a player like watt on the dline. But then again we needed smith too. Wonder what we would look like without smith. Imagine free getting abused on the left side and tony romo getting blind sided hits
Man I love JJ Watt. Can't believe he was a pizza boy/walk on
This is just delaying the inevitable...Watt probably gets a forced fumble to ice this game
Sanchez got Romo'd... with the tip pass for INT.
Watt is the real deal
Watt is one of the best defenders in the NFL.
He is all over the place, he's making plays away from the line and he's simply just getting it done every week.
I think Gruden said 3 of Watt's 6 tipped passes have been INTs.
That's outstanding.
wish our dlineman would get there hands up if they cant get to the qb. The just keep pushing but going nowhere. Get your dang hands up.
He's a stud, but no way in hell is he better than DeMarcus Ware.
Ware has been the best defender in the league for the last few seasons. Funny how people just continently ignore his incredible numbers to fit their agenda.
I'm a huge ware fan and hate the texans but RIGHT NOW watt is the best d player in the nfl. It might not be like that at the end of the season but right now he he is. Don't ignore watss #s. This dude is de in a 3-4 and still putting up the #s he's putting up.
How is Watt better? Tell me I'm all ears.
In four games this season Ware has five sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 21 tackles, and all while being consistently double and triple teamed.
Give me Ware all day every day.
Watt has more sacks, but again he faces less attention. Way less. Let's see him do this all season before we crown him.
Lol watt gets double team. Way less attention? I'm assuming you haven't watched a lot of texan games this year? Again right now watt is best d player in the nfl. Like I said it might not end up like that by the end of the year. I would post watts #s but I'm to busy and mostly to lazy to look them up. Lol


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This book describes problems the author has to face in order to become a full-fledged 9-to-5 and beyond working vet. He struggles through his first job as a vet and comes out with flying colors, with the help of his ever-ready boss and partner Siegfried, and Siegfried's brother, Tristan. He describes his carefree days as a bachelor, living with these two eccentric brothers, and how he is accepted by the farming community they serve. He also tells of Tri...
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In the third book of James Herriot's autobiography, he describes his wartime experiences - which, because of an illness, were abortive and didn't contain any fighting - and tells more stories about his life as a country vet in Yorkshire. Readers of the first two books will know exactly what to expect - stories about animals and people, sometimes funny, sometimes not. This book has the addition of some stories about Herriot's military life and pilot tra...
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The Redlands Conservancy was honored to represent the conservation and preservation components that contribute to Redlands' unique status in the region. While the proposed actions loom large, several small actions are already being taken: the Conservancy's Trails at 10 events connect large groups of Redlanders and visitors to the open lands; the Conservancy manages the city's 12 public trails; the Conservancy holds more than 300 acres in permanent conservation; the Conservancy's volunteer corps helps maintain trails and lands.
At the time of the forum, the Conservancy proposed several small projects that were waiting for benefactors and volunteers. Here is how the projects have fared since then.
Trail repair: Repairs were needed to eliminate damage by erosion on Oakmont Trail. The Oakmont Trail was repaired within a week of the major storm event. Repair work was funded by FEMA.
Fencing: Two hundred yards of protective fence was needed for San Timoteo Sanctuary, along Alessandro Road. Third District Supervisor Neil Derry donated $18,000 for the new fence to protect the San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary.
Trail repair: Repairs were needed to eliminate damage by erosion on Creekside Trail. Board member Roger Bell funded the repair and the trail is open and safe for hikers and bicyclists.
Education program: Volunteers were needed to design and implement a public outreach and education program for conservation and preservation issues. The Land Trust Cabinet has developed the beginnings of the Outdoor Education Initiative, and the Conservancy received a grant from Southern California Edison to launch the Inner City Goes Outdoors Program. A strong outreach and education program for preservation issues needs a volunteer.
Sign installation: Way-finding signs need to be installed for four more Heritage Trails. Member Tim Farmer and friends installed signs on three Redlands Heritage Trails, and Eagle Scout candidate Wade Alsop obtained and installed all the way-finding signs at the San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary. Signs still need to be installed for two more trails.
Website management: Help is needed to keep the Redlands Conservancy website fresh. This project still begs for money.
Trail maintenance: Volunteers are needed to monitor and clean (weeding, mostly) five Heritage Trails. Students from schools in Redlands and San Bernardino periodically volunteer to clear the trails, and Redlands resident Patrick Battey regularly takes care of trails in San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary. Volunteers are always welcomed.
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A new study by The Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina confirms and quantifies the belief that investments in higher education yield bountiful economic and societal returns for the state.
If by 2030, South Carolina is among the nation's leaders in educational attainment -- as measured by bachelor's-degree-holding residents -- it would mean $6.9 billion in new annual personal income, $7.8 billion in gross state product and 44,514 additional permanent jobs per year.
"The Moore school report demonstrates that higher education is the smartest financial investment South Carolina can make," said Ken Wingate, chairman of the state's Commission on Higher Education. "As noted in our new Action Plan, if South Carolina doesn't focus on higher education, it will fall further behind in the Knowledge Economy, becoming the equivalent of a third-world nation inside the United States."
In 2008, a legislatively appointed Higher Education Study Committee, which commissioned the study through a request by the CHE, published "Leveraging Higher Education for a Stronger South Carolina: The Action Plan Framework." The plan set forth a goal of South Carolina being among the top states in educational attainment, defined as 29 percent of the working-age residents (ages 25-65) holding bachelor's degrees. The committee focused on the bachelor's degree as the standard, as it is the most consistent measure across states, but it stressed the importance of other higher-education degrees, including associate, graduate and professional, along with certificate programs. The Moore school report, helmed by economists Dr. Douglas Woodward and Dr. Paulo Guimaraes, explored the potential ramifications of the state's reaching that goal.
The report reveals that economic benefits begin to accrue to the state as it moves toward the 2030 goal and stated that, after reaching the goal in 2030, each dollar spent by the state on higher education could boost South Carolina's annual economic activity -- measured by gross state product -- more than 25-fold.
"South Carolina's business community is dedicated to creating a highly skilled, capable workforce, and this new study strongly underscores why," said Otis B. Rawl Jr., president and chief executive officer of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. "An educated and well-prepared workforce is key to increasing wealth among South Carolinians and competing in the global marketplace."