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Peeling Back the Onion: Layers of Meaning in Academic Writing
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For many student, the process of learning to write thoughtful, well-argued
is a difficult task. Not only do you have to be able to read and understand primary and secondary texts, but you also have to be able to analyze those materials and formulate your own idea about what all those words really mean. Then, finally, you need to be able to articulately explain those ideas on paper. To students used to
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What We Mean When We Talk About Research Papers
The terms research paper can mean many different things depending on who's using it. In the sciences, a research paper is usually a specially formatted analysis of the writer's original research; in the humanities a
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The Layers of a Research Paper
Think of a good research paper as being like an onion. At its center is a core of information, and then you have to add your own interpretations and analysis on top, layer by layer, until you finish with a well-rounded argument.
The core of any good research paper is going to be made up simply of facts and information. Basically, you need to start by making sure that the reader knows everything they need to know to understand the arguments you're going to make. If you're going to be talking about a novel, you need to give the reader the basic outline of the plot and characters; if you're going to be talking about the affect an insect has on a specific tree, you need to tell the reader a little bit about both that insect and that tree.
Think of this layer as the foundation that the rest of your paper will be built on. Without this information, the reader can't be expected to evaluate or appreciate your ideas, and the rest of your paper will fall apart.
Once you've laid out a topic for the audience, it's time for you to start adding your own ideas. The first step in this process is to analyze what's out there and organize it all in a way that both makes sense for the reader and highlights the important points you want to make. For an
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this might mean collecting critical commentaries on a novel, dividing them up into thematic areas, then restating their main ideas for the reader. In the sciences, you might be reading up on a particular species, then organizing the information in such a way as to show the reader where there are holes in the current research.
The key to doing this sort of analysis is to look for trends or patterns. You aren't adding anything that's entirely new yet; instead, you're looking for connections between ideas or patterns in the research that will build the foundation for the next layer of your work.
Once you've taken stock of all the currently available research, it's time to stake out your own territory. What do you have to add that's new or different? What are you going to try to prove in your paper? Now that all the facts and current research have been laid out, you can use that information to start developing your own argument and also offering your own interpretations of the all the research you've read. This section shouldn't be about explicitly proving anything yet-you just want to make your claim.
The last-and most important-layer of a research paper is critical engagement with other people's work. You've carefully built a foundation that demonstrates you understand the nuances of your topic and the scholarship surrounding it, and now's the time to step into that debate as an equal. This is where you look at the work of others and evaluate it. Are there certain theories you agree or disagree with? Why? Are there holes in the research that you think you can address?
An important part of engaging in critical debate is recognizing the many different positions occupied by others in your field. If you just attack a single journal article or use one author to prove a point, you haven't done a thorough enough job of really evaluating the research. Instead, you should be balancing many different viewpoints and offering a thoughtful, well-supported argument for or against them.
How Can You Use the Onion Model?
When working on research papers, the onion model can be used to help build a solid, well-supported argument. Every layer is important-you can't have analysis without factual information, and you can't make a critical argument without first laying out what other scholars have already said. So, as you're writing, you want to make sure that you build up these layers carefully. Start with descriptive, and add more depth until you've reached your critical argument. When making a persuasive argument, make sure that you've included all the groundwork the reader will need to understand it. If you're having trouble with your paper, try making an outline or other visual aid that helps you analyze the purpose of each paragraph or section in your work to see where it fits within the onion.
In more complex papers, particularly those divided into sections or chapters, these layers might not be so literal-you may work your way through the onion several times or circle back around to a particular idea repeatedly throughout your work. But in general, no matter how complex your work is, you want to be sure that every layer is in there somewhere.
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Illinois River Flooding
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"If just 14 percent of the existing leveed floodplain along the Illinois River were allowed to flood during a 100-year flood event, 40 percent of the remaining leveed floodplain would be protected from overtopping or breaching."
--Illinois State Water Survey Report
Why do rivers flood?
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Basically, flooding is water flowing onto previously dry land. The primary driver of flooding is precipitation—in general the more precipitation, the more water rises and spreads out, "flooding" more land. Other factors that significantly increase flooding in river systems include increased discharge from upriver, obstructions that constrain conveyance of water downriver, and loss of flood storage.
And, record-breaking floods are increasing. So-called 'hundred year floods' are now happening more often, increasing not just in frequency but in severity. As these floods have increased, so have the costs. And science tells us there will be more of these catastrophic flood events in the future.
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A floodplain is a relatively flat area along a river onto which river waters spread during a flood; they are some of the most valuable places on Earth, both for people and wildlife.
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And, floodplains are home to some of the most biological rich habitats on Earth, providing critical wildlife habitat and many outdoor recreational opportunities.
Floodplains provide many benefits to people and nature.
What is the urban/rural connection between rivers–why should people in Chicago care about restoration efforts happening downstream along the Illinois River?
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From a flooding standpoint, the Chicago area can generate a lot of storm water during rain events because there are so many impervious surfaces like rooftops, parking lots and roadways. Water runs off these impervious surfaces instead of infiltrating into the groundwater or being stored, and it makes its way to the Illinois River, increasing the river's flows. Poorly managed, this storm water contributes to flooding downriver, which can lead to high flood-damage costs felt throughout the state.
What can we do to mitigate flood damages?
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It's time for a different approach. We need a coordinated and systemic approach that helps eliminate such hardship and loss. We need to start being proactive rather than reactive when it comes to investing in flood management.
Repairing and rebuilding structures on the floodplain again and again doesn't solve the issues long-term, and we need to find a way to invest in designing a system that more cost-effectively handles more and larger floods, while providing so many other benefits. For every dollar we spend on mitigation efforts now, we can save $4 in future damages and receive numerous other added benefits as well.
We need to work with nature, not against it. At Emiquon we're working to include nature as part of our flood management plan. Give the river room to better accommodate these flood events. Having more room and eliminating pinch points upstream, can lower flood stages and associated damages upstream as well as downstream. And natural areas like Emiquon not only reduce risk for people – they provide ecological benefits by improving water quality and providing habitat for fish and water fowl – which can provide economic boosts for tourism, fishing and hunting. Some of these areas can be safely flooded during the largest floods, helping reduce flood stages.
According to the Illinois State Water Survey Report, if just 14 percent of the existing leveed floodplain along the Illinois River were allowed to flood during a 100-year flood event, 40 percent of the remaining leveed floodplain would be protected from overtopping or breaching. In other words, by allowing a relatively small portion of the floodplain to flood, additional protection is afforded to a much larger portion of the leveed floodplain.

