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It took me a few days, but here is my report from this past Sunday, whichmarked the day that Wally's Wine Store held its 5th Annual Central Coast Wine & Food Celebration benefiting the Michael Bonaccorsi UC Davis Scholarship Fund.
Photos can be found here: http://nochoiceatall.blogspot.com/200...
For the $110 cost of admission, participants got access to Wally's "Big Top" parking lot tent with practically unlimited tastings from more than 50 of the finest wineries on the Central Coast as well as signature dishes from an All-Star lineup of restaurants.
Along with the annual "anchor" restaurants, the Hitching Post and Spago Beverly Hills, Santa Barbara's Bouchon, Olio e Limone and Brothers Restaurant, Artisan in Paso Robles, and LA's Lucques/A.O.C., Comme Ca/Boule, Hungry Cat, Sushi Roku, Campanile, Mozza, and Jar, were all serving food.
Participating wineries included Central Coast luminaries such as Sea Smoke, Paul Lato, Talley, Brewer-Clifton, Au Bon Climat, Saxum, Ojai Vineyard, L'Aventure, Melville, L'Aventure, Rusack, Ambullneo and Tantara.
Unlike other events, Wally's makes a concerted effort to keep the crowds small and the lines short. At Taste of the Nation, for example, the line to get in this year was over 50 people long and it took a while to run through. At Wally's, the doors opened at noon and everybody waiting was in by 12:10. Even better, there wasn't really ever any wait for the wine, the food, or even the restrooms.
The Food
The food options are always pretty limited at the Bonaccorsi event, but the few restaurants that do participate go the extra mile to please the crowd. Each restaurant has its own tent where the offering is laid out on small plates. There is no limit on helpings, which means that popular items can go quickly with people taking two, three or even four portions of their favorite dish.
This year, sandwiches were the order of the day as at least half of the food tents were serving a sandwich of some sort. They ran the gamut from pulled pork, to pork belly, to soft shell crab, to sausage and peppers, to a grilled cheese, to a croque monsieur, to, well, another version of pulled pork.
One of the day's highlights was Spago's soft shell crab sandwich. It was served on a brioche bun with coleslaw, sliced piquillo peppers (I think) and an herbed mayo. On the side was a small Sweet 100 and pear tomato tart with fresh burrata. Wolfgang wasn't there that day, but it didn't mean his staff was taking it easy. Somebody actually went through the trouble to peel each and every one of the tomatoes they served that day. Hat tip there.
That isn't to say that the other sandwiches (clockwise from top left in the photos on the link) weren't good. They were really quite tasty. Lucques' pan bagna (basically a niçoise salad sandwich) was excellent. Despite it being over 85 degrees, a pregnant Suzanne Goin was out there plating the sandwiches herself. As a side note, also in that first photograph is the Hungry Cat's red and yellow watermelon, tomato and feta salad, which was a big hit with the crowd.
Continuing clockwise, the smoked sausage and peppers from the Hitching Post was a great summertime sandwich. Frank Ostini, owner/operator of the Hitching Post was working the grill. He comes down every year to give what he can to the event. Brothers (Mattei's Tavern) in Los Olivos was dishing up delicious pulled pork sandwiches, served with a side of even more pulled pork. The pulled pig was very peppery and smoky, dressed ever so lightly in a spicy barbecue sauce and then served on a dinner roll with coleslaw. Rounding out the photo circle is Comme Ça's croque monsieur. I have to think that it the croque monsieur is a tough sandwich to pull off buffet style in 85 degree heat, but David Myers' team did a nice job (although I don't actually remember seeing Myers there).
Our biggest disappointment was that we missed out on Suzanne Tract's pork belly and cucumber sandwich. We were so distracted by the closing of the silent auction that the last of the pork belly disappeared before we even knew it existed.
It being summer, you knew that Spago wasn't going to be the only restaurant serving tomatoes and fresh mozzarella. Mozza was also serving up the classic combination. A generous portion of their delicious mozzarella di bufala was plated with two ridiculously sweet roasted tomatoes, some basil pesto, a few fresh basil leaves and extra virgin olive oil. It was a nice, simple, well made summer dish.
For dessert, there were a few options to keep you cool. Gelato Bar made the trek over from Studio City to serve up mini cones to all those who asked. The most popular flavors appeared to be the pistachio, gianduia (Nutella), and yogurt. Gelato Bar is owned by Gail Silverton and her partner and fiancé, Joel Gutman. Silverton is sister to Nancy Silverton of Mozza and La Brea Bakery, which means that deliciousness runs in the family.
Boule was sharing the Comme Ça tent and dishing out chocolate spring rolls with fresh mango and macadamia nut ice cream. Campanile was serving a refreshing passion fruit sorbet and Spago had what could best described as a frozen strawberry shortcake with a scone in place of the cake.
The Wine
In my opinion, this is, by far away, the best charity wine event of the year. Over 50 wineries were there tasting - almost all of them pouring at least two different samples. The focus of the event was on the Central Coast, which meant the wines were heavy on the Rhone varietals (Syrah, Grenache, Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier). There was also a number of stellar Pinots, Cabs and Chardonnays as well as some excellent blends thrown in for good measure.
Wine tasting is obviously subjective, but my personal highlights included Albullneo's 2006 Solomon Hills Chardonnay and 2006 Bulldog Pinot Noir; Demetria's 2006 Pinot Noir, 2006 Viognier and 2006 Papou (50% Roussanne, 50% Viognier); L'Aventure's 2006 Estate Cuvee (49% Syrah, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Petit Verdot); Tablas Creek's 2005 Esprit de Beaucastel (44% Mourvèdre, 26% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 5% Counoise) and 2006 Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc (65% Roussanne, 30% Grenache Blanc, 5% Picpoul Blanc); Saxum's 2006 Broken Stones (63% Syrah, 24% Grenache, and 13% Mourvedre); and Paul Lato's 2006 Gold Coast Vineyard Duende Pinot Noir. As an aside, I heard that Paul Lato's Cinematique Larner Vineyard Syrah was excellent, but they unfortunately ran out before I had a chance to try it.
I also really liked Sea Smoke's 2005 Gratis Chardonnay, but the winery rep staffing Sea Smoke's table mentioned that it wasn't publicly available. The Gratis Chardonnay is grown exclusively on Sea Smoke's Estate Vineyard and receives the same care and attention as the famed Sea Smoke Pinot Noir. It is the wineries way of saying thank you to their customers for their continued support of Sea Smoke. In that sense, this wine is only distributed as a gift by Sea Smoke Cellars, it is, unfortunately, not available for purchase.
To be clear, there is really no limit to the amount of wine you can drink. The wineries are very generous with their pours and if you find your favorite at the beginning of the day, they don't mind if you keep coming back for more. But, if you are more into exploring the many tastings, you can do that too. Each of the winery reps are ready to explain the winemaker's notes from any individual wine and they are also happy to answer any questions you might have.
I think I ended up trying 40 different wines myself (thankfully, Fiji was handing out free bottles of water throughout the event), and I found a number of new favorites that I had never tasted before. This is by far the best aspect of the annual Wally's Central Coast Celebration. You can always look forward to seeing the standard bearers of the Central Coast wine scene, but, each year, there are also a couple of new standouts that make it onto your radar for the first time.
The Aftermath
With the silent auction over and the live blues/rock band winding down, the wineries dish out their last few pours. Looking around the crowd, it seemed like everybody had a great time. A few folks were a little tipsy, but none the worse for wear. Two ladies got around the need for a designated driver by having a chauffeur bring them to and from the event in a Rolls Royce - I should have thought of that. If you didn't get a chance to make it this year, be sure to put it on your calendar for next year.


