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Hidden Treasures: Celebrating 75 Years
It's an exhibit unlike any other filled with iconic artifacts from
a teaching collection which has inspired generations.
From period rooms showcasing life in a bygone era to Texas History artifacts to a spectacular
array of ceremonial masks from around the world, they are collections that shaped our story.
It's the best of our own history reimagined for this special anniversary exhibition.
Become a member to experience this exhibit for free.
On exhibit in the Dr. Louis Levy Hall of Physiology from 1974 - 1998
TAM: TAM is a visual representation of the human skeletal and muscular systems. Half of her body demonstrates the human skeleton and the other half demonstrates the muscular system.
Astrid: Astrid is a visual representation of all of the body's systems. Specifically, Astrid demonstrates the circulatory, digestive, respiratory, endocrine, and reproductive systems.
On exhibit in the Dr. May Owen Hall of Medical Science from 1965 - 1998
Skeleton on a Unicycle: The skeleton on a unicycle is a unique visual representation of the human skeleton in motion.
Trepanning: The Primitive Art of Skull Surgery: This diorama depicts a scene of Neolithic people performing a primitive form of surgery. This type of surgery was known as trepanning. Trepanning was a form of skull surgery that removed pieces of the skull that had fractured or splintered after an individual experienced some sort of head trauma. This Trepanning Exhibit was part of the Dr. May Owen Hall of Medical Science from 1965 until the Hall closed in 1998.
Science Collections
Animals and Birds: Many of our research specimens were collected by the Museum's Science Club and exemplify our dedication to the preservation of Texas flora and fauna. Research and scientific collecting represent approximately 75% of the Museum's science collection.
Samurai Armor: The Samurai suit of armor is an authentic, Japanese suit of armor. Samurais were warrior knights during the 16th and 17th centuries in Japan. A Samurai's armor not only protected the warrior inside, but it also frightened their enemy and symbolized legendary courage.
Ceremonial Masks: Throughout history, masks have been used by many cultures for spiritual, symbolic, protective, ceremonial, and decorative reasons. These masks were on display in the "People and Their Possessions" and the "Mexican Festival Masks" exhibits.
Totem Poles: These Totem Poles were in the exhibit "Where the Spirits Dwell." They represent different concepts of home, memorial, shame or ridicule, and welcoming.
Ford Model T Roadster, 1919: Generally regarded as the first affordable automobile for middle-class America, the Model T stands on the top ten list of the most cars sold of all time.
Champlin Oil Wagon, 1920: H.H. Champlin was a well-known banker and oilman whose company Champlin Oil had drilling operations and production in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Texas History/Period Rooms
On exhibit in the Bruce Shulkey Hall of Texas History from 1961 - 1993
Log Cabin, CA. 1850: Many early settlers in Texas built and lived in log cabins. This period room recreates a typical log cabin kitchen in the 1850s.
Victorian Parlor, CA. 1900: This Victorian Parlor from the 1900s recreates the formal meeting place for a home during the 19th and 20th centuries. Parlors often would have contained the nicest furniture in the home in order to make a good impression on guests.
School Room, CA. 1900: Schoolhouses, like this 1900s recreation, were often one room. One teacher typically taught all students from every grade at the same time. In fact, the first school in Fort Worth had only 12 students in 1854.
General Store, CA. 1900: A typical General Store of the early 1900s provided a variety of items to farmers and ranchers and usually on credit. These stores were also popular gathering places for men, who made most of the purchases. The first general store in Fort Worth opened in 1856.
Archival Photography
Courtesy, Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, UTA Libraries
Courtesy, Arthur Lavine, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Archives
"Hidden Treasures" photographs were taken between 1941 and the early 2000s and are representative of the extensive collection of archival film photography maintained by The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. The preservation and digitization of nearly 40,000 film images is managed by Museum archivists.
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A long lazy September look
in the mirror
say it's true.
I'm 31
and my nose is growing
It starts about 1/2
an inch
below the bridge
and strolls geriatrically
for another inch or so:
Fortunately, the rest
of the nose is comparatively
I wonder if girls
will want me with an
old nose.
I can hear them now
the heartless bitches!
"He's cute
but his nose
is old."
Poet: Richard Brautigan
Poem: My Nose Is Growing Old
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Those who thought Obamacare would hammer health care stocks need to eat their words.
Many companies in the sector are on fire. McKesson (MCK), a leader in drug wholesaling and health care IT, is up 65% over the last year. It has decided to invest that money in international expansion.
While its tender offer for Celesio, which might be considered its German counterpart, failed to get the necessary 75% approval yesterday, the deal is not completely dead.
McKesson had raised its offer to 23.50 euros per share (about $32.12) and bought convertible bonds from Elliott International, a major stakeholder, under the assumption the sweetened offer would be accepted. Celesio has a market cap of 3.9 billion euros (about $5.3 billion). McKesson's market cap is $38.9 billion.