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Storms have long been recognized as agents of geomorphic change to coastal wetlands. A review of recent data on soil elevation dynamics before and after storms revealed that storms affected wetland elevations by storm surge, high winds, and freshwater flushing of the estuary (inferred). The data also indicate that measures of sediment deposition and erosion can often misrepresent the amount and even direction of elevation change because of storm influences on subsurface processes. Simultaneous influence on both surface and subsurface processe by storms means that soil elevation cannot always be accurately estimated from surface process data alone. Eight processes are identified as potentially influencing soil elevation: sediment deposition, sediment erosion, sediment compaction, soil shrinkage, root decomposition (following tree mortality from high winds), root growth (following flushing with freshwater, inferred), soil swelling, and lateral folding of the marsh root mat. Local wetland condition (e.g., marsh health, tide height, groundwater level) and the physical characteristics of the storm (e.g., angle of approach, proximity, amount of rain, wind speed, and storm surge height) were apparently important factors determining the storm's effect on soil elevation. Storm effect on elevation were both permanent (on an ecological time scale) and short-lived, but event short-term changes have potentially important ecological consequences. Shallow soil subsidence or expansion caused by a storm must be considered when calculating local rates of relative sea level rise and evaluating storm effects on wetland stability.
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Because a liability issue prohibits the treadmill from being housed at nearby Nike Headquarters, it currently resides in Rupp's postage-stamp size patch of a backyard. The Oregon Project members take turns signing up for time on it, though Rupp always gets first dibs, given his willingness to let the hulking piece of machinery overtake a better part of his lawn. The underwater treadmill resembles a hot tub, except it's 10 feet off the ground and covered in chrome siding. Ritz climbs up the slippery metal ladder and lowers himself into the 85-degree water that rises halfway up his torso. He punches the start button and begins moving with the belt.
Normally, Ritz can see mountains in the distance, but on this drizzly morning his panoramic view is covered by low-hanging clouds. So he zones out and thinks about the one subject on his mind: making the Olympic team in the 10,000m in seven short weeks. The alternative is to dwell on the injury-riddled past year of his life, or on finishing fourth at the Olympic marathon trials four months earlier. The choice is a no-brainer.
As the unique training routine attests, the biggest obstacle in Ritz's career is not another competitor. It has been, and continues to be, himself. He has proven that he's one of the gutsiest racers on the circuit. His ability to push himself, however, has contributed to the string of injuries that has hampered him throughout his career.
As a high school star in Rockford, Mich., his team had shirts printed with the words "Whatever it takes." It was the perfect mantra for Ritz, who often collapsed in a pool of exhaustion at the end of his races. Now, it seems to embody a different idea: Whatever it takes to stay injury free.
To do that, Ritz has turned his days into the athletic equivalent of working in an office cubicle. He often forgoes the freeing aspect of running for a safe, albeit dull, alternative. That starts with finding the right surface. Ritz tallies the vast majority of his 90--100 (land) miles per week--the same distance he did in college--around 200m to 600m loops, on either the grass soccer fields or the track at Nike Headquarters, or on the PCC athletic fields. For long runs of 20 miles or more, he follows the 2-mile woodchip berm that surrounds the perimeter of the Nike campus. He doesn't even start the 7-miler he does one morning a week on "rest" days from his house. The concrete street is a potential danger, so he drives 10 minutes or more to one of the soft surfaces. "Sometimes the circles get boring," admits Ritz. "But it's mental strengthening, like staring at the wall on the AlterG."
Ritz knows a bit about that strengthening too. He has spent so much time on the anti-gravity treadmill over the past five years that he should own stock in the company, which he does. He bought one of the first models after scoring a huge discount on the machine that normally retails for $75,000. "It has saved me three or four times at the end of the season," explains Ritz. Before, if something flared up right before a championship race, he would have prematurely called it quits. Now he can train around what might otherwise have ended his season and threatened his payday.
The AlterG looks like a mechanical headless horse designed for jogging in outer space. It allows Ritz to run at a percentage of his body weight by holding some of his weight in a step-in harness. Ritz keeps the AlterG in his two-car garage next to his 5-year-old daughter's kid-size trampoline. He uses it every other day for his afternoon 5-mile runs at 6-minute pace.
Prior to every AlterG workout, he applies a healthy handful of Vaseline to his inner thighs to prevent chafing from the neoprene suit that holds him in place. A small TV with rabbit ears and an iHome are his only company. The evening news (muted) and Kid Rock (blasted) are entertainment staples. Otherwise, like he says, he stares at the mind-numbing white garage wall.
On the other side of the garage, next to the lawn-mower, stands a row of altitude generators. These plastic boxes, each the size of a pillow, cost four figures and produce swishing noises night and day. They pump machine-made air through thin plastic hoses into two places. The first is to a facemask that Ritz wears on the AlterG, to simulate running at the equivalent of 10,000 feet or higher; the second is two floors up to the master bedroom.
Earlier in his seven-year marriage, Ritz tried to convince his wife, Kalin, to install an altitude tent over their bed. That, understandably, didn't go over well with Kalin. She settled for sealing the entire master bedroom off as its own altitude chamber. Between his afternoon nap and nightly rest, Ritz spends 12-14 hours a day in his bedroom to gain an aerobic boost that will bump up his red blood count and aid recovery.
It's a stark contrast from the training Ritz did when he qualified for his first Olympic team in 2004. Then, he had just completed his junior season at the University of Colorado (where he and I were teammates and roommates), and all he did was run up and down Magnolia Road, Flagstaff Mountain and the other hard-dirt trails the Buffaloes routinely cover. Now he's following one of the most advanced training plans in the history of the sport. In the Portland suburbs (elevation 190 feet), Ritz has created a truly artificial running experience: weightless miles done at a high altitude. "It's not as simple as it used to be, to just go and run," he says.
Ritz's coach, Alberto Salazar, is considered one of the toughest runners ever. He is also coach to Mo Farah, who won gold at 10,000m and 5,000m at the 2012 Games, and Rupp, who took silver at the 10K, but Salazar pays Ritz the ultimate compliment. "He has the ability to push himself more by himself than any other runner that I've ever had," Salazar says. "Galen and Mo can push themselves, but when they are running together they run a hell of a lot faster. Dathan can almost run as fast by himself as he can with other people trying to pull him."
Ritz would need that ability in the 10,000m at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in late June. After pacing Ritz for much of the race, Rupp blew the doors off on the final lap and went on to set a trials 10K record of 27:25.33. Matt Tegenkamp sat on Ritz until the last possible minute and then scooted around him to take second. In the homestretch, Ritz was competing in a one-man race against the uncompromising Olympic "A" standard of 27:45. He made it with room to spare, in 27:36.09. Crossing the line he fell to the wet track, sat on his knees, exhaled and made the sign of the cross. Later he said, "It was a huge weight off the back. I was saying thank you for prayers that were answered. I was overcome with emotion, knowing that I had come back from so much and could finally move forward."
Unfortunately, Ritz quickly learned that he was allergic to the stitches used in the operation. Antibiotics failed to heal the resulting infection. The bacteria ate a hole through Ritz's skin, such that he could see his Achilles tendon. To try and heal the infection, Ritz had to clip a wound VAC around his waist--a fanny pack-like device that, through a thin hose, created a negative pressure environment around the wound to speed up the recovery of his Achilles. He couldn't take a shower for three months. Instead, he took baths and hung his infected leg out of the tub.
By last October, Ritz's Achilles tendon had recovered physically, though it looked like a knobby finger of scarred ginger root. All that technology to prevent injury, and something as innocuous as stitches turned his year upside down. "It's frustrating for both of us when injuries happen," Salazar says of the roller coaster past year. "We're not going to point fingers. I take full responsibility. When he gets injured I feel horrible. But at the same time I am never going to give up on him. Absolutely not. As long as he wants me to keep going I will continue to do my best. We're making headway."
That term "headway" summed up Ritz's performance in London. Ever since his prolonged layoff, he had been playing catch-up to the best runners in the world, which now includes his training partners Farah and Rupp. During the Olympic 10,000m race, Ritz let a 5-meter gap form when the leaders made a late-race surge. With 6 laps to go, he quickly found himself in no man's land. It was a rookie tactical move for the 29-year-old. According to Ritz, he wasted too much energy trying to bridge the distance. He was never able to move up and ultimately finished 13th in 27:45.89. "I showed that it had been a couple years off of racing in the big championships," he says. "I should have known better than to let a gap open in the last 2 miles."
The layoffs between such moments have only recharged Ritz. " I want to run under 27 minutes for 10K, 60 minutes for the half marathon and 2:06 in the marathon," he says of his remaining career goals. "I want to break American records again and win medals at the Olympics and world championships. Not all those things will happen, but I don't want to look at my career as being a success or failure based on every goal that is met or not. I am happy to enjoy it now and be back to feeling like one of the best runners in the world."
In Chicago this month, Ritz returns to the marathon--a distance he initially swore off after his crushing fourth-place finish at the trials--to compete on a flat and fast course and trim down his 26.2-mile best. Race director Carey Pinkowski wouldn't make predictions on what he thinks Ritz can run on the notoriously quick course, but he did acknowledge that "if you look at his 5,000 and 10,000 meter personal bests, as well as what he has done in the half marathon, he can go toe-to-toe with anyone else standing on the start line." Salazar echoes Pinkowski's sentiments. "As good as he is, with as big of an engine as he's got, 2:09:55 shouldn't be his PR," says Salazar, whose main focus has been smoothing out Ritz's bulldog form. "When Dathan is jogging there is tension [in his arm carriage], and I think that's how he always ran, like Adam Goucher, muscling his way through. You can succeed in certain events up through 10K and the half marathon like that, but in the marathon you can't have that tension."
As Salazar unwires his pupil, Ritz will continue to use the resources at his disposal to walk the line between injury and victory. "I feel like I am on the verge of something big," he says. "My speed is back, my strength is getting better all the time, and I am enjoying competing again. I hope the Chicago Marathon is something special and moving into 2013 is even better."
The second half of his professional career has deadlines that he can't afford to miss--two major marathons per year, a handful of world championships, and another shot at the Olympics in 2016. To get there, he won't back off on his trademark intensity. Instead, he'll take an alternative underwater, weightless and circular route. "I could probably run 90 miles a week and stay healthy, but am I really that much better than those guys in Kenya running 150 miles a week? No," says Ritz. "I am not more talented than them, so I can't run 90 miles a week and think that I'm tougher than everybody. I also can't run 150 miles a week [without risking injury], but I can do all of this other stuff too."
Whatever it takes.
Matt McCue is the author of An Honorable Run.
As Ritz says, running isn't as simple as it used to be.
Here's what he does to walk the line between victory and injury.
B: Underwater treadmill miles: 10
C: AlterG miles: 15
D: Strength-work sessions: 3
E: Massages: 2
F: Physical therapy evaluations: 1
G: Estimated number of calories consumed: 3,500-4,000 daily
H: Estimated number of minutes spent stretching: 60
I: Hours spent napping: 2 per day
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BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez might be separated from Reggie Jackson by a couple of generations in Yankees lore, but the "Lightning Rod" got a taste of what it was like to be Jackson's teammate in the mid-1970s and didn't much like it, judging from his reaction Friday at Fenway Park. A team official said Jackson has apologized and is working to make things right within the organization and with others he may have offended.
Jackson proclaimed himself "the straw that stirs the drink" when he joined the Yankees in 1977, and he stirred up some controversy with some remarks published Thursday by Sports Illustrated, suggesting that A-Rod's admission of performance-enhancing drug use might preclude him from Hall of Fame membership despite his current 642 home runs.
Meeting briefly with the media before the opener of a four-game series with the Red Sox, Rodriguez said of Jackson: "That's funny. With friends like that, who needs enemies?"
Jackson, 66, still works for the Yankees as a special adviser and has enjoyed a friendly relationship with Rodriguez since A-Rod came to New York in 2004. But the Hall of Fame slugger with 563 career homers, when questioned about Rodriguez's future candidacy, told SI: "I think there are real questions about his numbers. As much as I like him, what he admitted about his usage does cloud some of his records."
Jackson didn't confine his criticism to A-Rod. He said Andy Pettitte is "so respected" that he might get in despite admitting using HGH while recovering from an elbow injury but would lose support from other Hall members. Jackson also questioned the credentials of several current Hall of Fame members, including the late Gary Carter.
A-Rod said Jackson contacted him to discuss it but said the content of their talk will remain private. He sidestepped when asked if he was surprised to be blindsided by someone he thought was a friend. "We're really excited and focused on these four games here," he said. "Our team has a focus, I have a focus, and that's winning games. Anything that gets in our way is not part of that equation."
The timing of Jackson's remarks was especially uncomfortable for Rodriguez, who failed to make the All-Star team and came into the series with only 13 homers and 36 RBIs.
Asked if he still considers Jackson a friend, Rodriguez laughed and said: "Again, what we said to each other, I'm going to keep that private. My focus is on playing baseball. Anything that comes in the way of us winning games is white noise."
That's a far cry from spring training, when A-Rod was dragged into a controversy by Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, who made a joking reference to Jason Varitek "beating up" Rodriguez in a 2004 altercation. At the time, A-Rod said he would let his "press secretary," Jackson, field those queries.
A-Rod laughed when asked if he still wants Jackson as his media mouthpiece. "Ummmm," he said, "I'm thinking about that one."With Erik Boland