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The decision by the Quebec Soccer Federation (QSF) to ban players from playing the game of soccer is not only discriminatory, but an affront to all Canadians across this country who believe in the beauty of Canada's multicultural spirit and its Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Canadian Soccer Association's recent suspension of the QSF may certainly help in pressuring the provincial soccer federation to remove its turban ban. The form of discriminatory bullying carried out by QSF both segregates and ostracizes turbaned children who simply want to play the game of soccer.
As a proud Canadian, I enjoyed playing the game of soccer as a child. Being a turbaned Sikh, I never faced any discrimination on the soccer field in B.C. The very nature of the sport promotes diversity and teamwork, with young children of all backgrounds interacting with one another and collectively coming together to achieve a common goal.
All I can remember of those fun days is an enjoyable game of soccer, accompanied by oranges at break time and participating in exciting tournaments. We collected recycled cans and bottles to fundraise for our team. The pizza dinner at the end of the season was also something that all the children looked forward to. Certainly, playing in my "backyard" could not have fostered the sense of teamwork, cooperation and social skills that I developed as a young player. On the field, one could see the microcosm of a diverse Canadian society – the next generation of Canadians who would remember their childhood as one full of diversity and acceptance.
With parents and relatives on the sidelines, it was a common occurrence to hear them yell words of encouragement in different languages, in addition to English. Immigrants, who may have come to Canada just a few months prior to enrolling their children in the soccer program, were already seeing how Canada was truly an accepting country. The soccer pitch also became a community-building experience, where different communities not only interacted with members of their own community, but were also able to connect with parents of others communities as well. This helped them truly integrate into Canadian society.
My father, who is an avid FIFA fan and played soccer for fun as a child in India, encouraged me to play soccer, as it would give me a chance to not only build strong teamwork skills but also experience the thrills of a team sport – something that he experienced as a child. And though I wasn't the strongest player, the strong sense of teamwork that I developed certainly plays an important role in one's childhood journey. What will children, who have been banned by the QSF, remember of their childhood soccer experience?
The Quebec Soccer Federation has supported its actions under false justifications of player safety. However, even from a purely objective standpoint, how many cases of injury can QSF attribute to the turban? Where is the empirical evidence which states that X number of turbaned soccer players have caused injuries on the field? Nowhere else in Canada does such a ban exist. Furthermore, QSF says that it is simply following FIFA guidelines. However, nowhere does FIFA explicitly state any sort of ban on turbans. No organization has the right to set up its own discriminatory barriers. The very origins of soccer, dating back thousands of years, have roots in almost all parts of the world, including Europe, Asia and South America.
In the wake of this unfortunate decision by the QSF, one thing is certain – the multicultural spirit is well and alive, and has been stirred to action by QSF's ignorant decision. There has been great protest from Canadians of all colours, races and religions from across this country.
QSF's actions are not representative of Canadian principles. It is time for the organization to remove this ban and apologize.
Japreet Lehal is an award-winning undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University, where he is a Senator and also serves on the Board of Directors (SFU Community Trust). He is also one of the Top 25 under 25.

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Good Deeds Wireless, Created To Fundraise For Nonprofits & Charities
New wireless services company set to launch September 30, 2013 nationwide - Launch ceremony held with nonprofit partners in Philadelphia, PA
Sep 27, 2013, 13:22 ET from Good Deeds Wireless
IRVING, Texas, Sept. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Formed to be a steady fundraising resource for charities and nonprofits, Good Deeds Wireless will donate 50% of its ongoing profits directly to its charity partners. The company will use its resources to educate, promote and advertise these great causes. The company's launch event is scheduled for September 30, 2013 at 1625 Chestnut Street, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia at 11:00 am. Media is invited to attend.
The event will be hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of South East Pennsylvania. In attendance will be BBBS South East Pennsylvania CEO, Marcus Allen, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, CEO, Manny Gonzalez, Founder and Executive Director of the Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness, Jonathan Foxman, and Founder of Good Deeds Wireless, Margaret McKoin. Other invited special guests and local celebrities will participate in the launch event.
Supporting worthy nonprofits with a new funding resource is the company's main mission; Good Deeds Wireless' committed donation of 50% of its ongoing profits will never lessen. Currently, the wireless company supports three national organizations – Big Brothers Big Sisters, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs Foundation for college scholarships, and the Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness, which supports families coping with the challenges of mental illness, including returning military service men and women and their families.
Good Deeds Wireless not only supports nonprofits, but also offers two very aggressive national wireless rate plans for customers at the same time: The BIG Plan provides Unlimited Talk, Text and Data for $45/month and The LITTLE Plan provides Unlimited Talk & Text for $35/month; both plans are on one of the nation's most popular and reliable national networks. There is no contract or credit approval required. These plans are available to consumers and business customers nationwide.
The wireless company offers two ways to sign up for new service. Interested purchasers can log onto GoodDeedsWireless.com and complete their order, or they can call Customer Care at 1-888-326-3017. Orders will be received in 3 -5 business days.
Good Deeds Wireless currently offers several choices of cell phones for purchase. Most existing phone numbers can be transferred to Good Deeds Wireless, or purchasers have the option to obtain a new number.
Good Deeds Wireless is based in Irving, Texas. It is set to publicly launch on September 30, 2013 with its nonprofit partnerships in Philadelphia, PA. It will also have public and media events at the Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies in Madison, WI on October 1, 2013 and Miami, FL on October 3, 2013. Good Deeds Wireless will be participating in a fundraising golf event for FSFMI in Dallas, TX on Oct. 8, 2013 and also be present at the National Society of Hispanic MBAs national conference October 10-12, 2013 in San Antonio, TX.
About Good Deeds Wireless - Our Company was formed because so many Americans care passionately about the charities that make an important difference in the lives of those in need. While offering customers the same great phones on the same great networks, Good Deeds Wireless provides a way to help these charities continue their good deeds. Our founders have over 25 years of experience in telecom and we are committed to helping charities. We donate 50% of all ongoing profits directly to our nonprofit partners. For more information visit www.GoodDeedsWireless.com or call Customer Care: 1-888-326-3017
Contact: Margaret McKoin
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O'Neill's Leicester
16-20 Loseby Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 5DR
16-20 Loseby Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 5DR
As we like to say, may your home always be too small to hold all of your friends. Bring your party to O'Neill's Leicester, there's plenty of room for everyone.
You'll find everything for a great get-together: quality food and drink, a buzzing atmosphere and a generous measure of our famous Irish hospitality. Whether the occasion demands a sit-down meal or buffet to share, just tell us what you need and we'll do the rest.


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I've been seeing a man in my backyard for the past two nights
Story by reddit user Opinionson
To start I need to give some background:
I am a male who lives in relatively nice neighborhood
It's your average small town run of the mill suburbs area with not a lot of people.
I am a college kid who's home on break while my parents have gone away which doesn't help at all.
I have a two story house
I do not have gun nor do I have any real weapons other than kitchen knives
I am not on any medication and I have no record of schizophrenia or any other mental illnesses
I barely have any relationships with my neighbors most of whom are elderly and the rest I have minimal contact with
I do not have any people in my neighborhood (that I know of) who have reasons to attack or harm me
Now, let's get into what has been happening. About two nights ago I
woke up very late in the night and I went to the bathroom to go take a
shit. Now, my second story bathroom has a window that can see the
entirety of my backyard. Directly behind it is a cul de sac which you
can see directly into. There is a group of trees and pile of rocks and
mulch that divides it. Usually I can see everything in my backroom
without turning on my because lights from my neighbor's house dimly
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WASHINGTON - President Bush asked Congress for $46 billion more to bankroll wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and said he wants the money approved by Christmas. The fighting in Iraq, in its fifth year, already has cost more than $455 billion.
Democrats who gained control of Congress with an antiwar message said Bush should not expect lawmakers to rubber-stamp the request.
"The colossal cost of this war grows every day - in lives lost, dollars spent, and to our reputation around the world," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. "The American people long ago rejected the president's planned 10-year occupation of Iraq and want the administration to provide a concrete plan to bring our troops home.
"The choice is between a Democratic plan for responsible redeployment of our troops and the president's plan to spend another trillion dollars for a 10-year war in Iraq. We must end this war."
Announcing his latest request, Bush alluded to the nation's disenchantment with the war, which has claimed the lives of more than 3,830 members of the U.S. military and more than 73,000 Iraqi civilians.
"Our men and women on the front lines should not be caught in the middle of partisan disagreements in Washington," the president said.
Monday's proposal brings to $196.4 billion the total requested for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere for the budget year that started Oct. 1. It includes $189.3 billion for the Defense Department, $6.9 billion for the State Department and $200 million for other agencies.
With stepped-up military operations, the war is costing about $10 billion a month.
The White House originally sought $141.7 billion for the Pentagon to prosecute the Iraq and Afghanistan missions, then asked for $5.3 billion more in July. Bush's latest request includes another $42.3 billion for the Pentagon.
For the State Department, Bush more than doubled his initial $3.3 billion request, adding $3.6 billion for a total of $6.9 billion. The updated request includes money for peacekeeping efforts in Darfur, battling drug trafficking in Latin America, fighting famine in Africa and assisting Iraqi refugees and the Palestinians.
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Deck the Halls
Piano - Intermediate
Arranged by Catherine Rollin. Piano Solo; Solo. Christmas; Secular; Winter. Sheet. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.18760).
Item Number: AP.18760
For the holidays, an intermediate level pianist will enjoy performing this arrangement of the famous yuletide carol, set in C Major, with interesting eighth note pattern embellishments in the accompaniment, and nice shifts in textures and dynamics.