Celesio fell by more than a euro per share after the tender's failure was announced, but is trading up today. If the shares decline, that may put more pressure on recalcitrant shareholders to take the higher offer. The latest offer is a 43% premium on Celesio's price before McKesson's first offer was announced.
The larger question is why McKesson moved for Celesio at all. There are some Celesio operations, like the Lloyd's pharmacy chain in England, that seem completely outside McKesson's niche. But the rest of the company is compatible with McKesson.
That compatibility may be the big Obamacare story here. Germany's health care system, with mandatory public and private insurance, is similar to what many envision evolving under Obamacare.
With Western health systems becoming more similar, international consolidation starts to make more sense. In addition to its U.S. distribution system, McKesson is a leader in the health IT market, which was worth $40.4 billion in 2012 and got a $19.2 billion boost from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which included funds to help clinics and hospitals buy health IT systems.
Unlike the situation in other areas of computing, health industry specialists like McKesson have managed to fight off efforts by mainstream computing companies like Microsoft (MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) to grab a share of the market. Health IT is a complicated sale, and customers don't tend to switch vendors often.


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Governance--the way in which decisions that affect the public interest are made--has emerged as a key factor in determining a country's pace of development. Successful governance brings purposeful change. Failure is punished by unrest, disaffection, and stagnation. On April 18th, a conference in Bangkok will dissect the prospects for improved governance in Asia.
Today's Asian policymakers confront a very different environment from that faced by their predecessors fifty years ago. Asia's population has more than doubled since 1950, with most of that growth coming in its poorest countries. The political systems of these countries were tailored to small, static, rural populations. Now these societies must cope not only with vast urban centers, but also with the very different talents and demands of urbanized people.
The global economy has changed dramatically, too. Increased flows of goods, money, and knowledge around the world mean that foreign organizations and individuals become more influential, making it increasingly difficult for national governments manage their countries by themselves. For example, international bodies such as the WTO have changed the framework within which economic decisions are taken.
Local economic change has been equally dramatic. In parts of Asia, living standards have skyrocketed. Foreign investment from within and outside the region has altered the structure of domestic economies. Old models of economic growth, however, such as export orientation and selective use of import restrictions that worked well for East Asia in the last century, are less feasible under today's global trade rules.


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Welcome to the Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project. Our aim is to locate, document, digitise, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela. This is a work in progress. Here is a selection of materials arranged in exhibits for your enjoyment.
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Title: Lindiwe Fassie
It was a Sunday morning. Me and my family were all sitting in the lounge reminiscing about my mom's funeral. We had buried her on Saturday. The next thing, my big sister Vuyiswa came running into the house telling us that there were police private cars coming to the house. We were also surprised because children were shouting, 'Tata Tata' outside. In an instant this bodyguard came in the house and stood there and he followed. We jumped up and down 'cause we were not expecting such a great man would come into our house. You see, Brenda had predicted that we'll have a black president and true to predictions Tata was our president.
He came into the house and greeted us all by our names which was very surprising indeed. He sat us all down and told us that the tree has fallen (mom) and that we have to be very careful and not let this house go down. He gave us advice on life and whilst he was talking, I was crying. I felt honoured to have Tata Madiba sitting on my mom's chair. To be honest I will never forget that day ever.
After giving us all advice, he left us and people outside started ululating, 'Tata Tata'. I feel very honoured to be writing about my favourite person in the world. Ukhula Tata Ukhokhobe Madiba ngqolomsila Yem yem Zondwa Zintshabe. Halaa Tata Halala.
Quote: "And whilst he was talking, I was crying."
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Opportunities and challenges for implementing highly complex, efficient, and dependable business and control systems have been steadily increasing, driven by the continuous growth in the power, intelligence, adaptiveness and openness of technologies and standards applied in computing, communication and control systems. Dynamically changing social and economic situations demand the next-generation of systems to be based on adaptive, reusable, and internet and Web-enabled technologies and applications. Such systems are expected to have the characteristics of living systems composed of largely autonomous and decentralized components. Such systems are called Autonomous Decentralized Systems (ADS).
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Mexico City, Mexico
Dr. Roberto Gonzalez
Panamerican University
School of Engineering
Augusto Rodin 498
Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac
Mexico City Mexico 03920
+52 5512516859
Please see the conference Web site for full details.
Abstract submission deadline: 31 Aug 2012
Final submission deadline: 31 Dec 2012
Notification of acceptance date: 15 Nov 2012


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A strong summer of offseason workouts and a new, more aggressive style of play could mean there are big things in store for the Watertown-Mayer girls' soccer team this season.