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This week, it emerged that not a single Israeli university is on the list of the world's leading universities. According to the list that appears in The Times Higher Education Supplement, Israel is not represented among the top 100 places.
What is Simhat Torah, if not the learners rejoicing in their Torah and the Torah rejoicing in its learners? Yet a report on the decline in the status of our learning, which has been published extensively in lands across the sea, has escaped notice here, of all places.
This week, it emerged that not a single Israeli university is on the list of the world's leading universities. According to the list that appears in The Times Higher Education Supplement, Israel is not represented among the top 100 places. It is possible perhaps to find some small comfort in the fact that three of our universities place in the top 200. The Hebrew University placed 119th, dropping 42 places in comparison to last year. Tel Aviv University found itself in 147th place, having moved up 41 places. The Technion also edged upward, to 158th place.
It is also possible to take comfort in the knowledge that this is not the only list that ranks institutions of higher education, though it is considered particularly prestigious. It is possible, of course, to have reservations about the ranking criteria, but it is worth paying attention to the joyous reactions of the institutions that moved up the list and the mournful reactions of the institutions that slipped down: These give an idea of the importance that the academic world attributes to the traditional ranking in The Times Supplement.
Placement is determined by the opinions of 3,703 senior academics from all over the world, as well as those of 736 major international employers. Also factored in are the ratio between students and faculty members, the number of major academic publications, the rate of absorption of international faculty alongside local faculty, and the percentage of foreign students.
It is not surprising that American and British universities lead the pack, but it is surprising that the top 100 universities represent no less than 20 countries and the top 200 represent 30 countries. Ahead of the Israeli universities are universities in China, Australia, France, Singapore, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Denmark, India, Germany, South Korea, Holland, Mexico, Belgium, Ireland, Austria and Russia.
In recent years, many Israelis have been surprised to discover that their children rank at the bottom of the achievement list when compared to children from 41 developed countries. This discovery has been humiliating, but mainly worrying: What do we have here apart from "the Jewish mind," our golden treasure? And suddenly, it is a calf. Little children, as everyone knows, are not allowed to "go up" to read from the Torah. Only at Simhat Torah are they given, en masse, an aliyah - an opportunity to "go up" to the Torah. And all the sweet calves take part in the aliyahs and hakafot (marching around with the Torah to joyful singing), with little flags in their hands.
And again, in order to take comfort, we lured ourselves into believing that though we have a problem down below - in the elementary and high schools - up there, at the university level, Israel was assured of excellence and its qualitative advantage is secure: Though the passenger cars were miserable and dragging along exhausted, the engine - higher education - was tremendously powerful, able to pull an entire country uphill. From the depths of failure and ignorance - so we believed - the engine would leap forward with all its strength, inhaling deeply and whistling at the top, and pull us out into the illuminated and enlightened expanse of the globe.
And again, we were proven wrong: The education train, from head to tail, is plodding along like the Valley Train - slow and smoking - and does not at all resemble the modern trains that gallop to their destinations at the speed of the light of literacy.
Professor Roger Kornberg of Stanford University won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry this week. Kornberg is half Israeli, a visiting professor at Hebrew University, and his wife, Yaheli Lorch, is a full Israeli scientist. This week, in Jerusalem, he said: "The Israeli education system is in dire and dangerous shape. The cuts in education will pursue you in a few more years. If the situation is not reassessed, a significant regression is liable to emerge in the output of Israeli achievements. There is a limit to how much can be achieved with so little funding." Yaheli Lorch, who is a member of the family, was less polite: "For 20 years now we have been spending a few months at the Hebrew University, and we have seen how each year, the ranks of the scientists have dwindled in a shocking way. Somebody has to shake up the government."
But instead of rescuing our universities, whose status has declined, the government has continued to cut back on planting saplings - and the cutting hand has been extended this year, as well. And instead of investing more in the lackluster existing stock, it is making a middling college in a West Bank settlement into an inferior university that will beg at the same locked gates.
From Simhat Beit Hashoeva (the festival of drawing water, celebrated on Sukkot) to Simhat Torah, anyone who has never seen these festivals has never seen rejoicing. But it is not by chance that it is on Sukkot that it is customary to read the contemplative Book of Ecclesiastes, which in its wisdom establishes a boundary to rejoicing. It is Ecclesiastes who recommends investing for the long term - casting bread upon the waters. But here, they continue to dance and sing in front of the empty ark as if there were no tomorrow, as if no one cares about what still remains or what has been lost over time, as if, indeed, everything were vanity of vanities.
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Gate City Bank donates to youth partnership campaign
Metro Youth Partnership has received a $6000 donation from Gate City Bank for its "Say Yes to Youth" campaign. "As a mutual bank, Gate City Bank is committed to supporting the communities we serve," said Gate City Bank Chairman, President, and CEO Steve Swiontek. "We are privileged to help provide a better way of life for area children by supporting Metro Youth Partnership."
This donation will enable Metro Youth Partnership to provide scholarships for students in Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead to participate in after-school activities of their own choosing. It will also mobilize young people around civic engagement and service through an annual youth-planned summit.
"We know that when a community rallies around their youth in constructive and supportive ways that we see a reduction in youth crime, drinking, drug use, and we see an increase in leadership and academic performance," said Barry Nelson, executive director of Metro Youth Partnership. "Together, with Gate City Bank, we are truly building the best place on the planet to be a kid."