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My Nonprofit Reviews
Ginger Worth
Review for Memorial Hospital At Gulfportfoundation Inc, Gulfport, MS, USA
The Memorial Foundation was instrumental and helped to fund a brand new mobile Immunization Van to provide immunizations and limited health screening services to the community. By providing the mobile van, Memorial is now able to reach more members of the community, providing preventative care to children and adults, which in turn helps Memorial carry out its mission of Building a Healthier Community. Some community screenings that are conducted on the van and in the community are: Blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and stroke screenings. Key aspects of care for those needing immunizations include assessment of the individual's immunization history, administration of needed vaccines, education about the vaccine and possible side effects, directions as to when the individual needs to return for additional immunizations and what to do in case of an adverse reaction to a vaccine. Those receiving health assessments are informed of the result of the screening with an explanation of what the result means. They are given education as appropriate, based on the screening result. Referral is made to other health care providers as needed. The community receiving this service are individuals who may not ever see a healthcare physician or get the needed immunizations.
All immunizations administered on the Van are entered into the statewide immunization registry so wherever they move their record will follow them. The Foundation continues to support this program by purchasing needed equipment and supplies to serve the community and continue this program.
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By default, the text-based email client 'alpine' requests a password the first time, per session, that it is requested a password from any email services it checks. For the duration of that session, it remembers the password, but forgets it if you quit alpine so you have to enter it again later. From a security point of view, that is probably a good thing, but most people do like to have their email client remember the password between sessions.
The way this works in alpine seems a little obscure at first, but actually makes a lot of sense. Alpine checks for a file in which passwords should be stored, and if it is there, it behaves differently.
If the file exists, and alpine is asked for a password, then it checks that file for the password. If it is not there it asks you for the password, and then, after you've entered it, alpine asks you if you want to save that password in the file. If you say yes, then you are in business.
This has two important implications for you. One: If you want alpine to remember passwords, just create the file and it will happen. Two: If you have trouble at some later time with some kind of operation and you think that the part about asking for the password is screwing you up, delete the file and restart the program (you'll have to know the password, of course, for when you are prompted for it later).
How do you create the file? Using the bash command 'touch' should do. But what file do you need to create? Well, that depends. The file alpine uses is determined at compile time. At present, it seems that the current version of alpine is using a file called '.pine-passfile' (note the dot at the beginning of the file … this is a hidden file) and this file should be in your home directory.
So, to make this work:
1) Quit alpine
2) In a termnial, type:
touch .pine-passfile
3) Restart alpine, check for email and send email, and when asked for a password, enter it and respond "yes" to the prompt asking you if you want to save the password.
4) Give your mouse a little piece of cheese so it does not feel lonely.
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text: We all know that Lance Armstrong's recent return to triathlon at the Panama 70.3 brought a lot of media attention. The folks at TriFuel posted an opinion piece with some pros & cons of Lance re-entering the triathlon arena. Interesting article, especially for those who have been around triathlon for awhile. Think triathlon is a fringe sport? Might not be so for long, thanks to Lance. Read on: http://www.trifuel.com/training/general/good-better-or-worse-could-lance-armstrongs-return-hasten-the-demise-of-triathlon


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Hong Thien 2 Hotel
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Hong Thien 2 Hotel
About the Hotel
Property Location
Located in Hue, Hong Thien 2 Hotel is convenient to Dong Ba Market and Truongtien Bridge. This hotel is within close proximity of Hue Museum of Royal Fine Arts and Imperial City.
Make yourself at home in one of the 15 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Enjoy recreation amenities such as bicycles to rent or take in the view from a garden. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services and ATM/banking services. Limited parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Total number of rooms - 15
- Garden
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- Parking (limited spaces)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
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- Restaurant
- Free breakfast
Room Facilities
- Free toiletries
- Coffee/tea maker
- Air conditioning
- Room service (24 hours)
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Minibar
- Free WiFi
Hotel Policy
Know Before You Go
- One child 6 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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Like that of most grownups, my memory of middle school is a scratchy mental filmstrip of tiny triumphs punctuated by gigantic humiliations--the vomiting-on-my-sneakers incident of 1972, for example. My school was one of those Machiavellian pyramids composed of jocks, cheerleaders, greasers, hoods, geeks--and an atomic-wedgie specialist nicknamed Buzz, who roamed the halls looking for victims. I was lucky, however. I had two older sisters--big, popular and vengeful teenage goddesses. Looking back, I'm sure they would have happily watched me dangle from a locker hook, but at the time I was able to navigate the bully-infested halls of junior high surrounded by...
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The Development of Mental Processing: Efficiency, Working Memory, and Thinking
184 pages
September 2002, Wiley-Blackwell
- Study presenting a developing comprehensive theorhetical system
and showing its evolution.
- Includes commentary by Kurt Fischer and Theo Dawson.
- An interesting monograph for both students and researchers about the process of theory creation as much as the study's findings.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.
2. The Study Methods.
3. Results: The Architecture of the Mind.
4. Results: The Development of Processing Efficiency.
5. Results: Specifying Patterns of Change by Growth Modeling.
6. Results: Specifying Patterns of Change by Logistic Equations.
7. Toward an Overarching Theory.
Commentary: A New Kind of Developmental Science: Using Models to Integrate Theory and Research: Kurt W. Fischer and Theo L. Dawson.
Statement of Editorial Policy.
Author Information
Constantinos Christou received his Ph.D. from the
University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. He is an associate professor of
mathematics education at the University of Cyprus and the
vice-chairman of the Department of Education. His research focuses
on the cognitive development of mathematical concepts. Currently he
studies the effects of memory and information processing on the
development of students' abilities in problem solving. He is the
author or coauthor of 70 publications and is on the editorial board
of the Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics Education.
George Spanoudis received his M.A. from Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a tutor and doctoral
student at the University of Cyprus. His research focuses on the
development of the child's theory of mind and the development of
processing capacity.
Maria Platsidou received her Ph.D. from Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She is an assistant professor
of psychology at the University of Macedonia, Greece. Her research
focuses on moral and intellectual development. She published a
number of articles in scholarly journals, including The
Architecture and Dynamics of Developing Mind in the
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
(1993, Serial No. 234, with A. Demetriou and A. Efklides).
Kurt W. Fischer earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
He is Charles Bigelow Professor of Education and Human Development
and Director of Mind, Brain, and Education at the Harvard Graduate
School of Education. His research combines modeling and measurement
to understand how change and variation produce diverse pathways of
development and learning. Primary research directions include
dynamic growth modeling of change processes, measurement of
cognitive and emotional development, microdevelopmental change in
real-life learning situations, development in diverse cultures,
pathways to psychopathology, brain bases of cognitive change, and
pedagogical implications of knowledge about development of
cognition, emotion, and brain. Fischer is the author of numerous
books, monographs, and scientific articles.
Theo L. Dawson received her Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. She is the director of the Developmental Assessment Project in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1999 she received the APA Division 7 Outstanding Dissertation Award. Her research centers on life-span cognitive development, and she has special interests in the problem of measurement in developmental science, and in methods for modeling complex developmental processes.
The Wiley Advantage
- Study presenting a developing comprehensive theoretical system
and showing its evolution.
- Includes commentary by Kurt Fischer and Theo Dawson.
- An interesting monograph for both students and researchers about the process of theory creation as much as the study's findings.