In its first year back at the varsity level last year, the Royals struggled to a 2-12-1 record with just 14 goals throughout the season. But thanks to a dedicated group of players who spent their summer working to get better, and a new offensive attack designed to create more goal-scoring opportunities, first-year head coach Lindsey Rague believes her team could be in for a big turnaround.
"They've been working real hard this offseason," said Rague, who was an assistant coach under Gene Evers last season. "This is probably one of the most rigorous offseason training that they've been through. Our expectations for them are pretty high at this point. We're looking to turn the page in the program. They're definitely conditioned and ready for it. You can feel the atmosphere in the program is different. We're definitely expecting a lot of wins this year."
Besides the new attitude within the program, Rague is trying to address the team's sluggish offense by implementing a 4-4-1-1 offense this year, an attack that really emphasizes creating scoring opportunities.
"We're looking for a lot of goals in the net, which is something they really lacked last year," Rague said. I think we have the skill set to be able to do that this year. We're looking to put up a lot pressure this year. We're hoping for three or four goals a game."
Many of those goal-scoring opportunities will likely belong to freshman Katie Heilman, who scored five of her team's 14 goals last year as an eighth grader. Rague said she's also expecting big things from senior leader Lisa McCain, who was second on the team last year with four points, including two goals.
Other players who scored for Watertown last year that return this year include freshman Olivia Wabbe, who had two goals as an eighth grader, and junior Ally Matrella, who had two goals last year as well. Senior Morgan Menke missed much of last year with an injury, but did notch a goal, and senior Brianna Mogard also had one goal.
Rague knows even more players will need to step up this year, and with a group of nine seniors and talented underclassmen, she is confident that will happen. She said it's still too early to tell, though, exactly who those players might be.
"It's a good hard to tell, because we've had some surprises as to who is stepping up," Rague said. "Definitely in that freshman and sophomore group, we've had a lot of kids rise up and beg for that role on the team."
In switching to a 4-4-1-1 scheme, however, it will be imperative for the Royals to score more than they did last year, as the attacking scheme leaves the defense much more vulnerable. However, the defense that was anchored by Courtney Fisher, Jenna Thompson, Tina Scanlon and Sydney Lague returns in tact.
Lexy Heldt, who led the team with 105 saves last year, returns in goal as a junior for the Royals. Rague said she will be pushed by Allison Anderson, who has also looked good, and will create some competition at keeper.
"(The 4-1-1-1) does put a lot of pressure on the defense," Rague said. "We're working on closing the gaps as far as where teams could expose our weaknesses, but I definitely think we have a strong enough defense to handle that."
The Royals play their season opener on Thursday, Aug. 23, when they play host to Detroit Lakes at 5 p.m. The Royals will jump right back into action Saturday, Aug. 25, when they travel to take on Rockford at 11 a.m., and they will also play Monday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. at Delano.
"They started their captains' practice back in June, so they've been training all summer for this," Rague said. "I think that has allowed us to set the expectations even higher than they've been in the past. I'm looking forward to seeing if we can fulfill the dreams and the goals we've set for ourselves."


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Toilet training
My friend is having trouble toilet training her daughter. She refuses to use the toilet and will put off going for hours and hours if she has no nappy on. she even goes to the...
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Remember the first time you played a Tony Hawk game? Not sure if it was the same for you, but for me it was a sort of magical experience. Skaters always had the cool factor, and your miniature representation of you was busting out some sick tricks going around that old persons swimming pool. I stuck around for a couple sequels but after a while I jumped shipped due to the flooding of the market. Nowadays we have skate. and a few other no name brands on the market, but Tony Hawk is still pushing his games. Funny though, the game that was so magical back in the day has turned into a form of shovelware. With the latest gimmick in the series being a motion controlled deck you can perform tricks on, Tony Hawk Ride claims to be the next evolution in skating games. But, with a GameRankings.com score of only 58%, I don't think he's going to do much good.
The folks over at GameSpy also feel the same way about the franchise. They feel so strongly about it that they even made a little graphic to show the steady decline of the series. Looking at the image below, you can see that the franchise began strong with the first couple Tony Hawks getting critical acclaim (fyi: the percentages are basically all reviews for the game added up, then divided by the total number of reviews). Tony Hawk Underground 2 looks like it came out a little too soon after the first and the series received it's first cumulative 80's grade. Soon after, American Wasteland was released and it dropped even further into the 70's. Project 8 and Downhill Jam took the series even lower with Downhill Jam reaching the 60's for the first time ever. Proving Ground was the most recent release of Tony Hawk to the market (prior to Ride) and it received a mediocre 73%. I knew some people who picked this one up and while it wasn't the Tony Hawk of glory days, it wasn't a horrible game. Finally though, it seems Tony Hawk and Activision may have sealed the deal by release Tony Hawk Ride this holiday season. The game hasn't even been out that long and already has a 58%...that's not good.