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First-generation students: Stories of success, struggles and plans for the future
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At the start of her first year at Western Washington University, Vanessa Parraga felt overwhelmed with new information and struggled to feel connections. As a first-generation college student, she felt surrounded by people whose parents were able to give them advice on how to navigate the university.
But she did not want to be a burden or ask for help, so she worked to find her own way. Parraga applied for a job as a resident adviser on campus in the winter of her freshman year, the job that became a turning point in her college experience.
Parraga felt alone in the first year, but in fact was part of a larger movement of first-generation students driven to change their futures. Nationwide, about half of college students have parents who did not attend college.
About a third of Western students belong to the first generation in their families to attend college
At Western, first-generation undergraduate students have comprised about 32 percent of Western's overall population over the past five years.
Over the past few years, Western's first-generation students have six-year graduation rates of about 63 to 69 percent. That's better than the national average for first-generation college students, but still a few percentage points below Western's overall six-year graduation rate.
One of the biggest challenges first generation college students face is navigating the university, said Marli Williams, academic support coordinator for Western's Student Outreach Services. Many students face similar struggles, she said, but for first generation students these challenges are amplified when their parents do not know how to navigate the system or fill out important paperwork.
But, first generation college students have a certain perspective, courage and resilience that contributes to the campus community, Williams said. Many of Western's most successful students and student leaders are first-generation college students.
We talked to a few seniors at Western who offered their advice for other first-generation students and all students and families.