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The diocesan chancellor of the underground Catholic community in Wenzhou, eastern China, was released Aug. 24, after an 11-month detainment, reported UCA News.
Fr. Paul Jiang Surang, 38, had been kept in a small solitary cell in the Putaopeng Detention Center in Wenzhou, 1,380 kilometers southeast of Beijing.
He and the diocese's vicar general, Fr. Peter Shao Zhumin, 46, were both arrested on Sept. 25, 2006, shortly after they returned from a pilgrimage to Europe. Their belongings were confiscated, including notes and photographs taken when Pope Benedict XVI received them at the Vatican.
In March, both priests were charged with "illegal exit." Fr. Jiang was sentenced to 11 months. Fr. Shao was sentenced to nine months, but was released on parole in May due to severe hearing and gallstone problems.
Upon his release, Fr. Jiang was diagnosed to have heart disease, high blood pressure and vascular sclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.
During their imprisonment, the two priests were reportedly not allowed to see each other and visits with relatives were very limited by the prison.
UCA News reports that the current head of the detention center had led a crackdown on the Wenzhou underground Church in 1999.
Prior to his release, Fr. Jiang reportedly promised government officials not to organize any celebrations over his newly found freedom or the priests' meeting with the Pope.


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On February 23, the U.S. Army announced its intent to cancel the $39 billion Comanche helicopter acquisition program. The Army undoubtedly needs modern equipment to meet the military challenges of the 21st century and the service had already invested decades of research and almost $7 billion in developmental costs. Still, killing Comanche was the right choice. Comanche simply does not fit into the Army's present or future. For now, the Army would do well to reinvest money budgeted for Comanche to ensure that the current generation of helicopters remain effective and reliable.
An Expensive Platform
A program like Comanche, originally proposed in the 1980s, made sense when we needed helicopters that could fight their way through the thick of Soviet air defenses. That is not the situation the Army faces today. The Army already has a fleet of capable combat and support helicopters, as well as more joint (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) assets, with which to fight future enemies far less fearsome than the Warsaw Pact.
To field Comanche, at $53 million per aircraft, would have presented the Army a Hobson's choice, strangling funds for the maintenance and procurement of the current generation of aircraft or other critical programs in order to buy an extremely expensive platform that provides more capability than the Army really requires right now.
There are better alternatives for the funds envisioned for the Comanche program. What the Army should do is to focus procurement effort on capabilities that are truly transformational, that provide the right set of capabilities to accomplish the military missions of this century, not the last one. The centerpiece of defense transformation is linking disparate systems into a "system-of-systems" that integrates sensors, decision-makers, and operational units. This network-centric approach to military campaigns will place an even greater emphasis on joint operations, the coordinated use of land, sea, and air forces. What matters most in joint warfare is the overall performance of the system-of-systems, not individual platforms. The Army should focus its research effort on the most promising new technologies that contribute to creating a 21st century network-centric force.
That said, even in network-centric warfare, platforms (like helicopters) still matter. In war, systems don't always perform as expected. Sometimes they let you down and you have to depend on platforms. In close combat, robust platforms still matter -- they are a hedge against the inevitable friction of battle that drags against any system in wartime. Thus, while Army transformation efforts must fully embrace a network-centric approach, they must also maintain an appropriate focus on dependable and survivable platforms. Therefore, some of the dollars planned for the Comanche program should be reinvested in the Army's current generation of helicopters so that these systems remain effective and reliable until truly new transformational capabilities can be added to the force.
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., is Senior Fellow in the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation.


text: On Sep 15, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Ralf Gommers wrote: > > There's a ticket for this functionality on the pydocweb tracker > already. Hopefully it gets implemented at some point. My bad, sorry. I already always forget to check tickets on the trac site for numpy/scipy, adding yet another site to check seems to be way too much for my caffeine-affected memory. However, there should be an option to allocate tickets to specific people, right ? And then I should received an email if I've been given a ticket, right ? In any case, all my apologies. I'll try to get on it ASAP (but Snow Leopard proves to be trickier to tame than I expected, and I have already couple of full plates waiting for me).


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Skip to comments.Doctor: Report Affirms Al-Dura Story Was a Hoax
Posted on 05/20/2013 5:22:18 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Dr. Yehuda David, who was sued for libel by the father of Muhammad al-Dura and eventually won his case expressed great satisfaction at the issuing of a report by a special report by a government panel that revisited the infamous incident, in which IDF soldiers were accused of killing the 12 year old Arab boy at the start of the second intifada. The committee determined that not only were the allegations and a report by French television purporting to show IDF soldiers shooting and killing the boy a lie, but that the al-Dura is not even dead.
An IDF investigation in October 2000 concluded Israeli soldiers "probably did not shoot the al-Duras." Three senior French journalists who saw the raw footage in 2004 said it was not clear from the footage alone that the boy had died. They noted France 2 had cut the final few seconds of video in which he appeared to lift his hand from his face.
David, a physician at Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv, entered the al-Dura fray on December 13, 2007 when he told Israel's Channel 10 that he had treated Jamal in 1994 for knife and axe wounds to his arms and legs sustained during an Arab gang attack. David said the scars Jamal claimed as bullet wounds from the 2000 incident were actually scars from a tendon repair operation that David performed in 1994, leading Jamal to sue him for libel. He was initially convicted of a charge, but that decision was overturned by the French Supreme Court in February 2012. The decision was widely seen as a national victory for Israel.
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He got better. BTT
Grew up and became Green Helmet Man.
I remember after the vid was shown that "proved" the IDF shot the boy someone did a frame by frame analysis and showed that the way the chips flew the bullets that hit around the two were all coming from the arab side of the shoot-em-up. Were there even any IDF at that particular scene?
Call me lazy, but if I find that out during the investigation, it's going to be a pretty short report.
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
Not that the disbelievers will believe it.
Oh. Oops.
Reports are issuing reports now?
LYING SACKS o' $hit!!
Since there is no such thing as a ''palestinian'', who really cares if any of them are dead?
Besides, it was so long ago.....
What difference does it make, now?!
Yes, but they were in a pillbox I believe and at an impossible angle to have hit the boy. This is only as I remember it. There are sites online that show where the "fight" took place and the firing angles.
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Screen size of pictures is larger than actual picture size!
I just noticed this:
The size of pictures I post on my blog, tend to show larger on screen!
Take this page for example:
The actual picture width is 530 pixels but when I use a on-screen ruler, it shows 588 pixels!
Is wordpress enlarging the pictures? The image tag is as follows:
<img src="http://punez.nafice.com/photos/images1/face-beans-illusion.jpg" alt="" />
I found out about this when this page messed up:
Any suggestions? Is it the pixel ruler that is measuring wrong? is it wordpress enlarging the pics? how can i get the actual size to display on screen?
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How do you feel when you spend money?
One of the key steps to feeling and being abundant is being aware when you're not in what I call the Abundant Zone. It's that same Zone that athletes get into when they're at the top of their game. Nothing can stop them.
While browsing the web, I happened upon a story about Texas' 2 billion dollar water plan and Prop 6, an initiative that would fund the water plan through the state's "rainy day fund". Critics of the plan feel that taking out the money would jeopardize the rainy day fund, but there has been good support from voters who believe the money could easily be replenished.
This is a perfect example of scarcity versus abundant thinking. Critics of the Texas water plan are obviously not in The Zone. As a manifestor of abundance you have to believe that when you spend money, it will flow back to you. Saving money is good, but if it's there to spend, then why not use it?
One of the things I'm still learning and practicing is that manifesting money and keeping that money flowing is all about how you feel as opposed to how you think or how much action you take.
This idea also applies to being in debt. Regardless if it's Texas title loans, credit card debt, or owing money to your grandmother, you can't come from a place of not having enough money. Think of it as someone passing on their abundance to you and you returning that abundance back to them in the future. You change your attitude and mindset about the exchange. It's no longer about you needing money or owing someone money. Even a small change in thinking will set off more positive vibes and feelings.
When you need money or owe money, you don't feel abundant, and this is why money is not flowing. Think about it. If you had a billion dollars in the bank right now, the last thing you would be thinking about is how much you need money. Your mind is open to abundant thinking.
So how do you get into this place of feeling abundant?
- Feel gratitude - It does take practice, but a good place to start is cultivating an attitude of gratitude. This gets you to focus on what you do have instead of what you don't have. Even if you find a penny on the ground, be grateful for the money that comes from unexpected places.
- Ignore your debt - I'm not saying don't pay your debt, but don't think about it until it's time to make a payment. Instead of mulling over how much debt you have or how low your credit score is, open up your mind to the infinite ways that abundance can flow into your life, and be grateful for all the ideas that come to you.
- Daydream - Instead of stressing over the money you need, switch gears and think back to a time when you felt abundant. Get into that feeling of relaxation and relief. Feel the pulse of your body as it feels excited about all the abundance you already have.
When you catch yourself out of The Zone, stop, take a deep breath, and do one of the things I listed above.
How do you get into the Abundant Zone?
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Chinese authorities have closed down the country's only nudist beach, ordering bare-bottomed bathers off its sands in a bid to create a "civilised social environment".
Officials in Sanya, a resort town on the tropical island of Hainan, reportedly descended on the Dadonghai beach on Thursday morning with orders to clothe dozens of naked sun worshippers.
Dadonghai, a 1.4-mile crescent of sand along the South China Sea, has been known as China's top nudist destination for more than a decade despite never having been officially recognised by the government.
The Naked Historian, a British blog about naturism, describes Dadonghai as China's "one and only nudist beach."
The "colony" also receives a mention in the Rough Guide to China, which warns potential visitors that the beach is mostly frequented by "Chinese men well past the first bloom of youth."
No more. On Thursday morning law enforcement officials appeared on the beach, which is near a People's Liberation Army base, and ordered naked bathers to put their trunks back on.
Embarrassed-looking police officers handed out leaflets outlining the Communist Party's ban on all "nude swimming or sunbathing."
"Violators will be punished in accordance with the nature of their offence," China News Service reported.
The state-controlled news agency quoted an upset local who claimed Dadonghai's sands were often crowded with as many as 200 stark naked men, the majority from northern China.
"Swimming or sunbathing nude on a public beach is not a moral thing to do," said the man, who was named only as Mr Zhou. "I hope the government can put a stop to this behaviour once and for all."
To the global nudist community the People's Republic of China is known as something of a wilderness.
A ranking of the world's top 14 nudist beaches that was compiled by Chinese state media last year failed to include a single destination in the Middle Kingdom.
"Public nudity is widely frowned upon as contrary to Confucian values, which emphasise a sense of propriety and shame," according to a post on Naked Historian last year.
There were still "very few naturist resorts in China and only one nudist beach," the blog added.
However, that was starting to change with "nudist sites" popping up in parts of northeast and southwest China.
Among them were resorts named the Chongqing Girls Nude Bathing Area and the Heaven Bodies Nude Bathing Centre. "Things are looking up," the blog concluded.