Some people may blame the developers for making a crappy game, but I don't. I blame Activision, or more specifically, Bobby Kotick. He has said time and time again how he loves to get $500 out of people through a $60 game. He saw a way to sell yet another peripheral and he jumped on it. This is the same dude who wants to take the fun out of making video games. But, as long as people continue to buy the plastic guitars, microphones, DJ Sets, skateboards, etc. he will continue making them. As long as this plastic revolution continues, we'll continue to see stuff made into controllers that shouldn't be.
A little off topic, but relevant nonetheless. Check out the image below for the lowdown on the decline of the Tony Hawk series. It's just funny how when the plastic peripherals make an appearance, the score drops significantly below what it was before. You can make whatever conclusions you want from it.


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James Cameron: Mariana Trench & Cameron
March 26, 2012 by staff
James Cameron: Mariana Trench & Cameron, James Cameron after returning from the Challenger Deep fissure in the Mariana Trench, seven miles below the surface.
The sunlight faded to an enduring darkness only a minute or so after James Cameron's submarine slipped beneath the waves and began its descent to the bottom of the planet's deepest chasm, the Challenger Deep fissure in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench.
For two hours and 36 minutes the filmmaker peered into the gloom and counted off the kilometres. The depth of the Bismarck came and went, at 2.9 miles (4.8km) not half way to this ocean floor. At five and a half miles, the submarine was deeper than Mount Everest stands high.
When Cameron touched down, in the hadal zone, he was almost seven miles from the surface of the sea. It was a moment seven years in the making for the Canadian film director, whose thirst for ocean exploration inspired his films Titanic, and The Abyss.
Only two people had made the dive before: Don Walsh, a US navy submariner, and Jacques Piccard, a Swiss engineer, who, in 1960, took the plunge to the fissure in their bathyscaphe the Trieste.
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Date: Sun May 31 09:53:49 EDT 2009
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Robby Findler <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote: > FWIW I find the OS X selection implementation works much better than > the Windows one, because it works properly with smoothed text (Under > vista I saw strange artifacts around the edges of letters when they > were selected which makes it hard to read). I noticed it, too. The text selection use case is more about seeing the whole of the selection and not the text. > Of course, I generally stick with a white background. Why do you prefer white on black? Easier reading?
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The heartbroken family of a Helston man found hanged in a Thai prison has warned other holidaymakers of what they describe as a "tourist scam in a dangerous country."
It follows the death of Liam Whitaker, 24, from Grylls Parc, who was found dead only two days after arriving in Bangkok, in October last year.
Just hours earlier he had been arrested for possession of a class one drug, crystal meth, known in Thailand as "Ya Ice".
His friend James Meredew told an inquest last Friday that Thai police officers had tried to get the pair to pay 400,000 baht, the equivalent of £8,000 at that time, either as a bribe or bail money.
James was escorted to a cash point but was only able to withdraw £100 that night, which was not accepted.
James left Liam, an engineer by trade, at the police station "in good spirits", agreeing to return in the morning for a proper interview and possibly with more money.
Yet when he returned the next day, with another friend, Adam Pascoe, they learned Liam, a former Helston Community College student, had been found hanged in a detention area bathroom.
His mum Andrea told the Packet: "It's quite clear to me it's a tourist scam in Thailand and I think people should be aware that this happens.
"It's a dangerous place and we're heartbroken to lose Liam."
James told the inquest that he and three other friends, including Liam, had intended to spend three weeks in Thailand, staying the first four days in Bangkok before heading off on a pre-booked jungle trip.
They arrived on October 13 and the next day had enjoyed a few drinks, before taking some Valium tablets they had bought from a late-night pharmacy.
The other two then returned to the hostel, and Liam suggested trying to buy "harder drugs."
James said the pair got into a tuk-tuk [a three wheeled vehicle], adding: "Liam had made some sort of deal with the taxi driver."
They set off on a two-minute drive before the driver showed Liam down an alleyway, |with James remaining in the |tuk-tuk.
A few minutes later they returned, got back in the vehicle and travelled to the Rambutri Road, where police officers appeared and searched Liam.
They found a small plastic bag containing 0.55g of clear crystals and arrested him. A search of James found nothing.
A translated statement from Police Senior Sergeant Major Vitaya Sawaddhiparp said he had seen the pair and They looked suspicious and similar to those on drugs. I suspected they might have something illegal on their bodies."
Thai police statements said that the pair were stopped while walking; however, James had said the tuk-tuk was flagged down.
Statements made no reference to any suggestion of a handover of money and did not contain details of any conversations that took place.
However, they claimed that after James had left the police station Liam had asked to use the toilet.
Officers continued to fill in reports, but after 20 minutes they looked into the bathroom of the juvenile detention room to find Liam hanged.
His time of death was recorded as 4.30am on October 15.
When James returned to the police station he was interviewed by officers, but said they did not seem to be listening to what he had to say, concentrating only on the drugs.