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text: Just want to know everyones thoughts on what you would like to see happen if they make a Harvest Moon game for the Wii? I for one think that with the Wii-mote that this sort of game could be handled with so much ease its not funny. Imagine planting crops and such with all the player needing to do was point, instead of always clicking buttons and flicking through menus to choose seed-types, gardening tools and animal feed. I have always loved any Harvest Moon game as they last for an age and are always different everytime you play. That being said I have always HATED the control and found it tedious to make your way through the menus... Well anyway, any thoughts?


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Can Notional Accounts Save the French Payg System?
The French Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pensions system is faced with a major challenge: how can it absorb the demographic shock resulting from the retirement of the baby-boom generations and the increase in life expectancy? After several reforms reconfiguring the system, restructuring the current systems in favour of one based on notional accounts is now in debate. Using the CEPII's OLGAMAP model, we evaluate the effects in terms of pension financing, redistribution between generations and institutional transition. We show that, even if it makes the system easier to understand and to adapt to future demographic and economic fluctuations, the notional accounts system does not provide new solutions for the financing of pensions, being still based on the question of the choice between increasing contributions, reducing pensions and inciting the increase of the average retirement age.
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text: Video News: United Kingdom 7 Things You May Not Know About Chewbacca The Star Wars Universe is filled with many beloved characters, but Han Solo's co-pilot and BFF, Chewbacca, is easily one that tops many fan's lists. Considering he doesn't have a lot to say and only Han can really understand him when he does, Chewbacca still remains somewhat a mystery today so it's time to explore our favorite big walking carpet and reveal some lesser known facts you may not have known. © DailyMotion - Sunday, November 22, 2015