text: Hi Julie, That's correct, txt files need to be uploaded as txt files. I was just running an experiment. Sorry for the confusion. Take care, Marissa -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julie Morales Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:47 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks in TXT files Hi, Marissa. I thought .txt files have to be uploaded after validation as .txt files, or is this just to test the page break thing? Take care. Julie Morales Email and Windows/MSN Messenger: inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx When God puts a tear in your eye, it is because He wants to put a rainbow in your heart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Page Breaks in TXT files Hi Cindy, In answer to your question, you should be able to tell if a txt file has page breaks by a little symbol that looks like a square. DON'T DELETE THE SQUARES. Or you won't have page breaks. I have no idea how they sound in screen readers. They should be in the txt files you download anyway. If they're not, then we can work with the scanner of the book to save the file properly. In the file that I tested, Word put page breaks where there should have been page breaks, according to the txt file. I first opened the txt file in Word, and then saved it as an rtf file without a glitch. If people have other experiences or suggestions for how to test this Word error, let me know. Does that help? Marissa -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:46 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Paring the Download Validation list Having finally finished the book I was validating, I went to the download list to see what I might want to do next (though I'm waiting to see what books from the Fair list Marissa will send me). Those romance books that people have been complaining about and that I was willing to try to fix, if I could obtain the books, are all in txt. Until the hard page break question is answered, i.e., do we need them or is spacing between the page numbers and text o.k. -- but then what about the breaks that Word puts in where they don't belong? -- I don't want to tackle them. If they are bad, why don't we just reject them? People who want to read the books can scan them and submit them as rtf, and more of us can then validate them. And that would decrease the number of books on the list considerably, it seems to me, just from quickly eyeing how many there were, not just txt in general but those. Cindy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com


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That's me.
That's me.
I don't know how you guys keep the names straight this early in the game! We only know them at this point by nicknames (ie., we were happy when Adam picked "Young Costanza" for one of the battle rounds) or maybe by their audition song if it was memorable. Maybe after next week we'll know who they are a little better...
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. - St. Francis of Assisi


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Hi guys, my first post - so first off thanks for all the work you've done & info available here - cool stuff.
I've only had a Wii a year (got it for my 2 young boys), but grew up on early game systems incl NES and have always been a recreational gamer. Not wanting to get hardcore on mods, but really looking forward to the kids & I not having to use discs anymore and have everything available from the menus.
I've spent several hours searching & reading through lots of guides & posts, and I've still got a few questions...
> Red 4.3 Wii, followed the "Softmod ANY Wii Guide", installed just fine. (I didn't downgrade from 4.3 bcs I hadn't registered & couldn't download the file at that moment).
> 1TB USB-powered Seagate drive, partitioned to ~250 GB FAT 32 and 700 GB NTFS. (was thinking/hoping I could using NTFS portion for movies or other non-Wii related storage).
> I have been focused on using USB Loader GX (but I'd be fine to switch if another loader would fit my needs better).
> At this point I have only loaded 1 game on the HDD, so I have a blank slate.
QUESTION 1: Can I use the HDD to store ALL of the needed files (games, images, etc), or do I still need to keep the SD card? If I can use only HDD, how exactly (what steps do I take)?
I've read: -That USB Loader GX has stability issues if everything is moved to HDD (but this was for GX 2.3)
-That it IS possible but only if there is an "additional FAT 32 partition" (but this was for an older version guide about using a WBFS format partion I think).
(If I CAN safely use HDD for all, I don't need a separate small FAT 32 partion for apps, images, etc, for any reason do I?)
QUESTION 2: Does the issue of running GX as a channel or with a forwarder (not entirely sure on my terminology here) come into play with Question #1?
I've read the pros & cons of using both ways...but do you have any additional or more current recommendation about this?
QUESTION 3: I read somewhere that if you removed the SD card and access USB Loader GX, all of your games disappear. Any truth or half truth to that?
Again, this was a post for an earlier version. (But if this is true SOMEBODY ought to post a warning for us noobs in the Guides!) The post indicated this is why you use the "lock" feature?
QUESTION 4: How do I find out what version of USB Loader GX I am currently running?
Didn't see it anywhere from within the GX menus.
Bottom line - I'm looking for something stable & that the kids & I can both use.
Thanks in advance for the help!
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Son, the Team's Name Is Called Juventus Not Who-Ventus!March 14, 2011
This article constitutes of a dialogue my son and I might have in 20 years.
Son: Dad, I was playing with Milan in Championship Manager 2033, and I faced a club, I think it's called who-ventus or something like that, in the quarterfinal of Coppa Italia, and they actually managed to beat me at the San Siro!
Dad: Son.. Juventus used to beat Milan, Roma, Napoli and Internazionale just for the fun of it. Back in the day, Juventus were the pride of Italy; they're the old lady after all.
Son: The old what? They were a famous team?
Dad: Stop irritating me you infant, I'm actually ashamed of you. Have you no knowledge of the history of football? Juventus is the greatest team in Italy. Its feats and accolades speak on their behalf, all of Europe's great teams used to fear the Bianconeri! They have won 29 league titles, nine Coppa Italia, four Supercoppa Italiana, two UEFA Champion's League titles, three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, two UEFA Super Cups and many more.
Son: So what happened to them? What resulted in their downfall and obscurity?
Dad: None other than the shame of Italy, Internazionale, of course! Now I'm not sure what the team has to do with Italy, they're an embassy of South American players, but they're unfortunately located in the country.
Son: What did Internazionale do?
Dad: I'm going to teach you a life lesson right now.
There are several paths you can choose to take that might help you reach success. You can either be born great, be a hard worker, or as in Internazionale's case, know how to frame people and reach success through other's downfalls.
Son: How bad did they frame them?
Dad: They just framed them with bribing referees to help them win games. What's ironic is that they didn't have any clear evidence to support their accusations, but in Italy, the judicial system sucks I guess. The scandal, known as Calciopoli resulted in Juve's demotion to Serie B and a deduction of points from Milan, so basically Internazionale had no competition whatsoever in their pursuit for the Scudetto.
It's a very long story, I'm sick of it. How Juve's VP back then, L. Moggi, left and let idiots, who didn't know how to invest shrewdly with the club's money at all, run the team.
Tens of millions of fans supported Juve back then. Even with all the misfortune there are millions of loyal fans who will forever root for them.
Son: Remind me of the team's name dad.
Dad: Never ask me this question again..
Son, the Team's Name Is Called Juventus Not Who-Ventus!