"It seemed like we were talking to gangsters, not the police," he said.
At one point he paid 1,000 baht to avoid further trouble, after being accused of losing one of the officer's pens.
The police were holding their passports, but James and Adam pretended they needed them in order to check into a different hotel, but instead headed straight to the airport and returned to the UK.
The cause of Liam's death was determined as asphyxia due to suspension of the neck (hanging), with coroner Dr Emma Carlyon recording an open verdict.
She said she was not satisfied there was a sufficient level of proof that Liam had killed himself.
She found a discrepancy in two toxicology reports, one made in Bangkok and the second in the UK, with the British one finding levels of sedative diazepam (the Valium), the hallucinogenic ketamine and stimulant methamphetamine that were not present in the Thai report. It was unknown where these last two drugs had come from or the affect they would have had on Liam.
Blood samples taken in Thailand were destroyed following the post-mortem there, before they could be flown to the UK.
Dr Carlyon added that there appeared to be no motive for the hanging, with Liam expecting his friends to return the next day and secure his release.


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King's College is perhaps Cambridge's most iconic and well-known college. Trinity, Queens' and St John's may be larger and richer but King's boasts unquestionably the finest building in Cambridge in the form of the college chapel, one of the great masterpieces of English architecture dating from the fifteenth century. The chapel took almost a hundred years to build and it shows in the way that it towers magnificently over every other building in central Cambridge, a symphony in Late Gothic design. It has a world-famous choir to boot, whose Christmas Eve service is broadcast across the world to an audience numbering in the hundreds of millions each year. For connoisseurs of supernatural literature this college is best known as the home of M R James, whom many regard as the author of the best ghost stories in the English language, but King's also has an additional claim to fame in the realm of the paranormal: The Gibbs Building, one of the most haunted locations in Cambridge.
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Maybe not everyone got word that the Big K.R.I.T. Return of 4Eva Tour at the Gramophone was sold-out. Or maybe they heard, but tried to roll the dice and see if some tickets magically showed up at the door. Either way, while waiting in line to get in the recurring scene I saw was groups of bummed people realizing "sold-out" meant just that and turning back and heading home.
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Before Freddie Gibbs' appearance in the late evening early morning, an extensive list of local hip-hop/rap talent worked the Gramophone stage showcasing the various styles the city currently has to offer. I've been tangentially aware of the scene, but had yet to actually partake in a show, so the night became a great primer of the names out there.


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The Spanish delighted in the artificiality of still life. This work by Juan van der Hamen y León (1596-1631), Madrid's preeminent still-life painter of the preceding century, is typical: the setting is abstract and the background dark. The artist concentrates on the arrangement of objectsthe round shapes of the boxes, jars, and pastries contrast with the square blocks on which they rest. He also represents texture and light with great accuracy. Looking closely at such a calculated composition is both an intellectual and a sensory experience.
Unlike Meléndez, whose objects are humble, van der Hamen portrayed expensive delicacies to appeal to the taste of his aristocratic patrons.
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text: World 9 November 2012 Rachel Maddow: this election restores hope for a working American democracy "The Republicans got shellacked. And they had no idea it was coming." Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Rachel Maddow is the boss. Transcript: Ohio really did go to President Obama last night. And he really did win. And he really was born in Hawaii. And he really is legitimately President of the United States. Again. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not make up a fake unemployment rate last month. And the Congressional Research Service really can find no evidence that cutting taxes on rich people grows the economy. And the polls were not skewed to oversample Democrats. And Nate Silver was not making up fake projections about the election to make conservatives feel bad. Nate Silver was doing math. And climate change is real. And rape really does cause pregnancy sometimes. And evolution is a thing! And Benghazi was an attack ON us, it was not a scandal BY us. And nobody is taking away anyone's guns. And taxes have not gone up. And the deficit is dropping, actually. And Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction. And the moon landing was real. And FEMA is not building concentration camps. And UN election observers are not taking over Texas. And moderate reforms of the regulations on the insurance industry and the financial services industry in this country are not the same thing as Communism. Listen. Last night was a good night for liberals and for Democrats for very obvious reasons. But it was also, possibly, a good night for this country as a whole. Because in this country we have a two party system, in government. And the idea is supposed to be that the two sides both come up with ways to confront and fix the real problems facing our country. They both propose possible solutions to our real problems. And we debate between those possible solutions. And by the process of debate, we pick the best idea. That competition between good ideas, from both sides, about real problems in the real country should result in our country having better choices, better options, than if only one side is really working on the hard stuff. And if the Republican party, and the conservative movement, and the conservative media is stuck in a vacuum sealed, door locked, spin cycle of telling each other what makes them feel good, and denying the factual, lived truth of the world, then we are all deprived, as a nation, of the constructive debate between competing, feasible ideas about real problems. Last night the Republicans got shellacked. And they had no idea it was coming. And we saw them, in real time, in real humiliating time, not believe it even as it was happening to them. And unless they're going to secede, they're going to have to pop the factual bubble they have been so happy living inside, if they do not want to get shellacked again. And that will be a painful process for them, I'm sure, but it will be good for the whole country - left, right, and center. You guys, we're counting on you. Wake up. There's real problems in the world. There are real knowable facts in the world. Let's accept those and talk about how we might approach our problems differently. Let's move on from there. If the Republican party, and the conservative movement, and conservative media are forced to do that by the humiliation they were dealt last night, we will all be better off as a nation. And in that spirit, congratulations everybody. Big night. › Phillip Schofield's List shows the danger of treating internet rumours as news Maddow. Photograph: Getty Images Alex Hern is a technology reporter for the Guardian. He was formerly staff writer at the New Statesman. You should follow Alex on Twitter. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Donald Trump was Steve Bannon's creation. What happens now he's gone? Is it OK to punch a Nazi? Theresa May condemns Big Ben's silence – but stays silent on Donald Trump's Nazi defence Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Cape Town - Scores of people are being affected by South Africa's new immigration regulations with some being told they won't be allowed back into the country for up to five years.