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Supermodel Kate Moss was scouted in JFK Airport in New York, but a Luton teenager's career has started slightly closer to home as she was spotted by a model scout in The Mall.
Charlotte Mari, 13, was approached and asked to enter Miss Teen Queen UK.
She was then shortlisted from over 19,500 girls to take part in a photo-casting in London.
If she wins the next round of Teen Queen she will go on to represent the country in an international beauty pageant, and could be picked to visit Africa and see how funds raised from Teen Queen are spent.
Ashcroft High School student Charlotte said: "It is really exciting to be selected out of so many pretty girls.
"I am not perfect, I am just a normal girl, having fun and enjoying being myself.
"I have really enjoyed the experience so far and I really want to do well in the competition, it's such a positive thing to be involved in."
Charlotte is particularly interested in the special award within Teen Queen UK for girls who do a lot of charity work.
Her uncle Danny passed away when he was just 18 after suffering from a very rare form of teenage cancer, desmoplastic sarcoma.
For the past three years Charlotte has been fundraising for the Teenage Cancer Trust and Cancer Research UK, by helping out at her mum's charity evenings and making bracelets with her sister to sell on eBay and raise money.
She's also run Race For Life for three years and the 24-hour Relay for Life in 2011.
To vote for Charlotte, visit www.teenqueenuk.com and click Charlotte's profile in December.


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While some currencies are basic in appearance, some change the tradition and make the bills more appealing to citizen. The ten featured here do just that.
Many bills around the world feature significant leaders that helped shape the country, while others simply featuring the beautiful landscape. The order of the bills in the gallery are- The Antarctic dollar, Egyptian pound, Swiss franc, Kazakhstan tenge, Hong Kong dollar, Aruban florin, South African rand, Dutch guilder, Zambian kwacha and Cook Islands dollar. Enjoy these colorful world currencies!
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50 Money-Related Innovations
Money Clips Made of Real Bills
Money Mosaics
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A Collection of the Most Beautiful Bills From Around the World
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I love to travel and capture images of connections between people and with their environments, both social and physical. When people see my work, I'd like them to feel a connection with the people or places in my images, not just with the medium in which the images are presented. I believe that these connections actually influence our sense of reality, and increase our compassion for each other and the world we live in. Sharing these images for others to explore makes possible a connection between us that is beneficial to everyone.
What is "Tendrel"?
Tendrel is a Tibetan word made up of "ten", meaning support, and "drel", meaning dependence and conditionality. Thus, "tendrel" points to a view that all phenomena are connected with each other and that nothing we see exists by itself, on its own power. We are interconnected with each other and with everything we experience. Roger attempts to capture the meaning of tendrel in his images.
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My themes often center around Buddhism or one of its major teachings, but most of the time I attempt to capture the similarity between ourselves and others, who live an apparently quite different life. Those similarities allow us to feel the connections that are far more valuable than our differences.
My current work developed from my practice of Tibetan Buddhism and my love of travel, particularly my annual trips to India and Thailand.


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The inexorable logic that 30 per cent means continuing lost elections leads me to disbelieve the widespread press comment that the leadership is engaged in a deliberate shift to the right, and a strategy of shoring up the core Conservative vote by planning to campaign more on Europe and asylum, the issues that set the pulses racing among Conservative activists but fail to do so among the wider population. Michael Howard is far too shrewd not to remember that we have tried this before, in the run-up to the 2001 election, and that proved a disaster that set the party's recovery back by many years.
I am equally puzzled by reports that the Conservative party is so scared about the United Kingdom Independence party (Ukip) that it feels the need to appease its voters. Puzzled because there are two clear reasons why this would not work. First, if you start edging towards Ukip you may well pick up some extra support on one side, but you will shed support on the other - and the last time I looked the Liberal Democrats were rather better supported than Ukip. Secondly, there are indeed a small number of people who hold the honest view that this country should leave the EU. I believe they are wrong, and so does the Conservative party, and their view is so straightforward that there is no compromising with it, no fudging that would satisfy all sides. So appeasement of Ukip would do more harm than good.
A successful strategy will start from the premise that voters know what is important in their lives, and that we need to show them Conservative solutions to the problems that face them. One of the peculiarities of the 2001 debacle was that evidence was laid before MPs and party professionals that the economy, crime, health and education were what people cared about, and that Europe and asylum featured last. Nevertheless, we chose the least important issues as the centre of our campaign.
The best thing we have done in the past three years is to accept that public services are an absolutely key issue, and to devote time and effort to devising practical policies that will deal with current difficulties, while also fitting into a recognisably Tory view of the world. We need now to have the confidence to keep them high on our agenda. Tony Blair in opposition recognised that as long as the economy remained a 'Tory issue', which Labour could at best play down, Labour was going to lose. So he turned it into a genuine battleground. We need to do the same on the big so-called 'Labour issues'.
Let's also learn from George Bush. Education was an issue the Republicans thought they could never capture. He made it the centrepiece of his compassionate conservatism, and look what happened. In 2000 he won when he was, in British terms, fighting an incumbent administration confident of a third term. That sounds rather a good scenario to me. We also need to remember how little time people devote to politics and to make the policies memorable. Take two of the issues I have helped develop. Abolishing university tuition fees and getting rid of unnecessary speed cameras are ideas that can be grasped instantly, and grab the attention of those for whom politics is a complete switch-off. We need to do more of this.
Of course, we do not need to spend all our firepower on the public services. Crime, policing and the maintenance of orderly streets have always been heartland Tory concerns and hugely important to millions of people. The central nature of this issue illustrates why we need relentlessly to demonstrate that we are a moderate, pragmatic party and not a set of ideologues. The tough policies we need (and have) on crime and related issues will no doubt be dubbed 'extremist' by Labour. It is much easier to brush this away if it is apparent from everything we say and the way we say it that we are not remotely extreme.
It is also a key part of the moderate Conservatism I have always believed in that tackling crime and disorder is one of the best ways to help the less fortunate. Those who can live in protected communities and travel in cars are less likely to meet everyday disorder and dirt than those living in flats on estates and using public transport. So there is no dichotomy between modern practical conservatism and traditional Conservative 'tough' messages on some issues.
For years the 'modernisers' have been arguing that the Conservative party needs to look and sound different. This is correct, but it is not enough. The real challenge is to produce easily understood policies in the key areas which fit into a framework that itself applies Tory principles to 21st-century Britain. When we do that, and sell the policies relentlessly, we will break through the ceiling that we keep hitting in the polls, and will look forward to doing the real job of the Conservative party: running this country in the interests of all its people.
· Damian Green is MP for Ashford, Kent