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Should fast food restaurants be allowed to sell food without posting calorie content? To market unhealthy food to children?
Should garbage cans be labeled "Landfill"?
Should manufacturers be allowed to sell caffeinated alcoholic beverages? To whom should alcoholic beverages be sold?
Should prostitution be legal? Drugs? Weapons? Nukes? Divorce?
What should the age of contractual capacity be? The age of sexual consent?
What should be the consequences of a breach of contract?
Are taxes the same as stealing?
A System of Incentives
The field of law & economics recognizes that a system of law is a system of incentives. We adjust human welfare by adjusting the incentive structures in which humans operate.
Any incentive structure, including but not limited to a legal system, helps people predict how they will be treated, and thus how to plan their actions. Any incentive structure will do, more or less, for this purpose. But some individuals will always be treated sub-optimally by any incentive structure. The only certainty is that some will live in misery - there is always plenty of misery to go around.† But who should be miserable, and how miserable, and why?
By creating or adjusting incentive structures, planners assume that they know what is best for human flourishing. Creating and adjusting incentive structures is an inherently epistemically ungenerous activity. This, I think, is the main problem with Bryan Caplan's take on behavioral economics, which I've previously summarized thus:
Bryan Caplan thinks that the solution [to the problem of men not wanting to work] is to not have soup kitchens. That is, to make everybody so miserable that they HAVE to work, or else.
Caplan (and his coauthor) "know" that it's better for people to live as close to a "productive," middle-class existence as possible; so they argue we should adjust the incentive structure to give the poor fewer choices so that they are forced to make the "right" choice.
The search for a just, ethically defensible incentive structure requires an attempt to get outside of any single individual or group's notion of what is best - to do what's best for everyone, not just the would-be incentivizer and his cronies.
The Russian Doll Problem
In some sense, incentive structures compete with each other (e.g., capitalism v. communism). But even competing incentive structures exist within a wider incentive structure. The governments of countries may be seen as competing incentive structures, existing within the wider incentive structure of the world. Organized crime and government are competing systems of incentive, and operate within the wider incentive structure of the natural world. This is true even if the background incentive structure is merely "might makes right" - which is probably the only possible top-level, ultimate incentive structure.
Creating and adjusting incentive structures is at best hubris, at worst tyranny.
Some (libertarians, the religious, and advocates of democracy, for example) ignore this problem by assuming a privileged status for some kind of incentive structure.
Privileged Incentive Structure: God Said So
Some of the most successful religions worldwide have a built-in legal system and/or incentive structure. For this reason, some religions function very well as technologies that promote trade. Sharia in Islam, Gemora in Judaism, and Canon law in Christianity are the most well-known examples.
Religions are not written texts. The written text (e.g. Mishnah) is like a constitution - but a government is not its constitution. The United States has a tiny little constitution, but the system of incentives is largely given by the enormous system of courts and police that interpret and enforce the written text.
Adherents of these religions get around the Russian dolls problem of incentive structures by assuming a privileged status for their enshrined incentive structure on the basis that this incentive structure was ordained by God.
Privileged Incentive Structure: The Market Said So
Libertarians attribute a privileged status to the "free market." However, a market exists within a context of a wider incentive structure (the initial distribution, human nature, scarcity). Markets are not ever really "free" - there must be a wider incentive structure to contain the market, even if this incentive structure is merely "might makes right."
Privileged Incentive Structure: The People Said So
A novel solution to the Russian Dolls problem of incentive structures is: let the participants choose their own incentive structure. Various forms of democracy claim to embody this solution.
Ultimately, this is no more than creating a market to determine the rules for the market. "One person-one vote" is, ultimately, as arbitrary as "one dollar, one vote" (or "one bullet, one vote," for that matter). Why is a person the proper unit of democracy? Why adults and not children? Why present people and not future people? What about the rights of those in the minority position on anything? Why is it fair for a majority to impose its will on a minority? Democracy is, at best, a caricature of consent.
Prior to garnering fame as an authoritarian parenting enthusiast, law and economics scholar Amy Chua wrote a book (World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability) explaining some of the problems with "democracy-as-privileged-incentive-structure" - especially when combined with a purportedly free market. In the real world, economic advantage tends to not be spread equally among people - or randomly. Advantages, whether intellectual or material, tend to be clustered within identifiable groups of people, and these groups tend to attempt to manipulate the system of incentives to increase this clustering (that is, to promote inequality). Unfortunately, the red-in-tooth-and-claw nature of the background incentive structure is frequently revealed when "market-dominant minorities" are punished for their inequality-promoting success in often gruesome ways by the (ethnic) majority.
Is the "free market" right, in this case? Should market-dominant minorities, racial or otherwise, own and keep an ever-growing majority share of the world's property? Or is "democracy" right? Should the majority be able to punish the market-dominant few? The conflict, rarely acknowledged, demonstrates that neither is an inherently good incentive structure.
The nature of our universe prevents an ethically sound incentive structure from existing.
It's the initial distribution all the way down.
† Misery, or suffering, might be defined as that of which there is negative scarcity. Not only is there an abundance, but there is an abundance and its consumption is not optional. I think it is more humane to think of economics in terms of a system for the distribution of misery, rather than the distribution of scarce, utility-promoting goods and services.


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In today's news, Andrew Adams writes about honoring California's living historic vineyards. He refers to California Assembly Resolution HR9 passed in honor of them, and the role the Historic Vineyard Society took in crafting the words of the resolution. Evocative of the state's rich agricultural history and beautifully written, HR9 is worth a read:
WHEREAS, California's living and producing historic vineyards that
were planted in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century
still make a significant contribution to the state's economy and
reputation as a global wine growing region; and
WHEREAS, Historic vineyards are found throughout California, east
from the Sierra foothills and San Joaquin County, west to the Sonoma
coast, north to Mendocino, and south to the Cucamonga Valley; and
WHEREAS, Historic vineyards are beautiful and treasured survivors
that have lived through the ravages of phylloxera, economic
downturns, consumer popularity fluctuations, and in many cases,
prohibition and world wars; and
WHEREAS, These historic vineyards provide an important living
repository for wine grape budwood and genetic material; and
WHEREAS, Historic vineyards often provide a living window on past
vineyard practices including, but not limited to, head-trained vines
and dry farming; and
WHEREAS, The interplanted field blends of grape varieties that
were a common practice of the immigrant farmers who planted
California vineyards in the past characterize an era of agricultural
practice and impart wine attributes that are uniquely Californian;
WHEREAS, Fragile older vines are often less productive than
younger vines and can require special care to maintain; and
WHEREAS, Most historic vineyards are family owned and exist by
virtue of the passion of their caretakers; and
WHEREAS, The wine made from California's historic vineyards
continues to delight wine lovers throughout the world and imparts
prestige to the state as a place to live, work, and visit; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California,
That the Assembly recognizes the contribution of California's living historic
vineyards to the agricultural and social heritage of the state as
well as to the enjoyment of wine enthusiasts throughout California
and the world; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
As the story points out, the Historic Vineyard Society's 3rd Annual Vineyard Tour and Dinner is set for Saturday, May 11. It will be lead by HVS Board members Mike Officer (Carlisle Winery and Vineyards), David Gates (Ridge Vineyards), Morgan Twain-Peterson (Bedrock Wine Company), Tegan Passalacqua (Turley Wine Cellars) and Bob Biale (Robert Biale Vineyards). A dinner follows at Seghesio Winery, and reservations are limited. For more information: 831-747-0255 or email@example.com.