Immigration consultant Claude Adams said British student Nicky Wallace, who applied for permanent residency in December, was declared "undesirable" when she recently returned to England to go back to school.
Wallace came to South Africa with her father in November, but her application was rejected after it was mistakenly labelled as a "spousal application," although Wallace is neither married, nor had she applied for such a visa.
"We're trying to get hold of the embassy in London because repair can only be done on that side. The Department of Home Affairs wouldn't even consider any applications for review," said Adams.
German medical doctor Rebbeca Pargner, who has been living in West Beach with her South African fiancé Devan Pulliah, both pictured, said she was declared an undesirable person on May 30 when she was leaving the country on her way to Germany.
She was informed she could be "banned from the country" for five years. Pargner said her visitor's visa had expired in January, but she had applied for temporary residence in December.
She said she visited the Department of Home Affairs in Bellville on May 29 and was told she would be able to travel to Germany and back with the receipt, which showed that she had applied for temporary residence and would simply receive a fine.
"I also double-checked this with Home Affairs in Pretoria."
"On May 30, I went to Cape Town International Airport, prepared to be fined, when the lady at the passport control told me that the regulations had changed and I would now have to face a ban for five years."
Meanwhile, Shaun Fitzhenry, chairman of Education SA, which represents 20 language schools in South Africa, said several students had also been affected by the new regulations.
The Department of Home Affairs didn't respond to repeated requests for comment.
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In 2003, when UC Merced's opening was delayed because of the California budget crisis, a worried student had a question for Jeff Wright, the dean of the School of Engineering.
What's next for us? he asked. The young man was part of a group that was promised admission to UC Merced as transfer students at the planned 2004 opening. What would the university offer to students who had demonstrated their faith in UC Merced in the beginning, only to be bumped around on the rocky road to opening day?
Wright had a solution. Some prospective transfer students became UC Merced employees in 2004-2005 instead, developing valuable engineering experience by preparing computer infrastructure, testing programs that faculty members were preparing to give hands-on experience to engineering students, and preparing a group to enhance all facets of student life for the engineering majors who arrive on campus in September 2005. The group is called Vanguard.
It will be the first UC Merced student club, explained Vanguard president Crystal Wuebker, who was one of the students employed by UC Merced. We'll have meetings, field trips to facilities like Google or Lawrence Livermore National Labs, tutorial services, a newsletter, and social events. Overall, she said, Vanguard aims to make Merced a comfortable place to study and live for students who will surely arrive from other parts of the San Joaquin Valley and beyond. And the atmosphere should remain open and easy, making it accessible for any student interested in studying engineering.
Eventually, Vanguard will become the umbrella organization for student chapters of engineering societies such as the American Society of Civil Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers. The club will help students in all the organizations stay in contact with Dean Wright.
Dean Wright is open; he wants to hear from the students about their problems, concerns and ideas, Wuebker said.
Wuebker has recruited students from Merced College and hopes to broaden the club's outreach to high schools and additional community colleges in the region Admissions and Student Life will help Vanguard reach prospective engineering students and integrate with the student government that will form in UC Merced's first year.


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Long story short: Last year convinced my husband and me that hosting another Xmas Eve party would kill me. Or him. Or both of us. Or we'd kill his sister-in-law.
Wanting to avoid a family murder scandal (and the inevitable squabbling over who cleans up after the kill), this year we're getting out of town beforehand.
I'm kidding about killing the sister-in-law. But I'm not kidding about us getting out of town. Specifically, to Las Vegas!