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There are many female Bollywood actors who have sported a retro look in some of their movies. They have brought the retro fashion into vogue with their trendy looks and smart attitude. Now retro fashion is style from the from the overall post-modern past. The Bollywood film industry saw huge wave of fashion in the 80's. And here are some Bollywood celebrities who have brought this retro look fashion back.
Aishwarya Rai- How can it be that we are talking of Bollywood fashion and Aishwarya Rai is not on the list? We have seen her in many fashion avatars. But, the one that she had carried in the movie Action Replay is simply awesome. Be it large sun glasses, polka dot and bright coloured dresses or a scarf tied around the head, she had sported it all. This retro look that she had carried had become a trend setter among all the youngsters.
Aishwarya Rai In Action Replay
The retro look that Aishwarya had carried off in the movie Action Replay is one of her most awesome fashion avatars.
Vidya Balan In The Dirty Picture
She is one of the Bollywood celebrities who has rocked the audiences with both her performance and retro looks in the movie The Dirty Picture.
Kangna Ranaut In Once Upon A Time In Mumbai
In the movie Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, this Bollywood celebrity was seen carrying off absolute retro looks.
Neha Dhupia For Movie Promotions
Neha Dhupia was seen in retro style clothes all through the movie Action Replay. She was seen sporting the same style even in the movie promotions.
Vidya Balan- She is one of the Bollywood celebrities who has rocked the audiences with both her performance and looks in the movie The Dirty Picture. Here she is seen sporting the retro fashion. Be it the all seductive saree or sports wear, she looks absolutely sensuous. Vidya is also seen wearing big shades and a scarf on her head. This has complemented her 80's avatar all the more, and is something that can be carried by almost everyone.
Kangna Ranaut- In the movie Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, this Bollywood celebrity was seen carrying off absolute retro looks. The retro style clothes that she wore in the movie made her look like a diva. Be it the short churidar with large shades or any other western outfit, she looks absolutely stunning. You can go by such retro fashion and look stunning the same way as these Bollywood celebrities.
Neha Dhupia- Another one of the stars of Action Replay. She was seen in retro style clothes all through the movie and even in the promotions. In a movie promotion she was seen in a lovely polka dotted saree, a hair band, and lovely bangles. This is a very chic style of carrying off a traditional look that even you can go for.
Deepika Padukone- Om Shanti Om is a movie where we see Deepika Padukone sporting retro fashion in a very elegant way. The most popular among it is the one where she was seen in a pink colour traditional wear. She had a retro style high head bun tied on her head that made her look all the more like a fashionista. And she was also seen in wide hemmed skirts of the retro style in this movie.
All these Bollywood celebrities look fabulous and sport fashion worth being copied.


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Raymond noting 20th year as 'Amish Comic'
Raymond the Amish Comic will be doing his 20th anniversary show at Penn's Peak, Saturday.
Raymond the Amish Comic won't say whether he's actually Amish.
"That's up to the audience to figure out," he laughed.
For 20 years, he's held claim as being the only "Amish comic" in America.
His 20th anniversary show will actually be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
One word of caution: The show contains adult content and children will not be admitted.
Raymond got his start as a comedian virtually by accident.
"My career actually started in the toilet," he said.
He explained that he used to call a Lehigh Valley radio station frequently and say "silly stuff."
He became known to the disc jockeys and soon they were calling him at his place of employment. They called him at 8 a.m. He would pretend to he had to go to the bathroom. There he would take his cell phone and wait for the call so his employer wouldn't hear him.
"I got to be a local celebrity," he said, which got him gigs on small stages in the Lehigh Valley.
While taking a Christmas vacation in 1996, he was fired and began doing the comedy full time.
"In my career I've been blessed," he said. "I was on the Tim Allen show 'For Richer or Poorer.' I rubbed elbows with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull."
He noted that last year he was on NBC's "America's Got Talent."
In the business of comedy, though, keeping audiences coming is important. Especially since the big nights for comedy shows are usually only Saturdays and Sundays.
He has performed in Lancaster, the heart of Amish country.
Of Lancaster, he said, "The locals just love me. I'm a victim of my own celebrity down there."
He mentioned that during some of his shows in Lancaster, a group of young Amish guys would attend. Never Amish girls.
"I don't pick on them," he said. "They all drink Yuengling Light. My show isn't Amish one-on-one."
Asked if he ever got feedback from the Amish, he responded, "None. I think they're too busy with their lives. I believe I would be considered a lost soul. I'm just viewed as silliness."
Although his act is for adults, and admittedly contains frequent vulgarity, he said, "The casinos which promote sex and gambling are reluctant to hire comedians who curse."
He said, "My show is for adults only. There's no hate in my works, but I use curse words like an exclamation point. It's the rebel in me."
Raymond has a wife and a teenage daughter who is planning a career in theater. He said he tries to keep his personal life private.
He said every once in a while someone gets his home phone number and calls him, which causes him concern.
The comic said he is very proud of his family, noting that when you're a comedian there are often periods when no work is available.
"When it's lean times around here, they are so amazing," he said of his wife and daughter.
He admits the economy has hurt. "The way the economy has been, pretty much everything in the entertainment world has taken a hit," he said.
The toughest show Raymond ever did was in the Catskills early in his career.
His agent asked him if he wanted to do a show with Ron Palillo who played Horshak on "Welcome Back Cotter."
Of course he did, so he accepted the job - even though it only paid $150.
When he arrived at the venue, he discovered it was an Italian club. He was introduced as an Italian comic and made an effort to accommodate the management.
"I gave it my best shot as Raymond the Italian Comic," he said. "The night didn't go as well as I thought it would."
Raymond said the show on Saturday is very important to him.
"This is the most important show in my life," he said. "It's a make-it or break-it show."
He said he loves performing at Penn's Peak. "It's the most amazing venue I've ever performed in," he said. "It's a great wooden theater."
Regarding whether he has an Amish heritage, he said, "The audience loves to come and have great debates as to whether I have ever been Amish or whether I'm real or just a cartoon."