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What Is Painful Heelposted on 18 Jan 2015 15:34 by dosherman
The plantar fascia is a thick band of connective tissue that runs along the underneath of the foot from the heel bone to the toes. At the heel it can also have fascial connections to the achilles tendon. Its job is to maintain the arch of the foot, it acts as a bowstring pulled between the heel and the toes. "Itis" as a suffix indicates inflammation, but with the plantar fascia there is still some controversy over what exactly happens to the tissue when it becomes painful.
Plantar fasciitis is caused by small, repetitive trauma to the plantar fascia. This trauma can be due to activity that puts extra stress on the foot. Plantar fasciitis is most common in people who are 40-60 years old. Other risk factors that increase your chance of getting plantar fasciitis include physical exertion, especially in sports such as running, Volleyball, tennis, a sudden increase in exercise intensity or duration, physical activity that stresses the plantar fascia. People who spend a lot of time standing, a sudden increase in activities that affect the feet, obesity or weight gain, pre-existing foot problems, including an abnormally tight Achilles tendon, flat feet, or an ankle that rolls inward too much. Poor footwear. Heel spurs.
The pain is more intense with your first steps out of bed in the morning or after sitting for a while. The reason for this is that during rest our muscles and ligaments tend to shorten and tighten up. The tightening of the plantar fascia means more traction on the ligament making the tissue even more sensitive. With sudden weight-bearing the tissue is being traumatised, resulting in a stabbing pain. After walking around for a while the ligament warms up, becomes a little bit more flexible and adapts itself, making the pain go way entirely or becoming more of a dull ache. However, after walking a long distance or standing for hours the pain will come back again. To prevent the sudden sharp pain in the morning or after sitting, it is important to give the feet a little warm-up first with some simple exercises. Also, any barefoot walking should be avoided, especially first thing in the morning, as this will damage to the plantar fascia tissue. Aparty from pain in the heel or symptoms may include a mild swelling under the heel. In addition, heel pain is often associated with tightness in the calf muscles. Tight calf muscles are a major contributing factor to Plantar Fasciitis.
The health care provider will perform a physical exam. This may show tenderness on the bottom of your foot, flat feet or high arches, mild foot swelling or redness, stiffness or tightness of the arch in the bottom of your foot. X-rays may be taken to rule out other problems.
Non Surgical Treatment
If you walk or run a lot, cut back a little. You probably won't need to stop walking or running altogether. If you have either flatfeet or a high arch, ask your doctor about using inserts for your shoes called orthotics. Orthotics are arch supports. You will need to be fitted for them. If you are overweight, losing weight can help lessen your heel pain. If your job involves standing on a hard floor or standing in one spot for long periods, place some type of padding on the floor where you stand.
Surgical Treatment
Surgery is usually not needed for plantar fasciitis. About 95 out of 100 people who have plantar fasciitis are able to relieve heel pain without surgery. Your doctor may consider surgery if non-surgical treatment has not helped and heel pain is restricting your daily activities. Some doctors feel that you should try non-surgical treatment for at least 6 months before you consider surgery. The main types of surgery for plantar fasciitis are Plantar fascia release. This procedure involves cutting part of the plantar fascia ligament . This releases the tension on the ligament and relieves inflammation . Other procedures, such as removing a heel spur or stretching or loosening specific foot nerves. These surgeries are usually done in combination with plantar fascia release when there is lasting heel pain and another heel problem. Experts in the past thought that heel spurs caused plantar fasciitis. Now experts generally believe that heel spurs are the result, not the cause, of plantar fasciitis. Many people with large heel spurs never have heel pain or plantar fasciitis. So surgery to remove heel spurs is rarely done.


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All CMS are not the same. Some are better for certain types of projects either in size, functionality or speed.
We are not prescriptive about which platform your website should be built on. We would prefer to listen to your requirements, find out what your future plans are, learn who will be updating the website etc and then decide on which tool to use for the job.
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We have our own content marketing system called Quill or we are happy to work with off the shelf systems, open source platforms, such as WordPress or Umbraco where appropriate.
Open source software is software that is freely available to anyone who wants to use it. This is great as the open source community also develop plugins and modules that are easily added to the website which makes development that bit quicker and easier. The other great advantage is that with open source software there are no licensing costs.
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Some people think that a reason for using open source is that you are not locked into any one agency as you are not using proprietary code. There is some logic to this but it's not so simple. The nature of open source is that it is flexible and adaptable and by its very nature as soon as you touch it it's no longer "off the shelf" and its down to the quality of the developer that makes it transferable or not. Every developer has his own way of doing things and few relish the prospect of taking over someone else's work whatever the platform.
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It's hard to explain why we're all so fascinated with celebrities. They're just people like you and me, but we love hearing about all the latest news and gossip from their lives. Well, we've looked back in time and found some truly shocking celebrity scandal stories to share with you.
1. Charlie Chaplin got banned from the United States!
Charlie Chaplin is one of the most famous stars of all time. The British comedian has left an unparalleled legacy in the history of cinema, but did you know that, at one point, he wasn't even allowed into the USA? It was all because of Attorney General James P. McGranery, who claimed that Chaplin was anti-American. So, McGranery decided to ban him from entering the country. This happened back in 1952, and Chaplin stayed out of America for 20 years, before finally re-entering the U.S. in order to receive an honorary Oscar.
2. Fatty Arbuckle was accused of manslaughter.
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was another huge star in the time of silent films. He was a popular comedian and much-loved, just like Chaplin. He also happened to be a bit of a party animal. One night, while hosting a party in a hotel room, one of the guests died. The guest was Virginia Rappe, a young actress who had drunk way too much and fallen ill. In the days that followed, one of Rappe's friends said that Arbuckle had assaulted her and caused her death. The comedian spent some time in jail and had to defend himself in court. Eventually, he was acquitted, but his career would never be the same.
3. Clara Bow was the victim of some shocking blackmail.
Clara Bow was one of the first ever "it girls". She was immensely popular and admired all over the world. Sadly, her story wasn't destined to end well. Bow employed a secretary named Daisy Devoe, who decided to use her position to blackmail the star. Devoe started spreading rumors about Bow's sexual activities, and a tabloid newspaper soon started printing the stories as fact. Eventually, Devoe and the newspaper's publishes were sent to prison, but the damage was done and Bow decided to take early retirement.
4. Clark Gable kept a daughter under wraps!
The famous star had an affair with Loretta Young while filming 'The Call of the Wild' in 1935. Gable was married at the time and didn't want anyone to find out about his affair. When Young fell pregnant, she and Gable organized a complex plan to keep the child's existence a secret. As soon as her belly was big, Young made up an excuse and left the country. She later gave birth in California and handed the baby over to an orphanage. Then, she adopted her own child and called her Judith. Even though the couple tried hard to hide Judith's true story, many people knew that Gable was her father.
5. Joan Bennett had a very jealous husband.
Bennet married film producer of Walter Wanger. One day, Wanger was driving along when he spotted his wife chatting to a man who turned out to be her agent, Jennings Lang. Sadly, Wanger didn't take the time to ask for an introduction. Instead, his jealousy took over and he began shooting at Lang. Nearby police officers arrested Wanger, who was sent to prison for four months. Fortunately, Lang wasn't severely injured, but Bennett suffered greatly from the scandal.
6. Lana Turner had a relationship with a criminal.
Known as "The Sweater Girl", Turner became famous for her stunning looks and acting talent, but her private life was also very interesting. She got into a relationship with a guy called Johnny Stompanato. Sadly, Stompanato wasn't a good man and even had connections to various mafia families. He became very aggressive towards Turner and abused her regularly. Eventually, the actress' teenage daughter had had enough and stabbed Stomponato to death in order to save her mother from his attacks.
7. Ingrid Bergman had an affair.
Famous for her role in one of the most iconic films ever made, 'Casablanca', Bergman seemed like the perfect woman. She was beautiful, famous, and appeared to be happily married. Sadly, things weren't all they seemed. Behind the scenes, Bergman began an affair with an Italian director named Roberto Rossellini, who also happened to be married. Bergman even became pregnant with Rossellini's son. She got a divorce from her husband before the birth, but the general public was shocked by the story and her career suffered for a few years, before she eventually recovered and won her second Oscar.
8. Elizabeth Taylor fell in love with Eddie Fisher, while he was married to someone else.
Taylor had a bunch of incredible love stories throughout her life, but her relationship with Eddie Fisher was a particularly memorable one. After her third husband, Mike Todd, died in a plane crash, Taylor met and fell for Eddie Fisher, father of the late Carrie Fisher. At the time, Fisher was married to actress Debbie Reynolds, who happened to be one of Taylor's friends. Still, the power of love was too strong and the couple couldn't resist each other, with Fisher eventually filing for divorce and becoming Taylor's 4th husband.
9. Thomas Ince died in mysterious circumstances.
This is one star you might not have heard of, but back in the day, the whole of America was transfixed by the death of Thomas Ince. In life, he worked as a Hollywood producer and earned the nickname "Father of the Western". One night, while partying with friends on a yacht owned by William Randolph Heart, Ince died. At the time, his death was said to be an accident, but then some rumors started to spread. Charlie Chaplin was also at the party, and rumors said that Ince's death was a case of mistaken identity. Allegedly, he was shot and killed by Hearst, who had actually been trying to kill Chaplin! There are a lot of conspiracies about this particular case, and we'll probably never know the truth, but it's certainly interesting.
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"Bryce Fisher looks as comfortable sitting behind an office desk as he once did hunting quarterbacks on a football field. Maybe even better. Here, he's not the underdog player who sweated out an NFL career. He's a natural businessman – a 6-foot-3, 260-pound natural – and if you think working as a partner in a real-estate investment firm seems tiring enough, consider that it's only the tip of Fisher's post-pigskin aspirations.
He's a captain and the public-affairs officer for the Washington Air National Guard. He's preparing to go to the University of Chicago to get a master's degree in business. He's promoting two charity golf tournaments.
"And I have a wife and three girls," Fisher says. "I've never been able to sit still. I don't know how to sit still."
Fisher serves as a model for how athletes should attack the professional sports afterlife. But that's not his mission. He's simply feeding a work ethic that his parents instilled in him, a trait honed by the discipline of his college experience at the Air Force Academy.
The result: a seven-year NFL career (including two years with the Seahawks in 2005 and 2006), millions of dollars and now the opportunity to explore the rest of his interests.
After not playing in 2008, he's likely done with football. He'd probably accept another chance to play. He's still young. He turns 32 later this month, but he's realistic.
Asked if he has more football left in him, Fisher laughs and says, "I probably do, but I don't think anybody wants me anymore. You don't move on from the NFL. The NFL moves on from you. Unless you're John Elway, that's pretty much how it works."
He says the words in a matter-of-fact manner. No bitterness. Time to focus on the next task. Time to be everything he wants to be.
"I was [30] when I played my last game, and I don't want to say that I peaked at [30]," said Fisher, who is from Renton and went to high school at Seattle Prep. "I always think the best is in front of me. When I thought about grad school, I applied to two places: the University of Chicago and Harvard. My parents used to always tell me, 'You can be anything you want.' I believed them. I tell my girls the same.
"I started playing football at 14, so I've been around the game for 17 years. If at the end of the day, if I live to 80 and all I did was play football a few years, then I wasted the other 60 years of my life."
It's the kind of attitude you'd expect from a member of his family. Fisher's father, Richard, is a former Army police officer who later spent several years as a bodyguard for Washington governors. His mother, Diana Ferrant, worked as a union carpenter, helped build bridges and survived breast cancer. One of his older brothers, Anthony, is a civil engineer. The other, Roy, has a master's degree.
Given the high achievers in his family, it's no surprise that Bryce is as eloquent as they come. Spend an hour with him, and the interview moves far