But not just us two. It will be us, my sister and her husband and their three kids (21, 17,15), plus our mothers (79 and 76-- they can entertain each other and leave us younger folk alone!). The hotel is probably going to be the MGM Grand, so that's taken care of.
Here is the question: Xmastime means that the pool will be closed. We adults will be grabbing casino time as we can, but that means the kids will need things to do. What can teenage kids do in the Strip area in Vegas? The 21-year-old shouldn't have any issues. The teenagers, however....
Oh, yeah. The teenagers are both girls. So I know a partial answer: Give them maps of the Forum Shops, the shops at Bellagio, the other shopping areas on the Strip. They have cell phones, they'll call when they're hungry and/or out of money. What else is there in the Strip area?
If we go Downtown to check out Fremont Street, will there be interesting things for us all to see and do?
Any ideas for Xmas dinner (less than $50 per person)? Any general dining recommendations that are cool but won't break the bank? You advice is greatly appreciated. My husband and I travel together wonderfully-- I make suggestions, he rejects most of them, I go along with whatever he thinks will be OK, we have a wonderful time because we enjoy each other's company--, but traveling with family can be a challenge.
Thanks in advance, folks!!
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Long story short: Last year convinced my husband and me that hosting another Xmas Eve party would kill me. Or him. Or both of us. Or we'd kill his sister-in-law.
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Not trying to be a Grinch, but doesn't sound like much of a trip for your teens. There is some things to do, but after a day there gonna be bored. I don't think it's such a good idea turning two teens loose in Vegas while the adults do their thing. I suspect a lot of things will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day(shopping)
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How about you rent a car and during the day take a trip to Hoover Dam, Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, Death Valley, and/or Grand Canyon.
Hoover Dam and Red Rock Canyon could be done in half a day, Valley of Fire might be a bit longer. Death Valley is a long day trip for a quick look through and Grand Canyon would be a very long day, but doable.
Pick up sandwiches and drinks, let one or two of the adults drive the car (more if they are interested) and the folks with no interest donate to the casino profit.
A day hiking in one of the parks would leave the kids tired enough to chill with a movie while the oldies play.
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@spiro: You are of course right. However, I forgot to mention that we will probably fit in a show or two, damn the cost! We will see sights (the Mirage's Secret Garden, the fountains at Bellagio, what are we forgetting?) and do family things as well, we just need a bit of a list. We'll do the follow-up works as to what is open/closed/dark during that week.
And the kids enjoy singing, so does anyone know of a family-friendly karaoke joint? There HAS to be one...!
There IS a chance that my sister's family WON'T be coming, and it will just be me, my husband and our mothers. Which could make it easier. But a bit more aggravating (two Ladies of Certain Ages can be tough to deal with on an hour-by-hour basis). We'll still need a list of things to do.
I didn't say this would be a very easy topic! But all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance again!!
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@emalloy: I'll look into your ideas. My only concerns are the amount of driving involved (Hoover Dam is strongly possible, but anything farther than that is probably not) and the weather (it will be quite cool in Vegas, as I recall from the last time I went there for Xmas-- with my mom!).
We shall see. And we all may have our cars, so options are somewhat open. Thanks!
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Red Rock Canyon is less than an hour from Vegas.
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For dining options, the brunch buffet at The Cosmopolitan is amazing. So much food, of every type.
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We often fly into Vegas when we are headed to a National Park in the area. We did stop at Red Rock Canyon en route to Death Valley and it was a nice suprise.
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Big change in plans: Now it looks like it will be me, my husband and our mothers-- no sister, brother-in-law and kids in tow.
This makes it easier, doesn't it?
Now our only worries will be cigarette smoke (three of us are ex-smokers and we REALLY don't want to fall back into the habit, like we all did during our wedding!) and too much liquor (we're not sloppy drunks, but...).
We will probably do a Cirque show (Mystère, more likely than not), and we'll look for other shows that won't be dark during Xmas week. Maybe we'll take our moms to one of those drag shows-- that would be a hoot, wouldn't it?!
If anyone else has suggestions, chime in. Thanks in advance!!
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When you run out of things to do with the teens , take them to the Pinball Museum on Tropicana. It,s free and there are tons of vintage pinball games to play. The CSI experience may still be at MGM but not heard of it lately, that is really interesting.Freemont street on a weekend is quite something, but can be a bit scary when the 'interesting' people are out.
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This article was published 12/6/2013 (1532 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It is appalling that the federal public service annual absenteeism rate is 18.2 days -- two and a half times that of the private sector. It is a wise move for Stephen Harper's government to take action on this apparent misuse of taxpayers' money.
There are legitimate reasons for any worker to take sick days and likely most Canadians agree no one should be forced to work through illness. Going to work sick can prolong the illness and cause it to spread to coworkers. It may, in a misguided way, demonstrate loyalty to one's work, but it doesn't pay in the long run and most employers realize that.