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Marriage Equality
This series takes seemingly cryptic numbers and transcribes them onto minimalistic jewelry. The end result is a symbolic talisman that encourages conversation about the freedoms we cherish.
The Marriage Equality Act is a 2011 New York State law that allows gender-neutral marriages for both same- and opposite-sex couples.
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It was supposed to be a quick lay. A one night, one time, no strings attached deal. That's what I thought I was signing up for. After all, it was Hilary's idea. She said I needed a quick rebound f*ck to get my ex, who just broke up with me, out of my mind and life forever. I wasn't sure. One night stands weren't really my thing. But if I had to go through with it to get my ex out of my mind, then it might as well be with him. And when his eyes locked on mine, I knew I was way over my head with this surf legend, womanizing bad boy. And when I learned a secret about my own family, I was suddenly caught in a strong current quickly taking me out to sea. I just wondered who would save me first, my ex or this new bad boy whose bed I couldn't seem to escape, before I drowned.Mature Audience 18+
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it is with great sadness that i report the passing of one of our members.
oldcottontop a junior member of this board died this week. It was quite a shock to her friends as she had not been ill. Linda had just retired and was planning all the quilts she wanted to make. She was also a valued member of her Church quilting guild. She will definitely be missed.
she was a caring person. her signature was "People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said --but--They will always remember how you made them feel."
i'm sure she will be remembered as somebody who made those around her feel special.
May memories of her be a comfort to those who knew and loved her.


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the caucus "will work to expand federal opportunities for these institutions." Lomax hopes it will help narrow the focus of CBC members and other lawmakers to the most critical issues facing minority students. He also wants to hear more from Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, who he said are not focusing enough attention on the issues.
Between attacks from his opponent this week, Obama delivered a speech on his education plan in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 9, which includes a $4,000 tax credit to middle-class students willing to serve their community or the nation, a service scholarship program to recruit teachers, and increased investment in technology, early-childhood education and other programs.
"When the story of our time is told, I don't want it to be said that China seized this moment to reform its education system, but the United States did not," Obama said. "I don't want it to be said that India led the way on innovation, but the United States did not. I want it to be said that we rose to meet this challenge, and educated our people to become the most highly skilled workers in the world–just like we always have been."


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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened top security and foreign affairs officials and ordered them to take "substantial and high-profile important state measures," state media said Sunday, indicating that he plans to push forward with a threat to explode a nuclear device in defiance of the United Nations.
Last week, the Security Council condemned North Korea's December 12 launch of a long-range rocket as a violation of a ban against nuclear and missile activity. The council, including North Korea ally China, punished Pyongyang with more sanctions and ordered the regime to refrain from a nuclear test or face "significant action." (AP)


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Mon 07 vs Utah 7:30pm MSG
Wed 09 @ Memphis 8:00pm MSG
Thu 10 @ Dallas 9:30pm
Sun 13 vs Indiana 6:00pm MSG
Tue 15 @ Indiana 7:00pm MSG
Thu 17 vs Memphis 7:30pm MSG
Fri 18 @ Detroit 7:30pm MSG
Sun 20 @ Milwaukee 3:00pm MSG
Mon 21 vs Boston 7:30pm MSG
Wed 23 vs Orlando 8:00pm MSG
Fri 25 vs Milwaukee 7:30pm MSG
Sat 26 @ Charlotte 7:00pm MSG
Mon 28 vs Orlando 7:30pm
Wed 30 vs New Jersey 7:30pm MSG
April Opponent Time Local TV Nat TV Radio
Sun 03 vs Cleveland 6:00pm MSG
Tue 05 vs Toronto 7:30pm MSG
Wed 06 @ Philadelphia 7:00pm MSG
Fri 08 @ New Jersey 7:00pm MSG
Sun 10 @ Indiana 7:00pm MSG
Tue 12 vs Chicago 8:00pm
Wed 13 @ Boston 8:00pm MSG
It gets much easier after this week. 12 of the games are against sub 500 teams. We have about 6 tough games, the others, we SHOULD win.
Boston x2
Orlando x2
Other then these games, we should win the others. I predict 13-8


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