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Called up in 1940, Reg expected to be fighting Germans. Instead, he found himself caught up in the fall of Singapore to the Japanese.
What followed were three years of hell, moving from one camp to another along the Kwai river, building the infamous Burma railway. Reg made the deadly jungle work for him. With an ingenuity that is astonishing, he trapped and ate lizards, harvested pumpkins from the canteen rubbish heap and with his homemade razor became camp barber. That Reg survived is testimony to his own courage and determination, his will to beat the alien brutality of camp guards who had nothing but contempt for him and his fellow POWs.
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The PhD programme in Sustainability Science aims to produce scholars who will become key researchers in the field of sustainability science. The programme takes an innovative approach to sustainability, seeking to promote a better understanding of the issues by incorporating global change perspectives, specifically those related to climate change and biodiversity.
The programme will equip graduates with comprehensive, multidisciplinary knowledge of sustainability problems, and deepen their understanding of the role of environmental sustainability in addressing current issues related to global change. Students undertake problem-oriented research, acquiring the quantitative and qualitative analytical research skills necessary to understand the underlying principles of various systems involved in sustainability issues and debates. Through coursework and research, PhD students gain critical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as the technical literacy required to address sustainability problems.
The PhD in Sustainability Science programme duration is three years; the programme starts in September. Students are required to obtain 14 credits and are expected to complete all degree requirements by July of their third year. Students must complete a PhD dissertation in one of several UNU-IAS research themes, focusing on global change and sustainability. Students are also encouraged to take a joint PhD diploma offered by UNU-IAS and the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences (UT-GSFS) on Sustainability. For the joint diploma programme, students are required to take 18 credits, four of which should be from the courses offered by UT-GSFS.
Application deadline: 28 April 2017
Course Information
For information on the specific courses offered as part of this degree programme, please visit the the curriculum information page on the UNU-IAS online learning website.
The programme is taught by an expert teaching faculty comprising both UNU-IAS academic staff and invited distinguished scholars and practitioners.
UNU-IAS provides students with opportunities to engage actively in the institute's research projects.
Sharing a building with many UN agencies, UNU-IAS offers a unique learning environment for its diverse international student body.
The UNU Library offers access to a range of academic books, over 20,000 electronic journals, official UN documents issued since 1946, and publications in the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development e-libraries. All students are provided with a comprehensive library orientation session at the beginning of the course. Students also have access to the libraries of International Christian University, Ochanomizu University, Sophia University, Temple University Japan, and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
A dedicated computer lab is provided for students, with software to cater to the needs of each course, including GIS, environmental modelling applications, and statistical analysis tools. In addition, students have access to a number of international conferences, workshops, and symposiums at the university.
UNU-IAS assists students from the time of their registration to graduation, acknowledging that students may experience difficulties adjusting to a new country and culture.
An induction programme is conducted at the beginning of the academic session, introducing students to the staff responsible for specific student services, and familiarizing students with the campus through a tour of the facilities.
Students are provided with a handbook about living in Tokyo prior to their arrival, including information on how to find and secure accommodation.
The Academic Calendar shows important dates and university holidays for the academic year.
Applicants for the PhD in Sustainability Science are required to have met ALL of the following requirements by the application deadline in order to be considered:
1. A strong interest in sustainability studies;
2. A demonstrated commitment to study and understand global issues;
3. A completed Master's degree in disciplines related to sustainability studies and a minimum of 2 years of practical field experience related to UNU-IAS research themes
Two completed Master's degrees, at least one of which must be in a discipline related to sustainability studies;
*Those who expect to receive a second Master's degree before the entrance period – September 2017 – may also apply.
4. A GPA of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale for at least one of the Master's degrees earned; and
5. English language proficiency
The minimum score requirements for English language qualifications required by UNU-IAS are:
Applicants, except for the cases below, must submit original TOEFL or IELTS score reports (from a test taken within the last two years) to the Admissions Office at the time of application:
UNU-IAS requires original TOEFL/IELTS score reports (no photocopies accepted).
Estimated total expenses for the PhD degree programme for 3 years including tuition are approximately 83,500 USD. Applicants must show financial resources adequate to meet the full costs of educational and living expenses.
The award of the scholarship below is based on application selection results. Only applicants that are accepted for enrolment in the UNU-IAS PhD in Sustainability Science programme can be considered as candidates for the scholarship. There is no separate application form for the scholarship as it is a part of the online application for admission. Interested applicants must provide necessary information and documents for the scholarship together with the required documents for admission to the PhD degree programme.
The JFUNU scholarship provides a monthly allowance of 120,000 JPY* for living expenses for a maximum of 36 months. However, travel costs to and from Japan, visa handling fees, and health/accident insurance costs must be covered by the student. The tuition fees are fully waived for the scholarship recipients.
*The amount of monthly allowance has been changed to 120,000 JPY effective 2017.
*Developing countries included in the latest OECD DAC list.
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Each student is required to (i) obtain at least 14 credits, in keeping with the instructions that will be provided during orientation, and (ii) complete all degree requirements by July of his/her third year. Students must complete a dissertation on one of several UNU-IAS research themes focusing on global change and sustainability.
Note: The curriculum is reviewed on a yearly basis, so the course offerings may not be identical to the ones listed below.
Detailed descriptions of these courses are available to download here.
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A wide range of elective courses offered by partner universities are also available to UNU-IAS students through credit exchange arrangements.
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