Too often, though, sick days are used for something other than illness. It's a way to get time off without losing pay or using up vacation days, despite the dishonesty involved. It's a practice that seems to have taken hold in the days of a robust economy, and has contributed to a belief among those with a designated number of annual paid days off for illness that these days are an entitlement. It's a "use them or lose them" mentality.
We can see that entitlement scenario playing out in Ontario as a record number of teachers are calling in sick this spring. Under the contract imposed by the provincial government, sick days were reduced from 20 to 11 each year and teachers lost the right to bank unused sick days until retirement. Hence, use them or lose them.
That's an attitude that doesn't fly in most private sector workplaces. Absenteeism is monitored and analyzed for patterns. If an employee habitually calls in sick on Mondays or Fridays, for example, chances are there will be serious questions. Particularly in difficult economic times, private sector employers simply cannot afford to see their money wasted through ongoing misuse of sick days.
Let's be clear: We are not suggesting that all teachers and all federal public servants who call in sick are cheating Canadians out of tax dollars. But in both cases, scrutiny is warranted to ensure the system is not subject to widespread abuse.
Particularly with regard to the federal civil service, it's clear something must change given the alarming rate of absenteeism compared to the private sector. It is simply not credible that the rate of legitimate illness would be so much higher among public sector workers compared to those in the private sector.
On Monday, Treasury Board President Tony Clement said the government will negotiate with its public sector unions to replace the banked-sick-days system with a new short-term disability program. That's entirely reasonable; the current system is more than 40 years old and fraught with inefficiency. Given the appalling absenteeism rate, improvements are clearly desperately needed and long overdue.


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Professional boundaries "became blurred" at Scotland Yard as the force made "imprudent decisions" and showed "poor judgment" in hiring a former News of the World boss as a PR consultant, the police watchdog has said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission ruled out corruption allegations in the decision to give Neil Wallis a £1,000-a-day job with the Metropolitan Police.
The investigation also dismissed claims of misconduct surrounding former assistant commissioner John Yates' alleged involvement in securing a job at the force for Mr Wallis' daughter.
But the two investigations showed "senior people appear to have been oblivious to the perception of conflict" amid the phone hacking scandal, Deborah Glass, the watchdog's deputy chairwoman, said.
Senior figures at the force were to blame for failing to carry out a vetting check on Mr Wallis "prior to, or during, his employment" for communications advice between October 2009 and September 2010, the report said.
Mr Wallis was arrested and bailed last year as part of the force's investigation into phone-hacking.
Ms Glass expressed concern over the resignation last month of former Metropolitan Police communications chief Dick Fedorcio, who was told he had a case to answer over the procurement of the contract., adding: "The IPCC cannot prevent a member of police staff leaving before facing misconduct proceedings. But I can and do observe that such a practice can be hugely damaging to public confidence."
Mr Yates, who quit the force during the peak of the scandal last summer, showed "poor judgment" in forwarding Amy Wallis' CV to Scotland Yard's head of HR. The action had "the foreseeable consequence that human resources staff believed that they were obliged to find a post", the report said.
Ms Glass said: "In neither case did we find evidence of corruption, but in both cases we found that policies were breached, and in the case of the former Director of Public Affairs, Dick Fedorcio, that there was a case to answer in relation to misconduct. Our investigations were limited in scope to the issues over which we have responsibility. However, the findings should be considered in context."
A Scotland Yard statement said the force accepted the IPCC's findings. It said: "The report recommends that we review our practices in relation to senior staff who refer friends and relatives to our human resources department for appointment, attachment and holiday employment. The MPS has been the subject of much external scrutiny in recent months and the review recommended by the IPCC will form part of our wider response in taking forward the emerging issues and advice such as that from Elizabeth Filkin and the Leveson Inquiry."


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Okay, I guess I was just kidding.
Looks like I can't even hang it up for a whole week. Please note that I was purposely vague when creating the duration for this hanging it up. I said "a while," which could mean anything. Like "a while" could mean a whole year, or "a while" could mean the amount of time it takes to do your taxes, or even "a while" could be the amount of time I can sit still... which is exactly five minutes.
Symantecs are genius, aren't they? "A while" has options. You can worm your way out of all sorts of responsibility by choosing words like, "a while" or "is."
Anyway, why the sudden(ish) switch? Two reasons:
1) Jenn won't accept my facebook friend request.
2) BOOOOOOOOO0 tttt.
It's important that you say reason two out loud. Say "BOOOOOOOOOO" like you're a Red Sox fan and the Yankees just won, or if your color is Blue, then say it like Red is winning. Now say "ttttt" with your best Voldemort hiss.
Put it together... like this:
Baseball "BOOOOOOOOOO" – Voldemort "ttttttt."
Make sure you say it out loud then get a load of my new footwear (not feetwear):